Sigh... Dear is having his 2 weeks ICT now... He stayed in yesterday night and tonight cos having some firing thingy in Lim Choa Kang..=( I'm back in mummy place.. Missing him a lot.. Bed feels so big and empty without him...
He'll be back on Friday.. Then going in again on Sunday night ** sob sob** after which I'll only get to him on Wednesday.. He's going to Pulau Tekong for exercise... Hope there's at least mobile connection there... else =(
Yesterday night when dear is not ard, I watched my CSI and started clearing our files at the same time.. at least busy busy, and i won't get bored... Not bad, packed everything nicely into files.. =P
Though dear will be staying in most of the times for this ICT, there is one lucky thingy abt it too... The only lucky thing from this ICT is that it'll be one of his last few.. dear cleared most of his high key ICT while he is in sch and in his early years of work.. yippe...
Can't wait for dear to come back on Friday.. So much things to do on wkend... Will be meeting our ID on Saturday to discuss our 3D design & to choose materials... will be shopping ard for lights (for our dining table) and washing machine and dryer.. will also be visiting our best couple pals at Bishan.. Jus in case, anyone wondering why we visiting them... Ling jus gave birth to baby Jovan.. Congrat, pals =P Can't wait to introduce ourselves to him.. one uncle and one jie jie.. ha ha ha... of course, we missed Jovin dearly too =P
Saturday, pls come faster =P
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Ms Elly
Do you guys remember Ms Elly? She is a gift from me to my princess sister @ work for V-day =P..
Today, princess filled her up with water... but she very unglam.. she started drooling.. Muz be looking at all the guys in office.. Ha ha ha..
Doesn't she look adorable?
Today, princess filled her up with water... but she very unglam.. she started drooling.. Muz be looking at all the guys in office.. Ha ha ha..
Doesn't she look adorable?
Condition of New House
Did a chk of my new place with my Interior Designer.. No bad.. Defects were not as much as I think there would be.. My ID went through all the areas and told us that we were quite lucky.. Workmanship quite well done..
Though there are scratches on the bedroom floor and some areas of the wall were not so smooth, my ID suggest that we dun report them.. Cos eventually, it is in my reno contract that my ID have to polish my bedroom floors, acid clean the whole place and do up all the feature wall.. After all is done, dun think can see all the defects..
Read from the forum that some of the bedroom floor is hollow.. din have that kind of prob.. Me & Zann stepped through every single piece and found all of them satisfactory =P
I guessed I'm pretty lucky.. Reported the defects to HDB already.. Now waiting for them to clear the area.. Meanwhile, had applied to HDB to carry out hacking.. Then my reno can start.. Yippe =P
Though there are scratches on the bedroom floor and some areas of the wall were not so smooth, my ID suggest that we dun report them.. Cos eventually, it is in my reno contract that my ID have to polish my bedroom floors, acid clean the whole place and do up all the feature wall.. After all is done, dun think can see all the defects..
Read from the forum that some of the bedroom floor is hollow.. din have that kind of prob.. Me & Zann stepped through every single piece and found all of them satisfactory =P
I guessed I'm pretty lucky.. Reported the defects to HDB already.. Now waiting for them to clear the area.. Meanwhile, had applied to HDB to carry out hacking.. Then my reno can start.. Yippe =P
Finally... Our Love Nest...
Finally, the long long & tedious wait is over.. Gotten our keys on Tuesday..
Dear got an off day from his officer.. Yippee.. We went pretty early as we were scared to miss the scheduled time.. So had breakfast at MaC...
The process was pretty fast.. Bought our fire insurance.. No queue =P.. Then waited to see the customer service officer.. Pretty fast, our no was flashed on the system.. Did lots of signing in that half an hour.. Made payment for conservancy fees and activated our utilities account.. After 1/2 hour, we were on our way to our new hse..
Did all the usual praying before going into the hse.. Love the place... Unit was bigger than what I expected it to be.. location of unit was gd too.. Even my ID commented this is one of the best layout in this area ***Grin Grin** Can't wait to move in, in Apr =P
Looking forward to it.. Will be updating more pics.. Look out =P
View from my unit (from the window)
Kitchen / Service Yard / Bedroom 2 & 3
Living Room / Bomb Shelter / Common Toilet
Master Bedroom / Master Toilet
Dear got an off day from his officer.. Yippee.. We went pretty early as we were scared to miss the scheduled time.. So had breakfast at MaC...
The process was pretty fast.. Bought our fire insurance.. No queue =P.. Then waited to see the customer service officer.. Pretty fast, our no was flashed on the system.. Did lots of signing in that half an hour.. Made payment for conservancy fees and activated our utilities account.. After 1/2 hour, we were on our way to our new hse..
