Scenes of Gown Selection!

Well, I must say i enjoy trying on gowns and posing in them! Here are some of the pics from the trip. hee... enjoy! the pics are not very sharp as it was taken with my mobile phone. Better than nothing thou! Hope to update more when I go for my 2nd selection of gowns end of Mar. stay tuned!

Selecting of Wedding Gowns!

Today seems to an exciting and adventurous day for Beau & me! First, we were going to find the new shopping center Jusco in Tebrau. Then going to select my wedding gowns...

We hit the road at 9plus and luckily, there wasn't much of a traffic jam and we were in Msia at 10.30am. It is quite a drive to Jusco. Finally reached there. Clothes there like Espirit were not really cheap. We went supermarketing! Bought some snack and biscuits... There is a restaurant which seems to be our Fish & Co. It's called Manhattan Fish Market. The fish is great and I found it very worthwhile. 1 set of Fish & chips cost ringgit $15! Yummy...

I got pretty nervous & excited on our way to the bridal shop. Told Beau and he replied: "You nervous meh? Tot you are alright one?" Well, it's my first and once-in-a-lifetime event yah! ;P

Things went better than I expected! Manage to select my 7 gowns within 2 hours! But I felt pretty tired though...after the repetitive action of taking off and putting on a gown. gosh! Beau was very patient and even mentioned that the speed that I change gown is faster than during shopping for clothes in Spore! hee.... I personally selected my evening gowns and am very satisfied with it! One bad thing was that I brought my digital camera, hoping to capture some shots and post it here. Alas! Didn't realise that the battery was flat. Haiz... that's the only "sad story" of the day. But it's ok... Beau took a couple of shots thru my mobile phone. But having problem downloading the pics from phone now. If it does later, I will post it up!

I AM SO EXCITED!!! And am looking forward to it! OUr photo shot is on 7th April. Hopefully the weather will be fine and sunny for us.

Oh god, I feel like a small little princess in those gowns! Waiting for my Knight in shining armour....

Smilez!!!

Time Seems to Pass so fast...

Had a pretty hectic week. Felt so lethargic on Thursday that I left office at 10plus after seeing a doctor. Felt like a zombie. I was completely drained of my energy and was totally unable to focus. And since I need to be in office on Fri, I decided to go back and rest. At least to energise myself for Friday.

Lately, it seems that my Beau and I are busy with our own lives especially during the wkdays. He gets home only at around 9pm from Mon to Thurs. So I really treausure our much-appreciated wkends together. Knowing today that I have to meet Charlotte for meeting during the morning and later in the evening for an event, I told her I won't be going for Sat's yoga. And also on Sun cos I need to spend more time with family. Hope to be ard Beau more. And I think I need more rest to recharge my batteries. But she was kinda drained too today and in the end, we just went for the evening event @ Mandarin Hotel renewly renovated lounge. I was so glad to spend the whole morning and afternoon with Beau.

Well, I am looking forward to tomorrow cos we are heading to JB to select gowns as well as to their new shopping center JUSCO to shop around! Yeahie! We gonna spend the whole day together tml! All smiles! Stay tuned for updates! I hope that everything will go smoothly tomorrow.

Carol's Theory :"How to determine a country's pace of life"

Today, I strolled home. Not exactly walked home or what. Just that I took my own sweet time walking. Had dinner at Seah Imm Food Center again. Had my 2nd bowl of fish soup for the day. Walked to the harbourfront mrt. Realised people were rushing around me. I really felt like I was in my own world. Suddenly had a thought. To see the country's pace of life, you just need to see how fast the people walked. To me, Singapore is a very fast-paced city. It seems like everywhere you go, people are always rushing, dashing, etc. Maybe there are a few like me today. I just felt tired and need to relax by walking slowly. The day is over so why bother rushing. Have rushed enough during the day already. Should just slow down and "smell the roses".

But on the other hand, it could be that people are rushing to meet their loved ones. It's great to be back with your family or friends after work. To catch up on the day.

To come back to my own theory, "How fast the people walks in the country shows the pace of life there". I believe if you go to neighbouring countries like Thailand, Philippines or Malaysia, you will realise that it's more relaxed over there cos everything moves at a slower pace.

I believe most of us belongs to the "fast-paced" type most of the times. Unless you are one of the rare one. If you are, pls let me know. ;P

Stressful Monday!

Time seems to fly past this morning. My desk is in a complete mess with many components laying around. It is driving me abit insane now! God, pls help.

My blog entries might be getting lesser these days. Very busy. There's so much things to do. Time just seems to fly past me. Also, I also need time to reflect.

