Heading off!
December 17, 2005 - 11:22
we will be flying off soon!
Will be spending Christmas in snowy Beijing!
And remaining days in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Macau.
Dylan and I will have a English high tea at the o-so-famous penisula hotel to pamper ourselves once we have finished the adventures above.
Well, in somewhat the words of my dad, seek for happiness with the limited life we have, not money non fame.
Here, it applies as fun=happiness. kekekeke.
Queasy day.
December 16, 2005 - 14:16
I am flying off in less than 24 hours.
I am sick.
I have a bad stomach.
I saw ghostly figures in my room last night.
Dylan stayed up last night to "protect" me cos i was too afraid to sleep.
I still don't know if it was shadows or not, but if it was, he should be seeing the same thing as me right? but he didn.t.
Dad and dylan had a 2 hours chit chat where dad went through his own life review. I conclude that dylan has a therapeutic touch to my parents' life.
I had a hard time deciding on what to wear to HK. We have confirmed that we will be going to Beijing via train too.
Beijing is an icebox now. very cold....
i hope i get better by tomorrow.
When dylan meets future father-in-law!
December 14, 2005 - 12:32
Darling met daddy for breakfast this morning. What's the verdict??? check out this space soon.
I am dying to know too.
i am arrogant.... so what?
December 13, 2005 - 15:37
today has been a lousy day. i woke up with a sore eyelid. (even smaller eyes now) and then watched a DVD till eye pain... went to nap but cannot nap.rang up dar to ask for dinner date , got accepted! yeah!
but the lousy part is... HDB sent us a letter to invite us to choose our apartment on the 22nd dec. we are in HK from 17th to 29th Dec! how to fly back?! sigh, i wonder whether i subconsciously made it happen cos when i booked the airticket, i kinda remembered that the selection was in late Dec but i just heck it, cos i was thinking that nothing should stop our holiday!
but the truth is, i don't really like the house now, cos it's with the 3 roomers! i mean, sorry, i do not mean to offence anybody but i simply can't stand the poor family that stays in 3 room flats! how on, if the income ceiling for 3 room flats are 2000 bucks per month, how rich can the people living in those apartment get?? i can picture noisy, uncultured, ah sohs and uncle all over the place! that's definitely not my picture of a dream estate. look at us here, all the executive flats, everyone is cultured, young executives starting a new family... BMW, Mercs, all parked in the car park...
they shouldn't build 4 room flats with 3 room flats.. it pollutes the environment. and i dun need a house as big as a 5 room, for the two of us? so... the conclusion is, i don't want the house. but how to break the news to dyl after making him go through so much?
sigh.
luckily i have no comments box or email linked here,else i will get hate mail from 3 roomers!
Dylan's pullover adventure!
December 12, 2005 - 23:35
2nd blog of the night! Hubby-to-be is not home tonight... so kinda bored and have been sleeping too much in the day..
let's review... dylan's new pull over!hahaha.went shopping for winter clothing that will fit well into HK, and dyl's recently into the CYMA Andy Lau look, this watch compnay is terrible, big time advertisement ah! Andy Lau sooo handsome!
so under that influence, we went to take pullover to achieve "that" look..and the verdict is....
how's that?!handsome ah!
so after purchasing that.. we went to kino, where dyl decided that singapore's cold enough to wear...the pullover!
so we are all set for HK! hopefully it don't turn out too cold, like what happened in Tokyo.
My girlfriends rocks!
December 12, 2005 - 23:06
nothing beats meeting up with old friends, friends who love you and add that drop of joy to my already very blessed life!
presenting ...
See, the 3 of us are so different in style and all...but one thing in common, we hold dear to this friendship! i must say they are my dearest old friends, other than good old shiyi of course, and whenever we meet, we can talk and laugh like nobody's business. especially me la!
and what did we get to do? 
eat, drink and be merry! yummy chocolate fondue @ max brenner, or whatever name, i don't really remember!
And here to short and funky hair!! i must be an influence, yes! I am going to get married in short hair ok! (Can't stand the wedding gown person who kept telling me to keep my hair long, i like it this way, got character wat, cannot ah?)
once again, short hair rocks! hahaha. yvonne, your silky long hair is my envy though!
