I was telling laogong that I've made my 2008 new year resolutions.

1. No more unnecessary MCs and leaves
2. Be punctual for work
3. Cultivate the early bird habit, sleep and wake early
4. Spend my free time doing something more productive instead of sleeping (eg. exercise, clean up my room, etc.) Does blogging count as being productive?

Hmmm... this is the first time I am making a new year resolution. Every one's talking about how insignificant it is, cos you won't stick to it in the first place. Me? I believe that if you have a will, you'll have a way. Hey, making a resolution is already half the battle won! Let your determination lead the way to victory.

Did I mention that I bought a set of super comfy pajamas from la senza on christmas eve? It was at 50% off retail price and now selling at $32.50. I super super love it! In fact, I love it so much that I wanted to buy it in one of each colour so I can wear it to bed every night! But the price is a little steep, I don't want to end up being broke again by mid-month. Oh, I just thought of resolution #5:

No more impulse buys, think for at least a day or two before taking out the wallet. Questions to ask self, do I really need this thing or is it something I can live without?

Okie, let's maintain at 5 first and see if I have enough discipline to stick to all 5.

Last but not least...

There's a sweet, sad little sock monkey who quietly reaches out for hugs -but always just misses. Then its arms would drop to his side and it looks so sad and all... I super duper love the sock monkey! It looks super cute and I love love love it! And at the end of the show, it finally managed to hug the accountant's arm and all the other cuddly soft toys ran over to the accountant and hugged him too. I want that monkey! I will let it hug and cuddle with me to bed every night!


I swear the monkey looks much cuter in the movie!


Below is a summary of the movie.

Mr. Magorium who claimed to be a 243 year-old decided to hand over his magical toy store to the store's young manager -- Mahoney. Mahoney had a flair at playing the piano since young and always thought that she would one day become one of the finest musicians. However, as she grew up, she started to doubt her destiny and confided in Mr. Magorium about it. Thus Mr. Magorium decided to leave the store in her hands. Now, the store being a magical toy store, starts to throw a tantrum and everything inside turned to dark, grey and gloomy after Mr. Magorium died.

Mahoney wanted to sell the toy store as she believed that she does not have any magical ability to run this toy store like Mr. Magorium did. Together with the help of a young boy and the accountant, she finds that the magic could be unleashed from within if she believes in it. So here you go, moral of the story -- if you believe in yourself, you could do everything!

Now, can anyone tell me where can I get that sock monkey? I want the one that hugs!

So we went to the underwater world, good thing we reached there before the rain started to pour. They were having a holiday promotion, probably that explains for the huge crowd. We should have went on Friday instead, everywhere is crowded on weekends! Anyway, prices are slashed to $13.90 each from $19.90 per ticket, saving us $12. We also have complimentary entry to the dolphin lagoon. So ya, go now if you are intending to go. The promotion should be ending soon.

The underwater world was a bit of a disappointment, it wasn't really big a place to explore and they kept very limited species of the sea creatures. Especially the Touch Pool where you can touch the underwater creatures. There were only a few species in the pool -- 2 starfish, stingrays, baby sharks, puffer fish and some other fishes. Wth, only 2 starfish? One is fiery-orange and the other is cobalt blue and it looks kinda fake, and it doesn't feel real too. We proceeded to the ray pool, these stingrays are much bigger than the one in the Touch Pool. One stingray swam close enough for me to stroke it on the head -- soft and smooth, that's how it felt, touching a stingray.


We saw this sea angel and I find it really cute. The way it moves, really looks like a teeny tiny angel flapping its wings.

We also saw this...


Leafy sea dragon

and this...


Weedy sea dragon

And all along I thought that all seahorses look like this:



I was really looking forward to seeing some really pretty and colourful jellyfish. But there was only two species and both are the white/ translucent type. WTH!

We took the moving travellator and we saw bigger sharks, more stingrays, super big fishes. And basically that's it, nothing much. So I said it is a bit of a disappointment. But nonetheless, I enjoyed this trip cos I have my laogong with me. Nothing is boring or unexciting with him around.

