meshing together a couple of different occasions that happened across different weekends haha! i’m trying my best to load up on rest while finishing up May’s edits because June is going to be one CRAZY month!! 

we stumbled across this new shopping centre at katong called “1-2-3 something”

and came across this chic looking cafe BACI and tried it for fun

ken was wondering if that black thing was chocolate sauce haha, it’s not ;)

on sundays it’s car rides

and we headed to simpang bedok for some noodles!

waiting at a VERY long traffic light…take picture.

the travelling band and the cool guitar stand that folds into a briefcase, nice…

detoured from the office that day to nestle down in drips cafe to do some planning. i was sick that day though, forcing myself to be well haha i’m glad those days are over. i had raspberry tart and a latte. 

now, i bring about this huge bottle of water (the 1.5L kind i think) and yesterday i stopped having sugar in my coffee or drinks (well…except today…but it truly wasn’t my fault haha). slowly reverting to a healthier simpler way of eating. i think i began buying into the idea of spoiling myself (and keeping myself energized) because i worked so hard but i realized that it’s not really helping my body much.

so more water, less sugar.
at least for now it’s something easy to remember ;)

some time back, we headed to coastal settlement for supper after seeing moy instagram the place saying that it was in the east. and then i realized i passed it a few times but never really thought it was already open. 

i’m supposing it’s prettier in the day cause you can take nicer pictures and see more stuff. i’m not a huge fan of the place, i think cafes-coffee-deco are a very personal preference kind of thing though ;) but the truffle fries were yummy and according to ken he said the milkshake was really good (but we didn’t get to try cause he had cough haha). it was a fun novel experience checking out all the insane vintage collections that lined the walls.

one of my all-time favourite drinks at DOME

it’s inevitable, no matter how much we love each other (friends/family/boyfriend/girlfriend/children/husband/wife) we are bound to rub each other the wrong way. probably because, even though in our minds we know that everyone is by nature and nurtured to be unique individuals, we very much want the people we love to be like us - to like the same things, to have the same opinion and to love and interact in our way. 

slowly, i’ve become more patient, to give others who are more unlike me then like me, space to be themselves and also space to mature and build on their short comings just like i have mine.

it’s easier to be more understanding and work out problems together in a cool headed manner when I accept where the other party is coming from. it’s not that we don’t change for the better, but I realize that expecting the other person to suddenly change to suit me can be frustrating. and then when they do make an effort to work on it, i see the effort and know how difficult it is for them, like it is for me to change, and i appreciate their act of love. 

understanding personality types is not about boxing people into categories, it’s just understanding how others see and interact with the environment around them as well as understanding yourself ;) maybe it might not interest everyone, but it has helped me a great deal (even though there are times when i drop the ball and get REAL annoyed). especially learning to appreciate my own personality!

here’s the wikipedia explanation on the different personality types, it’s quite brief but i think the book’s more in detail (MBTI)

# while writing this post and i guess because it’s a good-friday-easter weekend, i’m reminded of how much God loves us. that even though we have not yet shown any signs of wanting to meet God “in the middle”. God made the full compromise of His own standard and paid the price so that He can continue to have a loving relationship with us…sweet!

another outing with my sis where we love to munch on the best pau we ever had and then finish it off with coffee. good times good times ;)

hope your weekend was good! mine flew by in an instant. we headed down to the ROOTS exhibition on friday and it was real nice to meet and see the crowd, have a drink and look at the art work that was displayed and just chat with friends. 

saturday was a whole day of walking and running errands and of course, good food! and sunday I spoiled myself with some delicious thai food before heading down towards NUS for the engagement session with Cheryl & Erwin. they are both just such wonderful people, like sincerely good and down to earth, I had a lovely time with them and aunty ;)

# anyway, here are the 2 cakes I had when we visited All Good Things cafe at Robertson Quay. Alison bakes her own cakes! Coming from a person who thinks the best cake are the cakes with the least amount of “cake” in it, only fudge haha - i love her cakes! i loved the rose nut cake one that i had (the second picture). another day i also had a blueberry raspberry coconut crumble and it was so yummy! head on down and drop by to visit her ;) she makes birthday cakes too and has the cutest candles ever!! (click)

i love “adventure” nights with my sister. the first one was really fun but i didn’t take much pictures so this time i spammed. yes, it’s a three part adventure too! hee. we started out first at THE PLAIN and were the last customers of the day. i love this place, i wish i’d have the chance to use this place as a studio for a portrait session ;D

i love the coffee and the poached eggs! i LOOOVVVEEE eggs :D hee after coffee we walked around this place that i can’t remember and walked towards chinatown to find dinner (yup coffee first? i know haha cause THE PLAIN closes at 7pm). and at chinatown, that’s part two of our adventure ;)

## ahhh!! just wanted to say thank God :D my laptop a bit something wrong already. has problem reading external hard drives like CDs or thumbdrive stuff. prayed over my laptop (yes, i know it sounds weird lol) and it worked!! phew…not sure what the problem is. hate having to consider buying something new…hope not, fingers crossed.