awesome stage. awesome set. awesome performance.

the one and only BRITNEY SPEARS!!!!

so for the past few days melbourne has been experiencing some sort of heatwave in the middle of spring.. doesn't seem too bad for me though, but too bad for me, no chance of playing under the sun.

and so i'm done with my first paper - macroeconomics. didn't exactly turn out the way i would want it to be but i guess i did try my best afterall. me hope that i'll do just fine this semester to be eligible for exchange!

tonight's ms spear's circus tour here in melbourne and YES - I AM GOING! well i'm not as hyped up as when i was going for beyonce's concert though. guess partly because you pay so much for a concert and you pretty much hope that they do sing live and not mime? well i guess i'm just gonna try enjoy myself today and enjoy the stage effects, dances and of cos ms spears herself.

oh and i just realised that when i enrol in Le Cordon Bleu come 2012, London will be hosting the Olympics so here's to eurostar! ha ha.

it's crunch time.

just concluded swotvac (week of madness intense studying) yesterday and for the next 2.5 weeks would be a continuation of hardcore mugging and revising. i guess somehow i really want to do well for this semester. it's not just getting my average to be eligible for the exchange program, but to be good enough to make it to NYU. yes NYU! i get so excited just mentioning it. ha ha.

well right now it's 9am in the morning and i'm already in the library. yes! that's been my routine for the past one week. waking up at 7am, wash up, prepare sandwich for lunch and have my breakfast and off to the library all the way till 9pm. it's almost like i'm bringing the inner geek/mugger in me during this period of time. well for one i definitely don't look like one.

and so today marks the start of the exams (my first paper's tomorrow) and 18 more sleeps to home sweet home Singapore. i'm actually pretty excited to take the A380 back home for the first time! woots. think all my favourite hawker food (drools!), which is why i'm trying to keep to a strict diet regime here in melbourne before i indulge myself in the local fare.

well to everyone out there who happens to read this post and are studying for your exams, here's wishing you guys all the best and good luck for your papers! =)

after 22 years of trying to figure out what I want to do in life, I'm finally seeing some light in what might possibly be the very one job that I would really enjoy - to cook. I guess in a way being in melbourne has further proved the point to me. the fabulous cuisines, fresh produce and the awesome brekkies that I always look forward to. food has always been a part of my life and it's always the main motivation to have me in the gym - so I could put the calories back on. truly ironic I know.

I just help but to visualise how my very own cafe will look like in the future. the true "Alaric" style I say. I want the people at my cafe to feel the love in my food, and I would want them leaving my cafe not thinking about the 5% gst or 10% service charge that they had to pay, but solely on my food. heading to cooking school (I have no idea where I am heading to yet) after graduation will further allow me to develop skills and techniques in cooking, allowing me to get closer to my dream I would say. But most importantly I would want to understand the different kinds of flavours and to come up with my own menu, nothing too pretentious with all "special" ingredients that you find so hard to pronounce. But truly good, sincere and tasty dishes that will make one come back for more.

well for now everything's kinda like a dream to me. I have absolutely no idea whether or not that will happen anytime soon in the near future. but what I know is that food, cooking and eating will always be like a major part of my life, even if that means I have to be FAT (I'm kidding).

just when I thought that I would never be caught up in any reality TV ever again, I now find myself deeply stuck to one particular show - THE UK X FACTOR.

gosh I must say that Simon Cowell has done a really good job with the show. It's heaps better than any other talent show (the IDOL franchise in particular) and man, those people on the show can really sing! I never knew that LEONA LEWIS won the show in 2006! Plus last year's winner, ALEXANDRA BURKE is totally awesome with her new single - BAD BOYS.

the good thing about this show is that the contestants don't get to choose their own songs. they are split into 4 different categories (boys, girls, over 25s and groups) and they are mentored by the 4 judges of the show (cheryl cole, danni minogue, simon cowell and louie walsh). so their individual mentor will be responsible for choosing the song that the contestants are going to take on for the week. what's better is that the performances are actually INTERESTING. with choreography by brian friedman, that explains why now I look forward to every weekend!

I have attached some clips to this post and I hope you guys understand why I haven't been motivated to start on the books.. ha ha.

a.l.a.r.i.c.s.n.g.j.i.a.n.w.e.n

. 3rd April 1987 . loves the sun . dragonboating . canoeing . wakeboarding . snapping pictures . eating . wants to travel the world . sucker for horror flicks . loves melodramatic korean dramas . constantly looking for challenges in life . high expectations for myself . love my friends deep deep . a silly romantic . =)