Lis Princess World

Cousin's big day!

Saturday, November 28, 2009, 11:59 PM

This is e 1st wedding that I'm much involved in. Maybe it all started when my cousin was searching for a photographer and I recommended my colleague to them. Then it was when my cousin voiced out that they needed a bridesmaid and thinks that I'm perfect for this task (felt so honoured!), things starts to get exciting!

The day when we met up with my colleague for discussion on the Actual Day (AD), my Biao Sao received a call from bridal shop to say that the wedding pics were collected for collection. I was so lucky to view it with them. Then, we went to buy the red wine together as well. Even for the wedding dinner's seating plan, I was doing part of the planning. My cousin was sourcing for male emcee to help out and I've managed to find my sec sch classmate to help out, which also created a chance for us to catch up too. Cos of my bridesmaid role, I have the chance to plan the door clashing games with the "sisters", my biao sao's cousins who happens to be around my age, plus and minus 1 yr. Of which, I love the "love contract" that we did! The masterpiece is like a gift for the newly wed. I'm so proud of it and suggested displaying it at the reception during the wedding dinner and they agreed.

During the AD, I woke up super early like 5.15am and just washed up and got to my Biao Sao's hse upstairs. 1st time going to her hse after being neighbours for so long. Reached her place at 5.45am and her makeup artiste (MUA) already started the makeup for her. Nelson, the official photographer for e day, came shortly followed by the videographer at 6am+. Then it was 6.30am when the sisters came too. I was halfway thru my makeup done by the MUA.

The Sisters were preparing the ingredients for the wasabi + seaweed bread and setting up the "Nobody" - Wonder Girls video (too bad! we didn't have enough time to make the groom & Brothers to dance!) Soon, it was 7.20am and my cousin and Brothers arrive! Wanna highlight that it was kinda touching to hear my cousin shouting 3 times loudly as per our instructions - "Baby! I'm so crazy over u!". He printed SGD10k notes and put inside the angbao to bluff us!! haahaa.. we were not fooled by him of cos. Then we made them eat the wasabi and seaweed bread saying that it's kaya bread and my cousin literally choked and teared on the wasabi. Some brothers enjoyed eating it but not my cousin. haha... gd way to sabo him huh... cos we knew he didn't like japanese food at all! =P It was super duper funny to hear him sing Xiao Wei (just that the words were replaced by Xiao Qing) so it was trailed off towards the end and I was practically laughing to tears when it was played during the video montage in e evening! Then when he wrote the 5th promise on the love contract and read it out, it turned out to be quite funny too! 尽在不言中 was his promise to his wife! Finally the groom got into the bride's room. hehe.. bcos of e videographer's instruction, we were counting down for 10s for them to kiss each other and it was the time, seeing a couple kissing right in front of us at such a close distance! hahaha!

Soon, it was followed by tea ceremony at groom's hse. e sisters nearly dashed 2 red lights cos e brothers were driving too fast and following so closely with our bridal car. luckily, e camera didn't capture anything or one of their probational license might be suspended. hmm.. everything else was quite smooth at his hse. Had lunch buffet there as well. Bride got changed into the Kua and we went over to Hort Park for the outdoor photo taking!

Over at Hort Park, e newly wed took a couple of pics at the pond area b4 going in further for more pics. had agreed earlier on for the bride to throw e hand banquet to the sisters to catch. 1st try, everyone missed it cos my biao sao aimed too far and it landed on the ground with a thud and many petals fell off. photographer and videographer instructed her to throw again capturing the moment and i got it! if it's sooooo zhun, it means next yr im getting married, nah, it's just some superstitious saying I guess =P

After the outdoor shoot, we went back to my biao sao's place for tea ceremony. Had some sweet desserts b4 heading to River View hotel. Rested for a while in e "sisters" room while e couple went back to their bridal suite room. Nelson helped the couple to take some shots at the Robertson Quay which is right below the hotel.

The couple washed up and got ready for e march-in rehearsals and Jian Ting also came around the same time to join in for e emcees rehearsals. They amended some of e scripts at the last min to make everything flow more smoothly. We told my cousin that it's a must to say a Thank You speech, so he got no choice but to think of e script on the spot. LOL.

Gd thing that my makeup lasted me throughout the day. I didn't touch up anything for e evening except on my lipstick! I overheard that e cost of my makeup and hairdo for e morning is SGD70. omg... that's like super EXP! Even the bride's makeup and hairdo weren't included in the package and she gotta pay SGD100. Gd money for MUA!

