无论是歌声或歌词都很有感动度的一首歌.
我上瘾了! :)
大家都去听听TANK的新歌吧！
专属天使
我不会怪你 对我的伪装
天使在人间是该藏好翅膀
人们愚蠢鲁莽而你纤细善良
怎能让你 为了我被碰伤
小小的手掌 厚厚的温暖
你总能平复我不安的夜晚
不敢想的梦想 透过你的眼光
我才看见 它原来在前方
没有谁能把你抢离我身旁
你是我的 专属天使
唯我能独占
没有谁能取代你在我心上
拥有一个 专属天使
我哪里还需要 别的愿望
小小的手掌 大大的力量
我一定也会 像你一样飞翔
你想去的地方 就是我的方向
有我保护 笑容尽管灿烂
没有谁能把你抢离我身旁
你是我的 专属天使
唯我能独占
没有谁能取代你在我心上
拥有一个 专属天使
我哪里还需要 别的愿望
要不是你出现
我一定还在沉睡
绝望的以为 生命只有黑夜
没有谁能把你抢离我身旁
你是我的 专属天使
唯我能独占
没有谁能取代你在我心上
拥有一个 专属天使
我哪里还需要 别的愿望
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Sunday, January 28, 2007
pictures from my K800i baby!
hubbi finally managed to get about unwrapping our buy from Phuket for the home. its an elongated plate with 5 candles on it. pretty, isnt it? :)
it's now residing on our dining table but will be shifted to the tv conole platform once its cleared of all the photo albums. :b
met up with the guys on thursday @ bugis. realised we spent a considerable time reminiscing about the past alot nowadays. anyway, blurry pix. no thanks to daniel.
it's now residing on our dining table but will be shifted to the tv conole platform once its cleared of all the photo albums. :b
met up with the guys on thursday @ bugis. realised we spent a considerable time reminiscing about the past alot nowadays. anyway, blurry pix. no thanks to daniel.
had a great saturday. lazed in bed till nearly noon. woke up to lunch bought by hubbi. THEN has another nap from 1-2pm. really feel like a pig. after which, both of us get ready for yet another movie outing!
me ready to go!
same goes for the bowl of soup. 
me ready to go!
hubbi and i made our way to The Cathay to catch "babel". kinda like the cathay for its lack of crowds though the shops there dont exactly cater to my taste. a tad too high-end. heh.
we had a mini tea-break at this cafe there before the show started. cant remember the name but the decor of the cafe is really nice. and the cups & bowl there are all lopsided. interesting!
nice interior of the cafe
see, the cup is lopsided.
same goes for the bowl of soup.
anyway, the food is quite nice. especially their mushroom soup. the husband and i are thinking of re-visiting it for other special occasions since the pricing is reasonable & the place seems rather quiet (which we like).
we went on to catch "babel" which hubbi declared to be the worst movie of his 2007, despite him catching only THREE movies (including Babel) so far this year. i dun dare to argue too much with him on that since it seems to be my WORST movie so far this year. hmm, i should have learnt my lesson from "21 grams". what makes me think that i would like this show when i didnt enjoy "21 grams" and these 2 shows share the same director. bah.
i hope "the illusionist" will be better. & oh, i think im gonna catch "bobby" as well soon. will the list of movies-to-catch ever end?
after the show we went to plaza sing for dinner before making our way to chinatown. it's nearly 8+ when we arrived & we managed to "hear" some fireworks. lolz. the fireworks was set off from the top of building beside us so we only managed to see some of it only.
we picked up some CNY decorations for the home. i wanted to buy more but as usual, ah long forbade that! bleh.
decor is up at chinatown!
once home, we went to put up the decorations! nice, huh? :)
part of the decor. heh.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
im a movie junkie
the king, babel & more
went watching "the king" with zm on tuesday after work at the cathay. been a long time since i last caught a movie with him. if memory didnt fail me, brokeback seems to be the last film with him. anyway, was pretty amused by what he told me about the movie & jx. he has asked her previously if she was interested in catching the show with him. mixing up with "the last king of scotland", she said she was not interested in watching a black guy. AND to our immense amusement, there IS a black guy at the start & the end of the show. oh well, it was funny to us back then at least.
okie, the king was a weird film. i cant say if its good/bad. all i can say is its not a boring film. it had me & zm at the edge of our seats at least for the 2nd half of the show. i remember reading a review elsewhere saying its a thriller. and i was perplexed that a plot about a guy who went to find his father, only to realise that his dad has no intention of acknowledging him now that he had another family on his own. so the lead (gael garcia bernal!!!)went on to seduce his half-sister & murder his half-brother and so on so forth.
so what can be thrilling about this? but yes! its a thriller cos we were shocked/scared stiff at how the show will end for there is no way to end it! its just too shocking.
lolz. im not sure what im rambling about either. but gael garcia bernal is really the saving grace for this otherwise rather bizarre film. he is really good, albeit him being not too tall.
and im really on a movie rush. managed to convince the husband to catch "babel" with me this saturday. :) gael garcia bernal again! and im thinking of catching "the illusionist" on sunday by myself. anyone wanna join me? there is edward norton, ya know?
did i miss out any more watch-worthy films?
shopping
just paid my credit card bill for last month shopping with this mth pay. something doesnt sound too right. but im not gonna think too much.
so, i went to buy myself another pair of shoes from zara yesterday! it was flat, patented white in color & price was slashed by 65%! *wow wee* so it costs me only $30. to be paid using my next mth pay, of cos. :P
*sweet*
when is my isetan vouchers arriving. i want to get my CNY clothes soon!
went watching "the king" with zm on tuesday after work at the cathay. been a long time since i last caught a movie with him. if memory didnt fail me, brokeback seems to be the last film with him. anyway, was pretty amused by what he told me about the movie & jx. he has asked her previously if she was interested in catching the show with him. mixing up with "the last king of scotland", she said she was not interested in watching a black guy. AND to our immense amusement, there IS a black guy at the start & the end of the show. oh well, it was funny to us back then at least.
okie, the king was a weird film. i cant say if its good/bad. all i can say is its not a boring film. it had me & zm at the edge of our seats at least for the 2nd half of the show. i remember reading a review elsewhere saying its a thriller. and i was perplexed that a plot about a guy who went to find his father, only to realise that his dad has no intention of acknowledging him now that he had another family on his own. so the lead (gael garcia bernal!!!)went on to seduce his half-sister & murder his half-brother and so on so forth.
so what can be thrilling about this? but yes! its a thriller cos we were shocked/scared stiff at how the show will end for there is no way to end it! its just too shocking.
lolz. im not sure what im rambling about either. but gael garcia bernal is really the saving grace for this otherwise rather bizarre film. he is really good, albeit him being not too tall.
and im really on a movie rush. managed to convince the husband to catch "babel" with me this saturday. :) gael garcia bernal again! and im thinking of catching "the illusionist" on sunday by myself. anyone wanna join me? there is edward norton, ya know?
did i miss out any more watch-worthy films?
shopping
just paid my credit card bill for last month shopping with this mth pay. something doesnt sound too right. but im not gonna think too much.
so, i went to buy myself another pair of shoes from zara yesterday! it was flat, patented white in color & price was slashed by 65%! *wow wee* so it costs me only $30. to be paid using my next mth pay, of cos. :P
*sweet*
when is my isetan vouchers arriving. i want to get my CNY clothes soon!
Monday, January 22, 2007
now & then, movies, the weekend
now and then
was lamenting (again) to the husband during the weekend how shitty my job is when it suddenly dawned upon me that every last bit of drive in work that i ever have is snuffed out. or is that really the case? though many and even i, myself believed that im every bit of the slacker i proclaimed to be, but there were times i actually work hard & derive job satisfaction from my audit days. i even have to concur with hubbi to make sure i wasnt dreaming up all these. it was true that i will "on" my lappy & start doing work on a saturday for stretch of hours till the husband got impatient and asked me to stop working. despite always reaching for work late, i was up in the morning by 7+ to start doing work back then. and i remember vividly the light-headed feeling i have whenever i completed some sections of audit work/meeting the deadlines in advance!
but over here, i dont feel any of the above at all! i'm not sure if this is the job's doing or im the let one letting the job get to me.
sometimes when i look around, i saw my driven friends working hard at their career (as opposed to my "job") & i feel like i should be doing the same thing too.
we are only young once and there is no better time than now to work hard & see how far you can go/achieve.
