this is in dedication to my dearest.
you won’t believe how much he loves this song and the group.
he can actually watch the MV over and over again and not get sick of it!
and, nope… the title means nothing to us. cos my dearest is anything but a nobody in my heart!
it was indeed a lovely weekend with dearest.
we went to telok blangah for roti prata (and also shared duck noodles! fatty!) and then to queensway for SHOPPING!
and guess what i bought? 99.9% on impulse:
oakley sunglasses!
i’ve never been generous enough with myself to own a pair of sunglasses.
each time i give myself excuses. first i say that i will buy a pair when i pass my driving test.
then when i really passed, i say i will buy when i buy a car.
now that i dun intend to buy a car in the near future, i dun need to buy sunglasses anymore (save money!)
then at first i thought when i do my lasik, i’ll need a pair of sunglasses. but my first thought was to borrow from friends.
then i happily read from dr lee’s website that they will provide special sunglasses. but when i went for the consultation, they didn’t mention that it will be provided.
so… i needed to buy one for myself.
had always wanted a gucci one, and NEVER thought i will ever buy oakley.
strangely, kinda fell in love with this one when i tried it on.
so despite the fact that oakley prices are controlled (means no discount even if bought in queensway), i bought it without any hesitation.
damage: $350.
and to join in the fun, dearest got a pair of ray ban as well! wahaha…
he was finding it difficult to decide between 2 colours, and in the end chose e one which looks FIERCE! haha…
it’s special – full black, and the frame is matt! really COOL!
then we went to orchard and roamed around aimlessly… until we thought of a ‘brilliant’ place to go to!
night safari! woohoo!
both dearest and i have never been there before. i knew dearest didn’t like the zoo much… so i was really worried that he will find the night safari boring.
to both our surprise, night safari turned out to be fun!
well, it was something new for us. we took the 45 min tram ride and then joined the queue to watch the oh-my-god hilarious animal show.
then we went to see all sorts of animals, by foot. it was really dark and a little scary… but it was interesting seeing all the different animals, and esp get to see the majestic ones like tiger and leopard up close.
there was this pack of wolves, just standing around on top of a cliff… and then we left them after a short while. and they started howling! i forced dearest to run back to see them in action. it was… impressive! they just kept howling and howling non-stop. pretty eerie too.
and now to check out our pretty and handsome faces! *puke*
we were on the tram, getting ready to start the journey. i feel like a little girl again… anticipating wat’s to come.
this was taken at the z’bar… just for fun… know what it signifies?
once upon a time, my mum called me a zebra. because i spend too much money buy useless things.
“黑白马” in hokkien means “anyhow buy”. hehe… my witty mum.
dearest remembers it, so he made me take a pic on the zebra chair.
oh look what we found! an enclosure for dearest!
豪猪 = haw choo
wahahaha… somemore indian one… haaa…
basically we enjoyed ourselves very much. just that the next time we go, we will make sure we are in shorts and slippers, and have our dinner first! we were starving halfway through the walk! by the time we left it was after 11pm and we rushed to chomp chomp to have a quick dinner.
and today (sunday), we met sheena and jackson for lunch at oasis! it’s been more than a week since we met them. sheena was recovering from a bad flu, and although she did look tired, she has slimmed down and looks prettier!
after lunch dearest and i went to parkway.
to be a zebra again.
we bought:
- a slow cooker $57 (thanks dear)
- a dvd player $159
- a hdmi cable $50
- lots of tonics $100 (dearest bought sooo much for me… because he says he wants me to build a stronger health… at any price… sweet right)
and sometime next week, i will be making hasima for dearest! hope it turns out fine…
it’s a wonderful week. i’m sure everyday will be as happy as this weekend!
e week has passed really quickly for me. Last night dearest and I went to lemongrass and then to east coast park to watch people prawning and playing futsal.
Then we went back to my home… And guess wat, both of us fell asleep around 10.30. Hehe… Too tired.
Therefore, it’s a relatively early sat for us today! I’m now waiting for dearest to come fetch me as I type this.
Come to think of it, i’m really blessed… To have a dear one who spends all his time with me, and to have him come fetch me to wherever.
I’m sure it’s going to be a beautiful day ahead!
i’m now comfortably seated at bugis tcc, waiting for mik to knock off so tat I can meet her to pass her e bonus letter and also bitch about work.
This tcc is pretty nice – a small & cosy place, secluded and quite quiet, with fairly good service and e menu has a fantastic selection of coffee! Well, I dun particularly enjoy coffee but I ordered a Roca Almondo anyway. Let’s see if e side effects of coffee will surface soon. Ha…
So my whole afternoon was spent at Gleneagles. My appointment with Dr Lee was at 2pm but I reached Parkway Eye Centre around 130pm. And later on I realized that I made e right decision to be early.
