It's been awhile

Apologies for the lack of posts. It's been a crazy period since my last post, and can be summarized as such:

- Super-emo-period where I was going to leave my previous department (calculatedrisks no more), mostly emo-ing due to the fact that I was going to miss my fun colleagues.
- Moving on to a new department, doing a whole bunch of different things that is way more exciting
- Still keeping in touch with the old colleagues! So that's still good!
- Eating WAY TOO MUCH at the new department, what with tons of partner lunches, cool events, and an overall greedy boss
- Upping my working pace by at least 100% if not I would drown in all my emails
- Going home later and later every day =(
- Being a social hermit (i.e. I don't log onto Facebook regularly anymore), mostly because when I come home I'm so tired I just rather vegetate in front of the tv
- BKK is now turning into a yearly affair. Had tons of fun buying way too many things. But I come back still thinking I have nothing to wear! Something is really WRONG with me
- My first work related travel to sydney, which was pretty all right but the best part was the first class air ticket both ways! It really feels GREAT!

For Better or Worse

Better or Worse

An original composition by Canuf Lau
Performed by Canuf and Ade

i'm a tree in the forest
and you are far across the ocean
if i fall, would i make a sound
if you're not there to listen

i am free as a bird
with no cares or woes to mention
but i need a destination
so i'm flying down to where you are cos

we both know it doesn't matter
if it's for the worse, or for the better
it's quite enough to have to hold
so hold my hand and take me home

i'm a word, i'm a sentence
i'm a page, i'm a chapter
but i'll never become a story
till you open your eyes and read me

i'm a bee, you're a flower
i'm a seed, you are the farmer
i am mud, you are a potter
so pick me up and make me whole cos

we both know it doesn't matter
if it's for the worse, or for the better
it's quite enough to have to hold
so hold my hand and take me home

and we won't second guess the future
cos we have fate between our fingers
so don't look back no more
i'm sure we have the answer

To listen to the song and view our wedding montage, please go to the following website (but you'll need to have a facebook account I think)

Good Weekend

A good weekend involves:

- Buying gifts for dear friends
- A yummy japanese soba dinner
- Good music and good conversation at Vapour Trails
- Sleeping in on a Saturday
- Good brunch with mother in law
- Shopping at Golden Mile
- Shopping at Sheng Shiong
- Cooking up a storm (literally) in my kitchen for 10 ppl
- Having only 9 ppl turn up but most had good comments abt the food
- Pineapple rice, green curry chicken, stir fried pork with basil, tom yum soup, fried sweet potato leaves with sambal, fried xiao bai cai
- Sleeping in on a rainy Sunday
- Waking up to scroll through photos
- Lunch treat with family friends and baby Alicia
- Heading back to do some work while TJ mops the floor and irons clothes (good job dear)
- Heading to Mum's place for yummy steamboat dinner thing
- Snakes on a plane
- Mum's secret conspiracy to get TJ fat so nobody else would want him
- Home sweet home

Meow!

Last night, I saw this adorable calico cat in our void deck, and it was acting cute with one couple so I thought that they were its owner.

When TJ came back after his bball session, he told me “quick come! A cat followed me home.” I ran to the door. It was the same calico cat, super cute and not scared of strangers at all. It was meowing, rubbing itself against us and purred when we tickled its belly. And it was curiously exploring my shoe cabinet area, poking its little nose here and there!

I want a cat!

5 years on

It's been five years. This year, we celebrated our five years together, by throwing all our dear friends a bbq to commemerate this ocassion, and to thank them for being such great friends.

I've so many things to say to you, and I guess this short little speech says most of it all.

Thank you dear, to 5 years, and to many many many more ahead of us.


"A dear friend once asked me, “How do you know if a person is the one?” That was soon after I accepted Tze Jun’s proposal, and it baffled me for a while. Not because I didn’t think that Tze Jun is the one for me, but because our entire relationship felt so natural that I never stopped to think about this.

Before I answer that question, let me tell you a little more about Tze Jun, the love of my life. He’s a cheapskate who will cycle 5 minutes to Bedok Central to buy milk, even though the provision shop just downstairs sells the same milk, just to save 50 cents. But he will not bat an eyelid when it comes to spending money on me. Not that I would let him splurge on me though, ‘cos actually I’m equally cheapskate. He will tiptoe around the house in the mornings when he wakes up at 545 to go to work, and dress in the dark, just to avoid waking me up from the noise. And sometimes, in the morning he will send me a sweet little sms, telling me how peaceful I looked when I was sleeping, and how much he loved me. He is also a person, who in spite of the pain and suffering he’s going through, will write everyone a note to tell them not to worry about him and to take care of themselves, and who, instead of feeling bitter at the situation, feel touched by the care and concern that everyone has given.

