~ EuPHoRia MoMEnTs~

what's there to love about love?

2009-06-29T23:39:00.002+08:00

... or marriage for that matter.

too many break ups/ divorce news!!!

Sigh - the fragility of love

Perfect Match

2009-06-14T23:18:00.002+08:00

Is there really such a thing?

Or did God plan in such a way that 2 human beings co existed to bring out the perfectness in one other and at the same time deminish the imperfectness in them?

Suayness has bestowed upon me

2009-03-17T01:13:00.004+08:00

I lost my mobile phone today!!! that explains the above title. (warning: this entry will be full of endless ranting about unhappiness/ sadness/ tears.)

Anyways, for the funnies first:

Taken at Hans one "fine" rainy day:

can someone tell me what is "Very Strong Coffee w/o water"? Do i get pure coffee bean or coffee powder?

And "Yin Yang"?

i need miracles for me and Marco. Does rainbow brings that? or just that pot of gold at the end of it.

Preparedness:

These few questions been bugging me for the past few nights already and it isnt only work that is bothersome anymore.

- can dogs never die?

- at least not my Marco?

- can they dont fall sick or grow old?

- what if it strucks suddenly?

i have been crying myself silly almost every single night ever since that day. It's like these nagging thoughts that i can't seem to blemished from my head.

i used to always look at my boy and think, he will forever be a pup, at least in my eyes. at the age of 8 this year, he is still very much hyper and jumpy as ever. Also full of energy and running (or rather dashing) around the house. (considering his breed which is well known for laziness, i would almost say he hasnt inherit any of that trait at all)

It just seemed to me that he has sort of aged overnight? coz suddenly, his joints are giving him problem (as mentioned in my last entry) but these 3 wks of weekly visit to the vet for jabs seems fruitful as he no longer move in pain or whines at slight movement. ok, my dog is back to his pup behaviour... or so i thought.

so last wk being the 3rd wk, after his jab, i brought him to another vet for eye check as i noticed cloudiness and the current vet does not have the equipment to check those beautiful peepers of his. i was expecting old age ailment, like poorer eyesight, cataracts... since he was already getting joints aches... so those, i am prepared. but what came out of the nice vet's mouth was... my dog retinal has detached from his eyes. which translate to 100% blindness.

i was in shocked. i couldn't believe that as he is still moving around the house as per normal and doesnt knock into stuff around the house. Reason given by the vet was, this poor fellow had been relying on his other eye and not to mention his other senses to compensate for that blind eye. and of coz, his familiarity to the surrounding of the house has made it fine for him to navigate around. (I had since tell everyone in my family that no major shifting of furnitures are allowed).

This painful truth had struck me so unexpectedly. I have been thinking back alot on the past 8 years. What he was like when i first bought him, all his little habits. Suddenly, i felt i had taken the time with him for granted. My pup is no longer a pup. It saddens me to look at his eyes now especially when his glance is on me.

I fear of what is more to come. Of all the What If.

For now i know for sure, I will never ever be prepared when it comes to my boy.

Aging?

2009-02-19T23:18:00.002+08:00

This blog entry will all be about my boy - Marco... simply cause he gave me a scare just few days back.

i came back home from work one fine day and he didnt come prancing around, jumping up and down as he usually would. That for one, is strange enough. worse still, he has no interest in his treats.

Observing him the whole night, he seems to be in pain and kept crying (and by dog crying, i meant whining away). It seems to hurt him to get up from sitting/lying position or get into sitting/lying position and i can feel him trembling when he does that and of coz the whining continues.

It was a heart breaking sight that i panic and was in verge of tears watching him hurt so much. i frantically called a few clinics but were told the vets had gone for the day. (which mean it would warrant an emergency to get the vet back to those 24 hr clinic and not to mention the fees which will cost a bomb in such circumstances). In any case, i had decided there and then that i had to bring him to the vet even if he seems better the next day. was suspecting a case of fracture or sprain already and that would definitely not come as a surprise as my boy can really jump and run.

Whole nite i was so flustered and helpless as i could only watch him in pain. i decided to sleep in the living room with him and i literally did not get any sleep at all as it seems the pain got worse as the night goes by, that even when in the middle of the night, he wasnt even moving about but will still feel the pain and just kept looking at me crying as though wanting me to do something for him to stop the pain. The pain kept him (and me) awake thru out the night.

Next morning i immediately brought him to the vet. After some checks, vet concluded my boy's hips are giving him problem - arthritis! He was given 2 jabs (1 for joint and 1 for pain) and voila... i swear he can immediately run! Anyway, vet's advise was not to let him jump or walk/run too much as the moment the little fellow feels better, that's what he will start doing again and will easily get a relapse as this is a persistent problem that will not go away.

and that's what happen when he reaches home. he started running around as though the night never did happened. i always say he must make me spend money before he feels better (the whole fee amounts to $86) and that's not all as i still have to bring him back every wk for jabs for maybe up to a month? and to get him glucosamine supplements to take regularly. (i already got a pill cutter and crusher for that)

