Batam trip with Jap class

Yay to a successful outing to Batam with Jap class friends! I can't believe I've known these people for 8 years! So there was really no awkwardness but lots of fun and epic moments. Unfortunately not the whole jap class could make it this time! X.X

Don't be deceived by my smile. The morning was pretty distressing as Jocelyn overslept and was uncontactable until B told me to call her house phone LOL.

The ferry to batam was pretty fast as we killed time by playing some games that the guys learned from uni freshie camps. (Wow, freshie camps feel like such a long time ago for me!)

The first stop for us was go kart! I thought I would hate it because I'm such a timid driver but it was so fun! My adrenaline was pumping as I swerved through the sharp corners and enjoyed the wind in my hair!

After that we went to purchase the local kueh lapis which happened to be a bad decision as it turned out to be so oily TT literally every bite would squeeze out some oil from the lapis. Gross!

CC our papa bear then treated all of us to bird's nest which costed him $15! Yay to collagen! (although there was only enough for one spoon per person XD)

Near stop was a visit to the factory outlet for clothes shopping. Unfortunately the design were too untrendy for the ladies but the guys managed to buy some nice printed shirts. We also made the conclusion that guys are such picky shoppers who take as much time as girls to be done XD

We also went to a local bracelet shop where B took a liking to the bracelets where the guy could carve our names/pictures on a wooden plate. They cost $2 for 1 and $5 for 3. After B collected his first bracelet, the seller told him to get 3 for the discount. To which he replied "oh sorry but I only have 2 hands" 

(!!!)

Everyone stared at him and laughed because he has unwittingly trolled the uncle with his (as usual) weird comments HAHAHA. It's funny because he is really not doing this on purpose.

Back into the tour bus and taking selfies! <have so many of these but shall not spam>

After that we checked into our comfy hotel at Harmoni One. Jocelyn and I had nothing to do in the room so we decided that we should start training our head voice. FYI that means high pitched screaming. 

Jocelyn easily did it and reached some supersonic high pitch. At the start I couldn't access it but I think it may have worked at one point of time! Yay! Halfway through the screaming we realized that we should be considerate and ask if our neighbors can hear us. So we made a phone call and asked R if she heard us. Turns out that they did HAHA. So we ended our vocal training session prematurely. 

Aww we look so happy here!

After washing up and resting, we went to Mega Mall using the hotel's free shuttle service. Had a wonderful dinner at A&W. The waffles are a must try! So soft and fluffy and warm!! <my face is huge in all the pictures as I was the designated photographer with my iPhone TT>

We went for our long-awaited Kbox session after dinner (Joce and I wanted to try out head voice during kbox -cue evil laughter-). The best song to practice that is "heart attack" by Demi lovato. After singing the super high pitch part and coming to our senses, we realized that everyone was covering their ears and death-staring at us. Oops, maybe head voice training is not such a good idea XD

The group then decided that Jocelyn and B should sing a duet together since B was a singer with much potential but has yet to realize it (think an in-tune but really creaky voice) so B should start training XD the rest of the 4 of us took it upon ourselves to direct the whole singing session, telling the 2 how to count the tempo ("remember ah, no gap!"), how to singing with expression and most importantly, how to have EYE CONTACT (LOL). Laughed so much because all of us were so agitated when coaching and it was so hilarious when they followed our direction! 

We made them sing "wu ding" 4 times (!!!) and saw a marked improvement! The trainers and singers were all very proud of ourselves!

We had to leave as the kbox closed at 11. On the road back it was very dark and scary. R even saw a bunch of cockroaches running towards them (!!!) Suddenly, due to the rugged terrain, Jocelyn's wedges broke to a point beyond repair! She bravely tried to walk on but the floor was too prickly. 

In the end......

She got piggy backed by B! The picture looks sweet but it wasn't always smooth sailing. When Jocelyn first jumped on, B actually collapsed backwards LOL thereby hurting Jocelyn's pride HAHAHA. But awwww, look at how sweet the picture is! (Jocelyn why didn't you turn your head to the right! Teehee)

CC and R also took turns to carry Jocelyn because at one point of time, B's muscles were too overworked hahahha.

After we went back to the hotel, we had a nice time eating Maggie Mee and having HTHT talks, which revolved around the topic of how to get out of the friendzone, but we haven't found any case study of that happening :OOOOOO

Next morning we had the hotel's buffet breakfast and we loved the eggs and pancakes! Hearty breakfasts are the best!

We had one hour to kill before the bus took us to the ferry so we went to the swimming pool to take pics! I love this photo I took!

So sunny but worth it as the photos are nice!

This would have been perfect if not for the obscene stomach flashing! XD this picture is in reference to #爱情的形状 which is a song lyric in wu ding. I don't know how it happened but we just spontaneously came up with this formation hahaha.

..... Some weird photos in the loot as well XD

Successful OOTD shot! :)

We ended the trip with a nice photowall that CC spotted! <3 

I'm so happy that this trip happened despite everyone being so busy. The guys have freshie camps and orientation stuffs every week but still managed to take 2 days off their busy schedule. Glad that there are really no awkward moments with old friends, conversations flows naturally and inside jokes can be repeated endlessly. The whole trip we just kept going "warao I only have 2 hands" and "排成爱你的形状" to laugh at B. Aww awesome memories :)

Looking to the next trip with this bunch! <3

Shopping with 3/4 case budz

Aww KC has flown but the case budz spirit shall not be stopped!

Since Joce's shoes were spoilt, we decided that a shopping trip to bugis street would be the way to go!