*hmmmm* but on second thoughts, maybe my drive is not meant to be used in work but in other areas i guess. anyway, i may/may not stay 1 more year in my current company but regardless, i hope i can find that passion (no matter how teeny weeny) back in my work!
movies (beware, spoilers ahead)
i may have started slow but im surely catching up! jan is always a busy month for me in terms of movie-watching. with the oscars & golden globes coming up soon, there are heaps of good movies hitting our silver screen.
so i've caught 2 movies over the weekend (yes, 2 in 2 days) with the hubbi in agony.
1) Blood Diamond
the movie is a blast! it has action,drama,comedy,romance all rolled into one helluva show! and leonardo is getting very good at what he is doing - acting! i'm shamelessly in love with him! anyway he was nominated for golden globe best actor award for not one, but TWO of his movies this year! for both blood diamond & the departed. he was wayyy better in blood diamond! i hope he can nab that award for its finally his time to do so! i have seen him from "what's eating gilbert grapes" till now and he never fail to amaze me!
2) Pan's Labyrinth
the movie is a sorta letdown for my expectations. but maybe i expected wrongly and missed the whole point of the show. i guess if you go into the theatre knowing nuts about the whole show, then perhaps it will be a good one. well, the fairy land in the show is nothing like the one we know from disney. it was dark, sinister & violent. but maybe there's no fairy tales after all (the cynic in me speaks!), and the pan's labyrinth in the show is just an alternate reality for ... reality. ha.
and i have enough of endings where the leads die! why should they die! why should they die!
yes, leo & the little girl both die!!! why, oh why!?
bleh.
anyway im looking forward to a few more films (which hopefully live up to my expectations) this mth! i should be watching "the king" tomorrow & "babel" when it is released on 25th jan!
and anyone got any suggestions on what shows i should catch as well?
the weekend
weekend is slow and nice with hubbi. we went window shopping on both days at orchard since we were in town to catch movies. anyway, i should be getting vouchers ($500!!) from my company and i've opted $400 in the form of isetan vouchers! so did some window shopping there to select the things that im gonna grab once i got the vouchers in early feb. hehe.
really hope its in time for my CNY shopping. *fingers crossed*
trivia: we went to ding tai feng for dinner yesterday & noticed that it doesnt have an english name like crystal jade. just ding-tai-feng. lolz. very mad.
waiting for our food to be served!
i prefer crystal jade's xiao long bao though!
was lamenting (again) to the husband during the weekend how shitty my job is when it suddenly dawned upon me that every last bit of drive in work that i ever have is snuffed out. or is that really the case? though many and even i, myself believed that im every bit of the slacker i proclaimed to be, but there were times i actually work hard & derive job satisfaction from my audit days. i even have to concur with hubbi to make sure i wasnt dreaming up all these. it was true that i will "on" my lappy & start doing work on a saturday for stretch of hours till the husband got impatient and asked me to stop working. despite always reaching for work late, i was up in the morning by 7+ to start doing work back then. and i remember vividly the light-headed feeling i have whenever i completed some sections of audit work/meeting the deadlines in advance!
but over here, i dont feel any of the above at all! i'm not sure if this is the job's doing or im the let one letting the job get to me.
sometimes when i look around, i saw my driven friends working hard at their career (as opposed to my "job") & i feel like i should be doing the same thing too.
we are only young once and there is no better time than now to work hard & see how far you can go/achieve.
*hmmmm* but on second thoughts, maybe my drive is not meant to be used in work but in other areas i guess. anyway, i may/may not stay 1 more year in my current company but regardless, i hope i can find that passion (no matter how teeny weeny) back in my work!
movies (beware, spoilers ahead)
i may have started slow but im surely catching up! jan is always a busy month for me in terms of movie-watching. with the oscars & golden globes coming up soon, there are heaps of good movies hitting our silver screen.
so i've caught 2 movies over the weekend (yes, 2 in 2 days) with the hubbi in agony.
1) Blood Diamond
the movie is a blast! it has action,drama,comedy,romance all rolled into one helluva show! and leonardo is getting very good at what he is doing - acting! i'm shamelessly in love with him! anyway he was nominated for golden globe best actor award for not one, but TWO of his movies this year! for both blood diamond & the departed. he was wayyy better in blood diamond! i hope he can nab that award for its finally his time to do so! i have seen him from "what's eating gilbert grapes" till now and he never fail to amaze me!
2) Pan's Labyrinth
the movie is a sorta letdown for my expectations. but maybe i expected wrongly and missed the whole point of the show. i guess if you go into the theatre knowing nuts about the whole show, then perhaps it will be a good one. well, the fairy land in the show is nothing like the one we know from disney. it was dark, sinister & violent. but maybe there's no fairy tales after all (the cynic in me speaks!), and the pan's labyrinth in the show is just an alternate reality for ... reality. ha.
and i have enough of endings where the leads die! why should they die! why should they die!
yes, leo & the little girl both die!!! why, oh why!?
bleh.
anyway im looking forward to a few more films (which hopefully live up to my expectations) this mth! i should be watching "the king" tomorrow & "babel" when it is released on 25th jan!
and anyone got any suggestions on what shows i should catch as well?
the weekend
weekend is slow and nice with hubbi. we went window shopping on both days at orchard since we were in town to catch movies. anyway, i should be getting vouchers ($500!!) from my company and i've opted $400 in the form of isetan vouchers! so did some window shopping there to select the things that im gonna grab once i got the vouchers in early feb. hehe.
really hope its in time for my CNY shopping. *fingers crossed*
trivia: we went to ding tai feng for dinner yesterday & noticed that it doesnt have an english name like crystal jade. just ding-tai-feng. lolz. very mad.
waiting for our food to be served!
i prefer crystal jade's xiao long bao though!
Thursday, January 18, 2007
4D3N Penang/Phuket cruise! :)
First day
last sunday, excited hubbi & me left our home for the long awaited cruise trip! :)
so by 1pm, we were at harbourfront ready to board our ship! this was my 3rd time on board & hubbi's virgin cruise trip, heh.
and we were in awe of the interior of the ship! it was H-U-G-E & very nice!!
the main lobby
our humble shack
our room! :))
after unpacking our stuff, we headed out for lunchie! we've 3 choices on board - chinese, western & buffet. we've tried all 3 but i love the chinese restaurant the most! the food was delicious and nicely served out in dishes. ha.
the rest of the day was spent running all over the ship, doing this and that. hubbi and i managed to catch a show, played bingo (didnt win), strolled along the deck, went to the library (ha!) & had a buffet dinner (s0-s0 only). and of cos, we went to the casino!! and won ourselves $50! not too bad for a start since we managed to win-lose, win-lose and survived 2 hrs+ in the casino. hehe.
2nd day
we reached penang ard noon & we've ard 4-5 hours to spare there. but penang is really boring and nothing much to shop. still, i managed to find things to buy.... COMICS! yesh, comics!! while it costs $5 per piece here, it was only $3.50 RM there!!!! which is ard $1.6 per piece. i almost gagged. those who know me will know how much i adore comics. so i lugged back 51 (yesh, FIFTY-ONE) comics back singapore. ha.
on our way to penang on small tender boat.
we were back on board by 5pm and after a nice nap back at our cabin, we went for a movie (again). after which, we went to the deck to catch the sunset!~ sunset is always so much harder to catch than sunrise. its just too fast! luckily we manged to catch it twice this trip.
sunset!
the ship reached phuket at 8am but we took our time to have breakfast, bath & relax before disembarking. cos the shops at patong beach is only opened at 11am. heh.
last sunday, excited hubbi & me left our home for the long awaited cruise trip! :)
so by 1pm, we were at harbourfront ready to board our ship! this was my 3rd time on board & hubbi's virgin cruise trip, heh.
and we were in awe of the interior of the ship! it was H-U-G-E & very nice!!
the main lobby
our humble shack
our room! :))
after unpacking our stuff, we headed out for lunchie! we've 3 choices on board - chinese, western & buffet. we've tried all 3 but i love the chinese restaurant the most! the food was delicious and nicely served out in dishes. ha.
the rest of the day was spent running all over the ship, doing this and that. hubbi and i managed to catch a show, played bingo (didnt win), strolled along the deck, went to the library (ha!) & had a buffet dinner (s0-s0 only). and of cos, we went to the casino!! and won ourselves $50! not too bad for a start since we managed to win-lose, win-lose and survived 2 hrs+ in the casino. hehe.
