千七百七十四： First fitting

Had a great night with the NY girls at Movida.



had a lot of fun, they pushed me up on stage. but the emcee thought it was my birthday and then after that everyone tot it was my birthday and i had strangers coming up to me saying happy birthday. hmm

Saturday was at home finishing up the wedding favours. Calvin & his parents came for steamboat dinner.

1st fitting session yesterday.


since I don't want to dampen the surprise i will only show some pics w/o the whole dress. :P

Stomach flu hit me all of a sudden on Sunday at Jackie's house. was ok until suddenly just tummy really hurt and it became very bad pains & nausea. the girls had to help me downstairs. :( MC today, feel a little better now, but still abit of nausea.

work again tomorrow, less than 20 days to go. :S:S

千七百七十三： Anxiety attacks

I'm avoiding looking at my own blog cos of the ticker there. 23 more days. siao liao.

Today someone also reminded me only 3 weeks left.
I looked at the calendar on my desk and I'm like panicking in my head. Only 3 weeks?!

scheduled a date to meet with the girls to finalise the script / Program & runthrough.
have to go get the materials so that we can probably make the wrist corsages together that day as well.

i haven't the faintest idea what song to use for the montage. still. I think i better finish up the reception montage first since that seems tons easier.

Guest books to be done oso.

program sheets in japanese for his parents.

seating plans / charts.
welcome board.

Music to be burnt in CDs. cousin gave me a very clear idea of what to do about this so that I can minimise the need for music.

panic panic panic.

千七百七十二： 貴人

super busy at work these 2 days so totally no CNY mood. this year's earnings from angbaos is really slim. economic crisis don't seem to hv anything to do with it, because the amounts in the red packets are still good, just overall, less red packets? not even $100 in total excluding the ones from my parents... sad..

finally managed to meet up with my cousin after sooo many years of being MIA because she is always out when we visit, this time she is home cos she just gave birth & was at home and gave me alot of tips for the wedding :) it's been so long since i chatted with her we just forgot the time and before long, already 11pm.. can't wait to see them again all at the wedding. i think despite my complaining, i'm glad to have the dinner, my auntie made a comment about how she was babysitting me when i was a kid at age 3 and now she's going to be seeing me get married. (T.T) I told her to cook more food next year cos i'm going to bring Ryo to eat and she happily said ok. sighz, she has gotten so thin over the years due to illness & old age and i feel really sad to see her looking so weak. hope she gets better now that she has a grandchild to take care of.

getting up early tmr to jog so hv to sleep now.

千七百七十一： 新年快乐！

last week went by in a huge blur.

Monday - OT
Tuesday - GYM
Wednesday - Met Andy for dinner after like almost 5 years and received my first present. super nice snow globe from precious moments, really really like it :) thanks!! went with Kemmy & Garry to Suntec, in the end they had dinner together with us. After Andy left quite early (cos of his baby), Kemmy & I accompanied Garry for a walk around marina area then rushed back to the hotel with him to watch American Idol. pretty interesting to see the Ritz room with twin beds for the first time. Kemmy & I left at about 11pm, after the show.
Thursday - had drinks & watched american idol after OT-ing. we had to take a bus because there wasn't a single cab in sight / available for booking for >30 min.
Friday - had Pre-CNY steamboat with ICAP guys/girls at Vivocity, turned up late cos of UAT and then bought wine & met up with another friend for drinks and stayed over to chat.
Saturday - haven't drank so much in a week for a long time so just zzz-ed really early. worked on the favours after reaching home in the morning and watched heroes season 2 throughout the whole day. Have been procrastinating watching the show, finally managed to finish so I can start on season 3! i really can't stomach violence in shows nowadays...
Sunday - Reunion dinner at grandma's house. went to gym b4 that to run.. am glad for a bit of improvement in timing / speed.

work tmr, wonder how much red packets i will receive this year...

千七百七十： Discipline

Discipline
- making yourself wake up at 6am every morning for the morning run before work no matter how late you sleep
- making yourself wake up for work no matter how late you come back the night before

zzzzzz

UAT period just started again & I reached home at 11.30pm yesterday. So many things to do for the upcoming month and OT is just taking away alot of my vital time right now.. have something to do / someone to meet after work almost daily and I'm wondering how I can sustain this juggling act for too long. I am starting to look like a panda (T.T)

千七百六十九： hell week

so so so relieved this week is over. thought I would die from the sudden deadline changes from next week to this week but turns out I was faster than I thought I would be. have to do abit more work this weekend so that I won't be in such a mad rush next week. 

Met up with both consultants to decide on the deco/colour schemes. one more thing off the lists.

had a great time with H going around esplanade area playing with his dslr after meeting Joey from Ritz. 

Passed YY her card yesterday and I realised how blessed I have been with all the help I'm getting, esp from my old friends even though I only meet them once in a blue moon. First XQ gave me the best idea for the favours & the dress design, H gave me the best idea for the cards and turns out he has the camera to help me with photographing as a friend, Onigiri helped me gave me a great idea on how to deco the favours, HW accompanied me to run so many errands and helpfully added the montage item to the photographer's to do list, my sis helped me visualise the final card design, Y turned up to be the lost videographer n the cake idea was from her too. X came up with the program & volunteered to help me take charge at both lunch & dinner as coordinator. SF recommended her photographer to me, M & the girls agreed to being the emcees w/o 2nd thoughts, and of cos many other friends who offered their help knowing i was planning & going about this alone here. I love u people! 

i wan to go to spa and destress quite badly. sighz. 

