dunkin' donuts

2008-12-20T20:43:00.003+08:00

my home

my Id and contractor is still doing up my unit..so it means i can't spend my first xmas in my house..which also means i have got to wait for a year more to celebrate xmas in my house..

hmmm..rather sad though..was hoping to put up the tree this year..but then, no choice..i'll rather let them do it at a 'non-rush' pace then doing it at a fast pace but delivering bad quality..

hubby and i bought our home applicances le..

hee...i am super-excited about my fridge!!..even more than my washing machine, tv and air-con combined..haha

here's the list:

1. Panasonic Inverter Fridge..

super love the fridge..it has lots of good points..and it's an inverter fridge!..haha, first of it's kind..
the frezzer is at the bottom too...that means i can now stand straight and take my stuff :)

but the best part was its pricing..few weeks back, i saw it at Gain City for $1099..and i also checked a few places and the price has always remained at that..

so i was having the mindset of paying $1099 for it but when i went to Gain City on my birthday..it was selling for $959!!..haha, about $140 off the actual price..super happie now..can't wait for them to deliver it..

2. Toshiba Inverter Air-con

hee...finally after so many years, i am gonna have an air-con..hee hee...dear and i decided to go with Toshiba as we need one big unit for the living room and a normal one for our bedroom..we asked for the pricing of a few brands before shortlisting Daikin, Toshiba and Mitsubishi..

Daikin is the cheapest, has a rather good name in the air-con industry and has been around since i was small..plus if you take a look at air-con units around the HDB blocks, you would realise that most have them have installed Daikin..

but one bad thing is that it not an inverter series and the parts are very costly to replace in the event that they are spolit..

Mitsubishi is good but damn expensive lor...it was priced at $2.7K+..my Toshiba was priced at about $2.4K...Daikin was $2k..

Mitsubishi is rather over-rated..plus, hubby and i are not that mad to use it everyday..thus, it's Toshiba :) plus, their compressor is made in Japan :)

3. Samsung washing machine

i have no pics of it..haha, couldn't find it online..we bought a normal one, front load, 6.5kg..it would be for washing home clothes though..since i have been hand-washing my own office wear..i think i would hand-wash dear's work clothes too..cause' the sewing is not too good..am afraid that the washing machine's spinning would tear his clothes :)

hee...there's a good bargain for the washing machine too...i told the salesman that it was my birthday and that he should lower the price more...haha, he really did leh...lowered $50 of the washing machine..

actually, i was really trying my luck..didn't really thought he would say ok..haha..ask and you shall get..

4. EF (Italian Inspiration) Hob and Hood

hee..we decided to get a hood afterall.. :)

we got a stainless steel design hob to match my stainless steel sink..plus, i think stainless steel ones are more trustworthy..hee...can take heat and everything under the sun :)

5. Sony Digi-cam..

hee hee...we didn't intend to get it initially...but after buying all those stuff, the salesman asked if we wanna get the camera for $50..haha, we both said yes lor...since it's a Sony and it's 7mega-pixals..hahaha...bye bye my old camera!! :)

that's all for my purchases...total damage is $5K plus..

hmmm...we also booked our bed, sofa, tv console and coffee table with Cellini...will be making payment soon..

my cousin-in-law introduced Cellini to us..he told us to take a look cause' they have a package thingy and more 'worth it'..

plus, Cellini has been around for quite some years and their stuff can be trusted :)

as for our dining table, hubby and i decided get from Ikea..cause' they have a one that's rather good leh...costs $295 and sits 4 persons..but it could be extended to sit 6 pax..hee hee..

now it's the lights that i am troubled about..haven't got them..but hubby and i are gonna go check it out tomorrow..

would be dropping by Jalan Besar and Balestier..since they are known for such stuff..

then, if i can't get it, i'll check it out with my Id ba...reason why i am not getting it through him is because he previously brought me to a place to buy expensive toilet stuff..so i am a bit reluctant to go with him..

my 2 toilet bowls costed me $500...with the basins, taps, sprays, rain shower set, normal shower set, stainless steel double sink..it all came up to $2k plus..

i suspect my Id made some commission out of it lor..so, this time round, i've decided to check it out myself first...he has earned quite a bit of my money..so i don't wanna let him earn more..

haha..

hubby and i have also selected the paint colour for our house...hee....the extra two rooms would be in purple :)

shall upload pics when the people paints them :)

oh...the air-con is up!...super good!..

2008-12-06T10:27:00.002+08:00

happy birthday to me!!

heee...today's my birthday...6th December 2008 :)

happy happy happy :)

gonna go meet my hubby later at AMK for a good lunch..after that, we shall head to our house to check on the reno..then we shall hop on bus 25 to Gain City to buy our electrical appliances..then we shall hop on bus 25 again to Cellini and get our furniture..then..we shall hop on bus 25 again to bedok,then, it's a shuttle bus to Ikea..

hee hee hee...it's gonna be a shopping day for our home..

and that's how i am gonna spend my birthday..hmmm...quite different from the other years..but then, maybe cause' the years are setting in and i am a quarter of a century..celebration ain't so exciting anymore..

haha..i am officially 25 today :)

things i wish for?

well, i have come to realised that nothing's more important than health and wealth..haha..

of course health is most important..then comes my family and hubby..then comes my friends :)

wealth is impt too but it can't buy you lots of stuff... :)

such an old line...

anyways, i am feeling good today..the pasar malam downstairs my house is playing music like mad..and i am unknowingly shaking my legs to the rythme..

haha..

gonna go off to meet my hubby soon...i've decided to take a cab to amk cause' it's my birthday :)

haha,i did quite a few stuff this week and last week, all in the name of my birthday..

haha..i bought a cute little Miss Naughty top on Wednesday..gonna wear it today with my favourite jeans cause' there's gonna be a lot of walking to do..

i went for express pedi with phylicia yesterday too..her baby's gonna pop soon :)

haha..can't wait to see her son..hope everything goes as she wanted..

talking about shopping..hubby and i bought our Samsung TV, finally..we went to the Sitex Fair at Expo last weekend..last day of the fair somemore..it was crowded like mad..i swear that's thousands of people..

Jonathan was there initially..we were supposed to head down to his house to check out his new condo..but then, he called and informed that he's at the Sitex, waiting for the TV price to fall..

so hubby and i decided to check it out too..

so we walked and walked around the exhibition hall..checking out the deals..

then, jonathan decided to just purchase his TV cause' it seems to be 'still that same price'..that was about an hour before closing..

he bought a Samsung 32 inches, Series 4..3 HDMI ports..it comes with a free home theatre system, a Samsung DVD and $150 Robinsons voucher..all for $1049..

so, after the purchase, he was standing outside and waiting for us while we were still looking..

then, 15 mins before the closing time and after walking though LG, Sharp, Pioneer and many many others..dear and i decided that we couldn't get a good deal and decided to walk towards the exit..

the exit was rather near t0 Samsung..so, i was thinking 'why not just check it out a last time before we go off home empty-hand?'

and so dear and i stood there..and suddenly, the Samsung gang took out the same TV set that Jonathan bought..with all the same freebies..

and he shouted '10 sets only'..

and then he finally shouted...."$999"..

haha...i turned to dear and asked him 'so how?'..just as i was expecting him to say no, don't want, wait la..he actually told me..ok, buy lor..

hahaha..i was so ecstatic lor..i pushed through aunties and uncles to snatch my TV..haha..i am rather good leh...turned out to be no. 6 in queue :)

haha, 6 is my birth date and my favourite no. too..

and so, we got the same LCD tv as jonathan but $50 cheaper :)

hee...what makes me feel super happy is that, after the purchase, i went to Harvey Norman to check out the price of the exact tv and found out that it's selling for $1199 with only a freebie (home theatre set or dvd or $200 voucher etc.)

haha, happie happie..now the tv is sitting at my home, waiting to be fixed :)

and one more amazing thing is..hubby and i actually took a train and a bus home with the tv cause' the taxi queue was simply long like hell..

haha..we saved quite a bit :)

hope no one saw my 'un-glam' side last weekend..hahaha

2008-11-20T21:44:00.006+08:00

Extreme Home Makeover :)

hubby and i went to check on the progress of our house renovation :)

haha, the walls and tiles are all 'hacked' to the max..hee

cement, cement and more cement

the ID/contractor's way of communication

master bedroom

master bedroom's toilet..everything is hacked..from the tiles to the basin to the toilet bowl..only left with the pipes

this is a sample of my master bedroom's toilet wall tiles..will match with the blue mosiac tiles below..

black toilet i like :)

the black tiles will turn out to be something like the pic above..

my husband, the greatest husband in the world :)

sand...duh!!

white tiles for the common toilet..with a line of red tiles..and with small black mosiac too :)

the rough kitchen floor tiles..

this is how my dining area wall tiles will turn out to be like..i chose this cause' it looks like a wallpaper design that i wanted to get for the wall :)

close-ups of the tiles..i am super excited over the dining area tiles..can't wait for it to be completed :)

and for this one above?

haha, nah..i din not get it for my home..cause' it's rather pricey and i jus can't find a good location for it..

but it's really nice...the flowers design is printed on the glass...but it's a tile actually..so it's a tile with a mirror function and with flowers design..

it's $11 per piece :) and a piece is about 30cm in length and 15cm in width :)

alright, gonna run off to catch my HK Drama on channel U :)

2008-11-20T21:30:00.002+08:00

I won something at the Dinner & Dance..

haha..i went for my company's D&D last Friday at Furama..finally i won something!!..haha, i am one of those 20 lucky ones to go back home with an additional prize..

i won prize no. 15 which is a....

BRAUN ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH..

yes yes..toothbrush..electricde..

well..i am happy to win something la..i mean, it's in everyone to be glad to win something from the lucky draw..though what i really wanted was the mircowave oven or the Wii which i could use at home..

i was actually praying to God secretly in my heart that i get something that i realy want and need (microwave oven)..

well, i guess God really gives people what they need most..and for my sad case, it's an electric toothbrush..

even my colleagues find it super funny..

but then, i am proud of this toothbrush :)

haha, whoever wants it..i can sell it to you..it's a Braun one, selling at $39.95 at Watsons..i'll push it down to $30/- (self-collection at City Hall if you are a stranger but if you're my friend, then we'll see)..

the price is negotiable.. :)

need to get if off cause' i don't really need it..plus i am raising funds for my Panasonic Rice Cooker that's gonna set me back by $169..

hubby says no no..but i am super excited about it..cause' i can cook rice and porridge in it and in addition to all of this, i can bake a cake! :)

hee...i've taken out my piggy bank coins and they are worth $70+..so i would need to sell off the toothbrush to buy my cooker :)

buy my toothbrush will you? it's really good and nice, with pro-white brushing..comes with a warrently card, unfilled. package not opened.

will post a pic if anyone is interested :)

2008-11-10T12:19:00.002+08:00

It's a Tiles Day

hubby cheng and i have signed on a ID/Renovation Package with Ideal House. Major and complete renovations of the kitchen, 2 toilets and wardrobe would set us back by $19K.

another super duper investment of our lives. :)

but we are happy to spend this amt though. can't wait for the reno to start and be completed and we can start moving in!

it's seems to be a little high but it's worth it cause' we have faith and trust in our ID and contractor. why? cause' my ID is in his 40s and he is a teochew (haha, same as me!!) so unlikely to cheat me...haha, but main reason was his experience and his sense of responsiblity..if it can't be done, he'll tell me it can't be done..and would give suggestions..

as for my contractor, he's ah geng..haha..ain't a gangster but he has experience and has helped hubby cheng's close friend to do reno for the whole unit so his carpentry work is good :)

i am ok and happy with everything so far..just that the pricing is a little high..but then again, i really don't mind paying a little more to have a peace of mind now and the years after that stuff would not be falling apart :)

also, i read about Ideal House in renotalk forum and they received lots of good reviews :)

so, am feeling quite safe to leave my first home in their hands :)

hee, i am gonna go select tiles today with my ID, alton and hubby cheng. he's gonna pick hubby and i from KKH. before meeting him, hubby and i are gonna go for a nice lunch at station. i am planning to have the fabulous mee rebus...slurp!

hope the tiles selection would be a fun deal..very excited actually to be choosing tiles that are gonna lay in my house..it's like a dream come true since young when i wanted to have my own place

one thing though..am deciding on whether i should have a solid surface sink for my kitchen..it's about $580 for a double sink..

and i just read reviews about how white solid surfaces would turn yellow soon..

so i am contemplating on the idea of giving up a solid surface for a sink and going for a stainless steel sink since my parents' home is using one now and it has never failed my family no matter how much hot stuff and pots i put in there and how much curry and soup i have poured in there..haha

well, it's a big difference in pricing too..for a stainless steel sink, i pay about $200+ but for a solid surface one, i pay $580..haha..i shall discuss with my husband later..

and i just realised about the CityGas water heater and the TV licence..haha..all needs to be settled when we move in...

money money money..i need to strike 4D real soon!

and since my unit is a 4 room, we have 3 bedrooms..one's gonna be our master bedroom, one's gonna be my study room while the other will be hubby's gym room..

we are gonna start a competition soon to decor our own room. hubby thinks he's gonna win but..hahaha..i'm so gonna win it lor..

i am planning to paint the room pink with a feature wall of white polka dots..i am gonna call it a Princess Corner..and it shall have a white table, pink chair, pink sofa-bed and lots of girly stuff..

haha, can't wait to start!

hubby cheng: boo boo to your gym room! hahaha

2008-11-01T18:28:00.005+08:00

My Home

Finally, hubby and i collected the keys to our very first home on 29 Oct 2008 :)

renovation works will soon be on the way :)

this is a house we both bought, our very first big investment in life, an asset or bluntly put it, a roof over our heads :)

it's a house we bought but a home that we'll gonna work on and build our lives together

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mr and mrs cheng

the living room

another view from the living room

view from outside the window

the kitchen, ha, it's ugly but it's gonna be ugly-no-more after the reno :)

close-up view of the kitchen

the master bedroom

the 2 rooms

bedroom 2

bedroom 1

can't wait to start renovations and move in!

2008-10-27T17:03:00.002+08:00

ID and Renovator Hunting

hubby cheng and i went to the showrooms of two Interior Designers we short-listed on Sunday..

the outcome was good..we were happy with the second one :)

it ain't an easy task though..before that we were looking through websites and flipping through magazines here and there..

our aim is simple: we wanted someone we could trust to do a proper job and someone who would not hack plenty of money out of our 'already depleted and building bank account'..

i have gotten 2 quotations so far...one from a famous ISO certified company and one from a normal company..

i am waiting for 2 more quotations to come in before we close our list and have further discussions.

here's a few tips i have learnt so far:

1. have on hand 2 sets of floorplan (one in it's original plan and one with your intended design)- this will come in handy when you visit your renovator, few copies would be good.

2. have a list of renovators- best to start off with friends' and families' recomendation (especially those whom they have hired for their own homes. haha, go check out their houses to view the final products)

3. short-list the renovators and pay them a visit at their showrooms (for the renovators i have short-listed, i make it a point to visit their showroom cause' i want to see for myself what kind of company i am dealing with. no point getting a renovator who don't even make it a point to deco their showroom well)

4. bring along your valuation report (this comes in handy cause the renovator often only works with the floorplan first. so bringing a valuation report would let them have an idea of the place. this is especially important for me as mine is a resale and with the report, i am able to show them my living room's cornice)

5. pictures of your intended design (if you have an intended design which you saw in a mag, you might wish to bring it along so that the designer can work towards your design. but for me, i prefer to describe the idea to my designer and have him work it and draw it out. haha, that's part of the reason why we are paying him, right?)

6. view the showrooms! (haha, do visit a few high end designers' showrooms. not to be high-class or anal. but just to see their designs and listen to their opinions. for me, visiting the showrooms allow me to explore a few designs i have never thought of and after the visit, i could jolly-well copy their design and ask around for quotations.)

listening to the designer's opinions are also very beneficial. this is from my own experience. as my unit's wastage pipe is still in cast iron, i asked for it to be changed to PVC pipes. two of the 'not so good' companies i went to jolly-well included in it in the quotation.

but two big companies i went to actually told me that i could get HDB (thru their sun-contractor) to change it and it would be better cause they have changed for thousands of households and most importantly, they are working for HDB (quality and pricing can be trusted to a certain extent)

this was something hubby cheng and i had never thought of. :)

that's why it's important to get different opinions.

and also, sometimes it's good to get 'no's from your designer instead of all the 'can do, can be done, sure can la'.

on sunday, hubby and i went to visit 2 designers. one of them is a famous one online while the other is an ordinary one.

the ordinary one said yes to my everything, including the hacking of a wall into half from the top and shifting of the water taps from one end to the other.

but..(yes, there's always a but)

the famous online designer actually told me no. he told me about how the hacking of a wall into half from the top would affect stability (possibility of not being approved by HDB) and how i shouldn't shift my water taps to the other end cause' the pipes would be very long and there is a possibility of pipes blockage.

he even told me the difference of gas heater and electrical heater as for gas heater, he might have to install extra pipes, each $100.

he brought a few matters for our consideration which i found it good. he said that things can be done but it might have a big effect years later.

haha, i superlike this guy la. he's getting back to me on his quotation. so i'll see how it all goes! :)

till then, this is my little knowledge for sharing :)

iwll be getting my keys on 29 Oct 2008...haha, 2 more days to go!!!

my house :)

2008-10-27T13:55:00.004+08:00

Sentosa Day with my Bestie

went to the beach on saturday (25 Oct 08)..very good day with super duper good weather..

it was a super sunny day! and we had great chips and SuperDogs by the beach..

it's been ages since we stepped on Sentosa..it was a day well-spent though...with the gossips, food, sun and extremely salty sea water..haha

too bad there aren't handsome guys to add on to the great scenary..maybe next time we should give Palawan a try :)

my name

with grace's sunglasses!

super happie!!

but i am super burnt now..red patches everywhere...haha, sun-tanning gone a little wrong..

grace and i had each brought a book to read at the beach..she was practically finding a good shady place to read while i was like, wanting to blast out in the sun to tan and tan..

so, in the end, she read her book in the "shady but not that shady spot" while i fell asleep with the book on my face (haha, had used it to hide my face from the sun)

2008-10-10T21:14:00.002+08:00

hubby cheng was very sweet today..

while i was working OT in the office, he called me out of the blue and told me "i love you"..

haha, i asked him why and he said it was because he thought of me while he was eating dinner earlier and decided to call.

not that it's the first time. but just that it came at the time where i was tired from work and it just made everything else fall into the right place.

and i suddenly thought of the night of our Solemnisation Ceremony.

we were both lying in bed, watching Oylmpics and feeling tired from the day's rush. then i felt sleepy and decided that i wanted to sleep on the left side of the bed. and so, i started to push him to the right side but he refused to.

he insisted on sleeping on the left side, which was something weird cause' he never really mind the left or right side of the bed.

and so i was, making those kiddy actions for him to move and all along he just kept saying that i should sleep on the right side.

finally, he gave the biggest hint of why he wanted me to move. he just pointed to the pillow and said "surprise".

haha, what a spoiler. i am just so block head. he actually hid a card with his sweet sweet message under the pillow while i was bathing.

and silly me just couldn't get the hint.

haha..the rest is history. but i just thought it to be very sweet of him.

love you, baby :)

2008-10-04T18:06:00.003+08:00

hubby cheng and the bears..

sometime last week, i was rushing some stuff at work and dear insisted on waiting for me to sleep.

so, while i was busy with my stuff, he started playing with his PSP, reading papers and dreaming.

haha, till one point, he decided to play around with our soft toys :)

below are some sweet pictures..

their backside..

he made a formation out of the bears...which turned out to be...

here's another one..guess what's the pic?

haha, sweet ain't he? my hubby cheng :)

2008-10-04T17:49:00.002+08:00

i am sick..

but the saddest part is being sick on a Friday night. that leaves me with saturday and sunday to recover and it's back to work on a blue monday.

well, i have always thought myself to have rather good an immune system, except for the weekly flu and sinus.

but yesterday night, while out with grace, i found myself to be down with a fever, bodyache and flu.

after having dinner with grace at Carousel and walking about in Far East for a while, we headed to the taxi stand.

only to find it queued with people. so, we walked towards Hyatt Hotel's taxi stand before i hopped onto a cab and told my bestie goodbye.

sad night though..because of me being sick, we didn't have a long long chat and due to the long dinner, we only made it for window-shopping.

but dinner was nice though. we had buffet at Carousel at Royal Plaza at Scotts.

was an expensive dinner at $65 per pax but i managed to get a discount with my DBS card. a whooping 15% percent off the bill. hee, so the final bill came up to about $55 per pax.

dinner was okie. they have a rather huge variety of sushi, seafood (including lobster and oysters-fresh ones i mean!), 10 different types of starters, all sorts of meat, pasta and even chicken rice!

ha..but the best were their deserts..simply yummy..especially the choc fondue :)

it was a nice meal with a bestie. too bad, jul decided not to come due to work.

we took about 2 hrs for the whole buffet.

afterwhich, we dropped by Isetan and there were so many black dresses!!..haha, i am so gonna get a few this year end. i have been searching for one for coming to a year but i just haven't found a perfect one.

maybe this is the time to get it! :)

we also dropped by Far East to walk around. too bad the shops were closed early. but she managed to show me a nice dress shop where she bought the dress she wore to my ROM.

hee, and i got my eyes on a pair of heels that were freaking high but pretty :)

but due to my fever, i actually placed the heels back to the shelfs. haha, maybe next week, when i get there and it's there..haha, it's gonna be mine!

and today, though i am sick, i managed to load my ROM video on Friendster..go take a look if you want...

wanted to post some pics on friendster but the pics are just too big in size..so, i'll see how tonight..

meanwhile, mr cheng had been very nice to me..haha, not that he's nasty but he's been extra nice to me. i got two dresses from mr cheng last month. he bought me a pink one from CottonOn and a blue one from a korean shop in AMK Hub.

super happie :)

love you darling, you are the best! :)

2008-08-24T14:27:00.002+08:00

Pots and Pans and Refridgerators..

haha...hubby cheng and i are turning into Uncle and Auntie..

we were out shopping yesterday when we entered Carrefour and bought a non-stick wok with glass cover and a 28cm non-stick pan..

haha..both were on super sale..thus the prices were good..the wok was $22.90 while the pan was only $9.90..

super happy..

before that, we went for a lunch with my mum to celebrate her birthday and guess what?

