59 Dear God,

I don't know how to address you, but I do believe in a person up there, so hey!

Tonight has been a pretty eventful day. So many times my house has been broken into, I'm finally here to take part in one TROLOLOL.

When we first got the notification, we were really scared and worried. What would have happened if they took my passport? My laptop which had all the random information? All the things my parents treasured..?

The whole trip from Malacca was thrilling. So many suspicions - the maid who knew where everything was, random workers who were always around and the list goes on. 160km/h (it's been long since my mummy drove this fast) and phone calls that came in non-stop, plus a traffic jam, I'm thankful that God you have me numerous topics to talk to my mummy about as distraction. From the Nissan Amerah I've never seen, to the random guy intern who just came to work, and guessing how they broke in. It made the trip less stressed up, and my mummy less worried. 

When we came home and found out the valuables weren't missing, it was really a sigh of relief. The robbers were weird - nope they didn't take my DSLR, didn't take my passport or my longchamp. Weirdest thing was, the robbers took 4 old laopok laptops, when they left my (newest) Dell untouched. Ironically, the Dell was placed in such an obvious location, and yet they didn't touch it. They took Angpaos though, which was really desperate attempt, because they threw the whole house around. So much packing to be done because those idiots threw out everything packed into boxes -_-

At first I was really really mad. I was mad at the robbers, for bringing so much worries and stress. I was mad at you God, for not sparing us from this disaster. I was really upset because I didn't know why would you do this to me and my family. 

But after I calmed down and though about it, God, you really love me. If you hadn't let my mum bring me along to malacca, I would have been at home. You told me that through the police, the neighbour, and my ever thankful parents. Worst case scenario, I would have been kidnapped. And I know that being the most adorable daughter in the family, nothing would have made my parents more tensed and stressed up than that. Thank you God, for helping me advert this disaster. 

Also, God, I guess why they did not take what was most important to us, was because you sent your angels to help us guard it. I cannot find any other reason why my laptop was ignored, if you had not helped me shield it. My passport, very crucial for me to travel down to sg this weekend, remain untouched too. If it wasn't for your love to protect what was important to me, I cannot imagine any worse.

I'm still curious though, God, why would you help me avoid disasters but not make it happen? Mummy says some things you can't avoid, it's what we call 命结 in Chinese but I've no idea what's it called in English. Basically it's some difficulties in life that God has arranged for us. 

After this tiring ordeal, I just wanna say sorry God, for lashing out my anger at you. I know it's nothing you could have done, and you definitely did your best to protect me. So thank you God (: 

I'm tired, but definitely blessed.

58 Real life love stories: Of Aud x Tim

The Internet Meme proposal went viral..

If you don't know what's that, shame on you! But if you've seen it, why don't we take our time to view it again ahhaha. Can't help it - did I mentioned I'm a sucker for marriage proposals?

To the extent that Christina Perri and Ryan Seacrest both got to see it and suddenly everywhere, everyone was talking about how sweet and romantic this couple is.

Look, the Huffington Post even have labels like "Audrey Ooi Feng Ling" and "Timothy Tiah" seriously wtf. Just need to look at this --> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/meme-proposal_n_1725946.html

Seriously this can't be expressed better than what Josephine (http://josephine12cute.tumblr.com/) did!

"I'm very nervous and terrified about this.

But I love you and I think you're my soul mate.

I can't see myself living without you in my life.

So Audrey Ooi Feng Ling, will you marry me?"

-- Timothy Tiah, Dec 2011

There you can see all the memes Timothy used to propose to Audrey with and Audrey's happy face! I bet all the other guys are talking about how Tim spoil market hahaha. I guess another guy who's marriage proposal is super super memorable will be Tom Fletcher! Both of them equally spoil market one, raise the bar for guys  who want to propose haha. But maybe it's all just about the sincerity and love, so don't worry yea! 

And you can also see their wedding video (hey it's UP-themed! So cute right?) here! The sad thing is that's one less idea for my wedding T_T But definitely would hope that they grow old like Carl & Ellie!

No kidding when you say that they are the epitome of romanticism ;) (for me at least)
I was so intrigued reading their love story I actually went to google "Timothy Tiah and Audrey Ooi love story" into Google. HAHHA Wtf I seriously feel damn stalker leh. But I mean why not right.

