Dinner @ York Hotel

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Siong siong is back in Singapore.. although not "back for good" as he will be leaving for his PHD again next year, but we are all still very happy becos he had been away from home since 3 years ago, and for the past three years, he wasn't able to join us for reunion dinner during CNY eve..

Well, what to do, my brother is so into studying... his passion for his studies is so strong, to a point that it makes me admire my brother for once.. haha

I have planned for us; mama, siong siong, baby, me, and probably big siong siong & papa (big siong siong & papa seldom joins us for outings.. they are kind of..hmm.. boring.. heez) to go ride the singapore flyer and shop and dine @ vivocity one of these days.. becos till this very moment, mama and siong siong have not been to vivocity before.. and all of us have not taken the singapore flyer... so we must have a family outing soon!

Went for my dad's fren's son's wedding dinner at York Hotel last night... This is my first time going there.. Initially i thought it would be a rather old and small hotel... like those Quality Hotel... But to my surprise the lobby seems pretty impressive, probably because it looks kind of new, i guess they jus renovated.

To our surprise, York hotel is actually part of the GoodWood Park Hotels... but the location is kind of hard to find... its near the Mount Elizabeth Hospital... sort of ulu... The food was so so only... i liked the desert most cos its red bean paste soup with glutinous ball "tang yuen"... but the most dissappointing thing is that the aircon wasn't really working well...all of us felt warm and humid throughout the whole dinner....

Actually i don't really like to attend wedding dinner... especially of those brides and grooms whom I dun even know at all... I only enjoy attending wedding dinners of my close frens or close relatives... Becos only then.. you will really feel happy for them and give your most sincere blessings to them...

Baby and I went to watch "Wanted" on Fri night... the show is nice.. with many unexpected and exciting parts, twist and turns in the story.. and Angelina Jolie was really very sexy and pretty... I like her eyes and hair the most... nowander Brad Pitt broke up with Jennifer Aniston in order to be with her...

Well, our lives now are no different from the story lines in movies... anything can happen the very next second.. and we won't be able to be prepared all the time... To me, the most important is to try to live our life to the fullest everyday... always treat that "this" very second is so precious... and you would want to spend it with your most beloved ones...

Ktv @ GIB with HLM

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Last night baby and i went to GIB's Party World for Ktv session with HLM people. Okie my shortforms are not easy to understand... GIB stands for Goldheart International Building.. and HLM stands for heartland mall... these are codes my previous company use for our outlets... and even though i have left Aspial for more than half a year... my memory of these code are still very clear.. after all i worked there for 3 yrs...

what i meant by HLM people are actually my colleagues from my heartland mall citigems outlet... throughout my stay in Aspial for 3 yrs... HLM was the outlet i worked the longest... its was like 1.5 yrs there... which is what we consider as long becos Aspial is famous for major reshufflements every few months... so usually we dun get to stay in one particular outlet for long... this is how they train us to be adaptable and and acceptable to any unforseen changes...

But anyway... although i have already left Aspial liao, but my relationship with my HLM colleagues is still very strong... i always remember how we chiong sales together, OT together, outing day together, supper nite together, and of cos not to forget, ktv nite together.... I regard them as my family, not colleagues.. thats how kept our kinship so strongly... not to mention our leader, Patrick Lao da... he guides us, teaches us and scolds us like our father.. but he truely cares about our well being... tats wat makes him our best manager and lao da... and why we respect him so much...

Heex jus suddenly felt like looking back at my Aspial days.. becos from my recent meet ups with them.. i realise tat certain problems and unhappiness is arising amoung my HLM family... its more on relationships... being A break up with S... and A being acused of cheating S becos A got fling before they broke up... then R getting angry with A and no longer being good buddies anymore... hai... and also seeing J having new GF, despite the fact tat he has got a long and strong running relationship of 10 years with his engaged gf, T.

Of cos we know J is usually very popular amoung girls, and that he flirts around but doesn't take it seriously becos he loves T. But this time round he seems very serious about this new GF and we never heard him mention abt T recently.. ever since the last time he mention buying a BTO flat with T.

Haiz.... I know we shouldn't "chup" people's relationship problem... but seeing loving couples fall apart makes me feel... sad and confuse.... becos how can relationships so strong still fall apart after 10years being together... but probably ah gan and me are jumping into conclusions too soon... we will just wait n see....

