HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!
its been a good break for me for the past 5 days. but as usual, good times pass too fast and its back to working for me tomorrow once again. bleh, what a letdown.
anyway, i've fun for this chinese new year. my time was all mainly spent at my house, ah long's house and my gramps. still, i managed to catch 2 movies, won some money (little bit which i spent on cab mostly, ha) in gambling and received more ang pow money than last year.
ang pow money: they came in handy! i've insurance premium (half-yearly) to pay this month end so there goes my ang pow money. this will be the last year i can receive ang pow. :( supposedly, we dont have to give out any during our first year of marriage next year but my relatives are hearing none of it. so there, dear dear and me are gonna be broke next year!
movies: i caught "fearless" & "memoirs of geisha" this new year.
everyone out there, please watch "fearless"! its fantastic! jet li really shows the world the real deal about chinese martial arts! worth 11/10!
memoir of geisha is just too draggy, too much weird translated analogies thrown around. in short, i wont recommend anyone to watch the film unless you really love to see zhang ziyi dances around madly.
okie, i just want to say i love movies and i want to catch the following films this new year (not in order):
1) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man's chest
2) V for Vendetta
3) The Da Vinci Code
4) Sin City 2
5) X-Men 3
6) Jarhead
7) Brokeback Mountain
8) Walk the line
9) Munich
night, folks!
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006
longggggg weekend for moi!
yippee yay yay! im officially in holiday mood! no work for me from 27th all the way to 31st! 5 freaking long daysssss!
hmm..but i hardly feel that its CNY now. more of like a short break for me. This is like the first year in my entire life where i didn't even get a single piece of new clothing for the new year! felt so weird. but im not too bothered with it.
sigh. i thought i had slowly gotten out of my depressed state. i guess not. im still kinda stuck in a rut. i really hope i'll be happier.
anyway, my interview this morning sucks BIG time! why must the interviewer be so hard on me!? hmm, blame it on my own lack of technical knowledge. whatever. guess im doomed to stay on in my firm in the near future at least.
hmm..but i hardly feel that its CNY now. more of like a short break for me. This is like the first year in my entire life where i didn't even get a single piece of new clothing for the new year! felt so weird. but im not too bothered with it.
sigh. i thought i had slowly gotten out of my depressed state. i guess not. im still kinda stuck in a rut. i really hope i'll be happier.
anyway, my interview this morning sucks BIG time! why must the interviewer be so hard on me!? hmm, blame it on my own lack of technical knowledge. whatever. guess im doomed to stay on in my firm in the near future at least.
Saturday, January 21, 2006
i've got my keys!
yippee yay! finally i got my keys to my new house yesterday!
dear dear and i went to HDB hub around noon to settle the admin. you wouldn't believe the admin nonsense one has to go through before getting those keys (yay, a bunch of them. 24 in all!). we've to get fire insurance, home protection insurance etc. and there are so many documents to be signed (deed title, loan agreement etc), i'm sure we've signed off around 20+ times each! *admin madness*
and i realised im a true blue government pet. i signed off every document without batting an eyelid (ie, without checking at all). lol~ before long, the HDB stuff was asking us what is the loan period and mode of payment that we want. so when she click here click there on the green screen, i suddenly realised i've not a single cent left in my CPF! all 18k+ of them gone in a blinking of an eye! and dear dear and me are committed to pay the housing loan with our CPF for the next 25 years! *gasp* suddenly it dawned on me that continue working (till 49 at least) is the only way for me to pay my share. if i ever stop working, we've to top my portion with cash and i'll have no savings when i retired! the other way is for dear dear to earn more and pay for my portion. but easier said than done *sobz* there goes my tai tai lifestyle. bleh~
whatever. we brought mum up to our new place to take a peek. it looked incredibly small! and we thought our 4-room is supposedly bigger than the old design, since it stands at 100sqm. the kitchen and master is ridiculous. i can go from one end to another by a few leaps! everyone told us that after renovation and painting, the place will look more spacious and all. let's cross our fingers and hope thats really the case.
will post some pictures of my house when i'm free!
work is as blah as ever. no mood to talk about it. lets just hope im lucky in my interview coming thursday. then i can say bye-bye forever to my current job!