The clinic was empty when I reached. After filling in some forms, I was called to begin a series of eye tests at around 155pm.
First up was e usual test with e machine, e one which every spectacle shop has. This is to estimate e degree of nearsightedness and astigmatism.
2ndly, it was e cornea thickness test. Again, another machine which i’m required to look into while she pushes some buttons on e control.
Next was to test e pressure of e eyes. A quick gust of air will be directed at my eye, about 3 to 4 times for each eye.
Lastly, another machine with lots of red spirals. E spirals will spin round and round while I stare into a red light. I can’t remember but I think this measures e size of my pupils.
Then e lady told me I have thick cornea which means i’m a good candidate for Lasik.
At this point i’m led into another room where i’m tested in detail on my degree, e same as wat happens when we are getting our glasses.
Except for this part: testing which eye is e master eye. So I was instructed to look at e red dot far ahead of me, and make a circle with my hands and try to capture e vision of e red dot through my hands. And she specifically said, do not close any of your eye.
So I tried. It wasn’t easy. I just can’t seem to fit e red dot in e circle. After 10 secs, I unconsciously closed my right eye to get a better aim. At this point in time, she said: “You closed your eye!” and sounded a little disappointed. (I didn’t know it was such a big deal). So I tried again. This time I closed my left eye and quickly ‘owned’ up tat I closed my eyes – in case she ‘disapproves’ of my actions.
After a while I finally clarified with her tat it’s ok to see e other green dots, as long as e red dot is in e circle. I went “Oh…”. And she chided me: “you never follow instructions”
Wah lau! You administer e test everyday, but i’m doing this for e first time in my life. Of cos you know what to expect, but tat doesn’t mean I can read your mind!
Anyway, small matter… Just felt a little foolish to be chided like that.
After this she brought me back to e first room and dilated my eyes. 3 drops of eye solution in each eye. Wow, it stings! After that I teared for a while. And then started to see blurry images if they are near. I was asked to rest for about half hour before she check my eyes again.
When I stepped out of e examination room, I was shocked. E clinic went from 2 patients to full house!
Then another lady came by to tell me e charges and briefly explained which type of Lasik i’m suitable for. And I continued to wait. Half hour or so later, I was called in and my eyes were checked again. This time it was a very quick check and then I was told to wait for e doctor.
The wait lasted another 20 min or so. When I finally saw Dr Lee, he was chirpy and shook my hand and congratulated me: “say goodbye to spectacles and welcome to perfect eyesight soon!” or somethin to that effect.
Then he spoke of his statistics – 15,000 cases of Lasik to date and zero infections. And jokingly said I better not e his first infection. I laughed along with him but I could tell tat it’s e same rehearsed speech he gives to every of his client.
Then he checked my eyes and confirmed once again that i’m a good candidate for Lasik and he’s very sure with my low degree, thick cornea and not too big pupil, mine will be a very successful case. He also gave me a dilemma because apparently i’m suitable for both e cheap Lasik and e expensive intralase. Price difference between e 2 is $1,600 in total!
Dr Lee says because my case is easy, e cheap one is good enough for me. Success rate is 99.9%. Intralase has a slightly better success rate at 99.99%. And he left e decision to me, which I only need to tell him on e actual day of e procedure.
And then we made an appointment and that’s e end of e consultation. Total damage today is $197.95. The whole thing took about 2.5 hours. I was glad I reached early cos I was e first to do all e tests and see Dr Lee. I’m pretty sure e other patients had to wait longer.
Straight after, I went for my Gynae appointment which is also at Gleneagles but at a different block. Nothing much worth mentioning except that Dr Oei chatted with me about Lasik and advised me to go for e expensive one as long as I can afford it. She said it’s something non-reversible and I should opt for e best.
Anyway I did a pap smear test and also an ultrasound scan. Total damage $180.
Phew! What an expensive excursion!
Now, I need to think about how to plan my leave for the Lasik procedure and also how to travel home after e procedure. Dearest will be working and can’t take leave to accompany me. But i’ll need someone to bring me home just in case I tear too much to see where i’m walking. And e really sweet Alice actually offered to take leave to accompany me! Very sweet right? she’ll have to sit around for 2 to 3 hours doing nothing and send me home and then go home herself lor… But I didn’t take up her offer la… Not nice to impose on her like that. I’m sure I’ll figure out something.
