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My mom is better than yours

Before you get all offended by the title, it’s just a hashtag type of phrase Tumblr fangirls use e.g. [celebrity] is better than all of you. But yes my mother is very awesome and here’s why I love her to bits:

– Brought me to Bangkok (we went with my aunt)
– Let me have the window seat because it was my first time on the plane
– Bought me everything I wanted and barely anything for herself
– Paid for all my shopping (I only contributed $400 for the whole trip to  partially cover flights, hotel and insurance)
– Did all the planning, booking, packing, research and reading of online reviews (I did zilch)
– Led us around all the awesome places despite it being her first time there
– Put up with all my whining as usual 😀

Had such a marvelous time, mostly thanks to her! Gonna just briefly post a few photos from the trip, detailed post will be up when I have the time 🙂

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Haul from the first day (just till the late afternoon)
I counted 11 dresses and 1 pair of shoes I think.

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Haul from the first two days! 😀

None of the apparels exceeded 200 baht ($8) ok!! One pair of denim shorts there is only 60 baht ($2.40) like can you believe it. Most expensive item was a swimsuit at 450 baht ($18) followed by a pair of shoes for 390 baht ($15).

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Thing is their quality is as good as local blogshops where one item is $25 – $30. Feel so cheated now wtf. I got dresses for like 50 – 80 baht there ($2 – $3). I keep exclaiming ‘Scammer!’ every time I pass by stores in Singapore now lololol.

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Omg the ribbon shoes I can’t even. Remember this?! My first and favourite pair at $22 which I’ve worn out and thrown away. Same goes for another grey pair. They had the biggest and squishiest ribbons ever!! My mom was the one who pointed these new ones out to me and we bargained till one pair was about $13. I went absolutely fangirly and insane for the rest of the day.

So not obvious that I like bows, silver, pink and polka dots, right?
I have 5 (should have been 7!) pairs of those ribbon shoes in cream, black, red, silver, and pink now, ha!!!

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The $15 shoes. Love all my things ^^

# My mom is better than yours (this I say with utmost conviction)
# My guinea pig is cuter than yours (ditto)
# My things are nicer than yours

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50 baht ($2) slippers from the night market.
What even!!! More pl0x!!!!

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Favourite person in the world and with good reason ❤

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Day before I left Singapore (19 Aug) was a super good one too! Completed two Carousell deals, had lunch at Kiseki Japanese Buffet with Annabelle, then dinner at Pastamania and movie (Tales From The Dark 2) with You You 😀
Blogged about Kiseki before but I only posted collages of the food instead of close-ups so here you go!

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SO FREAKING GOOD

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Grilled fish, chicken and pork

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It’s like so pricey and yet I wanna go back again… yum yum nom nom

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Hahaha she looks so happy here!

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Decided to go with a simple outfit that day:

Navy blue top – $1 from Song & Song
Silver pants – $5 from Bugis Street
River Island bag – $0 (have you read about it?)
Silver shoes – $24 from Zalora (why I need to stop shopping online)

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Just like home

So you might noticed I randomly disappeared again after a string of consistent updates hehe -_- Madness, August is over!! Which means I’m back at work and yesterday was my first day even though I’ve already been here a year 😛

Gonna just make a quick update of what I’ve been busy with during my one month holiday. First week was basically just slacking around in my world of fiction, second week was spent nursing my guinea pig, third week was spent in Bangkok and I’ll be sharing mostly about the fourth here.

Went back to office last Friday (30 Aug) to give out my Bangkok gifts and also because it was Hui Min and Meredith’s last day! Mini 3-way celebration with sushi, cupcakes, and laughter. So delish!! 😀

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I missed this place… best bunch of people ever. Been nervous about doing Lollipop/MYP/night/weekend shifts but they have been so reassuring and patiently showing me the ropes.
Following photos from Meredith’s instagram!

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Anyway, first thing Editor asked when I came into office was if I dyed my hair and we were all very impressed with how observant he was hahaha.

Hope everyone liked the small purses even though it’s nothing much. Was worried that they wouldn’t like the colours. I picked for the girls with their favourite colours/designs in mind (which I got right ^^) and neutral colours for the guys. Kenneth immediately transferred his coins over and said, “Don’t say I never use ah…” hehe yay.

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The Kumar Shrine HAHAHA
Would love to see his reaction when he comes back :’D

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I’ve spent so much of my time here that it feels like a second home. Can you believe I’ve been part of this small yet awesome team for a year already??? Hope that everything goes well and I’ll be able to overcome all the new challenges coming my way!

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Also visited the Laptop General Hospital with my parents one morning to collect mom’s laptop.
What an odd and adorable name.

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Lunch at People’s Park together.
Pretty good bak chor mee with loads of ingredients 😀

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More random photos of food from the same week:

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I’m so proud of this photo. Cup noodles has never looked better. All thanks to my mom’s iPad which I have been using a lot. And not forgetting my mom who made the noodles for me 😛

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Mixed vegetables rice from one of my favourite stalls near my house. Been eating it since young ^^
Taken from my phone as you can tell from the drop in quality -_-

My dad always buys us such a wonderful spread of dishes and our favourites regardless of what we are eating. Then his own meal will look so plain compared to ours… same goes for my mom :’) Then we will end up exchanging ingredients so everyone gets everything. I love dinners where everyone is present.

Maccha House

Dinner with You You on Thursday (29 Aug) at Orchard Central’s Maccha House before watching The Purge. Really underrated place, probably because of its location because OC is always so deserted. Furthermore, it was hidden away in the basement. Oh well, I love quiet places with no people.

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Love my tasty spicy pork rice! So much meat and the prices are really reasonable. No service or GST charge too! Definitely going back to try all their Matcha desserts which looked so good.

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You You’s ramen with the proper Japanese egg 😀

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Been busy packing my stuff too so as to make space for my enormous Bangkok haul. Yeah I know, I know, my room is super messy thanks to all my clothes and this is not even my whole wardrobe. Some I’ve bought for more than a year and still have yet to wear while others have only been worn once or twice. Sigh why am I so extravagant?

Thank goodness for this mobile app called Carousell which Hui Min introduced to me.

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Simply snap photos of what you wanna sell on your mobile device and upload it here. Then you can meet other buyers/sellers. Best thing is it’s completely free of charge! Good way of getting rid of clothes I don’t want. I’ve sold about 6 items in 3 weeks and made $40+. Much better than just throwing away right?

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Just for laughs LOL I love my baby too much. Have removed it though, in case I got reported and suspended. You’re not allowed to sell animals but I’ve seen rabbits, cats, hamsters and even a giant terrapin. Feel so sad for them.

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Gave my baby a shower one sunny day the same week :3
Can’t get over how cute guinea pigs are… especially mine!!!

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Love her many expressions

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Relaxing while drying off. She was such a good girl during the shower that I let her help herself to her favourite food, straight from the bottle 😀 I don’t know why she likes the pellets and stuff so much. We call it her Happy Meal ^^

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In a super good mood so far too because Monday went smoothly.

– Completed one Carousell deal
– Fantastic weather as it rained the whole night
– Mom made yakitori for dinner and cheesecake for dessert
– It’s my off day so it feels like I returned to work for only one day
– Yadda yadda and loads more, so much love and gratitude for all I have in life! ❤❤❤