Next is the Dolphin Lagoon. We reached there about 30 minutes before the show started and all the seats were already taken up. We were standing behind the last row of seats and some kuku people came and stood in front of us. I commented super loudly "some people think they are very short lor". The woman in font of me moved away after hearing my comment and I was doing this victory dance in my head. Hah! Later, a kuku indian woman tried to push our shoulders apart so she could see through that hole between our heads. We were both very pissed and stood even closer together. Hah! That's for being rude and stupid.

We headed to vivo city after that and bought our fabric paint in a set of 8 pastel colours and one metallic colour. We are going to design our own couple tee! I'm not going to reveal the design now though we have already thought of it last night. I shall post the photo up when it is done. XD

Okay, so I didn't sleep at 10.30pm. I was playing gamehouse games till 12plus before I crept into bed. >_< What else can I say? I'm a game addict. Okay, I'm just a night owl alright? Asking me to sleep early is almost an important task to me. Hmmm... talk about having laogong next to me when I woke up from a nightmare...

Last night, I had this really scary nightmare. I dreamt that I was supposed to meet laogong later and I headed off to catch a movie first. After the movie ended, it was really dark and I slipped and fall while getting out of the theater.

As I was climbing up a flight of stairs, my legs started to feel wobbly and I had to stop and rest in the middle of the stairs. This very friendly girl came along and started talking to me, asking me if I'm alright and introducing herself, like where she worked at and stuff. Halfway through one auntie joined the conversation and while they were happily engrossed in the topic, I was busy shaking my teeth with my tongue and they felt super loose. Suddenly, one by one, my teeth started falling out with the roots intact and the blood and all!

I'm super scared man. I was like "OH SHIT, OH SHIT! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?" Then I thought of rushing to the nearest dentist and getting him to put everything back in if possible. And at that moment, I really wished that laogong was there to accompany me. Then I woke up and he's just right beside me and I hugged him tightly.

End of nightmare. This is the second time I dreamt of all my teeth falling out. Any insights as to what this might mean?

I've heard many negative feedback on the movie I am Legend, but the both of us find the movie quite okay. The fact that it isn't as gory as 28 Weeks Later makes it an even better movie in my opinion. Super hate gory shows, don't really enjoy movies when I have to hide under the blanket or cover my eyes half the time.

The Rogue Assassin has a interesting twist to the story towards the end and I kind of like the action and all. Devon Aoki once again plays a small unimportant role in the movie, will somebody give her a big break into the movie industry or is she better off back in the modeling industry? Don't really like the ending though... like there's no ending at all?

I'm having a long weekend here, took 2 days off from work and wouldn't have to go back till Wednesday with the weekend, leave and holiday. 6 weeks of slacking~ Woot!

Slept over at Dar's place last night. I'm practically camping over at his place till Monday. Hey, we don't get such opportunities often so make full use of it! I love cuddling up together to sleep though he often falls asleep first and starts a music symphony. But I just love having him next to me, knowing that he will be right there beside me when I wake up in the morning or from a nightmare.

I'm not quite used to his sleeping habits though, he is the early bird kind. Sleep early and wake early too. In fact, he's already sleeping while I'm typing this. I was just telling him earlier today that I need some getting used to for a change in my sleeping behaviour, and I appreciate it cos it's supposedly good for health.

We had a movie marathon today. We continued the second half of Rouge Assassin from last night, followed by I am Legend and the first half of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. The pig was falling asleep throughout the show so we decided to continue tomorrow.

We are supposed to go to Sentosa tomorrow, I haven't been to the underwater world for as long as I could remember. Hopefully it doesn't rain or else we will have to cancel the plan and do another movie marathon. >_< Okie dokes, time check: 10.30pm. Time for bed, updates tomorrow... Underwater world, here I come!

Laogong's kuku company extended his probation, stating that his work performance was unsatisfactory. One of his kuku director told him that he could not get the goods delivered to the clients thus he was not efficient in his work. When laogong defended himself by stating the fact that the suppliers were the one delaying the delivery of the goods, the kuku director told him that is not a valid excuse. In my opinion, the kuku company just didn't want to confirm before year-end so they need not give him his bonus.

