petit|hippo

29 October 2008

guilty as charged

Filed under: choo, emotive, frown — kerensa @ 11:50 pm

i have been advocating “the chicken & the duck” theory and “the surrendered wife” program to all my dear friends.

but i haven’t been putting them into action lately. NATO.

sometimes i hate myself for being such a prideful person. even though i have truly mellowed down in terms of my temper and ‘ego’ with dearest, i guess there are still lots of room for improvement.

one day dearest commented that it’s amazing how 小女人 i am towards him and the next day i refused to give in to a silly quarrel. and it took me some time to ‘come to my senses’ and acknowledge that because the relationship has been pretty stable, i may have started to take somethings for granted.

no doubt i am very appreciative of the things that dearest does for me (spending time, pampering, chauffeuring, encouraging, etc etc) but i can definitely improve on other aspects such as controlling my temper and giving in to dearest – which is basically the essence of chicken-&-duck and surrendered wife.

so today i repeat to dearest: i promise that i will bear in mind and change my bad habits. be patient with me and give me some time ok. i will try my best. all because i love you.

ok… time to read the surrendered wife!

27 October 2008

my lousy digestive system

Filed under: frown — kerensa @ 7:08 pm

so on friday i vomited a bucket of yucky garlic. and the story doesn’t stop there.

backtrack a couple of days – on wednesday, i woke up with diarrhoea. 3 times in the morning before i decided i was well enough to go to work.
while at work, i was stubborn and had a drink of milo with fresh milk. and went another time. that’s number 4.
during lunch time, i had curry chicken (?!!). after lunch i went 3 times again.
total score = 7 times.

thursday was fine.

friday was the garlic vomit.

on saturday i had a really late lunch at 4pm – wanton noodles and 100 plus. and basically burped the whole night away. that night, we went to east coast lagoon for seafood fare – gong gong, fresh cockles, and several others.

sunday morning – diarrhoea again.
for lunch we had meatballs and pasta at ikea (they don’t serve spaghetti anymore! boohoo…)
and then it was flatulence and burps the whole night long.

dearest and i set out to chijmes to catch the big match and along the way we shopped for a while at raffles city. and it’s diarrhoea again.

from then, i felt really bad. we headed for the match anyway. ordered fish and chips and caesar’s salad to share but i didn’t have much – like a bite of fish, 2 small pieces of grilled chicken and 1 tiny piece of lettuce. and i felt like shit. headache, body ache and constant flatulence. went to the toilet again. and then burped – with the yucky cheesy taste threatening to creep up the throat.

i swear i thought i was going down with gastric flu!

today, the flatulence and burps are still present. but i’ve kept my diet to porridge and bread. the strange thing is i feel sick when i’m out, but feel fine when i’m home. i think my body is just putting up a protest – against what, i dunno.

what am i to do? avoid garlic, milk, cheese, caffeine, and god knows what, for the rest of my life??? but i like milk and cheesy stuff!

dearest has been patient with me – not scolding when i waste all the food, buying eno & bread for me in the middle of the night, and eating bland porridge with me.

so my dear Js, can we eat something light tmr night pls?

26 October 2008

looong weekend

Filed under: chomp, choo, frens — Tags: , , — kerensa @ 2:04 am

yippeee! it’s the long weekend… no work on Monday because of deepavali!
and no work for me on Tuesday too because i’m on leave!
WOOHOO!

it was double date again on Friday after work.
we went to dinner at T3 – sakae teppanyaki and then headed to a thai disco at city plaza.

ordered a bottle of martell. martell plus green tea is my best drink – i can hold this drink really really well.
unless i had the wrong food before drinking.

and oh man did i had the wrong food.
5 glasses later i do not feel even a bit high but i had to make my way to the toilet and induce puking.
i felt so bloated!

and i puked. lots of brown liquid and guess what… lots of garlic.

i’ve always suspected that too much garlic causes indigestion for me. and i think i proved it then.
everything in the teppanyaki meal (except the chawanmushi) is prepared with garlic – lots of them.

i was convinced that garlic was the culprit but i couldn’t really understand why.
i did a search online and saw that it’s been documented that garlic causes indigestion! well, i still dunno why, but at least i’m assured that i’m not strange and troublesome who is ‘allergic’ to garlic.