dear dear and i went to HDB hub around noon to settle the admin. you wouldn't believe the admin nonsense one has to go through before getting those keys (yay, a bunch of them. 24 in all!). we've to get fire insurance, home protection insurance etc. and there are so many documents to be signed (deed title, loan agreement etc), i'm sure we've signed off around 20+ times each! *admin madness*
and i realised im a true blue government pet. i signed off every document without batting an eyelid (ie, without checking at all). lol~ before long, the HDB stuff was asking us what is the loan period and mode of payment that we want. so when she click here click there on the green screen, i suddenly realised i've not a single cent left in my CPF! all 18k+ of them gone in a blinking of an eye! and dear dear and me are committed to pay the housing loan with our CPF for the next 25 years! *gasp* suddenly it dawned on me that continue working (till 49 at least) is the only way for me to pay my share. if i ever stop working, we've to top my portion with cash and i'll have no savings when i retired! the other way is for dear dear to earn more and pay for my portion. but easier said than done *sobz* there goes my tai tai lifestyle. bleh~
whatever. we brought mum up to our new place to take a peek. it looked incredibly small! and we thought our 4-room is supposedly bigger than the old design, since it stands at 100sqm. the kitchen and master is ridiculous. i can go from one end to another by a few leaps! everyone told us that after renovation and painting, the place will look more spacious and all. let's cross our fingers and hope thats really the case.
will post some pictures of my house when i'm free!
work is as blah as ever. no mood to talk about it. lets just hope im lucky in my interview coming thursday. then i can say bye-bye forever to my current job!
Saturday, January 14, 2006
i hate working on weekends!
i worked from 12-6 today. :( today is a saturday. and i've to go back to work tomorrow too! i hate working over the weekends! the crowd thronging through orchard looked so happy!
on a happy note, i caught "elizabethtown" today! was really having a tough time deciding between "in her shoes" and this show. in the end, my colleagues dissuaded me from "in her shoes" since both of them caught it and dismissed it as "nothing fantastic". so i went for "elizabethtown" in the end.
it aint too bad. i like the plot but i think the show would be better if the actor and actress are not orlando and kristen dunst. and it boosts one of the best soundtracks for the year (umm...include 2005 as well).
ona happier note, bb is coming back tomorrow night! he just called me from NYC-JFK airport that he's boarding the flight in an hour time! ":) tomorrow night this time, i'll be with him! i'm over the moon!
i cant stop listening to jay's 发如雪。 the lyrics is so pretty!
髮如雪
Composer: 周杰倫 Lyricist: 方文山
狼牙月 伊人憔悴
我舉杯 飲盡了風雪
是誰打翻前世櫃 惹塵埃是非
緣字訣 幾番輪迴
i妳鎖眉 哭紅顏喚不回
縱然青史已經成灰 我愛不滅
繁華如三千東流水
我只取一瓢愛了解
只戀妳化身的蝶
妳髮如雪 淒美了離別
我焚香感動了誰
邀明月 讓回憶皎潔
愛在月光下完美
妳髮如 紛飛了眼淚
我等待蒼老了誰
紅塵醉 微醺的歲月
我用無悔 刻永世愛妳的碑
啦兒啦 啦兒啦 啦兒啦兒啦
啦兒啦 啦兒啦 啦兒啦兒啊
銅鏡映無邪 紮馬尾
妳若撒野 今生我把酒奉陪
okie, i shall work for 4 hours at most tomorrow! looking forward to tomorrow!! cos bb will be back!
on a happy note, i caught "elizabethtown" today! was really having a tough time deciding between "in her shoes" and this show. in the end, my colleagues dissuaded me from "in her shoes" since both of them caught it and dismissed it as "nothing fantastic". so i went for "elizabethtown" in the end.
it aint too bad. i like the plot but i think the show would be better if the actor and actress are not orlando and kristen dunst. and it boosts one of the best soundtracks for the year (umm...include 2005 as well).
ona happier note, bb is coming back tomorrow night! he just called me from NYC-JFK airport that he's boarding the flight in an hour time! ":) tomorrow night this time, i'll be with him! i'm over the moon!
i cant stop listening to jay's 发如雪。 the lyrics is so pretty!
髮如雪
Composer: 周杰倫 Lyricist: 方文山
狼牙月 伊人憔悴
我舉杯 飲盡了風雪
是誰打翻前世櫃 惹塵埃是非
緣字訣 幾番輪迴
i妳鎖眉 哭紅顏喚不回
縱然青史已經成灰 我愛不滅
繁華如三千東流水
我只取一瓢愛了解
只戀妳化身的蝶
妳髮如雪 淒美了離別
我焚香感動了誰
邀明月 讓回憶皎潔
愛在月光下完美
妳髮如 紛飛了眼淚
我等待蒼老了誰
紅塵醉 微醺的歲月
我用無悔 刻永世愛妳的碑
啦兒啦 啦兒啦 啦兒啦兒啦
啦兒啦 啦兒啦 啦兒啦兒啊
銅鏡映無邪 紮馬尾
妳若撒野 今生我把酒奉陪
okie, i shall work for 4 hours at most tomorrow! looking forward to tomorrow!! cos bb will be back!