But all these happenings makes we wonder ponder about my own relationship... becos i already regards baby as my life long partner... even before we bought our BTO flat, ROM and customery... but will baby's love for me die off many many years later?.... will he have flings outside when he gets sick of me?..... i share these stories with baby and asks for his opinions... he tells me he will not be like them... his love is always for me... of cos i trust my baby... but im jus feeling scared becos one wont know what will happen tomorrow... not to mention years later....

Maybe im jus tinking too much... but i jus want baby to know that my love for him will never change... and that we will be togther till our kids have kis of their own... and that we have white grey hair and retire to enjoy life together... heex.. I Love You Baby! Muacks!

Holi-Sunday

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Lolx... Sunday was kind of like a holiday for me even though I had to work... Becos after work Baby and i went to Novena furniture at paya lebar to help papa buy his reclinable leather arm chair... Apparantly papa wanted us to help him go some small furniture shop ("modern living") to help buy a recliner which was advertised in the newspaper @ $199. But Baby found out that it was a lousy pvc leather arm chair, though also a recliner but was of very lousy quality. And the gimmick was that we still had to pay another $80 for installation fees... this is rubbish man... $80 to install a lousy armchair...

So baby went to reckee some other furniture shops nearby genting road.. which he finally came across Novena Furniture... and they were selling a genuine leather armchair , also recliner, @ $499, with no extra charges and they gave us $499 nett nett, instead of adding gst.. heez.. I tried the chair, it was so comfortable, almost fell asleep instantly.. Even though papa was willing to pay for this armchair, but I suggested that me, baby and my two siong siong brothers chip in to the cost of this chair, $100 each person, then papa only have to pay $99. Heex... hope papa likes his armchair when its delivered on friday...
Papa's New Armchair

To carry on my sunday story, we went to Amk jubilee for dinner at the taiwan bubble tea cafe again... yummy food and yummy bubble tea... to my surprise, baby asked if i wanted to watch Get Smart at Jubilee Eng Wah before we step into the cafe... becos the box office was jus next to the cafe... Although i was tired, and it was sunday night, i was excited abt watching this show, and since baby suggested to watch, I said ok, provided got seats lah.. becos the show is like 1.5hrs away.. haha.. to our expectations, there were plenty of seats available.. and we bought the tickets immediately... Had our nice nice dinner, then baby went to our car to get my jacket cos i left it in the car tinking i will not need it cos we only having dinner mah... Lucky baby went to take my jacket, becos the cinema was freezing cold...

The show was funny as we expected.. but pretty short though, and baby said that the "laughing" parts (siao dian) still not enough... but we did miss like 3-5mins of the beginning of the show which i tink is pretty interesting becos i heard people laughing.. but anyway, the show was still pretty good... Heez..

Yesterday Baby and i went to hougang plaza for our late lunch at the 5star western food... very nice yummy hotplate.. baby always wanted to go there try their hotplate but didn't haf the chance.. i tried it before so i knew it was nice.. baby had black pepper steak at medium well, and i had black pepper chicken chop... yummy delicious hotplates... heez and baby was delighted that he got to try this western food for the first time with me~.. heez.. so sweet of baby.. we wanted to take photos of our sizzling food buy didn't have our camera becos siong siong borrow from me and will only return on fri when he returns from the US... humph~!

We found this shop (@ hougang plaza) selling lots of products by hello kitty, melody, cinnimaroll, doreamon, and many more.... so cute, and of cos you know me, i will definatly go in and check out for cute stuffs to buy... heez.. they have very wide collection... there were many things i wanted to buy but were either quite expensive.. or wasn't the right time to buy becos many was meant for ym up coming new home.. heez

Hope this shop will last long enough till we get our new house keys 4 years later.... I will definately patronize again when we pass by hougang plaza or hougang mall.. heez cos i love these cutie stuffs!...

Went to hougang mall for some walk walk and bought my necessities and also went NTUC to buy ingredients for my cookie making.... headed home straight to make my cookies and baby had his nap... initially we planned to go tanjong katong for our steamboat dinner at Paradise on Earth.. but i took too long doing my cookies.. becos it was more difficult than i tot it would be.. "shud be easy mah, since its not my first time and the steps seems easier then my other recipes..
But, it wasn't.. and it took me like 3-4 hours to make 1 box of cookies..." end up i was too tired to go out for steamboat and baby woke up at 9pm, jus in time to buy dinner for us to eat... sianz.. regretted making the cookie.. shud haf done the same type i did last time... easier n faster... and nicer too... but to my surprise baby liked the cookie.. and ate non stop after he woke up.. i find it a little too sweet becos i put too much honey.. but mommy also said its quite nice.. and the most important thing is it is more healthy becos no eggs were added... mainly oatmeal, flour, honey and peanut butter...