By the way, rushed out of home so make-up was kinda screwed up... too much foundation. must remember not to do this again. don't wanna look like geisha.
anyway, as you can see, my small eyes are getting smaller and smaller. as dyl and me discuss the other day, we realise there's a few traits that our baby die die will have one. (sigh) no 1: small eyes (both of us! unless negative and negative give positve!) no 2: flat nose no 3: dumbo ears (me) no 4: curly hair (nightmare for girls.. rebonding all her life) no 5: short no 6: fair (this one not that bad huh?)
see, i can imagine how baby will look like!
anyway, back to JC pals meeting... realised how old we are growing! we are owning cars, getting married, getting a job, graduating... nono!!!
i hope to age gracefully.. hahaha. i mean "grow up" gracefully. hopefully, like they predict, i can end up being a tai tai huh? i think i got the potential, already super good at snatching branded goods, having high tea, gossiping, ....
let's see how it all turns out. anyway girls, let's meet up for New year!!!
if only we can go backpacking in europe! (day dream la)
love you all.
I'm glued to the gogglebox
December 10, 2005 - 19:05
I am becoming such a TV addict.
i watched 3 movies today. War of the world, Flightplan and another show that i don't even remembered!
I am also started to act pathetic.. hahaha. roaming around the empty house, doing a bit of laundry, refusing to do serious work and refusing to pack up the super messy room that is making dad faint.
Dyl told me yesterday about him going to meet my dad. my heart almost popped out. especially with all that wedding jittery i have been experiencing, it's getting exciting yet nerve-wrecking.
anyway, today when i watched war of the world, i instinctively thought of dylan, well, everytime i watch sad or horror show, i think of him.. cos i will be soo comforted that in any event such horror occurs, i know he will do anything to save me!!! hahaha. including being eaten by alien.
i think since i haven't met an alien yet, there's 3 "saving me" incidents i can think of.
1) Hougang big black-out: dyl dragged his bicycle down 11 storey and cycled from sengkang to my house to "save" me from .... darkness?
2) Big insects, big hairy spider, appeared in grandma's house and dyl had to fight them, though he hated them, and comfort whining me at the same time.
3)when i clipped my tooth while vacuuming the floor! the metal handle of the vacuum cleaner hit me! dyl had to rush back from shenton way to save me... erhh.. bring me to dentist la. (well, sometimes i think i act dependent too much, could have easily strolled into the dentist myself... hahaha)
so if alien comes, i know who to hide behind!
one more week to HK/China! and i haven't changed any money, booked hotel in shenzhen, make a list of fake branded goods to buy, what to do in HK, tie up loose ends for FYP.....
maybe it's time to watch less DVDs. it's just soo addictive when you don't have to change disc like VCD... you just watch and watch!
Adventure with little ones..
December 10, 2005 - 10:49
Yesterday was an adventure day out for us........
because we bravely took on the task of babysitting 6 kids. To changi airport for lunch. take sky train then back.
initially i wanted to put down 7 kids , cos dyl can be quite a baby at times, but when he's with the kids, he took on the father's role, won my respect ah!
the trip itself was not intended to be tiring but....
we spent the whole night at Fizzah's place, trying to finish up their project!
why am i inside the picture if it's their project then???? well, you see, i drove dyl to her place at bukit batoh and we thought it was going to take just an hour or two but it took... 8 hours! all through the night! and i slept on her study room floor! kekeke. didn't sleep much though cos i was up every hour to check whether movie maker was converting the files to mov files well..... so both of us ended up like zombie!
but one exciting happened! first time in 11 months of driving i went through the ERP gallery! wahahahaha. and we panicked cos we thought the cashcard didn't have enough money and it went beep beep beep so many times. i thought, "die la, surely get fine one!"
one call to LTA settled it. it was deducted alright. anyway, the whole night just felt like participating in amazing race, going different places to complete tasks.
ok, about the adventure!
Little bryan looking like an accountant with that book!
Look at his lanyard, i bought it from disneyland in tokyo! should have bought more cos the kids loved it! but it cost 10 bucks sin ah! so only bought 3 for the 3 cousins in this family, and my 2 poor brothers have to look on in envy. so i will make sure i buy for them from HK disneyland!
The boys getting into trouble at the bus stop. just at the bus stop and they are behaving chaotically already!
Time to eat at Popoye's the fastfood joint! cute little kids' corner. the food is good. loved the mash potato.
Time for regina to terrorize and command everyone to take photos.
Here's the gentle girls!
What a wonderful day though it was sooo tiring cos we didn't sleep the previous night!
But I just couldn't understand why the kids can laugh so happily... where did our innocence went?
well, they were making a din on the bus ride home but i ignored it cos too tiring to bother ah! and everyone was staring disapprovingly. now i understand how parents feel! can't be bothered ah!
F.Y.P
December 07, 2005 - 22:46
Currently till next friday is all about the big 3 words...
