Berry Merry XMAS!!

first of all... merry xmas to my dearest friends n anonymous readers.. i hope everyone had fun and enjoyed thoroughly, n received lots of prezzies..

i had a long day n tiring day but i had tremendous fun too!

day started with groceries shopping with rudy near his place.. then it was like 4 hrs of non stop cooking... who did e cooking? CLAUDIA did e cooking.. hahaa.. i've proven to e world again this city girl who loves to drink, CAN COOK! :P

*This table tat all the food is sitting on is $5000 mind u....*

This table full of food.. i'm glad i got positive comments.. wat's nt on e table was the bailey's cheesecake and strawberry sauce.. i love how strawberries teases ur palate with its color and aroma. uummmm.. MARVELOUS! u should see the real thing..




u should see how alvin enjoyed the cake.. hahaa... my "oh-so-sinful" baileys cake... some say better than orgasm! hahaaa....

*SEE~!!! i told u... :P*

christmas this yr is more like jus a party.. i dont haf e christmas mood.. even seeing tonnes n tonnes of ppl on orchard road, lots of crazy midnight shopping.. still.. where's e christmas mood??

anyway after leaving rudy's place i caught up with my dear buddy raymond... it nice to catch a familiar face on xmas eve. austin was in e area too but too bad i couldn't get thru his phone. else it'll be nice to haf him with us b4 i snap the last pic of my christmas eve...

tomorrow will be another day of madness. no cooking needed i hope! haha... i better sleep and recharge for tmr. i bet seeing my lovely darlings altogether tomorrow will be great! more pics coming... :D

*Rudy was trying so hard to serenade us into e christmas mood.. apparently or rather OBviously he failed... *sigh** hahaa....



*Heart shape chocolate n vanilla ice cream.... i Soooo..... mus get this to mug on Valentine's Day if i'm still single by then...*

*obviously he was... THE FAKE CHEF!!* :P

*This is wat u call practical help ok Rudy.. r u looking? learn well ok? wuhahaa....*

*i like this pic.... :D*

2nd "not-too-merry" christmas in a row..

xmas 2005.. i'm sick.. i'm tired.. i'm having a headache.. i haf unplesant memories flooding my head.. *sigh*

its another day i jus wanna stay home n sleep till boxing day.. nurse my persistent headache.. sip hot choc (made in my "hug mug") in bed.. mug on dan brown.. take control of e TV remote control and jus rot through xmas. it'll be perfect if snow flakes glide across e sky... *AAaWww*...

Its one of the best day night out.. with my dearest frens.. even doing nothing at all will be e best time ever...

met up with june's fren to pick up her gift n xmas cards for her family which she has air flown all the way from UK.. then ray n i headed to wheelocks place. this place is getting lively! i love shoe gazing at Substance. they always haf nice pretty shoes which i jus look n never buy cos its always outta budget for me. hehee.. anyway raymond is so sweet. he bought dinner at The simple life. food turned out rather nice.. thou it was jus chicken rice and beef hor fun. place was pretty quiet. i like e ambient. esp when we saw e crowd at fish&co b4 we left.. i'm so thankful i chose to dine there in peace n nt a mad crowd..

* The chicken rice.. Surprisingly its nice!*


*Raymond trying to be funny.... don't u think he looks better without glasses now?*

we met cindy and elaine later.. the shopping begins! i didn't spend as much as i thought i would.. perhaps crowd has been pretty much a turn off. u should see e human jam.. pretty scary if u're nt in e right mental state. i was ever "lost" in wisma cos e crowd was so overwhelming tat i lost orientation. my mind jus went blank n i couldn't remember my purpose of going there. scary? or is it jus me.. the scatterbrain claudia. haa...

*the amazing crowd*

the rest are random pictures.. i'll let them tell its story. too tired to blabber too much. its another day of xmas shoping madness tmr... n headache is killing me as usual.. i'm tring to sleep early. Oh! did i say early? its 3:55am already.. sheezz...