Hopefully, reflect to be a better person. Also, to write less crappy stuff. Have been crapping too much, I guess.

As for u bloggie gals, pls keep it going. I really enjoy reading them to get updates of ur life since we don't really meet up that often.

Cheers!

Nice Arch!

Just got home! Went to Orchard after having dinner at my favourite food stall@Seah Imm Food Center. It's "Mei Wei Fish soup". Let me tell you it has got the freshest and most generous serving of fish in it! Definitely healthy and worth your money! :) I feel like having it for tomorrow's dinner as well...

Thought of going Orchard to window-shop=> Retail Therapy. My colleagues and I shared in the 10million TOTO and we won total of $2000+. Each pax around $200+. Not bad huh? Considering each of us "invested" only $10!

Went OZOC to see a trench-coat(3/4 sleeved) featured in a magazine. Trench-coat is a little fantasy of mine!How I wish I will be able to travel to a cold country in future to parade around in trench-coat and boots. haha..Thank goodness I went and try it on. yucks! Somehow it doesn't seem right. Can forget about it.

Went to Pazzion cos I saw "Sales" sign hanging out there. Saw a nice pair of heels. Tried it on. Looks fabulous and at 30% off! Other gals were eyeing it when they saw me trying it on. Too bad only got 1 last pair and it's even my size. argh!

Suddenly an idea came on! That is to go tweeze eyebrows. So late liao...shouldn't have much pple. Went at 8.20pm. They tried to recommend don noe what senior makeup artist. I don't trust it. Turns out it was a guy whom I saw doing someone's brows the last time I went there. I didn't really like the way he did it. heng man! In the end, Claudine did my brows. She's the one right at her own corner. I like the way it turns out although it was very painful. What to do when vanity sets in. haha.... I will be her faithful client from now onwards.

i should say i had a great solo evening. Although I find it abit short.

It's Midweek! Counting down to the Weekend!

Picture of Spring! To cheer myself up!

Feeling pretty moody right now. Is it due to tiredness? I don't know.
Haven't blog for quite some time. Time in the evening always seems to fly past. Before you know it, it's time to sleep.

Finished watching a Korean serial "My Lovely Kim Sam-Soon" last weekend. The actress is a Dessert baker who is 30 years old and slightly on the plump side. Somehow, she happened to meet a handsome guy and later on worked in his French restaurant "Bon Appetit". They had a fake romance to pacify his mother. As days go by, she started falling in love with him. However, the guy did not love her although unconsciously, he did. Until one day, he realised he kept thinking about her and realised he loved her. This is a comedy and it's really hilarious at times. Nice show to watch.

Hope I will get over my moodiness soon....

Bride & Groom (Hayama & Satomi san)!

Received a call from Jocelyn, my manager in Vista on Fri morn. Ariyoshi san is arranging for a wedding dinner for Hayama san. He sent an email to me... but to my Creative's address. Aiyah! Did I email them my HP email address or not? Can't remember it too. Short-term memory.

Hayama has actually worked in Singapore for Morita Medical for 2 years. Then he was posted back to Japan (Kyoto). Singapore was actually his honeymoon place! Felt honoured to be invited by them! So I agreed to go and meet up. No regrets going. Cos they were very humorous! He actually got married in Japan in Dec 2005. hmm... their honeymoon is actually 1 month after their actual day.

For Vista's people, only the MD(Ben) and me went. The rest didn't attend. Hmm... weird. Fortunately, I didn't feel that. There is only 1 table. It was nice actually. Very small and personal kinda wedding dinner.

I ate till I was too full! Portions were huge! There were geo-duck sashimi(I prefer the shabu-shabu style), Alaska King Crab, Peking duck, Steam prawns, desserts! My resolution of "Not to over-eat" was blown out of the window. It was tough to give up any dish cos it's kinda pai-seh. Plus the fact that I like them! hehe... need to eat less during the week liao.

Things like crab is very expensive in Japan. One durian fruit in Japan cost S$100!!! Gosh... Duck is rare over there too. We chatted, they drank. I didn't drink. Scared of the rashes liao. Also need to drive myself back! Talk about driving. Thanks darling for printing the map and giving me the directions to there!!! The drive to Forum was tough! Traffic on Sat is no joke. I drove kinda dangerously at a traffic junction. But no choice, cos a taxi-uncle don let me cut in. Damn it! Why are they always like that? I try to turn right although my lane is for staight-direction. So vehicle beside me no choice, gotta let me go in front of him. Beau did warn of me this liao... He really knows everything in his mind. "You might not be able to turn right at this particular junction." I replied, "I will keep right before reaching." Somehow, by the time I saw that junction, the turning right lane was full of cars. Nobody lets me cut in. so bo-pian, do it the dangerous cos I followed a car infront who did that. haha...