So I helped laogong to type his resignation letter, seeked help from Val since she just submitted her resignation letter couple weeks ago. Sourced the internet and came across many fanciful resignation letters. In the end, I settled with a very simple one which goes like this:

Dear Mr. xxx,

RE: Letter of Resignation

I wish to tender my resignation from position of xxx with xxx, with effect from today.

Thank you for the opportunities you have provided me during my time with the company.

If I can be of any assistance during this transition, please let me know.

Sincerely,
Laogong

Simple, short and sweet. Didn't want to write too fanciful too as it is only a kuku company.
His manager was stunned when laogong threw him his resignation letter. Hahaha!
Proceeded to mass send resumes for laogong. Hope he can get a good job that is near my office then we can lunch together everyday. Wee~

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Laogong's grandmother was celebrating her birthday at the Peach Garden restaurant on Saturday. The menu was at $888++ for 10 people and I heard that the dinner amount to about $4k+ in total with a headcount of about 40 people. So it's about 100+ per person for a 8 course dinner if I'm not wrong. Can't really remember how many courses there were in total. Just kept eating and eating when food is served. XD

Anyway they have this funny trend whereby the daughters' family does not need to pay for the dinner, so the cost is split equally by the other sons. Interesting isn't it? So laogong's family wanted me to go because they feel that the more people they bring, the more worthy will be the meal. So he brought me along for the dinner.

Laogong said it was his first time bringing his gf to the family dinner, I'm so honoured. Hopefully, I will also be his last. It was a little awkward during the photo taking session cos I don't think that I should join in since we are not married yet. So legally speaking I'm still not part of the family. But his parents and elders were very warm and welcomed me to join them in the photo taking. The whole affair lasted about 3 hours and ended at 10pm.

It wasn't much of an ordeal as I thought it would be, his relatives were basically minding their own business so there wasn't much of an interaction. No awkward questions and situations, the night went past pretty smoothly. On the whole, the food was enjoyable since you don't get to eat such fanciful food everyday and don't really need to entertain much so it wasn't so bad after all.

Super hate the bi-weekly meetings with the big boss. She is always complaining that we are not showing any improvement and keep asking us to do more and more reports. Honestly, we can spend the time doing reports on something more productive rather than wasting our time working on something that doesn't help us in any way at all.

Then she kept emphasizing that we don't have enough job orders, kept saying that other agencies are doing much better than us. Like recruit express keep refreshing their job order every 3-4 days, then we should follow suit. Fine, you want us to do that then you give us more credits la. Otherwise how can you compare like that?

And she kept going on and on and on even though she understand shit about the banking and finance trends and positions. If you're so smart, don't just do the talking. Well, do something to prove it can be done.

I had enough of all this bi-weekly meeting shit already. Every time I came out of the meeting room, I sure look damn pissed and irritated one. Now I've learnt to just pretend that I'm taking an hour's break and when I come out, I'll pretend that nothing happened. I won't let that shit bother me or stress me out again.

Good entertainment value for boring days -- Courtesy of Val

Laogong, with regards to the EMO post... I don't love you any less, just that I'm feeling a little emo lately. Think PMS is the culprit. Fairytale ended does not refer to us. I only feel that I'm no longer living in a fairytale because of reality, stress at work and we have not been spending much time together lately since we are both sick. And most probably also because we both are not in the festive mood and we don't have any activities lined up during xmas eve to make things worst.

Laogong, I still love you just as much alright? Don't be too sensitive, nothing beats being able to enjoy your company at the end of a busy work day and weekends. Looking forward to seeing you later...

I ♥ you. Muackz!

Talking about cabs, there will be an increase in fares again. Comfort has already increased their fares on Monday this week. The other companies will be implementing the new fare system next week.

Rate and charges guide for comfort

Meter Fare
a. Point of boarding $2.80/ $3.00/ $3.20 (depending on make of car)
b. Every 385 metres thereafter or less up to 10 km $0.20,
Every 330 metres thereafter or less after 10 km $0.20
c. Every 45 seconds of waiting or less $0.20

City Area Surcharge increased from $1.00 to $3.00
Applicable Monday - Saturday : 5.00pm to Midnight

Peak Period Premium increased from $2.00 to 35% of metered fare
Applicable Monday - Friday : 7.00am to 9.30am,
Monday - Saturday : 5.00pm to 8.00pm

Late Night Surcharge increased to 50% of metered fare
Applicable from Midnight - 5.59am

It is becoming more and more costly to take a cab. Maybe getting a car will be cheaper after all? I think Singaporeans should do a boycotting of taxis. Give them a taste of their own medicine and see if they still want to increase cab fares every now and then like nobody's business.

