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My family used to buy papayas quite often back in Mauritius but as far as I can remember, I had always hated papayas when I was still in Mauritius. I used to watch my youngest sister eat papayas and I couldn’t understand her love for that fruit. I used to find the smell and taste of papayas disgusting. :faint: Apart from papayas, there was no other fruit that I hated. Then I went off to study in Shanghai and during my 4th & last year there, I bought a papaya one day. I don’t even know why I bought that papaya. :laughing: To my surprise, it didn’t taste as bad as I remembered it to be. I even drank papaya milkshake once.

I bought 2 papayas a couple of days ago at Fairprice. My first 2 papayas in Singapore! :laughing: They were S$1.80 each. I felt like buying the papayas because my sisters were both telling me that they have been eating papayas everyday.

The two papayas that I’ve bought. There weren’t many left at Fairprice and I just chose two which seemed okay. I have no idea how to choose a good papaya.

These papayas are from Hong Kong? hmm.

Photo taken after cutting the papaya in half. I hadn’t removed the seeds yet. According to my sisters, this papaya looks a lot like the Solo papaya that they love because of the orange red color of the flesh. I was like “Solo papaya?What’s that?”. haha

Guess what ? I didn’t have dinner that day and ate one whole papaya by myself. I was sitting in front of the laptop with the two halves of the papaya on a plate in front of me and a spoon while watching a show. I somehow managed to eat both halves. I should have put one half in the fridge. argh.. See the photo where it’s written that it’s from Hong Kong? It’s also written that the net weight is 1.0 kg. Minus away the skin and the seeds, there’s still a lot left. I didn’t eat anything else for dinner. The papaya was more than enough. ah… and it was really good. Sweet but not too sweet. I haven’t eaten the other papaya yet. I’m keeping it for the weekend.

I’ve sent the photos to my sisters via MSN and they were surprised that I’ve bought papayas. Not one but two big papayas. They both said that they thought I hated papayas. Yes I did but that was when I was in Mauritius.
Hmm.. I can’t think of any fruit that I hate now. I love fruits. :love:

It has been about 1 1/2 weeks since I’ve moved to the new place. In an attempt to cut down on my monthly expenses, I’ve been making my own lunch instead of eating outside. I usually make sandwiches before rushing to revision class but today I had prata, mixed veggies and a green tea & apple drink for lunch.

We usually buy the big packs of roti pratas (30 pcs in one pack) that we keep in the freezer.
It’s not really possible to tell from the pic but a prata is about the size of my hand when my fingers are spread out.
I was only going to make two pratas but that didn’t seem healthy at all. That’s why I cooked some mixed veggies.
I had already eaten a piece of the egg before taking this photo. :laughing: We only have cheese singles in the fridge and that’s what I used on the 2nd prata.

I can’t live without tabasco. haha. This one is the smoked tabasco (it’s written Chipotle tabasco on the main label) and there’s a little left in the bottle. I prefer the original tabasco.
I was feeling very full after eating and I can’t help but wonder how on earth I used to be able to eat two rotis (the big rotis in Mauritius!) back when I was still in Mauritius. A roti in Mauritius is about the size of two roti pratas in Singapore.

I hope that I can really cut down on my expenses. I’ve started to keep a little notebook where I write down everything that I buy and the prices. Eating out all the time is expensive.

It’s dinner time but I don’t feel very hungry. I’m munching on twisties instead.
This one is Hot & Spicy twisties. I didn’t think that the name was appropriate at first but now that I’m halfway through the pack, I feel like drinking some water. :laughing:

These are probably the biggest photos that I’ve ever posted. My photos are usually smaller than these.
One of my sisters sent me the photos that she took of our kittens back in Mauritius.


awwwwwwwwwwww . :love:
Cute right? :cloud9:

This one is my fave because of the ‘mustache’. :laughing:

There were 6 kittens in all. Unfortunately we are left with only 2 kittens now. My mum gave two of them(one of them was the black one I like!) to someone living nearby and two others (the two who looked very frail) died. The remaining two at home are healthy. Our female cat abandoned the kittens when they were born and my sisters took care of the kittens but they still haven’t been able to save all of them.

What I’ve been up to:
Packing, moving, unpacking, cleaning.

My boxes. The blue and the brown boxes which are all of the same size were shipped from Shanghai a few months ago. I had 16 boxes at that time. I have about 20 boxes in all now. I hadn’t finished packing when I took this photo.

Colas

My sports bag and two suitcases. I’m not sure who tied those red ribbons to my sports bag and black suitcase (my mum or dad or little sisters) but I didn’t remove them. The red ribbons make it easier for me to spot my luggage at the airport.

Colas and Lisa’s boxes.

Almost all our boxes, suitcases and furniture. I couldn’t get everything in the photo. I took this photo about one hour before the 14ft moving truck came.

