Andy Lau - "每次醒來"
每次醒來都怕你不在
每次都想掙脫你醒來
終於明白生命裡面總有個人
可以去愛 不能依賴
每次醒來都怕你不在
每次都想掙脫你醒來
可是我知道當你終於將我放開
我會在 原地徘徊
Heard this song over the radio today. I realised the lyrics kinda explained my feeling today.
Today, I nearly had a heart attack. Yj came home from work and told me he accidentally knock his head and it was bleeding. The instant the words came out from his mouth, my heart stopped for that split second as I immediately pulled his head to my eye level to survey the degree of his injury, holding my breath for the worse scene. Spreading his hair apart, right above his forehead on the left was a gash with dried blood clotted on the surface. Thankfully it looks like a mere scratch, deep enough for some blood, but shallow enough so that the blood wasnt dripping. Thats when my breath came back to me..
Thats my Yj for u, forever giving me heart attack cuz he seem to succumb very easily to work injury on a weekly basis. Sometimes a thick cut somewhere, blue-black everywhere, paper cuts on hands, a sore back or aching hand/leg.. Haiz.. I deduced its his impatient and rash behaviour that results in his injury. But what can I do? Thats y Im constantly worrying about his safety and all... -.-" I told him million of times, that he should protect himself and work safely not just for him, but also for me cuz although the injuries are on him, my heart will also ache for him cuz he is already a huge part of me.. Plus my plan for the future consist of the two of us eternally, so I never wanna lose him.
To u, my dear:
"Stay safe, for me, for our future.."
Love, Fangz
Monday, January 17, 2011
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Honeymoony~ Day 3!
Waking up really early in the morning, we headed outskirt to Warrock Cattle Farm! Awww... Its so exciting cuz we were heading to the Farm to see animals~!! Woohoos~ Anyway, I realised that on this trip, I had my "First" try on lots of stuffs.. Heehee~ =D
To make our hour long bus journey more exciting, I ask YJ to help me improve my horrendous Hokkien.. YJ told me to translate the story of "Three Little Pig" into Hokkien... So, In my 半桶水 Hokkien... This is what I translated...
[Zhar Gu Zhar Gu Deng Pai Eh Si Zun, Wu San Jiak "Shio" Ti] in the mere 2 lines into my translation, YJ roared with laughter in his seat, nearly waking the entire bus of sleepyheads up... :P Apparently, I had mistakenly translated "三只小猪" into "三只烧猪" in Hokkien.. Every other sentence I translated turns out to be jokes to YJ as he continued poking fun at my horrendous translation, not even 1/4 into the translation of the story, YJ surrendered and postpone my translation to a later date, before he burst out into hysterical laughter and wakes up everyone on board.
Arriving at Warrock Cattle Farm, thefirst thing that came into view was the nosey Emus peeking at us through the barricade. In a gigantic bird enclosure which houses a huge variety of birds made up of all colours, shapes and patterns. Including a beautiful White Peacock(probably an Albino) and two colourful peacocks (One male and one female, the male is the one with the long tail that opens up into a sea of colours)
Our first activity at the Farm was feeding of the baby moo moos (Calf of the Cow), two long rows of little moo moos stood in the barn waiting for their milk. We were given gigantic milk bottle like containers filled with milk for calf feeding. I grabbed a bottle and immediately headed towards the very end of the barn and fed a black calf first, he sucked on the milk bottle so hard I had to wrestle the milk bottle out of his mouth in order to feed the other baby moo moo.s I was estatic and excited as it was my first try at feeding baby calfs. A second white calf with brown patches on its body finished the milk in my bottle and I was abit sad cuz the experience seem so short, till I realised YJ was still sourcing for a hungry moo moo (hehehe! which means he have a new bottle full of milk!) *glint in my eyes*
As always, YJ knew my thoughts flashing through my eyes even before I speak up so he willingly gave up his milk bottle for me (Yippees~) and I found this White Calf with a really pretty heart-shaped brown patch on its forehead and started feeding it, initially he was not interested in the milk, but after gulping down some of the delicious milk, he started sucking the bottle so hard it nearly deflated the milk bottle! Of course I let YJ have his chance at feeding the Calf but I think he is happier with me feeding them! Hah! I had loads of fun!
Next we went milking the cow~ (Moo!) Whahahha! I was the first to volunteer to milk the cow! The cow was called Daisy(my favourite flower) and my initial squeeze produced nothing, after proper guidance from the owner, I managed to squeeze out some Daisy (Hi-Lo) Milk~ Woohooos! Its was F U N!!!!! A pity YJ wasn't interested in milking Daisy so he merely watched me jumping around having fun. As other members of my tour group get their chance with milking Daisy, I caught a glimpse of a beautiful white and black fur Border Collie chained to the back of a truck.. Although it was drizzling out there, I put on the hood of my Jacket and ran out into the rain to take a closer look at the dog. Its beautiful coat shine with the glistening raindrop on its fur and I happily took some photo of the lovely dog, who I later would come to know as the star of our next activity in the farm.
Viewing from a stand with a barrier, the owner of the Farm show us how the Border Collie would assist in the herding of their meh mehs (sheep cattles). The meh mehs were lazily grazing around a gigantic meadow but the moment the owner gave its command to the dog, the hyperactive Border Collie ran and round up the scattered herd and chased them towards us. Apparently halfway through the herding, the father of this Border Collie, a slightly bigger dog with the same lovely coat zoomed past us into the meadow and assisted his son in herding of the sheeps, it didn't take them long as the sheeps moved in an orderly manner towards us in a big herd. Amongst the lovely sheeps were four young lambs that were soooooo cute!
Next up for us was the sheep shearing, eww... At the lamb shed, we were seated in the audience stand where right behind us stood several nake sheep already shaved. Sounds of distress were coming from the other sheeps awaiting their turn to be "stripped naked" in front of the audience. We listened to the owner of the shed explain the mechanics and history of sheep shearing. Apparently the shearing of the sheep's coat is actually a necessary thing for the sheeps as it will start getting entangled into thick and messy knots if the sheeps are not shaved frequently. Plus the fact that sheeps with thick coats are always very skinny and cant grow fat. They can only be fatten to a healthy size after shaving off their coat of wool. We watched live demostration of both the traditional and current method of sheep shearing.
After we left the shed, we each had our try with whip cracking. Each of us is given a very traditional looking whip like those held by cowboys in the movies, and we were taught how to crack the whip! Although I gave it a try, I couldnt whip out the crackling sound with the whip.. :(
We were brought to an enclosure with really pretty kangaroos jumping around! Yj and I spent a huge effort trying to take pictures with the lovely kangaroos as they were seriously not interested in phototaking with us... Haiz...
Our delicious lunch was at the Farm, with really delicious Beef Steaks! Yums! Right after lunch, we had a short break. Yj and I seize the chance for the short break for a rest at the shed with the pretty bird enclosures. As we were the only two in the enclosure, we saw a fat grey rabbit which sneaked out of the enclosure into the public area! Just as I was about to take a picture with it, the rabbit took off and burrowed back into its enclosure.. Oh well.. Its definitely hard taking pictures of animals after all! Hahas!
We patiently waited for the peacocks to spread its tail and true enough, to our wish, the white albino peacock spread its majestic tail to a sea of white! Oh my, what a wonderful sight that wow us both! Shortly after, the other peacock gave us a show of its majestic sea of very colourful tail feathers! Hehe.. We are so blessed to see such a fantastic show! =D
After we left the Farm, we went to Panny's Amazing World of Chocolate where I had my fair share of history about chocolate and the yummy dark chocolates! I also had fun looking at the amazing chocolate games and fountains.. Whahahas! And Im definitely amazed by the cute looking little fairy penguin statues showcased near the entrance which is entirely made of chocolate! Including the sand in the showcase!
Our next stop at A Maze N Things where there were lots of fun and amazing games and optical illusions decorations and rooms that really tested our mind and eyes! It was definitely a fun and cool experience!
Next, we headed to the Koala Conservation Centre. Just as I was excited heading towards the Koala trees, the dark clouds starts looming above our heads. Yj grabbed my hands and hurried me to the Koala enclosures where we started playing a "spot the koala" game! Just as we immediately spotted all the Koalas and was admiring a pretty Koala mummy and its baby clinging on its back, a pity the sky wasnt on our side as it suddenly started drizzling and we had to run all the way back to the centre less than 8 mins after entering the Koala enclosure. Although we left our umbrella on the bus, we were lucky not to be drenched! :) Yj bought me some hot chocolate and we sat at the cafe, warming our bodies up and screening through the pretty pictures taken on our camera.
As the drizzle transform into a heavy thunderstorm, we sat praying for the rain to stop as its nearing evening and we were worried that the thunderstorm would cancel our Penguin Parade, an activity I have been longing for a very long time! Arent we glad the rain quieten back down to a mere drizzle and finally stopped in time for our Penguin Parade! As we walked down the pavement towards the viewing deck, the area were lined with notices saying no photography and that the little burrows we see on the slope were the natural home of the penguins! Out of curiousity, I peeped into a little burrow nearest to me and to my surprise, I saw a greyish wade of feather cuddled in the little burrow with its black beak visible from the entrance of the burrow! Woohooos! My first sight of the penguin! We sped up towards the viewing deck as I could hardly contain my excitement to see the little penguins come home!
By the time we reach the viewing area, it was already dotted with visitors and was quite crowded. We spend some time trying to locate a dry and cosy area with a wide view of the sea in which the little fairy penguins returns every night. They deduced that the penguins will come home at around 8.20pm tonight and hence, the tour leader gave us up to 9.20pm for boarding the tour bus as we take around two hours bus journey back to our hotel in the city. We waited patiently for the little penguins but apparently the penguins were late for home tonight as the first batch of penguin reached shore only at 8.50pm. We watched patiently for the penguins wobbling across the shore, cutely waiting in line for their fellow family members to join them and some comical scene of the little penguins being washed back into the ocean, only to scurry back on shore and get washed back into the ocean. What a cute scene! Hahas!
We couldnt wait for all the penguins to return and hence started back to the centre for another round of shopping. On our way back, we witnessed a batch of 8 penguins happily waddling beside us back to their little burrows that dotted the entire slope. the cutesy column of 8 was waddling on the grass patch next to our walking pavement and up close, we can see the little adult fairy penguins are only around the size of a plush toy! small and cute! And I stopped at the little burrow which I saw the baby penguin earlier in the evening and was really glad that the papa and mama penguin were back! The family of three were standing outside their burrow, with the baby penguin just a slightly shorter frame and in a greyish coat as compared to its parents. Too bad no photography is allowed. Haiz...
Yj and I returned to our bus immediately and since I had a long and exciting day, my eyelids were dropping and the next thing I knew, I was already sleeping on the shoulder of Yj as the bus travel towards our hotel.
To make our hour long bus journey more exciting, I ask YJ to help me improve my horrendous Hokkien.. YJ told me to translate the story of "Three Little Pig" into Hokkien... So, In my 半桶水 Hokkien... This is what I translated...
[Zhar Gu Zhar Gu Deng Pai Eh Si Zun, Wu San Jiak "Shio" Ti] in the mere 2 lines into my translation, YJ roared with laughter in his seat, nearly waking the entire bus of sleepyheads up... :P Apparently, I had mistakenly translated "三只小猪" into "三只烧猪" in Hokkien.. Every other sentence I translated turns out to be jokes to YJ as he continued poking fun at my horrendous translation, not even 1/4 into the translation of the story, YJ surrendered and postpone my translation to a later date, before he burst out into hysterical laughter and wakes up everyone on board.
