As I mentioned in my last entry... booked myself in for spin class this morning at 10 past 10.. so was up at 9 getting ready and all.. in the gym by 10am for spin class.. found out that Body Pump was on after spin.. how can I say no to that hahaha... so booked myself in for that.. hence was in the gym till abt half 12 today... (: must say it was a bloody good work out... went to the co-op and got myself 2 scones and a banana.. god I love my scones.. so not good for me.. but love it so much.. not the best scones.. Jordanhill still does my fav wholemeal ones though.. hmmm hahaha (having a Homer Simpson moment) hahah...

Went to Angel & Damus' place for dinner.. couldn decide on where to go so we cooked.. well at least they did haha.. Alistair and I went to ChinaBlue and bought one toufu dish and some roast meat to add on.. good dinner.. (: always yummy food at Angel & Damus' hahaha... (still kissing-ass) hee.. guilty (:

X-Factor was on @ 7.15pm on the telly, couldn get home in time to watch it so watched part of it at A & D's flat.. but had to leave half way to get home and get ready for Amy's birthday party at her flat. Mubina and Nadia got home from work at about 8 and we decided to meet at 9pm. So I

rushed out of Angel's flat at half 8 to get home and changed and all for 9!!! hahah boy was it a mad rush haha...

On our way to Amy's flat... (:

Was a good girl tonight, orange juice and water, no chips or chocolate.. hahah Mubina was munching away, I just held the dips for her haha.. she's the skinny one.. needs to put on weight... hee...

Mubina came up with this whole "Gym-Whore" thing a year ago.. cos we frequent the gym so often hahaha... Ive been going to the gym everyday this week since Monday.. golly gosh.. might give tmr a miss... hmmm maybe not hahaha.. see how it goes.. hee

Right.. this is us being sensible ppl.. well partly sensible.. haha.. we saw a girl fall flat on her front trying to walk in her heels. Wasnt a pretty sight haha.. she was wearing a short skirt so her butt was pretty much on display for all to see.. Mubina and I were wearing heels tonight.. but we wore our comfy slippers and pumps to walk over first and only put our heels on when we got there.. ahhhh see... this is us "using our brains" hahaha.... but I got ot admit.. I should have wore my crocs instead of slippers.. haha my toes were freezing~!!!! hahaha


Well the party was alright... Hardly knew anyone there.. only a handful of ppl I see ard uni and in the gym... manage to catch X-factor's result show on the telly.. totally gutted that that group got voted out.. the other girl group should have gone instead.. oh wells... Everyone else headed over to a club over on Sauchiehall street, but we old farts aka Mubina, Nadia and I, well the 2 of them have work tmr hahah me being the oldest fart, am just tired hahah.... so Im off to bed...

♥ Candy Dreams ♥

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Well how does one spend a long weekend... lets see... For the first 4 weeks Im off thursdays and fridays.. and its only the 2nd week of uni.. but some how Ive ended up in the library all by myself on a friday afternoon doing a group project... go figure (: anyho.. at least my group mates sent me a summary of information they got from books we borrowed.. that helped ...

Like I said, 2nd week of uni.. Library.. dead... not a soul... one place that Ive not missed at all.. I like working in the library though and am glad its only 5 minutes away from where I live.. I seem to be able to concentrate way better in the library.. that being said, managed to finish about 90% of the presentation.. yeah!... Alison came and helped me later on in the afternoon.. 2 brains always better than my one.. (:

the view I had all afternoon, not the best of views though. Dont be fooled by the weather.. it was really good first half of the afternoon and then it got dark and it started to rain and has not really stopped.. till now.. and its 12.45am now... still raining....

