Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hi all, Monthly Journal is back for the December issue!

Really got no chance to update my blog man! 7th December was my Big Day.. then followed by my Cambodia Trip.. then back to work.. clear work.. organise Christmas party, then now sorting out pictures from my Cambodia Trip and Wedding.. and vavooooom.. next, it’s NEW YEAR and followed by Chinese NEW YEAR!

Such an eventful period. I doubt anyone will bother to read this too.

My December ’08 issue of CLEO was bought in November. I read halfway, threw it in my study room and discovered it only last night. Hahaha.. Dun think I will ever have the chance to finish it. Same goes for the November ‘08 issue.. Maybe I can get the January ‘09 Issue later!

When u get your own house, there is just sooooo much housework to do (Not that I’m complaining)! And sitting down to read newspaper or magazine is a luxury, really. Even the tea that I bought, I have no time to slowly appreciate it.

Even at work, my heart is outside. Just heard from a colleague next door, tmr’s her last day. I’m happy for her too.. cuz everyday (almost) can hear her boss scolding her. Anyways she said she found another job….. makes me wonder, izit time for me to go too?

Apple’s baby boy, Kayden, was born on Christmas day. So cute.. might have to wait till the full month then can go and visit them. But 25th January is CNY eve.. gosh.. wonder how Apple is going to arrange that!

It’s 5.10pm now.. im stuck in the office. Siting beside me (and for the past 4-5 months) is my TK boss. Damn TK lor… Can’t stand him.

Oh yah, my wedding pics and Cambodia pics are UP! But im lazy to post them here, please see my Facebook for the pics yah!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone!!!

*counting down - 22 days left*

Wow.. time flies. I haven’t been updating for the past one month!

This blog has become like my monthly issued journal! So many times happened that I duno where to start with…

Some updates on my wedding..

A little hiccups and screw-ups from my Bridal Studio, but things are still going on fine.. I haven’t collected my album yet! Guess it will be ready by either this week or next.

As for the hotel side, so far so good. Attendance not so good thou. From 28 tables, we shrinked to 25 tables… a lot of ppl can’t make it – going for holidays, working.. etc etc.. watever lar. I also believe that if ppl wants to come, they will be able to make it no matter what. Anyways, im planning to keep my wedding small and nice, lesser tables = lesser problems also. We have gotten our wedding cards and also chosen our wedding favours already. As we were given 2 choices, we got the teacups and coasters with the "little chinese wedding couple" cartoon.. if u know what I mean..

Oh yah, the wedding cards are ready too!! Nice and white.. with Precious Moments pictures on them.. I like Will upload the photos here tonight!

Work is ok too… not so busy.. time passes slow. Boss is still very "tee-ko".. wat to do?

I’m going Cambodia after my wedding.. for a short honeymoon. The actual one is in April 2009 – planning to join the TopDeck Tour to Europe.. Super excited! Hope we dun incur too much losses for the dinner, then at least no need to save up to Europe… so jialat!

Recently my body is reacting funnily.. not doing much exercise, but feel damn tired! Maybe its mental…. mentally tired. Just a few weeks ago, I am feeling relaxed.. but as the wedding gets near, I get more tired. Dun even have the mood to collate my songs into a CD.. Everyday just feel like going home early, play with my cocoa and watch TV.

Talking abt TV, the channel 8 9pm drama serial by Chen Han Wei and Zoe Tay is damn good man! I make it a point to catch it every night. It’s abt AIDs, and the mis-perception of ppl have towards AIDs. And how ppl react to a person before and after he is infected. Damn good lor the show, so realistic. It really reflects the true beings.

And wana say "Jaiyou" to my buddy (name is not mentioned for privacy)! Her dad is in hospital and just did a Bypass Op last week, till now still in ICU and not out of danger yet. May all the Gods look after him… May he get well soon.

After my ah mah (granny)‘s incident, I turned to a belief that a person who survives death, will survive even better after that. My ah ma used to be a petty, closed-up and defensive person. She was that type who will "hide" in her room when we go and visit her during CNY, in avoidance of some of her children whom she doesn’t like. A few months ago, she suffered from a stroke, of which she managed to recover almost 90% now. And she is a Changed person totally. She is friendly, smiley, and whatever u can find in a good ah mah.

What im trying to say is that, everything happens for a reason…
So, Be Strong…and also believe that every obstacle you come across is actually a challenge for u. 加油!

eng....

Wow, finally! After a few weeks, I finally have time to come back and update you ppl!

This morning as I was bathing, I heard the radio playing a Jacky Cheung’s old song.. "情书". Not that I have never heard of this song before.. In fact, I have heard of it many many times, but I realise I never paid any attention to the lyrics:

<<情 书>> -- 张学友
你瘦了憔悴得让我好心疼
有时候爱情比时间还残忍
把人变得盲目 而奋不顾身
忘了爱要两个同样用心的人

你醉了脆弱得藏不住泪痕
我知道绝望比冬天还寒冷
你恨自己是个怕孤独的人
偏偏又爱上自由自私的灵魂

你带着它唯一写过的情书
想证明当初爱得并不糊涂
他曾为了你的逃离颓废痛苦
也为了破镜重圆抱着你哭
哦 可惜爱不是几滴眼泪几封情书
哦---这样的话也许有点残酷
等待着别人给幸福的人 往往过的都不怎么幸福
哦 可惜爱不是忍着眼泪留着情书
哦---伤口清醒要比昏迷痛楚
禁闭着双眼又拖着错误
真爱来临时你要怎么留得住

I love that sentence where I have specially highlighted.. Isn’t that very true?

"People who waits for others to provide happiness, are usually those who aren’t really happy."

Sometimes I really wonder how these lyrists find all their inspiration man! I mean.. c’mon.. they’re the best psychologists around….

