Visit Cottesloe Beach

There are so many beaches in Perth that it doesn't really matter which I recommend because they're probably all beautiful. I'd really love to live by a beach. Why request for a pool in the house when you can have a beach at your doorstep?! Not to mention those dashing Australian surfers riding the waves...

Of course you gotta have fish n chips whenever you're near a beach

The slope and my awesome photography skills made my parents look like midgets :o

You can view more of Cottesloe in my vlog so do check that out if you're interested. There's a surprise performance in it by yours truly.

I've been meaning to do a haul video but all I'm doing is sleeping/eating/buying more things! Winter just makes shopping so much tougher especially since I'm wearing boots most of the time and it's a hassle to take them off and put them back on. But I will persevere and press on for the sake of having pretty clothes for the next school semester.

春节快乐

Chinese New Year this year went by in a flash because I only got to celebrate till the second day before flying off.

Didn't eat as much as I wanted to :(

Burn from baking which has given me a scar UGH

Reunion dinner!

Grandma is super creative haha

Erm Darren bought me that figurine because it reminded him of me. Thanks.

First day of CNY at Grandparents'

YUM

Cute and smart kids are the best. I LOVE THEM!

Mother of the 2 cute kids aka best aunt everrr

My uncle (never gets old saying that)
We grew up together and I made him play with dolls

Closest cousin of the bunch teehee

BIG BIG LOVE

Unknowingly created a Lucky 8 updo!!!!

While people were spamming photos of children on Instagram, I was spamming a dog. #indie

Sarah's drawings of Sundae ARE SO CUTE

But Sundae doesn't think so

1.1 Sarah's Birthday x Buffet

Isn't it awesome how I start almost every post with some shameless photo of Sundae?

My little sister is a New Year baby and it's always great to be able to celebrate both a new year and her birthday together because it means x2 the celebration. Parents used to host parties for her every single year but I believe she has grown out of that. She requested for just a birthday meal this year instead.

Obscene Sundae

She chose the Vienna Seafood Buffet Restaurant located at United Square and during the meal, we both agreed never to go back again. It was a pretty horrid experience for me. We were probably the only locals there.

Food: Not enjoyable. I paid about S$115 and it was really not worth it. Could've had much better food at a nice restaurant for the same price or cheaper.

Crowd: It was sooo disgusting seeing people snatch food, pile their own plates high with seafood, and being really greedy and selfish in general. Guess I shouldn't expect much since it's not a quality hotel buffet but seriously people need to learn some basic manners.

Service: Depends on the nationality of the servers. I shall only comment on the positive experience, which was this Thai lady who was polite and helpful. That's about it.

We bolted out of that restaurant as soon as we finished. Ugh.

Then we went to Orchard to get a cake and shop around. And of course Starbucks to wash down the food as quickly as possible. (Craving an iced mocha now omg)

Pretty Sarah all grown up :')

It is normal to smell your pet dog ok

I love my weird family.

Days of Christmas '12

I've one last essay due next week but instead of working on it, I would prefer to update this space with Christmas photos. I seriously dislike festive seasons because it just means crowds of people being out and about all at once and it's not a fun time. But Christmas is different because it's that time of the year you can go crazy shopping and show your loved ones just how much you love them. You get to shower them with gifts and see how happy they are to receive them. And of course the amount of food you get to eat.

Usually my parents host Christmas parties every year for the entire clan. There would be roasted lamb, beef, ham, meat, meat, meat. I miss my parents! Well because they're not around this year, I just had Christmas dinner with my sister and Skyped with my parents so it's like we were eating together.

Mommy wouldn't allow us to do this last time hohoho

Christmas Steamie with Friends

Just like last year, I had a Christmas steamie dinner with dear friends. This time round there were more people. Yay!

Love love

After dinner, we decided to find somewhere to play Left 4 Dead. Seriously hate 'spawning' which means playing the ugly zombies, so I took photos of the intense gaming that was going on.

Christmas Date

It's very seldom Darren and I go on dates because he's so busy, so I really appreciate it when we're able to even just have dinner together. Though it's after work and he's still in workout gear and carrying that annoyingly huge backpack.

I love Massimo so so so so so much

That red paper bag contained all the new clothes I bought in the span of a few days. I know I need to stop. And the rest of the bags were Christmas gifts all wrapped up. I love Christmas!!!

LOVE this gift I bought myself

Christmas Day

Darren and I had a quick bite before dinner time. He was having dinner with his family and I had to go home to cook. Settled on Swensen's because it was crowded everywhere and I seriously hate Swensen's. Anna and I actually met up for a Christmas meal there as well (for convenience) and the food was rubbish. They also removed hazelnut ice-cream off the menu. Why?!

Sweater: F21
Shorts: TheClosetLover.com
Bag: Taobao
Wedges: Soeurs at Cineleisure

YUMMY RAW MEAT

Random photo Mommy Whatsapped us

Look at that PERFECT medium rare

Sisters 4 Life

Ending this post with more gifts. Look at the amount of sweaters I bought! Probably went crazy during a period of time the weather was actually cold here.