Bear @ Home

Snapping photo of bear using my new phone!

See that mattress standing behind?

Its our bed, but we are not allowed to place it on the bed frame until the official date for *An Chuang*, deem by a master to be an auspicious day.

Christine & Her God Daughter

Christine came back from the state during her school break. Although time is short, but it was nice. Craving for chinese food, so we lunch out with her @ Chinese restaurant Dian Xiao Er.

And I did not forget to snap photos of her and cute baby Reichei using my new phone! Seem that the god mum is not very good with baby le...

**HeLLO heLLO**

Finally bought the N70 handphone that I always wanted. Got it at promo price $99. Charging it right now. Cant wait to use start using it. **EXCITED**

My HOLIDAY starts today

The first day of my holiday leave. A rainy day. Had a good sleep till late afternoon. Did a bit of laundry and then went out. Caught the show ~THE HOLIDAY~. Its quite nice. Jude Law is very sweet. Charming. This is how he looked in the show... So cute!

DECEMBER is finally here

Have not blog for a while. But I am still the same old me. Am still obsessed with nails and nail enamel.

This is what is currently on my nail now. Esprit Red Earth BE072.

Update from Wakin's Concert? The whole show lasted three and half hours. Other then the few minutes when he left the stage to change, the indoor stadium is always filled with songs. He sang many songs that we loved (still loving?.. love). As usual, he cracked some jokes here and there. He have aged, and we have aged too. **All the audience that night are at least >20 years old** Took a few short video clips using my camera, but have not figured out how to post on blogger. Anyway, the sound effect is lousy.

Jingle bells are ringing.. Christmas is coming.. Here and there, everywhere is filled with christmas decoration. Nice. Looking forward to christmas and my vacation. A short one.. to somewhere that is nearby, but it doesnt matter.. I am going for VACATION!!

My coffee, your cookies?

A tiring day... Perhaps because I didnt sleep well last night. Could it be the effect of the coffee that I drank yesterday afternoon? Struggling through the day, and keeping myself away from any coffee after lunch.
And thanks to DAvid, who offer me a piece of your chocolate.
Hopefully, tonight I will sleep well.. like a pig **SNOre SNOre**
Oh what about the cookies? Nothing, hehee just thought that coffee go well with cookies.. Yummy! And I have just finished up my last piece of crabtree and evelyn toffee crunch cookies. Nice!
Looking forward to Emil Chow's concert this coming saturday! Yippy :)

Weeping Miffy

A sAd dAy

Realized the care and concern you gave people will not be the same as to what you will receive. Probably because I always thought it should be (or eventually it will be), so that's why I am so sad when I realized the truth.. Taken the truth hard.

And had a bad sleep. WAking up feeling more upset and angry. Had a dream about someone and something making me mad again. Cannot remember what is the dream now. Wondered how could life be so hard.. After a bad incident in real life, yet you are still disturbed in your sleep by dream..

A single sad incident brought back other unhappy memories.. like a piece of magnet attracting all kind of magnetic objects from distant.. even those that happened about 5 to 10 years ago. All the unhappiness occupied 80% of my mind the whole day.. a rainy day..

Wonder when will all this sadness end..

When will the rain stop...?

Nails.. nails.. nails..

Recently, I got myself a new hobby. **GROWING NAILS**

It all started on one day when I was shopping with my friend at Vivocity. While passing by a manicure shop, I decided to pamper my ugly nails with a manicure session. It was also an attempt to quit my nail bitting habit.

Since young, I have been bitting my nails (especially when I am thinking, stress, bored, unhappy). I was never successful in kicking off the bad habit. After the manicure session, no more nail bite! Hurray!... Probably it was the effect of the coat of paint that made the nails looked "distasteful"..?

Now, I am obsessed with nails. Almost everyday, I found myself browsing through forums on nails talk, surfing websites on nail lacquers and colors, thinking when shall I give them a new coat of color...Need to constantly restrain myself from buying anymore nail lacquer...

Discovered that the price of a nail lacquer (same brand and color), can vary from <$10 to >$20, depending on where you get it from.