Did all the usual praying before going into the hse.. Love the place... Unit was bigger than what I expected it to be.. location of unit was gd too.. Even my ID commented this is one of the best layout in this area ***Grin Grin** Can't wait to move in, in Apr =P
Looking forward to it.. Will be updating more pics.. Look out =P
Views in front of my unit
View from my unit (from the window)
Kitchen / Service Yard / Bedroom 2 & 3
Living Room / Bomb Shelter / Common Toilet
Master Bedroom / Master Toilet
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Electrical applicances shopping
Went on a purchasing spree last Saturday to buy electrical applicances for my new house.. So exciting...
1st stop is Sim Siang Choon ("SSC").. Loved the place immediately cos it is like a one stop service centre for kitchen and bathroom equipment.. Dear and I found all the things we liked.. We are not those kind that loved to shop from shops to shops to buy things.. so this place is perfect for us.. And not to mention that services was very gd there.. we were left to roam abt ourselves, taking notes abt the things we want.. then a sales staff will attend to us to go through the things we selected.. There, she will give us advice and opinion... We loved the purchase procedure there...
Bought lots of things from there.. Our kitchen sink + tap, our rain shower set, our MBR sink + tap and our bathroom water heater storage and hood & hob... However, only pd 30% of the total amt.. Dear wanted to pay up in full but the staff discouraged us to do so.. Reason being there will be the presence of flexibility of changing or delecting our purchased items.. So honest in doing biz... We were quite impressed.. Will be making another trip now in abt few weeks time to settle the balance.. By then, we wld know whether there will be any changes to the things that we bought... Meanwhile, we will draft out a list of bathroom and kitchen accessories that we need... Will be getting them from SSC too when we make our 2nd visit there =P
After SSC, we proceed to IKEA for dinner.. Yap, not for shopping but for dinner.. Were are in love with the Swedish food there since last visit, so why not have dinner there, since we are already in the East.. =P
2nd stop is Courts Mega Store.. Loved the place oso.. So huge and has so many things.. We actually knew what we wanted, so we got a sales staff to attend to us.. Courts is having mega sales now.. Things are really going cheap.. Given the budget that we set initially, we managed to upgrade the TV set in our living room from 32 inches to 37 inches.. TV set in our bedroom from 26 inches to 32 inches... and got ourselves the latest home theatre system... and all that comes with free wall mounting and installation.. Clap clap clap.. So happy...
In addition to the audio system, we got ourselves a fridge and our k sized mattress.. so happy... tentative delivery is 2 week of apr.. hope my reno can be done by then =P here's some of the things i bought... happy previewing....
1st stop is Sim Siang Choon ("SSC").. Loved the place immediately cos it is like a one stop service centre for kitchen and bathroom equipment.. Dear and I found all the things we liked.. We are not those kind that loved to shop from shops to shops to buy things.. so this place is perfect for us.. And not to mention that services was very gd there.. we were left to roam abt ourselves, taking notes abt the things we want.. then a sales staff will attend to us to go through the things we selected.. There, she will give us advice and opinion... We loved the purchase procedure there...
Bought lots of things from there.. Our kitchen sink + tap, our rain shower set, our MBR sink + tap and our bathroom water heater storage and hood & hob... However, only pd 30% of the total amt.. Dear wanted to pay up in full but the staff discouraged us to do so.. Reason being there will be the presence of flexibility of changing or delecting our purchased items.. So honest in doing biz... We were quite impressed.. Will be making another trip now in abt few weeks time to settle the balance.. By then, we wld know whether there will be any changes to the things that we bought... Meanwhile, we will draft out a list of bathroom and kitchen accessories that we need... Will be getting them from SSC too when we make our 2nd visit there =P
After SSC, we proceed to IKEA for dinner.. Yap, not for shopping but for dinner.. Were are in love with the Swedish food there since last visit, so why not have dinner there, since we are already in the East.. =P
2nd stop is Courts Mega Store.. Loved the place oso.. So huge and has so many things.. We actually knew what we wanted, so we got a sales staff to attend to us.. Courts is having mega sales now.. Things are really going cheap.. Given the budget that we set initially, we managed to upgrade the TV set in our living room from 32 inches to 37 inches.. TV set in our bedroom from 26 inches to 32 inches... and got ourselves the latest home theatre system... and all that comes with free wall mounting and installation.. Clap clap clap.. So happy...
In addition to the audio system, we got ourselves a fridge and our k sized mattress.. so happy... tentative delivery is 2 week of apr.. hope my reno can be done by then =P here's some of the things i bought... happy previewing....
Friday, February 22, 2008
Airshow 2008
Finally, I visited Airshow 2008 with my colleagues this morning.. Took the internal shuttle bus to the venue abt 1030am.. The venue is quite isolated this time round, so traffice condition + distance took us abt 20 to 25min to reach the place.. Registration was pretty fast cos I pre-registered myself online prior to the event.. Just the sms barcode from my handphone and I'm into the area..
