18th August 2007
I was excited about this day because I am gonna meet my friends from Computer Engineering Faculty when I was in NUS.. My girl gang consists of Ting Ting, Ruyi and Shi Hui.. .As usual, I am always the early one to reach.. Subsequently, I met Ting Ting at Bugis. We choose a nice place for our dinner, Sketches Pasta and Wine Bar.. The unique part about this restaurant is that you get to design your own pasta. Just Pasta alone, you can mix a maximum of 3 different types. As for Sauce, obviously you choose one so that you won’t make a mess out of your own design! For condiments, you get to choose 5 different ones maximum and any additional ones, you got to pay for it.. Not very expensive though. So the three of them has pasta and I had a salad.. need to go on diet urgently.. haha
Ting ting is married to Yingfei (one of our faculty mates) on the 6th June 2007. How sweet! Anyway, she is really beautiful with all the make up, even though she looks real good without any. Time passes very fast.. 2 years ago, we are struggling to get our degree and worrying if we will get ourselves a good job and land ourselves in the right career path. Now, the girls are ready to get married and take on new roles in life.. Looking back at my life, I wonder what I have achieved so far.. I was talking to Ginny one of these days about our achievements since we left school. It seems like we did not do much but yet 2 and half years are gone in a blink… For me, I enjoy working life.. You get income and most of the time, doing more constructive stuff than what I think you do in school. You get to enjoy the best of life at the prime stage and being young is of course the greatest feeling ever in the entire lifetime. What I hate about working life is the loss of my freedom. I almost sold myself and my youth to the company. I do not enjoy the idea of being stucked in an office from 8am to 530pm. I wish to have more time to do more things. Basically, it means no commitments if you want to put it that way.
I often dreamed of working overseas (anywhere) and back packed as I worked. I do not need to see the ugly side of corporate world. I earned what I need just to keep me alive. However, I can enrich my life by immersing myself into the different cultures and societies and discover the beauty of human civilization, about how similar and yet different we are. People say that this is a waste of life. What about people who spent the whole lifetime chasing after fame, status, money and position when in the first place, you have come to this world with nothing? Even at the point of death, you bring along nothing with you to the afterlife.. This is however, difficult to achieve because all of us has got burdens and responsibilities which we cannot let go.. The responsibility to support our parents, the commitments to our partners and in time to come, your own children which we cant and are unable to let go.
Anyway, I am drifting too far away from the main topic. Ting Ting has to join her family for a short dinner so the rest of us decided to go to this nice place for drinks. I suggested Villa Bali and we went to the place. On our way there, I was not too familiar with the roads but I know it is near old SAJC. So Shi Hui realized that we just passed the gate and Ruyi decided to make a U-turn at a road junction. Upon the U-turn, we saw an oncoming car from far ahead. Nevertheless, we decide to make the turn. We turned very slowly, keeping ourselves to the most inner lane. However, this stupid male driver just decided to step on his accelerator and speeding while he was on his second lane. When he realized that we were turning, he purposely drove very very near to us just to provoke and show us that he is angry with us making a turn at that point of time. I swear that he has the time to react accordingly.
Either he could have gone a bit slower or he could have shift to the 3rd lane! That asshole simply drove so near to us that if we wind down the windows, I can put my hands out to slap both sides of his cheeks! We kept staring at him and he decided to do a ridiculous stunt. He quickly sped up and cut in front of us. Straight after he did that, he stepped on his brake hard and luckily, Ruyi is attentive enough to brake hard too. If not, we would have banged right into his car. This is the first time I have ever seen such a rude, ungentlemanly, petty and loser driver. Somemore, his car is only a VIOS. First time, I ever see a guy driving a VIOS and still so aggressive. Hello man, you are not driving a super car. He drives as if he can’t wait to queue for his next life. I am sure what we did, did not put him in danger or hazardous to any drivers. I still remember the car though. It is a black VIOS with car plate S** 7044 T. Cannot stand it.. It is just one of the ugly sight of Singapore drivers being so impatient and rude.