8th October 2008 "celebrated" my one year in this firm… Kaoz, I din’t expect myself to survive this long man! Sighz.. now is a bad time to look for a job. My wedding is creeping up in less than 2 months time, and the market is really not doing good! Anyways, I have to hold on.. I will get my bonus (if any) end Dec.. but seeing the way the market goes… I think even if the boss gives me one month, I should be happy liao.

O says he might not even have ;(

Jiayou everyone!!

Finally, I have the chance to update here… Those who wana see the pics of my new house, pls kindly go to my Facebook account to check. Too lazy to attach the pics here again.

These few weeks have been grueling… Luckily after shifting into my new house last Sunday, I saved a lot of precious time on travelling.. Each trip was lessen from 50mins to 20mins now. So I save 1 hr per day on travelling. But poor Cocoa had to be left alone at home.

So far it has been ok for her. My mum stayed over on Sun night, so I have her to take care of Cocoa on Monday morning.. Tuesday she was left alone, Yesterday O was on urgent leave so he took care of her.. and today Cocoa is alone again. Hope she doesn’t pee and poo on my sofa man! So far she peed on the floor in the study room twice already. But other than that, she went to her cage to wee. Good girl.

It’s only Thursday today and I’m damn tired and sleepy man! Have been sleeping after midnight for the past 4 nights. Can’t really sleep well, maybe becuz not accustomed to the bed yet.

I’ll be having my 1st round of housewarming this Sat afternoon, followed by one in the evening and another one on Sunday afternoon. The final one will be on 18 October.

Was supposed to collect my wedding shoot photos (soft copies) last sat.. 6 Sep.. but was too busy with house cleaning so I postponed the appt to 20 Sep. Will upload the photos either here or Facebook once I have them.

O bought some mooncakes from "Big China Pastry" (大中国), damn yummy. They come in Macadamia and butter flavor, and Walnut and butter flavor. I tasted the Macadamia nuts flavor already, but haven’t for the Walnut. Heard from my mum it’s damn good. Must try.

Ok guys till then, will take some pics from my housewarming this weekend and upload them!

Take care!

I'm back!

Finally.. I found time to feed my blog.

Work has been really keeping me crazy, stressed etc..

My house is 85% ready.. tomoro they are delivering Tv, heater and the last batch of lights to my new house! We also bought the red leather sofa, but need 3 weeks to custom make.. so will not be ready until sept! and thats when i will move in..

fast? not very fast lar... I wana get rid of the 2 hours travelling time each day! Dun wana wake up at 7am everyday lor! Not enough sleep man!!

Tmr will take some pics and will upload here thereafter!

My transfer.

Ok guys, here's the story..

It all started from last last Tues -

B for boss
Me for me
A for Auntie L (who was also my mentor)

B: Hi Bess, we have a great offer for you.. something really different from what you have been doing.. and trust me, you will learn alot.. much more than you have been learning so far. We have all thought about it, you are a U-grad.. shouldn't be wasting time doing what you are doing.. Are you interested to try out Litigation at our Main office? You will be working directly under one of our partners - OBL.

Me: Er...

A: It will be a good option for you. If its other lawyers, I may not encourage.. but if its OBL, I think you will really learn alot of things there.

B: Yah.. OBL is very knowledgeable.. and he is just like a walking Law dictionary.. you will benefit alot working under him.

Me: Hmm.... I'm ok.

B: Wow.. really? I'm surprised you agreed so readily..

Me: I would like to try something new anyway..

B: Great... very good! That's the attitude.. (to A) See, thats's why I always say.. youngsters are very adaptable and they really have very good learning attitude.

A: Yes.. (nodding)

Me: I love challenges.

B: Ok very good.. It's definitely going to be VERY challenging, so i need you to wrap all the cases that you have in hand.. you will need to clear whatever you can do for now and I want you to pass ur files out by tomoro..

Me: Tomoro???? When would you like me to move over?

B: Asap... I'm looking at Thurs. (2 days later)

Me looking astonishingly at A.. (wtf?)

A: Ermm I think it's better for her to start next monday. At least let her start on a new week.

(Me nodding hard....)

B: Ok lar, so it's set. Next monday you will move to the main office k. I will call OBL to inform him about the good news.

Me: Ok, thank you Mr XXXX.

The end. The end to my happy, carefree life in Toa Payoh Office.
But its also the start. The start to my hectic life..
In simple words.. Its from Heaven to H.. erm.. I mean Earth, back to earth.

Fyi, the main branch is well-known for the residence of many famous kungfu masters.. Namely, the Viper, the Praying Mantis and the Tigeress(es). You will know what I mean if you watch Kungfu Panda.

The Advice from Many: "Never step on their toes or give them a chance to step on urs".

Thus explains why I haven't been able to come online to update my blog for SOoooo long! (I used to do this during office hrs.. heehee) Now I'm scared they catch me!

Back to the political world...

I was lucky they put me into a "chamber" of my own.. until the current secretary moves out of OBL's office. So till now I have made less than 3 friends, after 6 working days (that's quite a record man!).

Well, on my 1st day of work.. OBL told me ALOT abt why he wants to replace his current secretary.. and I'm like "huh.. why she like that??"

After more days of working, I came to realise that his current secretary is actually not that bad really! She's quite knowledgeable and good in her work.. She also told me her side of the story and I'm like "huh... very different from what I've heard". But well... when 2 person can't get along.. they simply can't.

I'm worried.... cuz till now I still duno the real reason why OBL dislikes his secretary.. I'm just worried to end up having the same fate as her. We shall see abt that, right now, I'm working on it.

Jiayou Bessie, jiayou!

Job Transfer!

I'm getting a job transfer starting next Monday!