:)

she's sponsoring our fridge!!..haha..Samsung here i come!!

after the shopping, hubby cheng and i went back to his house to drop off the pans and went for a Ang Mo Kio-Yio Chu Kang district National Day Celebration cum Upgrdading Programme Dinner..

the dinner was alright..but just kind of awkward cause it's a 'newlyweds' table and everyone simply do not know each other..

ha, but the great thing is that we took a picture with the MP..he's called Mr Seng, i think..

haha, he even gave us a 'congrats' card..

so, maybe i'll just appear in the next issue of the RC magazine..haha..

after the dinner, we went back to his house and his mama gave us a new pot with a glass cover..

haha...that's why the topic is Pots, Pans and Refridgerator..

:)

well, we kind of eyed a bed from Picket & Rail too...but still considering..it's pretty worth it..and it's the exact design i wanted..hee...

but we do need some time to think over it..cause' a bed is important..i can't just buy a bed like that..

so, anyone wanna sponsor me a washing machine?

:)

btw, phylicia..i read abt the baby bonus thingy from yr blog..haha...congats!! :)

2008-08-22T23:59:00.003+08:00

Thanks baby for giving me a wonderful ROM that i've always dreamt of..

Thanks for the love, faith, trust and support you have given me all these while..I am indeed blessed to love you and to have you love me back..

Thanks for trusting and loving me so much as to commit to a vow of a lifetime..

Since the day i got together with you, everyone had been telling me that you're a great guy and a good husband-to-be..

And indeed, everyone was right from the start. You are a great guy in every way, a great friend, a great boyfriend and a great husband-to-be.

16th August 2008 marks the very beginning of our new journey together. A journey of a lifetime.

We signed on that particular dotted line to be man and wife. We made our vows to each other through the good times & the bad and through sickness & health. We had our wedding cake and wore our wedding bands. Took much photos and kissed for the first time as husband and wife.

And i believe, in time to come, we are going to achieve much more as a couple and have much more memories to share.

As i held your hand in mine, i see you not just as a husband, but someone whom i am going to achieve all my dreams with. Someone whom i can build a home with and return everyday with such happiness, someone whom i can travel around and see the world with, someone whom i can have 4 babies with, someone whom i can work hard with to build a dream future with.

And someone whom i can't live without.

I Love You..And forever i'll be.

With much love,
Mrs Alicia Cheng-Yang

2008-08-21T00:10:00.002+08:00

Mr & Mrs Cheng

hee...I am married for 6 six days liao!! :)

here are some pics of the special day...if you wanna see more..can go check out my photographer's website...

here's the link..

http://roylimhl.multiply.com/photos/album/47/ROM_Photography_-_Alicia_Cheng#

he's good...the pics are very nicely taken... :)

if anyone interested, can contact him.. Roy Lim :)

2008-08-08T22:39:00.002+08:00

o8/08/2008

today is a special day. all the 'eights' today. nice date.

which is why i've decided to blog despite being tired and exhausted. this whole week has been a hell work. i've been working till about 8pm everyday.

it's stressful and simply tiring. every bit of my energy is used up. and when i get home evryday after work, i am almost in a half-aleep state.

it's like there's just enought time to work, sleep, eat and work, sleep, eat again.

i'm also eating my 3 meals at office these few days, which i read somewhere that it's unhealthy. cause' you would most probably be eating with stress. thus, bad digestion.

my stomach is still alright though it does make a few weird noises here and there. ha, bad digestion.

but at least one thing is that i've been eating my breakfast early. i am now having my breakfast daily at 8.30, which is good cause' the early you eat your breakfast, the better the metalbolism rate and the more efficient your whole day would be.

dinner has been early too, at 6pm. i would usually packet from Funan and eat at my desk before continuing to work.

well, next week would be as bad too. deadlines are coming and coming. queries are coming and coming too. files are piling like mad, to a point that my colleagues actually answered one of my calls cause' she can't see me behind the desk.

haha.

well..apart from work, i have finally done something fro myself this month. i haven't really given myself a good treat since i got my last paycheck. and so, i bought a new pair of heels yesterday during lunch.

haha, love the heels like mad. it's classic and nice and i left it at office so that i can change my heels as and when i feel like it.

:)

heehee...happy :)

2008-08-03T21:58:00.003+08:00

"I have learnt that you can close your eyes to things you don't wanna see but you can't close your heart to things you don't wanna feel"

Someone

(3 August 08)

*it took me sometime to read every single word and finally digesting them as a whole sentence with their meaning within.

simple words with a 'more than simple' meaning.

i don't know if you would ever get a chance to read this. but if you do, call me. Don't worry about what to say to me. Let me do the talking and you the listening.

Let me have a chance to say what i should have said years ago.

2008-08-03T21:35:00.002+08:00

13 more days..

and so i have 13 more days to go before i bid farewell to singlehood and enter a whole new stage of life..

it's an amazing feeling though. since i was young and knew what love was from the channel 8 dramas, i have been dreaming of falling in love with the greatest guy in the world and getting married at 24, have a baby at 26 and on and on..

though getting married is something i really look forward to, it's still feels rather weird that i am telling people that i am getting married.

haha..call me mad.

it's also weird for me to be telling people and introducing to people that mr cheng is my husband..

haha..

well, i guess i'll get used to it.

everything has been well on track..with 13 days more to go..

i have chosen my dress...had wanted a short pink dress..but short dress just looked bad on me..plus the bridal shop does not have much of pink dresses as well..

so, i decided on a long white tube dress with red trimmings..haha..loved the dress lots..

mr cheng would be wearing a black tuxedo..hee..very handsome eh... :)

both from My Bridal Room...will be getting a bouquet of lilies from them as well..

the location has been fixed since a month ago..food menu decided...have also e-filed my marriage notice..got the wedding bands since early this year...hee...got the rings pillow and bears as well (bears were courtesy of Phylicia :))

hee...the wedding favours had been DIY already...now just lacking the chocs and ribbons to go..

party poppers are ready as well...

photographer would be Roy Lim...i hope the pics turn out good..cause' it's a once in a lifetime kind of thingy..

hee...mr cheng and i have also written our wedding vows..self-created and meaningful to both of us..

with all these done, i guess i am ready to get married!!! :)

haha..

but on a serious note, i am really ready to be married, in all aspects.

it's wonderful to find someone you love who loves you back. and it's perfect when you both think about the future and see how you can spend forever together.

2008-06-28T18:10:00.002+08:00

Crabs

I had a great Friday yesterday. Mr Cheng and I went for the famous AMK Ave 3 'Mellben' Crabs yesterday evening.

The crabs were nevertheless yummy to the maximum. I waited a whole week for it, no, i should actually say that i waited for quite some time for it. Mr Cheng had initially refused to go as he calculated that it would set us back quite a sum financially.

But after so i made so noise, he finally gave in.

The crabs were big, yummy, delicious and hot!

haha, i ordered chilli crab, cripsy tofu, baby kailan and the greatest 'xiao man tou'. haha, those 'xiao man tou' can simply enhance the chilli crab sauce to a high level.

thanks, sweetie, for eating the crabs with me. haha, we should make it a monthly event when we move into our new house :)

haha, if you are interested in nice and big crabs, do check it out at Blk 232 AMK Ave 3. Bus no. 166 goes there.

but, i think they would be closed for some renovations in august. so, do look out for it if you are heading there.

while the dinner was wonderful last night, my stomach felt kind of weird right from the morning today.

i wonder what's wrong. but i assume it's either indigestion or some shitty thingy that's gonna happen tonight or tomorrow.

my stomach is feeling so fake now. and it seems taking some yogurt doesn't help.

maybe i'll try Yakult tomorrow.

and a change of topic.

my life had changed. quite tremendously.

alright, maybe not so after you read what i am going to write.

one of my cousin from Malaysia had moved in with my family as she was starting work in Singapore and could not find a good room to rent that's near her workplace and with a reasonable pricetag.

and so, she would be staying with us. but i am not too sure if it would be a temporary arrangement or something permanent.

everything has been ok so far. she had stayed over for about a week now. we do have different lifestyle. i mean, she's born and raised in a 'ok-paced' Malaysia while i grew up in the cememt country Singapore.

here and there, there are differences. but i guess i can learn to live with it anyway.

but seriously speaking, i ain't really used to having another person with me everyday.

i know this sounds weird and i might seem like a damn hermit.

but, on a serious note, i mean, here i am, used to not talking much at home (except when i talk to mr cheng) and very much used to doing things my way, living my life my way.

i am, in short, very used to being a alone at home. My mum would usually be out, so i would be spending my time alone at home surfing the net, playing my PSP, reading my books, watching TV...bla bla bla..

i am even used to eating alone.

so, now i am doing stuff with another person at home.

it seems a little weird for me now and a lot of getting used to. but i guess, i will just have to.

while everything else is alright. i kind of made a little mistake on one of these days.

my cousin asked about internet cafes and i voluntarily offered my lappie to her. for 2 whole days.

turned out to be not quite a good move.

within a span of two days, she downloaded a program and a movie.

well, i know, nothing much, program only ma.

but not when it's some sort of 'downloading' program that allows you to download from the net movies and songs FREE of CHARGE!

you know, those sort of thingy like the famous old N*pst*r before they turned into what they are now?

ok, well, i jolly well admit that i used to be a 'pirate'.

but not when those newspapers started making headlines on piracy and how people are getting letters and paying $$.

plus, this sort of program would usually carry with it all forms of spyware and whatever shit.

errgghh...i can't seem to get rid of it now.

and to make matters worst, she downloaded something (i am scared to mention here cause' i dun know who would be reading it)!!!

arrggghh....well, i must admit that i am a damn scarry cat. i have never in my life downloaded a 'something' cause' i am damn scared that i would be getting into trouble with the right people.

and now, exactly the opposite.

i am trying to delete the damn 'something' from my lappie and i hope i do.

i am actually rather pissed now, cause' i realised that lappie ain't the same anymore.

and lappie was not switched properly. she was 'power' shut off. not 'shut down' from Windows.

though old lappie has been with me for only 3 years and is old, ugly and a little dirty, i still love it lots.

oh well, maybe i asked for it too. should not have offered her to anyone.

2008-06-03T21:48:00.002+08:00

you must be bored reading my un-updated blog these days.

haha, even i am feeling bored about this whole blogging thing. I even had to drag my ass off that couch and TV to blog.

just ain't in such a 'bloggy' mood these days. come to think of it, it's like coming to a month since i touched my lappie and typed some stuff.

sorry. didn't mean to.

just that work was piling like mad since i came back from Taiwan and i was dividing my time between meeting friends, viewing houses and planning for my future, and reading a book.

ha, bet that last one got you.

i am now pretty proud of myself. i completed the book 'P.S I Love You'..the book was fantastic and wonderful. i cried and cried like mad.

it was listed as a friction book but i guess after reading it, i am sure some of you out there would think of it as something you would like to do for your loved one when you are gone.

it's a 500 page book and i was rather amazed and proud of myself for finishing it in the first place. i can't really get pass books that are more than 300 pages because they would bore me out.

but it's really a good read. and Mr Cheng told me last week that he wanted to read it too.

haha, it's very much a girly book and i am so glad that he is taking an interest in this book.

:)

hee.

i shall not talk much about work. nothing's interesting. mainly stress and other stuff.

i stayed over at dear's house yesterday. it was supposed to be fun. until we snatched over the laptop on what to type and decided that when we have our home, we shall sit side by side each other with him using his lappie and me using mine.

ha, great idea. then we would not be snatching on what to see and type.

and i am gonna get control of the TV set . ha ha, TV's important to me. it's more than a box or graphics, it's something that connects me to the world and makes me laugh :)

so, mr cheng, just leave the TV to me. i'll let you have the control of the PSP.

:)

and we have also decided to get a King size bed for our future bedroom. we just kind of thought a Queen size would be small.

and this point was proven yesterday night when mr cheng gave me a punch while flipping himself over in bed.

and the most irriatating thing was he continuing to snore like mad.

sleepy head. i would have given him a punch if i wasn't too sleepy.

haha, kidding.

now, time for some great news though..

mr cheng and i did something yesterday..

...haha..

..nah, not sex..be smarter will you..it's not as if i would tell the whole world when i had sex with mr cheng..

haha, we paid the deposit for our house yesterday :)

it's located in Ang Mo Kio Ave 3.

i am happy, though not super duper happy. don't know why. maybe cause' it's the biggest thing of my life now. and with it comes a whole lot of links to money matters.

but then, i am still happy whenever i think of how i would decorate it and the sort of furniture i would get.

i am sure i would grow to love it more than now. the surroundings are good too. i get sheltered all the way from the house to the market and bus-stop. and it's 3 bus-stops from AMK central.

:)

hope i strike the Singapore Sweep this week.

i am only hoping for the 2nd prize~..haha..500K, just nice for everything..

please please please.!!!

2008-05-09T18:49:00.002+08:00

i am back.

sad to say. haha, nah, not in a bad sense. just that i enjoyed myself so much during this trip to Taipei that i just hope i don't have to be back in Spore so soon.

actually, this is my longest trip overseas though, 7 long days away. but then i have spent a total of 12 hours+ travelling, so it's not exactly 7 days of enjoyment.

the trip was fun and enjoyable, especially when it's just me and baby.

loved the hotspring at Beitou, it's simply superb. haha, i am still thinking about it... :) woo, soaking in the hot water and relaxing those tired muscles!

food was great too, haha. we ate like mad, stopping at almost every night market stall to eat. we had:

1. iron eggs ('tie dan')

2. BIG BIG chicken chop (super big, with cheese somemore)

3. smelly toufu (sorry grace, i couldn't bring any back but i ate on your behalf, :P)

4. 'ah zong' mian xian

5. 'bing lang' (which is definately not our cup of tea, haha)

6. snake meat at Huaxi Street (this is super exotic, too bad they do not allow photography..)and dear drank the snake's 'dan' and blood (both mixed with chinese wine), i had cold feet and opted out of it..it's just simply too much to take..)

7. braised meat (very salty but yummy!!)

8. ma ya tang thingy with strawberry :)

9. fried 'di gua' (very very nice~)

10. Mcdonald's breakfast..haha, i know, this is fast food but the pork with egg muffin breakfast set is super nice~, haha, the hotcakes are very yummy too..

lots of other food also but these are the top ten i can think of.. :)

and we managed to do a little sight-seeing here and there, massaging (haha, we went for 2 massage sessions in 7 days to soothe those tired muscles..and the best part is the massaging shop is open 24 hours)

and also, KTV!!!

haha, the KTV there is superb, would give it 8/10, i am not looking down on Spore's KBox but really, when you're there, that's when you know the difference.

the KTV place is 'Holiday KTV'. the staff were good and super efficient. most importantly,we paid $16.80/- per pax to sing for 4 hours, with the free buffet just 10 steps away from our room and our very own toilet in the room!!

haha, wonderful indulgence~

super super happy to sing song.

lalalala~

shopping was alright though, just that we didn't manage to shop as crazily as we did in HK. mainly cause' their clothes were very much the same pricing as Spore's (when you convert from Taiwan dollars to Sing$)

didn't manage to get any bags or shoes but clothes were rather good though. hee, bought my 1st pair of Levi's jeans...baby liked it too :)

and we bought an umbrella.

cause' it was raining like mad for three days in a row so baby and i bought an umbrella for use and brought it all the way back to Spore.

it's a good umbrella though.

alright, got to go have dinner soon...shall upload the pics when i get my hands on baby's camera..

oh, i can't miss out this one last thing.

haha, guess who i saw in Taipei's Ximending?

nope, i didn't get to see Wu ZongXian..

nope, it ain't Jay Chou, sad to say..

but..

i saw...

ZaiZai!!

he is one of the F4's members..his real name is Zhou Yu Ming but commonly called as ZaiZai..

haha, he ain't a super big star but it's just happy and exciting to see a singer/actor in the streets lor..haha, they were filiming some secret society scene..

and i was just 50m away from him leh..haha..and so i dragged baby to take pics of ZaiZai while being excited and giggling here and there..

haha.

shall load the pics when i get my hands on the cam.

till then, bye bye :)

p/s: grace/jul: haha, i bought you girls sovenirs and food!!!.. :) see when we free, we shall meet k.. :)

p/s: phylicia: haha, i just saw your blog and you being 'depressed'..haha, don't feel sad la...be happie...we can go walk walk @ AMK hub...and i can pass you your sovenirs and goodies too~

2008-04-27T13:41:00.002+08:00

the weather is so hot these days..

the good thing is my clothes are dried at a super fast rate...it just takes about 6 to 8 hours to dry a piece of clothing i hand-washed..

the bad thing is it's making me feeling lethagic, lazy and super dehydrated..

say for now, i am supposed to be calling up my agency to check if they are open for the day and to get my butt down to collect my Taiwan tics..

but as i am now in my comfort zone (cosy sofa + super windy fan + music from laptop + surfing the net), i figured that it ain't such a good day to step out afterall.

and so, i have decided to stay put in Bedok and surf the net like mad and lazing myself around.

haa..that's a luxury in life!!..except that i may be causing the water bills to rise cause i have been drinking water like mad these 2 days..

and also i have been thinking about drinking Coke...it's like a fantasy in the hot weather...so, maybe later i shall just walk to the fridge and grab one..haha..am i lucky or what, there just so happen to be one in the fridge!

hee...

counting down..i am 4 days till flying off..i can't wait to hop on the plane...really!!

haha...but flight itself will take 6 hours though...since we are gonna transit at HK...decided against taking the direct SQ flight to Taiwan cause' it's gonna be $200 more...

ya, i know..only $200 ma...but you see...that would add up to $400 for both mr cheng and i..

erm fyi, we ain't rich people lor...my parents are not sponsoring anything lor...i don't have the luxury of having people pay for my air tics...all these money from beginning to end are all coming from our own pockets :)

on top of that, we can better utilise the money for shopping..

most importantly, i get to be in HK...haha..for a mere 1 hr though..

but then again, i have failed in my wish to be on a SQ...this is bad..i am a true Singaporean but i ain't having a chance to ride on that Singapore plane...

haha, maybe next time ba..i am sure i can be on my own home plane..

haha..on a different topic

recently, i had dinner with a friend who kept talking about the calories of the food that she was gonna order...and after i made some comments that maybe we should order some yummy sinful food, she added that we should think about the calories and how much exercise we gonna do to burn it off..

i told her that eating is one thing, we can always burn it off another day...

it was kind of pissing me off at that time though..

all i wanted was a good dinner and all she really cared about was calories..oh well..of course i knew about calories..i had been on diets, big or small, more than she had lor...

ask me about diets and all those stupid diet supplementaries and i can have an hour talk with you lor..

sometimes, it's not that i do not know...it's just that sometimes, a good dinner with a long time friend beats calories in any way, any time.

there is really no need to go on that far, if you are so conscious about calories, then for god's sake and everybody's sake, be a vegetarian or try packing your own food whenever we dine outside!!

and for whoever's info...i ain't turning a blind eye to health issues lor..i recently took part in a health screening and signed on a $128 package to check on my health..

at the end of it, i received a file, a health booklet, a member card and a 10 over pages of the results of my health screening..

and i would say i am more or less certified healthy :)

i am of a healthy BMI, healthy red blood and white blood cells, health liver and kidney, healthy bones and all..it was a whole lot of stuff...

but the main thing is there's also a cancer marker test..and i am negative for it..

hee..i am happy..it's not 100% accurate i know...but at the least it gives me an insight on where i stood on the health scale..

but i am gonna try to lose 6 kg so as to have a better BMI... :)

so burgers and fries are out at the moment..damn :(

2008-04-27T13:27:00.002+08:00

I am Stoned.

hee...Mr cheng bought me a new stone on Friday :)

hee hee...super duper happie..it ain't a diamond actually...it's actually a stone from Russia that is supposedly to bring good health and good wealth..

haha, there's also a secret we both share about it.. :)

hee...and we bought our wedding bands too..way in advance...haha..we haven't really sorted out a date to sign on the dotted line..but we were very kiasu to get the rings first..haha..

madness..sometimes i just think that mr cheng is as crazy as me..

but the main thing is..we both love it..it's a simple rose gold and white gold band with the Destinee diamond..hee

we bought it about a month or two back..when the gold prices were about to rise or just rising..but i would say it's a pretty good buy..hee hee..all thanks to phylicia! :)

think it's too small to be captured..but it's nice la..just what we both wanted.. :)

2008-04-15T23:03:00.002+08:00

there's something i missed today..

being in the Force.

and i am beginning to wonder about a lot of stuff.

