I think she looks very pretty in this photo!Oh I have been saying this year after year, but I really wanna attend a Halloween party this year!!! Not sure if I’ll have time to do so though. 🙁 And if I do go, what should I dress up as? Some said I should go as a nurse, cos I’m tender, loving and caring (this is an inside joke. If you know what my hotmail address is, you’ll know what I mean). JW thinks I should go as a vampire, but I think I look so harmless that even fangs won’t be of much help. The image doesn’t quite gel with my disposition.

I have not clubbed in ages too..sigh..how to club when all I do is crash on my bed after every single freaking workday. I feel my youth is slowly slipping away. HOW?

Sorry, I just like to whine. 😛 If you managed to survive till the end of this post without clicking on the ‘X’ at the top right hand corner, I would really like to thank you for bearing with me. Haha.
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I was just asking my bf if I should submit part of my work to my boss at 1230am, in case she wants to have a look at it first. But she didn’t bring her laptop home, so how could she possibly read it?

reg says:
if u were me what will u do?

jw says:
i’d let my bf pinch my cheeks real hard

All I can say is, my bf really loves me.

Or rather, my cheeks.

This old adage sounds like a wise saying eh, but you’ve yet to hear an even more enlightening quote:

“Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness just doesn’t know where to spend his money”.

Hmmm.. maybe, that person just doesn’t have money to spend at all. Hahaha I agree to a large extent actually :P. It’s true depending on the context of the situation, provided you’re not an extremist.

For a person (like myself) who enjoys fine dining, pampering facial sessions, quality apparel and shoes, she will be able to derive happiness from these material satisfactions which can only be bought by money.

But at the same time, she also enjoys the company of her friends and basks in joy of having her loved ones around her. That in itself is another form of happiness that money can’t buy.

Food for thought?

Ya lah, I’m kiasu…cannot is it.

So now let me take the opportunity to tell all my good friends who want me to be their “jie mei” to wait till my wedding ceremony is over before you hold yours!!!! Aiya, wait 1 year only, should be ok right?:P

V was my ex-colleague. In fact, she left one month after I joined the organization, but we continued to stay in touch due to the wonders of technology, or more specifically, MSN Messenger. Unfortunately, I can no longer use MSN at work cos the nature of my work is highly confidential :(.

Yes, I am a government secret agent. Haha..almost there :P.

Back to the wedding. I can never cease to exclaim at how exhausting it is to be a bride, and a “jie mei”. V had to wake up at 6am just to do her makeup. That is an unearthly hour by my standards as I’m not a morning person.

The jie meis were supposed to reach her house at AMK by 730am. Like I said earlier, I’m not a morning person, so I literally crawled out of bed at only 645am. I had barely enough time to slap on some light makeup before dashing out of the house looking like a disheveled wreck. In the end, I reached at 8am. But as the old adage goes, it’s better late than never. 😛 If not for my JW, I would have reached there even later!!

It was really embarrassing though, cos everyone else was already there and they had finished planning all the tricks/games to be played. The efforts proved futile, however, as the groom and his entourage simply refused to do anything except wait for the auspicious hour to arrive, although at one point, they decided to give us a red packet after relentless taunting from V’s real sister (she has 4 sisters!!).

To be honest, it wasn’t even given to us.

I had to snatch it from them.

I opened the red packet (with great expectations of course), and to my absolute horror, therein lay a crisp RUPIAH note. Sigh..what’s happening to men these days??? Ok to be fair, they did give Sing dollars eventually.

I hope it’s just the mature men, cos I have already told JW that he had better look for sporting buddies so that my sisters can have a ball of a time torturing all of them. Hahaha. Indeed, within the sweet exterior lies a sadistic maniac.

See, I am so sweet. Oh did I mention that we didn’t know one another prior to this? But we all hit it off immediately like good old friends.

Oh, but I made sure I paid my respects to the God of Fortune at Repulse Bay. I mean, who doesn’t like money?!

If you observe carefully, the sticker isn’t on me in the pic on the top right hand side. Haha…it got stuck on my hair, but our group’s good-looking photographer (he looks like a Hong Kong actor!!) took it down for me ugh..so that’s why you see the sticker on the bottom right hand side pic.

I must have bored you with the details. Actually, my main intention was to highlight the fact that the photographer was pretty damn good-looking. Wahahaha.

At the beach at Repulse Bay…

Jacky Chan looks fake hahaha. I wonder why I decided to purchase this photo.
Madame Tussauds made me feel like the Queen. The royal family was at my beck and call!!

Even Prince William had to pander to my whims and fancies. But why must he make me feel like a dwarf?! Tsk… I should have ordered him to sit on the cushy velvet sofa behind me.

Meet my little brother, Mozart! See, we even have the same pose. Haha.

No pics of my loot yet as I have not unpacked :P.

Times Square@ Causeway Bay – where my mum and I had our Krispy Kremes haha.