By the way, his eyes are also showing signs of clouding which i have to bring to another vet (as this one does not have the machine) to test eye pressure in his eyes and check the back of the eyes for potential problems coz if conditions are serious and left untreated, the dog could go blind when it rapture!!!

my my... is my baby getting old day by day un-noticed by me as it's disguised by his active nature and his child-like behaviour....

new addition - Roni

2009-02-15T22:19:00.006+08:00

back date to 9 days ago

Happy Vday, Roni!

from paul simon

from me!

got this on the way to work on black fri (13 Feb).

they were giving out freebies at raffles plc.

another version - doggy this time

Ettusais Bday party. i dragged Rin along..& she became the model for demo.

thank me for the pretty make up okie!

our door gift (& many other buys which we did not snap)

okie..since she is pretty after the session, i shall post her photos in my blog

my eyes are seriously much bigger than hers in reel life lor.

the magic of makeup

spotted on the way... shd have taken yuan shuai instead, dude!

Steamed Boat - 5 Feb 09

2009-02-07T22:19:00.007+08:00

bro invited 8 of his friends!!!

from Rin!

Happy Moo Moo Year!

2009-02-07T21:48:00.005+08:00

at grandparents house

we went shopping for cny clothes and he bought me a black dress instead... hahaha

hello panda

lit-up face in the presence of food

the contrast of his bowl vs. mine

Fun and Happiness

2009-01-21T14:27:00.011+08:00

Crazy Boiler Nite!

New Brand Unveiled

Asian Kitchen

TeaHouse

New Flavour - though nothing much to shout about

Life is a bed of ... daisies?

2009-01-12T21:59:00.003+08:00

my new sandles

my soon-to-be new perfume

Alike???

Been Busily...

2009-01-11T19:28:00.004+08:00

... Shifting... my office has temporary relocated to OMB. Office itself is cold and dark, desk is smaller... been having headache almost every single day... only thing i like is the convenience of Ah Wang at my office doorstep which means coffee and toast is readily available within like a minute walk.. anytime of the day... other than that, i missed the convenience of my old building where shopping is within like 10min walk (there's bugis, cityhall, ps to choose from) and also cheap food!!!

Anyway, 2009 marks a really new begining for me at work... tones of stress piling up due to much changes in the industry though i am pretty excited about it with my new portfolio and much additional responsibility... Bring it on! Just hate lazy worms and hindrance (usually human) at work.

11 days had past and nothing much except knowing that i will really be more and more busy (working almost all sats) and albeit alittle no life.. (my only source of entertainment is now chasing drama and telly series)

instead of rattling on, just some snap shots which i had already posted on fb:

my pri sch folks...can u beat that?

Dinner at this viet restaurant which i forgotten the name (at old parliment lane). great ambience and food though.

post dinner, we went indochine (wanted timbre but was way too crowded)

my chocolate martini

taken some time back at helipad... i love one-for-one happy hours =)

of coz the breezy rooftop was a plus

i couldnt resist this though is super ex and i glurp 2 down within secs. just love jap green tea ice-cream (with the condense milk and red bean...). of coz, my fav are still B&J's =)

this will totally be not-filling on a hungry day but i think they are super cute. don't know when i will be able to resist tearing one open and cooking them (coz they don't come cheap either for the quantity) but will take some pics when i do.

These are my new best friends now =(

The Perfect Gift

2008-12-25T19:54:00.003+08:00

On this Xmas day, i received the perfect gift....from God

mum, sis and baby were at my church today for my baptism ceremony

from the church peopleand the most meaningful present...
from baby

i bought this too... *excited*

xmas dinner... roast turkey with cranberries sauce (poor fellow in my oven for over 3 hrs), ham, potato rosti, jap fried chix, calamari, fried ebi prawn... all done by Rin's bf *clap*

I had indeed a blessed Xmas =)

Xmas 2008 ...

2008-12-25T17:42:00.007+08:00

Getting nails done at polished Diva

from Jes (it smells really nice and is on my office table already!)

last few days at old office on Audrey's last day

from her

from my vendor to the marketing team

it was a week of packing, waiting and waiting... past few days, we came to office later, had long long lunchie and basically slack around abit doing...nothing..

during lunch one of these days

we decided to have our very own marketing team xmas party earlier on 22 dec (mon) coz colleague is on leave from 23 dec (tues) onwards

our gift exchange... all our pressies

plus the logcake i bought for the team

plus the very sweet strawberry Trixie bought

my pressie from them =)

this was an extra pressie from Wendy. She made it herself.

for this hp charm...got story one... while we out jalan last week, we went into this gift shop at raffles city and saw this. i made a remark say is very cute and Wendy said she made this before and then say if got time to get the crystals and stuff, she can make for us. so i immediately said "i want purple angle wings" Ha~ think she bo bian got to make for me liao... keke

Trixie got a hello kitty one (didnt take any pic though)

other TBS stuff that i received from colleagues and Rin

Others are all the sweets, nuts, choc... which i didnt take any pics

~Others~

Some pics taken the other day before bringing Marco to the Vet for his annual vacination

Latest Addition to the Huge Family (1 Dec 2008)

My little niece and nephew (Yes, they are twins)

JJ Day 1

JJ Day 2

JJ Day 3

Jayden

Joei

the celebration begins

2008-12-23T08:41:00.011+08:00

~Dinner at Ma Maison 18 Dec 08~

The Food

The People

The Pressie

(Jeanie's)

(Mine)

(May's)

(Jeanie's)

(Mine)

(May's)

The Dessert

~On Another Day~

Moisturised!