Shouldn't i be happier now than before?

but if i am, then why am i wondering about how life would be if i were still in Blue?

some thoughts are best brushed aside, or rather, chucked aside.

but not for this particular one.

am i glad that i am now having a five-days work with the Dell computer as my best friend and the books and files as my best buddy?

i think i would be happier if i were to work from 8am to 10pm and 8pm to 10am.

and i would be happier doing shift returns, munching my curry buns in the night, eating my Cambridge nasi lemak in the mornings and running 2.4 km every 3 days with my team-mates shouting for me from behind.

yes, i really miss those times. those days where i had team-mates who played together, ate together, fought together, ran together, slept together and called each other weird nicknames.

i miss those days where i found friends in colleagues and colleagues in friends.

i miss you, team bravo.

2008-04-15T21:43:00.011+08:00

Singapore Flyer (13.04.2008 Sunday)

last sunday was a happy sunday..heee...after months of waiting..mr cheng finally brought me to the Singapore Flyer!..finally i was on that BIG ferris wheel..

and the best part is the tics are free..haha..dear got them free from his workplace...it's some welfare thingy..thus we saved on $60 to have a eagle's eye view on Singapore.. :)

here are the pics..

actually, we didn't really know where the flyer was located but we decided to try to walk there since it's very visible from Suntec..and we were right..walked for about 10mins and we reached..

haha, once in a lifetime ma..so must pose pose like tourist!

ferris wheel ferris wheel..here we come~

ticks~..haha..i should say free tics..it's rather expensive if singaporeans were to purchase tics to go up on the wheel..it would cost about $30 for an adult..the trip is about 30mins..so, it's like $1 for a minute..

queueing up to verify the tics and let the staff know what timing will you be taking the wheel~
haha..what was he looking at?...i wonder..

before going to the wheel..they have this Kodak people who would take a pic for you..and at the end of the ride, if you are interested..you could purchase it at $15 per 8R..hee..

the effect of the pic is rather good though..it would feature you in the capsule..hee..so baby and i bought one in the end..

footwear..love my slip-ons...cheap and comfy..my first time wearing them but no blisters or whatsoever~

coming~

rather fast though..just a hop and you'll be in it!

finally inside liao..it's fully air-conditioned..and sealed tight too :)

high high le..

woohoo~..hanging in the air~

realised my face and nose looked swollen..due to the flu i had..but thank god i bought Lemsip before going to the flyer..Lemsip is damn good eh..it works!!..it stops the flu, clears the blocked nose without making you feel irriatated, noosy, drowsy or having any stupid shitty feeling..

it makes me feel normal, unlike stupid Panadol Flu which does not really work. Trust me, i am a person who would catch a flu/ cold/ sneeze every 3, 4 days..

we managed to take couple pics all thanks to an uncle who wore grey shirt..haha, he even told us to pose pose and stand at a corner where there's a better view..

hee, i love my top which i bought from a shemale for $30
i love my shorts which i bought from batam for $13
i love my slip-ons which i bought in Far East Plaza for $13
i love my bag which i bought at Central for $26
i love my belt which i bought from 'This Fashion' for $6
haha, i love myself and my outfit very much that day eh..

erm..i love the undies too..haha, from Pierre Cardin and La Senza..hahaha

oh, i love mr cheng too. how could i forget him?

there you go, cheese~
oh, and that uncle who helped us take pics is standing behind at the left..

haha, i think he is a rather good family man..he brought his family of 4 or 5 on board the wheel..think it would have costed him abt $150 ba..

the on-going construction for the Sentosa thingy...we went about 5plus in the evening..thus, the sky kind of changed color halfway..

saw some adverts and i think the night view is much more beautiful..

finally..back to land..

for those of you who are intending to go..please do bring a good camera..to make the $$ worth it..but really, the view is worth taking pics of..my pics are rather ok only cause' i used a 2mp hp cam..in fact it's not even a good presentation of what the view should be.. :)

took this pic near a window thus a reflection in the middle..it ain't a flyer saucer la...

after the flyer, baby and i went to have our dinner at Marina Sq's KFC.
haha, for those who read his blog, you should have known how much we ate..haha

dear ordered a family meal costing $28 for both of us..haha..8 pieces of chicken and we finished all of it..not to mention the meal includes a whipped potato, a coleslaw and popcorn chicken too..

haha, big eaters..

and the night before, while eating out at 'Dian Xiao Er', dear ate 3 bowls of rice for dinner..

haha..

baby,
thanks for making the weekend so sweet and fun.
from the flyer experience, the free pilot pen from you and the sponsorship of a new top..thanks for everything. you never fail to brighten up my day and my life.
i love you.

2008-04-10T21:50:00.001+08:00

hee hee...

hoo hoo..

haha..

erm...

i am flying to Taiwan coming May...

hope i'll see Jay Chou and Wu Zongxian there!!

2008-04-02T22:01:00.006+08:00

Happy Sunday...30/03/2008..

i had a happy and fun Sunday last weekend..with none other than my bestie Grace!!

haha...

it's simply unbelievable how we could talk for a whole day and yet still SMS each other after we said good-bye..haha..there's not a doubt about our 13 year friendship :)

hee..we started off the sunday with a buffet brunch at Pump Room..haha..this pub at Clarke Quay is amazing..it's a pub by the night and it's a makan place for buffet..

totally surprised by the pub's management to do so...and i wouldn't have known about it if grace haven't read about it in some papers.. :)

i took this in the toilet..the toilet is very pretty..but too bad, when i wanted to snap the surroundings..there was this ang-mo lady in it..

happy happy!!

the buffet bruch was rather worth it though..
we paid $45 per pax ($38+++) for a main course..free flow of soft drinks, starters and deserts..haha, they have fondue too!

our first servings of starters..

second serving of starters...if you people ever go there, please refrain from taking the cheese..
it's horrible..errgghh..
the second left cheese tastes like melted plastic (totally a big turn-off)..the third from the left tastes a bit fungy..

the sixth from the left tastes absolutely like expired cheese..it's smelly, sticky and simply disgusting!...haha, in the end, we didn't even finish the cheese..left it as it is..

my main course...some grilled chicken with avocado...was alright though i find the chickie a tad too hard..

haha..to think i gave up my favourite portobello for this...maybe next time i'll go for the portobello instead..haha..big mushroom!

grace had a duck thingy..it's nice~..i love it~

haha..our 3rd serving of starters with main...

and finally..deserts!...

the meal was very worth it though..we ate from 12 plus till about 2 plus and went shopping the whole day without feeling hungry at all!..haha..the meal lasted us the whole of sunday..

haha..we went on a crazy spree also..

went to the Body Shop Warehouse Sale at Suntec City..grace blew $150 on shower creams..shower gels..

haha..after the sale, we hopped on a bus to Far East Plaza..

we bought shoes for ourselves..it was rather cheap eh...mine was only $13..hee :)

then..we ended off the day with a pedicure and manicure...and some weird strands of highlight :)

haha...note the picture below...see pink highlights on grace?..haha, mine's purple and hidden well inside my hair!..

and i really have no idea how we went so crazy lor..

and that's the blog post for my happy sunday..so happy to talk to her..cause' i don't have to pretend to be nice or courteous..we can just talk bad about people and gossip..haha..

and we are planning to go Batam this weekend for massage~...woohoo..hope it turns out good!

hee..and now for a super duper happy news..

mr cheng gave me a big surprise yesterday~

haha..mr cheng bought me a PSP Slim leh..haha..ok, not totally for me..he said that we are supposed to share but i can bring it to and fro work so that i won't feel bored..

hee..happy happy..it's piano black in colour..deardear bought it yesterday but he says he will only pass it to me later..cause he's gonna load in some games..haha

it's mine!!! :)

thanks dear...hee..now i can really play my Dinner Dash on board the train!

2008-03-23T12:51:00.003+08:00

23.03.2008

today is a good day..hee

i just spent one of the greatest weekends...half of it by myself!

haha..i spent friday's holiday sleeping my day away...it was good since i've been missing out on sleep the whole week..

saturday was good too...haha..i woke up and had my favourite teochew porridge at the market..then i watched a bit of TV and spent the rest of the day shopping...hee..was so happy..

and shopping was very fruitful too...bought two skirts from Verge...original total was about $100 but it was on 50% discount...so it turned out to be only $50...hee hee hee..and the best thing is...both colours were what i was looking...ha..1 is in light gold and another is in brown...love the gold one to bits... :)

wanted to buy a polka dots top for work too...but decided not to cause the buttons were rather uncomfortable..but thinking now..maybe i should get it afterall..since i have been looking for one and this top looks rather good without being too striking..

oh well...shall see when i have the time to go Tampines.. :)

and today's good too...just went for brunch with mr cheng and sujendran..

haha..wanted to go Ghandi's but it was closed for renovation so we ended up at Inviana's...haha..very yummy too...authentic indian food...

long time since i ate indian food..

and later, i am gonna play tennis with mr cheng and his buddy Royston..haha..funny thing is, we have no idea about it but we'll gonna try..

and the best thing is we've gotten our tennis racket on last sat..haha...all 3 of same designs.. :)

till then..gonna go take a little nap now...feeling rather sleepy now, after a heavy brunch...and i spent time last night till late sorting out the photoshoots pics.. :)

there are some new ones on the way..shall upload them when i am free...ciao~

p/s: baby, happy one year and 2 monthsary...i love you..

2008-03-12T23:58:00.002+08:00

i just submitted my application for the build-to-order flats at Punggol..according to the HDB website, there are only 494 flats available..to date, there are about 2214 applications received..

closing date for applications is 17th March 2008..which is about 5 days away..

will i be lucky enough this time?..i don't know..

but frankly speaking, i am of 0% confidence..i mean..within this 2000 plus applications..there are sure to be more than half who had applied numerous times before and are tyring their luck just like me..priority would definately go to them..

so, we'll see if i am lucky or not..

but then..if i do not get it..it's ok..can always wait for the next one..

i am just hoping that they build some blocks at this plot of empty land at AMK...haha..fat hope?..

maybe not eh...you would never know ma...

haha...housng woes..who would have thought that i would be one of those couples fighting for a flat out there?

haiz..sometimes i just hope i'll strike lottery and i can jolly use the lottery money to buy my dream house in AMK..i don't ask for much, just one million will do...you know, to do the reno..my walk-in wardrobe..get my furniture...

or 50k would be nice too..enough for me to pay for the 'cash over valuation' for resale flat..

oh well..i am dreaming too much liao.

i think i am crazy to be blogging now..it's 7 hours more till i go to work again. which means i am using my sleep time to blog. see how nice i am.. :)

haha..actually i am just too full from my dinner earlier..went to visit mr cheng's dad and met up with his family @ the ward..

after visiting, his mum treated me to fish head curry...very yummy..and there was satay too!!!

haha..

i am just happy to be spending time like that. especially with mr cheng. he means a lot to me.

dearie, i love you. :)

2008-03-12T23:21:00.008+08:00

My Pre-ROM Photoshoot...

Below are the 'touched-up' pics..

nothing extra special or extremely high-class...just simple pics of us both..took a total of near to 200 pics before deciding on the final 180..but i think still need to QC somemore..cause' some pics not nice..

overall, mr cheng and i were tired but happy.

hee...

photoshoot done by 'WAFF Productions'..haha...i call it 'value-for-money'.. :)

2008-03-07T18:10:00.002+08:00

been missing in action the past week..nothing much actually...just working and planning my life stuff..

two bad things happened during this period though...

1. read through jul's blog that her hamster, pixie, passed away...
p/s: dear jul, sorry to hear about that. but i guess it's just life's cycle in action. with every birth comes every death. with every happy and fun time, comes a sad and dull moment. i feel your sadness though i can never understand how bad it is.

i lost my very first hamster years back too. it was a kind of sadness that's way beyond description. time can heal but memories will always be around. so no matter how far she is now, at least you had those happy photos and memories to carry with.

take good care. :)

sorry that this msg came late. i do hope you are doing well.

2. dear's dad got hospitalised.
so, he's busy with the preparation of the hospital's reports and some applications for medical treatments for the 'after-hospitalisation' period.

it's pretty saddening. i can see deardear being sad but there's nothing much i can do. cause' he ain't a girl and crying doesn't help.

but i told him about how we can change certain plans for the time being and 'mid-term' future to accomodate to the money issues he has gonna face.

the road ahead, i mean for the near future, is a little tough but we'll go through this together, k?

i love you.

3. well, this third one is no big sad thingy. just me being busy in work. i am struggling, yes, struggling.

the air-con has been frezzing cold these days..cause' my new neighbour kept turning the extra air-con 'on'. she kept saying that she feels hot and HOT..but there i was, frezzing like mad with a thick wool jacket and a black shawl. i am so close to bringing another shawl to work.

and it does not matter to her that all other people are freezing too. one of them even felt her bones aching !

and now i am praying hard everyday that the air-con breaks down some day!! SOMEDAY!!

and i broke my OT record too...worked till 8pm that day. thank god 2 of my seniors are still around. else i would have freaked out with that sort of silence!..even the droping of a pin makes a diff!

let's hope life gets better...i took 3 days of leave this week...and yesterday when i went back to print some stuff, i saw some files piling~..i do pray that they are gone by the time Monday comes along.. :)

2008-03-02T13:53:00.003+08:00

hahaha...

i didn't intend to blog today cause' i am kind of lazy to upload my pic..

but this one guy from Friendster made me blog!!

haha...i have got people asking to be 'friends' over Friendster...no big deal actually..cause' these people are usually desperate to the max..but this one guy is a true winner lor...

haha..here's what he wrote in his message to me..

"Hi .mind be a friend?

Andy here, 23yrs old Singapore Chinese guy , height 1.72m n weight 60kg .weather hot and stuffy now a days , drink plenty of water in order not to get sick.next time brew Liang teh for you to drink .

do remember to eat yr meal too regularly too. Do hope you able to sms me at 91041035 .sometime will out of sudden rain, do also take along yr umbrella with yo, don want you fall sick due to "hit" by rain.hope you give me a chance to know you more.

Short profile of myself. Single. Singapore Chinese guy. Tend to care for others more. Tend to put others in first place be4 me. Tend to be truthful to others .

currently working hard for my car license .hope to get an opc car this year .love to eat dim sum and drink Soya bean. love cooking for love ones too .

do sincerely hope you give me chance to know you more .

love going Malaysia to eat to eat sushi and secret recipes .sad year ... laydia sum is gone . Geylang dim sum and Soya bean quite nice too, can bring you go eat next time ?

me don have a lot of friends. Do sincerely hope you accept me as yr friends’ .am also doing my own part time business to earn more money .

used to have an ex 36yrs old but we ended. Older gal tend to be more mature, understanding, concerning and sweet .

I like to cook hor fun and nasi lemak. Next time can cook for you?

Sometime love to drink vodka with coke or 7up at home.am doing my own part time business too .take cARE .down on bad diarrhoea ...... hai"

hahaha..what's up with the brewing of 'liang teh' for me and the 'remember to bring umbrella' when we hardly even know each other lor?..

and "laydia sum" is supposed to be spelt as Lydia Sum lor..and what kind of sad year it is to him when he spoke about dim sum right after lydia sum?

anyway..in case you people are interested in him..haha..can check him out at:

http://profiles.friendster.com/user.php?uid=62142744

go see and read his 'shout-out' man...haha..buy a pack of chicken rice to buy his heart!..haha..i am laughing my heart out now man..

this is so funny! :D

*p/s: dear..so are you gonna brew herbal tea and cook nasi lemak for me one day? :)

2008-02-19T21:57:00.004+08:00

being bored with my dull black hair for quite some time, i went to highlight it over the weekend..

it wasn't much surprise or a big change though..just the usual basic brownish highlight..but somehow, the highlights ain't that obvious..i don't know if it's the product or my own hair not being able to absorb the colour well..

went to do my hair at Hair Fusion at Tampines..didn't really plan to go to any specific salon..just so 'qiao' that i came across a forum that has got very good comments about the salon..

the cut is alright..but i'll rather go back to Klearcut @ Far East Plaza..the coloring was a bit disappointing..

hmm...i wouldn't say how much i've spend..since mr cheng reads my blog and there is no point in me under-declaring it..haha..

i am waiting for a while more before going for another one though..i'll love to have red highlights..haha..more fun and nice~

the salon i went to had a hair spa in the package too...the place was pretty nice and relaxing..i even had the OSIM Isqueeze during the spa.. :)

find that i look kind of pale these days..have no idea why..maybe it's time i should start on that bottle of vitamins that i bought during xmas..

and now for something on a happier tone..

haa..bought a new pair of shoes from AMK Hub..damn good buy..even mr cheng supports it!

haha...it's kind of difficult to find this kind of shoes in my size..to my surprise, this particular shop 'Anna Black' has it and it fits damn well~..

and the bigger surprise is having it on 50% sale..weehee...bought it at a mere $12.90..haha

love the shiny classy look with 'not-so-high' heels..

hee..that's all for my weekend..

work's been pretty busy today..i still have lots of files on my 'in-tray' waiting to be cleared despite me clearing and clearing since the start of today..

but, after the 20th...everyhting would be better...can't wait for tomorrow to come..cause' i am meeting baby and his friends for dinner at Orchard..haha..buffet leh..

:)

hee...ending my post with a picture of my fatty teddy..he's wearing boxers...haha..don't ask me why and how..

2008-02-15T20:04:00.004+08:00

A whole lot of Photos..