in the midst of my ‘research’, i also found the answer to why i feel bloated with coffee or tea with milk, but not so with black coffee or black tea. the answer is: BOTH caffeine and milk causes indigestion. thus when combined, one gets bloated more easily. oh, and peppermint can cause indigestion too! no wonder because if i drink peppermint tea, i feel bloated too.

so, must be disciplined and avoid these foods in future!

wanted to write more but i’m dozing off… need to wake up 5 hours later to book badminton court, so better turn in now… night…

23 October 2008

such a scardey cat

Filed under: frown — Tags: — kerensa @ 9:49 pm

just minutes after the last post… … i saw something fly over my tv.
then i heard sounds. light sounds. on and off around the room.
i kept looking around but i cannot find the source of the sound.

then i turned to my left. and saw it. on my bed.

it’s a HUGE housefly.

ya ya… i know housefly is not scary. it’s not like it’s a flying cockroach or a wasp or something.
it’s just a housefly for god’s sake!

but then, do you know how disgusting this housefly is?
it’s like 1.2 or 1.5 cm huge. and not only that, it’s not afraid of humans like the normal who-cares-the-hell-about-them kind of houseflies.
it’s there, on my bed, and ‘wiping it’s hands’!
you know… like praying mantis?

argh! disgusting lor.

and i don’t have the courage to catch it.
so i tried to shoo it away by ’scaring’ it.
obviously, it thinks its the king or queen, totally oblivious to me lor!

then it flew off. and i tried frantically to search for something to smack it with.
i resorted to baygon.
sneaks close to it, aimed and sprayed. once. twice.
and it flew away and left me screaming.

i calmed myself down and searched for it again.
*buzz* *buzz*
and i screamed again. both at the housefly and at myself – for being so silly.
finally it couldn’t withstand the insecticide and fell to the ground.

phew….

and now i need to go and wipe off the oily baygon which is all over my floor.

ok… laugh… laugh all you want…
now that it is over, i’m amused myself. haha

i’m such a spoilsport

Filed under: bliss, choo — Tags: — kerensa @ 9:06 pm

while my dearest is such a gem.

dearest slept after 4am last night to complete his assignment and woke up at 8am this morning to go to school. i asked him to go home to have a good sleep after class but he continued to run errands for the office. and even came by to fetch me from work.

so i got into the car. and got a really sweet surprise.

he placed these on the dashboard:

so sweet right? dearest planned what we can do for the night and left it to my luck to decide.

ok, so i thought it’s probably a choice between going home or maybe going tampines or something like that. after all dearest is dead beat from his ultra late night and should really go home early to rest.

and then i chose the one on my right. and dearest goes oh no… i opened it up and i totally understand why dearest groans at my choice cos it’s so far! so i quickly reached for the other choice. and realized that it’s no better.

no no don’t get me wrong. i’m like soooooo touched that dearest made the effort to think about this fun ‘game’ and even took the trouble to decorate the choices. but it’s like my dearest is so tired, how can i bear to let him spend time to bring me around and pak tor?

see my choices and you will understand:

one is so far, and the other means going home late.

so yeah… i hate to be the wet blanket but i told dearest nope, let’s just go to the market for a simple dinner and then you should head home to go sleep.

there, i’m such a spoilsport right?!

but dearest, thank you very much for the thought – let’s go ‘party’ tomorrow night instead ok.
i love you!!!!!

a wonderful energetic night

Filed under: choo, frens, misc fun — Tags: , , , — kerensa @ 10:14 am

before sharing about last night, let me announce that 五月天 你不是真正的快乐 MV is out! have updated the previous post with the MV… check it out!

last night we went for our virgin badminton game at sengkang sports hall.

it’s a cool place! the swimming complex is just beside the sports hall and when playing badminton, you can hear the splashes from the pool! feels a bit like badminton at the seaside. haha… the swimming complex has got an indoor 1.2m pool, and a pool with slides! so fun! we must go to the pool after badminton on sundays!

the only ‘complaint’ about the place is that the net is higher than the tampines one! not used to it yet…

dearest and i reached the place an hour earlier. so we went across the road where there are 3 nice basketball courts (with nets!) to shoot some hoops. for the first time, i tried some serious shooting and even tried to block dearest (but of cos i ganna faked by him all the time). it was fun! but it’s more tiring than playing badminton!

and guess what? after badminton, we went to shoot hoops again. with sheena and jackson of cos. so we formed 2 teams and played the ABC thingy (dunno what it is lar) where you shoot from several designated points and complete the ‘course’. and if you shoot an airball, you go start all over again. whichever team completes first wins.

guess which team won? we lar! haha… because we have already ‘warmed up’ before badminton mah! and hor, my dearest was from his school team one leh… dun play play… hahaha… no lar… it was all for good fun, that’s all.

