Wow, I realised that I really really haven't been logging in for a long long time. Labels: my life, relationships, weddingBeen busy busy!! Jet-setting to and from Europe isn't my cup of tea...add in cold winters, jet-lag, basically it's just a disaster in the making! Anyway I finally made back in 1 piece after that last biz trip in Jan 2010. And I hope I never have to make another trip for biz again. Can I just go on a nice holiday instead? :pThat aside, plenty has been happening! The wedding's set, the venue's set...and our pre-wedding shoot is set too! It's gonna be set (pun intended!) in the nostalgic little city of Ho Chih Min. One may wonder why...well, we decided not to go Hong Kong / Taiwan as everyone else we know is going there, but places like Melbourne, Paris and Greece is too expensive for us! And Vietnam was occupied for a while by the French...well, I hope we can gain a bit of the French feel here.I hope the shoot turns up good!!!We will be jetting off to Saigon (aka Ho Chih Min) on the 25th March 2010 and coming back on the 28th March. On SQ, no less! Thanks to my jet-setting-around-Europe stint, I have more miles than bucks. Haha! It's going to be 4D3N, 1D for the shoot, and basically rest of the time will be for us to explore around the city. I think it will be an eye-opening experience, after that trip to India in 2007. :)Pretty excited now! Gowns are confirmed, now I'm just troubling myself over the casual shoots. What should I wear? Tee-3 quarts? Little beach dress? Hmm...add that to my figure, or the lack of, I'm really at a loss! Sigh...serves me right for not resisting yummy food when they turn up. Haha...but hey, how can anyone resisit an Awfully Chocolate chocolate cake right? It's almost a sin not to eat it. Ok. I'm just consoling myself here. Here are some wedding details...Date: 7 November 2010, SundayVenue: Singapore Marriott HotelBridal Studio: The Aisle Bridal BoutiquePhotographer: Live!StudiosJiemeis aka Bridesmaids: All my JC babes!Er...that's all I can think of. Basically I think this is what we have booked so far...I must admit that we have been pretty slack with the wedding preps, because I have been jetting around and he has been slacking! Heehee! But nevermind, now I'm slowly getting into the planning mood. Hopefully we can do a small-short-sweet wedding...I'm not for grand banquets anyway. We'll see how!!Next to do......and many many other stuffs which I just don't want to think about now.Now I'm a sea of calm, because I still think I have plenty of time (based on Facebook countdown, I still have 240 days to go! Weee!) But there's always calm before the storm, I'll try to make it a mini storm in this case. Hehe.Could I be another bridezilla in the making...? We'll wait and see...
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 10:23 AM
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Yet another year has passed. Hahaha. I have neglected my blog to the ultimate. I'm guilty of it. However these days really no mood to blog. I feel unhappy about almost everything. I think I am having a mid-life crisis though I'm supposed to be "young". Haha. Maybe I will live up to the age of 40 only so that's why in my 20's I'm already having mid-life crisis?! Heh. Labels: my life
2009 comes with brand new hopes I guess, but it comes with 5 wedding dinners for this year. -_-
Discussing with the Gang about weddings yesterday, realised that keep going for wedding dinners are putting a strain in pockets! LoL~! My friend said that out of 10 already managed to push away 5. Still got to go for 5 which are at 5-star hotel. Ang pow at least a hundred bucks. Haha.
He's damn sad over this la... :P
Talking about it I better start my own wedding fund. Haha. As in wedding fund for ANG POWs. We are approaching the age whereby everyone is getting married...which means more ang pows, more dinners and er...more fats.
Anyway I have uploaded my pics in facebook, it's much faster than having to blog about it...I lost all interest in doing a photo-log because frankly, I cannot remember anything of what transpired.
I am wanting to go for a long holiday this year, but hey, I cannot choose, because I have a measly no. of days of leave only. :( So I gotta plan and use up the leave wisely. Heh. Anyway, it's worth going overseas this year because Air Tix are at all-time low. A ticket to London/Paris is only 1.2k!! That's super cheap if I may say. Much better than in the past whereby 1 air tix is around 2k without taxes. And forgot to mention, this is on SQ, which means you get shiok shiok Krisflyer to accompany you throughout the flight. LoL.
Well, I may be going Europe myself for business this year, still keeping my fingers crossed. If I do go, I shall go get myself an LV. Hahahahaha! To think in the past I always frowned upon LV, oh well...I realise certain LV stuff look actually quite nice la...
I have conquered Coach so maybe I shall conquer LV next. Haha. Then when I'm back I will be so bored of LV I will stop harbouring thoughts of buying anymore LV stuff. Hee.
Anyway it's really good to meet up with the Gang yesterday night, we had dinner at the 'tian tian huo guo' at Bugis, followed by Dessert at this Cheena-Looking place a few doors away. Nothing much to rave about steamboat, except that there were periodically mini cockroaches crawling out of the cooker, which I think could also be because they were driven out by the horrid heat of the fire.
But okay la, we cannot be bothered also, we just continue eating, and everytime a cockroach crawl out one of the guys will just press on it using a tissue and sweep it away. We still can continue eating nonchalantly. Haha! Amazing!!!
Anyway the steamboat is 16 nett, but they added 30 cents or towels. -_-! Talk about hidden costs!! Then I even asked for free drinks, which they obliged with 2 jugs. Not a lot but better than nothing. When we went for another jug we realised that it actually cost us 8 bucks. Aiyo. Should have just bargained for 4 jugs in the first place! Oh well!! But then also not bad la, the original price of the steamboat is already 18+, so to get at 16 bucks is considered a steal? I also dunno.
The nice part was the dessert!! Tried my friend's steam egg with coffee...really very nice. It's like a pudding with coffee taste. I like!! I had almond cream instead, because my throat was feeling sore from the tomyam so better eat something more soothing. Haha. But nevertheless I still woke up with sore throat today. No difference.
I realise that Bugis is actually quite happening at night! At 10+pm there were still people eating steamboat, milling around, looking for dessert (like us) and the coffeeshop was also full.
It almost makes me feel guilty for going home early. But cannot! I am nursing a bak jiam again, which has been there for the past week. Although it's not so bad, but I suspect it's the lack of sleep that caused me to have this bak jiam. Been treating it with my heat pack, because on the internet it says that putting a heat back on the bak jiam can increase blood circulation and get more white blood cells to attack it. I certainly hope so!!!
