Graduation fun

After 4 years of "wait, what is happening?", "no lol I have not started the assignment yet, you?", "That mentor of mine..." and "SAVE ME A SEAT!!", I can finally conclude my life as a university student.

I met some good friends along the way, who are now my life long friends and colleagues.

I had lots of help along the way, from meeting my tutors individually to complaining about the workload.

In the end, I still had to rely on my own effort to be granted a mortarboard on my head.

I have to thank two people specially, though.

My mother and the love of my life. 

My mum would always hear me sobbing in my room during prac and she'd invite herself into my room sitting behind me quietly waiting for me to suck up all my tears, ready for a story time. All those nights of "you're still doing your assignment? It's almost 1am, hurry up and finish it so you can sleep". I swear as soon as I started uni, her first question was "so when are you graduating?". I did it mum!

Magnum on the other hand has two big fat words stamped on his head- EMPATHY and UNDERSTANDING.

I would come home complaining about my course work or what happened in school, he would listen and give me advice and encourages me to try and face whatever that's coming my way strongly. I realised so much, including my love for him.

Thank you.

What made you wanna become a teacher? 

I didn't. I wanted to become an interior designer or an artist. But when I consulted my father all those years ago, he said teaching is the best choice for me. To be honest, I sucked it up and dealt with all the shit uni and prac gave me for my dad- as his last advice for me before his passing. I'm glad I stuck with it, deep down I wanted to prove all my primary school teachers in Ipoh that they were wrong about me and how they SHOULD really change their teaching pedagogy- didactic and boring. I will always be better than you and I know it, so suck it. 

Anyways, here are some photos of my friends and I celebrating my success. 

Photos are by Kenneth Lim and Magnum Chin.

Glamping > Camping

We try to go away from where we are on our anniversary as a little treat/celebration for ourselves. This year, Magnum suggested going glamping down South at Yallingup. I have been wanting to go glamping for such a long time! Personally, I choose glamping over camping. The thought of not being able to shower freaks my hair out, no thank you!

Here are some pictures Magnum took of me/us during the 3 days 2-night getaway. We had such a wonderful time!

First stop we made after arriving in the little town was Cape Lavender Town House. Everything in there was lavender-based, from their tea to their capsicum chutney! Even the decors are hinted with lavender.

I wanted to visit this town house because I've been to the one in Pamberton. In comparision with each other, I prefer the Pamberton Lavender & Berry farm over Cape Lavender Town House (not to mention their fluffy blueberry pancake). Pamberton's products have more of a lavender taste and smell in all their products, whereas Cape Lavender only has notes of it.

We ordered Green Sencha with Lavender tea, but all we could taste was Green Sencha... 

We made our way to our glam tent and two cute yak looking cows came to greet us. They were so friendly and cute. But they had crazy eyes... 

So many of you asked for the location of the tent- say no more. 

Here it is!

My review for this spot?

It's like camping, but better. The tent is located within a retreat area.

You will have to walk 1 min or drive to the toilet, which is part of the pool amenities. Thank goodness for showers!

We had the pool and toilet to ourselves because not many people were staying at the lodge.

You are provided with chargeable lamps for night time and a Bluetooth speaker.

Birds will be your morning un-snoozable alarm. 

A bonus is it is so close to town!

You'll read more of everyone else's reviews if you click on the underlined link!

The next morning (which was our anniversary day) we had brunch at Bunker Beach Cafe

We did not do much exciting things this time around compared to the last two times we've been. Magnum flew his drone around, took some really nice photos of the area. So proud of him!

Wyadup Rocks- known as Nature's Spa.  

Here's a photo of me being scared of falling

 Canal Rocks- WHY CAN'T I BE A MERMAID? The sound of waves slapping on rocks makes me so happy.

I hope you enjoyed reading my little hoo-haa post of nothing. Short getaways are always nice when you want to spend some alone time with someone. You focus on nothing but that person, what to eat and where to go. Let us know if you're going, you'll enjoy it as much as we did!

A little bit of Ipoh, a lot of Singapore

One thing stuck in my mind on the plane back home- FOOD and shopping.

My nan's daily routine is to get up early, go for her morning walk, go home, get ready to go out for breakfast.

My daily routine is to get up early when she wakes me up, go for her morning walk, go home, get ready to go out for breakfast.

Nan took me to this little corner family-owned noodle shop, SO GOOD. Not my usual Sunday morning fishball noodle soup but SO GOOD! I had to go back before I left Ipoh. Also I recommend ordering the noodles dry, not in soup form. 

LOL that is all the photos I took while I was in Ipoh. The rest are stored in my iCloud, or posted on my Instagram story which you should have seen...

This trip wouldn't have been enjoyable if it wasn't for that certain someone who had to literally run around town just so I can get MY stuff done. Thank you! That is all... the rest was said before I entered the bus.

*Singapore*

I arrived two hours before Serene, I was exhausted from flying. More exhausted from the 2 hours freaking delay from AirAsia due to some engineering problem which caused an almost-cancelled-flight, thanks a lot AirAsia but no thanks.

We didn't do much on our first day there except I caught up with someone and literally could not recognise him for 2 seconds until he turned his back on me and went 'oh sorry wrong person'. His hairstyle changed, his dressing was different but that smirk was still there. I've missed this bastard. 

I am also never walking along Orchard Road for however long we walked for. I think we have had enough of that foodcourt we walked passed 4...5? 7? times.

But I think the highlight of the day was prawn fishing, it was really testing my patience. But I am so proud that the person who caught all the prawns did something compassionate. Not sure if Serene caught something up there though... 

HOWEVER, LET US  MOVE TOWARDS DAY 2

We started off the day at China town. Sight seeing- lots of 'take one of me please' and 'one more'. 

And then we went to Little India. Btw, if you are planning to visit Singapore, better get your comfortable walking shoes on.
It was my first time visiting Little India, interesting! I mean, nothing that I have not seen before but interesting! Of course we had to get henna done...

My hesitation was- work is going to kill me but I am brave LOL

I am also reaaaaalllyyyy missing the person who is constantly standing behind me taking a million photos saying 'wait' or 'it's too dark'. 

We moved forward to Arab Street. I felt like I was in the Middle East. Thanks Serene for suggesting to go to these cool places!

Photos following this in my editing software are the ones of me and Serene in the Art Science Museum. I got angry while editing so you might/might not see them near future.

But overall, it was a good trip. Not sure if you read my last post but it was the summary of my whole trip. I better stop here before I miss my friends and fam more than I should have because it is all I am thinking of right now. I feel the way I felt 9 years ago, horrible that I have left my friends and fam and that I hate it where I am now.

 My next post should be 6 months later, see you on my instagram story ;)