My biggest boss called me into his office yesterday and asked me if I would like to try out something new - Claims dept.. instead of what im doing now - Conveyancing. It was auntie who encouraged me, so I agreed almost immediately..

Thus, I will be shifting to the main office at Chinatown point. Goodbye, Toa Payoh... I will miss you! Apart from getting ready to meet new people, report to new lawyer and adapting to my new work desk, i will need to wake up at 7am everyday (I sleep till 7.35 everyday)! Well, for the short term, its going to be a lil' tougher.. But I'm moving to Tiong Bahru in Sept so travelling will be no problem then!

Excited, worried but looking forward~ as always, I'm a super optimist! :)

Last Sunday, went to collect my free ipod shuffle from Funan.. then continued our pat-tor to Maxwell. But it was only 5pm, too early for dinner, so we went opposite to take a walk at the majestic 佛牙寺 (buddha-tooth-temple). It was really grand! Nice lor, so I took some pictures..

The facade of the temple

The "Signboard" at the entranceI stole a shot in the ladies
cuz it was a nice toilet, with lotus carvings on the basin

The buddha feet - the toes are of the same length..

Buddha upon attaining enlightenment...

Meaning of 善哉 (the monks always say this)Very interesting, we also managed to read the story of Buddha..

Reminds me of a movie I have seen many years ago.. think the man who acted Buddha was Keanu Reeves.. wonder if u can remember?

Wednesday… Finally!
1 more hour to knocking off.

Last night went Balestier to buy the rest of the lightings for our new home. We saw "陈天文" in one of the shops. He and his wife were also shopping around for lights. As what I will usually do when I see artistes on the streets, I will pretend I don't recognise them and walk on without looking at them. Haha, I guess… He will also be awkward if I keep staring at him right!
Anyways, we moved on to another few shops to continue out search for lightings. Saw this very very grand chandelier.. can anybody guess the retail price??

*hint: it's really expensive lor!!


Then we carry on walking and walking and we walked into "Palace of Lights".. and I finally found my "Diamond" light!!!! SO excited! The price tag showed $198, and I'm like "huh…. So ex for such a tiny light?" Think the Sales person heard me, then he quickly explained that the price tag is for "show" only.. The original price of this "Diamond" light is actually $95 only! Hahaha.. heng ar ~ He went on to explain that they purposely jack up the price so that when Interior Designers bring their clients to buy lightings there, they can 假假 give discount, and can still set aside some $$ for the Designers (so now u know why designers like to bring clients to buy lightings, eh?!)

Anyways, I'm grateful for the sales person 'Raymond' for being so nice and honest. Apart from buying the "Diamond" light, we also bought lights for the bathrooms. Just simple cubic lamps, with stainless steel borders around them. Will definitely put up the pictures here when the lightings are installed… Then u will know why I'm so crazy abt this "Diamond" light which I have been talking abt! Delivery this sat! Hooray!

Damage: $185.00

Sick, moody and poor!

Isn't it very sad? It's a Monday and I'm very moody.. So moody I can list down the reasons why I'm moody!!

1. I had a very sick weekend with a very bad flu, which means I didn't really enjoy my weekend

2. My flu has found his all-time good fren - Cough.. They always meet each other in the end, thou the flu always arrives a few days earlier

3. I lost my voice!!! Not totally, but I'm 85% on a "mute" mode now! I can't even sing along when I heard my favorite song on radio just now

4. It’s the TOTM (Time Of The Month) again!! At this timing meh?? On a Monday where I'm already so sick and they need to come together???

5. Woke up early morning and look into my wardrobe, wana wear white color top but realised that my nude-colored bras are not washed yet!!!

6. No choice… after thinking for quite some time, I decide to wear my black-colored stoned cross-backed top, and I realised the scars on my "wings" still visible!!

7. Ok so be it… scars... bobian. But the horrifying news is that I have a big 'O-Ceh' on my biceps area!!! Walau eh!!! I must have bruised myself when I knocked my arms against a cupboard the other day!

8. Nvm lor, then I just carried on my journey to the office.. was thinking.. since my boss doesn't want to reimburse our medical bills, then I will come to the office to spread my germs lor!

9. Sick still need to work, already feeling very moody right? Reach the lobby, entered the lift, then I realised that the f**king lift is going down, not up!! FREAK MAN!!! 9.15am already still take me for a joy ride!

10. So, in the end, I reach office… Saw my colleague, I try very hard to force a smile but she returned me with a "smelly" face (aiyah, anyways she always do that.. maybe she thinks she looks "chio" by trying to look blank)

Yah so you see?? I'm really f**king moody, sad and pissed to start off with this horrifying MONDAY!

Wakau, I realised I can get really bitchy when I'm pissed!!
Not that I want to rant my anger here, just that I can't find anybody to talk to!!! Because I lost my voice (read point 3!) and really dun wish to "show off" my yucky voice lor! I sound like a ba-pok now!

Pre-Wedding photo-shoot session finally over!

Phew, my pre wedding Photo-shoot session is finally over!
It was a really very tiring, hungry, thirsty and "itchy" event for me... I dun even know why the ppl who has been thru it says it's fun!?!?

Apart from the privilege of changing many beautiful gowns and makeup/hairdo, I was made to do 2 things that I really disliked - Posing in the Sun & Sitting on Grass!!! Posing means I'm frustrated but I still have to act happy! We didn't prepare any water or food so we were damn thirsty during outdoor, and I thought I almost had a heat-stroke! We went to Hortpark and Alexandra Arch for the outdoor shots, it was quite nice.. but HOT HOT HOT!!! FYI, I'm really not a SUN person.