2008-12-17T11:45:00.002+08:00

The sale have gone crazy (with 2 metro sale within like - 2 weeks) and so have my shopping spree...

did a major stock up of my cosmetics and skin care during the sale and amongst all these... the above moisturisers...

no more for the year, no more....

Counting Down to Xmas

2008-12-12T00:37:00.002+08:00

went get gifts for overseas guests and these crystal cost $600!!!

For that, Gift with purchase - 3 tubes of crystal...dunno what i can use them for at the moment though they r quite pretty actually

meatballs!!! appearently they are my favourite - so said by baby :s

but it's true Ikea ones are nice lar

All done with my shopping and wrapping!!!

cant wait to see the girls next week...

Work is Play

2008-12-02T23:59:00.004+08:00

29 Nov 08 - me "love" working on sat!

in the morning - childcare open house...

rushed off to do setup for career talk hosted by us in the afternoon... i had to gobble down my lunch like within few minutes only after the talk starts at 2pm... hungry to the max...

my fab marketing gals!

done by us =)

Our Seafood Paradise dinner that we have been bugging boss about.

with the promise by him of more work for us for the next 6 mths... ~> my boss is mean

(by the way, the crab is really gd... the creamy sauce is their signature sauce)

My messy desk... though i do clear my desk at the end of the day everyday wor...

taken just for memory sake before relocation end of this month...

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Langkawi Day 4 (4 Nov 08)

2008-12-02T23:30:00.010+08:00

This sums up the whole trip =)

Langkawi Day 3 (3 Nov 08)

2008-11-30T13:04:00.008+08:00

Langkawi Day 2 (2 Nov 08)

2008-11-30T12:41:00.009+08:00

Langkawi Day 1 (1 Nov 08)

2008-11-26T23:10:00.018+08:00

It's Trixie's bday too!

2008-11-25T00:02:00.002+08:00

Trixie's birthday happens to fall on the same day as baby's.

the marketing team treats her luncheon the day before at Jack's Place

At baby's... we been dining in very often recently

His signature pose

Happy Birthday Baby! 18 Nov 2008

2008-11-24T22:51:00.010+08:00

SURPRISE!

Xmas lightings are up!!! I Love Christmas!!! especially this year's coz it'll be extra meaningful to me =)

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Back to the V - 7 Nov 08

2008-11-20T19:06:00.006+08:00

Back to the V @ St. James

this was lunchie next day after work. dont know why my pics are all jumbled up.

this then is the next day at work @8.30am. i reach home around 3 + and only slept around 4...

taken during lunchie after work before going for another event that very same day

These are dinner

Lesson learnt...

never club if next day is gonna be a working day... But i wanted to watch the play...and best part of it, it's free...courteousy of the very nice PR agency people.... =)

Pigs & randoms

2008-10-26T20:20:00.024+08:00

Am back from my short hols but pics up later... for now, other random pictures...

Sail Fish from Sun & Moon

According to the waitress, this is a rare fish and hence the expensive price tag ($50+) for few slices of sashimi

Another day at Ajisan

Pumkin

Silly Grins

All time favourite Home Cooked Comfort Food - Maggi Mee

Pigs!

Wine Co

Cheese Platter

Seventh Heaven

Liquor Ice-Cream

Kaluah/ Baileys/ Whisky

Their version of Warm Choc cake

Memoto from Audrey

La La La session with ex-twm-rians (22 oct 2008)

2008-10-26T20:20:00.012+08:00

karaoke session to celebrate Joanne's birthday. This is by far, the largest group we had, totally to 10 pax. we asked for the staff to give us the not so big room though...

shall let pictures do the talking...

this couple is forever eating during karaoke session :p

and my dear joker baby

de signature shoot with him blocking my face as usual.

our clothes matching? wait til u see another one...

There... in synch

the september babies get to blow a candle each too as we didnt meet up last mth (except during QT's wedding which was also Jeanie's birthday)

notice the lyrics on the telly?

QT brought this back from Greece

Fiona brought this back from Cairns

Rin brought these Baileys sweets.... home

these were from her friend. i got one =)

Alan & Esther Wedding - 18 Oct 08 (Part III)

2008-10-26T00:30:00.008+08:00

Alan & Esther Wedding - 18 Oct 08 (Part III)

Post Dinner - Back at the Bridal Suite

~ Chaos ~

me with the couple.

we are actually sitting on the edge of bathtub facing the bedroom

(background is the bathroom)

think this must be one of the nicest bridal suite in spore. how to beat the 70+ storey scenery?

the craziness begin. i managed to siam after we went up and did not have a single drop coz was busy taking pics... ha~

notice people "sleeping" in background?

