Happy girl and I spent the entire Saturday afternoon sauntering around the streets of Orchard Road in a bid to look for her beau's and Mrs. Tee Ping's presents . After this whole afternoon , I have finally come to a conclusion that buying gifts for others without any clue as to what they really , really want , can take a toll on both our brains and feet . We racked our brains just to figure out what to get Mrs. Tee Ping . Our original plan was to get her a pair of shades but we decided against our initial plan because we didn't know what shape and size would complement her very round face best ): . Disheartened , we continued ambling around town , taking our own sweet time , until we went into Surfer Girl where we saw this sweet little purse sitting innocently on a display shelf . It was so pink ( a colour that Mrs. Tee Ping would love ) , floral and affordable that Happy Girl and I couldn't just leave it there and walk out of the shop without it . So , as you might have guessed , we got it for her ! YAY . With this mission accomplished , we set off to look for someone's present . This wasn't as difficult as the first task because she already had something in mind for him . In case he might be reading this post , I won't be disclosing the present's identity for now . (: Dream on , Happy Girl's Bf !

After all that shopping , sore blisters started to develop on my feet where the straps of my heels were located at . Bloody hell . I cursed my torturous high-heels and lamented on the harsh reality that my skin was too delicate to handle heels . ): Then Happy Girl did something that really touched me and made my day - can't spill either , sorry ): . With my feet covered in plasters , we walked ( Well , SHE walked while I hobbled ) to Heeren . We didn't stay there for long because she had to go for her tuition and carry out her responsbility as a good girlfriend . He had better be grateful (: . Not long after she left , NNSK came to meet me and "saved" my feet by giving me a loan so that I could get a pair of flats , which had a nice , feminine , little brooch on its straps . Thank you , NNSK ! He got himself a top for CNY ( See , even he , my boyfriend who has no interest in retail therapy (to my dismay) can fall victim to the CNY requirements ! Shops these days are so enticing , alluring , seductive , whatever .) and a packet of mints for me , probably because I told him how nice they would look if I ACTUALLY OWNED THEM . Hehe * grins slyly * .

At 630 , we met up with my mother and brother to have dinner at Aji-tei ( I think that's what it's called . Woops .) . Next , we carried our heavy tummies to Chinatown . It was crazyyyy , I tell you . There were so many people wanting to experience the pre-CNY mood . So much that we had to push around just to get to one part of the narrow street to another . No one dared to stop and browse through any of the shops , except for me , who got attracted to the shiniest of things that night . What IS wrong with me ? There was also this incident which NNSK and I found very laughable . Wanting to go up to the second level , we climbed up a stationary escalator . Whilst doing so , THE ESCALATOR STARTED MOVING . Unfortunately , it didn't move in a direction that was to our favour . It moved downwards -.- . The uncaring people who chose to take the stairs began pointing at the people who were on the escalator(ie: US) and making snide comments on how foolish we were . Sour grapes . At least we managed to get ON the escalator .

This week :

The highlight of this week has definitely got to be the day when NNSK and I made our very own bowl of "爱心 noodles" at his place . Thanks to his mother , our noodles comprised of noodles (DUH !) , meatballs , crabsticks and minced meat . I daresay that I was the one who did the cooking while NNSK did all the eating . -.- .