Started at ard 10+am, we ended at ard 6pm. I didn't managed to snapshot myself until on our way back from outdoors. I think O was too uptight and nervous abt the photo-shoot, he totally forgotten abt me telling him to secretly take some shots for me. Anyways, this is the one and only one I took.

Btw, this is my tea-dress & not my wedding gown.

My little darling cocoa waiting on... for her turn to be "shot" with us in our casual wear!


My nice princess wedding shoes are stained with mud.. soaking the heels in progress.


Showing off my 3-D acrylic nail-art, first time trying, and should be my last too! Process was too long - 3 whole hours sitting in the medi-pedi shop waiting for my nails to be painted torturous!

Anyways, one of them chipped off already.. Think I will get it fixed after work.

Choosing my photos next Monday. Quite excited to see how the photos will turn out actually.. I'm quite worried abt the scars on my back and the fats on my arms!!! I heard technology is very advanced now… Adobe photo-shop should be able to do the trick!

Wanted a new skin for my blog… but still can't find a suitable one.
Last sat, I finally decided on the materials and colors to use for my house.. very worried on how the thing will turn out, although I mostly chose safer colors like beige, white, brown and black. I dun think it will turn out disastrous, just hope the colors will complement one another.

Monday was Euro 2008 Finals.. with Spain and Germany vying for the Champion.. & Hurra, my favorite Spanish Team won!!!! Thou David Villa was injured and did not managed to recover in time for the Finals! They still won, with Fernando Torres' help!

Watched the match at 2.45am all the way till 4.45am! Therefore, I refused to wake up for work on Monday.. (It's a Monday, you know!!) I took leave and rested at home. Initially, I thought that I would be lazing at home the whole day, but later on decided to go out buy paints and lightings for my new house. Since Uncle Tong (my electrician cum painter) was also available to bring me and my mum out to buy those stuffs.

Spent $116+ on paints + accessories and another $1026+ on lightings! Although the shop assistant already given us lots of discounts, I still exceed my own budget of $1K.. Moreover, I still haven't bought lights for both bathrooms and the passageway yet! Saw the "diamond-star" light at a fren's house, and I wana buy that for my passageway.. but the shop says only certain Design Shops sell those, so I still need to look around.

After running the errands, my bro came to my new house to pick us up and we went to the Henderson Waves at Mount Faber.. It was beautiful! Just that a few mosquitoes fed on me~ Wanted to take some pictures, but my handphone camera is only 2mp with no Flash.. keke.. Those pictures I took were all pitch black.

Anyways, O and me has decided to go back there for our outdoor shoot tomoro.. Since we have to chose 2 spots for our photoshoot, it would probly be Silosa Beach and Henderson Waves. Will try to sneak some pics for posting here (our own cameras and videocams are not allowed during the photoshoot). Luckily, we still have our handphones!

So excited about tomoro! Think I will need to sleep early tonight, thou I think the makeup artist will be able to cover my panda eyes. Will need lots of energy to pose for the camera! I should be bringing my Cocoa or Bibi for the photoshoot! My co-ordinator told me I can either bring my dog or a soft toy.. but I think soft toys are so … … …!!

Anyways, I think my dog will do better!

Gal's night out

After duno how many weeks.. It's another 姐妹 gathering last night.
Had Thai Express for dinner - Pineapple rice and Tomyam soup.
Didn't think much of their food.. I still prefer Lemongrass @ Heeren.

(At this point of time, my colleague just walked thru... I always have a feeling that she is always peeping into my PC whenever she walk past. I'm sitting at the aisle, u see..)

Yb says the keys to her flat could be ready anytime from July '08.. Happy for her! Finally, she can get to design her own house! I always look forward to how Interior Designers design their own houses! Should be very nice...

Heard that the tiling for my floor is done up already. We're going to have a look after work today! This sat will be eventful for us.. Breakfast @ Delifrance Taka, buy my bridal shoes then go Tiong Bahru plaza to catch my long-waited "10 Promises to My Dog", after that will go my new house to have a look again. Think I will be buying a mop and clean up my floor.. so ppl can sit on the floor.. don't have to remain standing.

My ceiling will be done next week, then i can start on the painting and carpentary liao. Think my house should be completed by end of July... It seems. 1st of August is Lunar 7th month.. If the house is not completed by then, then we would have to leave out the whole month untouched (not auspicious to do Reno during 7th month).

Spain Won!

Ole… ole ole ole! SPAIN ROXXX!!! :P
I stayed up last night between 2.45 to 5.15 to watch my favorite Spanish boys play the Euro quarters and boy, am I glad I caught the show! It was an exciting (and very long) game due to the fairly equal commendable skills of both the Spanish and Italian teams! But holly, Spain won!!! Oh btw, just in case you ppl wondered why im so crazy over the Spanish team, look below!

David Villa & Cesc Fabregas (brotherhood… hehe...)

Villa in his Spain Jersey (cool…)

Btw, I alwaz think he looks like Edison.. hehehe.

Fabregas in his cutie western suit (very cute…)

Yah, they are the 2 main reasons for me loving the Spanish! Opps, not to mention that Spain is one of shortlisted countries in my "Most Wanted to Travel Honeymoon Destinations"!!!

Ok, handsome boys apart... I still have my hubby!
Despite waking up so early, Im feeling quite energised (yet)! Hopefully I dun get sleepy spells after lunch later! ><"

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Did quite a lot of decisions and selections for my new house… Yesterday went Courts to buy the Cooking Hob and Hood for my kitchen. Initially I wanted to get "Brandt", but upon our arrival at the department, we were introduced to another Made in Italy brand "Turbo". As they had compact designs for their hobs and hoods, they were perfect for our narrow cabinets in our mini kitchen.