Arriving at Warrock Cattle Farm, thefirst thing that came into view was the nosey Emus peeking at us through the barricade. In a gigantic bird enclosure which houses a huge variety of birds made up of all colours, shapes and patterns. Including a beautiful White Peacock(probably an Albino) and two colourful peacocks (One male and one female, the male is the one with the long tail that opens up into a sea of colours)
Our first activity at the Farm was feeding of the baby moo moos (Calf of the Cow), two long rows of little moo moos stood in the barn waiting for their milk. We were given gigantic milk bottle like containers filled with milk for calf feeding. I grabbed a bottle and immediately headed towards the very end of the barn and fed a black calf first, he sucked on the milk bottle so hard I had to wrestle the milk bottle out of his mouth in order to feed the other baby moo moo.s I was estatic and excited as it was my first try at feeding baby calfs. A second white calf with brown patches on its body finished the milk in my bottle and I was abit sad cuz the experience seem so short, till I realised YJ was still sourcing for a hungry moo moo (hehehe! which means he have a new bottle full of milk!) *glint in my eyes*
As always, YJ knew my thoughts flashing through my eyes even before I speak up so he willingly gave up his milk bottle for me (Yippees~) and I found this White Calf with a really pretty heart-shaped brown patch on its forehead and started feeding it, initially he was not interested in the milk, but after gulping down some of the delicious milk, he started sucking the bottle so hard it nearly deflated the milk bottle! Of course I let YJ have his chance at feeding the Calf but I think he is happier with me feeding them! Hah! I had loads of fun!
Next we went milking the cow~ (Moo!) Whahahha! I was the first to volunteer to milk the cow! The cow was called Daisy(my favourite flower) and my initial squeeze produced nothing, after proper guidance from the owner, I managed to squeeze out some Daisy (Hi-Lo) Milk~ Woohooos! Its was F U N!!!!! A pity YJ wasn't interested in milking Daisy so he merely watched me jumping around having fun. As other members of my tour group get their chance with milking Daisy, I caught a glimpse of a beautiful white and black fur Border Collie chained to the back of a truck.. Although it was drizzling out there, I put on the hood of my Jacket and ran out into the rain to take a closer look at the dog. Its beautiful coat shine with the glistening raindrop on its fur and I happily took some photo of the lovely dog, who I later would come to know as the star of our next activity in the farm.
Viewing from a stand with a barrier, the owner of the Farm show us how the Border Collie would assist in the herding of their meh mehs (sheep cattles). The meh mehs were lazily grazing around a gigantic meadow but the moment the owner gave its command to the dog, the hyperactive Border Collie ran and round up the scattered herd and chased them towards us. Apparently halfway through the herding, the father of this Border Collie, a slightly bigger dog with the same lovely coat zoomed past us into the meadow and assisted his son in herding of the sheeps, it didn't take them long as the sheeps moved in an orderly manner towards us in a big herd. Amongst the lovely sheeps were four young lambs that were soooooo cute!
Next up for us was the sheep shearing, eww... At the lamb shed, we were seated in the audience stand where right behind us stood several nake sheep already shaved. Sounds of distress were coming from the other sheeps awaiting their turn to be "stripped naked" in front of the audience. We listened to the owner of the shed explain the mechanics and history of sheep shearing. Apparently the shearing of the sheep's coat is actually a necessary thing for the sheeps as it will start getting entangled into thick and messy knots if the sheeps are not shaved frequently. Plus the fact that sheeps with thick coats are always very skinny and cant grow fat. They can only be fatten to a healthy size after shaving off their coat of wool. We watched live demostration of both the traditional and current method of sheep shearing.
After we left the shed, we each had our try with whip cracking. Each of us is given a very traditional looking whip like those held by cowboys in the movies, and we were taught how to crack the whip! Although I gave it a try, I couldnt whip out the crackling sound with the whip.. :(
We were brought to an enclosure with really pretty kangaroos jumping around! Yj and I spent a huge effort trying to take pictures with the lovely kangaroos as they were seriously not interested in phototaking with us... Haiz...
Our delicious lunch was at the Farm, with really delicious Beef Steaks! Yums! Right after lunch, we had a short break. Yj and I seize the chance for the short break for a rest at the shed with the pretty bird enclosures. As we were the only two in the enclosure, we saw a fat grey rabbit which sneaked out of the enclosure into the public area! Just as I was about to take a picture with it, the rabbit took off and burrowed back into its enclosure.. Oh well.. Its definitely hard taking pictures of animals after all! Hahas!
We patiently waited for the peacocks to spread its tail and true enough, to our wish, the white albino peacock spread its majestic tail to a sea of white! Oh my, what a wonderful sight that wow us both! Shortly after, the other peacock gave us a show of its majestic sea of very colourful tail feathers! Hehe.. We are so blessed to see such a fantastic show! =D
After we left the Farm, we went to Panny's Amazing World of Chocolate where I had my fair share of history about chocolate and the yummy dark chocolates! I also had fun looking at the amazing chocolate games and fountains.. Whahahas! And Im definitely amazed by the cute looking little fairy penguin statues showcased near the entrance which is entirely made of chocolate! Including the sand in the showcase!
Our next stop at A Maze N Things where there were lots of fun and amazing games and optical illusions decorations and rooms that really tested our mind and eyes! It was definitely a fun and cool experience!
Next, we headed to the Koala Conservation Centre. Just as I was excited heading towards the Koala trees, the dark clouds starts looming above our heads. Yj grabbed my hands and hurried me to the Koala enclosures where we started playing a "spot the koala" game! Just as we immediately spotted all the Koalas and was admiring a pretty Koala mummy and its baby clinging on its back, a pity the sky wasnt on our side as it suddenly started drizzling and we had to run all the way back to the centre less than 8 mins after entering the Koala enclosure. Although we left our umbrella on the bus, we were lucky not to be drenched! :) Yj bought me some hot chocolate and we sat at the cafe, warming our bodies up and screening through the pretty pictures taken on our camera.
As the drizzle transform into a heavy thunderstorm, we sat praying for the rain to stop as its nearing evening and we were worried that the thunderstorm would cancel our Penguin Parade, an activity I have been longing for a very long time! Arent we glad the rain quieten back down to a mere drizzle and finally stopped in time for our Penguin Parade! As we walked down the pavement towards the viewing deck, the area were lined with notices saying no photography and that the little burrows we see on the slope were the natural home of the penguins! Out of curiousity, I peeped into a little burrow nearest to me and to my surprise, I saw a greyish wade of feather cuddled in the little burrow with its black beak visible from the entrance of the burrow! Woohooos! My first sight of the penguin! We sped up towards the viewing deck as I could hardly contain my excitement to see the little penguins come home!
By the time we reach the viewing area, it was already dotted with visitors and was quite crowded. We spend some time trying to locate a dry and cosy area with a wide view of the sea in which the little fairy penguins returns every night. They deduced that the penguins will come home at around 8.20pm tonight and hence, the tour leader gave us up to 9.20pm for boarding the tour bus as we take around two hours bus journey back to our hotel in the city. We waited patiently for the little penguins but apparently the penguins were late for home tonight as the first batch of penguin reached shore only at 8.50pm. We watched patiently for the penguins wobbling across the shore, cutely waiting in line for their fellow family members to join them and some comical scene of the little penguins being washed back into the ocean, only to scurry back on shore and get washed back into the ocean. What a cute scene! Hahas!
We couldnt wait for all the penguins to return and hence started back to the centre for another round of shopping. On our way back, we witnessed a batch of 8 penguins happily waddling beside us back to their little burrows that dotted the entire slope. the cutesy column of 8 was waddling on the grass patch next to our walking pavement and up close, we can see the little adult fairy penguins are only around the size of a plush toy! small and cute! And I stopped at the little burrow which I saw the baby penguin earlier in the evening and was really glad that the papa and mama penguin were back! The family of three were standing outside their burrow, with the baby penguin just a slightly shorter frame and in a greyish coat as compared to its parents. Too bad no photography is allowed. Haiz...
Yj and I returned to our bus immediately and since I had a long and exciting day, my eyelids were dropping and the next thing I knew, I was already sleeping on the shoulder of Yj as the bus travel towards our hotel.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Honeymoony~ Day 2!
2 movies, 1 nice meal, 2 cups of oranges juices, 1 toilet break later, I fell into a deep slumber for a mere 1.5 hours of sleep, I awoke to an earthquake on board the flight... Oh well... the floor wasnt the one shaking... my chair was the one shaking like there is no tomorrow... apparently im seated in front of an extremely inconsiderate passenger who kept stomping on her foot rest (which was inconveniently attached to poor me's chair) like some crazy addict who cant stop shaking her legs!!!!!! I kept eyeing yj but there is nothing much he can do cuz apparently he too is suffering from the "music" composed by the lady seated on his other side who was sneezing and coughing all night long... Arghh... How I hated long flights... *tsk tsk* *shake head*
Sooooo, I watched another few movies or at least tried to concentrate while enduring the little headache bought about by the shaking of my seat and made billions of unanswered prayers for the girl behind me to just go to sleep and stop shaking.... I was tempted to just confront the girl but I withheld my anger cuz I didnt wanna spoil a beautiful start of my honeymoon...
After another meal on board the flight, we were finally reaching Melbourne about 4am Singapore time, which is approx~ 7am Melbourne time! At the passport check point, the custom office checked my passport for a very long time... I think he couldnt recognise my face on the passport because of several reasons... 1. I was quite a slim girl 7 years ago but am plump now... 2. Maybe my new hairstyle looked too weird... or I believe this is the most convincing 3. that all Asian faces probably looked similar to the Westerners... So finally after 3 minutes and asking a colleague of his for confirmation, he finally relented and let me go... -.-"
Yj and I waited by the conveyor belt which was already fully packed with human and waited as the check-in luggages starts streaming slowly out onto the conveyor belt.. OMG! Now I really understand why some people prefer to buy baggage tags since ALL baggages looks almost the same!!!!! hahhhahahas! Seriously I cant even remember what colour luggage I had checked in so I strained my already sleepy eyes and mind to try locate the luggages... Thankfully we managed to find them in mere 15mins... We followed the trail of our Tour Leader and passed the security gantry... Since we have got nothing to declare, we had to queue in front of a cutesy beagle while the little Beagle sniff our bags for contrabands and food! Lol! Now thats what I call CUTE!!! *Smiles*
On board the Tour Bus, we finally am able to relax for a short moment, but a mere 30 minutes drive later we reached our first tourist attraction in Melbourne.. We entered the St Patrick Cathedral through its beautiful Pilgram Path with a really lovely water feature flowing down the middle the stairs which leads up to the door of the Cathedral.. The exterior of the Catherdral seems normal and abit old but the interior was huge and really mysterious looking! No cameras were allowed and since only tourist visits the Cathedral early on a working day, the Catheral was serene and peaceful..
Next stop is an entirely different feel from the first.. Its the Shrine of Rememberance in commemoration of the people who lost their lives in the World War.. The whole place eludes a feeling of sadness and my eyes involuntarily shed some tears(probably due to the dry but cooling weather in Melbourne).
We stopped by the Yarra River where we went shopping instead of sightseeing for a short moment before heading for lunch at a chinese restaurant. After lunch, we visited the Eureka Tower and had a majestic and memorable view of the entire City of Melbourne!
