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2 more days and we'll be "really married", according to the chinese customs.

been a stressful week, not because of the preps but coz his dad was hospitalized. i guess his condition is stable, but all of us are still worried. a minor surgery is required, but because of his age and some other health conditions, there is still risks involved and all of us are just worried for him and not really focusing on the wedding.

i should be happy and excited, but i'm not. in fact it doesn't even feel like we are getting married in 2 days time! really very stressed out. 

i really hope his dad will be ok..

*SCREAMSSSSSSSSSS*

i really don't like to plan for this wedding. it's irritating the shit out of me. 

ARGHHHHHH.... hate it hate it hate it!!!!

the date is getting nearer! i guess we are on track with the preps (i hope!), and hopefully everything will be done soon!

already am moving some stuff to his place. and his dad is really nice lah, painting the room and making some small home improvements for us. :) these recent few weeks have been about getting stuff for the wedding and for our new room. kinda excited and feels surreal. :)

j is off to shanghai for work till next week and going to miss his birthday! at least we had an advance birthday dinner for him yesterday at Bistro Du Vin. I went there first last week with qi & cc. The food is so so good lah.. and last night's meal was amazing too! The meats were all so tender and I love the pate and bread!! Not too expensive too..definitely going back there again. :)

It's deepavali public holiday today and off to work again tomorrow... hope this week will pass soon enough, can't wait for J to be back (and hopefully his present will be delivered before he's back!) :)

first birthday at the new company.. one of my colleague surprised me with a fuschia rose, and the rest bought a cake and sang a birthday song for me. quite a surprise actually, they switched off the office light and i was about to turn around and scold the person who did that... heng i didn't. haha....
and it was good because this year, it is really a simple celebrate in the office! no one had to say anything about anyone!! good! we all just ate cake, cracked some jokes and then went back to work. all in 20 mins. hahaha..

limin and sam came by and had lunch with me. 31 yr olds behaving like 13 year olds. it was really really a nice lunch. laughing so much till my stomach hurts. we are "STEW" friends after 14 years!! amazing la. really love them both. :)
now just looking forward  to another post birthday dinner with ah lan, susan and xm... and cc & qi... and with karin, kris and shannen! yummyyy!!!

james came by my place and we had dinner at home. this year, the birthday feels different. i have (almost) my whole family with me! :) really nice to just have a simple dinner and cake with the family. am happy and contented :) life is good like this!

so ..happy 31st to me again! it's a good birthday!

the birthday's near and hmm... don't really feel it.
in the earlier part of the week, i was so busy and i didn't realise that it's next week!
maybe it's a sign i'm of getting older. how can i not be excited about my birthday!! 

will be working on that day anyways, it's a monday!! arghh.. how i would love to take the day off and go for a facial and massage!! now i just have to hope that it'll be an easy day at work.

well, another year has passed, i truly hope i am wiser.
and i wish for love, happiness and good health to my family and friends (and of coz myself lah!). 

oh! and to go for a holiday on the birthday next year! some place like this will be awesome!!! :)))

how so many things happened in a short span of 3 years.
how we 3 went through heartbreaks, found (ok cliche here) The One, bought houses, getting married, got new jobs. And still remained close despite not working together.

i think we all didn't really plan for or thought that things will kinda fall into place for us in such a short time.  and i guess it's good, no high expectations, and when things happen, we just need to take it in our stride and make the best of it. and sometimes, good things do happen. :)

3 more months to the wedding. slowly making progress on the preps. (but im still praying it will all fall into place and i just need to turn up for the wedding..haahhaa)

and cc's getting married in july next year! so exciting.. can't wait for her wedding. i think i feel more excited for her wedding than my own. -_-

met with limin and rena last sat for drinks. it was good to catch up, guess we should really try to do it more often. 
on a side note, i need to make more of an effort to go out. sometimes i find myself getting really lazy and just want to bum at home. no good!

all has been good at work. still learning, trying my best to figure things out. but so far, so good. hopefully it's a place i can stay for long... (unless my life is interrupted by twin babies or something.)

good first week with Sofitel. finally we had our orientation today and it was quite fun actually. had a super busy week setting up the office and getting things into place. and finally! met my french male boss and thai female boss. so far, so good i guess. hopefully they'll be really nice to work with :)

but....

i miss the girls in the office!!! 
i miss speaking in mandarin and swearing in hokkien! 
i miss morning brekkie with cc and smoke breaks with cc and qi.
i miss em's straight-face humour and kakak's motherly-ness.
i miss minn's hilarious stories of her "neighbour".
i miss having yoke around to ask about stuff when i am not sure.
i miss keke for her helpfulness.

i miss so many things. maybe coz now i'm kinda seated alone at the other end of the office and it's quiet....

guess i'll get used to it soon enough. but for now,i really wanna thank technology (email, bbm, whatsapp) for making my life a little less lonely....

back from bali already! think we'll need to take a longer trip the next time.. we only had 3 full days there! and kinda wasted a day on the so-called day tour. spent most of the time traveling coz the traffic in Bali was quite bad. 
anyways! it was a relaxing trip, though j went crazy over Hurley stuff. -_- and i bought another bikini and beach shorts. now i'm all tanned and i am itchy all over!!!!! yeah.. got sun burnt. but it was all worth it! 

it's sunday today, and i'm not working tomorrow!

feels kinda surreal ... can't really believe that i've left the company already. i am glad to know that i will be missed. coz in a way, i really like the people and i will definitely miss them. The office had became like a second "home" for the past 3 years. i think i spent more time in the office than at home even!
hopefully, i'll see my ex-collegues and friends soon again.. miss them already.
and i will miss the smoke breaks downstairs with qi and cc... the brekkie sessions in the pantry.. the afternoon coffee breaks.. if the higher powers above hears this.. please let me have the chance to work with them both again.. or if that's too much to ask for... maybe in the same office building again! :))))

 we finally went for the wedding shoot yesterday.. all done and over with!!!
truely a hot and tiring day. started off with the shoot in the studio..posing and smiling...with the photographer asking us for pensive-looking shots...with j carrying me blah blah blah...

and it was j's first time putting on makeup!! hahaha.. he was squirming and scrunching his face when the make-up lady lady brushed some powder on him. -_- well, i guess we can say he is no longer a make-up virgin now :p

it was kinda fun..but nope, i wouldn't want to go through with it again. then we went out to MacRitchie Reservoir for some outdoor shots.
all the time, i was just hoping the monkeys don't come over and attack us. hahaha..we were sweating and melting under the hot weather...now i just hope the pictures turn out nice!!!!

oohh...and im going bali!!!! yay!!!!! first week of august..before i start with the new company. all seems good for now! :)))))