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
happy holiday!
hullo everyone, happy holiday! its been raining non-stop these few days and everywhere is damn cold! brr~ my room feels air-conditioned even when i didn't even switch on the fan! 这雨让人好累！
anyway, dear dear has arrived safely at washington! really happy to receive his calls yesterday! the time zone difference still requires some adjusting though. like its 1 pm at my side now but its 12 midnight over at his side! so technically, i'm well into tuesday already but his monday just ended. ha. whatever, i hope he stays warm and safe over there. and come back soon!!
i miss you. *sobz*
i'm going to accompany mummy dearest for some shopping later. perhaps i can grab some clothes for chinese new year myself! but i'm really broke this month. maybe i wont buy any new clothings at all since there are a few dresses in my wardrobe that i've only worn once. i shall recycle them for CNY. :p sounds pathetic! i need cash!! any sponsors out there!?
sigh. i shall wait for my jan pay to come in soon so that i can pay my credit card bills. can life be any sadder than this? on a happier note, i'm feeling a little happier now. still get a little depressed now and then but i'll live. 做人要尽量让自己开心一点！
anyway, dear dear has arrived safely at washington! really happy to receive his calls yesterday! the time zone difference still requires some adjusting though. like its 1 pm at my side now but its 12 midnight over at his side! so technically, i'm well into tuesday already but his monday just ended. ha. whatever, i hope he stays warm and safe over there. and come back soon!!
i miss you. *sobz*
i'm going to accompany mummy dearest for some shopping later. perhaps i can grab some clothes for chinese new year myself! but i'm really broke this month. maybe i wont buy any new clothings at all since there are a few dresses in my wardrobe that i've only worn once. i shall recycle them for CNY. :p sounds pathetic! i need cash!! any sponsors out there!?
sigh. i shall wait for my jan pay to come in soon so that i can pay my credit card bills. can life be any sadder than this? on a happier note, i'm feeling a little happier now. still get a little depressed now and then but i'll live. 做人要尽量让自己开心一点！
Sunday, January 08, 2006
a little depressed..
feeling a little depressed this week. now trying hard to get out of my depressed state. dear dear has been very supportive of me and he had been trying hard to cheer me out of it. i'm really trying hard to move on and be positive. let's hope everything will be better and i'll be happy again.
dear dear will not be by my side for this week. his company has sent him to USA for work. just sent him off at the airport just now. poor him, the flight duration to and back is gonna be long. and given the lousy weather now, i'm a little worried for him. hope he'll have a safe journey to there and back to me soon.
weekend comes and goes. but i dont really care. jan has never been my favourite month since i joined my firm. the faster jan is over, the better. furthermore i really need time and energy now to handle my stuff.
*sigh* i just want tomorrow to be better and that i'll be happy again.
dear dear will not be by my side for this week. his company has sent him to USA for work. just sent him off at the airport just now. poor him, the flight duration to and back is gonna be long. and given the lousy weather now, i'm a little worried for him. hope he'll have a safe journey to there and back to me soon.
weekend comes and goes. but i dont really care. jan has never been my favourite month since i joined my firm. the faster jan is over, the better. furthermore i really need time and energy now to handle my stuff.
*sigh* i just want tomorrow to be better and that i'll be happy again.
Monday, January 02, 2006
resolutions for 2006!
i'll jump straight to the point!
1) same as last year, to drink lotsa water even if i don't feel thristy. even if my skin doesn't appear hydrated, i'm still gonna do it! water is good for health!
2) i'll try to exercise in this coming this year at least once a week! i'll start this wed! 加油！healthy living, here i come!
3) try my best to work with dear dear to make the preparations for my wedding as smooth as possible and to build our lovenest up!
4) to put in more effort to spend time with my family. having said that, it doesnt mean that im an infilial daughter/bad sister. just that more patience and time shall be given by me to my family this year and in the future!
5) to travel to new places! greece, turkey, cambodia, beijing etc, here i come!
