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Considerably lesser with YM since someone has a busy dinner/drinks schedule. Otherwise, it's been good talking to the girls in real life for once instead of the usual email conversing.

• I hate hate hate hate pumpkin soup. I have no idea why my mom insists on making that everytime I'm back home. Bleh, am eating that now.

• Dreading the end of my vacation come next Tuesday. GAH!
  

Verdict: For each of our entire time in Shanghai (N - 2yrs, L - 1yr, WL - 1.5yr respectively), this must have been the moistest chocolatey cake we've ever had! Yum yum yum, the partie de chocolat was a success indeed the banana combination works out well too! We'll like you better if only you are not so pricey (ref prices in Singapore).

I'm almost done sorting/ deleting/ finalizing my set of pictures from A&S' wedding last weekend. I guess one does feel sorta fuzzy inside witnessing the elaborate three-part full-day event, though I think the latino boys probably feel a little more: none of them are that keen on scoring a Singaporean chinese bride no more, especially if the door-breaking tradition is to be carried on, haha.

Mommy cooked her specialty fishhead curry tonight, and of course I finished every single drop, bite, bone... almost. The time when I'm away, I probably miss local food the most, both hawker fare and mom's homecooked dishes. The flavor, the spice and even just eating rice on a plate with fork/spoon. Nothing compares, really.

In other news, my laptop died. At quite an appropriate time considering I'm not at the mercy of chinese retailers and their speak-in-chinese laptops. Yet it probably would have been better if it lasts half a year more, enough time for me to save up for a new one. Chances are I may have to take my sister's ibook g4 while she gets a desktop in a bid to cut expenses.

• Vacation back home was off to a good start with a free upgrade to business class last night. Family, friends and a wedding awaits, best of all no more great firewall!