:: weddings ::

i wrote my first cheque on sat!! haha.. shiok. siao de.

Just attended my cousin's wedding on Sat. The minister kept trying to joke. HAIZ. And my uncle didn't switch his hp to silent mode... urgh. Halfway through there was a child crying. Sometimes you gotta be a bit more careful who you invite to your wedding uh? hmmm... After the "english" ceremony the relatives went into a side room for "Chinese" ceremony. The couple served tea to all the elders, and after that, we the young ones have to serve the couple tea. haha.. cool. The buffet lunch was interesting, mediterranean cuisine i think? Went to cell grp after that.

Last entry I mentioned i walked to Tj Pagar to find my dad after work one day, and I want to add on something: I passed by several bridal shops and.... found my dream wedding gown!!! woo! Haha.. yesterday evening I went to look for it, hopefully can take a photo of it to post on my blog, but the person told me that I can't do that. And you know, when I walked past just looking longingly at the gowns (they were replaced, so fast!) the guy at the door asked me to go in to take a look. haha.. I dun think I look like I'm ready to get married right? Anyway the salespeople were very welcoming and kept asking me to try it on.

I asked for my dream gown - i only vaguely remember how it looks like. It didn't matter how the design was, what caught my eye was the dark red stripe across the tube. Hmm... sorry I can't describe well. I was disappointed when they told me wedding gowns phase out very fast, after a few weeks/months I won't be able to find that gown anymore. Awww.......

Don't know why but lately there's been quite a number of weddings and Persis was just sharing about her wedding during our Tj Balai trip. Makes me think about getting married, but no bridegroom, how?

My dream is to get married at the age of **, but looking at modern society where can you find a partner who's ready to?

Besides that.. yesterday was quite eventful ba. Met a client in the morning. Their demands are so challenging! Serious... I really don't know how to do a design for them sia.

Then during work, about an hour before knockoff i was busy, but I received a prank call. hahaha read on! (from the number i thought it was nic) This guy ordered 2 pc chicken meal, upsized and told me to deliver it to Jurong Point. (i suspected someone already) He asked what's my name, I said Ahmad, then he laughed. From his laughter my suspicions increased but i didn't dare confirm. haha.. Told him the order would be delivered at 6.30pm. But i ignored the call all the way till I went to check out the wedding gown then I received an sms from NORMAN KANG!!! ROAR!!! hhahhahhahha

And after checking out the gown I walked down Tj Pagar to Chewy Junior (i love the "donuts" there - well they aren't exactly donuts, dunno what they are.) and I met Terry (Akouo)! Hahaa.. At that kind of hour my eyesight is usually very poor, but not bad I can still recognise pple.

I wanna watch the movie Brothers... and The Detective if possible.

:: +++ ::

Happiness points increased : +++

Walked to Tj Pagar after work yday to find my dad. Saw the new shopping centre called icon. nothing much inside.. probably because i didn't stop to see enough. my dad walks fast.

Then we went to Tiong Bahru plaza for dinner.

He treated me to Venezia ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*grinz* +++++++++++++

:: nitty gritty ::

yeah so i've been complaining. but today i'm feeling better. something cheered me up lots lots. =)

ok la let me praise my funny Canadian cousin: he's VERY good at languages.. he's not learned in Mandarin, but he can understand a bit and can reply some of our questions too. though most of the time his head will automatically turn to his mom, aka his walking dictionary. haha. he's very interested to learn Japanese and Korean, and my other cousin, Katherine, was teaching him bits of Korean over lunch on Monday. he tried to practise after Katherine left, but no one else knows Korean to practise with him. haha..

some other nitty gritty stuff.... just posted this from my mobile phone:

Wish i'm a man.

Sometimes i wish i'm a man... no i dun mean i want to be homeless. This is a pic of somewhere near my workplace. Such a nice feeling to take an afternoon nap during lunch break.

hmm.. and i'm on a diet. cuz i want to look like this:

So i'm eating cereals for breakfast and lunch and forcing myself to eat raisins though i absolutely HATE it!

indulging in bubble tea too... just because it cheers me up =)
and i have an excuse to buy bubble tea cuz i forgot to bring my water bottle today =P

i know la.. to cheer up it's up to myself, how i see things. not exactly what i do that helps.

i'm not seriously dieting anyway. just detoxing =P

talk cock sia.

i realise i haven't been putting God first in my life. if i had, i wouldn't be struggling so hard on my own effort to make things happen. working on it. =)

:: feeling so down... ::

...and tired.

mon - 8/10
met Chihiro on the train. had dinner with her at the coffeeshop near her place. met her bf for the first time.

tue - 9/10
had a bad day. because of lousy food for lunch and dinner? haha.
i miss the smell of Vivocity though. haa. supposed to get my GV membership card, but i forgot to print out the notification email.

