I'm feeling rather guilty for neglecting hodiyang when he was here for the past 2 weeks. Usually I'll be too tired after work + school. Usually he'll be in hodiwei's room playing his brand new white DS, or PS, or watching silly videos on the PC. Then I'll pop by his room and say good night, and plop dead on my bed. I guess the only thoughtful thing I have done was to celebrate his birthday with him. He is enjoying himself in Langkawi with the 'morning joggers'. He is becoming an aunty like them soon.

Genting, KL, night safari, and a haircut

Bran and I went on a impulsive short getaway to Genting and KL last weekend, to celebrate his birthday. We were lucky there were seats left, we only decided and made our bookings on the day before departure.

The coach arrived at Genting at 4am in the morning, and check-in is only after 11am... ... dang ... We walked around, napped at the lobby, watched sunrise yadda yadda. We entered the theme park at 8.30am and by 11am, we've finished all the rides.


Dilun & Diyang joined us in KL. I think bran had made a booking for a suite in Berjaya Times Square Hotel. The room is ridiculously big for both of us, comes with a pantry, living hall, bedroom, a bathroom with an adjoining toilet. We've had too much chicken on the trip. Bran ordered KFC upon arrival at Genting. We ordered a Super Supreme for lunch, but the waiter made an error and they gave us Chicken Supreme. Dinner was at Kenny Rogers. We had Kenny Rogers again at KL. And bran ordered a bowl of Curry Chicken Noodles before we came back to Singapore on Monday. Ooh..and it's nice to have A&W again! But everything in M'sia seems to be spoilt. When we were at A&W, we were told that we can't order any meal because the root beer dispenser, waffle maker and everything else was not working. When the problem was fixed half an hour later, even the hotdog bun of diyang and dilun's coney dog broke into two! wahahahahaha!


Diyang came to Singapore with us and..we were off to the Night Safari (again) on Wednesday. This time with momma and Xueling.


Anyway, I've finally chopped off my locks after.....6 years. =)

gucci-ed!

hello, I would like to make an announcement.

I got my first Gucci today. It's a 'princy' medium boston bag. The very same one I mentioned in an entry in March. Trigger happy =)


Okay, more piccas from Monday's opening ceremony.

with lovely Sherril

Corporate sales team +
loyalty marketing & sales development coordinator (this damn long title belongs to tasha)
with present CEO Philip

whee~ half of CXSIN marketing & sales team
with Philip, Patrick and Stephen

opening ceremony

Whew! It's finally over! I was worrying about the opening for the past week..from finding golden scissors, ribbon balls, roast piggie, a reputable caterer, how to address the ambassador..the most worrying part was how to keep the ribbon balls on the wall for one minute. I was so afraid the mounting tape can't hold it up for long. Connecting the balls caused a big headache..I don't even want to be reminded of it. Anyway..enjoy the piccas.

elaine, fellow tp alum & corporate sales buddy;
neighbour and organizer of the opening ceremony

tash is working on sherril's hair, and sherril is completely like
a tai-tai. she's reading a mag while tash tries to bun her super thick hair.

yoohoo! me and sherril.
these are excess uniforms. couldn't get any smaller sizes though.

me and queen

momma judy

we're coffee and milk.

hello it's rude to laugh at my small tooth.

happy father's day

Korean bbq dinner with family + bran. =). It's been so long since we had korean bbq together, and today's was pretty satisfying.

Met bran + family for seafood dinner on Thursday. His extended family were having a chalet there. I had applied for an off-day on Friday since he was scheduled to go to Tekong on Friday. BUT! Surprise surprise! His deferment was granted at the last minute! =). I want to go cycling with bran again. Bran had told me earlier that he sniggers everytime a creaky bike goes past him. Yeah, because he has a ridiculously expensive roadbike. And guess what, he got a creaky bike on Thursday. heehee.

Anyway, I shall end off with a very embarrassing photo taken in the new office.


