My dear Mavis

My dear daughter was down with Chickenpox! When I came home @ 10 plus on Friday night, she highlighted to me that she has got red-spots like blister on her hands, face and legs. Initially, we were worried that it might be HFMD!

We observed that her situation was not that "emergency', hence, I took her to the doctor on Sat morning and doctor diagnosed her for Chickenpox. Thank God that it was not HFMD! However, Chickenpox still doesn't seems to be a good thing.

Mummy just started working and she can't possibly stop work for 2 weeks to stay home to take care of Mavis. *Many people are eyeing on her job* I am only left with 1 day Childcare leave and 4 days of annual leave. Not even enough for 2 weeks and I can't possibly clear all days at a time. In Nov, I still got to bring Mavis for her school Orientation. Neither I could afford to go on No-Pay leave! On Monday & Wednesday, I can't knock off early to go home as I got to go for class and will only be home @ 11 plus in the night. Sighz... ...

Now got to depend on my brother to take care of her when we were not around. Still, I dun feel assured enuff leaving her to my brother.

Now I only pray that she recover soon and well again. Seeing her in pain is as good as me suffering then I would rather I bear the pain for her.

Unhappy... ...

I'm kinda falling into depression again. *Sighz*

Few days ago, Kareen SMSed me to help her check if 16 Apr 08 is a good date for her ROM. Upon receiving the news, my thoughts ran "a few miles". Of course I am not unhappy about her getting married. Neither am I jealous about her getting married. I am falling into depression once again because Johnson refused to ROM with me yet!

He kept saying:

• We are not financially ready! [Doesn't we already have a stable job & income?]
• We are still young! [I am 27 this year and many of my friends are already getting married!! He may still be young but ... ... *sob sob*]
• He is not financially stable to show his dad that he is capable of taking care of Mavis & I [I've been taking care of Mavis all these years!]
• Our current situation is good enough, why the rush to get married!

*Sighz* We have been quarrelling over this issue for umpteen times and I am really sick of it. I even told him that I am not going to bring up this topic again SO I am really not going to bring up this topic agn!

I was chatting with Chiew Hua on MSN on Friday night and I shared with her this topic. There are only so few people I could talk about. I am embarrassed to share this with other people. Who can I share my probs with. Just Rachel & Oliver! I dare not tell others cos I think others will mock @ me! *sob sob*

Anyway, I was saying - I told Chiew Hua about my current situation and she was also supportive of us getting ROM! I am not asking Johnson to spend tons of money NOW to get married. I merely wanted an ROM. What's his prob!

We have been together for freaking 4 years plus and his family is not aware of my marital status!!! How long is he going to delay? Sighz... ... even my mom was pushing us to ROM few months ago.

The more I write, the more unstable my emotions are. *Sob sob* but who cares!

I can't share this on my Multiply! I could only write about my emotions in this little column! Sighz... ... Nobody could tell me what I could do!

I purposely told him that Kareen is going to ROM but he got no reaction.
Tonight while we were having steamboat, in his presence, Casper told me that another schoolmate of ours is getting married but he got no reaction.

Sighz... ...

22 Aug 2007

Today is a friend's b'day.

I know her since I was 13 and it has been 13 years!

We used to be very close friends. Sit together during lesson time. Share all our happenings with each other everyday in school, even when the teachers were teaching! :)

However, changes start to take place after our secondary school days. I still remember -- on the 1st day of school in ITE, I feel so lonely w/o her and I shed some tears in the toilet *ssshhh* That was the bonding... ...

When I met her again 4 years later, she took me as a "hi-bye" friend. Sighz... ... We no longer talk and behave like when we were in school. The feelings were no longer there and that was when I know that things would never be the same agn. Someone elses have taken my place in her heart.

Nonetheless, every year of today, I would still send her a b'day wish via SMS - though it's a "one-sided affair".

If I ever stop sending her b'day wishes, it would be that day I took her off my mind... ...

06 Aug 07 [Sunny] - Yucky Day

Slept @ 11 plus last night and "forced" myself to wake up slightly earlier this morning so that I would not be late for work. Managed to take the earlier bus to work but waited more than 15 mins for bus 177 to bring me up the hill - resulting me to report work 10 mins later! It defeats the purpose of me putting in an effort to wake up early, isn't it? *sighz*

Don't know why I feel so tired. No mood to work :(
Did 1/2 day Registry work in the morning. While tidying the documents, I realised that there's a folder which came in on 24 Jul 07 but boss has yet to see it -- Admin lapse! Thought to myself for 1/2 hr about whether I should act blur and leave it back in the drawer or admit my fault and explain. *hehe* Guess what was my decision? -- I owned up my mistake lo :)

Judy went for lunch with Jennifer, Jessie & Hema at the canteen. While lunching, Jessie shared with us her 100K project - It's some Christian prayers thingy. While all these was taking place, I noticed that she has got a diamond ring on the left hand, 4th finger. *Woah* Enagagement ring ar I exclaimed! She was smiling sweetly and replied "it was a proposal ring." Eric proposed to her 2 Thursdays ago before his departure back to Taiwan. :) So sweet.

