Trip to Sim Lim Square aka SLS

Went down to SLS today to shop around for Beau's gift with him as his birthday is approaching soon. From SLS, I realised that Spore is really a cosmopolitian city.

I saw Sony's latest MP3 player and went over to kaypoh & check it out. The sales assistant said," Xiao-jie, this is Sony's latest MP-san. liu4-ji2." I was stunned for a moment, re-composed myself and said,"Oh, this is a 6GB MP3 player." He was explaining the item as if I was a Chinese national! I almost fainted. After we left, I quickly asked hubby,"Do I look like a Chinese now? Is it my hair? (cos I pinned my fringe and tied my hair up due to the extremely hot weather)."

"No leh," he replied. Hmm... It seems like they are so used to them and the way they speak.

Went looking for LCD monitor and overheard the salesman talking to another Chinese lady. "The difference between this and that is that this has got 'la3-ba1' and that doesn't has." I was also stunned for awhile and realised that the la3-ba1 that he was referring to was speakers. It is amazing that Singaporeans adapts so quickly to changes. But honestly, I was shocked to experience the 1st incident.

Note: liu4-ji2 is a hanyu pinyin term. meaning the 4th sound of liu & 2nd sound of ji.

Went to Marina Square and gosh, hard to find even a parking lot man. Wanted to catch a movie but all the tix were selling out fast. I was there at 3pm and tickets for Da Vinci and X-men were selling fast all the way to those 9pm ones. Unbelievable!!! Went shopping and then home instead.

Guess it's time for Desperate housewives. I'm exhausted too. Been up since six this morning.

Looking forward to meeting the gals tomorrow!

Headache! But Looking Foward to ToMoRRoW!

Had headache yesterday morning, hence was on MC. Think it was contributed by an extremely busy last week. Also, bought some "offer" pillows from Aussino and my neck was aching terribly from it for the past 2 weeks. Realised every part of our body is important for our well-being. So went for a Balinese massage yesterday to loosen up my neck and shoulders' joint. Felt much better after the massage. Went town for a hair-cut and gosh, i can see SALES screaming everywhere. And friends have been sending me emails on where & where will be having sales till midnight, etc. Once-a-year GSS is here!!! Singapore is a shopping haven actually yah.

I told myself "Don't spend money on buying clothes anymore. Perhaps I need a couple of shoes but not clothes." But said is easier than done. I stepped into a boutique and bought a top. I think being a woman, it's really not easy to curb the urge to buy something. We have a wide range of items that tempts us. Examples: Clothes, shoes, bags, facial products, skincare products, books, cds, facials, massages and spas... and the list goes on. Guys are mainly into electronic gadgets which are either the PC, mobile phones, PDAs or home theatre entertainment system. I wonder is it a blessing to be a woman where we have thousand and one ways to pamper ourselves. haha... but it really takes self-discipline not to over-spend. Was looking through my letters yest'd where the cashline was advertising pple to borrow money and spend. I was telling HB," It's such an immorally wrong advertisement. How can they encourage that?" Haiz... I really wonder how many bankrupts are there who over-spend by living their posh lives using such means?

Tomorrow's gonna be our 2nd ROM anniversary...\~.~/ Feels excited to meet him. It seems like I miss him every single day when i don't see him. Am I too dependent on him? I think it should be normal. hehe... enough of the mushy but it's supposed to be my diary so... haha...

Hopefully my Head-ache will GO AWAY tomorrow. I still have another busy wkend ahead. Deep breaths... in & out.

P.S: I hope I will not over-spend this month. Was looking through the papers today with my sis and we were discussing whether to go grab lingerie at Robinsons tomorrow after work. Argh!!!

Getting More Excited for the BIG Day!

Went back home today. Cos mum will be discussing wedding stuff for the "guo da li", etc with MIL through phone. Everything went smoothly. :)))

Both mums were discussing and I feel that MIL was very "da fang". Asking my mum this enough, that enough or not... It was pretty fun to hear them discussing. Because this kind of thing, no one knows it all. It's kinda like sharing information. Luckily, both mums prefer the simple style... which is good! I told hubby and myself to let our mums discuss these stuff. Don wanna add more stress to ourselves.