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 1:22 PM
It's quite funny, sometimes once in a while I will get a bit nostalgic and then think of all the past stuff that happened. The boy is right about me...I always like to remember the past and especially, the unpleasant unhappy past. Labels: dreams, my life, rants, relationships
This has been pretty difficult for him because he always have to bear the brunt of all my wonderful memory of unpleasantries. Best of all is that I tend to remind him, time and again. And especially whenI'm not happy with him I will definitely remind him. This is not healthy, but I have been trying to control so much already but still to no avail. It has decreased a lot but still, I tend to remind him time and again.
Sometimes I wonder why am I such a person. I feel like I'm this totally horrid person when I'm around him. Which sucks, because I don't want to be a horrible person. I want to have a nice, happy relationship, I want to feel happy about being together with him and I want to feel happy about our future together. However everytime I want to do that, something will always hold me back. Like I want to appreciate him for being so sweet, then the "evil" part of me will step in and say, "he should be doing that! He let you down so badly in the past". So on and so forth.
And sometimes I feel totally negative about getting hitched. Like why he didn't want to get hitched earlier. Why he want to wait until so old. Why he didn't spare more thought for my feelings when he said all those hurtful words. Why why why? I also have no idea.
Anyway I have been through all these with him many many times, I think he should be hurt until numbed or something. I feel like the "evil" part of me is doing her utmost best to hurt him back, just like the way how he hurt me in the past.
I'm this kind of dilemma-ish until I also cannot tahan myself. -_-!!
Being in a relationship should be bringing out the best in both of you right? However I feel like I'm at my very worst when I am with him. Grrrr. How ah. How to change that cynical part of me into non-cynical again?!
Even like this evening while I was on the bus home and I was feeling totally negative, like being in a relationship for so long then no point getting hitched, because everything is still the same right? Anyway I have always felt that an ideal time to settle down is after being bfgf for 3 years. I think 3 years is the magic time line la. Anything more than that is too long. Anything less is too short. So I have always held this 3 year deadline in high regard.
Anyway to make the long story short, the 3 year mark came and I was still stuck in the relationship with no result. Ask him, he also cannot give me any answer. That marked the most frustrating period and really down period of my life.
And he did that not once, but twice to me.
2nd time round I was almost ready to leave. Almost. If not for the fact that we got to attend a friend's wedding together, I would have probably left him there and then.
Anyway I always felt like being taken for a ride. Which makes it very frustrating.
Fast forward to 2008. We actually managed to successfully ballot for the house. Which is a good thing if we are happy in love. But we were not.
Or to say, I am not.
I don't know when I ever will be. Always felt like he's been taking his own sweet time in regards to matters like this. If I never go and "blow" him, he probably won't bother with anything at all. -_-!!!
And I always feel like what's keeping us together is just the house and nothing more. It's scary to think like that because now the house has become our focal point of staying together, rather than the fact that we are in love, we understand each other and we want to be together.
He doesn't understand why I am still so negative, in fact he feels like he has done a lot for me, for this relationship. But I think he doesn't know what I truly want. I want him to come to me on his own accord, to actually show that he did give some thought into everything. I feel like now I'm still the controller, doing stuff...hinting him on...guiding him on.
I'm so tired of it all. And sometimes I just wonder if it's okay if I just give it up. I don't wish to battle within myself anymore. That feeling sucks. And everytime I look at him I really don't know what to do. I have the angel and the devil fighting inside me. And I am irritated by the fights going on until I just want to ignore them.
I think the problem arose because we were both heading in different directions. I looked upon the relationship as a means to an end. He looked at the relationship not to have an end. Just a mean. Maybe in the first place we both had our problems but were oblivious to it.
I know he will be a good husband, because he's already a very good boyfriend. I just need to get over this mental block of mine. I don't know how am I going to because the devil inside me is stick-in-the-mud and refusing to let the angel reason.
And here I am, still fighting a huge fight within myself. Which he cannot understand. He probably just think that I'm the one who insist on dwelling on it (which is not), and he has already given up trying to fight that devil. But I need his help badly...if only he knew. :(
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 8:32 PM
Yikes! I think I have gained a lot of weight recently, especially ever since I started working. It's on a steady growth...and it is super gross. I think in no time I will hit 60kg soon la... :( Labels: marriage, my life, relationships
Anyway, I plan to lose weight!!! I shall engage all forms of remedies known to man. That includes exercising I guess, if I have the mood. Hahaha. But for now I'm relying on green tea to increase my metabolism and cutting down on morning/afternoon snacks. Today, my Malay colleagues brought a lot of goodies from their Hari Raya!! Omg I ate a lot even though I claim to "pu zhua" (heatiness) and try to avoid all offers.
In the end I succumbed to 3 very cute butter cookies and a pineapple tart!
I've been wanting to blog for quite some time, but never really found the time for it. Like everytime I come across something, I will think that I am going to blog about it, but then after a while I forget already. So this will continue on until one fine day (like today) I'm home early and in front of the computer, and suddenly have a thought to write some gibberish down.
And so today we went out for lunch to treat a colleague whose last day of work is today. It suddenly then hit me that I have been with this company for more than a year, seen so many people come and go, but I'm still at the same place, haven't moved at all. Another colleague of mine also left last month, and I was quite sad because I really like him and respect the way he works, it's hard to find people who are responsible, swift-acting and nice to chit-chat with.
Indeed, sometimes colleagues are really just colleagues, it's better to draw the line there and not try to be friends, because as friends there are just too many things you gotta give and take. It's easier to be "mean" when they just remain as colleagues, if you know what I mean.
Work is depressing these days. I am also depressed. Oh, change that. I'm on sudden highs these days. Like 1 day I'm so inspired to work and I feel like I can put in more than the 100%, and then there are days whereby everything just seems to move so so slowly including my own pace of work. And then there are days I'm just physically there but not mentally prepared to face all the "nonsense" that is the daily output from "work".
Sometimes I thought of going back to study, like get a Master's or something. Thinking about it, it's quite tough because of the money issue. If I'm going to get married then probably need to save up for that. I'm still paying my uni debts as well, so it's going to take some time before I can even think about studying.
I'm still harbouring thoughts of changing industry if I get the chance!!