[edited to add: jaslyn, my dearest says can ask wei ann and his gang there to play basketball next time. got net, nicer to play]

yep… so it was a great night!

now… go watch the MV!

21 October 2008

温柔 (还你自由版)

Filed under: emotive, misc fun — Tags: , , , — kerensa @ 10:58 pm

following the new song “你不是真正的快乐“, i’m on a MayDay high…

not many friends will know that i’m a MayDay fan. well, frankly speaking, i’m not sure whether i am a MayDay fan…

let’s put it this way – in the past, i never ever pay attention to MayDay. then when i got together with dearest, he brought me to my first MayDay concert. dearest and his sister are die-hard MayDay fans and they have always been to MayDay’s concerts. being in the honeymoon period, i was eager to please, and eager to want to enjoy the concert, so i actually borrowed all the MayDay CDs and listened to them over and over again. well, let’s just say that i didn’t quite become a fan then. the concert was high alright and i enjoyed myself, but i guess i still remain pretty neutral towards MayDay.

i started to truly like MayDay only during their concert last year – JUMP! 离开地球表面 because the concert was SOOOOO high!!! and the concert this year was fantastic as well! now, every now and then i will check sistic’s website so that i won’t miss out buying their next concert tickets.

but frankly speaking, much as i enjoyed their concerts tremendously, i’m still not a hardcore fan like dearest and his sister, so i can’t recognize all of their songs or memorize the lyrics.

but i totally heart the song 温柔.

whenever MayDay performs this song live, and we wave and sing along with the song, my emotions go all crazy at one part of the song. goosebumps and feeling of tears (but not to the extent of really tearing lar)… every time. without fail…

if you have a moment to spare, do listen to this song:

pay attention to the video at 2m22s.
and what really moves me. everytime. without fail. is at 2m48s.

溫柔(還你自由版)

曲:阿信 詞:阿信 編:五月天

走在風中 今天陽光 突然好溫柔
天的溫柔 地的溫柔 像你抱著我
然後發現 你的改變 孤單的今後
如果冷 該怎麼渡過

天邊風光 身邊的我 都不在你眼中
你的眼中 藏著什麼 我從來都不懂
沒有關係 你的世界 就讓你擁有
不打擾 是我的溫柔

不知道 不明瞭 不想要 為什麼 我的心
明明是想靠近 卻孤單的黎明
不知道 不明瞭 不想要 為什麼 我的心
那愛情的綺麗 總是在孤單裡
再把我的最好的愛給你

不知不覺 不情不願 又到巷子口
我沒有哭 也沒有笑 因為這是夢
沒有預兆 沒有理由 你真的有說過
如果有 就讓你自由

(獨白)
如果有一天
你告訴我 你要走
我不會強求 不會挽留

只因為…
我要給你 最後的溫柔
我會對你說
(獨白)

我給你自由 我給你自由
我給你自由 我給你自由
我給你全部全部全部全部自由 Oh…..

這是我的溫柔 這是我的溫柔
還你你的自由 還你你的自由 Oh…..

不知道 不明瞭 不想要 為什麼 我的心
明明是想靠近 卻孤單的黎明
不知道 不明瞭 不想要 為什麼 我的心
那愛情的綺麗 總是在孤單裡
再把我的最好的愛給你

不知不覺 不情不願 又到巷子口
我沒有哭 也沒有笑 因為這是夢
沒有預兆 沒有理由 你真的有說過
如果有 就讓你 自由 自由 Oh…..

這是我的溫柔 這是我的溫柔
這是我的溫柔 這是我的溫柔

讓你自由
Oh…..

sad? very very very sad.

every time i hear the words 我给你自由, a lot of things flash through my mind.
imagine the hurt you will feel when your loved one wants to leave you.
but you love him/her so much, you are willing to let him/her go, no matter how badly your heart is bleeding.