Times passed super quickly! I was already downstairs with the sisters at the reception, preparing myself cos the guest were arriving. Who knows while doing it halfway, my biao sao called and asked me why I wasn't helping her by holding onto her gown and her bag and accompany her downstairs instead. How could I put aside my main priority? my role as a bridesmaid that night was not over.. Was wondering how can I split myself into 2 parts when both sides need me. LOL. very soon, I rushed up to find my biao sao. Helped her down by holding on to her wedding gown to the reception area. Continued with my task at e reception. It's kinda complicated as the names are all in Mandarin and for those in English, they were not in alphabetical orders. I had a hard time finding the names. Luckily, my cousin's tang jie is a great help! =)

Hmm.. Soon, it was 8.30pm! 26 tables of guest were there. 2 tables not filled up.. as expected, there will sure be pple flying aeroplanes. i dun understand why pple can't take a wedding dinner seriously. if they have RSVP earlier on, they shd really make e effort to come. e couples were preparing themselves for e 1st march-in after everybody settled down.

Only managed to have e 1st dish b4 we rushed up for e bride to change into the 2nd gown! omg.. that's really fast.. cos we were told to do so only at the 3rd dish initially. but bcos of e delay for e 1st march-in and e video montage from childhood to wedding day will take quite long.. that's why we got no choice. For the 2nd march-in, the video of the morning's door-clashing games were played over e projector. I laughed until cry!! cos it's so funny to hear my cousin singing e Xiao Qing song and reading out the Love Promises!

Glad that my cousin and biao sao are satisfied with my role as a bridesmaid. Had a short chat with my other cousins. Was hoping to have more time to catch up with them. Nevertheless, I'm pretty satisfied with e photographer's and emcee's work. So thankful that I can find them for help.

Congratulations to my cousin & XQ biao sao! May u 2 have a blissful marriage! =)

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To forget u

Friday, November 27, 2009, 11:59 PM

I find this so real as though it's talking about my love life. Let's read on...

It was not a decision based on emotions when I decided to break the news to you. I had thought of it for months: The happiness that we shared, it is never going to last, and if that is so, why still pursue a love that is going to writhe away soon? Why create more happiness, when I know that this ring of glee is going to be part of a memory that you will dearly miss, and I will heartbreakingly forget?

Before I met you, I wondered why all the lyrics in love songs were so exaggerated: Why do lyricists create such mushy and overemotional sentences? Why can’t they just write a good melody without those melodramatic lyrics? That is plain exaggeration.

Before I fell in love with you, I thought romance novels were just so silly: Why would a person cry for another person for hours? How could a person wait for his lover for years? That is plain silliness.

Before we became a couple, I thought romance movies were just so stupid: How could a person love another person so deeply that it became an obsession? How could one sacrifice so much, even to the extent of his own life, for his lover? That is plain stupidity.

When I realized I had fallen so deeply in love with you, I finally understood that songs, novels and movies are just reflections of life, inspired by the writers’ true stories.

Because when I decided to end our relationship, I realized our story mirrors a love song that I once heard, a novel you once read and a movie we once watched.

When I step out of the main door, I love you deeply, but am going to tell you that we are going to separate soon. The pain is not the separation: The pain is the love that we share; the love that was once so blissful is never going to be refreshed again.

The pain is that we are still so much in love, yet we have to let go now. Only someone who had experienced this before will understand.

Isn’t it ironic? It is my profound love for you that brought us together. Now, it is the same profound love that will separate us.

http://www.goodybooks.com/toforgetyou.htm

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hahaa!

, 11:55 PM

a public hol on a friday is so cool! so in need of it! was working late everyday for 3 days this week and i really BTH. soooo an off day would mean so much to me xD

gotta do some DIY mani n pedi at home e night b4.

met up with Cyn, Jee & Jee's fren @ Iluma to catch 2012. a very touching movie and i actually teared during e show where i tot the wife and kids would lost the father. it was so closed! was wondering if e world would really come to an end in 2012. if so, there's only 3 yrs from now. i dun think there will be big spaceship for survivals who were given a special pass if the world really comes to an end. it would just be pure judgement day - gd souls will go to heaven and those who don't, will be sent to hell. there's so much to fulfill if we only have such a short time left and is given family or career to choose from, i will still choose family - as in settling down. i have typical traditional thinking. haha.

did last min shopping wz Jee @ Bugis. was super satisfied with this after shopping for so long.. it's either too exp or nth catches my eyes until we came along and saw this cutie couple bear!! =D i know instantly that is it! haahaa! =) mom wrapped it up @ home, ready for me to give my cousin and biao sao e next day at 5am+! yeah~ it's their big day which i've been talking abt it for quite some time and it's also my mom's bday!

hope my puffiness eyes will subside... and i will look gd e next day! pretty excited... as though i'm e one getting married. nah.. if im e one, i will be soooo nervous and much more excited than now. lolz!

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on leave!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:59 AM

it's sooooo gd to be on leave on a working day!! envy my frens like Kor, SH, who gets to go home early after work. they dun look as tired as me when i go back home which is already 8 plus 9 for this past few wks.