went to Vivocity Marche's for dinner, but it sucks and is expensive. tried to make up for the bad dinner by having ice cream at Ben & Jerry's, but the cost didn't help. $8 for 2 scoops of ice cream. haiz. guess my mom n i just dun appreciate food like that.

fri - 10/10
bad day too. mom took mc so she met me for lunch at People's Park before going home.
i wanted to hang out after work one.. but well. think everyone else is busy with something else. and i want to rest early too.

end up going to the airport with my dad at 10pm. had late dinner at BK. and met up with my aunt and cousins.. going to meet my youngest aunt who's coming back from Canada for a few weeks. waited long, but after a brief meeting we all headed home. it was 12am already.

sat
groomed myself for the wedding.. haha... quite excited. got a seat at the side with Jac. Paul is as always, making the ceremony a FUN event rather than solemn. haa.

after tt my cell grp headed to Marina Sq to chill. had Country Pie at Coffee club. nice. then we went to Ben's hse to play Settlers of Cartan till late. -.-"

sun
mom has left for China for holiday. shiok. managed to wake up early but felt very lazy.

quite a few pple didn't turn up for service. hmm...

had lunch with cell grp at Crawford lane. it's a funny road where the lanes are swopped. after tt took bus with malcolm back to Potong Pasir where i took train home.

took a short nap which wasn't enough!! but thank God i manage to wake up in time enough despite having snoozed my alarm clock.

left home fantasizing some guy picking me up from my hse downstairs for the wedding dinner, but it never happened. took train to Tj Pagar to meet Jac.

ohh i am so upset over the seating arrangement. Can't see the screen whenever there's a video, can't get to see other pple from Youth. wasn't early enough to mingle with them too. service was bad too. seems like the waitress serving our table was quite impolite and unhappy with our requests.

kelvin sent me and gail and jingwen home. thanks bro.

mon
took the afternoon off to spend time with my aunt and her family. had lunch with them at Suntec convention centre.. had teochew porridge buffet. i had expected it to be just lunch, then i ended up joining them to window shop in Suntec, Millenia Walk, Marina Sq, Esplanade. woah. so tired by then. wanted to go home to sleep but a bit bad to leave first since they're staying at another relative's place at Punggol too. my cousin Joshua kept talking to me.. sometimes he talks weird stuff. haha.. he asked about my ex-bf and why would any guy not want me? lol. he also says i'm cute and that he'll miss me when he goes back to Canada. and when am i going to visit him in Canada, can he stay with me, can i stay with him... haa.. -.-"

we went to my other aunt's place in Aljunied and i called my dad to come rescue me. haa.. i really wanted to go home. but i was stuck there till 8+pm. joshua talked to me about smoking while his dad was smoking. cuz he was curious about the smoking warnings on the cigarette pack, and asked me is it true pple get lung cancer and mouth diseases and die when they smoke? i said yes, but his dad said no, because he's still alive. i dunno wad to say already. haa.. most of the time i just diam lor. my dad came but couldn't bring me home cuz he only had 1 helmet. *sobz*

took cab home with my aunt and her family.

tue
still sleepy.. didn't get to rest enough. i still feel very moody today as i think about Sunday's dinner.

:: update, finally ::

yay finally I'M FREE!!!~~~

cleared my list of work to do already. hehe.

lemme update... 7-9th Sep was Psalmist Retreat.. Highlight of this retreat was... Wii!! haha.. and some of them took turns to be Chefs! me ah, just retreat lor.. thank God that whenever weekends come i switch off my work mode, so i actually don't think of work at all. Rested well, all thanks to everyone who worked hard to put this retreat together!

can't really remember what else was the highlight of Sep except that it was the busiest time of my LIFE. really. i mentioned tt i had 9 projects altogether right, now that it's over I can name them. haa.. some of these are still pending approval though.

1. Alantek website revamp - live on 1st Oct
2. Mount Faber (not live yet)
3. Siloso Beach Resort revamp - live on 5th Oct
4. Swimspeed website (not live yet)
5. Kandooma website (not live yet)
6. BPWA3 9th Anniversary booklet (print work) - printed and distributed on 7th Oct
7. Concorde hotels services page add-in

The rest are like add a bit of stuff here and there to the webpage..

i've been complaining about my workload to my cell grp hehe.. and ya during this stress period i have become pissed with my colleagues easily. (they still piss me every now and then. haha) but wanna praise God for bringing me through. I thought i was going to die in Balai, maybe in my sleep, can't breathe or something.

met up with Swee Yi on 26th sep wed.. wanted to meet her for dinner, but she ask me if i wanna join her colleagues for a netball game. i agreed la, since i wanted to see her. wah end up i didn't get to talk to her much la. we were in the same team, i was GK while she was GS, positions are poles apart. ... after the game i wanted to have dinner with her (it was promised!!!) and we went to the changing room. while i was showering she was talking on the phone and seemed to have made plans to leave right away. and when i came out she was gone already. i chased after her and asked her what she intends to do with me. she just DUMPED me with her colleagues while she ran after her friend's car to go home! can u imagine how ditched i feel? dunno y our relationship strained so much.

