Random

this is gonna be so totally random.

dear's off to bangkok tomorrow for business. spent a whole load of quality time with him this weekend. caught he's just not that into you together. great movie. i like.

sidetrack, i bot luo cupcakes from crystal jade. cute and pretty as they are.

and sidetrack back to CNY, i just got these pics uploaded...

taken with little joel

then came mummy's birthday celebration today.

my folks

family

ladies of my dad

mama's fav

engineer: i couldn't have done it without you.

HDB Hub

tomorrow's "yuan xiao" already. i haven't been here for the longest time. many things have happened lately. and somehow, affected me in a way.

still, its not too late to say, happie chinese new year.

the seriously major credit cruch have hit the world and well... many people lost jobs, got retrenched. and being in the hospitality industry, my hotel was sure to get hit.

and so, weekends have proved to be a whole new story for me now.

despite all these, dear and i took time to visit the HDB hub at toa payoh on saturday. planning for our future. doing the sums. and blah blah... some showroom pics...

4-room

5 -room

people i missed most in 2009, ali and grace. i keep thinking about them. messages dun stop even during chinese new year. i know they're the most understanding. and that's why i call them besties.

and other than that, dear, for the 8 years, thank you for being there always. as much as other people are more eligible, i've never stopped loving you. you'd keep me warm at night and still kiss me right out of bed in the morning. thank you for never losing that faith in me. you've always been that special someone :)

wads the best news?

I'M WORKING ON VALENTINE'S DAY :O

toodles!

Hayden's First Month

these pics are long overdue. i've been so busy with work lately. but still, managed to take some time off to attend hayden's first month, and meet up with my besties (put off since last year :P).

this is hayden.

the happy family.

us.

in hayden's room.

dinner at bakerzin. i think ali looks fabulous after her marriage :)

gift from hayden.

tomorrow's monday again. busy with work, yet again. boss keeps smsing. check hp, check email. well, if you gotta do it, you gotta do it. the economy is so bad now. watching news, reading papers, retrenchments, wage cuts, reforms. are everywhere.

sigh.

7 Things No One Tells You About Marriage

i read this off yahoo! personals. and i think its so damn interesting.

1. You will look at the person lying next to you and wonder, Is this it? Forever?

When you get married, you think that as long as you pick the right guy -- your soul mate -- you'll be happy together until death do you part. Then you wake up one day and realize that no matter how great he is, he doesn't make you happy every moment of every day. In fact, some days you might wonder why you were in such a hurry to get married in the first place. You think to yourself, "This is so not what I signed up for."

Actually, it is. You just didn't realize it the day you and your guy were cramming wedding cake into each other's faces, clinking champagne glasses, and dancing the Electric Slide. Back then you had no idea that "for better and for worse" doesn't kick in only when life hands you a tragedy. Your relationship mettle is, in fact, most tested on a daily basis, when the utter sameness of day-in/day-out togetherness can sometimes make you want to run for the hills. That's when the disappointment sneaks in, and maybe even a palpable sense of loneliness and grief.

2. You'll Work Harder Than You'll Ever Imagined

Early on, when people say, "Marriage takes work," you assume "work" means being patient when he forgets to put down the toilet seat. In your naivete, you think that you will struggle to accommodate some annoying habit, like persistent knuckle cracking or flatulence.
If only it were that easy. Human beings, you may have noticed, are not simple creatures. Your man has mysterious, unplumbed depths -- and from where he sits, you're pretty complicated, too.

3. You Will Sometimes Go To Bed Mad (and maybe wake up even madder)

Whoever decided to tell newlyweds "Never go to bed angry" doesn't know what it's like inside a bedroom where tears and accusations fly as one spouse talks the other into a woozy stupor until night meets the dawn. If this scenario sounds familiar, I've got three words for you: Sleep on it.
You need to calm down. You need to gain perspective. You need to just give it a rest.

4. Getting Your Way Is Usually Not As Important As Finding A Way To Work Together

Namely, that when it comes to certain disagreements, there is no right or wrong -- there is simply your way of looking at things and your husband's. "There's more gray in life and its taught me patience and the value of compromise."

5. A Great Marriage Doesn't Mean No Conflict. It Simply Means A Couple Keeps Trying To Get It Right

Because when you fight, you don't just raise your voices; you raise real -- sometimes buried -- issues that challenge you to come to a clearer understanding of you, your man, and your relationship. I wouldn't give up our fights for anything in the world, because I know in the end they won't break us; they'll only make us stronger.

6. You Realize That You Can Only Change Yourself

There is a bit of that makeover fantasy in all of us -- something that makes us believe we can change the person we love, make him just a little bit closer to perfect. And you will come to realize, sooner than later if you're lucky, that it is far easier to change the way you respond to him.

7. As You Face Your Fears and Insecurities, You Will Find Out What You Are Really Made Of



interesting? i extracted parts of it only. marriage or not, its just a union of a man and woman. fact is, does love exist to bring you joy or pain?

Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009...

