Wedding dinner phobia

I helped out during Mark's wedding dinner last Saturday. I was the receptionist, a challenging task when Mark's guest list was very vague. He named most of his guests with surnames or nicknames. Fortunately, he got another 2 friends to share my stress later. I 'conveniently' left the task to them by acting busy collecting angpows there. :p There were times we needed to drag him out to verify the table number for his guests. Quite chaotic actually...But good thing was Mark handled hiccups very calmly though he had thousands of things in his mind at the moment. I couldn't help to imagine how I would react if I were him. Ho.....I imagined myself throwing tantrum with gloomy face. Haha...thought of that made me trembling. I hope I can skip this. :p

The proceeds of angpows were not sufficient to cover the banquet cost. In the end, after so much hassles, it was a LOSS! Hmm...was it worthwhile then?

Moreover, every time I see couples marching in and smiling to people who they hardly talk to in their life like distant relatives & parents' friends, I can't imagine myself into that situation. It is so awkward! I really hope my hubby, my in-laws and my parents will agree to let me have a much simpler wedding dinner if there should be one. To date, I know darling and his mom are at my side. 3 of us share the same sentiment that wedding dinner is too much works to be done. Lazy huh? :D

Let's just do nothing & think nothing..

This weekend, we are going to KL to attend his younger brother's wedding. I feel so excited, partly for the happy event and partly because I can get away from the work stress here. It'll be just 1.5 day but I am happy still. It's quarter end for Q2 and I shall need to recharge myself for the next marathon run in Q3. I need this break desperately as I really didn't take a break for some time.

Darling has been busy with a few projects too lately. He is rather stressed. Hope he can take this chance to have good rest. I suggest to him that we do not plan much activities for the weekend. We can just laze around, do nothing and think nothing. :p

After this, hope I will have more energy to run full force and hit the target next quarter. Gambate! Jia You! All the best!!

Seatless

Due to space constraint, I have to share desk with my colleagues. I will sit on whoever seat when they are not around. It's been 3 months that I am working with such a condition. Honestly speaking, besides DP, I don't remember I ever needed to share PC/desk with colleagues in my former companies. So, it was initially very hard for me to accept this. But, I slowly got over it and bear with the situation which I didn't like. While I thought everyone was accommodating, in fact some people felt otherwise.

K always comes to work around 2 or 3pm (no one gives him this permission but I just rarely see him coming in early). So, I always occupy his table during morning time. I always unplug his laptop from the cables and replace with mine. When he comes in, usually I will plug back his laptop and move to somewhere else. Yesterday, as usual, I did the same. Unfortunately, his laptop got hanged because of the unplug & replug motions. So, he vented his anger on me. He violently throwing things in front of me and said nasty words. It was very clear that he wanted to let me know that I was not welcomed to use his table. Simple as that! Hence, I don't think I will ever wanna use his table or trouble him anymore.

No more KFC for me??

This is my 2nd encounter at KFC where I am told that they have no chicken breast meats or ribs. What's going on?? I never like to eat thigh and drumstick. But they only have those parts. Sometimes, they might have chicken wings. So, for people like me should never patronize KFC anymore? !@#$%^&

High tea buffet @ Olive Tree, Intercontinental

Today, let's take this high tea buffet as celebration for darling finally submitting his PR application! :D

First round - Appetizers & salads (I especially love the salad dressing raspberry vinaigrette, the Thai-style vermicelli & crackers)

Second round - Asian snacks (All were not warm enough!)

Third round - Mee rebus (Personally think the gravy was too nutty)

Forth round - Sour & spicy soup with coconut milk (Somehow taste like Tom Yam soup but with coconut milk...delicious!)

Bak Kut Teh (The soup was delicious but there wasn't nice bak kut inside :( )

Final round - Dessert (Wow...very impressive with the dessert variety but I only took 5)

There are actually more variety of dishes, like rice, fried noodles, sushi & porridge. I skipped them as I wanted to save some capacity for the desserts which looked more tempting to me. :p

Price: S$33++ per person
Time: 3:30 - 5:30pm
Tel: 68251061 (Reservation is recommended)

Father's day

I nearly forgot to update my blog for father's day celebration. Too busy.... :p

I bought a LG blue tooth headset for day for his present because I knew that he just bought a new phone for himself and it didn't come with the headset. Unfortunately, the headset that I bought was not compatible to his new mobile phone. So, he gonna use it with his old phone. :(

We were supposed to have dinner on Sat night but Ring couldn't make it. We celebrated it on Sun night, at Don Sushi Restaurant. We ordered a family set meal which was a promotion on Father's day. It included 4 dishes: Cod fish soup, Tempura prawns, Baked scallops & Teriyaki chicken. The portion was quite small but it was alright because we were almost full after the round of sushi.

