| Memoirs |

i wanna get a nice beach mat, soon.

and i also wanna change my blogskin. maybe do a skin on my own. nah, dun have the time.

i've been late for work consecutively since last wednesday. i am the most screwed up staff ever.

work aside.

i've finished the oh-so-precious-and-expensive book that the boyfriend's friend had lent to me him. before i go on about how i feel about the story after having watched the movie and read the book, i must say how hard i've tried to keep the book as clean and as new as i possibly could. i tried not to hurt the poor pages by giving any dog-ears. and when i was told i mustn't stretch the book too wide, i knew somehow, the book must have a life on its own, for if i had done so, the book would scream in pain and scared the daylights outta me. i tried, i really did. please believe that i've tried so hard i almost burst into tears when i found the back cover and a few pages before the back cover with a couple of dog-ear marks.

i'm terrible sorrie!!!

its a good book, though i found it hard to believe the characters and story were entirely invented. how can it not be true? nevertheless, geisha's aren't that glamourous ever all huh? they undergo training practically all their lives just to end up with their virginity up for bidding. so sad lor.

alright, enough of being sappy. i'm tired and i wanna go home NOW!!!

| Pairs |

i still owe a post on my KL trip.

but i need to say something.

isn't it amazing when things come in pairs? it just dawned upon me that God is so clever, creating us, wherever necessary, in pairs.

let me illustrate my point:

weak left + healthy right eye = me

see? pairs complement one another. just like i'm a right-hander, so my left hand is more retarded in one sense or another. but together, it makes a good pair.

God is good, He's so clever, i guess that's why He's God and not us.

| Latest |

i've finally decided i'll blog today since my boss is on leave the entire week. have also realised how much i had missed out on writing e.g. Mother's Day, my new glasses, swimming, youth service @ church, dinner for dear's family, fixing the com etc. and i figured, if i still don't make an effort to write about it, i may as well forget it forever! so here i am.

1) My Boss in on a week and a half's leave starting from last tuesday. and he hadn't left me any work to do despite my countless hints on how bored i'd be. so i managed to find something to occupy myself - i've been helping my colleague bind books. hey that's an easy job, and who's to say that isn't tedious and time-consuming?
and in addition to that, i've also brought a book to entertain myself - Memoirs of a Geisha. i finally managed to get the book, the boyfriend borrowed it from one of his army friends. only constrain about this book lender is that i mustn't open the book too wide for fear of stretching and spoiling the oh-so-precious-and-expensive book. *sigh
of course i'm not allowed to be openly reading whilst at work, so i've been craning my poor neck like a primary school girl trying to finish her favourite story book as soon as she cans during the boring lessons in class.

number of days boss on leave: 7
any forms of entertainment: Memoirs of a Geisha
any "actual" work: book-binding

2) Vesak Day and Mother's Day on 12th and 14th May respectively, i had
followed my family to the temple for vegetarian food in the morning before i went off on my own to scout for a decent prezzie for the boyfriend. fortunately on the public holiday itself, he had duty and thus had to stay behind to serve the nation.
i've always liked vegetarian food, so whenever the opportunity arises, i will follow them to the temple to feast on it. but this year, it was a lil disappointing. there was no soup, which happens to be my favourite. nevertheless, the wide spread was good enough, really.

yes, and all the question marks must be forming in the heads. why would a Christian girl go to the temple for vegetarian food? issit allowed??? well, perhaps it ain't a question of whether it was allowed to or not, but rather, what we believe in our hearts. you see, faith is trusting something you do not see (romans 10:17) and yet still believing in it.
i honestly do not know what are the buddhists' belief in taking vegetarian food on vesak day, but i do know that vegetarian had been God's original, intended diet for us humans until adam and eve screwed up and sinned against God. that aside, though those food may have been prayed over before serving to the table, if i only have my own God and Saviour in my heart and nothing of the idols, then i am free from all those prayers prior to the serving. which means, its still food, served just like anywhere else. and that temple which we had gone to, they serve the food outside, away from the main hall where devout buddhists offer incense and chants, so as far as i was concerned, it was safe for me.
so i left and gone to town to look for the prezzie which took me almost all day before i finally found it on my way home. and afterward, my sister and i decided to treat my mom to dinner @ Soup Restaurant. none of the guys were there, not even dad. so it was like our lil own all-girls' nite out! hee=p
it was just a simple dinner because unlike other families, my family always ate together, so to us, everyday is Mother and Father's Day.