Lunar New Year had been brisk...it was rather fast flying too..just a few days of enjoyment, pigging and lazing around..and i was back to work..

but then, it was a good celebration for me..this Lunar New Year is the second one that mr cheng and i are celebrating together..

it was almost the same as last year except that we were more 'introduced' to our friends and relatives this year.. :)

we had a few gambling sessions and surprisingly, we won!..haha..i said surprisingly cause' i had been contributing to others'pockets every year..same for mr cheng..maybe it's a couple thingy..

never win + never win = win win win..

hee..

remembered i blogged about the book that i planned to read through during Lunar New Year?

well, i finished it within 4 hours..it was a pretty touching book though..i was sobbing like mad on the eve of Lunar New Year...and now mr cheng is reading the book..he last told me he was at page 24..so i don't know how long he'll take to finish it..but i am sure he'll be touched too..

hee..a few weeks ago, i was feeling pretty bored and so decided to take a few pics with teddy..haha

hee..my pinky comforter...it looks very ordinary here..but when you catch mr cheng sleeping in it, it looks rather cute for a guy..i'll snap a pic the next time if i can..haha

snap..snap...happy happy~

closer shot...with that fatty teddy behind...

oops..he realised i was snapping away with cam..

i wasn't gonna let him ruin my pretty pic..

boosh*

haha...oh well..maybe not that funny...but it's pretty cute to me...cause' it never occur to me that teddy would be nicely captured in it..in different pose somemore..haha

and since i am at the teddy series now..here's a pic of mr cheng, me and teddy..
haha, i had this pic printed and nicely displayed on my work desk!

hee...

enough of the Lunar New Year stuff liao..have got nothing much to blog or post too..cause' i was damn lazy to take much pics...maybe i'm getting old..oh well

anyway, i attended the D&D organised by my previous company on 13.02.08

these are the pics taken while we were on our way back to his home to change clothes and stuff for the event..

haiz..take bus also so serious...

wah biang...still act serious somemore..

hee~

poot*

*pic taken on our way to the D&D..

this year's D&D was pretty good..held at the Mandarin Oriental's ballroom..

the dinner menu was good too...had shark fins soup, scallop, all sort of delicacies..

plus the great entertainment by Kumar...he's really good!!..his jokes can really make you laugh upside down lor..

but bad thing is..i did not win anything..neither did baby..

but the worst thing was me having this headache that got out of hand towards the end of the show...baby then rushed me home after the dinner, only for me to vomit out all the delicacies into a plastic bag..

poor boy, he had to clear up stuff, pour water, give me medicine and put me to bed..being worried, he spent the night at my home and only went back in the morning after i saw a doc...

and i spent my V-day at home surfing the net and sleeping while being on MC..baby went to work..

but then, we had a simple porridge breakfast in the morning of V-day and he gave me a pink rose the night before..

it wasn't anything fanciful or expensive..it was simply just the two of us..which i have come to really appreciate...

and through this whole 'vomit' thingy, it just reminded me of great he can be..though i have forgotten many a time whenever we quarrell...

and i am extra happy today cause' he blogged about me..haha...it's nothing big..but i am just so happy that he blogged about me..haha..

but i ain't too bad..i left a short msg for him in Friendster on V-day's morning when he was fast asleep.. :)

*dearie, thanks for everything. happy valentine's day once again. i love you.

p/s: i was actually kind of lazy to blog..but i decided to since today's a Friday and Alex Lee asked me too...haha..hi alex!!!

cheerios~

2008-02-06T17:04:00.000+08:00

Happy Lunar New Year everyone..

hope the new year 2008 brings about Good Luck, Good Health and Good Wealth..

so happy that Lunar new year is finally here..cause' i am finally enjoying my 2 free days of Public Holidays..haha...super long weekend..plus sat and sun...woohoo..will only be back at work on Mon..

but then, the work would be piling like crazy by then..

anyway, new year is good..cause' that's when i get to receive ang-baos and fufill my craving for pineapple tarts and cookies..

in fact, for this year, i bought 2 bottles of pineapple tarts, one is from Polar while another is from a chinese stall in cheenatown..

the one from Polar was a bit disappointing though...the jam is way too sour..but the one from the chinese shop was alright..sweet but yet not so sweet..

haha..in fact, i do hope you people can drop by one of these days to have the goodies... :)

i ain't having an official open house..but on sunday..if anyone wants, can jus drop by for a lazy sunday together..i have lots of food for you!...and i'll cook lunch.. :)

will send an SMS maybe tonight or tomorrow..

an hour plus to dinner now..can't wait to eat my dinner today...cause' i am smelling all the seafood and abalone cooking~

haha...that's the joy of new year i guess..

will be having reunion dinner with my parents tonight..

mr cheng and i missed our supposed reunion dinner yesterday. he was sick and busy these days. thus, it all didn't turn out the way it was supposed to be.

he said that he would make it up. i am not blaming him for being sick.

i was just blaming on anything and anyone else.

then again, how do you make up for a day, a dinner, a reunion dinner to be more specific?

it's not like you can rewind time.

i wasn't quite happy yesterday. partly cause' we haven't been spending much time recently. is he too busy or am i too free?

well, i don't wanna go there.

anyway, i am happy today. or at least, i tried to.

tomorrow and friday shall be reserved for my relatives' houses.

on saturday, i shall go to my friends' houses for visiting.

on sunday, shall see if anyone is coming over..if not, then i shall drop by Sentosa for a 'flower-viewing' exhibition. i read it from the papers that there's one going on but i am not sure when it's ending though.

and then, on monday, it shall be back to the same old boring work.ha, can foresee a busy monday and tuesday..with all the work that has piled up over the weekend..

wednesday shall be booked for the D&D for my previous workplace..

and i am thinking of taking leave for thurs and fri though..

for what?..rest la..such a hectic life i have got recently..i need to get away from files and EFS for the time being..haha

i was thinking of a short holiday trip to Batam or BKK...just for the weekend away..oh well..still must think think...hee

oh ya..i bought a new book today..

'Ways to Live Forever'

and no, it's not those fairy tale stories..it's actually about an 11 year old Sam being diagnosed with lukeumia and living his last few months wondering and asking about death..

it's a sad story but it teaches people about love and the meaning of life.

it's actually under 'young adults' section but i think it's still worth a read for a story that's beyond it.

can't wait to read it..shall start tonight!

and so, happy weekends people!..stay happy~

love
alicia..

2008-02-01T21:56:00.000+08:00

i can't believe i am feeling so sleepy right now.

it's a Friday night, no work on sat and sun. but yet i am beginning to feel so tired and sleepy.

i had wanted to do the laundry that has been piling crazily over the week but it's just so lucky that it started raining the moment i stepped into the house.

maybe tomorrow. i have to wash baby's clothes too.

hmmm...going to bed soon. good nite.

btw, i have to mention this. i love my new bedsheet lots. the bed sheet is purple in colour, one of the pillows and the boaster is in purple too. my other 2 pillows are in royal blue and my comforter is in pink.

and i feel so good going to sleep everynight.

it is so true when people said that a bed is important.

just like me now, i feel so happy going to sleep and waking up each morning.

work has been fufilling too. though i am busy, i feel so much more accomplished than i was in my previous job. at least now, i am seeing myself doing more real job.

as in, i can see work being done and files moving and work that makes more sense than before.

which is good though. and most importantly, i love how i would get weekends completely off with no disturbances and no more 'call-backs' on off days.

oh, and i get half day off on the eve of PH and the free PH too.

life is good.

but then, i wouldn't mind striking the lottery though.

:)

and, i think i'm gonna get myself a Coach bag in time to come. it's calling me. but i've gotta save up my money first cause' that would bring me a great sense of accomplishment. ha, i need to get it before i reach 25, which is like 11 months away?

:)

hee

good bye...have a great weekend...CNY is next week!

2008-01-31T19:43:00.000+08:00

this is a farewell picture of my staff at office..

shankar had left for another company..Bee Khim too...both of their last day is on 31 Jan 08..which is sadly today..

it's sad to see people you work well with leaving..but if all is well or even better..than it's for the best..

wishing them both the best in their future endeavours and do take good care!

haha..we are kind of lucky to have 2 more persons in the pic..Mr and Mrs President.. :)

hee..

today, i got in touch with my ex-team-leader..he's finally back to the team from his overseas assignment..

it's good to have him back...cause' everything would be better..one way or another..he just has this 'leader' kind of thingy with him..

and there might come a chance for me to work with him again~hahaha..this one is secret..let you people know in due time..

hee...i am feeling a lot happier these days..cause' i am finally clearing the whole load of work...and my new partner is coming into action tomorrow!..so now, we can share the workload~

woohoo..the last week had been a little crazy..staying till 7 plus in the night...so it's really a good week this week...

and next week will be a long weekend of holiday..hee...

i've finally bought my CNY clothings le..2 dresses..one purple and one in red..can't wait to wear them though.. :)

and one more good news...baby's team won a Silver in the DragonBoat Competition today!..haha...so smart..

i am kind of proud of him some times, really.

like how he builds his body at gym and how he teaches people the correct techniques of using the gym equipments..

and how he would order food from the menu and the food would always taste extremely nice..some times so nice that i would be eating off his..

haha...sometimes i look back at the past and i am so glad i have baby with me now. he's like a blessing in disguise.

i love him lots and i am glad that he has created a beautiful year for me, provided me with a wonder present and will be moulding a good future for us..

though before i posted this, we had 2 major quarrells...i am glad that we have talked a lot of stuff out..

and for those of you who are curious..i am not gonna ROM this year..due to my future house and monies..we're gonna have it in......?

haha...keep guessing!

a number of people have asked me why...the above are my main reasons loh...it's not because of anything negative..

we just wanted more time to prepare ourselves monetary, physically (to be slimmer!), mentally..

and also for our families to be more prepared..

haha, more importantly, to get more ang-baos this year!haa...

it's a decision we both made together..so i dun think i wanna explain further..to you readers..it's just a date anyway..

to us, it's something that means more than that..it involves the beginning of a lot of things..

plus, having it next year has a wonderful meaning too...in terms of date..

we both feel good, so it is good!..

hee...

2008-01-31T18:58:00.000+08:00

23rd Jan 2008

Mr Cheng and I celebrated our 1st year anniversary about a week back..

it was a simple dinner at Indulgz..hee..i suggested it cause' i am just so unknowingly addicted to it..for no apparent reason though..

ha..the food ain't very great..but simple and nice...a little cosy too..if you just want some little time together without loud music and great crowds..

the food..we had starters of the fried button mushrooms and cheese fries!..the mushrooms were very nice!!

the main..i had Portebello Burger..which is actually minced chicken meat with the big mushrooms..love it lots~

darling had the buttersteak steak..yummy too..but didn't understand why it was stated in the menu as not for the 'weak stomach'..

ended off the dinner with a Elvis Brownie and Vanilla ice-cream...sweet, hot and cold..

mine!

dear was very sweet though..he had a gift for me, my teddy and mum..
he bought my mum the 'Triflex' from GNC...had told him to buy since it's his birthday month and there was a 35% discount..but in the end, he said it was to 'pai my mama's ma pi'..haha

and he got my teddy 'bear vitamins'..haha...few days back while he was at GNC, he called me to confirm about the Triflex for my mum..then i just told him casually that he ought to get something for my teddy...cause' teddy is part of our family too..

and so, here i have..Bear Vitamins..haha..but i guess i am the one eating up the vitamins in the end..hee..but it ain't cheap also leh..checked the price and it was a whoping 28 bucks..

very ex...but dear still bought it..cause' it's vitamiins for bears..haha..thanks sweetheart.. :)

and the best gift would have to be this~

deardear took days to complete this bottle of folded stars for me..

it ain't something i would expect an adult to do..much less of a guy..but baby did it!..haha..i am so proud of him leh..he said there are altogether 365 stars in it..each representing our 365 days together..and he had 23 stars in it that supposedly had writings in them..but he mixed all up..

so, i guess i'll never see what's written in it..but it's very sweet of him doing it all by himself..he's such a treasure..

alright..end of post..not much pics taken...cause' my hp cam was bad and some pics were in baby's camera..

till my next update...byee...

2008-01-22T21:11:00.000+08:00

22nd Jan 2008

woohoo...today is a little special day..and tomorrow is a super special day..

why?

hee hee..because today is the eve of my anniversary with baby..and tomorrow marks our 1st Anniversary together..

super happy~...it's been a wonderful year and i am looking forward to more and more golden years ahead.. :D

baby..here's a advance Happy 1st Anniversary..i Love You and will always do..

wonder if he is planning anything special tomorrow..haha..i wasn't expecting much really..we are both busy..

what i really want is a good and cosy meal for the both of us..i didn't really get any gift for him..but i have in mind something small for tomorrow..so i shall go get it during lunch break tomorrow..hee

work since monday had been anything but free..been working OT till 7 plus for these two nights..haiz..i hardly have a chance to breath with the mountains of files that keeps piling and piling no matter how i clear..

i hope wednesday will be better..

well..being busy ain't such a bad idea too..since baby is working on these two days and i can kind of keep myself occupied..

oh, and there is no longer that TV motivation that keeps me going home before 9pm..cause' my channel 8 show, 'Huang Jin Lu' (The Golden Path) ended its run yesterday..

the ending wasn't that satisfying~..in the end, most people died..JinLong died, Kaijie died..and my Bak Kut Girl also died..

sad sad...i kind of like her character very much..errrgghh...

but it's just a show anyway..

but the thing about this show is the theme song..'Lu' (Road) by Mi Lu Bing..it's damn nice and just sticky to the mind..

so, i went to the music stall in hope of buying the CD for the song today during lunch break..

haiz..went with high hopes but went back with nothing..i saw the CD and the theme song was not featured inside..maybe it's specially written for the show ba..

wah biang..just when i wanted to support local music..

haha..alright..lappie batt is running low le..gotta go..byee..

oh yeah, and i've found a new Lunch Buddy, besides Kim and Bee Khim..

and that's Candy..my poly friend..haha..it's been nice eating and gossiping with her!..hee..

:D

2008-01-20T10:09:00.000+08:00

19 Jan 2008

yesterdaywas a tiring day.

went to meet Edric in the morning for some stuff..then i went off to meet baby at AMK Hub..went to his home for some late lunch/ early dinner..

hee..something funny over lunch..his mama cooked this particular containing some prawns and a 'potato-look-alike' kind of vege..

i seriously don't know the name...but it's looks just like a potato yet tastes a little different..

and while i was munching on it..his mama told me about this particular vege..about it being a CNY kind of vege...

and...

haha..

before she ended the story, she told me it's for people who wanna have a baby, especially a boy!..haha...

is she hinting for me to have a baby soon?...haha...i already got one liao...Mr cheng lor..i call him my baby what..

haha...a real baby maybe in years years later ba..i am still enjoying my life...don't wanna start thinking about life in 3 when i am still having life in 2..

erm...but whoever wishes to have a baby boy..can contact him..i'll let you know the name of the plant!..haha

after the lunch...baby and i went to sleep and left in the evening to meet my agent ChingChing to view houses..

oh well..it wasn't much of what i expected..maybe i expect too much..

i viewed a total of about 4 houses..or was it 5?

don't know leh..forgot liao..too many also..

there are two that we both like..but there is one that i do not like the unit number..it ends with 1166..which means, in cantonese, everyday 'go down'..which also does not sound auspicious at all..

and guess what?..the owner of the unit 1166 is intending to sell his house cause' he's in great financial difficulties..coincidental or jus nothing?

the last unit was pretty alright..the size and feel of it all..but bad thing is..the owner is asking for 50k above valuation..whic means i'll have to fork out 50k in hard cash to buy the house and pay the rest 200k plus with HDB loan..

would i even bother to pay these much amount of money?..frankly speaking, NO.

i could jolly well spend the 50k, which is in cash, on furniture or household appliances..

the sellers these days are simply having BIG mouths indeed..

oh well..mr cheng and i are having an open attitude towards the housing thingy..cause' we've taken part in the build-to-order project @ Yishun and will see see and look look at the resale market first...if it's good, we'll go..if not, we'll see how it all goes ba..

a house is important..buying a house is not difficult..cause' there are always houses available..but what's most difficult is finding a good place that suits your budget and 'feel' to build a home.

house blues..haha..

hmmm...CNY coming liao..i haven't really bought my CNY outfits...though i have been to G2000's sales and bagging home my office clothes..

i ought to buy some nice new clothes..hee..

maybe next week shall go shopping~..and i supposed mr cheng's eyes will be opened pretty big at this last line cause' i'm supposed to save money?

haha, baby i love you..

2008-01-12T14:56:00.000+08:00

this is a bit outdated..

hee..i had my annual xmas party on 4th Jan 2008..

it was difficult setting a date cause' everyone's working...and some are on shift..

but still, i was 'heng' enough to be able to organise it on 4th Jan 2008..since it was in year 2008..i named it the Xmas 2007 cum New Year 2008 Mini Gathering..

haha..kill two birds with one stone..maybe i should do that every year..haha

here are some pics..stolen from jul's cam..cause' my cam is buried somewhere in the closet..and i was busy pouring drinks and organising food..

thank god i took a whole day off..cause' buying the food and groceries already took me half a day..and sway sway, baby gotta go for some last min work, so i've jus gotta carry everything by myself..

but i am glad everything went well..

we had spaghetti, sushi from Ichiban, Italian Roast Chicken and chic/ beef/ pork sausages from Cold Storage..home-made mango with prawns by me! (1st attempt, alright only..but i'll improve it!)

plus a home-made choc fondue...haha..turned out pretty good..i bought strawberries, mango and banana to go with it...and credits to baby for buying the choc fondue some time back.. :D

the people who came are truly those whom i treasure and love..and i've got a guest appearance by Sara!!..thks to grace who brought her!

phylicia's husband and baby were both watching TV most of the time while the girls gossiped and opened pressies..haha..it's a girl's thing i guess..but the TV kept both the guys very entertained..

too bad jul's bf, ah qin, was unable to make it..you better come next year orh!!

my pressies to them..it's a piggie massager...

very happie..i've gotten a kettle from grace!!!..haha..can use in my office...i was praying hard someone would give it to me though i nvr did really mention it to anyone..oh well..maybe grace..while we were chatting one day at the basement of Raffles City Chopping Centre..haha

thanks bestie, for getting the hint of my kettle..can i have an oven next year? we are best friends, right?..haha

jul got me an eye-mask to use with the Uzap..haha..so happie...now i can relax like mad at home..

and phylicia got me and baby a piggybank..so that i can save money..haha..baby, start saving money k...haha..

people at the mini gathering~

hee...baby got me this crumpler bag...it's a new design..haha..

my pressie to him...a wallet..

alright..that's all folks..

thanks to all who came..you guys really matter a big lot to me..the little talks, the photos viewing of our 'young days', the gossips on who's married and pregnant, the hugs and presents, the food and everything..

lookin forward to our next one!!

2008-01-12T13:55:00.000+08:00

11 Jan 2008

celebrated baby's birthday yesterday, 11 Jan 2008..

haha, i had planned a few surprises for him and everything turned out just the way i wanted!!..i managed to gave him the surprises he never thought of!

haha...below are the pics..

we met at Bugis in the evening for a dinner..he didn't know where we were heading to and thought it was jus the two of us..haha

his first surprise was a Mickey Mouse balloon...from me of course..hee...i booked the balloon weeks ago and thought it was a cute mini pressie...though i was thinking of flowers initially..

hee...bluffed him that we needed to wait for a friend of mine to pass him some work related stuff..haha..

but i had actually asked his friends out to celebrate his special day..

haha..3 of them in fact..all done secretly through the great help of Friendster!..haha..it really connects your friends!..haha

he kind of got a shock when he saw his best buddies turning up before him!..hee hee..thereafter, we went for a dinner at Indulgz..the bistro that was very much favoured by Xiaxue..

thank god i made a reservation...cause' the restaurant was kind of full..

hee..no pics of the food cause' we were hungry and busy eating..but here's the link..

http://www.indulgz.com/Menu%20June%202007.htm

the food's alright..servings are just nice...but thumbs-up for the deserts and good service!..

they helped made my surprise for baby extra special.. :D

towards the end of the diner, we had choc fondue...the manager knowing that it was baby's birthday, had lighted a candle for him and placed a 'happy birthday' wording plate on a marshmallow...

his birthday cake that i booked 3 days in advance..it's chocolate truffle...heard to be one of the bistro's signature cake...baby is old le..2 big candles and 6 small ones!

the cake was also a surprise..had initially thought the 'chocolates' to be truffles or something..but it turned out to be a cookie with the outer layer coated with choco..yumyum..baby love the cake~

his best buddies...from left..baby, huijun, wenke and Royston the Green Chipmunk..haha

baby got a botak haircut for his dragonboat training..hope he gets a trophy for me!

afterwhich, we all went for a movie..Dan in Real Life..it was supposedly to be a comedy about love at 40 plus and family and snatching your bro's gal..

but didn't quite like it though..very predictable plot and just, seriously, nothin' much..

after the movie, his 3 buddies went back home while we headed for a romantic time together..haha..

passed by Middle Road and we saw this cute centre's name..

it's called 'Egg Story Center'..haha, i have no idea what they are dealing with..but it sure sounds cute..

hee..the happy man with his balloon, my pressie and Gap shirts from huijun and Royston..

if you're wondering what i bought for him, haha..below is the pic...

Compaq Presario V3705TU.. :D

baby, i hope you had a great time yesterday..haha..i had a hard time keeping it from you..cause' i so so so feel like telling you..haha..but i am glad you were surprised by everything!..

hope you enjoyed the food and cake, the balloon, the company of your buddies and the lappie..

i love you..