Hahaha. That was Sherril's batman outfit. She has a complete set, with leotards and all. Sherril was holding my cape so I looked like I was flying. heeheehahaha

Sunday, 10 June 07

hola! exams are over. =)

The past week was spent packing the office, revising, and moving to our new premises on the next block! Good thing we're only moving to the next block, and we're now 50m nearer to the MRT station. yay.

lub lub

I'm so grateful for the PH, I eventually spent an evening with boyfriend after he sent me on a guilt trip for neglecting him for the past weeks. I'm so glad I decided to meet him yesterday. We drove to town, walked the shops for an hour and bran drove within the city with the windows down, ah-beng style. Perhaps it sounds like what you do everyday, but I still enjoyed myself very much, because that was the first time we went on such a date after 6 years of being together. We had always wanted to go out for a drive in the night, but by the time bran arrives to pick me up, I'm ready to fall asleep anytime. boohoo..

graduation!

Some piccas from the graduation ceremony on Monday.

with papa and momma

hello, my best ally at CX.

"where's Andre?" Haha I had such a good laugh reminiscing
with Jia En (middle). We had so much fun in the kitchen, digging at each other
and discussing about desperate housewives and
project runway and ANTM during classes.

She's a chef now??! I can't believe she's the same girl who hated
Indian spices so much. She made me make the funny-tasting Mexican chicken
during culinary lessons, because she thinks Turmeric will make her
hands rot. =)

She's tossing salads at Flutes now. =)

Thanks for coming Ben & Judy!

momma asks for Judy's beauty secrets

Surprisingly, I don't feel as tired as I was last week, and tomorrow is Friday! Work has been fine..I'm generally happy there, except I'm not labelled as a "team-ist" (as in racist) because I refused to share a tub of ice cream with them. We were feeling yesterday, so I suggested cones (everyone can pick their favourite flavour also mah...) The tub of ice cream was to be shared between the 3 divas and myself, and the tub would be passed around according to seniority (!!). So..by the time it reaches me, it would have a) been licked clean b) melted and looked disgusting.

On a happier note, bran met me for lunch yesterday and we had 2 pasta, 1 video tape-size pizza and 3 anti-pasti dishes at the italian joint below my office. And we finished everything up. Well done!

I haven't been getting any rest these few days, and the angst and frustration is getting into me. I haven't seen bran for ages too. I ought to be spending more time with him before we get separated for the longest time. Bran dropped by on Friday night, but I fell asleep within 15 minutes after he came, and he had to leave early the next morning. boohoo.

harvest moon addict

I finally caught Phantom of the Opera with the boyfriend after procrastinating for 2 months. We paid slightly more than $145 each for two Level 3 front row seats. I enjoyed the show very much, all the time holding bran's hands.

Finally met up with Christine after 3 months, for barely one hour. I have no discipline at all, =P sorry my friend. Glad to see you again!

Sunday is well-spent. 12 hours sleep, cleaned hamster cages, revision and mother's day dinner.

Some piccas from birthday celebrations in the office.

a very sleepy tung

Waking up is really the hardest thing to do these days.. Classes 3 times a week, work, spending time with bran, and playing harvest moon on DS till 3am =).

Bran fell ill last week. He looked like a poor puppy when he slept. I went to bran's after class on Saturday and we lazed on the couch, watched Kill Bill while I played harvest moon again. =)

We finally visited Night Safari on Sunday. Papa managed to get us complimentary passes because his company adopted the flamingos (of all animals / birds...).

Ever since I started working, my bank account has been in a worse state than before I joined CX. It's bad, because I don't feel the pinch when I spend now. And every time I go to Hong Kong I will exhaust about $800 even if I only have one day for shopping. How ah?

Bellini Room

I've just returned from St James. We had an unofficial Marketing & Sales outing at Bellini Room where Runi's brother-in-law's band is playing. Runi is so happening these days, she's over 50, listens to Justin Timberlake, and planned this outing. The place was not too bad except there's a serious lack of seats. They play jazz music there, the lead singer is pretty good. We requested he sang a birthday song for Runi and he totally swept us off our feets. But the company was the main reason I enjoyed myself. There were tasha, elaine, chris toh, runi, ben, jenny, agnes, rai, sue from American Airlines and JUDY! Surprise!