2nd day
we reached penang ard noon & we've ard 4-5 hours to spare there. but penang is really boring and nothing much to shop. still, i managed to find things to buy.... COMICS! yesh, comics!! while it costs $5 per piece here, it was only $3.50 RM there!!!! which is ard $1.6 per piece. i almost gagged. those who know me will know how much i adore comics. so i lugged back 51 (yesh, FIFTY-ONE) comics back singapore. ha.
on our way to penang on small tender boat.
we were back on board by 5pm and after a nice nap back at our cabin, we went for a movie (again). after which, we went to the deck to catch the sunset!~ sunset is always so much harder to catch than sunrise. its just too fast! luckily we manged to catch it twice this trip.
sunset!
hubbi and i went for dinner after sunset & we spent some lovely times just lounging around the many cosy areas on board. and then.. its casino time again! ha, i swear there's a gambling bone in me somewhere. and this night, we managed to win an additional 80 bucks (all in all we've $130 winnings!). blackjack is really cool! ha.
3rd day
3rd day
finally we managed to catch the only n only sunrise for this trip today. we were about to reach phuket, and the sunrise just came up over the island. nice!
the ship reached phuket at 8am but we took our time to have breakfast, bath & relax before disembarking. cos the shops at patong beach is only opened at 11am. heh.
phuket is hot hot hot! and as we walked towards the beach, there was this ang moh auntie standing topless, looking at the group of us. i was pretty amused by her saggy boobs but those uncles/aunties behind me were quite horrified. lolz.
my first time here at phuket!
my first time here at phuket!
hubbi + me!
phuket is slightly better than penang, at least there's shopping. we managed to buy some decorations (plates, candles etc) for our home, wacoal bra/panties, accessories, cutie notebook + photo albums for me!
oh and hubbi treated me to a pedi+mani too! only 300 baht! which is ard $13 in all for both mani & pedi! ridiculously cheap! *happy*
we went back on board for dinner around 5pm & there was gala dinner that night. reservations for gala dinner was made on the 1st day and we chose the western menu for it has beef for hubbi & shitake mushrooms for me! *weeeee*
luck at the casino was kinda bad as we lost all the remaining winnings (we used part the winnings to buy stuff at phuket :)). and we walked out of the casino with nett loss of $50. i was decidedly disappointed. i have to be a lucky girl, no?
last day
the day went past in a blur. and before we know it, we were back at singapore at 7pm! how time flies.
but i would love to go on a cruise again! the feeling of doing stuff with the knowledge that you are in fact cruising along on the sea is very nice!!!
okie tata, im coming down with a cold soon and i hate it!
Sunday, January 14, 2007
st james, bday celebration & cruise!
st james
candice, tanny + me
went to st james (for the very first time) on friday for 2 of my colleagues farewell. was kinda excited at the thought of going that yet skeptical abt the crowd there. heard that it was normally frequented by either older/much younger people.
anyway, the night was rather fun! despite the rain (making it so darn hard to walk around finding the various entrances) & rude bouncers giving us mixed instructions/directions. st james really can do with a proper walkway AND do away with some staff of its. *bleh*
first stop was to dragonfly which was surprisingly good. the live band was entertaining & most of us had fun drinking half-priced martinis. the only thing is i didnt get to see my beloved sly (muhhaha)! we popped over to the bellini room for some jazz & swing before he came out. *double bleh*
bellini room was more conducive for chatting & my colleague bought out his impossibly small hennesey cognac & impossibly bleh to drink. n i think i may be going back there this friday ha.
@ bellini room with colleagues
bday celebration @ california kitchen pizza (or isit the other way round?)
met up with the gang for grace, zm & mine bday celebration. dinner was simple & enjoyable with just good food & funny banter between us. and as usual, i made everyone take photos with me hehehe.
grace, gb + me
candice, tanny + me
zm,me +ser (yup, only dan is missing)
and as usual, i take pixs with hubbi as well.
before we head to town
before we head to town
okie gtg eat breakfast and get ready for my cruise. i have to board ard noon will only be back on wednesday evening. so dun miss meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
p/s:all photos taken by my new phone! *nice hor?*
Friday, January 12, 2007
梁山伯与茱丽叶
call me slow or what. but im super in love with this song now!!
梁山伯与茱丽叶 by 卓文萱 & 曹格 *yummy*
-humming along-
梁山伯与茱丽叶 by 卓文萱 & 曹格 *yummy*
-humming along-
Monday, January 08, 2007
wedding, handphone & a birthday
attended my colleague's wedding at the Regents on saturday. its my first time there n i found the place exudes old-royal charm.
bb with his boring linguine bolognese. me with equally boring lagsane. heh.
*i like the bold banana latte there* kinda weird huh, bananas with latte but it worked out fine!
i like the decor of the ballroom (except for the huge pillars & really really dim lighting). heh.
everything for the night was fine except for the part i dropped my V3 & spoilt the display screen. :(
what bad luck i have with handphones for the past 2 years.
i lost my k750i after having it for 1 1/2 mths only. & i spoilt my V3 just after 1 year usage.
*bleh*
but its okie! i trotted down to vivo starhub yesterday and got myself a new hp!
*drums roll* *tada*!
SE K800i! (pardon the unbelievably small pix)
i love it! with its 3.2mp camera! it feels like my old k750i, only better! *grinz*
though it set me back around 400 bucks *heart pain*.
but whatever. hopefully it can last me till the end of my 2 years contract.
on 01.07.09, which is coincidentally same as ah long's bday!
yup, yesterday was hubbi's bday which means he is officially in his 30's! *gasp* lolz.
we went to his parents place for lunch & had some fun with my fav. peanut baby. after which we left for vivo for my phone and some window shopping.
i treated him a simple dinner at terra which serves some decent food at reasonable pricing.
*yummy spinach soup* ~surprisingly..
bb with his boring linguine bolognese. me with equally boring lagsane. heh.
*i like the bold banana latte there* kinda weird huh, bananas with latte but it worked out fine!
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR, WORLD!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, WORLD!
*warning long post ahead*
finally its year 2007. i've so many to say & update! *wee* first of all to conclude on my year 2006. definitely there were ups & downs. hopefully more ups & downs. so let's see what went on last year for me! :)
Jan: i remember starting the year not feeling v. happy. so much so that my weight plunged to 50kg during thar period. bad. it was also the peak period for me. so it was really a dark period for me. but ah long and i collected our keys then & we were rather excited about it.
Feb: time spent mainly between sourcing for contractors & work. peak period continued.. got job offer (not knowing that i will be unhappy thereafter..), so thats like the only silver lining then.
Mar: settle MORE wedding admin. spent alot of time with ex-colleagues for my farewell. & finally embarking on my 2nd job at end of month.
Apr: work was very easy being the orientation month. gleeful about everything in life. had fun planning wedding & over-seeing renovation with ah long.
May: hell broke loose at work. hated my boss & totally regretted changing job. worse, ah long was away at paris for work for 2 weeks. never felt more alone & depressed. renovation at full speed, targetting to finish by early june.
jun: wedding PS done. excited about outcome. moved into new house in mid-month. world cup started! i was really v v v happy then though the late nights almost but killed me. TOTTI/ITALY rocks!
july: happy month for me. world cup is in full swing & italy went on to clinch the title. i couldnt be anymore happier despite this has absolutely nothing to do with me, with me being a non-italian & not betting any $ on the final match. but i was grinning for a good month. :)
alot of house warming in this month. had fun with friends.
aug: the good mood continued. my boss backed off with her silly demands. working life sorta stabilized. booked both my HK & honeymoon trips. settled almost all wedding admin. started to have jitters for upcoming wedding.
sept: MY WEDDING on 25th sept! the whole event went smoothly & i remember feeling v happy, blessed & loved that day. went for a shot 4D3N HK trip right after that. lovely shopping trip. heh.
oct: off to my honeymoon for nearly 3 weeks. :) turkey was really lovely & greece islands was an awesome experience though the cold was biting my bones towards the end of the trip. fancy zero degrees at athens! we were just hopping from shops to shops to bear the cold! ha.
nov: busy settling alot of admin, esp. developing pixs & collecting photos, as well as round up all the necessary purchases for the house. we only bought our dining table then! generally in an upbeat mood despite being busy.
dec: the only good thing about last month was i went on a shopping spree & bought some lovely stuff. the best item got to be the watch that hubbi helped to subsidize. on my own, i bought 3 pair of shoes, i skirt from isetan, 2 tops from zara & 2 necklace (from topshop/aldo). sounded kinda mad but i feel really happy with all these!
the bad thing is i started to get depressed again. hubbi has tried to convince me that my problem is not so bad & we are really lucky than most people out there. that i agreed & ive tried to talk myself out of my depressed state by getting lost in the daily routine madness & telling myself i'm really more fortunate than a lot of people in terms of everything. and thats the most important, yes?
so the above kinda sums up my 2006. definitely more ups than downs, huh? i truly hope so! off to year 2007!