Anyway, forgetting about him, we had a nice time cursing and swearing behind his back. It is still nice to meet up once in awhile. As usual, I am the super complain queen and my friends are always the sweet audience listening to me. Sometimes, I realized that I am complaining most of the time because there isn’t really much to talk about unless you talked about philosophy, stars and constellation, world news and conservation? I guess not many people will talk about such topics. So when we make complains, we make some conversations and it is a way to see how people treats and reacts to your complaints!
thinkin' of you at ... 4:49 PM
28/04/07 The Wedding Proposal
Day 2: We woke up as early as 630 am because Dear’s mum really wake up damn early.. she keep calling us and we just got to wake up.. we bathed and had breakfast at the hotel.. their breakfast was unusual as it consists of plain porridge, vegetables, ham and eggs, some canned like food like braised peanuts and glutton… but it was quite nice.. we are ready to set off for our next destination.. As we have the parents around, it was uncomfortable to bring them to amusement parks so the trip became very much of sightseeing and shopping and eating.. we asked the hotel counter and she provided us with some destinations to go.. I had planned to go North today.. So we will go to Yang Ming Shan then followed by Dan Shui and we will ride home.. The lady told us to take a bus 260 to Yang Ming Shan… Our first time taking the local bus.. Their buses have fewer seats, unlike Singapore.. You need to know when to pay for the bus fare.. The simple rule: the bus driver has a red sign board above them. The sign board will read: Boarding pay, Exiting pay.. So when you board the bus and you see that the sign is alerted, please tap the easy card or pay in exact cash. When you board the bus and the sign is not alerted, you do not pay at all.. When exiting and the sign is alerted, then please tap your card. Otherwise you do not need to tap..
We walked around Yang Ming Shan…The park is really big… but it was a bad weather to make our way there as it was getting cloudy and a storm is brewing.. While waiting for a bus to finish up the Yang Ming Shan tour, it started to rain cats and dogs.. we went to hide in a shelter which was right beside a small museum to show the development of Yang ming shan.. The highest peak is the 7 Star mountain which is almost impossible for normal people to climb up as it is rather slippery and wet at the top.. we had a meat dumpling.. I shared one with my dear dear.. it was nice! After that, we quickly waited for the bus to bring us down to the foot of the mountain…it was very packed but the skilled driver make it a short and fast one.. Well done! At the foot of the mountain, we were heading towards our next destination and that is Dan Shui Lao Jie.. it is at the end of the Northern Metro line.. quite far but we planned the journey such that we will cover all directions in 4 days! Upon reaching Dan Shui, we once again saw the all familiar food streets..selling about the same thing and all of us had too much junk food in the stomach.. I am so excited about going to Dan Shui especially the Lovers’ Bridge… Chris told me that the bridge is beautiful and romantic!! Hahaha
We walked around the streets .. had bubble tea, cuttlefish, cuttlefish balls and played some games before we decided to head towards the jetty for our boat ride to Dan Shui.. It was quite near to the Fisherman’s Wharf.. I wanted to try the famous Ah Gei..but cant seem to find it and I got to give it a miss! We came to Lover’s Bridge.. itz a very simple structure.. not really fantastic but itz a different bridge afterall.. we had a walk along the bridge and decided to settle at a seafood restaurant for our dinner before we call it a day.. the food was delicious.. I can still vividly remember that the waitress asked dear’s mum if I am the youngest daughter and she commented that I am a pretty girl..haha dear’s mum responded saying I am the girlfriend and the waitress couldn’t believe that I am more than 18 years old.. *flattered* haha
We took more pictures at the Bridge and had started to walk back to the jetty for our return.. Dear stopped me and said, “huh, what a waste to just walk along the bridge and go back.. why not we just stay awhile more on the bridge?” so I said ok and I was wondering when did my Baby become more romantic.. haha anyway, after saying that, he asked his parents to take a seat at the end of the bridge if they were tired.. so they did.. while we were staying on the bridge enjoying the breeze, dear dear asked mi if I remember the day he forgot to bring my passport.. and I said yes I did.. so he asked mi if I know the reason why he has forgotten.. and he started explaining the fact that he was hurrying to buy mi that.. he held up his hands and exhibit a diamond ring on his fingers.. I was so surprised and yes, I am elated.. However, in my heart, I still cant help but think that he treats his parents more impt than I do.. he popped the question.. “ Will you marry me?” and I said, “ before saying anything, what’s my position in your heart?” obviously, he said number 1.. I told him that u said it and u must do it.. make sure I am always number 1.. that’s his first promise to me..I nodded my head to his proposal.. and we kissed.. hmm…slightly out of my expectations with no flowers and kneeling.. but anyway, his sincerity is enough to overcome that.. he wanted to propose to mi on our anniversary , 29th April.. exactly one year since we have been together… but he cant missed the beautiful Lovers’ Bridge.. and so it was 364 days since we are together.. we have been through not a lot..a year is short..but sometimes, the length of time is not everything.. I guess both of us are comfortable with one another and we want to live together to share our lives..most importantly, we found the most important person who meant the world to each of us..