So how do you know if someone is the one for you? When you can’t imagine life without him, without his enthusiasm for life, without his goofiness and lame jokes that always make you laugh, and even though he still owes you a birthday present from last year’s birthday, he makes it up with sweet and small little gestures like preparing yummy sandwiches for lunch, and kissing you goodbye when he leaves for work.

More importantly, how do you let the person know you love him with all your heart? You tell him that the overcooked noodles are delicious, and smile and tell him it’s ok even though he damaged the dining table, thank him for every little thing he does, and end each day with a hug and a good night kiss.

Thank you dear, for being all that you are, and loving me for the way that I am. "

The Great Language Challenge

In a bid to improve our standard of Chinese (plus I think we had nothing better to do), my colleagues and I are playing a game whereby we only speak to each other in pure Chinese during lunch. If a person happened to utter an English word, he/she will have to pay a penalty of 10cents per alphabet. E.G. “Oh Shit” will be charged as 60cents since there are a total of 6 alphabets.

It was absolutely hilarious the way we try to translate some phrases from English to Chinese. But I think we’ve all managed to improve our standards of spoken mandarin. This one takes the cake.

“别和我心玩游戏，
和我心 我该开始就知道”
~　后街男孩

“那牛奶路,
就在天空上,
在为世界祈祷”
~ <<在睡觉的小孩>>, 麦克学洛克

“在这个夜，　就这夜，　(让我们)　二和为一”　
~ 香料女孩

“哟，告诉你我要什么，我真的真的要
所以你告诉我你要什么，你真的真的要
我会告诉你我要什么，我真的真的要
所以你告诉我你要什么，你真的真的要
我要，我要，我要，我要，我真的要”
~ 香料女孩

18th July 2009

The day that we’ve been planning for the longest time has finally come and gone in a whirlwind.

In summary:

• my preeeetty jie-meis and hamsom mafia brothers


• a whole lot of bad dancing (told you guys to practice alr, tsk tsk)


• the transporter who drives damn fast and loves to play with polaroids


• a hiao and absolutely funny photographer who takes v nice shots, and a botak one with a shiny head


• a reluctant virgin boy who got performance anxiety


• frantic tea ceremonies (one which happened in an oven), but so glad that so many people came!


• being chased out of the bridal suite


• not being allowed into the pre-banquet checks black table linen, rose petals on the tables painstakingly placed by my friends, fuschia and pink roses


• regrets as the bride didn’t manage to go down earlier to greet the guests


• pre-first walk-in jitters, groom holding flowers instead of bride, and us walking in too fast


• a fantastic montage from my group of absolutely lovely FAGs, which threatened to ruin my makeup. it got rave reviews for being unique, special and so cute!


• i love my emcees! Professional yet friendly and not boring at all!


• rushing out to change to my 2nd outfit, then realizing that our room key doesn’t work, which resulted in even more panic… and using half a box of Hollywood tape which totally saved my modesty


• a great Actual Day montage from our photographer


• movie star 2nd walk-in


• a super loud and enthusiastic yum seng session


• thank you speeches, mildly screwed up flower presentation to mothers, surprise short speech for the groom


• I’m yours by a superstar groom. Abit out of tune but oh-so-sweet. And yes he can sing!


• not crying at groom’s song, but apparently some people did!


• mad rush to complete photo-taking at 45 tables, which wouldn’t have been possible without the help of the mafia who arranged everyone into position, and head mafia who averted a lot of drinks on behalf of the couple


• lots of hand-shaking and numerous well wishes to 早生贵子


• camwhoring sessions with my colleagues!


• wedding debrief with the FAGs and my JC classmates. I love you guys!

Thank you everyone, for all your help and well wishes, this perfect wedding of ours wouldn’t have been possible without you. I feel very touched by all the love and blessings :)

I have great friends!

From those who readily replied that they will be attending my wedding, to numerous offers of help, to noob video-maker, noob emcee, noob secret (dunno wat the secret is, must ask Yun), to hot pink ang pow box complete with feathers and birdies…

Yesterday we met up with our emcees and video maker… and it was a super huge ball of laughs… Key words of the night:
- Impregnate
- Love toast (said together with the action of spreading kaya on toast)
- 披荆斩棘

I’ve never heard “impregnate” used that many times before!

Come Sunday, my new place is going to witness it’s biggest party ever with the XDJM gathering!

Thank you everyone for making a difference!


ps: I didn't mean to leave out your name! Pure accident!