Nowadays, I'm spending more time with the boy, I guess it's because we work relatively near each other and meeting up is far more convenient. However, something is different. I cannot pinpoint it, but then, it feels that our relationship is no longer the same.
I did broach the idea of getting hitched earlier, like next year, and he was rather keen. But then again after weighing all the pros and cons, and the cons outweigh the pros, so the hitching idea was put on back burner. I think it is for the best, because in this current state and mentality of mine, I'm totally not ready in getting hitched.
I even suggested to him that we should just hold our wedding in a foodcourt...everyone can choose what they like to eat. Haha. Since wedding dinners are always overpriced, food not spectacular, so why not. And it's definitely within budget. Heh.
Anyway, just talk for fun. The wedding's not gonna materialise in the near future. So we have all the time in the world to plan for a budgetary wedding. Hahaha. Just like me, I like everything simple, short and sweet. Minus the sweet, still got simple and short. Aiya...good enough also. Hahaha. I am the "sweet" lor.
By the way, the Pinnacle@duxton is up for grabs!!! But oh dear, whoever buys the flat will really pay through their noses for the installment...monthly repayment for a 450k flat is no joke. It will really cost you 1-2k even on a 30 years loan. So it's gonna be tough man!!!
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 9:56 PM
I know I haven't been blogging for a long time...no denials about that. Just that sometimes I think of what I want to blog, but when I reach home, all I can think of is to play my Sims 2. Haha. Talk about having no life. :P Labels: contemplatives, my life
Actually I'm quite contented with my current no life status, work, then go home play game! Then next day go back to work again. I really treasure the times I get to play game because although I surf a lot of net at work (shhh...) but there are still sites that are banned (like this blogger!) and I cannot read my favourite blogs anymore.
Strangely I'm more interested in other people's lives than my own. But then, I have no life! LoL. My life consists of controlling other people's life (aka my Sims 2).
I'm so happy because recently I went Hong Kong and then I bought an expansion pack to my Sims 2. So now I have 2 expansion packs, Nightlife and Open for Business!! Busy making my sims do business and go dating. Hahaha. How lame is that.
I'm hoping to get 1 more expansion pack (University!) because I want my Sims 2 study more and not grow old so much. My sis is going HKG this time round, so hopefully she can get it for me. Oh! It's much cheaper in HKG, these expansion packs, although they are made in Singapore. Strange isn't it??
On other matters, my highlight is...I got pay increment!! Yay!!! All that work had paid off. LoL. This year is a good year for my industry, so many people are getting promoted and getting a good increment. Mine is not too bad la...a little more than I would have expected. But I also worked hard for it, I should deserve it! LoL.
Office politics is a really strange thing which I cannot understand. Whereas there are some people whom you are not so gum with, but then against another person, when both of you dislike the same person, you will find yourself suddenly very gum with that person. It's quite childish, like last time in primary school whereas you will "friend" and "don't friend" people. Except that people's intentions are always hidden, you have to keep guessing what they are thinking.
Er, and people can be really really fake if they want to. Yikes. I guess it's really part and parcel of the job!!!
I should be popping down to Comex tomorrow...not to buy anything...but INK! I always like to go Comex buy ink because the discounts are good and they always like to throw in freebies like photo papers and the such. I like that a lot!!
Oh, and my recent craze about mineral makeup? I have like 3 different brands lying on my drawers, my 3rd stash is from Our Rock Minerals, and the owner is so sweet, I ordered like 7 samples at USD0.30 each and she still threw in another 2 more samples!! So it's total 9 samples for USD2.25, which is like SGD3.25. Jolly good!!
Anyway the exchange rate is now USD1.00 to SGD1.44, no good no good!!! In the past it's like, USD1.00 to SGD1.4!! And when I went USA early this year it was only SGD1.36! Arrrgh. TIme to curb my shopping a bit now...
Most people are guessing that the USD will rise rapidly after the Presidential elections, so I guess right now if don't buy more, next time the exchange rate will be back to the high times like USD1.7. Geez.
Learning to put mineral makeup is quite a challenge, so right now I still have quite a bit of makeup to use...I shall stop buying for now. In the mornings I still use the good old pressed foundation because it's faster. I'm a super fast makeup person...5 mins is all I take each morning to make up.
That's after the toning and moisturizing la.
Good thing is minerals are naturally occuring elements, so, it will not spoil even if kept for a long time, unless it's wet. That's because water breeds bacteria.
Lastly before I go...I want to share a good leadership phrase (I don't know what you call that) that I read somewhere this week while surfing net....
"A good leader is whereby when his subordinates makes a mistake, he will own the mistake. But when there is a success, the leader will let his subordinate own the success."
This is how a true leader should be.
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 12:34 PM
has passed. Labels: my life
Aiyo, I still haven't unpacked my luggage after lugging it back from USA.
I cannot believe it, I actually flew for 24 hours!!! OMG OMG. 2 days of my life just flew passed without my knowledge. Haha...
My flight was like this, Houston-Moscow: 13 hours. Transit 1:15 hrs. Moscow - Singapore: 10 Hours. Total: 24 hours. LoL.
Actually if you don't go and count it you won't realise, because in air time just slowly passes by....but it's faster thanks to the AVOD (Audio-Video-On-Demand). I really like the entertainment system onboard SQ now, because everything is On-Demand!! Which means you can even pause, fast forward or rewind at your wimp and fancy. Heh. This is like, one of the best things I guess. :)
Anyway, in the end I bought 5 Coaches in all. Hahaha....went to Dillard's and finally found my dragonfly motif wristlet which I had been lemming for, so without any thought I just bought it! LoL~! This is the only non-factory outlet Coach thingy I bought. Hehehe.
I'm pretty excited because I'm going Hong Kong this month!! Haha...
This year feels like a jet-setting year...because I went BKK, then went US, then now I'm going Hong Kong. :)
Silly me always liked the thought of going US, flying long-haul flights...but after this 24hour flight, I think I really have got enough for now. Need a lot of stamina to be able to fly lor...and somemore I really disliked the cabin air, caused so many problems for my nose.
This post is pretty pointless because I already lost touch of blogging. Very duh right. I haven't got much of any "ling gan" lor. Basically I feel a need to rant about my work, but it's not the place to...who knows, it might come looking for me one day right? Hahaha.
