Holiday!

Yesh, 2009 is ending and beofre the year end, i wanna meet my girls!!! Actually i don't have much to blog about because things had been quite stagnent lately. This weekend is gonna be a busy one. Starting from Saturday, Dear and I will need to meet teh geomancer which i had found online to check out the date. Actually i also don't know what is in his mind. He said we can get the dates just for reference and actualized one will be the one provided by their "trusted and expensive" geomancer. WTH! Then why are we looking at the dates now when we cannot confirm anything until after CNY next year?! Sometimes due to the drag, i felt like calling off the whole thing. What are we doing when we look at the dates for customary? What is the meaning of it if i don't even have a say in it?

Dear's mum said something real irritating the other day and i was as offended by her words as dear. It seems like she just wanted to get it over and done with without considering other factors. The moment she heard me saying that braces "maybe" done by Oct next year she wanted the wedding to be in Dec. Cumon! we need time for photos lor! So if Dec cannot she want it in Jan and suggested taht we dont get the hotels we wanted if we cannot book it. In this case, what is the use of the banquet then? Dear was so angry that he suggested not doing it at all. Actually i was happy when his mum agreed not to do the banquet but knowing his family, these are just an exchange of heated words.

Just for reference

Hmm.. just in case there are anyone who is interested to go to Mandarin Oriental for Solemnization, the below is for your reference...

Nice Habour view right?! Dear was asking "regret booking too early right?!"

For the regrets only surface after i saw the below...

Yesh, this is the poolside restaurant. NICE RIGHT?! Honestly i did not take much picture of ths place because i don't wanna indulge too much into my regrets. The maximum number of people this place can hold is only 100 people. So for small event, this is a cosy place. The hotel will close the pool for few hours in order for you to hold your event. So its gonna be total privacy for the couples!!

Too bad that i had already booked Halia, otherwise i may take this place. Hmm.. Actually, this place maybe already booked for my date anyway.

Another Wedding Show

Sometimes, i seriously wonder what will happen next after all these were settled. We went to another wedding show yesterday. This time is Mandarin Oriental. I was totall blown away by the view of the solemnization room and for a moment, i regretted booking Halia so early. The restaurant was good as well but i did not ask the price since we had already booked our place and there is no way we can get the deposit back in full. I will still stick to Halia since that place is considered both economically and environmentally perfect. BUAHAHAHAHA!!

Honestly, i like MO and hope that we can take there but dear doesn't like the curved ballroom plus the price is a little steep. Now i am having an idea of the tea ceremony in the hotel... Lets see how we can do it. Shall do more research..

Good things comes in 3!!!

The very reason why good things comes in 3 was because.... THREE is my favourite number!!!

1) I am the 3rd child in the family.
2) My birthday is 3rd April.
3) I always get lucky when the number "3" appears.

So due to this reason, I requested 3 things from dear as Xmas pressie this year.

1) The Lost Symbol
2) The Black Order
3) The Last Oracle

BUAHAHAHAHA!! These are all the books which i had aimed since like "n" months ago.
All i want for Xmas is the above dear!!!

Jitters? Or...?

Mood had not been good these few days. Not sure if it's because i can't stand the loneliness anymore. Daily actvity is wake up, work, go home, watch tv, sleep. Routine goes on from Monday to Friday. When it comes to weekend, it will be wake up, yoga, sleep. The monotonous lifestyle doesn't seem to make my mood any better.

Crazy thoughts starts to set into my mind. There are many times when I voiced my frustrations but it wasn't received by the other party. All these had made me wonder... maybe i should just postpone the wedding. I wanted to get the MBA so much but my savings just wasn't enough for it. If i get my MBA, it is pretty obvious that wedding will not be possible in any near future.

Yes, I know, all the wedding stuffs had been booked or confirmed BUT my dear still hasn't propose. BUAHAHHAHA!! Ya... So maybe before i see the "rock" i will continue to be insecure and indecisive. It's just a thought because dear and I were talking bout going back to school next year. He was deciding if he want to get another Masters which is related to his work. Since he has the thought of going back to school, I am thinking of it as well (had been in my mind all along) because we can encourage each other and study together or even graduate together. My budget is quite tight since company will not be sponsoring and my funds are quite limited.