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though i started 2007 in an ambiguous mood. i hope it can extend itself to a happy & fulfilling one!
let's start with my new year resolutions!
1) stay healthy!
-drink more water. i said the same thing for the past 2 years. think the pratice rate hovers around 30%? defintely not a good success rate. let's hope i can drink at least 3litres of water EVRYDAY in this coming year.
-exercise more regularly. this is hard. i dun like jogging & think swimming is cumbersome. i dun feel like spending on a gym membership cos my laziness made it hard for me to fully utilize it. i want a striddle machine but hubbi was saying too ex & no space in our house. so how?!
i got to figure out some way soon. :P
2) save MONEY!
my personal savings has finally managed to grow itself to a (low) 4-digit figure finally. i've got to keep it going till it hit 5-digit! dun be surprised, i did a small survey with my peers & most of them have 5-digit savings! so my aim is to save at least 30% of my take-home pay every month. it seems feasible so let's hope it really is!
3) travel more! (despite my pathetic 18 days leave)
starting with my 4D3N phuket/penang cruise next sunday! *grinz* i've never been to both penang & phuket. though we have only 1 day each at these 2 places, i think that should suffice. i can only foresee us going back to phuket next time round if we really like that place.
i hope to travel to europe with hubbi this coming apr/may. considering either eastern europe (czech,austria etc), west europe (spain,portugal,france) or central europe (germany,belgium,france,switzerland).
i really feel like going to tokyo & hokkaido around sept/oct. its been a good 5 years since i last went tokyo. im sure alot of things have changed & many sworned by the beautiful scenery in hokkaido, be it lavender/sunflower. i really want to see that! but think the season is during june/july. hmm, got to work around that too.
year-end will be a good time to go for a short trip like HK/bangkok. hehe. it HAS to be a shopping trip! but i doubt hubbi will want that. so i might have to find girlfriends to do this! :) which is a better idea!
think hubbi will faint if he's aware of my travel plans. but we will work something out im sure. :) he did promised me both long & short-distanced travel trips every year anyway.
4) last but not least. to stay happy & remind myself to be contended & push away dark, negative thoughts. 人生苦短，何必再自寻烦恼？
may be hard to achieve this but one should always try.
VITA BREVIS, dear all!
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the last few days
were relaxing for me. it was just rest & lazing around which is pretty good for me. i need rest!
friday was just dinner with hubbi @ tiong bahru. we were supposed to go vivo/great world/robinson but all plans were abandoned when he got wind of my purchase of 2 tops in the afternoon. im not supposed to go places with sales, lest i shop AGAIN. *oopsie*
had fun playing RPG game with him at night. im really hooked onto this whole baldur gate thingy. its fun to see my character gaining levels & getting more equipped with her armour class & having more magic spells to play around with. *yay*
i always knew i've a boy in me somewhere ever since young. from how i enjoy playing rugby with my cousins, to how i buy into certain gaming & till now, getting interested in watches alike.
sidetrack, speaking of watches, ive fallen in love with a Longines model. a man model to be precise, but i dun really care for i've no problem with wearing a guy's watch except that the dial size may be a tab big for my wrist. but whatever.
the piece is quite a pretty gem with moon phase (im very into moon phase now which is a relatively redundant complication for a watch), blue-steel hands, leather straps, white dial (pretty!) & square face. it costs around $3.5k after discount. i wonder when i will really be getting it. for 1) its barely a month since my recent omega purchase. 2) $3.5k can get me a LV bag & a gucci wallet & some clothes! im so torn! haha, okie the above is the materialistic me speaking. the inner-me still belives that health & happiness is everything at the end of the day. :b
housewarming at GS's house on sat. her house is huge!!! its an exec flat & i just want to run round n round her master bedroom. heh. space is both a luxury & chore i guess. i would love to have more space like her to add a sofa in the bedroom or get a walk-in wardrobe done but the cleaning will kill me. not that, but more like hubbi's nagging to clean our house.
i hate cleaning up! we are seriously contemplating to get an ah-sum to clean our house every fornightly. n since normal sweeping is done by hubbi, that will left me with washing clothes (via the washing machine) only! *muhahahahah* let's hope we can get one soon!
after which i went to vivo to meet hubbi & his parents for dinner. i DIDNT manage to buy anything this time round, much to the relief for both of us.
sun is my birthday!! im freaking 25 years old. how do one deal with being in the mid-twenties? im definitely not taking this whole thing well. gimme back my youth (an irony since im in my youth now)! it must be hard on hubbi who is stepping into his thirties this year. *hiaks* evil me at work again.
hubbi & me ready to get out the house
spent the quietest birthday ever. mainly cos not exactly in the most upbeat/positive mood this week & having an issue with getting old. spent the morning playing game & went back to my parents' house in the noon. got an angbao from mum. :) made me feel young again. :))
i will always remain a kid to them, i guess.
hubbi & i made our way to parkway parade n spent a lovely evening there. we had my favourite (tom yam) steamboat & durian ice-cream there. i appreciated him willing to spend time queuing up & eating the real spicy steamboat with me. he ate till he had runny nose at one point of time. i just laughed at him. ha.
we went ikea for some shopping yesterday & i actually made chocolate chip cookies! yes, me!! i made cookies & they turn out fine! hubbi really like them and it made my heart went all warm. *grinz*
all ready for the oven!
baking in the oven!
*warning long post ahead*
finally its year 2007. i've so many to say & update! *wee* first of all to conclude on my year 2006. definitely there were ups & downs. hopefully more ups & downs. so let's see what went on last year for me! :)
Jan: i remember starting the year not feeling v. happy. so much so that my weight plunged to 50kg during thar period. bad. it was also the peak period for me. so it was really a dark period for me. but ah long and i collected our keys then & we were rather excited about it.
Feb: time spent mainly between sourcing for contractors & work. peak period continued.. got job offer (not knowing that i will be unhappy thereafter..), so thats like the only silver lining then.
Mar: settle MORE wedding admin. spent alot of time with ex-colleagues for my farewell. & finally embarking on my 2nd job at end of month.
Apr: work was very easy being the orientation month. gleeful about everything in life. had fun planning wedding & over-seeing renovation with ah long.
May: hell broke loose at work. hated my boss & totally regretted changing job. worse, ah long was away at paris for work for 2 weeks. never felt more alone & depressed. renovation at full speed, targetting to finish by early june.
jun: wedding PS done. excited about outcome. moved into new house in mid-month. world cup started! i was really v v v happy then though the late nights almost but killed me. TOTTI/ITALY rocks!
july: happy month for me. world cup is in full swing & italy went on to clinch the title. i couldnt be anymore happier despite this has absolutely nothing to do with me, with me being a non-italian & not betting any $ on the final match. but i was grinning for a good month. :)
alot of house warming in this month. had fun with friends.
aug: the good mood continued. my boss backed off with her silly demands. working life sorta stabilized. booked both my HK & honeymoon trips. settled almost all wedding admin. started to have jitters for upcoming wedding.
sept: MY WEDDING on 25th sept! the whole event went smoothly & i remember feeling v happy, blessed & loved that day. went for a shot 4D3N HK trip right after that. lovely shopping trip. heh.
oct: off to my honeymoon for nearly 3 weeks. :) turkey was really lovely & greece islands was an awesome experience though the cold was biting my bones towards the end of the trip. fancy zero degrees at athens! we were just hopping from shops to shops to bear the cold! ha.
nov: busy settling alot of admin, esp. developing pixs & collecting photos, as well as round up all the necessary purchases for the house. we only bought our dining table then! generally in an upbeat mood despite being busy.
dec: the only good thing about last month was i went on a shopping spree & bought some lovely stuff. the best item got to be the watch that hubbi helped to subsidize. on my own, i bought 3 pair of shoes, i skirt from isetan, 2 tops from zara & 2 necklace (from topshop/aldo). sounded kinda mad but i feel really happy with all these!
the bad thing is i started to get depressed again. hubbi has tried to convince me that my problem is not so bad & we are really lucky than most people out there. that i agreed & ive tried to talk myself out of my depressed state by getting lost in the daily routine madness & telling myself i'm really more fortunate than a lot of people in terms of everything. and thats the most important, yes?
so the above kinda sums up my 2006. definitely more ups than downs, huh? i truly hope so! off to year 2007!