More about US, I actually spent 1k shopping!!! I astound myself even. Hahaha. And I bought an extra luggage to bring back all my buys. Heh. And then the boy was saying I should buy back 2K worth of stuffs, considering that air tix + hotel is paid for.
Now, I feel a great need to go back and shop somemore, I still want to go Bed, Bath and Beyond, I want to go Bath and Body Works, I want to go to ALL the factory outlets...lol. I'm in trouble la.
But I have enough of Coach!! Hahaha. It's quite funny after all that craze and interest, because after the over exposure to them I decided it's just quite ordinary. I practically went into every single Coach boutique that I could find to look for my dragonfly motif. Hehehe. I think I bought enough Coach to last me a lifetime.
But now I have another interest...which is....LV!!!
And I have been discussing about it at great lengths with my colleagues. Hahaha. Basically, LV prices always go up, it's timeless, it is made of leather which is why it's so expensive, and then it's very worth it to buy lor. :)
I'm still itching to buy. Heh. But I am considering very hard because it's like 1K Plus!!! equivalent to my USA trip shopping!!! Heh.
Laters....... :)
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 11:05 PM
It's been a long time since I last blogged, coz I am freakingly busy!!! Labels: my life
But life has been good to me, I'm off work for a week and out on business trip. Wahahaha!!! So while going for meetings and tests, I get to go on shopping spree!! LoL. I'm so so lame.
Anyway the trip nearly did not materialize because of some hiccups, but nevertheless it got settled so here I am, in the Land of Coach, staying in a super hotel and then typing on my pink LG lappie. By the way it's already almost 1am in the morning.
But it's okay, because this is the last night here and I have a late flight tomorrow. My flight is at 2345hrs which means that I get to shop for one more day!! I think I am going to blow my credit and finish whatever cash I have left.
This is like, so cool because I'm with the clients who happened to know the place very well and we have a car with GPS, and that means, WE ARE SET TO GO SHOPPING! Hehehe. We have been to so many factory outlets that I already lost track over it already. And I think I must have walked miles and miles today thanks to the hugeness of the malls. And they are factory outlets so can imagine, super super super cheap stuffs. hehehe.
I also bought another luggage today to bring my stuff back, because I don't think my current one can hold both my old clothes and new clothes. Hahaha. I'm that sad okay. I went Coach and bought 3 wristlets and 1 bag at one shot, and I am actually pretty pleased with myself. Hehehhee. Now I'm just looking forward to the boutique because I wanted to get something which I had been aiming since last month.
Lemme think what I have bought so far....
This is what I have so far. I am impressed by my shopping/spending powers. Hahaha.
But I really like it here, I wish that I could come here more often if not for the freaking long flights that I had to endure to and fro.
And I think it's so good to work here!! The companies here are all about benefits and welfare. For example, my supplier works from 8am to 4.45pm from Mondays to Fridays only. I cannot believe it!! LoL. We slave till so late back at home and people here go home on the dot. After 5pm there are almost no one around (we actually stayed till 7.30pm the day before). The whole office was a ghost town man..........
How to not like it here? Haha. But only bad thing is you gotta drive, and it's left-hand drive so it gets a wee tad troublesome sometimes. Oh well, but there's nothing one cannot adapt right? :)
Alrighty, just a mini update, if I have the time I might just take some photos of my buys and then post it in this blog. :)
I'm still very impressed with my own shopping/spending powers. teehee.
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 1:56 PM
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Once in a while, I will pop in to write some stuffs. Sometimes it's something I want to remember something by, sometimes it's something that's affected me. Happy or sad, I try to write whatever I could.
Nowadays I don't really write blogs that much because in all senses of the word, I am very tired. Working just seems to sap your energy bit by bit....to the point whereby you get home the last thing you ever want to do is to sit in front of the PC after staring at it the whole day.
I have lots of pictures to post up, but it got wiped out after my hard disk crash. I'm starting clean from a new hard disk, the only pics I have left are in my trusty mobile. I think I will cry if my mobile gets lost!!
That's besides the point. I'm also lazy to the point of no return. Hahaha. So many pics but so lazy to post any.
But!!! There's been so many happenings lately. I shall attempt to do some picture posting. Heh.
More pics of my ring. Hehehe. :P
My company sent me for teambuilding with my client somewhere end of February. I had fun!! Venue was A'Famosa in Senai, Johor Malaysia. We each got to stay in a huge 5-star hotel. 1 person per room leh!! Shiokkkk!!!!
My Burberry Blue Label bag. I have been bio-ing it for quite some time. Hehehe. This one is January edition, so still considered quite a new range. I love it love it!!! Heh. This range of Burberry is only available in Japan, the boy got it in Singapore from someone who happens to be a friend of his. Long story short, he brought me to choose a bag that I like, and I like this!!Now I just need to find a good day to bring it out. The boy keep teasing me about me and my branded bags...because one fine day we were walking in the sun, the rain clouds came and I told my boy to protect my Coach Wristlet. From then on he cannot stop teasing me about rainy days and branded bags. LoL. But nowadays keep raining, I don't feel safe bringing it out either. Rather leave it at home. Hehehe.
Recently a lot of people went IT show. Me and the boy went too! But we bought only ink refills. LoL. But it's a good deal since it comes with $5 NTUC voucher and 1 pack of 100 photo paper and some other "goodies". Main thing was, the boy and I found this interesting Hawaiian Coffee + Smoothie place tucked at one corner. It's actually the same place which Marche used to be. They were having 1-for-1 smoothie, so the boy and I got this:
Mine is Pina Colada (on the right), and I think the boy's one was black raspberry something. Anyway it tasted real nice and the place is so good to nua until we were almost late for the dinner appointment with the gang. One more thing, the smoothie takes a long time to melt so we sat there for as long as it took also.
Here's Full-Of-Love and Mini-Full-Of-Love. Hehehehe. :)
Labels: contemplatives, my life, photos
I had wanted to post some pics online, but I couldn't find the reader for my memory stick. Geez. So, no more pictures once again. Heh. Labels: contemplatives, my life
Reading back on my old entries I realised that I also planned to do my Korea and Taiwan photo-log, both of which have been put on the back burner for more than a year. I am so good at procastinating, I stun myself. Hahaha. I cannot believe it!!!
Oh well, it's kinda pointless now for me to put it because I don't remember anything about the trip (other than the earthquake!) and my PC crashed.