2008 seemed like a good year. for many reasons. main ones were:

- dear and i graduated from university
- found my first job (and still at it)
- we crossed our 8th year
- ali got married

aniwae, many things are still left unmentioned. but still the last day of the year was always most memorable cos its mom and dad's wedding anniversary. this year being the 30th. being so busy i got them a cake.

damn yummy.

sadly, i haven't been able to spend the last year of 2008 with dear, or the first of 2009 with him. he's been busy with work and so am i. its either i'm at work or him.

and so... work's keeping us apart.

and i spent the first day of 2009 sleeping till 12noon and waking up with a headache. like how cool is that? went for a swim in the afternoon in hope to shed some weight. haa. i hope.

this was taken in december 2008, just after christmas. outdated la. but he came back from U.S.! like after so long. i din see him since after we left ite. and he still looks the same. still, he was sweet enough to wait for me at my hotel's lobby for 30 minutes while i cleared my work.

my resolutions for 2009?

shed more weight and earn more bucks.

haa.

i'm so tired after my swim :( and i've gotta work tmr.

aniwae, happy 2009 everyone! to those who sms-ed, thank you for the wishes and blessings!

Royal China

saturday was somewhat fulfilling. my day started at 8am, waking up to get back to office to clear some work cos the e-leave software was down. its really tough to get yourself to go back to office on a saturday.

went off at about 12 noon to meet dear. we catched bedtime stories. heee. made me laugh so much. i love bugsy. such cute guinea pig where to find? he had such huge eyes, but so damn cute la.

then came evening where we shopped for zuomin's bundle of joy! hee. baby hayden. and thereafter, went to meet my family for dinner at royal china at raffles hotel. the restaurant damn chio. and jie told me they serve good dim sum in the afternoon. i saw the menu. looks good.

exterior

interior. so chio rite? looks like tiffany & co colour. so pretty.

one of the many dishes. looks pretty eh? its yummy too. prawn with passion fruit.

took this outside the restaurant. oops, i cut off dear's forehead!

we headed to marine barrage thereafter. my first time there. but i think the view is magnificient.

and now, i'm still feeling tired. sunday's over. gotta slog for another week before 2009 comes. and then what happens thereafter?

0_0

sidenote, dear's got me on his desktop. heehee...

toodles!

Merry Christmas!

this year was a different christmas for me. and for most ppl, they've got half day off. but i worked till 6.30pm before going off for my holiday.

dear got off from work early and came to orchard to meet me despite the vast human traffic. we went for spagaddies, shopped a little, and i stayed over at his place.

aniwae, since its christmas, gifts from bosses...

was shocked when i saw bvlgari. aniwae, that's from my director. he bot it all the way from norway. and the sanrio was from my manager.

and inside the sanrio bag, its this! sanrio cushion in my favourite melody!

i've got super nice bosses. hee. and i've got bags of chocolate which i din take pics of. but they are BIG bags! with a christmas bear in it.

hee...

and sidetrack a bit. dear bot me this at ikea, which is sitting at my office desk. we both have one! its growing, and i'm proud of it!

tomorrow is a working day again.

i've been spending 95% on work, and 5% on sleeping. even when i meet dear, we run errands for my job.

its hardly i get to sleep 7 hours. but today, dear and i slept till 12 noon.

SHIOK!

my best sleep ever!

i lurve you baby :)

toddles and happy holidays!

New Video

added another new video.

simply love it.

damn tired today. went home early. couldn't drag another bit of me to stay a little while longer in office.

i did lesser work than usual today. the energizer in me probably died.
i hate the heels and corporate wear.
i hate the grooming standards.

i can't wait for the the weekend to come by again.

But you're just a boy
You don’t understand
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you’ll wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you've taken her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
But you're just a boy…

Chapter 8

8 years and a month later...

ah fat and gingi

i got my first LV!

its a day old.

happy.

glad its friday today. i brought work home. but i'm procrastinating. i'm just lazing by my lappy. thinking about tubby. wondering wad the future holds. so many things to think about. everyday i work with an increasing workload, i tell myself that i'd leave as soon as i've got "the experience needed". though it wasn't easy getting bosses recognition and trust on your capability, but its not the nicest place to work either.

its a whole load of mixed feelings.

i can't say i'm unhappy over there. but i'm not exactly really happy as well.

its gonna be full 6 months by january. and then another 6 more months to a year.

argh. i can't wait. for time to pass. QUICK.

a part of me still miss schooling. the days where we start at 9.30am and end at 12noon is just pure bliss. or when you dun feel like going to school, you can always sleep in and forget about even reporting to lectures.

now i work full 11-12 hours.

0_0"

Farewell

goodbye tubby.

he left me without even a hint. just when i thot he was gonna come out and greet me. i was dismayed when i saw him lying motionless in his favourite green space shuttle.

"you were my favourite pet. shy, tender, friendly, and never bitten me before. i loved your black and brown fur. special, just like you."

and today, i'm down with gastric flu. on MC. work has got me down. vomitted my dinner.

glad that tmr is friday.

i need rest and TLC.

toodles.

TGIF

yeah TGIF.

this week went pass in a whizz. i could hardly believe it. these days, i can hardly squeeze out time for anything else except work, work and work.

colleague going on long leave next week and i'm to cover his work. its gonna be real tough and i nearly fell asleep while he was handing over his stuff to me.

yeah. i noe. wad a way to feel rite? falling asleep?

haiz.

i'm glad that i'm back home in the cosiness of my room, air con and good love songs on class 95. just me, myself, and lappy.

but of cos, i have to work later. as usual. nothing new. work is always brought home.

and did i mention? i fell sick. super sick. but this time, i'm tougher. still working 5 days a week. heh. no choice la. absent one day and work piles up. but the green bloody phelgm and flu gets worst each day.

:P

and my director still buys 1A curry puffs for me today.

heck it, it tasted good.

hee.

i miss JJVL and JAG*s.

:)