.... Except that I completely forgot about the outing. LOL. I was completely engrossed in finishing all my backlog of videos accumulated from 10 weeks of internship that I ended up sleeping all the way till 1pm! Actually it's not even my fault cause they set the meeting time the day before at 2am =.= When I switched on my phone to do my routine whatsapp check like every morning (oops afternoon in sat's case), Jocelyn's call suddenly came in:

Joce: eh we going bugis right?

Me: oh yes.... (Pretend to rmb). What time was it again ah?

Joce: 1pm!

I stared at the clock and realized it was 1pm already hahahahhaha. Rush hour began and I sped down by 2.20!

 Phew!

Jocelyn the meanie insisted that I'm supposed to treat drinks because I came so late. Bu.. But I didn't agree to playing punctuality ranking that day lor. Hmmph. Sassy mode on. Lol. In the end I still paid $2 hahahha. 

Once again we managed to witness Jocelyn's decisive shopping style as she managed to get her shoes by the third shoe shop we went to! So awesome cause they were quite affordable and the colour was nice as well! Most importantly there were heels so that lessened her height gap with me and HC for about 10cm 😂😂😂 soon after, Jocelyn also grabbed a red coat to wear and be patriotic on national day. 

While me and HC were trying to shop for some clothes but ended up not spending a cent haha. I dunno if it's cause nothing was nice enough or if we are not very decisive shoppers 😂😂😂 

It was pretty insightful to go shop with a guy as I realized all my favourite florals were deemed to be "auntie" TT. Also that ripped jeans were "过时”. The fashionista in me wanted to protest that I can werk it but decided to trust my friends after all 😂

After a few hours of shopping we were thoroughly exhausted and ended our day by having meepok for dinner.  

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Shoutout to KC in case he feels left out! We miss you!!!

Case budz meetup before KC flies!

Just did my Sunday afternoon routine with case budz! Yay!

Firstly we did our punctuality ranking again with KC coming in LAST again. 😂 

Jocelyn finally came in first! Second goes to me, the consistently punctual casebudz member. Btw my fringe malfunctioned as mum randomly slapped some gel on it this morning and I was unable to separate the strands hahaha.

Went for a binging session at tong le dim sum buffet and HC footed half the bill cause his salary was twice ours! Yay! #casebudzlove 

After that, feeling overfed and guilty, we decided to walk all the way to hc's house!! Survived the distance by talking about naruto and singing random songs even though almost all of us had a sore throat. #kboxanytimeanywhere

Took a celebratory picture to see the distance we covered! :) and we kept laughing at how hc looks like a submissive girlfriend of kc in the pict😂

Sefie again!! Yes we walked across that whole field ;) 

After that we went into hc's house and saw his good looking dad (hahahah) and played cards as per our usual routine!

Ended this short but great afternoon with hugs and smiles (Cheesy alert). Case budz outing doesn't fall short of expectations! Can't wait to meet when kc is back! Bon voyage and have fun!!!

My favorite case budz

On the way to Msia as part of our case budz almost-weekly meetups now! The bus is totally jammed so I decided to take some time to blog as requested by Jocelyn, the greatest fan of this blog 😆

After each week of internship, we look forward to meeting each other to unwind and do something fun together. Fun guaranteed! Shall write about the impact the case budz made to my life!

1) playing more card games in the past few months than my whole life:

Us cozying up on Jocelyn's bed playing taitee :)

With a group of friends who loves games to bits, we meet to play card/board games almost once every 2 weeks! As a total non-gamer before, I was ridiculously bad at all the games lol. Especially strategy games like munchkins. I'd totally get yelled at by them for my non existent gaming strategies. Other luck based games like mahjong and taitee are not thaaaaaaat bad. 😎

2) Singing kbox VERY often:

Us feasting at kbox buffet :)

I'm so happy that our shared interest is singing!! Our favorite pastime is to crazily belt our lungs out or to do a guy vs girl competition. Soo fun!!

3) Having fun chats over meals:

Us having a fab meal at JB :)

Whether it's random poking fun at each other, catching up on each other's lives or KC giving Jocelyn social etiquette lessons, we never fail to have lots of laughter and fun moments :)

4) setting up of "the punctuality ranking":

Us being angry at KC who was late :)

Haha because HC is a perpetual latecomer, we decided that we should do a punctuality ranking thingy to keep everyone on their toes. Just to update, the current ranking is 

1) me!!! Muahahaha

2) Joce 

3) HC

4) KC 

KC is determined to get his crown back!

5) playing the most fast escalating prank with Jocelyn:

Jocelyn reeling in shock at the prank :)

Basically since Joce lost one of the wagers we had, she had to do the dare  of doing a confession to a certain Mr B over whatsapp. So is 3 masterminds carefully planned the messages out and conversed with the confused Mr B lol. Aiya but the truth is that Mr B was an old crush (with an undying flame) so the confession was a truth packaged as a dare. With many bold(?) messages from the masterminds, the truth came to light and Mr B was obliged to make a reply. 

Unfortunately it didn't work out in the end :((( but through this confession I'm glad that Joce finally checked this lingering item off her to-do list and grown from it a lot, while putting her happiness101 knowledge into good use for positive thinking! Don't worry my friend! Good days are ahead!

6) experiencing real friendship:

Us claiming Joce's plushies as our own :)

I sure hope everyone is lucky enough to have a close circle of friends that you are very comfortable with, I would think it's rather rare and I'm lucky that magic happened in our clique :) we feel comfortable enough to share our insecurities, totally go crazy and completely be ourselves with each other. 

Awwww mushy hahaha. 

Hope that many years later when I'm re-reading this entry of mine, these friends will continue to stay as close as ever :)