Its just a thought... My fickle-minded character may tell the otherwise..

Some updates

Hmm... ok.. this is gonna be a fast update.

So i am starting to tick off the stuffs from my to-do list. We had confirmed the venue, Bridal and now we are left with the payment to the photographer. I had not officially sent out my invites yet since this is real too early to do it plus i can only confirm my guest list after the florists confirm the price. The compulsory list of guests will be my immediate family members and my super dear friends. Yesh, Ms Ho, YX, An and Bec, if you happen to read this post, i am referring to you. Also, please don't bring anything to this event... just you and your empty stomach will do. Help me finish the food. Stubborn Ms Ho said she will bring a gift, so girls, if you really read this post, please stop her. Confiscate her purse or money or credit card or ATM card. Stop her from buying anything.

Date of this event will be triple10 and probably 1010hr in the morning. This is the initial planned time and there maybe changes. No matter what, the event will be in the morning because the place may get humid if its late. Ok.. that's for all.. Now i can rest for 6 months before we start to get busy with the Solemnization. Probably will get the ring in Apr next year just in case it does not have our size and it can take 5-6 months to get it from France. So exciting!!

The Trip to The Legends @ Fort Canning

It was last Friday when i managed to persuade Dear to go to The Legends @ Fort Canning for their wedding show. I wanted to get the Bridal Package there and also for the free food. BUAHAHAHA!!

Talking about the Bridal, I was shocked that the co-ordinator brought the sheet of paper which we had discussed with them like 2 weeks ago to The Legends so we do not have to re discuss everything again. So sweet of them.. BUAHAHAHA!! Maybe because the boss is Dear's friend and she had no choice but to treat us better. Actually, the co-ordinator is a very sweet and nice lady. I gotta say she had tons of patience on me since Dear and I are both people of details and we won't miss a chance to bargain for our best. Especially with my Bullet Proof skin.. BUAHAHAHA!! After we reached home that night, i managed to find a voucher from the Bridal that we can upgrade our canvas portrait to a 30"x40" if we sign up at The Legends! I instantly asked Dear to sms his friend to ask if it is valid for us. BUAHAHAHAHA!! ABD HIS FRIEND SAID HE WILL GIVE IT TO US!!! Awesome right?! I know i am very gian peng.. If you are planning for your own wedding and don't wanna over spend you will turn out to be like me as well.. BUAHAHAHAHHA!!

Ok.. why am i off topic?! Aren't i suppose to talk about my journey there?

Ok.. This was really unexpected.. On my way there, while waiting for the traffic light to turn Green Man, a lady suddenly called out to me from my back. She was asking if i can help her cross the road and tehre was another lady holding her other arm. I knew she cannot see and immediately agreed. Guess the lady who brought her to the traffic light could not cross the road with her. Before we cross the road, i asked where was she heading to and she told me taht she is gonna take MRT home. Then, i asked where is she gonna stop since there is NEL and NSL and of she take NEL, I can just bring her to the station without crossing. She told me she was heading towards AMK and i happily crossed the road with her and brought her to the station.

On our way to the gantry, a man knocked onto her and surprisingly, she was the one who apologized while the man only looked at her and walked away! What the heck! The man can see and he was the one who should apologised lor.. how can you knock into someone who can't see and expect the other party to apologised?! You know what the lady told me after she apologised to the man?! she said, "we blind people have to be very careful. Since we can't see, we will knock into people." I was speechless at that time. I smiled bitterly, knowing she couldn't see it.

I asked if she is ok to go into the station herself and she said no problem. I knew she is independent since she is workin currently at Havelock Road. Ok.. i knew this since i chat with her on our way to the train station. She went into the station and waved me goodbye, wishing me a great evening and i did the same as well.

I was happy for helping her. In fact, I felt GREAT! AWESOME! Dear said i was kind but i was saddened by the stupid blind man who knocked into her without apologising.

The Check list

I need to start a check list and write off the things one by one..