Group pic after the dinner! Ariyoshi-san is 2nd from left. He's like my Godfather, during the time when I was still in Vista! hee...
This is Hayama & Satomi san!

The Armour!!! Bon Jour ~

Me taking a break from the food! Behind me is the Sashimi counter! hiak hiak hiak... I always know when the fresh lots are out.
That's Beau! Candid shot of him. The architecture of Merchant Court is huge. Look at the pillar behind. It's really huge. Too bad the lighting was dark over there. Not very visible huh...
Ooishi! Salmon there is fresh! Recommended! Lots of pple chiong for this over there. So they had to replenish it now and then. As for me, I took 3 slices at a time. Ate about 9 slices. slurpy. Gals, next time we got sashimi craving, we can head there for the buffet!
Trying to be artistic. haha... this is taken at their Al Fresca area....
Guess where this pic was being taken? Looks cool yah? It's actually at the Royal Selangor Gallery at Clarke Quay!

It is a foodie saturday for me. HB and I are celebrating our V-day in advance. I decided on the wkend instead of actual day cos I felt it would be too tiring... Actually, I booked Sun buffet lunch. Forgot it's the 15th of the lunar calendar. Changed it to Sat then... It's International & Peranakan buffet. Erm...a couple of food that I really liked: Sashimi salmon, laksa, "ku lu yoke", their desserts! OMG, I took too much desserts but can't help myself. It makes me happy man! The chocolatier stuff... Drooling now when I thought of it.

Took a walk at Clarke Quay after the buffet and we went home not long after. I was really really shag that day. Slept at 2plus on Fri night (catching up on korean dvd), had to struggle out of bed at 6am on Sat for yoga! It was torture man! Debating from 6.05 ~ 6.15am => shall I go? I am so god damn tired. Called Charlotte, it is ON! Why isn't it raining? Guess I am not used to waking up so early plus the fact that I slept so late previous night.

After yoga, went meeting with Charlotte. Home -> Bath and out we go to Merchant Court. So you can understand how I longed for the bed. Actually I slept on my way home. Couldn't take it any longer. Slept till 5.20pm and woke up rushing for time again. This time to Hayama san's wedding dinner. Shall continue in my next episode...

It's TGIF!!!

Tried to blog during lunch as I lunched in today. Too lazy to go out so asked coleague Patrick to help me "tapao". But went to the Pantry and ate with the rest so didn't manage to complete the blogging.

It's 4.37pm now. Abit shag after trying to update the BOM. It's abit messy and the engineer is in San Diego. Hard to clarify my queries. Take a break for now.

Trying to type out my thoughts during lunch regarding my previous blog. I have been reflecting upon myself. Actually HB wrote comments yesterday and we talked a little bit about it as well. After pondering about it, my conclusion(a general one) is that:
1) I must expect less of others. In a way, if someone says, "I will do something for you...". If he/she does it, be thankful. If he/she doesn't do it, don't take it to heart. No one does not own us anything.
2) Like what HB says, sometimes we need to "one ear in, one ear out". Don't need to be too bothered with what others say. Well, I will try to do that. I can think of an example. When my mum nags at me, I will always "one ear in, one ear out". hehe...

Going to Swissotel Merchant Court tomorrow for lunch buffet with Beau to celebrate V-Day! Evening, going to ex-customer Hayama san's wedding dinner. Tonight, going with parents-in-law to have a CNY dinner. OMG!!! I better control my diet. Don't eat too much. I lost some weight during the period when I was sick. Don wanna gain back the weight so soon. Bless me! ;P

What to do when I fall sick in future?

It's been a tiring week. In a way, it might be due to illness and the medication that makes you so sleepy. I'm always looking for opportunities to snooze on my way to and back from work. hee... But no worries, I am getting better by the days!

Having tea-break is always a way to relax and just chill-out for awhile. Went to the Food Barn with Mich for tb today. Shared a caesar salad with her and ordered a cup of chamomile tea for myself. The salad was great! I like the ham in it. There's chicken but not really my cup of tea.

Went to HB's place today. He was sick n went to see the doc yesterday. Need to blast something out....