His parents obviously knew the plot and they were smiling when they saw mi… dear dear says I am not supposed to take down this ring no matter what.. he joked and asked mi , what happen if someone blows up this bridge.. I say I will protect this bridge because it is our bridge… haha although my ring is smaller than what most girls will have for their proposal ring, I am at times satisfied that it is the man I am marrying that matters to me the most.. dear dear says this one is only for now and he will buy mi a bigger one when he has got more money next time.. hee
We took a ferry back and head back to hotel as we are all tired from these few days of walking.. haha..
thinkin' of you at ... 5:00 PM
27/04/07
Day 1: All of us were excited about this trip.. Dear dear and his parents will be leaving for Taipei first.. taking SQ flight departing at 810.. all of us wake up early for the day and I wanted to see them leaving the house before I get back to more rest.. his father was shocked to realize that I wasn’t taking the same flight as them.. but I assured him that I will be fine there and not taking the same flight because I need to clear off some work in the morning.. so I went back to sleep until 9 plus..
I woke up to send some emails to my boss so that everything is handed over properly. I went for breakfast and started counting down for my turn to fly.. I took a cab to the airport and waited for my turn to board the plane.. I am alone.. I preferred to be on the plane alone.. although you may feel lonely at times but I still feel at ease when I am boarding the plane alone.. I took EVA airline and the aircraft was a Airbus 340. The stewardess were very nice.. On the aircraft, they make announcements in 3 different languages mainly Hokkien, English and Mandarin.. First time I heard announcement in Hokkien. The food was nice and the trip was only 4 hours plus.. Not too bad.. At Taoyuan International Airport, I forgot to fill in the disembarkment form.. Fortunately, a nice auntie helped me to queue up while I went to take a card and filled it up.. I sms dear dear to say I have reached and he gave me directions to take the connecting bus to go to Taipei… It was kinda fun to be in Taipei..On the way to Taipei, I saw a lot of betel nuts babes.. Some wore very skimpily.. in fact, most of them does.. I wonder if the young generation in Taipei still chew on betel nuts.. I was afraid to miss the stop and in the end, I did pressed the bell at the wrong stop.. I thought I could have just missed it but the driver was shouting and refused to drive off.. So I walked down the upper deck and told him that I pressed the wrong bell.. He was not very friendly to me at all.. He asked me to check properly next time before I pressed.. It was so embarrassing.. The bus ride took me about 45mins and I finally got off the right stop.. Looking around and not knowing what to do, suddenly someone hugged me from behind.. It is my darling.. haha he offered to take my luggage to the hotel first while we will go to Shi Lin night market as our first stop! They had a lot to eat since the afternoon they were here.. Mark brought them to Long Shan Temple.. Travelling was convenient in Taipei with their advanced metro technology.. The train stations are very similar to Singapore so I am sure most of us can make our way around the place with the metro…
We first arrived at Zhong Shan Jie Yun Zhan which is near our hotel and bought our Easy card..it has a value of 200 (NT) and 40 NT deposit fees.. you can use it for bus and metro and get some discounted traveling.. So much like Singapore Ezlink card.. We were so excited about our new destination and his parents told me that they have been eating junk food since arrival.