Hmm... since they like it... it made me feel more satisfied with my ability to bake and cook... heez... next time probably going to make muffins or my fav chocolate chip cookies again..

NigHtmaRe iN LaLa's Room

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Im so tired now... I've had nightmares or stupid dreams for the past few nights... causing me to wake up in the nights and not having enough sleep even though i purposely slept earlier then usual..

Friday night didn't really quite enjoy that night becos at first me and baby quarrelled before I meet up with him & his colleagues.. I guess I was in a pretty bad mood due to my mensual cramps and having to stand all the way from Orchard Mrt to Woodlands Mrt when my legs were feeling weak due to my mensus.. And the worst thing was that baby was very angry with me becos I was venting my anger on him, and the moment I finally got to meet him at Woodlands Mrt, he gave me attitude also and asked if I wanted to go home instead... That really made me mad like hell..

But after arguing and making angry remarks to each other... we managed to cool down... especially in front of his colleagues.. After which I told Baby the reasons I was moody.. then he apologised to me and we end up still going Ktv...

Ktv was still ok.. only that I was angry Baby didn't finish singing our fav duet by stopping the song after the first chorus.. there was 15mins before we had to leave and he was "kan chiong" to sing finish all the songs on the list...

But anyway we still made up after we went home... heez...

Sat was super nua day... I wanted to go watch Get Smart in the afternoon before we go for dinner feast at temple... but Baby had to choose to jog at 4pm of all times of the day... so I jus nua at home, play psp, do home chores.. wasn't tat bad actually... cos i was sort of tired...

Went to temple at around 7.30pm... finished dinner at around 9.30pm... and we were sitting down chatting as usual with ah dua ah sui... Then we were suddenly chatting about wild wild wet... theme parks... ktv...

And ah sui suggested we have "temple" outing... and we were all so excited we decided to go bowling immediately... there were a huge group of us... with all us younsters... and uncle aunties... heez... I was pretty excited... ah sui and ah pei even trimmed their nails so tat they could bowl better... lolx... But end up when we go hougang kovan super bowl... there were so many people there..... wow.. didn't know younsters like to bowl instead of playing pool or billiard... at first we were on waiting list... we reached at abt 11pm... and waited till 12am.. playing those arcade games... then we found out there were still 10 more people before us on the list... and everyone was tired of waiting... so they suggested to go home instead and come another day and reserve lanes beforehand.... boo hoo~... I was pretty dissappointed... tot i finally got chance to bowl... especially with my good frens...

I grew up with these childhood frens... (ah dua, ah sui, ah pei, ah cai, ah di ......) we all met at temple.. our parents were frens so we got to know each other... although we had some age gaps of 4 - 5 yrs... but our relationship were very good... got along very well...

And its been years since we last had outing together... becos everyone is busy with our lives... work.. NS... dating... marriage... Talking about all these I suddenly realised how time really flies.... Im 22 this year... my life changed to the better after knowing baby =) .... and everything else comes so fast... like buying our weekend car(heez... baby is the one paying).. buying our flat... and planning for our ROM, customory marriage... and I can go on and on...

Im really glad I got to know Baby~~... he is really very nice to me... but sometimes he does things that make me angry... and he doesn't even realise tat.. although it can get fustrating at times, but i got used to it.. becos baby's character tends to be insensitve and not observant.. but tats wat makes him cute too~~... heez..

Okok too much of typing for today... i go play viwawa liao... ah gan and rick introduced tis game to me last week... it's online mahjong... heex... http://www.viwawa.com/

Busy week.... enjoying weekend ahead...

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I have been busy this early week... took leave to go temple becos it was god's birthday we need to go help out as usual... pretty tiring compared to working but it was enjoyable and i was able to catch up with ah dua ah sui they all...

Will be having a enjoyable weekend ahead becos on coming Friday, baby and his colleagues arranged for a ktv session and of cos i have to tag along lah... then im planning to watch "Get Smart" on Saturday afternoon then have dinner with temple people in the night...

Heez pretty excited to watch "Get Smart"... cos the preview itself was very funny liao... its like a funny version of james bond 007... only tis time the male leading actor is Agent 86... if i didn't remember the number wrongly...