they are horrible lar. ppl's bed they so sweaty also go lie on it

this is funny... coz they ask the bride and ivan to pose "sexy"

next couple on the wedding list

Alan & Esther Wedding - 18 Oct 08 (Part II)

2008-10-21T23:54:00.008+08:00

Alan & Esther Wedding - 18 Oct 08 (Part II)

The Dinner

(photos are not in sequence as i am just plain lazy liao..ha)

1st march in

2nd march in

Yum Seng Time

Mummy Anita, Me and Wendy

Ivan, Me, Ivy

before the dinner... haha

was freezing cold liao coz i wore a totally bare back dress and forgot about my cardigan

Ivy, me and god bro

me and Anita

taken after the couple sent off the guests... things got crazy from here onwards... =p

me and bride

this is the first wedding dinner that i kena sarbo by bride who said "jie mei dang jiu"

usually is the brothers help drink one what...

me and ec.. before the dinner again (told ya they are not insequence)

me and larry with party ben in background (there were 2 bens in the morning as brothers...so one is party ben, the other is mahjong ben...wahaha)

bride, bro, me

me, wendy, anita

the 4 old guys at our table. dunno y they all wore white together

ec was named lobster after few glasses of disguisting red wine + martell drink

(see the comparison btw him and max?)

ps. max getting married next mth too...

the 2 blackies behind looked like hotel manager...wahaha

morning, bryan was the driver.. keke

table photo taking time.

my table is the normal 10 pax one...these few jokers who are supposed to go round help gather ppl end up gg into our shoots as well.. bleh

ballroom cleared of guest le...

where got look like wedding dinner? more like party lor

More crazier shots coming up........

Alan & Esther Wedding - 18 Oct 08 (Part I)

2008-10-21T22:46:00.006+08:00

Alan & Esther Wedding - 18 Oct 08 (Part I)

The preparation & The morning

the couple

Swissotel Invite

Haha...this is my ang bao for being the Jie Mei

this little "red" packet is cute lor. personalised with their name some more...

Jie Mei each got one of this to wear on the wrist

I emailed this poster to the boys (groom's brothers) few days before the wedding

print is abit small here but it says:

Come join us for a once in a lifetime party, not to be missed!

“Alan & Esther’s Wedding Party”

When: 18 Oct 2008, Saturday
Where: Swissotel Hotel Room
Time: 9:30am

Cover Charge: SGD $10 Nett per pax (Cash Only)

Inclusive of 1 entrance pass + waiver of 1st drink charge + free flow finger food

* Admission strictly by presenting of entrance pass only!

Room number:

actually there were 2 connecting rooms where the bride's parents and the bride herself stayed the night before (she's from Ipoh).

so basically we can only play in one of the room while the bride stays in the other. but right at the first door at the corridor, we collected "cover charge" => no negiotiation needed here coz it's stated on the invite... hee..

some boys still thought that's it when we let them into the room after collecting $10 each.. haha..where got so easy one?

the personalised labels they got after paying the cover charge

this was pasted on the first door at corridor too above the personalised labels

the groom's tag

all the boys

this pledge was hang on the door of the connecting room to the bride. didnt managed to get the pic of it but i had the words here as i was the one who came up with them *evil* groom was supposed to read them before he enters the room (of coz after we got our 2nd ang bao)

Pledge of Love
I, Alan Lim hereby make the following promises to my lovely wife, Esther Tung and pledge to keep them through our walk together:

(1) I promise to love, care, treasure and cherish you always and also to make your words more important than mine.
(I must listen to you)

(2) I promise to make every moment of our time together count.
(I will never be late again. You are allowed to fine me $50 for each time I break my promise)

(3) I promise to be responsible for your financial well-being.
(I will save more money in our joint account)

(4) I promise to be responsible for your emotional well-being.
(I will bring you for holiday on air plane (min 4 hours) at least once a year)

(5) I promise to remember all your birthdays and our anniversaries.
(Of coz accompanied by a nice dinner and present)

(6) I promise not to visit pub or disco anymore.
(Unless with your consent)

(7) I promise not to drink alcoholic drinks anymore.
(Again unless with your consent)

On this joyous and special day, dated 18 October 2008, these are my promises to you.

Breakfast for the boys (they still tot we were so nice as to order room service for them lor)

Finger Food:
Wasabi, bitter gourd with honey-soaked sandwich

Drinks to “TA” (bottoms up):
Concentrated Lemonade syrup

Pole Dancing!

these were for the groom

All the Jie Meis with the Bride

Me and Esther

Ivy and Esther

Wendy and Esther

Bridal car... got Mickey and Minnie

back to their place

me with them!

Okay.. that's all for the morning.

i had to do this in parts as there were simply too many pictures...

but i had fun =)

It's raining Dogs and Bunnies

2008-10-19T20:48:00.004+08:00

Went Ivy's place the night before Alan & Esther's wedding to do some last minute preparations.