6) to get a new job by end of the year LATEST that pays relatively well and has reasonably well job prospects. audit is a bad industry to stay in for too long. your friends start to leave and you get lonely. not to mention the stress and work level that increase exponentially!
okie, just the above. short and sweet! and above all, achievable. :)
1) same as last year, to drink lotsa water even if i don't feel thristy. even if my skin doesn't appear hydrated, i'm still gonna do it! water is good for health!
2) i'll try to exercise in this coming this year at least once a week! i'll start this wed! 加油！healthy living, here i come!
3) try my best to work with dear dear to make the preparations for my wedding as smooth as possible and to build our lovenest up!
4) to put in more effort to spend time with my family. having said that, it doesnt mean that im an infilial daughter/bad sister. just that more patience and time shall be given by me to my family this year and in the future!
5) to travel to new places! greece, turkey, cambodia, beijing etc, here i come!
6) to get a new job by end of the year LATEST that pays relatively well and has reasonably well job prospects. audit is a bad industry to stay in for too long. your friends start to leave and you get lonely. not to mention the stress and work level that increase exponentially!
okie, just the above. short and sweet! and above all, achievable. :)
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Goodbye 2005.....~
2005 really flew past in a flash! inspired by shirley's blog, i'll do a brief summary of my 2005 chronologically. ha~
Jan: peak period for me. really worked my ass off (contrary to popular belief that i'm a slacker). hey! i did work till 1 am before okie!
had my first brazilian wax...all i can say is *ouch*. not to mentioned pricey too! it's around $80 for a session at Visage.
Feb: it's chinese new year! i had fun for 2005 CNY, hanging out with my cousins and all on 初一。i even chill out with my 2 表弟s on 除夕夜 till the wee hours! been ages since we last did that!
it's also dear dear and my 3rd year anniversary on the 12th! i can still remember, we've fun at clarke quay that night.
Mar: i got my wisdom tooth extracted! *pain* costs me a hundred and made me went through a week of pain and no intake of some of my favourite food. Bleh~
i applied for ICPAS, a progession step on my career path. ha, sound terribly professional and important.
Apr: worst month. nothing spectacular happened this montH!
May: off to China with fiona & chee yong as mentioned in previous posts. also meaning to say the start of my month long leave. wahhah.
June: off to korea with mummy dearest and brother. meaning to say end of month long leave. *sobz*
July: attended the ICPAS one-week long course and took its exams on the last day of the course.
off to BKK with ah long! i lurve the place! food and shoopping!
Aug: notified by ICPAS that I've passed the course! officially a provisional CPA member. by sept 2006, i'll be an actual CPA member (i still lacked the experience). *woohoo*
attended womad and ah long proposed to me on the 27th. :)
Sept: we balloted for the new flats at Bukit Merah (opp. redhill mrt). were really keping our fingers crossed, hoping that priority will be given to us since we are first timers applying for HDB and the fact that resale flats are so much more expensive and we love the location!
Oct: was busy with planning for our wedding the whole month! all weekends were burned from visiting bridal boutiques and photography studios. in the end, we finally decided on our bridal boutique, photograhers and banquet venue! oh, this blog was started in Oct too!
Nov: Balloting results was out! we got shortlisted!
signed up for exotic dance with candice, tanny and grace! had tons of fun so far! i really hope to advance to exotic module 2 but got to assess my financial position again..
Dec: went to bintan with colleagues and sunway lagoon with dear dear.
went to select our unit and was notified that we'll be collecting the keys end-jan! got to start planning on renovations now!
it's xmas! had crazy fun with my peeps!
it's my birthday! last day of the month too. how irritating! when everyone loves to celebrate the end of my birthday. bleh~
my birthday is so special, it deserves another paragraph by itself!
my birthday
dear dear stayed over at my house the night before my birthday. so when the time past 12, i made him sing happy birthday to me! haha.
dear dear & me setting off from my house!
the next day (31st dec!), we went to suntec and just had fun walking around. we visited harvey norman to check out pricing on electrical appliances. ha, what a way to spend my birthday huh?
after that, dear dear bought me to eat at ichiban boshi at suntec! i love salmon sashimi! *yummy*
i love sushi!
we loiter around raffles city after dinner. specifically robinson to check out mattress, kitchen appliances etc. umm....very not happening hor? lol~
near eleven, we went up raffles the plaza to find suling and her friends. they rented a room for the night so we can watch fireworks in comfort!
me and suling
fireworks!~ awwwww.....
looking back, 2005 aint too bad after all. i've been to some places and enjoyed myself thoroughly in more than a few occasions.
more 'ups' than 'downs' with my dear dear for this year. really glad that we are getting more stable (i used to detest a relationship that enter a "stable" phrase for i associate stability with mundane, routine activities. but now i feel that stability come about when more faith and trust are put in a relationship. with that, i'm more accepting with the word "stable" being used on us. ha!) as we are about to proceed to another stage of our lives together later this year!
my family, friends and all my close one (including myself) are all healthy and doing fine. i guess that's something i should be really thankful about!
okie, i guess im ready to welcome 2006! may it be a better year for everyone and myself!