Next stop for us is to check in our hotel at Citigate Melbourne. A nice hotel and since we are the honeymoon couple, our nice tour leader arranged the highest level room for us on the 11th floor! But the funny part is that our window actually faces the wall of an opposite building... so 11th floor with no view is almost the same as 2nd floor with no view (- . -" ) But still, its a nice cosy little room... :)
Later that night, we went for dinner with the tour group at a restaurant along Melbourne Chinatown.. As we walked back to the Hotel after dinner, we went souvenir shopping to compare the prices and ended the night with KFC for supper~
Sooooo, I watched another few movies or at least tried to concentrate while enduring the little headache bought about by the shaking of my seat and made billions of unanswered prayers for the girl behind me to just go to sleep and stop shaking.... I was tempted to just confront the girl but I withheld my anger cuz I didnt wanna spoil a beautiful start of my honeymoon...
After another meal on board the flight, we were finally reaching Melbourne about 4am Singapore time, which is approx~ 7am Melbourne time! At the passport check point, the custom office checked my passport for a very long time... I think he couldnt recognise my face on the passport because of several reasons... 1. I was quite a slim girl 7 years ago but am plump now... 2. Maybe my new hairstyle looked too weird... or I believe this is the most convincing 3. that all Asian faces probably looked similar to the Westerners... So finally after 3 minutes and asking a colleague of his for confirmation, he finally relented and let me go... -.-"
Yj and I waited by the conveyor belt which was already fully packed with human and waited as the check-in luggages starts streaming slowly out onto the conveyor belt.. OMG! Now I really understand why some people prefer to buy baggage tags since ALL baggages looks almost the same!!!!! hahhhahahas! Seriously I cant even remember what colour luggage I had checked in so I strained my already sleepy eyes and mind to try locate the luggages... Thankfully we managed to find them in mere 15mins... We followed the trail of our Tour Leader and passed the security gantry... Since we have got nothing to declare, we had to queue in front of a cutesy beagle while the little Beagle sniff our bags for contrabands and food! Lol! Now thats what I call CUTE!!! *Smiles*
On board the Tour Bus, we finally am able to relax for a short moment, but a mere 30 minutes drive later we reached our first tourist attraction in Melbourne.. We entered the St Patrick Cathedral through its beautiful Pilgram Path with a really lovely water feature flowing down the middle the stairs which leads up to the door of the Cathedral.. The exterior of the Catherdral seems normal and abit old but the interior was huge and really mysterious looking! No cameras were allowed and since only tourist visits the Cathedral early on a working day, the Catheral was serene and peaceful..
Next stop is an entirely different feel from the first.. Its the Shrine of Rememberance in commemoration of the people who lost their lives in the World War.. The whole place eludes a feeling of sadness and my eyes involuntarily shed some tears(probably due to the dry but cooling weather in Melbourne).
We stopped by the Yarra River where we went shopping instead of sightseeing for a short moment before heading for lunch at a chinese restaurant. After lunch, we visited the Eureka Tower and had a majestic and memorable view of the entire City of Melbourne!
Next stop for us is to check in our hotel at Citigate Melbourne. A nice hotel and since we are the honeymoon couple, our nice tour leader arranged the highest level room for us on the 11th floor! But the funny part is that our window actually faces the wall of an opposite building... so 11th floor with no view is almost the same as 2nd floor with no view (- . -" ) But still, its a nice cosy little room... :)
Later that night, we went for dinner with the tour group at a restaurant along Melbourne Chinatown.. As we walked back to the Hotel after dinner, we went souvenir shopping to compare the prices and ended the night with KFC for supper~
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Honeymoony~ Day1
I was sitting alone in a corner of our house, packing and repacking our clothes into the luggages... Two lugguage bags in total... 1 big and 1 small with a huge handcarry bag tucked into one of the compartment of our big luggage(just in case).. I scrambled around the house trying to determine what ought to bring and what not while he try to convince me there really is nothing much to bring... He took the luggages to the weighing machine and tried weighing them... Hoho! just both our clothes to bring to Australia packed in our big luggage is already nearing 20kg whereas our two person's baggage allowance is merely 20kg each! hahaha... We wonder if the baggage allowance is sufficient for us to bring all our souvenirs back...
I checked again and again confirming that the camera, money and passport is safely in my bag while he sit around playing games on my iphone... At 5pm, we bide mum goodbye and board Ah Peng's car heading for Changi Airport with our luggages in the pouring rain... Ah Peng drove us to Terminal 3 and alighted us at 5.45pm.. Oh well... We were suppose to meet our Tour Leader at T3, Row 10 at 6.30pm so we were really early (yj thought he wanna have our dinner in the Airport but we already had dinner his mum prepared before leaving home) so we strolled to Wang's Cafe for some soft boil eggs, tea and toast.. We could hardly finish everything since we were both very full...
At 6.15pm, we decided to try our luck and pushed our luggages to find our Tour Leader... Lucky for us, we merely waited for 5 minutes before our Tour Leader came and we were obviously the first to arrive.. Hehes... So we checked in our luggages and entered the Departure halls for some window shopping!!
Our flight is scheduled for boarding at 8.45pm, so we had all the time in the world from 6.30pm to shop till our boarding time... We walked aimlessly from 1 end of the hall to the other as our Boarding Belt is on Aisle 50.. We had sooo much time that he could even play his castle age game on facebook! Whaha! Finally, the watch ticked to 8.45pm and we are ready for boarding... The seats were pre-allocated hence we did not bother to queue to enter like everyone else(sitting and waiting in the lounge is almost the same and sitting and waiting on board the plane so why bother to stand and join the queue? lol)
I am seated at the window seat near the wing of the plane with yj next to me and a lady stranger next to him.. Since the wing of the plane is obstructing majority of the view I had nothing much to do.. Thankfully SQ had 100 different genre of movies showing on board hence I was entertained by the movies as we said our goodbye and goodnight to Singapore...
I checked again and again confirming that the camera, money and passport is safely in my bag while he sit around playing games on my iphone... At 5pm, we bide mum goodbye and board Ah Peng's car heading for Changi Airport with our luggages in the pouring rain... Ah Peng drove us to Terminal 3 and alighted us at 5.45pm.. Oh well... We were suppose to meet our Tour Leader at T3, Row 10 at 6.30pm so we were really early (yj thought he wanna have our dinner in the Airport but we already had dinner his mum prepared before leaving home) so we strolled to Wang's Cafe for some soft boil eggs, tea and toast.. We could hardly finish everything since we were both very full...
At 6.15pm, we decided to try our luck and pushed our luggages to find our Tour Leader... Lucky for us, we merely waited for 5 minutes before our Tour Leader came and we were obviously the first to arrive.. Hehes... So we checked in our luggages and entered the Departure halls for some window shopping!!
Our flight is scheduled for boarding at 8.45pm, so we had all the time in the world from 6.30pm to shop till our boarding time... We walked aimlessly from 1 end of the hall to the other as our Boarding Belt is on Aisle 50.. We had sooo much time that he could even play his castle age game on facebook! Whaha! Finally, the watch ticked to 8.45pm and we are ready for boarding... The seats were pre-allocated hence we did not bother to queue to enter like everyone else(sitting and waiting in the lounge is almost the same and sitting and waiting on board the plane so why bother to stand and join the queue? lol)
I am seated at the window seat near the wing of the plane with yj next to me and a lady stranger next to him.. Since the wing of the plane is obstructing majority of the view I had nothing much to do.. Thankfully SQ had 100 different genre of movies showing on board hence I was entertained by the movies as we said our goodbye and goodnight to Singapore...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
My little love story...
In 2002, when I was 15, my heart was broken for the first time in my life. The pieces of my heart was wrenching in pain every night and I struggled to hold myself strong to face the day. I could vividly remember the dark and lonely nights where I felt abandoned in the world. I thought my heart could never fall in love again and I was certain I would have withered in the piercing pain.
In 2003, when I was 16, you came along like a shooting star flitting across my dark skies. You took me in as your godsister on the eve of Valentine's day, giving me the unconditional and true brotherly love and care I always wanted from a big brother. I was rescued from misery by you. We both thought I was still very much in love with someone else. But gradually, I know the feeling I harboured for you was definitely more that just a brother. I thought I could be satisfied with the brotherly love you gave to me so I never asked for more, fearing that I would scare you away for then, you were my sole pillar of strength. Although my heart yearned for romance, I kept myself single for you, trying to convince myself to be satisfied with just your brotherly love. I thought I could make it, but I couldnt hide from my feelings for you anymore.
I know that something was blossoming in my heart, but I couldnt voice it up to you. Do you care for me merely like a sister or am I something more to you? I never bring up the courage to ask you. I know for sure you were indispensable in my life, but I wasnt certain about your feelings for me. Even my family and friends could see that I was head over heels in love with you, but you never made a move to show that you wanted to be more than just friends.
We had a gathering with our friends over at your home. Although its not the first time I spent the night together with our group of friends(consisting of boys and girls), you ordered me to sleep on the upper deck of your bed, with you. I felt safe lying next to you for I was certain you were a real gentleman and I was right. You never took advantage of me. We were lying next to one another, shoulders touching and I constantly feel the invisible current under my skin that was touching yours yearning more for your touch. I never gotten any sleep that night, for throughout the long night, I was battling the thought to hold you and bury myself in your arms. Although there were many others wide awake on the lower deck of your bed and scattered all around the room, I was happy and contented to be quietly lying next to you although I never knew your feelings for me.
On MSN, you were telling me about your dream car. You said that if you were rich, you want to buy a two-seater car. I commented that you were selfish for you could only drive your girlfriend around but not me in the future. You promised you will drive me around. I was elated. I thought you implied a possiblitiy that we could be together but the conversation ended there and I couldnt get a confirmation from you.
You promised me that you will fetch me to my Prom Night when you pass your driving test. I heard that once from someone else and it didnt really seems like it was gonna happen but I know you were different and you never ever lied to me so I was full of anticipation. When you really passed you driving test, you took me on a ride the first chance you get and I was basking in happiness. My feelings for you were stronger every passing day but I was sure my feelings for you would hinder our brotherly relationship if one day you were to start dating someone else. I was in a dilemma for I never wanted to lose you, even if we could not be together as lovers. I did not want to go back to the days where my life was bleak as I wasnt sure someone else will come along to rescue me, just like you did then. I took the CI course as an opportunity to tune you out of my life for I knew I would be busy and away for 3 weeks.
Everyday, I reminded myself to let you go, I was worn out physically and mentally by the extreme trainings, but every ounce of my free time was still spent anticipating your call or sms. When you really smsed me for dinner, I was over the moon. But I reminded myself I had to let you go so I roped in another friend who happen to book out for the night. When we reached, I was surprised by the dejected look on your face when you see our friend. But your jubilant boyish smile when you see me was enough to chase away all my attempts to forget you and reignite my feelings for you.
When I faced some trouble during the training, the first person I thought of was you. You were as worried as I am and offered all the help you could for me. Although I was troubled, I was still comforted by your care and concern. But I convinced myself that it was merely your brotherly love for me once again.
You asked me out to accompany you on a shopping trip to buy Xmas presents. It was our first single date. We took a cab to Orchard Hotel as you wanted to know the route to drive me there for my Prom Night. I was ecstatic as we walked around Orchard admiring the dazzling Xmas decorations that dotted the streets. You asked me what I wanted for Xmas, I was very tempted to reply that you were all I want for Xmas, so I told you there is nothing I wanted for Xmas. Along the way, I saw a gigantic Funshine Bear and gave it a hug. The picture of the sun on the stomach of the carebear reminded me of your dimpled smile. You asked me if that was what I wanted for Xmas, I hesitated and shook my head. But gave another longing glance at the sun that reminded me of you. You grabbed the bear and headed to the cashier, giving it to me as my Xmas gift.