Cod fish soup (Yummy...the Miso soup base is my favourite)

Tempura prawn (S0-so only)

Baked scallop (Why were they in pink?? What were they made of?)

Teriyaki chicken (The sauce was too sweet. Not nice!)

Hope dad enjoyed the day! May him live in good health and happiness always.

Blog = Memories

Blogs help me to remember my memories. Now, we still remember what happened yesterday, last month or last year. As we age, we might not be able to keep these memories clearly. Hence, I blog. My wish is to show my blog to my kids. Let them understand how we go through stages in our lives, how we look like when we are young. Should be very interesting. :)

Another reason, darling has poor memory. He always forget where/how we celebrated our valentine's days, anniversaries, birthdays etc. My blog will remind him of all memories we had.

P.S. I don't think he really forgets, he just likes to tease me. Right? ;)

Best new comer

We always have our sales meeting on Friday. This was one of the absurd conversation yesterday:

Boss: WY, how's your sales? Can you be my best new comer this quarter?
WY: Boss, I hope to but I am not sure if Vicky allows me to.
Me: Huh??? I don't think I have the honour. Maybe you should ask the rest of the new comers? (I arrowed him back by telling that he had humiliated the rest. Smart?)

Sales persons are always competitive. We always view our colleagues as competitors because we all wanna be the top sales. However, I think WY is being a bit personal. I am NOT doing well even though I am currently the top new comer. I predict any of the new comers can beat me sooner or later as they have pending cases to close next week while I have ZERO! Honestly, if I am doing well, I think I will give him a bitchy answer like: Why not you try harder next quarter? Haha! I don't have this chance as I am really in shit now!

I really hope I can do well next quarter and if he dares to throw the question again. We shall see. ;p

KL or SG?

Last night, darling made an unusual request. He wanted to go somewhere for a drink. I then suggested Clarke Quay (as it is the nearest to my workplace :p). We went to Hooters (where all waitresses having big boobs and sexy butts) for dinner and drink. After dinner, he asked if I enjoyed the night and the life in Singapore. Hmm....I guess he was trying to make me love staying in Singapore for another 5 to 10 years.

Lately, I have been telling him that I hope to go back to KL, saying that I am sick of being here. I need a place that gives me a sense of belonging. He knows that I am not doing very well with my job lately. As smart as him, even though I don't tell, he still knows that I am trying to find an excuse to run away from my job. He always read my mind.

Back to the topic, he says KL life is not as good as what I imagine. Staying and working there for many years, he says life is getting tougher in KL. Living condition is not better yet the living expenses are damn high. He prefers Singapore. Though he doesn't own a car here, he likes MRT system. He must be terrified by the lousy traffic at KL. He says NTUC provides cheap and fresh food items like fruits, milk, juices etc. Another thing, Malaysia is getting worse with its public security, basically every part of Malaysia. Financial wise, of course the pay is better here. He asks me to think thrice for going back. He evens suggests that I can go back to try out the life over there and consider my decision again. He wants me to take this decision seriously, I know.

Darling, I hear you, like you have heard me. Perhaps, I am taking every good thing in Singapore for granted. Just like how we take someone for granted time after time, we tend to forget how good the person is, how much we love him/her, what he/she has done for us. This afternoon, we will be going for high tea at Inter-continental hotel. Again, he is trying hard to make me like Singapore life. It is not that we can't go these places in KL. I guess his point is we are earning much more that we have extra money to spend in Singapore than in KL. :)

Vegetarian Thursday

It's vegetarian day for me on every Thursday. In fact, I have been practicing this habit since end 2006. Whenever I tell people this, they always ask me why. Well...it's partly for religion and partly for health. It's good to cleanse our body once a week. On another side, it's a good training for discipline and determination. So far, I am rather happy with my self-control ability. :p

Jump queue?

Last night, we went to NTUC Fairprice to buy some groceries. While queuing, I remembered that I needed to buy cornflakes. So, I went to get it. Thinking that the queue was quite long, so I took some time to choose the brand and compare pricing.

By the time I went back to the counter, I saw darling standing beside the couple who was first in the queue. Apparently, I took too long that darling had to let some people passing him. Since I was back, it should be alright that we took back our position, right? But, some people thought otherwise. Firstly, I saw that couple giving us a fierce look like we were trying to cut their queue. Kanasai!

Not just that, there came another irritating four-eyed frog who was standing behind us. He asked darling with an interrogative tone whether he queued for the line. Darling answered him politely yet he still gave us that kind of doubtful look. What the hell!! Do we look so uncivilized that we don't even know how to queue?

