My year end thoughts ..

The winding down of a year is a good time for summing up one's thought and impression of the old year and aspiration for the new..
hence i feel like i'd better pop up my head and post up at least one more entry before the year end . so this will be a bit of round up of what's been on my radar for the past whole year , in among all the craziness .

bascially 2007 has given me alot to think
in short , the year wasn't treating me that good either

in april , my dad had an accident while working and went thru an 18 hours operation ..
still remember i was pretty traumatize upon hearing the news and indeed took me quite a while for my emotion to subside ... however he's coping well now and it's really my duty as a son to take good care of him now .. maybe speaking from experience sometimes i feel like i'm yelling across a chasm , trying to explain to people who simply do not understand in any personal sense how quickly and absolute life can change , in fact it only takes a second for everything to change , life so vulnerable ... Everyday is precious . Every moment is something that will never happen again , we can never assume that there will be a next time ... so i always say ! " don't ever take things for granted !... "

then in early august .. dunno if i should say by chance or fate after enjoying my " single hood " for 3 consecutive years i finally pluck up the courage to accept someone new whom i thought i could share my everything with but it actually turn out someone hurting me most ..i'm not exactly brooding over it but probably due to the nature of me as i'm one who treasure sentimental moments , memories and definitely not someone out there just to " play and have fun " in a relationship ... therefore it does leave an impact on me .. somehow i just feel that there's nothing wrong putting my best and all in it ? do you agree ? well .. guess luck not favouring me that's all ... and i know there are people laughing at me out there for being so gullible but then again we all learnt from mistake right ?

i do admit i was in an agony after that ... it does affect my daily activities which consist mainly my work .. As sales designer i have to be in tip top condition to sustain my motivation to clinch deals and concept creativity . my sales performance dropped drastically from then and hitting my monthly sales target seems harder to achieve at that very point of time .. to conclude i really had an unproductive year .. so it's really time to buck up and bring back those glory days !!!! ..

alright .. i better stop rambling like nobody business ... if not you guys might find these lines familiar from any melancholy drama series haha ..

oh well , not everything is that unpleasant afterall in the calender .. i have my good times and also couple of things that really made me happy and memorable ..

and here they are ..

january - where i started this blog ! i hereby wanna take this chance to thank everyone here for the constant support reading up all these while and this is really one of the reason why my blog is still alive ! thank you thank you ! and of course i have to mention this : my baking , cause i only start picking up early this year too .. and right now i'm still working very hard on it .. hopefully i can come up with more delectable baking + cooking ideas to share here =)

February - i always wanted to bring my parents for a holiday and finally manage to make this beijing trip for possible for them ...and most important they enjoyed =)

March - my close friend Lili's ROM dinner @ turquoise room .., bestie felix birthday celebration, a generous treat from him in a yacht out to the sea ..

April - my another bestie benjamin " school uniform " theme birthday party ..

May - i got my driving license !!!!! on the very first attempt ! =)

October - " soccer theme " Halloweeen party @ zouk ..

December - My Hongkong trip , bestie sherlyn birthday and of course the very recent " NEON " party , my another bestie jeremy birthday =D

alright peeps , that's a long recap and pretty sum up what's happening in the year 2007 of mine .... i really enjoy taking the advantage to pen down my thoughts here but do apologize for making this entry a little boring thou .. =) anyway the bad always comes with the good , so let's all forget about the past and start looking forward in the year 2008

on a good note .. 2008 is just around the corner
all the best to everyone's new year's resolution =)

It's a N E O N CHRISTMAS *

For those who wonder what has NEON gotta do with the usual white or gold christmas
here's the answer !

25th DECEMBER 2007
it's x'mas and my bestie birthday too !
Theme : NEON ...

wonder what i'm doing before the party start ??
baking in action again !!
made this cupcakes specially for his birthday ..

( for recipe check out my previous entry on cupcakes )

As the theme for the party was NEON ..
i came up with butter cupcakes with neon icing frosting !

for cupcakes frosting ..
i bought icing concentrated gel colors
share with you guys here the method on the icing frosting topping ...

icing sugar 500 gm
egg white 100gm
lemon juice 1/2 tsp

1. place the icing sugar , egg white and lemon juice into the mixing bowl
2. mix at low speed for 5 mins
3. then increase to medium speed mix to a lighter creamy texture
4. add color a little at a time until you achieve the shade you desire

and here they are !

DUNCAN'S NEON CUPCAKES IN THE HOUSE !!

beside spending the whole afternoon working on cupcakes

i made this tags for the night too =)

and what's more ?????
i really swear i show so much " support " for his this party !!!
lol
check this out !!

cool right ??
i specially print this tee .. geeeeezzzzzz hahaha ...

hmmm .. believe now ? hahha ... ( jeremy you know what to do right lol .. hint hint !! )

oh well .. beside that ..
i have something to complaint !!!!

oh my .. oh my ... i had a big zit on my right cheek that is so disturbing before the party start ! i feel so ugly for the entire night ! =( agrrrrr...

we are all ready in NEONS !

let's start the party !

ready set glo !

this is the cute birthday boy of the night JEREMY !



jeremy prefer something not so conventional so i hope my cupcakes brighten up his birthday !


and i really do hope my friends are enjoying the cupcakes that i did ..... =)


PARTY AND CAMWHORING TIME !!















ok peeps that's all for today
hope you guys had a great x'mas too
i had a good one and hope jeremy too !
so what did you guys do during x'mas ?
share with me ok ? =D

* MERRY CHRISTMAS *

* TO *

* MY LOVES *

* AND EVERYONE HERE ! *

Back from hongkong ....

manage to organize my pics in time haha ..
hopefully it's not too " stale " to post em .. haha
and here they are =)


on the day we depart spore ...

@ our very own changi airport ..

on plane ... ( i keep eating non stop! while jeremy in his dreamland .. glutton me! ... haha )

our first meal of the day hahaha...


reach hk on the following early afternoon ...
ok ..
this is where we stay ...
L hotel @ causewaybay ....

( main entrance )

( passageway )

( interior of the hotel )

the hotel has a magnificent panoramic view overlooking a hill and city ...

day view ...

night view ...

ok .... that's all for our hotel ...
now ... our pics for the trip .. =)
The old cliche ... " a picture paints a thousand words "..
so can i skip or minimize the talking and let " these pictures paint a million words ! " lol



















we heart soups from hk ! yummy ...



after the whole trip i realise we didnt take really take much pics together ...

this is one of the few ...











before the trip ... i keep reminding them that i cannot missed my favorite
krispe kreme donuts..
how i wish they have a branch here in spore =(


and im so infatuated with it ... =D

it's a good choice eating steamboat in winter !
( for once i'm not sweating lol )

i'm very in love with authentic hk food ...



with me around ..
supermarket is definitely one of the place i would'nt missed too lol ..


guess what ?? we bought so much stuff back hotel lol ...


of cuz ...
beside all these ...
shopping is the main activity in the trip !
we bought alot !!!!
retail therapy always work ! =p




My buys for the trrrriiipppp!!!
it really work ! but it also burnt a big hole in my pocket =(


took this pic when we touch down spore ... ( with my sad face trying my best to smile =P)
the trip was still kinda insufficient to me still hehe...
wish i can stay longer ....
but after all i had alot of fun ... kinda miss it now ... =(

alright !
time for " CAPTURES OF MOMENTS "

below are some pics that i took during the trip =)
check em out!

oh well ..
that's all for this entry ..
pretty long one rite ? .. haha
enough photos ? i bet yes ! lol =p
hope u guys like what i share here today =)