Given that the shade bears a striking resemblance to that of mandarin oranges (and it sure didn’t help that he held two mandarin oranges in his hand when he stepped into my house), I think a more appropriate phrase would be “I am an orange.”, so I kept making fun of him the entire day. Coincidentally, the word ‘orange’ is made up of the same number of letters as the word ‘addict’. Hahaha…I know you must think I’m really bored.

Visited the grandmas today. Never knew that it would be so mentally and physically draining just to listen to 3 people talk for an hour each.

Just when I thought I could have a good rest on my bed, my mum had to wake me just to ask if I was having dinner at home. Sigh. I can’t go back to sleep when I am awakened prematurely. That explains why I am blogging now.

I have other things to do, like work, but geez, work is a sure dampener to the festive spirit. I’m not touching it till Sunday!!

It’s a wonder how the boy is never awakened by anything…he has been sleeping for about 2+ to 3 hours now!! I threw a little tantrum, switched on the light, snatched the blanket from him, but yet he remains deep in slumber.

Sleeping probably ranks 2nd on his priority list, after rockclimbing. I, on the other hand, come in third place I think. *whinewhinewhine*.

BIG SIGH.

Shall try getting back to sleep now…ugh.

I love my bed.

The grandmothers really attest to the fact that women do have longer life expectancies as they have all outlived their husbands. I hope that doesn’t happen to me cos I want to spend my remaining days with JW!! 🙁

I still like my bangs. 😛

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As I was walking down to my maternal grandma’s apartment, I spotted a cosy area outside someone’s home. I love the unique horizontal grills and the way the money plant entwines around it. The little pots of plants, coupled with the wooden chair, create a very rustic ambience.

If you click on the photo to expand it to its full size, you’ll realize that the door mat has a very Victorian design. It’s remarkably exquisite and practical too, cos it’s made of rubber. I absolutely adore it!!!

If anyone knows where to get the mat, please let me know. I’ll be eternally grateful!! 🙂

I have friends my age who have already given birth, or have just gotten pregnant! Haha..I can’t imagine myself looking after a baby at my age. Not when I still look and behave like a kid myself. 😛

Looking at JW and myself, I can’t help but think we will look like two kids getting married on our wedding day. Hahaha.

I often joke that our guests (especially distant relatives like perhaps his uncle’s grandnephew’s niece’s son’s daughter) would mistake us for the flower boy and flower girl. A little far-fetched I know, but you get the drift.

Anyhow, I like this new phase in life.

At least I have something else to occupy myself with besides work and shopping (ugh..now I sound like I have no life!!!).

Oh well. Soon, I can occupy myself with household chores too. Cleaning the toilet, mopping the floor, making breakfast in the morning. Wow, I am so excited at the thought of doing all these things! (Yeah right).

But that’s the price to pay for having quiet couple time and serenity in a house without parents. No, don’t get me wrong, I love my parents.

I am just looking forward to the independence and freedom that I’ll get. 🙂

This is probably the last year that I will be staying in the same house as my parents.

Time flies.

To cheer myself up, and also to cheer you up, here’s my gown as promised. This is not the final gown as my designer intends to do a completely new one for me with added details like more glitter, lace etc. I love the veil! I am slightly disappointed though, because the glitter on the skirt doesn’t show up in pictures. I hope that adding more glitter or maybe some embroidery will do the trick.

Now I gotta think of a design for my evening gown too! Suggestions will be most appreciated :). I am totally clueless when it comes to wedding preparations.

I’ll try to persevere and hold on to my current job for as long as I possibly can. I love my colleagues, but I can’t say I really enjoy what I do. However, if things don’t work out eventually, I guess I would consider leaving and taking a few months’ break to recuperate as well as to see to my reno and wedding preparations.

The private bank offer I received previously still stands apparently, and I’m really honoured that my contact has asked me to join him time and again (about 3 times now?). I think he would be a good boss and I would definitely learn a lot from him, but I am still uncertain if that’s the career path that I would want to pursue. The monetary benefits will be quite substantial in the long run, and unlike the typical private banker, I will develop a very specialized skill set. But deep inside, I think I would much prefer to pursue my music diploma and try out teaching music. I wouldn’t want to run the risk of jeopardizing our friendship by telling him that I’ll join him and then quit shortly thereafter. There are just too many considerations at stake.