Woo… This is a really long entry isn’t it? Sorry for boring you, that is, if you even read it at all… But I wanted to document down everything about e Lasik process. So that if you want to consider Lasik in future, you can refer to my experience! See? I very nice right… Wahaha…
Good night! It was a long day for me…
I was typing this really long entry about my day on my e71 and I was trying to save e draft when it ALL disappeared! Damn! What a waste of my time and brain juice! Argh!!
early in the morning, when dearest and i had our usual morning call, he said ‘happy anniversary’ to me! yippee… he remembered! hee…
in the evening, we met for dinner as usual. but this time round we went to the newly opened tampines 1 and had japanese food! i think it’s called manpuku or something like that. it’s like marche. the food wasn’t fantastic but i quite enjoyed it… after all, it was spending precious time with dearest
after tat, we actually queued up to go into uniqlo! i saw this really cute t-shirt but dearest felt it was too kiddy for him. so after a long consideration, we didn’t buy it.
then we walked back to tampines mall (the parking is cheaper there!) and on the way i bought myself 2 dresses from ness and also a belt to go along! both blue but i really love them. total damage $221.45 *phew*
and, totally inspired by the dresses, i went home and ironed them immediately! wanted to wear one of them today but ended up wearing another dress (which is brand-new, rotting away in my wardrobe for like a year?!).
i feel pretty! hahahaha…
i didn’t mention this before but my company has mandated a 10-day unpaid leave for staff, effective from April. On top of that, we are unable to carry our unused leaves to next year. effectively, this means that i have a total of 33 days leave to clear in the next 9 months – this is about 3 to 4 days per month!
so, basically apart from the first week of the month, i will be taking at least 1 day off every week. 4 day work week! how shiok is that? nah… it’s not shiok at all because it means i suffer a 5% pay cut every month, and is still expected to complete all my projects and deadlines anyway.
but well, looking on the bright side, i’m off from work tomorrow! and i have many activities planned…
first up! i have decided to pamper myself and go for lasik treatment!
one fine day, a colleague stopped me along the corridor and asked if i’m short-sighted. cos on somedays i’m wearing spectacles, and some days i’m not. then he asked casually why wouldn’t i go for lasik? and he shared the success stories of him and his wife who were like serious myopic before, but now enjoying perfect eyesight!
so he recommended his doctor and i did a research for feedback on dr lee hung ming and he has got fantastic reviews!
so i made up my mind and will be seeing dr lee tomorrow for my lasik evaluation, which is just a series of tests to determine whether i’m suitable for lasik. excited!!!
at the same time, i have made another appointment to see the gynae for a regular pap smear test. both doc are at gleneagles… so convenient!
and then… after my appointments, i’m going to meet J&J! looking forward to hearing how recharged jackie is after quitting her job and also to cheer jaslyn up! we are heading to a fren’s restuarant at bugis… yummy avocado milk, here i come!
and… last but not least, today i received the bonus letter from my boss! this further confirmed that i have sufficient funds to do lasik! haha… and buy a few gifts for dearest, and more! hooray!
absolutely heart this.
watched this last night and told myself i must blog abt it in the first instance.
watch it, listen to it… and feel it.
why would he lose to the other girl? can’t believe it…
on to happier things!
this is a quick recap of my long weekend… just so that my little bird brain will have something to refer to a few month, or even just days down the road.
thursday:
dearest and i had dinner around bugis area, and then we decided to ‘chill out’ at arab street
walked around arab street trying to look for a cafe which serves a huge variety of beer
read about it on hungrygowhere and always wanted to try it
BUT! as usual my little bird brain failed me. can’t recall the name of the cafe!
in the end we ended up at one of the indian coffee shops
dearest and his teh tarik, me and my ginger-o
and so we sat and people watched
friday:
went for a movie!!!
guess where? causeway point… (?!)
long story short – i booked the tickets using ms bai (in case you still dunno wat it means, it’s my e71!) and the screen was soooo small… i chose the wrong cinema.
erm…
but well, fast and furious 4 was a great show!!! love it!
after dinner (damn! i can’t recall what we had for dinner!) we went to dragonfly!
saturday:
met up for a quick lunch and then went home to laze around
during evening time, caught up with phyllis for dinner and to pass her birthday present! i bought something which exceeded her expectation by 4 times! wahahaha…
sunday:
dearest and i originally planned to climb bukit timah hill… but well… weather was good, so we slept in late. =p
instead, we went for prata (how sinful!) at telok blangah…
i tell you, the prata is fantastic! and dearest ordered teh-o halia for me! woot! spicy…
the whole afternoon was spent freezing in topone – we sang from 12noon to almost 6pm. just e two of us!
yep, that’s it, our really normal long weekend.
to dearest: thank you. for everything. you know what i mean. i really really love you…
saw yvonne’s newly uploaded photos on fb.
felt a rush of emotions…
i haven’t visited for a long time… 2 months?
kinda miss them.
my life is full of deceits
y am i so emo lately?
simply makes my day…
Baby i love u… Dun know y, but i just feel like saying it..
and i love you too! *grins*
- dragonfly
- prawn fishing
- singing
- nua-ing at home
- meeting bestie
sounds like a wonderful plan!
