Reflections (",)

First Chinese New Year as Mrs Chua

2012-01-25T17:37:00.005+08:00

初一：
For the first time in my 28 years, I did not have to wake up super early as J's family leave the house only by 10am.
The first stop is the Guan Yin temple at Katong area. J's family have the tradition of lighting the candles to pray for good luck for the new year. The colours of the candles are according to the Chinese Zodiacs.
We went to Serangoon next, J's paternal grandma's house for lunch and to 拜年。Second house we visited was in Balestier, J's 老叔。 The third place we headed for was J's lao gim at Chai Chee. We went to J's maternal grandma's place for dinner and 拜年。

初二：
We visited J's 二舅's place in Seng Kang, followed by J's 美丽阿姨's place in Bishan. We 捞鱼生 during lunch at 美丽阿姨's place. The third stop for J's maternal relatives was our house but as we had to go visiting for my side, we left first. We went to Queenstown 老婶's house first, followed by Eunos 大舅's place to visit 外婆。Dinner was at my parent's place. Watched 《恋爱恐慌症》before leaving for our place at 8+pm.

As it's our first year as a newly wedded couple, we actually received 红包 from the relatives. We did prepare 红包 for our 4 grandmothers, both parents as well as the 2 brothers and sister. Next year, we will have to prepare 红包 for the kids as well.

初三：
Went back to school in the morning for the CNY celebrations. Had lunch with some of my CL colleagues and J at Parkway Parade Central. Went to buy my iPhone 4S as I can renew my hp contract. Chose the 16GB white coloured version. Am no longer belonging to the endangered species of people who don't own an Apple product. Managed to buy the last OPEN将 jelly from Cold Storage. Super happy to find it! =D

《爱到底》

2012-01-23T01:33:00.003+08:00

蔡太太的第一个除夕：
- 帮蔡妈妈摆了全部的桔子
- 帮蔡妈妈炒了她拿手的糯米饭材料（猪肉，香菇，虾米，蒜头）
- 把新年的小吃装好在各别小罐子

吃了丰盛的火锅晚餐，和老公一起回娘家一趟，把糯米饭和白肚鱼送给爸妈。
想吃 Udders 雪糕，但它没开店，所以去了 Haagan Dazs.
买了二手的DVD，守岁时，看了《爱到底》。这部电影有四个小故事，最喜欢九把刀导演的第一部。

今年是水龙年，我们回家不久下了好大的雨。
希望这两天去拜年，天气会晴朗。
希望龙年会带给大家健康和幸福。

Tis' the season to be shopping...falalalalalalalala...

2011-12-22T11:38:00.002+08:00

Shopaholic Lai is back...miss the exhilaration and adrenalin rush from shopping...Previously, Shopaholic Lai restrained herself and went "cold turkey" to save $$$ for her wedding.

Now, when the Xmas season is here and Chinese New Year is round the corner, she decides to furnish her wardrobe with new clothes. The festive sales also helped to attract her to the stores...have spent 3 days this week shopping and counting...=P

Sunday: Shopping in Orchard with Teddy Chua
Tuesday: Shopping in Somerset with Mum & sis, Shopping with Teddy Chua in Orchard
Wednesday: Shopping in Tampines with Yifen
Thursday: Shopping in Tampines with Beryl, Grocery shopping in Marine Parade

"Sherlock Holmes- A Game of Shadows"

2011-12-22T01:47:00.000+08:00

Caught this movie with J & his colleague, Gar Lun at the new I12 Katong GV cinema. Am quite impressed by the way the movie was filmed. Like the plot of the movie as well. =D

Sleepless & amused...

2011-12-19T02:21:00.002+08:00

Sleepless nights have somehow creeped back into my life...missed chatting with my sis when we can't sleep...now, I get to be amused when my hubby sleep-talks...

2 nights ago
Him (sits up halfway): "Have you gotten the shake?"
Me: "Huh? What shake?"
Him: "Those selling at the push-cart stalls..."
Me: "Huh? What are you talking about dear? I don't understand...what shake?"
Him: "Nevermind." ~ snores...
Leaving me totally baffled...next morning when I questioned him, he says he doesn't remember...

Tonight: "Ehm...Just give me a light coffee." ~ snores...

Surely, tmr morning when I ask him abt it, he'll not remember a thing...=P

"With this ring, I marry you."

2011-11-27T23:17:00.002+08:00

My marital status is no longer "single" but has become "married" since 24 November 2011...=D

Trying to get used to being addressed as "Mdm Lai" & "Mrs Chua" (sound so old... =S)

Very grateful that everything went well on our wedding day. Thanks to a very efficient and helpful team of Brothers & Sisters, my cousin Ah Xiong Kor who helped with the whole day of photography, littleredants for the videography, my cousin Ah Cheng Jie who graciously lent us her BMW as our bridal car, all the relatives who helped in one way or another, Meritus Mandarin hotel team & a very nervous Teddy Chua Momo.

Though I was also nervous about the first march-in and the second march-in (thinking how best to enter the banquet hall and be on stage without tripping on my gown)...I tried my best to contain my nervousness as I wanted to calm Teddy Chua more...he was practically shaking as we stood outside waiting for our second march-in as there's the speech on-stage which we'll deliver.

The photo-taking for 51 tables of guests also went according to schedule and our wedding dinner was able to end by 11+pm.

I suppose the adrenaline & happiness of the whole day sustained me. Tiredness hit me only when we got back to the bridal suite as Teddy Chua's JC council friends insisted we drank a beer and probably red wine concoction. It was lights out ard 2am as I had to shower and remove the make-up before having the extra late dinner.

Frankly, there were a few moments where I almost teared but I remembered my Dad's words to me: "No matter what happens on the wedding day, you are to keep your smile and not cry or lose your temper...everyone will be watching you." Moreover, the make-up artist keep saying that due to the fake eyelashes and make-up, I'm not to cry at all...so when I felt the tears coming, I contained them which is quite a feat considering how easily I cry when I watch movies or feel touched...=P

Looking forward to see the video and photos of the actual day. ^_^

Trepidation to Exhilaration

2011-11-14T23:42:00.001+08:00

After months of waiting and an unsuccessful Open Posting school transfer, trepidation creeps in...keep telling myself not to have high hopes due to the fear of great disappointment...just plan for the worse that if the transfer is unsuccessful, I'll have to take 3 buses to get to work.

Finally, heard from a colleague that the Closed Posting results will be revealed tomorrow. Was trying to check my work email before I sleep when I saw the email notification of posting results. The same anxious feeling when checking NIE Exam results online gripped me...still, I've got to know...hence I clicked on that attachment...

The transfer is successful!

Though I'll miss my colleagues at my current school, but a huge wave of relief overcame me. I'm spared from the gruelling daily travel...

Next step would be to adapt to a totally new environment...fresh start to 2012...

1 week apart...

2011-10-08T23:49:00.002+08:00

Sent Teddy Chua for his business trip with his parents at Changi Airport. Will be the 1st time Teddy Chua is away frm me for 1 week. 12 hrs time difference as he is in Washington D.C. , will 'survive' with sms...Soon, he'll be back and I'll be at the airport to welcome him home. =)

Children's Day Birthday

2011-10-07T23:52:00.002+08:00

Feeling very blessed to enjoy my birthday on Children's Day. It's the first year that MOE decided to allow the 1st Friday of October to be Children's Day holiday and it falls on 7 Oct this year. I woke up much later and spent my day playing Facebook, thanking all well-wishes and completing a project report.

By evening, it was time to set out to meet Teddy Chua for my birthday dinner treat. It was pouring quite heavily and I was running late as I got carried away doing my report. Luckily, Teddy Chua was patient enough to wait for me (think i was abt 15min late). We went to Bugis, Hotel Intercontinental, where he treated me to Japanese food. We walked to Bras Brasah to check out a book store but it was already closed. The slight drizzle added a romantic feel to the after-dinner walk. We walked over to artichoke, at Sculpture Garden but it was a full-house.

We went back to the lounge area in Hotel Intercontinental where Teddy Chua insisted on getting a mini birthday cake for me. The pianist was very observant and when the cake was served with a single lit candle, he immediately played the birthday song before resuming his original piano piece. Though Teddy Chua is tired out from work, his efforts to make me happy on my birthday is much appreciated.

I got home and sis gave me a handmade letter with our photos and a red packet...Thank you all dearies...i feel very loved and blessed to have all of you in my life. =)

Birthday celebration 2011

2011-10-01T23:37:00.003+08:00

Celebrating my birthday a weekend in advance as Dad is going overseas for a business trip on the actual day. Mum ordered my birthday Black Forest cake from Pine Garden.

J gave me a handmade gift and a birthday card with a message that touched me till I teared...

He spent almost 6 hours at night to complete the gift!

Thank you my loved ones...I feel very blessed to be loved and cared for by all of you!

Trying out something new...

2011-10-01T02:01:00.003+08:00

After PSLE Invigilation and collecting my students' work back to mark, decided to try my luck to make a last min appt at Ang Mo Kio for a trial slimming treatment which I bought online some time ago. The centre was available and instead of the meridien massage which is more suitable for the older ladies, the therapist recommended fire cupping 拔罐 and infra-red rays to help with fat burning instead.

Was a little concerned as it's my first time trying this out and recently in Taiwan, a famous artiste, 齐秦 was badly injured due to a similar treatment. The therapist assured me since it's my first time trying it out, she will know how to regulate the temperature for me to experience it.

The therapist did acupuncture point massage to help break down the fats. She used a moisturising oil to soothe the skin before the fire cupping and infra-red rays begins. The session ended and I can see some of the areas having bruises, blue-black feeling...don't think I'll try it again *_*

Here's your chance to proclaim your love for him...say it.

2011-09-29T21:47:00.003+08:00

Dear Jason Teddy Chua Momo,

Thank you for taking the first step to ask me out and giving us a chance to experience the ups and downs in our life journey. Your love and efforts to make me happy can be felt and seen by myself and those around me. I know I have someone to motivate and support me and I wish to become your supportive half. I look forward to our life together as a married couple, beginning another phase and many other interesting chapters in our life from now on. I love you.