This is YOYO, her 2 yr old lab who weighs a whooping 35kg. He was so excited when we first stepped into the house, that i had to stand against the wall for support coz he keep pouncing up at me. the front paws easily reach my head lor. Hee~

Another dog, Danny

see the contrast?

i am sitting on the sofa and our dear friend is seated on the floor.

my kaypo Marco when i reached home after the morning celebration the next day. Think the clothes in the bags smells of Yoyo and Danny. That's why he sniff non stop.

pick up a funny zocard =)

it's on my desk at work now

Marco the bunny =)

i played bunny too.. hee~

I got more pics (like over a hundred?) for the wedding but am too tired now though is only9pm. guessed it's due to the wedding buzz going on yesterday and we ended it very late around 3am at the bridal suite. i only had like 3 hours of sleep before going to church and i haven taken a nap today!

will post more pictures up...soon

Dailies Randomness

2008-10-14T22:28:00.004+08:00

chanced upon this book at library on sunday so borrowed it for a read. after watchin the show, suddenly dawn on me that my marco is no longer a pup... books does have the power to move me to tears too...

then yst was told a colleag dog's hospitalised...suspected cancer! the dog is 8 yrs of age (marco's 7 and half!). he told me she (the dog) just suddenly collapsed and cant walk. they thought it was old age and the legs got prob. but turned out was something more serious than that when she began to not eat. now the poor doggie is hospitalised for a week plus and think hospitalisation fee per day come up to 100+ and was told plus treatment and tests..etc, the bill is easily 1k + already... hope the dog will get well soon....

while i was thinkin abt the show i watched, the book, this incident...suddenly i remember another friend also told me reccently the dog passed away...

is so scary that everythting is happening all at one go... is this a sign or something?

all these really makes me realised something... that i MUST save for marco (for his rainy days)

Anyway, here are some pics i took of him recently...

pic of him sleeping (which i find funny coz he really has the most ackward sleeping posture i think, wonder if he does suffer from neck pain or something)

these "pigs" are not mine... will try take a nicer pic next time...they are always hiding away :(

i love those lights..but i think cleaning will be a hassle

ramen so-so only. still prefer the ones at Central. but the meat not bad lar

taken on one rainy day during lunch

at smu admin bldg. only place where i wont kena the rain. not even one bit.

looks nice? but is not lor... blend!

i still went ahead and post this. she is so gonna kill me :p

went home for dinner and to me, is always nice to see a spread of home-cooked food.

i think my dad did this. only he will have the patience to go make the food looks nice as well.

this is just an egg but i love eggs... fried, half boil (ya kun's yummy), omelette, scramble eggs...

i seriously think mac should come up with this set... 1 hotcake with omelette and sausage. coz i love hotcakes and i love the eggs but i cant order both!

by the way, can some tech-gadgets guru go evaluate and tell me if this is gd?

Picture Me Picture - Ouch, it's gone!

2008-10-09T22:05:00.002+08:00

chanced upon this and thought it look pretty...

the lights changes

Ouch it's gone... the pain's still here though

went to extract tooth on Tue. turned into a minor surgery instead and cost a whooping 540 bucks

was given mc for the whole week though but am back at work today le :(

Meanwhile, while i am resting at home, i managed to watch the dvd i bought the other day. left my eyes swollen from all the tears like dunno what. til today i still went to work with puffy eyes

i guess any dog/animal lovers would be moved to tears bah. and for me especially so since i have marco. i cant imagine the day...

bought gummy...choco coated peach gummys.. dunno why after extraction and while still in pain, i can still think of eating chewing stuff. coz i asked baby get me bubble tea when he come find me :)

Back- tracked a little:

these were taken during Enid's wedding but i just receive the pics from friend.

Enid and EC

speaking of which... i am attending another 2 more weddings this month!!!

and asked to be the jie mei and coordinate for one of them. In actual fact, i got to know the groom and his brothers like 6 years ago when we party together. Only got to know the bride like think 2 yrs back? then last yr they ROM and this yr customary liao.

within this group, they are all slowly getting hitched one by one... (even Enid I got to know from this grp)

Anyway, is going to be fun lar since i know the groom and bros... i just come up with the items... Payback Time... wahaha...

and look what i have bought ;)

for the groom of coz

Toothache aching me

2008-10-04T00:08:00.006+08:00

dont feel like posting any children's day pics le... here's others:

testing my ph cam. weird that this is with flash???

Marco going to snooze...

when this pic was taken, Marco was lying on the spot near the doorway. so i purposely self-take this pic "with him" in the corner. Next thing i know when i view the pic, he had gone off to the living room... :/

some pics taken during lunchie last friday. Me and Rin were at this cafe at SMU for our luncheon break.

Rin playing with her phone... notice we have the same phone? she's the copy cat...

and now, Mum bought exactly the same phone as us too, in the same pink shade .. wahaha ;p

Yummy waffle burger. it cost $5.90 for a set of burger with ice tea/ice coffee. (staff/student of SMU gets 10% off... we are staff)

Another time... at icekimo...i LOVE their ice cream. my fav - nutella =)

here: peanut butter crush/ nutella/baileys

Endnote:

Toothache had been depriving me of my sleep lately. I am going for extraction tomorrow. wish me luck.

Happy Post Children's Day!

2008-10-03T00:25:00.003+08:00

i wanna be a kiddo again!!!