I kind of found out a lot of stuff, like:

-How the meme proposal video came about:
http://timothytiah.com/2011/12/26/how-our-meme-proposal-video-came-about/

-How Audrey felt through out the whole thing: http://fourfeetnine.com/2011/12/11/the-proposal/

-Their photoshoot: http://fourfeetnine.com/2012/07/19/photos-are-done/

-Their application for marriage: http://fourfeetnine.com/2012/06/16/the-day-we-applied-for-marriage/

-Their ROM: http://fourfeetnine.com/2012/08/03/our-registration-of-marriage/ http://timothytiah.com/2012/08/03/shorty-and-is-registration-of-marriage-ceremony/

-Their Tea Ceremony: http://fourfeetnine.com/2012/08/08/tea-ceremony/

I would say it's really nice for both Timothy and Audrey to share their road to happiness and companionship with us, and that both of them are so active on social media you get updates of their lives. The difference is you actually wanna know what's going on in their lives cause you've been reading so much about them you feel that they are a part of you. (wtf that's for me at least la so haha)

Timothy, if you don't know, is the co-founder for Nuffnang and Audrey is a popular blogger in Malaysia. In fact, Audrey is my favourite blogger cause she's hilarious. Hop along to my post here where she shares about this formspring user (itsstrawberryyo) that makes me laugh when I read about it now. 

Anyways if you guys still want to know did this adorable couple came about? Do check out http://fourfeetnine.com/2011/12/05/the-story-of-shorty-and-fatty/! I feel like I'm like their number #1 fan already ahha.

/wtfstalkermuchright #noshame 

Photo taken from Audrey's instagram (@fourfeetnine)

Right now, Audrey and Tim are parents to the very adorable Fighter Tiah! Whenever I look at Fighter, I remember a story about how far a mother's love can go, because Audrey went through so much (ie staying in hospital for months???) to give birth to Fighter. Fighter was a premie baby and there was a lot of worry/tension for Audrey for having preclampsia. I bet it wasn't easy for her, or for Tim but they pulled through it :') Super happy for them! 

Was telling my mum the other day the greatest worry of a mum would definitely be the child having problems (flat feet, health problems, dsylexia etc etc) and she agreed. I really hope Fighter grows up as a strong child so that his parents can worry less - to make up for the worrying before he was born heh.

I guess the story of Audrey and Timothy is a very charming love story that everyone would want to have. It's not too exaggerated like omgwtf look here's prince charming on a white horse or it's not very out-of-the-way but it's very them :) Even the proposal was featured around Audrey's liking, isn't that just very sweet?

But the thing that many people don't get is that - it comes naturally, it's something that we don't expect. It quietly creeps in and you realize hey maybe he just can be the one. None of them knew that they were meeting their significant other half, but look how far they went!

In my opinion, their relationship is very very cute (based on the blogposts I have read) and how they respect each other and give them space is something that makes their relationship a successful one! Credits to the amount of effort they put in for each other.Crap now I sound like some loveguru/aunty but hahah no.

Even though I know neither of them personally, but I wish this very cute couple all the best.
Because everyone deserves to enjoy their lifelong happiness with their other half you know(:

I shall end off with something I read online,

"You don't have to be the right one, 

but you can work towards being the right one"

If you'll like to read some post about relationships since you're in the mood here's a cute one from Tumblr: http://fabafter40.tumblr.com/post/48763747248/how-do-you-know-if-hes-the-one. See ya! :)

57 From Tumblr: 23 Deep Questions

Saw this thread on Tumblr, mentioning about 23 deep questions. I thought it's really interesting so here I am sharing it, hopefully triggering a lot of thoughts to let you guys get to know yourselves better. I think it might be useful for interview preparations too.

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1. What is more difficult for you, looking into someones eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someones eyes when they are telling you how they feel?

2. Think of the last time you were REALLY angry. WHY were you angry? Do you still feel the same way?

3. You are on a flight from Honolulu to Chicago non-stop. There is a fire in the back of the plane. You have enough time to make ONE phone call. Who do you call? What do you tell them?

4. You are at the doctor’s office and he has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? What do you do with your remaining days? Would you be afraid?

5. You can have one of the following two things. Which do you choose? Why? Love and Trust.

6. You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late even once more, you are fired. Do you take the time to save the dogs life? Why or Why not?

7. Would you rather be hurt by the one you trust the most or the one you love the most?

8. Your best friend confesses that he/she has feelings for you more than just friendship. He/she is falling in love with you. What do you (or did you) do/say?

9. Think of the last person who you know that died. You have the chance to give them 1 hour of life back, but you have to give up one year of yours. Do you do it? Why or Why not?

10. Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend?

11. Does love = sex?

12.Your boss tells your coworker that they have to let them go because of work shortage, and they are the newest employee. You have been there much longer. Your coworker has a family to support and no other means of income. Do you go to your boss and offer to leave the company? Why or Why not?

13.When was the last time you told someone HONESTLY how you felt regardless of how difficult it was for you to say? Who was it? What did you have to tell the person?

14. What would be (or what was) harder for you to tell a member of the opposite/same sex, you love them or that you do not love them back?