Hugs & Muacks,

Geraldine PandaKoala Lai

Mimolette: A special place in our hearts

2011-09-06T23:50:00.000+08:00

This is where we've spent our 1st Valentine's day.

This is where J proposed.

This is where we filmed our pre-wedding video.

This is where wonderful memories are created...

http://www.mimokitchen.com.sg/

Soon they will unveil the new look for Mimolette...restuarant will be renamed with new furnishings and menu.

We'll miss the old Mimolette but looking forward to visit them again.

Selamat Hari Raya

2011-08-30T23:11:00.003+08:00

Spent the day packing my things at Teddy Chua's place and trying to help prepare our wedding guest scrapbook. Was invited by Az & Roy to have dinner at Az's place in Tampines. Her mum made a lot of nice Malay food and it's been some time since I last ate delicious Malay home-cooked dishes. My fave is the beef rendang...sedap! The pandan tea also brought back nice memories of my YEP Surin days. Spent some time catching up with Roy & had fun taking photos with Az and her friends. =)

Another 2 mths has passed...

2011-08-30T11:45:00.007+08:00

Been so caught up with work and preparing for wedding stuff that I've not been blogging...here are some of the highlights...

Celebration of Teddy Chua's 30th birthday with different birthday gifts:

Loewe couple fragrance,
sports car cuff links,
handmade card,
dinner at "Sun with Moon",
drinks and dessert at "jones the grocer",
meeting up with his JC pals, Grace and Yan Xun for supper,
tickets to Korean Drawing show "HERO".

Wedding preparation:

Arranged for pre-wedding and actual day Videography with littleredants
Getting wedding invitation cards printed
Selection of our wedding photos, both Taipei and Local
Preparing our own scrapbook for wedding guests to write their well-wishes
Consolidating guest lists
Booked our Honeymoon trip at NATAS fair- changed destination frm Hawaii to Mauritius

Whenever friends ask "how's your wedding preparations?", i can only answer "taking things 1 step at a time" with a twinge of guilt as I was putting work as main priority during the hectic Term 3 period.

It's really quite a challenge trying to balance work and preparing for our wedding but thankfully, I am still "surviving" as I have my pillar of strength aka Teddy Chua.

HERO Drawing Show

2011-08-21T23:26:00.003+08:00

Went to Downtown East to catch the Korean Drawing show "HERO" with Teddy Chua in the evening. We went to a Thai restaurant for dinner and had some time to walk around before the show began at 8pm. It's been quite some time since I felt so relaxed. Prior to the show, we indulged in a Magnum ice-cream each and I felt that it was too sweet. Should have stuck to my decision to try Fruitare's new grape flavour popsicle.

I bought the show tickets as part of Teddy Chua's birthday gift and deliberately chose seats very near to the stage as I understand that for such performance, you won't enjoy it as much by looking at the big screens.

Once the show began, we were kept entertained by 4 very talented Korean performers. They could dance, do speed drawing and engage the audience with their humour. I was very impressed with their 80 minutes (no intermission) performance and felt that it was well-worth the $$$. The show began with a solo speed drawing of Guevara, followed by an action painting of a jigsaw piece of Michael Jackson by the 4 performers, a solo dust drawing of Bruce Lee, a solo speed drawing of a scenery piece with a Tiger, group performance of a rubik cube art piece of Superman, a pair performing light drawing of cupid with a couple, a group marbling drawing of underwater scene with marine creatures and mermaid, culminating with a marvelous 3 performers using speed drawing for the main characters in "The Three Kingdoms".

There was a photo session at the end but we decided to just catch a few snapshots of the art pieces as there were a huge crowd lining up to take photos. A sample of their talents:

"Captain America"

2011-08-05T23:48:00.003+08:00

Caught this film with Teddy Chua at Marina GV after having dinner at the relatively newly renovated Marina Square food court. I love the view from the food court. Great spot for taking NDP fireworks in air-conditioned food court.

Hectic May and June

2011-07-09T02:22:00.003+08:00

A lot has happened since I've last blogged...

At Work

May: Change of new timetable, getting to know more students, teaching new subjects, changing to new CCA timeslot, adjusting to the new work schedule...

June: Meetings, CCA sessions, P6 Intensive Programme and planning for Semester 2...

Personal Life

May: Learning more about Teddy Chua and his family during each interaction opportunities...

June: Getting excited about Taiwan June Bridal photoshoot & holiday with Teddy Chua, experiencing a totally unique and memorable Taiwan holiday trip, exhilarating and tiring local Bridal photoshoot, getting our "nest" ready...=)

Fun-filled Saturday

2011-05-09T18:38:00.007+08:00

After going to the Polling station early at 8:30am, I made my way to J's house and woke him up as his parents wanted to go cast their votes already. I waited at his house while they went out.

After lunch at home, we took SBS 10 to Vivocity as J's brother wanted to use the car. Along the way, we were discussing about where to live after we got married. Will try to apply for our own flat once we're married, hope we don't have to wait too long.

Upon reaching Vivo, we went to get our movie tickets for "Thor" showing at 6:40pm. Since the digital version provides sharper images without extra costs and we could get a better view, we bought the tickets. By using the VISA UOB card, we were able to use the express lane so the queuing time was shortened.

We went to The Soup Spoon to grab something to eat and drink as I felt hungry by 3+pm. We met an elderly couple sitting near us and I was commenting to J that they are the type that age gracefully. The old uncle was curious about what drink we ordered so his wife asked me since I was sitting closer to her, told her it's iced lemon tea and she went to order a bigger cup to share with her husband. =)

Headed to the second-hand bookstore to look for "Water for elephants" (currently a movie) but they didn't sell the book. Spotted "The Monk who sold his Ferrari" instead and bought it since I remember my ex-principal recommending this book.

We went shopping and I met my ex-student with her mum at one of the stalls selling handmade accessories. We went to check out the newly opened Uniqlo and there were so many people buying clothes! Managed to find the Cath Kidston blouse I liked and even another camera tee (actually a guy's tee but I can wear size S). Tried on a black dress and J thought it looked gd, he also chose 2 tops: 1 of Kewpie which I told him to get so we could wear the similar tees when we go out and 1 of dri-fit top so he could wear after his jogging trips.

Left the shop and went to check out Forever21 but didn't fancy anything. We went to Toys 'R' Us to see the gashapons. We tried our luck at one of the gashapons with Tomica toy cars, I managed to get the grey GT-R which we were eyeing after J tried 2 times. The capsule for the cars were also different frm the normal ones we see. Will prob try again the next time we see the machine.

Loved the "Thor" movie, felt that the plot was much better than "Iron Man 2" as they included romance, friendship, kinship and action together. Stayed till the end of the credits and saw a sneak preview to the next movie by Marvel: "The Avengers". "Captain America" will be showing soon and we planned to catch that as well.

After the movie, it was already 9pm, we went to have our dinner at Shin Kushiya. I tried the Beef udon but the Japanese noodles they used was like a smoother "meepok", easier to eat than the normal udon. J tried the chicken udon and we shared the grilled teriyaki cod fish along with the skewers platter. We also tried the Peach Chuhai and J seemed to like the cocktail quite abit. Headed to the taxi stand where we spent some time trying to call a cab as there were alot of people. Extremely happy and contented day! ^__^

Sleepless in Singapore

2011-04-24T07:42:00.000+08:00

Since Thursday night's episode of losing sleep, it happened again last night...could only manage 2 hrs of zzz for these 2 days as I was physically tired but mentally awake...quite frustrating when you want to rest but somehow your mind doesn't allow you to.

At least I managed to be more "productive" as I made use of the peace & quiet to do some work. Somehow with so little sleep, I can still function in the day...my sister was asking if i'm "eating battery" like the korean cyborg movie...maybe i've too much on my mind to get proper rest...

Physical exhaustion vs Mental exhaustion

2011-04-21T23:36:00.002+08:00

Last night after reaching home at 11+pm, technically, after a hectic work day and going out with Teddy Chua in the evening, I should be very tired and can enter dreamland quite swiftly. However, I couldn't sleep at all...I managed to get a shut-eye of about 2 hours only and decided to wake up for good to complete more marking.

Managed to function for the day and still could stay back in school to do more marking before lugging the remaining work back home for the long weekend. Tonight, the difference is more physical tiredness than before but still the mind is awake. Hence the blogging at this hour when I should be in dreamland. I hope this doesn't continue or Singapore Pandaclub manager's post will be reinstated very soon...can already see slight dark rings around my eyes...

Rio Soundtrack ♫♫♫ - Fly Love - Jamie Foxx

2011-04-14T00:23:00.000+08:00

Patience is a virtue

2011-04-10T16:41:00.002+08:00

Accompanied Teddy Chua for his haircut at SuperCuts at Siglap and saw this family bringing their toddler girl for her haircut...she's very smart and when she felt the hairstylist uncle come close with the comb and scissors, she wanted to turn around to stop him. Hence the parents have to try different ways to distract her and the hairstylist was very fast in cutting her hair. Besides a few frowns, the haircut process of about 25 minutes was uninterrupted. I thought the hairstylist was very skillful as he knew when he should stop, in case the child gets hurt by his scissors but at the same time he was able to complete the haircut quickly.

Lesson learnt: Next time when I have my own kid, have to find a very skillful hairstylist in handling children and have Teddy Chua with me to distract the child...or like what Teddy Chua said have to train the child to not make a scene in public, which I think is much more challenging...

Tanya Chua and The Cities concert

2011-04-09T23:55:00.002+08:00

Waiting for the concert to begin! =)

Tanya's special guest: Kit Chan!

Her dress actually shows photos of her trips to the different cities, love the cutting but the shoulder design...hmm...

I love this gown! It has a crossed back design too!

Sis was tasked to write an article for Lianhe Zaobao for Tanya Chua's first concert in Singapore and she has an extra ticket. She let me have the chance to go with her since Mum accompanied her for SHE concert before. Teddy Chua drove us to Mountbatten MRT station so we could take a train to Stadium, which was 1 stop away. We arrived there quite early and at the North Entrance, they were selling her CDs and there was a corner where Rock Records was trying to do some promotion. By filling in your details, they were giving away flashing light torches which you can use during the concert. They will update us if there are concerts coming up as well...quite a good idea to promote their own artiste.