We went to Shi Lin nightmarket.. The first thing we had was a drink.. I had Bubble milk tea and dear dear ordered a Jelly beancurd with grass jelly.. it did not taste as good as they show it on TV.. then we move on to look at some snacks.. there are so many little food stalls in the whole night market.. but the food they sell were about the same. So we decided to settle at one stall to try their oyster omelets.. It is different from Singapore because it is less crispy more oily and had a peanut-chilli sauce upon serving.. They also include vegetables into the omelette as well.. Then we had also a Sheng Chao Hua Zhi which actually means Squid soup.. the soup was very thick and a lot of cabbages in it.. the squid were actually big and tough.. hence, not easy to chew on it.. we then went around and saw a biscuit shop selling peanut snacks… we bought quite a few back so that we can give to our family and relatives.. almost reaching the end, we bought a Hong You Chao Shou (Meat dumplings in red chilli oil).. Itz superb.. very nice.. along the way, we also smell a lot of rubbish chute –like smell.. itz actually the famous Chou Dou Fu (smelly beancurd).. but the smell really puts u off… dunno why so many Taiwanese love it.. Dear tried one and said it feels like eating warm rubbish.. haha so I dun dare to try after he said tat.. we walked along the streets , bought fruits to chew and a lot of things to see… there are more food stalls along the way.. I guess Taiwanese are really fortunate coz they have got big markets like these to walk around…really crowded.. haha after that, we called it a day and decided to go back to hotel for a rest..
We stayed in a 3-star hotel called Rosemary Hotel.. Itz in a red-light district and some ktv pubs around the area but at the main road, it is where the major shopping centres are.. the Taiwanese girls dressed up themselves and really a pleasure to just look at them.. They are very friendly people and love to help people a lot.. Mi and dear dear stayed in one room and his parents stayed in the other.. hee 2 person’s world.. should have brought my mum along so that she will be able to have fun with us too…
thinkin' of you at ... 4:59 PM
the day before we fly to taipei...i was very disappointed with him..nearly want to break up with him liaoz..coz i told him to pick up my passport while i was at work...i waited for him 2.5 hours while he was happily playing LAN games with his friends at Katong straight after work on thurs.. i am flying on friday mar.. Finally he was done and he say go home...wa kaoz..i haven eat dinner lehz..so i ask him if he eaten and he say yes he did.....the flames started burning...so when we were on cab, i ask if he go to my house to pick up my passport and he say he forgotten abt it... wa liaoz...i scold him and say whatever he ask mi do in office, i do it as my first priority but how can he do this to mi when i ask him to do things..the night before this i also argued with him coz i feel that i am planning taipei and wedding alone...like i am getting married alone...taking a single flight to and fro from taipei was already too much for mi to bear... and now he even wants to make mi feel that i am going there to travel alone..i was crying and he dun even bother...partly becoz i gave him bad attitude...and i demanded him to do his research...he says ok ok he will do everything from now..but i was not calculating abt how much i am doing...itz the involvement.. so I am already very upset... while we were on the cab, i continued asking him what did he do for the whole afternoon then? he say he did nothing...ask him if he went to singaporebrides.com website to do research...he say he tot i already settled everything.. i ask him if he washed the clothes, he say he nv wash coz i didnt ask him to.. i shoot him and say does it matter if i tell u wat to do and wat not to do since u wun do it anyway? i was really upset with his attitude... i went home to pick my passport with him and secretly told my mum while we were in the room and started crying...my mum again tried to dissuade mi from getting married... wa kaoz... my mum is the only mum in the world tat will nv ask her daughter to get married... so how u feel if u were me...he ask mi why i look like i was crying at home... i ask u him, do u noe why i am angry that u forget abt my passport? he say yes he know coz it shows that he wasnt concerned abt mi... wa i was tinking..u win liaoz...u noe abt it and u still do it.. he say he love mi on the bus...all i noe is i am disappointed and i shoot him saying.. u only say say..u dun mean it.. he was really upset then...