After sharing with us how Eric proposed to her, she asked "when would it be your turn?" Sighz... ... I didn't really like to answer such qtns, cos I dun have answers for them. Anyway, she told me that Men need to be "stressed". She also "stressed" to Eric that it's time for them to settle down. *hehe* Good that Eric reacted to her stress! I may not be that lucky.

Actually, Jessie doesn't appear to be one who wants to settle down so soon. I thought she is quite career-minded and would only want to settle down after 30. Well.. I was so wrong!

Today our Photographer from Pioneer came to take photos for boss. While waiting for boss to be out from his earlier meeting, they chatted and heard that he didn't sleep last night because he was out searching for his mom-in-law.

His mom-in-law was suffering from senile and went missing yesterday. Seeing him at work today.. I thought his search was not in vain. In fact, he still couldn't locate her. Jialat!

After hearing his story, the 4 women (Patricia, Lynn, Chief Clerk & Judy) were discussing about people who suffered from senile. Chief Clerk also shared her experience about her dad, who was also senile, went missing on 3 occasions. Then the 4 women started to ponder if we were also suffered from senile when we aged! Sighz.. hopefully I wun be a burden to my family.

When you are feeling bad, non-living things will also go against you. I spent 1/2 afternoon trying to submit the recent overseas reimbursement for MA. That stupid system kept hanging and shut down on its own. The most sickening part was that the system just hung when I was at the last transaction to submit the claim! Even a stupid system bully me when I am feeling lousy!

Idiotic!

After what happened on Wednesday, I am still very upset with that stupid Foo Win Tet! He really can feign ignorance and test my patience. I am so fed-up with him that I talked very rudely to him. Most of my statements were either rude or filled with sacarcism! And I still think I am not harsh enuff. I am thinking if there is any other methods for me to GET BACK @ him! *Humph* See.. never offend Women! They are scary animals!

Another idiotic guy is my MA. WBD! In case you didn't know what is it - it's Wang Ba Dan! Anyway, back to the point - He is not an easy person to work with. Given a choice, I don't want to work with him ever agn, after my tenture in this office.

Went out for dinner with that Idiot Foo last night. Had KFC and then accompanied him to buy a green t-shirt. He needed it for his Company's Sports day today - participating in soccer match. What else!

That's why... when the previous worker set a standard in his work, the incumbent must perform better or at least at the same standard. Anything less - people will say YOU ARE LOUSY!

I spent 2 days trying to complete and submit my Cash Advance statement but to nowhere! Sighz... this is my first time doing it and with this MA around, it is slowing my process. He is damn slow in providing with me the necessary info, etc.

Cannot understand why he needs Cash Advance! Make my job alot more difficult! Sighz... ... 6 more months to count down to eligible time frame to seek posting! If he doesn't leave during then, I am leaving! I cannot work with him. Anyway, if he leave but Registry problem still persist, I will leave too! :)

Fibroid & I

I have been experiencing bloated abdominal prior and after my monthly menses over the past few months. I also experienced severe abdominal pain on the 2nd, 3rd and even 4th day of my menses.

Couldn't endure it last week and went to the GP for consultation - also to get MC for that day. The GP then referred me for Ultra Sound at my pelvis @ Yishun Polyclini on 30 Jul 07. I went to the clinic to collect my results yesterday, 31 Jul 07 -- that was fast, isn't it? Hehe...

The scan found that I have got a 2cm fibroid at the posteriro uterine wall. *hmm* GP mentioned that they usually will not do anything about it because it is just 2cm - however, it will grow bigger as time goes by and of course, I would experience pain etc during my menses. Therefore, I was told that I could take their painkillers - the blue tablets they prescribed. -- This sound stupid to me! Too much painkillers is bad for my health and also I have heard many cases that fibroid tends to grow bigger and more as time goes by. Anyway, the GP also told me that if I want to remove it, then I got to seek a Gynae's opinion.

Ever since I went for my scan on Monday, I kept having pain at my pelvis when i touch it (even lightly). Sighz... ... This evening, I sat at the bus-stop waiting for my bus, when I got up from the bench, I could feel my abdominal pain.

When I got home, I got no appetite for dinner also. Told mummy about my pain and she said things like if only... i got a husband to take care of me.. *haha* Say wants mean got one meh. Then she continued stuff like "that Johnson... dunno how to think.. etc etc..."

Actually I have been thinking about our ROM agn recently... :( I come to terms that even when his mom was in critical condition, he refused to marry her when his mom asked to.. let alone now. If he dun want, I think no matter how you force or pressure also no pt.. he will provide 101 excuses to get away.

Again, I was disturb by this ROM thingy so badly that I SMS-quarrelled with him just now. I told him that I am gg to ask him for the last time - if he insist on only ROM-ing next year and he said "yea.. did't we decide on it?" *Sigh* I have never decide on it! He was the one saying and saying... He kept saying that it is too soon.. then when I told him there's really no issue on finance since it's just an ROM, he said he is not ready! Win already lor.. I am sick of it already.

26 July 2007: ROM

*hehe* I am so naughty and mischievious. I just purposely wanna blog about this day because it was someone's ROM date!

