Recently the stress is building up because I'm nearing my final exams... Though my project datelines are over except for one, I can't bring myself to rest yet. Its scary how my first year in poly is ending soon and I'm going to be a second year student in just a few month's time. I've always been telling myself that I gotta de-stress but seems like that time won't come anytime soon though. Looking forward so much to the holidays!

Over the weekends, Dan and I went to town to get his CNY clothing. I already bought mine online but fingers crossed that i'll get them before the new year starts. Going shopping is the ultimate de-stressor for me so I was more than glad to go! Ended up buying some shirts at a store in 313 where we spent nearly an hour at. 

After that we went to the basement of 313 which is a freaking food galore. All my favourite food outlets like takoyaki and dongdaemun are there! But instead we went to eat at sushi express which is located at the left hand corner on the right hand side of the basement instead. Every plate is at a standard price of $1.50, not including GST and service tax.

Not exactly satisfactory sushi but at least it filled my appetite... And it's so cheap we just spammed the sushi without thinking about it ;);)

Earlier then we did a little "photo-shoot" at Punggol Park, which is a very pretty but under appreciated place. It was packed with families and gatherings but we managed to find a beautiful spot to take photos at. Daniel's skills are improving I must say. I don't know why he keeps saying that he can't or he doesn't know how when he is doing pretty well already :(

 There's always that something that makes pictures pop taking them in places with actual nature. Grasses, mountains or even at the beach. On a normal day, leaves on the floor means pretty much nothing... You'd even think they were out of place. But when you take pictures of them, whoa. The colours burn bright.

But even still I'm really grateful for him helping me to go around taking pictures although we both know how tired and upset he gets after awhile because he finds it troublesome, sob. But I  think we can both agree that the pictures made the tiredness worth it ;)

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I spent my last day with my one and only (fml, so cheesy). We couldn't do much because I fell sick on the 30th and I barely recovered when New Years' Eve came. But we didn't give it much thought (at least I didn't although I was coughing and sneezing like nobody's business) and went on a Churros date. The previous day we went all the way to the other end of Singapore to get 3 large servings of churros from Churrosity. Before we even reached the MRT station half of it was gone haha (shit).

We googled for the nearest place to get our Churros fix.  And ended up here, at

Max Brenner's Chocolate Bar.

The both of us got so tempted by all the pictures on Instagram so we made a beeline for the place.

Max Brenner Chocolate Bar

1 HarbourFront Walk

#01-116, VivoCity

Singapore 098585

Tel: +65 6278 4218

A plate is $16, and there is a choice of 2 chocolates with Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate and White Chocolate to choose from. We got the former two.

The chocolate was really good. We even asked for a spoon to finish up all that goodness hahaha.

On the other hand, their churros was much more fluffier inside and had less crunch than Churrosity and USS'. After some time it became quite hard and tough to bite through, a big no-no in my book. Us loving a crunchy bite, we felt that it didn't delight our tastebuds as much as we hoped it would.

After that we went for Skinny Pizza. We tried the season's special pizza, the Samonella one. Oh, how disappointed we were. After all that rave about the restaurant we had our hopes too high. All I could taste was saltiness from the Salmon and that was all. It was a sad dinner for us ._.

Aside from all that food, Dan finally got me something I've wanted for the longest time... I contemplated there for about 15 mins lol. It was such a tough choice considering all the pretty designs I was definitely spoilt for choice! But I'm so glad Dan patiently waited and helped me make my decision finally. My first ever Craftholic soft toy that I'm hugging as I write this blogpost hehe.

This is the alien I have brought back from the world of Craft!! Welcome to the family!

This might sound weird but... His name is Alexander, Alex or Xander for short. That was the first name I thought of so I'm sticking with it. Hahaha, since I'm already this far in I might as well give the plushie a name right? >w<

He is my new bedside buddy now. The fur is absolutely resilient and vibrantly coloured and soft and smooth (omgosh!) I love it to the core. It is also the most comfortable thing to hug to sleep at night. Thank you for the gift ;).

Now the curtains of 2013 are finally drawn.
The past year has taught me so much, I've learn from many but now it's time to make way for a new beginning. Thank you for coming back to read although I update pretty infrequently. But I'll do my best from now on hehe. Look forward to a new me in 2014!

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” — Helen Keller