Everyday, I eyed the Funshine Bear that now sits in the most important corner of my room. I gave myself a deadline to forget you. Its nearing Xmas so I promised myself to forget you by New Years Day. I was upset. But I resolve it would be the best for us. Just like Eason's song: "就让我们虚伪, 有感情别浪费, 不能相爱的一对, 亲爱象两兄妹"
On the day of Prom Night, you arrived promptly at my void deck. I was deck out in my gown and you complimented me, saying I look really pretty. I was exuberant. While I was at the Prom Night, you loitered alone along Orchard Road, patiently waiting for my Prom Night to end. You skipped dinner and wandered on the bustling streets alone, waiting just to fetch me back. I was very touched but I was also a little upset. Now it would be harder for me to forget you, but its a promise to myself that I am determined to keep.
On Xmas eve, we were having our usual gathering at a friend's place. At the gathering, you asked me on a movie date, I was excited but I know I had to do my best to forget you, so I asked the rest of our friends if they wanted to join us. Surprisingly, none of them wanted to join us. I was not given a choice. The movie date was set on a Saturday, 28 December 0f 2003. Its was 3 days away from my self implemented deadline to forget you and I was determined to do it, but my heart wenched at the thought of missing this last date with you. I told myself to treat it like a last luxury to feed my feelings for you before shutting my feelings for you up totally.
On 28 December 2003, we were alone in the movie. I felt cold so you gave me your jacket. I push myself into the long sleeves of your jacket but was still shaking in cold. You took my hands in yours and tried to warm it up. I was pleasantly surprised, but I thought it was just a friendly brotherly measure. I look into your eyes and you flashed me your dimpled smile that melted every ounce of my heart. During the scary scenes, you carefully shield my eyes with your palm and laid my head on your shoulder. I was silently celebrating internally. After we left the cinema, you grab the sleeves of your jacket that I had donned on, leading me in the right direction. Just when I thought you were going to let go of the jacket sleeve, you slid your hand into the sleeves of the jacket and held my hands tightly with the same dimpled smile that I still remembered so vividly. I know I was blushing and my heart was beating erratically. It was almost as though I was dreaming but your grip was so firm and comforting that it was melting me internally.
Although you never tell me to be your girlfriend, I knew from that moment your hand will be the hand I want to hold on, even when I am old and withered. I know I will never let you go.
In 2010, when I was 23, you asked for my hand in marriage and gave me the best wedding I had ever wished for on 16 October of 2010. For you are the only one I truly wanted in life, and I know you will love me, as much as I ever love you. I was thrilled at the thought of starting a family with you as I know you are the missing piece that fits perfectly for me.
One day, I may start having lines on the end of my eyes. My skin may wrinkle up and lose its elasticity. I may start forgetting things and dates. But I am writing this down so that no matter what happens in the future, if I really ever forget you or our love, I know that I will be able to remind myself how deep my love for you will always be..
In 2003, when I was 16, you came along like a shooting star flitting across my dark skies. You took me in as your godsister on the eve of Valentine's day, giving me the unconditional and true brotherly love and care I always wanted from a big brother. I was rescued from misery by you. We both thought I was still very much in love with someone else. But gradually, I know the feeling I harboured for you was definitely more that just a brother. I thought I could be satisfied with the brotherly love you gave to me so I never asked for more, fearing that I would scare you away for then, you were my sole pillar of strength. Although my heart yearned for romance, I kept myself single for you, trying to convince myself to be satisfied with just your brotherly love. I thought I could make it, but I couldnt hide from my feelings for you anymore.
I know that something was blossoming in my heart, but I couldnt voice it up to you. Do you care for me merely like a sister or am I something more to you? I never bring up the courage to ask you. I know for sure you were indispensable in my life, but I wasnt certain about your feelings for me. Even my family and friends could see that I was head over heels in love with you, but you never made a move to show that you wanted to be more than just friends.
We had a gathering with our friends over at your home. Although its not the first time I spent the night together with our group of friends(consisting of boys and girls), you ordered me to sleep on the upper deck of your bed, with you. I felt safe lying next to you for I was certain you were a real gentleman and I was right. You never took advantage of me. We were lying next to one another, shoulders touching and I constantly feel the invisible current under my skin that was touching yours yearning more for your touch. I never gotten any sleep that night, for throughout the long night, I was battling the thought to hold you and bury myself in your arms. Although there were many others wide awake on the lower deck of your bed and scattered all around the room, I was happy and contented to be quietly lying next to you although I never knew your feelings for me.
On MSN, you were telling me about your dream car. You said that if you were rich, you want to buy a two-seater car. I commented that you were selfish for you could only drive your girlfriend around but not me in the future. You promised you will drive me around. I was elated. I thought you implied a possiblitiy that we could be together but the conversation ended there and I couldnt get a confirmation from you.
You promised me that you will fetch me to my Prom Night when you pass your driving test. I heard that once from someone else and it didnt really seems like it was gonna happen but I know you were different and you never ever lied to me so I was full of anticipation. When you really passed you driving test, you took me on a ride the first chance you get and I was basking in happiness. My feelings for you were stronger every passing day but I was sure my feelings for you would hinder our brotherly relationship if one day you were to start dating someone else. I was in a dilemma for I never wanted to lose you, even if we could not be together as lovers. I did not want to go back to the days where my life was bleak as I wasnt sure someone else will come along to rescue me, just like you did then. I took the CI course as an opportunity to tune you out of my life for I knew I would be busy and away for 3 weeks.
Everyday, I reminded myself to let you go, I was worn out physically and mentally by the extreme trainings, but every ounce of my free time was still spent anticipating your call or sms. When you really smsed me for dinner, I was over the moon. But I reminded myself I had to let you go so I roped in another friend who happen to book out for the night. When we reached, I was surprised by the dejected look on your face when you see our friend. But your jubilant boyish smile when you see me was enough to chase away all my attempts to forget you and reignite my feelings for you.
When I faced some trouble during the training, the first person I thought of was you. You were as worried as I am and offered all the help you could for me. Although I was troubled, I was still comforted by your care and concern. But I convinced myself that it was merely your brotherly love for me once again.
You asked me out to accompany you on a shopping trip to buy Xmas presents. It was our first single date. We took a cab to Orchard Hotel as you wanted to know the route to drive me there for my Prom Night. I was ecstatic as we walked around Orchard admiring the dazzling Xmas decorations that dotted the streets. You asked me what I wanted for Xmas, I was very tempted to reply that you were all I want for Xmas, so I told you there is nothing I wanted for Xmas. Along the way, I saw a gigantic Funshine Bear and gave it a hug. The picture of the sun on the stomach of the carebear reminded me of your dimpled smile. You asked me if that was what I wanted for Xmas, I hesitated and shook my head. But gave another longing glance at the sun that reminded me of you. You grabbed the bear and headed to the cashier, giving it to me as my Xmas gift.
Everyday, I eyed the Funshine Bear that now sits in the most important corner of my room. I gave myself a deadline to forget you. Its nearing Xmas so I promised myself to forget you by New Years Day. I was upset. But I resolve it would be the best for us. Just like Eason's song: "就让我们虚伪, 有感情别浪费, 不能相爱的一对, 亲爱象两兄妹"
On the day of Prom Night, you arrived promptly at my void deck. I was deck out in my gown and you complimented me, saying I look really pretty. I was exuberant. While I was at the Prom Night, you loitered alone along Orchard Road, patiently waiting for my Prom Night to end. You skipped dinner and wandered on the bustling streets alone, waiting just to fetch me back. I was very touched but I was also a little upset. Now it would be harder for me to forget you, but its a promise to myself that I am determined to keep.
On Xmas eve, we were having our usual gathering at a friend's place. At the gathering, you asked me on a movie date, I was excited but I know I had to do my best to forget you, so I asked the rest of our friends if they wanted to join us. Surprisingly, none of them wanted to join us. I was not given a choice. The movie date was set on a Saturday, 28 December 0f 2003. Its was 3 days away from my self implemented deadline to forget you and I was determined to do it, but my heart wenched at the thought of missing this last date with you. I told myself to treat it like a last luxury to feed my feelings for you before shutting my feelings for you up totally.
On 28 December 2003, we were alone in the movie. I felt cold so you gave me your jacket. I push myself into the long sleeves of your jacket but was still shaking in cold. You took my hands in yours and tried to warm it up. I was pleasantly surprised, but I thought it was just a friendly brotherly measure. I look into your eyes and you flashed me your dimpled smile that melted every ounce of my heart. During the scary scenes, you carefully shield my eyes with your palm and laid my head on your shoulder. I was silently celebrating internally. After we left the cinema, you grab the sleeves of your jacket that I had donned on, leading me in the right direction. Just when I thought you were going to let go of the jacket sleeve, you slid your hand into the sleeves of the jacket and held my hands tightly with the same dimpled smile that I still remembered so vividly. I know I was blushing and my heart was beating erratically. It was almost as though I was dreaming but your grip was so firm and comforting that it was melting me internally.
Although you never tell me to be your girlfriend, I knew from that moment your hand will be the hand I want to hold on, even when I am old and withered. I know I will never let you go.
In 2010, when I was 23, you asked for my hand in marriage and gave me the best wedding I had ever wished for on 16 October of 2010. For you are the only one I truly wanted in life, and I know you will love me, as much as I ever love you. I was thrilled at the thought of starting a family with you as I know you are the missing piece that fits perfectly for me.
One day, I may start having lines on the end of my eyes. My skin may wrinkle up and lose its elasticity. I may start forgetting things and dates. But I am writing this down so that no matter what happens in the future, if I really ever forget you or our love, I know that I will be able to remind myself how deep my love for you will always be..
Saturday, October 16, 2010
My Wedding Memories
The biggest day of my life starts at 4.45am when I was, for I guess should be the final last time where I would be woken up by my mummy since I will be moving out of the house if the wedding is a success today. I requested for a snooze but was instead pulled out of bed so that I won't be late for my hair combing ceremony at 5am... I took a short bath with the flowery warm water heartwarmingly prepared by Mummy cuz I told her I hate bathing in the cold early in the wee morning and it warmed my heart alot as I recall her unconditional love and affection she dotes on me...
After bathing, I changed into the new pajamas Mummy bought for me and struggled to straighten the knots in my hair until my phone rang at 4.58am. My husband-to-be aka boyfriend of 7 years, yj, had called to remind us of the haircombing ceremony at 5am. Mummy, Daddy and 大姨 flustered to prepare the new comb for the event and my mum have long memorised her recital lines. Daddy, armed with his handy dandy camera, was busy snapping pics after pics of the ceremony.
Mummy began reciting her lines while combing through my hair three times,"一梳梳到尾，二梳梳到白发齐眉，三梳梳到儿孙满地"
Mummy look at me after combing my hair, reminding me that "你现在已经长大了， 要做别人的老婆了，要记得经常回来看daddy mummy"
Joyous tears flowed from my eyes, but I remembered I can't cry if I don't want to end up with puffy eyes for my photos, I hugged Mummy and Daddy, thanking them for everything...
I am now officially a bride-in-waiting. =D At 5.10am, Mummy made me a cup of cereal drink. I finished the drink as I flipped through the channels on Television but nothing catches my eye as the excitement of the day starts running through my mind.. At 5.30am, I sat down at the Computer and decided to log into Facebook to update my status but apparently, the date was still invalid so I gave up and started playing Bejeweled until 大姨 and Mummy cooked a bowl of pig liver mee sua for me but I was too full from the cereal drink so I decide to just eat the pig livers.. Heh!