Wondering why is my nails growing so slowly. It has been more than 3 weeks. Why is it still so short?

@_@ Music in Blog!

I made my blog play song!

Always wanted to do so. Asked alot of people but no one can tell me how. Finally figured it out myself. Suddenly, I have this idea that programming is so amusing, especially when you figured out how to interprete the codes!

** Am Very Happy **

Oh, btw the song that is playing right now is:

大城小爱 by Lee Hom
乌黑的发围盘成一个圈
缠绕所有对你的眷恋
搁着半透明的脸
嘴里说的语言完全没有欺骗
屋顶灰色瓦片安静的画面
灯火是你美丽那张脸
终于找到所有流浪的终点
你的微笑就输了疲倦
千万不要说天长地久
免的你觉的我不切实际
想多么简单就多么简单
是妈妈告诉我的哲理
脑袋都是你心里都是你
小小的爱在那城里好甜蜜
念的都是你全部都是你
小小的爱在那城里只为你倾心
让我大声的对你说
i'm thinking of you
那回城的票根你留做纪念
不必害怕面对离别
剪掉一丝头发让我放在胸前
走到那里都有你陪
相随
oh~~念的都是你全部都是你
拉拉拉拉拉~~~~~拉拉拉拉拉
那一种寸步不离的感觉
我知道就叫做缘

GST Hike again

Our government finally made their call to raise our GST to 7% from the current 5%. I heard this will take effect sometime in FEb 07.

People around me are planning to get the necessary stuff which they need before the hike. So, shall we also quickly decide, book and pay for our honeymoon before the GST hike? Hmm..

I always wanted to visit london after watching *LOVE ACTUALLY*. HAve imagine myself walking along the street of london with dear dear on christmas eve, snow falling and people singing christmas carols. Its so romatic...

Browsing through wedding websites regarding topics on honeymoon destinations. France look romatic. Greece is gorgeous. Caribbean? San Francisco in USA?

Hmm.. there is still no progress from me in deciding on design of my evening gown.. Argghh.. STRESS.. Today is only Tuesday, tomorrow still need to work.. So many things, training, project.. So tired.. This week is terrible. HORRIBLE. I wish I could escape from all matters and go into hidding.

**AVOIDING** Probably in my previous life, I was an ostrich who buried its head in the ground in times of trouble.

Feeling really moody since yesterday. ATe 2 chocolate ice-cream after dinner. One is chocolate icecream sandwiched between two piece of biscult, the other is duno what flavour coated with chocolate. BUt AM STILL FEELING LOUSY. My calories consumption had been wasted.

**FEELING MORE UPSET**

Going to sleep..

Back frOm Pfizer College

Yesterday, we had our D&D at Pan Pacific hotel, the pacific ballroom. It was quite an enjoyable night, although I never get to win any lucky draws.

The food is not bad. I went home feeling full. In fact, everything tasted so much better than the dinner we had last year at Ritz Carlton. Also, our table is very close to the stage. We have a good view of all performance.

The theme is lovely and friendly -- "BACK TO SCHOOL". It gave us an opportunity to dress in school uniform, a reminisce of the past.

Thanks to my 3 cousins for lending me their school uniforms. And also to my mum who helped to pleat my hair.

And, there was an Australian performer, who I think is very cute. Others find that he is too skiny.. I cant remb his name though. Took a short video clip with my camera while he was performing, but not sure how to post it on the blogger.

Pacific ballroom with its intelligent lightning, is the dream place where I like to have my wedding. But, we are unable to hit the minimum capacity of the ballroom (at least 45 tables on a weekend). So .. *Goodbye to my dream wedding venue*

I WIsh for..

Browsing through people blogs. Noticed that many included a wish list in their blogs..
**THINKING**
What do I wish for? Haha.. Not a difficult question at all..Besides good health, good luck, and world peace, I dream of:
1. N70 series Nokia handphone
2. A new handbag **branded piece**
3. A long distance oversea holiday with friend or dear dear
4. Longer finger nails **pray that it grow faster**
5. A maid to do my laundry and housework
6. Tiffany diamond ring
7. ...
[hmm.. Will update the list when I think of anymore wishes...]
My Birthday is over. But christmas is coming... **hint hint**
Do update your blog with your wish list so that I know what I can get for you too? =D

The Creepy Weigh Scale

Got back my medical report for the health checkup done about 3 months ago. Everythings seem alright.