:) I blog about it on my Multiply too! but I cannot comment too much cos Johnson will read it and he might (oops.. not might shld be WILL) be angry with me for bitching too much about his dad. and YES, it's his dad's ROM.

His 62-year old dad went ROMed on 26 Jul 07, which was yesterday lah! With a woman who I feel that only loves his monies... ...

There were quite a few incidents to prove me right. The lady, Celine, said that she doesn't like the dad till yearn marrying him, followed by "which women doesn't like $$"! The other day when they were discussing about marriage, Celine wanted the dad to give her $20,000 or so after 1-2 years of their marriage so as to "compensate" her for spending the no. of years with him.

Celine has also demanded to stay in a Condominium. On condition to be able to live in a Condo, Jon's dad wants her to sell her flat once it is matured. Then they were take the monies plus Jon's dad will top-up the remaining to buy a Condo to stay!

Days before their ROM, his dad suddenly told Johnson that he has doubts of the marriage... ... *Strange!* His dad was also concerned that Celine might spend all his monies and when old age... he will be penniless.

Honestly, if such thing really happened to him when he reaches old age, I won't feel sorry for him as he brought it upon himself. "Knowing that there's a big hole infront yet still wanna put his foot into it!"

Rude & Stupid Woman!

How would I know anyone who has can be soooo damn bloody rude!!! Shall I give her a name? Maybe I shall named her Ms Rudey? Or Stupid Woman? Or maybe Fatty Bum Bum!! [heh... a pot calling a kettle black!] Anyway, I was damn pissed off with this stupid woman and I think I am gonna use my COMDEMN stamp on her - Something which I have not used on people for a long long time!

So nice of me to offer her my digital camera on Monday when she massed SMS her friends to borrow. In my reply, I indicated that I would need it on Friday & Sat night and she was agreeable to it.

Monday - I purposely rushed home @ 10 plus to pass her my cam as arranged. She promised to return me it to me on Thurs.

Thurs - I received no msg from her. Went to bed @ 10 plus. Received an sms from her @ 1240am to say that she has just reached home and asked how she could return me the camera. -- I did not reply her msg as it was already very late (to me) and I was already asleep.

Friday - I replied her msg @ 11 plus in the morning to explain that I did not reply the night before as I was already asleep. Proposed that I will go to her workplace (in Somerset) to collect it from her later in the evening. Actually going to her workplace was not exactly convenient because Orchard was not in my itinerary for that day and I was, of cos, no where near Somerset.

Who knows... ... Later in the evening, this stupid woman msg to inform that she was on her way home, which is in Yishun, and told me that she will LEAVE MY CAM at her workplace and ASK ME to go there and collect it... ... WTF!!! I was, of course, alittle pissed off! HULLO... STUPID WOMAN - you know that I stay in YISHUN and I was damn near to your place... ... Did not bother to even ask if I will be home so that I could collect from her in Yishun! Pse get it right - You borrowed my camera; Not that I begged you to lend me!

It was a Friday. She was supposed to work til 9 plus. Idiots know that she knock off early and coming back to Yishun!

Anyway... my reply: "Hey wait. bring it back to Yishun with you and I will collect from you later when I am home!"
Stupid woman: OK!

When Jon came to pick me up, I called the stupid woman. She answered the phone with a 1/2 dead tone and told me that she was turning into her carpark already. Again... I was thinking... ... why she didn't bother to call and check if I am home so that she can RETURN me my cam. Why? Lend things to people must beg them to return is it?? FUck!

She just parked her van and was preparing to get off when we reached her carpark. I got off the car and walked over to her van to BEG my camera back. Without looking at me, she went to the back of her van to retrieve my paperbag and passed it to me! Attitube lo! I was controlling not to flare up cos I was quite fed-up with already lo.

After getting my stuff, I said "Ok, I am leaving." and walked off. She just mumbled "Ok" w/o looking. STUPID WOMAN!!! What kinda attitube is it? Why? I owe you, is it? TMD! When we were about to leave, Johnson tried to wave at her but she refused (pretended) to see lo... ... Even Johnson said she was rude!!!

Stupid woman with such lousy attitube. I dunno what got into her to give such bad attitube but it really pissed me off. After I got back to Johnson's car, I was swearing about her lo. FUCK! I am not going to see her for at least a month! IDIOT!

Going home on a Friday night. LONER lo! No wonder she complained that she dun have many friends... ... She should do some soul-searching to really understand why she got no friends! Even I dun want to be her friends anymore! *Basket*

09 Jun 2007 (Humid)

Ho ho ho!!! :) It's WEEKEND again!!!

I woke up @ 8 plus this morning (Played Mahjong til 12 plus the night before!). Washed up and prepared to go back to Jon's house. We took a cab back to his pl, prepared our stuff and set off to Tampines for a swim! Swam 10 x 50m in 40 mins! *Hehe* The pool is beautiful and gives a comfortable feeling. However, it is very crowded!

After swimming, we went for the yummy Kway Chap @ Macpherson with Rachel, Justin & Simon! I liked their pig ears and fried intestines!

After makan, we went Rachel's office to collect some stuff and sent to her boss' hse then we all went McDonald (Orchard) for a drink.