千七百六十八： 1 down..

another day gone in a flash.

decided when I woke up today i had to settle the cards once and for all, so I just went ahead and printed out everything and for those already done, no choice but to use them. at least now most of the cards look alot neater and cleaner. hope they are appreciated and not just dumped 1 side after the event is over. hmm.

and i'm glad i finished them, i feel so relieved now that I can strike this off my to do list. there are definitely bigger things to worry about, like the day's programs, and the meeting of the parents. I better remember to call the hotel to check the availability of rooms for Ryo's parents as well.

so many things to do!!!

saw this at starbucks yesterday:

are they pigs or cows or bears? hehehe

千七百六十七： Long weekend 成人の日

Long weekend ahead.

however, today went by in a flash.. so maybe not so long. Monday is already fully packed. I'm a little worried about the lack of time for my own things + work. plus next week I:m supposed to be packed for UAT but have so many other stuff to settle after work. on abit of dangerous ground here.

千七百六十六： 芋泥

Realised I left someone out of my list, sorry YY!! luckily u can make it.. only realised it after I saw your photos in fb.

Went for food tasting today & invited A to eat with us. Luckily I got to talk to her, because she gave me some very useful tips about where to find a videocam and who to ask to help out with the video. :) Am going to try asking for help tomorrow because I did them a big favour before and it's time to request for some assistance back!

finally friday tomorrow. I must settle almost all the cards by this weekend so that I can mail out/pass them out next week!! feeling abit panicky..

千七百六十五： Renewal

Contract renewal today.

Last year i could tell a few closer colleagues how happy i was with my payrise. This year, I didn't have anyone to share my happiness with. (because I guess no one really wants to know & those pple kinda distanced themselves) It's unlucky i had to renew the contract in the midst of the economic gloom, the pay rise for this year was not as much as the previous renewal. well.. at least it's in the lower end of what I expected, so still pretty ok. At least luckily I changed a manager b4 the renewal else my efforts for the past year would have been totally unrecognised. must really thank those who gave me good feedback this year for my work! & u must speak up for yourself and make your requests known!

plans to continue work after i move have been 90% finalised and approved. pending some minor details.

suddenly it feels like i have not much time left.

千七百六十四： Spa & Shopping

went to JB with M & J yesterday mainly for massage/spa and the exchange rate made it so hard not to splurge there.

massage/body scrub/hydro hot tub for 2 hours plus at about S$100. woohoo!

Edes Spa

Had the chance to go through the new Malaysian customs building which is linked directly to the 3rd level of City Square, making it alot safer to stay late in JB since we don't have to walk across the dangerous notorious petrol station where so many robberies took place.

brightly lit Sultan Iskandar Customs & Immigration

& M intro-ed us to the super super super delicious ice shavings stall in the 2nd flr.

think its the way the ice is shaved, they just taste so soft, not like ice kachang all packed together!

back to work tomorrow... 1 week went by a little too fast.. :(

千七百六十三： Baby Colin

Ate at Sakura today cos went to visit XH's baby boy. :D

He smiled so happily at me so many times!

then we discussed the program for lunch in the afternoon & found the most useful stamps at JP in the afternoon. :D:D:D

will show that off later.

XH said I should write down more happy stuff in my blog (so that I will remember the good stuff). sounds very correct.. but I realised I didnt really have much happy happenings since there are some stuff I can't talk about here until really finalised, and the people who find out first from me would have chatted with me already. But I guess its for myself to look back on so I'll make an effort bah.

For starters, today watched Yes! Man with H. Super funny, but Jim Carrey is really aging. he did alot of funny faces, some of the jokes only me & H were laughing (same wavelength) like the Karl ... Marx one. (no one else knew who's that?! abit shocked) but the running-photography in the show really amused me and he also said something which really made sense "anyone can take pictures standing still!" .. shall try doing that.. with digital camera instead of her polaroid. her motorbike picture turned out really cool though. :p

ok time to slp & spa-ing with the girls tmr.

千七百六十二： Happy 2009!

あけましておめでとう！

Happy New Year!


I realised i didn't really make any resolutions last year except to clear out excess baggage. Succeeded on some counts but added on extra baggage on others. argh. I don't know what I want to achieve this year. to make my vows and keep them? みんなと自分でも幸せになるように。

This year is going to be majorly life-changing. (in less than 2 months in fact) Getting abit of the jitters thinking about it, the question is.. Am I really ready?

had a wonderful/relaxing house party at M's place last night and watched the fireworks from her place. Called Ryo at midnight JP time to wish him a happy new year as well.. I was falling asleep b4 midnite here though (missed the 1st min of the new year for the past 2 years as well due to .. being in the loo and falling fell asleep) We were able to see the fireworks from all 3 locations in fact, Marina Bay, Mt Faber, and Sentosa; her place was such a prime location / height. We felt the effects of the Mt Faber fireworks like thunder and lightning, very cool!

This morning we went to Vivo to watch a movie, wanted to watch Ponnyo but the shows were full til 5pm (we were there at 11.20am) so we watched bedtime stories in fact. super funny!! Adam Sandler is really the best. :)

Some more movies to watch - Yes Man, Seven Pounds, Inkheart, POnnyo. I don't think i'll get a chance to watch twilight anymore :(

gym & Xh's place tmr.. and my week of holidays is almost over... so fast!!