27 on 27

I turned 27 on 27 (May)!

Spent my birthday weekend in Penang this year, was my first trip to Penang

And the whole trip can be summed up with one word - eat, eat & eat. 

I think I had 6 meals in one day (no joke)

Penang Char Kuey Tiao is really different.. the wok hei is way stronger coz they use charcoal to cook

We queued 30mins for this Char Kuey Tiao 

                                               

Had tons of food but my fav must be this Duck Meat Soup Kuey Tiao

It's super good! The soup is not salty and just nice, I love it so much (with the soy sauce chilli dip) that I had it as my last Penang meal before flying back. 

And look at my man buying for me hehe... that's a back view I won't ever get bored of ;)

So, with that I found my true love in Penang...

Heartfelt thanks to my love

He surprised me with sunflowers and the sweetest card~

Or maybe he got tired of me requesting for flowers every time we walk past a flower shop hahaha!

Thank you for doting on me unconditionally 

Cooking for me, taking my bag without me requesting, always there to hold my hands, being the best IG BF...

Although we have our differences

But with you, I never felt I was difficult to love 

Between passionate and stable love, now I'll take the latter any day

And yes, to anyone who asks me if dating apps work... 

I will say take breaks if you must (I did too!) but don't give up

Because if I did, I will never have met Darius

We are 2 different people with different nationality, background and work environment

2 people who without the digital age will never have met, and yet we did

So, thank you e-月老

Because after turning so many circles, I'm truly happy now :)

How it feels lying in a coffin

I think this must be the most morbid title on this blog, ever...

But there's a reason haha

Let's go back 24 hours ago, back to yesterday

16 May'19

Took leave and crossed the customs to JB with Val!

We had late lunch at this super worth it and good service Japanese restaurant at Skudai called 

Warakuya Japanese Garden

Look at the thick Sashimi slices! 

I always found eating Japanese food in Msia is super worth it coz of the exchange rate

And the portions they give are way bigger than SG's...

Val says the 1 slice of Sashimi in Msia = 2 slices in SG hahaha

After lunch, Val brought me to play escape room...

I was super against it at the start coz too scared.

In the end, we went ahead after combining with 3 other Msian Chinese

Most spontaneous game ever hahaha 

But the 3 of them were super nice!

I think throughout the game, the only role I was in charge of was laughing LOL

At one juncture, we managed to unlock a coffin

And I thought smth will jump out of it but NO!

The horror was after, apparently each of us had to lie in the coffin, close the lid and then be pushed into the next room...

o.0

We did it, but I was laughing so hard

It really felt quite scary, like in utter darkness and slightly claustrophobic 

Val tried to climb over coz there was a small gap, but her ass got stuck HAHAHA

So no choice

The gentleman went last and when he climbed in, he muttered, I'm closing the lid to my own coffin

LOL sorry but in that context it was quite funny

We managed to escape after 70 mins! 

Which I thought was not bad

The games were really quite challenging but the creativity is another notch...

Highly recommend playing escape room in JB!

Went to do hair treatment and ate dinner...

by the time we were back in SG it was around 10+pm

Haven't had such quality time with Val in a long while

Glad to have her as my constant :)

17 May'19

Went Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck with my fam + Darius for 3 May babies birthday celebration!

This is the first time we ate outside with Darius and he specially booked a later bus back to KL

The food was so-so only... quite salty in my opinion

And the Peking Duck... can't compare to Beijing, sadly.

But I enjoyed the company, that's the most impt! ^^

Something happened recently that made me really glad I have Darius with me now...

So, one of the bone stuck in my throat for this rs has been his ex, since forever.

Because, he is still friends with her and they meet in a clique once in awhile...

Which is smth I don't think I can ever understand, esp given how they ended. 

This was also the reason why i hesitated getting together with him at the start, because I know I am quite insecure and this will blow up in the long run. 

I like to poke buttons, and that night I decided to poke his IG button

He still kept the sweet moments with his ex (their couple photos) on IG but he never posts about us

So I asked him, why the difference in treatment on social media

One thing good about him is he is super tactful

So he said, to him he alr forgotten about the photos till I mentioned them

And his social media pattern has changed, he rarely posts now

Which I have to agree...

And he offered to delete them if I mind

I didn't give him a reply then, but I thought it through and decided I will feel better if he deletes them

So 2 days later, we met for dinner and I brought it up that I will take up his offer

And his reply was simply: 'I removed them alr'

I was pleasantly surprised, because I did not expect him to be so auto

And I also didn't expect myself to be so happy about this gesture hahaha

So, now I think it really wasn't because I was a bad gf in the past

It was simply incompatibility and maybe dated assholes along the way

亲王子之前，总要先亲几个癞蛤蟆～

Saturdate

Went on a Saturdate with Darius~

Tmr marks our 6 months anniversary!

As a celebration for Darius' first commission, he treated Jayden and I to YardBird

We had the atas chicken waffles and watermelon, mac n cheese, biscuits and also YardBird's version of impossible burger

We were sooooo full by the end omg

But, I think the best was the mac n cheese and the impossible burger was cool too!

The patty is a meat replacement using plant based protein and is all the rage recently about sustainable alternative food supply, something that SFA is working on as well

Interestingly, it doesn't exactly taste like meat but it's not bad! 

After the meal, we parted ways with Jayden and went Jewel Changi

It is still sooooo crowded after 1 month of opening, and taking photos is almost impossible without other people in them lol

Still managed to grab some selfies together with the vortex waterfall behind!

Coincidentally, Val was at Jewel with Chao as well

Alas, we didn't bump into each other~

Look at how small Darius' eyes are! LOL

Mine was closed, but his still had a small slit open 

-.-

IG BF in action hahaha

Never saw anyone take photos with the vortex waterfall from this angle before

Really like how Darius made me look so tall in this photo hahaha

There are whole walls of greenery in Jewel that are good for photo taking as well

Went to check out the queue for Shake Shack and it's crazy long

So... we went Starbucks instead

When we were in Beijing, we went to the 3-storey Starbucks Reserve 

Darius tried this innovative drink called Cold Brew Malt and he was just mentioning he had craving for it....

When we saw that Jewel Starbucks Reserve also has it! 

Jinx lol 

Got a Cold Brew Malt for sharing! 

The ice cream in SG version is blended in, but I recall in Beijing it was just melted ice cream

The drink we had in SG is also slightly more bitter, think it is because of more caffeine in it

The aftermath of drinking Cold Brew Malt made me realise I am really lactose intolerant

I've been having stomach bloating and pain for the longest time

And recently, I've been experimenting to see what's the cause

I had stomachache after drinking the cold brew malt 

Sigh pie, have to bid goodbye to my milk BBTs for good :(

Was a chill Saturday~

Time zooms really fast, can't believe Darius and I have been together for 6 months

It is the longest rs I've had so far 

Based on track record, usually by about 3rd month or so? We will start quarrelling

Not saying Darius and I don't have disagreements... but he has a way of managing me lol 

I can only say, his EQ is really good 

Maybe that's why he is a recruiter

With him, I feel cared for and secure

With him, I don't feel like I am being difficult 

With him, I don't feel inadequate as a gf 

With him, I feel like there's a chance things will work out

With him, we are buddies in crime