Postponed

my china recruitment trip has been postponed to this friday. so damn last minute. they changed the itinerary 3 times!

haiya. damn sian. alot of meetings to attend this week. plus things to prepare for the trip. i'm working till my neck.

and so, tomorrow's the start of war again.

still, i had a good weekend! dear and i changed our hair colours. we are back to being asians! spent time together movie-ing. had stayovers, and total quality time.

i'm appreciative of your presence in my life. somehow, you make it different.

China

my director is sending me to china for recruitment!

alone.

only got the news late in the evening when he made his decision. happy that he gave me this opportunity to learn and expose myself.

i'm happy, yet it makes me nervous.

am leaving this weekend.

gosh. need to pack and all. so last minute.

and its damn freezing there.

5 damn degrees.

My Friday The 13th

its friday, and i've fought hard for the whole week.

wanted to listen to love songs on class 95, but streaming is now suspended. sucks.

somehow, my engine's super low today. maybe cos its friday. being black and blue after a week's fighting. but i still have to get my engine running with fuel for office tomorrow. i've been feeling the same. but i've learnt to be more appreciative of things, and i've been happy at work. though certain things have changed, and at times, the workload is nothing but pure thunderstorm and lightning strikes. but my colleagues always make me feel loved. the smiles, toys and junk always appear at my table now. its those little things :) plus 2 good bosses.

meeting my besties tomorrow. for house-warming :) our lives have changed so much. since the pimple-poked face, to getting bfs, getting jobs, and now, ali has already gone on to start her family.

oh did i mention? managed to talk myself out of buying clothes, doing my hair, and getting a new organizer (my temp staff spilled coffee over it). actually, i just didn't have the energy to shop after work.

i am so gonna sleep like a baby.

i miss someone.

Wireless

i blogged like 4 entries. but none of them got posted.

just that, when i always am about to click the publish post button, something happens, and i stop there.

now that i'm here again, i'm filled with mixed feelings. feelings i can't describe.
whenever i'm happy or upset, i'd come running here.

that aside.

aniwae, i'm off my retainers, only have to wear them at night when i'm snoozing.

i'm free. yay-ness.

Sitting Waiting Wishing

just had my song changed.

makes me happy listening to it. from the movie soundtrack he's just not that into you.

dear's back from his bkk. with pics.

he said its such a pity i couldn't take leave to be with him, or we could have bot an air ticket and flew me there.

shucks.

looking at the apartment itself, makes me wanna be there for a holiday (to shop of cos!) while he works!

too bad.

i'm married to work. work-work-work. the damn four letter word. wad to do when it finances my life right now.

caught marley & me with dear on saturday after work. we spent so much on movies lately, we dun even dare think about it. but, the show's damn good and unfortunately sad.

and so... tomorrow's monday again.

i can't wait for the coming months to pass quickly.

i simply just can't wait.

eeks... hee...

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!