After we sat down, I was checking my facebook and saw that my colleague was here with his wife too! We spotted them and soon after I posted on fb, he looked around and managed to spot us, we waved to each other too...so coincidental...haha. Before the concert began, we saw 王沺裁 seated just in front of us!

Her concert's guests were 陈洁仪 & 叶良俊. It's been so long since Kit Chan sang and she sang 《Home》 with Tanya and while Tanya went to change, she sang 《追》with the grand piano accompaniment by Jimmy Yap. It has been a long while since Jimmy performed...quite a pleasant surprise to see him.

There was a section where Tanya had musicians playing music with an Indian feel but she adapted popular songs like 《Umbrella》 by Rihanna and 《Pokerface》 by Lady Gaga which made it very interesting. Tanya also danced with a Broadway performer for 1 of her songs and it’s the first time I’ve seen her dance. She also played on 3 instruments, namely the guitar, piano and harmonica. She unveiled 2 of her new songs, one in English which is slated to be released as her next album and for the encore and ending song, 《下次见》, a Chinese song whose title aptly ended the concert. The last gown she wore at the concert was also my personal favourite cos it accentuates her figure and the cutting is very flattering. Besides her Chinese slow rock songs, she also sang English songs and even a French song.

The only imperfections of the concerts were the sections where she was nervous and made minor mistakes like singing the wrong lyrics for 4 songs and was late to start the song for 1. The lighting was also quite horrendous as there would be instances where she would be singing and the spotlight would shine into the audience’s eyes, forcing us to look only at the 2 wide screens at the sides. There was also an instance where the stage lights were dimmed so low that Tanya couldn’t see her guitar which she has to play to start the next song and she had to ask for the lights…

Overall, it was a pleasant experience as I’ve never attended a concert with my sister before and it’s been quite a long while since my first concert, which was the Andy Lau 1999 concert whose tickets were won. (The 2^nd concert was by 费玉清 where my sis and I felt very out of place cos my Dad just bought the tickets without letting us know first) Hope to go to the Fish Leong concert but have to see if Teddy Chua wants to have his first concert experience by a Chinese artiste. Photos taken from xinmsn.com

TRA

2011-04-07T23:08:00.002+08:00

After hearing from the bridal shop sales consultant and my facial therapist, decided to contact this consultant who promotes The Right Approach programme. Teddy Chua and I met her at Bras Brasah and did the analysis for weight and fats. After explaining to us about the programme, I decided to give it a go. For 3 months, I have to keep a food diary and with 2 normal meals a day with 1 meal of meal supplement, I have to down several different types of herbal capsules too...why did I decide to take this challenge? There's the urgency of the wedding photoshoot in June and the actual wedding day in November. Apparently, after stopping the programme the weight does not rebound back and the skeletal muscle would increase with a decrease in visceral and body fat. Have always been skeptical about eating products to lose weight but I guess I'm pretty much at my wit's ends. For Teddy Chua, for myself I will see if this programme works afterall...

Busy weekend

2011-04-03T23:55:00.000+08:00

Saturday: Followed my parents and sis to Mount Vernon to pay our respects to my maternal grandfather as it's the Qing Ming period. For lunch, we went to have wanton noodles where the waiting was much longer than the eating. Had to keep Teddy Chua waiting as he finished his praying with his family much earlier than me. Met him at Bishan and after buying a Kevin Kern music score book, we took the Circle line to Suntec city. Went to the MOE ExCEL fest to check out the exhibition as most of the classes are full already. They gave away a recyclable bag with a mug and after touring the exhibits where there were more secondary school projects, we left the convention hall. Walked over to Raffles City to start my hunt for the wedding heels. Went to Robinsons first and they were giving more discounts for members this weekend. Managed to get 1 pair from Vi Vie and quickly went to pay for it. Also got the silicon bra so that I can wear it for any strapless dress. We went to Tangs Studio next and found a pair of heels that looked quite normal but was quite nice after I've tried it on. Was hesitant to buy it but Teddy Chua insisted in getting it for me. Thank you dear! Went to Occasion next and tried on a black dress that looked quite good, found a clutch bag too but in the end left the shop without buying and Teddy Chua kept asking why i didn't buy it...tried on a few more gowns at Dress Sense but their gowns are super ex...the one I really like costs $999, rental would be $200+! Browsed around for the rest of the shops but didn't buy anything else. MOS burger was selling t-shirts to help raise funds for Japan. Wanted to buy a same design tee with Teddy Chua but they ran out of my size so we only bought 1 for Teddy Chua. Headed home around 8+pm and Teddy Chua was dead beat. After dinner, he just "concussed" on his bed and entered dreamland while I used his computer.

Sunday: Teddy Chua came to fetch me and we headed to Kovan to fetch Yifen as I've arranged to have lunch with her. We went to Suntec as she wanted to get a braun buffel pouch for her handphone. We went to Shin Sapporo Ramen to have lunch and the food is quite nice. Yifen kindly agreed to come along for my gown fitting and help give her opinions. Before we left the area, walked over to Raffles City, Occasion where I showed Yifen the dress and the clutch...she said both were nice and I bought them...this weekend spent alot of $$$. Today's gown fitting was much better as the girl kinda figured out my taste and could find gowns that are to my liking. The sales person, Helen was also around to help give her opinions. Yifen left around 6+pm while I continued to try the gowns. Managed to find 7 gowns which will be reserved for me...so happy! =D Teddy Chua also reserved 2 suits but hopefully they will have more the next time we visit as his size provided quite limited choices today. After having dinner at a nearby Korean restaurant, 2D1N Soju Bang, we headed home...very very tired...

Citibank Joint account

2011-03-30T21:59:00.000+08:00

After work today, Teddy Chua came over for dinner as we needed to sign a courier document. The document is for a joint account with Citibank which Teddy Chua thinks is good for us to start saving money. Initially, he suggested having 2 such accounts and I thought why not make it a joint account since by pooling our money together, we can get a higher interest. There was a section to state my relation to the main applicant and I asked Teddy Chua what to fill in...was thinking if there's such a thing called wife-to-be...haha...in the end, he asked me to fill in "wife"... Hmm...for the first time, there's a change in the status...have to get used to it i suppose...

"Red Riding Hood"

2011-03-30T19:05:00.003+08:00

Yesterday after work, i went to get tickets at GV Vivocity for "Red Riding Hood" before heading to PageOne to check out the books. Managed to find some travel books about Taiwan and spent my waiting time browsing through them. As I had Big Breakfast with sis in the morning, didn't take lunch so by the time Teddy Chua appeared, I was quite faint with hunger.

We went to Shin Kushiya for dinner as they were donating 10% of the bill to the Japan earthquake. Tried a prawn head miso soup, very nice...Teddy Chua loves the lychee martini with sake...think they made the drink very well.

Found a necklace with a small treble clef pendant at a shop that costs $13, decided to get it. We went to see the gashapons next and I got the new range of macaroons with animals, koala, bear, cat and dove!

GV came up with a Rio popcorn set and it comes with a tumbler with straw so decided to get it. The movie is very interesting. The female lead, Amanda Seyfried looks very good in the red cape and her two boyfriends look presentable too. By the time the movie ended, we were quite tired. Reached home by 12:10am.

Tappety Tap...tappety tap...

2011-03-29T11:18:00.001+08:00

Been trying to finalise and get the tapshoes for the students so that they can begin wearing them and get used to them. I actually dreamt of the shoes and students with the instructor saying that she's preparing a performance and how many students are needed. There were some students who quitted and we needed to find more to get the required number for the performance. (0__0") Today during the practice, the students got the new shoes which we ordered for them. They were excited to try out their new shoes and have to learn how to walk as quietly as possible with the tap shoes. They need to control their feet and not make so much noise. Tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap......

Great World City

2011-03-27T19:22:00.000+08:00

After having lunch with Teddy Chua's parents and mine with sis at Mao Xing Teochew Restaurant, headed to Dynasty travels to collect our air tickets. They made a mistake with the hotel booking so they will mail it to me.

Headed to Great World City next as I wanted to check out Dorothy Perkins. Intend to use the voucher my colleague gave which can get 20% discount on regular items. Managed to find a dress with my size that looks quite nice. I've been wanting to get something similar for some time but couldn't find a suitable dress. Got the dress for $60.80. A little pricey but it's all lace so find that it's worth it.

We tried to look around for ideas for my wedding footwear. Some of them look good but the heels are not tall enough. Need to get an evening bag so that I can put my handphone and wallet when I go for wedding dinners or to nice restaurants like Mimolette.

We saw a sparrow flying around in the 3rd storey, looking very lost. In the end, it just perched on the GV gold sign and rested. Looked so pitiful...hope it manages to find it's way out. Had Island Creamery's Apple Pie ice-cream while Teddy Chua had Banana ice-cream.

I bought a Japanese brand mascara which comes with a mascara remover. Quite interesting as normally people just use make-up remover. Will try it for the coming weekend with my contact lenses. ^_^

Acuvue Moist

2011-03-25T22:19:00.002+08:00

Saw that the site for disposable contact lens were giving away a free pair so decided to arrange for an eye examination to try it out. The optometrist told me I had very slight astigmatism and that contact lens won't help to correct it but just give me clear vision for the degree. Was advised to get Acuvue Moist as the lens are softer and won't give as much stress to the eyes and would not cause dryness. The optometrist taught me how to wear the contact lens and also how to take them out. She commented that I'm quite fast in learning how to wear and I was able to take the lens out on the first try. Since it's the first time I'm wearing the contact lens, I can only wear them for 4 hours to let my eyes adjust to them and not to stress my eyes out. Subsequently, I can increase the hours by 2 each time and normally the disposable contact lens can last up to 10-12 hours. The contact lens that can help enlarge the eyes costs more so decided to wait and see if I can get use to the moist lens first. By getting 4 boxes that can last me 2 months, I can waive off the eye examination fees and since there was a promotion, I bought the 4 boxes. Will probably wear them during weekends since I need to use the computer at work and it might create more stress for my eyes.