2008-01-02T22:36:00.000+08:00

first and for most,

Happie New Year 2008..

haha, i know, i am a little late..as usual...

just suddenly had this mood to blog since every blog i've read is talking about the new year ahead..

spent my last moment of 2007 and first moment of 2008 with none other than mr cheng..haha, what you expect, i am gonna marry him soon le wat..so he's very important to me..

we spent the moments before midnight applying online for the build-to-order flats in Yishun Jade Spring...

good news is we are among the 700plus applying for it online..

bad news is, no matter how fast or slow you are...the deadline is 16 Jan 08..and the balloting is kind of decided by the HDB computers which would automatically compute out your ballot number..

but the worst news is, there are near to 900 applications as of now but there are only 336 units!

haiz..no wonder every acticle in the newspaper seems to be saying that resale flats are reaching a new high in the market..

this i really must agree, with my heart and soul and brains..it's kind of a sellers' market now, buyers just have to go along with the flow..and sometimes, the cash-over-valuation is just so crazily overpriced..some going 30 to 40k above valuation..

and here i am praying everyday that the prices would fall..not that i am hard up for a resale flat..but it just lives me and mr cheng with more options..

haha, ask me about HDB flats now and i can give you a clear picture of buying flats now..

well...new flats are good, considering that they are 'new'..who wouldn't want a new flat..especially since it comes with a Shelter..haha, that's kind of a big Pro..

but then, apart from the good stuff, new flats do have some considerable cons too..like how they are of a smaller sqm and a little of awkward shape they might be..also, newly built flats are now very much built in places like SengKang and Punggol..where you'll have to take the NEL and LRT..both without drivers somemore..

scary..i am a kind of person who would feel safe with a train driver..it's like, no matter what happens, you know the uncle is there..you know, someone who knows about trains..

and resale flats do have their pros and cons too..

good thing about resale is that it was built in the past where we seemed to have more land to spare, thus they are bigger in structure and more squarish, which is something i like.

i love houses with a square kind of shape, that's how a home should be like. you know, clearly defined areas and stuff..good for putting furniture and Fengshui..

but then, you'll never know of the real history of the house. so it's kind of a gamble..the previous owner might be alright..but how about the one before?

oh well, shall not dwell too much into it..

i went house-viewing on Monday with mr cheng..it wasn't exactly a house-viewing kind of thing..just that we went to view phylicia's and my future sis-in-law's house..

one's a resale and one's a build-to-order one..

it was kind of good cause' i could see for myself the difference..but then, i am still half here half there with what kind of a house we want..

but then, mr cheng and i have since came to a decision..hee..to apply for the HDB one first.. :D

since it's in Yishun and kind of a near-to-matured estate..

we even went to see the plot of land on monday too..haha..quite nice..but whether i am fated to get it a not is still another question mark..

alright, enough of houses..i think i am boring you out with all those stuff..this is supposed to be a New Year post..haha

hmmm..

i hereby wish all of my family members, friends, colleagues, ex-colleagues, readers a very Happie Happie New Year 2008..

May this new year be better in health, work and life than the previous year..

May all resolutions be fufilled and may everyone stay happy and young and may all things be smooth-sailing~

hee...i have only a few resolutions this year..i wonder if i am able to do it..i hope i do..cause' mr cheng gave me a Fitness First Calender that is supposed to aid me in my goals-building..haha

first one : to be a healthy person..to take my EPO on time daily and to take up Yoga!!

second one: to have a rising and successful career ($$$)

third one: to be prettier, slimmer and richer ...haha, with the assistance of Uzap, maybe?

well..these are my personal goals..but overall, i just hope for myself and everyone around me to be happy..

sorry if i had made you angry or pissed or irriatated...it might be on purpose..it might be unintentional..haha, whichever way, thousands of apologises..

oh ya, i have this one last one too..but i can't tell..cause' i think it's best kept between me and God..haha..

byeee...

oh yah..one for mr cheng...
"baby, thanks for the memories for the past year 2007..it had in fact been a very meaningful year for us both..we've been through quite a far bit and experienced a lot of stuff together..especially during our overseas trip and the period where you were in Alpha and I was in Bravo..completely different schedules but still, we managed to make things work..

thanks for giving in to me all the time and loving me like a little princess..i feel very blessed to be with you..you had never once scolded me..in fact, you compromised a lot..

i really appreciated what you had done...from the little drawings of FF, to the pretty flowers to the choc fondue set you bought, to the alarm clock, to the Uzap...and also the proposal at Sentosa..thanks for everything you have planned for me..

and of course, it ain't all about material stuff..

it's also about the moments we laughed and knocked off in bed together..the times where we talked till we slept..the times where at Kembangan, the times we had BBQ..just the two of us..

we have achieved a lot this year as a couple..some people are even saying that we are so fast in planning to be married..

but we both know, it's more than that. well, people can always say what they want. frankly speaking, i don't care what others think cause' it's our future.

i am very looking forward to our year 2008 together where we will create more beautiful memories to keep in our hearts.

and i am also looking forward to our future together, our home and our agreement of 3..

i love you, baby"

2007-12-24T16:14:00.000+08:00

24th Dec 2007

hee...

merry merry xmas eve!

one more day to xmas~...waited so long for it to come and now, it's like finally here~...

hee...my xmas tree and all the pressies under it...all chosen from the heart and nicely wrapped..

hee...i went for a gathering with mr cheng yesterday at East Coast...he had a bbq session with his NYP Chinese Orchestra people..

went there kind of late..only arrived at about 7 plus due to mr cheng working till 6pm and the rainy weather..

but it was nice..enjoyed the mini bbq with his friends...too bad, no pics..was too dark for my nokia to function well..

after the bbq, mr cheng suggested taking a walk at Parkway Parade...we were browsing through stuff when we walked into Osim cause' i was thinking of getting a Uzap mini for my parents..

and mr cheng bought me a Uzap~..haha, initially while in the shop, he claimed that it was for himself..but after we reached home, he told me it was a gift for me...

haha, so happy~..he knew i was eyeing it for some time but was kind of financially constraint...actually, i wasn't la..just that all the while i was thinking if it was worth it..

i've been thinking like months...haha...he also bought the mini one for mum and dad..

hee...he was thinking of getting a psp or ds-lite but finally decided on getting a Uzap instead..woohoo..so happy...but think i'll use it after xmas... :D

haha, can start trimming off the fats liao..

mr cheng was also saying that we could bring it to our new home next time when we move..but then, we haven't even got a flat yet..haha..so fast buy things for home liao..i really need a house eh...can someone just give me a house? that's my xmas wish!!!

haha...

even teddy loves it...

* really feel very blessed...never though that i would have someone like mr cheng who dotes on me so well...and i am thankful that i have stolen him from all the other girls!

2007-12-24T16:04:00.000+08:00

this is something funny...

haha....from the works of mr cheng himself..

i think he's gonna scream at me for posting this...haha..he was at my house this one morning while i was getting ready for work..feeling bored, he decided to be creative and took some pics with my teddy..

and i only found out when i was browsing thru the pics at work..

mr cheng and teddy..

boosh~

ahhh~

despite all the beatings, he still love teddy...

haha...

2007-12-24T15:43:00.000+08:00

19th December 2007...
Happie birthday grace victoria loganathan

haha...

JAG*s met up again on 19th december 2007 to celebrate miss gracie's birthday..we had dinner at Jack's Place...

i love taking pics with these two crazy women..it's just so nutty and fun~

hungry~

jul and i bought grace a mini walnut chocolate cake from Secret Recipe...had wanted the Jack's Place staff to serve it with the candle on a plate..

but they were stupid enough to just pass the cake in the box to me..

spoiler to the romantic evening..but nevertheless, we still managed to give her a mini surprise..

yummy cake!

hee, last but not least, we took a pic by the xmas tree..haha..i think this is the only pic i took this year with a xmas tree..kind of sad though..

but then, at least the only xmas tree pic was taken with jul and grace.. :D

hee...after the dinner and some shopping..jul went back while me and longan spent some 45 mins sitting at the basement of Raffles City Shopping Centre talking about some secrets and gossips before walking over to Clarke Quay for a drink..

spent the night at Clinic...we were looking for a cosy place and everywhere was packed with long queues..plus, i was damn sway to be having blisters from my new pair of heels and the stupid contact lens have to be irriatating at the wrong time..

thus, we ended up at the Clinic..since i am crippled with blisters and blind in one eye with my lens..

it was nice though..sitting around wheelchairs...

oh, grace's 2 good friends came to meet her later and gave her a surprise by baking some good muffins and lighting some candles on it..

it was sweet and nice..

friendship, you can never go wrong with it..especially with grace..she's really a good friend..

ok, now i can see her head getting bigger already..haha..well, that's all.

i ended the night with a volka lemonade and a cabbie home while grace continued her clubbing with adelia and siti..

it was a nice night though.

2007-12-24T15:06:00.000+08:00

My Birthday (Part 2)

This seems a very much overdue..haha..i was busy the past few weeks..over work, meeting friends and buying gifts for everyone..

it was a hectic few weeks....but then, all's well now...I have bought all the pressies i ought to have bought..and i have met up with a few friends that i ought to have met like ages ago..

there are a few though..not that they are not important..every friend i have is impt..just that i'll have to finish some stuff first..

hee..the second part of my birthday is delicated to my friends..grace, jul and phylicia..

went out with grace and jul on 7th Dec 07...had some dim sum at Suntec's Crystal Jade and exchanged our birthday presents...

little photos though..cause' we were busy eating..such gluttons we are..haha..the pics were stolen from jul's blog..cause' i have stopped bringing out my own cam ages ago..haha

the fountain of wealth...

taken in the toilet..hee...nice lighting..

grace and i bought jul a Guess wallet for her birthday...but we were too tempted to get one for ourselves too..so, now the three of us have the same wallet..haha..

is it the JAG*s bond or the shopaholic at work?..both i guess..

jul bought me a bag from Circus Circus, Vegas...woohoo...all the way from US!

candies and snacks from US too...

necklace from Chomel...given by grace...hee..very sweet and it is in the shape of stars!!

bracelet below was given by phylicia..a gold-coloured bracelet..love it lots man...i am gonna wear it for xmas!!...

forgot when i went out with phylicia but it was pretty last minute..she treated me to kenny rogers too..yummy yummy~

but i forgot to take pics with her..silly me..will take next time... :P

and thanks to dad for his ang-bao and mum for her dinner treat at the Teochew Restaurant..

all's well and i hope the coming new year will be filled with more happiness and good health!

2007-12-08T12:00:00.000+08:00

6th December 2007..

My Birthday, My Love, My Friends and My Presents..
(Part One)

too much photos to load le..that's why i have got to seperate them in 2 posts. this first one is dedicated to mr cheng..my sweetest baby.. :D

alright, this whole post is all about mushy stuff and lovey-dovey things...haha

met mr cheng at about six plus in the evening to celebrate my birthday...

while i travelled to the location, i was thinking that he might just bring me to the Giraffe Restaurant located just opposite PS..as for the 'water' thingy, i have absolutely no clue about it!

but then, it was a small trick to divert my attention...haha..when i met him, he brought me to the MRT and told me that we are going somewhere else..

i seriously have no idea where he was bringing me..

and when i did, it was such a romantic place to have dinner at!...

haha, he booked the Sky Dining for the both of us~...location is at the Harbourfront Centre, just beside Vivocity..and we had our dinner high up in the air, in a cable car!

here's the pics..

the sample cable car on display..picture is pretty dark, cause i forgot to bring my digicam and relied on my hp camera instead..the pics were a big injustice to the place...but then, tried my best to take pretty pics!

hee...excited and scared~...haha..we are both pretty afraid of heights!

the Sky Dining Registration...i think he blew about 140 bucks for the dinner..quite ex..but we got to sit in the cable-car to and fro sentosa three times while having surprises and dinner inside!

got small small star on the cable too~

the very capable and smart staff..
within minutes, we are in the cable-car~..hee...

menu for the day..

there were 3 surprises altogether..
the first one..pink flowers!..hee..all along, it was well hidden in his paperbag..

snap..snap..snap...the beautiful view..

big big cruise...

here comes the food~
this is the starter of tomato soup and salmon salad..yummy~

mr cheng had beef and i had salmon..

started dining at 7 but it turned dark pretty fast..

haha, note this pic, there's this man in white behind..
not some eerie pic la, it's just that we passed by the HarbourFront Centre when i snapped the pic, so captured the staff lor...

*mr cheng acting like an Englishman..haha

the cable-car gang are pretty smart in earning..they would take a pic for you in the beginning and ask if you wanted to purchase it..well, we both fell for it..thus 20bucks went to a 8R sized photo and 2 small pics of us in the cable-car..

my second surprise..Blackforest cake from BreadTalk..

after the ride, it's back to pictures taking time again!

the display set was so nice..even had the "i love you" cushion and.....

and teddy bears!..

hee..

just when i thought that it's the end..he suggested we go for a walk along Sentosa..
and so we went...walk walk walk...

haha..then came the third suprise for the day..
we were talking halfway when he knelt down and proposed!

"Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words hold my hand
In other words darling kiss me

Fill my life with song
And let me sing forevermore
You are all I hope for
All I worship and adore
In other words please be true
In other words I love you "

2007-12-06T13:04:00.000+08:00

yeh..yeh...

happie birthday to myself~

haha...it's a year older, yet again..

meeting mr cheng later at Plaza Singapura..he told me a week ago that he had planned a small surprise for me and refused to tell me where and what..funny thing is..he even has a dress code for his suprise..like how i've to be wearing formal clothings, specifically a dress..

i tried asking him if a top and skirt would do and he says a dress would be better..and he even wanted me to bring spare shirt and shorts and footwear...i asked him if i needed to bring my bras and undies (since they all come together ma..)..he didn't really answer me though..

haha, now it's very weird..if i were to wear a dress..it would be un-glam to lag along a big bag to put those stuff inside..but if i were to bring a small mini bag and put those spare clothes in a big paper bag..it seems a bit troublesome...

i was initially thinking that he might just bring me to some 'water' place..but after going through the whole of PS in my mind..i can't think of any places where there are sea or swimming pool!

maybe i am thinking too much..that silly boy..he told me not to expect a lot..cause' it's a small surprise..but then, the way he is saying it, how can i not expect so much?..haha..it better be a good surprise lor..i tried hinting..ok, maybe not hinting but openly telling him that maybe he should just give me a Destinee diamond for birthday..

but everytime i bring that up, he would just whislte away..silly boy..

anyway, i am just happie to be at home now...blogging and shaking my legs and hugging teddy..it has been a long time since i last slacked around at home, thinking about nothing and literally nothing..ha!

tomorrow's gonna be another good day too...

i am meeting jul and gracie!!!...finally i am seeing Grace Victoria Loganathan..hahaha..i just spelt her full name out!!..

haha, i hope we can make it for high tea or something, i've never really done that in a long long long time...

and tomorrow night...i'm going flats-viewing with mr cheng..woohoo..i was happie like mad when he told me our agent found 3 flats near the AMK Hub for viewing...but the super super good news is 2 of them are the blk 700 series de!!

haha, the blk 700 series are the newly built ones that's just located beside AMK hub, super convenient and good lor...hope it's nice and of a good price~

woo!...before i forget, must mention this..my cousin Dion was on the Newpaper cover on Saturday..1st December 2007..haha, if you missed it..here's a few pics of it..

didn't recognise him initially..it was till i saw the whole lot of words and name did i realised that it was him...haha...the mini superstar!

it's a Temasek Poly ad, btw..my old school!

2007-12-01T16:42:00.000+08:00

haha..i am in a mood to blog today!..since i've got nothing packed for today and mr cheng is working night shift..

woke up yesterday morning with a slight sprain pain on my right leg, near to the heel area...rubbed some ointment last night and thought it would all disappear today..but i was so wrong..it was feeling more swollen today..

haiz...i don't know what's happening to me...hope it gets better..mr cheng says he will rub it for me tomorrow..but he's just too strong..i can't imagine myself screaming and shouting at him..

anyway, i found a few dresses online for my ROM photoshoot..haha, i actually bought one from Joop already but looking through the pics, the dresses are pretty nice..haha..but nah, shall see see only..

no point wasting so much $$ for a photoshoot...

here's some pics..it aren't really fanciful but just simply and elegant...just what i had in mind...

:D

really need to lose plenty of weight liao...need to look pretty!..haha..i thought i was kiasu over the ROM thingy..but my godsis is as excited as me..haha, she bought a dress for my ROM le..haha

it looks nice and sweet~..hee

oh yeah, and our HDB loan thingy is approved le..can loan up to S$449,000.000

haha...can't believe i am buying a house...such a big adult thingy..but i heard that the property prices are rising like mad now..

haiz..hope it gets lower next year!

2007-12-01T15:32:00.000+08:00

it's a pretty 'image-heavy' post..

hee..yesterday was a fun day..not a typical boring Friday Night..

cause' it was nearly half a working day and I met up with 3 good friends at Yinyen's Mini Pre-Wedding Meeting..

it was fun..haha..

work was near to half day cause' there was a corporate retreat at Orchid Country Club at Yishun...started at 9am but ended at about 3.40pm...haha..and did i forget to mention that tea-break was half hour and lunch break was an hour and a half..

haha..super good..i hope we have more of this..wee~...and my colleague was good enough to 'long-bang' me all the to Kembangan MRT, which was just an MRT stop away from Bedok..super heng...no need to squeeze with other people in the train and spend an hour and a half getting back to the east..

i was simply sitting my butt off in the morning train to the location..

anyway, took a few pics at the Club..but due to time constraint, only explored a few places in the Club, not bad though..had a big pool and a few restaurants..

but blah, it's too far North..

the ballroom's chandeliers..

sleepy after lunch~

with Bee Khim and Kim..

it's about talking and playing~

crazy about flowers these days~..haha

went back home to change clothes before meeting the gals..haha, i met jul at Bedok before heading off to Vivocity to meet the rest at Marche..and when we reached, haha..realised we had a little bitsy of time left and decided to go shop..

haha..big mistake...i managed to grab a tank at MNG and a top at Pull and Bear within half an hour..i am horrible..i don't know how mr cheng will react to this, considering i was supposed to save $$..haha..but it's too nice and too good to resist..and the best part is, i didn't intent to go into these shops...jul wanted to go and when i followed in, i actually found things to buy..

haha..horrible..the two of us..oh, and she bought a new bag from Pull and Bear too..haha...another one, again..

took this pic at MNG..haha, secretly..

my outfit for the night..haha..i wore leggings for the first time..hee..love this dress..bought it from AMK hub for a mere 20 over bucks!

my first xmas tree of 2007~..it's coming, it's coming!!..xmas is coming!!

the pretty gals...
from left: Vanessa, Yinyen, Jul, me and Gladys..

yinyen's sister Vanessa came along too..haha, pretty babe..we used to take pics with her at their previous Sims Drive home..

after so many years~..haha..yinyen's actual day Wedding is on 21st June 2008!...

the food...haha, that was Gladys hands by the side..the silly girl wants her hands in the pic..

wanted to take a pic out of the blue and Gladys was cut off beside me..haha

ta da!..finally!!...

who would forget the Marche cows?

finally, going home time!

haha, this pic is cute...two silly gals..

well..that's all...it was a good meeting after so many many years...laugh and laugh and laugh~..

haha, and we even marked down in our calenders when to meet to see yinyen's photo albums and her Hen's Party!..

woohoo..hope 2008 comes fast~...

2007-11-27T22:03:00.001+08:00

sometimes, i really hate my family..to such an effect that i secretly hope that i would get married off soon so that i would no longer have to come face-to-face with them so often.

before you start pointing your supposed 'correct' fingers' at me, you may wish to exit this page first. cause' no one really knows that truth of my family and i. i have never really told anyone the story cause' it's just pointless to talk about it, or would 'rant' be a better word, as used by others?

my mum just told me that my attitude was bad and that i shouldn't be speaking to her that way. maybe i was a little crude but i don't really care. it's not as if she really cared enough as a mother. she has failed terribly. i started eating out my breakfast, lunch and dinner at a tender age of like eleven or twelve years?

nah, the reason was not because she was busy working or earning money. the reason was because she has to play mahjong almost everynight. so she would give me a pathetic 2 to 3 bucks to settle my dinner. i never ate breakfast at home cause' she leaves for work early. i never even ate bread that she made in the mornings.

lunch was somehow settled at school. i dislike the fact that my fellow classmates and schoolmates would say goodbye so fast cause' their mother is cooking for them a meal at home.

and i hate it when my dad calls back from overseas and i have to lie to him in the night that i don't know where my mum went. but he knew the truth anyway.

she never once gave me any money for buying stationary, not even Pilot pens or any fancy rubbers. once when i was caught stealing cheap glitter glue from NTUC, she went to fetch me and just scolded me a little.

after that, in the evening, she told me to eat the fried rice i have cooked in school in the noon for dinner. and she promptly left for mahjong, yet again.

i had wanted her to taste it, i had wanted her to ask me what's my problem for stealing.

but she never.

and one of my most memorable mahjong times were her bringing me along on those gambling days and me eating in other people's house and even to an extent of sleeping on their floor. afterwhich, we had to brave the heavy stormy rain to walk home. did i mentioned that it was after midnight?

when i was older in my secondary school, i simply can't be bothered with my mother. she was in every sense of the word, not really my mother.

my dad gave me 30bucks per week for school. just like my primary school days, i would divide the money among breakfast, lunch, dinner and stationary. it was a little pathetic, not enough to spend at times too. but i managed to, through cooking plain rice and eating with soya sauce or eggs at times.

during my poly days, my dad gave me 50bucks per week. i managed to pass through the 3 years through working part-time though. money was simply not enough when you have to eat out for all 3 meals, buy clothes, pay hp bills and all other project stuff.

and i think i should also thank Lawrence for seeing me through one of my toughest stage in life. he paid for much stuff and provided me emotional and financial support through those 6 years.

my worst time in poly got to be the time where i was working and studying for my final year exams. my classmates and my mum wouldn't understand what i was going through. my mum even commented once that i should not be so crazy in work.

but, does she understand that once i stop my hands, my money supply would stop too?

no, she wouldn't. my dad gave her monthly family income and most of it went to her friends' mahjong table. what do i get out of all those years?

a scarred heart, a kind of independence that scares myself at times.

but i guess one good thing do come out from all those years, my ability to fight. i have fought a lot and i still stand strong.

i used to think that my life was one of the worst till i met ZM and Kelvin..