Alistair came over for dinner... tried making his favourite "tao you bak" with the fattest pork belly Ive ever seen.. think he enjoyed it... chicken soup (that we got from chung ying) wasnt very nice... too 'mediciny' haha... but the rest was good. Made vege with spicy bean sauce thingy haha, egg with chai por, my fav... Its great to have Alistair to help out. He did some of the dishes when I was cooking and he made the rice. (:

Well Alistair never stays long after dinner hahaha... once fed, he leaves. Who can blame him though hahaha.. nothing much on the tv anyways... Met Mubina and Nadia at the gym.. went for a run.. After doing those runs with SHu outdoors (which Im missing so so much), Im so reluctant to run on the treadmill.. I get sooo bored so quickly.. I start singing to the songs, start looking ard.. I ran for 45 minutes today and it was the longest 45 minutes, managed 7k though which is quite pathetic but I wasnt really in the mood. My hamstrings were aching from that Body Pump class I had on wednesday... not that Im complaining or anything hahah...

After coming back from the gym and taking a nice long hot shower, this was on tv....

I love this movie... I remember watching it when I was still in primary school... and I loved it then, and still love it now.. (: Every girl wants their fairy tale ending .... Watched it with Nicole (one of my flatmates) and we were both just 'aww-ing' and 'ohhh-ing' all the time hahah... pure jealous... wishing something like that can happen in real life haha.. a girl can only dream can we (:

Anyways... I better head to bed.. Ive booked myself in for a spin class tmr morning, so no excuse to sleep in...

♥ Candy Dreams ♥

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Basketball training went really well today... I just find it funny how its the direct opposite to how I play in singapore (more of, WHEN I play in singapore, which is hardly now hahah)

In Singapore, you play outdoors under the sun and basically sweat like a pig. After the game, try to find an air-conditioned place to cool off. Here we play in a closed environment, indoors which is absolutely roasting... and when we leave the sports centre, the temperature outside just cools you off... For the first time since Ive been back, the weather tonight has been nothing but perfect... I was roasting, dripping with perspiration from playing an hour and a half of bball... Weather outside was amazing.. walked home in just my bball shorts and t-shirt.. couldn have asked for better weather haha.....

Thats how sweaty I was... I usually see how wet my t-shirt is.. kinda as a gauge to how hard Ive worked.. cos I find when Im working really hard at the gym, I perspire more... Im a pig I sweat a lot (:

Oh and Body Pump must really be helping me hahaha.. I was really impressed with myself today.. *little pat on the back* I stayed back for a few minutes to do a bit of shooting. And I managed to shoot 5 three-pointers in a row followed by 10 at the penalty spot in a row.. Well for my standards thats really good.. not been able to do that since college days... (: hahah.. all those weights for my arms are starting to work.. (: haha.. bring on the tricep dips and push ups hee...

Had dinner with Alistair just now.. Subway it was again... went for the Subway salad today, trying to not eat carbs after a certain time... and Subway somehow seem to have the freshest bread and salad... had a nice long chat with him afterwards which was nice... Didn realise Ive been in a relationship consecutively for almost 6 years... 3 boyfriends in 6 years.. gosh.. been in a relationship since I was 17.. Single for the first time in 6 years at the age of 23..

Alistair on one hand is looking for someone he can have a relationship with, wanting to know how it feels to have someone waiting for him on the other end, missing him, being there for him. While Ive just not been looking at all... Yeah friends have been trying to match-make me with friends but I just decided if its meant to be, something will happen, so I'll just wait and see.... (:

So Alistair.. STOP being emo... SMILE~!!! (: hahaha... You've just been unlucky.. not met the right kinda girls yet... they are out there, somewhere... (:

Just got back from Mubina's.. haha she just started her job as a barista @ Starbucks (: I miss my working days at Starbucks very much... chatting away as usual... painting each others nails haha girlie stuff...

Off to check if my chicken soup for tmr's dinner is simmering away just fine.. am gonna be cooking dinner for Alistair tmr..

♥ candy dreams ♥

*and just found some random guy sleeping on the sofa in my living room.. hmmm so much for wanting to watch a bit of tv...

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Well into my 2nd week of my 3rd year now.. must say its going swell hahhaa... ton of work to do.. and when I say ton of work its no the same as work in 2nd year .. 2nd year were mostly tutorials and stuff.. 3rd year Ive got loads to read.. Journals, articles, books, websites... never-ending.. but its interesting stuff so am not complaining.. (: just that I got to put my 'chick flick romantic' novels aside for the time being (: and then there are the presentations.. 1st lecture and we got told we've got to prepare a presentation for next week.. not a lot of time.. but we'll get it done Im sure (:

Oh and Im glad Ive 'booked' my project supervisor... Not really decided on the topic yet but its something to do with the spinal cord.. My supervisor is currently working on research projects himself.. All of which are on the spinal cord and back pains... Got this book to read from him...