Catch up with Sis, Kor, Edwina and SH. Made baby princess cried cos she was very slpy and i insisted carrying her. She started getting frustrated and throwing tantrum by crying. Had made Sis very busy to calm her down. Luckily Sis didn't scold me. Partly it was bcos bb princess was hungry and partly, it's my fault too. After drinking of her milk, her mood got much better. 3rd pic above is my favourite-(est!!!) pic of e day taken from my iPhone. As there's no flash light, there won't be any delay in capturing the moment and so I've managed to take down the priceless smile of our darling princess. It simply made everyone's day just to see her giggling and smiling away!

Met up with Evan (Ed's fren) in real person for e 1st time. hah.. e familiar yet not so familiar feeling. wondering how it would be like to see Jolene in person next time. hehe.

Bumped into Z on e train on our way back home. he could still rem my name and even gave Ed and I his namecard. We exchanged msn and hp no. Well, it's been a long while since we last met! 6 yrs to be exact. Guys normally dun change much in terms of appearance so it's easy for us to recognise them. As for me, I think he said he only could tell that it's me from e recent pics of my fb. LOL. think i must have looked like a nerd or smth back in sch! =P

In fact, I'm so happy to have spent today with e pple I love~ What a gd day to be on leave! Thanks God for everything!

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out on a Sunday~

Sunday, November 22, 2009, 11:59 PM

went for facial in e morning... this round, e extraction wasn't as painful. though no hardselling but I think they will still love to recommend their prdts each time i go. at least when i told them that i'm not buying, they were ok with it.

followed by a haircutting + highlighting + steaming session @ e auntie's hse. 1st time experience of having my hair done at someone's hse (other than my own hse where mummy used to cut for me when i was a little girl).

auntie is really nice, she even prepared food for us to fill our stomach. yummy beehoon with 5 xiang, fishballs, etc. she told us she forgot to put in the eggs for e beehoon and also forgot to serve us dessert cos she's too focus on doing our hair.

interestingly, she has all e equipments that is needed like a mini hair salon except that it's in e kitchen as u can see from the pics below.

e only thing that i dun like is e hair washing part in e washroom where i have to bend really low at the sink in order for e auntie to wash for me.

overall results: quite ok except that my fringe is kinda short. e hair colour turns out to be bright enough like what i wanted but received feedback that i dun look gd in this colour maybe due to my skintone and some says it's better for me to dye my hair iso doing highlight. auntie charged me very reasonably. thot it's really nice of her cos I won't get this rate if I go to other places for sure.

It seems fated for me not to meet a person. ebuddy was down and i couldn't connect or reset my pw no matter what i do until i was abt to go home, which was already 7pm. too late to meet up anyway. it seems like e person wasn't free to meet me either aft checking it out when i got home. better dun force anything to happen, just let things be natural

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JB 1 day trip

Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:59 PM

Met up with Cyn and Judy at Kranji Mrt Stn at 11am to JB. Took bus 170 which was quite crowded on a Sat morning. Went to the new custom which was much better than the time I went with my friends during poly time. New it's fully air-conditioned like e airport custom, won't get frustrated waiting to clear the custom like previously. Thought we would have a hard time finding City Square but surprisingly it was so easy to locate. Just have to follow the signboard and it's fully sheltered all the way. Intention of going there was mainly for the massage which was recommended by Cyn.

http://www.thaiodyssey.com

Cyn and I had 60mins of Traditional Thai massage, while Judy chose the half body massage at Thai Odyssey. I paid abt RM 78 which I think it's quite exp. Haven't tried something like this before and I guess it's quite worth going for the 1st time. The Thai masseurs just inserted force all the way on us. Normally when I go for massage, they will apply oil on my body. But for this, it's purely using their bare hands and we can even be in their pajamas. The whole session consist of pain and more pain, I thought it's just me experiencing this so I didn't ask the masseur to use lesser strength. My friends felt the same too. Maybe our bodies are just too tired. When the masseurs used the stretching techniques like e pics shown above, pain was all i can experience followed by some cracking sounds. Overall, did feel abit relieved and relaxed but we were still thinking if we would want to go for a 2nd time.

After massage, we were all so hungry. Searching for food. Cyn was thinking of having Penang Laksa but I dun think I like e spicy-sour taste. So we thought of going to Kim Gary since Judy wanted to have Chinese food. Ordered Chicken Chop this round bearing in mind that I shdn't order their spaghetti which didn't taste nice the last time I had it at Kim Gary @ Vivocity.

Tadah! our spread of food. Cyn ordered the all-time-favourite, chicken mushroom rice. Judy had instant noodle soup that taste exactly like instant noodles *duhs* hahaa.. the borsch soup's portion is rather small as it's served in a cup just that it didn't come with a saucer. The dessert that comes with my set meal wasn't that appealing bcos we didn't like almond.