The Location - Pending Mr. Leong's confirmation
The Bridal - Done (this includes makeup, dress, flowers and hairdo)
The Photographer - Pending Mr Leong's confirmation
The Ring -Decided but not purchased. Should be done by April'10
The Suit - Chosing between Hugo Boss or to get the MTM from Bridal..
The Invite - Not sent since it's too early but will do it once we step into 2010
The JP - Mr. Leong's job.. anyway he has 9 months to procrestinate..

Ok... I suppose these are all it for the preparation?

The Supportive

With the start of my Yoga class on every Saturday, my schedule had never been rest and relax for the weekends. It used to be clubbing, clubbing and clubbing for the weekends. Now, the loud music was replaced by wedding shows, bridal shows and workouts.

Sometimes during my busy workout schdules, Dear was neglected and will have to be at home to spend the morning alone. At first i thought that i should not be so "kiasu" to start all the research but due to a lot of unspoken reasons, there is no slack in this wedding planning at all. Knowing my "kiasu-ism", sometimes, i will be lost in my own world and neglected dear's feeling. After 2 years of self reflection, i sms-ed dear this evening saying

"don't wanna neglect your feeling.. so if i went on planning and overlooked your feeling.. you prommise to reply me ok.."

As expected from the loving and supportive baby, he replied

"ok la. I will"

He had always been supportive on my crazy ideas for this wedding. Sometimes due to his frequent agreement i felt that he was not keen in this wedding at all and i will throw my temper on him and pushed the responsibility to him. It was during all these incidents that i realized he had trusted my choice and wanted to fulfill as much of my request for this wedding as possible.

When i was much younger, I always said that marriage is not my cup of tea and savings had never come into my mind. It was until i met Dear that i realized settling down is a choice and during this time savings is important. See how i enjoy spending every cent i earned, Dear decided to help me with my habit by teaching me to save. I always say that he is "cat", in fact, he is not. If not for him, probably, i will never start saving and will never be able to settle down or plan for my future.

I truely appreciate Dear's effort to change me. He knew i am changing and is trying very hard to quit unreasonable spendings. He saw my effort and recognized it.

What a Saturday!

Ok.. I know this is a little late for me to update.

Saturday was fun and enjoyable! It started from 0715hr when i woke up to brush up and get ready for the Amazing Drive Race organized by company. We started from Kallang and we went to Sembawang, Chinese Garden, Punggol, Woodlands, West Coast and back to Kallang again. Even though we did not win the race, the process was enjoyable!

After the race, I followed the Four Lees to Geylang Lorong 32 for Ban Mian. It is so~~~ nice i tell you! It was 1400hr when i ended my day with the colleagues and went to Raffles place to meet Carrot.

We met up and went for our Yoga session! The hot yoga is shack man. It really burns up all my Ban Mian lor... Of course our day didn't end with hot yoga. We went for bollywood dance after yoga!!! BUAHAHAHAHHA!! People.. I can now certify that i have two left feet! I couldn't co-ordinate my hands and legs at all! So funny la!

After the enjoyable lessons, both Carrot and I went to Esplanade for dinner. In order to have a healthier meal, we decided that Japanese food will best fit our carbo intake. Dear was so shocked that i had Japanese food again when i told him that since we had Japanese cuisine on Friday night as well. Well, my day ended at 1900+ near 2000hr..

The poor boyfriend was totally neglected this weekend since i was so tired that i slept about 1+hr after i reached home. Think the coming weekend he will have to spend his time alone until 1700hr as well since i will be involved in some company event.

Sing people SING!

Ok.. It had been quite long sing i last posted any pictures.. So now i shall let the photos do all the talking.

The talented kids!






The group picture!




This is really one rare event that took place at Suites at iluma with cousins and sister. We had a great night together.. Probably another karaoke session will be up during our November gathering..

Randomness

Yesh, this is a truely random blog.



Dear and i are planning our winter holiday for this year and we were both struck hard by the budget. Initially, dear was saying that we should go Korea due to the depreciation of Won. Now we are chosing between Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Both Hong Kong and Taiwan are suppose to be a cheaper and budgeted place to go BUT after calculating the amount we will be spending on food, i still think Korea is worth the spending since the meals are included and i doubt i will have much to shop there.