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though i started 2007 in an ambiguous mood. i hope it can extend itself to a happy & fulfilling one!
let's start with my new year resolutions!
1) stay healthy!
-drink more water. i said the same thing for the past 2 years. think the pratice rate hovers around 30%? defintely not a good success rate. let's hope i can drink at least 3litres of water EVRYDAY in this coming year.
-exercise more regularly. this is hard. i dun like jogging & think swimming is cumbersome. i dun feel like spending on a gym membership cos my laziness made it hard for me to fully utilize it. i want a striddle machine but hubbi was saying too ex & no space in our house. so how?!
i got to figure out some way soon. :P
2) save MONEY!
my personal savings has finally managed to grow itself to a (low) 4-digit figure finally. i've got to keep it going till it hit 5-digit! dun be surprised, i did a small survey with my peers & most of them have 5-digit savings! so my aim is to save at least 30% of my take-home pay every month. it seems feasible so let's hope it really is!
3) travel more! (despite my pathetic 18 days leave)
starting with my 4D3N phuket/penang cruise next sunday! *grinz* i've never been to both penang & phuket. though we have only 1 day each at these 2 places, i think that should suffice. i can only foresee us going back to phuket next time round if we really like that place.
i hope to travel to europe with hubbi this coming apr/may. considering either eastern europe (czech,austria etc), west europe (spain,portugal,france) or central europe (germany,belgium,france,switzerland).
i really feel like going to tokyo & hokkaido around sept/oct. its been a good 5 years since i last went tokyo. im sure alot of things have changed & many sworned by the beautiful scenery in hokkaido, be it lavender/sunflower. i really want to see that! but think the season is during june/july. hmm, got to work around that too.
year-end will be a good time to go for a short trip like HK/bangkok. hehe. it HAS to be a shopping trip! but i doubt hubbi will want that. so i might have to find girlfriends to do this! :) which is a better idea!
think hubbi will faint if he's aware of my travel plans. but we will work something out im sure. :) he did promised me both long & short-distanced travel trips every year anyway.
4) last but not least. to stay happy & remind myself to be contended & push away dark, negative thoughts. 人生苦短，何必再自寻烦恼？
may be hard to achieve this but one should always try.
VITA BREVIS, dear all!
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the last few days
were relaxing for me. it was just rest & lazing around which is pretty good for me. i need rest!
friday was just dinner with hubbi @ tiong bahru. we were supposed to go vivo/great world/robinson but all plans were abandoned when he got wind of my purchase of 2 tops in the afternoon. im not supposed to go places with sales, lest i shop AGAIN. *oopsie*
had fun playing RPG game with him at night. im really hooked onto this whole baldur gate thingy. its fun to see my character gaining levels & getting more equipped with her armour class & having more magic spells to play around with. *yay*
i always knew i've a boy in me somewhere ever since young. from how i enjoy playing rugby with my cousins, to how i buy into certain gaming & till now, getting interested in watches alike.
sidetrack, speaking of watches, ive fallen in love with a Longines model. a man model to be precise, but i dun really care for i've no problem with wearing a guy's watch except that the dial size may be a tab big for my wrist. but whatever.
the piece is quite a pretty gem with moon phase (im very into moon phase now which is a relatively redundant complication for a watch), blue-steel hands, leather straps, white dial (pretty!) & square face. it costs around $3.5k after discount. i wonder when i will really be getting it. for 1) its barely a month since my recent omega purchase. 2) $3.5k can get me a LV bag & a gucci wallet & some clothes! im so torn! haha, okie the above is the materialistic me speaking. the inner-me still belives that health & happiness is everything at the end of the day. :b
housewarming at GS's house on sat. her house is huge!!! its an exec flat & i just want to run round n round her master bedroom. heh. space is both a luxury & chore i guess. i would love to have more space like her to add a sofa in the bedroom or get a walk-in wardrobe done but the cleaning will kill me. not that, but more like hubbi's nagging to clean our house.
i hate cleaning up! we are seriously contemplating to get an ah-sum to clean our house every fornightly. n since normal sweeping is done by hubbi, that will left me with washing clothes (via the washing machine) only! *muhahahahah* let's hope we can get one soon!
after which i went to vivo to meet hubbi & his parents for dinner. i DIDNT manage to buy anything this time round, much to the relief for both of us.
sun is my birthday!! im freaking 25 years old. how do one deal with being in the mid-twenties? im definitely not taking this whole thing well. gimme back my youth (an irony since im in my youth now)! it must be hard on hubbi who is stepping into his thirties this year. *hiaks* evil me at work again.
hubbi & me ready to get out the house
spent the quietest birthday ever. mainly cos not exactly in the most upbeat/positive mood this week & having an issue with getting old. spent the morning playing game & went back to my parents' house in the noon. got an angbao from mum. :) made me feel young again. :))
i will always remain a kid to them, i guess.
hubbi & i made our way to parkway parade n spent a lovely evening there. we had my favourite (tom yam) steamboat & durian ice-cream there. i appreciated him willing to spend time queuing up & eating the real spicy steamboat with me. he ate till he had runny nose at one point of time. i just laughed at him. ha.
we went ikea for some shopping yesterday & i actually made chocolate chip cookies! yes, me!! i made cookies & they turn out fine! hubbi really like them and it made my heart went all warm. *grinz*
all ready for the oven!
baking in the oven!
now im home alone. hubbi went to friends' house to play MJ from 9-3pm. im supposed to go with him but i cant wakey up in time. heh. waiting for him to come home soon. shall we play game or go out?
hmmmm..............
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Merry X'mas world!
my favourite day of the year came and was over so fast that i barely registered it.
was feeling kinda down for the past 2 weeks. i've started 2006 on a depressed note.
i really dont wish to end 2006 or start the new year on the same note too.
but it seems like that's the direction im heading *sigh*
hubbi has been very encouraging and supportive in trying to draw me out from my owndark private world but at the end of the day, i still need to do it myself.
the fact the i know that im depressed (though it helps since the first step to get out of depression is to RECOGNIZE the fact that you are in one) still doesnt do much for me.
still, i managed to nab some fun here n there with my dear hubbi, fantastic family & wonderful friends.
so alternating between cheeriness from the festive season & blues from every other thing else, x'mas went past in a blur.
shall try to focus on the positive. life is really too short to mull over issues.
Vita Brevis, everybody!
nice?
my favourite day of the year came and was over so fast that i barely registered it.
was feeling kinda down for the past 2 weeks. i've started 2006 on a depressed note.
i really dont wish to end 2006 or start the new year on the same note too.
but it seems like that's the direction im heading *sigh*
hubbi has been very encouraging and supportive in trying to draw me out from my owndark private world but at the end of the day, i still need to do it myself.
the fact the i know that im depressed (though it helps since the first step to get out of depression is to RECOGNIZE the fact that you are in one) still doesnt do much for me.
still, i managed to nab some fun here n there with my dear hubbi, fantastic family & wonderful friends.
so alternating between cheeriness from the festive season & blues from every other thing else, x'mas went past in a blur.
shall try to focus on the positive. life is really too short to mull over issues.
Vita Brevis, everybody!
holiday for moi started from friday (22nd dec):
had a mini x'mas celebration with my colleagues in late noon. not really enjoyable as my boss joined and everyone knows how much i dislike her, ya?
it was off to meet hubbi in town to catch the "curse of the golden flower". gong li & chow yun fatt were superd in their acting. especially him, who really brought life to his character.
