That Moment

Well, I have lost track of time due to wedding dinners and a baby shower these two days : ( Attended the baby shower of the son of Fat Boy's ex-colleague at Zhou's Kitchen yesterday afternoon. It was great to see his ex-colleagues again, since last year's Kuala Lumpur trip and I must say that the food was good too : ) We went home to nap before proceeding to my SPI friend's wedding at Grand Shanghai - I was very impressed by the Old Shanghai decor the moment I stepped into the restaurant and the food was good too! One of the best weddings I have attended so far : D It would be one of my considerations for my own wedding dinner.

After the celebration ended at 11pm, we headed to TCC in Clarke Quay for coffee and the session ended at about 3am. Too bad some of the guys were feeling lethargic (They woke up at 3am the previous morning) else we would have chatted till dawnbreak. By the time I washed up and my head touched the pillow at 4am, I was gone almost instanteously.

As for this morning, I brought Boyboy to the vet clinic to have him microchipped. I thought it would be an extremely painful process, but it turned out to be quite alright - The vet simply grabbed the back of his neck and jabbed him, all in a couple of seconds : ) The only downside was that I was left 60 bucks poorer (Dammit! Rearing dogs are more expensive than bringing up a kid) Though the vet tried to convince me to have Boyboy undergo a blood test to check for heartworms, I refused to hear any further. 60 bucks was enough to make me feel the pinch for quite a while >: ( Anyway, I have done the necessary documentation and right now, it's waiting for their approval. Once everything is settled, Boyboy will have a license! : )

I have been feeling rather happy these few days, especially last Tuesday : ) I was rather down due to work issues last Tuesday morning and Fat Boy sent me a large parcel via courier and imagine my surprise and happiness when I unwrapped it and saw the Damier Neverfull Louis Vuitton bag! I almost teared when I saw his heartfelt words penned on the back of the tiny card attached to the parcel. Though Sunshine Boy and Yvonne suggested that it might a proposal, I dismissed it as I believed he would do it on our Hong Kong tour.

We met up after work and he drove me to the Jewel Box and I felt lost; I simply had no idea what he had up on his sleeves. He ushered me into one of the cable cars and we began our 1 hour and a half ride. It was a bad experience as I was feeling nauseous (motion sickness?) and I had wanted to get out of the cable car, but after knowing the hefty pricetag of the ride, I decided to bear with it and I must say that I did not finish my main course of chicken thigh and baked potato : / (I think I would puke if I were to push it down my throat) I thanked God when dessert arrived (Not that I loved the apple crumble, but it meant that the ride would end soon) I was also handed a bouquet of red roses when desserts were placed on the table (I actually thought that it was inclusive of the package and I told Fat Boy that it was actually worthwhile. By the way, I was also searching frantically for Ferraro Rochers, which I thought might be hiding between the roses, so much so that I did not notice the golden "Will You Marry Me" print on the roses) Fat Boy became hysterical and egged me to look at the golden prints. I looked at them and realized that it was a proposal : P He then lifted the lid of the dessert platter and I saw a diamond ring seated snugly on top of the apple crumble (It was the diamond ring that he attempted to propose to me and I rejected him flat a couple of years back)

Though feeling excited and joyful, I tried to be difficult and asked him why I should marry him and his reply was a shy "Because I love you" : ) Satisfied, I asked him to put the diamond ring on for me and well, his mission was accomplished! We are getting married! Hahahaha....

Finally going to be a bride...

That Dog License...

Gramps has been bugging me to get a dog license for Boyboy after she heard stories of relatives being heavily fined by AVA these few days. Tried to brush her off a couple of times and finally, I relented - I couldn't stand the constant "When are you going to get Boyboy the dog license?!" naggings : (

Initially, I thought it would be an easy task. I mean, how difficult could it be to get the name and address of anybody who lives in private housing? I quickly suggested to Gramps that my 2nd Aunt could help us since she lives in a condominium in Mandarin Gardens. Gramps quickly called the latter and well, to our shock, she rejected us in the most unusual manner - She pretended not to hear Gramps' request! (What a loser!)