Insomnia

Third night of misery. The desperation begins to set in. I search my room for sleeping pills in vain.. I'm beginning to feel frustrated. But i'm still containing it by meditating, praying, watching tv, reading, etc etc.. I jus cant sleep.. ARGH!!!

its a lousy wednesday.. plagued by splitting headaches and gastric pain. asprins instantaneously became my other best friend..

Sleepless..

Its crazy. Day 2 of insomnia.. 6am n i'm still wide awake.. someone should knock me out! argh....

Blissful Monday..

Its gonna be a movie marathon week for me.. Caught KingKong a while ago.. the movie is nice.. but like Austin, i dont like e ending cos its way too sad.. i thought KingKong would be brought back to his home or at least not die. Shit man.. there's so much animal abuse scenes! pls tell me its all CGs..

anyway i'm gonna catch Family stone with my sis tmr.. its a charity screening. one of those xmas family drama kinda thing.

then wednesday gonna catch The Promise with Rudy.. n its MAMBO night!! i wonder if any of the girls will join me.. hhmmm...

thursday i plan to watch chronicles of Narnia.. no concrete plans yet. so i'd say still pending.

friday is like e big day! i love groceries shopping! n we're gonna be preparing for Saturday.. Xmas eve! wooo.. i'm excited! i love the shopping n the cooking part.. so Rudy if u're reading this, take note u're in charge of cleaning! hahaa.....

so i guess my week is more or less packed.. im gonna let my hair down n party on.. n worry abt work next week. haha.. my 150 illustrations is breathing down my neck! but heck! i'm gonna put it aside for a while...

hm... seeing austin today made me though.. it has been so long since i've caught my buddies.. wat happened to my bunch of brudders?? jeekhen.. raymond.. xuan.. guang n ace.. been e longest time since we've hung out. e last time was like.. raymond's bday? tat was more than 2 months back. even austin.. i haven seen him for more than a week. i've been seeing the most of rudy.. the guy who goes EEKKKK... hahaaa... last wk at harry's was hell of a good time thou..

oh elaine reminded me abt thursday shopping madness! hahaa... midnight shopping!! YEAH!! its way too cool... shop shop shop!!! yipee......!!!!

Random Photos.. Random Thoughts..

*Sheeps... i love sheeps! so cute... especially this.. who can resist Burberry's sheeps.. heheee... i want 1 of these in my house one day....*

*GROMIT!!! doesn't he look soooooo huggable in its Balloony form.. holding lollypop somemore.. AAWWW......*

*i spotted dingdang when i was doing midnight shopping... i also want to haf this in my room next time. hehee.. wish it moves and talks! haha...*


*Sylvanian Family... its always a girl's dream to haf one of this doll house... Our ideal home... hehe...*

*the crazy suntec city at 11pm.. "Hai yo.. i know its my mum's birthday.. dont need to be this excited la... my mum says its jus another day of e year.." hahaaaaa....."

*the nice cake for my mum..."

*....n as usual.. claudia haf a soft spot for ice cream.. oogling at guys is jus another bonus! haha...*

Reflections

2006 is jus round the corner.. almost 2 wks to go. yet i jus feel like doing some self reflection now..

waking up to a message, telling me its nt a nice thing to drink over my limit often.. at e instance i had the impulse to retort.. to defend myself.. to reply "i dont drink tat often".. but i held back. at 9am in e morning, after a night of drinking.. i sit up in bed and "self reflected".

when was e last time i drank? well b4 last nite it was abt 3 wks back with laine n jeff.. e night i had an overdose of japanese sake even b4 i met e guys for magaritas at iguanas. i got to buddy's place reeking of alcohol. that ain't a nice thing to do. guess for e sake of my own health n how i dunno how to behave myself, i should stop drinking once n for how.. like how i stopped smoking n never touched it again.

somehow i got led to thinking abt my character..

i always think i'm right. there should be more room for humility, more room for grace.
something has to be done abt my spending habits. should learn to manage my finances in a better manner.
simplicity is one virtue i still cant grasp hold of.