number of feasts that day: 2

3) following that, somewhere in mid-week, i had taken half day leave to drive into Johor with my parents as you would have read earlier on. well but that aside, i really miss the times we would all just drive in one lazy afternoon and spend the day just eating and eating there. =)

agenda in Johor: EAT!

4) swimming. suddenly conscious of a lil bulge, i became extremely athletic and decided i had to do something about it. and my favourite exercise: swimming. so i dragged the boyfriend during his nights' out and got him to swim with me in the night. it was so cold, but because i was so determined, i had to carry on. and so we did, first night was 10 laps. and the second was 14. big jump, but we'd slowly work our way until we reach 20-25 laps.

no. of laps so far: 14
no. of laps to be achieved: 20-25

5) Youth Service @ church last saturday, there was a warm feeling going back there though all the people are now different. but there was no doubt we felt strange. to begin with, we were like the oldest people around and it didn't feel like main service. maybe when people grow and mature, they gradually become suitable for certain things more than others, and i guess that was how it went. well but, we'll see.

6) straight after the service we got back home to prepare dinner. i had earlier told the boyfriend's mom i felt like making dinner and asked her in the cutest most manja tone if i was allowed to do so and she returned my sweet smile by saying yes. we stopped by for grocery shopping before heading back. my dear was a great kitchen assistant, like how all the palace maids were on Da Chang Jin. *lolx
so with his help, i made Sesame Chicken (and added the tonic wine, DOM to it), Silver Coin Toufu and fried the leftover prawns and minced meat together with the xiao bai cai and my favourite golden mushrooms. aunty was so kind and kept asking how i made those. because while i was done with dinner, i was still busy preparing a lil snack for supper - Fishcake or Fish Patty, however you like to call it. i had a sudden urge for it so i decided i was going to make it for all of them to eat. it was no easy job though, mincing the fish meat and mashing the
potatoes. but when you eat it, hmmmmm the orgasmic feel, aaahhhhh undescribable. its a personal favourite you see. hee =p

7) and lastly, i just fixed the new com last night. well, what can i say? i wanna wash my hands off totally when i sell the old one and get myself a lappie.

and guess what? finally my new glasses are done and i'm waiting to go collect them this weekend! decided to go for a change since my current one is plastic. this new one is metal. heh heh, and guess what? its pink!!! not bright pink but a much mellower shade. nice. i'll show it off once i get it! =p

| Forgot |

::forgot to post this one pic that we got someone to take for us @ Equinox::

| 18.05.2006 |

fine, for the record, i drove into malaysia yesterday. their roads were uneven and bumpy, and road signs messy and confusing. i had a hard time differentiating which road led to where.

it was better driving on australia roads. the roadsigns were much clearer and traffic weren't so heavy. only thing was, their roads were mostly very hilly with steep slopes.

yah, what nonsense am i blabbering about?

local roads? yup, the best so far? maybe its because i haven't driven to many places yet.

my point is, i got my class 3 after a long while, and i'm glad i finally got it because i worked hard for it. why should i allow myself to be affected by what some LC pple say about lady drivers?

you're a man, moreover your job requires you to own at least a class 3 license and yet you dun even have. when it comes to retrenchment, i'm certain you're on their number one list, why because you do not even have the basic pre-requisite required of this job. you're pathetic.

laugh about pple? think before you do that. you dun realise how precarious your situation is. if or when the CEO hears about it, either you have to get your license on the first go, or you're fired.

either way, you're at the losing end. laugh at pple somemore, you'll be the first to die.

you see how mean some pple are???

they poke fun, laugh and sarcastically talk about lady drivers and exaggerate the kind of massive jam that lady drivers cause. i reckon its because they don't feel good about themselves therefore they try so hard to put pple, who are alot better than them down.

well what can i say?