- with the happy meals/ kids meals (they look nice and yummy wor in most restaurants, and i personally think the portion is just nice...for more desserts later on..heh)
- cartoons!
- school holidays! (why dont we get like one whole block of leave off work - annual leaves doesnt count :/)
- pretty stationeries (though i am still frequenting such shops buying pens & notebooks & whats not)

BUT THEN AGAIN... i wont have the means to do what i love now... like...
- shopping! (i bought loads of clothes again that poor baby was stranded outside the shop waiting for me for like a whooping 45mins i think)
- yummy food (we had soup restaurant)
- karaoke (all time fav)

that basically sums up how i spent this year's children's day since it happens to be a PH. will post some pics when i am in the mood to. (not now definitely:/)

Audrey & Adrian Wedding 26 Sep 08

2008-09-30T23:00:00.011+08:00

CONGRATULATIONS TO MY DEAREST COLLEAGUE!

Adrian & Audrey

This day marks the begining of a great journey for "them"

~The Bride~

kaypo me went up to see the bridal suite and also "disturb" the bride

the pics are not in sequence le coz i place all shots with the bride first before the rest.

her 2nd march in dress

Sexy lor ;p

i din take so many lar... this one taken by wendy while i talking to her

only shot of the groom.

During their 2nd march in. I wonder if all brides are naturally beautiful with this glow on their face on their big day...

from now on, no more pics of the couple le. all taken before and during dinner...

me and Wendy

Rhys and Wendy

Me and Rhys

Me and Faith (my ex mgr)

Me and Lynn (my favourite AD)

Me, Wendy, Felicia

The Marketing Team!

Gina (Aud's mgr), me & Wendy

Me , Wendy & Our Boss

细心 side of Rhys (but the expression tells it all)

Marketing People Again

Wendy did these :)

Me, Wei Ling (ex mktg mgr) & Wendy

Momento: usable key.

Now the couple are off to Europe for their honeymoon *envy*. Audrey actually took like 1 whole month unpaid leave to go Europe for 3 weeks can...while we slogging in office...

when we were walking out to shake hands with the couple, i told Audrey, no need get me any souveniar from Europe le...an LV or Gucci item will do. Hearin this, Adrian immediately want pull me aside liao... and kept saying "no we are not going there..." haha... dunno the "No" is directed at not buying me anything from there or discouraging his wife from going to the boutiques herself... heheh.. anyway, i am sure they will have a superb time there... (like who wouldnt?)

i am going to miss her alot liao...coz apart from being my favourite colleague in office (it's hard to have a favourite there ok) and my lunch time khaki who loves LJS as much as i do, also no one whom i can share gossips le... til she is back... will wait patiently... haha

think when she's back, i will go pester her to send me photos taken by her photographer and mayb pop by her place to slowly see her album & honeymoon pics... (she told me really lots of funny stories when they have their album pics taken..i will really like to see the pics and know what went on behind the scenes...heh)

All the best, my dear...

IScreamMooncake

2008-09-29T00:14:00.002+08:00

okay, skip Audrey's wedding post for now... coz i am so happy i got my first (and only) snow skin moon cake for this yr (samplings at fairs don't count)

I love Snow Skin mooncakes but this yr didnt get any... til TODAY! and the festival is long over.

Rin's bf got her this:

from Swensen.

baby sms say he gg for supper =( i am hungry lar so went search fridge...and found this. She say i can only have half...but good enuff.am contented =)

Just nice as i was craving for ice cream the whole day le. baby say bring me for ice cream today but due to unforeseen (and silly) circumstances, didnt get to have any.

The ice cream is good.. but frankly, the snow skin is so-so only. i know coz my last bite was without any ice cream so could taste the snow skin plainly. so i guess their selling point is really... their ice cream... the snow skin mooncakes i had last yr was way much nicer... but, i am not complaining much for now. at least i get to eat it =)

but why must they sell mooncakes so expensively? If not i would gladly get many. vendors gave me few boxes but they were the usual baked kinds which i dont really fancy.... so just left them at the common areas for colleagues consumption...

okay, Audrey's wedding photos will REALLY be next... HEH

25 Sep 08 - Shopping!

2008-09-28T22:59:00.002+08:00

is the isetan private sale once again and it translate to: "time for me to do stock ups"

drama mama on the leave part though....

applied for leave like 2 weeks back coz just wanted some "me" time. ended up it became a half day thingy coz i had to come back for a meeting in the morning... fine.. at least still have the whole afternoon, right? just one day before, i remembered there was another meeting scheduled in the afternoon, but thought i could siam from it. ended up, boss say is gd for me to go...bleh... so that day become another ordinary busy work day =(

Anyways, some snap shots:

ok, not all are from the isetan private sale. some bought the week before at the metro members sales instead :p and TBS items were of coz neither metro, nor isetan. from Rin's bday mth discount...wahaha

Ettusais luggage tag (GWP)

Matching Luggage. Cute!

bought clothes too.

wanted shopped more but shops were closed le by 10pm... boo!

Endnote:

i made up for my leave the very next day... on Audrey's Big Day! More pics in next post. too lazy now.