F.Y.P (Final Year Project)
Will be driving my team around various places tomorrow to hand out survey form since not all are keen on doing our online one.
wish me luck.
new TV!
December 06, 2005 - 20:07
And i must mention this evil thing that is causing me eye aches and eye bags and eye rings...
For watching 3 DVD per day + hours of PS 2 on the new 40" or bigger(? who knows?) LCD plasma flat screen sitting in my living room. was initally very repulsive to the idea when dad bought it home but now i am a convert! it's soooo shiok ah.
and terrible to my eyes though. i have watched 9 hours of movie non-stop today.
gotta do FYP now. hey, I DO MY FYP work one hor.
by the way, old 32" TV went to dyl's house.
Painted nails
December 06, 2005 - 19:47
What a girl to do when she's home alone?
Ans: Paint all the nails she can find.
Someone offered to buy my lappie at USD 3000 that means 5k sin. who knows whether it's real. he gotta pay up first before i will send the goods. so we shall see.
if it's real, i will get a SLR camera, a new lappie and some spare to spend! but if it's not real, i am not going to be disappointed.
Rest and relax
December 06, 2005 - 09:40
someone from the states offered to buy my laptop at USD 1600 but i refused. i will only sell it for USD 2100 minimally. i can't throw so much money down the drain! and i simply love the laptop. sigh. will feel sad to part but i really need to buy a SLR camera. it is my christmas present to myself! then i will use the remainin money to buy a cheapo laptop.
this laptop, SONY VAIO S28, is really good! no problem at all. Sony products are just wonderful.
and for those who likes photography, i recommend Swiss photographic supplies @ high street centre for your photographic equipments needs. they sell original stuff at low prices! cos they are the whole seller i think. i bought my spare camera battery at 3/4 the price you will get at the camera store itself! very worth it.
i am really thrilled that dylan's picking up on photography and filming too. then again, i have been so fierce and impatient, maybe i was the one who turned him off photography,haha.
i am now addicted to PS 2. haven't been too constructive and just slacking away,and feeling so bad about it. how i wish i can relax and not feel bad about it! like i shouldn't be doing that... argh.
pre-wedding jittery confusion!
December 05, 2005 - 11:13
the reason why i haven't been blogging about the wedding prep and the house and so on, like the last few months' post, is because
1) i think i am boring people out. how many pple wants to know such details until they get married themselves?
2)i am having pre-marriage jittery. gotta admit it. not the type of "o-i-regret-knowing-him" but a even more potent one called "I-think-i-like-cohabitation-better" .and that's what i told him! he's great and i love him, adore him.. but i just can't bring myself to tie the knot! it's like a scary feeling.. i have commitment phobia i never knew i had!
then again, judging from my typical behaviour, i would have known better.
i ALWAYS make others threw up by purchasing something then go back and change for another one, else end up whining that the other one i didn't buy is the better one. see, i can't even commit to material things, how about people??
so.... as the date draw nearer, i am getting more jittery! but yet,i want it soooo badly.
i think this is normal.
i gotta conquer my own fickle-mindedness about the house too. cos i am driving dyl mad! the other day i made him sell his shares and it rose to sky high and he din make the money cos i thought i wanted to house, then end up, i think the location too wuloo!
argh. i gotta figure out the housing bit fast.
here's leaving me something to remind why we need a house fast!
So we can have our own bed to jump on!!!
We were @ Bintan for holiday with family and sneaked back to the room while they were having breakfast, to jump on the bed!!!!
hahaha. we are like kids.but it's so fun! somemore hotel beds, spoilt already not my business ah!
Hurray!
December 02, 2005 - 22:32
It's finally over! the place and its people loved me and my school wasn't as rigid as i thought and things are settled and i am done!
clinicals is over!
me and my theories
November 29, 2005 - 20:14
i concluded that shotgun marriage is good.
reasons being:
1) you realise you are pregnant. you tell him. you are both thrilled!
2)you tell everyone around you. they have all sort of different reactions (upset, happy, shocked, disgusted, surprise, eager to gossip, etc) but at the end of the day, everyone congrats you and feel happy for your soon to arrive bundle of joy!
3)you go to ROM and get ROM. you treat everyone to a cheapo high tea and explain that you can't book a restaraunt in this short time (in actual fact,you can't afford a dinner ). Everyone understands and continue to congratulate you.
4) Everyone forgets about you and life goes on as usual.
5) baby arrives and everyone's excited once again. even papa or mama who threatened to disown you 9 months ago (is there still such conservative parents around? at least mine aren't.) is so excited!
6) you invite all to a full month lunch buffet and everyone gives angbao.