My project supervisor was expecting me to choose him for my project haha.. oh well I didn wanna hurt his feelings by saying my physiology lecturer was all 'booked' up thats why I decided on him cos no one else in class like biomech as much as I do (yes yes Leslie the Nerd)

So yeah, Ive got a couple of weeks to understand more about the spinal cord and back pains and then veture into various aspects of it.. Like say, running with weights or how carrying bags from grocery shopping affects the back or how running can lead to back pain or most common sport with one of the highest back pain records - golf... so yeah loads of things to look into.. but am glad Im on track early on.. (:

Got a couple of hours in between classes and the gym so manage to catch the latest episode of Prison Break .. hee.. I just love it.. heading over for body pump in a while.. new class... all to do with weights.. lots of weights.... every session the instructor works a different section of the body. The weights area of the gym are always full of guys and its really intimidates me, most girls Ive spoken too all say the same, thats why hardly any girls use the weights in the gym. So this class has really helped (:

SHu - Hey.. hope you are doing alright.. I know Ive been really lousy with not being online and stuff cos when I get to go online you're probably sound asleep but promise to speak soon kae... Hope you are feeling better too.. *muacks x

Kelly - hope u got ur belated card (: sorry I couldn send one in time for ur birthday (:

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For some odd reason that Ive yet to understand, Laundy day and me just cant get on... why???... this is why....

I dont have any classes today (time-table is somewhat erratic)... anyways... Planned to do my laundry today.. So, alarm was set for 8am, snoozed till about half 8. Got up, separated my pile into 2 piles, packed my fabric conditioner and soap powder in and carried the whole load downstairs to the laundry place. And of all days it had to rain today!!! Got there, key didn work, could not get the door opened. Tried for about a good 5 mins, gave up. Picked up the load and walked to the other laundry place further down the block. Key still didn work!!!

Next closest place was at the Lord Todd's... so trotted over. Half way there, realised I'd forgot to bring change for the machine.. arghhh.. so walked back to the flat... with the load remember.. plus I live on the 5th floor this year....

Got home, got the coins, went back downstairs and to the laundy place @ Lord Todd's only to discover that prices to wash my clothes have gone up!!! Talk about inflation.. 2 pound for 1 load!! crikey!!! it use to be 1.60!!! And Ive got 2 loads, 4 pounds not including the dryer yet which Ive yet to discover the price in 45 minutes time... haha oh joy..... well it has been a work-out and a half I tell ya....

Anyho.... went to for a pub quiz @ the Union last night with the girls... Elise loves pub quiz haha... "Nutcrackers" that was our team name.. (oh and yes Miss Forgettful here forgot her matric card so had to walk all the way back to halls to get it.. Bet I'll lose a ton of weight with all the walking Ive been doing!!! hahaha )

Drinks from the opposite side of the table haha.. only drinks we were drinking was pure H2O from the tap (: we're good girls...

Ahhhh this picture below.. we had to name all the movies.. had to call a lifeline, no prizes for guessing who I called haha... I just knew Alistair would be sitting in front of his laptop so called him to google 2 movies for me hahha....


This is Mubina and I.. really bored as you can tell.. (: hahah.. but the Pub Quiz did go on for ages... we got fed up after like the 5th round and left.. (: didn win though so no diff hahaha....

another 15 minutes and its clothes into the dryer..

god I hate doing laundry...

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Always love going down to my Aunt and Uncle's for a short get away from the city... one thing that I love about Dumfries is its beauty and definitely how quiet it is!!! hahah... I didn have classes on friday so Alistair and I got the train down to Dumfries for the weeked.

Its been 3 years since Alistair has been down and 3 years since he last saw his Grandpa Peacock..