We also shopped around in Furniture Mall for leather sofas… Finally O compromises to have a leather sofa instead of his 'beloved' fabric sofa. Believe me, it took me a VERY long time to finally convinced him that a leather sofa is a better choice in terms of appearance, durability and convenience (I dun wana wash sofa covers!!!).

So... hooray! We are going to have a Red Leather Sofa in our Living room.. how cool is that!

SLEEPYZZzz

哇考。。

I'm damn sleepy.. Zzzzzzz.
Met up with my videographer yesterday after work.. he showed us his works and we discuss the requirements, itinery etc.. until 9pm.. I din't have dinner before that then im like sooooooo impatient throughout his whole presentation.
Anyways, his works were alright, so we are using him anyways. I love the way he does his photo montage for his clients. Very nice. If you need any videographer, his website is http://www.lbox.com.sg/ - Louis.

Might as well help my wedding photographer to advertise here abit too.. His name is JY, his website is http://www.theus2.com/ - we love the way his style of photography.. journalistic and really emotional. Yah, i know.. how can photos be emotional? But i really can see the emotions in his pictures... hahaha. Or maybe im the one who is emotional... ><" Haha, alrighty.. the IT guy needs to check my PC. tata.

Friday the 13th!

Interesting..

Today's Friday the 13th. Scared? If you are, you're probably Paraskevidekatriaphobic (trust me, i tried pronouncing it!)

I did a research as to why ppl are weary of Friday the 13th.. Here's a good one i adopted from http://people.howstuffworks.com/friday-thirteenth.htm/printable

The Christian Tradition

The fear of Friday the 13th stems from two separate fears -- the fear of the number 13 and the fear of Fridays. Both fears have deep roots in Western culture, most notably in Christian theology.
Thirteen is significant to Christians because it is the number of people who were present at the Last Supper (Jesus and his 12 apostles). Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th member of the party to arrive.
Christians have traditionally been wary of Fridays because Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

Additionally, some theologians hold that Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden fruit on a Friday, and that the Great Flood began on a Friday. In the past, many Christians would never begin any new project or trip on a Friday, fearing they would be doomed from the start.

Sailors were particularly superstitious in this regard, often refusing to ship out on a Friday. According to unverified legend (very likely untrue), the British Navy commissioned a ship in the 1800s called H.M.S. Friday, in order to quell the superstition. The navy selected the crew on a Friday, launched the ship on a Friday and even selected a man named James Friday as the ship's captain. Then, one Friday morning, the ship set off on its maiden voyage... and disappeared forever. (Bess: this is really spooky!! But to my disappointment, research shows that there isn't any Ship by the name of H.M.S Friday, nor is there a captain called James Friday -_-")

Some historians suggest the Christian distrust of Fridays is actually linked to the early Catholic Church's overall suppression of pagan religions and women. In the Roman calendar, Friday was devoted to Venus, the goddess of love. When Norsemen adapted the calendar, they named the day after Frigg, or Freya, Norse goddesses connected to love and sex. Both of these strong female figures once posed a threat to male-dominated Christianity, the theory goes, so the Christian church vilified the day named after them.
This characterization may also have played a part in the fear of the number 13. It was said that Frigg would often join a coven of witches, normally a group of 12, bringing the total to 13. This idea may have originated with the Christian Church itself; it's impossible to verify the exact origins of most folklore. A similar Christian legend holds that 13 is unholy because it signifies the gathering of 12 witches and the devil.

The number 13 could also have been considered pagan because there are 13 months in the pagan lunar calendar. The lunar calendar also corresponds to the human menstrual cycle, connecting the number to femininity.

Spooky??

Contest website~

Was feeling bored this afternoon..
Went to Yahoo.com.sg to search for the word "contest" and found this incredible website http://contestjunkie.blogspot.com/

Hehehe.. damn cool!
I joined all those contests which give away air tickets.. I wana win wana wana win!

Oh there's this very nice contest from http://eyeseebetter.net/
I won't really call this a contest.. It's more like a game for me! Cuz i love playing Photohunt last time.. can't really get past the 2nd stage. Maybe u guys should try. HA.

My New Template!

I'm so pleased with myself… heehee.
Look at my template.. oh well, yeah it wasn't designed by me lar.. but I spent almost the whole morning + early afternoon uploading and editing it. Given that I have no knowledge of HTML, I think I'm already quite smart. At least it looked much better compared to my previous one..

I had enough of girlish pinkie style.
I'm a grown-up now.
Enough.
Stop calling me a "gu-niang (姑娘)" .

I'm going to buy air-con for my new house later... Hope the air-con piping can be done by this week, so I can decide if I must do additional L-box along the corridor.

Renovation hasn't been smooth.
HDB has rejected our application for hacking down the wall between our masterbedroom and the smaller room beside. Well, which means I will not have a walk-in wardrobe. Oh well, for a better cause; my contractor's charging me $350 for hacking & $200 for relocation of the door. And if I were to engage a Professional Engineer to issue a certificate to ensure the stability of the hacking, I need to fork out another $350-400. Come to think it, I'm hacking away a wall and I need to pay an additional of $1K? Forget it man.

Doing away with the hacking of wall, I will need to redesign the layout again.

Prince Caspian and Kungfu Panda

Last week was a movie week for me.. and guess what? I watched 2 "children shows" (if you may call them!) and almost half of the theatre is filled with kids!!!

With compliments from Andrea, I got 2 free tix for Prince Caspian and i got Yen to accompany me since I know Raw's not interested.. And oh.. my Prince Caspian is soooo handsome!

This is how he look in real life.. yes, that's Ben Barnes.

Overall, the movie was great (not to mention it was free... :P)

Apart from the cute actors, it was hilarious too.

Kungfu Panda is damn funny too! If u guys haven't catch it, maybe u should!