7) you are rich and nobody remembers whether you threw a wedding dinner or not anyway. they got their own life to bother.
so the moral of the story??? This might be a better ending!
Ok, why such crap at this time, as all would notice i have stopped blogging about our wedding prep for a while (too excited over my trip la). Still pondering over the "Dinner or no dinner" question.
Want an easy way out (that's me always). So thought of this idea!!!hahaha. dylan would kill me though, cos he will have to sacrific himself to me.
anyway, would very much like to crap on more, but gotta go back to my clinicals work.
tune in back soon!you, whoever you are. (anyone actually reading this??? I am an idiot with haloscan comment box etc. so still haven't got one installed here!)
awaiting the end
November 29, 2005 - 19:35
I am looking forward to the end of the clinicals in 4 days BUT it is starting to ----. simple.
see whether i survived on friday.
Salute my mummy!
November 27, 2005 - 20:06
I have the best mother in the world too!
when i broke mum the news that we will be lingering around and having more fun on her money, well she paid for the airticket and part of our hotel, she reacted by looking concerned and asked, "Do you have enough money? need more?"
i was so touched! i decided that as a filial daughter, i shouldn't ask anymore money from her!somemore it's not life and death, it's just for fun. and she has paid for sooo many things already. thinking of the japan trip always make me feel guilty. so i told her no, i should make do.
and what did she say? "Aiya, just change more money from me. you should carry more money with you. safer. "
to think i will miss her birthday cos i will be in HK! alamak.
i am soooo touched. I MUST BE GOOD TO MUM.
and suddenly, i feel even more guilty. on my birthday party, i took so many photos but i DID NOT take with my mum!!!! o my goodness. we really take our mums for granted right? i really think so, cos i have witnessed a lot of my friends taking their mums for granted.
i will make it up to her.. i swear.
All set to go!
November 26, 2005 - 21:42
i have got everything settled. dylan will go and get $3k worth of Sin dollars changed to HKD. i dunno if macau uses HKD too but we will just bring it along la. at most, dun spend money in macau lor! haha. if as possible.
the only last bit is, i haven't broke the news that we are going on our pre-graduation tour or rather early graduation tour by ourself for a week. dunno how mum will take it.
i feel kinda guilty somehow. like i shouldn't be having so much fun.
but still, we are so exciting and the monetary trouble has been settled, just need to be super disciplined for the rest of the month. all the savings go to hongkong shopping!
and thanks to bonnie's dad for arranging for our taxi transport in HK!
money trouble
November 26, 2005 - 00:38
we have collected our airtickets. there's no turning back.
i am sooo troubled by the finances. sigh. backpacking is not as cheap as we want it to be.and 12 days? you can imagine.
i am going to be sooo broke.
We are going backpacking!
November 25, 2005 - 13:16
Latest update! change of plans. we are going to backpack Hong Kong and China for 12 days!
Dylan and me!
Going Macau. 
Going China.
And of course, Hong Kong!
I am the tour guide!
November 24, 2005 - 19:22
i am cracking my head. we have got airplane tickets booked. we got Disneyland tickets booked. but we HAVE NO PLACE TO STAY. at worst, i will plead with my friend, bonnie to squeeze us in her Hong Kong's house's storeroom. we can all sleep vertical.
the hotel i initially booked couldn't confirm the rooms. now i am left to book another one. internet is a lovely thing, let you be able to book flights, hotels, disneyland tickets! and of course, one cannot live without a creditcard!
Was very excited this whole day until i started sorting out the accomodation. it's nightmarish. sigh, to think i told mum the other day that only AUNTIE take package tour. hahaha. Young people plan their own trip... hahaha. now i have BIG headache.
but it's still fun! all 4 of us will leave on the 17th Dec evening, reach HK at night, freeze our butt off.. take MTR (MRT in SG terms) to our hotel. (hopefully we do not get lose and robbed.) things were definitely better in the Tokyo trip cos we landed in the morning and had plenty of chance to snoop around the find the right place, and we ended up in the wrong hotel of course. then finally surrended to the taxi. (in tokyo, starting price is 10 SIN!)
mum and sis will return on the 22nd while dyl and me will stay till 23rd. actually would love to stay longer but kinda broke. and i am sure i would want to shop.. after being in HK for so many days, i think i dun have to return there anymore. it's my second trip already. =)
will be asking my HK friend so much about the transport etc.i really dun want mum to kill me for being lost. she's not that sporting and she would prefered to go with guided tour and i was the one who persuaded her out of it!
will be dyl and my 4th overseas trip off together! we are sooo lucky. on second thoughts, i am thinking of extending our stay till christmas.. yum.. but i booked the airtickets already ah!!!!