Jon took this shot for me while waiting for Rachel to come out from her house :)

At about 1630 hrs, Jon & I drove home first while the rest waited for Simon's girlfriend, Nicole, to knock off. While waiting... my dear friend was playing with Shrek's eyes!

Reached home. Rested and carried on with 2nd round! We went Sushi Tei @ Raffles City for dinner.

Thereafter, we proceeded to dbl O!! It was the Retro Night Party!!! Looking @ the pictures, you would have imagine how much fun we had! *huf hoo*

Judy / Rachel / Kareen / Geralyn

Bad Gals

Kanna Punished liao lo!

After spending much effort to leave that place, we went for Prata @ Jalan Kayu!! Went home @ 5 plus and dropped dead!! *haha*

Have you ever gotten onto a bus which looked like a pub? See below... ...

The other day, Jon & I took bus 54 from Chinatown to Liang Court and that was how we got onto this bus! Cool yah? The seats were very comfortable too!! Have you tried it?

那是一個非常寧靜而美麗的小城﹐有一對非常恩愛的戀人﹐他們每天都去海邊看日出﹐晚上去海邊送夕陽﹐每個見過他們的人都向他們投來羨慕的目光…… 　　

可是有一天﹐在一場車禍中﹐女孩不幸受了重傷﹐她靜靜地躺在醫院的病床上﹐幾天幾夜都沒有醒過來。

白天﹐男孩就守在床前不停地呼喚毫無知覺的戀人﹔晚上﹐他就跑到小城的教堂裡向上帝禱告﹐他已經哭乾了眼淚。 　　

一個月過去了﹐女孩仍然昏睡著﹐而男孩早已憔悴不堪了﹐但他仍苦苦地支撐著。終於有一天﹐上帝被這個痴情的男孩感動了。於是他決定給這個執著的男孩一個例外。上帝問他﹕“你願意用自己的生命作為交換嗎﹖”男孩毫不猶豫地回答﹕“我願意﹗”上帝說﹕“那好吧﹐我可以讓你的戀人很快醒過來﹐但你要答應化作三年的蜻蜓﹐你願意嗎﹖”男孩聽了﹐還是堅定地回答道﹕“我願意﹗” 　　

天亮了﹐男孩已經變成了一隻漂亮的蜻蜓﹐他告別了上帝便匆匆地飛到了醫院。女孩真的醒了﹐而且她還在跟身旁的一位醫生交談著什麼﹐可惜他聽不到。 　　

幾天後﹐女孩便康復出院了﹐但是她並不快樂。她四處打聽著男孩的下落﹐但沒有人知道男孩究竟去了哪裡。女孩整天不停地尋找著﹐然而早已化身成蜻蜓的男孩卻無時無刻不圍繞在她身邊﹐只是他不會呼喊﹐不會擁抱﹐他只能默默地承受著她的視而不見。夏天過去了﹐秋天的涼風吹落了樹葉﹐蜻蜓不得不離開這裡。 於是他最後一次飛落在女孩的肩上。他想用自己的翅膀撫摸她的臉﹐用細小的嘴來親吻她的額頭﹐然而他弱小的身體還是不足以被她發現。 　　

轉眼間﹐春天來了﹐蜻蜓迫不及待地飛回來尋找自己的戀人。然而﹐她那熟悉的身影旁站著一個高大而英俊的男人﹐那一剎那﹐蜻蜓幾乎快從半空中墜落下來。人們講起車禍後女孩病得多麼的嚴重﹐描述著那名男醫生有多麼的善良﹑可愛﹐還描述著他們的愛情有多麼的理所當然﹐當然也描述了女孩已經快樂如從前。 　　

蜻蜓傷心極了﹐在接下來的幾天中﹐他常常會看到那個男人帶著自己的戀人在海邊看日出﹐晚上又在海邊看日落﹐而他自己除了偶爾能停落在她的肩上以外﹐什麼也做不了。 　　

這一年的夏天特別長﹐蜻蜓每天痛苦地低飛著﹐他已經沒有勇氣接近自己昔日的戀人。她和那男人之間的喃喃細語﹐他和她快樂的笑聲﹐都令他窒息。 　　

第三年的夏天﹐蜻蜓已不再常常去看望自己的戀人了。她的肩被男醫生輕擁著﹐臉被男醫生輕輕地吻著﹐根本沒有時間去留意一隻傷心的蜻蜓﹐更沒有心情去懷唸過去。 　　

上帝約定的三年期限很快就要到了。就在最後一天﹐蜻蜓昔日的戀人跟那個男醫生舉行了婚禮。 　　

蜻蜓悄悄地飛進教堂﹐落在上帝的肩膀上﹐他聽到下面的戀人對上帝發誓說﹕我願意﹗他看著那個男醫生把戒指戴到昔日戀人的手上﹐然後看著他們甜蜜地親吻著。蜻蜓流下了傷心的淚水。 　　

上帝嘆息著﹕“你後悔了嗎﹖”蜻蜓擦乾了眼淚﹕“沒有﹗”上帝又帶著一絲愉悅說﹕“那麼﹐明天你就可以變回你自己了。”蜻蜓搖了搖頭﹕“就讓我做一輩子蜻蜓吧……”

有些緣份是註定要失去的。愛一個人不一定要擁有﹐但擁有一個人就一定要好好去愛他。你的肩上有蜻蜓嗎﹖看到结尾，我忍不住无法控制地哭了好久。

Saturday, 02 June 2007 (Sunny)

IT'S WEEKEND!!! I woke up @ about 9 plus in the morning. Bathed and started surfing the internet and of course update my Multiply while waiting for Jon to wake up.

