Bothered...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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。。。

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。

Sweet post by Teddy...

"As she slept peacefully beside me, i gaze upon her beautiful face. She looked so contented and happy. That image of peace, tranquility, beauty and bliss. It will forever be burned in my mind. I love her."

I didn't know he was watching me when I was napping beside him on Sunday...

点心

As my parents and sis went to Bali for holiday, Jason decided to treat grandma and myself to Dim Sum at Paramount on Sunday afternoon. Think she enjoyed the lunch. It was nice of him to give her a treat. =)

New Look

Last week, went out shopping with Yifen at Orchard, bought a shirt dress from ION Neu Look. Yifen got 2 coupons minus $5 with every $10 purchase of a regular item and she gave me 1. Decided to check out Somerset 313 outlet to see if they have new stocks. Didn't see anything that I wanted to buy so went to meet Jason at ION. We went to food opera for our dinner. The place is quite crowded and the food are normally pricier. Went to the ION Neu Look after going to the newly opened Daiso. Managed to get Oolong Tea from Daiso, didn't see it in the stores for quite some time.

At Neu Look, found this pair of wedges that look quite good. But for size 4, it's the last pair and there's a slight mark at the front of the shoes. Got the sales staff to help check stock at Somerset outlet and they have it. Didn't see this pair when I was walking around there. Hence, we took a train down to 313 to get the shoes. As every $25 spent, entitles 1 coupon, after scratching the card, I got the same discount again...haiz...looks like I got to make another trip down to the store soon to use the coupon.

安全感

当一个人开始胡思乱想时，她最缺乏的就是安全感。读了他以前写的blogposts，发现他以前爱得很深，也被伤得很深。当然一切已经成为过去，但是不知道他心里的“缺口”是否已经被我填满。

在Facebook上，有感而发：“他曾经那么爱她，但是无法把她留下。所以我的出现是否能代替什么？” 他读了之后，赶紧打电话给我，但是我还在上课，所以没有接。他回应：“Dear, why are you saying this? O.O You are not a replacement for anyone. *hugs* You are beautiful in your own way and i love you for that. I will never use you as a replacement.”

读了之后，情绪稍微被安抚了。缺乏安全感真是很烦人。当然，谁都不想当代替品，但是当你发现你已经爱上一个人，你愿意做代替品，即使知道自己不会是他的唯一，或者不能完全代替那个人。

可能是自己想太多，太感情用事。其实也不能对他要求什么，毕竟我们都还没签字，彼此的身份仍是男女朋友罢了。

但是我还是♥他　＾＿＾

见外婆

外婆透过妈妈说想见见Teddy Chua,　所以安排他星期天下午去拜访外婆。他买了清汤甜品载我和妈妈去外婆家。大姨、四姨、五姨和小舅都在。坐了一会儿，他说弟弟要用车，所以我们俩先走了。回到他家，他的妈妈又买了榴槤请我吃。好幸福！＝P

"Aftershock" 《唐山大地震》

Wanted to watch this movie for some time as the reviews were quite good, plus it's by 冯小刚, who is a famous director. Yifen caught it with her colleagues and told me it's a tear-jerker...so got tissue paper prepared before we went into the Vivocity cinema.

The show was very moving. Can't believe the number of people who died due to the earthquake...the numbers are just so huge...my favourite scene of the movie was when the girl was adopted and she spoke for the first time when the foster parents registered her at the new school and she corrected the person about her name. =)

6 months already...

Time flies and we are together for 6 months already...been through quite abit, with our Japan trip, my grandfather's funeral, our first National Day together...

Thankful that he entered my life, sharing my ups and downs together. Grateful that he always show support when I needed it.

Got him a black Zojirushi stainless steel thermos mug from Tangs...I have a red coloured version too, but mum is using it cos I didn't bring to school. Hope he'll find it useful.

He got me 2 Cecilia Ahern books which I have already...haha...but the handmade card was very nice. =)

We went to have Indonesian food at Lucky Plaza before heading to tcc at Centrepoint. He felt quite tired, so we headed home around 10pm.

The day my sports shoes gave way...

Went back to school for the Youth Olympic Games Cheer the Flame...P4, P5 students were back with the staff to line the road opposite our school to cheer our P6 boy who was the torch bearer and running along the roads...

The weather started getting gloomy when we were gathering in school and soon, rain came down...it was pouring when the YOG buses came by and the boy bearing the torch had to run in the rain. Poor thing...we were cheering him on in our white ponchos as he ran past us.

Headed to Punggol to meet Yifen and accompanied her to get her facial treatment consultation at Orchard. We went to Sushi Tei at Paragon for lunch and started shopping for her shoes. That's when I realised that my sports shoes started giving way. The soles were starting to peel off, so I had to start dragging my feet around to prevent the whole thing from coming off.

We went to a few shoe stores but couldn't find anything suitable. We went to neu look and I found a white long sleeve blouse (can fold up, with buttons) with a belt, looked quite nice so tried it on and it fitted quite well so decided to buy that. Yifen also got a black dress and 2 camisoles. When paying, realised that the price for my white blouse was further reduced by $10 so it only costs $19.90 instead of $59.90 (usual price).

In the end, we went to the cotton on outlet at Orchard mrt to find my sandals, bought a silver pair for $5 and threw away my spoiled sports shoes. We went to tcc at Wisma next and I tried the peachy sunrise drink. Thought it's quite sour, think will stick to fruity delight if I don't want coffee-based drink next time.

Will be catching the korean drama, Nanta with Yifen, Ray, Jason and Yifen's parents on 3 Oct...should be a good show. =)

"Salt"

Didn't think we'll catch this movie but since Jason's bro had free movie tickets so we went to Tiong Bahru for the free screening. The movie has quite a number of twists, there'll definitely be part 2.

While on our way back to his house after the movie, was on the expressway when I caught some fireworks as we went pass Marina area...quite stunning. Jason was driving so he didn't catch it.

We went to Expo for the Borders book sale before going for the movie. Bought 3 books at the fair, one of Amy Tan's, one of Marian Keyes and one of Jimmy Liao's...didn't know he had it in English.

Jason's foot is still depending on the “正骨水”。 Apply for him whenever needed. At least the swelling is gone...bai ka teddy...