This is my favorite character in the show - the Master Shi-Fu.

Can't really make out what animal he is... racoon maybe.

Oh.. last but not least, i love the name of the Panda - Po.

Hahahaha... got it?

Is it on show in Scotland? Maybe u can catch it there with Mia.

读不读得懂啊？

喂，陈宝玲！
Hahaha.. know what? When I was writing the previous post, i was thinking "Can Poh still read mandarin"? Thanks for answering my query anyways! 哈哈哈哈。

As long as u took to read my blog, I spent 3x the time posting that too, ya?! But then i realised.. my mandarin's not that sucky afterall :)

I thought I heard from Radio that it's going to rain today, but the sky is still bright and clear leh! I wonder why.. let it rain, let it rain, let it rain pleaseeeeee!

Anyways Poh.. hope u had a great time renovating ur nest now! I'm also stressed out over mine.. soooo much co-ordination work to do!

Watever it is...... IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!! WOOHOO!

三十分钟 to 放工时间

略觉无聊，所以决定写个华语版的部落阁来消磨时间。

今天真无聊，其实天天都蛮无聊。。 不够东西做，我今天都忙着上网找寻一些装修屋子的资料。找着，找着，时间就这么过去了。

因为 walk-in wardrobe 不会有冷气机，我想装个 ceiling fan。看了 KDK 的网站，才发现新一代的 ceiling fan 已经不像十几年前的那种。Ceiling fan 竟然有LCD遥控器， 几先进一下哦！装修屋子虽然很好玩，但也很累。。 可是想到自己设计的概念会将一一实现，就很兴奋！动力也就来了。忽然觉得自己很像 auntie, 因为我也在研究马桶和水盆。哈哈哈。。。下次你们要买的时候，记得来问我，我可以提供一些意见呢！

刚刚收到个坏消息，我的 floor contractor 告诉我们，客厅的 tiled-platform 没被批准。。只可以做 wooden-platform， 可是因为我的主题是 Modern Lush 所以 wooden-platform 不符合主题。可能就不做 platform 了。或者照做，可是用 carpet 来盖掉木的部分。真扫兴！

时间到，收工！

Flea market anyone?

Flea Market at the Scape (Youth Park) this sat.

Took this pic last week when I went to paid for the stall.

It was small crowd.. more ppl browsing than buying.

So not really looking forward to it.. Jo is sick somemore.. duno whether we can carry on the stall as per planned. If only someone would take over the stall from me.... :P

Somemore need to meet my floor contractor this weekend.. if all goes well, should be able to start the reno le. So far, the quotes are from 6.9K to 8.1K - for the floor + false ceiling + hacking of one wall lor.. Really ex to own a house man! I'm doing homo for most of the areas covered.. except for the kitchen and toilet tiles whereby HDB has already done up for us. Now also sourcing for aircon.. might not be getting an inverter since we wun be using it so much.

Before we do up the kitchen cabinet, have to get the measurements of our fridge first.. We already decided to get the white colored fridge from Fisher and Paykel.. Ex (abt 1.1K), but it looks good and moreover, its energy saving.

As for TV, most probably its either Samsung or Sony Bravia. All the "S".. we are getting 'Sealy Posturepedic" for the mattress. It's damn comfy.. last weekend, we went to Robinsons to try the Omazz mattress, wow.. you really will feel the "dwhine-dwhine" in the latex mattress! But it costs 5K per mattress! If only we strike 4D, toto, big sweep.. watever!

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Yah, the time now is 3.03pm on a Thurs afternoon, so what am i doing here instead of working? Hahaha.. im really quite free lor! Jo's on MC today.. nobody for me to po-lo-so.. somemore, raw's on reservist.. nobody for me to disturb. Work's done.. left a bit of filing which is the last thing that I wana do now. Maybe I should pick up a new hobby like reading online novels etc.. to keep myself entertained till 6pm..

Meeting Zann and Yb tonight.. wana go visit Zann's bb and pass her the gifts.. so excited! I always like to "play" with other ppl's bb.. but like what I always say, 1-2 hours of playing is really very enough for me, so dun ask me to have my own babies ... ><"

I'm contented with just having dogs for companionship!

Oh, talking about Dogs.. I came across this really nice poster for an upcoming poster (it's my MSN display pic currently)

So cute right?!

Just a short description of the movie "10 Promises To My Dog" (adapted from Yahoo Movies):

"12-year old Akari fell in love with a puppy that had wandered into her house and adopted it. She names it "Socks" as its' paws looked like they had white socks on. The girl and dog are inseparable, and the pet was a great comfort to Akari while grieving her mother's death. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend. One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made to Socks and her mother..."

Isn't this a oh-so-sweet movie? Moreover, its a Golden Retriever Pup.. *可爱*

I can't wait for it to come this late June.

Save me from this place~

This is really another slow moving day…. To the long weekend ahead.
Can't wait, really can't wait to get off work… Not much to do actually…

lp was on study leave for the past week, and I was supposed to take care of the work while she was away, but given my weak constitution and plus the terrible weather, I fell sick from last Sunday and was on MC for 2 days.. When I came back on Wed, there was just so much to do…
But now, I'm damn free.
Or I should say, I'm feeling damn lazy to even move an inch of my finger - to do work.

I'm in a super relak and holiday mood now.
I spent most of my time after lunch reading Bryan wong's blog .. interesting blog he got there.
I have always thought he is a talented artiste with a unique personality. I enjoyed watching the shows he hosted, from City beat to Home Décor 3… so nice.

I'm recently into Interior Designing mags.. mainly becuz I need more inspirations for my house.
Have chosen the main tiles, tomoro might have to go and choose my platform tiles. Previously, I saw some homogenous tiles which looks exactly like parquet tiles.. thought that's quite nice.. but I think will be ex too!