We drove to Depot Road for the famous Claypot Laksa!! I haven't eat it for many months because I was held up with work and have been getting Wenyang to go to CMPB on my behalf.

After lunch, we went Suntec - Carrefour to buy some groceries & daily use necessity. Actually, we wanted to catch a movie but Eng Hwa was only showing Pirates of the Caribbean & Shrek 3!! *My god* Like that also can!! So we dropped the idea of watching movie and went jalan jalan @ Suntec lo. We then decided to go TCC but because we parked @ Suntec, it is a hassle to walk to Citylink then back to Suntec so agn, we dropped the idea. In the end, we decided to go Tampines and see if there's a TCC outlet.

When we reached Tampines Mall, we decided to go back to Simei to collect my shoes and have bubble tea instead of TCC! *hehe* Oh... we also brought Curry Puff from Old Chang Kee.

Reached home @ about 3 plus to 4pm, watched a comedy on HBO while Johnson took a nap. At about 6 plus, we went Bugis for steamboat! Didn't have to wait long before getting ourselves a squeezy 2-seater dining area. Had a red bean ice-cream to end off the nice dinner.

Went jalan jalan @ Bugis Junction before they closed for the day. Actually wanted to have a drink @ Starbucks but we were too full to take in anymore stuff. Iguana was another choice but there were only 2 of us. In the end, we decided to buy a few bottles of Bacardi Breezer home for relax & enjoy!

Mediacorp was broadcasting "3 Good Guys" on a Saturday nite. Nice typical show. We had a drink while enjoying the show @ home. After that, we played some X-Box games with another bottle of Breezer to go along.

Heh... who says you need to be out there with the crowd in order to enjoy!

Working in Shangri-la

The annual Shangri-la Dialogue (IISS) is back agn. This time round, the preparation for this event was a rush. The foreign guests kept changing and some countries could not confirm the Rep for the event - even ONE day before the event.

I guess it was all because of Vesak day. Having a PH just before a big event is just not so right! Actually, it was not a PH for those who were involved in this event. Everyone was running around working even on Vesak Day! Anyway, when is the next PH? *heh*

Rise & Shine! I woke up @ 8am on Friday, prepare bread for Mavis and sent her to school @ 0900 hrs. Thereafter, I went home, cooked a pkt of Tom Yam instant noodles *Yummy* for breakfast. I already suspected that I would not have time to eat later in the day and I was right!

I left for Shang @ 1030 hrs. Took a cab down. The security screen was quite smooth. LTC Ma, my incoming MA, reached there about the same time as I. Upon reaching there, I started doing the setting up - Advance Party mah! *heh*

While waiting for boss' arrival, his Body-guard arrived. Spoked to me in a damn cocky tone! *Split saliva* Ignored him! *hehe*

My duties for this round was different as last year. I was busy helping to prepare more invitation cards, envelopes & placards. At the same time, I had to ensure that boss' SGEMS was working -- however, I encountered many problems with his SGEMS *Sweat* My IT pple told me that it was becos of Shang's firewall but when I called Shang's IT staff, they took more than 1/2 hr to understand what I want and only to inform me that they do not have any firewall!!!

In the end, I have to use Dial-up to access SGEMS! Anyway, my experience with the IT pple in Shang were so unhelpful!!! Disliked them! *sigh* I thought their service should be excellence! Anyway, now we know... ...

Unlike in MFU, I don't have much opportunity to talk to MA other than work issues. We usually only chat when we were in his car - rushing from one venue to another. Lately, when I took his car, there were bound to have other colleagues in there as well. Hence, our conversations were mainly general topics.

While we were standing in front of boss' room to wait for him to get ready for the dinner with PM, MA asked if I have gotten my annual bonus & increment. He then said that it is more compared to last year as he had fought to rank me on the top. He further added that I have been doing very well in my job but tend to be careless @ times -- which I told him that I agree because I am really very careless *hehee* I am happy that he give me feedback (be it good or bad) on my work - at least I know how I have been performing. :) Apity that he will be leaving for studies soon and I will have to start working with a new officer all over agn.

I worked till 10.30pm or so that night! *heh* Very late compared to last year. Last year I only worked till 5 plus. *haha* Nonetheless, it is okay. I'm always fine to stay back when there's really work to do :)

Happy Vesak Day to all! How was your Vesak day?

Busy doing your prayers in the temples?

MA woked me up this morning. *haha* Called me at 9plus as he could not fax some documents overseas. Then I gave my mom some biscuits before she took her medicine. Thereafter, I just slacked on the bed till 11 plus before washing up.