I have finished unpacking my things and I have cleaned my new room. I’ll take some photos of our new place soon.

Lately, I’ve been taking many photos and also getting photos from friends. Now I have too many things to blog about. (I’ve already uploaded some photos on facebook.)
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My cousin Kersley wanted to have a barbecue party on the day he was leaving Singapore. His flight was in the evening and therefore we could only have the barbecue during the day under the scorching sun. I wanted to tan but I felt like my skin was burning. It is really too hot in Singapore sometimes.

The guys: Adrian, Kers and Bryan.

Kersley’s thumb got a small cut somehow. Fortunately I had adhesive plasters with me.

The food was good.

Bryan, me,Oni and Diana.

Something I’ve just learned…
A friend who has lived in Australia for a few years called barbecue ‘barbie’ .. I was like ‘huh?What barbie are you talking about?’ It turns out that barbie is slang for barbecue. :faint:

Last month, I posted two photos(the last 2 photos in that entry) taken at Häagen-Dazs, Marina Square.

Here are more photos:

These 4 photos were taken when Audrey came to Singapore.
What comes to my mind when I look at these photos: I’d like to treat my 2 little sisters to Häagen-Dazs fondue one day. There’s no Häagen-Dazs in Mauritius.

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I just remembered that my last entry was about fainting. I’m feeling better this week. I’ve also been sleeping earlier than usual. I went to sleep at about 00:30 yesterday. That’s still not early enough but it’s a good start. :flowers:

I have to reply to a few emails. If you are reading this, sorry. I’ll try to reply by tomorrow.

I’m going to sleep now and hopefully I’ll be able to wake up to watch the Arsenal v/s Man U match at 02:45 Singapore time.

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Argh. I missed the match. Double argh. Man U won.

I don’t know why but I fainted on the train today. I still had a good 5 to 10 minutes to go until I reach my station but my stomach suddenly started hurting and I left like I was going puke at any time. I had difficulty breathing and I tried hard not to panic. My head was spinning. I wanted to get off the train at the next station and sit down until I feel better. (I was standing.) The next thing I know, I was down on my knees or maybe it was on all fours (I can’t really remember) but then I somehow managed to put myself in a sitting position. Everything seemed to be spinning around me. I closed my eyes and everything went black. Maybe it was only a few seconds. I don’t know. When I opened my eyes, I was still feeling dizzy and I put my hands on my forehead, trying to stop the pain. It was then that I realized that the people sitting or standing near me were looking at me with shocked expressions. They didn’t seem to understand what had just happened. Everything happened within a few seconds. I think it’s quite fortunate that there weren’t many people on the train. I can’t imagine what it would have been like if it was rush hour. Still, I didn’t care about the stares. I was trying to breathe normally (my heart was beating very fast and I had a shortness of breath) and I was busy trying to make the dizziness stop. A lady gave me her seat and I remember mumbling a thanks. I sat down and closed my eyes. I started to sweat. It was weird. I’ve always complained about the temperature being too low in the buses, trains and buildings in Singapore. I’m not much of an air-con person. My whole body was sweating like crazy when it was cold in the train… It was really scary. When it was time for me to get off the train, I was still sweating like crazy and I was still dizzy. I couldn’t get up. I phoned Lisa. The train station nearest to her work place was about 15 minutes away. I told her what happened to me and she said that she’ll meet me at the train station. By the time I reached that station, I felt a bit better and could actually get up and walk properly without feeling like I would collapse. Still, I felt very weak. We sat down somewhere and she was asking me if I wanted to go see a doctor. She was rubbing my arm, telling me that I was very cold. I had stopped sweating by then. My back of my top and my skirt were a bit wet from sweating while I was sitting in the train. I wanted to have something sweet to drink. We went to KFC which was only a few metres away. Lisa helped me buy a strawberry and banana smoothie. It was sweet, sweeter than I’d like it to be but I felt better after drinking that. I didn’t really feel like eating lunch. I ate a little bit and put the rest in a box to take away later. I went back home afterwards.
I’m really grateful to Lisa. It warms my heart to know that I have a good friend who is there for me. :flowers:

The only other time I fainted in the past was when I was a kid. I hadn’t eaten all day and I fainted in a store. I was with my mum and my 2 little sisters. My mum was busy talking to someone and my 2 sisters had found chairs and they were sitting. I remember telling them that I wasn’t feeling well and asked them to let me sit. They probably thought I wasn’t serious and that I just wanted to sit. They ignored my request. Then I fainted. Luckily, my mum managed to catch me before I fell to the ground.

Today I had breakfast in the morning so it can’t be because of the same reason as last time.
My classmate tells me that it’s probably due to fatigue but I didn’t feel tired today. In fact, I felt quite good when I woke up this morning. Still, I’m going to sleep early today. I’m feeling better now but my body is aching. I’m feeling ‘weak’.