Observation

2011-03-23T18:50:00.003+08:00

Had my classroom observation by RO and VP for my P1 class this year. Went for the post-observation conference this morning and they were not pleased with the lesson. They said that I didn't meet expectations as the lesson was conducted in English instead of Chinese. My rationale was that the students were international students and when I tried using Chinese to teach them before, they couldn't understand. I thought that by using English, they would be able to follow the lesson and can learn the Hanyu Pinyin taught. Looks like my move was wrong. From now on, I will have to use Chinese to teach them even though they have difficulty understanding the language. They just have to get used to it and cope.

7th swim

2011-03-20T20:53:00.003+08:00

After 2 weeks without swimming, it's back to the pool again this morning. Did 22 laps and Teddy Chua commented that I'm getting the strokes correct now...getting more used to it. Lost 2.3kg since the first swim. We went to IKEA Tampines next to check out the wardrobe design and to have our lunch. Managed to get some ideas for our wardrobe before we headed for French Bridal at Tanjong Pagar to do the first gown fitting. Managed to choose 2 gowns out of about 12 that I'd tried. Still got to make another trip down to choose the gowns for the Taiwan photoshoot as well as the evening gowns.

Sun with Moon Wheelock

2011-03-18T23:54:00.002+08:00

Went to town with sis as she's meeting her friends there to celebrate her birthday while I'm meeting Teddy Chua. We went to Pacific Plaza first to see if we can send his adidas watch strap for replacement. In the end, the strap would costs $55 and have to wait 2-3 months...we decided that it's not worth it so headed to Sun with Moon Wheelock to get our dinner as the $20 voucher I got expires today. Got to wait for about 30 min as the restaurant's full. Both of us were quite hungry but we can only wait. Had sashimi, yakiniku kamameshi, agadeshi tofu and a dessert that is similar to creme brulee only milkier. Headed to Levis in ION for Teddy Chua to get his free tee and also to buy a pair of jeans at $50 off. Picked up sis at Hilton before heading home.

"Gnomeo & Juliet"

2011-03-16T23:41:00.000+08:00

Went back to school for CCA till 1pm. Shared the cab with the instructor and dropped her off at Tampines before heading to Teddy Chua's place. After lunch, we went to Suntec and was told that the adidas watch can only be sent for repairs at Pacific Plaza's Fossil shop. Went to redeem my Old Town coffee as I got an mms advert which allows me to get a cup for free. We were walking over to Marina Square when we were approached by a UOB staff to sign up for their credit cards. Teddy Chua decided to sign up for it and he gave me a supplementary card! Thanks dear! We thought that the Manhattan credit card was by DBS but it's by Standard Chartered. Teddy Chua signed up for it too. We went to buy movie tickets at Marina Square before going to see the kiap wa was. We tried for the cinamoroll and when that didn't seem possible, I tried for melody and it dropped to the side...cos the bottom was lined with fake grass, melody got stuck there. The person said it didn't count...must drop to the bottom...sheesh...so sickening! In the end, didn't manage to kiap anything. =( The movie was very cute and funny. We had a good time watching it. Went to Sushi Tei for dinner before buying the nice takoyaki home. Bought a share for Teddy Chua's parents too and his mum seemed very happy about it. =)

March holidays are here!

2011-03-14T17:26:00.001+08:00

So glad that the March holidays are here...though it's only 1 week but still it's a welcome break. Need to go back to school for tap dance on Wednesday but other than that, the rest of the days I'm free. Plan to pack my room and throw away or give away alot of stuff...luckily sis promised to help...Looking forward to 20 March as it's the first fitting for my gown!

Occupied Weekend

2011-03-02T20:09:00.001+08:00

Sat: After we had lunch at home, we went to NATAS travel fair at EXPO. Managed to book our flight tickets and hotel for June to Taiwan. A lot of flights are taken up already as it's the school holidays. We head to Sim Lim next to get the solar hp charger so that Teddy Chua can use during his outfield training next week. We went to Pan Pacific to have dinner at Keyaki but was told they had a full house, so got to wait for their call. We went to buy groceries at Carrefour first for his outfield training. Managed to go back to the restaurant at 8+pm to have a very nice Jap dinner.

Sun: Went to swim at SSC...it's our 6th trip there and I've lost 2.4kg since the first trip. We had lunch and headed home first. Around 4:30pm we went to fetch Jixin to go visit Shuying and her baby boy in Ang Mo Kio. Went back to Teddy Chua's place for dinner as he has to book in by 9pm.

Monopoly Millionaires

2011-02-21T21:57:00.000+08:00

After seeing Teddy Chua play the game twice, decided to try it out myself. Think the graphics are quite colorful.

Dad's birthday

2011-02-20T21:02:00.002+08:00

After protesting that I've no energy and my tummy is hungry, Teddy Chua still made me swim 20 laps. As it was already 4+pm and it was cloudy, I didn't get more "chao da" than before. Went to have a chicken pie and ice milo before heading to Beach Road to meet my parents and sis at the Teochew restaurant.

Chao Shan Cuisine serves traditional Teochew food. The food is quite tasty. Gave Dad an angpao besides the Kevin Kern CD for his birthday. Ate till I was very full...=P

The King's Speech

2011-02-18T23:59:00.001+08:00

Met up with Teddy Chua after work to head to Orchard. When collecting our movie tickets at Cineleisure, decided to try kiap wa wa and after 3 tries, I managed to get the Rilakkuma with a eye mask for $3! After having dinner at Sushi Tei, we went to Kino before going to coffee club to have a drink and play Monopoly Deal Transformers. Won 6-2...hehe...

The movie was quite interesting and thought that the main actor acted very well...very difficult to act as one who stammers when he can speak perfectly well...

Celebrating Grace's birthday

2011-02-16T23:52:00.001+08:00

Went to 313 Somerset to celebrate Grace's birthday with Teddy Chua and his friends. Chose the pink coloured rings I've made for her to decide as she mentioned during Sindy's birthday celebration that she likes pink. She chose the 3 small roses bouquet ring. We had dinner at the restaurant opposite Brotzeit and cut the cake at Charlie Brown cafe. Ordered a cappuccino and they decorated it with a woodstock design on the foam...very cute!

2nd Valentine's Day

2011-02-14T22:30:00.000+08:00

As Teddy Chua only slept by 3+am (he was busy making my Vday card), he woke up late for work and his foot was hurting so he went to see the doc. After work, I went to his place to pass him the porter backpack and also the letter card I've made. Teddy Chua got me a rose gold necklace with diamond heart pendant and his handmade card. The necklace and the cards were lovely. We were about to leave the house when his mum returned and she graciously offered her car for us to use as she's planning to have dinner with his dad outside.

We were early for the reservations at Sushi Yoshida. The quiet and secluded restaurant served authentic Japanese food but it's quite pricey. After a very sumptuous dinner, I was trying to find a place that served creme brulee...couldn't locate it and as we walked out of the restaurant, I decided to ask Bar Stop which was just beside if they served dessert. In the end, they did and they have creme brulee!!!

Teddy Chua tried the apple crumble while I got the creme brulee...for drinks, Teddy Chua had lychee martini while I tried the chocolate baileys...there was a live band and overall the experience was very nice...felt so happy and extremely contented...

Next step...

2011-02-13T23:02:00.000+08:00

After 18 degree meeting in the morning, I went to look for Teddy Chua at his place. While waiting for lunch, I saw an advert in the papers showing a wedding and travel fair at Suntec this weekend. Asked Teddy Chua if we should go take a look and he said ok. We went to the different stalls and after listening to 7 bridal shops, we were mentally exhausted. We narrowed down to 2 choices: Golden Horse Award and French Bridal. We decided to go home and do some research online to find out the reviews of the 2 bridal studios. In the end, French Bridal was our choice as their reviews are quite alright and I love their gowns.

On Sunday, after our swim (I lost 1.6kg since the first time I checked!) we headed to Suntec to sign the wedding package with French Bridal. We also decided on our wedding favors already.

The next step would be to confirm an auspicious date for the wedding banquet and decide on the number of tables before sourcing for a suitable hotel venue.

Our 1st Anniversary

2011-02-11T23:55:00.000+08:00

After work, I rushed down to Sim Lim Square to get the keypad for Teddy Chua as our anniversary gift. Managed to finish doing his card last night. After getting the Logitech gamers keypad, I headed to Wheelock to do threading at browhaus. Went to Newton MRT to meet Teddy Chua around 7pm.

We took a cab to Eng Neo Avenue. He made reservations at Mimolette but refused to let me know. He even decided on the dishes already so basically just sit down, relax and wait to be served. When we arrived, there's no one else at the restaurant and it was already 8pm. Quite a nice feeling to have the whole restaurant to ourselves...as if he booked the whole venue...haha.

The food was delicious and after finishing our dessert, we were thinking of where to go when the waiter came out with 2 champagnes, a bouquet and a ring box. I was pleasantly surprised that he made such arrangements. The waiter put the drinks down first and Teddy Chua took the bouquet to give me first. Next he took the ring box and then when he opened it, I was amazed to find a ring inside. The first thing I did was to ask: " What is this? Is this our ring?" He took it out and while saying yes, it's our ring, he got down on one knee and asked: "So, will you marry me?" I was stunned and with a wide smile I said yes! I hugged him and after a quick kiss, asked him to get up. We enjoyed the champagne while I questioned him how did he managed to pass the ring to the waiter and he also told me that he came by the night before to recce the restaurant. He wanted to ensure that we have enough privacy so he told the restaurant to close the 2 tables beside us and he even checked that he had enough space to kneel down...

After assuring me that he asked for my Dad's permission before (when I went to the restroom during the Lei Garden Lunch), we decided to go back to my place to tell my parents about the proposal.