Went for more shopping. Wanted to buy disc but now it's very dangerous so we gave that a missed. Ju gotten herself a mismatch set of pajamas. Cos she likes a top and gotten another pants separately. like e felix cat at the bottom of her purple pants. it's sweet! haahaa.. kinda influenced by them to wear pajamas at home too. i'm more into princessy stuffs so yeah... get me smth! =P

Gd times is always so fast. we went to macs for a bite and very soon, it's 8.45pm! hahaa.. to avoid the jam and all, we cleared the custom by 9pm. took the yellow coach bus, Causeway Link (CW 2) all the way to Queens Street (Bugis), only at RM 2.50! If we want to go to JB next time, we can also go there from Bugis at SGD 2.40. Better than travelling all the way to Kranji just to take e bus.

P/S Msg gotten today is to put a full stop to it. I have to remember this by heart. Thanks God for speaking to me thru my gd friends. Constantly reminding me of what I shd do.

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wwoo

Friday, November 20, 2009, 11:52 PM

Whole wk of all work and no play during working days bcos of manpower down. finally weekend is here. im so looking fwd to this day. was intending to slp early today but nope, like what WS they all say, why waste a Friday night away by slping. i also dun feel like going out after going home late everyday due to OT.

Think it's a blessing in disguise! Thurs' aerobics class was postponed to next wk cos instructor couldn't attend e class. And thank God, I didn't leave on e dot cos even then, I had to work until 8 plus 9, what's more if I leave early, my teammates would have to stay back much later. Talking abt this, I'm starting to feel sian after my 1st aerobics class and I thot it would so much of a relieve for not going. In short, I feel like quitting already.. oh no! this is bad!

Today, we all just decided to leave at 8pm after clearing e necessary, leaving everything else to next Mon. but still, I'm sad that i can't go to the Peranakan Museum for bloggers who have registered for the event, which is from 6.30 to 8.30pm. can only look at Jas' photos uploaded in fb and blog.. hmm.. it's such a nice experience i believe, and being so sua-ku, i dun even know that this museum exist in the 1st place.

When I need to do something, I'll have to get it done. Recently, find that my iPhone's screen is getting so irritating with all e fingerprints that has to be consistently wiped away that I know it's high time to get a screen protector for it. gotten a matt one who i dun really like it at 1st sight but bcos of practicality, i still get it. no more fingerprint is one, anti-glazing is another. having e screen protector won't cause any difference as e touchpad is still very sensitive. a few pple commented that i shd get a casing long ago. i didn't bother initially bcos since day 1, e Apple logo on e back of e phone already has scratches. but now, i feel like getting e cover so that even if I accidentally drop e phone, i won't get so heartache. i think i only dropped once at home from my bed. luckily e impact wasn't big. initially i wanted to get e flip down casing but find it difficult to open and e colours dun look appealing too. finally decide to get a hot pink rubbery cover for my nude phone. simple and nice!

Chatted on msn with a fren, realised that my patience level is no longer there. i have to ask e same qn for so many times just to get a simple ans. of cos i won't feel really pissed off bcos I dun have much expectation for this person. if not, I will jump for sure.

weekend... lots to do! whoo~~

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Baby Ian's 1st Bday Bash~!!

Sunday, November 15, 2009, 10:15 PM

Our invitation card! =D

The reception with the goodie bags! Cookie Monster Theme =)

Very nice lunch buffet with my fave mushrooms and sweet and sour fish!

Baby Ian with Pauline's son. Both are cutie pies xD

Taken with sporty Irine!

Taken with pretty Judy!

Here's e beautiful bday cake with e super colourful background! Sweet Sweet chocolate cake with lots icing like e cookie monster cupcakes =)

Candle-blowing + cake-cutting time. Happy 1st bday to Baby Ian!! (actual day shd be 12 Nov)

Linda mummy is getting prettier like an actress. Love her newly-permed hair!! Very well planned party bash by her. Enjoyed e gathering time with fella colleagues. ^^ Gd time always goes past very fast. Hope to see her real soon again. Haha.. probably that would be next Mar?! =P

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Aerobics class on Thurs

Saturday, November 14, 2009, 10:45 PM

Backdated post - 12 Nov 09

Super sian cos of my contacts lenses giving me problem. Too dry suddenly and one side dropped off. Thought of buying it at Spectacles Hut and so I went right away. Was given many choices but all seems expensive. I took a bi-weekly one since that's e only one with my high power of 800 degrees each, it's very cheap for 3 pairs at $28+ but I dunno why e left side is still so dry and hurting and blur even! i find that e contact lens dun really stay long on my eyes. Dripped a few drops of eye drops but it doesn't help much. That's why when I go for e aerobics class, I couldn't concentrate with e irritating feeling that my contact lenses caused.

