hm, if money isn't an issue, just for the food:
1. oso (italian)
2. tatsuya
3. lawry's
4. buko nero
5. garibaldi

but the five I always go back to:
1. bistro 103
2. longbeach, black pepper crab cannot go wrong
3. hachi tei (japanese)
4. ayam penyet ria at lucky plaza
5. banana leaf, fish head curry

cafes are a whole nother question.
and srsly, the hawker centres are just the best- no question. SINGAPORE IS JUST SO AWESOME.

my favourite dessert is the nutella tart from ewf it is all I need.
otherwise, chocolate fondant with ice cream from almost anywhere.
really not much of a dessert person.

Pennyboards count?

cool welcome to the land of shopping and eating where our national culture is an unrecognizable soupy mix of other cultures and their influences

main attractions are the esplanade, and the merlion outside, looking at marina bay sands (sigh all these touristy things, i don't feel inclined towards, but should mention anyway), chinatown, kampung glam.. my favourite museum in Singapore is 8Q and Singapore Arts Museum (SAM), i like the botanic gardens and have picnics there with my friends, also like and often randomly visit the Night Safari (love going there in the middle of the week & looking at animals nestled in their enclosures) i highly recommend a visit

in terms of shopping—orchard road the main shopping belt which stretches from forum (club 21b which sells acne alexander wang helmut lang etc) & tsumori chisato, then wheelock place for a large Zara (located on level 2, good Japanese food, sun with moon, and good pizza at skinny pizza)
down the road, ion (food basement is good, and my fav frozen yogurt is located there, yami yogurt), then takashimaya, a large department store in ngee ann city, these + paragon are where all the designer stores are located
stores like inhabit at mandarin gallery, blackmarket at orchard central (also along orchard road), haji lane, bugis village, arab street, seah street, and yong siak street in tiong bahru (where my favourite place for coffee is located, 40 hands, and an 'independent' book store Books Actually)

'singaporean food' i like & crave when i am away from home
durian, durian pancakes at takashimaya basement, prata (the best is at Jalan Kayu but that would be far for you to get to), tauhuey (rochor road), bar chor mee (Crawford lane), xiao long bao (din tai fung at paragon or raffles city, crystal jade there's one in taka and at holland village), wan ton mee (fei fei wanton mee store in joo chiat) prawn mee also at joo chiat, bak kut teh (balestier road, been there with parents, googled address for you (Founder Bak Kut Teh Restaurant,347 Balestier Road New Orchid Hotel)

food places i recommend and frequent when i am home:
as mentioned 40 hands, papa palheta, the holland v area where chip bee gardens is located, a street of restaurants like original sin (vegetarian food)/da paolo gastronomia where we take away slices of salmon pizza and dark chocolate valrhona scones, nice to sit there and chill out, holland v also has island creamery which has 'local flavours' like tiger beer, teh tarik; my favourite flavour is nutella/banana
thomson road for a shitload of good food, like a prata house & salted caramel, and rochor tauhuey (not the original store though this is a branch) my friends and i often sit around at thomson area and happily drink tauhuey (soyaobean dessert) and tauhuey ju (cold soya bean milk) you have to try it
awfully chocolate ice cream and banana chocolate cake (cluny court)
dempsey is where a lot of nice restaurants are located, i have been to and recommend ps cafe, house, the rabbit hole (white rabbit), muthu's curry, au petit salut, pamplemousse (best duck confit in singapore) and celebrated my birthday this year at CMPB (good pizza/truffle fries)
other restaurants worth your time & if you want to treat yourself are valentino's, buko nero, tetsuya, iggy's

this is a good website to look at food/make restaurant bookings: http://chope.com.sg

answering this really made me miss home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwFS69nA-1w

Play

eat your weight in peanut butter

jk
friend said today 'getting under someone to get over someone new works for me' and 'when i remember the guy i liked most i head to a club and make out with a stranger'

there isn't a set of instructions to help anyone solve heartache, i feel like i just wait it out and do other things & in time with distance i think of the person less, he stops crossing my mind
and that too is a way of getting over a person

you might think he's the only one but as long as you cling on to that idea he will always remain the ideal you can never have
but someone else can fit you in a different way and maybe that different way can be better

random hang outs at home with SL friends, V20, Summer Project!

I want to say it was around 12-14ºC, possibly warmer.

Categorized it by area, seems easier for you that way. Those with the * are our most frequented. Am not gonna include links because I'd go insane, sorry.

Central, central:
British Museum
Salt (cafe, they do good tea)
Yumchaa (tea)
*The Breakfast Club (http://lovetbc.com)
Flat Planet (cafe, there's a piano in the basement)
Liberty (high-end department store)
Selfridges (high-end department store)
Hunterian Museum
Caravan (restaurant)
Department of Coffee and Social Affairs (cafe)
Koenig Books (bookstore)
*Busaba Eathai (Thai restaurant)
Hummingbird Bakery (cupcakes, they also have one along Portobello but it's packed)
HIGH STREET SHOPS ALONG OXFORD ST & REGENT STREET

East:
Oxfam on Kingsland Road (thrift)
Storm in a Teacup (designer vintage)
House of Liza (designer vintage)
A Little of What You Fancy (food, wish I came here more, portions are large, deserves a *)
LN-CC (designer concept store, appointment required http://ln-cc.com)
Primitive (carries more obscure designers from Japan & London http://www.primitivelondon.co.uk)
Cafe Oto (cafe)
Tina, We Salute You (cafe)
Pelicans & Parrots (vintage fashion, furniture, lifestyle)
Beyond Retro (vintage)
*Rokit (vintage)
*Brick Lane bagel shop! (Self-explanatory, http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/venue/2%3A931/brick-lane-beigel-bake)
Sunday Up Market (clothes)
There are tons of 'vintage' shops along Brick Lane