Happy people below!
November 23, 2005 - 23:45
We are so happy and thrilled.
You know, i hope HK one is better than Tokyo one. though tokyo one will always still remain as my dream disneyland. so i am very proud that i have stepped into it!
Hong Kong Disneyland..here we come!
November 23, 2005 - 23:15
I AM GOING TO HONG KONG DISNEYLAND!!!!!
For 5 days in hongkong!!!!
YEAH! that means i just left the states disneyland that i haven't travelled to!
talking about that, i was quite upset that i din take too much nice photos of the lovely disney land in tokyo! what's the problem with me!!! =(
must be the fact that we were sooo cold on that day and serene was so unused to the climate and the fact that i haven't appreciated how to photograph nice shots.
anyway, here's one of the only shot of Tokyo disney land logo.
my hands were shaky, we were super cold cos we needed to take off our glove while taking the shot and it went numb immediately! that's why it's not wise to go disneyland in winter!
yeah! i am such a kid. and dylan too! and sister and mummy!
we were debating between universal studio in osaka and hongkong disneyland... and disneyland won because dyl said:" people only ask if you been to disneyland, where got ppl ask about universal studio one??"
haha. for that, we are going to disneyland!
sadly no clothes to buy coz now also winter. hahahah.
but not as cold as japan one.
i am soooo excited. and i am so proud of myself in organising the whole thing. i book the air ticket, the hotel, buying disneyland ticket all through the internet!
no tour agency involved. yeah.
Oink oink
November 21, 2005 - 22:49
i am so tired but i am not sleeping. silly me!
dyl's SNORING. he seldom snores. i can only imagine how very tired he is.
i shall go and SNORE too.
like a pig like that.
Forgive me shiyi!
November 21, 2005 - 18:28
this is me and my best friend, shiyi, who has warned me not to carry on being so "zhong se qing you". hahaha. i took her words seriously ok.
rejected!
November 21, 2005 - 17:41
it is sooo hard to survive in the private world, as in private practice world, so a student, cos the customers would get upset you are doing some things because they are the paying customers and you are not qualified. and when you offer them services FOC, they do not come, cos i guess your services is not worth them driving all the way down???
Sigh, honestly, i can understand la. when i was in hospital i also hated student doctors. so now, karma la!
anyway we are not going india after all, yeah. dyl and i will just go away for our holiday, his treat AGAIN!, i feel really bad.
sigh, since i was suddenly free coz clients decided not to come,i shall photoshop and do silly things.
i am home since 4 anyway.
i know a lot of people must really hate me, even dyl can't stand it. "why are you so lucky???!!"
hope they come for next week.
anyway here's something for your eyes.
Engagement card sample
November 20, 2005 - 23:48
Ziwei, boyfriend of Nanthida, my classmate.. has kindly designed for us our engagement card. this is one of the card that's out now... just wanted to show the world how talented he is!
Lovely. a different feel from what i expected though. like the inside of the card. but i think the pink is getting to me as kinda bold, but nevertheless, it's a good try!
I look forward to seeing the remaining sample he has for us.
Dylan and Bon Jovi - By Dyl
November 20, 2005 - 17:06
hi Noel and Wei Cheng !!!!!!!!! Fancy me being with Bon Jovi in a true live Singapore shot!!!???...kekeke Dylan
Early Christmas!!!
November 20, 2005 - 14:08
Was in town to have a great time!
Spent afternoon with each other, then dinner with 2 of our best friends! (dyl's and mine) haha. kill 3 birds with one stone!
I think we make a good double date. kekeke.
Land of india
November 20, 2005 - 13:17
mum wants me to go to India with her on a trip lead by Bryan Wong! o my goodness. she's soooo auntie. she loves bryan wong.
gross.
but for nine days in beautiful india, maybe i should go. better than nothing right? since i can't get her to go to other countries. sigh she will only go if bryan is going.
Wah lau!
kids zone
November 18, 2005 - 22:40
the one thing that weighs me down now - picking up toys after kids. why can't they keep what they took out???!!!!
amusing thing of the day - a kid went on a self-created obstacle course , which is really tough, and assigned that i have to go through the same course too!!!! end up i was so embarrassed and tired, cos i had to do it in front of my sup, the boy and his mum!!
wah kao!but it was fun and i am much less self-conscious now.
Screenshot success!
November 17, 2005 - 22:07
i am such a nerd. at the age of 21, finally i learned how to take a screen shot!
so in all eagerness, i took one of my desktop and was so shock when it indeed came out on photoshop!
wahahaha!here it is !