And the latest update after 1 weekend, Dear had decided that we go Hong Kong. Can't wait to go for the holiday since i am real tired of the busy work recently...

System system stop playing game..

WHAT THE HECK! What is wrong with my system?!

Ok.. Today is the critical work day for every month and my system is playing this trick on me? Can you please just stop hang-ing and let me finish up my work? I NEED TO SEND MY REPORT!

Just when i am complaining the system here, it is done downloading. It had been loading for bout 15 minutes lor. So now... BACK TO WORK!!

Thought of the day

I honestly had no idea that i will blog today at this time. This blog will probably have some contribution to my cousin Benny with his ever influencial words that were totally sticked in my brain at this hour even after sharing a bottle of wine with Dear.

Ok.. I admit.. I was trying to drown his words after drinking and hope that i will forget his words after the wine but i was so so wrong. Given the time line, i should say, Benny asked me this question yesterday evening , he asked if i quarrelled with one of the close cousin and commented that it was very obvious. Hmm... we met few times in a year and honestly, i used to be very close with that cousin. When Benny asked me, I had nothing to reply except a smile and to bring the topic over What he had said was we were after all cousins which otherwise meant, blood thicker than water. I had tried to convince myself that it was a misunderstanding and we should let it past. It just seem like neither me nor my cousin were doing it. Both of us were Aries. Base on our charateristic, we will both to just be too egoistic to talk to each other.

There were times when i tried to convince myself to try talking or rebonding the whole relationship with her. She gave short message to me through MSN once and i replied with a short phrase. What Benny had said was the same as what my sisters had told me, she is after all my cousin. We both bore the same surname and blood.

Since young, everyone around me had been telling me that both me and my cousin were very much alike. Well, my reaction will be the otherwise since we are both different individuals. With Benny's words, it really gave me some thinking if things should be reset to the previous. I had never knew that the word from my cousin will influence so much of my thoughts. Is this a message passed down from some unknowned source?

I had dreamt of my Ah Ma but nothing was said in the dream. Both my sisters had been telling me bout the behaviour bout me and my cousin but things were not improved. The words from Benny really struck me hard. Is age really a matter or thoughts? Or blood really is thicker than water? Well, i don't know either. I told Dear what Benny told me but did not tell him that it actually influence my thought for the day.

Telepathy

The first email that struck my day yesterday was the email from Carrot... she was asking me bout the chosen date super duper excitedly. The next was while i was talking to QS, she asked the same thing bout the date as well. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

What can i say about my friends?! They are awsome!

Where do they get the information of my updates?! From my BLOG!

I asked Carrot how she knew about the date and she told me she had a feeling i will update my blog and ta da! she read it just after i updated my blog on Monday. And for QS, she told me she was reading YX blog when she thought of reading up my blog as well and ta da! she got the news as well... Hahahahaha!! as far as i thought, my blog was a neglected website, my close friends came telling to me they received the updates from HERE!!!

I was very touched la... and its kinda creepy since i had just updated it like on Monday. Can this be called telepathy?

After much waiting

Yes, after 1 month the Geomacer (dear said he is not a fortune teller, well... whatever) came back with a second date. This time, it was so near to the date which we had chosen previously. What the heck! Why do we need to calculate so much since we were the ones to provide the date and teh geomacer chose the "better" date out from the 2 given. Come on.. aren't they suppose to be the ones who give us the list of dates?! Simply don't understand how their so call famous Geomacer work. Well, maybe he is really famous enough that i don't know him and he can bloody hell charge so much!

Nevermind. As long as a date is provided I shall be appeased.Actually when dear's mum said the date, i was not very happy since it is a Friday and it will be quite inconvenient to our guests. I had already told dear that i would prefer the Sunday date to this Friday date since we do not have to request our guests to take leave on Sunday. Also, i seriously almpost blurted i wont be marrying since her son had not proposed. BUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Evil lei....