Baby sometimes can really make me very angry you know.... doing things or going places that piss me off... he plans to go watch soccer match with his colleagues tonight.. and its like 2.45am in the morning... siao de leh... its not like he is not working tomorrow lor... y need to make himself so tired?.... last time he doesn't bet on soccer and told me he doen't like it ... but why is he so interested now?.... i know he is only betting with Singapore pools...and bet only small small... but i still don't like the fact that he is betting soccer... i hate it......

finally have time to post

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wow... so many days never come in n post le... Been very busy for the whole week.. cos my colleague jus last day... have to follow up on all her work.. sort of like 1 person doing the work of 2... haix... sian...

went to mustafa on wed nite... baby suggested to his colleagues to go after their ot becos they suddenly wanted to buy beach vollyball... bor liao rite?.. have to go all the way to mustafa... but anyway i went with him n spent so much time there... end up only baby bought things... me went home empty handed... he finally bought his crogs liao... always wanted to buy but complian no discount... mustafa was selling at $39 something... n outside is like $50+... at first baby thought was imitation... but the crogs had original labels... so we believed it was real...

thursday was a pretty sicky day for me... fell sick during work.. had flu... after work mommy was nearby my office so came to fetch me... but i had to accompany her to people's park first to buy her fabrics... so i went the 4th floor to do some shopping instead... wow ppp really changed alot...
the 4th floor was like far east plaza... had those small shops selling the latest fashion wear... and i managed to buy 2 tops... at $20 and $28.. n the boss gave me extra discount when i asked for it... pretty good cos seldom singapore shops allow bargaining... heex...

wat a hectic day man...

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today is wat we call a real blue monday... i was extremely busy for the whole damn day... revising quotations and arranging for shipment and attending to customers...

i dun even have the time to go toilet or drink water... like im working the job of 3 person... wat the hell man....

but anyway i was chatting on msn with faith n she mentioned about joining Amore for yoga or pilate and asked if i was interested... well... i was pretty interested in the past but didn't have the time as my working hours dun allow... but now after changing job... i have more free time after work.. so y not give it a try rite?...

it can help me lose some weight n stay healthy... baby is sure to encourage me to join cos he always says im lazy... dun wan join him on his sports activities.... but i still got to check how much are these packages and whether they are worthwhile....

this evening we went to attend ah beng de grandma's funeral.... haix... life is always unpredictable... but we were glad to hear that his grandma left very peacefully....

change of subject.... i wan to watch kungfu panda!... wheni watch the preview scenes of the movie... i find that it shud be a very interesting n funny movie... and its wat we need to relieve our stressful life.... but baby always says that cartoon movie not worth watching at the movies... rent dvd can liao... =( i dun care... i'll psycho baby to watch with me... he he heeeez....

Enjoyable day spent with Baby

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Heez.... skiped one day of posting... becos on thursday... baby end up only calling me like 3-4am in the late nite...
Wat happened was that the area he went for ranging was unable to receive reception... so he couldn't call me.... lucky baby is alright... phew.... heez

On Friday evening... i finally got to meet baby le.... we arranged to meet at Bishan juntion 8 for dinner... when i first saw him... i really wanted to run into his arms n hug him tightly... but there was too many people around seeing... so we just smile very happily towards each other n held our hands tight tight.... =)

I really missed baby very much... seeing him is like i can breath again.... but i dunno y when i miss him so much... and the moment we meet... i'll really feel like crying... but of cos i held back those feelings.... becos im supposed to feel happy....

we dined at MOS burger.... then went home n rest cos baby was tired from the week long trainings.... so we stayed at home to cuddle up and watch tv... heez... i like this kind of feeling.....

On saturday.... baby had to work till 4 pm... after which we went to orchard to do some shopping... it was raining whole day long... which generally made me wana each steamboat.... heex... so we met sy & faith at "la mei zi"... opposite novena.... where they are the only place tat allows u to each steamboat of 4 flavours at 1 time... it was pretty nice... especially tom yum.... but baby n i still prefer the paradise on earth @ tanjong katong... they provide fresh ingredients and very nice home made chilli sauce......

Then we went to GrapeVine locatednear Kovan.... i always thought it was a high end wine bar when ever we drove past... but baby suggested we try out there and it turn out to be a very hot spot for youngsters... and they provide quite a number of alcholic drinks n beers or smoothies at very affordable / reasonable prices..... and their drinks are wat baby say of 'good' quality... cos their draught beer is not diluted and i can see the bar tender using whole fruits for their fruit juices n smootheis..... which certain place will use syrup..... on the whole... i would say its 7.5 out of 10.....

Baby im really very worried about you.....

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This is really driving me crazy.... Baby's phone has been off for the whole day... he hasn't sms or called me since our phone conversation last night... its so unlike him....

