Announcement of Singapore IdoL Results...

I was watching the Spore Idols Elimination round just now. I really really hate to watch this segment each time. You wait for a bloody one hour to know the results. And it's the last 15 minutes when I feel like slapping Gurmit. It's all the "suspension" that they are trying to create but it's way too prolonged that your excitement dies off. To the point of irritation! And today was right to the extreme. It was down to Paul and Joakim. And Gurmit draaaaaaged on till Paul and Joakim looked like complete fools, not knowing what to expect anymore. You can see it in their faces. haha...

Just did an online order for my Guo Da Li buffet. One more item off checklist. Tick!

It's gonna be HOLIDAY Seasons SOOOON!!!!!!

Always feel so lethargic after lunch. Feel like taking a snooze to re-charge myself. But it’s pretty open here, so better not do it.

So I’m trying to engage my mind to something more interesting. Blogging…
We are going Korea for our honeymoon right after our wedding! It will be beginning of autumn. I hope I can catch some scenes of the autumn trees….

Temperature range should be around 18 ~ 20 degree Celsius, I guess. We need to go and book the tour package this weekend liao. Time is running short.

Feeling pretty excited about it. So far, seems like only Genting Holidays have the dates that we want. That’s the problem with booking package tour, it’s hard to do during last minute. But thank god, there’s still available date with Genting Holidays. It will be a 6 days trip as Allan can’t take too long a leave.

HAPPY nonetheless….

And I just realized that I will have a long long wkend in Oct due to Deepavali and our floating holiday. I will only work half day on 20-Oct and will only be back on 25-Oct! So after my honeymoon trip, I will enjoy this long holiday after 3 weeks of working! Hooray….

Then comes the super-duper long holiday in Dec. From 23-Dec onwards, we will be having shut-down, will only be back in office on 3rd Jan 2007.11 days no need to work.

Feel really happy thinking about all the holidays!

OK, ready to start my engine liao….

Coffee Talk

Read this from somewhere and found it rather meaningful.

A group of alumni highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.......Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and assortments of cups-porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand the professor said." if you noticed all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. It is but normal to want the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee and not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups."Now if life is coffee and the jobs, money, position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold life but the quality of life does not change. Sometimes by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it. So don't let the cups drive you....enjoy the coffee instead."

Lift, lift and away!

Trying to de-stress for a moment.

Went for a trial at New York Skin Solutions yesterday after work. Tried their collagen treatment and saw the difference it made to my skin. It gave my cheeks a lifting effect and I ended up signing their package. Will be going for another collagen treatment before my wedding. =)

Pondering about the word “lifting”, I realized that this word is very powerful in woman’s beauty world. One synonym is also firming. It’s the opposite of drooping or sagging in women’s world. Face lifting, lifting around the eyes, bust firming, butt firming. We just want to defy against gravity!

Lots of Errands to run along...

You really need a checklist when preparing for wedding. Thought I could do without one. But I have decided not to test my memory lest should I missed out something. And this helps to reduce stress.

Got my wedding album and stuff on Saturday. Everything was OK!

We woke up surprisingly early today at around 6.30am. Went to Bishan Park for a jog. Actually our main aim was to go AMK Central for breakfast. Ran quite some distance so that I won't feel guilty about the "carrot cake" that I was planning to chomp!

Was totally exhausted today after coming back from town in the late afternoon. We went to shop for Allan's shoes and shirts. FINALLY bought them! Wa pian, not easy to shop for his stuff. =P

So we are totally shag out by the weekend.... Don't even feel like talking too much. so typing is the way to go...haha...

that's all for now. =)

It's Friday!!! Oops... Saturday liao.

It's been a long while since I blog at such late hours. Must be age catching up on me. hee... Maintain maintain maintain. I am very diligent in doing my detox mask, youth mask and enzyme treatment nowadays. Guess every bride wants to look good on the Big Day so effort gotta be put in.

Guess what, I went shopping at Tangs just now till 12midnight! I came home, had my dinner and was reading the newspapers when I saw this. Poor Allan, he didn't had the heart to turn me down so there we went despite him being in Malaysia for the entire day! He even bought durians back from Malaysia for me to eat. I ate till so full so no harm going shopping yah. I somehow view it as a good form of exercise and one that I enjoyed! =P Off we went at 9.30pm.

Quite some people, bought some clothings, picked up some coffee and came home. I am actually Very Exhausted liao. But the thought of wedding preparation makes me excited and nervous! Excited cos things are moving forward according to plan and I realized time flies past the twinkle of an eye. Nervous as some stuff are not really settled yet.

I am going to update my To Do List later.... think it will keep me calm and sane.

Ok, going to collect my wedding photo album tomorrow.
Stay tuned for the updates!

Busy weekend....

I have not driven so much within a weekend.