Seriously... when are you gonna propose my dear? I never say i will marry you lor.

The neglected

Honestly, I did not know what title can i post for this and since i had neglected my blog for so long, i shall do some updates now.

Hmm... ok.. I am not as busy as it seems like from my neglected blog. The updates will still be the same as always since nothing happening really happened. It is like gonna be our 2nd year anniversary now. Plans are not made by me this time since the below happened one day while talking to Dear.

Me: Hmm.... Do you think we should really go for hotel stay using your Raffles Club vouchers?
Dear: Duno...
Me: Why you not enthu one?
Dear: Coz still got so many months ( this happened like 2 months back la...)
Me: Eh... you like never surprise me one lei.. Do you surprise your ex-es when you guys celebrated anniversary?
Dear: yes, of course!
Me: You actually planned?
Dear: Yes..
Me: Then why you never plan ours?
Dear: You are so kiasu... everything also plan 6 months ahead how to plan on surprises?!
Me: Ok lor.. I stop planning... you surprise me.

And from that day on, anniversary had never been our topic in conversations....

Amused

Due to my hormones or happy cells actively working today, i decided to blog.

Yesterday my Orthor called me regarding my enquiries to finish my treatment earlier and if possible, next year. This is because after we broke the news of getting hitched in 2011 to Dear's mum, she rejected the date and insisted next year. So in order to fulfill her wish, we decided to push the ortho. As expected from my kind, cute ortho, he said that i have to give him a date and he will work towards it.

Since i was given the confirmation, i called dear and asked him to inform his mum about it. So now, the status is to wait for the reply from the fortune teller. Dear was told that there were 2 very auspicious dates, one is in 2010 year end (which is what we are looking at) and the other is in 2011. Previously as we were discussing about things and stuff about what should we have for our wedding, i was only feeling numb and excited. Now that we are going into the chosing date state, i am starting to realize that everything is real!

With all these things happening, i am quite amused that probably i will be Mrs Leong next year. It felt so funny la... and i also feel that i am very young suddenly. You know, those kinda funny thoughts just come into my mind for no fcuking reason. Those funny thoughts i meant was those thoughts of staying together, having children and bla bla bla bla. Its just so real. And i am not very financially prepared. HOW?!

At first when we planned it at 2011, financially I am like just right! Enough money to get married. But with the change of plan, I am not sure about next year anymore. Haiz... its really a big sigh. Lucky thing is due to my kiasuism, we had started to hunt hotels and stuff since like start 2nd quarter of the year and even with the shift of plan, we are prepared to execute it.

Ok... my feeling now is still very amused with the thought of marrying dear and sharing the rest of our lifes together. Hmm... but he had not proposed to me! Stupid old man is asking me to wait and said that he will do it. So my patience is indeed running out but i still have to wait.

Wait.. wait.. wait...

So much of planning

Due to my kiasuism and enthuism, alot of things had been planned but not fulfilled... BUAHAHAHAH!

Its too early to say though but i had decided to put all the things down and let dear plan about it. Dear had been saying that i like to plan thing 4 months in advance which i think is driving him crazy! BUAAHHAHAHA!

Voice from within

Seriously wonder if i am really still religiously updating my blog since my work had been catching up on my time. Still, I think I miss my blog. BUAHAHAHA!!

Recently dear and i had been quite busy preparing stuff and looking around. We are trying to keep things slow since we wanted the best and my cool headed man can calm me down while making major decisions. Hmm.. probably this is still not the best time to announce yet so lets just keep it to ourselves ya.. and will update once the decision had been confirmed.

There are quite a few people saying that i am rather silly to do all these before my man even officially action. To me, i think it is really natural to step into this part of a relationship once the relationship is matured and we knew that we are really to continue with our life. So official or not, i know he will action but it will not be now. Cool headed man always have his own plan and he will only do things according to his plans when he think the time is right. This time round, he did not reject to the ideas of starting our research early and know that by taking things slow and steady, we have more time to plan or rather to save up as well.

All these while, he had been very supportive and had been providing me ideas. Stay on... and updates will be revealed.. BUAHAHAHA!!