Something really saddens me.. There's nothing I can do here, I can only hope for the best..

of batam trip and elaine's birthday

Left for Batam after work two Fridays ago with the SPA-kies, and I slept my whole trip away.. I initiated the mahjong marathon since I wasn't going for spa, and I had to leave early the next day to get to school on time on Saturday. So to make my money's worth, I have to play mahjong the whole night. But I was the first one to fall asleep without playing a single round of mahjong. I wasn't even aware everyone came to my room after their spa session. boohoohoo

Happy 22nd Birthday Elaine Tan! To hooters for dinner on Thursday, then to St James. Tasha, Sherril and Elaine danced the night away, while Daniel, Boon and I sat at the couch to people-watch, and thought of how to survive the next working day. Tasha and Elaine had the Friday off, Sherril is born to party (I almost typed "porn"). I'm so boring eh? I prefer to stay home, watch tv and watch bran sleep.

Bran is due for Tekong on 15 June. What will happen to bran.. What am I do to.. I'm going to miss him very very much..

On a lighter note, I got myself a VAIO TX-57 2 weeks ago. I fell in love with it the moment I saw it (which coincidentally was the day it was released), and bran has been nudging me to get it since February. Happy.

Hodiwei bought a Nintendo DS Lite too. We were too addicted to dilun's DS. I was so absorbed into wario ware that I missed my stop on my way to bran's cousin's baby's first birthday party.

On Friday, the lionhead escaped and decided to hide under the water tank on the roof. My mom searched for it for half an hour before deciding to call me at work, and I can't do anything! What's worse I'll be leaving for Batam with the SPA-kies that very night. If the bunny was not found by afternoon, I didn't think I would want to go to Batam. I told my mom to wake bran up (who was still sleeping soundly at my place), since the rabbits seemed to have better affinity with bran. They found it under the water tank but it was impossible to reach for it unless you crawl under it. Momma tried to lure it out with some food but it just wouldn't move. So bran went under the water tank and crawled on the dirt and grime to get the stupid rabbit out. I was so afraid bran will be scalded by the hot water pipes. What will I do without him..

This is the second time the lionhead has tried something stupid, after jumping into the 1m high pail filled to the brim with rainwater and tried to drown itself. My heart sank when I saw it in the pail, I thought it had drowned. I didn't know how long it had been inside because by the time my mom and I found it, it had stopped struggling; floating around with only its nose above the water. I carried it out immediately, wrapped it in towels and hugged it tightly.

A long week ahead, can't wait for 1 May!

Hong Kong, 2

2 weeks ago, we celebrated Helen's birthday. She's a helluva fun, that crazy momma. She's full of dirty jokes and exaggerated expressions. Our day ended with another mahjong + pizza session. This time, we managed to play 5 rounds in one and a half hours. We're getting addicted to it. I asked bran to join us and he asked if he could say "I'm here to play mahjong," to the guards.

Helen with the routine cake from Cedele.
I had a picture that we really like (it's a candid shot of Helen "ripping off" her clothes),
but she will kill me if I post it up =P

that's me and the birthday girl

me and mentor natasha

lovely sherril with helen

my gift to helen

I'm back from my first duty travel. Lucky me! I really enjoyed the training and I have never felt so confident about performing at work before. Tash was due for another course in the same period so we left for HKG on Sunday morning. It was my first ride on Business Class and I truly enjoyed the ride. Natasha was a great traveling companion and I'm not sure if we'll ever have the chance to travel together again. And..Cathay City is way cool! It has everything. Headland is just beside Cathay City so you can wake up half an hour before class and still get to class on time. We were transferred to Novotel on Monday, and it's good too, because it's just beside Citygate outlets and right above the MTR station =). But shopping was excessive. We spent way more than we had expected to, since both of us were in HKG in early March. She brought me to her favourite places and I brought her to my favourite haunts and we bought too much.

Novotel is cheeky. You can slide the door open and
watch the person in the bathroom bathe..