"The Fighter"

2011-02-09T23:59:00.001+08:00

After work, went to PS to buy movie tickets for "The Fighter". Saw a new Korean restaurant so decided to try it. The beef bulgogi and ginseng chicken soup is nice. The decor of the restaurant is also very sweet. Teddy Chua noted that most of the patrons are female...haha, think the healthy korean food appeals to them.
Went to check out the price of Galaxy Tab cos was planning to get 1 for Teddy Chua as our anniversary gift. However, my hp contract is due only in June 2011, so we were unable to purchase and renew the plan now. To get the Tab alone would cost $900+ which is too pricey. Have to crack my brains now as to what to get him next. The MM's new book is an option but it's boring as a gift...
The movie was ok, not extremely fantastic but since it's based on a true story I suppose they couldn't dramatise it too much.

A different CNY

2011-02-07T10:38:00.004+08:00

Couldn't celebrate CNY this year as grandfather passed away last july...had a nice dinner on the eve of CNY then stayed up late to shou shui. For the first day, stayed at home to try to do my work but didn't really have the mood to do them, tried to get a nap but also failed...
Went to Teddy Chua's place on the second day to celebrate with his family. Played Monopoly Deal Transformers after dinner with his cousin and brother's gf.
On the third day, Teddy Chua met us at my house to go to the temple in Boon Lay to pray before we went to Sindy's house for the Chinese New Year lunch. They got a mobile restaurant to cook for their relatives and friends. It was a 8 course lunch and they were able to fit 16 tables in their house! Very impressive...it was a normal meal table that sits 10 or 11 adults...we went to Orchard next cos wanted to get the Valentine's Day gift for Teddy Chua. In the end I couldn't decide which brand of backpack to get him so had to get him to go see. Bought a porter brand backpack for him in the end. Bought a Jap magazine which gave away hello kitty earphones. I like the clothes and shoes featured in the magazine...will try to look for similar ones in Sg.
On the fourth day, went to have ng ah sio bak kut teh with Dad's taiwanese friends in the morning. Dad sent me to Teddy Chua's house and I had lunch there before we went to Funan to get his youngest bro's birthday gift. We bought a lenovo thinkpad from mc2. Had dinner at Singapore Swimming Club and tried the brownie cheesecake.
This year's new year is quite different but managed to get a good rest.

Bunny year is here

2011-02-03T00:24:00.003+08:00

Went to work super early, by 6:30am I'm in school already cos we got a concert to prepare. Everything went smoothly and by 10:45am I'm back at home. After lunch, packed my wardrobe and took a nap as I only slept about 3 hours last night. Had steamboat dinner with barbecued marinated meat and sweetcorn. Sis helped me apply Chanel nail polish...cherry pink colour.

Celebrating Sindy's birthday

2011-02-01T23:11:00.000+08:00

Went to Vivocity to wait for Teddy Chua who was taking a lift frm Yanxun. As the dinner place is rather far, at Alexandra, Yanxun offered to give us a lift. The restaurant is call hosted and the food is quite nice. Chose a purple rose ring I've made as a gift for Sindy. Luckily, purple is her favourite colour. Yanxun also drove Amy and myself home. Teddy Chua alighted when I reached home cos Yanxun was heading back to Serangoon.

Rainy weekend

2011-01-30T23:42:00.000+08:00

Met up with Peishi & Teddy Chua at Takashimaya's Tampopo for lunch. Charity and her husband were supposed to join us but Chat spoiled her hp so we couldn't reach her. Went to prologue to get “一个人吃太饱”。 The price is the cheapest there ($13). Went to Gustimo for ice-cream, we had black rice, green tea and white wine. The black rice ice-cream had a taste like bean.

Dinner was a treat by Teddy Chua with his family at Irodori Japanese ala carte buffet restaurant. The restaurant is located at River View hotel. The food was quite nice. Ate quite full...

We intended to go swimming on sunday morning but it was raining so just went over to Teddy Chua's place. Dinner was at Serangoon Gdns, Poh Sing Chicken rice. The new shopping complex had udders so we had ice-cream there. They offered pens for us to decorate the glass panes so we did some drawings.

劉德華-悟新少林寺電影主題曲

2011-01-28T18:19:00.000+08:00

Shaolin

2011-01-27T11:53:00.000+08:00

Went to Le Meridien to eat the Korean food for dinner with Teddy Chua. The owner is his JC classmate...didn't know that. Caught "Shaolin" at Plaza Sg and I thought the movie is much better than the "Phantom Flame". I like the view of the temple, looks very stately.

Burlesque

2011-01-20T10:51:00.001+08:00

Caught this movie with Teddy Chua at Cineleisure Orchard last night...I like the music in the movie, especially the song by Cher "You haven't seen the last of me"...

3rd trip

2011-01-16T14:54:00.000+08:00

Swam 28 laps today as there's alot of feasting going on for this week, with dinner at Outback on Friday with Teddy Chua's colleagues, sat buffet lunch with grandma & sis at park royal hotel, sat dinner at tung lok restaurant to celebrate Teddy Chua's Mum's birthday, sun dinner at seafood international to celebrate my Mum's birthday...lost 300g since the first time I weigh myself at the swimming club...slow process...

2nd trip to Singapore Swimming Club

2011-01-10T10:33:00.002+08:00

Went to Singapore Swimming Club for the second time yesterday morning...did 22 laps...2 with the float that we got on Friday, to train on kicking...tried the jacuzzi pool in the changing room as well. Woke up this morning to feel my upper back muscles strained...at least the arms and legs are fine...=)
P.S. I've lost 200g since last week...very slow process...

Determination...

2011-01-04T21:48:00.004+08:00

Just made a promise over the phone with Teddy Chua: 1 teh tarik per month...that's the limit...have to curb my teh tarik urges from now on if I want to slim down...on Sunday when I went to swim, there was a digital weighing machine in the changing room...realised I need to lose 20kg...yes...20...not 2kg only...so I've decided to go on a no rice diet...(im not a big fan of rice anyway) mainly vegetables, fruits and fish...minimum chicken...avoid other meats...hopefully with this new diet and swimming once a week can help to lose weight...i will stick to it!

2011 School Day 1

2011-01-04T18:37:00.002+08:00

Went to school in anticipation...going to see new faces in my P1, 2 & 3 classes...think too excited so got a slight headache last night. Took panadol and went to sleep, woke up fresh and ready for work.

After searching for students and settling some work matters, went back at 5:30pm...dead beat...need to rest early tonight to recharge my batteries...

Btw, today's Teddy Chua's father's birthday...sent an sms in the morning to wish him already. =)

Singapore Swimming Club

2011-01-02T17:48:00.004+08:00

After not swimming for at least half a year, decided to go swimming with Teddy Chua this morning...reached the club by 10am and by 10:25am, we were in the pool already. Swam till 1135am...and Teddy Chua made me do 20 laps!!! Never have I swam so much for the same time...couldn't feel my arms anymore...plus didn't have breakfast...so was burping air as I swam...... ( -___-")

In the evening, went to Kian Seng Restaurant at Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 to celebrate Teddy Chua's father's birthday. His actual birthday is on 4 Jan but we are having the dinner first. He didn't want to accept the ang bao I've prepared for him so will go to Robinsons to get him some vouchers so that he can go and buy things he want. Had suckling pig, crabs and a few other dishes...the suckling pig was very nice but need to order in advance.

Happy 2011

2011-01-01T11:05:00.005+08:00

Spent my first countdown with Teddy Chua & his JC friends with BBQ so there were lotsa food and great company.

Went to Orchard to collect the otahs we ordered for the gathering tonight. I went to Plaza Sg to find out if the film for the Gakken camera could be developed. The film was all exposed so have to try again the next time. Went back to prize stage to collect my Rilakkuma nodding head (solar-powered) and decided to try to get the Korilakkuma nodding head. For a few times I was quite close to getting it but missed it by a little...so frustrating...but after some time managed to get it...don't ask how much I've spent...haha...decided to walk to CK Tangs to collect the otahs and thought the little rain would be alright since I had an umbrella but by the time I walked to the Istana, it was raining cats & dogs! Was drenched rather quickly despite having an umbrella...the rain was simply too big. Quickly collected the otahs and headed to Wheelock to try to get a cab since the queue at Lucky Plaza was horrendous. The otahs were already sold out and luckily I've made a reservation.

Teddy came to fetch me around 6pm and after getting some ice and ginger ale, we went to to pick up Justin and reached Sindy's place by 7pm. Had the chance to carry Jiaying for a while and even took a photo with her. She is super adorable...got the urge to ask her mummy if I can be her god-mother...haha...cannot be impulsive on such matters...

Reached home only by 2:30am...quite tired out...but it was fun.

证明

2010-12-30T19:48:00.003+08:00

当别人怀疑你的能力，你在工作岗位上的努力，你为机构的贡献时，怎么办？曾经被问道：“你真的对教书有兴趣吗？” 简单的问题，但是好伤！

如果我不想教书，我对这份工作没有兴趣，我为什么要花四年的时间在教育学院学习？我为什么在实习时，拼命地争取考官的认同？虽然说有些人，越挫越勇。但是我也是人。我也有感情。我也会受伤。个人士气好低落，好沮丧。

希望2011 年里，不会再有人怀疑我的实力。

我会证明给怀疑我的人看，我不会轻易放弃！

我是真的想好好教育小朋友们的！

"Meet the Parents - Little Fockers"

2010-12-29T23:37:00.001+08:00

Went back to school for meeting in the morning and had lunch with my CL colleagues as Waiyin gave us a treat at Serangoon Gardens Chicken rice restaurant. Took a bus and train down to Plaza Singapura to buy tickets to the movie. Went to check out the UFO toy catcher and spent about $20 to catch a Rilakkuma nodding head solar-powered toy. They didn't have stock so I have to return another day to collect it. Went to the photoshop too to see if my manual camera's film can be developed but as I've opened the camera before, the film might be exposed so just paid for a processing fee to see if the film can be developed first. Went to tcc to enjoy the afternoon by reading my book and iced summer waltz drink while waiting for Teddy Chua to arrive. Went to Thai Express for dinner and went back to the UFO toy catcher...saw that they added a new Rilakkuma and Korilakkuma toy in the same machine so decided to try. But no good luck anymore and wasted close to $50...=(