Came out from ofc at 6.30pm to meet Jean at the bus stop, missed e stupid bus and class will start at 7pm. Was thinking that since it's already 6.50pm, we might as well take a cab so that we can get to the community centre quickly. Who knows e bus came but no cabs were in sight. All turning into the taxi stand and we waited in vain for a cab to come after 5mins or so. At 1st there's a cab but he dun want to send us there after hearing e location. Then another one pop by. We were so glad but then, e starting charge was freaking expensive - $5 with peak hour surcharge somemore. Reached destination which is only like 3 to 4 bus stops away at $10.40 but e cab driver charged us $10. Stupid thing was that we were still late for 10 mins, if we took e bus earlier on, think we will also reach ard e same timing. Really a bad hair day!

Got changed and entered e class at 7.15pm and e instructor was still giving e briefing like some orientation. Getting to know our names and whether do we do exercise often or have any aerobics experience. So in short, the class hasn't commence. Make us rush like mad. Then from e way she talks, I find that she's rather strict or should i say professional? There are students only joining the class on the day itself and she made them register downstairs right away and said it won't be fair for e rest who has registered earlier on. She has 12 yrs of experience working in this line and not only teaching in community ctrs but other places as well.

She says that many pple thinks that aerobics is easy with e steps but it's different when u are doing it. Some gave up after one to two lessons. She told us that we must always bend our knees a little so that we won't injure our knees or ligament during e exercise. She says she will only be teaching us the basic steps for the 1st lesson and we need to breathe and not hold our breath throughout the class and we can take small sips of water during break and not gurgle down e whole bottle of water. She will teach according to the class' pace - depending on how fast we can coordinate. she told us it's ok not to buy a pair of aerobics shoes if we only have aerobics once a wk unless we have other aerobics classes. I think she also advised us not to get running shoes bcos it's hard for us to balance on it. then wad to buy? sports shoes? i dun rem!! *oh no*

She started us off with the warm up exercise b4 turning on e music with the basic steps. marching to the front, clap, marching backwards, clap, marching sideaways, basic walk - out out in in, double single to the sides, kicking backwards, cha cha to the left and right.. i think i got really confused at times and it's so fast! i think i'm like moving all over e place but e rest seems to be quite pro, esp. those standing in front. they did exactly like how e instructor demonstrated and i just have to look at them. dun forget, it's only e basic without fanciful actions, what if it's combined with e rest, i think i might just give up like what e instructor says. *tough*

i'm supposed to attend smth that is not so stressful so i think i can forget abt joining dance classes where i need to rem the steps. hahaha. that's abt all.. next wk i have to leave ofc on e dot so as to avoid being late.

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work in progress

, 8:19 PM

Above is the "love contract" that we are working hard on this whole afternoon. Asked Janise to help me with writing e chinese characters, 爱的宣言. She loves writing chinese wordings so it's just nice. She just used the thick black marker to write on the paper and the strokes looks similar to calligraphy writing which she has learnt b4 back in sch days. We all love it, glad to have asked her for help :D

We bought e L size men's undies from Watson. Haha! dunno if it's big enough cos it looks SMALL and there's no XL size. we are still pending for e no. of brothers involved. 5 or 6? *qn marks* for e song, i've printed e lyrics and e sisters will be touching up on that. as for e love contract, Xueli wrote it out and we all think that her handwriting is gd as compared to ours. hers handwriting is cute, those with "口" will be either in heart shape or O. I like how e contract is drafted and also e cute wordings like "张老公" and "蔡老婆". we have purposely left the 5th love promise blank for my cousin to fill that in on the spot. whooo shall see what he writes on e wedding day. As for the other materials, e sisters will also be taking care of them. They have done a great job in e pre-wedding preparation! cheerios!

Left Kovan's MacDonalds for home after finalising the layout of the love contract. dunno why it doesn't look right.. too plain or what, cannot be explained. eventually changed from horizontal to vertical which looks so much better. we cut out the heads of my biao ge & biao sao's wedding pic and will turn them into something creative with sticker tee-shirts. hopefully we won't get scolded for cutting out e pics. =P

Will i be able to meet up with u after next Wed after u are back fr ur overseas trip? Is this e happiness that I've been waiting for?

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Thots

Friday, November 13, 2009, 11:45 PM

Learnt smth that I tot it's something that I ought to know.

I dun wanna rash into a decision but I always have this problem.

acting impulsively without thinking of e consequences.

Now that I know that this has already happened,

do I still want things to go on further?

I dunno why, B says that he's not afraid of bringing back e past memories but maybe i shdn't have contacted him again,

perhaps it's a gd test to know if he has fully moved on.

I dunno why this happens or how it happens.

He has went thru similar things that i'm going thru now bcos of me,

How shd i really feel?

Did e same thing happened to WK too?

Beats me *Shrugs*

But I guess for that, there will be lesser pain

for them cos we didn't even started a formal r/s at all.

To me, once a r/s is carried on too far

and separation is happens,

it's an entirely different thing.

That's when I thought I dun wanna experience

a breakup ever again! It's too torturous.

