Updates in Aug 09

4 Aug 09, we had dinner with Beary's cousin and his family at their residence in Woodlands. This is my first time to his residence. The scenary was beautiful as almost every room faces the sea and the causeway. His wife had prepared a sumptous dinner for us *so sweet*

Did not start off well in the month of Aug. I was down with fever & asthma & flu on the last week of Jul and 1st week of Aug 09. Visited the doctor twice in 2 weeks. On my 2nd visit, doctor gave me 3 days of MC (i.e. 5-7 Aug 09). Doctor wanted me to rest well for fear that I might be down with H1N1 due to asthmatic background.

For the 1st time in my 9 years of service, I missed the National Day Observance Ceremony at work. Prior to my MC, CC discussed with me about the dress code for the ceremony and even asked me to wear my india costume. *hehe... wasted*

Anyway, Aiyun and I have agreed that we will wear our india costume on Racial Harmony Day & National Day in 2010 :) I thought of buying a few pieces of "normal" ones so that I can wear as and when I like it :p

On 2nd Friday of the week, I joined YL, CH & XL for dinner @ MS. YL wanted buffet because she was starving and we had steamboat. After dinner, we bought a bottle of red wine and some alcoholic drinks and went back to YL's place for MJ session while sipping on our red wine :)

On National Day itself, we went to watch the NDP 09 at the Floating Platform. This year's performance was very different as compared to previous and it was impressive. NDP 2010 would be held at Padang. Dunno if it would still be as good as it was at the Floating Platform.

After watching the Parade, Beary sent me to Golden Mile Complex to take a bus to Genting. I spent 3 days 2 nights in Genting (i.e. 9-12 Aug 09) and this is the first time I went to there without Beary's company. I actually felt alittle weird and I miss him very much during those 3 days :)

@ the cafe outside 1st World Hotel, awaiting check-in & enjoying the weather :)

On the 3rd Sat in Aug, Beary brought me to his maternal granny's b'day dinner @ a restaurant in the East. After the dinner, we joined the carebear group @ the Tong's house to celebrate b'days for the Aug babies'. I was amazed with myself! I bought 3 presents from different shop in 1 hr! We bought a hamper for Beary's granny, a gift set from Body Shop for XS & a polo tee for Andy! :) Thank you to the Tong's family for the wonderful preparation and we all had a good time. Oh oh... not forgetting baby claudel was there too and she was hyper active to manage!

The B'day Boy & Gal

Baby Claudia

I also sat for the last 2 papers for my DHRM in the mid of Aug. One of the paper was sooooooo difficult and I have ZERO confidence about passing it -_-" Still, I am crossing my fingers and hope that I will pass and go thru the graduation soon!

In the month of Aug, I have Johnny Junior Tan, few months old, to officially join us in our family.

I gave him that name because he resembles alot like Johnny and behaves exactly like him as well. Damn mischievious and can really pissed me off at times. Just like Johnny, he tried to hide the cane I used to whack him on several occasions. God knows he may be the recarnation of Johnny :) *hehe*

Oh in the month of Aug, YL asked me to accompany her to Ochard to source for suitable tea-dress or night gown. She had to dress up to attend the National Day Appreciation & Award Ceremony.

It has been a long time since I last shop in Orchard. We went Tangs but couldn't find anything suitable. Daniel Yam is lousy for its service standard and I am going to repeat it whenever the opportunity comes! Before YL even finish her question, the sales gal snapped her off with a plain reply "Don't have your size!". Freaking rude! This is not the first time I had bad experience with Daniel YAM! and YES... their service is damn damn damn lousy!!!!!!!!

We managed to find a black halter neck gown in a boutique at Isetan Wisma and it fit her perfectly!!! Like a Princess. Guess the price of the gown?? $600!!! We decided that if we really couldn't find anything nice and suitable, we should settle for that!!! *haha*

We also tried Paragon and tried on a few dresses but nothing beats the $600 halter neck gown! Hmm... ... ;p

On the 4th Friday of Aug, XL invited me to her farewell dinner at Prima Tower (the revolving restaurant). We had a 8-course dinner. The food was so-so but the ambience was good. Anyway, I have heard numerous reviews that the Dim Sum is good. Should try it one of these days.

After the dinner, they brought me to St James Power House to party! That makes it my 3rd visit to St James. These people really like to party. They danced from 10pm till 4am (non-stop!). I didn't have such good energy like them. *haha* After 4am, we went over to Dragonfly and hang out there til 5am before we head home.