Jan: peak period for me. really worked my ass off (contrary to popular belief that i'm a slacker). hey! i did work till 1 am before okie!
had my first brazilian wax...all i can say is *ouch*. not to mentioned pricey too! it's around $80 for a session at Visage.
Feb: it's chinese new year! i had fun for 2005 CNY, hanging out with my cousins and all on 初一。i even chill out with my 2 表弟s on 除夕夜 till the wee hours! been ages since we last did that!
it's also dear dear and my 3rd year anniversary on the 12th! i can still remember, we've fun at clarke quay that night.
Mar: i got my wisdom tooth extracted! *pain* costs me a hundred and made me went through a week of pain and no intake of some of my favourite food. Bleh~
i applied for ICPAS, a progession step on my career path. ha, sound terribly professional and important.
Apr: worst month. nothing spectacular happened this montH!
May: off to China with fiona & chee yong as mentioned in previous posts. also meaning to say the start of my month long leave. wahhah.
June: off to korea with mummy dearest and brother. meaning to say end of month long leave. *sobz*
July: attended the ICPAS one-week long course and took its exams on the last day of the course.
off to BKK with ah long! i lurve the place! food and shoopping!
Aug: notified by ICPAS that I've passed the course! officially a provisional CPA member. by sept 2006, i'll be an actual CPA member (i still lacked the experience). *woohoo*
attended womad and ah long proposed to me on the 27th. :)
Sept: we balloted for the new flats at Bukit Merah (opp. redhill mrt). were really keping our fingers crossed, hoping that priority will be given to us since we are first timers applying for HDB and the fact that resale flats are so much more expensive and we love the location!
Oct: was busy with planning for our wedding the whole month! all weekends were burned from visiting bridal boutiques and photography studios. in the end, we finally decided on our bridal boutique, photograhers and banquet venue! oh, this blog was started in Oct too!
Nov: Balloting results was out! we got shortlisted!
signed up for exotic dance with candice, tanny and grace! had tons of fun so far! i really hope to advance to exotic module 2 but got to assess my financial position again..
Dec: went to bintan with colleagues and sunway lagoon with dear dear.
went to select our unit and was notified that we'll be collecting the keys end-jan! got to start planning on renovations now!
it's xmas! had crazy fun with my peeps!
it's my birthday! last day of the month too. how irritating! when everyone loves to celebrate the end of my birthday. bleh~
my birthday is so special, it deserves another paragraph by itself!
my birthday
dear dear stayed over at my house the night before my birthday. so when the time past 12, i made him sing happy birthday to me! haha.
dear dear & me setting off from my house!
the next day (31st dec!), we went to suntec and just had fun walking around. we visited harvey norman to check out pricing on electrical appliances. ha, what a way to spend my birthday huh?
after that, dear dear bought me to eat at ichiban boshi at suntec! i love salmon sashimi! *yummy*
i love sushi!
we loiter around raffles city after dinner. specifically robinson to check out mattress, kitchen appliances etc. umm....very not happening hor? lol~
near eleven, we went up raffles the plaza to find suling and her friends. they rented a room for the night so we can watch fireworks in comfort!
me and suling
fireworks!~ awwwww.....
looking back, 2005 aint too bad after all. i've been to some places and enjoyed myself thoroughly in more than a few occasions.
more 'ups' than 'downs' with my dear dear for this year. really glad that we are getting more stable (i used to detest a relationship that enter a "stable" phrase for i associate stability with mundane, routine activities. but now i feel that stability come about when more faith and trust are put in a relationship. with that, i'm more accepting with the word "stable" being used on us. ha!) as we are about to proceed to another stage of our lives together later this year!
my family, friends and all my close one (including myself) are all healthy and doing fine. i guess that's something i should be really thankful about!
okie, i guess im ready to welcome 2006! may it be a better year for everyone and myself!
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