So many work to do for my house.. electricity, choosing materials for my carpentry, lightings, TVs, aircons, and even down to wash basin and toilet bowls. Sighz… Fun but tiring. And I haven't quite started except for reading ID magazines…

Email just came in… got work to do le.. till next time!

The men just don't get it!

Hooray.. another dream come true!

Haha.. the men just don't get it! This has been my dream card since years ago when it first came out. It's never too late to get it right?! :P They came out with the platinum (which will take me at least 3 or more years to qualify), but I still prefer this classic design. I also received my Citibank Tang's card, which will enable me to have a 10% rebate whenever I spend more than $10 at Tangs. It's nice too.. but i'm surprised that you dun need to earn more than $50,000 to have a Citibank Platinum card, which sets it apart from other banks. I guess more youngsters (like me) will sign up with them to fulfil this little vanity on our part.. Ha.
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I think I really need a break.. been falling sick and my flu so bad, the skin around my nose is torn due to excessive rubbing and irritation. It must have been the hot hot and hotter weather recently. A phenomenon caused by Human to Earth, and it's back to haunt us - Global Warming! I feel so upset when I heard that 9 ppl has been killed by the heat in Bangladesh.. Wonder when it will hit the rest of the world. When its hot, we must turn on the aircon so we will not suffer from the intense heat, but each minute when we turn on the aircon ,the earth is slowly suffering from it. It's more like a "Chicken or Egg theory", makes me wonder if we can even withstand this heat to see the earth gets better (if it can ever get any better). My body's been so heated up, I get pimples on my face and ulcers in my mouth. Every little thing irritates me.. I just hate being trapped in this big desert! Let it rain tonight please.........

My dream bag!!

Alas.... I have gotten my DREAM BAG!!!


My dream FENDI duffle bag!!!


Hehehehe.. after much wait, after a long search upon my already stopped production Pink Duffle bag, I finally saw something that I like as much~ the White Fendi Duffle Bag!!! YES!



Stumbled upon this White Duffle when i was still searching for my Pink Duffle.. The person told me that this is the new Spring collection and also, when it's sold out, it'll be sold out...
Was still deciding between this and the LV speedy 25.. but I liked this better!

So, I pestered Raw to buy me this last Friday as a Wedding Gift.. Hehehehe...
Love it, but still haven't used it yet..
Will be using it tomoro.... now thinking of wat to wear along with it.

Jo went to tell the rest abt my bag whle showing her Gucci wallet to them and they are pestering me to show them this.. kekeke.

I have finally gotten all my ROM pictures from my bro.. think that will be about all.
Will be selecting my pictures the next few days for developing.. Was thinking of printing magazine style.. but duno how much it'll cost.

Alrighty.. sleeping time.

I'm married!

It was a sweet day.....

All my invited guests were present, & it just shows how much our friendship has been treasured.. and I'm really grateful and contented to have you ppl there!
You made my day.

Some wonderful wedding gifts I received:

From Susan...

From Josephine, Agnes & Liping

From Ru and Icez....

Thanks Icez for helping me to tie the rings to the pillow.. Din't have the time to thank you then...

Thanks Ru for helping me to take so many wonderful shots with your camera...

From Addy....

Thanks Addy for the very nice and elegant feather-pen set, super nice!...

And from Andrea!

Thanks Andrea for the pair of Mickey wedding pens, cute!...

Also,

Thanks Yen for being my one-day maid, for checking my makeup, gowns and carrying my stuffs (oh, and your angpow)...
Thanks Apple for the Fancl Tense-up EX, can't wait to drink 'em all...
Thanks Jo for the BIG ang pow and for rushing from work despite being sick.. hahaha...
Thanks Andrea for the pair of Mickey wedding pens, cute!...
Thanks Irene and E-laine for coming, your angpows and for looking so pretty!

All you gals looked fabulous that day!

Terrible Mandarin

Lazy Saturday afternoon.. it just stopped raining.

Slept until 11.30am today.. back hurts like mad.

Brought yen to my market to have her passport photos taken..

why all the way to my market?? Special Service.. keke!

The uncle actually upload the pics to his PC and edited the photos with the help of photoshop..

end result - higher nose, perfect complexion and neat hair.

She was pleased, so am I.

After she left, i went to buy 4D, passed by one shop and also burst out laughing when I saw this...

I wonder is that meant to be a joke??

my ROM pack for 020408

Finally! I have finished doing my Ring Pillow and my Wedding Pen..
Can't see the rings clearly from my pic above thou.
Thanks to Yen for the pair of mini wedding bears! They're cute and goes well with my pillow!

Date's getting near and I just found out today that we need to go down ROM on the 28th March 2008 for verification & statutory declaration or you may want to call it "som ba"..
Din't read my filing instructions clearly until lp told me.. upon 2nd check, luckily I realised it!
If not, we wouldn't be able to carry out our solemnization on 2nd Apr.

Work's getting better and more work is coming in for me... which is a good thing.
Time passes faster this way.

The dogs' skin problems are acting up again.. this time, its fungal infection..
Cocoa has been shaved as a result... but not for Bibi, cuz my mum says wait...
well, it's her dog so she decides... just yesterday, i went to buy them a cream which costs me more than $20! hope it helps to treat and prevent further infection.

Bought a pair of red shoes yesterday and another pair of golden shoes today.
Golden shoes are for my ROM, to go with my lil' white gown with gold trimmings... I decided that golden shoes will look better than white shoes.

Mum went Genting and will be back tonight.. 11.25pm already but no news from her.
Bibi's already waiting by the door.. in fact she has been doing so for the past few nights..
Cocoa's in my room, no more licking of her own body.. think the cream does work.