Kiseki lunch

2010-12-27T20:25:00.002+08:00

Went to Heeren to have a farewell lunch for my colleague, Dan dan who is transferring to another school. We went to Kiseki Japanese buffet restaurant at the basement. We paid $23 each and there were not alot of choices. Managed to eat from about 12pm to 2:30pm. Didn't stuff myself though cos there weren't alot of food I wanted to eat. The sashimi was quite ok. The hot pot was nice. Went to Far East with Celeste, Waiyin & Karn Nee to alter the neu look pants I got last week. Managed to find a miniature version Chloe perfume so I got it cos I like the bottle. =)

Busy weekend

2010-12-26T23:51:00.002+08:00

Saturday - Christmas gift exchange gift shopping at Orchard

Had lunch at Sun with Moon with Teddy Chua. Been sometime since we last went there. They had a special Christmas dessert which was very nicely decorated and tasted good too. For one of my dishes, there was a fine strand of hair on the veggie so I told the waiter about it. She informed the manager and he came to apologise. He offered us a free tofu cheesecake as compensation and also another additional 10% discount besides my card. We walked down Orchard Road to enjoy the Christmas decor and floats as they blocked the whole Orchard Road. We went to *scape to take a look at the flea market. There were very few stalls and it soon poured when we were about to leave the building. We decided to go to Cineleisure, ION and then head to Plaza Singapura. I went to check out the toy catcher machines in Cineleisure. Tried to get Rilakkuma small soft toy from the UFO machine. Managed to get 3 dolls after spending abit. Can't remember how many $1 coins I've used. When we went to Plaza Singapura, I had to check out the toy catchers again. Decided to try to get Korilakkuma cushion as it's at the big machines and it's $1 per try. After trying 5 times, I got it! So lucky! So happy!

Teddy Chua arranged to meet up with his uni friend who's coming from Australia. He's a Malaysian working in Sydney. We had a very late dinner at Serangoon Gardens at the Chicken Rice Restaurant. We also went for dessert so I had hot ginger dumplings.

Sunday - Qian Hu Fish Farm & gathering

Brought Teddy's friend to Qian Hu Fish Farm after lunch at Jurong Point's Ding Tai Fung Restaurant. He likes to keep fishes as pets so brought him there to take a look. Saw quite a number of sting rays and they are very expensive! 1 pair for $5000! Almost comparable to arowanas! After visiting the fish farm, we dropped his friend off at Sembawang before going back to get Teddy's gift for the gathering. We also went to Werner's Oven to get the Xmas fruit cake. Teddy got me a donut that is pretzel shaped. It looks good! Reached Eu's house by 6pm. Had KFC and Canadian Pizza for dinner. Played Monopoly Deal where Teddy was teaching those who were new to it. Tried Wii, Rabbitz games and it was quite fun and created quite alot of laughter. During the gift exchange, I got Yifen's gift which was a towel and post it notes. Teddy got a red remote control car. Went back around 1030pm...quite tired...

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

Christmas Eve BBQ

2010-12-24T23:13:00.003+08:00

Was invited by J's mum to go to their house for BBQ with my parents. We were the first to arrive as we had to collect the 50 sticks of otah we ordered from Lee Wee before 6pm. J was busy starting the fire and he had charcoal ash all over his arms and even tummy!

The cooking started around 7pm and there were alot of food. J passed me my Xmas gift and he got me to open it. It was the collector's set from Singpost. Sanrio's 50th Anniversary laptop bag and stamp set. I like the laptop bag alot but didn't get it the first time I knew it was available cos I remembered that the price was very expensive. The whole set is so pricey! $95 and yet he got it for me...feel so bad abt it...but luckily all 3 of his gifts: palachan black seal mouse, 1 sticker pad with his name and perfume amount to somewhere close. Went home around 9:30pm after eating quite alot. =)

Jalan Sultan Prawn Noodles

2010-12-23T16:41:00.002+08:00

Went out for lunch with my parents at Kallang area for prawn noodles! Haven't had that for some time as I can't eat prawns outside as I wish, if their prawns are not fresh, my finger infection will start and I will be at the mercy of the itchiness...so far this is the only place where I have a whole bowl of prawn noodles without having any skin allergy...

Headed to Ang Mo Kio after that as Mum needed to buy something. Decided to queue for KOI drink as I wanted to try their grass jelly. I was quite lucky as there's only 1 other person in front of me. After I've ordered, a queue started form behind me. The grass jelly with pearl milk tea is really very nice. Too bad most of the time need to queue for a long time for KOI. Reached home by 1+pm and I had to start sketching the design I dreamt of cos what Teddy Chua designed was quite different from what I had in mind...

Christmas Gift Exchange

2010-12-21T23:50:00.001+08:00

Went to Wendy's house to see Eileen's baby boy, Jayden. Gave him a pair of walking shoes which he can use when he is older. Wendy brought me to "peace of mind" near Clarke Quay to enjoy a Balinese massage. She treated me to it and after 1+hr, we walked over to Central.

We had lunch at Watami Japanese restaurant after going to her Art Gallery for awhile. Had a drink at tcc and chatted before heading back to her shop. I left Central close to 6pm to meet Teddy Chua and his Uni friends at 313 Somerset.

Managed to get a pair of working pants from neu look at $29.90. Need to alter the length of the pants myself though. We were deciding where to eat when we walked over to the directory. I closed my eyes and randomly pointed to a restaurant. Ended up at Hot Tomatoes. I tried their Lobster pasta which was quite ok though the serving was small. Rosie, Roy, Azlina, Teddy Chua and me walked over to Centrepoint tcc for the gift exchange. On our way, people were getting donations and Teddy donated $5 to get a mini Santa hat clip.

After 3 rounds of selecting, we managed to get the gift exchange done. I was to receive Roy's gift, Az got mine, Teddy Chua got Az's, Rosie got Teddy Chua's while Roy got Rosie's. I got a snowman cushion. We played the HK Monopoly Deal for quite some time before we headed home.

I saw this quote on 1 of the boards in Central today:

Life is not about the amount of breaths you take. It's the moments that take your breath away.

Bugis chilling

2010-12-20T20:00:00.000+08:00

Met up with Yifen at Bugis to have lunch and walk around. We went to Kinokuniya and I bought these 3 books. The wordings are quite minimal but the conversations between Rilakkuma and his friends are quite cute. We walked around for awhile then headed to tcc to grab a bite and drink before heading home around 5+pm.

Tangled (Rapunzel) New Trailer [HD]

2010-12-17T13:20:00.000+08:00

I love Pascal! The little chameleon!

"Rapunzel"

2010-12-16T23:52:00.001+08:00

Met up with my colleagues, Winston, Carmen, Jean Tan, Celeste Loh & Ruixian to go to Sentosa. Jean brought 2 other girls along too. Most of them wanted to do sun-tanning so I just stayed in the sheltered area of the restaurant near Rasa Sentosa. Tried the wood-fired pizza which was quite good but the chicken wings were crap. We left Sentosa around 4+pm and headed to Marche in Vivocity for dinner.

Met J for movie "Rapunzel" after accompanying him for dinner. Treated him to Max Brenner Chocolate cos of the year-end bonus. We finally got out couple rings...it was from a shop called Sparkles...wondering if the shop assistant charged us wrongly cos both rings only costs $23 together...The movie was very nice. Will try to get the vcd when it's out. =)

Mango & Blue Diamond

2010-12-14T23:56:00.000+08:00

Met my NIE pals for lunch at Marche...had a good chat till 4+pm where we made our way to Shaw Towers Mango for the sale preview. Bought a dark blue cardigan. Went to Little India to meet Rosie and Jason to meet Azlina and Roy at Blue Diamond. It's Roy's bday so we wanted to surprise him. After a very nice dinner, we headed for tcc to cut the cake and have some drinks. Tried the card game cranium...quite fun...can't wait for the gakken camera's photos to be developed...hope it really works...

Pala-chan

2010-12-13T15:56:00.006+08:00

Bought the black mouse as the first part to Teddy Chua's Xmas pressie...got the memory pack which consists of a 4 GB pala-chan USB thumbdrive and a papu-chan microSD card reader...they even have youtube videos! The official website: http://www.pala-chan.com

KOI pearl milk tea

2010-12-12T23:50:00.000+08:00

J's bro's gf bought KOI pearl milk tea for us to try since they learnt that we have never tried the drink before. The pearls are really nicer to eat...no wonder people are willing to queue for the drinks and even fall sick while waiting in the rain...Maybe in future, the queue won't be so long, then I will go and buy their drinks...

Gakken Twin Lens Reflex Camera

2010-12-12T21:54:00.005+08:00

This was our weekend project...got this emook with the camera on Wednesday. Really like the classic black design and though the instructions were all in Japanese, we managed to complete fixing it. Teddy Chua made 3/4 of the whole camera though...Took a few photos with the fujifilm I got today...hope that when I develop the photos, they will turn out ok, cos cannot review like the digicam.

"Unforgettable" by Andy Lau

2010-12-11T23:22:00.000+08:00

J came over for lunch as Dad was cooking Hokkien Prawn mee...very tasty...we went over to Serangoon Nex to walk around...managed to find Andy Lau's new album "Unforgettable" at Laserflair for $24.90. Some of the shops are not open yet but there was a huge crowd and J noted there were alot of elderly people. We tried Drink Tea and the store is a Taiwanese tea store. Saw my cousin at Metallurgy there. When we were about to leave the carpark, a false fire alarm went off, causing the shutters in the carpark to automatically activate. We were trapped in the carpark for at least half an hour...luckily they forfeited the carpark charges...quite an annoying experience. Don't think I will want to go to Nex anytime soon...nothing much actually...just another shopping mall where the food court was reported to be extra expensive. In the evening, went to Yio Chu Kang for dinner with J's family and extended family to celebrate his paternal grandma's birthday. Had a very full dinner till 10+pm.

Monopoly Deal

2010-12-09T21:27:00.004+08:00

After our HK trip, we now have 3 sets of Monopoly Deal...why? Because our first set was bought in Singapore, accompanying us for countless after dinner entertainment. The second set was bought at The Peak, got it at HK$49, slightly more expensive after venturing to Ladies Street and Temple Street but I console myself that the cards are of better quality. The last set was from Ladies Street, Transformers series...quite interesting. Will get to play the Transformers set this weekend, tried the Hong Kong set on Tuesday evening already.