No more pictures already!!! :(
This is what I get for not backing up my stuff religiously by burning it off. Sigh. And my laptop has also crashed, after 5 trusty years. I am more tui because all the really good stuffs are in my lappie. My Meteor Garden Series as well as the numerous videos / mp3s....sigh.
I love all those instrumental stuffs which I got from goodness-knows-where! What a waste. I now have to resort to buying the CDs, which is very difficult because not all places sell. Last I checked, That CD Shop have them. It's damn ex la~!
I was in the showers earlier on and suddenly I felt like blogging about my love life. It has not been easy for the two of us, and I thought that as we embark on a next significant step, all the past memories suddenly came back....all the good, bad, wonderful and the not-so wonderful stuffs.
In short, we almost broke up, things were looking bad and those were the dark moments. And suddenly things became like, really really good...even I was amazed. And then after that it became not-so good which I thought was gonna be the end of us. But then it became better.
Very confusing right? Well, I think we were almost gone case but were held back by our feelings for each other. After all it's been a long long relationship so even if there were no sense of love, there was the sense of attachment. It was this attachment that held us both together.
Or maybe this relationship has to go through trials to prove to ourselves that we are right for each other. I know there will be many many more trials but since we have passed the most difficult, the rest should be a piece of cake. Heh. So ya-ya........ =P
Anyway, I'm glad things work out fine! And come this week, we might be embarking on yet another milestone together. Haha. Oh my this sounds like my work sia.... milestone payments....lols. =D Pretty excited!!
I will blog about it if we are successful. Haha. Cannot blog too soon because I am pantang and I scared things will screw up. Hehehehe.
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 12:24 AM
Nowadays I'm pretty occupied, whenever I have a breather I would rather have some time to myself, reading, zoning out, sleeping...whatsoever. Labels: contemplatives, my life
I'm quite bad at this blogging business nowadays!!! -_-!!
And sometimes I do have some really good topics (they tend to pop out during my bathing times, maybe because I really do have some time to myself then) and I would think of blogging it but then the time lapses for far too long so I end up not blogging it anymore.
I guess it's the hectic lifestyle I'm having now. I really really need a good, long rest. Even the trip to India didn't change much. As much as I wanted to enjoy myself, I couldn't help but think of what I need to do when I am back in office. Yup, it's really that bad.
That aside, I'm a pretty happy girl this month!! Got extra bonus (pending our performance bonus) so it's like I'm getting so much bonus for these 2 months. Hehehe. Not to mention that I have been spending like no one's business as well. I think this is the first ever time I splurged so much....bought WII to play, bought a crumpler bag, bought many many clothes and a few pairs of shoes, ate A LOT.
I daresay that my CNY clothes/shoes/bags are all covered! BUT! I just heard from my mom that this year there will be no ang pows. Reason being all my uncles and aunties are retirees. And being retirees they have stopped giving ang pows. So I won't have any ang pows from them. And they told my mom not to give anymore. Good for my mom but bad for me. No more free money lah!!
Luckily I'm working now or else I will be super duper poor. :(
One thing I really dislike about work is that I seem to be falling sick ever so often. Grrrr. Just last month I had flu/cough, NOW I am having flu+cough again. This is so irritating because I wish I could be healthier for once and not keep feeling so giddy from blowing my nose. It's hard to concentrate on the monitor when your head's just feeling so dizzy. And my boss might think that I'm always looking for excuses to take MC. Boo.
Anyway as I am typing this I am nursing yet another cold/flu of mine. This is unfortunate, because being so close to CNY I have lots of things to do. I still need to clear my room, sort out my new clothings, plan what to wear for CNY....stuff like that. But now I just kept getting pulled down to bed no thanks to the drowsy medicine.
Feel that there's always not enough time these days. Do you feel that way too? Hehehe.
Well, this upcoming week will be an important week, and hopefully, a happy week. :P Good thing is I'm on leave so I probably can catch up on sleep, and then I'm gonna get myself a nice pedicure for CNY.
Oh, and I'm going cruise this CNY also. Yay~! My mom got invited to book a room and so, why not!! My uncle and aunt will be going as well, so it's cool, we will all celebrate CNY together. And based on previous years' CNY, the food on the cruise is gonna be great. I can't wait. Haha.
Recently I was like, a bit down, and I told the boy that I "lost my meaning in life". And he told me he wants to be "my meaning in life". And just nice we were in the carpark and just nice there were so many nice cars...I told him that I think a Vios will be my meaning in life. Hahaha.
If I have 50k to spare I will buy a car!!!! Quite crazy about cars these days. My dream car is a Beemer 5 series, but a practical car will be a Vios!! Don't the new Vios look so good?? And it's cheap and economical and is big enough for 5 ppl without feeling squashed. My ex-colleague says that the front looks like a Yaris and the back looks like a Camry. I must say she's right!! I am so in love with this car...if only.......
Enough of my dreams. Haha. Reality is, I'm too poor to afford a car. And I'm not going to be earning enough to support the car. End of story. And I have yet to save up. -_-
I like to nag about how other people should control their finances, but then when it comes to myself, all my naggings all gone through the window. Hahaha. I always told my friends that to save up, maybe 200 bucks a month into a bank and don't take it out will work out to a sizable sum in the long run. In reality I haven't got around to doing that. All the money credited from my salary stays in the bank until I spend it off.
Guess I have blogged long enough. I am itching to play game again! Hahaha. :D I love WII!!! It's so much fun especially when you play shooting games. Heh.
Till then. Happy New Year~!
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 8:41 PM
It's been ages since I last blogged. I cannot believe it myself. The last time I blogged was more than half a year ago...that's really really long..... Labels: my life
No excuses for my absence...many times I wanted to write something but I don't really know what I want to blog about. Perhaps there are too many things to write about, until I don't even know where to start.
Everything's been pretty good, I must thank my lucky stars for good bosses and nice-to-work-with colleagues. Although I don't really "click" that well with them, but at least we are still a team and help each other out some times. That's good enough for me.
And my boss was so nice, he gave me a pay raise~! Heh...that was after my probation. Was not expecting one because when I joined the HR person told me that there will be no pay revision, I will only have pay revision after confirmation during the normal pay revision period which is mid of the year.
