i love weekends when we have the car. makes going anywhere so much more convenient. the weekend that just passed has been great. we have been swamping ourselves with activities and now that bsf have started, we have more work to do during the weekends. yet, despite times like these, i am so thankful we still manage to squeeze quality time out for each other.

had a lovely dinner last night with my aunt and uncle. of course the fact that we went sushi tei @ I12 katong makes me even happier. think i am collecting points so much faster now. it's amazing how my boy could talk and converse with my relatives so much better than with my parents. times like these make me feel i actually have the best of both worlds. totally made my night.

sleep is not on our side lately. we are so easily tired. =/ wanted to catch up abit on our devotion and bsf homwork tgt but we end up taking a nap so long it became dinner time.

i can't wait for 2014.....

Happy Valentines Day, everyone!

i dun have any special vday plans to begin with. thought we will just go for a movie and simple dinner but then we were summoned back to church for youth alpha meeting so we decided to just have a simple dinner at I12 Katong, sushi tei of course. for those who knows, i have an ulterior motive for going there. haha

my vday gift this year is a huge mango. i came back and immediately, this was the conversation i had with daddy.

daddy: eh? where are your flowers?
me: huh? what flowers?
daddy: never get flowers this year?
me: (smiling proudly) i got a huge mango!!!

seriously, my parents thought it was very strange for me not to receive flowers. hello? do they even know nic? my boy is practical like anything and giving me mango cos i like to eat is much more practical than flowers. though i hate the fact that my mum thinks he got me already, like after propose, then no more flowers.

ahhaa... but i love mango!!! but one daisy or sunflower wouldn't hurt. i love sunflowers since secondary school. ask any of my girls! haha

i understand that valentines day is just a day with marked up prices by restaurants, florists and any other vendors who try to use it as a day to earn more money.

however, vday has very significant meaning to me and this can be traced from all the way in my sec. school Back in IJ days, vday is a widely cenebrated day. girls give a stalk of flower, chocolates or sweets and everyone is sure to get something back that day. i love celebrating vday with girlfriends. it adds to the fun and laughter or it all. now that i have the boy, vday becomes a day that we would spend tgt.

practical as he is, vday makes him irritated. the crowd, the marked up prices. he lost the mood to celebrate and among all our special days, vday kills his mood more than anything else. haha!

hmmm... now, maybe there is a way to make February special? and make him hate it less? hmmm....

i m burning my brain out today. fever up to a whopping 37.6 degree. made the boy so angry. cos i didn't know how to take care of myself according him...

haha... well.. he chose to accept the full package didn't he. haha!! hope he doesn't read this

everyone, please meet me for dinners at sushi tei for the whole month of feb!!!! =) in I12 only!!! haha!

It has been a busy and fulfilling weekend for me starting on Friday. And it was on Friday that my shopping spree started as well.

Went to LG with mixed feelings. I was happy to be able to share the good news of my engagement yet at the same time, i know i will be hearing more about the sudden news of one couple moving to Canada. They are close mentors for the boy and I and we had learn alot over the last 1.5 years from them. It saddens us to see them leave but we know in all God's good provisions, this is the best decision for them to make.

Youth Alpha finally started with a loud bang i might say! We have 10 over participants, not counting those who dropped by to visit. I do hope these people can continue coming.



And Alpha's food is always so AWESOME! This is only week 1!



So after my Friday shopping spree @ mphosis, i bought another bag from Charles and Keith. I was almost tempted to buy something from Mango. Everywhere is having sales!



And finally, introducing my new friend after rubee....

I was quite upset when my very old NEC died on me. It has served me since Poly year 1 which was when i realised i need a laptop to do all my projects and all. Or maybe that was an excuse for me to ask my parents to buy me one. But God's timing is perfect. Gave me a timely bonus to spend on this laptop. Oh well, some monies that have to be spent cannot be avoided.

And it's mphosis day today!!! I chanced upon mphosis having sales today and i couldn't resist. I always liked their clothes but it always cannot fit me nicely somehow and i am not so willing to pay their price sometimes.

Anyway, i decided to wear and carry all the things i bought today!! =)

My Bali trip was awesome! There are so many pictures i want to post, so many memories i want to share.



the beautiful sundeck that holds so much memories for me. the moment of tears, joy and laughter.

the whole trip was really like mini honeymoon. i realised the boy emailed the resort to plan it that way. so many nice and awesome surprises. i love the sunset dinner at the beach too. the sunset was so pretty!!



and lastly....



i really wanna post more pictures but then i will end up posting everything. so yea.... i will show u if u ask! hahaa

A really good saturday spent with loved ones before the boy and i fly to bali. today is the annual 'lou-hei' day with my family but be-na-brah decided to do something else before the dinner and that is to take our precious GM to the movies!!



I'm sure GM enjoyed herself alot and we are happy we brought her. =) =) And here's us before Bali.



Pray for journey mercies. Will be back on Tues. =)

It is days like today that make all worries and troubles insignificant.

one thing after another... i'm suffocation!