Went to Northpoint Foodcourt with Jon, sis and Mavis for lunch. Brought porridge home for mummy to eat. We also went marketing @ Cold Storage. Brought S$60+ of grocceries. Sis, Jon & I prepared dinner as well. *haha* We also had fried Pregnant Fish! *Yummy* but preparing nice dinner are always every tiring lo and I hate to fry stuff. Very oily and creasy.

Later in the evening, I had a little argument with my mom because of her beloved son! *sighz* We also have such arguments because of him!!! So irritating! She ar.. sick still can get angry. My sis was also arnd when the argument took place and she added some comments then my mum shouted @ us "Thiam lah"!! Hah!! Talk loud then win already lo!! KNS!!!

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Supposed to meet Rachel & Darren @ Vivo last evening for dinner. However, mummy was referred to the hospital yesterday afternoon and I rushed to complete my work before I could go and find her. Thus, I missed the gathering! What a pity! I love gatherings!

It was really bad timing. Yesterday was a very busy day for me. I had to prepare invitation cards, placards and some admin work for the IISS 07 tml. Everything was such a rush because of Vesak Day!! If there wasn't a PH in the middle of the week, we didn't have to rush through the end part. And bcos of the preparation for IISS, I could not leave ofc immd when I was told that mummy was going to the hospital! And I didn't have to miss the outing!

That Silly Yogi! GOt me so worried... ... Here's our conversation:
Yogi: The clinic doctor referred your mom to the hospital and she is on her way down now. I've sent Mavis to the centre and you got to return early to fetch her!

Jude: What happened? What did the clinic doctor say?

Yogo: Oh... ... Dengue mah! Her fever was on and off so the doctor took blood test and referred her to the hospital!

Jude: *Shocked* *Worried*

After he hung up, I called my mom who was on her way to the hospital. IT was then I learnt from her that the doctor did NOT say that she HAS dengue lo! The doctor merely suspected but as she couldn't find out what was wrong with my mummy so she needs to go to the hospital to check.

An update - My mom was having fever (on and off) since Monday. Yogi brought her to the clinic yesterday afternoon because she was still feeling very bad with her fever and her fingers were closed up and couldn't opened! The doctor thought my mom had stroke! *so scary*

This Yogi!!! Went around informing people that my mom had Dengue. Called my sister to say that my mom went hospital because of Dengue. Told the CC that he sent Mavis to school because my mom got dengue so need to go to the hospital!!! CRazy!!!

Nonetheless, it was still scary lo. The hospital done some tests on her but could not find out what went wrong. All the tests were normal. They gave her some medication & Antibotics and is supposed to go back for another check-up a week later. Till now, her fever still come and go.

*sigh* Dunno what happened!

My Friday (11 May 07)

It was raining when I woke up for work this morning. I hate rainy weather in the morning when I had to prepare myself to work! The feeling is just so yucky. I bet many of you feel the same as I do. But what to do? It's something we cannot control or even avoid!

Good thing was that the rain was not as heavy as earlier when I was ready to leave house for work.

Did you read the papers? An accident occurred in ROC. 2 Singaporean bodies were found. 2 were seriously injured while the other 7 had minor injuries. Sighz... ... it's not our fault. It's the Taiwan Aircraft! It's always sad when you know that such incident happened. My friends in PAFF had to be on 8-hr shift work rotation till Monday.

Jon went for his Co's Spring Party @ MOS tonight while I joined Kareen & friends to XMYD. Jon supposed to join me after his part @ MOS but when he came, he was too drunk and fell asleep @ XMYD, we decided that he should go home and rest to wait for me :D *haha*

My First Post after 5 months into 2007!

I was almost at the verge of abandoning this blog before something triggered me to start posting again. Hence, I guess I will continue to blog here bah.

First post in 2007 and I will be talking about unhappy issue... ... *haha*

I was quite upset last night. I touched on the topic of marriage with Jon again. *Sighz* His decision was firm and I wondered why.

I cannot understand why he didn't want to ROM with me. He kept coming up with reasons (more likely excuses!) such as there is no need to rush into marriage as we are still young, we didn't have any savings and that he is not financially stable!

We have been together for 4 years and we are 27 years old, why do he say that we are too young? Was it that he feel being tied down if we were married? I am not even "sticking" with him. *sighz* We don't have saving but we are earning and surviving on our own. Each of us have a stable job. I don't see any problems with it. I feel so dumb and stupid. Everytime we talked about this, I would end up upsetting myself. I think I should really not touch on this topic again. Maybe he is not even keen to settle down with me. I was so upset that I kept sobbing in the night til my eyes was quite painful when I woke up this morning. So silly of me!

Sometimes I wonder shouldn't we just blog about happy incidents? Why would one want to talk about unhappy incidents and remind him/herself about it when he/she browse thru the entry weeks or months later? *haha* However, from another point of view, I think a blog is a place where we should be truthful and record whatever we want talk about and the happenings in life.

Christmas is around the corner... ...