And yes... after travelling to Dumfries alone for the last 4 years, I finally have company... nothing beats that... no more bored train rides, looking at my watch thinking to myself, "god has it only been 20 minutes??" hahah...

Well as you can see... one will never starve down at Kelly's Orchard haha.. the amount of food my aunt has is unbelievable.. she can feed a whole army!! haha...

Oh and thats my auntie and uncle's newly renovated kitchen.. sneak preview for the parents (:

Nick* = does my brother remind you of a certain someone in this picture??hahaha.... cos he sure as hell does remind me of someone!!!!

Dear Old Grandpa Peacock... 88 going on 89 this December and still going strong... he was so sweet the night we left. He asked if he could come down to the train station to wave us off (: So everyone was there so see us off (:

Im so lucky and blessed to have such a loving family ♥

Right... Body Pump awaits in abt an hours time.. Im signing myself up for pain.. who does that?? hahah... Im quite scared now hahah...

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First of all....

♥ Happy Birthday Elise ♥

hahaha I know you girls are gonna kill me for this but hahah wth (: hahaha..... Had a Sushi Party to celebrate Elise's birthday today... (: But I had a welcome meeting and bball training to attend.. so... dropped everything off at Mubina's, went for the welcome meeting which I strategically sat near the door so that I could sneak off half way (didn have to be there actually... I think.. haha oh well) ran back to Mubina's and started making sushi ....

an hour later... had to run back to my flat to get changed for bball training and off to the sports hall I went hahaha.... totally forgot how much my body ached from the weight session the day before with all the running about... thats not the end of it! hahah... as soon as bball training finished.. I zoomed off the court and back to Mubina's for left overs haha...

These are the left-over "snails" ... so easy to make, so tasty... (:

Stayed for a bit and we girls started chatting... ended up chatting about marriage and having babies.... Nadia and Mubina are obsessed!!... hahah we all got to find a man first hahah.. almost started a bet on who's gonna get hitched first..

that wasnt the only crazy talk going on.. at one point I wondered if I had accidentally put something into the sushi hahaa... next thing I know I was being measured with a measuring tape!!! hahaha... after which we decided to measure ourselves at the beginning of every month... well Ive started with my gym regime so am dying to see what it does for me.. (: no more suppers or desserts for me so I should see some progress...

and yes we measured EVERYTHING~!!! hahaha.... Arms, bust, waist, hips, bums and thighs....

hahahah it was a fun night.. god I've missed the girls.. I missed nights like this where we can just talk nonsense all night... so good to have everyone back again.. ♥

Right... here's a little something for my mom... see how I always seem to lose an ez-link card everytime Im home for summer haha.. I didn lose on this year afterall~!!!! this dropped out of my shoebag just today haha.. must have put it in when I went running with SHu at macritchie hee... (: and yes dont worry I'll keep it safe till I get home again hee... silly me..

Oh well... finally back at uni.. first week almost over.. one major worry.. Research Project.. arghhh what should I do it on... been thinking abt it non-stop ever since it got handed out... will ponder about it over the weekend.. Im totally open to suggestions though haha anything Sports and Exercise Science related~!!!!

Alistair seem to be settling in just fine.. my dad says Im becoming a little more like my mom everyday.. haha.. well Im only her daughter arent I ~!!! I know I fuss about Alistair too much.. but he's my wee brother.. cant help it.. hahah..

Am so glad to be back at the gym though... really missed it when I was back in Singapore.. Ive still got Lexy who pushes me hard while we work out.. haha Spin classes, circuits, body pump, weights.. aching all over but its a good ache that Ive missed... tells me that Ive been working hard.. (:

Will be seeing Grandpa Peacock this weekend. See how he's doing... from what I hear he's doing great, 88 years old and goin strong.. (: All thanks to my aunt too.. ahha who naturally fusses over him haha must be a Peacock thing.. we fuss a lot.. (: hahah..

Its already midnight but hair is still wet arghhh why must training be so late at night.. well am gonna google ideas for my research project...

Sending hugs and kisses to everyone back home ♥

seriously missing everyone loads.... really I do...

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