who cares if we can’t find a last min getaway? hmph…
so on saturday i went out shopping with dearest and his sister tracy right…
i didn’t mention that she was going clubbing with her friends. tracy turned 21 last week and finally had her ‘passport’ to go clubbing. dearest was extremely worried (probably more worried than the dad) about her safety as he was not sure whether her friends will take good care of her, or whether she could hold her liquor well. and dearest couldn’t exactly make sure she was ok, because he was also planning to go clubbing with his colleagues.
so i did a very brave thing (to me lar): i volunteered to fetch her after her clubbing session.
hmm… turned out that everyone else was worried as well. haha… other than worrying for tracy’s safety, now they have to worry about my safety (and maybe other road users? haha) as well.
anyway, long story short, i drove! alone!
first, dearest drove himself and me to vivo cos he was going st james. then we did a change over, and i drove home. all my myself. the journey was alright. i was rather tensed but i think i drove pretty decently. until i had to park.
i knew it was easier to park between 2 cars. but i was worried. so… the smart alec me tried to park where there are no cars. and i ended up between two lots. LOL. had to drive in and out of the lots like 3 times before i parked properly.
then at around 2am, i drove out again to fetch tracy from one fullerton. when the gps went “turn left 300 m ahead” just before middle road, i almost turned left into the carpark of shaw towers. haha…
after i picked tracy, i went to pick dearest.
so there’s this novice driver and 2 drunks in a tiong car. ROAD HAZARD! hahaha… but all of us made it back in one piece.
and you know what? i’m proud of myself. although i have to say driving at night where there are few cars is definitely not as challenging as driving in the daytime, but i’m happy that i dared to take the first step.
HAPPY!!! maybe in a few month’s time, i can consider buying a car! haha…
there’s this facebook quiz (one of the millions) going around lately. and i saw many of my ex classmates getting results like RI, RCS, SCGS etc… and i wondered if the test results included my school. so i took the test as well.
and my results:
woohoo! is it accurate or what?
12 years after graduating from DHS, and i still have its blood in me! cool!
but then hor… i’m not as ’stuck-up’ as the results state lor… i’m proud of my school but i never thought that DHS was in anyway superior over other top schools.
And… i’m not competitive and unfeeling!
I AM good-natured and kind-hearted. there’s no ‘otherwise’!
hmph!
still… i’m amazed that the test managed to guess which school i was from!
jaslyn… how can you be from nanyang girls! traitor! hehehe…
today… is not a bad day!
met dearest and his sister to run some errands and then head into town to get our new e71s protection screens and cozip casings. then we shopped around a little.
and went to celede for tea-break, supposedly. but as the menu looks pretty enticing, we ended up having our dinner there.
this is what i ordered – rosti with sausages and sunny-side up. it’s a breakfast menu… well, they serve breakfast throughout the day! the rosti… erm… looks really strange. tracy thought it looked like prata, and i thought it looked like fried nian-gao. but it was tasty!
tracy ordered the sea bass sandwich. not bad… fish is fresh… though it will be better if it was warmer.
dearest had the beef sandwich. i’m pretty sure it’s nice cos he finished it all! =p
they have a good selection of teas, juices and desserts. and their food looks really healthy… so i think the place is fantastic to rest tired legs after a day’s shopping, or just to hang out with friends. one warning though – the service sucks….
[edited to add]: last night over dinner, dearest & i said we didn’t know how to pronounce the restaurant’s name. then sheena said “ce-dell” (or something like that) and i was thinking to myself, did i get the name totally wrong? cos i’ve spelled it as “celede”. then jaslyn left a comment and i finally realized it’s “cedele”! alamak… so blur…
caught jackie chan in action yesterday! shinjuku incident
as usual, i didn’t know what the movie was about. didn’t even know what language it was in. only knew that it was rated NC16 a few days before. and heard from channelnewsasia that there’s a scene of naked butts – yea right, you get to see jackie chan’s butt! and also heard jackie chan mentioned that this is the first movie which he couldn’t recommend families, old and young, to watch together.
oh boy, jackie chan was being frank. 45 min into the show, i started to feel disturbed. the movie was filled with bloody scenes – one gang fighting with another. if they have used guns, i’ll feel better. but they enjoy using knives. very sharp knives. if you enjoy Saw, you will find this movie nothing near it. if you cringe at the mention of Saw, then there’s a possibility you will feel grossed out, even if a little, like me.
i could almost feel their pain.
i think i’m kicking a fuss out of nothing. i even suspect it’s because i’m getting old. but if i think about the bloody scenes now, i still feel disturbed.
but hey! it’s a jackie chan movie! very enjoyable still… i love all jackie chan movies!
I received my new toy last night and i’m blogging from it right now! Thanks to my dearest who was so sweet to give up e lovely xiaobai to his love!
Now I have a new hobby to keep me occupied for a good while… Searching for themes, applications, msn-ing, web-surfing… woohoo! Exciting!!!
Ciao! Seeing my dearest soon!
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