Went to look at the aircraft display 1st.. Shiok.. 1st time so near all those fighter planes.. Pet even took me to spoke to one of the US F-15 navy pilot and the nice, cute ang moh brought us around, telling us all abt the F-15, into the restricted zone....
Pet and I also explored the private jets known as the gulfstream.. super luxurious planes.. The 1st one that I went to can hold a capacity of 6 pax.. the 2nd one can hold abt 16 to 18pax.. The 2nd one is so powerful that it can fly to US non stop in 12hours.. wow.. wow.. wow... We went in to see the interiors... Fine wood... comfy seats which is rotatable as well, spacious dining table, LCS screens, nice bathing area.. No wonder they are luxurious.. Heard from Pet that the 1st one wld costs abt S$8Mil while the 2nd one will fetch abt S$15Mil...
Hmm... where did the rich men got all their money from...
After the aircraft display, we went to see the aircrafts acrobats.. Yap.. again.. This time round, we had an unblock view.. Can see all the "高难度" action.. So excited.. Took lots of photos... Here are some of them.. Enjoy =P
Went to look at the aircraft display 1st.. Shiok.. 1st time so near all those fighter planes.. Pet even took me to spoke to one of the US F-15 navy pilot and the nice, cute ang moh brought us around, telling us all abt the F-15, into the restricted zone....
Pet and I also explored the private jets known as the gulfstream.. super luxurious planes.. The 1st one that I went to can hold a capacity of 6 pax.. the 2nd one can hold abt 16 to 18pax.. The 2nd one is so powerful that it can fly to US non stop in 12hours.. wow.. wow.. wow... We went in to see the interiors... Fine wood... comfy seats which is rotatable as well, spacious dining table, LCS screens, nice bathing area.. No wonder they are luxurious.. Heard from Pet that the 1st one wld costs abt S$8Mil while the 2nd one will fetch abt S$15Mil...
Hmm... where did the rich men got all their money from...
After the aircraft display, we went to see the aircrafts acrobats.. Yap.. again.. This time round, we had an unblock view.. Can see all the "高难度" action.. So excited.. Took lots of photos... Here are some of them.. Enjoy =P
Planes from Army / Navy
A380 vs Private Jets
Black Knights Formation
Black Knights Formation
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Aircraft Acrobats 2008
Singapore Airshow is currently up at Coastal Road, somewhere near to where I worked.. It is Asia's largest aerospace and defence event, is a joint venture between the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the Defence Science & Technology Agency. It is one of the top three air shows in the world and serves as a global marketplace and networking platform for the military and civil aviation community. Singapore Airshow 2008 will be held from 19 to 24 February 2008.
I’ll be dropping by the airshow tom.. Last day of the trade fair.. But before that, I already had gotten a preview of the Aerobatic Flying Displays.. from the 10th floor of my office building…Included in the flying display are the Black Knights and F-16 pilots from the Republic of Singapore Air Force…
Here’s some pictures of the flying show that we took from 10th floor… So exciting cos 1st time watching the show =P
I’ll be dropping by the airshow tom.. Last day of the trade fair.. But before that, I already had gotten a preview of the Aerobatic Flying Displays.. from the 10th floor of my office building…Included in the flying display are the Black Knights and F-16 pilots from the Republic of Singapore Air Force…
Here’s some pictures of the flying show that we took from 10th floor… So exciting cos 1st time watching the show =P
So neat... So cool... So "stylo"...
The Beginning of a Heart Shaped Formation (aka Inverted Loop)
The Complete Heart with An Arrow... (Oops, the cloud is at the wrong place)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
6 more days to go...
Still got 6 more days... before I can see my love nest.. I'm getting impatient...
Been checking HDB website every other hours, hoping to see a time slot for this week.. but no luck so far..
And Dear's ICT this time round is quite "shiong".... hope he can take time off...
Let's wish for the best =P
Home Sweet Home...
Been checking HDB website every other hours, hoping to see a time slot for this week.. but no luck so far..
And Dear's ICT this time round is quite "shiong".... hope he can take time off...
Let's wish for the best =P
Home Sweet Home...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Gambling Night
Visited Sam (dear colleague)’s house on Sunday evening in Bedok..
The hse is huge.. It is a 3 storey high.. They called this kind of hse as town house cos it has both the characteristics of a landed property as well as a condominium.. The hse is standing by itself, so it is like that of a landed property… But Sam has 4 other neighbors, living beside him.. the 5 units form a cluster and shared the parking slots and also a common swimming pool in front of the units..so like condominium style too…They spent quite a bit on renovation too… but I muz say the place really looks expensive…There are 4 bedrooms in the house.. one for Sam’s parents.. the other for him & Julie.. One for the brother and the last one for the sister and her family who occasionally will be sleeping in.. Hmm.. so in future, where does Sam’s kids sleep? Ke ke…Just a thought..