I hang around the clinic for quite a while before the clinic assistant managed to dig out my health report.

During the waiting time, i saw that the weigh balance is staring straight at me. I remembered those days when I used to weigh myself daily after lunch. I became quite obsessive about my weight then. Whenever there is any slight increment in my weight *even the tinniest 0.1kg difference*, I will be upset. Managed to quit this weighing habit altogether...

Finally, finally... I BRAVE myself up to take my weight again. **Surprise Surprise** I am weighing 2 kg lighter then 6 months back! After lunch!

After work, still feeling excited and greatly amused, I asked bear if I showed any weight loss. He stared at me for a while [perhaps wondering if he should say the truth?], before replying "NO".

So, probably the machine is just out of calibration. Maybe I will weigh myself again tomorrow. Just to confirm...

Robertson Walk on Saturday Night

Last night, I went out with BF and his friends to Robertson Walk for soccer match. I am not a soccer fanatic (except during World Cup). So, I kept myself entertain by taking picture of the night scene and the crowds, while enjoying my mint tea.

Ops! What is the final score? I cant remember..

My Diet Restriction List

I have a Diet Restriction list. BUt this is not a diet for slimming down in preparation for my wedding! It is a list of forbidden food instructed by my doctor, that I need to avoid if I want to recover from the bad bad cough.

I seldom fall sick. But today, I coughed till my chest ached. And last night was horrible. I was awaken from sleep by my own cough. It is actually a weird feeling. First, I heard several coughing sound, and I opened my eyes, then I realised its me who is coughing! So, I revisited the clinic today, this is the third visit within a week!

Looking through the list, I start to wonder what should I eat tomorrow. Majority of them are (directly or indirectly) part of my daily diet, eg cereal in milk. Chicken is the main meat dish for lunch as no pork is allow in our halah canteen. Egg and potato are also an unavoidable side dish. Chocolate, my anti-stress afternoon snack. So, what can I eat tomorrow?

Passed by a bakery shop on way home, thought of getting some bread for tomorrow breakfast. But, excluding those bread without the restricted food type, there are not much which I can choose. In the end, I never get anything from the bakery.

Besides the restricted food list, I have a whole new set of medicines from the doctor. Probably, they are really really STRONG *as claimed by my doctor*, I have not cough a single bit since I took the medicine a while ago. Just feeling a bit drowsy.

A Wonderful Evening

Dear Dear just called me from airport to tell me that he is back.

Suddenly, I can feel my illness lifting off. The tiredness of traveling to revisit the clinic to get more medicines, the disappointment when finding out that a relief doctor is standing in for my usual doctor (found out she is usually OFF on Tuesday), and the long waiting time for bus to go home.. All of these doesnt matter anymore..

When Milo died, people told me must take good care of tututu, must give him lots of loving tender care, or else.. And now, I understand why...

Thanks to friends who have kept me company this few days. It may be your simple sms-es, or chatting, or even to hang out with me **when I am sick**. Thankzz! Realised that I am very scare of being alone and bored.

**Cough Cough Cough**

Time for cough tablet, and then sleep.

A Sick MElon

Cough Cough Cough!! Been having sore throat and running nose since last week.

For the last few days, I have been obediently taking the antibiotics, flu tablet, danzen and lozenges prescribed by my doctor. But my throat is still feeling horrible.

Today, I saw my colleagues eating green bean soup. Yummy.. I couldnt resist the temptation, so... after eating *my* green bean soup, I started to cough really badly for the remaining afternoon. Finally, my neighbour gave me the warning **Don't spread the germs to us, quick go see iris (our company nurse) to get cough syrup!!**

And it strucked me that I was given cough tablets from my doctor, but I have not taken any (because I wasn't coughing last week). Haha, after popping down a pill, my cough stop totally! Powerful medicine lez!