So imagine my surprise! Hehe. :) Actually I also kept dropping hints to my bosses la (I have like, 3 or 4 bosses!!). Now I know that if I want something, must go and do something about it also. Hehehe.
It's been quite fun on this job, I think I really got to know a lot of people and I like that fact that I get to chit-chat with people on the job (must be on good relationships with them!). Not to mention lots of food and freebies. I have gained much weight man....damn sad.
Now I am trying very very hard to lose the weight. Hmph~! Hope I can do so before CNY. I know I will gain it back after CNY. Oh well. But that will be another issue la. :)
And.....
Something happened during my trip to A'Famosa. :)
We've got the works, but it's not the time yet. Heehee.
Oh!! And congrats to Nathan and Siva!! (If you are reading this)... Wish you many many many years of love and happiness. I think you both are such a sweet couple. Heehee.
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 9:51 PM
Just went for a weekend cruise. Labels: my life
I forgot how nice cruises are, even though I have always had the fortune to be on one whenever I want to.
This time was Superstar Libra, on a 2day-1night getaway.
I cannot do those Friday-Sunday cruises anymore, thanks to work.
But nevermind la, in the future I can always take leave ma.
Think I just learnt how to appreciate cruises better after working. Haha. Really nice to just relax with my PSP on bed, staring at the sea, or watching satellite TV.
Total indulgence, I must say.
Anyway the ship was actually pretty old - lots of torn, rust stuffs about, but the rooms are roomy enough, and the food was good enough.
Supper was the highlight I think, because dinner wasn't as good (too full anyway) and so my stomach was rambling away by 11pm.
Had a fun time exploring the ship, searching high and low for answers to the questionnaire they posted for us. Must answer, then got prize! In the end I got a nice paperweight from Star Cruises. Heh. My first prize leh. That's becoz I seldom participate in games onboard Virgo ma.
Cheap thrill, but nevertheless...fun! Heh.
Actually spent most of the time onboard nuaing, talking nonsense to my sis and then playing my PSP. It's been quite some time since we last cruised together. And we seldom get a room to ourselves, so it's a nice change. My only grouse is that the toilet is too small!! The shower area is even smaller!!
I dropped something onto the floor, and my sis shouted over to me, "You fall down ah?" I shouted back, "Here got no space to fall la!"
Only standing room even, no squatting / sitting / elbow room even.
Oh, and there was the show by the Star Cruises dancers, as well as some acrobatic acts from China. Very good entertainment with lots of glittery costumes, dances and many interesting stunts. The dancers are clad so skimpily, I worry for their modesty. Haha. They literally just wear G-strings and a bra-top to dance. But I have got to say, they have amazing bodies la, taut stomachs and muscular arms (not too muscular) and very shapely legs.
How long must I work out before I can become like that?!?!
These days I am disturbed by my protruding tummy. In the past I could still suck it in. Now no matter how much I suck the bump is still there. Grrrr. I guess it's time to dig out the Trimax as well as my cream again!! Haiiiz.
I told the man I won't get married unless my tummy disappears. Hahahaha.
So he said we will go gym every weekend and work on that bosu till my tummy disappears.
Lazy me have yet to agree. Part of me feel like buying Xando or Extrim and just eat it up and let the pills do their work. But I know it's not a healthy way to lose weight, that I might lose the fats but not gain muscles anyway, but the temptation is so great!!
Only thing is that I already overspent this month so no way I can go and buy pills now. Hahaha.
Come, end June, and see whether have I slimmed down either by my crunches or my gym workout. If I had, then no need to buy liao!! Hehehe.
It's monday tomorrow, time to work.
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 6:05 PM
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Just a short one, before I buzz off. :)
Worked a month plus, busy like crazy, but it's bearable.
Office's air-conditioning is so cold, I fell sick with flu.
My office's internet can check email, but cannot surf blogs. :(
But I can view mr Brown's webbie, that's good enough. :)
I spent my 1st pay giving friends a treat, my parents money, treating clement for our anniversary (we are 4 yrs old!! omg).
I saved like 200 bucks only. :)
I gave my sis 50 bucks and I feel like, so happy. lols.
My boyfriend gave me flowers for the 2nd time in our 4 years together. It was our anniversary. :)
He also gave me a PSP and The Sims 2 so that I won't be bored on my way to work. Haha.
He also treated me to a nice Italian dinner at Holland Village where we were treated like prince and princess.
We didn't know how to eat the bread though. ;)
Then we went for a hotel stay (my treat) at Intercontinental. Shiok!!!
The toiletries are L'Occitane, no less. I feel so pampered.
We went to the executive lounge for tea and breakfast. Personalised service by the waitress. Shiok again.
The executive lounge full of ang-mohs. Hahaha. I like ang mohs leh.
Oh forgot to mention. Some of the ppl I meet on my job also very good looking.
Especially this particular man from UK. Kena "shocked" by his deep set eyes.
I also got pick up by 2 men on my job. Damn funny. Heh.
My boyfriend was incredulous when I told him. Heh. He said, "who dares to sian my mrs turner?" (refer to Pirates of the Carribean. Heh.)
I didn't watch Spidey and Shrek. Only watched Pirates.
Feeling damn deprived of movies.
Feeling damn tired after reaching home everyday.
I made 60 bucks this week after selling off my jeans. I have cash again. Haha.
I want to watched Ocean's 13. I want to watch Shrek.
I need a movie marathon but it costs too much. Haha.
And now, I need to go off becoz I got to wash my clothes, bathe and then read a bit and then sleep.
Oh, and frankly, I am afriad of mother-in-laws. After reading my Jane Green book. (title is The Other Woman)
That Mars and Venus show on ch 8 is also a good example as well.
And now I really shall go. :)
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 9:06 PM
I have neglected my blog again. Gee. Labels: my life
But I have good news. :)
I am officially off the statistic of 3-4% unemployed in Singapore. Hee.
Yup, I have a job!!! Just survived my first week of work. Can't complain, because I did basically nothing for 3 and half days. The real work only came yesterday and today. Or to say, it's because I finally got a computer so that's why. Hehe.
Oh! But I have met a lot of new people these days. Apart from my colleagues, that is. All well-dressed and professional looking. Very interesting ah. I can foresee a lot of networking and stuff like that! Pretty excited. Heh.
Saying that, I need to brush up on my own image as well. Must look good, groomed and professional mah. Haha.