Beary picked me up at 5+ and reached home around 6am then I bathed and took a nap and woke up at 8+ to prepare for the picnic with the Whitleyans at Sentosa! *Yawnz* Though I didn't have enough rest but I was still ready for the fun!!! We took many pictures and had an enjoyable time at Sentosa.

Later in the evening, I was invited to my boss' house (for the 1st time) for a drink to celebrate that he was conferred with the National Day Medal by the President. The rest of the group went Manhattan Fish Market for dinner while waiting for me.

Many guests were busy mingling among themselves when we reached there. LTC Seet offered me a glass of red wine and told me that it was good *yum yum* It was sweet! I didn't notice what brand it was, but it was definitely good. Shortly after, Mrs Kuek took us to tour around their house and everyone was like "wow". Words cannot be used to describe how their house is like! Hmm... the only word I could use is "Open" & "Big"! *haha*

SM whispered to me that if he had studied harder when he was young and he could have afford such a big house now! *haha* If everybody had "known" power, we would strike millions from Toto long ago! :p

Met LTC Clifford and asked me some questions about an o/s trip in Oct. I replied to him the day before but I cannot recalled my answers sent to him at all. Tried hard thinking and after 1.5 hrs at boss' place, I still cannot recall :( *Oops* That's so lousy of me!

After hanging out at his house for nearly 2 hrs, we made a move and I quickly went back to J8 to meet up with the rest and we head off to AMK Neebo Cafe for TABOO until 12am!!! It was really a day filled with activities. To think that I only slept for 2 hrs in 2 days :p

On the last Sunday in Aug, I had a table for Flea market @ Nee Soon East CC. Sales was not exactly good but at least better as compared to the last time when we employed someone there. The lady had ZERO sales then. I sold some apparels and most importantly, I did free publicity for SY Apparels! ;)

On 31 Aug 09, I took leave and participated in a fair at Aljunied. Earnings was great! I was very happy with the results. This experience left me pondering for other plans in life.

An apology

It goes like this... ...

Upon hearing AK said to her "I'm glad and happy that you have found a boyfriend who cares for you and more capable than I do", she laughed it off and turned her face away.

At that very moment, she felt a little heart-ache and quietly said to herself a word of apology... ... Sorry AK

Neither of them heard it but it really doesn't matter because somethings are better left unsaid.

Paparazzi

The Paparazzi have been busy looking out for Andy Lau & Carol Chu lately. These few years, the only rumour surrounding him is rgd his relationship with Carol Chu, as well as their kids.

Whatever statements he has made, they would somehow link it to his relationship with Carol Chu and rumour if he was trying to hint about his marital status etc.

What's the big deal? Since last year, I have been discouraging my mom to read Wan Bao and Sin Ming. Whenever mummy told me about what she read from these papers, I would reply "How can you determine the truth from these ba kua papers?". In my opinion, these papers doesn't report the entire truth and they just like to exaggerate to attract KPO readers!

I watched a variety show on SCV on Friday night and they reported a whole chunk of news on Andy Lau & Carol Chu. Ya ya ya... I was like "so what if they were married?" WTF? Even if he failed to disclose his relationship with Carol Chu, it is not as if he had did something bad like lying for going into a relationship with another woman! so what's the big deal?

Just like when naked pictures from Edison's lappy were disclosed, everyone paid so much attention to it and made fun of it. WTF? That's his privacy. His likes. Why are we invading into people's privacy. If these people were just any Tom, Dick or Harry on the street, would it attract so much attention?

If I had already registered my marriage with my partner, w/o our friends' knowledge, does that mean that we have done something damn wrong? Would it attract so much attention among our friends and outsiders???

My Thoughts

I brought up this question to CC & KJ today - Why forms, security questions, etc would usually prompt us the question "What's your maiden's/Mother's name?" rather than "What's your daddy's name?". For a moment, I wonder if this question ever cross anyone's mind? :)

In my mind, I thought that one of the possibility could be some child may not have a father in name but KJ said cos one can have many fathers but only one mother!! *hey, doesn't that sounds absolutely correct!*

KJ talked about his Persian cat and while he was talking, I was thinking of Junior! A few nights ago, Junior was making alot of noise and kept barking because he wants us to play with him. In the morning when we wake up, he would keep asking us to give him food and will only keep quiet after he has been served. *hehe*

Then I thought again.. Cats cannot bark so when strangers came knocking on the door, how do they react? So I asked KJ how his Persian Cat would react. Apparently, cats would do nothing when strangers appeared at your door, unlike dogs... but then again, some dogs just refused to bark. Take Joy for an example. She seldom barks and I think that's because she's simply lazy to do so!!! but she'll make hell lotsa noise when her owner reaches the void deck!