5.45am, my MUA Meiling from Double Up came.. She had a hard time locating my block and instead, found Blk 961 and 963 but not my blk... -.-" I guess she called at least 2 times checking for location. I sit quietly in front of my make-up table and watches her skillful hands painting on her "canvas" aka, my face with her brushes and strokes.
Poor Teresa, my dearest god sister, was being woken up by 大姨 and subsequently, my 姐妹 consisting of my maid of honour and main coordinator maternal cousin Teresa, my co-coordinator and bestest friend Eunice, my close paternal cousins Shu Hui, Wan Wei and Joyce, starts to arrive promptly and continue their preparation of the Gatecrash Party. Soon, my relatives, friends and neighbours start streaming into my room with an endless flow. Even Veron came with Louis and Claudia warmed my heart totally!
As I change into my white wedding gown after my make up and hair styling is completed, my Mummy and Daddy covered my veil for me and now, I'm officially all ready, excited and anxiously waiting for my husband-to-be's arrival. It was only 6.45am so I was busy taking photographs with my relatives and friends. My eyes kept fluttering to the clock on my make-up table, eyeing the slow seconds and was counting down to my husband-to-be's arrival. Our schedule requires him to leave his home by 7am and arrive at my doorstep at 7.10am (yeah, we both live in Hougang and is merely 7mins drive away).
As the clock shows 7.12am, the honking of the wedding entourage cars at our void deck woke up the entire block and everyone left my room to welcome the wedding entourage in the living room. Wilson, one of my paternal cousin went down to open the car door for my Husband-to-be on my brother's behalf as my brother Andy, who was just posted to OCS, could not attend the morning ceremony due to a test that will start around 1pm. :( A pity he missed my wedding morning... :'(
Alone in the room, nothing could be done to calm down my palpitating heart. I tried to calm myself down by listening to the Gatecrash party going on outside my room but the exuberant chatters of my anticipating relatives drove me into another state of anxiety as I started worrying whether the Gatecrash party might have been too tough to chase my husband-to-be away..
I listened attentively as for the arrival of my husband-to-be and his 兄弟 and they immediately proceed with the 3 games that me and my 姐妹 had exhausted extreme brain juice to prepare. By 7.24am, they had easily breeze through the 1st game and punishment and I was wondering whether I had indeed reduce the difficulty level of the game too much for my husband-to-be. Thank goodness they seem kinda stuck at the 2nd game. When the clock reads 7.35am, I could hear my Mummy pushing my 姐妹 to go easy on them and give them the keys. Although it was definitely within my anticipation that my Mummy would do something like that, I was still pretty frustrated and I wanted them to play through the Gatecrash since its a once in a lifetime memory for my husband-to-be.
Thankfully my 姐妹 and my Daddy strongly objected to my Mummy's commands but she kept trying to convince my 姐妹 to just let them in. But the 2nd game hadn't even ended and we still have the 3rd game (which we had spent the entire night before preparing) waiting for them. My Mummy's request for them to be let in kept ranging outside my door and I started nervously pacing around the room as I was trying to push out the thought to just rush out and stop my Mummy's commands. The last game seems to take forever and I was getting more excited. When the clock reaches 7.50am, I know they would be entering the room any moment now so I sat down and tried to calm myself once again, but to no avail.
Finally, a gentle knock on my door and I look up to see my suave husband-to-be entering my room in his tuxedo shirt and white suit, beaming with an exultant smile on his sweaty face. I smiled back at him blissfully as he lifted the veil off my face and gave me a peck on my lips. Soon after, we left my house for his house on board the silver Mercedes-Benz C220 from the Bridal Studio. ;)
We arrive with a short honk shortly but somehow his relatives did not hear the honk and did not send his nephew down to open the car door for us. In the end, we waited for some time before calling them and announce our arrival, and again waited for his nephew to open our car door as part of the traditions. We headed to his house which was also bustling with his ecstatic relatives and friends. We were each given a bowl of mee sua with egg where we have to break the egg into half and eat it. Immediately after, I changed out of my white wedding gown and into my red traditional kua with Teresa's help for the tea ceremony. The tea ceremony was fast and efficient since the adults are all experience and my husband-to-be is the youngest amongst his cousins and considered one of the few last cousin to get married.
After some photos are taken, we decided to stay around and wait for the buffet but the buffet was quite late, so we left his house around 10.20am and head back to my house again. At my house, I was extremely delighted to see my paternal grandfather (who rarely sets foot in his children's house) sitting and smiling happily in our living room. I was so grateful he had decided to grace my tea ceremony that I almost cried. Similarly, we were given mee sua with eggs too so we took nibbles before proceeding with the tea ceremony. Ironically, I was considered one of the first few cousin to get married so my relatives are quite inexperience in the tea ceremony hence some time was spent trying to clear some minor hiccups and make the event smoother. When the tea ceremony finally finished, we took some family photos and it was excellent, just a little bit far from perfect due to the absence of my dearest brother.
Oh yea! the morning ceremony is finally over in a flash successfully and I'm having blisters all over my aching legs! I was extremely delighted that the entire morning ceremony had ended smoothly and immediately jumped out of my heels into my birkenstock... Whahahhaa! I had a joyous time running around in my birks until I got reprimanded by the adults for changing shoes (apparently I'm not suppose to remove my wedding heels but my wedding heels are really killing my feet so I had no choice)
From my house, we headed back to his house and I finally had the chance to change out of my kua into my casuals, had some of the buffet before lugging my luggages and gowns to bring to the hotel for the wedding banquet tonight. We left our house at 1.30pm for the Hotel which is at Chinatown, Furama City Centre. I had a short 5mins snooze on board the wedding car before arriving at the Hotel around 2pm and was greeted by a japanses manager of the hotel (his english is abit hard to understand But I think I did a great job trying to decipher what he meant. Hahas!
We had two rooms, one being a complimentary room which we gave my parents at #11-10 and the other is our Bridal Suite which was at #11-07 with a fantastic view of the city area. we could actually see the Singapore Flyer and Marina Bay Sands from our window! The Bridal Suite came with a small kitchen and two televisions, one near the kitchen area which is in front of a lounging sofa and the other is right in front of the gigantic king size bed! On top of our king size bed lies 2 sweet looking swan ornament (made out of towels) and orchid petals all around. The toilet has a gigantic bath tub that sits in the middle and also a separate showerhead! I struggled out of the hairpins etched deeply in the roots of my puffy hairdo before jumping under the shower and into the nice bath tub, enjoyed the bubbly fun whilst yj lounge in the room flipping thru TV channels.
After bathing, I still have approximately 1 hour to burn before my MUA comes again. Although I am dead beat that I could sleep immediately, I merely lie next to the swans instead of squishing on them or throwing them off the bed. Yj looked at me lying next to the swans and joke about the swan having more space than me, but ended up sleeping next to the swans like me. We lounge in the room while waiting for our family to arrive one by one.
Around 4pm, we started our make up for the evening. Yj went with our 兄弟姐妹 for the rehearsal. At 6pm, everything was ready in prim and order for my Solemnisation Ceremony which will be held at 6.30pm. I was all ready in my white wedding gown once again, waiting outside our ballroom for our solemniser to arrive. Mr Tan arrived promptly at 6.30pm and we proceed with the solemisation ceremony. After signing the official documents and the exchange of our wedding rings, Mr Tan offically pronounce us husband and wife! I was holding back the happy tears welling in my eyes but, determined not to ruin my make up, I forced the tears back into the tear duct. I was so grateful my brother was able to make it to the wedding dinner, even though he had to rush back to his camp around 9pm.
Right after the solemnisation ceremony around 7pm, I headed back to the Bridal Suite with some friends while waiting for the start of the Wedding Banquet at 8pm. I was abit bored so we watched Harry Potter on Channel 5 while waiting. Lei Lei came into the Bridal Suite and I asked her whether I need to be downstairs. She said no, but commented that she regreted not being at the reception area for her wedding cuz she missed out taking photos with her friends and relatives in her white wedding gown so I headed down to the reception area and took lots of photos with my relative and friends!
By 8pm, the banquet started. My husband and I stood nervously outside the Banquet with his neice(Jiaqi) and nephew(Longting) in tow. They were our flower boy and flower girl. The ballroom played our Pre-Wedding video filmed at the East Coast Park in June and at certain point of the video, we could hear the banquet roaring with laughter. As the video ends, the song "Now and Forever by Richard Marx" was played in the background and the door opened. My heart was pulsating as my husband guided me down the aisle with our flower boy and girl in front, I look into the happy faces of our beloved friends and families throwing gigantic bunches of flower petals on us, basking in our wedding bliss and my heart did a little cheer in my chest
The dry ice at the side of the aisle created the smoky and dreamy effect but poor jiaqi was taken aback by the accumulating smoke that she paused in her tracks and look back at us as she didn't know what to do. Longting kept his cool and continued his graceful walk ahead of jiaqi and my husband and I had to nudge jiaqi to follow longting's footsteps before she continued the march with us. We were almost finishing our march when I remembered the stairs leading to the stage at the end of the aisle. I was nervous as I was calculating the chances of falling down the stage in my wobbly "killer" heels. Thankfully my husband had a tight grip of me and helped me struggle (albeit gracefully) up the stage for our cake cutting ceremony.
As I made my way down toward our VIP table, I was beaming with happiness of being a newly wed. Obviously I had no appetite for the food and only took small bites off my plate. We waited patiently for the 2nd dish before heading up to the hotel room to change into my maroon evening gown and my husband into his black suit. Although my mother in law objected to me changing into my own comfy black heels cuz she thinks my wedding "killer" heels look nicer, I secretly (with permission from my husband) changed into my comfy black heels to spare my two feet from giving way during the banquet. We arrive and waited outside the ballroom once again while waiting for our morning highlights video and the start of our 2nd march in cue of the song "My Valentine by Martina McBride". Once again, we walked down the aisle hand in hand and onto the stage where my husband popped open the champagne bottle and we had the toast with our families and 兄弟姐妹 on stage and yj gave a short and sweet thank you speech. (I had already given my speech during the pre-wedding video so I was spared the chance of embarrassing myself by stummering thru the speech.. :p)
After the toast, we started the table to table photoshoot. Since I'm in my comfy black heels I started to feel like a bird and can finally walk without wobbling my way thru so I was much faster in my strides. Perhaps inexperience, our 兄弟 arranging for the table photoshoot made me walk in S shape all around the banquet, although my shoes are comfy enough, but i was still in trouble moving around in my heavy gown. After several tables, I started complaining to my husband and they tried their very best to find the best route to accomodate both me and my cameraman (with their heavy equipment, it would be best if they do not have to walk too much too), so it wasnt that tiring after all.
Our dishes were all served quite fast and efficiently so by 10pm(a real record breaker cuz even our cameramen commented that they have never attended a wedding dinner that ends earlier than ours!). Thumbs up to the Hotel for their effiency. During the final dessert, my family and I stood in a row outside the banquet hall to thank our guests. I was grateful to our friends and family for sparing us from the alcohol all night and reserving alcohol duels at the very end of the banquet.
We thanked our lovely friends and relatives for their attendance and after the departure of the last few peeps, headed towards my husband's Poly friends, aka SKP group, for their "tekan" session. They made yj drink a huge cup of alcohol but luckily being one of the first few to get married, the rest of the group darent force him to drink too much and indeed helped him alot (for fear of future revenge at their own wedding! keke!)