Colleagues-wise, all are quite ok I guess. All around my age...fresh grads like me! One of them was the same JC, same Uni same course same specialization!! LoL...I told her very frankly that I don't remember seeing her at all. I think I must have been blind...same school for 6 years still don't know!! At least my superiors are a crappy bunch of people, it's not so bad. And for the past week we have been driving out for lunch every afternoon. Boss included. Haha. It's almost like our department lunch every day.
Hm...and I guess the last interesting thing is I have a colleague who's travelled all over the world, apart from North pole and South pole. The tales he have are so so interesting, had a good time chatting with him during my slack days.
Oh. And I have got eye candy! Haha. But they are all ladies lo. I still like to look at pretty ladies. And no good looking guys. I am sorely disappointed. Haha. Anyway seems that the in thing in my department is to give birth. And they are all coming from the guys. So we always joke about not eating too expensive because they need the money for milk and diapers.
Haven't really got into the swing of things yet, but nevermind, the time will come. But so far things are alright...meeting all sorts of people is proving to be quite an interesting experience. :)
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 9:27 PM
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Just realised that I have ignored my blog for quite some time. Heh. Labels: my life
Feeling quite lazy these days to blog. Well, for starters I have been like busy? Although it's odd why someone like me who's unemployed, nuaing and zuo-boing so busy right? Hehehe.
Frankly, I also dunno.
Heehee.
I'm quite excited because this Saturday I'm meeting my JC babes to go cheong!!
OMG!! I haven't cheong-ed like for 2 years or something. I feel like some swa-tao people. LoL. I am hoping that I will last at least till 1.30am. If not I will feel so short-changed lo!!!
The last time I went cheong-ed, I think I lasted till only 2am. Hahaha. And that was after tahaning and tahaning until I tak boleh tahan. This time I think I should go load myself up with some caffeine or something. Haha.
I hope I still can drink some liquor, it's been a long time since I touched alcohol!! The most recent time I drank, was a glass of champagne. And I couldn't finish it!! In the end I left half a flute to my sis who had already finished her own flute. I am lousy at this now...geez.
I dun think I can remember how does vodka lime taste like. Hahaha.
Anyway one of the babes told me to dress nice nice because a lot of rich guys will be there! Haha. So cheesy...and I was telling the man that I am going to go there and hook a "jin gui"!! Wahaha!!
And he resigned said, "ok lor, once you hook already can throw me aside liao..."
I am so excited. LoL!!!
Not about the throwing aside part though. Haha.
Okie la, I gotta go. I still still still want to do my photolog on Taiwan and Korea. Haha. Maybe I shall do it next week when I am more free!!
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 11:46 AM
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Wooh...I haven't been blogging for almost a week! Heh. Let me see...
Okie the significant thing is that my PT sessions has ended...and up till even NOW, I'm still suffering from it. Geez. I don't understand why!!!
We did chest exercises this time. Although it's more suitable for the guys, the PT also asked me do as well. But he so cute, told me that he will tekan my boyfriend on my behalf so that he will know how much it hurts for ladies to go through PMS every month. LOL!!!
For the uninitiated, means having swollen and painful breasts lo.... :P
So the man got to do like 4 sets with increasing weight, while I did 3 sets! Yay!!
I forgot most of the exercises already la. Hahaha. This time was actually a 2-hr session because we were too lazy (and probably too sore as well!) to go back for another. Anyway our PT is so fully packed! So I think he must be happy to see the last of us also. Haha. On our last session he handed me my Personal Training Diary, inside which recorded the stuff we did for the past 2 sessions. His handwriting is so nice la...reminds me of the Disney font. Haha. Very unexpected for a guy. And he was very nice, telling us what we should look out on if we go to the gym in the future, as well as making us stretch each other in the correct manner. Before we left, he said to us, "Eat more protein la!!!" Damn cute. :P
So since we watched TMNT on Wednesday and we had no slots on Thursday, the man took leave on Friday (23rd March) and then we did a 2-hour session in the evening, 5-7pm!! Original plan was to do Wednesday and Saturday but because of the movie we cancelled Wednesday's session. Heh. Oh well. I think I am suffering from withdrawal symptoms from going gym. Hiakz. I would never expect that!! Maybe I just liked the fact that at least I'm going there with a focus and know what I'm doing ba...
Anyway after that we went to watch movie at Cathay Cineleisure! This time we watched Mr Bean on Holiday. Heh. I know it's lame, but then I just want to watch because I knew it will guarantee laughs. I want to laugh!! Hahaha. And laugh I did! I was laughing so hard and slapping the man's lap very hard. He was quite poor thing lo. Hee.
So that was the end of our gym day!!
Then on Saturday the man had to go attend his friend's wedding dinner, so we only met for tao huay!! He came down in the afternoon to fetch me, and we proceeded to Rochor Road Soya Bean for tao huay, and also takeaway some for my family. After that we went to Clementi's Macdonald's to satisfy my cuppaucino craving, before sending me home so that he could go for wedding which was at Grand Copthorne. I think I'm quite lucky, because it suddenly strike me that where got people so free, drive down from east to west, just to bring me go eat tao huay and then fetch me back. LoL. Anyway we went to eat tao huay because we must heed the PT's instructions: More protein!! Haha.
On Sunday I finally (must emphasize!) got to meet my JC babes. Aiyoyo. We more than 1 year never meet already!! Someone got boyfriend for more than 1 year also without our knowledge!! Haha. How time flies man. I think especially after everyone starts working we all get busier and busier. Oh well, this is part of growing up!!
Sang KTV (actually listened more) and gossiped and catched up a lot!! And darling HappieOstrich (as she likes to be known. :P) gave me a hilarious looking monkee!! Tee-Hee!! I will go take a photo of it and post it here. I love that monkee!!! Looks so funny and never fails to bring a smile to my face whenever I look at its bobbing head. Gal, you are simply the best man!!! (^_^)
So now other than my two cute little monkees I have another one!! But this one's sitting on my piano because I don't want to sleep with it and crush it. Hehehe. Its head bobs, so one day if I got my own car he's just gonna be in there! Heeee. But I still don't have a name for him. Yet. :P
Oh yah suddenly I realise I can imagine how this monkee must have been screaming at you with that cross-eyed smiley face like you mentioned in one of the comments of my past entries. Heh.