我给你自由 不是因为我不在乎 只因为太爱你

your thoughts?

i feel so relieved now

Filed under: choo, misc fun — Tags: — kerensa @ 9:37 pm

because i am back from my 2nd driving lesson.

i was dreading the lesson since yesterday, and the feeling of dread intensified today. when i was waiting for the instructor, my heart was actually racing very fast.

hmm, doesn’t sound too good heh?

the lesson went well today. it’s just 1 hour instead of 1.5 hour. for the first time in my life, i get to drive around the carpark, i get to drive out from the carpark, and i get to make that big u-turn to get home. hehe… driving familiar roads. quite shiok.

anyway, i think i’ve improved a little since the last time. i guess the shoes helped. the last time i wore a pair of sneakers. this time round i wore sandals. the feel is better this time round. maybe the next time i will try driving with my mustard coloured shoes, cos the soles are thinner, can feel the pedals better.

ok! i’m a little more encouraged now. hope my heart won’t race as fast the next time when i wait for the instructor.

anyway, dearest specially came by to have dinner with me. i ‘intro-ed’ the mee hoon kway which i have always been eating since young. surprisingly, dearest actually liked it! yeah! then he came up to pick up my sports bag so that i don’t have to carry it to office tomorrow for the badminton session at night.

isn’t dearest a gem? hehehe…

你不是真正的快乐

Filed under: misc fun — Tags: , , , — kerensa @ 11:29 am

五月天又发专辑了!

与上张专辑相隔了700天之久,五月天终于在2008年10月23日推出《后青春期的诗》。

五月天后青春期的第一首心诗:你不是真正的快乐 

这世界笑了 于是 你合群的一起笑了。。。

 

人群中哭著 妳只想變成透明的顏色
妳再也不會夢或心動了
妳已經決定了 妳已經決定了

妳靜靜忍著 緊緊把昨天在拳心握著
而回憶越是甜就是越傷人
越是在手心留下密密麻麻深深淺淺的雕痕

妳不是真正的快樂 妳的笑只是妳穿的保護色
妳決定不恨了 也決定不愛了
把妳的靈魂關在遙遠鎖上的軀殼

這世界笑了 於是妳合群的一起笑了
但生存是規則 不是妳的選擇
於是妳含著眼淚飄飄蕩蕩跌跌撞撞的走著

妳不是真正的快樂 妳的笑只是妳穿的保護色
妳決定不恨了 也決定不愛了
把妳的靈魂關在永遠鎖上的軀殼

妳不是真正的快樂 妳的傷從不肯完全的癒合
我站在你左側 卻像隔著銀河
難道就真的抱著遺憾一直到老了 然後再後悔著

妳不是真正的快樂 妳的笑只是你穿的保護色
妳決定不恨了 也決定不愛了
把妳的靈魂關在永遠鎖上的軀殼

妳不是真正的快樂 妳的傷從不肯完全的癒合
我站在妳左側 卻像隔著銀河
難道就真的抱著遺憾一直到老了

妳知道真正的快樂 你應該脫下妳穿的保護色
為什麼失去了 還要被懲罰呢
能不能就讓悲傷全部結束在此刻 重新開始活著

 

(at times like this i really hate wordpress because it wouldn’t allow embedding of videos/music from many sites! will update with the MTV from youtube when it’s available)
*picture credits to MayDay Offical Website

19 October 2008

a night with hagen daz

Filed under: misc fun — Tags: , — kerensa @ 9:08 pm

haagen dazs tub in left hand, huge spoon in right hand,
comfortably nestled on white sheets, back against trusted pillow,
right hand digs in, spoon to mouth, noisy tv in front of me,
and voila, tub empties.

a feeling of sinfulness and fattiness,
a teeny weeny tinge of loneliness,
this is it, my solitary sunday night

friday, saturday

Filed under: bliss, choo, misc fun — Tags: , , , — kerensa @ 6:16 pm

friday evening – dearest said he’s going to bring me to relax after work cos it’s been a long and tiring week for both of us. so i took off from work a little earlier and we went to vivocity. had a hard time deciding what to have for dinner and finally settled for sushi tei.

then we went to catch a movie: 20th century boys.

this movie is said to be a bigger hit than the death note in japan. and i love death note. but before watching 20th century boys, i’ve heard not so good reviews about it. but we went to catch the movie instead.

and all i can say is – it sucks!
well, to be fair to the movie, it sucks because we were feeling really uncomfortable in the theater.

i tell you, we’ve always been to cathay theaters of late. and the last time we went GV some months ago, i mentally told myself never to go GV again, cos the seats are just not deep enough, very uncomfortable. the seats forces you to sit pretty upright, not enough buttock space to slouch in a comfortable position. but too bad, i kinda forgot about it and we ended up in GV anyway. and it really sucks.

