Comments in ITALIC BOLD are by me! for those pointers that specifically apply only to joycie, i’ve added my own beside it!

joyceinhyderabad:

1. Get a little high on the plane with ‘free’ alcohol! And talk about all the things we want to do in Singapore.
2. Before the plane touches down, take in all the greenery and high-rised buildings across our tiny island.
3. D-F-S.
4. Speed walk to Changi Airport’s T1 staff canteen without looking like loonies and tuck into the glorious food that are all-things-Singapore. (Hor Fun, Hokkien Mee, Popiah (!!!!), Bak Chor Mee, YTF etc etc) OMGOMGOMG
5. Take out our laptops after the amazing meal(s) and connect to Wireless.sg and marvel at how fast the internet is. OMGOMGOMG
6. Head to T3’s NTUC and get excited at the wide variety of items in the supermarket!
7. Go to the produce section and feel the strawberries, oranges, kiwis, grapes, peaches, broccoli…
8. Buy a packet of Wang Wang Rice Crackers, open it and finish half the packet before making our way to the cashier to make payment.OH.MY.WANG WANG!
9. Ride on an escalator.
10. Take the MRT train home. Try not to be shocked at the lack of a conductor, tap that EZ-link card. Hello Tampines! Hello Eunos! Hello crazy crowds at City Hall! Look, traffic lights! Look, street lamps!
11. Go swimming and tan away the ugly t-shirt arm lines and tofu-white legs.
12. Tuck into Chinatown porridge at People’s Park Complex Food Centre.
13. Smile and hug the first taxi uncle, whose taxi you board, because they go by the meter and don’t stop the taxi half way to ask you for more money and proceed to argue in a foreign language until you cough up the extra money.
14. Wear shorts/dress up, carry a tote bag, and wear heels (maybe not?).
15. Head to Mustafa with Ade as our Little India guide (since she stays there) and play compare and contrast the items that we can find in Singapore and India. Probably will gape and gawk at the jacked-up prices. I want to see whether they have cheap muesli like back here!
16. Check out Ion and other new malls along Orchard Road belt and relish the cool air-con, and not having to deal with half-past-six, half-opened ‘malls’ (i.e. Cine Planet) and redundant security checks where random Indian ladies have to touch you up and down. (You feelin’ me?!) Grope and fondle more like it, in between giggles.
17. Picnic at Botanical Gardens, or maybe SMU campus green?! WHAT? SMU?
18. Popiah party with Frujch people. I can chop up the turnips, very finely.
19. Make fluffy pancakes and have a friendly competition with HX on whose pancakes rocks more. OBVIOUSLY MINE. PLUS mine is healthier! flour, milk, sugar, baking powder. yours got oodles of condensed milk!
20. Visit the National Museum and take silly photos.
21. Borrow books from the community library!
22. Go to Timbre on Wednesday night when EIC is playing and nosh on thin pizzas and guzzle liquid gold. (i.e. Hello night life)
23. MAMBO
24. Read the Straits Times, Today, and maybe even Lian He Zhao Bao if Chinese feels up to it. (Get connected with the rest of the world) READ Lifestyle on Sundays, from the back!
25. Watch the news on TV and feel like a connected global citizen from tiny red dot in South East Asia.
26. Rot in front of TV watching Discovery Travel & Living, and of course Channel 5, Channel 8, CNA etc.
27. Popeye’s fries. Enough said. I want their popeye biscuit!
28. Guitar-hero till fingers hurt but not till extend that thumb gets sprained.
29. Sweat it out at SMU gym, with lockers, relatively new machines, piped adrenaline pumping music, air-con and heated showers.
30. Start to cook from our parents and take note of their recipes that are so unique to their generation, and if not for our desire to learn the ropes, we would see a decline in Asian culinary skills. (Joyce’s Memo- From dad: penang laksa, sweet&sour pork, assam fish curry, popiah, ngoh hiang, chicken rice, steamed egg, stir-fried bittergourd+ egg, steamed pomfret, peanut soup, beancurd skin soup etc. Miss mum’s weekend grocery shopping trips and loot hauled from Giant, Cold Storage, NTUC, wholesale centre, veg farms at Old Chua Chu Kang Road.) (Huixin’s Memo, from mummy: Popiah, glutinous rice, egg tarts, fish paste, ngoh hiang, curry sambal sotong/prawns, curry chicken and potatoes, tofu with fried onions, tempura prawns, fried wantons, YTF with black bean sauce, pineapple tarts, raisin butter cookies, peanut tarts, soya bean milk, chng tng, muah chee, fried beehoon)
31. Ask our chef-to-be friend Malcom to hold a cook out! (and maybe create a special dish for our birthdays?) Ahems creme brulee, roast beef, bruschettas..
32. Stroll across the road between Ion and Wheelock Place about 10 times and feel thankful for traffic lights and take in the relatively quieter roads (no crazy honking!) and much less polluted air.
33. Feel safe when driving, or being a passenger in a car. (This point does not cover incidences when crazy taxi drivers in a rush or reckless motorcyclists that just cut into your lanes without signalling or without checking their side-mirrors. Hello, this is not India! Cannot do such things, will get fined by Traffic Police.)