then the next day thur i went out with weiting, to celebrate her bday. we met at Vivocity and watched I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. such a long title! haha.. it's the right movie to watch with her la.. haha all the dirty jokes. =x i laughed all the way man. after movie we had dinner at The Mussel Guys. haha.. sounds like its speciality is mussels. so we ordered Mussels chowder and a basket of fried stuff. behind our table there sat a guy who looks so much like CWS!!! our sec 1 crush! haha... we kept laughing at him cuz he was talking on the phone all the way la. he was still talking even while paying the bill! zai. wanted to hang out longer cuz it's been such a long time since i met up with friends, but at the same time i was tired la. working makes the body grow old faster.

fri 2 of my favourite clients came to visit. haha.. lots of work sia. work OT till 9.30pm.

as for the weekend you can read it at my other blog, cuz it's about my trip to Tj Balai. =)

last monday was hell man. haha.. many projects due this day but i couldn't finish them. dragged till tues. OT, but there always comes a point my brain can't work anymore.

tue completed some of the projects, finally. the rest... thank God for granting me favour so that i could spread them out over the week.

went to collect passport during lunchtime, my dad drove me to ICA cuz he wasn't working. hee, praise God! supposed to collect it by last wed, but i didn't find the notification card till last week. (it looks just like a property pamphlet la) had lunch at Golden Mile Food Centre.

wed onwards a bit more relaxed and back to normal LIFE. haha.

thur met up with Judy and Weng Heng, cuz Judy flying off to Japan, at first thought it was the 1st week of Oct, but seems like it's postponed. good also la, can hang out with her more often before she's gone for 2 years. met them at Vivocity and had dinner at Thai Accent. Wah, good thing StanChart debit card members got 15% discount!!! total discount was about $13! shiok.. shopped with her at Sheer Romance (bikini shop) and we bought a pair of shorts each. she bought bikini also. then she and carl went to watch movie. it was a good time of catching up with her and WH la.

Judy asked me to go party tomorrow (fri). so on fri i went to work all dressed up to party. haha.. then Judy came down with a body allergy, probably due to the green curry we had for dinner. i think there's something wrong with my body nowadays.. a bit cannot take spicy food. so anyway the party's cancelled. awww... prior to the party date i had wanted to go Old Airport Rd for supper, prob with cell grp, so i asked around, but everyone's busy. after that my dad called, so i had dinner with him at Golden Mile Food Centre. the fried kuay tiao with alot of newspaper clippings on the stall is LOUSY. don't try it. after that we walked around the Army Market upstairs. i wonder how i can ever enjoy shopping with him in Hong Kong. he walks so fast and doesn't wait for me to look at stuff. =( then we went to Golden Mile Complex to shop for Thai stuff. dunno y i felt so happy seeing Thais there. haha..

sat back at cell grp. hmmm i felt weird to be back. i miss m'kk ... haha.. oh no.

kept asking my cell grp to try the Hong Kong Street Chan Kee stall at potong pasir but my pleas are always ignored. jeremy had to help me persuade the rest to agree. haiz. wanted to try the T3 cafe too, but some of them were tired and decided to go home. so i went home too. thing is, i'm not with my cell grp often due to worship pracs or MCG meetings.. so whenever they try new places i don't get to. and when i suggest those places they feel sian.

sun met Gail for breakfast at Soya shop.. discussed the balai thing again, and how to bring it up to MCG. combined service. Vicar jokes too often i find it hard to take him seriously. MCG bible study at Elisa's place. we had lunch at Chop. haa.. 7 of us squeezed in one small table. then 8 of us squeezed inside Elisa's big big car meant for 5. haha.. someone shld have taken a photo for us man. then discussion with Hannah and Gail at Ritz Apple Strudel place. sleepy.

took bus back with Gail. bought 2 dresses for wedding next week. =) had dinner with her at Mac's (i was so broke i could only buy food with my ezlink card hahaa). talked about guys and came to a conclusion: don't think so much, God will provide. =) my standard is very high. haa.. but i hope that SOMEONE dun anyhow lead me on if he has no interest in me.

then today nothing much la, time passed very fast cuz i did a lot of work (small small updates here and there la - my favourite type of work) something cropped up over the weekend because my colleague assumed something and made changes to a website. the client called to alert us and i scolded my colleague. wanted to add "i don't need to tell u everything right?" cuz the client told her to add something at first and told me to remove it later, when she checked the website she saw the thing was missing so she added back in and caused a big problem over my client's side. it's a problem due to lack of communication between us la. i'm angry because she used the reproach kind of tone towards me, "how come u never tell me?", ... haiz but really la, i don't have to inform her everything right?

think i need to pray against pride.