Lunch at Swensens

2010-12-08T20:51:00.004+08:00

Met up with Jiahui and her baby Melody at Compasspoint for lunch at Swensens today. It's been a year since the last time we met in AMK Hub. So fast, her baby is already 2 mths old. Super cute! She has very big eyes and lotsa hair. Got her a girly top and pants as Xmas present. Carried her and took her photos. It was nice catching up over lunch.

Ordered the grill fish with sambal and yoghurt but the yoghurt had a plastic piece in it. The manager wanted to serve another cup, but I didn't want to eat anymore. The yoghurt was quite a big cup. Just wonder, if it was a child who ate the yoghurt, wouldn't it be dangerous to swallow something like that? The manager explained that it was the container for the yoghurt which the server cut and accidentally added to my cup. I didn't ask for more ingredients...haiz...

Wedding Day of Korilakkuma & Rilakkuma

2010-12-08T20:51:00.000+08:00

We got the exact same pair in Hong Kong! J said will use it for our wedding day...haha...the video is so cute!

"Skyline"

2010-12-07T23:23:00.003+08:00

Met up with J for "Skyline" at Plaza Singapura at 4+pm since he will only go back to work tomorrow. The movie will definitely have a sequel. Typical sci-fi type but not too bad. Went to try the game machine and got a beige rilakkuma and the cleaning squirrel. Will upload their photos soon. Tried the new Japanese restaurant in PS, I had the miso butter champon. Alot of veggies with the noodles. Quite different from the usual ramen.

Tried to find the new Andy Lau CD, "Unforgettable" but it's sold out from gramophone. Will look around some more when I see CD stores. We played the Hong Kong Monopoly Deal at coffee club and the card quality is much better than our original set but the colour of the cards is much lighter.

Back from HK

2010-12-06T23:59:00.001+08:00

After spending a fulfilling holiday of 5 days in Hong Kong with J, really didn't feel like coming back even though I can still enjoy the break...really feel good shopping and going for all the sight-seeing with him.

See above for the highlight photos of the trip. =)

Busy weekend

2010-11-14T23:39:00.003+08:00

Fri: Despite my red right eye, met up with Teddy Chua and his uni friends at Cityhall to have dinner at Sakura. Went for my facial at Hitachi Towers before that as I felt that my skin was quite dry. Bumped into Siti frm Little Miracles at the restaurant and she is pregnant with her 3rd baby! Went for drinks at Funan coffee club after dinner. Had to walk to Clarke Quay to get a cab home cos it was a Friday night and lots of cabs were occupied.

Sat: Went to Yifen's house to pass her the wedding gift I got for her colleague cos I couldn't attend the wedding celebration. Headed to Chinatown to pay the remaining amount for our HK trip with Teddy Chua. Went to MBS to meet my 18 Degree Project teachers for the gathering. The hotel room was very nicely done and the view from the Skypark was very breath-taking. There were alot of tourists at the swimming pool and the design for the pool was very nice, there seems to be no edge to create a connecting feel with the skyline. Had a buffet dinner at riSe the restaurant at the hotel lobby before calling it a day.

Sun: Went to Bukit Panjang area with Teddy Chua to attend his JC friend's baby girl's 1st month celebration. We got her a baby storybook and a romper that says "Will work for milk". Luckily we chose the 12-18 mth cos the baby girl was growing up quite fast. Carried the baby and took a photo with Teddy Chua, and he said that pple might mistaken that we are the proud parents if they just look at the photo alone. Haha...had dinner at Teddy Chua's house and his parents bought 老天禄鸭舌头 and I ate 7! Hehe...his mum also gave me alot of the instant bowl noodles I like...can bring 1 to have for lunch in school tmr! =D

BBQ

2010-11-07T12:05:00.003+08:00

After at least 1 year, it's BBQ time again on Saturday...this time round, it's at Teddy Chua's place as he invited his colleagues to his house for the gathering. We went to Parkway Parade with one of his colleagues to get some more BBQ food stuff on Friday as he insisted on a particular type of bacon so we didn't want to mess things up.

There were abt 20 pple for the gathering and the ordered BBQ food came around 5pm. It started to drizzle when it was 6+pm and the colleagues started arriving. Luckily the porch is covered, so the BBQ could carry on.

Ate otahs, mini taiwanese sausages, cheesy chicken franks, sting ray, chicken wing, sotong, tiger prawns, portobello mushroom with cheese, 1 side of a almost burnt sweet corn and a piece of choc cake. They wanted to celebrate 2 colleagues birthdays in November so had the cake. I like the otah though it was quite spicy. A pity the corn was burnt...the prawns were nice too...

After dinner, his friend taught us how to play this number game called Rummikub. It was my first time playing but I won 3 games in a row. Think the game is luck and making you think about combinations...some commented a little similar to Mahjong...haha. The group playing the real mahjong game took quite a long time and everyone left only around 2am...long night but it was fun.

弯弯《可不可以不要NG》

2010-11-05T23:57:00.001+08:00

Just bought this book and DVD from Kinokuniya. The cover is so cute! Think every single book of hers I have a copy...haha...from the DVD, I found out that the books were translated into Thai language...quite impressive...

梁靜茹滿滿的都是愛 MV (小桃初戀主題曲简体版)

2010-11-02T17:25:00.000+08:00

I like this song! So sweet! Didn't know Fish Leong sang this song...

7-11 OPEN踢踏舞公仔大集合

2010-11-02T17:19:00.001+08:00

I have the last Lock 將. Wanted to get Open 將 but think it's very hard. Had to get Dad's Taiwanese friend, Yuanwan Auntie to help get the points and exchange at 7-eleven. There's another gold version of Open 將 but think it's very rare.

讨厌

2010-10-31T22:27:00.000+08:00

上了车不久，情不自禁地欢呼，因为年底可以出国旅行，去想去的香港。没想到，过了一会儿，他开始对我说出他的不满。情绪激动的开始喊，我只好无言以对。我不想吵，所以沉默不语。同时，想忍住泪水决堤，所以我望出窗外，不想说话。

最后，我们到了东海岸。下了车，决定谈谈。真心说出彼此所想的。把不愉快的都说出来，不要有仍何误会。他觉得很烦，为了让我开心（他对我的承诺），很多时候他得牺牲自己想要的。他越说越激动，泪水也不听话地流下。当时，我的心好痛。你不需要用物质来取悦我。和你在一起不是为了物质的享受，不是为了把你辛苦赚来的钱花光。你感受到的压力，我其实知道，只是我没说。

我讨厌这样的对峙。我讨厌这样的感觉。我讨厌你牺牲自己的快乐。你不开心，我也会不开心。痛哭过后，讨论过后，得到的是谅解。不愉快的都留在海边，随风飘走，随海浪卷走。

M & M

2010-10-25T09:48:00.003+08:00

After PSLE marking ended, went to my colleague's house at Yishun and they taught me how to play Mahjong...as another colleague was also learning so we didn't play with money. Quite an interesting game. Out of 5 games, I managed to win 1.

Took the train down to Jurong Point to meet teddy chua to go to Marina Bay Sands. Most of the shops were selling branded goods. The selection of food at the small food court was also quite limited. I went to La Senza to spend my birthday voucher of 50% off regular items. The view from outside MBS that overlooks the CBD area is quite nice. The interior lighting of the MBS hotel also creates a rather romantic feel. The parking fee of MBS is however, very scary...we spent about 2 hours there and it's $12!

《Detective Dee and The Mystery of the Phantom Flame》

2010-10-15T09:38:00.002+08:00

Went to catch this movie with J at Vivocity last evening. Had to wolf down our dinner at Carl's Jr as we were left with about 5min before the movie started. The movie was much better than the Cyborg movie that Andy Lau acted in previously. Will give it a 3 star out of 5.

Samsung Galaxy S

2010-10-07T22:28:00.000+08:00

Teddy went to get this handphone for me as another birthday present. He already got me the agnes.b wallet from Japan, the Chloe perfume and yet he go and buy this...spent so much for my birthday till next year also don't know what to get for him...=S

Nice weekend

2010-10-03T23:33:00.001+08:00

1 Oct Fri: Went for my last piano lesson at PS and met J at Somerset 313 for dinner. We went to De Ste for gelato, tried the rum and pistachio which was quite good. J commented that it's the best gelato he has ever tasted.

2 Oct Sat: Had my birthday lunch treat by Dad at Yoyogi with my parents and J. After our meal, we went to Paragon where J went for his root canal while I went to Green Sanctuary for mini facial and tummy compress. Head to his house after that.

3 Oct Sun: Had lunch at Al Dente Trattoria at Esplanade before catching "Nanta" with Yifen, Ray and Yifen's parents with J. Their usage of knives to create the rhythmic beats were very impressive. The show was quite entertaining but I was having a rather bad case of sniffles so felt quite awful. Took medication but still feel sick...will see if I need to visit the doctor tomorrow morning.

Bothered...

2010-09-28T23:58:00.000+08:00

Was having lunch in the canteen when a P1 student's guardian came to look for me. She asked whether did I ever scold her granddaughter in class with remarks like "stupid and being transparent" which I never did. I find it ridiculous that the child told the grandmother that I did that. My whole class of students can be my witnesses. Next the office told me that the VP wants to see me. She wants to know my side of the story after hearing the complaint from the grandmother. The P was there too and they said that when I observed that the girl is weak in the subject, why didn't I contact the caregiver? I did contact the girl's mother before and I did asked the girl if her mother coach her in her work, but obviously, this is not enough.

I feel so wronged and it's my words against the girl and her grandmother. I told the VP that she can check with the other students in class as I don't even scold the girl when she fail to hand in her homework. During lessons, I asked the girl if I've ever scolded her and she shook her head and said no. I told her that because she told her grandmother I said those remarks, she went to complain and the P and VP misunderstands me. I wrote a note in her student diary to inform the grandmother that the girl already confirmed that I've never scolded her before. Felt so awful for the rest of the day...