Christmas is around the corner and what have you planned for that day? Are you going to just stay home and rot away OR have you already decide where to party? :)

I have not really sit down and plan for anything yet but I guess I will probably spend the Eve with my family. Perhaps, we could have a nice dinner and drink some wine together. We could have a Chocolate Log Cake as well. Thereafter, we could play mahjong till late night. Does that sound a little boring? *hehe*

Have you been to Orchard Road lately? I was around Somerset over the weekends. Not sure if you have noticed the “Four-Seasons Trees” @ the Traffic Junction, near Heeren Bldg. I like the deco best :) Perhaps I will be making another trip down to Orchard and take pictures of those decors.

Did you plan for a holiday this Christmas Season? I have actually planned to go Genting but Jon cannot make it. He has just started working and it is not nice to take leave for holiday so soon – which I can understand. Therefore, we have planned for a retreat instead! *Hurray* We are going for a retreat.

What comes into your mind when you think of Christmas? I don’t know how to describe my thoughts on Christmas but I definitely prefer Christmas to CNY. To me, CNY is just a few days where I could rest and recuperate @ home.

During Christmas, we would often buy little presents for our love ones. When I was in PAFF, I enjoyed shopping for pressies for my colleagues. We would always buy pressies for each other. The feeling of giving presents is so fun! I still remembered us playing the Santa & Mortal game over the last 2 years while I was in PAFF - Each of us would pick a Mortal (one of our colleagues) thru drawing lots and give surprises to him/her everyday w/o allowing the Mortal to know who was his/her santa. :) I miss those days. It was really fun.

This year, I have not buy any presents yet. I don’t have many presents to buy anyway. Most of my old colleagues have left. I am also thinking if I should buy any presents for my colleagues in my new office. I guess I may buy them some common items – e.g. HP Holder. Have you got a Wish-list? I haven't really do up one but I thought of putting it up on my here. One of the items in my Wish-list would be a Dictionary. A good (and thick thick) one! *hehe* If possible, I want a good pocket dictionary where I could carry it in my handbag, wherever I go :)

Since Christmas is coming, it would also mean that Year 2006 is going to bide Goodbye to us soon and we would have to welcome Year 2007 :) Have you completed all the tasks allocated to you this year? If you have not done so, you ought to hurry because deadline will be due soon *haha*

Updates on 09 Dec 06 - My Weekend.

09 December 2006 is a big day for my friend, Darren & his wife - Sandy!

There were only about 20 of us, including family members of both parties, to witness the ceremoney. Not all our friends were invited as well. Hence, I should be honoured to be invited to attend the ROM @ Halia Restaurant inside Singapore Botanical Garden. It was my first time attending such an occasion in Botanical Garden. Isn't it cool? Rachel & Johnson were invited as well. Oh, Rachel's bf was absent because he was, as usual, busy with his stuff!

The restaurant served nice pastries and tea. It was very filling as well. :)

We bought a wedding album for the couple. Actually, we wanted to buy a wedding diary from Precious Moments, which would be more meaningful. However, they only have the last dirty piece left @ every outlet we went, hence, we didn't buy it :(

We took a picture with the bride & groom, some pictures of the Solemnization ceremony, and of course, pictures of ourselves while the bride & groom were busy entertaining the guests. :)

After the event, we went on to take some nice pictures around the garden (don't waste the trip mah!). Thereafter, we went home to take a rest and were suppose to meet Casper & Rachel @ 9.30pm @ Xing Wang Hong Kong Restaurant for dinner, before proceeding to Mdm Wong for party.

However, Rachel didn't join us in the end :( She went to meet her boyfriend & friends for dinner. After that, they went for a drink in Bugis and she got drunk. *Sighz* So "shao xin"! This Casper came late as well - reached at about 10 plus. Johnson & I were so hungry by then...

Immediately after she came, we ordered:

* Fresh & Nutritious Crab Bee Hoon
[Not recommended! The crab is not fresh and it cannot be nutritious when everything is so salty. To think of it, they claimed that it is one of their famous… …]

* Fried Guo Tie

* Steamed Prawn Dumpling

* Steamed Pork Ribs

* Baked Chicken chop rice
[Nice! It's quite cheesy. Only -ve point was that tomatoes were added into it and Jon doesn’t take tomatoes!] *haha*

After dinner, we met up with Teresa and proceeded to Mdm Wong. Initially, we wanted to take a cab but it was so difficult to hail one @ that time. Hence, we walked from Cineleisure to Magazine Road! *so tired*

When we reached there @ about 1 plus, the place was already quite packed. All of us paid $12/person @ the entrance for the first drink - House Pour.

They have are 2 storeys. The 2nd level was packed with alot more pple. I could not even enter the room but could feel the heat & "stuffiness" when I was just standing outside, along the stairsway. In the end, we settled ourselves @ the ground level and stood there for almost an hour before we secured some seats! Lousy Place!!! The only good thing about that place was the Music. I don't think I will be going there in the near future.

My 26th B'day Updates

On 18 Nov 06, I celebrated my 26 years old b’day with my dearest Johnson & friends @ Fish & Co for dinner & went to Este Club. Exactly a year ago, I celebrated my 25th B’day with my dear Johnson & friends @ Shanghai Disco & KTV Club.

Time really flies. Another year has passed. This year, I had a pleasant b’day surprise organised by my friends & boyfriend. It was a wonderful & memorable 26th b’day.

