It's the last day of school, I have completed most of my work, but can't go back yet as I need to wait for a parent to come at 4pm to get feedback on their child. So I refuse to do any work as I am so drained from the last month of craziness at work, so I started surfing the net for the designer bags that I want to buy when I am in Spain and Paris later in November.

I was in Paris last year, and went a bit crazy bag-buying. I got myself a Long Champ, a Miu Miu bag, and a Prada for my sister. And it was isnanely cheaper than what Singapore is selling them for. So this year, after my Spain trip, I am doing a 'pop over' to Paris to go designer-bag shopping.

It's terrible, I know. It's a costly obsession that I have but I can't seem to stop! So this year, I told myself that I would not buy anything crazily expensive (bag-wise) as I would be spending a lot of money at the end of the year.

So I was surfing, and these are what I am lusting after.

Prada tote bag. I saw this last year when I was in Paris, but stupidly enough, did not buy it. Why not? Cos I was dumb. And when I went down to the Prada store at ION, it was so much more that I refused to buy it. So I have been waiting very patiently till year end to get my hands on this bag. I love it cos its roomy, not too stuffy-looking, and its compact in size. Yay!

A Miu Miu wallet. I already have a Kate Spade wallet, but it's kind of used and abused. And I have been lusting after this wallet forever. Didn't buy it last year cos my Kate Spade was still in its infant stage (half a year old). So it's time for me to get my hands on this gorgeous pink wallet!!

And I am in major need of a formal evening bag...for...well... formal occassions like weddings, Hari Raya..Ok, fine. Im finding excuses to buy this bag. But it's a gorgeous Prada clutch bag, purely leather, wilth gold embellishment. Sigh...What's there not to love about it? So yes, I want this too.

And yes, this brings me to the end of my very shallow post, on designer bags. I haven't come to the Hermes or Birken stage and I hope I NEVER GET TO THAT STAGE COS A BIRKEN CAN COST UP TO $12,000! EUROS!! So yes, I am bad but not too bad cos the designer brands I lust after are still fairly affordable. To me, at least. :)

I met one of my dearest friends after a very very very very very long time. Khalidal is one of those friends whom you know you can always depend on, as crazy as I am, intelligent, kind, sensitive, and most importantly, just a very good friend. I have known her since we were both in NIE, and we both just clicked. You know how it is, when you meet someone new, and everything falls into place? Yeah, it was like that with her.

We had the best time together in school. Did projects together, went out like crazy and my first big trip out of Singapore to Europe was with her. We went to Turkey together and until today, Turkey is one of my most favourite place in the world and it is largely because of her. And we kept in close touch even after graduation, saw each other through ups and downs, shit at work, break ups with jerky bfs, etc etc. She got married in 2007, and as horrible as this sounds, I was really sad. Cos it meant losing my best friend. Despite what everyone says, the ball game changes when you are married. I have a lot of married friends who have just disappeared due to their marital and family commitments. And I don't blame them as priorities change when you reach new phases in your life. And I remembered crying when she told me that she was getting married.

I left for Australia a month after her wedding, and was gone for a year, and then she gave birth when I came back to Singapore in 2009. I met her once in 2009, and then there was a 2 year hiatus before we met again last Tuesday.

 I don't even know why we stopped meeting up. It's funny cos in the Sunday Times today, there was an article which resonated with me. The article states 'Much like how a man has to seize the moment when it comes to asking a woman out, friendships too are about timeliness.....' And I think we were both so occupied with our jobs, though I must say K has been a dear in trying to keep in touch, that things got really awkward. At least for me. And the article also states 'Much as I'd like to re-establish communication, I've waited too long and it now feels awkward.' Which was exactly how I felt.

So we kind of drifted apart, with me not knowing what was going on with one of my best friends and vice versa. And then I received a work email from her (was a generic email which she sent to all Humanities teachers in Singapore), and something just slapped me in the face. I was like, this is one of my closest friends, and the only contact I have with her is through a generic work email, which was really impersonal. Hello! I went to Turkey with this girl for 10 days and she was there for me at my very lowest!!!

So I sent her an email, and we met up. And it was the best decision I made, to re establish contact with her again. I started crying when I saw her and hugged her. And from there, we carried on where we last left off, and just talked and talked and talked. It was really nice.

So K, if you are reading this, I am sorry for being an ass for 2 whole years and letting my pride get in the way. I love you and we have to meet again during the holidays!!!

This is going to much less morbid and depressing post. I was reading through my previous entries and I SOUNDED SO WHINY!! Urgh...Utterly unlike me! So this is going to be a much happier post, even though I am still rather overwhelmed at work but I am smarter this time. I refuse to let the mountain-load of work control me and rather, make sure I am controlling the damn work. So for the past 2 weeks, rather than burying myself with work, I asked myself: What makes me happy and not stress me too much?

The answer:
1. Dessert
2. Exercising
3. Spending time with my family (Like the whole she-bang, niece and nephew and brrother in law and my elder sis)

So I have been eating lots of dessert. Let's see...It started from 2 Saturdays ago where I went to Laurent Chocolate Bar and had the gorgeous chocolate souffle. And then the following Sat, I went back to the same bar cos it was so damn good and had the chocolate tart. Orgasmic. And then I read the papers and found out Brunettis has opened here! Brunettis is this very very popular cafe in Melbourne, with some of the best desserts and coffee in the country. And IT WAS OPEN HERE! So I made a trip down to Tanglin Mall where Brunettis was located and had not one but 2 desserts! The chocolate eclair and the chocolate canoli and latte. Which reminded me so much of Melbourne. And reminded me how much I miss it there and haven't been back for the longest time!

My desserts...There was so much to choose from!! 

Interior of the cafe..exactly like the one in Melbourne!

And cos I did so much eating, I made up for it by exercising more. Im much better now since my ulcers-in-the-throat fiasco. So I have reverted back to my weekly 5km runs, and my twice a week hot yoga sessions. I have been doing hot vinyasa now, rather than the normal hot hatha and it is so much faster, and more strenuous and more demanding but I love it. Everytime I step into the class and am halfway through the session, I would be kicking myself mentally for putting myself through this. But once we reach the end where we meditate, I always love the feeling and can't wait to start again. And that is theraphy for me. I try to run out of school early at least once a week to hit the yoga studio and one weekend. 

And this weekend, I spent it with family. It was my neice's birthday 2 weeks ago, and we decided to celebrate it at the airport. My mom has fallen in love with the airport for some bizarre reason, and she insisted on going to one of the restaurants at T3 for our family get together. So the airport T3 it was. Really fun. Been a while since the family came together, the last being fasting month, which was 2 mths ago.

Earle Swensens @ the Airport

Monkey girl. Guess what she wanted for her birthday? Not new toys, not a doll house, not new shoes, not new dresses, but.....AN ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH. Don't ask. And yes, I bought her an electric toothbrush. Bizarre.

It has been a manageable 2 weeks, but I can't wait for the break to come!!!!!!!