"there's always someone far more worst than you in the world..if they can survive, why can't you?"

i have never really told anyone this story cause everytime when i think about it, i would cry.

even now, i find myself unknowingly tearing.

i am getting married to mr cheng and i am happily looking forward to it. cause' at least, now i know he is someone i can rely on without pondering if he would treat me like how my mum would.

i do not ask for much, i just want to leave my past behind and move on to a new family.

my mum just commented that i would be treating my in-laws in the same rude attitude i've treated her.

but i can tell you that it will never happen. cause' i know, no matter how, i would go back home to a family who has cooked warm food for me and someone who waits for me.

"because of you, i was once a police officer,
so that i could offer protection to people,
the kind that you have deprived me of.

because of you,
i used to fear love and families,
but today, i stay strong and welcoming to all.

because of you,
i was once ashamed of my life cause' it's worthless and ugly

because of you,
i had once so wanted to die

because of you,
i once felt empty of love and care.

because of you,
i faked a lot of smiles in front of our relatives

because of you,
i fear till i am immune

i'll never forget the pain and hurt.
but i'll let it go
cause' of God."

2007-11-27T21:17:00.000+08:00

super scary 5 mins ago..i was logging onto Blogger when the screen prompted me that some 'cookie' is missing..

so i smartly clicked on the 'Help' button which explained about some internet privacy thingy..and as usual, i don't really get such stuff..

but thankful enough, after some silly clicks, it's back to normal..super 'heng'..

and i just discovered something not so good today..haha..my workplace does not allow me to enter certain webpages that includes Multiply and Yahoo Mail..

i didn't bother trying Blogger or Friendster cause' if Multiply does not work, i do not see how Friendster would. kind of sad though..thought i could kill some time by blogging or looking through some bitchy photos..haha..i think my boss would faint at the sight of this.

i have been busy shopping for myself these days..bought like 3 dresses in a week..one in red and two in white..but i've changed one of the white one to a black one..

had bought one white for my coming ROM photoshoot but it didn't turn out as nice as i wanted it to be..plus mr cheng does not seem very fond of it..

so i went back to SENSE to change it and dropped by JOOP to get a new white dress..

i like the second one quite a far bit though..but mr cheng seems to have different views..but then, nevermind..i am the one wearing it anyway..and we'll have a better and nicer looking one for the ROM from the bridal shop..

talking about the shop 'SENSE'..just kind of make my blood boil..

i bought the dress in CityLink after work but decided to change it at Tampines Mall since it's so much nearer to my home..but the service there is simply f* up.

just read:

me: hi, i bought a dress and i would like to change the colour.

the 3 to 4 salesgirls: huh?

me ( trying best to sound patient): i bought a dress a few days back and would like to change the colour, only colour, not size or design.

the 3 to 4 salesgirls: (takes my package, open up, see receipt, puts it back): solly, you MUST go back to citylink change leh, cause' not buy from here one.

me (irriatated): but it's only a change of size. ok, since it's that way, would you be able to help me call them to check if they have the colour? (i have to ask this cause' it's gonna be an hr trip away)

the 3 to 4 salesgirls: erm, you got to call yourself leh....

me: i know, but i would REALLY APPRECIATE it if YOU could help me call and check to see if they have it!

the 3 to 4 salesgirls: (stunned and blurr!!!)

supervisor: yes, may i know what's the matter?

me: (repeated my exchange thingy..)

supervisor: (looks at the salesgirls and myself..) ya, can ah, change for her...

so much for a change of colour..it's either the salesgirls are stupid or plain lazy or simple 'i can't be bothered, i only salesgirl ma'..

oh, maybe i forgot to include the fact that when i went for the exchange, i was dressed in plain t-shirt and Giordano shorts with slip-ons..

yes, i wasn't glam or anything pretty..but that was rude though. they didn't even bother to check and double check. stupid fat ass sales people..so much for 'Good Quality Service' in Singapore..

i think we still have a looooooooooooooooooooooooong long way to go..............

and talking about things that piss me off..let's talk about something that pisses me off everyday..

like taking a train..i just don't understand why some people are so think skinned to squeeze themselves right in front of me just so that they could hold on to that damn pole for support!

and that is not all, these people must hold on to it from point A to point B while poor me (note: in my tiny little pair of HEELS) is trying to gain support from my poor legs and the little act of balancing i've been mastering..

thank God there's Flying Dutchman and Glenn on the Morning Show to peak up the mornings..

talking about Flying Dutchman..i was reading the previous issue of 8-Days where the writer have pretended to be Zoe Tay's PA and called up a few restaurants including McDonald's to see if the name Zoe Tay could get you a free meal.. (that was done with Zoe Tay's permission, btw)

the Mcdonald's wasn't funny..there was one which was super nice..

Hua Ting (supposed to be an elegant, upmarket Chinese Restaurant)
their staff replied: Zoe Tay? What company is that?

well, maybe not that funny. but think about this, imagine what if i replaced the name with Flying Dutchman?

reply: Flying Dutchman? you mean the Dutch people know how to fly ah?

ok ok. not that funny.

haha..now i need to clarify something. I meant my heart and lungs and soul for the part on the blogger and my complain of SENSE. BUT...the last part where i talk about Flying Dutchman is part of a joke, i don't mean to insult or imply an insult to anyone or company.

but, the Zoe Tay part was truly taken from the 8-Days issue no. 892, dated 22 Nov 2007, the one with the 'Enchanted' cover.

speaking about 'Enchanted'..it's a damn nice movie..loved it!!..especially the princess dresses made from non other than the curtains..haha..shall not reveal more, do watch it..it's a girl's fantasy..and well, a guy's too..cause' i watched it with mr cheng and he enjoyed it too!

byee...

2007-11-18T16:05:00.000+08:00

the thunders are coming..so loud and clear..scary scary..

arrgh...gotta be out later at about 5 to my nephew's birthday party at Sturdee Road..only my mum and i are going..

dad's staying home and mr cheng is at an important event deployment..my poor baby, he's gotta be in camp for a week, and that's residential camp which means staying in for a whole one week..

poor thing, since he won't be getting enough sleep and good food..

but i told him not to worry about me..cause' i'll have good guys taking care of me..haha, he blew his angry by throwing my teddy around and telling me that he'll beat that person up..

haha...nah, i won't be that bad..afterall mr cheng is too good..

:D

the past 2 weeks at work has been alright...the following few weeks would be rather tough though..will be taking up some files to do follow-up from beginning to end..i'm not complaining though..i know this is what every newbie has to go through..and that period of time is given a good name "probate"..

haiz..but being busy ain't such a bad idea too..at least i'm having stuff to keep myself occupied..

as for my initially plans to take up Yoga..well..i think i might need some time to adjust to my current schedule first..cause' i am spending my weekends sleeping and lazing..

i am planing for a mini holiday with mr cheng but i'll have to see if he can take leave and if my work permits me to fly off to do some shopping..i am thinking of HK though..hahaha..

it will definately be a no-no for him, cause' we're planning to go next year again..

and come to think of it, Batam's Spa and Massage just sounds good too!..

haha..well..see first la..no money already..will be spending quite a bit towards december and may next year..

let's hope that Bonus is Big and Fat!!..

2007-11-10T22:38:00.000+08:00

mr cheng and i

taken in the bridal studio..

taken during Deeparaya 2007

the below pics were taken on 09/11/2007 while we were taking a rest at McDonald's at Clarke Quay..haha, i got bored and started snapping around like mad and he kind of got into the act!

smile!

gettin' bored?

we are not!..hahaha

hee..too happie for words!

p/s: from a long long time ago..

haha, in the end, i decided against getting a E65 cause' it has no radio..but i got myself a super value for money phone though, it's a classic 6120..

it is a 3.5 G phone, has a 512 MB card, has radio and is able to play most kind of songs, has a front and a back camera (2mp) and most of all, it's a cheap steal at S$18..haha, you didn't see wrongly. i traded my old Nokia6260 which is unfortunately only worth 50 bucks. but it managed to cut the price of the phone from 68 bucks to 18 bucks..

haha, even my bluetooth was also a steal, only 48bucks. think M1 was havig a nokia bluetooth promo..thus the lucky me!!..

haha, i love Nokia..and i'll never stray to other stupid brands again!

2007-11-10T22:03:00.000+08:00

not that i had not been blogging these days, just that my a few of my previous entries were made private.

just did not find it necessary to share some 'hard to accept/swallow' facts out in the open. it ain't anything glamour or exciting, just some of my rantings here and there.

i have started work at my new place about a week ago. so far, life's been alright. i think i shall reserve my initial feelings and observations till much much later. people at work are nice too. most of the people sitting around me are grown-ups, all older than me in fact. they are either married or married with kids.

in fact, i do like working with people older than me. they are more experienced and way better and mature in dealing with their emotions and thoughts, at least no more of those childish kiddos.

i have a table of my own and it's located along the walkway to the lawyers' rooms. it's quite a strategic location though cause' everyone who walks by gets a glimpse of whatever i am doing. haha, good or bad? :P

but at least, now i have a desk to call my own. a computer to personalise my wallpapers and save my docs, though i have not really got into it yet. i have brought along my own mug, my sweater, my 3-in-1 cereals pack, some strawberry wafers and cookie biscuits to munch when my stomach is hungry before lunch starts.

the working time is alright too, i report for work at 8.30, go for a hour lunch break at 1, go back at 6 from mons to thurs and 5.30 on fris. i am getting back my free time of PH and sats and suns too.

haha, just that i have got lots of laundry to clear though. it's been piling like crazy since i started work. partly cause' i was lazy and partly cause' i was sick on Mon. had initially wanted to call in sick but decided against it. just seems a taboo to talk about MC when i have just started work. but thank God, everything's alright now, Panadol, sleep and my little teddy FF kind of cured it all.

but above all these, there are 2 persons whom i think i should thank from the bottom of my heart.

God. for keeping me in safe times and being there.

Mr Cheng. for calling and SMS-ing me to ask about my job and for fetching me from work during his off days and bringing my dinner from his mama all the way from AMK. that was really sweet though. in our bid to be closer and to save a little $$, we have been trying to either eat home or bring out lunch/dinner boxes.

it does not really save tonnes of money but it kind of brought us closer to be eating home-cooked meals (cooked either by him or his mama) together in gardens.

maybe it's our own way of being romantic i guess.

and we've been kind of busy too, looking into things and stuff. we've booked a package with My Bridal Room just about a week plus back. went to check on the package and it's too good to resist though. we both love the gowns and pics and thus, the decision to book it.

as for the wedding bands, we went about looking for the past few weeks and just yesterday, we kind of decided on the perfect pair which we both liked to the max. haha, it ain't cheap though, it's a Destinee diamond wedding band costing a total of about 3k. haha, we kind of have a lobang for a cheaper price so we'll see if it works..

mr cheng and i had also decided on a date and some other minor stuff. but we'll have to get into a whole lot of planning first.

hee...and we both have to start losing the extra weight to look good!!..

hee, that shall be all for now. i have nothing much le. sorry if i seem to be blogging a lot about my future with mr cheng. it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing and i am so nervous and panicky at the thought of it. i have been thinking a lot these days, good and bad and i just wanna say that i've decided on somthing i really wanted to do and i hope that i can get the support of family and friends.

i have not officially told my side of the family yet, just needed to get past xmas and this year before i start saying things on a more serious note. the timing is important cause' it ain't only about me and mr cheng. it's about our families and friends. which is why i've only told this matter in more detail to JAG*s and phylicia.

these are people whom i trust a lot and whom i know will be there for whatever i chose to do. thanks babes, sorry if i have been missing lately. promise we'll have more time together!..i am on office-hour anyway..haha

2007-10-18T13:20:00.000+08:00

i know i've been missing these days..

nothing much actually, just drowning in work stuff and private life. everything i've called familiar is gonna come to an end in just 2 weeks time.

out of the blue, i kind of miss some things that my present job offers. the challenges, the laughter, the fights and everything. it ain't easy to leave, though i have said it many a time that i can't wait to move on. there are some things that i can't take with me and leave. though there are some memories i can take and be gone with, there's still this difference in everything.

i can still keep in touch with my colleagues through calls and emails. maybe even through CSSP events that they organise each year but it's just sad to just leave and say goodbye.

funny though, today when i was on bus, i just kept thinking of the many things i won't be doing anymore. like the same old bus 67 which takes me home every morning and night and the boring chicken burger from Jenny's.

there are some things that people can't leave behind or buy. and such things i have gonna say goodbye to are one of them.

sometimes, i would ponder again and again if this is what i really want? to detach myself and just leave?

but no matter what, i have to move on. like everyone else, to build something on my own.

:D

today was supposed to be an in-house training day but it was cancelled last minute due to the low number of people turning up. it was supposed to be good news since i could go do my own stuff but it turned otherwise when it was announced that the training was postponed and not cancelled.

and the proposed date is on 30th october, which is before i leave. so, i guess i'll still have to attend.

i have kind of loaded all my HK photos to my laptop but i am kind of lazy as well to upload them into blogger. but i'll try. give me some more time.

haha..procrasinator.

and a piece of goodie news, to me.

gonna go get my new hp later..woohoo..no more 'hanging' or 'lagging' anymore. after much considerations, i think E65 is a good deal!!..

stay tuned!

2007-10-09T14:23:00.000+08:00

Something Heartfelt from Within..

Just read this off a blog..

"i'll be with your kor today if you want to speak to me, to scold me or whatever.But please, whatever that is intended for me, i hope it's not being channled forcefully to someone else.

I know what you meant, i guess u misunderstood me?Moving on in life does not mean having to be apart...A future with me, is just as possible as a future with me.It's just that things have to end in such a terrible heart wrenching way.

I'm looking a t the future, a very far ahead one, and i'm working towards it. With visible efforts.
I guess it's just not enough, for you to want it. To take a risk, to take a chance once more.

Quote:"i guess this is the time where we individually seek closure. "

i never once seeked closure. It was only because you wanted it, that i had no choice. You are trying to close at your end, but my end remains open, as there was no door there in the first."

Took it from Shiei..

when i first read it, it kind of touched my heart. i did not know who was the owner of the blog but after some reads here and there and by the nick, guess it's kel.

i do not know what really happened but looking through the paragraphs, it seems to be something negative. but i guess i shall not ask anything.

his post just reminded me of someone once so near but yet so far.

i don't know about you guys, but i am a person who can blog better when i overwhelmed with negative emotions, especially in relationships.

blogging is a good way for me to voice out the many things i keep within. blogging is one way i get to say out things that i usually hide from people. blogging is a good way to face up to myself.

it is indeed sad to be blogging about a closure of a relationship. no one likes that in fact.

but i hope things work themselves out in the end. for better or for worst, there's always a reason. we all learn from it and grow from it.

"I have gotta pack my stuff and bid farewell soon,
it's finally a goodbye to a place i once called close and to you whom i once thought so dear

does it hurt you a little?
does it make you wonder why everything was so simple and easy?
does it surprise you when i kept quiet all these while?

i thought about you some hours and numerous minutes back.
i had chances to create some conversations with you but it was fated that we missed each other.
when i last spoke to you, i was glad that you sounded alright and 'normal'
afterall, you had been avoiding me like plague

but i had always wished we could have this one last chance to talk about everything and anything.

just this one last time to talk,
for you to ask about me and where i am heading to.
a short and good conversation."

one last time.

2007-10-05T14:39:00.000+08:00

the weather is so hot and humid today!..

though i am in the comfort of my own room, the heat outside is simply unbearable..i can feel it emitting through the walls eh..

initially planned to do something but i guess i'll cancel on the plans..the weather's too much to take..

and everything in Singapore is expensive..yesterday, me and baby went to recee some stuff and it ain't cheap..

well, i am feeling way too hot to blog..gotta catch some TV programs instead..

oh, and someone from CSI is dying. that's sad..

btw, blogger's gone all crazy yet again..i can't change my blog song and do some good amendments without seriously messing up the alighnments and paragraphs..

shit.

2007-09-27T23:35:00.000+08:00

there are much surprises in this blog..

1. i just rebonded my hair..i know, i know..i seemed to have just permed it..but counting down, it's been about 3 months ago that i permed it..

haha..i just can't take the dry bitzy ends anymore..and so i walked into Far East Plaza's 'Klearcut' and rebonded..not bad though..shall not reveal the price here..cause' i kind of under-declare it to mr cheng..oops..

2. i'm gonna change my job!..haha..that kind of explains my MSN tagline as 'to where i belong'..i wouldn't say for sure it's confirmed where i wanna be..but at least it's back to normality..i no longer have to work night shifts and get deployed non-stop for festive seasons e.g New Year and other impt functions..i can have time for family.. :D

this decision is not a rash act or anything, it's actually a consideration that came after some months of thinking and pondering..i did explore the other career routes within my present organisation but none of it gave me what i was looking for..

i guess i kind of needed a change of environment and people..and a few incidents over the past few months just made me more persistent in my decision. i guess i shall leave the risky jobs to other people and be happy at a '9 to 5', mon to fri job. the good thing about it is that i am still a civil servant having more or less the same benefits and salary. shall not reveal more about benefits and salary here but i would say it's a great deal though.

i can start meeting friends and relatives during weekends and go for some fitness or Yoga classes after work or even persue my studies..hee..

i am due for the transfer coming 2nd November..that's like a month plus later..i think it would come by fast though. i am clearing off my work now, not that i have much to hand over though. i can't wait to leave and start work in a completely new environment. but at the same time, i am a little sad and afraid too. Sad that i am leaving my organisation of 3 years, my colleagues whom i have called friends. it's difficult to leave a place where you have reported for work for 15 days in a month and played and laughed.

but, like a Chinese saying, 'there ain't no dinner that would not disperse'..i am translating directly from it so pardon the bad English. but it's like no matter how great something is, it is bound to come to an end one day. and that one day is coming soon for me.

though anxious to welcome a brand new environment and challenge, i am afraid too. afraid that i might not meet up to standards. it's been quite a long time since i last touched on anything related to civil procedures. it was in fact, my most hated module in school. well, i shall not go into how annoying the lecturer was.

well, whatever way it is. i will try my best at work. nothing's too tough to handle, just difficult perhaps.

and my new office is located within 5 mins walking distance to City Hall MRT. so, if anyone wants a lunch or dinner date with me, i am free!!

3. now this is the real shocker, i guess. to me, that is. haha..i am actually looking for a flat with mr cheng. haha..this seems like a open-ended question..

no worries, i am not pregnant or in a hurry to get married off. i still wanna have my rights as a single and enjoy my singlehood..

it's just that after the HK trip, mr cheng and i had a little talk and we decided that we wanna have a place to call our own. the rest is history. worry not, nothing much happened in HK..

haha..

this piece of news is not really officially announced, yet. maybe to a few close friends and colleagues. it's a whole lot of $$ involved and decisions to be made. we're in the planning stage. so further details much much later.

but, if you people have any lobangs in AMK flats, tell me.

i supposed grace would be happy to read this cause' i just mentioned AMK. haha..grace stays in AMK and i think it would be a good idea to be her neighbour..haha..

4. i am having a JAG*s meeting tomorrow with the other 2 gluttons..i wonder what's for dinner though..hungry liao..ate only porridge in the night..but i am happy to see them..gonna pass them the gifts from HK, nothing much but it's a sovenir thingy..

5. nothing much already..the above are the current big shockers in my life..haha..but if you're interested to know, i bought 5 bags, 2 flats, 1 heels, 1 sneakers, uncountable clothes from Espirit, Bossini, Ladies Market and Temple Street from HK. Went to Disneyland and ate like crazy with mr cheng. haha, our bags weighed 39 kg when checked in, just a kilo away from being overloaded..

haha, yes, we are indeed crazy shoppers.

btw, i am looking for some home deco magazines, tell me if anyone knows where and which is good.

2007-09-27T23:09:00.000+08:00

A way overdue post...

being together for the past 8 months, mr cheng and i did what most couple would in the mid-stage of couplehood..that is to have a couple ring..

it was a simple affair on 11/09/2007 over lunch at Suntec's Sakae Sushi..and we even had a special guest with us too..the addition to our soft-toy family, 'small FF bear'..this is in addition to our collection of big FF bear, the MM sheep and 5 little bettle bugs..

Sakae Sushi

Our Rings..we chose it together..even has a mini Diamond*..

the mini ff bear..

*8 months and counting~...

2007-09-18T15:44:00.000+08:00

hello!!!

haha...wondering about what i've been up to lately?...woohoo~..just flew over to HK on 12/09/2007 and touched down about 14 hours ago..

HK was great, wonderful, esctatic, beautiful, enjoyable and everything good!!..haha..mr. cheng completely busted his budget while i am left with about 2000HKD..(partly cause' mr cheng paid for part of my shopping and every little thing..)

the pics will be up soon..gonna go to work later..(which is a bore..)but i'm happie!!...