Focus of the night was not Sam’s hse.. I just found it nice so thought of sharing… Limelight of the night was asset restructuring session.. A.k.a. gambling time.. Pls pardon the banker language.. they were even going to bring out funds transfer form that night…
We started off the night with blackjack.. I din played cos I dun wan to dilute dear’s winning.. (** High hopes **)….Dear won a bit from there.. all in denominator of 2 bucks… There was a time when dear got a blackjack…his only time too… then the banker got 15points.. So all void.. Damn it… After a while, we started to play In Between… which I can is more exciting…
This is how the game goes.. Every one will contribute $2 to the common pot… Then we go 1st round distributing Card A.. Then 2nd round, distributing Card B.. starting from the 1st person.. After receiving both Card A & B, faced up.. the person is to choose whether to pick Card C.. Rule of the game is that Card C must be any number between Card A & Card B… If Card A & B is very close by, the player can choose to void that game.. If the player decide to play, he will call out an amount within the common pot of $$, say S$50 .. If Card C is opened, revealing a number between Card A & B, the player can withdraw S$50 from the pool… If Card C is not within Card A & B and does not equal to Card A & B, the player will lose S$50 and this amt will be contributed to the common pot.. If the player draws Card C and Card C hit the pole (I.e. is equal to either Card A or B), the player has to contribute double to the common pot, in this case S$100…
The game started on high note with one of dear colleague having Queen and As as his 2 pole cards…We thought it is not difficult to get a card that ranges from 2 to Jack… So we “encouraged” him to call out all the amt in the common pot which is S$26… He thought he can collect the $$ but when the 3rd card is flipped open… all of us fell off the chairs.. Card 3 is a Queen.. So instead of winning S$26, he contributed S$52 instead… That’s not all.. the same thing happen to him twice in a roll…No luck huh… Another colleague’s hubby even worse.. got a Kings and 2… Thought it will be easy to get anything from 3 to Queen.. SO he called out S$118….which is the total amt in the common pot… When the 3rd card is flipped open… all of our jaws dropped… he got an As… The game took his height when the pot of $$ got bigger… It was a fun and exciting game…
Luckily for us, dear won quite q fair bit… S$120….ke ke ke.. that’s the combined power and luck of snake and rooster.. I supposed next gambling session will be in 2009…. Hope winning streak still continue… Huat Ah… Ke ke ke
The hse is huge.. It is a 3 storey high.. They called this kind of hse as town house cos it has both the characteristics of a landed property as well as a condominium.. The hse is standing by itself, so it is like that of a landed property… But Sam has 4 other neighbors, living beside him.. the 5 units form a cluster and shared the parking slots and also a common swimming pool in front of the units..so like condominium style too…They spent quite a bit on renovation too… but I muz say the place really looks expensive…There are 4 bedrooms in the house.. one for Sam’s parents.. the other for him & Julie.. One for the brother and the last one for the sister and her family who occasionally will be sleeping in.. Hmm.. so in future, where does Sam’s kids sleep? Ke ke…Just a thought..
Focus of the night was not Sam’s hse.. I just found it nice so thought of sharing… Limelight of the night was asset restructuring session.. A.k.a. gambling time.. Pls pardon the banker language.. they were even going to bring out funds transfer form that night…
We started off the night with blackjack.. I din played cos I dun wan to dilute dear’s winning.. (** High hopes **)….Dear won a bit from there.. all in denominator of 2 bucks… There was a time when dear got a blackjack…his only time too… then the banker got 15points.. So all void.. Damn it… After a while, we started to play In Between… which I can is more exciting…
This is how the game goes.. Every one will contribute $2 to the common pot… Then we go 1st round distributing Card A.. Then 2nd round, distributing Card B.. starting from the 1st person.. After receiving both Card A & B, faced up.. the person is to choose whether to pick Card C.. Rule of the game is that Card C must be any number between Card A & Card B… If Card A & B is very close by, the player can choose to void that game.. If the player decide to play, he will call out an amount within the common pot of $$, say S$50 .. If Card C is opened, revealing a number between Card A & B, the player can withdraw S$50 from the pool… If Card C is not within Card A & B and does not equal to Card A & B, the player will lose S$50 and this amt will be contributed to the common pot.. If the player draws Card C and Card C hit the pole (I.e. is equal to either Card A or B), the player has to contribute double to the common pot, in this case S$100…
The game started on high note with one of dear colleague having Queen and As as his 2 pole cards…We thought it is not difficult to get a card that ranges from 2 to Jack… So we “encouraged” him to call out all the amt in the common pot which is S$26… He thought he can collect the $$ but when the 3rd card is flipped open… all of us fell off the chairs.. Card 3 is a Queen.. So instead of winning S$26, he contributed S$52 instead… That’s not all.. the same thing happen to him twice in a roll…No luck huh… Another colleague’s hubby even worse.. got a Kings and 2… Thought it will be easy to get anything from 3 to Queen.. SO he called out S$118….which is the total amt in the common pot… When the 3rd card is flipped open… all of our jaws dropped… he got an As… The game took his height when the pot of $$ got bigger… It was a fun and exciting game…
Luckily for us, dear won quite q fair bit… S$120….ke ke ke.. that’s the combined power and luck of snake and rooster.. I supposed next gambling session will be in 2009…. Hope winning streak still continue… Huat Ah… Ke ke ke
Friday, February 15, 2008
Keys collection date is set... 26 Feb 2008...
