You don’t need to learn French to understand the video clip. Guess the gender rules and stereotypes apply across the universe. My personal favourite would have to be the shopping part…haha…it’s soooo true! Enjoy!
Sadness, Stress and Struggle
July 29, 2008 at 6:01 am (life story, mood, wedding)
Recently, I find that there isn’t much inspiration for me to post an entry in here. Seems like lots of things are going on in my life at the same time, that I couldn’t segregate my mind to write on any topic. But here are my current emotions going through my mind now…
Sadness – Last Friday, Mr Poto bought a new LCD tv for our room. With the aim of capturing the memory of our new Aquos, I wanted to take a picture of it. But just after I took a few pictures of our Aquos, it just had to happen….I DROPPED my beloved 31fd! Sometimes, I feel like I am really losing the control of my right hand…and it petrifies me. I have come to believe that gadgets have a soul of their own. For instance, as we were searching for which new tv to get, my Sony started to display signs of tantrum with its white lines at the bottom. Also, as we were trying to look around for any nice wide angle cameras to get for our Europe trip, I HAD to drop my camera. See what I mean? They have spirits within them!!! Oh well, new research has to be done again…haiz. Hopefully the repair charges won’t be too high too.
Stress – It has been our dream to visit Europe for our honeymoon…but we have been hovering between the idea of doing it free and easy or going for a group tour. We would really love to go free and easy and have more time to ourselves, but my main concern and worry is the language and getting from one point to another. After reading the travel books, the crime rate in Europe does worry me a little too. Guess we are too comfortable with the low crime rate in Singapore. Good job Singaporeans!!! Well, as of now, we are working towards the free and easy package. Hence, this is where to stress comes in….research and research and more research…lots of homework has to be done on our part. Hopefully everything will just turn out fine.
Struggle – Yes, struggle. I am struggling for time. My job really puts a toil in the amount of time Mr Poto and I can spend together for our wedding preparations. Just thinking about clearing the room…what if it rains during our wedding photoshoot….when will we ever have the time to go another time? I love my job, the idea of what I am doing…but at the same time, I hate the constraints of my job on our time together to make things work for us. Our jobs is like oil and water…they simply don’t go together.
But nonetheless, I’m looking forward to the upcoming chalet and attending the National Day Parade at Marine Bay. I have never went to any NDPs at Marina Bay yet. Most importantly, I’m soooooo looking forward to my honeymoon!!! =)
Happy Chef = Happy Customers
July 17, 2008 at 11:39 am (yumyum)
On Monday, I felt like having western food for dinner, and we went back to Happy Chef at Crawford Lane. This place really serves great western food at fantastic value! Look at what we had.
Parmesan chicken at $5.50!
Chicken Cordon Bleu at $6!
Do give it a try if you are ever in the area!
In sickness and in health
July 4, 2008 at 9:08 am (life story)
Yes, I’ve fell sick. Have gotten high fever and my body just feels lethargic. I can’t believe that I still went back to work today to look through the class materials, despite my 2 days MC. Perhaps I should put my MC up onto Ebay. Haa.
It’s tough falling sick, especially when you have a job like mine. You simply can’t afford to fall sick. Worrying about makeup lessons, CL duties etc is enough to make you feel worse. Well, guess what I really want to say is in my title.
Baby, thank you for taking care of me when I’m unwell. I really never expected you to wake up at 3am to get me my medicine. To have my parents call me up to check on me too is really heartwarming. In addition, to have your good pals message you to express their concern makes me feel happy too.
Thank you all.
Tuesday with 2 Fs
July 1, 2008 at 1:03 pm (friend, mood, philosophy)
Spent my Tuesday with 2 Fs… Friend and Facial.
I met up with a friend for lunch today. Initially, the whole point of the lunch was to pass the birthday present to her and catch up. However, blur blur me forgot to bring the present down. Hence, we ended up having our catching-up lunch.
Miss Busy is really busy indeed. I can even feel her stress during the whole course of lunch. I tried to preach to her about work-life balance. But when I found out more about her current situation, I was speechless. It is easy to talk a whole load about work-life balance, when you do not have much burden on your shoulder. I am fortunate to have a family who is well-taken care of by my mummy. All I can say is that I hope that she will be able to feel happiness in her life.
Everyone of us have our own little sad stories, a part of us that is tied up in the little world of trouble and sadness. However, here is my thinking. When we are able to persevere through life despite our little sad stories and move on, this is what life is about.
Here comes the second F – Facial.
I went for my facial appointment in the afternoon at Subtle Senses. This is my second visit to the spa. I have forgotten how painful the facial can be. I really don’t understand why so many women love to go for facials when it is soooo painful during the extraction part. Well, the facial was fine. But I left feeling less than relaxed. This is the second time that they tried to hardsell me on their products, or topping up treatments. Come on, I have paid a certain price for the package already. Why do I still need to top up for all these products and treatments. These spas should really reconsider their hardsell techniques, as it only puts off their potential and existing customers. I cannot imagine another 24 more times of hardsell procedure after a relaxing spa. But I guess I will come out stronger…in terms of being thick-skinned. Hee. Gotta stay strong!
New wedding site
July 1, 2008 at 11:55 am (wedding)
I have done up a new wedding website as some of the old one’s features have expired.
Here it is!
There are some pics of the gowns and wedding photoshoot over there too. Enjoy!
Closure to term 28
July 1, 2008 at 10:23 am (family, friend, fun, life story, love, makan)
It’s the time of the year again..when the instructors are allowed to have their weekends off! Come to think of it…we only have 4 chances in a year to enjoy the weekend’s fresh air. Sad, but true. What better way to spend the weekend with people who matter the most…my family,bff and Mr Poto!
Friday -went out with Mr Poto and bff to Seletar to change my evening gown. Then spent our supper bitching about our little ‘xiao rens’ at work.
Saturday – Excursion at the Singapore Zoological Garden with Mr Poto! I’m really glad that we manage to fulfil his ever lasting wish…maybe he should be working at the zoo after all. We had loads of fun, and I realised that I’m pretty good at capturing classic shots! Hee. Maybe I should really consider taking up a photography course. It was really amazing to see these animals during the various shows. However, a part of me feels sad for these animals. Just imagine a snake was slithering in the woods and oooopppss….it got caught and for the rest of it’s life, it will just lie there for people to take pictures. Oh well, it all depends on the angle we view the situation from.
Here is a nice shot that I captured on the Saturday evening.
Dinner was at Big Eater at Bedok. I’m really thankful for Mr Poto for bringing me there. Though it’s not seafood by the sea, you alone provided the beautiful scenary for me! The food was delicious…simply loved the Hokkien mee and crab! Ooohh, will definitely be visiting there again soon.
Sunday – One day trip with the family to Malacca! Daddy and Mr Poto took turns to drive. And I must say, I’m pretty impressed with Mr Poto’s driving skill and sense of direction. With good company and good food, it’s simply a perfect Sunday!
Can you imagine all these good food going into my stomach in just one day??? Counting down till the next term break!