and the movie… well, the storyline is pretty good. but it gets draggy. and at one point (during the supposedly most exciting part), i actually dozed off. at the end of the show, dearest and i looked at each other in bewilderment. cos we didn’t understand how the young girl survived.

oh well, i think she survived merely because there are 2 more sequels to this movie. haha.

so yeah, a not so fulfilling movie session. no more GV for us! never!

on saturday, dearest brought me to the precious moments annual event. i’ve never been to one and frankly i was REALLY disappointed with it. the previous years events’ seemed to be more ‘exciting’. this year, albeit cheaper, was like a warehouse sale! with like less than 20 figurines on sale. we looked around for ten minutes, and quickly picked one to buy (since we are already there, can’t go home empty handed right? but the figurine really quite sweet lar) and queued up to pay.

here’s what we bought – washed away in your love. sweet? i love it!

then we headed to the buffet, which we didn’t have anything cos the food looks so tasteless. in the end, we did a kiddy thing. dearest was forced into it – taking photos with the precious moments mascots!

pardon my ugly legs – i didn’t think they will film the whole body and i’m the kind who just cannot stand straight! haha…

after the event, we went to buy some ice cream and went home to nua cos dearest was soooo tired. dearest promised to eat ice cream with me together but then he dozed off! hmmph… so i ended up eating it all by myself. and then i joined him – to sleep. hahahah… 2 lazy bums, wasting our saturday away like that.

we went for dinner after the long nap and then went pasir ris to watch liverpool against wigan. i wasn’t really in the mood for soccer, so i played around with my camera and his handphone.

i took this because i love the blue lights which makes the place pretty romantic.

our favorite beer – erdinger.

dearest drinks his beer (regardless of hoegarden or calsberg or erdinger, any beer!) with lots of ice…

and when it gets really boring… i bluetoothed some pictures which dearest took several weeks ago. this one was taken at topone.

and lastly this. dearest chanced upon the paranomic function accidentally when he was trying to take pictures of a guy who looked almost identical like his uncle. i thought it looks quite nice. yes?

and yeah… that’s all for the blogging today. i’m famished – time to dig in to the yummy ice cream! and continue to waste the rest of the weekend away…

i’m back!

Filed under: bliss, choo, frens — Tags: — kerensa @ 5:10 pm

yea… i have not blogged for some time… (like 3 or 4 days. only. lol)
well actually i meant to say i have not blogged happy entries with colourful photos for some time.
so here i am, with lots of updates and some lovely pictures – lots of time to spare today because dearest is having his family day at the turf club. go hornet go!!! bring back the $$$! lol…

so thursday 16 October marks the start of Tao Liang and Jan’s new phase in life – congratulations on becoming husband and wife! Tao Liang is dearest’s buddy during the secondary school days (yea, the one who knows dearest’s ex gf… ahem… haha) and did not only get married but is also migrating to Canada soon.

dearest woke up early in the morning to be one of the ‘brothers’ and was tortured badly at the gatecrash! with wasabi as toothpaste, and had to eat an ice cream while standing in a pail of ice! and then dearest was part-time chauffeur for the day… and he was dead tired!

went to the wedding dinner with dearest at holiday inn – had to dress up 美美 so that dearest won’t 丢脸. haha…

how? pretty bor? haha… and dearest is so smart and handsome hor? all dressed up, both of us.

the dinner was a christian-style wedding as both bride and groom are christians. in fact, i think 90% of the guests are from the same church. it’s my first time attending a christian-style wedding, and given that they have previously ROMed already, at first i thought it would be similar to the other weddings which i have attended. but i should have known earlier that it’s different, because the decor was quite different, with lots of soft lights and candles, very romantic.

so there was like 20 to 30 mins of songs, prayers, blessings, and i dunno what (sorry, i not christian mah) before the dishes were served. and it’s all very touching really. the song for the first dish was the standard canon in d. and the waiters and waitresses actually bowed before they served the first dish! is there a reason for that? as a respect to God?

anyway, dinner was alright, and pretty lonely for me, cause dearest was busy with his other ‘brotherly duties’. but no complaints from me…

another picture taken during dinner:

halfway through the dinner, the bride and groom gave a really really long thank you speech. again, something which i’ve not seen before in the other wedding dinners which i have attended before. while it’s a little tiring to sit through the whole speech, i was rather touched.

