Our F1 Experience!

I know this is super outdated but I have been busy ok! Hahah!

With the kind blessings of Edmund Tay, we got tickets to the qualifying session of the F1 race! Seriously, have never been too keen on F1 especially since last year we tried to watch the inaugural night race on TV and changed channels after around 20 mins? =) But it gets exciting when you are on the scene and get to catch the live action!

We took a shuttle bus from Kallang MRT.

Here we are on the bus, happily showing off our tickets! Btw, they cost $1388 each!

After alighting, we happily made our way to the grounds.

Yes!!!

Before you reach the actual race track, you will go through this place called the F1 Village where there is a stage for live entertainment, F&B outlets and of course, stores for F1 merchandise!

Then we went to find our seats and realised there was nothing much going on other than practice sessions! The qualifying session was from 10pm – 11pm and we were there close to 8! Hmm…. so we explored the grounds.

The lifts that bring VIPs up to the VIP area!

Chicken wings at $10? Are u kidding me or what? Must be specially F1-trained chickens!

So guess what we did? We went to City Hall to chill then came back again! HAHAHH!

Pictures taken from our seats! Basically, what you do is watch the cars whirl by, occasionally take pics and hope that a car will crash near you! Hee! It kinda got a bit boring after a while since we knew nuts about F1! Worse still, the cars were so loud and noisy, we had ear plugs on and couldn’t hear the broadcast commentary! But Edmund’s mum was there and her enthusiasm was contagious! She knew everything about the teams and the competitors! =)

Hamilton no.1 in pole position!

All in all, it was an experience of a lifetime! Thanks Edmund and of course, Edmund’s mum! =)

Check out the video to have a feel of the race!

F1 Qualifying Race (26 Sep 09) from Emily Ong on Vimeo.

Joe’s Graduation Ceremony

After 3 plus years of hard work (and not forgetting the love and support plus editing capabilities of his wife!!), Joe can finally call himself a graduate of UniSIM!

Can you spot Joe’s name?

Joe waiting for his name to be called!

The awesome buffet spread but there’s no free lunch in the world! Must pay for entrance tickets to the graduation ceremony leh! Eat more eat more!

Joe’s proud parents! =) Mum was so cool in her glasses! She started wearing them during the speeches cos she said they were so boring and she wanted to catch a few winks of sleep! Hahha! She even said church was more interesting!

So proud of you dear! Keep on keeping on, your dream job is on the way! =)

Boys over Flowers

I’m sure many of you have heard of the Korean version of Meteor Garden! Well, although the show has a lot of Korean drama clichés, it’s still a really nice show! It's currently showing on Channel U on Saturdays 9:30pm!

Some of the common Korean drama clichés I have observed:

• Main lead is a rich brat who’s often spoilt, mean and not quite likeable except that he looks really handsome and is rich
• Often, behind that spoilt façade is a tender heart who lacks love from his parents or had some failed relationship
• His love interest is a spunky sassy gal who’s very big-hearted and well-liked but very poor
• The gal has an eccentric family made up of silly parents, who always hope she ends up with a rich guy, and a cute sibling that she’s close to
• The guy has an ultra-domineering mother who looks down on the gal and her family
• Guy and gal falls hopelessly in love through a series of comedic coincidental situations
• Mum opposes and sets up an arranged marriage with a gal from a well-to-do respectable family
• Guy and gal overcome all odds to end up happily ever after!

Why I really like Boys over Flowers! (although it's kinda typical)

• The male leads are really good-looking and there are 4 of them!
• The leads all dress very well! Love their style!
  
• I really like the female lead, she’s very sweet and likeable and she has the fairest blemish-free skin! She can act silly-cute and when she cries, you feel for her!
• The exotic locations like Macau and Mallora
• The really grand and classy homes the rich guys live at
• A cute and equally spunky fiancée in the middle
• A lot more character development for the various characters especially for the main male character, torn between his obligation to his father and the family enterprise and his love for the gal
• Love the side stories too for the other 2 guys esp the sunrise/sunset building declaration of love
• And this is the only Korean drama that Joe actually watches with me! I half suspect that he's more interested in what the guys are wearing though =p
  

Going to Korea for a long-awaited holiday next week with my family, super looking forward to it! Maybe I will get to meet the stars of Boys over Flowers? =P

Bag Shopping!

Recently my hubby blessed me with $$ to go shopping!! Hee, that’s a really great gift! =) I really needed to get some bags cos the straps of my usual black weave bag were peeling and the zip of my weekend bag had come apart!! Checked out Charles & Keith and din see anything particularly outstanding and I keep thinking I will see lots of people on the street carrying the same bag!

Thankfully I discovered a blogshop carrying nice looking bags at really affordable prices!!

Check out the bags I “yventually” bought =)

This bag cost $26! I think it looks classy and reminds me of a Hermes Birkin, sort of anyway! Only complaint is not enough wide pockets inside.

The second bag cost $29! I love the gold chain detail. The swirls on the bag are apparently inspired by Marc Jacobs’ Rockabilly Bag! (see last image) And despite how it looks, it’s incredibly light and the pockets are more than enough for all my miscellaneous!

I still had money left over! Hee! Thanks Dear!