MIL told my mum,"I cooked cereal prawns for Kailing today cos I tot she would be here today." When I heard that, I felt blessed to have a caring MIL. haiz... i missed my prawns today. I like her cereal prawns and she knows it. It's yummy!!! **glutton me**

After their discussion today, I feel even more excited and am looking forward to the BIG day!

What will Marriage life be?

Was talking to Beau just now after he had finished his tuition and was on his way home.

"Charles jio me for supper tonight leh. He coming to fetch me" HB mentioned. I said," Woah, so good. Go lah."

"I actually told him don't want lah. But he said 3 more months no more chance liao..." said HB. I was stuck for a moment. 3 more months? "Orh, u mean after marriage cannot meet liao arh?" I said.

I think Charles is being too extreme. I pondered how will I feel if Allan goes out for supper with his friend after we stay together. I think I won't restrict him. I believe we still need to have our own space after marriage. Even if he doesn't need it, I do. Our life will probably be more or less the same. My only concern is if he stays out too late, he will be too tired the next day. cos Charles always jio hubby and then only can make it at 12plus or 1am. Get what I mean?!

I feel excited at the thought that we will be able to see each other everyday. Just abit kan chiong about staying together with in-laws... will there be conflicts? My faith is that if I truly respect my in-laws, everything should be fine. from the current situtation that I see. unless expectations of me is different after marriage. I don't mean that there will not be any conflicts, that is impossible. But small ones here n there.

The good thing I can finally be relieved off is that i don't have to juggle between 2 homes. i don't have to bring my make-up pouch with me every day to work. My clothes n shoes can be at one place. PHEw! I can stop being a "normad".... This para may sounds shallow, but for people who have led this kind of life before will truly understand what I mean....

today is 22nd May. so 4 more months to go! *excited grrrr*

Sunday

This pic was taken by hubby when we were stopping at a traffic light junction. Felt it was a very well-taken pic!

A day has passed by just like that. Time tickles away without you knowing it sometimes.

I think I have been too busy lately. Had a very koo-koo incident which I felt so embarrassed to inform HB. Huiyi was organising a meet-up. Somehow I got the wrong date. It was supposed to be next Sun but I mistook it for today. Drove there, park car liao then informed her that I am here. Then I received a call from Huiyi telling me that it's supposed to be next Sun. GOSH!!! I don't know what to describe man. So blur!!! This is the first time that something like this had happened to me. It's unbelieveable.

Tomorrow's gonna be a new week. I shall not over-stretch myself and relax more.

Wishing Good Start of A Brand New Week to Everyone who's reading this!

Frenzy Thoughts !{}!

This past week, I have been wanting to update my blog. But alas, I did not have the energy to actually sit in front of my computer and gather my thoughts.

I started asking myself the purpose of blogs past few days and somehow I forgot why I started blogging. Answer is to be able to express my feelings whenever possible. Online diary.

Having a pretty hectic life this whole week. have been working OT almost everyday this week. Had a badminton game on thurs, treasure-hunting at Pulau Ubin today and then taking under-water shots tomorrow. My left leg muscle is being strained after Thurs's badminton game and it has not recovered. I am abit worried about tomorrow. Am I able to swim with the gown on? I pray that everything will go smoothly....

Somehow, I feel a sense of "insanity" in my brainz. There are appointments everyday. Is that life? I really wonder. feels suffocated at times.

I try not to think of wedding's "To Do List" for this wkend. Learnt through wedding, most important thing is to find a balance and compromise in everything. It teaches a couple how to manage differences in expectations and also understand one another better.

By writing down my frenzy thoughts, I hope I will become more sane. haha.... if anyone is reading this post, pls bear with me. ;P

I feel better now... and 3 things that I am thankful for this week:

1) My HB & doggie who never fails to brighten my day!
2) Wonderful colleagues whom I had alot of fun today at our team-building session at Pulau Ubin.
3) My colleagues (Mich & Doris) and Hubby! who came and support me during my badminton game! Felt very touched and I don't know how to put it in words.

