Yummy food again... hehe...

How not to get fat.. hahaha.... Yummy food that our vendors has bought for us.. hehe..

Yummy Chicken Pie from Don Pie Club!

Sushi from Sakae! =D

... And it all goes to our tea break!

New buys!!

Haven't had much time to update recently - been busy with work & frens and all..

But.. very happy... ^^

Well, bought 1 more new dress recently from my fren's site: Sticky Chewy Choc.. Love this kimono dress!!!

Thanks babe!!! For keeping me in mind!! hehe...

Fun weekends!!

Our RSeries bros~!!! ^^

A touching story... An important lesson...

A Heartrending story which might relate to anyone of us...

When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man!

That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; I had lost my heart to a lovely girl called Dew. I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, 30% shares of my company and the car. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Dew so dearly.

Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn’t have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Dew. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but needed a month's notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a months time and she didn’t want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that everyday for the month's duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy.

Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Dew about my wife s divorce conditions. She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully. My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don't tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset.

I put her down outside the door.

She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest.. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn’t looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me. On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn't tell Dew about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.

She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily. Suddenly it hit me; she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart.

Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head. Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it's time to carry mum out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.

But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy. I drove to office... jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind... I walked upstairs. Dew opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Dew, I do not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished. Then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Dew, I said, I won't divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other any more. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death does us apart.

Dew seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away. At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote: “I'll carry you out every morning until death do us apart”

The small details of our lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, the property, the bank balance that matters. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse's friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!

If you don't share this, nothing will happen to you, but if you do, you just might save a marriage.

Relationships are made not to exploit, not to be broken.

We teach some by what we say

We teach some more by what we do

You don't get to choose how you are going to die, or when, but, you can decide how you are going to live, here and now.

People will forget what you said ...

people will forget what you did ...

but people will never forget how you made them feel ...

Fireworks!!

Hurray! I'm going to go for the Fireworks Festival this year too~! Wheeee!!! My company is totally cool! hahahahaha....

Convocation...

Yay, i'm finally officially a graduate - with the ceremony that marks the rite of passage just over, i guess i do feel a leeeettle something for the school.. But, no, i still ain't gonna join in the 'class gift' thingy. Not even if you send letters to my mum... hahaha...

Breakfast!!!

Yummy McD breakfast today from my boss today!! She says its for me & Benedette's inititaive in cleaning up our work area!! hehe... very happy!!!

Pretty Pressies & Lovelies!

Lovely T from my sis.. All the way from Japan~! hehe...
Present FOR my mum.. to match us all! haha...
Lovely bracelet tt my sis & I each got.. ^^
Beautiful butterfly chain tt my dear Jean got for me.. ^^ Love it to bits!!!! Thanks babe!!!

Yummies~!!

I LOVE DURIANS!!!

First day @ work!!!

Three angels~.. =)
Lunch with my new colleagues today.. Located conveniently between Chinatown, Tanjong Pagar, Maxwell Market & a dozen other makan places... Ah - i'm so gonna get fat.. haa... Yummy dinner w Mark after work! Feast - for first day of work!! Yippee!!
First time i ate @ the French Restaurant @ Sturdee Road.. Not bad - can be cheap or expensive depending on individual's choices i think.. We took the set meal @ only $16.80, and it comes w a soup of the day, main, and dessert... This is the creme caramel -nice isn't it.. The syrup is so smooth & golden that you can even see the reflection!! hehe...
Good choice if you are able to go early - bout 6-ish or so - no crowds.. ^^

I've learnt...

The best accessory a girl can have, is a sincere smile...

last 2 days of freedom...

Before work starts tml - some stuff to do b4 i am too busy... hee... Pick up my gown for convo.. ^^
Enjoy a good dinner @ Sakae... =P
Chiong some free-lance work @ SATS, along w some 'freebies'!! hahaha....

Frens... ^^

Lovely dinner @ Astons w my dear frens!!! Missed spending time w u both!! and yes.. we'll get around to cooking together again! hahahaha....

Freebies Galore!!!

Checked out this site recently! Lots of freebies and stuff.. =) just in exchange for a contribution towards the postage fees - it's really worth it.. Check it out now! Hee.. there's lots of stuff for guys too! :P

Jobseeking Rants~!!

I went for an interview in the previous weeks... And it was the first time i lost interest in the company even BEFORE the interview. The company was originally one of those i had the highest amount of interest in. Darn sad.

My interview time was at 5pm, and i was told to come at 4.45pm to fill up forms and all.. So i went, and filled up the forms, and waited - just like any good interviewee, like any other interview... So the gal from HR told me that the person b4 took a really long time, so i had to wait.. Ok, so i waited in a room, all by myself... So why am i irritated?

I waited for a good 45 mins before anyone appeared.

I had so, so, SO much time that i doodled all these...

My frens all tried to placate me, saying that maybe they were trying to test my ability to be patient. Huh! Honestly - all it tells me is that they are not sincere about the whole thing.. That they have much more candidates than they know what to do with. And because they have such a big pool of 'choices', they can afford to treat them shabbily, cos, after all - SOMEONE will take the job!!!

Seriously, if a company doesn't even recognise the time of a person is precious when they are just interviewing - you start to wonder - what about when they become its employees?!?!?!

Malacca...

Just me & my dar... Luv u dar - without you, i would not have enjoyed this trip so much!! Muackz!!!!
~*~
Me & the gals~!!

aw... wish i had brought my swimsuit... hahaha...

Malacca Escapade!!! II

Selamat Pagi!!! Our RSeries convoy flag!

Rainman & Little Ethan, with Dewi & Baby Chloe!! My yummy chendol @ Tan Kim Hock~!

The Oldest Temple... Cheng Tang Huang... Small it may seem - but the details are breathtaking...

Baby Ethan~!!!

Impromtu Car formation

Malacca Mini-shoot!!
very cute one.. you'll see the guys normally just lounging around - but when the cars start gathering, au-to-ma-tic, they will park in line together, and cameras start appearing.. hahaha...

At long last.. Home sweet home... =) This has really been a wonderful trip!!!

Malacca Escapade!!! I

Drove up north the prev weekend w my RSeries frens... Lots of fun, lots of photos!! haha...

Morning briefing...
really really early in the morning.. Zzz.... But all our bros are in high spirits! Setting off!
Beautiful skies - a foretelling of our journey ahead~ =)
The blue blue sky & endless road~
Machap rest stop!
woohoo~ we dominated the place~~ hahaha!!!
Me & my dar!

Welcome to Malacca~!! Hee....

We made it there after a looong ride... =D

Dar's car, alongside one of the fellow forumer's car - who has a business in spray painting & car designs.. hee...

Lunch stop @ Makhota Parade! There is a Newton food centre there too!! hahaha... I"m serious, same name - similar pattern.. hee - didn't take photos - too hungry! :D
Dinner @ BeiZhan Restaurant - very very yummy food!!!
Collage put together by another bro... =) The yummy food!! Apparently it is a really famous restaurant - heh.. The ultimate - the chicken soup is the best!!! Sweet & really fragrant...

Jonker's Walk - the famous pasar malam nightspot! lots of fun, lots of food and curios stuff...