North:
*Hampstead crepe stand (the whole area's pretty quaint)
Ginger & White (cafe)
Camden Lock Market & Stables Market (food, vintage, thrift, goth, punk, everything. Go on weekends, but go early.)
*The Big Chill House (food/drink, they do a good breakfast)
Wellcome Collection

West:
V&A Museum
Natural History Museum
Saatchi Gallery
Harrods (I guess it's a 'must see' though I think that's silly)
Dover Street Market (designer boutique)
Portobello Market (antiques)
Gold Mine (Chinese food, duck's particularly good)
Four Seasons (ditto)

South:
Southbank & Gabriel's Wharf (some shops & food, lovely for a sunny day's stroll)
Borough Market (So. Much. Food. Go early on Saturday)
Tate Modern

Yeah, it's a bit of an insane list with lots of cafes, haha. Have a good trip!

We need to make some AuSTARlia domination plans 8) COME ONLINE

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. >:[

Many, many times. What I came to realize was that those people weren't actually my friends. Even in a group it's important to have a real relationship with each of them, hanging out and speaking regularly doesn't constitute a friendship.

I don't feel like friendships can be forced. If people make you uncomfortable, you should drop them. I guess our inherent need to belong causes us to hang on in fear of losing what we have, even if it's hardly worth keeping. Everyone deserves to have people who they feel completely at ease with.

synechdoche new york
phoebe in wonderland
candy
up in the air
repulsion
somewhere
garden state
the royal tenenbaums
waitress
requiem for a dream
wristcutters
lars and the real girl
love me if you dare
drive
punch drunk love
blue valentine
the brothers bloom

just watched 'we need to talk about kevin' last week, that was really great

tiny vessels by death cab
"this is the moment that you know that you told her that you love her but you don't"

transatlanticism by death cab
title and registration by death cab

our hell by Emily Haines and the soft skeletons
"first went wrong is hard to find/ we're paralyzed, we apologize/ our hell is a good life"
"can we stop/when we stop my back will turn your face towards the fence" / "all this weight is honest worse"
this is my most depressing song if you see me listening to this on last.fm u'll know i'm in a bad mood

& crowd surf off a cliff by Emily Haines and the soft skeletons
"cursed with a love that you can't express/it's not for a fuck or a kiss"/ "rather give the world away then wake up lonely"

shift by grizzly bear this song was in blue valentine (the movie) makes me cry so hard
"baby ive got silver and ive got gold / but when push comes to shove this is getting old/ i wouldn't have it any other way..." (damn)
Flume by bon iver
They'll only miss you when you're gone by carissa's wierd
Helplessness blues by fleet foxes
Lemonade by cocorosie
Not in love by crystal castles
Crave you by flight facilities
The best deceptions by dashboard confessional
Let go by frou frou
Light years away by mozella
There is a light that never goes out by the Smiths
Between the bars by Elliot smith
23 by jimmy eat world

Winning the battle losing the war by kings of convenience

"even though she's only given me pain../I'll be on my knees to feed her spend the day to make her smile again"

We are the people by empire of the sun

"I know everything about you / you know everything about me / know everything about us"

"i cant do well when i think youre going to leave me / but i know i try / are you going to leave me now / can't you be believing now"

Stay golden by au revoir Simone

"I saw it coming / I just thought that you should know I'm feeling better everyday"

yes, or at least reach some point in stability, whereby you accept yourself and thus can look in the other, aspects which reflect parts of yourself you like/admire, or a complimentary nature; should develop some form of emotional independence which is (1) good for yourself, prevents to a certain extent heartbreak (2) attractive in and of itself

Yes, because everyone should speak the way you type.

LET GO, LET GOD

Honestly, I don't think I'd even like someone like that, just because I think so long term (like, marriage/kids). He wouldn't appeal to me because I'd want to raise my kids a certain way and he most likely won't understand why I live my life the way I do & why it's so important to me. I'd fancy someone but as you would a childish infatuation--wouldn't commit to saying I 'like' them because declaring that means you're willing to try whereas I'm completely unwilling to compromise.. Why should I?

Assuming he's equally unwilling to compromise, would the relationship even work? I mean, it's not even about 'the Bible tells you not to date a non-Christian'. What's important is that you two are on the same page and function as a single entity (not that you won't have your squabbles) because how can you share a future with him otherwise? To me, that even makes logical sense.

i'm really sorry this was asked so long ago, i don't know if you're still around to read the answer

feel like it is easy to take on jaded stance and a defensive attitude to prevent being hurt but if you do that though you may feel safe you also close yourself up to new relationships and new people

i'm not saying that one way is better than the other it's for you to decide
i know it's hard to focus on the present but that's what you should, or at least rationally explain to yourself what is it you like now that you don't think will last till marriage

also you never know until you try
and it hurts but one day someone will come along who will be worth the pain
and that's who you stick to

yes i did, i liked it very much: the non-linear chronological style of cinematography, the music, ikea scenes, drunk karaoke singing; i like Zooey & JGL, chemistry felt tangible/believable, felt like it was an accurate depiction of relationships, also interesting bc in movies the male perspective is never focused on, always a general '</3 we can't be together', finally this is something eve told me, which i agree with, that for every guy, be it their first girl, or someone later in life, there's always a 'summer': the girl that means the world to them, that they will have to get over/let go of