34. Appreciate the fact that we actually have lanes painted on the roads and no huge carrier truck will come rumbling down, missing you by mere inches!
35. Chill out at Casual Poet and enjoy its quaintness with a cup of tea and a book in hand. Rebecca this is for you!
36. Make a list of what we miss (or don’t miss) about India.
37. Sleep without breaking into a pool of sweat at night and not worry about mozzies buzzing close to your ear and having to find lots of red dots on your arm, legs or any patch of exposed skin in the morning.
38. Take a nice, WARM shower with good water pressure and not having to deal with water cuts. No more rushing out of the house with unshampoo-ed hair to turn on the water tap. (1 for PUB)
39. Appreciate the fact that ice-cream or ice does not defrost in the freezer. (i.e. no more power-cuts, 2 for PUB.)
40. Moan for the loss of candle-light dinners at home (NOT! Again another 1 for PUB! PUB rocks… just have to do something about the high electricity tariffs„, being a Singaporean for you… always complaining about little things ;p)
41. Cook something on a REAL stove. Do a continental breakfast fry up! YES! AND BAKE FROSTED CUPCAKES WITH A REAL OVEN!
42. Walk along Clark Quay, and take a deep breath without fearing a nasty pong (of rubbish, pee) will hit your nose.
43. Get around Singapore without drawing perpetual stares. Blending in with the rest of our multi-racial society.
44. Check out Liang Court and try the ramen (as suggested by HX).
45. Go to Chippy’s for their cheesy curry chicken. (also as suggested by HX) OMGOmGOMGOMOMGGGGOMMMMMOHMY.
46. Go to Jason’s supermarket for their cheap bagels and cream cheese spread.
47. Daiso + S$2 bargains + cute bento stuff.
48. Walk to the nearest heartland mall. Hello Macs (60 cents soft-serve ice-cream, BEEF patty burgers, fillet-o-fish, 20 piece chicken nuggets+ curry sauce), Hello Giodarno, Hello Breadtalk, Hello NTUC, Hello Charles & Keith, Hello Old Chiang Kee (curry, sardine puff, sotong on stick), Hello Body Shop, Hello Mr Bean, Hello Cafe Cartel, Starbucks, Coffeebean etc. you forgot BREADTALK!
49. Go to Yakun and eat their signature kaya toast.
50. Nod head when a ‘yes’ answer is required instead of moving head in figure 8 to indicate similiar response. LOL
51. Got to Carrefour at 8.30pm, hang around the sushi and bread section till price slashing begins. Prepare kiasuism; rush in and scoop the (cheaper) loot. OMG YES! i am craving pandan chiffon cake!
52. Sushi at Cathay Basement.
53. Slurp bubble tea and chew on chewy balls. OMG JOYCE, I’ve to intro you this place at KOI CAFE in chinatown which sells like the MOST AMAZING “一起胖”(LOL) cup of bubble tea!
54. Song & Song at Lucky Plaza for basics YES!!!
55. Cotton On. YES! at novena square!
56. Step into (ha, pun) Charles & Keith and only admire the shoes. Cannot buy any more shoes already.
57. Listen to Class 95, 91.3, Power 98, Lush 99.5 according to mood.
58. Thrift-shopping at Waterloo on a Tuesday to make full use of student privileges.
59. Blow dust away and uncover treasures at Serangoon Salvation Army.
60. Sungei Road Theives’ Market for our bikes!
61. Stroll around Chip-Bee Gardens, Holland V, Dempsey and the likes. and go to dapaolo!
62. Get EXACT change without asking for it when making any purchases
63. Feel the icky sticky perspiration on skin and flat hair due to high humidity but immediately feel pain from static caused by skin brushed in cold shopping centers or any air-con buildings.
64. Dig out our mothers’ yogurt makers, natural soya bean drink maker and (for Joyce) bread maker (mmm… home-made foccacia bread, best with olive oil and balsamic vineger!)
65. Go to Phoon Huat for yogurt mixers and try not to be tempted into buying baking materials.
66. Rocher Tau Huey (bean curd) + you tiao (fried dough fritters) at Selegie OMG YOU TIAO! :)
67. Moan for the expensive prices of mangoes. NO FROZEN MANGOES FOR BREAKFAST! :(
68. (For Joyce) Bring HX to try custard apple. Can’t believe you never tried it!! (For Huixin) Try custard apple LOL
69. Get hands on Tiong Bahru GIANT pau and use the soft bun to mop up delish gravy. OMG I WANT TO MOP UP THe gRAVY with my pao
70. Relieve food days as Sec student studying in Bukit Timah and ACJC student. Coronation Plaza for My Cozy Corner (according to ex-Nanyang girl, the terriyaki chicken+egg+onions over a bed of fluffy rice is ‘yi-ji-pang’!) She means ’yi-JI-BANG’(一及棒). I’m SURE joyce, after all that food, confirm 一起胖!, Tea Party at Sixth Ave Centre, Simply Bread OMG I WANT STICK ROLL at Guthrie House, Island Creamery (apple crumble flavor… drool), Adam Road Hawker Centre’s prawn mee, KAP, Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre (satay bee hoon, fish soup), Bukit Timah Plaza’s Yong Tau Foo, late nights at 24hour Al-Ameen, Al-Azhar. LOL as if we havent had enough of Naan
71. Ikea’s food. S$1.20 hotdogs + drink, diam cake, poached pears. YOU FORGOT THEIR SWEDISH MEATBALLS AND CHICKEN WINGS!
72. Sell past semesters’ school textbooks and notes.
73. Pick up a free copy of IS magazine (or Strait Time’s Life section on Fridays) for free gigs + museum exhibitions to trawl.