23rd dec:
spent early noon playing xbox RPG game with hubbi. heh, was catching on the game bug from him. and i think im quite good with my elfen character.
accumulating cash to shop for weapons/armour/potions is the best part of the game.
no wonder the hubbi said my virtual character is just like me. :)
went to catch "night at the museum" in late noon at orchard (again..). show is funny but not as funny as what i would expect.
more of family humor when im expecting "zoolander"-esqe humour. hmm...
met up with my mum,dad & brother for dinner at crystal jade palace at taka. my treat since its my dad bday. food is so-so & a 'lil over-priced. should have brought them to chef chan instead.
learnt that brother has passed his "N" levels. really happy about that! hope he will do so for his "O" level in coming year!
cant resist shopping for accessories again and bought 2 necklaces again! one from topshop & the other from aldo.
nice?
24th dec
spent a quiet day with hubbi at home doing some housework chores. we left the house around 5+ for some spot shopping at raffles city before heading to menotti for our dinner reservation.
the food was so-so only (*bleh*) and choices were pretty much limited as they served set menu for x'mas eve. the only good thing is pricing is reasonable at around $50 per pax since we've 20% disc for UOB card. :)
then it's off to meet the gang for x'mas eve party at a KTV in chinatown! :))
though its only a short period from 10pm-3am, we managed to have a blast of fun! singing KTV was really fun and we took all kind of silly photos!
gift exchange was nice and simple too and i got myself a set of nice towels from esprit. thanks, ser!
25th dec:
went walk walk around raffles city & marina square with hubbi. was trying to shop in topshop/selfridge/zara with all the sale going on. but alas, sale items are all either out of size or really horrendous design. i didnt manage to get anything at all for myself!
in the end, the hubbi got himself a novel & i got myself something which i wanted for a very long time (again, a very long time here is around few months.heh.).
taking advantage of the 20% xmas sale, i got myself this FINALLY!
*yay* now i can read up on everything about my favourite band! *sweet*
okie, i hope i can keep up the good spirits till my bday which is in a week time! :)
i really hope i can start 2007 in a positive/upbeat note. wish me luck! :)
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
好心情!
今天心情大好特好. 很奇怪. 昨晚才刚觉得自己似乎又要陷回低潮与沮丧. 人真的很奇怪.
说说开心的事吧! 为何好心情? 好多原因!
1)早上去了mariott hotel 上课程. 还能在它餐厅用餐! 真棒!
2)公司刚给我们一人＄２００ 的NTUC vouchers! 虽然这么说很安娣，但我很开心能用这些vouchers去购买东西！
３）薪金将会在这星期五汇进户口,好让我过个开心的圣诞节!
4)最后，今天老板不在．我要早早收工回家！
请让我开心到明天！不想又低沉下去了．．．．．．．．．．．
说说开心的事吧! 为何好心情? 好多原因!
1)早上去了mariott hotel 上课程. 还能在它餐厅用餐! 真棒!
2)公司刚给我们一人＄２００ 的NTUC vouchers! 虽然这么说很安娣，但我很开心能用这些vouchers去购买东西！
３）薪金将会在这星期五汇进户口,好让我过个开心的圣诞节!
4)最后，今天老板不在．我要早早收工回家！
请让我开心到明天！不想又低沉下去了．．．．．．．．．．．
Saturday, December 16, 2006
im very much in love with my new baby! yes, im talking about the new watch i just got for myself with hubbi's help! :)
what a gorgeous beauty it is! i love the mother of pearl dial especially!
*grinz*
anyway, just came back from vivo city. yes, my 2nd time there for this week. im in love with that place! i've been going there non-stop ever since it opened. heh.
it has all (well, almost all) shops that i want!
was at my colleague's housewarming before there. quite a nice gathering and the son of one of my other colleague was absolutely cute! i totally adore him! :)
went to vivo for a quick dinner and caught "eragon" with hubbi. the show kinda sucks. i have no wish to catch the sequel at all. i guess LOTR just sorta kill all other kind of fantasy/adventure shows. except for harry potter maybe
anyway, am into buying accessories nowadays. look what i bought for myself in the last 2 weeks! :)
nice??!
im in such a shopping mood but im still decidedly broke. so shopping just gotta wait till jan i guess. still, i cant resist buying 2 bras from wacoal yesterday! hehe.
everyone pls visit isetan scotts for wacoal lingerie (up to 70% off!). nice!
and i bought a topman polo tee for hubbi yesterday too. poor as i am, i still think he deserve that as xmas gift. luckily it fits him well and he likes the top!
been down with a flu since friday. now getting drowsy from medication.
okie, bedtime for moi.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
ba bee boo blabbers!
golden nugget of the day
a very tired me stumbled out of bed to bath this morning. after which,hubbi made a bizarre request from me to take a photo of him for his passport renewal.
so before long, he was decked in his best pink shirt, posed infront of our off-white wall. me, trying my best to take the photo without blocking the sunlight on his face. is this a normal thing to do on a wednesday morning? if so, why am i feeling so bemused?
anyway, was at the bus stop when i received a sms from hubbi: "i love you, piggy."
dont know where that comes from but it sure perks up my morning that little bit. :)
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friends
attended GS's wedding yesternight at intercon. the decor is really really nice.
gave the wedding a fairylike & grand ambience. kinda different from my own one which is cosier i feeL?
food was nice & i had fun catching up with my friends there!
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we!
hubbi and me went shopping during the weekend and we bought the watch that i wanted for very long (is 3 months considered long? :P)!
but he seems to be much more excited over it than me, ha.
though its supposed to be a bday gift for me, im starting to wear it already. heh.
our cruise has been confirmed as well! yes, we are sailing off in mid jan'07! *yay* been a good 9 years since i last went for a cruise! and this will be the first time for hubbi!
im sure we will enjoy our time on board! :)
x'mas eve dinner reservations have been made too! was thinking to myself that just one year ago, we were too poor to make any proper reservations, and dinner was eaten at just NYDC (if i didnt rememeber wrongly). hmm, wedding can really be a costly affair!
now that its over, we can finally reward ourselves properly for important days.....
i bought ah long his bday prezzie during the weekend too! its a ray-ban shades and i think we got it at quite a good price. anyone interested in getting shades can consider lucky plaza?
the shope there have some good discounts going on.
and he's worse than me. he started wearing them when he goes to work now, DESPITE its only a short walking journey for him to work.....
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me
i want to go shop shop shop! but i really did over-spend for last mth n this mth.
now that wedding is over, i suddenly feel very cash-rich (its definitely just an illusion) & i've been spending on stuff like there is no tomorrow. *madness*
though im very tempted to spend my AWS to the very last cent, i've decided not to.
its really time to start saving for myself. apart from our common savings, i've peanuts for my own savings.
really peanuts. this has to STOP! whoever heard of having 3-digit savings for a 25 year old!
*ashamed :(*
but weekend strolling along orchard proves to be much fatal than i thought. *grr*
okie. no shopping for this mth till jan. a girl got to shop for CNY, no? :)
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work
i know this is an exceedingly long post but i always feel the need to be chatty during my month (yes, its my birthday month now!), so bear with me.
just want to say my dreadful presentation and meeting are over!
though i made a couple of boo-boos during the presentation, it went relatively smooth. *wee*
now only left with the appraisal session & monthly meeting session. i can do it!
2007, quick come!
a very tired me stumbled out of bed to bath this morning. after which,hubbi made a bizarre request from me to take a photo of him for his passport renewal.
so before long, he was decked in his best pink shirt, posed infront of our off-white wall. me, trying my best to take the photo without blocking the sunlight on his face. is this a normal thing to do on a wednesday morning? if so, why am i feeling so bemused?
anyway, was at the bus stop when i received a sms from hubbi: "i love you, piggy."
dont know where that comes from but it sure perks up my morning that little bit. :)
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friends
attended GS's wedding yesternight at intercon. the decor is really really nice.
gave the wedding a fairylike & grand ambience. kinda different from my own one which is cosier i feeL?
food was nice & i had fun catching up with my friends there!