15. What do you think would be the hardest thing for you to give up? Why would it be hard to lose?

16. Excluding romantic love, when was the last time you told someone you loved them. Who were they to you?

17. If there was one moment and one time in the last month what would you change and why?

18. Would you give a homeless person CPR if they were dying? Why or Why not?

19.You are holding onto your grandmother’s hand and the hand of a newborn that you do not know as they hang over the edge of a cliff. You have to let one go to save the other. Who do you let fall to their death? What was your rationale for making the decision?

20. Are you old fashioned?

21. When was the last time you were nice to someone and did NOT expect anything in return for it?

22.Which would you choose, true love with a guarantee of a broken heart, or never loved at all? Why?

23.If you could do anything or wish anything, what would it be?

56 Post As update: December 2013

Haven't been in touch with the social media world, more cooped up in my own world thinking of random things and past experiences. Haven't even wished everyone a happy 2014 ahhaha. Even my instagram/twitter is equally stagnant. Post As (I refer as after A level papers, before uni) so far has been a very eventful one?

After Prom and all the dressing up, I spent December at Steph's hanging around and saying goodbye. I had a great time having dinner with special groups of people such as Soup Restaurant impromptu dinner (Coviegoh you owe us photos for this) and clubbing & table manners for the last time in 2013 (still like how cool clubbing sounds but don't get me wrong, I'm saintly - country clubs are totally fine :D)

Going to TMCC is always coupled with a meal at Table Manners because it's just so damn good (and relatively cheaper than posh restuarants in town). So far there's overwhelming postive reviews (Hungrygowhere rates it 93%, not bad eh? Not bad at all) and I've been telling people staying in the East about it, pretty sure they must be tired of it haha.

Photo from ladyironchef.com, his review is here

(It's a print screen from their Facebook page, don't ask hahaha)

(Top left) Salmon, Mashed Potatoes, Sauteéd Mushrooms
(Top right) Salmon, Truffle Fries, Sauteéd Mushrooms
(Bottom left) Medium rare steak, Truffle Fries, Pomodoro

The buttery mashed potatoes are really soft, melts right in your mouth! Must try! The mushrooms are so fragrant and flavourful I couldn't forget it after my first try here so haha. The meat isn't very very special, probably something that can be prepared at home but it's rich in texture and flavour so I really won't mind dining there again and again. For a meal like that it's probably $16.50. The interior of the place is awesome too - they sell furniture in the mean time, but I guess for me it's more important to take note of the food hahaha . 

Last meal in Singapore with the favourite people down below! Happy family :D

Featuring Beijing Kao Ya we'll get whenever we go clubbing - other than playing pool, futsal and wii! Shin finally stopped screaming like a chicken when playing futsal hahaha. Also, the rest facepalmed when I took a photo of the duck cause everyone stopped for me to take that photo.

Okay other than that I also went for the #ChurpChristmasTour2013! Churpchurp invited a few lucky people to their office and I happen to get chosen :) It wasn't my first time there - I recently won a Taylor Swift Enchanted perfume from the Bobostephanie giveaway so it was my second time at their office (Speaking of this I'm pretty guilty cause uhm, I haven't been active on Churpchurp for quite sometime, guess it's time to go back ahha) 

Here's a photo from the @churp2 instagram cause uhm, I didn't go around taking much photos? It's probably time I should start bringing my camera and stop using my phone. So pardon the grainy images! Maybe my phone is bringing me too much convenience I haven't been using them HAHAH. Anyways, just wanted to say the Humble Beginnings Mille Crepe cake on the second left is awesome! It's even cheaper than Secret Recipe, which standards have dropped to idk what and I would definitely go for this and/or RT pastry! We played a bit of introductory games then went around the few offices.

For those of you who haven't heard of Nuffnang and/or Churpchurp, you locked yourself under a well have got to be kidding me! It's been gaining much attention from almost everywhere in the world and please do yourself a favour and head to http://netccentric.com/! It's definitely a company with an awesome working environment with a lot of consideration for staff welfare - if you've been reading their blogs, Churpies and Nuffies have monthly birthday celebrations/sports days/outings and free movie premieres etc etc. So if you don't want to miss up do sign up here --> http://my.sharings.cc/p/6xLd0. Also a good way to earn some pocket money. HAHA my friends have been hearing all about Nuffnang and Churpchurp and how I want to work for them so much I think they sien diao alr haha. I was planning to join them for an internship but I guess school's starting so maybe I don't have much of that chance anymore ): Nuuuuuuuuuuuu. But nevermind. Can still work there full time next time :D

Anyways if you guys don't really get in touch with such stuff, Nuffnang's co-founder Tim (timothytiah.com, probably more familiar to you guys as Audrey's husband who did the meme proposal - seriously proposals always make me all teary eyed and stuff, I know right, I'm such a typical girl. But do read it here http://fourfeetnine.com/2011/12/11/the-proposal/ I shared the link with Jing and yes she's in love with Audrey and Fighter and you can't help it Audrey is soooooooooooooo funny! Speaking of that it's her birthday today haha coincident?) posted on his blog about the whole Netccentric Christmas competition - Nuffnang and Churpchurp are under a company called Netccentric, and they have other companies like RippleWerkz and Jipaban based in Singapore. Basically each department is given a small token to design their place, and compete to see which department is best designed! And yeah we happen to witness the Christmas decorations just before it was taken down! 

