A Deecoded Life

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Singapore – a Christmas All Decked Out

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For a country that’s not Christian-dominated, Singapore is pretty decked out in Christmas decors, as you can see below. where I stole the title from Ion Orchard’s purple Christmas tree outside Ion Orchard Orchard Road Ngee Ann City Siam Paragon Tang’s Tang’s across Ion Orchard Centrepoint Centrepoint Orchard Road sidewalk musical ballet of the reindeers […]

Book Review: The Last Song and All of Nick’s Books

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When my friends Chi and Ngangi asked me what I wanted for my birthday present, I asked for Nicholas Sparks’s latest book, The Last Song. What’s different about this book compared to all his others is that he first completed the screenplay before the book and that he wrote it specifically for Miley Cyrus. Here […]

Catching Fire {Book Review}

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I did what I said yesterday and started reading Catching Fire, book 2 in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games trilogy, today. I started in the afternoon and finished about an hour ago, just in time for me to watch The Mentalist on channel 5. Here’s the story from the dust jacket: Against all odds, Katniss has […]

Christmas Gifts That Make Me Smile

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When I wake up in the morning and he’s the first thing I see, or even if my eyes are still closed but the feel of my arms wrapped around his soft fur is the first thing my senses register, my day starts off happy. And I really can’t help but smile whenever I glance […]

The Hunger Games {Book Review}

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Look what I ordered from the library. I say “ordered” because I didn’t pick them off the shelves. After reading rave reviews about them from Gim and Gio (hey, their names both start with the same letters), I just had to search for them in Singapore National library’s online portal. Turns out they have some […]

December Birthdays

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Our Midnight Surprise for Ervyn log cake + ice cream + faux wine + gifts a toast to the birthday boy Tyne’s Birthday Party Tyne posing with her pandan cake & lavish feast prepared by her brother it’s Ervyn’s birthday too with the first batch of guests Our Midnight Surprise for Tatsie cake + cupcakes […]

He Just Hasn’t Met Her Yet

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For Tatsie’s birthday, we decided to make a music video of Michael Buble’s Haven’t Met You Yet, her future boyfriend’s song for her. Ervyn played the part of the future boyfriend. We copied some portions of the actual music video, including the location, which is a grocery store. We also shot some scenes in the […]

All I Want for Christmas is Mine!

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Remember that stuffed chipmunk I fell in love with at the Chi and Anoop’s place? The one that I was hugging so fiercely in our “All I want for Christmas” music video? Well I have one of my own now, with his very own teeny santa hat, thanks to Chi and Anoop! Apparently it pays […]

Felices Pascua for ZC Santas in Singapore

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We hometown friends decided to have our Christmas party at Chi and AA’s beautiful flat last Sunday. It was early because certain people (and by “people” I actually mean just one person) are going home on the 10th. We got our secret santas online and brought pot luck food. Our house volunteered to bring spaghetti and […]