Love is such a complicated thing.

Why do I want to let sorrow and disappointment fill me,

when I have the right to choose my own happiness?

If I can, dun let chances slip away again.

I dun want the same stressful thing to happen

again like my past r/s.

This isn't what I want all along.

I need someone who really appreciates me for who I am.

Not one that takes me for granted.

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Facial + 2 yoga (Hot series + Gentle)

Sunday, November 8, 2009, 11:59 PM

facial experience was overall nice except for e extraction which was horrendous! i nearly teared as e needle went in and pressed into my face. in such cases, i have to resist e pain and cannot cry, cannot shout or scream or stop e person from doing e same action. just have to tolerate, it's a torture. but it's also a gd time to have facial to clear up e congestion and it's gonna get better and better, so yeah.. i won't complain.

after that, went for our quick lunch and had McChicken each and headed to Far East Plaza to try on more dresses. this time, i'm in tees, shorts and slippers, so much easier to try on them... dun even have to remove my shorts at times! haha... finally decided on e $19.90 dress which we saw yest. uber coolness~ gotten e person to steam iron the dress in e packing cos it looks very crumpled but after ironing, it's so much better. LOVE my purchase absolutely =)

walked over to pacific plaza at 5.30pm to get ready for our 6pm hot yoga. this round e time was 30 over degrees celsius, so much better than yest's one. this focus more on stretching combining with breathing technique which is less tiring but there's also alot of postures that i dun think i'm very flexible in. 1 hr session was just nice. not too long, not too short. was in time to attend e next class, called Gentle yoga. it's 50% breathing and 50% stretching. quite relaxing but it's smth gd for working adults like us. the instructor taught us a gd exercise for those who face computer all e time. i think it really helps to loosen e stiffness in e neck muscles.

hmm.. this round, only bought a banana muffin at Four Leaves and ate on e spot b4 heading home for dinner (it's really nice, dunno izzit bcos i'm v hungry!). seems like i really have plenty of things to do. appraisal is coming up, so yeah.. have to find time to fill up e form~ for Jee, she has her exams to study for and it's happening on e next day somemore. only Jean is e most relaxed one for now? haha!

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Meet up with e JT & e sisters + Bikram hot yoga

Saturday, November 7, 2009, 11:59 PM

Been ages since I last saw JT. Think it's from poly till now. It is 3 freaking yrs, look at how time flies! the way he talks, e rhythm and pace just makes me wanna LOL at times. when i walked, i suddenly bumped into him when we walked towards each other's direction and he made a comment, "this always happen, your pattern is still the same... haha, some things never change." yeah, indeed!

We were meeting up for my cousin's pre-wedding discussion. It's the 1st trial rehearsal for e emcees as well as meeting up with the sisters to discuss further on the door games. I only liaise with Suri on msn and only added her to FB just a day b4 e meet up. I've not seen them before and have absolutely no idea how they look like. We were standing them waiting for them and i was just looking ard for any grp of 3s. so difficult to spot them when everyone seems to look like them - young, sporty, around my age... blah blah.. haha.. how to tell? When we were talking and not aware of e surrounding, the 3 of them appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of us waving frantically. Guess adding Suri in my fb doesn't help much bcos she looks rather different from the pics she has in there. =P

We met up at Hougang Mall and they being the "di tou snake" knows e place much better than us. They led the way to Subway since McDonalds and KFC were fully packed. We were like meeting up for some project discussion. hmm.. e gals are really friendly. we dun really need much time to warm up. started with the emcees rehearsals after all of us gotten our drinks. it's good to meet and discuss bcos from e script, after numerous of editing, it may seem perfect but it's not that case. they practised and found that there were still editing to be done. when i saw Suri's script with hanyu pinyin on top of the chinese wordings, i was curious if it's for easy reading purpose.. then only did i found out that she studied Malay back in sch and cannot recognise Chinese words at all. One wouldn't be able to tell bcos her pronunciation is really amazingly great. really look up to her!

As for the door games, Liping, Xueli and I started through our rough plans as the emcees started practising away. haha.. i think the sisters are really gd. they improvised on my initial ideas and came up with more. there's a really lame game involve which I hope e brothers will be ON enough to play, followed by sandwiches for the brothers to eat (guess what's going to be in it), a song that we are gg to make my cousin sing (only slight modification to the name), then we're gg to prepare some very 'nice' drinks for them. last but not least, the love contract that we are coming up with. Xueli was suggesting that we can punch holes so that they can hang the contract. we had a gd laugh when I told them that I think they are up to smth like making e groom wear it around his neck.. but she's actually saying that e couple can hang it in their room next time. They were asking if i really 'hate' my cousin so much. Haha! my cousin and biao sao came later to join us to further discuss b4 we finally left them at 3 plus. JT accompanied me to have late lunch at abt 4pm which was a mistake. *found out more later.