After settling SKP, we have to face our biggest duel with PD... All members of PD stood around a small round tabletop filled with many glasses of wine/alcohol. They gave me an option to "save" my husband from getting drunk by giving me a 10 cent coin and asking me to throw it into the cups. Whichever cup that the 10 cent coin lands in, my husband have to drink the whole cup. Staring wide mouth at the cluster of tall and short wine glassess arrange in a where the outer row was filled to the brim and the inner row was merely half-filled. Now the stress is totally on me to aim the smallest cup but thankfully Pam Pam hinted that there is one glass of water hidden right in the centre of the cups. *winks*
Given what a lousy shooter I know I am, I was about to throw the coin downwards when everyone stopped me and commented that the way I aim will only land the coin in the front few rows of beer and that I should throw the coin upwards so that it can land further (see I was not lying when I said I was a lousy shooter, I merely just pass my marksman test in sec sch and even fail my marksman test during CI training). My first throw landed into a glass of beer filled to the brim and yj had to down it all. I was feeling guilty and getting real stressed up but thankfully the glass of beer removed had help me see the glass of water much more clearly and I tried to aim again for the water. I must have been real lucky cuz true enough, the coin end up landing in the glass of water and I spared yj from getting drunk! Satisfied, everyone grabbed a drink each and end the night swiftly around 10.30pm! Wow, still a record early time! :D
The Hotel had heartily packed the dishes my husband and I missed into plastic containers for us to bring up to our Bridal Suite. The Kitchen of the Suite also contained Microwave Oven where we could warm up our food. The excitement and anticipation in the day made me forgot that I didnt have much food in my stomach other than the few bites during lunch and at dinner. I only realise I was practically starving when my tummy growled loudly in the Suite as I change out of my gown and was heading for my bath. I bathed and lounge in the bath tub before settling down for dinner with my husband.
Today, we open up a new chapter in our lives... From today onwards, we are bound together eternally. The happiest day of our life ends on the high note with a sweet peck on my cheek from my lovely husband. (=^_^=)
After bathing, I changed into the new pajamas Mummy bought for me and struggled to straighten the knots in my hair until my phone rang at 4.58am. My husband-to-be aka boyfriend of 7 years, yj, had called to remind us of the haircombing ceremony at 5am. Mummy, Daddy and 大姨 flustered to prepare the new comb for the event and my mum have long memorised her recital lines. Daddy, armed with his handy dandy camera, was busy snapping pics after pics of the ceremony.
Mummy began reciting her lines while combing through my hair three times,"一梳梳到尾，二梳梳到白发齐眉，三梳梳到儿孙满地"
Mummy look at me after combing my hair, reminding me that "你现在已经长大了， 要做别人的老婆了，要记得经常回来看daddy mummy"
Joyous tears flowed from my eyes, but I remembered I can't cry if I don't want to end up with puffy eyes for my photos, I hugged Mummy and Daddy, thanking them for everything...
I am now officially a bride-in-waiting. =D At 5.10am, Mummy made me a cup of cereal drink. I finished the drink as I flipped through the channels on Television but nothing catches my eye as the excitement of the day starts running through my mind.. At 5.30am, I sat down at the Computer and decided to log into Facebook to update my status but apparently, the date was still invalid so I gave up and started playing Bejeweled until 大姨 and Mummy cooked a bowl of pig liver mee sua for me but I was too full from the cereal drink so I decide to just eat the pig livers.. Heh!
5.45am, my MUA Meiling from Double Up came.. She had a hard time locating my block and instead, found Blk 961 and 963 but not my blk... -.-" I guess she called at least 2 times checking for location. I sit quietly in front of my make-up table and watches her skillful hands painting on her "canvas" aka, my face with her brushes and strokes.
Poor Teresa, my dearest god sister, was being woken up by 大姨 and subsequently, my 姐妹 consisting of my maid of honour and main coordinator maternal cousin Teresa, my co-coordinator and bestest friend Eunice, my close paternal cousins Shu Hui, Wan Wei and Joyce, starts to arrive promptly and continue their preparation of the Gatecrash Party. Soon, my relatives, friends and neighbours start streaming into my room with an endless flow. Even Veron came with Louis and Claudia warmed my heart totally!
As I change into my white wedding gown after my make up and hair styling is completed, my Mummy and Daddy covered my veil for me and now, I'm officially all ready, excited and anxiously waiting for my husband-to-be's arrival. It was only 6.45am so I was busy taking photographs with my relatives and friends. My eyes kept fluttering to the clock on my make-up table, eyeing the slow seconds and was counting down to my husband-to-be's arrival. Our schedule requires him to leave his home by 7am and arrive at my doorstep at 7.10am (yeah, we both live in Hougang and is merely 7mins drive away).
As the clock shows 7.12am, the honking of the wedding entourage cars at our void deck woke up the entire block and everyone left my room to welcome the wedding entourage in the living room. Wilson, one of my paternal cousin went down to open the car door for my Husband-to-be on my brother's behalf as my brother Andy, who was just posted to OCS, could not attend the morning ceremony due to a test that will start around 1pm. :( A pity he missed my wedding morning... :'(
Alone in the room, nothing could be done to calm down my palpitating heart. I tried to calm myself down by listening to the Gatecrash party going on outside my room but the exuberant chatters of my anticipating relatives drove me into another state of anxiety as I started worrying whether the Gatecrash party might have been too tough to chase my husband-to-be away..
I listened attentively as for the arrival of my husband-to-be and his 兄弟 and they immediately proceed with the 3 games that me and my 姐妹 had exhausted extreme brain juice to prepare. By 7.24am, they had easily breeze through the 1st game and punishment and I was wondering whether I had indeed reduce the difficulty level of the game too much for my husband-to-be. Thank goodness they seem kinda stuck at the 2nd game. When the clock reads 7.35am, I could hear my Mummy pushing my 姐妹 to go easy on them and give them the keys. Although it was definitely within my anticipation that my Mummy would do something like that, I was still pretty frustrated and I wanted them to play through the Gatecrash since its a once in a lifetime memory for my husband-to-be.
Thankfully my 姐妹 and my Daddy strongly objected to my Mummy's commands but she kept trying to convince my 姐妹 to just let them in. But the 2nd game hadn't even ended and we still have the 3rd game (which we had spent the entire night before preparing) waiting for them. My Mummy's request for them to be let in kept ranging outside my door and I started nervously pacing around the room as I was trying to push out the thought to just rush out and stop my Mummy's commands. The last game seems to take forever and I was getting more excited. When the clock reaches 7.50am, I know they would be entering the room any moment now so I sat down and tried to calm myself once again, but to no avail.
Finally, a gentle knock on my door and I look up to see my suave husband-to-be entering my room in his tuxedo shirt and white suit, beaming with an exultant smile on his sweaty face. I smiled back at him blissfully as he lifted the veil off my face and gave me a peck on my lips. Soon after, we left my house for his house on board the silver Mercedes-Benz C220 from the Bridal Studio. ;)
We arrive with a short honk shortly but somehow his relatives did not hear the honk and did not send his nephew down to open the car door for us. In the end, we waited for some time before calling them and announce our arrival, and again waited for his nephew to open our car door as part of the traditions. We headed to his house which was also bustling with his ecstatic relatives and friends. We were each given a bowl of mee sua with egg where we have to break the egg into half and eat it. Immediately after, I changed out of my white wedding gown and into my red traditional kua with Teresa's help for the tea ceremony. The tea ceremony was fast and efficient since the adults are all experience and my husband-to-be is the youngest amongst his cousins and considered one of the few last cousin to get married.
After some photos are taken, we decided to stay around and wait for the buffet but the buffet was quite late, so we left his house around 10.20am and head back to my house again. At my house, I was extremely delighted to see my paternal grandfather (who rarely sets foot in his children's house) sitting and smiling happily in our living room. I was so grateful he had decided to grace my tea ceremony that I almost cried. Similarly, we were given mee sua with eggs too so we took nibbles before proceeding with the tea ceremony. Ironically, I was considered one of the first few cousin to get married so my relatives are quite inexperience in the tea ceremony hence some time was spent trying to clear some minor hiccups and make the event smoother. When the tea ceremony finally finished, we took some family photos and it was excellent, just a little bit far from perfect due to the absence of my dearest brother.
Oh yea! the morning ceremony is finally over in a flash successfully and I'm having blisters all over my aching legs! I was extremely delighted that the entire morning ceremony had ended smoothly and immediately jumped out of my heels into my birkenstock... Whahahhaa! I had a joyous time running around in my birks until I got reprimanded by the adults for changing shoes (apparently I'm not suppose to remove my wedding heels but my wedding heels are really killing my feet so I had no choice)
From my house, we headed back to his house and I finally had the chance to change out of my kua into my casuals, had some of the buffet before lugging my luggages and gowns to bring to the hotel for the wedding banquet tonight. We left our house at 1.30pm for the Hotel which is at Chinatown, Furama City Centre. I had a short 5mins snooze on board the wedding car before arriving at the Hotel around 2pm and was greeted by a japanses manager of the hotel (his english is abit hard to understand But I think I did a great job trying to decipher what he meant. Hahas!
We had two rooms, one being a complimentary room which we gave my parents at #11-10 and the other is our Bridal Suite which was at #11-07 with a fantastic view of the city area. we could actually see the Singapore Flyer and Marina Bay Sands from our window! The Bridal Suite came with a small kitchen and two televisions, one near the kitchen area which is in front of a lounging sofa and the other is right in front of the gigantic king size bed! On top of our king size bed lies 2 sweet looking swan ornament (made out of towels) and orchid petals all around. The toilet has a gigantic bath tub that sits in the middle and also a separate showerhead! I struggled out of the hairpins etched deeply in the roots of my puffy hairdo before jumping under the shower and into the nice bath tub, enjoyed the bubbly fun whilst yj lounge in the room flipping thru TV channels.
After bathing, I still have approximately 1 hour to burn before my MUA comes again. Although I am dead beat that I could sleep immediately, I merely lie next to the swans instead of squishing on them or throwing them off the bed. Yj looked at me lying next to the swans and joke about the swan having more space than me, but ended up sleeping next to the swans like me. We lounge in the room while waiting for our family to arrive one by one.
Around 4pm, we started our make up for the evening. Yj went with our 兄弟姐妹 for the rehearsal. At 6pm, everything was ready in prim and order for my Solemnisation Ceremony which will be held at 6.30pm. I was all ready in my white wedding gown once again, waiting outside our ballroom for our solemniser to arrive. Mr Tan arrived promptly at 6.30pm and we proceed with the solemisation ceremony. After signing the official documents and the exchange of our wedding rings, Mr Tan offically pronounce us husband and wife! I was holding back the happy tears welling in my eyes but, determined not to ruin my make up, I forced the tears back into the tear duct. I was so grateful my brother was able to make it to the wedding dinner, even though he had to rush back to his camp around 9pm.
Right after the solemnisation ceremony around 7pm, I headed back to the Bridal Suite with some friends while waiting for the start of the Wedding Banquet at 8pm. I was abit bored so we watched Harry Potter on Channel 5 while waiting. Lei Lei came into the Bridal Suite and I asked her whether I need to be downstairs. She said no, but commented that she regreted not being at the reception area for her wedding cuz she missed out taking photos with her friends and relatives in her white wedding gown so I headed down to the reception area and took lots of photos with my relative and friends!