..or do his business

Tash came back on Tuesday and I felt so lonely that night! There was no one to talk to..bran is so sweet to call and text me every night. But on one particular night, bran rang when both Tash and I were in deep slumber. Both of us woke up, looked at each other, frowned and wondered where the noise was coming from.

I met Ben and Daniel at HKIA, they were on their way back from Macau where a PR conference was held. Our flight departed at 2000 and I could see fireworks below us when we were in the air! It's not engine problem lah..it's the fireworks which Disneyland displays every night at 8pm. =)

with tash =)

Now that I've experienced flying on business class and staying at shangri-la, I'm afraid I won't be able to accept anything less. It's addictive..oh no..

Many times, people ask me what my job entails. When I don't feel like explaining it all over again, I just accept whatever they think I do. I do get strange job descriptions like "you sell your company away", "you sell travel agents (???)", or weisong will simply summarise into "you sell aeroplanes".

smelly lion-lop

luckily i took some pictures of the smelly lion-lop yesterday, because when I reached home today, both ears have dropped! It's looks so sweet now..

1 month ago

yesterday

today, with a super grouchy look because i woke it up to have its picture taken
BECAUSE the boyfriend misses it

little lion and bunny

It's getting busy at work!

Daniel said, "Work can never be finished." so with that I left for home.

Lunched at NadaMan at Shangri-La =).

Oh, the little lion's ears are lopping so..it's a lionlop now? It eats and eats and eats, every time I look for it, it's eating. But it's still quite skinny

lion-lop, it's about to eat again

fat bunny

why does one ear always fall before the other?

mahjong

After CX's Recreation Club AGM last evening, Daniel eagerly taught tasha, nelly, elaine, sherril and myself mahjong. It was tasha, nelly and my first time playing it. Stephen and mahjong guru Helen joined us to give us tips. We spent one a half hours playing 3 games, which is extremely slow! And we're not even at the powerful combi stage.

Tash and I played as a team since she can't read the chinese characters, but she's doing well =). She likes to shout "pong!" though, and Stephen said, "you wish!" several times because she "pong!" unnecessarily. Hahaha

Tash and I won 2 out of 3 games and one win was a zi mo peng hu which was apparently quite a big win, but there was no money involved. We only left at about 10.30pm.

Bran said, "Now I know why there's always people in the offices of shenton way late at night...they're all playing mahjong"

tomorrow

When tomorrow comes, my life will change forever.

Bunny seems better last night. It was hopping around slowly, playing with the little lion. She allowed me to stroke her today but still did not allow me to carry her. And the little lion is still too small to hug! Not nice to hug!

Bran slept his Sunday away. He only saw one hour of light today. tsk tsk..

of BRAN-ded bags

Bran told me a small patch of hair was shaved away on the underside of the rabbit and a "Y" incision was made on the girl. ouch ouch! Bunny wouldn't even let anyone near her. She didn't do a binky today and I can understand why. When my dad tried to stroke her she bit my dad real hard. Bunny simply stretched out her neck and that sent the little lion fleeing. The vet has warned us that the rabbits may be aggressive because they may be in pain. She allowed me to stroke her but I had to do it very slowly. Poor bunny..

A whole day of shopping with bran today. From long long ago, bran always said that it's every woman's dream to own a branded bag. Probably about 2 years ago, I told bran that I like Gucci bags. When I came back from Hong Kong, I told him that I want the classic 'princy' medium boston bag. He didn't understand why I'm in love with it. He insisted I'm in love with the idea of Gucci and not the bag. Today we entered the boutique and I showed him the bag.

Bran: It looks normal what...
Tung: -slings bag on shoulder-
Bran: -thumbs up-

Bran: When I saw the bag, I thought nothing of it. When you carried it I thought it looked grreeaaat!
Tung: =)
Bran: So do you feel more beautiful carrying that bag?
Tung: I feel like a goddess.

That particular bag is $1400. aiyaiyai..hopefully the all-wonder airline pass will get me some discounts at the boutique at the airport.

I also told bran, I'm afraid I'll be addicted to branded goods. He agreed with me too. Once I start I won't be able to accept anything less. And there will only be upgrades from then on. Oh no..