74. Pick up free copies of Juice and Catalog magazines i love catalog and juice!
75. Can put more things in bag as don’t have to carry a roll of toilet paper around and hand-sanitizer anymore. But maybe must consider carrying latter due to horrendous H1N1 virus spreading like wild fire in small island.
76. Strum on our guitars
77. Spend time with the people we love (parents, grandparents, siblings, relatives, friend etc) THIS IS A MUST
78. Watch YouTube and be overjoyed at how fast the videos stream!
79. Get a part-time job (prob back to CNA for me) to see us through the academic semester. (For Huixin) Perhaps CNA, perhaps McDONALD’S as a dessert counter girl!
80. Have a Yummi Yogurt and say ‘hello’ to the aunties serving you. (Different from the act-hiao-CMI lasses at younger yogurt establishments… no names mentioned) This yogurt date is reserved for Chris Woon :)
81. Greet middle-aged people ‘Uncles’ and ‘Aunties’ without getting weird stares.
82. Wah, can speak Singlish now lor! Feelingz berrrry gud and not farny abt itz.
83. Head to the annual IT fair with geeky gizmo-crazy Singaporeans and get cheap speakers. Must prepare to queue up. Might feel weird since not used to it; here everyone just push blatantly, and also missed this year’s GSS so rather lacking in familiarity of the human-dominoes effect.
84. Understand how bad the H1N1 virus situation is despite not seeing any piggies with oversized mammary glands and squealing pink piglets anywhere near the streets except on your meal plates or at your friendly neighborhood hawker centre, roasted and hang up by its snort for all to see and drool at. (Char-siew, anyone?)
85. Look forward to Christmas and sign up for caroling. YES THIS IS A MUST
86. Try to look forward to new school academic year and brace self for hectic schedules and seemingly never-ending project meetings in the Arctic-cold GSRs.
87. Plan for our Bolly/Hollywood-theme birthday party! WHOOHOO!
88. Tsk-tsk at young, fit guys who don’t give up their seats to the ladies or senior citizens on the bus/MRT.
89. Go to Esplanade rooftop and catch the breeze in hair at night.
90. Eat fish. All types, cooked in all ways. But specifically salmon, pomfret or whatever home-cooked fish dish.
91. Eat tofu. All types, cooked in all ways, But specifically hot plate egg tofu.
92. Lick our fingers clean after devouring satay + sambal sting ray + sambal kangkong + oyster omelette + sugar-cane with lemon juice at Newton (or Old Airport Road) Hawker Centre and try not to be ripped off by beer-belly showing ah-peks expensive tiger-prawn selling, OMG KILL ME NOW PLEASE I WANT CARROTCAKE AND GRILLED CHICKEN WINGS WITH A SQUIRT OF LIME
93. A meal of local desserts. ICE-KACHANG, cendol, red bean soup, sweet potato with lychee, washed down with a shiok glass of teh-peng. ALSO TAPIOCA WITH GULA MELAKA AND COCONUT MILK! SUPER SHHHIOOOK
94. (for Joyce) Look forward to weekly Friday or Saturday evenings with awesome CG and new Bartley Church building! (For Huixin) LOOK FORWARD TO WEEKLY SATURDAY MORNINGS AT THE YMCA VOLUNTEERING! WHOOOOOOHOO
95. (for Joyce) Buy satay from the Satay man which goes around her estate every Wednesday afternoon honking his toot-toot horn, yelling ‘Saaaaa-taaaayyy’. Flag him down by waving hand madly and yelling from apartment window, bring own plates and 1 bowl down to contain yummy peanut sauce. Wait in anticipation as satay man manually fans smoke away from charcoal grill and hear the fats on satay stick crackle and sizzle, all while trying not to drool! (For Huixin) Visit Joyce at this precise moment and steal her satays muahahha
96. See the red and white Singapore flags hanging from the ubiquitous HDB flats, above the air-con vent boxes, flapping in the wind. Feel the patriotic spirit in the air as National Day is around the corner. Try to spot a flag which was hung incorrectly. + FIREWORKS!! AERIAL AIR DISPLAY. AND YOU FORGOT GO FOR THE NDP WITH TICKETS THAT WE (CROSS OUR FINGERS) ARE GONNA GET AS A PRESENT FOR BEING AWAY FOR SO LONG!
97. Feel thighs and calves on fire while sprinting up the slopes at Fort Canning Park and enjoy the greenery. That’s for Joyce. For Huixin, it’s buying a toasted sandwich from The Fitz, multigrain chips and orange juice and a chocolate bar from Cheers, walking to Fort Canning and putting up a hammock in the pavillion and having a nice picnic with me myself and i and my book/laptop which by the way has Wireless@SG!
98. Watch a Jack Neo film and have no problem understanding the movie’s dialogue.
99. Watch a movie at P.S and say ‘shhhhh’ when someone’s hp starts ringing with Rihanna’s latest tune. Might still be ‘Umbrella-eh-eh-eh’ though.
100. Pledge to love our home-country even more and be thankful for everything from its political stability, pragmatic leadership to the convenience of having a mama shop/24 hour 7-11, just a short walk away or directly downstairs from house (and school). All these despite the little inflexibility that happens from time to time with bureaucracy and the likes. YES YES YES YES YES TRUE TRUE TRUE