Met up with the galz at Waraku at Starhub Center to celebrate Huiyi's birthday yesterday... Pls do not order their salmon sashimi and katsu curry rice. It was expensive considering their pathetic serving. Had our girls' chat at Coffee Bean. Think we are pretty loyal Coffee Bean fans! Thanks Huiyi for the treat here! Yummy yummy blueberry cheesecake, but I was the major eater chomping down loads of it. Tried my best to finish it all but was too full towards the end. haha... I have to bear in mind that I have to slim down, if not maintain my weight till my wedding. Grrr... take out ur determination, girl!!!

Qing is 5 months pregnant with her second child liao! And we are looking forward to seeing Ethel, her first kid. Huiyi as usual, is busy with work and tuition. She's a really determined person. She works almost 7 days week. Sharon, who works 6 days work week, being a full-time primary school teacher and gives tuition classes on Sat. She will be going for the Teacher's Day Rally on 30th August. Everyone is moving forward with their lives. As for me, busy preparing for my wedding. Countdown....35 more days!!!

Drove Qing to Beach Road(her regular pool place) and then to Huiyi's place at Ang Mo Kio, then to Hougang to pick up Allan and finally home sweet home. We went to the car and look for the "Bible" book aka road map so that Qing can direct us how to get to CTE from Beach Road. We managed it pretty successfully albeit me getting a bit lost in Hougang but still make it nonetheless. That's what road maps are for. Felt independant and liberated.

Today was a great day too!Picked up parents to go People Park Centre to buy mum's clothes for my wedding. FINALLY bought it liao, the shop was recommended by MIL. Phew! Another thing settled.

Hmm... just got a call from my bridal shop that my photo album is ready!!!! SO EXCITED!!! Gosh... should be collecting it this wkend....

Fast-forward this coming 5 days pls.!

Sickening People!!!

Sometimes, I do not understand why there are such sickening people in the world. Worst is when they are your family members... for me, those who are pretty close to me should know who they are. Sometimes I really try my best to respect them since they are of higher rank in terms of family hieracrchy. BUT it is just so IMPOSSIBLE.

They are always trying ways and means to put us or my MIL in difficult positions. I pity her sometimes. To me, they just want to jeopardise Allan's and my relationship. Sometimes, when my thinking gets too extreme or insane, I think they don't want to see us get married. Or rather they want us out of the house. WHAT R They afraid of ?????

Frankly speaking, I'm quite upset although I'm trying my best to be positive. As I'm someone who's pretty ruled by emotions, I might get depressed easily by such "small" things. I'm still learning everyday how to overcome such feelings. Perhaps by taking things easier.

I'm also quite good at predicting things. I predicted half a year ago that this day will happen. That they will use this excuse to put us in a spot. I even thought of how to plan to counteract but OUR freedom & Life are more important than to go and fight against this kinda people. That is too shallow...

Freedom to enjoy life right now is what I wanna do with Allan! I should be happily looking forward to our marriage and us taking a short break.

Although what they do really spoil my mood, I HAVE TO PICK UP & REGAIN MY JOVIAL SELF. DO NOT LET OTHERS GET TO ME!!!!

Jia You!!!

Singapore Idol II

Finally managed to catch an episode of the Singapore Idols II today. It's the 1st time that I watched an entire episode from head to toe. And today's genre "Rock songs" happens to be my favourite! I LUV rock songs... I bet some of u might not know. haha...

Today, all the contestants performed very well except Joakim Gomez. I'm pretty surprised that the gals did well. As far as I'm aware, rock singers are 99.9% male. Their rendition of "Sweet child o'mine", "Living on a prayer" was pretty cool.

I enjoyed singing and feel that it helps to train up my stamina. I consider singing as a form of exercise. You need to warm up your vocal cords, diaphragm first before the power comes out. I pretty much enjoyed singing although I'm not good at it. It's fun.

I remembered I used to be in the choir during my 1st 3 months at AJC. The choir coach then also used to coach VJC which was famous for their chorus. First, there was this audition that you need to "la-la-la" while the coach plays the keys and he will determine if you are able to get in. I Got In! I remembered fondly we were practicising "Colours of the Wind" from the movie Pocahontas... "Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon...." The synergy that you get when the whole team sings together is very satisfying!

Anyway, I will continue to watch the Spore Idol where I get to see the contestants bursting with youth, energy and talent. All the Best to them!

A Nice Shot of my Doggie...

Goong aka Princess Hours

I am still left with 3 more episodes of this show. Can't wait to watch it man....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuBkMjOfQiA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1XoVavMDJw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTeTALb-7OE

Sleepy Monday

I was actually in a very good mood just now till my parents played some music which irritated the shit out of me. The kinda music which makes me feel like leaving out the house for some peace. Coupled that with my TV showing the Chanel 8 show with Aileen Tan quarreling away with her HB in my background, hell breaks loose... (why is she always playing this kind of role huh?)

Hoof... I'm trying to take return to equilibrium right now. But I know it's hard...knowing myself. haha... Don't know why but I felt better after tying the last sentence out.

There were some articles on Straits Times saying people who blog are narcissistic. I do not agree with it. I blog when I wished to capture certain moments in my life cos I am someone who likes to re-visit the past once in a blue moon. nostalgic to be exact. Of course about happy moments.