To clear our conscience, I said loudly to darling in front of the couple and the four-eyed frog: "Dear, next time you must stand in the line even if you gonna let people passing you. Otherwise, 'some people' will misunderstand you for jumping queue. The best is you can stand next to the cashier. Then everyone behind you will know that you do 'queue' for the line, OK?". Haha...Bitchy? :p

Racism in practise by Pizza Hut Malaysia?!!

Received a forwarded email. Quite infuriating...

Hello everyone. I have some interesting news.

I was in Pizza Hut (Sunway Pyramid) yesterday and suddenly my friend showed me the bill. The bill contains normal things la (number of person, bill number and what is ordered). But, what shocked me is that they had space called ' RACE ' . I guess since we were all wearing tudung, they labelled us as 0, which means MALAY. Later, when we went to pay…we had no service charge and no tax charge. Still in shock, I peeped into another bill in the counter. In that bill, under the race space, it was labelled as C (which I guess means Chinese). That bill had service and tax charges!!!

I started investigating. One of my Sri Lankan friends was labelled as Indian it seems and she also had to pay service and tax charges a few weeks back. What I ' m wondering is that…does anyone know about this? I find it rather strange that they charge service and tax charge using race in Pizza Hut, out of all the places!

WE SHOULD NOT GO EAT AT PIZZA HUT!

True love

This story tells us something about LOVE & LIFE.

My husband is S/W Engineer by profession, I love him for his steady nature and I love the warm feeling when I lean against his broad shoulders.

Two years of courtship and now, five years into marriage, I would have to admit, that I am getting tired of it. The reasons of me loving him before, has now transformed into the cause of all my restlessness.

I am a sentimental woman and extremely sensitive when it comes to a relationship and my feelings. I yearn for the romantic moments, like a little girl yearning for candy. My husband is my complete opposite; his lack of sensitivity, and the inability of bringing romantic moments into our marriage has disheartened me about LOVE.

One day, I finally decided to tell him my decision, that I wanted a divorce.

"Why? " he asked, shocked.

"I am tired. There are no reasons for everything in the world!" I answered.

He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep thought. My feeling of disappointment only increased. Here was a man who was not able to even express his predicament, so what else could I expect from him?

And finally he asked me: "What can I do to change your mind?"

Somebody said it right... It's hard to change a person's personality, and I guess, I have started losing faith in him.

Looking deep into his eyes I slowly answered: "Here is the question. If you can answer and convince my heart, I will change my mind.

Let's say, I want a flower located on the face of a mountain cliff, and we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your death. Will you do it for me?"

He said: " I will give you your answer tomorrow...." My hopes just sank by listening to his response.

I woke up the next morning to find him gone, and saw a piece of paper with his scratchy handwriting underneath a milk glass, on the dining table near the front door, that goes....

My dear, "I would not pick that flower for you, but....please allow me to explain the reasons further.....

This first line was already breaking my heart. I continued reading.

"When you use the computer you always mess up the Software programs, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the programs.

You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my legs to rush home to open the door for you.

You love traveling but always lose your way in a new city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way.

You always have the cramps whenever your "good friend" approaches every month. I have to save my palms so that I can calm the cramps in your tummy.

You like to stay indoors, and I worry that you will be infected by infantile autism. I have to save my mouth to tell you jokes and stories to cure your boredom.

You always stare at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes so that when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those annoying white hairs. So I can also hold your hand while strolling down the beach, as you enjoy the sunshine and the beautiful sand...and tell you the colour of flowers, just like the colour of the glow on your young face...

Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do... I could not pick that flower yet, and die ... "

My tears fell on the letter, and blurred the ink of his handwriting... And as I continue on reading... "Now, that you have finished reading my answer, and if you are satisfied, please open the front door for I am standing outside bringing your favorite bread and fresh milk...

I rushed to pull open the door, and saw his anxious face, clutching tightly with his hands, the milk bottle and loaf of bread....Now I am very sure that no one will ever love me as much as he does, and I have decided to leave the flower alone...

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That's LIFE, and LOVE. When one is surrounded by love, the feeling of excitement fades away, and one tends to ignore the true love that lies in between the peace and dullness.

Love shows up in all forms; even in very small and cheeky forms. It has never been a model. It could be the dullest and most boring form ...

Flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the surface of the relationship.

Under all this, the pillar of true love stands... AND THAT'S LIFE !

May all of us cherish the true love we have found by now. :)

Meet the parents

Finally darling met my parents for the first time last weekend. It was a very casual meeting. They didn't ask him lots of questions (which I think they will shoot their questions to me later on). We only had 家常便饭 at a restaurant. Darling footed the bill as a good gesture. Overall, everything was alright. Peaceful and harmonious. :)

Darling's small complaint: There was no ASTRO at my place. He missed his NBA and football matches. :p