thinkin' of you at ... 4:57 PM
7th Dec 2006
Today is Ah xi’s birthday…my third sister…so I meet my dear dear first before I went to meet her at Tampines Interchange..Wanna buy her a watch as a birthday gift…time flies fast…she is 21 years old this year…hee…my beloved little sister…though she can be quite bad-tempered at times but she is the nicest and the most cool gal I ever will see and praise…she is pretty , tall , slim and smart..what more can she ask for?? Haha…I noe she is having a hard time to cope with her studies and getting pocket money…hmm..i am trying to earn as much as I can but unless I do sales, if not, my salary will be capped… haiz… time and money..which one should I choose?? Anyway, dear dear was very nice..he went with mi and ah xi to choose her bdae gift..it was then we saw a really nice watch for men… It is Seiko Criteria… Dear has got good taste ..he likes the limited edition with a black metal strap … this watch is really useful becoz it can tell world time..relevant and helpful to his work..but it was kind of ex… I knew he really like the watch so I have made up my mind to buy for it…that is the only thing I can afford with my pay now.. haha then we went to shop for a chocolate cake for ah xi..she went to eat dinner with her friends and will be back for the cake cutting with us at home.. so dear dear paid for her cake as a bdae present for her… hee… my dear is so sweet and thoughtful.. so we had dinner at home and Mum cooked tonic soup coz I told her my dear having backache so mum wanna cook some tonic for both of us…eh.. sounds like we are married right?? And we are going home to visit my mum?? Haha … then while watching tv, dear dear’s sister called to get keys from him coz she forgot to bring her one..in the end, dear dear didn’t get to cut the cake with my 3rd sis…I brought home some cake for him to try.. haha..
8th Dec 2006
Today I finally went to Hog’s breath for dinner with Choon Kit, Chris , Sze Keat, Phyllis, Wai Kit, Kaifong and Weixing!! Haha our ME gang gathering…always enjoyed their company..i ordered a salmon coz I did not want to eat beef… though it is well known for beef and steak… haiz… dear dear says their steak is the best… but I guess when I come with dear, then I will eat steak.. haha so while I was having dinner halfway, dear dear called and ask if I am coming home.. I thought I was going to be home soon so I said yes.. anyway, he wants mi to buy food for his mum… haiz.. I feel like a daughter –in-law now… then on the way while weixing sends mi home, dear keep calling to ask if I am coming home..saying that his mum wants her food…I was rather pissed coz I was very tired from work and after dinner with my frens..and yet still got to run errand..since I am already running an errand, I thought it wouldn’t be nice to rush mi like tat… later I realized that it was Sharmaine rushing mi… haiz…this little girl..i dunno what to do abt her… she is rude, naughty and not tat cute afterall… haiz.. I hope my daughter next time will not be like her..if not, I will go to grave 10 years earlier… anyway, her presence made mi think twice abt having a kid of my own in the future…haiz.. mi still not quite willing to share my dear dear with my kids… haha
14th Dec 2006
Today I meet up with June for dinner… initially I asked dear dear to come.. last minute, dear dear called mi and said he didn’t want to come.. I was quite disappointed but I didn’t wan to force him to come if he doesn’t want to… so I waited at cityhall mrt station for june.. Suddenly I saw this very familiar face in the crowd…haha I realized that it was dear dear.. he is so cute to give mi a surprise… I love him so much…feel a lot of warmth when I hold his hands…feel security when I am in his arms… so sweet.. hee…I love him so much…Dear dear had a burger and a fish and chips while I had a Alfredo spagetthi… it was so creamy and nice I tot.. haha June as usual, just had a sandwich..my dear friend is lacto-intolerance so she cant eat cheese..somehow the waitress did not hear her instructions and we got to change the order again… anyway, it was a nice meet up with June..after that, we went home and tatz the end of the day..kind of boring isn’t? u wake up early in the morning to work.. u started working when the day just break and u stop until the sun sets…and whatever time u left for ur family is so precious and little… wish I had more money and I can spend every single day with dear dear but tat would be boring too coz if u see each other too often, u wun get tat “absence makes the heart grow fonder kind of feeling..” haha..