I am going to take screen shot of my games from now on! i have seen the light.finally.
Hard work pays off!
November 17, 2005 - 21:56
I have better clarify myself before i ruin any friendship. the below post was not intended to offence anyone.
we are all entitled to our views and values.
by the way, at this time where clinicals are so tiring and we have so much work to do (do i??) here's a motivation chart for all of you out there sharing the same fate! customise by me!
hahaha.it's showing the most unglam side of dyl and me as we work our butt off (and with panda eyes appearing) during the assignments period.
All the best to all my dearest classmates!
rich man poor man?
November 17, 2005 - 20:04
i almost wanted to laugh my head off the other day when i was talking to a friend in school while awaiting for my CRD.
she's aspired to marry a rich man.
wahahaha. honestly, it's naive. i used to think that way too. when i was 18 all the way till 21. in fact, just 6 months ago, i still looked at dyl and wonder, will i be better off a rich guy?
but i has learned. you should NEVER set money as one of the criteria when chosing a spouse. you can want him to be stable financially, but if you insist he has to be rich, on top of being kind, honest, loving... and all, you may end up left on the shelf.
because the fact is, there aren't that many people out there like that. i feel that one shouldn't purposely seek to fish such a guy, if it's meant to be yours, it's yours. and who says a relatively normal person can't be rich one day? when creative boss's wife married him, he was a pauper ah! now he's a millionaire!
if you want to share his fortune, you got to play a part in building that, such as offering support as he ventures out to business. if you want to just grab the good things and not be involved in the hardship, then you will end up in a power relationship, where he's the boss and you are the slave. (some women do crave for that!)
else, you may end up with a rich man's son. and as the name suggest, it is not him who's rich but his dad. and when he no longer has his dad around and the enormous fortune is gone, what will happen??
haha. ok at the end of the day, my viewpoint is, i wish all to be married to someone who loves, respect and adores her for life. who will be faithful and steadfast. be happy and fruitful. and if it's yours, hope you will be rich in monetary and health too. =)
rich can be in other ways too.
a penny for parenthood
November 16, 2005 - 23:33
with our wedding and marriage coming nearer, i guess we have something to think about too.
becoming daddy and mummy.
i wouldn't say i am ready, and i know i want to expand my career first. i want hubby all to myself for a good few yrs without waking up in the middle of the night to crying baby.
but i know you will never know when it hits you.
very confused whenever i think of that. dyl is of course, really welcoming at the idea of becoming a daddy. sometimes when i look at adorable babies and family, i feel the maternal instincts too. but i need to make it BIG and earn my career FIRST.
so he gotta wait. and i know he has given in a lot, in fact, in everything he has given in to me. so i feel kinda bad to dash such hopes sometimes.
well at least we both agree we are ready to tie the knot.
the government must be fuming mad at me,i get marry early yet have kids late. hahaha. defeat their purposes of baby bonues and all. they should have wedding bonuses for me.
happy morning
November 16, 2005 - 10:54
Yeah! nothing beats the happiness when you have finished you work, woke up at 7 am to give dar a goodbye breakfast and then back to bed and up at 10 am! slept till shiok ah!
now left some time before heading out to school.
polariod effects success!
November 15, 2005 - 21:57
oops forgot to include the photo i was talking about.
yeah!
planning for holidays!!!
November 15, 2005 - 21:53
so fun! i figured out how to do polariod effects. all thanks to zixian.
though i must try it in photoshop one day. but doing it in powerpoint is so much more easier.
tomorrow's presentation! dyl asleep now, after a long wrestle with me on where to go on our holidays. haha. had so much fun, though in the end, he agreed to go with me to bangkok, though the initial plan he proposed was to go to desaru to see fireflies!
i always change his plan =p
anyway looking back, the 3 lovely trips i went on this year
japan for 1 month, redang for 5 days, bintan for 5 days... all were paid by others! mum and dad paid for jap trip, dear paid for redang trip, mum paid for dear and me to bintan!
i love trips! this time, it is paid by dear again! hahahaha. coz i am saving up to buy more SK II for myself. dyl just can't understand why.
get married leh, of course must look good la!
Muack!
November 15, 2005 - 18:17
I can't help but play around with photoshop after not touching it for so long!
Here's a fav pics from our recent anniversary outing@ halia! (maybe we should hold our wedding lunch there. it's lovely.)
and revealing the gift.. after so long!
Tata!
ok i must go get started on work.
nothing constructive
November 15, 2005 - 17:56
i am home early and feeling very lazy. i am waiting for dyl to come home and to call mum about holidays plan.
shall talk about hols plan when i am less tired.
being contented!