Feeling better now. A bit sleepy. Not sure if this is the effect of the cough tablet or I am tired from work. Throat still painful. Sianzzzz.

Sabrina's Wedding

Last night, I went to Sabrina's wedding at Hyatt. The bride is pretty, groom is handsome. The food is not bad, and the desert is nice too.

I know both the bride and the groom, but am closer with the bride. We studied together at Singapore Polytechnic some years ago. So, as much as I have expected, yesterday was kind of a polytechnic schoolmates' gathering. I saw alot of people who I have not met for a long time.

I am also quite surprise to find out that most of my ex-schoolmates are now working in clinical lab and research lab, majority in KKH, DSO, IMCB. One guy has also recently started his phD. **Surprise Surprise**

I wondered if I have not decided to move out of research life, will I be starting my phD by now?

VivoCity Discovery

With my shopping kaki, I spent a whole day exploring the new Vivocity. It is hugh. And it is very crowded too. Before stepping into the mall, I can feel the crowds inside it! HOW? BEcause, there is a serious traffic jam of cars queueing outside the mall just to get into the carpark.

There are queues outside all food outlets. Some are long, some are short, some super long. After walking rounds and rounds, we finally decided to eat at harbourfront Pasta Mania instead of joining the Vivo queues. But, Singaporeans think a-like. There is a long queue outside pasta mania too!

We returned to Vivo after lunch. I decided to get a cup of coffee from coffee bean before continuing with shopping. As usual, there is a long queue. This is one of the few times that I see such long queue at coffee bean.

While queueing for my coffee, I saw this on the menu "All sandwiches are available in low carb without bread." I wondered what is sandwich without bread?

Missing You?

Bear is leaving for Melbourne on Tuesday.

This is the first time (since they are together) that bear is leaving miffy alone in Singapore, while he left with his sister for australia to wear his graduation gown and hat. For a period of about 8 days.

Miffy decided not to follow-on because the past experience of tour in the same company of 3 hadnt been memorable to her. Will I be missed? Probably not, you dun miss people when you are enjoying. Will he be missed? I will find out soon.

Thinking back, I havnt been going anywhere for a while. Last year, we have cruised to Penang and Phuket, taken a tour package to China provinces, and fly to Egypt in december. Where have I holiday-ed this year? Tioman in April, and Hongkong in Augest. Woh, I think for certain people, this is consider not too bad!

Before deciding on the Australia's trip, he said last year he choosen to go Egypt, so this year it will be my turn to choose where I like to go. Hmm.. Considering his budget constrain, wonder when that will be.

Babies' Gathering on Deepavali

Yesterday was deepavali. Today, Sowmya invited us to her house. I had a great time munching on the Indian snacks and playing with babies!

People who know me, would have also know that I love babies, but minus the crying.

Christine, if you are seeing this, you must feel very happy to see that your god-daughter's has longer hair now. But I think her papa and mummy still like her hair to grow slighter faster.

Reichel and Kate

Reichel and Jia Sui

A Divine Obsession

Finally decided on my wedding gown. It is a simple tube dress with a train filled with crystals and small flowers pieces here and there. Boyfriend like it, bridemaid said its nice on me. So, this will be the one.

Now, my next headache is... How should my evening gown look like? I was surfing wedding websites to collect ideas. It is quite frustrating to have a wedding package with Made-to-measure evening dress. I wish I could just choose an evening gown available on the rack, but the variety of evening gown in my bridal store is very very limited.

Should I get a Cheongsum?

A V-neck?

A Halter-neck?

Or another tube dress again? Probably ask my bridemaid for her opinion. *indecisive*

Where are the Clouds?

The haze is really bad today. I am having running nose and sneezing all the way since I woke up. Probably I should not have taken leave today. Staying the office would have been better as it is indoor with aircon.

This is a photo of the basketball court taken from my room window. On a good day, the buildings behind the trees are clearly visible. But today, they are lost in the SMOKE. The kids who were playing in the court have decided to go home. Right now the court is empty.

The odd smell is very strong, and I have closed all the windows at home. I wonder how long is the haze going to last?

When can I see the clouds again?