Luckily at night, Teddy came to comfort me...we went to East Coast Food Centre for stingray, satay and teh tarik. He gave me the Chloe Perfume which he bought and assured me that it's not my fault that things turn out this way. I really feel so unlucky that this year I faced so many problems at work.

Celebrations

2010-09-27T10:25:00.001+08:00

Yesterday, went to his relative's house to celebrate his maternal grandmother's 82nd birthday. Spent the whole day there, playing Monopoly Deal and seeing them play Mahjong...Jason's mum said that I have to pick up Mahjong as it's their family culture to play it during gatherings...Jason said I won't be able to learn as my Maths is so poor...-__-

Checked my mini "warehouse", the metal cabinet at my workstation for the Children's Day gifts...bought quite alot last year so I still have enough to last me till next year...haha...no need to buy anymore for this year. Will have enough stationery to give to my 3 classes. Stock-taking was fun cos it's been awhile and kinda forgot what I bought before. The cute stationery will hopefully be to their liking. At least this October, no need to splurge on gifts...this coming Sat will be having my birthday lunch treat with my parents and Jason. Will be having Japanese food...looking forward to it...yummy!

Season for 清汤

2010-09-23T12:53:00.002+08:00

Lately I think I've become addicted to 清汤. It's not like my teh tarik cravings have gone into hiding but I think the 清汤 sold near to Teddy's place is "addictive". It's a Teochew dessert...Will go and get a few boxes for his family and mine after work later...清汤 countdown... 4.5 hours...

睁一只眼，闭一只眼...feeling vexed...

2010-09-23T11:35:00.003+08:00

Last night after visiting Teddy and feeling better knowing that his ankle is getting better, had a long chat with his mum as she kindly offered to send me home. Happens that we are quite 投缘, can communicate quite well. I suppose at home, her boys don't really talk much with her. Something auntie mentioned that I totally agree: 结婚前，眼睛要睁大一点；结婚后，要闭一只眼。

Got to know from facebook that one of my sec sch netball friend got married last year and is expecting her baby girl to be delivered either today or tomorrow. Quite happy for her, seems like a lot of my friends who have gotten married are expecting their first borns this year. All the little tiggers...=) Left a message on her blog, think she'll only read it after her delivery.

Everytime after my morning lessons, I feel quite vexed and even dejected sometimes. Seems like I have to raise my voice at them before they quieten down for that few minutes. I can't seem to convince them to focus and do well for their own good. I just feel like hiding in the safety of Teddy's hug right now. Too bad my work doesn't allow me to just apply for half-day leave as and when I feel there's a need to...maybe now the time is not a need but emotionally I feel drained. I think I face "blood-suckers" every day. Luckily, my younger ones in the afternoon are mostly angels. Their cute innocent faces and cheerful laughters also give me much comfort.

Maybe I should also get married and then become pregnant, then I have a valid reason to apply for no-pay leave...haha...wistful thinking...(>.<)

New Meiji snacks

2010-09-21T22:57:00.009+08:00

Went to Suntec Carrefour with Teddy on Saturday. Managed to find new meiji snacks. Always like to see what meiji has to offer from Japan as I find their packaging very cute and attractive and the snacks are quite interesting.

Bought the "Lucky Stick" that is cappuccino flavoured cream. The smell is very nice and the stick tastes good. Found another snack that you need to make on your own. It's called Taiyaki gummy. Have to add water then the ingredients in the packet. Will take a photo of the instructions tomorrow. =)

“夜来香”清汤

2010-09-19T23:58:00.000+08:00

Had a relatively busy weekend, Sat morning went for 18 degrees meeting. Changed group from Creative group to Writing group. Went to visit Teddy as he is still in a little pain after the wisdom teeth extraction. He sent me to Plaza Singapura for piano then headed for his JC friend's wedding solemnization. After my piano lesson, met him and his friends at Marina Mandarin. We went to Suntec's Souperlicious for dinner as he is still on soft diet. It was a pity he couldn't join the wedding dinner. Went to fetch his parents after dinner as they got back from Malaysia.

Sunday, went for dim sum at Tak Po at Smith Street with parents, grandma and Teddy. His ankle was aching and had to apply the ointment I got him last time. We went to a warehouse sale with dorothy perkins, topshop and other apparels but most of the sizes don't fit. Quite disappointing. Went to buy “夜来香”清汤 near his place to comfort myself for missing the retail therapy. Tried the Tom Yum soup at Jalan Kayu...too spicy...next time cannot order.

Long dream

2010-09-17T09:47:00.002+08:00

Last night, I dreamt that I went to Malaysia with my parents, sis and Teddy. Somehow, I was attending a seminar and after that, I left Teddy at a bookstore. My 5th Aunt went to fetch Teddy back. In reality, my 5th aunt can't drive.
After that, we went to an indoor theme park. The place was quite big and I couldn't locate Teddy. Then my parents called me on my handphone as they were separated from me as well. I remembered seeing my colleagues at the theme park too. I couldn't find my parents even after they gave me directions, in the end, had to get a staff to hear where they were and then I was woken up by the alarm. So weird...

The hunt of the sugarbunnies

2010-09-16T23:52:00.001+08:00

Was skyping with sis and mentioned to her that Mcdonalds is having sugarbunnies for Happy meal toy...she said that she wants the white and brown bunny so have to look for her. At the outlet near my workplace, they only have the brown and pink bunny. I managed to collect the whole set for myself but was still lacking in the white bunny for sis.

Teddy came to pick me up after work as he went to the dentist before that. His wisdom teeth were causing discomfort, so he had to go for a dental visit. He will be operated on tomorrow. Hope he won't fall sick after that. Got a few friends who went for wisdom teeth removal last time and they had fever after the operation.

We went to Marina Square and managed to get tickets for "Love Cuts". Thought that the timing was quite unfair for the movie, for most cinemas, the timing was around 6+pm or 7pm. Most people working won't be able to catch that. We had dinner at Just Asia as after buying the movie tickets, we were given a 1 for 1 coupon at the restaurant. Checked Marina Square's Mcdonalds for the white sugarbunny, but it's sold out already. After the movie, we went to West Coast Park Mcdonalds, Lot 1 and Siglap Centre to look for the white sugarbunny. It was only after much searching, we found it at Siglap Centre. Finally, don't have to eat another Happy meal to get the toy.

A friend acted as a GP in "Love Cuts", quite surprise to see him acting in the movie. Thought that the movie wasn't as draggy as described in a movie review. Teared up at certain points of the movie. The voice-over for the supporting actress sounded a little weird. Think they did it in Taiwan. Quite a meaningful movie.

Kbox session

2010-09-12T23:53:00.002+08:00

Met up with Jason's friends in Ang Mo Kio Central to go to Kbox for singing session. We went around 1pm and sang till 630pm. Been quite awhile since I last went to ktv so had a good time singing with them. Teddy sang a Chinese song that I've never heard before, 《求佛》, quite interesting...haha.
We went to Far East to eat Indonesian food and went window-shopping. After sending them home, Teddy sent me back. He was quite tired from all the driving around...

Catch up with JC gals

2010-09-10T19:10:00.002+08:00

Met up with Jo and Chat at Clarke Quay Central with Jason for lunch at Sun with Moon. Got a pleasant surprise when I saw Jo pregnant...didn't know she was till I saw her. Chat is also pregnant but her baby is due next year. Coincidentally, Chat's hubby is called Jason too. =)

病了。。。

2010-09-03T22:45:00.000+08:00

可能是因为今天为了送机（妹妹到武汉5个月），很早就起身，不够睡，到了大约两点多，开始头疼。过后，就很不舒服。回家不久，就吐了。很少会吐，所以很不喜欢这种感觉。吃了一颗头痛药，然后小睡了一下。吃饱晚饭后，又去休息。J 下班后，不放心，就过来看我怎样了。大约九点，又吐了。J 决定带我去看医生。因为已经晚了，所以只有24小时的诊所有开。他送我回家，看我吃了药才离开。

Reflections (",)

First Chinese New Year as Mrs Chua

《爱到底》

Tis' the season to be shopping...falalalalalalalala...

"Sherlock Holmes- A Game of Shadows"

Sleepless & amused...

"With this ring, I marry you."

Trepidation to Exhilaration

1 week apart...

Children's Day Birthday

Birthday celebration 2011

Trying out something new...

Here's your chance to proclaim your love for him...say it.

Mimolette: A special place in our hearts

Selamat Hari Raya

Another 2 mths has passed...

HERO Drawing Show

"Captain America"

Hectic May and June

Fun-filled Saturday

Sleepless in Singapore

Physical exhaustion vs Mental exhaustion

Rio Soundtrack ♫♫♫ - Fly Love - Jamie Foxx

Patience is a virtue

Tanya Chua and The Cities concert

TRA

Busy weekend

Citibank Joint account

"Red Riding Hood"

Tappety Tap...tappety tap...

Great World City

Acuvue Moist

Observation

7th swim

Sun with Moon Wheelock

"Gnomeo & Juliet"

March holidays are here!

Occupied Weekend

Monopoly Millionaires

Dad's birthday

The King's Speech

Celebrating Grace's birthday

2nd Valentine's Day

Next step...

Our 1st Anniversary

"The Fighter"

A different CNY

Bunny year is here

Celebrating Sindy's birthday

Rainy weekend

劉德華-悟 新少林寺電影主題曲

Shaolin

Burlesque

3rd trip

2nd trip to Singapore Swimming Club

Determination...

2011 School Day 1

Singapore Swimming Club

Happy 2011

证明

"Meet the Parents - Little Fockers"

Kiseki lunch

Busy weekend

Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve BBQ

Jalan Sultan Prawn Noodles

Christmas Gift Exchange

Bugis chilling

Tangled (Rapunzel) New Trailer [HD]

"Rapunzel"

Mango & Blue Diamond

Pala-chan

KOI pearl milk tea

Gakken Twin Lens Reflex Camera

"Unforgettable" by Andy Lau

Monopoly Deal

Lunch at Swensens

Wedding Day of Korilakkuma & Rilakkuma

"Skyline"

Back from HK

劉德華-悟新少林寺電影主題曲

梁靜茹滿滿的都是愛 MV (小桃初戀主題曲简体版)