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we!
hubbi and me went shopping during the weekend and we bought the watch that i wanted for very long (is 3 months considered long? :P)!
but he seems to be much more excited over it than me, ha.
though its supposed to be a bday gift for me, im starting to wear it already. heh.
our cruise has been confirmed as well! yes, we are sailing off in mid jan'07! *yay* been a good 9 years since i last went for a cruise! and this will be the first time for hubbi!
im sure we will enjoy our time on board! :)
x'mas eve dinner reservations have been made too! was thinking to myself that just one year ago, we were too poor to make any proper reservations, and dinner was eaten at just NYDC (if i didnt rememeber wrongly). hmm, wedding can really be a costly affair!
now that its over, we can finally reward ourselves properly for important days.....
i bought ah long his bday prezzie during the weekend too! its a ray-ban shades and i think we got it at quite a good price. anyone interested in getting shades can consider lucky plaza?
the shope there have some good discounts going on.
and he's worse than me. he started wearing them when he goes to work now, DESPITE its only a short walking journey for him to work.....
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me
i want to go shop shop shop! but i really did over-spend for last mth n this mth.
now that wedding is over, i suddenly feel very cash-rich (its definitely just an illusion) & i've been spending on stuff like there is no tomorrow. *madness*
though im very tempted to spend my AWS to the very last cent, i've decided not to.
its really time to start saving for myself. apart from our common savings, i've peanuts for my own savings.
really peanuts. this has to STOP! whoever heard of having 3-digit savings for a 25 year old!
*ashamed :(*
but weekend strolling along orchard proves to be much fatal than i thought. *grr*
okie. no shopping for this mth till jan. a girl got to shop for CNY, no? :)
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work
i know this is an exceedingly long post but i always feel the need to be chatty during my month (yes, its my birthday month now!), so bear with me.
just want to say my dreadful presentation and meeting are over!
though i made a couple of boo-boos during the presentation, it went relatively smooth. *wee*
now only left with the appraisal session & monthly meeting session. i can do it!
2007, quick come!
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
expensive garibaldi.. *pui*
hubbi got back to me that garibaldi's set dinner menu for x'mas eve costs around $160+++ per pax.
im heartbroken.
we are not going anymore. *sobbie*
now getting him to check out menotti. i hope we are able to make reservations for our x'mas eve dinner soon!
im heartbroken.
we are not going anymore. *sobbie*
now getting him to check out menotti. i hope we are able to make reservations for our x'mas eve dinner soon!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
开心的一个post!
太好了! 我终于等到我的coach wristlet了!
很好看,是不是?
虚荣心又作祟了, 但购买喜爱的包包真的让我很亢奋!
好开心哦!
最好能买完所有美丽的包包!:))
和老公昨天去了vivocity一趟.
店小二的十全鸭真有够好吃耶. 在配上莲藕汤, 真的是让人吃得好幸福.
那里好大好大, 至今仍去不到第三楼. 呵呵....
下班后能吃一顿好的,能和他拉扯着一些没完没了,也蛮不错的.
希望这样的生活模式可以蔓延下去!
十二月,大家记得对自己好一点喔!
DECEMBER - busy month ahead!
so many things happening in this month. both good & bad though the good definitely outweigh the bad! :>
lets talk about the bad and get it out of system fast. i've a presentation coming monday and i so dread it!
apart from the fact that this is the first time i'll be presenting on the topic and to a particular group of management, my slides are only just done 30 mins ago!
now awaiting review from my 魔头. i really hope monday will come & go fast!
after the presentation, our department will still be having the monthly dreadful meeting with , yes, 魔头 again! meeting has been scheduled to be 3 hours long. madness!
AND, we've another meeting to discuss on next year's projects! i DREAD to know what projects i'll be assigned to. *blah*
hubbi got a job offer which pays better than his current one! :) and he's getting some sort of bonus this month too!
and what's in it for me from all this? hehe... hubbi is gonna treat his parents and me to a cruise in Jan! he's gonna make the purchase of a watch that i really really love possible by subsidising the purchase. *yay* that counts as my bday pressie. :) have thought of asking him to just buy the watch for me but think that'll kill him. lolz~
and im making him to treat me to a nice restaurant for x'mas eve. how is garibaldi? anyone tried there before? i'm thinking of that but he's not too keen on italian food. bleh.
talking about x'mas eve, i'll be joining the gang for KTV session after dinner with hubbi! i've booked the choco log-cake from coffee bean and it sure look nice!
we'll have tons of fun on the 24th, that im sure of! *grinz*
there;s a housewarming cum x'mas celebration session at my colleague's house next sat & another one at our house for his friends next sun. :) it'll be fun too im sure!
& DnD @ york hotel in this month too. not exactly fantastic, but spending the evening with colleagues cant be THAT bad right?
oh, and how can i forget, GS's wedding @ intercon coming tuesday! fun fun fun! :))
what can i say? december=busy month!
hope i survive with minimal hangover & no burnt holes in pockets!
so many things happening in this month. both good & bad though the good definitely outweigh the bad! :>
lets talk about the bad and get it out of system fast. i've a presentation coming monday and i so dread it!
apart from the fact that this is the first time i'll be presenting on the topic and to a particular group of management, my slides are only just done 30 mins ago!
now awaiting review from my 魔头. i really hope monday will come & go fast!
after the presentation, our department will still be having the monthly dreadful meeting with , yes, 魔头 again! meeting has been scheduled to be 3 hours long. madness!
AND, we've another meeting to discuss on next year's projects! i DREAD to know what projects i'll be assigned to. *blah*
hubbi got a job offer which pays better than his current one! :) and he's getting some sort of bonus this month too!
and what's in it for me from all this? hehe... hubbi is gonna treat his parents and me to a cruise in Jan! he's gonna make the purchase of a watch that i really really love possible by subsidising the purchase. *yay* that counts as my bday pressie. :) have thought of asking him to just buy the watch for me but think that'll kill him. lolz~
and im making him to treat me to a nice restaurant for x'mas eve. how is garibaldi? anyone tried there before? i'm thinking of that but he's not too keen on italian food. bleh.
talking about x'mas eve, i'll be joining the gang for KTV session after dinner with hubbi! i've booked the choco log-cake from coffee bean and it sure look nice!
we'll have tons of fun on the 24th, that im sure of! *grinz*
there;s a housewarming cum x'mas celebration session at my colleague's house next sat & another one at our house for his friends next sun. :) it'll be fun too im sure!
& DnD @ york hotel in this month too. not exactly fantastic, but spending the evening with colleagues cant be THAT bad right?
oh, and how can i forget, GS's wedding @ intercon coming tuesday! fun fun fun! :))
what can i say? december=busy month!
hope i survive with minimal hangover & no burnt holes in pockets!
Monday, December 04, 2006
weekend feels pretty short to me. friday night was a relaxed one with suling popping over to my place to see some photos and getting excited over U2 music all over again. *heh*
it's really nice to have friends who share the same mad passion with you on the same thing. i guess she is the only one i can mull over U2 lyrics, exclaim over the strings & discuss on bono's personality.
oh, and i really cant get enough on "sometimes u cant make it on your own"! its fantastic! :))
hubbi and i just spent the night chatting away after she left. as i said, it has been a relaxing friday night. but i fell asleep soon after 12 despite a relatively "做没" week. why that happens is still a mystery to me. maybe im just getting old.
saturday is a mad rush for me! i woke up at 10am, saw the dentist at 11am, reached home by noon for lunchie with hubbi, then its out to the dermatologist appointment at orchard at 245pm, then meet ah long at far east to collect my coach bag from the cleaning shop at 4pm, then its back to tiong bahru for haircut for me. by the time my haircut was over, its already 630pm! and i've to rush back to my house to have dinner with hubbi & my in-laws!
by then, i was totally pooped! and i only managed to sneak a glance & barely touch my new dining set delivered to our house at late noon before we headed out for dinner.
after dinner, i just want to head home after our grocery shopping and rot the night away. and head home we did & i've a relaxing night again. just sitting around, reading comics & chatting with hubbi. and i fell asleep before 1 again. my weekend can be so short nowadays! :{
sunday was nice, though kinda packed again. woke up at 10+ and get out of house soon after for lunchie at my parents' house. very happy to see my mum after like 3 weeks? (im such an infilial brat,huh?) & chit-a-chatty to her non-stop about my honeymoon (we brought the photos for her to see). sunday noon is really good to lounge around doing nothing but reading magazines at mum's place. :))
hubbi accompanied me to tampines to walk walk before i met up with the gang in late noon. we both feel like going back to those "拍拖" days when we normally spent our sundays at TM then he'll sent me home before heading to his gombak home himself. i realised i really miss just window shopping with him at such heartlands areas. :))
yesterday meeting with the gang was full of "冷场"s. perhaps as per what grace said, our tolerance level for one another is at all-time low currently. hmm.