Despite feeling pissed off, I fully understand her concerns (Why would she want to help when there are no benefits?) Moving on, I began to ask around and realized that it was not easy to get somebody to help at all! Some of my friends who own dogs who are not HDB-approved have similar difficulties and fortunately for them, they managed to get in touch with helpful souls who are willing to get the dog license under their names and addresses (Hey! Where is my helpful soul?) I had also come across many different kind of replies - Some mentioned they would help me ask around (Standard answer), some told me they did not have friends living in private housing (Implication: I do not want to help and I cannot be bothered at all) and some even pushed me to other friends who live in private housing though I said "No, it's Ok" (as we are just hi-and-bye acquaintances, why would they want to help?)

Feeling desperate, and yet refused to let Gramps know of my failure, I kept buying time by brushing her off (again!) I guess she knew what was going on and one fine day, she told me to visit this particular relative (whom I see only once every year during Chinese New Year) who happened to work as a security guard at an overseas school near our place - She mentioned that he and his wife might be able to help (Trust me, I was so damn scornful of it and everything felt on deaf ears. No way was I going to visit and plea them as I strongly believed they would come up with all kinds of excuses just to reject me)

However, this afternoon when Fat Boy drove Gramps, Aunt and me for lunch, Gramps insisted the former to drive into the overseas school despite my protests : ( We met up with the relative and his wife and Gramps, without any formality, asked if they could help us with the dog license and just as I was expecting a "Aiyah, as you know we already have 3 dogs...I want to help, but..." I heard a straightforward "Ok" (Imagine my surprise!) In addition, they even recommended a vet who charged a lower fee for microchip implant when they knew Boyboy had not being microchipped and they said that they would help us to apply for the dog license after the microchip implant (Can you actually believe that such kind souls exist?)

This incident made me realized a couple of things - People whom you think may not help you may actually go all out to do so and people whom you think will go all out to do actually do not...I must say that I am quite a failure because I must admit that I do not have many friends who actually go all the way out to help and perhaps, it's also time to reflect on myself. Is it because I have not done enough, that's why others do not see why they should lend a hand when I need them? I must say that I am quite an anal person as I treat all my friends sincerely and when I see that my sincerity is not being reciprocated, I cannot bring myself to treat them the way I treated them initially (I refused to play the fool) I don't see why I should continue to waste my time on them in terms of eat, drink and merry when they could not be bothered to lift a finger to help in my utmost need? I do not need such "friends".

Excruciating Aches

Yes, Boss and Vicious Lady have flown to Hong Kong for business purposes and here we are, slacking our guts out (I emphasized: S-L-A-C-K-I-N-G and not slogging) : D I should be feeling exhilarated, but aches from the time of that month are making me tired and angry! Argh! It didn't help that my calves are hurting from yesterday's pupur massage...Oh yes, yesterday, both Fat Boy and I went to Johor Bahru. Our schedule was:

• Woke up at 10:35am because we slept at 3am the previous night playing "Bowling Buddies"
• Washed up and left the house at 11:20am
• Went to the nearest provision shop to buy 4D at Gramp's request
• Drove past the Causeway at 12:30pm and reached Johor Bahru at 12:50pm
• Had Fat Boy's precious toy washed and vacummed at some carwashing stall
• Sank my teeth into juicy and succulent chicken thigh and drumstick at KFC's in Tebrau City
• Burned calories by doing grocery-shopping - Bought canned fruits and chips!
• Headed to A&W for an ice-cold mug of root beer (Slurps!) Skipped my waffle with maple syrup and butter as we were feeling bloated from lunch
• Slept in the car as Fat Boy drove around Johor Bahru and woke up to find ourselves in Danga Bay
• Strolled around Danga Bay and walked into a massage hut. Was fascinated by the pupur slimming massage and went for it. Saw the petite masseuss and was disappointed, but she proved me wrong with her strong and skillful hands. Nearly died of pain when she rubbed my calves and thighs continuously...
• Walked out of the massage hut feeling happy and very light : )
• Had dinner of seafood tom yum soup, fried rice, stir-fried kale, claypot chicken and shrimp omelette and chendol to wrap up the whole course
• Went back to Singapore after that as we felt exhausted and I had wanted to watch the 11pm drama serial!