how often do we bare our souls and tell our parents, relatives and friends how important they are to us? wedding dinner is the most perfect time to say our thanks. you are allowed to talk as long as you want cos you are the highlight of the night. you are allowed to cry as you talk cos it is your big day. and that is probably the only time when you will get everyone’s attention. and then, every word gets filmed on tape!

just last week i told dearest i don’t mind not holding a wedding dinner if it’s difficult given our circumstances. but after attending this wedding, i’m inspired to hold a wedding dinner, no matter how trying it is, or how ugly it may get. i’m even inspired to think of guest lists, seating arrangements and thank you speech now! lol….

but well… i’ll hold my horses – until i get my diamond ring from dearest.
hiak hiak hiak…

15 October 2008

where is the weekend?

Filed under: emotive, frown, work — kerensa @ 7:20 pm

i have a zillion things to do. but i absolutely need to rant. or else i will go crazy be depressed.

work and deadlines are driving me crazy. and my emotions are starting to go haywire.

i dunno why i have become like this. in the past, work never frazzled me. i have lots of stamina and i could go on and on and on. going home at 11pm and starting work at 8am the next day consecutively for several days merely brings about casual complaints from me but i do not lose my motivation.

but now? i start work at 9am, leave work at 6pm. and i don’t even have to do all the boring technical work myself. but i feel… lousy. totally drained of energy.

can anyone tell me why i am feeling all these?

to make things worse, on and off colleagues just piss the hell out of me. is it them, or is it just me?

i used to daydream about quitting and taking time to ‘find myself’, to retreat and just do nothing for a while. my finances can surely allow me to do that for quite a period of time. but being the practical me, i know i will only dream about it and will never action on it.

now, with the economy turning into recession, i wouldn’t even think about quitting, let alone dreaming about it. yet… the motivation to strive further just isn’t there.

i desperately need something to perk me up. problem is, what is it?

i come home and have things to complete. but i become sleepy and had to sleep early. even going out after work isn’t that enticing anymore. i just feel like sleeping away. where have my energy levels disappeared to?

when i think all of these, i am upset at myself. for being so hopeless, for thinking so negatively. and then i think even more negatively, and then my mood changes, and then dearest will have to tolerate me and try to cheer me up. it’s not good for me, not fair to dearest, and very bad for the relationship. oh my…. can i get out of this?

actually, it’s not even as bad as it sounds here, but the negativity is making me exaggerate things. i dun have the answer as to why.

my only guess is… i’m burnt out? from what? i dunno.

well, the consolation is that dearest has always been there, loving and patient. so i should be thankful, yeah?

i just want to weekends to come quickly, and never go away… is that too much to ask for? i guess i know the answer.

ok, back to work.

11 October 2008

it’s a tiring hospital visit day

Filed under: choo, frens, misc fun — kerensa @ 11:47 pm

i’m tired (what’s new?)!

rushed down to bugis in the morning to buy precious moments for Raeann. frankly speaking, i doubt many people give such presents for first baby visit but yuling used to love precious moments and i love them too, so i felt it was the perfect opportunity to buy one for her. who knows, maybe yuling no longer likes precious moments now, but still hope she likes the present itself! a little memento for little pretty Raeann!

the bugis experience sucks. peiyu wasn’t there and the 2 girls who served me wasn’t really experienced. i was running late and they took more than half hour to serve me when i was the only customer. in the end i had to take a cab down to amk hub to meet jackie.

the cab ride was pretty bad as well. the driver asked me which route do i prefer. i have no idea cos i’m not familiar with that area, so i told him nicely, i’m not sure, let you decide. and his response was: HAR?

Har simi har?

sigh… i dislike such drivers. what’s wrong with the passengers not knowing their way? as long as the drivers know their way, can liao mah. by telling you we dunno the way, we actually risk having you take advantage of the situation and drive us around in circles. so when we tell you we dunno, we are being frank and trusting, not trying to be funny. why can’t you just accept it and drive?

and there are other things lar, and i saw a cockroach in his cab!

anyway… unhappy things aside, finally met up with jackie (thankfully less than 5 min late), had lunch and then went to buy baby gifts and tonic for the mummy before taking another cab to mount alvernia.

it’s been a long time since i last saw yuling. she hasn’t changed much! even with pregnancy, she didn’t put on much weight – lucky her! she told us of her quick and non-eventful delivery. it was so smooth for her! such envy… i did take pictures of raeann, such a sweet little chubby girl. with really pinkish cheeks, looking so much like yuling. wanted to post the picture up but i realized i have not asked yuling’s permission. better not – should let yuling share the joy with the world herself.