let's hope x'mas eve will still be a bash regardless!
it's really nice to have friends who share the same mad passion with you on the same thing. i guess she is the only one i can mull over U2 lyrics, exclaim over the strings & discuss on bono's personality.
oh, and i really cant get enough on "sometimes u cant make it on your own"! its fantastic! :))
hubbi and i just spent the night chatting away after she left. as i said, it has been a relaxing friday night. but i fell asleep soon after 12 despite a relatively "做没" week. why that happens is still a mystery to me. maybe im just getting old.
saturday is a mad rush for me! i woke up at 10am, saw the dentist at 11am, reached home by noon for lunchie with hubbi, then its out to the dermatologist appointment at orchard at 245pm, then meet ah long at far east to collect my coach bag from the cleaning shop at 4pm, then its back to tiong bahru for haircut for me. by the time my haircut was over, its already 630pm! and i've to rush back to my house to have dinner with hubbi & my in-laws!
by then, i was totally pooped! and i only managed to sneak a glance & barely touch my new dining set delivered to our house at late noon before we headed out for dinner.
after dinner, i just want to head home after our grocery shopping and rot the night away. and head home we did & i've a relaxing night again. just sitting around, reading comics & chatting with hubbi. and i fell asleep before 1 again. my weekend can be so short nowadays! :{
sunday was nice, though kinda packed again. woke up at 10+ and get out of house soon after for lunchie at my parents' house. very happy to see my mum after like 3 weeks? (im such an infilial brat,huh?) & chit-a-chatty to her non-stop about my honeymoon (we brought the photos for her to see). sunday noon is really good to lounge around doing nothing but reading magazines at mum's place. :))
hubbi accompanied me to tampines to walk walk before i met up with the gang in late noon. we both feel like going back to those "拍拖" days when we normally spent our sundays at TM then he'll sent me home before heading to his gombak home himself. i realised i really miss just window shopping with him at such heartlands areas. :))
yesterday meeting with the gang was full of "冷场"s. perhaps as per what grace said, our tolerance level for one another is at all-time low currently. hmm.
let's hope x'mas eve will still be a bash regardless!
Friday, December 01, 2006
weekend is here again!
been a rollercoaster week for me.
happy note
my boss is not around for a good part of the week. imagine my joy! and my productiviy for work has been an all-time low. heh.
met up with 2 of my favourite guys in my life on wed for a nice dim sum dinner at geylang. been so long since i just sit down with the 2 of them, talking about everything under the sun and just laughing till our tummies ache. *warm fuzzy feeling* *smile*
i still stand by the theory that everyone changes, no matter what they choose to believe otherwise. but so long we are changing in the same direction or making the effort to adapt to each other's changes, relationships can still be sustained.
i hope this applies to my friendships. :)
my dining table is finally set to be delivered to our house tomorrow!
sad note
i can foresee a real busy week next week. no one to blame but my own laziness. whatever not completed this week will need to be done by next week. simple logic but really scary!!
had an argument with ah long during mid-week. :( sigh. his and my bad tempers are really bad for any kinda arguments. hopefully, going forward, we can both curb our tempers (me,especially!).
due to our fight and lack of sleep, i got migraine this week too. i hate it when i started seeing stars. and it was so bad till i went to puke. but as usual nothing came out which made me feel all the more worse. *grr*
happy note again
weekend is finally here again! lotsa errands for me to run this weekend. but i need the break from work! 530 quick quick come!
happy note
my boss is not around for a good part of the week. imagine my joy! and my productiviy for work has been an all-time low. heh.
met up with 2 of my favourite guys in my life on wed for a nice dim sum dinner at geylang. been so long since i just sit down with the 2 of them, talking about everything under the sun and just laughing till our tummies ache. *warm fuzzy feeling* *smile*
i still stand by the theory that everyone changes, no matter what they choose to believe otherwise. but so long we are changing in the same direction or making the effort to adapt to each other's changes, relationships can still be sustained.
i hope this applies to my friendships. :)
my dining table is finally set to be delivered to our house tomorrow!
sad note
i can foresee a real busy week next week. no one to blame but my own laziness. whatever not completed this week will need to be done by next week. simple logic but really scary!!
had an argument with ah long during mid-week. :( sigh. his and my bad tempers are really bad for any kinda arguments. hopefully, going forward, we can both curb our tempers (me,especially!).
due to our fight and lack of sleep, i got migraine this week too. i hate it when i started seeing stars. and it was so bad till i went to puke. but as usual nothing came out which made me feel all the more worse. *grr*
happy note again
weekend is finally here again! lotsa errands for me to run this weekend. but i need the break from work! 530 quick quick come!
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
i think im self-centred
Adj.1.self-centred - limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
yes, i think i fit the above description. either that or im just plain lazy.
just realised that my blog rarely speaks about anything else, other than (you got it!) MYSELF.
if you look carefully at the sidebar, you will see a note from me proclaiming that this blog belongs to ah long and me.
that's a false fact (if such an oxymoron phrase existed) which most of you should know by now.
any traces of ah long in my blog are from me. which means, the chance of distortion of who he truly is IS very high.
so in short, he can be better or very very very much worse than what i mentioned here. *hiaks*
i really hope he wont see this entry.
but today, i want to talk about something other than myself.
i want to talk about my friend (M) who is currently going through a very rough patch in life. i hate it when im at a loss when it come to comforting/encouraging others. and believe me when i say that i suck at such things.
still, i really hope M can find the strength to pick Mself up.
if you happen to read this post and you know who you are, remember you are not alone. you still have us who really care for you! :)
so pull through this difficult period fast and have faith that your life can only be better from now since this is already the rock bottom (?)!
im sorry but i just got to update something about myself. (i'm self-centred, remember?!)
x'mas is fast approaching and i still cant feel the joyous vibes yet. why? :(
and as broke as i can be, im troubled over what i should buy this coming december. i need to reward myself with something for x'mas/my bday/what-so-ever!
the question of the year is: "should i get a watch or a wallet?"
hmmm......
p/s: some justification for the purchase
1) watch: i've only ONE watch currently. a DKNY which is a gift from my closest friends for my 21st bday. anyone who knows my age will know that by this dec, this watch would have been with me for X years. after 3 changes of battery for it, i think its time to get a NEW one for myself. seriously, im getting bored of its very-scratched strap.
2) wallet: i've a really nice bag which i would love to use every single day of my life. problem is, it's small and my current long wallet CANT fit into it. i need a new wallet to go with the bag. yup, just this frivolous reason. :)
yes, i think i fit the above description. either that or im just plain lazy.
just realised that my blog rarely speaks about anything else, other than (you got it!) MYSELF.
if you look carefully at the sidebar, you will see a note from me proclaiming that this blog belongs to ah long and me.
that's a false fact (if such an oxymoron phrase existed) which most of you should know by now.
any traces of ah long in my blog are from me. which means, the chance of distortion of who he truly is IS very high.
so in short, he can be better or very very very much worse than what i mentioned here. *hiaks*
i really hope he wont see this entry.
but today, i want to talk about something other than myself.
i want to talk about my friend (M) who is currently going through a very rough patch in life. i hate it when im at a loss when it come to comforting/encouraging others. and believe me when i say that i suck at such things.
still, i really hope M can find the strength to pick Mself up.
if you happen to read this post and you know who you are, remember you are not alone. you still have us who really care for you! :)
so pull through this difficult period fast and have faith that your life can only be better from now since this is already the rock bottom (?)!
im sorry but i just got to update something about myself. (i'm self-centred, remember?!)
x'mas is fast approaching and i still cant feel the joyous vibes yet. why? :(
and as broke as i can be, im troubled over what i should buy this coming december. i need to reward myself with something for x'mas/my bday/what-so-ever!
the question of the year is: "should i get a watch or a wallet?"
hmmm......
p/s: some justification for the purchase
1) watch: i've only ONE watch currently. a DKNY which is a gift from my closest friends for my 21st bday. anyone who knows my age will know that by this dec, this watch would have been with me for X years. after 3 changes of battery for it, i think its time to get a NEW one for myself. seriously, im getting bored of its very-scratched strap.
2) wallet: i've a really nice bag which i would love to use every single day of my life. problem is, it's small and my current long wallet CANT fit into it. i need a new wallet to go with the bag. yup, just this frivolous reason. :)
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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