Hurray... We got our appt date to collect the keys to our love nest... Finally... Phew
I guessed things really worked after my "夺命连环" calls went out.. I called loan dept early this morning and asked abt my loan status.. Told them that they were supposed to get back to me.. After a while (guess they were chking their system), the officer told me my loan is processed and approved. Immediately, I chked my E-services and found my status to be updated.. It was on 28Feb...
I was contemplating of changing it to 22nd, so I called my CSO.. Sigh.. no more vacancy... Was told to wait till end of the day for her to get back to me.. Me, being very auntie, was thinking.. No fish, prawn also can.. If no 22nd, at least got 26th.. still better than 28th... so i changed my appt date online... To 26th Feb.. Luckily i did that.. Cos the 26Feb got no m0re morning slot after I amended mine... That evening, my CSO called me back and said really no more vacancy.. SIgh, no choice already... Guessed dear has to take time off from his ICT... Hope he can do it =P
Now am crossing my fingers.. Hope someone changed their appt date and free up any dates between 20th to 22nd.. Then I can change mine... I'll be watching =P
All, wish me luck.....
I guessed things really worked after my "夺命连环" calls went out.. I called loan dept early this morning and asked abt my loan status.. Told them that they were supposed to get back to me.. After a while (guess they were chking their system), the officer told me my loan is processed and approved. Immediately, I chked my E-services and found my status to be updated.. It was on 28Feb...
I was contemplating of changing it to 22nd, so I called my CSO.. Sigh.. no more vacancy... Was told to wait till end of the day for her to get back to me.. Me, being very auntie, was thinking.. No fish, prawn also can.. If no 22nd, at least got 26th.. still better than 28th... so i changed my appt date online... To 26th Feb.. Luckily i did that.. Cos the 26Feb got no m0re morning slot after I amended mine... That evening, my CSO called me back and said really no more vacancy.. SIgh, no choice already... Guessed dear has to take time off from his ICT... Hope he can do it =P
Now am crossing my fingers.. Hope someone changed their appt date and free up any dates between 20th to 22nd.. Then I can change mine... I'll be watching =P
All, wish me luck.....
F1 2008... Here we come...
Singapore is holding this year F1 and it is a night race.. We contemplated for a long time whether we wanna go and watch it... Finally, we decided..
Pet went ahead to buy 2 3-day pass tickets. It is at the upper bay grandstand... Was supposed to buy it yesterday but sigh... yesterday system was down.. Managed to grab the tickets this morning.... We will be sharing the tickets with her cos she dun wanna go for final.. Save costs =P
So off we are going to the Final of the world 1st night race and Singapore 1st F1 race... So excited...
Here is our seats... So cool... Dear is finally able to watch one of his fav sports live in action...
Pet went ahead to buy 2 3-day pass tickets. It is at the upper bay grandstand... Was supposed to buy it yesterday but sigh... yesterday system was down.. Managed to grab the tickets this morning.... We will be sharing the tickets with her cos she dun wanna go for final.. Save costs =P
So off we are going to the Final of the world 1st night race and Singapore 1st F1 race... So excited...
Here is our seats... So cool... Dear is finally able to watch one of his fav sports live in action...
V-Day in Office
We celebrated V-Day in office this year.. We had a mini romantic candlelight potluck and a small gift exchange session in our conference room... So cool... So heartwarming...
It's great to have nice colleagues.. So happy working with them =P
Here's some pics for you =P
Enjoy....
It's great to have nice colleagues.. So happy working with them =P
Here's some pics for you =P
Enjoy....
Valentine Day 2008
Yesterday was Valentine Day... Heard that our hse is on the way.. So was quite happy until I called my officer and realised that my appt date is held back by the loan dept..Sort of spoil the day for me..
Luckily, there is dear there for me...
We went out for dinner that night.. To Xinwang... One of our fav dining place... Dinner was gd.. We were chit chatting and even "stretched our ears" to hear the conversation of our neighbours.. Can't help it but they were talking too loud.. Conversation was funny too...Both our neighbours are young couples...
Couple 1...
BF : So you like the dinner?
GF : Okie... Not bad.. Can I asked you a question?
BF : Go ahead..
GF : So how do you spent Valentine Day with ur ex-girlfriends?
BF : ..........................
Couple 2...
GF : Wow.. look.. most the pple here are couples on date.
BF : Of course. Today Valentine mah.
GF : Hey, look at the couple behind you. The girl has such a big bouquet of flowers. Why I dun have?
BF : ............................