Chocolate Factory - 20 Sep 08

2008-09-21T00:31:00.002+08:00

Metro is having store wide 20% sale!!!

and although i am going for Isetan's next week, still, there are items i can get first at 20% right? hee...

didnt buy much though coz i know i am going to spend liao next week and also coz this month i am made extremely broke as mentioned few entries back. only bought Shu cleansing oil as well as eyelash falsies glue... helped Wendy buy her clinique stuff too as i happily told her this morning "metro got sale, anything u want buy?" haha, spend money also muz drag ppl with me...she wanted get something frm Lancome too so gave me the description...but when i went there, the person told me this is not even available in spore... :s

after that went robertson quay area... many eateries there lor... last time when i frequent that place, it was not like that one... haha... there were many many jap restuarants though... we went to try one (forgot to take note of name as i was starving).. bento was quite reasonably priced as there were alot of food...

there after, headed to "Laurent Bernard Chocolate Bar" formally known as "chocolate factory". been wanting to visit the place long time ago before they even change their name... but only managed to get to it now...

choc tart (layer of rich choco & hazalnut)

hot choco (choco in it's purest form)

vienna choco (hot choco with whipped cream and choc shavings)

After Eight Souffle (this contains the after eight choco!)

really sinful eating so much chocolatey stuff and it can get abit overwhelming as well as they are really really rich... good for sharing though just to get the high from chocolate... (maybe next time will ask the ex twm girls go dinner in that area and afterwhich dessert here.. May sure onz ;p)

Endnote:
i got my bags purchased from taiwan... total of 9 bags (4 is mine, 2 is Rin's and 3 is Wendy's)... very cheap lar... costing around average $15 only... now i got 4 new bags.. (actually 6 coz i just got 2 from charles and keith using Jeanie's bdae discount... and i drag Audrey to buy things as well... haha) so is not just me who like to buy and buy and buy lar... all girls do that.. HEE... trying to self justify =)

Qiao Ting & Brian Wedding 14 Sep 08

2008-09-20T23:41:00.009+08:00

the wedding invite... even the sticker sealer on the envelope also personalised =)

the invite is actually slotted into a matellic silver holder
the reason why this pic appear here is...we are on the way... to JB!!!

The couple are both M'sian and thus the wedding is held at JB but is very near the causeway. They are very thoughtful as to even charter a bus to pick us from Kranji and is not those lok kok bus lor... super fast, smooth and comfy ride across the causeway to the hotel - Pan Pacific

Arrived!

at the recept:

All of us ex and current TWM ppl

Me and the pretty bride... we all took turn to take a pic each with the bride.

why do all brides seem to have such slim waist???

while waiting for the luncheon banquet to start... we started cam whoring.. what else...

May and Me

the family of 4... when i just know her, she was still single... then i saw her got ROM, then customary married, Kiddo number 1, Kiddo number 2...

OMG, has it really been that long???

Me and Fiona

Again...

decided to post this up for 2 reason:

1. the couple look very cute lar with their funny post (and coz J was the camera guy so did not appear in most other pics... haha)

2. look at the huge backdrop on the stage (and live band performance). this was visible when the projection screen to show the photos and videos were drawn up and instead of the bare background, they even had this. i commented it looks like those singers "qian chang hui" where they release new albums and have fans Q-ing to get the signatures.. hee

time for food! (not in sequence though and we left out the shark fins)

i love this! hardly see this yam dessert around any more at banquets... it's always the usual honeydew sago... even normal days, dont think this is readily available also... anyone know which places sell this?

after we had our fill of food (actually there were 2 more dishes (glutinous rice, dessert) when we came out), we went outside to take more bo-liao pictures...

after taking this, i told fiona it looks abit hiao ... haha

the funny couple pose again...

fiona's blog state that they are rehearsing for their turn... :p

with the 2 kiddos

the small girl already camera trained

About the wedding:

though is held in JB... but i dare say it might even be better than what we had in Spore. unlike the typical msia wedding held at restaurant where they had funny relatives turning up in like super funny clothes... or going on stage crooning sad love songs about healing broken hearts... this one had none of all that... instead, during the first march in, they had a violinist walking in front of them playing some love song... live band was also engaged to perform romantic love songs thru out the lunch and there wasnt any distasteful music being played...

food was great and portion was huge too (only draw back was those stupid waiters kept wanting to clear them away even when we are not done yet and they did not even ask!)

the wedding photos taken were also fantastic. if i didnt ask, i wouldnt have guess that it was taken in JB. coz usually JB album had a very different style (in terms of gowns, make up, hair do...etc) but theirs was very artistic, and very natural... i think the photographer had done a great job... as instead of all pre arranged poses, he managed to capture alot of natural shots of the couple looking oh-so-blissfully-in love... when they look at each other and smile at each other.....

the couple are currently enjoying their honeymoon in Greece... wish them all the best and a blissful marriage =)

After the wedding:

we wanted to take the chance to go shop abit at JB citysquare since it's a stone throw away only... couple arranged for their friend to drive us there...so nice right... on the way, we saw lightning and seems like it's going to rain big time... i turn to fiona and say...die die we have to buy someting lar... in case we ended up buying just brolly if it's still raining when we go back...keke...

due to time constraint as the lunch ended around 4 plus, we only shopped awhile, but spent like 45minutes in MNG boutique...til May commented that we could stay til 9 plus to shop the whole mall... ha! fiona managed to buy her jeans which cost lesser than Spore (partly due to the exchange rate as well) and i bought 3 tops... one of which is the barbie edition of the MNG tee which cost me only around $20 SGD =)... got another one for Rin as well...

