A Well-spent Short Break

An one night stay in Siloso Beach resort gave a good conclusion to my one week break. Though the resort is a little disappointing, scoring a 5.5 out of 10... the stay was overall enjoyable. Here are some of the highlights. =)


Looking forward to my next leave in end May: to........................ Taiwan!

Finally found it

I am on a week leave and part of this time is devoted to spring clean my room. The conclusion i reached is "Spring Cleaning Kills". I threw away tonnes of clothes, bags, shoes, notes, textbooks, electronic devices.... and etc and still, i am only one-fifth through. Blame it on the sentiments in me which resulted to the huge "collections" for memory sake. Hope all trash will be gone by 7 months time.

Alrite, i finally found my literature text in the midst of the clearing and dumping. In it is a poem which i wanted to share alot. Here it goes...

A Relationship is a Treasure

A relationship is a treasure to be cherished,
Fragile like fine china, which must be handled with care.
For china, once broken-- even though mended so the break is hardly noticeable--
It is never the thing of beauty it was in the beginning.

Joyce Evans

Make sense, isn't.

She is the princess

The 3 cliques at work had a good lunch. =) In that precious hr, we shared and laughed. So popped the qn on how quarrelsome we are in the relationship. We took turn to "confess"... and i shall highlight a reply that sounded so simple yet impactful.

Colleak: Smtimes my bf and i get very loud in the midst of quarrel but when i couldn't take it anymore and broke into tears, he will turn soft and comfort me.

Well, of course this colleak of mine is not using her tears as a weapon (she is just simply too upset). The comfort assures her that she is his princess, doesn't it?

That's a hint of LOVE... :)

The First Fight

I "fought"..... with.... my HR. Time flies and it's time to relook at my employment contract. Sad to say, there is zero headcount to convert me to perm even after the one freaking long year. They promised a place for me NEXT year though since the maximum roll over for a HIP is 2 years. So.... HR rang me last fri to discuss about my pay. I do not know where the courage in me came from when i heard the adjustment. Though it should be considered satisfactory, i expressed my discontent and gave my quote (that is very unusal of me cos i am always very, and i really mean VERY, accomodating to pay). The conversation ended and yesterday morning, HR got back with an additional offer of $10 bucks from her initial quote. That's damn insulting, i felt. I gave them 3 GOOD reasons to justify my quote and finally.... >_< Total disgust, that concludes all. I work for sense of achievement and satisfaction and since i can't get them in my current job, give me at least monetary compensation alrite. Well, i do have my reasons to stay put for the time being so dun question me.

Random thought... Is hurt a result of trust?

Ta Da!!!

Proudly present my Pound Puppies Collection.... *glee*

First from right:

My first (excluding my childhood PP) official PP brought back by Teddy while he was away on business trip. That was the one and only left on the shelf at Sydney airport. It came as a surprise gift without reminder to bring back one.

Second from right:

It was the one and only black and white PP left. It's simply cuddly. This PP was flew in by jie jie while she was away on her business trip in the states (jie jie, do bring me back another PP on your next trip... hee...) *muacks*. Jie jie also brought back a brown and white PP for Huiying. One each for two lovely cousins. =P

Third from right:

A barking PP found in New Zealand while Teddy and I was on our 7th honeymoon. It is battery-operated and barks whenever it sensed an object. --> Also from Teddy.

Fourth from right:

The latest addition to my collection. The greatest surprise.... as this was found in Singapore and cost only $2 bucks nia. Ya, $2 bucks. This was the one and only left in the bazaar that Teddy was patronising outside National Library. It was a bazaar organised as part of a charity fund raising and the stalls were mend by NVSS students, my mu3 xiao4. =) It was a horrible day for me, Teddy fetched me after an event, i hopped onto the car, caught by surpise when i saw this PP lying on the passenger seat and i beamed. This PP has the most authentic look. =)

These four international PPs formed my precious collection. They will be well taken care of and will move in with me to my new nest in hopefully 3 years time. I hope to grow my collection *greedy*. Can't have enough of them.

Oh ya, the fourth PP has a little brother too. It was a gift from a friend many years back. haha.

It has been so long since...

... we enjoyed so much. =)

The wedding preparation started pretty chaotically... with lots of uncertainties and decision-makings (of cos arguements set in then). Finally after 2 months, we are coping and enjoying the process. I have to thank my fiance for his change, tolerance, reassurance, attention and love. He walked me through my minor pre marital depression (dun be surprise cos this is very common among BTBs). I no longer waiver about my decision to spend my life with him.

Last weekend was very well-spent. We hunt for some wedding items, feasted, had fun in mind cafe and attended a marriage convention. For BTB: Attending marriage talks as a pair can be a very sweet thing to do. The talks could be very inspiring too. =)


I came across an article that talks about the best proposal. Quoting it, "A good story lasts longer than a romantic one" and "The best proposals aren't like what you see in movies, but they come from the heart". Doesn't these sentences make lotsa sense. But............. well, this should not give guys an excuse to stage a super crappy and effortless proposal.

To end off.... think about the following:
"Which is the pair of couple you look up to?" What could be better for somone in love to reply "nobody else"?