GF : So, am I good for you? Did i take care of you well?
BF : Okie lar. Not really.
GF : Who says one? Then the last time when you were sick, who is the girl that took care of you?
BF : ...........................
Ha ha ha.. Dear and I could stop laughing... Were we like that in the past? Hmm.. Maybe.... After dinner, we went shopping at Heartland Mall. The place was packed.. The night ended off with some Ah Jie bread and bun...
Though quiet and too many hoo haa.. we spent our valentine day well cos we are tog and we are so in love..
Dear... Happy Valentine Day
Dear... Next year, we'll spent V Day at home.. And I'll cook for you =P
Luckily, there is dear there for me...
We went out for dinner that night.. To Xinwang... One of our fav dining place... Dinner was gd.. We were chit chatting and even "stretched our ears" to hear the conversation of our neighbours.. Can't help it but they were talking too loud.. Conversation was funny too...Both our neighbours are young couples...
Couple 1...
BF : So you like the dinner?
GF : Okie... Not bad.. Can I asked you a question?
BF : Go ahead..
GF : So how do you spent Valentine Day with ur ex-girlfriends?
BF : ..........................
Couple 2...
GF : Wow.. look.. most the pple here are couples on date.
BF : Of course. Today Valentine mah.
GF : Hey, look at the couple behind you. The girl has such a big bouquet of flowers. Why I dun have?
BF : ............................
GF : So, am I good for you? Did i take care of you well?
BF : Okie lar. Not really.
GF : Who says one? Then the last time when you were sick, who is the girl that took care of you?
BF : ...........................
Ha ha ha.. Dear and I could stop laughing... Were we like that in the past? Hmm.. Maybe.... After dinner, we went shopping at Heartland Mall. The place was packed.. The night ended off with some Ah Jie bread and bun...
Though quiet and too many hoo haa.. we spent our valentine day well cos we are tog and we are so in love..
Dear... Happy Valentine Day
Dear... Next year, we'll spent V Day at home.. And I'll cook for you =P
So near yet so far...
Read from the forum that someone at my Blk is collecting their keys on 26Feb... So I called up my Customer Officer (CSO). We hope that she can scheduled our appt to be before 25th cos dear is going for his ICT that week... So for 2 weeks in ICT, dear may have difficulties applying for off days...
Called whole morning yesterday and finally, got to her in the afternoon. CSO informed us that our loan is not yet approved. So can't give us an appt date yet. Huh, keys are ready but loan is not.. So near, yet so far.. CSO promised to chase the loan for us...
I dun really trust govt officer, so i called the loan dept myself.. A lady answered my call and she really pissed me off.. Here's how the conversation goes...
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Me : Hi, I'm calling to chk my loan application status.
Loan : I'm sorry to inform you that loan application will take at least 1 to 2 weeks to be processed and approved.
Me : I know. That's why I sent it back as early as 21st Jan. And today is already 14th Feb. 3 weeks passed.
Loan : Oh, I see. Let me chk the system. (After a while...) I'm sorry, but there is no data in the system. I'll take note and asked the officer to expediate for you.
Me : Ok. But can I chk whether you guys in the 1st place received my loan? Since you mentioned that 2 wks is the max for processing the loan and for mine, 3 wks had passed.
Loan : I'm sorry, Ms. I don't know. Why not I'll drop that msg for you and get the officer to call you on the status. Thanks for calling..
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Oh my god.. this is how govt works... I'm going to faint... My keys are so near, yet beyond reach...
Called whole morning yesterday and finally, got to her in the afternoon. CSO informed us that our loan is not yet approved. So can't give us an appt date yet. Huh, keys are ready but loan is not.. So near, yet so far.. CSO promised to chase the loan for us...
I dun really trust govt officer, so i called the loan dept myself.. A lady answered my call and she really pissed me off.. Here's how the conversation goes...
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Me : Hi, I'm calling to chk my loan application status.
Loan : I'm sorry to inform you that loan application will take at least 1 to 2 weeks to be processed and approved.
Me : I know. That's why I sent it back as early as 21st Jan. And today is already 14th Feb. 3 weeks passed.
Loan : Oh, I see. Let me chk the system. (After a while...) I'm sorry, but there is no data in the system. I'll take note and asked the officer to expediate for you.
Me : Ok. But can I chk whether you guys in the 1st place received my loan? Since you mentioned that 2 wks is the max for processing the loan and for mine, 3 wks had passed.
Loan : I'm sorry, Ms. I don't know. Why not I'll drop that msg for you and get the officer to call you on the status. Thanks for calling..
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Oh my god.. this is how govt works... I'm going to faint... My keys are so near, yet beyond reach...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A step closer to our love nest...
Hurray... we are getting our keys to our love nest soon...
Our applpication status in MyHDB has been updated... This means that the defects are cleared by the contractors.. Yesterday, contractors handed over the keys to HDB.. Now HDB will be arranging the paperworks for us to go down.. Can't wait to get a date...