2007-09-04T15:23:00.000+08:00

as i am thinking of what to type in this long abandoned blog..i suddenly hear my neighbours' kids having such a conversation:

girl 1: shouting like crazy..(have no idea over what..but i guess they're playing teacher and students..)

girl 2: (starts to sob like mad..)

boy: horrrr....you make her cry...just now you make her cry then now again...horrrr...

child's innocence: priceless..

it's the 'horrr' word that made the conversation kind of funny...cause' it reminded me of how every kid in the block would use the word to scare each other when one of them gets into trouble..

and now, it's suddenly all so quiet outside..

weird people?..my neighbours have been the weirdest lot of people i 've known my 23 years of living on mother earth..

one of them actually keeps her pet cat outside along the corridors while she and her family sleeps..they might have the best sound-proof walls and doors and windows..but they have kind of forgotten that their poor neighbour me is sleeping like a unit away and have been hearing the cat's horny meowing almost every night..except when i am on night shift..

the other neighbour on my left is a BIG family i would say..come to my house one day and you know what i mean..they place ponds, pots of flowers, mattresses, pillows, toys..practically everything outside the house..their main door and gate is always open..their 4 or 5 or was it 6?..

whatever the numbers..the kiddos are a great and main source of noise pollution in my block..they practically treat my poor 4-storey block as a BIG playground..and like earlier on, i actually am honoured to hear how they would shout and scream while at their games..

but the worst was having to hear the husband shouting like mad and a baby crying like crazy at the same time..there were so many a time i wanted to just dial 999 and call for the cops..

mind me but that was especially so when i hear unknown man knocking loudly at their door in the middle of the night..i do suspect that they might be owing people some money here and there..but then, it ain't fair to comment on it cause i don't really know if they do..

damn freaky..

well...these two are just but two of my weird neighbours around..i haven't even touched on my upstairs neighbour who causes a leak on my ceiling due to some water thingy..and cats at my block that would get into catfights almost every night..

everyone thinks it's a blessing to be living just a street across from a big police station but i am beginning to think otherwise..

anyway, i think i have spent too much time here..been blogging and surfing the net since 12 plus..

the project's deadline is drawing near and i have a handful of stuff to clear and do..i hope this week passes by real fast!!!

2007-08-27T13:16:00.000+08:00

can you imagine a gal jumping about in her own house with a teddy in hand?

haha..no imaginations further..i just did.

it was over something worth rejoicing!...i told mr cheng about it and he was happy too..

can't wait for September to come..but at the same time, i hope it ain't that fast either. my project's due in the first week of Sept and i am flying off to HK in the second week of Sept..flying off is good..but it isn't that great when i have to save up more money..

i have saved enough to pay for the trip expenses of hotel and flight..but my shopping money is only half-way through!..all my fault for buying and buying so much stuff online..in the past 2 weeks, i bought like 2 tops and a bra online..

and that was in a day and after giving myself some time to think about HK..

i was so crazy that i nearly blew near to a hundred bucks on dresses and tops from Wetseal and ASOS..

and now i've really gotta save more..just chunked out 70 bucks from my coins savings bank..so that will go towards HK too..

and i am still lacking of 500 over bucks..which means i am gonna allow myself to only spend 200 bucks till the next payday..

:

i'll try..anyway.

2007-08-22T13:00:00.000+08:00

yesterday, mr cheng and I had some couple time together and decided to make use of the time to do some cooking..

the result was pretty good..the food was average but the whole process of buying food and groceries and cooking them at home just makes the whole 'couple thingy' so worth it..

we had dou miao, sambal prawns and a yong-tau-foo/dumpling soup..

we took about an hour to cook theses three dishes..and poor mr cheng..he had to help me stir the sauces and put in the ingredients here and there..not forgetting to give him credit for cooking the soup and wrapping the dumplings..

hey, but i did the cooking too..by frying the veges, cooking the prawns and rice..and marinating!!

it was messy fun though..i ain't a born cook..plus i am lazy and do not cook often..and it was my first time cooking vegetables!..haha..thank god everything went alright..though the veges seemed a little overcooked..

haha..but we did enjoy this simple cooking affair together.. :D

and yesterday, i used a new found sambal chilli sauce in NTUC..found it not bad though..and it goes just nice with the prawns..

here's the ultra simple and fast prawns fare..

Ingredients:
20 normal grey prawns (peeled)
one clove of garlic
2 tablespoon cooking oil
Singlong Sambal Balacan Chilli (2 tablespoons)

the thing about this recipe is that everything is linked to the number '2'..so do cook it with your loved one!

first, heat up the pan

then, add in the garlic..

wait for awhile, till you smell the nice garlic fragrance..

then add in the prawns..stir stir a bit..

and then add in the chilli sauce..stir somemore till the prawns are mixed well with the sauce..

then add a little water and stir somemore..

and then, you can serve on plate..

**this is a super fast recipe..preparation takes about 10 to 15 mins..depending on how fast you peel the prawns..for my case, mr cheng did the peeling while i did the chopping..

cooking itself takes about 5mins..

so total time is about 15 to 20mins..

if you're a 'lao jiao' in cooking..think 10 mins also can liao..haha...i am still a newbie at cookery..

btw, the sambal chilli is currently on offer now at NTUC..selling at S$1.95.. :D

and this ain't turning into a 'auntie' blog lor..i am putting the recipe here cause' it tastes good and is beneficial for a newbie like me..haha..this is still a 'hip' blog.. :P

and so, shall end here liao..byee..

2007-08-18T16:08:00.000+08:00

'Tampines Korean Love Story @ Pizza Hut'
starring Mr. Cheng and Me..
Film shooting @ Tampines, Pizza Hut @ 1830hrs..
Produced and Directed by Alicia Yang..

the chicken soup was very nice..had chunks of chicken pieces in it..was creamy too..

the rest of the pics are the food we had..

2 glasses of Pepsi..my fav.

we had the Cheese Fondue thingy..not bad..but the fondue is way too salty..guess it's in the cheese inself..can't be changed..another thing though, the mozerella cheese bites at the side was kind of hard too..but overall was a cheesy affair..would rate it 6/10..

the chicken niblets..

the side platter..love the criss-cross fries and the sweet and spicy drumlets.. *thumbs up!!

and so with this, it marks the end of the 'Tampines Korean Love Story @ Pizza Hut'...

do stay tune for the second episode..haha..

after the dinner, we went to watch 'Rush Hour 3' at Cathay..or was it Eng Wah?

anyway, it was not bad also..but the funny parts were all screened on TV so there wasn't much of a surprise or anything fanciful..

the day was great..and as you can see, the photos were all edited by Photoshop..haha..

but still, i am kepping my fingers crossed that Mr. Cheng will sponsor me to Korea next Year!!..

haha..was sick and running a high fever yesterday morning..thank God dear was around and brought me to see doctor, fed me medicine and food..he even let me sleep on his lap for like an hour while he watched boring channel 8 shows and ended up sleeping on the couch too..

he's just so wonderful..

before i say goodbye..here's my favourite guy and his Pizza..

i love him lots..

thanks baby for everything..you made it all possible!! :P

2007-08-10T22:13:00.000+08:00

National Day..

despite the BIG crowd and lots of running about here and there..i managed to watch the Fireworks at Esplanade area last night..

it was great..with friends and mr cheng..we had a good space and though the view was a bit far, it was as good and as near as we could get..

beside this, i also managed to eat some cold fast food with them before the fireworks began..

and after all these, mr cheng and i headed to eat some porridge at home before heading to bed..

it wasn't all that great towards the end though..was having this bad menstrual cramp that was simply killing me..

it was so terrible that i had difficulties walking about..even the word 'painful' is an understatement..maybe it's normal or maybe something's not quite right..i don't know..but i am thinking that it's normal, it better be..

and so, upon reaching home, mr cheng volunteered to buy the porridge while i did some laundry..

the porridge was good though..he bought a porky porridge and a 'pi dan' porridge..i suddenly forgot the english name for 'pi dan'..think it's preserved egg, is it?

anyway, it was yummy..well, the porridge was alright though..didn't find it that nice...it's the famous Chai Chee Porridge that everyone comes to Bedok Blk 85 market to eat..maybe i've been eating for the past 20 over years, so the novelty kind of rubbed off me..

but eating with him made it all good..went to sleep after the porridge cause' i was simply tired and he was simply exhausted too..

poor boy..he even had to work morning shift today while i am at home lazing and resting..but not exactly feeling all good though..the cramps are back for the 4th day today and i took like 4 panadols..

sometimes, i just wish i'm like one of those gals who can have a peaceful mentrual period..no PMS, no cramps or any of that shit..just plain Blood.

oh well..i think it's getting disgusting in here..

anyway, i think the stressful days are back once again..it's the comeback of 'Project Time' and it's due in September..before i hop on the plane..

well..i've got a few ideas here and there..

but, i am not gonna touch on projects here..it's simply boring..

back to some other topic..

i went out with candy and dayana over the last weekend..but photos gotta wait cause' it's all in candy's camera..we took a few silly pics though..funny stunts, you should see them when i upload it..simply hilarious..

we had a sumptous dinner at the Riverside Indonesian Restaurant..guess we kind of ordered too much though..had a set dinner for 4 persons when there were only 3..but it was worth it..ten odd dollars per pax and you have curry, fish, sotong, otah, vegetables..

and free flow of rice!..haha..i should bring mr cheng there one day, he loves to eat rice..he's such a real cheena guy~..haha..

oh yeah, and the 3 of us caught 'Perfect Stranger' in Cathay..the seats were pretty good!...too bad we were too full for popcorns..i loved popcorns..especially the really yellow-coloured ones that are so sweet and crunchy...sinful indulgence but satisfying.. :D

the show was alright..the actors and actresses' performances were alright though..it does not really have that sort of 'peak time' during the movie where you stay tight in your seats..but the ending was good..it was only till the end that the unexpected becomes reality..

and it's like 'what you thought it is turned out to be otherwise instead'..and you would think and 'ahhh' to yourself about how the title really fitted the movie when they start playing the credits..

not bad a show but i would recommend you to watch it on vcd or dvd instead..would give the show 3/5..for Halle Berry and the story plot..

but i would definately not recommend this show to any pretty bimbos out there..it's too intellectual a movie for bimbos..

when the show ended..candy, dayana and me were in the lift when a bimbo started talking about the movie and commented that she does not understand the movie and that the story was so complex and complicated..

it's either she's not paying attention (maybe she's hanky-panky-ing with her bf in the cinema..don't blame me for saying this, but bimbos are like that what..) or she's kind of intellectually challenged..

or maybe we're too old and smart..

oh well..

back to movies..there's recently movie starring Jay Chou..apparently he composes the plays the music and songs in it too..

wonder if it's nice..anyone who caught it, do let me know..i'm kind of curious about it cause' the title sounds not too bad..it's called 'secret'..

everyone has secrets..just a matter of good or bad and how dark the secret gets..

btw, i saw someone from the past just few days back..the feelings are no longer the same..i am cool and calm..the particular someone no longer revoke any sort of feelings in me..

it's all over, i supposed?..those long nights and tears-filled moments..and i think it's good that i still can't find the answers to some questions..there ain't any purpose in finding those answers anyway..'what you don't know won't hurt'..

what i already knew have hurted quite a far bit, so i guess there isn't such a need to know more than i should..

'a mistake to begin with
what more had i asked for?
what more do i get?
sometimes when you walk till the end of the road
there ain't better way than to say goodbye and part
i don't have a choice, do i?
when i started asking,
i get no answers but echos from the walls
i started filling in the blanks with tears
till the tears run dry and sorrow starts filling in instead.
are you happier now?
i no longer care.
it's not as if you cared if i am.'

2007-08-10T12:06:00.000+08:00

On 1st August 2007...mr. cheng and i went down to Cheenatown to book our HK tics..and so it's decided that we'll be away for a week to HK..flying via Cathay Pacific and staying at the hotel by the name of Majestic Hotel along Nathan Road..we've initiallly wanted Nathan Hotel but apparently it's fully booked..

but this is not bad too...our 2nd choice..it's between 2 MTR (i forgot the exact name but it's their form of our MRT)..location is also near the famous Pasar Malam 'Ladies Market' where shopping is high priority!..

haha..i'm a happy gal and mr cheng's a happy boy..but the trip set us back by about S$900 per pax..which works out to about S$1800 in total..and including Disneyland which we intend to go y ourselves..it would set us back by about 2k..

well..it's not everyday that we would go to HK..

the trip was a little subsidised by some benefit scheme that our company has..so after the benefit thingy, it's about S$740...not too bad though..for a week away at HK..if we knew about this benefit thingy earlier..should have gone for 8..or maybe 9 days?

haha..i ain't crazy lor..when i spoke to jul about the trip..she told me her family went for a total of 10 days last year!..haha..we're all crazy shoppers aren't we?..

and i've already planned which luggage to bring..what clothes to wear..what bags to bring to lug back all the purchases..

looks 'kiasu'?..no..it's only a month away...and i can't wait for the day to come!..i've been kind of saving money here and there so that i could have the biggest shopping spree...

well..i've gotta go plan the itinery liao..i planned halfway the other day...

so, to keep you entertained a little more..here are pics of the hotel that i got from this great webbie..www.kktravel.com

it's good cause' it has pics from several different angles so you can guage for yourself how big or small the room is..mine's a little small cause' the land on Nathan Road is expensive..so hotels can only best maximise their profits by building smaller rooms...

the hotel has a gym!..haha..mr cheng can go work out while i shop!

2007-07-29T18:56:00.000+08:00

i went to work on Saturday and it was in the early hours of 6am that i reported..we had a short meeting before setting off for our work and there was this funny comment made by one of my colleagues that only a few persons caught it..

he was saying '...hope they won't be doing it cause' there's only a thin line between sanity and insanity..'

it was kind of funny though..in the midst of the briefing and in the early morning..but only me and a few were smiling over it..

was it because the guys in the room were sleepy?..or not really into the briefing?..or simply unable to catch that wacky joke in the early hours?..

oh well..i kind of thought it to be funny though..

the weekend has been busy..mr cheng is working OT on his off days..but we've decided to book our HK tics this coming week so that it's a burden off the mind..

hee...we've planned some stuff here and there and the special day is coming in a month and a half..

:D

can't wait to pack my luggage and fly~..

woohoo..alright..gotta go..there's some good shows on TV..

bye..

2007-07-27T15:06:00.000+08:00

there's such a thin line between life and death.

sometimes you spend so much time trying to save people and then you would realise the next moment that you can't save all. i accept that fact, in fact, i have been living well with it. Life and Death forms part and parcel of life. But i kind of hate it when i get to hear about people dying, people already dead and worst still, people who are gone in split seconds just in front of me.

i have so much fear and phobias inside me that i can't really voice out. it's confidential, it's not supposed to be said, it's too sensitive to talk about.

but what am i to do and how am i supposed to deal with the fact that i am now developing a fear for nites out on the roads and the corridors?

people can always say that they understand but how do they when they have not been to where i was and stood so near to fear but yet still putting up a brave front cause' you are not supposed to fear or even be afraid. I have seen myself jumped at the softest footstep and heard my very own heart skip a few too many beats.

i tried to cry it out but it does not work cause' the tears are refusing to drop.

recently i've been letting myself soak into the fantasy of HK Dramas cause' they are 'not that real'. i like the fact that these dramas are showing things and stuff that will least likely to happen in Life.

i like that. Though i am a realistic person and have a tendacy not to fall for unrealistic stuff, i think we all need to live in a unreal world once in a while.

i am almost done with my fears, facing up to it and confronting it bit by bit, though i still kind of imagine things once in a blue moon. Life will never be the same again.

But then, what does not kill you, makes you stronger.

2007-07-18T15:34:00.000+08:00

Bags..

one of the loves of my life and the taker of my money...

(but they are nice!..)

what do you think of this bag?...have been tempted to get one for myself..but the pricing is pretty steep..have got a lobang for a lower price..but the prob is 'the lower price' is still pretty high..

it's a Ralph Lauren in canvas material and i've got till the 20th of this month to decide whether to buy a not..

here's a few more that caught my eye too..

Jimmy Choo..

Fendi Spy Bag..

love the one in dark brown and white...

i am supposed to be saving money for my HK trip but i think i am spending still very much the same though..

just blew 50 bucks on a dress at Zara yesterday...i confessed to mr. cheng my sin just hours ago and he said it was okie cause i'll need retail therapy once in a while..

but these retail therapy are bringing me further and further away from Mickey and Minnie (i mean Disneyland in HK la!)..

guess i'll have to forgo the bags at the moment...i know i'll regret it sometime down the road..but i have no choices..everything is expensive in Singapore..

arrrgghhh..why aren't i rich??!!

2007-07-09T15:28:00.000+08:00

while i was reading 'Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul' some time back, i remembered reading a particular story titled 'Shmily'..

the story was about how the author's grandparents would leave notes with writings of 'Shmily' around the house for the other to find. it was a simple 2 page story.

the grandparents continued this self-created tradition till the very day one of them passed on. Then, while at the funeral, the author could not contain her curiosity and finally asked her grandfather what is the secret code behind the self-created word 'Shmily'.

The word 'Shmily' actually stands for 'See How Much I Love You'. And her grandparents have left tonnes of such notes for the other party to find so that they could let the other know how much they are loved.

Recently, Mr. Cheng came up with a secret code and SMS-ed me just last week. When i read it, i immediately knew what it meant. However, it did not occur to me as any special or unique message until recently when i thought of the 'Shmily' story.

I doubt anyone else would understand our secret code except for the both of us. Maybe it's chemistry or just some link we share as a couple.

Just over the weekend, we had some unhappy stuff going on, or rather, I was unhappy at him for some reasons. I am still rather mad though not directly at him.

Just yesterday, I finished work at about ten plus in the night and was rushing home as a heavy downpour seems to be coming. He messaged me on whether I needed him to send me home. When I told him 'no need' out of frustration, he replied that he understood.

That made me rather pissed because I simply don't understand what he understood. At that point of time, I doubt he even knew what I was angry at though he knew I was mad.

We were SMS-ing each other and I was growing increasingly angry till he sent me this message 'Do you have a umbrella? It is going to rain'.

When I read it, I was in such a confused state of mind that I don't know if I should be touched or sad or angry.

And at some point of time, I felt like I was so petty.

It was a simple short message that was sweet and caring. And now though I am still kind of mad at the matter, I can't bring myself to be angry or frustrated at him. I know I mean a lot to him. He meant no lesser to me either.

I had a talk with him last night and I hope he understands where I am coming from. I know it is tough for him as well. He told me that he would find a good solution. I am keeping my fingers crossed because he had failed to fifill his previous promise. I doubt he even remember what it was.

Anyway, He still means a lot to me and I still love him lots. And each time I awake and see teddy, it reminds me of him so much that my anger kind of vanished.

Sometimes, I do hate myself for being such a fickle person.

baby..(IINI)

2007-07-06T13:19:00.000+08:00

i am happie~..

haha..i think 'happie' is an understatement of my feelings now..with each word i type here..i am gettin' increasingly excited..

remembered i once mentioned something about mr. cheng bringing me to HK?..haha..that dream is coming true~...i asked him about it and we're now in the planning stage...the date is decided..the leave is almost cleared..just a last confirmation..and last but not least, the tickets to be confirmed..and we shall Fly~...

haha..to an Asian country where shoppng and eating takes priority...i can't wait to shop shop and shop...and what's more, disneyland is in the planning too...woohoo...mickey and minnie..wait for me!!

:D

and i found out a secret of mr cheng's yesterday through his blur-sotong friend cum colleague..md noor..haha..he actually accidentally blurted it out...and i managed to catch the hint so fast that me and mr. cheng just ended up lauging it out..

haha..good attempt dear...now i shall pretend not to know a thing~..

haha..

and i feel energised today...just woke up from a 17hr sleep from last nite..when i woke up today..i was thinking if it was my off day or night shift today..

anyway...i am gonna be off soon..meeting boonie for dinner..and that's lots of catching up to do..plus the laundry's waiting to be done..arrgh...so much for sleeping~..

alrite..bye...

2007-07-03T00:20:00.000+08:00

i've found a great recipe to cook up some fingerfood and i can't wait to try it out...it's one that i chanced upon while at the dentist's some time back..it's for mr. cheng cause' it has his favourite meat, beef.

but i ain't gonna reveal more. cause' i don't want him knowing it..haha..i bet his eyes would open big upon seeing this entry cause' he knows i don't really have a flair for cooking. it's just passable, if standards aren't that high.

gosh..how i admire people who can whip up dishes, yummy ones, in an hour or so. how i wish i am like that too. i used to hate cooking, cause' i know i ain't good at it. so, whenever the cooking issue comes in, i would raise my hands in a lightning speed and volunteer for the washing instead.

but, i've since decided it's time i learn some ropes on cooking.

and so, mr cheng, this post is kind of a little clue for our next monthsary.