Will be meeting up with Amy, Adeline, Rightie, Fanny, Claudia together with Sunshine Boy, Yam Gal, Isaac and Fat Boy at Waraku in Marina Square. Well, only we, the ladies, will be pigging out from the 50% discount whereas the guys will sitting afar to watch. What can I say? The guys just don't get it : )

Tired

Met up with Miko and his missus at BQ Bar in Boat Quay last Wednesday evening. Though the session was a rather short one, I was quite happy. However, I was as quite disappointed with its limited menu and I had a pint of Heineken and potato wedges : )

As Isaac was hungry, we proceeded to Chinatown food centre to have claypot rice, but it was closed (Too bad) We had frog leg porridge instead and I must say that it was not fantastic : / The plain porridge was not silky smooth enough and the kungpo frog leg sauce was not salty and fragrant : / (What a waste of money) To make up for the lacklustre dinner, we went to 记得吃 to have desserts. Both Fat Boy, Isaac and I had the mango sago cream, whereas Sharon had her favourite almond cream and Sunshine Boy, mango sago cream with beancurd : ) Unfortunately, it was a weekday, else, we would have stayed longer : /

As for yesterday, as I was tired from work, both Fat Boy and I had a quick claypot rice dinner at Chinatown food centre (We missed it last Wednesday) before heading to Tiong Bahru Market to have desserts and to pack fishball noodles for Gramps from her favourite stall : ) After washing up and watching TV, we went to bed ( - . - ) z z z

Weekends are the best for sleeping in, unfortunately, I woke up at 8:10am this morning because I had to go back to office :~ ( I was so damn reluctant! Sunshine Boy and a few others were in the office too and we ordered MacDonald's for breakfast (That was the best part for the whole morning) I had my usual Sausage McMuffin with Egg and orange juice! : D~ I didn't do much work; I was playing games on Facebook : P until 12:30pm and I left for Marina Square for my oily massage and cold wraps : )

Came home by myself as Fat Boy went to service his car and well, here I am waiting for him to come back. Not sure what to have for dinner later on...*Sigh!*

Teatree Oil

Vanity called and I rushed down to Aunt Helen's after work today. I had wanted to work till 7pm but what the heck, life's too short to slog shit for others eh? (I ran off at 6:20pm) I was so happy to see Aunt Helen again because it meant that my face would be sparkling clean once again : D (Well, I was right. I stepped out of her salon with renewed confidence : ) )

Met up with Fat Boy who was waiting for me at the ground floor (Awww....) and we went to Sakae Sushi in Wheelock Place to have dinner. Had the usual spicy salmon gunkan and temaki as well as chawanmushi (Yummy!) Feeling bloated with carbohydrates, we strolled around Wisma Atria and we headed straight into The Bodyshop because we were rather crazy about teatree oil products recently (It started when I was browsing through the Internet one afternoon and I shared my findings of its abundant benefits to him with great enthusiasm)

After countless of dabs of teatree oil and seaweed lotion on the backs of our hands, we finally purchased a bottle of teatree oil facial wash and a tube of seaweed night serum (Understood that it has oil control properties specially for combination skin - Just what my troublesome face needs!) I had wanted to buy more cosmetics, especially the loose powder and fruity lipgloss; but guess it might be better to finish up what I have right now (No point stocking up and waiting for each of them to expire eh?) Fat Boy left the shop 45 bucks poorer...: /

After sending me home, he left to fetch his parents home (They had a wedding dinner at Copthorne King's) as he did not want them to spend on cab fare. As for me, after bathing, I quickly swiped my face with toner before applying my new seaweed night serum. It has been an hour and my face does not feel tight or oily as usual; I just hope that it's not clogging up those pores! It can be so damn frustrating to see clogged pores and blackheads scattered all over the face! Argh!!

Anyway, I will be meeting up with Miko and the rest for drinks at Boat Quay tomorrow evening. Good to see the former again, though I have just seen him last Friday. Hope tomorrow will be fun!