By 8pm, the banquet started. My husband and I stood nervously outside the Banquet with his neice(Jiaqi) and nephew(Longting) in tow. They were our flower boy and flower girl. The ballroom played our Pre-Wedding video filmed at the East Coast Park in June and at certain point of the video, we could hear the banquet roaring with laughter. As the video ends, the song "Now and Forever by Richard Marx" was played in the background and the door opened. My heart was pulsating as my husband guided me down the aisle with our flower boy and girl in front, I look into the happy faces of our beloved friends and families throwing gigantic bunches of flower petals on us, basking in our wedding bliss and my heart did a little cheer in my chest
The dry ice at the side of the aisle created the smoky and dreamy effect but poor jiaqi was taken aback by the accumulating smoke that she paused in her tracks and look back at us as she didn't know what to do. Longting kept his cool and continued his graceful walk ahead of jiaqi and my husband and I had to nudge jiaqi to follow longting's footsteps before she continued the march with us. We were almost finishing our march when I remembered the stairs leading to the stage at the end of the aisle. I was nervous as I was calculating the chances of falling down the stage in my wobbly "killer" heels. Thankfully my husband had a tight grip of me and helped me struggle (albeit gracefully) up the stage for our cake cutting ceremony.
As I made my way down toward our VIP table, I was beaming with happiness of being a newly wed. Obviously I had no appetite for the food and only took small bites off my plate. We waited patiently for the 2nd dish before heading up to the hotel room to change into my maroon evening gown and my husband into his black suit. Although my mother in law objected to me changing into my own comfy black heels cuz she thinks my wedding "killer" heels look nicer, I secretly (with permission from my husband) changed into my comfy black heels to spare my two feet from giving way during the banquet. We arrive and waited outside the ballroom once again while waiting for our morning highlights video and the start of our 2nd march in cue of the song "My Valentine by Martina McBride". Once again, we walked down the aisle hand in hand and onto the stage where my husband popped open the champagne bottle and we had the toast with our families and 兄弟姐妹 on stage and yj gave a short and sweet thank you speech. (I had already given my speech during the pre-wedding video so I was spared the chance of embarrassing myself by stummering thru the speech.. :p)
After the toast, we started the table to table photoshoot. Since I'm in my comfy black heels I started to feel like a bird and can finally walk without wobbling my way thru so I was much faster in my strides. Perhaps inexperience, our 兄弟 arranging for the table photoshoot made me walk in S shape all around the banquet, although my shoes are comfy enough, but i was still in trouble moving around in my heavy gown. After several tables, I started complaining to my husband and they tried their very best to find the best route to accomodate both me and my cameraman (with their heavy equipment, it would be best if they do not have to walk too much too), so it wasnt that tiring after all.
Our dishes were all served quite fast and efficiently so by 10pm(a real record breaker cuz even our cameramen commented that they have never attended a wedding dinner that ends earlier than ours!). Thumbs up to the Hotel for their effiency. During the final dessert, my family and I stood in a row outside the banquet hall to thank our guests. I was grateful to our friends and family for sparing us from the alcohol all night and reserving alcohol duels at the very end of the banquet.
We thanked our lovely friends and relatives for their attendance and after the departure of the last few peeps, headed towards my husband's Poly friends, aka SKP group, for their "tekan" session. They made yj drink a huge cup of alcohol but luckily being one of the first few to get married, the rest of the group darent force him to drink too much and indeed helped him alot (for fear of future revenge at their own wedding! keke!)
After settling SKP, we have to face our biggest duel with PD... All members of PD stood around a small round tabletop filled with many glasses of wine/alcohol. They gave me an option to "save" my husband from getting drunk by giving me a 10 cent coin and asking me to throw it into the cups. Whichever cup that the 10 cent coin lands in, my husband have to drink the whole cup. Staring wide mouth at the cluster of tall and short wine glassess arrange in a where the outer row was filled to the brim and the inner row was merely half-filled. Now the stress is totally on me to aim the smallest cup but thankfully Pam Pam hinted that there is one glass of water hidden right in the centre of the cups. *winks*
Given what a lousy shooter I know I am, I was about to throw the coin downwards when everyone stopped me and commented that the way I aim will only land the coin in the front few rows of beer and that I should throw the coin upwards so that it can land further (see I was not lying when I said I was a lousy shooter, I merely just pass my marksman test in sec sch and even fail my marksman test during CI training). My first throw landed into a glass of beer filled to the brim and yj had to down it all. I was feeling guilty and getting real stressed up but thankfully the glass of beer removed had help me see the glass of water much more clearly and I tried to aim again for the water. I must have been real lucky cuz true enough, the coin end up landing in the glass of water and I spared yj from getting drunk! Satisfied, everyone grabbed a drink each and end the night swiftly around 10.30pm! Wow, still a record early time! :D
The Hotel had heartily packed the dishes my husband and I missed into plastic containers for us to bring up to our Bridal Suite. The Kitchen of the Suite also contained Microwave Oven where we could warm up our food. The excitement and anticipation in the day made me forgot that I didnt have much food in my stomach other than the few bites during lunch and at dinner. I only realise I was practically starving when my tummy growled loudly in the Suite as I change out of my gown and was heading for my bath. I bathed and lounge in the bath tub before settling down for dinner with my husband.
Today, we open up a new chapter in our lives... From today onwards, we are bound together eternally. The happiest day of our life ends on the high note with a sweet peck on my cheek from my lovely husband. (=^_^=)
Saturday, October 02, 2010
*Headache*
Was reading thru my old xanga blog n I finally realised I'm having a terrible headache from the striking colouration and fanciful happy faces all around..
Hello!?~
Bright orange background coupled with purple words in small font? I would have probably failed my presentation for the horrid choice of colours..
But then again, it strikes me that I was previously an overtly optimistic and happy girl back then... I may sound sad from my blog posts as a number of them eludes a melody of sadness (I could still feel the tug in my heart reading them now), but ultimately, the hurt felt at that moment was penned down in a chirpy, self encouraging manner with optimism for the future instead of pessimism and self-loath! *good job* (pat on my back) *grins*
Oh well... The overtly enthusiatic and optimistic me seems to have been tamed down by a large extent now, and I must still admit I have got a weird penchant for cutesy and cheerful colours, even now.. But my current blog is definitely more readable as compared to the old one.. (well, it must also be due to the change in the template, the old template which was the colour of burnt orange, was no longer accessible and I don't even know the reason for it..)
But I love the way I added my favourite quotes at the end of each post, which strongly reminded me of the various reasons explaining my love for those quotes at that particular time...
Alas, one new quote to follow, which I had known for a long time but finally understand the true meaning of the words:
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche
Since I'm still alive and kicking, I must say I've definitely grown into a much stronger person than I was before... =)
Hello!?~
Bright orange background coupled with purple words in small font? I would have probably failed my presentation for the horrid choice of colours..
But then again, it strikes me that I was previously an overtly optimistic and happy girl back then... I may sound sad from my blog posts as a number of them eludes a melody of sadness (I could still feel the tug in my heart reading them now), but ultimately, the hurt felt at that moment was penned down in a chirpy, self encouraging manner with optimism for the future instead of pessimism and self-loath! *good job* (pat on my back) *grins*
Oh well... The overtly enthusiatic and optimistic me seems to have been tamed down by a large extent now, and I must still admit I have got a weird penchant for cutesy and cheerful colours, even now.. But my current blog is definitely more readable as compared to the old one.. (well, it must also be due to the change in the template, the old template which was the colour of burnt orange, was no longer accessible and I don't even know the reason for it..)
But I love the way I added my favourite quotes at the end of each post, which strongly reminded me of the various reasons explaining my love for those quotes at that particular time...
Alas, one new quote to follow, which I had known for a long time but finally understand the true meaning of the words:
"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger" - Friedrich Nietzsche
Since I'm still alive and kicking, I must say I've definitely grown into a much stronger person than I was before... =)
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Facebook Addict
Yeah... This is what yj is turning into... A Facebook Addict...
/( x_x )\
Alright, perhaps Im quite a Facebook Addict in the past but Im way pass that Addict stage due to my short attention span, which means I will grow sick of every game I lay my hands on in like 2 - 5 weeks.. At this rate, I grew sick of majority of the games available on FB n hence, Im no longer hooked!
Whereas, my darling yj just cant seem to keep him hands off FB...
Every day, he must play his FB games for @ least 1 n 1/2 hours before bedtime, sometimes waking early/sleeping late cuz by hook or by crook he must get his hands on FB (for fear that his energy points will overflow) (-.-") and mind u, its not just 1 a/c but both our a/cs! apparently he using my a/c, which has relatively more frens, to post feeds in order for his a/c to click n claim bonus/fight watsoever... haiz...
Lucky for me, I grew sick of all the games so Im no longer interested in FB except for keeping in touch with my lovely frens... =P
But... WHO IS GONNA SAVE MY YJ FROM FB?!
lolx!
/( x_x )\
Alright, perhaps Im quite a Facebook Addict in the past but Im way pass that Addict stage due to my short attention span, which means I will grow sick of every game I lay my hands on in like 2 - 5 weeks.. At this rate, I grew sick of majority of the games available on FB n hence, Im no longer hooked!
Whereas, my darling yj just cant seem to keep him hands off FB...
Every day, he must play his FB games for @ least 1 n 1/2 hours before bedtime, sometimes waking early/sleeping late cuz by hook or by crook he must get his hands on FB (for fear that his energy points will overflow) (-.-") and mind u, its not just 1 a/c but both our a/cs! apparently he using my a/c, which has relatively more frens, to post feeds in order for his a/c to click n claim bonus/fight watsoever... haiz...
Lucky for me, I grew sick of all the games so Im no longer interested in FB except for keeping in touch with my lovely frens... =P
But... WHO IS GONNA SAVE MY YJ FROM FB?!
lolx!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Breakfast with ♥
"Evelyn Yeo thinks every morning should start with a nice breakfast with my ♥... \( ^_^)/"
Yeah~ Thats my FB post today...
Had Breakfast with my lovely Yj @ Macdonalds in Hougang Mall.. Heh heh! Wat a treat! :)
We order the $4 Breakfast EVM, our fav Mcgriddles with egg, Ice Milo n Hashbrown~ hoho~ can u feel our ♥ ?
To be honest, its very nice to sneak a lovely treat like this once in a while, having breakfast with ur loved ones and actually enjoying the process not only makes the meal taste much better, it also brightens up my day!! Esp since its gonna be another long wait till weekend...
Aint I glad I've found the ♥ of my life? And after marriage, I hope this is gonna b our daily routine... Then my life will be close to perfectness... =D
To all my dear friends, "everyone's love stories has its own characters, plot twistes and endings.. Some r good while others r better left unsaid.. I wish u my dearest fren, a story that brings u joy n smiles..." --> Another fb post on 25 August 2010, sent to all my frens, especially my dear Irean Xiao Jie, whom I hope she can jia you in her love life... :)
To Irean Xiao Jie : U never know wat u will miss out if u dun voice out ur feelings while his feelings r still probably there... Once his feelings r gone, u can cry a river but it aint gonna bring him back... and U know my character.. If I really love someone I wont hide... I will SHOUT IT OUT so loud that every1 can hear! whahahha! Jia you my dear~ Jia You! *hugs*
Yeah~ Thats my FB post today...
Had Breakfast with my lovely Yj @ Macdonalds in Hougang Mall.. Heh heh! Wat a treat! :)
We order the $4 Breakfast EVM, our fav Mcgriddles with egg, Ice Milo n Hashbrown~ hoho~ can u feel our ♥ ?