I think everyone is happy either with or without boyfriends. Heh. I'm also happy now, though I think I will be happier if I have a job. Haha. No income is very terok one leh... :P
And that was the end of my last weekend!! :P
I will talk about the week later. :) Must sleep! 3am liao!!!
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 3:03 AM
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Went for my 2nd training on Saturday (17th March)...with my arms still aching. In fact, they had been aching non-stop since that Wednesday I went!! Geez. So I pasted koyok on my arm and kena laughed at by my PT.
"Eat more protein la!! You paste 10 koyoks also no use one."
I know, but fact is, I don't have much protein-y stuffs lying at home. And all I can think of is tao huay and soyabean drink. Both of which, are inexistent at home. Heee.
Anyway since my arms were aching, so my PT say he will train the legs. And then he start saying "After today's session I make sure you go down the staircase also pain one. That one paste koyok will have no effect."
So baddd!!!
Then we did the leg-press (damn difficult!) and he increased the weight after every set. We did 4 sets of 20 each. Want to die. My maximum was 50kgs. So he said, this one is small thing la! Those expert people can do up to 3 times their body weight. Which means for my case I should be doing 150kg?! Siao ah...
Anyway that was supposed to work the thigh muscles or something.
And then after that we went to do some leg-lifts. As usual he will tell us what muscles we are training and the correct posture, but I wasn't listening. Haha. I too slack already...so kena arrow by him to start doing the machines first. The man got to stand there and rest and gloat. Bleah.
After that we did the bosu stuffs again, this time we must do half-squats on the bosu. It was easier when we had to stand on it and do the half-squat...I think I did like 2 sets of 20, and then he said, "let the dancing begin!" and then proceeded to flip the bosu over (so that the flat part is up and the round part is bottom).
Wah, this one ah, even stepping up is a big problem man. Haha. I cannot believe it. Like so ridiculous because I will have the tendency to fall over. Maybe because I have a fear of falling lo. Haha. Anyway so I finally managed to stand on it, and he wanted me to do the half-squat on the bosu! Wah biang. The bosu start swaying precariously left-right-left-right...like you doing those kind of on-the-spot jogging in a half-squat fashion. LoL. My PT tried to keep my balance but haha, too bad, I very soon fell off. All the while I was just whining non-stop. I think I am hopeless. Hahaha.
Luckily the man did better, so he managed to complete whatever was required of him to do. I was just grinning along. Heehee. And then after that we used 2 bosu, must do half-squats again, then must jump and half-squat (which I didn't do). All these for like 20 times /set and we did like 4 sets again.
Terok man. This time it felt like time just flew...mainly because we took so long to slowly do and then I kept whining at him. Heehee. Like so bad. ;p
So after that session I bathed and then went over to Mind's Cafe to meet my year 1 classmates for some games!!
We tried a few different games which I had been accustomed to at Settler's, so it was cool. Played "I'm the Boss!" which was damn fun because it's about investing and haggling and you learn that sometimes being too nice is no good lo!
After that we played telepath, a paired up game which we are supposed to write words associated with a given word and see how many of them matches. Simple game, but like my friend say, "Got to think! My brain is numb. LoL~" And then after that we played this funny game called Fish eat Fish...basically is just eating up each other's fish lo to see who will win. I won that game!! Yayyy.
And the last game we played was called Thurns and Taxis or something like that. Basically I'm in charge of a postal agency and must open routes for posting of letters or something. Haha. This one is a bit of strategy and all that...quite complicated in fact. But nevertheless it's quite interesting because seldom play games like that. Heh. Similar to Railroad Tycoon but it's a simpler version I might say.
So after that we all split up, and I met the man for dinner, which was Ajisen Ramen, because we both need protein. LoL. I think after Wednesday's session he's more worried about getting aches and pains. Haha.
Rambled around Bugis and I spent like close to a hundred bucks at Watson's. Yes, Watson's. Don't ask me how I do it but sometimes when you see there's so much to buy and it's on offer, you just let yourself lose. Haha.
We went for cuppa after that and then it's back home!!
Sunday, 18th March 2007
We met up again, after the outing with the girls kena cancelled last minute. Haha. He also kena cancelled on because his friend was having power-lunch that lasted like 5 hours or something and so couldn't meet up.
So we found ourselves at IKEA, the Queensway one, for meatballs for dinner, and after that we sorta hung out around IKEA. It's less crowded now, so me wonders if it's because of the enormous IKEA that's opened in Tampines the reason.
Anyway I've been to the one at Tampines, must say that it's much more accessible and spacious, compared to the Queensway one. And of course the restaurant there is exactly the same, just that they have got an interesting feature: A trolley to put your tray on when you buy food. It was the first time I saw something like that, so amazing!! No reason for your guy not to buy your share of food now! Hahaha.
And so we walked around the place, and then, in the search for more protein, decided that we shall venture to somewhere to find nice tao huay. Heh. Oh, we also dropped by Queensway shopping centre to get some exercise gear for myself, but after thinking about it and weighing the pros and cons I decided not to. Not as if I exercise very frequently ya...it's only now because of the PT and then we've got the free membership that's why lo.
As much as I'm very bowled over by the number of taut bodies and nice-looking exercise gear at the gym, I'm still very much relunctant to commit myself because I know I will be very lazy. Haha.
Okie so we went to look for tao huay!! And by the man's recommendation, it's called Rochor Road Soya Bean. Hmm...actually it's near peace centre/paradiz centre that stretch. Near a very nice Hainan Chicken Rice also. Haha. I was quite regretting having IKEA because I didn't know that it's so nearby the Chicken Rice. I love eating chicken rice, the soup and the gravy. Haha. Poor chickens....
So we found the place, and after driving round and round, finally found a carpark. Haha. Heng ah!! Walked a bit and then went to eat tao huay and egg tarts, and after that also bought some home for my mom and sis to try!!
I like egg tarts from there because the tart is a pastry-like crust and I like!! The egg tart itself is not very sweet and the egg is like egg-toufu, very tender. But my mom told me she doesn't like the egg because there's too little taste of the egg. Haha. Oh well. Different people different tastes!
Okie so after that we have to quickly return home since the man's gotta work, and I gotta bring food home.
It's a nice weekend. :)
Stunningly Gorgeous Y 2:34 PM
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