I only had 2 chicken joints for dinner tonight, getting sick of the food at the KPT downstairs and there isn't any egg in the house, so decided not to have my instant kimchi noodles. Stomach is growling now.. but too late for any food now. ROM day coming... better start learning to curb my hunger.

Wedding bands collected!

Hi ppl!
How did u spend your Vday!?

My Vday started out boring and sian, cuz need to work mah!
Saw a few delivery guys walking past my office, and my heart beat faster everytime one of them passed by... Thou I already told O no need to buy flowers but i really wished he send me... hehehe..

At ard 11am, I complained to ws that O never sent me flowers.. haha, then at ard 2plus, received a mini bouquet from ws! So sweet of him, he also sent one mini bouquet for jn.. cuz i mentioned to him earlier on that we had no bouquets in our office!!

3pm, another delivery guy came along and boom! this time the bouquet is from O! So happy.. 6 stalks of White Lilies with lots and lots of baby-breathe and forget-me-nots! hehehe... :)

That evening, i went shopping with Yen cuz O needs to work on his project that was due the next day. Holding one big and one small bouquet, really felt like an Alien, but have to admit i do enjoy the attention and the envious looks of the passer-bys. There was even one lady who told her fren "so many ppl with bouquets today, wah this one even bigger!" (referring to me as we were in a Q, and I was blocking her view) Yen and I pretended to be lovers that night.. haha, i purposely held her hand when ppl's looking. So funny.. Anyways, i did buy a mini Raspberry truffle for O that night cuz he decided he wanted to meet me and stay over.

Anyways, I collected my wedding band from Sookee on V day.. damn nice! haha.
It's from their Jac-Laurant collection. Half matt, half shiny, with 12 mini diamonds.
Will upload the photo later!

Im trying out Laneige's star white moisturiser now.. managed to get a bottle of it during the private sale. Luckily for me, my ex-colleague from Robs managed to reserve one bottle of Skin Refiner and 2 tubes of facial foam for me as well. Yippee! I love Laneige pdts, esp their Star White series.. Also trying out their eye mask now, its quite good.. I can feel the *pricky pricky* effect on my eyes whenever i put on the masks. Hopefully the dark spots on my cheeks can be lighten before my ROM.

Talking about ROM, I'm going to select my ROM dress next Sunday!! Thinking of getting either a Pink or Lilac dress.. Hopefully, I dun need to wear White yet!

One more hour to knock off.. counting down....

2.45pm - lazy Wed afternoon

Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone!

Have been busy with CNY lately.. 4 full days of bai-nian, followed by getting my spirits back at work, eating lots of Yusheng, drinking coke/pepsi etc..
Not to forget catching with the latest of Edison Chen's saga and watching my favorite Hongkong Drama Serial - "Qian Huang Bai Ji", the last episode was last night.

Watched "Kungfu Dunk" last Sunday afternoon with Annie, pretty nice show. But expectedly, it's a Jay Chou's movie.. ALL about him. Haha.. Tseng Zhi Wei acted well too, made me cry abit in the ending part.

I'm be watching CJ7 tonight.. not really for Stephen, but more for 7-zai.. Loved the cute little Alien doggie!

Grand Plaza Park Hotel

Realised when i told people about my wedding venue, they seemed to mistaken it for the one at Beach Road. No no no, its the one beside Peninsular plaza and opp Excelsior Hotel.. Grand Plaza Park Hotel, previously known as Grand Plaza Park Royal. Hmm... the looks of the hotel is abit... .. . erm.. old., but the interior is nice! Here's pics of the ballroom i downloaded from the web.







Isn't it nice?



Here's a pic of the lobby...

and the not-so-nice building .. ...



:P

Grow Up!!!

I'm beginning to believe that Age does makes some difference in our social circle...

As age is catching up with me, I'm beginning to have more expectations from the people around me.. Like they shouldn't be engaging in certain activities, shop in certain places, behave in certain manner, have certain kind of thinking etc..
With expectations, entail disappointments.
Time & again, im beginning to feel disappointed with the people ard me..

Maybe they also have their expectations of me, which i have failed to met..

But I think i would not have failed them badly.

I wished some ppl will just grow up and learn how to respect women -MEN!
For I have no idea when i will no longer be able to conceal my anger and hurt them with my words.

In this Era, MCPs are totally unaccepted in our society!!!

The men just don't get it!

Hooray.. another dream come true!

Haha.. the men just don't get it! This has been my dream card since years ago when it first came out. It's never too late to get it right?! :P

They came out with the platinum (which will take me at least 3 or more years to qualify), but I still prefer this classic design.

I also received my Citibank Tang's card, which will enable me to have a 10% rebate whenever I spend more than $10 at Tangs. It's nice too.. but i'm surprised that you dun need to earn more than $50,000 to have a Citibank Platinum card, which sets it apart from other banks. I guess more youngsters (like me) will sign up with them to fulfil this little vanity on our part.. Ha.

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I think I really need a break.. been falling sick and my flu so bad, the skin around my nose is torn due to excessive rubbing and irritation. It must have been the hot hot and hotter weather recently. A phenomenon caused by Human to Earth, and it's back to haunt us - Global Warming! I feel so upset when I heard that 9 ppl has been killed by the heat in Bangladesh.. Wonder when it will hit the rest of the world.

When its hot, we must turn on the aircon so we will not suffer from the intense heat, but each minute when we turn on the aircon ,the earth is slowly suffering from it. It's more like a "Chicken or Egg theory", makes me wonder if we can even withstand this heat to see the earth gets better (if it can ever get any better).

My body's been so heated up, I get pimples on my face and ulcers in my mouth.
Every little thing irritates me.. I just hate being trapped in this big desert!

Let it rain tonight please.........