15th Dec 2006
Dear dear has got 3 movie tickets and we decided to bring his nephew to go and watch a movie with us..he is 10 years old and haven been to a cinema so we decided to bring him out… we went to suntec city to watch the movie at Eng Wah… On the way to suntec city, I tried to talk to dear dear and get him interested in what I am saying…but he seems to be listening and not participating in the conversation…I always think that a couple should communicate more often as it is through communication , then we learn to understand one another…so I got fed up and kept quiet… he knew something is wrong once I clammed up… so he tried to talk to mi ..haiz.. so I tell him what I feel … he told mi that he doesn’t talk when he has nothing to say …and it is ok for silence in between us…but I dun like tat feeling when we got nothing to say to each other… dear dear doesn’t talk much sometimes.. anyway, I was ok after we stepped out of the mrt station…
Since we have got a kid with us, we wanna watch something cartoon..hahaha so we watched “Happy Feet”..heard many good reviews about tis movie..yup it is indeed a nice and heart-warming movie.. we had dinner at Suntec food court before proceeding to watch the movie…
16th Dec 2006
Itz been a very long time since I last met up with my 4E1 (sec sch) classmates… and I am glad that they organize a BBQ for a gathering…a lot of us have changed.. I didn’t see a classmate of mine…her name is Xiao hui..i used to think that she is quite a tomboy and wouldn’t get married so fast.. and now she is already a mother of 2…second one on the way…haiz… so looks can be deceiving when we are young and ignorant…another classmate of mine, Si yun has got married to another classmate of mine, Chung Khang.. expected..haha coz they have been together for a long time… feel happy for them!! So we had BBQ and I thought the BBQ costs quite a bit coz we need to pay 18 dollars for it..there was chalet also.. but I didn’t stay overnight.. I talked to Yuyun, Huiqing and some other classmates of mine..had a great time and glad to know everybody is doing well…
21st Dec 2006
Dear dear gonna meet mi at Central for dinner today…so I msg and asked him where he was before I reached the interchange and he told mi he was already there.. I called him and he said he was at TAKA Jewellery.. hmm… I told him I wan a bracelet so I think that was his purpose there..haha.. I told him I dun like citygems.. but the design I am looking for sells too ex in other shops like SK, SooKee and goldheart… so I guess TAKA fits the bill… anyway, I love the bracelet .. itz really nice…most importantly, he is the first one to give me such an expensive gift…normally, I am the one buying a lot of expensive gifts for my bfs…but I am glad that now I really find one who is caring and really loves mi with all his heart..
I remember when I was hospitalized in year 2003..i had a relationship with a guy … it wasn’t really clear between us if we were in a relationship..until when I was hospitalized and he decided that he wants to be with another girl..it was Christmas that year… and all I get from him was a walking stick candy from his office xmas tree to wish mi well…I will never forget how hurtful it was… to think that I actually meant nothing after doing so much for him… anyway, this guy is as good as dead in my mind…I only care about a person now and tatz my dear…
Anyway, we had dinner after buying the bracelet and a company called mi... I applied sometime earlier to be Conference Producer..not too sure what I need to do but I guess itz different from my jobscope now… a bit tired of my job… so I immediately went to dear dear’s place to show and discuss with him abt the job prospects… dear dear asked mi if I sent my resume and I say I did… he was angry..he say my resume was like shit and how could I just send that thing so hastely… oh my god… Buddha also will get angry if u say his scriptures are like shit loh.. so I got angry then dun wan to tok to him..he asked mi if I am angry… I say no.. then he kip nudging mi but I ignored him..he walked out of the room with his eyes and nose a bit red… I looked at him and I felt so guilty for making him angry and sad…. I apologized and told him abt it… so he knew he was at fault for not being tactful…. Anyway, we were fine liaoz..haha
thinkin' of you at ... 4:13 PM
I am a simple person,fun loving and hope to live happily everyday and every single moment...
I Like Freedom...
I Hate Hypocrites!! Stay Away from me!!
I always believed that we live our lives to fulfill our dreams and to seek the person we love most on earth and be together forever..
just like Altair and Vega..
I seek for true love on earth but kind of disappointed with this journey as true love seems non-existent...
Everyone of us should live with Dreams..
Itz our Dreams that make us different from all Other Living Creatures..
Itz Our Dreams that Make Our Lives Meaningful and fulfuilled...
Start Your Imagination Wild now..Because Dreaming is Free!
Dare to Dream, Dare To Fail..
Live Your Life The Way You Want It Because It is Your Life ..
We Live Once so Live it To The Max!
.:. My Likes .:.
I Like My Life...
I Like The Seas and Oceans...
I Like BMWs and AirBus 380...
Most Importantly, I Love My family and my close friends who have supported me always ..Never giving me up and be my listeners..
.:. My Hates .:.
I Hate Lecherous Guys!! Be Sorry if you are disrespectful to Gals in front of Me!!
I Hate Brinjals and Cabbages!!
I Hate Flying Cockroaches!!
I Hate Myself Without Dreams and Be Negative!!
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