*nice nice* everything shd be set according to how I want things to be. e only thing is that I might look very tired on e wedding day itself cos i'm gg to wake up at 5am so that I can reach my biao sao's hse at 5.30am to have hers and my make up done at her hse. haha.. Nelson, e photographer and also e other videographer cannot be spared as well.

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Went to Bikram Hot Yoga session with Jee and Jean! Compared to the 1st time i went for hot yoga, this one is alot more tiring. i was either sitting or lying down on the mat while the class was going on. must be e coke that's acting up, feeling slightly nauseous. *e yoga started at 5pm and i was still having my Long John Silver's chicken wrap, fries and coke at 4pm. was advised not to eat 2-3 hrs before e class but i never listen. Not only I was too worn out for this session, both my frens were equally tired! There's 26 postures in all just like e previous one I went but this round, I was already sweating profusely during e 1st posture! I can feel e sweat dripping from my arm downwards and my workout gear was totally wet. 0.o very kaowei to be staying in e same clothing after e class cos e staff has to brief Jean more on e package.. aiyoz.. we paid $20 deposit that time, but now she has to pay $50 cos e staff has given us e lower rate in error. hmm.. looks like Jean will have to fully utilise e $ if she is not gg to sign up for e 1yr membership.

On e lighter note, I seem to have found my white dress that fits me well! hahahaha... i've been changing in and out of my button-up tube and jeans and even shoes just to try on 3-4 dresses if i'm not wrong. tiring!! we only have so little time and gotta have dinner as well. we had a quick one Subway. couldn't decide which one to get after trying on e 1st lacy dress that looks rather nice on me but it cost ard $49.90, which makes me feel like trying out another one, hoping it will be cheaper and looks better on me. found another shop that sells nice tube dress with a flower ribbon in front, in e same shop lies another white satin dress $19.90 which cannot be tried on. cannot take e risk.. so have to give it a miss. went to the last shop of e day and tadah! we saw e same satin dress that cost $29.90 here and it can be tried on! WOWWWW! happy! tried on and it's not too bad! only thing is that i shd have worn a push-up bra instead. hmm.. no hurry to get it since i'm coming for another yoga session e next day and we can come to Far East Plaza again. =))

it's a tiring, busy & fun day! was so tired but still took bus 124 with the gals and who knows it jammed all e way from lucky plaza till dhoby ghaut.. wtf~ i was tired but can't fall aslp on e bus and e guy in e last row sitting in e middle cannot be 'automatic' to shift inside, so that i can sit with my frens. toopidddd lahs~ anyway, finally reached Chinatown and i alighted when e door opened 50m before e bus stop. i had to walk over to e bus stop... and while sitting down, I saw e bus driver standing up and was quarreling with a commuter. Jee they all were inside e bus looking very curious to see what's going on. i was equally curious too so much so that i rang Jee up to find out more. lol.. anyway, was too tired to wait for e bus and decided to hop on an available cab. i have little cash on hand and who knows e nets machine was spoilt! just my luck... haha.. e driver suggested to send me to e nearest atm at some petrol stn near my hse but i tot it would be better to ask my mom to come down with e $ instead. i have 10 bucks with me and it was just enough for my cab fare. my mom didn't even spot my cab coming in and was still standing at e block downstairs to wait for me. after getting down e cab, i walked to her quickly and said, heng... it's only $8.40! who knows there's a voice behind me who repeated e words "$8.40", scared e hell of me lor!! it's my biao sao and my cousin was behind me too. they intended to pass to me their wedding photos by going to my hse. wad a coincidence! =)

tmro is another long day! =D

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hmm...

Thursday, November 5, 2009, 11:42 PM

zits popping out~

was telling JG that i wanna go facial asap!

then she says my face ok mah.. not as bad as i say.

aiyah.. it's e foundation and blusher doing e magic!

this Sun, die die also must go facial OR

i can't be a beautiful bridesmaid anymore.

i just wanna appear pretty that day

with lesser pimples so that e makeup can stay better.

today's fire drill is a waste of time.

even keith who is rather new in e co.

told me this is his 3rd time already.

haha... saw hui lin again after coming down.

last time in sec sch, also dun have much impression of her.

i dun know she's in e same course with WX in poly until today.

but nowadays, will get to see her more often.

was saying we shd plan smth in Dec!

yeah, i think we shd!

if nobody is gg to plan anything,

i think e next meet up will be in another decade.

no joke. keke!

aerobics class postponed till next wk

due to insufficient pple.

aiyoo.. half sian!

was looking fwd initially.

nvm.. hopefully by then,

more pple will sign up.

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just a call...

Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 10:59 PM

this morning received a call.

e familiar voice, e same old feeling;

but things are no longer e same.

how far can e conversation go?

i tried to stay nonchalant.

there's already a line to be drawn between us.

i can't even cross that line anymore.

so what if his conversations include

lame things like me pretending to be his ****

to get some staff discount,

he might find it funny,

but i'm feeling sick abt it.

