So, some 2 weeks ago, my (maternal) grandmother suffered a heart attack and was admitted into NUH in the wee hours of  Thursday morning. It appeared to be pretty serious this time round, bringing the idea of mortality so close that my mom decided my aunts should return to Singapore just in case. Within the next couple of days, my aunts from Cardiff (Wales, United Kingdom) and Ottawa (Canada) were here. They were at the hospital every single day because my grandmother was supposed to undergo a surgery. But the doctors later decided any form of surgery wasn't going to be helpful so she eventually got discharged (2 days ago) after going through tests after tests to find the best way to manage her heart's condition. And today is my aunts' last day in Singapore. I'm not too disappointed because we see each other over FaceTime/Tango every weekend and we have made plans to visit. (Last year, I went to Cardiff in case y'all don't remember. This July, I'll be g...

So I've decided to update y'all on the second part of my 21st birthday. Now it feels like I've many more parts to come because every update is bit of this and that.  But this one is meant for all my relatives who came! ☺ A bit of a sidetrack before I move onto the topic: Some 2 weeks have passed since I celebrated my 21st but I don't really feel there's much of a difference.  Anyway, I've given up on editing my photos so please make do with the unedited ones. (Pardon my poor  photo editing skills from the previous post as well. ☺) Mandatory shot of me "cutting" my cake In all honesty possible, we had a hard time cutting the cake. It was an ice-cream cake (Loco Moco from the kids' choice of birthday cakes) from Swensense by the way. We paid $150 for the cake, which I can't argue whether it was a reasonable price or not but for 3kg of hazel nut and chocolate ice-cream, why not ? ☺ I had a to make a wish while blowing the can...

My current read does well with a bag of chips and some soft music, though the latter is more essential really. ☺ (Mitch Albom's The First Phone Call From Heaven ) I walked into Popular Bookstore this afternoon to pick up new highlighters and the first thing I always see when I enter the store are books. Luckily today, I took some time out to explore the section and see what were the latest books this season. By fate, I chanced about Mitch Albom's newest novel, The First  Phone Call From Heaven . It was absolutely necessary for me to own one of the copies and so I conveniently put one in head before heading to the stationery section. Mitch Albom is one of my favorite authors. In fact, he's probably my favorite author. I still remember the first time I read one of his books, Tuesdays with Morrie , I was 12. It was a book I borrowed from a classmate then and I secretly read it from under the desk because I was simply hooked . Tuesdays with Morrie  is a classic and...