Anyhow, let’s take a look at what I did over the weekend:

He can’t drink at all, which is quite worrying cos I can foresee him being dead drunk on the night of our banquet. Either that, or I’ll be the one who ends up dead drunk, although I think I can hold my liquor pretty well. Perhaps I should plead with my wedding guests to let him have it easy so that we can spend the night doing something more meaningful. HAHA.

We all get in touch with metaphors of war during our life time, so let him be my inspiration, and yours too. 🙂

Hence, after listening to this track twice in a row, I attempted to play the entire song from memory on my piano. Surprisingly, I haven’t lost it haha. Thank God my musical abilities are still intact. I seek solace in music, and I still think that playing the piano is one of the most enjoyable things to do.

The only problem now is that my brother keeps bugging me to play dandelion’s promise on the piano, on repeat mode.

Within the blink of an eye, we are now 7 years older. Oh yea..and that also means I have just revealed my age. Haha. Here’s presenting the yummy Awfully Chocolate banana choc cake, courtesy of Elsa:

Marcus also performed a very lame magic trick, but I have to admit it was very entertaining. It was so hilarious we were in stitches. Check it out here:

First, JW & I had a gathering with my ex-colleagues at Seow Yuin’s house, where we indulged in pizzas and all things sinful, such as my favourite dessert, Baked Alaska, all thanks to Hsing! SY’s hubby, a very jolly fellow, entertained us with home-made videos of their holiday trips in 2007.

Regardless of whether they are miners of saboteurs, they are all dwarfs. Silly JW wasn’t aware of this, and he thought he was a saboteur when he was actually a miner! Hahaha so you could imagine, he helped the saboteurs win the game when he was actually a miner. My bf is such a joker man. Hahaha.

After the game, we attended a funeral of a climber’s dad. Her dad passed away due to cancer of the blood vessels, a very rare type of cancer. It was very unexpected as he only felt unwell 2 months ago, and the doctors couldn’t find out the true cause of his ailments till recently.

Such is the fragility of life. So much can change in so little time. Incidents like this always make me ponder about the transience of life, which in turn emphasizes the importance of living life to the fullest, a life filled with love and meaning, not one that is consumed by work and materialism.

Surprisingly, I didn’t shop much. I just couldn’t find anything to buy!! Let’s see now… I bought a pair of Roxy slippers, a ring from Diva, 2 tops from Mango sale, 2 hairclips, 2 pairs of wide-legged pants, 2 lipglosses and 1 lipstick from The Face Shop (slightly cheaper in Msia!!). Erm, now it sounds like I bought a lot of goodies.. =X

I climbed a little too. I completed 3 routes and everyone said that I am a natural ok…don’t play play Hahaha. But given my laziness and lack of motivation to exercise, I doubt I’ll actually pursue climbing as an interest.

If anything, I’m more likely to pursue sleeping as an interest. Haha. Hey, that’s something I can do with JW too, cos both of us enjoy sleeping! 😛

The cobra king was in town!!! Don’t JW’s ropes resemble snakes?

Two Spidermans on the wall.

Oh and that’s me..posing with the tiles. I exemplify the true qualities of a Singapore Idle.

Group shot. I think this was taken on the 3rd day, the day when I finally decided to don sportswear to shut the marshals up. See..it’s more difficult to spot me now right? 😛 This was also the day that I completed 2 routes. Haha.

To his utmost relief, the box contained a colourful paperweight, and not nappy rash cream.

My present to Shumei was a cute cat stuffed toy. The cat was holding on to a dead fish. The dead fish refers to Yap. Hahaha.

So as to save Yap from any embarrassment, I shall not reveal why he is a dead fish. 😛
Jess gave didi a nice muji photo album
JW gave Ruixuan a NDP chalkbag and a swiss army knife. I got 3 bottles of bodyshop shower foam from Ruix — perfect for overseas travel!

I made JW use a facial mask. Don’t ask me why he looks like Hannibal. I think it’s just him. Hahaha.

Pretty christmas decor at Mid-Valley Shopping Centre

Cute little hamsters posing for the camera

We stopped by Malacca on the way back to Singapore. The food was finger-licking good!!

Chicken rice balls. The rice balls were not as tasty as the chicken rice, but the meat was delectable.

Savouring authentic chendol. I’m still salivating at the thought of it.