The Wedding Ticker

Since the day we decided on our wedding venue, my excitment is increasing everyday. The excitment is similar to the feeling I had when I am looking forward to a coming holiday trip.

While surfing a forum, I found a wedding ticker. With some help from the blogger help, and some limited memory of the programming course that I took in NUS, I managed to add this ticker to my blog! Feeling a sense of great achievement! HAha!

7months and 21days.. tic tok tic tok..

Me and my feeder bus

Today, I waited about 15 to 30mins for a feeder bus to send me home from IMM. While waiting for my bus to come, I pondered about how frequent should the freqency of a feeder bus be?

Imagine this scenerio, if a person live 20 mins walking distance away from where the bus stop is, and got to wait for about 20 mins for a bus (if he want to take a bus)... Would he rather walk home or wait for the bus..

Every morning, I need to travel to Jurong interchange. I have several ways of reaching my destination. Either..

1. Take a feeder bus, which will stop right at the interchange.

2. Take a non-feeder bus, where I alight along the main road and walk about 5mins to the interchange.

3. Take another non-feeder bus, where I alight along another main road but is 10mins walking distance away from the interchange.

4. Take a cab. This is the last ultimate resort..

Out of 10 working days, I only managed to catch the feeder bus once. What happened to the rest of the 9 days? Most of the time, I waited for 10mins and there is still no sight of the feeder bus. But all the other buses come and go. So instead of waiting, I decided to take the other buses that come along, and walk a longer distance.

I realised that feeder bus generally move more slowly than the other buses. Sometime, it is literally crawing on the road! To reach the interchange via feeder bus, it took at least 15-20mins. But via non-feeder bus (plus walking), I can reach the interchange in less than 15mins! Also, after work, the longest queue in the interchange is the feeder bus queue. Sometimes, the queue can be so long that we have to wait for the next bus. This happened everyday, the passenger number is guaranteed to be so much. Why aren't the government or sbs increasing the frequency of our feedbus ar?

Yet, the public transport fee is forever increasing. But I do not understnad why I am paying more. There is no improvement to the transport frequency, or should I said that the frequency of feeder bus near my home is reducing! Sigh..............

Milo

Blogging seem so hot among everyone around me. So, I decided to start one too. It is also in the memory of a rabbit -- Milo.

He died yesterday. He "collasped" on Sunday afternoon. Panicking, I called the vet clinic hotline. The vet recommended that I observed him for a day, and if he is still abnormal, then bring him to clinic in the morning.

He hasn't been eating properly due to lousy teeth, which tended to over-grown. Colleagues told me that this was commonly caused by in-breeding. I learnt about the "over-grown" teeth when I brought him to clinic about 2 months ago for a swollen cheek. Vet said that the swolleness was because the absess built up due to overgrown teeth.. Can't remember the details, anyway I am not a vet, and it was quite sometime ago. All the teeth on the right side were removed at that time.

I still remembered that on Sunday night, and he was lying in the cage. I opened the cage door to let him out into the play pen. Usually, he stand and wait by the door to come out. But that night, he didn't move. He just lay there looking at me. Still keeping Milo's cage door opened, I let tututu into the play pen instead. And I saw that Milo try to shift in his laying position, so that he can see what is going on in the play pen. Its so sad.

What I should have done on Sunday? Try to seek another vet for advise? Bring him to an emergency hospital? Till now, for the last two days, my mother kept repeatedly said that I have caused his death, and said that he didn't want to die. I am blamed for not bringing him to seek medical treatment earlier. I am such a horrible owner. Hmmm... I decided that no more rabbit for me. No more no more.

My rabbits:
Tu Tu: First rabbit - Die due to hmm.. I also do not know. I am young, she was very very young. Probably less than 4 months old? All I can remember was, we went out in the afternoon. And by the time we returned home, I saw a stiff body in the cage. I have cried for a long time.

Tututu: Second rabbit - A replacement for Tu Tu. He looked exactly like Tu Tu, except that this is a Male. Now, he is about 4 years old. I promised myself that I will give him all my loving tender care, everyday.

Milo: The third. The cutest. Yet, the most pitifully one..