saw cynthia too! she also hasn’t changed one bit! looks the same and is the same chirpy quirky her. so bubbly. she kept saying that i’ve met her once in the past 5 years or so, but i just can’t recall. so strange. haha…

actually both yuling and cynthia were very close friends of mine during my sec sch days. it’s a true pity that i lost them after that. one of my regrets in life. now, i’m thankful that blogging has brought yuling and myself a teeny weeny bit closer. at least we know what’s happening in each other’s life.

after mount alvernia, i went to changi hospital. koh mum is hospitalized because she couldn’t breathe well and the polyclinic suspects she may be having a heart attack. spent several hours there catching up with the sisters. thankfully mum is alright – just need to run some tests to confirm she’s fine.

throughout the whole day, i didn’t meet up with dearest. and seriously, i was in a pretty foul mood. i dunno. not seeing dearest makes me feel…. vulnerable? but then dearest came to the hospital to send me home. and listened to my endless chatter about yuling’s delivery and the strange cab driver. that’s my darling… always there for me.

i miss you dearest. we’ll spend time together tomorrow ok. love you lots.

and yuling: congratulations! whenever you have time, keep us updated on Raeann’s development! and pictures pictures! want to see beautiful Raeann!

welcome raeann!

Filed under: frens — kerensa @ 10:03 am

one of my good pals from sec sch days was upgraded to a proud mummy yesterday!
so i’m heading to visit mummy and baby raeann shortly, together with jackie.
frankly, i havent met yuling for the longest time. we always say we’ll meet up but it never happens. and now, we will be reunited because of raeann, isn’t that sweet?

so excited… i didn’t really like babies before. but lately with seeing chloe, hearing how dearest dote on chloe, seeing other friends having new born babies, and perhaps, hearing my own biological clock ticking, i think i’m beginning to be ready for motherhood.

i’ll probably still be unsure of how to handle a baby, maybe still too shy to play with them, but i’m keen to have one of my own! haha… someday.

jaslyn is in NZ right now, hopefully will bring back a NZ-made little one in her tummy soon! and then jackie and i will have a real baby to play with next year. but jaslyn says cannot just play with baby, must change diapers also… hmm… i’ll think about it. hahaha…

baby raeann… we’re coming to see you soon!

9 October 2008

curfew

Filed under: bliss, choo, misc fun — Tags: — kerensa @ 8:57 pm

i have a curfew tonight.

hehe… can you believe it?
dearest ‘ordered’ me to go to bed by 10.30 tonight. or else he won’t love me le…
LOL
i better go set an alarm to remind me to go to sleep! i can’t risk losing dearest!

we sound very childish hor? hahaha…
aiyah… cos my dearest care for me mah…
i have been feeling really lethargic lately. always lack of sleep…
today i know the reason – ya, you guess it… it’s that time of the month again.

and i’m happy! because not only did i not quarrel with dearest (recall a few months back i mentioned we always quarrel the day before it comes?), i didn’t even cry! wow… so proud of myself… hahaha…

anyway, met dearest at plaza sing after work earlier and had dinner at secret recipe (yucks. thank god for chocolate indulgence though). while walking to the car, we passed by best denki and i saw many air purifiers/cleaners/ionizers/filters… thinking of buying one. wonder if it will help to prevent dearest from sneezing away in my room. will be doing some research before buying. anyone have any good recommendations? which type is better? purifier or cleaner? most importantly, will it filter away the loads of dog hair flying around in my room?

ok ok… don’t write so much… must go sleep soon…

my dearest is the most wonderous boyfriend

Filed under: bliss, choo — kerensa @ 12:12 am

i’m dead beat but i absolutely have to log on and pen this down – i must announce that i have the bestest dearest in the www (whole wide world)

early in the morning today, dearest picked me up to go to parkview. and made breakfast for me! with a choice – either peanut butter or fried egg with bread. i get to eat what i pick, and he eats the other. sweet hor.

in the car, dearest took my hand and said that he wasn’t disappointed with me (referring to the torturous run), why did i think of it that way?

well, i guess i know that dearest isn’t disappointed with me, but i felt/worry that he could be. hmm… does it make any sense? i dunno, maybe it’s because i am a little disappointed with myself.

anyway, i was touched that dearest would bring this up and assure me that he wasn’t disappointed at all.