May only bought cakes from Secret Recipe which is super cheap lor as the dollar amount is the same as Spore except its in Ringgit... me and fiona bought cakes too! on top of that, i even went to buy 3-in-1 coffee... hee... cant find one that i like in spore... but decided i cant always continue living my extravagent lifestyle of grabbing dome coffee at arts museam to bring to work so i have to look for alternative!!!

wished we had more time though coz we didnt really managed to go in many stores...

Side Note:

it was Jeanie's birthday on that day too! just thought i mention it here... haha

Enid & Ben Wedding 13 Sep 08

2008-09-20T23:09:00.005+08:00

My first wedding dinner for the month... Enid and Ben's

held at Swissotel The Stamford

church wedding invite

the couple had a church wedding in the day which i missed due to work commitment...thereafter, they actually chartered those citytour bus which is open roof!!! Interesting... and from the photos and video shoots, it seems they had fun and the pictures do turn out nice with the city landscape in background... Innovative way of havng the photo shoots instead of the usuals.

What can i say... the couple is rich lar... heheh... they went to Taiwan for wedding photo shoots and their bands are from Cartier ones okie...

dinner ended super late though at 1130 coz at 930, only the 2nd dish is served. they had about 70 tables, one of the largest wedding banquet i ever attended... but i heard about 30 already made up of biz associates of her dad... ha~ ... am dead beat by then since i started the day early and the next day i have another wedding luncheon to attend... (next blog post)

am happy for her... that all these years of knowing her...since our party days, to seeing her settle down now...and of coz, being able to find such a goody husband who is those super hubby material type... I am sure she'll be very xin fu in this marriage... =)

another slacking day

2008-09-18T00:03:00.004+08:00

~12 Sep 08~

well...i did worked half day, so that's not considered whole day of slacking right? hee
Met Jes to just eat, shop, pamper ourselves...

me at fave nails..getting ready for my pedi (i still prefer polished diva where i had a package. There, i get drinks, full back massage chair, leg massager, personal dvd player with choices of movie...they were fully book that day, that's why)

late luncheon at NYDC after our vainity session

baby joined us after his work for dinner and coffee...

i can hypnotise people!

Again!

I got more pictures coming up... wedding wedding wedding....

Broke

2008-09-11T23:24:00.003+08:00

More Pictures from previous entry:

can someone tell him that's not funny...

went for another family portrait... these were taken "illegally"

I AM VERY BROKE!!!

- new mobile phone

- to date, my credit card bill for next month had exceeded 1k (and nope, it does not include the mobile ph) and is not even mid month yet

- 3 Weddings

- 3 Birthdays

Sigh!!!

Rin's Convo

2008-09-02T21:06:00.006+08:00

Graduated!

Dessert at Swensens

Marco

SATC:

Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps if we never veered off course, we wouldn't fall in love, or have babies, or be who we are. After all, seasons change. So do cities. People come into your life and people go. But it's comforting to know the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you're very lucky, a plane ride away.

Pretty Flowery Dreams 26 Jul 08

2008-08-31T00:13:00.009+08:00

This post is wa...y too over due. the pictures were taken at the Singapore Garden Festival at Suntec about a month ago. i had them in my camera for like one whole month before i transfered the pictures onto my notebook... but i remember the date as i was working that saturday and then it was Audrey's house warming... so after going to her love nest after work, we headed back to city area for this event. Shall let the pictures do the talking as i am really getting lazier while becoming more hardworking... ha~

the landscapings exhibits were the nicest...

(i think i look ghostly in all these pictures... must be the flash light...tsk tsk tsk)

He wanted to capture me glazing at the statue... but before he could do that, i got distracted and was looking elsewhere... i think i am looking at her bag... heh

This was on a vertical platform and is super tall...stretches way up to near the ceiling of the convention hall and is made up of bunches of plants

i find these pictures very artistic.

combi of metal pieces and flowers

i dont know why but i just like this alot

my favourite landscape amongst the whole lot of them. this was made to look like an underwater plants and flowers scaping...

the designer/creator had bubbles rising from the "seabed" and at the top "ceiling" was water in between the glass panel and coupled with the effect of lighting, thus make it seem as though it was underwater

the only picture of him smiling. thus i decided not to post the rest as it doesnt go with the pretty flowers. (come to think of it, i dont seem to smile "happily" too in all the pictures)

i love the hues of colours...especially the purple ones...

i love the shade of purple of this flower but somehow the camera doesnt seem to capture the true colour of it. it looks somewhat much more bluish as compared to the real thing

purple!
purple!!
purple!!!

i got more pictures for posting... shall get to it over the next few days.