2007-07-01T20:26:00.000+08:00

a great morning..

one of the best ways to welcome a great morning is to awake looking at your beloved hugging tightly onto your teddy bear and you and sleeping like the morning stretches forever..

and waking up at 1pm to be munching onto 4 pratas, beehoon goreng, soup kambing and mutton soup..

:D

2007-06-27T19:52:00.000+08:00

guess what?..

i permed my hair last week..hahaha

pics of me and my curlies~..

the curls aren't easy to maintain..i have to wake up 20mins earlier than usual just to moisture my hair with a special gel oil...apply the hair wax...and twist the curls..

and i also have to lessen 15mins of my sleeping time just so to wash off the hard wax and moisture it back again..

but then...i am happie with it!!..though i might find it a hassle some time later cause' i am such a lazy bum..but till then~..

hee..and while i was styling my hair just the other day..i found out that hair wax is made of honeywax and some candle wax thingy..no wonder it holds the curls well and is hard..

and so..this also means that my hair is extremely INFLAMMABLE!!..

haha..smokers please do not light up near my hair.. :D

anyway, i know i have been a bad blogger...considering my last entry to be dated 15 June 2007..or was it?..forgotten it liao..

but i am kind of busy these days doing some work stuff and my private stuff..i am still kind of procrastinating on some stuff though..haiz..24 hours is never enough..

i wanna work..i wanna earn money..i wanna be beautiful..i wanna be slim..i wanna be smart and powerful..i wanna be loving with my guy..haiz...easier said than done!..

btw...i went out with the 'golden girls' on 20 June 07..haha...went to Orchard to walk walk and pig out..

but sad to say..there's just nothing much in the GSS to buy..i only bought a white bag that day..not much good buys though..haiz..but still..that day was good cause' the 3 pigs finally met!!..some pics below..

forgot to bring my camera..so these were taken from Chia Yanmei's camera~..

haha..she's gonna hate me for this entry cause' i actually mentioned her full chinese name..

:P

took this is Taka's toilet..

taken in Espirit..i think i look damn good!!..

me and my 'mary'... (it's a thingy i share with grace..i bet she'll be angry at this..haha!)

3 pretty gals~

very pretty~..

favourite pic of the day goes to this...

JAG*s in Sunnies~

haha..suddenly i am reminded of thie IRC chatroom we set up..called JAGs...but the novelty of the idea kind of rubbed off us few months later..

haha..this is something we so have in common..getting bored of things easily..

but then..we're never bored of each other~..cause' we go pigging and digging together.. :D

and a complele change of topic..

i think mr. cheng is serious in bringing me to Hong Kong..i was just hinting to him during our previous Bangkok trip that he should bring me to Hong Kong..for shopping..eating..and DisneyLand..

i even brought the tour agency brouchure all the way to Bangkok to enhance the 'hint'..and i remembered him telling me just 'okie'..

and every now and then..i would casually hint him..

and guess what?..

i was discussing something with his colleague one day when his colleague told me that mr. cheng told him that we'll be going to HK in August..

i was kind of blurred cause' he never did mention anything to me and we never really kind of got into any serious discussion..

and now everyday..i can't help but wonder if my HK dream is coming true..i better not hope for so much cause' it might be a prank by mr. cheng's naughty ideas again..

and guess what, again?

my mum just asked me about Bombay..haha..out of the blue~..

i wanna go Bombay too~...and INDIA!!..i have to go INDIA!!..*grace..when are we going India?...

so much travel plans..but too little money~..and that day while reading the papers..i read that Cebu is a good place to check out too...gosh..$$$$

i better start earning more~..

alrite..i have got to go..need to go search for some stuff..till we meet again... :D

2007-06-15T00:48:00.000+08:00

and so i am called the Woman behind Mr. Cheng..

that's what mr. cheng just mentioned in his blog..that was sweet though..to have your bf own a blog and blog such nice stuff once in a blue moon..it definately beats the big bouquet of flowers and the 'way too sweet' chocs..though at times, i kind of wonder why he hasn't given me some flowers for quite a long time..

anyway..a few things kind of happened that led to him saying such stuff..it's a long story so i'll rather not mention too much here..but, through a particular incident in the morning..i finally got to know of how much i meant to mr. cheng..

it has been apparent to myself that i am of a certain level of importance to him..but today's incident just made me realised how important i am compared to many other stuff and people in his life..

i remembered the first time i kind of realised this sort of importance..it was on our first BBQ by the park..he was supposed to meet me at Marine Parade at about 6 or 7 i think..

but his earlier outing with his team mates plus the 'peak hour public transport crowd'..he was pretty late..i waited for near to an hour i think..and when he came..i saw him rushing towards me..

that was when i kind of felt my importance in his life..

i have no idea why..but that particular snapshot stays in my mind like a memorable and meaningful picture..it's like every now and then..the picture would come to my mind..

maybe it's one of those particular pics that never gets deleted away no matter how long..

anyway..mr cheng and i are planning for something..he proposed it and i kind of thought it a 'not bad' idea..we have absolutely no idea how it's gonna work..and we do not really have much concrete plans, yet. we have thought about how happy we would be but not the other factors, yet.

so..it's gonna be a surprise!..i am kind of lazy to plan or do anything now..so i hope mr cheng does it all and i'll just be a follower..

haha..no worries..i ain't pregnant..i ain't gettin' married..i ain't buying any houses..i ain't doing anything related to marital, yet.

come on, have more faith in me leh..i am still a single okies..though not that swinging anymore..

but, i ain't gonna give up my singlehood just yet. there're too much to enjoy.. :D

and recently, i am contemplating on whether i should go rebond my hair, perm it or simply cut it short..

rebonding my hair is bland i know..boring too..but it's kind of safe cause' i know i'll not have a bad hair day and it just feels good to know how good it would definately turn out..

perming it is an 'all along in my mind' kind of thing..the last time i permed it was in poly..it was pretty nice though i do find it hard to style and maintain it..plus it's just difficult to match clothes with permed hair..imagine cute curls with sporty race tank top and board shorts?

alright..maybe it ain't that bad..you know me..i like to exagerrate at times..

and the last option would be cutting it. this is dangerous though. i took 2 longggggggg years to have this length and cutting it all off is like#@$?#?$#!..

but then again, i dun wanna look back at my photos when i am in my 50s and just think it to be so boring with the same old hair style every day, every month and every year..

this is such a dilemma..plus, i would have to factor in the $$..yes, it's after payday no doubt..but i've gotta save $$...so i shouldn't be blowing 200 to 300 bucks on hair, of all things. but then again, it's my money!..i worked hard for it!..

sometimes, i think i am such a miser..and sometimes i think i am such a spendthrift..

but all i want is something that's value for money..nice hair and no burning of pockets!...

tough tough tough...and who knows..after talking so much, i might just go for a trim. is this a problem with women or is it just me?..

and now my broadband is kind of getting on my nerves..it's so damn slowwwwww.....

i ain't getting the speed i am supposed to..maybe it's the sch holidays..you know..sch holidays=kiddos staying at home=surfing the net 24/7=BIG traffic jams online=everyone suffer.

arrgghh..crap..maybe it's time to make payment for that pending bill on my desk.

p/s: i've been readin' the Chicken Soup for the Couples' Soul..and i must say that it's definately worth a read..be it on the way to work..on the way back home..before bed..or even at work..it has taught me a lot about relationships..it's like something that we knew all along but never gotten down to think and act on it..*thumbs up!

2007-06-07T21:54:00.000+08:00

"when the sky gets dark..
i can't help but feel a little lost..
cause' something seems to be missing from my bed..
ain't a bear..ain't a pillow..
neither is it my alarm clock..
i guess it's your presence..
the warmth of your hugs..
the sweetness of your smile..
the smell of you that still lingers in the room..
i hate to let you go..
to say that goodbye..
though i know i ain't that far to seeing you again..
i hate the time it takes to see you again..
out of the blue..
how i hope and how i wish..
that daylight and nitelight comes all together..
in that way..i'm only a stone throw away from you.."

2007-06-07T21:17:00.000+08:00

my life is so colorful~

i went to karoke yesterday at Kbox with mr. cheng..and they gave us a BIG room cause they ran out of small ones..haha..it has a 'disco' light in it..and i can't help but think that it's so much like a niteclub..

haha..i was teasing mr cheng that he's the customer and i am the niteclub gal..i kept asking him to 'open a XO' and he kept calling for the mama-san to change a new gal..

haha..funny la..and it was so damn cold too..had a bad flu the whole of yesterday and today the sore throat and blocked nose/ears came along..

terrible..the flu bug is like flying here and there and everywhere.

mr cheng also brought me to eat ice-cream at Swensen's..yummie~...

went a little shopping yesterday too..but there was nothing much to buy..maybe cause' i was not in the mood for shopping..or maybe cause' i am kind of poor now after paying off my braces and just so sway that payday is 5 days away...

haiz..this month seems so Longggggggggg...

but despite my tight budget..i managed to buy a few things though...haha..you'll be pretty amazed what i bought man..

i actually bought BOOKS!..haha..of all things..

yup..no clothes..yet..no bags..yet..but BOOKS..you can't blame me though..'Popular' in Orchard MRT was having a Moving Out Sale and i just so happened to be there after my dental..so i was thinking of popping by to see if there are any good deals for a good and decent photo album..

but ended up with 2 books in hand..it's a good read though..i am halfway through the second one..

i bought 'Chicken Soup for the Singles Soul' and 'Chicken Soup for the Couple soul'..at S$6/- each only..it was such a great deal compared to the original retail price of S$25/-..

:D

i was also looking for a book to read too..so it kind of killed 2 birds with one stone..but the thing is..i didn't buy any photo album...i kind of forgotten about it till i was like miles away from the store..

haha..i think such situations happen to shopaholics all the time..i can never stick to a 'shopping timetable'...

and apart from the books..i bought a Monopoly set at Toa Payoh last week too..only 10 bucks..Disney Edition..

think it's either out of the factory kind or Made in China..

but when mr cheng opened it today..it was alright though..no defects or anything..a cheap deal i would say...

and it has been a long time since i last played Monopoly..the Disney's Edition made it extra fun~...do check it out if you happen to come across such stalls...they even had the Star Wars and Spongebob Squarepants edition too !..

haha...i was so near to buying the Spongebob one..if not for my last cent of sanity...

in the end..mr cheng won the game with his 'plentiful money' and 2 cottages...his 2 cottages costed 500 bucks if i were to cross it..so irriatating eh..i was trying means and ways to cheat but he seems pretty smart..

next time..i'll Win~..

'honey..thanks for everything the past 2 days..
really enjoyed myself..
cause' it has been quite some time since we did normal couple stuff like shopping, k-boxing, eating out..
such simple fares complete a good day out..
it was simply good quality time spent together..
love you..always..'

2007-06-07T20:35:00.000+08:00

wendy..the photo shop is called '3 UP photoshop'..located at Blk 183 #01-286 Toa Payoh Central..tel: 6252 7223..

located just 5 mins from your npc..along the stretch of shops where Bengawan Solo is located..

the photos alright eh..fast printing though.. :D

hee..the photos i developed are still undergoing pasting and decorating on the scrap book..

it ain't perfect or extremely nice..and i am only halfway through..it's a LOT..

i tried my best at it..labelling and writing some small notes here and there..i know i ain't artistic in all ways...but it was really to the best of my ability..so i hope mr. cheng likes it..

i showed it to him 2 nights back and i saw him smiling..so it ain't that bad..but then again.it could be that he's smiling at the pics!..oops..haha...shall see in time to come..and i am just a little worried that there might not be enough space though..the pics are kind of big at 4R size..thus i did some cutting here and there..

btw..I REMOVED MY BRACES!!!..

Ha Ha Ha...isn't that some BIG thing to cheer about!!!...2 long years i have endured and suffered under the powerful pulling of metal..and now..2 years later..i am back with straighter and whiter teeth!!..

haha...i am so happy and can't help licking my teeth from left to right and right to left..woohoo..the feeling of it all just feels so good~..even a simple task of brushing my teeth is such an exciting adventure..it felt so new and easy to brush my teeth now..

i love my dentist!..haha..he took my braces off on 04.06.07...and if i could..i would have just hugged him at that point of time!..Dr. Lee is amazing..he even showed me the mould of my teeth 2 years back..and gosh, it was so bad..

he also admitted that he was not 100% confident in pushing my teeth in cause' it was pretty tough and bad..but he succedded!..and now i have such straight teeth to smile about..

his dental clinic's mission is so true!!..'putting smiles back on faces'..

haha..

here are some pics of the mould...such ugly teeth i used to have..especially the 2 front ones..damn buldging out!

me and my new teeth..haha..mr cheng taught me the 'good' sign...it's his trademark but i decided to 'steal' it..

before my dental in the noon..went for a brunch at level 3 of Far East Shopping Centre..the bristro's name is called 'Hob Nob'...my 2nd time there..the food was alright..but the place looks pretty good..overlooking Orchard Road..

the interior of the bristro..good place to chill out..pricings are alright too..10 to 15 bucks can get you a decent meal..

colourful napkins~

ordered a Mushroom Melt and a iced milk tea..turned out good...

in all..that's all..

i love my teeth!

2007-06-03T20:52:00.000+08:00

Angry and Sick..

i am SO ANGRY with a particular someone that i can't seem to find a good outlet to vent it ALL out!!..

no worries..it's not mr. cheng..it's a friend..that's all i'll say..cause i know somehow rather, if i were to blog about it..the particular post will spread like fire and it will just show how immature i am to put it down in words for the whole wide world to see rather then to tell the 'friend' straight in the face..

reason i did not tell it straight to that person's face was also because that person is a damn stubborn and 'refuse to just admit wrong' kind..so it serves no purpose at all except to let me feel better and to ruin a so-called 'friendship'..

i have reminded mr cheng to remind me to tell him of the story later in the week when i see him...in that way, i'll definately feel better...cause' i know he listens..

arrrggghh...how can there be someone like that???!!!...

alright..i am not gonna curse and swear here..it just spoils my beautiful blog page...

wait till i tell mr cheng..though i am not sure if i can keep it that long..

now i can't help but feel that it's so damn wasted to use the above lines to blog about that person..aarrgghh...how can someone be so damn @#$#%?#"$($$&%&@&$...

sorry but i dun think i am in a mood to blog now..even my dinner appetite is kind of affected too!...

guess i am gonna go compile the pics for my bookie with mr cheng..at least that's something that would cheer me up a BIG lot.

anyway, i ain't feeling that well either..my busy weekend filled with work has finally came to an end..i ain't completely dead..just exhausted and simply 'no mood'..

and i just visited the doc on 1/6/07..cause' i was feeling feverish and there was a lump on the left side of my neck..

rushed to see the doc that nite after work with mr cheng..went to TTSH with an intention to visit the 24hr clinic cause' i was thinking it would be much cheaper than clinics or A&E..

but when i reached there..it was closed...for no particular reason..the board sign says it closes at 2230hrs but it was barely 2200hrs when i reached..no staff or further boards to explain the locked rooms and definately empty clinic..

so 'lan lan siao siao'..i suggested to mr cheng to go to the 24hr clinic at bedok interchange..

at that point of time, i was like struggling already...the on and off fever was getting on my nerves and the lump in the neck was simply adding fire to more fire...

plus, during work that day..my colleagues were all guessing that it's tyroid and some 'dirty blood' that needs to be drained out..i was seriously scared!

mr cheng then suggested going to A&E though..since we were there le and i looked bad..but i insisted 'NO'..

cause TTSH has the worst hospital services and i'll definately end up waiting and waiting and waiting..cause' the nurse will just ask you to wait and wait and wait..cause' my case will never be an urgent case and there would definately be lots of other more important cases that require immediate medical attention..

in the end, i waited and waited and waited for a cab..only for it to come by the TTSH taxi stand 30 mins later..

and so it's all about waiting and waiting and more waiting~

and finally, i reached my doc at about 2300hrs..saw the doc and i must say that it was such a relif knowing that it's a case of infection, causing my 'lymph note' (not sure if that is how you pronouce it..) to swell..

no known reasons though..but it sure scare the hell out of me..the doc gave me some Strong antibotics and anti-swelling pills...and the bill came up to 84 bucks!!!..

my heart was bleeding like crazy..the doc said he has to give me better antibotics cause' it was very swollen..and if it gets worst, i would have to get to the hospital to have more tests..

thank God the medicine are working very well..the swelling has gone down a Big lot..but i kept having this bad headache on the left side of my head..don't know if it was due to the swell..

and i think the stupid swell and headache is making me more paranoid than ever..i even told mr cheng on the phone last nite that i was so afraid that i am gonna die in my sleep..

he told me not to 'think badly' and spent like 20 mins getting me to put down the phone and go to bed..

am i paranoid?...i don't think so though..it's just that the fear was so great last nite and i so wanted mr cheng to fly to my house..

haiz..

i hate being sick..but on the other hand, it ain't a bad thing..cause i've got mr cheng who accompanied me to the doc's and sent me home. i know it might be a simple gesture to some..but to me, it's simply a sweet act by my baby.

desmond once commented on mr cheng's friendster that he is one hell of a good catch..yup, i must agree. but the bad news is that he is already caught by me!..haha..

he's mine~

and he's extra nice cause he promised to subsidise my cab fare last nite..too bad there aren't any cabs in sight..so i took a bus home from work.. :(

**but mr cheng..can i still claim today?..please?

i love u~

2007-05-31T14:30:00.000+08:00

went to Wendy's wedding dinner on 29th May 2007..

Congrats to my good friend Wendy and her hubby Cheng Howe..

"wishing you both a blissful marriage and a lifetime of happiness.."

here's 2 pics of baby and me during the wedding..my bag was too small to put my digicam..so ended up taking only a few pics with my hp..

love you..

2007-05-31T13:54:00.000+08:00

yesterday and today...

just some time back, i was contemplating on developing the pics that mr. cheng and i have taken in our 4 months plus together..

after some calculation...i was considering whether or not to develop them..cause it added up to 150 bucks..and that was for the 360 pics so far..

but..after some online research and much discussion with him..i decided to go ahead with it..cause' a particular online search linked me to a Kodak photoshop in Toa Payoh that prints good quality pics on Kodak paper for 20c per piece..

and that kind of cut the budget by half.. :D

plus..they offer a free 8R for every 100 pieces..which means, we'll be getting 3 pieces of 8R...which is a pretty good deal though..

Toa Payoh ain't that far either..has a straight bus from my workplace and from home..

and so, i sent them for developing yesterday and the extra good news is..i get to collect them this evening!..

fast and efficient..especially for an impatient person like me.. :D

on the way back home yesterday..i bought a new photo album too..here's the pic..no further pics of it for now..cause' mr. cheng checks my blog every now and then..and if i were to post more pics here..it won't be a surprise anymore..

i just read thru his blog and found some real sweet stuff he wrote..

it was nice of him to write something though he had been kind of busy since getting back to the team from his 7-week course..

and we are all gonna be real busy this coming weekend and the whole of next week..due to a major event..i am not gonna see him for about a week i guess..

plus i've not been seeing him the past 3 days including today cause' either he's working or i am working...

so it's a long long time before we get to see each other's faces...but lucky i've got the bear he gave me some time back..it's cute though..when you are upset or tired..and it looks at you and smile..

reminds me of mr. cheng though.. :D

anyway..i am sorry to many people out there i've neglected...i am truly sorry...i have been up the throat doing work stuff and some private stuff..i can't really say much here cause' everyone reads this blog and i do not know exactly who..

and i know some irriatating people are thinking that i am spending all of my time on dating...well..truth is i am not..mr. cheng is busy and i am busy with my stuff too...i don't even have much time for retail therapy!!..the only time i have for retail therapy is before and after work..that little half hour at most?..

and the rest of the time were for me to sleep..now even a simple task of sleeping without disturbances have kind of become a luxury!..

my job is kind of taking me up...and i do not have spare time for people who are out to think that i've got no time for them..give me some thought though..i would seriously pay to spend time hanging out and doing practically nothing if all my day-to-day needs are met well on time and i have no worries for the next 50 years down the road.

life's kind of stressful especially when you look everywhere and find that what you've got financially ain't gonna bring you far to anywhere..

i have enough to survive..but just ain't enough to live life luxuriously without a single fear or worry..

i know, money ain't everything..but somehow you just need a good amount to bring you through the different stages of life..

haiz...that was a long post about $$..

i hate talking about $$..takes my breath and time away...and i can't believe i just spent some of my 'youth' on it..

haha..

anyway...enough of complains..

i am kind of thinking of organising a BBQ for my friends..to have fun, mingle and eat!..have thought of a few places though..now it's just the planning of dates and people...

this must work!!...i'll be back..wait for me~...