The 'porcupine' in me has toned down a lot since last year and by that, I mean that I'm no longer as prickly as I used to be.

I no longer feel as hesitant writing about my personal life openly, esp with regards to my relationship with X. There were also certain things which used to make me unhappy, but I've learned to turn the other cheek now because that control freak in me kinda realizes that you can't have control over everything in life. I also no longer snap at queue-cutters, instead I tell them nicely that the queue is 'back there'. Let's just say that I've found more tactful ways to express my dissatisfaction without being such a biatch.

But like I've told X before - I'm no Little Ms Sunshine and my personality traits will always be fundamental to who I am and what he needs to do is embrace these qualities, good or bad. I know nobody's perfect and I do nitpick on some of his annoying traits as well but I don't think I've ever made him feel lousy about who he is. So why do I feel like I don't live up to his expectations so often? I'm always feeling like I'm not smart enough, sweet enough, not hard working enough...perhaps it's time I pick my self-esteem up from the toilet.

People following my blog will get the feeling that I'm always negative about alot of things but the truth is - people like me do get screwed over too. We don't always have everything going for us and also, what you read here isn't my whole life picture.

So after all this emo talk, I shall share something happy here cuz X and I finally had some quality time these past 2 days. We went to this new pasta joint @ Liang Seah Street called 'Around the World, A Pasta Affair' and check out the food!:


From the top: Mushroom soup, Aglio-aglio with prawn & Chilli Crab.

I must say that I really enjoyed my aglio-aglio and for an additional $1, you get 4 big prawns which is pretty worthwhile. That means my pasta only cost me $8.90 and it was really one of the best aglio-aglio I've had before. I wouldn't recommend the chilli crab though, because at $14.90 it was way more expensive but I could barely see any crab meat in there!

They also had these cute cups in the shape of a mini pitcher which they serve their drinks in:


I love pasta and will definitely give this place another try! Heard their carbonara's pretty good too.

So as you see, I'm definitely not a depressed person who only bitches about how f**ked up life is. I like to bitch sometimes, but it's just to vent and also because I'm always transparent about how I feel. My life was pretty f**ked up before, but I think that's past. I'm a happier person now, sans some of the baggage.

Thank you X, for bringing some semblance of sanity back to my life. I may not always show my appreciation but I do care.