Like you can see, there are Christmas decos everywhere! The guy in the photo on the left is Tim! And on the right there's the Design team's cardboard Christmas tree and rainbow ceiling. Then there's the Tech team's design - talk about geeky look at the third right photo! Made from keyboard letters so tech ahha. I find their idea of making a christmas tree on the ceiling ingenious haha. Even though it wasn't so obvious. 

Later on we headed upstairs, (yes their offices are on two different floors) to the Nuffnang, Churpchurp and admin team. On the bottom right, if you look closer it's like this passport thing (see below) we each get before the trip, and will get stamped as we go to each department. We also have a goodie bag to fill our stuff! We were very very fortunate to get a Churpie each when we reached the Churpchurp department!

Photo from Jacinta, who also blogged about her trip here

I will specially highlight about the Churpchurp department since they won the award! I'll let the pictures do the talking first :)

From the left most photo, we see Amelia, our lovely host holding the Wrecking Ball. Did I mention their theme was Meme? So it was memes everywhere haha. On the wrecking ball you can see Tim and his newly born son Fighter, and the rest of the team haha. The decorations featured were all handmade too! Totally like it was bought from IKEA or somewhere professional right. When we reached the Nuffnang department I was a bit too lazy so hahah check Tim's link http://timothytiah.com/2013/12/16/christmas-decorations-in-the-nuffnang-and-churpchurp-offices-2013/ for all the photos. 

Up till now I really find that I know quite a lot about Nuffnang/Churpchurp and about what's happening since I've been constantly keeping myself in the loop, not that I wanna brag but even Ser Li, the HR executive who interviewed me said so hehe. So I do hope y'all get a peek to why I love this company and want to join them so much :)

In December I also managed to head down to my annoying Fab's for lunch with her family :) I didn't manage to snap photos - yes I'm lazy hahaha - but I had a great time enjoying the simple yet delicious lunch made by her mum (and her yes ok give you credit). I shall feature this awesome cheesecake that is light in texture, but rich in flavour. I must say I love the base cause it's chocolate haha. Will attempt to bake this when I finally move house. CAN'T WAIT TO MOVE.

Anyways coming up next I'll be talking about my travelling filled January. I really need to keep myself motivated to blog haha. Also, I've been thinking about how bloggers normally will have to put their face on social media platforms - something I'm not really keen to do cause I find it shameless. But gah OOTD shots are really fun especially now I'm not doing anything. Then again, I'm a hobo - not much OOTD to take anyway haha. Thanks for reading, see you, bye! :D

Sneak peek for the post :)

55 Fate is a funny thing

I've always believed that one decision made will craft the current circumstances in your life. It's like a connected chain - and you can't change it.

That's why when I look back in the year 2013, I'm honestly really thankful. I made a very painful decision - for myself and others - early that year, and I never thought it would have impacted me so much. (Sorry even I feel that I keep mentioning about it geeez)

But on the other hand, I'm very very thankful. I was forced to make a decision between focusing on my school work in a crucial year, and I made the right decision by choosing what was expected out of me. And because of that, I met two very significant people in my life (now a common entity muahaha you can thank me later). And I'm very very thankful and loved by all the care, concern, mean comments thrown out at me when I am down/high/noisy/annoying haha. I wouldn't forget the time in June when they defended me saying "it makes my blood boil" (after reading something) and even offering me Royce chocolates, ice cream and a place to sleep before/during/after As. This kind of friends how to find?

Because of them I would suppose I became HEM - got to know a different group of friends, and I would suppose this is all because of decision #1 made that freed up my time to go support them in comps. And because of this bunch of people I got to go to Aussie with them last Jan. Funny thing ain't it?

And I guess if I go on and on, I will probably come to a conclusion that all this stem from signing the contract to Singapore, a yes to six years away from home. Or from the fact that I was born to this family, this oddly-dysfunctional one heh. But it's the truth no? Your surroundings, your background, your upbringing - everything factors into your life.

As I look back at the decisions I've made to make me who I am today, I am grateful. For I am responsible for the road I've chose to take, for every left or right turn in the process, for every yes in the expense of no, to bring me to the destination I want to reach. Maybe that's why I'm sitting here typing this at 3.30am haha. Okay back to work.