November 14, 2005 - 22:04
I have to start being proud that i have a nice big car and stop complaining that i want an Audi sportscar!
mum would have bought me one 2 years ago but now, i am not a good girl so she won't. =(
my car has given us such fond memories, such as this
Dyl opening my engagement gift to him - a diamond studded oyster shell watch. hahaha. so complicated. he was sitting in my car at ECP.
i knew he was very touched.
good pple all around us..
November 14, 2005 - 21:18
I am sorry this is late but happy birthday audrey!
next week is an exciting week! CRD will be over and i will start on my project and seeing clients all by myself since my supervisor is going to Dublin! won't be charging clients of course. as long as they turn up at my door!
well, guess what LHB said the other day to us were pretty interesting.. he was telling us how he understand how it feels like to be married to a health care worker too. hahaha. and how they will discuss about work too. since he has walked the road ahead of us, we should really take his advice and learn to separate professional life from personal life. more often or not, it is professional life spilling into our personal life more than the other way round!
We can be happily preparing dinner then arguing over which frame of reference to use during dinner! haha.
felt quite touched too. that our manager and lecturers are actually concerned that our relationship not be affected by our work. i mean, you would expect most managers and lecturers to be concerned that your relationship not affect your work, instead of the other way round right?
good to know that others approved of us being together and acknowledge it.
well, i guess news travel so fast that they knew we were tying the knot too, that's why.
trip out with mummy...
November 13, 2005 - 14:54
i am such a good daughter. going out with mum to eat her fav claypot rice so far away at beach road. sigh.
how come beach road is not far if going with my friends or dar but going with mummy, it is soooo far.
really need to psych myself to go out with her. how i wish i actually will feel happy about it.
guess some pple are just close to their mums and some are not. there's just too much friction around us. and if we talk bout wedding plans and all her nonsense about wedding traditions and so, i really feel like screaming. times have changed. i am not traditional in the first place, that's why i don't need wedding traditions!!!!
it's time we stand up to what we really want. since we are walking down the aisle in the name of God, we do not need to pour tea to the elders cos we knee to no one but God. ok?
we respect the elders of course, but there's other ways of expressing that.sigh.
and all the auspiscous date and so... i gotta keep my cool and learn to let her see things from my point of view. i have been flaring up in front of her too often. =(
marriage is indeed not bout 2 persons.
dad just received a wedding invitation from an old friend whose son is getting married. honestly, i can foresee having lots of old folk whom i don't know at my wedding... sigh. i know they are excited about us getting married, but means we have to squeeze more tables out to fit their friends. and that's the tough part.
we will survive!
Better times...
November 12, 2005 - 20:54
Mum and me in better times.
i love mummy
November 12, 2005 - 20:51
i love my mum. but as i grow up. we have reached a stage where we have nothing to talk to each other about.
i so feel like hugging her now. sigh.
how i wish i would stop upsetting her.
Of wine and friendship
November 12, 2005 - 15:47
Was popping by Mr brown's blog on this lazy afternoon and read his column on TODAY about Sg's poor sex rate.
And it was so funny.
I guess if you say we are liberal, we aren't. yet if you say we are conservative, we aren't too.
so we are happily sitting on the fence. i believe why we are rated so poorly because we are modest. we just do not want to click on the " 7 days a week", because it's embarrassing or sth like that. Or perhaps just not the right people took the test.
Talking about that, it seems that i am soooo deprived of... woman's talk! haven't meet up with my girl friends for so long that i forgotten what's it's like to laugh over men and sex. Been hanging out way too much with either myself or my dar.so i took the first move and contacted my best friend whom i neglected for weeks!!!
hope she's isn't fuming mad at me. cos she did declared that i favouritise dylan over her.
I am so sorry!
Anyway, we had a interesting Thursday night. Popped by a wine place @ Serangoon Gardens to meet my OT dept manager from school! Was pretty shocked to recieve a call from him at 8 pm that night and by 1030pm, i was driving dyl and myself out to meet Mr LHB.
Had a fruitful discussion. And it was very nice of him to treat us. (He's much richer anyway. MUCH richer). Would like to advise him to drink less wine too. it's not good for health. keke.
So as we slowly progress from students to clinician, start to realise that all your supervisors, lecturers, managers, all started to become friends, colleagues.. and finally i realise, we are growing up! in OT terms i mean.
Gotta go play Ages of the Empire now. i am addicted.
Happy Birthday Dad!