Cross my fingers... =P
Our applpication status in MyHDB has been updated... This means that the defects are cleared by the contractors.. Yesterday, contractors handed over the keys to HDB.. Now HDB will be arranging the paperworks for us to go down.. Can't wait to get a date...
Cross my fingers... =P
Monday, February 11, 2008
Once a Sumo.. Not always a Sumo...
Remember the sumo baby that my colleague gave birth to in November? If you can't, here's the link....
http://smallgalinhersmallworld.blogspot.com/2007/11/sumu-baby.html
Dear sumo baby has grown up... Lovely, pretty gal huh...
http://smallgalinhersmallworld.blogspot.com/2007/11/sumu-baby.html
Dear sumo baby has grown up... Lovely, pretty gal huh...
大年初三 & 大年初四
Spent 初三 & 初四 visiting and catching up with old frenzs...
初三...
This day was our CLDDs CNY gathering day.. It was held at Lin Ling's hse due to her being in the advance stage of pregnancy.. Almost all was present except for Andy who was away.. and Juan who is still on "maternity leave".... Zhenni only dropped by a while to say hello and distribute ang bao... The rest of us stayed on..
This yr, instead of playing blackjack, we decided to play Wii.. It was fun... Guowei and Bihua even "attempted" to "destroy" LL's hse.. One aiming at the sofa and the other at false ceiling.. It was funny.. I tried my hands on Cooking MaMa... Nice game... but need skill.. Shall aim to practice more.. (So dear.. you got the hint??? Ha ha ha)
After dinner, while most pple left, we stayed with Ah Bao to have a mahjong session... Rooster is really lucky when comes face to face with dragons and snakes..Won quite a fair bit that night =P
So happy... I even "cried" out "Huat Ah" in my dreams... Ha ha ha
初四...
Went to Peiling hse for CNY visiting.. Had Sushi and KFC for lunch.. This year, we tried something different.. Had chinese tea during the afternoon.. Not those instant kind but those that need brewing skill one.. Had a gd time at that.. Managed to wash away all the fried oil with the Ooo Long tea... Decided to get one set for our new hse next time too =P
Had our usual mahjong session again... Although rooster has luck this year, but we shld never have all rooster playing at same table.. At yesterday gae, 3 roosters vs 1 snake.. In the end, roosters luck cancelled our one another.. and snake won all the money.. Sigh... Lucky thing is that snake is my hubby... So winning is still into the hse.. Yippe =P
Next CNy gathering will be at dear's colleague, Sam hse on Sunday.. A bit scared abt that day.. the pple called it Asset Reallocation Day... Sigh.. signify another gambling session but this will be an atas one...
May all luck unite in the hands of rooster and snake combined... Cross fingers...
(ha ha ha.. Dear is the only snake there and i'm one of the 2 roosters there... the other rooster is Sam who is our host.. but his wife is a dragon.. so power mzy be cancelled... So pray that we'll have side luck... =P)
Huat Ah... =P
初三...
This day was our CLDDs CNY gathering day.. It was held at Lin Ling's hse due to her being in the advance stage of pregnancy.. Almost all was present except for Andy who was away.. and Juan who is still on "maternity leave".... Zhenni only dropped by a while to say hello and distribute ang bao... The rest of us stayed on..
This yr, instead of playing blackjack, we decided to play Wii.. It was fun... Guowei and Bihua even "attempted" to "destroy" LL's hse.. One aiming at the sofa and the other at false ceiling.. It was funny.. I tried my hands on Cooking MaMa... Nice game... but need skill.. Shall aim to practice more.. (So dear.. you got the hint??? Ha ha ha)
After dinner, while most pple left, we stayed with Ah Bao to have a mahjong session... Rooster is really lucky when comes face to face with dragons and snakes..Won quite a fair bit that night =P
So happy... I even "cried" out "Huat Ah" in my dreams... Ha ha ha
初四...
Went to Peiling hse for CNY visiting.. Had Sushi and KFC for lunch.. This year, we tried something different.. Had chinese tea during the afternoon.. Not those instant kind but those that need brewing skill one.. Had a gd time at that.. Managed to wash away all the fried oil with the Ooo Long tea... Decided to get one set for our new hse next time too =P
Had our usual mahjong session again... Although rooster has luck this year, but we shld never have all rooster playing at same table.. At yesterday gae, 3 roosters vs 1 snake.. In the end, roosters luck cancelled our one another.. and snake won all the money.. Sigh... Lucky thing is that snake is my hubby... So winning is still into the hse.. Yippe =P
Next CNy gathering will be at dear's colleague, Sam hse on Sunday.. A bit scared abt that day.. the pple called it Asset Reallocation Day... Sigh.. signify another gambling session but this will be an atas one...
May all luck unite in the hands of rooster and snake combined... Cross fingers...