To be honest, its very nice to sneak a lovely treat like this once in a while, having breakfast with ur loved ones and actually enjoying the process not only makes the meal taste much better, it also brightens up my day!! Esp since its gonna be another long wait till weekend...
Aint I glad I've found the ♥ of my life? And after marriage, I hope this is gonna b our daily routine... Then my life will be close to perfectness... =D
To all my dear friends, "everyone's love stories has its own characters, plot twistes and endings.. Some r good while others r better left unsaid.. I wish u my dearest fren, a story that brings u joy n smiles..." --> Another fb post on 25 August 2010, sent to all my frens, especially my dear Irean Xiao Jie, whom I hope she can jia you in her love life... :)
To Irean Xiao Jie : U never know wat u will miss out if u dun voice out ur feelings while his feelings r still probably there... Once his feelings r gone, u can cry a river but it aint gonna bring him back... and U know my character.. If I really love someone I wont hide... I will SHOUT IT OUT so loud that every1 can hear! whahahha! Jia you my dear~ Jia You! *hugs*
Monday, July 19, 2010
This is me...
雙子座
有很多的朋友，可是"看起來朋友很多，可是知心的沒有幾個"這句話很深刻的形容了雙子。雙子很能說話，他跟別人可以天南地北的聊，可以聊得很八卦，也會聊一些很嚴肅的話題。雙子可以跟你聊很多東西，可是注意了，他都只是跟你聊一些不關自己的事。隨便他跟你說些什麼，可是跟自己有關的都只是些皮毛而已。比如，今天又有某個明星怎樣怎樣了；隔壁班有多少美女帥哥的。關於自己的事，他幾乎是不說的，就算是說，也是說一些關於自己無關痛癢的事。當你想更進一步的瞭解雙子，他會很自然的把話題給扯開。 對於自信的雙子來說，他又同時很沒有安全感，這是雙子特有的矛盾。他喜歡把自己重重包圍住，不讓自己暴露。對於雙子來說，如果在一個還不瞭解的人面前把自己暴露了，就等於讓別人抓住了自己的把柄。這樣就失去了一定的優勢。當雙子感到孤獨悲傷時，只會一個人躲在房間裡哭，或者一個人鬱悶著。 雙子也很怕被傷害，很多時候寧願自己承受一切，也不願別人抓住自己的把柄。所以久而久之也就養成了習慣。雙子基本上也是個很痛苦的人。表面上總是很有活力，很快樂的樣子，可是沒人的時候他又總是很憂傷。雙子總會被一種莫名的悲傷籠罩。但也不會讓別人發現的，他怕被傷害，也怕被別人拋棄只能自己硬挺著一切。所以雙子很神經質，精神脆弱，容易人格分裂，因為承受了太多的東西。 一般來說雙子的孩子都很早熟。雙子對很多的東西都在乎得要命，可是表面上就是看起來什麼都不在乎。雙子並不是故意要掩飾自己，上面說了，這只是一種習慣了，可是在外人看來他就成了虛偽的人。 雙子是被公認的最花心、最冷酷無情的星座。其實對於雙子的花心，真的不想再說些什麼了。解釋得太多，累了，也沒耐心了。可是說起雙子，就不得不提感情，雙子這一生，似乎必須被感情牽伴，跟販情糾纏一世。很多人說雙子並不花心，只是博愛，所以才會有那麼好的人緣。忘了在哪裡看見了這樣的一句話；雙子最大的悲哀在於有兩個人的思想，斧只有一個人的身體，雙子有愛自己所愛的人的權利，也有保護彼此所愛的人的義務，雙子只剩下一個時，愛也就只剩下義務了。 我想用如來惹去說的一句話給雙子的花心做個總結；花心的極端就是癡心的可怕。該懂的人應該會懂的。至於冷酷無情真的不合 道該從何說起。其實雙子是最平和的星座，如果可以不發生衝突，都會盡量避免。雙子也很少跟別人吵架，他討厭吵架，如果是因為一些生活瑣碎小事吵架，那麼雙子就在吵完的那一刻就把這件事給忘了；要雙子真的跟你翻臉，除非是你的所作所為或所說的說實在讓雙子不能忍受，這時他會很鄙視得看你一眼，然後頭也不回地走掉，甚至會不給你留面子地離開。這時你一輩子也別想再和他和好了，就算有的雙子礙於面子和你再成為朋友，但是他們己經對你鄙視到了極點，只不過維持著這一層不得不維的"朋友"關係，其實，很大一部份雙子，對待感情是非常專一的，之所以給人留下花心的美名，是因為很少有人能夠讓略帶童心的雙子動真感情，不是雙子鐵石心腸，而是雙子個性裡面天生有一些憂鬱，一些潛在的不自信，只是雙子隱藏的深入，可是一星讓雙子動了真感情，那麼恭喜你了，雙子的天真，率直，外加表達能力豐富，一定能讓你獲得很多快樂。 每個雙子都有一個故事隱藏在心裡，多數是不堪回首的往事，雙子是個念舊或者說是喜歡沉浸在回憶中的星座，他(她)的這個故事通常都是因情所困，動了感情而被傷害了的雙子是脆弱的，也是堅強的，他(她)可以很快的振作起來，可以當什麼事都沒有發生，這些都是雙子演給世人看的罷了，等到夜深人靜的時候，雙子內心的傷痛隨著血液滲透到全身，他(她)可以一整夜的去回憶之前的點點滴滴，可以一整夜的沉浸在痛苦之中，可以一整夜坐在那裡發呆，但是，一旦天亮了，要出去見人了，雙子馬上就從痛苦中抽身而走，你看到的肯定是一個神采奕奕的雙子，這就是雙子，擁有雙重性格的雙子，一個在世人面前樂天，快樂，在孤獨的夜晚獨自傷悲的雙子。 雙子的愛是最永恆的，可以付出一切，有人說我們花心，那時我們沒有真正的愛，當雙子愛上一個人的時候是痛苦的，因為我們太敏感。假如雙子愛上了一個不愛自己的人，那莫我相信他永遠都不會再愛了，當愛給過了一個人，他再也沒有能力再付出了，其實太多的人都不懂我們，其實連我們自己都不懂自己，我們很會偽裝，很會說謊，但我們最細膩，對感情最敏感，雙子的愛與悲傷，誰又真的瞭解！
有很多的朋友，可是"看起來朋友很多，可是知心的沒有幾個"這句話很深刻的形容了雙子。雙子很能說話，他跟別人可以天南地北的聊，可以聊得很八卦，也會聊一些很嚴肅的話題。雙子可以跟你聊很多東西，可是注意了，他都只是跟你聊一些不關自己的事。隨便他跟你說些什麼，可是跟自己有關的都只是些皮毛而已。比如，今天又有某個明星怎樣怎樣了；隔壁班有多少美女帥哥的。關於自己的事，他幾乎是不說的，就算是說，也是說一些關於自己無關痛癢的事。當你想更進一步的瞭解雙子，他會很自然的把話題給扯開。 對於自信的雙子來說，他又同時很沒有安全感，這是雙子特有的矛盾。他喜歡把自己重重包圍住，不讓自己暴露。對於雙子來說，如果在一個還不瞭解的人面前把自己暴露了，就等於讓別人抓住了自己的把柄。這樣就失去了一定的優勢。當雙子感到孤獨悲傷時，只會一個人躲在房間裡哭，或者一個人鬱悶著。 雙子也很怕被傷害，很多時候寧願自己承受一切，也不願別人抓住自己的把柄。所以久而久之也就養成了習慣。雙子基本上也是個很痛苦的人。表面上總是很有活力，很快樂的樣子，可是沒人的時候他又總是很憂傷。雙子總會被一種莫名的悲傷籠罩。但也不會讓別人發現的，他怕被傷害，也怕被別人拋棄只能自己硬挺著一切。所以雙子很神經質，精神脆弱，容易人格分裂，因為承受了太多的東西。 一般來說雙子的孩子都很早熟。雙子對很多的東西都在乎得要命，可是表面上就是看起來什麼都不在乎。雙子並不是故意要掩飾自己，上面說了，這只是一種習慣了，可是在外人看來他就成了虛偽的人。 雙子是被公認的最花心、最冷酷無情的星座。其實對於雙子的花心，真的不想再說些什麼了。解釋得太多，累了，也沒耐心了。可是說起雙子，就不得不提感情，雙子這一生，似乎必須被感情牽伴，跟販情糾纏一世。很多人說雙子並不花心，只是博愛，所以才會有那麼好的人緣。忘了在哪裡看見了這樣的一句話；雙子最大的悲哀在於有兩個人的思想，斧只有一個人的身體，雙子有愛自己所愛的人的權利，也有保護彼此所愛的人的義務，雙子只剩下一個時，愛也就只剩下義務了。 我想用如來惹去說的一句話給雙子的花心做個總結；花心的極端就是癡心的可怕。該懂的人應該會懂的。至於冷酷無情真的不合 道該從何說起。其實雙子是最平和的星座，如果可以不發生衝突，都會盡量避免。雙子也很少跟別人吵架，他討厭吵架，如果是因為一些生活瑣碎小事吵架，那麼雙子就在吵完的那一刻就把這件事給忘了；要雙子真的跟你翻臉，除非是你的所作所為或所說的說實在讓雙子不能忍受，這時他會很鄙視得看你一眼，然後頭也不回地走掉，甚至會不給你留面子地離開。這時你一輩子也別想再和他和好了，就算有的雙子礙於面子和你再成為朋友，但是他們己經對你鄙視到了極點，只不過維持著這一層不得不維的"朋友"關係，其實，很大一部份雙子，對待感情是非常專一的，之所以給人留下花心的美名，是因為很少有人能夠讓略帶童心的雙子動真感情，不是雙子鐵石心腸，而是雙子個性裡面天生有一些憂鬱，一些潛在的不自信，只是雙子隱藏的深入，可是一星讓雙子動了真感情，那麼恭喜你了，雙子的天真，率直，外加表達能力豐富，一定能讓你獲得很多快樂。 每個雙子都有一個故事隱藏在心裡，多數是不堪回首的往事，雙子是個念舊或者說是喜歡沉浸在回憶中的星座，他(她)的這個故事通常都是因情所困，動了感情而被傷害了的雙子是脆弱的，也是堅強的，他(她)可以很快的振作起來，可以當什麼事都沒有發生，這些都是雙子演給世人看的罷了，等到夜深人靜的時候，雙子內心的傷痛隨著血液滲透到全身，他(她)可以一整夜的去回憶之前的點點滴滴，可以一整夜的沉浸在痛苦之中，可以一整夜坐在那裡發呆，但是，一旦天亮了，要出去見人了，雙子馬上就從痛苦中抽身而走，你看到的肯定是一個神采奕奕的雙子，這就是雙子，擁有雙重性格的雙子，一個在世人面前樂天，快樂，在孤獨的夜晚獨自傷悲的雙子。 雙子的愛是最永恆的，可以付出一切，有人說我們花心，那時我們沒有真正的愛，當雙子愛上一個人的時候是痛苦的，因為我們太敏感。假如雙子愛上了一個不愛自己的人，那莫我相信他永遠都不會再愛了，當愛給過了一個人，他再也沒有能力再付出了，其實太多的人都不懂我們，其實連我們自己都不懂自己，我們很會偽裝，很會說謊，但我們最細膩，對感情最敏感，雙子的愛與悲傷，誰又真的瞭解！
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