November 09, 2005 - 21:32
today's my papa's 49th birthday.(chinese is 50th la!)so big thing leh!
dyl and me went to buy him a goldlion shirt for his work . we had to put ourselves in his shoes and understand that men of his age likes to wear shirts of designs and colour that we frown at but we need to be respectful of their choice! so we bought a shirt that we are sure he likes and we tried to like too.
din know his size but lucky dyl actually secretly noted it down when he last visited my house and peeped into the warerobe (he still dare say i'm kaypoh, think he's worse!)
but turned out wasn't the right size cos my dad owns shirts of various sizes, although it doesn't fit well, he still wears it!
after a suspected TIA this year, our biggest wish for him is to live long and healthily, cos he's my favourite family member!!
=)
back to wedding planning
November 08, 2005 - 10:32
i never figured out how pple can do things like putting their own photos on mineral waterbottles and give away as favours! o my. don't worry, my wedding favours will not have our photos or names. ( i think so at least) cos i understand that you do not need to keep that! will be like something that relates you to us yet you can use it daily on yourself.
haha. confusing huh. now trying to decrease the number of guests. the point is to invite only those who has a special meaning to me and dyl. wouldn't want to torture someone by sending them a red bomb and they have to dig into pockets for angbao and at the end of the day, they haven't seen us for years anyway! haha.
Moral of the story
November 08, 2005 - 09:12
sometimes. it is just sooo important to grab hold of the moment and get something done.
like getting a house. sigh. now there's just no houses available from HDB. other than the apt we applied for which is due in 2011! that's like ages away. sigh.
dyl thinks it is a pretty good timing but i am simply bad at delayed gratification. if i paid money, i expect it to arrive at my doorstep right away!
wait for 6 whole years? well, since 2006 is just round the corner, i guess we are waiting for 5 more years only. and as dyl says, 5 yrs isn't that long. but it is long to me!
then after we married, stay where??? hmm....kinda nowhere which won't drive us crazy? just hate in-laws issues etc. would rather avoid then have to bear with it.
how come pple snatch up the houses so fast =( sigh. we din even have time o consider and it's gone. well, we were pretty complacent too. though that it will always wait for us. so slowly wait lor.
so moral of the story. be kiasu and grab and run!
then again, should we spend the money away just like that? what if a rainy day comes???
i should have saved more. =(
Apartment ran away... again!
November 07, 2005 - 17:10
we should have acted faster. the apartment that was really worth for money and good was fully booked by the time i check today. just when i decided we should get it.
sigh!
maybe it wasn't meant to be ours.
See.. so proud of myself!
November 04, 2005 - 18:12
Yeah! this is the phone i bought for dyl.
I am so proud of myself! finally brought the vacuum cleaner he bought for me to repair too and set my laptop up for sales. well, i will miss it. but it has to go to make way for more $$$$.
Then I can buy a desktop and another latop and a good pro camera. see. how much 4k can do!
Anyway, I had a new haircut! loved it.
It's actually pretty funky but doesn't show too well here. anyway, nice rose! haha. taken from Noble House after wedding show. heehee. Make our money worth ah!
New phone for dyl! From me!
November 04, 2005 - 14:21
dyl was telling me how we should stop buying gifts. or rather, i feel that he should cos he is always spending so much money on me!
i bought him a new Nokia Handphone without contract yesterday... for a surprise. for he had been using my lousy hp for so long and after all, he bought me my lovely samsung phone, so i thought it is about time i returned a gift.
so now hw won't have a problem of battery dying on him prematurely! and the screen hasn't been working either. so it's indeed time for a change! but i know he wouldn't let me buy it if he knew about it so gotta get him a surprise, and because of that, i din know what model he likes. so got a black sturdy phone in the end. =)
though i gotta starve till the end of the month. hahaha.
i am always so poor compared to him. his money management is impressive!
then again, although i know money doesnt matter much, but all the things i have spent on him, all add up together, still cost much less than the diamond engagement ring he bought for me!
I am so lucky.
Dyl bought me CITIGEMS surprise!
November 01, 2005 - 22:19
I got the sweetest boyfriend in the whole world!!!
Yesterday, Dyl secretly bought the precious gems necklace that i loved from CITIGEMS! o my goodness! so sweet of him. and it was no special occasion... reminds me of what it means to romance the everyday! that explains my smile. hee
I love Dyl. He's ever so romantic. Taken with Hp @ swensens where we dine and had a great time. Yum!
Somehow, makes me feel on top of the world yet guilty cos honestly, i am not a great girlfriend. just too temperamental and makes life so difficult for him with all my tantrums and high demands. hai, i need to upgrade myself!