That's all for now.... time to Zzzzzz.

2ND CAR INCIDENT!!! sHIT!!!!

Haven been to yoga lesson on Sat morn for the longest time. Geared myself up for it this morning! All the "dread" came off during the session amid perspring and stiff bones. Felt good after it.

It was while leaving Macritchie that I actually scratched my parents-in-law's(PIL) car quite badly! MIL actually took the keys when she saw that it was quite difficult to manuveur out. FIL says I can do it and told MIL that I can handle it. i thought so too as this is not the first time I parked there liaoz. So i took over the keys. Who knows I go and scratch the side of the car until quite bad. Until I don't know how to manuveur out. Somemore the car was kinda stuck and I decided to get out thru the passenger seat and let my MIL handle it. She drove us home.... *btw, my hubby did not join us. Too early for him*

I felt so bad for "damaging" the car. But thru the incident, I felt alot of things. Throughout the whole episode, PIL never mention a word of anger or blame on me. I think if we going to do-up the car, would cost a couple of hundreds arh. they never said much on the repair $ too. Instead, my MIL said that the situation just now was difficult for a newbie to manuveur, that's why she wanted to drive out just now. Then she mentioned she should have helped to pay more attention just now. It's like sharing responsibility. It somehow made me feel better.... felt the love & care showered from them.

I have placed 4D tonight and I pray i will strike. God bless me man! hahaa....

Instead, hubby is the one that *nags* at me. Our conversation while he was helping to polish the scratched portion just now: "You reverse very fast this morning issit? How come the front portion kena scratch already, you still don noe? Scratch until the behind portion?"

i sheepishly replied,"I didn't feel the car kena scratched leh." period.

Busy week....

Although it's a public holiday, I still woke up at the usual time this morning. Can't sleep in although I tried to. Both hubby and my dog are still snoozing away. :)

Think it's time to start thinking about the details of my wedding liao. How many months left? About 4 months!

Suddenly it seems like there are many things to plan. Like where to go for honeymoon, jie-meis and brothers, buying of bedroom furniture, wedding car, mc for the dinner(do we need any?). So far, we have done the most important things which are taking pHotO-ShOots and BuYing the BeD!

My mind seems to be in a blank right now and I kept glancing at my book which is just beside me. My mind is telling me to go and read it which I will do later. Sometimes even to read a book sort of becomes a task. where u need to arrange.

Having team-building session for our session people next Friday at Pulau Ubin! We'll be playing treasure hunt & lunching at the seafood restaurant there. Looking forward to it man!

Will try to go back to sleep. No matter what, it's a holiday today. ;P

Wedding Shot Time!!!

Didn't post any entry for a long time. Hmm... a week is considered long for me. hee... Went for my wedding photo shooting on Friday. Although it was tiring but it was pretty too! Guess the "crew" makes it makes the photo-taking fun.

We had outdoor shot first and returned to the bridal shop at 3plus. Had our lunch and it was indoor photoshoot all the way till 8plus. I had 6 changes of gown for indoor and it was tiring man! Supposed to have underwater shot but there wasn't enough time for it. So it will be postponed till next week. Abit sian that still have to do it another day but I was shag too after indoor shot.

My HB and I went for a swim just now. Actually the main purpose is to practise the underwater shooting. Cos we have to open our eyes, smile and swim at the same time. For someone like me who die die must use googles to swim one, gotta practise man! HB was very good at it! Surprisingly! I must say his underwater photos will definitely be better than his normal shots. Woa HAHA... So he's my insstructor just now. Having lotsa fun and finally I came back after "mastering" the act of smiling away happily with eyes open as if I am on land. I told the other half, "Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise that we haven taken the underwater shot yet. Imagine the frustration of learning this on the actual day of photography. Will be kinda stressed man"

I won't be able to update my underwater shot in blog until I get the softcopy from bridal shop. Can't wait to go for the next photo-shoot!

My thoughtful MIL prepared "yang sheng shui" for us on the day that we are going for the photo-shoot. :)))
On our way to taking photos~