L.O.S.E.R

penned @ 1342hrs
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why are some girls not afraid of telling their age? well i for one am.

not that i'm ashamed of growing old, but i prefer it when pple guess, think, assume and are certain that i am yoonger than my actual age. its a compliment. dun you think?

i'm just frustrated. at what? i dunno.

maybe i woke up at the wrong side of the bed.

*blahz

penned @ 1421

| We Have a Baby... |

oh yes its true!!! its our child, except that its not our flesh and blood. its a teddy bear, haha!
that was the second of my 5th anniversary prezzie from my loving dear.

the teddy bear, originally named Princess (because we didn't have much time to think of a better name so yeah. duh i know but......) we've changed her name to Phoebe, because dear says he likes the name. and that will be the name of our first child, if it so happens to be a girl. *hee

we got her from Esplanade, this shop called Cool Bears Workshop, i think. she had to go through a "hug-test", where i had to decide if she was stuffed up enough, or if i wanted her to be harder.
then they measured her weight and height, and i even gave her a spa treatment to make her more fluffy by hair-drying her. *hee and then we got her clothes, they're real pretty! i had so much fun, especially picking her outfit and dressing her up! oh oh and i even got her a pair of pink shoes to match her pink outfit, she's sucha doll!


::see how adorable?::


:ma princess gal::

and while in the midst of all these, dear was busy writing a love note to me where he'll stuff it into the teddy bear, and wait for me to pull it out. and then, at the end of it, we prepared a birth certificate for her, with her ID number and birthdate and all. i was sucha happy girl that night!
but my poor dear had to pay so much for our lil child. it came close to a hundred bucks! BUT it was well worth it because i've promised to love her like my own. *blush

so she's happily sitting on my bed now even as we speak. that cute thing. even my pup was so jealous of her and kept wanting to bite her head off. haha!

wait, let me tell you where we went for dinner prior that night. dun faint huh?

dinner was @ Equinox Restaurant, seated on the 70th floor right at the top of the Swissotel. though i had an idea it was gonna be there, i didn't quite believe it until we were there.



i had been there before when i was a lil gal. alright, maybe not that little, say about 10 years old? my dad brought us all up there for a sumptuous buffet lunch one sunday afternoon, and i remembered how clearly we could see the whole of singapore then. now a decade has passed and the hotel has somewhat undergone a revamp and also a change of management, but still the magnificent view remains.

awesome.


::view from the top::


::second view from the top::


::our durians::


::didn't know how to switch to night mode, so this is the best liao::

the daytime was nice. when dusk came, the view was even better. the dim lighting created by the candlelights gave a romantic ambience. moreover to be accompanied by all the colorful skycrapers, dining side by side with them, dear and i had sucha wonderful time there.

first up, their bread. fresh from the oven, it was still warm when they served it.


::can't wait to get my mouth on it!::


::my handsome boy::

then for dinner, i had the set meal, while dear had a-la-carte because he wanted to try their specialty.

my set dinner consists of:

Marinated Hiramasa Kingfish
Pickled Carrot and Fennel, Tomato, Lemon Dressing


Cream of Salsify
Crayfish Brochette, Black Truffle Chantilly, Chervil

Pan-Seared Foie Gras with White Sesame Seeds
Banana Merah Salsa, Grilled Brioche Toast

Pan-Fried Tiger Prawn and Scallop
Stir-fried King Oyster Mushroom with XO Sauce Lotus Bud-Hot Bean Sauce


Strawberry and Lemon Thyme - Tartine
Bavarian Vanilla Cream and Strawberry Jelly Lemon Thyme Ice Cream

Freshly brewed tea

and dear had the:

Air-Dried Duck Breast Salad
Nectarine, Root Vegetable and Green Bean Salad Sherry-Walnut Dressing