Went for x-ray today, appointment at 1005. Set alarm at 0830, woke up and got a shock of my life, phone reads 0945. Rushed to the bathroom, had a quick shower and looked at the clock, 0945 still. Funny, were my eyes playing tricks on me? Went back to room and look at phone, 1000. Then I realised that I actually set the time to 0830 instead of setting the alarm. -_-

Took the cab, arrived a little late. Plenty of people at the registration. By the time I was done it was already 12plus. Seems like they found a lot more cysts but will only be able to know the results during the follow up in Jan.

They really should do something about their appointment system. Supposedly scheduled appointment at 1040 can drag till noon? Total waste of time and what if I have other appointments? Do I have to free up an entire morning or afternoon just to go for a checkup? We're not talking about polyclinics here, but hospitals. Hello, if anyone working in the hospital is reading this, so something about it alright?

This month is going to be a busy month for work. Limited headcount, urgent job orders. I can already portray myself working OT till 8plus everyday for the remaining days of 2007.

Status update

• Val will be assisting us for 4 more days, 21, 26, 27, 28 Dec 07. Official last date is 18 Dec 07.
• Mabel on MC… condition rather bad, may not be able to come in on Fri.
• Kris on leave from 28 Dec till 2 Jan, back on 3 Jan 08, going Taiwan holidaying.

Totally no festive mood at all with all the work buried to my neck already. Some people can still go on holiday. Great!

Been feeling rather emotional lately, probably because I've spent too many days idling at home? Many a times, tears threatened to roll down and it succeeded tonight. There is a feeling of emptiness, a feeling that is both overwhelming and all so familiar. Suddenly it seems reality came crashing in, the fairytale has ended...

My new blogskin... Cool huh? Spent hours editing the orginal template. I'm so proud of myself. *gives pat on my own back* XD Okie, time to sleep. Headache is creeping in again...

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Was super bored in office today, no mood to work at all. Monday blues? Laogong is down with sore throat, having fever and all. Really wanted to take MC and go to his place to accompany him. But he kept asking me not to, scared that he would pass the virus to me and also cos I've had this long stretch of MC last week already. Any more and I think boss will ask me to "palek kampong" (malay for go back to hometown).

Went shopping for Val's gift during lunch, bought a green dog cube cushion, handphone holder and pouch. Kuku girl say she don't know what use the pouch is for. Tell her to use it for her knick knacks and she still give me a face. I used the cube cushion to hammer her. Hehe...

That Val has some problem with interpreting my words today. Kris and Mabel were busy writing christmas cards for their clients today. Then Val asked me what I will write for my christmas cards and I told her "Aiyah, just write merry christmas can le lor. So fanciful for what? WTH..." Then she exclaimed "Wah christmas greetings, you still ask people to go to hell!" -_- Big difference Val.

Then on her card everyone else wrote "must keep in touch" so I wrote "Aiyah, don't need to ask you to keep in touch le la hor? If you don't ask me out for lunch I will bish you lor." And she interpret as me asking her not to keep in touch. -_- Another big difference Val.

Stayed in office till 8plus today, I was expecting a candidate at 7 today. Actually wanted to visit laogong but it was raining and late so I guess I'll drop by his place tomorrow instead. Kuku office computer cannot load the picture, can't navigate and read my blog. @#!%@%$!#!# I want to change my blogskin liao.

Laogong and I exchanged our Christmas gifts today. Yes, Christmas is more than a week away but I wanted him to have his present earlier. He ran out of his favourite perfume CK Summer and I want him to have the new Hugo fragrance XY before he gets it on his own. So I suggested an early gift exchange since we have both gotten our presents ready.

Laogong gave me a necklace from Cupid Jewels. He told me he's afraid that I may not like the present. Laogong, I will love and treasure everything that you give to me. It's a heart shaped pendant with another smaller heart dangling in the middle. Laogong said the hearts symbolises his heart and mine, together forever. Laogong, thanks for the present. I love it! Muackz!