*haha* I was treated like a Princess that night. *Hmm* Supposed to wear a pinky top, which I had specially bought for my b’day, but Jon said that it doesn’t suit my jeans! *Duh* In the end, I wore a black halter-neck top plus a pair of jeans.

According to my friends, they had planned this surprise many weeks ahead! Really thankful of what they have prepared for me. They also prepared a heart-shaped b’day cake from Angie’s Choice. I like their cakes. The sponge is very light and you will never get sick of the fresh cream on the cake. *Yummy*

After dinner @ Fish & Co, we proceeded to take the North-East Line @ Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station to Clarke Quay. Kareen recommended a new clubbing place to us – Este Club. It was also her 1st time there.

Similar to Shanghai, they have KTV rooms, a band consisting of 2 guys & a gal performing for 45 mins @ every interval of dunno 1 or 2 hours, and there’s a very narrow dance floor. The ambience was quite good when the crowd hasn’t arrived. Oh by the way, we were the first group of customers who arrived @ Este that day. Cool huh.

The crowd is Este were in their late 20s and above. For guys, they have to be above 25 years old while gals have to be able 23 years old before they are eligible to enter the club – If I didn’t remember wrongly.

The female toilet was rather unique. Overall, it was very dim. However, once you enter the cubicle and locked it up, the small bulb in the cubicle will light up and it’s no longer dim. In addition to the unique-ness, you have to step on a rubber thingy in order to on the tap in order to have the water running out from the tap. Many people were not aware of it :D

Hmm… I would give it a rating of “Okay” for that place. Not that I dislike the place but neither do I like it. I would say that it isn’t attractive enough to make me want to go back again.

In the early evening on 18 Nov 06:
I went for Little Vera’s, John’s niece, first b’day celebration. We went to a Chinese Restaurant, operated by Little Vera’s Uncle, in Chinatown for dinner. The relatives arrived about ½ hour late and hence, dinner was delayed. In the end, Johnson & I had to leave after the 2nd dish was served. *So sorry Little Vera*

haha* I told John that if Vera don’t greet me Happy B’day, I would not say to her as well BECAUSE I was Princess on that day! *so naughty* Maybe some years later, we might celebrate our b’day together. Wah… she would definitely snatched away all the attention from me then because I will be an old hag then.

On the day of my b’day:
I need not go to work on that special day because I was entitled to a B’day Off. I never had such thing as B’day Off when I was in my previous dept! *hehe*

Anyway, I bought Mummy & Little Mavis to makan – their favourite Porridge & Sashimi + fried intestines @ Toa Payoh. After breakfast, we went jalan jalan around Central. We went home in the afternoon and we had a long nap till 7 plus in the evening. That was when Johnson reached my place and we went for a simple dinner together.

Mummy said she would celebrate my b’day based on the Chinese date. I don’t mind. Hehe… I guess she would prepare mee suan + red egg for me. Oh + an Ang Bao as well. Last year, I had that too. :D

As for me, as usual I would buy a gift or two for myself as b'day gift. Neh.. These are what I bought lor.

My colleague bought me a big box of Ferrero Rochers for me. So nice of her. Yes, I likes chocolates but nobody ever realised that I dislike Rochers! :) *Oops*

It's only Tuesday!

Just as I thought weekend was approaching, I realised that I was dreaming *DUH!* OMG, it is just Tuesday and there are 3 more days ahead before weekend arrives again. :(

I feel so tired over the past few days. Probably because I didn't sleep well in the night. I had difficulty turning in even though I was tired. Dunno what went wrong.

Office has been very quiet (and I kept dozing off) because everyone was clearing their Annual Leave and many went for Holiday. I have only got 1 and a 1/2 days of leave left for this year. Thought of buying an additional 2 days of leave thru the system but still decided not to in the end - Too expensive already! *hehe* Hence, I am not going anywhere. However, I may go for a weekend retreat.

Payslip is out today. Everyone was so excited because it's BONUS month! *keke* Some experienced problem logging in to view the payslip because too many people are trying to log in as well. :) When CC knew that the payslip was out, she also informed her friends from other departments.

I guess, currently, in most of our minds are how to use those money. Some will probably save up but most will probably go for a holiday, buy stuff to boast the economy, etc. ME? As usual, I will give my mom a monthly sum of money for household expenses (but it would be more as it is BONUS month), I will also be sponsoring my mom for her m/sia trip. I must make an effort to save at least 1k :) Must also put also some money to buy a new queen-size bed for next year. Oh ya, need to prepare some money for CNY 07 as well. Wah.. everything is about money!!!

Birth of My Little Hide-Out

Heh... ...

At this very minute, my Little Hide-Out was born. After hesitating for 2 years, this little hide-out has come alive!

I shall start posting in this little home of mine from today onwards. *so exciting* I have so much to tell :) Oh, I have to make this clear. My writing skills is not powerful, therefore, please pardon me if you come across some broken english :)

Nope not now. I was stealing 10 mins of my busy time to start up this blog and now I got to bury myself into my work again. But I promise I will write again soon (real soon!!) :)

Your comments are definitely welcome if you would like to :)

Cheers,
Bubbly Jude