Grilled Beef Tenderloin and Braised Cheek
Potato Mousseline, Fricassee of Mushroom, Rosemary Sauce



in all honesty, i didn't think the food was anything wow. it was so-so.

so as dinner had been the first order of the day, we headed to Esplanade and got our very first child. afterward, we walked through Citylink and went in to Gelare and had a lil supper. dear had brownie with cookies' n cream on top of it, ooooohhhhh the orgasmic feel was
amazing. and i had caeser salad. it was nice too. i had a sudden craving for smoked salmon, so i requested for additional topping. i'm sucha pig! which reminds me, i need to work out my spare tyres, i've put on weight!!!

okok, back to Equinox. before we left the place, we were told their toilets were a must-visit, and so we went.


::tried to take an overview but guess this will have to do; i loved the toilets by the way::

then as we headed back home, we kept talking about our prezzies. we had agreed earlier in the morning that we'd hide each other's prezzie in the respective rooms while the other person waits outside. then we'll write 3 clues and leave it around the room for the person to find. kinda like a treasure hunt. so as we were talking about it in the train, we kept giggling and laughing because the clues that dear gave me was so hard! i couldn't solve it at all!!! but he always gives in to me, because he loves me so much, so in the end i managed to guess the very first clue with his obvious hints. ha!

the hunt began with me finding my prezzie first in my room. after a long while, i finally found my prezzie which he so painstakingly made for me.



its a minature of our story in the beginning. its the beginning of Tezhong & Wylyn. so sweet! i couldn't stop smiling because i loved it very much, just like how i love the lil bear and my dear as well. any idea how tedious it is to do a minature thingy like that? do you know the amount of effort thrown into this prezzie? its priceless.

everything that day was so perfect! i was and still am the happiest and most blessed gal in this whole world!!!

i love you dear! thank you for making our 5th year so memorable. thank you for always making me feel so special. and thank you for loving me so much!

p.s pls let this be the last time we fine-dine, until you ORD and get yourself a real job, ok? =)

| Randoms |

11 May 2006

this is bad...this is terrible! i need to rant about how free i am at work today because it seems like my boss ain't gonna be giving me any work, just like yesterday! *hysterical screams

i dun believe it because i didn't wake up so early just to come to work and do nothing but stone at the computer for the next 8 hours and pretend to look busy! because i'm not! its so tiring trying to keep up this pretence of "looking busy".

*pui

how???

and i can't surf the net because i believe they are watching my every move. yah i'm paranoid and hysterical. but that's how LC this company is. serious.

i'm so freaking bored!!! will someone gimme something to do so that the next 8 hours will be easier to pass???

great, and my boss just walked out. and will probably take forever to come back. at least when he's around, i know there might be a possibility that he will gimme some work to do. but if he's gone, it just means there wouldn't be anything!!!! dun even think about it. nothing!!!

i'm so unhappy!!! do you call this a healthy balance of work and free time?! NOT!!!!!!!!! i'm so unhappy, i really am.

can you see all the exclaimation marks and bolded words and the emphasis i'm trying to make here? i'm so extremely bored. period.

penned @ 0842hrs

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9 May 2006

this is without a doubt, the most blown outta proportion matter i've ever seen in an office setting, with regards to work.

if its as simple as the system capturing the wrong data, then inform the IT department so they can rectify the situation. i dun see how by asking the person in question, she can help you. if she was really in the wrong, and is frantically trying to cover up her mistake, she would definitely not tell you the one deciciding factor that will help you solve the problem.