After 2 good days of visiting, i'm still not ready to start work!! I'm not ready to start anything! i just wanna pack up and go Bali! But i m looking forward to this whole busy week though.

Anyway, this year has been relatively different. I spent the first two days of visiting with the boy and for once, we finally went to visit his mum's relatives. They sure have a lot of people there. I love big family! Too bad, he's not very keen on it, he likes things simple, and less noise. So i don't think I will be able to have a lot of huge family gatherings. =/ But i'm sure everyone in my family loves him. Everyone except one. The unreasonable, fussy one. Good job, my love! Keep up the good work.

our hush puppies shoes!





and let this whole week roll!! =)

I didn't do pedicure this year. my package is still there after 1 year plus. my nail chipped a while ago and i was lazy to ask them to be super careful with it so i decided not to go. i wanted to find something red and i end up with this. haha! maybe i should start doing my nails. troublesome it may be but collecting a lot of nail polish seems fun. haha!

the colour above is called

It's Up To You

Product Code: NI 224

Happy 6th anniversary to us! Well, the actual day is tmr but we decided to pre-celebrate it because tmr is cny reunion dinner day. and both of us will have our own dinners at our homes respectively.

i asked the boy, should we dress to the nines and go out somewhere nice to eat? or should we cook up a blast? he chose the latter so we woke up early in the morning, went for a nice dimsum breakfast and then started our grocery shopping.



and we started cooking a storm:











and the feast is here!



i wanted to do a 4 course meal but seriously, just these 2 almost took up half the day. so tiring. presenting crabcake and handmade ravioli!!



Thank you for the past 6 years worth of memories, love and joy. I look forward to many many more years with you and bali next week!! Lovessss!

went to bff's house today and got surprised by a door gift!



so cute of her! who gives door gift to a random guest who decided to go over last minute just to get shoe membership card. Haha! rather amused by it. and i got tickled by her mum as well. i guess it is always more fun and amusing to talk to other people's mums other than your own.

Anyway, new year resolution: 100 pairs of shoes. Now 3 down, 97 to go! WOOTS! haha!

went mini shoe shopping with the boy. mini because we kinda know what we want already so just go buy! i tend to want to have same things as him so although i didn't think of owning a pair of hush puppies shoes, i end up buying one because he bought one.



something similar to this.

i still need heels though. lots and lost of heels! haha

i just realised this coming sunday is our 6th year anniversary. what should we do? whip up a special 4 course meal, things we never cook before or go to a nice restaurant?

hmmmm....

i had a very fulfilling and tired weekend. happily tired.

LG is back on every Friday. Never prepared for it and frankly, my heart wasn't there. Too long never do homework, need some getting used to. I love fellowshipping and my new resolution is to follow my boy not to eat after 1030 (which is after cell).

Saturday was a long and sweaty day. The boy and i went to grandma's to help out in preparation for the steamboat. Not much to be done cos Empress Dowager likes to do things herself. Afterthought to myself, i should have just push her out of the kitchen and insist on helping. we might have to eat out next year. and there goes one steamboat session, which is always my favourite. then after we are done in the afternoon, it was still early so we popped over to my aunt's place where we started playing kinnect. i seriously sweat like crazy after 15 minutes or so. haha!! and i m even aching now!!! gosh! and then dinner at my grandma's was like a sauna session altogether. we ate in the kitchen, not much wind and the boy commented we are burning calories as we eat! I so agree!

Sunday which is today ended up as last minute cny shopping for clothes. oh we tried CoCo Curry!



it definitely is nice but my boy prefer the GoGo Curry and i chose the wrong dish. The chicken cutlet sucks!!! must remind myself to eat sausage next time and ask for lesser rice. I wanted to prove i more garang than the boy so i took the highest level of spicy-ness. Shiok but burning to the throat. i couldn't even finish the curry. Haha!

so we walked down from somerset to far east, bought quite a bit of stuff. i am still missing a pair of heels which i eyed at charles and keith. just that they don't have my size. i am going to run around a few branches. and i want a bag too!!!!

i have been really upset when my carelessness, forgetfulness and clumsiness caused me to lose one side of my pearl earring and another side of my diamond earring all in the matter of 2 weeks. it matters to me because all these were bought by the boy. if i had bought it myself, i wouldn't have been half upset.

today, much to my very surprise, he sprang me this



i love the ruby studs inside and i love the boy more! i pray i won't lose this EVER!!!!

i have so many pending matters on hand. how to concentrate!?!!

my memory is deteriorating. how to remember???!!!

i am getting clumsier by the minute. I pissed myself off SO MUCH!!!!

ARGHHH!!!! BAD DAY!!! HOW TO LAST TMR!

Genesis 9:16

Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth -NIV

God haven't answer my prayers directly yet but seeing this reassures me that He is still in control. How so? I'm really not sure. I am still quite weak on the inside, waiting to strengthen up. How should I do it? I'm not sure too. But a wise person would say, figure out your why before you think about how. I need to know why i want to do it then i can figure out how i wanna get there.

I had a super lovely weekend. ended on a high note. God, give me strength to endure one more week.