Your heart and mine, together forever.

Went Christmas shopping with Val today. Bought pressie for laogong as well as for the gals in office. We went to paragon to visit her laogong after our Christmas shopping at taka. Was feeling a little sick already when we reach paragon. Then the slight headache advanced to major headache while waiting for her laogong to finish whatever he is working on. We had dinner at dome, nearest since it's in paragon and there's no queue. I really couldn't take it already, had to take a cab home. The cab fare is a whooping $17 including $3 additional charges for peak hour and city charge. Spent about $200 in total for today's shopping trip.

I went straight to bed but I couldn't sleep. Amazingly, after lying in bed for about 15 mins I began to feel better already. So here I am, typing away and gossiping with Val about her friend Alex and his pregnant gf. Hmmm... the story is getting complicated, like reading a soap-opera script. Well, I don't know if she's really pregnant but she sure is making a big hooha out of it. Let's just say that he deserved it since he didn't think before dumping his load in his gf. Idiot guys.

I'm quite broke already, I wonder where did all my money go... Hmmm... Spent quite a lot on medical this month. Seen 3x doctor plus went to the hospital for checkup. I think I've spent close to $200 on medical so far. Next wed still need to go for x-ray, another $40. Sad. Val said this month we can survive on bread for lunch. It's only 15 Dec and we're so broke already. Luckily the bonus payout is around the 22nd this month. Don't need to wait till end of the month to get pay, then won't be so sad already. =D

I bought new ear phones on wed, costs me $35. But everyone is guessing like $10 when I showed them my ear phones and ask them to guess the price. Damn sian. Think the fever must have killed too many of my brain cells. Actually I was attracted to the packaging and the tin box. The packaging was filled with Japanese words, and I thought wah... Japanese product must be good. Kanasai, the manual is in Chinese and reads "Made in China". -_-


The over-priced ear phones and the pretty tin box.

No more impulse buying for me.

Went to Changi hospital on Tuesday for my checkup. My appointment was at 3pm but I reached earlier by 15 mins. Waited for like 45 mins before it finally reaches my turn. The doctor was quite intimidating at first, she shoot a lot of questions at me, like questioning a crime suspect. But later on she loosen up as she was doing the ultrasound scan, explaining to me the procedures and assuring me that it is harmless.

She found 3 cysts in total, one on the right and another two on the left. I didn't even notice that there were 2 on my left. But the doctor told me that they are small, so unlikely to be detected. She gave me 2 options, one is to do a mini day surgery and get the cysts removed. Another is to do a needle test and continue to monitor. I chose option 2, don't really like the idea of surgery since she also mentioned that they may grow back after removing all 3.

The needle test was quite painful. She used a syringe to extract some sample to be sent to the lab for tests. She kept assuring me that it is very common among young women. I gather that the purpose of her doing the test is due to my family history. She asked me to do a more detailed xray ultrasound to check if there are more which she did not detect.

I've fixed the appointment on next Wednesday and my next follow-up is in January. The first consultation with the needle test and all already costs close to $80 and it is heavily subsidized by the government. Without referral, the full rate is over $200! I'll still have to fork out another $40 for the xray ultrasound. Hopefully all goes well, I just want to get it over and done with quickly.

Been staying home for the past couple of days. Fever hit 40.3 on Monday. I was so scared... I had just awoken and I felt like my whole body was on fire, my muscles were aching and my knees felt numb. I still groggily went to the kitchen to resume eating my two-third remaining bean curd from the morning before taking my medicine. Then i went back to lie in bed. And I was thinking to myself like shit, could the fever melt my brain and my internal organs.

I remembered I read/ heard somewhere there was a soon-to-be bride who wanted a nice tan on her big day, so she went to the tanning salon but was only allowed to tan once. So she went to many different tanning salons and she died because her internal organs stopped functioning. Apparently, she had "baked" her organs while she did her many "fake" tans.