*major eyeroll

so duh. the executive.

and, God knows how many times he/she had already stabbed me in front of my boss. but this is definitely not my mistake in any way, i'm just reporting an error. whoever is able enough will solve the problem, if not, when this happens again next month, i am so going to just send out the report full of wrong data captured to the auditors, and you see what you'll get.

muahahahahahaha!!! my evil plan.

but of course i wouldn't do sucha thing. i believe the truth will prevail, and if you're wrong, you're wrong. just admit it. loser!

penned @ 1123hrs

| Perfect |

last weekend in the rain, you brought me back to the time where our love was young. the kind of innocence we had back then, we seemed to have lost it over the years. but it was so beautiful, to just be walking in the rain with you, holding your hand and nothing else.

hiding in the playhouse, hiding from the rain, hiding from each other. but your warmth and your sincerity again melted my heart. how can you be so perfect?

you always love me no matter what i do to you, you always love me the same no matter how i've hurt you. how can you still tolerate me in your heart?

i'm so touched, so grateful, so thankful, so blessed, so fortunate.

why must we always realise the importance of something only when we're about to lose it? but i'm glad we didn't. i'm glad we managed to pull it through, as always. i'm real glad, from the bottom of my heart.

| Voting |

my dear has gone to dig hole, his outfield exercise for the next 3 days. *lolx

my new com is down, which is why i haven't been able to upload any pictures, especially my KL trip. i shall try to upload it in my old com instead and blog from there.

that aside.

last weekend was crazy, with my duty as a citizen to vote, i had to choose between the current government or the opposition. the whole voting process was fast and easy. i was done in less than 5 minutes. it was like a lucky-draw contest if you ask me, and there were many ushers deployed there helping us find our way in the school.

BUT i was blur enough not to see the box where we were all suppose to put our votes in and almost brought the voting slip out where my parents were waiting. because the whole affair was like some top-secret mission, it seemed like we weren't allowed to talk. so i didn't think it was appropraite for me to ask my next-door neighbour where the darn box was. so i happily cruised out with the voting slip in my hand and asked my dad where the box was. he was utterly shocked and pointed at the very discreet position where the box laid and said "there!".

oh my, that was most embarassing. i had to bite my lips until i was outta the voting area before i burst out laughing. for a moment, i thought the officials were gonna yank me outta the place and call my vote null. BUT i was very thankful that didn't happen.

hey, come on, there's always a first time. =p but it was truly an experience. i enjoyed it!

| Synergy |

synergy - that's what a couple should possess.

despite my threats and emotional blackmail, the boyfriend still went against me.

major disappointing.

we do not even think alike, how can a couple last without synergy?

you tell me.

| Lil Thailand |

my anniversary is coming. i'm so excited.

the family was @ little thailand yesterday for dinner, and it made me realise how much i miss my second home for the last few years. i've been travelling to the kingdom since i was a little girl @ 4. we've been to almost every province in there, and incidentally, that was also the first country (not counting malaysia) dear and i visited together.

the shopping and food paradise.
the spices and retail therapy.
the thai foot and body massages.
the beaches and sea-sports.
the morning markets and late night supper.

oh how i miss that place!

can we go again please?

| Ring |

early in the morning and i feel like blogging.

i lost misplaced my ring. couldn't find it anywhere. in my haste to get to work on time, i only managed to search both toilets and my table. i remembered i took it out the same time i took
out my watch last night after i got back from dinner with the family. but it wasn't anywhere near the watch!

the boyfriend was mean. well of course, since its not his ring, and i had disturbed him early in the morning. argh!

where could it be? its so lost!!!

ok and something freaking just happened to my com, its just shut down by itself!!! what good timing!

when i get back today, i will turn the whole house upside-down until i find it and put it where its suppose to be - my finger.

for now, i'll just be busy doing some nonsense stuff to pass the day. i'm so bored, and my ring is so lost, i feel so grumpy, oh just let me rant.

| Lost for Words |

had a super long weekend. hee =p

turned out i really fell ill the night i got back from clubbing and then i was down with some weird viral infection and had MC for 2 days. it was a very painful spasm at my neck area and every movement hurt so badly, i couldn't talk. am so glad its over!

so during my recuperation, i bought the 70 episode Da Chang Jin and stayed home to watch like big time. and i'm proud to annouce i have completed the whole drama. *lolx
my parents just couldn't believe how crazy i was.

and i simply had no time to do up the KL pictures, but my dear had done part of it. be sure to visit his blog to have an idea of our trip though it ain't alot.
i'll do them up when i have more time.