 and because i’m greedy, i’m gonna add some more to the list:

1. Meet up with Jie for coffee and talk, just talk. about love and life and japanese and family and everything under the sun.
2. Go to the wet market with pop or mummy during sundays and help them with their stuff and do not complain that fishy water is splashing up thighs as we squeeze past the aunties
3. Pack nice bento lunch for pop, at least once a week
4. Make time for mummy when she needs a shopping pal
5. Go swimming with XZ and treat him subway
6. Experiment with new recipes for baking like FROSTING A CUPCAKE and things like bread pudding IM GETTING ALL EXCITED!
7. EAT PRIMA DELI WAFFLES- CHOCOLATE AND PEANUT BUTTER SPREAD!!!
8. EAT DURIANS!
9. Pack pretty Bento lunches to school with the wide variety of ingredients that you can get at the supermarket (like fish, chicken, mushroom, tar tar sauce, mayo, lettuce, grapes, strawberries..)
10. Meet up with Grace and Xiaoyi to update each other about our lives!
11. Meet up with ZELANIE to bring her to new places
    • Johor for FRIED YTF CHEE CHEONG FUN, stone-grilled steak, fish head curry..etc, and shopping at FOS
    • Esplanade to check out art fes and musicals
    • island cream for apple crumble and burnt caramel, reverso and fresh banana
    • relish our new life as friends forever!
12. MEET UP WITH julie and ephraim for SUSHI TEI AND MORE FUNNY TALKS
13. Meet up with liquan to tell him all about india!
14. Visit liquan’s granny and parents and tell them all about india!

and lastly, FIND COURAGE TO DO THE NECESSARY THAT I HAVE TO DO with regards to heart strings and not fault myself for it or worse, chicken out.

lickystickypickyme:

I mean, how in the world could you caption all what’s going on here?
one word…actually two:
Majorly Epic

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indian man pose, indian lady pose, china man pose, friends forever.

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the world’s happiest girl on IV drip got too excited discussing about her sartorial plans that she stood ON HER BED, only to realise after 5 minutes that she was supposed to be receiving liquids, not donating blood.

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I WANT TO THREAD MY EYEBROWS TOO.
-glassmosaic, who has OCD about stray eyebrow hairs, plucks and trims her eyebrows everyday, thus denies eyebrow threader of the chance to do anything with her brows at all.

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the world’s happiest girl on IV drip.

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Doesn’t this remind one of Frujch?
i miss those days. in for a comeback?

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my KICKASSAWESOME roomie.

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ALL DRESSED UP FOR (shabby excuse of) TOWN.
sorry joyce i couldn’t post the other 2 pictures with you inside cos my thighs look damn fat in them cos i’ve not doing the correct pose. :(

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SOFTYDEN’S! my new coffee and cigarettes.

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complements.

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