2005 gotta be one of the worst yr i've had for the whole 21 yrs of my life. i cant say 2006 will be better cos "shit always happens". but i can say it proudly i'll be able to handle things better.. wat doesn't breaks us jus makes us stronger.. i'm definitely stronger now tat i've walked this very difficult year all alone.. i did it.

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HAppy Whiskey!

Raymond brought his dogs to meet us the other day.. they were simply too adorable! but sorry i'm bias.. i love whiskey more than his little charcoal. hehee.. how can anyone not love whiskey more.. this schnauzer is fat like a little lamb.. lazy like a piglet. hahaa.. simply melts ur heart...







Look at him! Whiskey's pear shape butt!!! heheee.... ray should change his name to MARY.. 'cause...

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"MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB.... LITTLE LAMB... LITTLE LAMB... ..."

hahahaaaaaa........ lame..

Happy day!

i'm so glad i made it to my final semester.. graduating in half a year! *sigh of relief* its almost over....

now i gotta start planning my route.. make plans.. where to go after lasalle.. local or overseas?? the big question...

anywayzzz.. pictures for yesterday.. nothing much to say now. maybe later, after i get home....

Sinful!! @NYDC... chocolate almond fudge + macademia ice cream + cookie chunks!! NYDC rockss......!!!!!

Garlic toast with Mozarella... yummy!!

*Greedy pig Claudia..*

*Where's Elaine.... Where's Elaine?!?!* :D




Do we look like tourist here?! hehee...

Stop 1: crazy shopping day begins at Tanjong Pagar.. was craving for peranakan food and headed to Nonya express but ALAS! they closed down.. we ended up settling for Secret Recipe. expensive lunch! tat wasn't the plan...

Stop 2: China Square. Target: The Shoe Loft
after searching ard.. finally found e nice shop with lovely whimsical shoes. nothing in particular i fell in love with thou most are nice. passed by far east square and again nothing special.




Stop 3: Headed to Orchard.
Wheelocks Place. we can spend forever in Borders. i was battling to buy Computer Arts magazine or not. i'm proud to say i resisted temptation.. headed to Zara next. tried on clothes but fancied none. i wanna get a casual short jacket.

< Intermission >
headed for my interview at ard 330pm. didn't expect interview to last almost an hour. so while i'm at work e babes jus chill n have coffee.. headed back to Orchard at 5pm

< End of intermission >

Stop 4: Isetan Shaw Center.
i wonder why the mango collection here is backdated. if u're looking for any back season stock tat's already sold out at other branch, u might wanna try Shaw.. we left Shaw empty handed as well...

Stop 5: Pacifics Plaza.
i'm so in love with Adidas' new collection.. there's this jacket i really really like. click on pic below to view. i really really love it. but jus too bad cos of its long cutting, aint' suitable for me. i'm not tall enough to carry it off. sobz.. if it does, i'd have willingly part with $300 almost immediately.. unfortunately... or rather fortunately. haha..


Stop 6: Wisma Atria and Heerens.
Cindy left us at this point of time to go home to support her "Superhost" Lee Teng.. hehe.. laine n i headed to topshop. bought pretty lingeries. hehee... finally bought the belt i needed for long long ago from mango..

Heerens.. we bagged earrings from "Flowers in the attic".. i love the whimsical feathery ones! n i grabbed flip flops from Footloose.


We had dinner at cineleisure but headed back to HMV to utilize my $100 voucher. grabbed 2 japanese albums.





These are the jackets i've bagged this week.. 1 for work.. 1 for play.. :D


Was at ikea today with buddy.. i wanna revamp my room b4 christmas!! look out for major changes.. hang on while constructions in progress. hehee... i like this wierd pic he snapped during lunch.. zoom effect. hehee... he's such a vainpot! hehee...