When I thought of this, I shivered and I can imagine my brain melting and oozing out of my ears and my other internal organs melting as well. That really scared the shit out of me. I remembered laogong told me that he would take a cold bath when he is having a fever. So I went to the bathroom and had my first friggin cold shower. I could feel the heat draining away from me. I had a quick shower and went back to test my temperature. 37.8. I felt safer and went on to finish my one-third remaining bean curd from earlier on. But my temperature continued to climb until it hit 39.0. I took my 2nd cold shower but my temperature just kept rebounding.

I kept bombarding laogong with sms all this while, telling him my temperature like I was reporting the stock exchange. I was really scared and I needed advice. Laogong sneaked out from camp and came to my place at 4plus. He sponged me twice and forced me to take another cold shower before whisking me off to the clinic to get a jab and a prescription of antibiotics. Dinner was just a few mouthful of fishball noodles before my body threatened to throw up if I force any more food down.

I almost fainted when we were on our way home. I really hate the feeling when everything you see is white and you could barely hear anything or feel yourself walking... And it didn't feel any better when laogong tried to piggyback me. I really had no strength to cling onto him. So I ran off to the nearest couch to rest. Took me awhile before the feeling went away and I could walk properly again.

I really want to thank my laogong for taking care of me and accompanying me through all this when I was throwing tantrums and embarrassing him. I remembered glaring at him when he forced me to a cold shower. And all the people staring at us when I was acting like a kid, refusing to eat my food and squatting on the ground when I was feeling giddy. I saw people staring, but he just kept by my side until I felt better. Laogong, if you're reading this, I want to say a big THANK YOU for being there and taking care of me. Muackz!

There's still plenty to be said but I'm running out of time. It's bedtime and I should get to bed if I want to recover fast. I wonder why I took so friggin long to fight this battle...

I woke up at six this morning just to get to the shower before mum did. Sat on the toilet bowl for like more than 30 mins. After coming out fresh from the shower, I got dressed and had my breakfast. I think I'm somewhat lactose-intolerant because I always end up having a stomachache after drinking milk. So i sat in the toilet for another 15 minutes, and it started to pour heavily. I thought why not I'll just stay home till the rain subside, I would just run a little late. But no, the rain continued to pour well into the late morning. I don't feel like leaving the toilet seat either, so I called in sick again.

I camped in the toilet until 10 plus. Been meaning to go to the polyclinic, but it was pouring the whole day. I guess I will have to make the trip another time.

So I've been bumming around at home changing my blog template and surfing the web. Went to meet laogong at 5 plus and had dinner at his place. We wanted to continue watching stardust but we were tired and lazy so we decided to take a nap. But we frigging overslept and I only reached home at late 11 plus. I'm now typing this post as I'm waiting for him to reach home in one piece. Always had to worry for him when he drives home because all the loony people will start coming out late in the night. Oh well, my laogong finally reached home, I guess I shall warp up here today.

I saw Val's blog just now, which motivated me to blog today. I have not been writing for awhile now, didn't have the time and discipline to update my previous blogs. I always start and end abruptly and finally deleting the whole blog completely because I think that my writing sucks big time. Nevertheless, I have decided to dabble in blogsphere again and see how long I could last this time.

I'm in office now, but I don't have the mood to work at all. When I woke up this morning, I had to fight off the urge to plunge back into bed and continue with my beauty sleep. I hit the snooze button for a dozen times before finally dragging myself out of bed into the shower. Even after I came out fresh and alert from the shower, I was still fighting the urge to call in sick. Is it just laziness or am I not suited for this job? I prefer to think that it was just laziness and I should really practice self-discipline. I always had trouble getting myself to work and even to school.

I had some trouble with my ex last week. Apparently he was digging up our dirt to Val. This on top of the tiff I had with Val over work, almost caused me to fell out with her. Good thing that we managed to clear the air and be on talking terms again. Silly of me to blame her for something she didn't do (telling my ex about my stuff) and for being insensitive enough to not sense that she wasn't in a best form.

I think I have had enough ramblings as of now. If I don't start cracking, I wouldn't be able to knock off on the dot to meet my laogong. I'm so looking forward to meeting him later. I guess I have already formed a sense of dependency on him. I'm not those independent girl who can survive without meeting their boyfriends for like weeks and months. If I didn't see him for days, I would have died already.