Abit of history, he got sore eyes from me during the CNY period but recovered the next day. But for the past 2 days, I didn't see him, yet he also fell sick. Sore eyes and throat. And right in front of my face, my MIL said to HB," Aiyo, must have gotten it from Kailing(that's my chinese name) the other time (during CNY period)." This is the I don know 2nd or 3rd time she said since my HB got sore eyes during the CNY period. Damn IT!!! I told HB in the room what I thought for a long time. "Next time, I am sick, I WILL STAY AT MY OWN PLACE! Why must ur mum keep mentioning that it is my fault? We are husband n wife what. Next time, we sleep in separate room ok?" I am really damn pissed off. I really felt like saying that straight in her face at that point in time. F*&% it! Anyway, she don't really care about how I feel. She is only "scared" and concerned how some pple feels only.

It's ok. I am quite used to staying at my own place now. Think I will stay at home more often. Since Beau will be giving tuition from Mon to Thurs.

Poor Beau, on the bed sniffing away. Hope he will get well soon!!!

Suddenly, an evil thought flashed across. Wished I will fall sick at my HB place. Then I try to go home. When MIL see, I tell her,"Oh, I better go home. Don wanna spread it to anyone later." Bye, and I leave. *hiak hiak...* evil evil.....

A Great Sunday spent with Family & Friend!

Hmm... I am slowly but surely getting better. For the 1st time in the past week, I was able to smell the coffee and taste the vanilla in my milk. Everything has been tasteless to me so far till today. But still not much appetite yet.

Went back home for lunch! Miss home man after not going back for 1 week. Ok, I must make it a point to spend more time with my family! My little Sis as usual was busy "pah-tonging". She had her "Meet the boyfriend's parents" session last night. hehe... felt a little excited for her. She mentioned everything was ok!

We had steamboat at home today! HB and I were enjoying our steamboat.... slowly eating and chatting with my mum who was pounding olive for me to eat. She mentioned it was good for the throat. HB had a happy meal and said,"U seldom see me eat so long at my own house. Over here, can slowly eat and relax. At home, too irritated. Just faster eat and finish" I felt so happy to see Beau so at ease at my place. Made my day! Then I took my medicine and concussed while HB watched TV till he slept too as well.

After our nap, I suggested to go to Sharon's new place. As my Beau is er... abit "anti-social" type, I just suggest and see his reaction. Luckily, he was ok. Called Sharon and check out how to go there.

Feel happy for her that she got her own flat and the renovation is done. Smilez! Her place looks very comfortable! I especially like the balcony. I can imagine us hanging out there in future. Each of us have been pretty busy lately so have not meet up for awhile. I will try to arrange for a meetup session at Sharon's place soon! Didn't bring my camera so no pics yet.

I am back home in Darling's room. Listening to one of my favourite cd "Pachelbel Canon in D Major" and typing away this blog entry. I am really happy today! Think the time spent with family and friends makes my day. Of course, with HB at my side. :)

3rd Visit to the Doctor

It has been my 3rd visit to the doc this week. Supposed to meet Charlotte this morn despite her request to ask me to rest. But I rather meet her on weekend rather than weekday evening. She even called me this morning and asked me to rest. It was so sweet of her yah. Smilez! But I still told her it's ok to meet up. Later on, I felt that my illness is getting from bad to worse. So called her to cancel today's meeting off. Went to see the doc. Hope I will get well soon... sob sob


See, this is my snack compartment. Lotsa yummy snack waiting for me. But when will I recover? Hmm... I have no answer to that question.


Now, my only comfort is watching Desperate Housewives! Watched that till I slept last night. Pity my Beau, had to take care of me...

I'm praying and hoping that I will get well soon!

Ok, enough of whining! Hope that my next entry, it will be back to the bubbly me again!

May I Get Well Soon!

I think I have never been so sick in my life. Thought I was on the way to recovery until I kept feeling nauseous last night. Was taking care of Beau during the earlier part of the night. Later part, had to ask him to get a plastic bag as well as sour plums for me. Almost puked but I held on till the plastic bag was beside me. Didn't sleep well...

This morning went to see Dr Choo(he is a very charming, young, tall doc!). He mentioned that I have gotten gastric flu. There is alot of gas inside my stomach. Had to take mc for today. Urgh! I wish I could get better soon. No appetite and lost my taste buds as well. Think I have lost a few kilos due to the illness.

My poor Beau, I think I had spread my virus to him. He started having sore eyes and sore throat yesterday. Had fever too. I felt so bad. But as a couple, there is not much choice. We try not to share anything. We visited Dr Choo together this morning. HB mentioned to me that the doc's hp was actually from Vertu! OMG! He's bloody damn rich! But I can say that his business is really good.

Tomorrow's gonna be Jenn's last day at HP. Argh! Gonna miss her yet can't spend much time with her this week. We will meet up next week for dinner and shopping!

May I have a speedy recovery. God Bless!