DAY 4: Disneyland, Tung Chung & Lan Kwai Fong

Before I left for Hong Kong, I heard about the poor service and terrible crowds at the Hong Kong Disneyland. It turned out to be better than I expected! In terms of the fun factor however, I still think the US one beats it hands down.

Wearing my new Escada tunic 😀

My favourite Disney characters of all time. Mickey grabbed me so tightly I thought I was going to get a bruise from his hard cheek. Regardless, I still like Mickey. 😛

Belle from Beauty & the Beast – She looks like a statue!!
Sleepy Beauty’s Castle
A photo taken during the pooh bear ride, a ride which I really enjoyed. 😀
A shot of Tomorrowland from the Disney Train. My favourite land because the scariest Disney ride, Space Mountain (a roller coaster ride), is found here!
I love these aliens from Toy Story. They’ll wave at you when you’re on the train.
Disney Train Station


On our way to Tung Chung (you’ll find all the factory outlets there) from Disneyland. I like I.T, a retail shop that carries a few Hong Kong designer labels such as b+ab. b+ab is my favourite!! I used to go crazy over their clothes when I was in Beijing.

I love the lush velvet seats, mickey mouse windows and mickey mouse handrails!

Lan Kwai Fong – After shopping at Tung Chung, I pulled my mum to Lan Kwai Fong with me. Haha, not for drinks of course. We went there for dinner.

Unlucky for me, I got picked up by some Caucasian guy who asked me if I wanted to have dinner with him. Yea, in the presence of my mum. How weird is that.

Caucasian: Would you like to have some dinner?

Me: No, thank you.

Caucasian: Lei mo sek fan ah? (You don’t eat?)

Me: Sek zhor lo (I have already eaten)

Caucasian: Lei mo lou ah? (loosely translated as “no guys keeping you company?”)

Me: TAMADE!!!! (hahaha in my head only of course :P). I just walked away with my mum with my head in the air.

Come to think of it, it was quite hilarious. Hahaha.

DAY 5 – Last minute shopping at Miramar Shopping Centre

We checked out Uniqlo, a Japanese label similar to Muji. In fact, I like it much better than Muji. I also bought a lot of Uniqlo clothes when I was in Beijing.

I can fit into all the skinny jeans there because they come in size 22!!! 😛 Other than Uniqlo, I can only wear size 24 from Levi’s. 🙁

Ok..time to sleep and unpack tomorrow…

I’m starting work on Monday. Funny how it’s exciting yet dreadful at the same time.

Nitez!!

Raf is looking more and more radiant with each day, while I on the other hand, seem to be looking more and more haggard. Yup, that’s me with eye bags and virtually no makeup at the end of another hectic day.

On my last trip to Dubai, I heard so much about the souks there (somewhat like our pasar malams, but classier) but I didn’t have much time for sightseeing then. This time around, I managed to squeeze out some time by sacrificing my beauty sleep. Yup, and so I finally went to a souk! I also took a ride in the Abra, the river taxi.
I only bought a pair of beaded slippers at the souk, and the only reason why I did that was to prevent myself from falling into the river. Silly me wore high heels, and I was told that we had to jump on to the Abra, which was not very stable to begin with. We took some pics in the Abra, but the pics didn’t turn out well and plus, I looked like such a wreck. 😛

Besides meeting my dear friend, I also managed to shop haha.. which was really no mean feat considering that our schedule was literally packed from morning to night. I bought a couple of tops from Zara (still on sale then!! The Dubai Shopping Festival takes place from end Dec to early Feb). There was an abundance of clothes in S size because most of the people there are much bigger sized than us Asians. I heart Forever21 in UAE too..the dresses cost at most about S$50 and I can always find them in my size. 😉

Shopping aside, I also had the privilege of visiting The Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. It is a magnificent 7-star hotel surrounded by lush, sprawling grounds, and it is so well-guarded that only hotel guests or guests with special passes are allowed entry into its premises.

At the end of the trip, we went on a desert safari tour where we were taken right into the heart of the desert to experience the roller-coaster excitement of dune bashing in the comfort of a land cruiser. 
We were shrieking and screaming at least half the time because of the sharp turns and scarily high dunes.
 Halfway through however, hunger got the better of me, and I started gorging myself with chocolate dates while the rest watched on in bewilderment. Hahaha..Imagine eating while you’re on a rollercoaster ride. That’s exactly what I did. Sorry..hunger knows no boundaries what.

We were given some time to take photos in the desert, but the wind was so strong I retreated back into the land cruiser after 5 minutes. I could feel sand on my face, and even in my mouth..goodness. I think there was a sand storm then.

 
After the 45 mins ride, we were treated to dinner, henna and belly-dancing in the traditional Bedouin tents.

I was clad in black from head to toe, complete with a black head scarf just like the Arabs because I couldn’t stand the sand, which was irritating my eyes by then. Because I looked almost like an Arab with my dark-lined eyes and fair skin, the group started snapping photos of me.

Alas, it was a pity I didn’t have the photos in my camera as I was too busy being the photography subject.