then later in the day, he picked me up from work too, even though we had agreed that i would go home by myself because his school ends late today. who knows, i was so busy at work today that i left late too. so in the end dearest came and pick me. and we went to tampines mall! dearest said i deserve an ‘outing’ tonight to destress. dearest knows me best! *beams*

and guess what? dearest again emphasized that he wasn’t disappointed with me and even wanted me to take off that blog entry. aiyo, my love… it’s ok lar… i dun mean it in a bad way, ok. i know you love me and will not be disappointed with me ok? hee…

after dinner, we went home. excited. cos we agreed to watch one episode of 篮球火 together. turned out that we watched 3 episodes at one go.

and then dearest said the sweetest thing to me. he asked me whether one of the female lead 洁儿 is pretty. i said, hmm… sometimes pretty, sometimes look quite strange. and you know what dearest said? he said i think you are prettier. wahahahahaha…. so sweet lor… hahaha… come on… of course i’m not as pretty as her, but as long as i’m pretty in your eyes, i’m contended.

dearest has been really really sweet and loving these days. i must really cherish and appreciate these moments.

love.

7 October 2008

a quick one

Filed under: choo, misc fun — Tags: , — kerensa @ 10:59 pm

dearest ‘complained’ that i have not been blogging much lately.
so here i am, taking a few short minutes to update somethings.

just came back from a torturous jog at bedok reservoir. it’s been some time since we last jogged together there. and regrettably, this is the first (and hopefully the last) time that i didn’t complete the whole course. with around 200m to go before the ‘finish line’, i gave up. i was feeling faint and a little nauseous so i stopped. and then the head was throbbing.

i think dearest is very disappointed. i’m sorry dear, i will try harder the next time ok? i did give my best tonight already. the incomplete run took us 32 minutes. torturous. to think that we want to make this a regular event at 2 times a week. gosh. wish me luck man…

need to reach parkview at 8am tomorrow. better go for a quick shower now and sleep early!

oh, and PS, we have been watching 篮球火 lately (thanks sheena & jackson for lending us the dvd!) and we are hooked on it. it’s so hilarious!

ok, night night. no nightmares tonight pls….

6 October 2008

blue

Filed under: frown — Tags: — kerensa @ 1:28 pm

it’s a blue day.

we were walking back to office from lunch. and then i noticed. all 5 of us were in blue. different shades of blue, but still, all blue. with 2 blue umbrellas, under the gloomy drizzling sky.
back in the office, saw another 2 guys in blue.
how blue-er can the day get?

sure it can! within the ten min walk from the canteen to my office, my honeydew milk turned curdy. kaoz. luckily i was greedy today and bought 3 types of fruit, enough to last me through the day.

it’s a blue blue day. blue blue mood. comtemplating to take half day leave tomorrow. i’ve still got a few hours to ponder about it.

2 October 2008

猜不透

Filed under: misc fun — Tags: , , , — kerensa @ 4:41 pm

i have been hearing this song from FM933 lately.

each and everytime, i will be attracted to it without fail. each and everytime, i will be waiting to hear the title and singer of this song. each and everytime, i will not get the answer i want.

yesterday, i heard this song again and asked dearest whether he knows the singer. he guessed the title correctly but thought the singer was landy.

today, i finally googled for it, and found the answer! i really love this song.

丁噹 – 猜不透

作詞:黃婷 作曲:林邁可

猜不透
你最近時好時壞的沈默
我也不想去追問太多
讓試探為彼此的心 上了鎖

猜不透
相處會比分開還寂寞
兩個人都只是得過且過
無法感受每次觸摸 是真的 是熱的

如果忽遠忽近的灑脫
是你要的自由
那我寧願回到一個人生活

如果忽冷忽熱的溫柔
是你的藉口
那我寧願對你從沒認真過

猜不透
相處會比分開還寂寞
兩個人都只是得過且過
無法感受每次觸摸 是真的 是熱的

如果忽遠忽近的灑脫
是你要的自由
那我寧願回到一個人生活

如果忽冷忽熱的溫柔
是你的藉口
那我寧願對你從沒認真過

如果忽遠忽近的灑脫
是你要的自由
那我寧願回到一個人生活

如果忽冷忽熱的溫柔
是你的藉口
那我寧願對你從沒認真過

到底這感覺誰對誰錯
我已不想追究
越是在乎的人越是猜不透

nice? this is going to be my next new KTV song!

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