Wednesday, September 16, 2009

hello. i have moved. just like my writer has.

www.dreafaminlondon.blogspot.com

see you there!

Posted by AndreaMaryFam at 8:37 PM

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

till my next far more descript post...

much has happened.
to have forged many new friendships...
to have found love...
to have confirmed a path i want to take in life...

i cannot be made to write unless i feel the urge to. thus the tit bit.

Posted by AndreaMaryFam at 1:04 AM

Thursday, May 21, 2009

of realising that i shouldnt stand for compromises...

because the general public and friends and foes alike read this blog, pay no heed that this entry is going to be as cryptic as imaginably possible...

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i'm very glad that i've waited this one out.
that i've realised that friendships are far more important than relationships.
that i am aware of my self consciousness towards remaining friends with my ex's and therefore being mature enough, no, clever enough to outsmart myself by reminding myself of the importance of keeping things real.
(daymn... too many "enough's" and "myself's" in that line...)
i've earned so much in the past 2 odd months of hanging out with them that i'd never jeapordize any of that for the world. never.
there shall be a void when i leave for london. but i am in the market of practising the art of Living in the Here and Now.
tomorrow is another day.

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a couple of nice/interesting/hmmm sites:
http://nirrimiphotography.carbonmade.com/
http://www.hellohand.co.uk/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mina_milk/sets/72157606472528145/
http://www.zapbookseries.es/

Posted by AndreaMaryFam at 12:51 AM

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

can one ever suffer from too much fun?

*raises hand*
everyday feels like a journey down a fantasy island black hole slide -exciting and exhilarating.

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today was spent rather productively i must concede. ((:
>mom's been advising that i read.
just read, period.
read to improve my grammar.
read to improve my sentence structuring.
read to find out about the arts scene.
read to research museums.
read read read read read...

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a mild attempt at making that happen today saw me trooping down to the national library armed with the lovable nick's -Nick and T.
after borrowing two promising books - understanding international art markets and management & The sound on the page -style and voice in writing, we perched at Shaw Tower's starbucks and delved into our books and notes, me and nick respectively.
brain drained and numbed a good 3 hours later, nick participated in some retail therapy as i undertook the role of stylist, fashion adviser and quality controller. teeehee.
if ever given the opportunity to merchandise for a men's department, i'm sooo there.

♥

Posted by AndreaMaryFam at 12:19 AM

Saturday, May 02, 2009

of daily enjoyments..soul searching.. and living without regrets...

so you guys know i've been rolling with a new group.
they are oh such great fun!!!
note: when i say 'new group' i dont mean i've ditched the last one... because i've never had one to begin with!
let me Further explain: i've never had a group of people, who i've grown up with. who've stayed around my estate and gone to the same school, same church, done silly things with after school, met up with at 'the corner coffee shop' etc...

by a twisted turn of events, ie, nick commenting on my mambo pictures that he liked mambo too and didnt have a resident group to go with, and my inviting him to join lish and i at our next mambo, which turned into him and i clubbing together a bit, my attending ash wed at Saint Mary of The Angels (SMOTA) and then hanging out with them every day since ash wed..., i rekindled a friendship with a childhood friend who i knew 7 odd years ago but never really got to know.

let me put things into context for you guys:
basically i use to stay in clementi and went to school in CHIJ TP and attended mass at St Ignatius.
clementi - toa payoh
clementi - bukit timah

then it was yew tee to TP and yew tee to St Ignatius
yew tee - tampines
yew tee - bukit timah

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i've never once had that kampung feel.
/staying around church where your church friends also stay. who coincidentally happen to go to the same school as you which is located just around the corner from home.

to sum up a long emotional sensation:
hanging out with this new group of friends has at times made me feel that i had a deprived childhood. that i was robbed of the sensation of growing up with a group of people who came close to feeling as tight as a family.
it made me ponder my own childhood.
basically, i grew up sheltered.
there is no other less disgraceful way to say it. i say sheltered because i've never been exposed to things. not that i craved to be exposed to it when i was younger. so i guess i cant say i was deprived. you cant be deprived of something you didnt know you might have wanted.
i'm just faced with myself thinking, 'omg! so fun!' or 'how Awesome!' every time i hear them recount stories of what they use to do.. the things the played, the places they visited and hanged out at...
where was i when things like this was happening?
and what makes it worse is that, these are the people, the things that i Could have been doing With them because i stay in this area!!!

and then recently nick asked whether or not i regretted getting to know the group.
no. never! i'm having such a ball of a time!
but he questioned whether it was worth it. my constantly coming head to head with my folks who disaprove of my every night late-nights. ; paps one night being awake as i came home from supper saying that what i was doing was abnormal. that he questions my ability to stay focused when in london...
the answer remains the same. i have not and do not regret ever getting to know you guys, choosing to meet up for suppers or late night movies, or anything that involves the possibility of my parents not liking it. because the spontaneousness of the group is something too appealing. it appeals to the inner drea. the one that i might have been if the circumstances were different.

BUT!: this is me bringing everyone up to speed.
i disapprove that i am constantly someone who lives dwelling the past... *sigh*

anyways.
Fast forward to today, at this present moment.

I am putting up the second of maybe.. 3 or 4 albums of today's labour day activites.
i am Burning. my skin is radiating heat through every pore. i am oh so sleepy! but i seem to insist putting the pictures up anyway. haha.
today has been a fun filled power packed day.
long, sunny and filling it's turned out to be ((:

nightnight.

Posted by AndreaMaryFam at 1:22 AM

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

it's humid.
i'm sticky.
i just woke up from a weird dreamed nap. really left me disoriented. mid morning naps normally do.
i'm not at all focused on the mountain of work in front of me! ):

Posted by AndreaMaryFam at 1:02 PM

the worlds mysteries of a woman can be solved...

if only everyone were aware when it was that they were having their period.

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waking up this morning to sore boobs was the clear indicator of what's waiting for me around that corner...
it also explains why i've been ever so emo of late.
constantly reflecting on the past few weeks of fun and mayhem.. and feeling a pang of misery at the thought of leaving all of this behind for london, which i know will present me with a great amount of fun too.. except you know la ha?... it's the anxiety of the unknown..

so after the past few weeks of running about helter skelter with the SMOTA (saint mary of the angel) folks, it's come time to apply some pressure on work.
what awaits me are:

4 x scholarship application essays
many x worksheet print outs for a kid whom i'll be teaching tuition to

and then when i've made Some headway with the above,

1 x vietnam visa

Posted by AndreaMaryFam at 9:09 AM

Sunday, April 12, 2009

-impromptu jb jaunts (foot/back [and should he have been massaging my bum?] massage + gastronomic meal included)...
-late night movies +++
-rail mall drive throughs...
-club hopping...
-numerous numerous meals any and every time of the day...

sigh, you saint mary's lot are such a great introduction to the monotony of my days!

i just got back from jb.
it's such an amazing sensation to have friends living sooo close by.
i'm not sure if you read my entry on my sad childhood - growing up without friends who were my neighbours. heh. but hasn't that all since changed!
to think i've kinda always known you guys (nick) for ages (~7 yrs? for real? omg!) but never really hanged out with you'll till recently. and what a surge of outings it's been! (:
i suppose back then we both had different priorities.
no, really, the only reason would be due to relationships. it makes one cookoo. haha
anyways.. that's all in the past. and i'm far too lazy to recount that long drawn story now...
i just want to say, i am so happy to have gotten to know you lot so much better!
thanks for the million laughs per minute boys!