Recently, I have learnt something from my mum. That is to take things easy. to be more "chin chai" in life... especially since I'm going to stay with in-laws after getting married. I let that sink into my head and found that it really works! People's comments don't bother me that much and I feel much happier! hah... Thank you mummy for enlightening me...

I shall rest early tonight. I hasn't been that disciplined in rest for the past 2 weeks. I really need my beauty sleep in preparation for my Big Day.

good night to all. Sweet dreamz.....

Good Weekend!!!

Me with the free pillow

Me with MIL








Felt great and satisfied during this weekend! Settled some more wedding stuff.

Went in to bridal shop on Saturday with Allan and MIL to select my actual day wedding gown. Although the gown collections at Elegance is not really wide, but we managed to select the day gown and evening gown. Pretty pleased with EG. It just came out from the "super VIP" section which my package wasn't entailed with. So quite lucky.... if not, I would have a tough time choosing one. Got our music video liao!!!... came home to watch it and surprisingly, they did it quite well! I couldn't help watching it for umpteen times till Allan had to stop me. haha... Obession!

Went to Robinsons in the evening to pay for our bed. As it was their Bedshop 1-year anniversary, they gave us a "goose down" pillow. Hmm... seems pretty good. Came home and tested the pillow, I was so tempted to start using it. But think it would be better to wait till the bed is here.

Went to confirm our rental for wedding car today. Those who need to rent wedding car, can let me know. I've good lobang.

Such a relief that these few things are being settled.

Let me count down how many more days???

42 more days to our wedding!

24 more days to our furniture and bed move in.... *looking forward to this*

Cab Fare Hike.. Up up and away

I had just realised how much cab fare had increased. Took a cab from Potong Pasir mrt to Allan's house. The meter reading was $4 but the surcharge of $2 was TOO MUCH! Shucks! I cannot believe why the government would allow a 100% increase in peak hour surcharge.

This is my 1st time taking cab since the fare hike and I'm really feeling the pinch and heartache... Argh! To the extent that I'm blogging right now without even washing up yet. I simply cannot fathom why this can happening. And read from Papers that Comfort Delgro's reason for doubling the peak hour surcharge is to ameliorate the current disequilibrium between demand and supply during peak hours. And this is expected to reduce the waiting time during periods of high customer demand. Is this logical? Absolutely not.

This is just a superficial excuse to justify for the hike. At what? At the expense of the consumers! I can understand flag down fee or the increase in journey wise due to inflating diesel prices. But the reason for peak surcharge increase, I almost burst out laughing at this kind of reason. I wonder if a foreigner hears of this, what would they think?

Darn it. Going to take a nice long bath to cool myself down.
No wonder the power of our money is getting Smaller and smaller....

July Baby...

Received this interesting email which attempts to decipher the personality of people born in the different months. Reading about July babies, I think certain parts were true (I have highlighted in red font for those things I think describes me).

Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. spazzy at times. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.

If you want to know about your personality, drop me a comment and I will update you. =)

Vulnerability

I was watching the 9pm show just now where the evil actress went blind after a car accident.

Human beings are most vulnerable when they are sick. Imagine being down with some serious illness where you are at the mercy of the doctor's hands or God's hand. Where you might not be able to predict what will happen next.

"My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get...." Quote from Forrest Gump

Let's toast to good health. Eat healthily, exercise our bodies(they need that stretch) and have inner peace.

Bless!!!

Time for me to turn in early....

Sad but touching...

Touching passage that I read somewhere.

...in some relationships, the harder u work, chase and cherish, the more she tries to run away. Plain knowing that u will never be far off but will keep u at an arm's length jus to be sure. Taunting u with her absurb antics jus so u will keep up with her erratic movements. Its so near yet so far. Pacing herself so precisely. Perseverance is the only thing u have in mind. Always believing that by kicking up ur effort level by a notch or two might close the gap. With time it gets tiring when u see no returns or even any signs of encouragements. Ur energy dwindles with ur extinguishing hope. U begin to settle down, hoping to recuperate whats left of that battered heart of urs, thinking that giving up and moving on might perhaps be the most logical and merciful decision for urself now. But it's really uncanny that she would then detect that dying pulse of ur heart like a cardiologist almost everytime and begins nearing u when u least expect it. Subjecting u to her relentless but subtle psychological seductions. Sparking new hope and energy into you jus to lead u into that viscious cycle, only to be tortured again and again. Clearly we know that's what might be awaiting us, but we will jus submit to it like a moth jetting towards an open flame. Its really painful but we will jus go head on. We are not masochistic, jus plainly in love...

Stupid as stupid gets, but its jus sad to say that an honest man steadfast in love with perhaps the wrong person is like a sitting duck out in an open battle field, jus waiting to be killed. Its really maddening but certainly happening. Will we choose to give up then or will we not and jus decide to persevere on? I really dunno. On one hand, we can think that we might perish most probably and giving up is the most logical thing to do, but we probably might think that perhaps we can or will be that very last man standing after the end of the battle, emerging victorious after all. Battered but worthwhile...

Only God and she knows...