I dun wish to say e truth but e truth is that

i wish things would have been e same.

current's mindset is that i really dun understand

what's e point of keeping in contact?

in e 1st place, i dun even believe that

a platonic friendship would exist.

e interaction or need for each other

already cease long ago,

it's been a one-sided thingy most of e time.

i just find that the conversations we have

are becoming more and more superficial.

seriously speaking,

who needs this?!

"so long didn't hear from u,

wondering how are u doing?

... i'm still e same,

busy working, no time, no life..."

didn't he told me earlier before?

"we are still v gd frens,

when u need me,

come and look for me,

i'll be around."

but i find that we're more of strangers

and if i'm holding on to the previous words

and i'm e only one looking for him,

when i face any challenges,

then how abt him?

did he ever look for me to tell me anything?

i doubt he need me as a fren in e 1st place.

it's only when he has ample time on hand,

waiting for bus like he claimed

after sending his bike for servicing,

he would rem that he has my no.

and decided to call me.

well... i think it's absolutely fake.

how abt another stupid qn asked?

"when are we going to have lunch?"

wth? u know we aren't gg to do that

anymore and u still ask.

*give up*

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Clean & Green Event

Sunday, November 1, 2009, 11:59 PM

When pple says that Singaporeans are very KIASU, how much do u agree with that? i dun think i've seen many real-life examples. maybe at most I can recall is when we take train, there'll be pple squeezing and pushing in all e way from behind. how abt e long hello kitty queue when pple know that it's limited edition and it's affordable? perhaps the other examples are not significant enough for me to rem.

Today, i've seen it for myself and there's no other word more suitable than this! There's a lucky draw towards the end of e event. Before giving out the lucky draw prizes, some games were played where volunteers were called upon e stage and they could walk away with great prizes. That one still not so bad. It's only when it's quizzes time! True/False qns, u will get some Philip vouchers (can't rem e figure) and u are supposed to raise up your hand if u know e ans and wait to be called by the host. WHO knows... e host haven't even complete e qn, already there's 4 to 5 pple running to the front of the stage and attempting to climb up e steps. There's an auntie who was more powered, she even tripped herself and fell on e stage. The host said in a humorous manner which goes smth like "cos u fell down just now, we will let u be e 1st to ans e qn". she didn't get e right ans but the audience helped her and she got it.

While giving out the 1st to 4th prizes to the lucky draw winners, something funny happened too. The lucky draw is for pple who recycle cans or pet bottles using the recycling machine. Each item can earn u a lucky draw chance. So I believe some pple have really LOTS to donate and they have collected a big stack of receipt. The no. on e receipt is very long, eg. 00103123. When e 3rd winner's no. was called out, e person took e big stack on receipt and went up e stage and still searching.. so meaning what? haven't cfm, already go up. nvm.. go up cannot see cos no. too small... called out to her frens and guess what.. u finally found e receipt and the no. was incorrect! Faints. i mean to me it's like, if it's not u, dun go up to e stage until u confirm. Some cute old folks even brought along their magnifying glasses to take a gd look at e no. haha.

Okay.. then they continued e puzzle games on stage after e lucky draw, cos there's still prizes to be given away. while e games were still going on, e host was saying we could get some jollybean/food vouchers at the table behind when we leave later. no hurry cos there's plenty of them enuff for everyone. WHO knows I heard pple heavy footsteps and when i turned behind, I could see a bunch of pple practically running for e vouchers! omg. *absolutely no comments*

Back to e event, I was quite looking fwd to it cos it's at Hort Park! Been there for e 2nd time only~ hmm..

Cyn and Jas they all bought alot of bottles and cans to recycle. I only brought a few to recycle. There's a 3 recycling machines for pple to throw in one by one in exchange for e lucky draw receipts as mentioned much earlier on. For every 3 drink cartons at e Tetra Pak booth, a notebook made from recycled paper will be given. Very nice one.

CAN! Green event was also going on - e main purpose why we were there. Jas, WX and I has been attending a few of their events already, so how can we miss this out. but then again, i am no longer so enthu, even for e 2nd event, i didn't collect their badges by participating much in their games, etc, and this time round, it's e same thing. haha.. but i'm glad that i did participate in their activities and planted a spice plant for me to take home!! will be watering it daily. there's also many other games stations available in exchange for notepads, files, pens, cardholder, etc. guess children would be most happy to be there.

Cyn was telling me that we can prepare some sandwiches for picnic during e event. Credits all goes to her - she prepared really nice seafood and tuna sandwiches, crabsticks and celery packed in another separate box. Very yummy!! I've contributed e drinks instead. haha... Jas also brought some drinks but we already finished them earlier on cos e weather was too hot.

Overall, enjoyed e day. Very relaxed after a 5 days week at work!

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