I cant help but feel worried about him... Is he ok? Is he safe?

He told me that this reservist is low key... meaning to say they wont have any major out field training... and that today he was supposed to only have ranging in the early morning... but why till now... 10pm... his phone is still off... I cant help but let my thoughts run wild.... becos something very terrible happened during his previous reservist last year.... ( jus to recall.... one of his camp mate met with an fatel bike accident on his way back home during their wed nights off, and pass away....) ever since then when ever baby tell me he has to go reservist... i get very worried and makes sure that he brings along the amulet that i got for him... becos its said that the route leading to his camp at lim chu kang is "dirty"....

Some more today it has been raining all day... it wont be safe for them if they were really having out field training all day.....

When i get worried... I let my thoughts run wild.... i feel so insecure... even mommy can see that im not myself today... and she consoles me by telling me that baby might be out all day for training, or his HP was confiscated... thats why he couldn't call me or contact me....

I really hope so that he is just out for training all day... and that he is safe n sound....
I wont be able to sleep tonight if he is uncontactable...... all i can do now is pray and pray real hard that he is ok....

Thinking of our new home again...

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just a few minutes ago while i was doing some house chores.... i was reminded of our new home @ Coral Spring...

Though there's gonna be another 3 to 4 years before this BTO is complete.... I cant help but feel excited about having our own home... just baby and me... and who knows... maybe small kukus & lalas in years to come....

Initially baby planned to get ROM just before we collect our home keys... but i was thinking of getting engaged on our anniversary 10th of Oct... on year 2010.... this way... it makes it even more special becos the date would be 10-10-10... Heex....

I have planned many things already.... ROM day... our special wedding band... which hotel we want to hold our dinner for our custom marriage.... Im a rather fussy person... with a fussy taste... heex... and baby is a "anything" person... so most of the time im the person making the choices... and baby just goes along with my decisions...

Though we seemed to have planned well for our "near future"... and everything seems to have "confirmed"... i still hope that he will officially propose to me before that day comes.... becos every girl hopes for that special day when their loved one proposes... im no different from other girls... but baby doesn't seem to have plans for doing that... becos we already bought our "up coming" flat.... so we are as good as "engaged" liao....

iT feELs sO diFf witHouT baBy by My siDe

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It was so humid & stuffy yesterday... while i was on the train... i was like sweating while playing psp despite the fact tat the aircon was pretty strong... if only baby was there to fetch me from work like the usual days...

although im always complaining that baby gets late for fetching me from work... but deep down inside i really appreciate that he takes the effort to fetch me... even if he is really very tired or rushed after work to come down to orchard to fetch me....

i was talking to him on the phone after dinner... and found out that he still has to work on sat even though his reservist ends only on fri night... poor baby... but he always seems so happy that he gets to work on the weekends... becos then he can earn more OT $$$.... Heex... thats the "spirit" he has tat drives me to work hard like him too...

Baby is also very accomodating towards me... even if he feels tired after work on the weekends... he still agrees to go out with me if i suddenly have the urge to go walk walk...
but his only bad point is that.... he gets hooked to his psp where ever he goes... sometimes it makes me feel neglected when all he does is play his psp and doesn't even listen to what i was saying to him... well... i have myself to blame becos i was the one who bought the psp for him....

Day 1 of Baby's Reservist...Sobsxxx.....

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Baby will be away for 5 days!!!.... soBx.... its another reservist at the far far away lim chu kang...
I hate these period of time becos i will be left alone on sleepless nites..
But during these periods, im reminded of how important baby is to me, and how dependent i am towards him...
luckily its a low key reservist and its only for 1 week... im so so so looking forward to sat morning... when he returns... Heex =)

Mommy is back from her 3 weeks stay at USA with siong siong=Er Ge. She went there to attend siong siong's graduation ceromony... So happy that mommy is back (siong siong back in another month's time) ... i really miss her healthy soups and delicious meals... here are some photos of mommy, siong siong and Er Yi at their stay in the states....
Day of Siong's Grad
They went many places sight seeing with Siong... a great chance for mommy to explore the US with siong before he returns after his graduation.

But well... he will still be returning to the states again in less then 1 year (supposed to be in less then 2 months but his stupid Spore scholar sponsor 'i wont say which company'... doesn't allow him despite the fact that he was the first student offered scholarship by Cold Spring Harbour = one of the best research lab in the world) for his PHD and it will be yet another 4 yrs there...... Look!...our future PHD.... Looks dun determine ur future u know?... heex..