(ha ha ha.. Dear is the only snake there and i'm one of the 2 roosters there... the other rooster is Sam who is our host.. but his wife is a dragon.. so power mzy be cancelled... So pray that we'll have side luck... =P)
Huat Ah... =P
大年初一 & 大年初二
Did quite a no of things during the 1st few days of CNY...
初一....
We went to dear's grandma hse.. There, we'll meet up with all the cousins and even those relatives that we'll only get to see once a year... Surprising, I even got ang bao this year.. one from grandma and one from dear's smallest uncle.. There is this moustache uncle who oso gave me an ang bao.. Muz be he had forgotten who I am and since I looked younger, I oso got one... I gave ang bao to the 3 kids of the moustache uncle too.. they all looked at me like i'm alien...muz be they thinking who i am and why i giving them ang bao..
Didn't stay very long this year... Left grandma and went home to rest.. At home, we ordered our 1st Mac delivery... Stipulated time is 1hr 15min but our dinner arrived after 30min.. so fast.. the food is still hot too =P really loved Mac...
After dinner, dear and me set off to my parents place... After that, all of us (ourselves, my parents and my sis) left for marina square.. Going to catch the fireworks.. Dear and I missed it on eve cos our dinner ended late.. The fireworks is so nice.. So happy... After the fireworks, we went for prata at Serangoon Garden.. Both of us went home as a full and happy babies =P
初二...
Not required to go for hse visiting this year cos we upgraded... Considered to be as independent family so no need to tag along with dear parents.. So happy.. Finally able to rest at home... Went to my place for dinner.. After dinner, we played blackjack with my dad and sis... Sis, not very gd with her maths and rules of the games lost quite a fair bit of $$$... But we enjoyed ourselves a lot...
Proceeded to Loyang Da Pek Gong.. After the temple relocated from its seaside venue, we haven visited the place.. So was quite excited to visit the new temple... It was crowded.. Much more spacious than the old one too.. All of us even met friends there... We bought a mini "米缸" from the temple.. Suppose to bring us abundance harvest for the whole year..
初一....
We went to dear's grandma hse.. There, we'll meet up with all the cousins and even those relatives that we'll only get to see once a year... Surprising, I even got ang bao this year.. one from grandma and one from dear's smallest uncle.. There is this moustache uncle who oso gave me an ang bao.. Muz be he had forgotten who I am and since I looked younger, I oso got one... I gave ang bao to the 3 kids of the moustache uncle too.. they all looked at me like i'm alien...muz be they thinking who i am and why i giving them ang bao..
Didn't stay very long this year... Left grandma and went home to rest.. At home, we ordered our 1st Mac delivery... Stipulated time is 1hr 15min but our dinner arrived after 30min.. so fast.. the food is still hot too =P really loved Mac...
After dinner, dear and me set off to my parents place... After that, all of us (ourselves, my parents and my sis) left for marina square.. Going to catch the fireworks.. Dear and I missed it on eve cos our dinner ended late.. The fireworks is so nice.. So happy... After the fireworks, we went for prata at Serangoon Garden.. Both of us went home as a full and happy babies =P
初二...
Not required to go for hse visiting this year cos we upgraded... Considered to be as independent family so no need to tag along with dear parents.. So happy.. Finally able to rest at home... Went to my place for dinner.. After dinner, we played blackjack with my dad and sis... Sis, not very gd with her maths and rules of the games lost quite a fair bit of $$$... But we enjoyed ourselves a lot...
Proceeded to Loyang Da Pek Gong.. After the temple relocated from its seaside venue, we haven visited the place.. So was quite excited to visit the new temple... It was crowded.. Much more spacious than the old one too.. All of us even met friends there... We bought a mini "米缸" from the temple.. Suppose to bring us abundance harvest for the whole year..
Reunion Dinner @ Grand Shanghai
Had our reunion dinner at Grand Shanghai on CNY eve.. Arrived abt 9pm.. Place was quite crowded.. Luckily we had reservation.. Food was very good… 5 thumbs up… I even managed to finished all the gd food like shark fins, lobster and cod fish.. ke ke ke…
Here’s some photos for you guys to enjoy…
Here’s some photos for you guys to enjoy…
Friday, February 8, 2008
CNY goodies
Yummy yummy... chk out the things at my mum place...
My uncle works in the factory that produces all the CNY goodies.. On the wee hours of CNY eve, the company will go ard all the NTUC in S'pore and packed back all the goodies.. Then they will sell it to those local shops at a lower price.. Since the quantity will usually be high, uncle will bring some for us... This yr, he brought over 37 cans of CNY goodies.. Oh my god... I took some cans home.. Bro and sis took some to their offices.. Here's what left behind...
Oh, the basket of Brand bird nest and chicken essence is complimentary from me & dear.. not from the factory =P
My uncle works in the factory that produces all the CNY goodies.. On the wee hours of CNY eve, the company will go ard all the NTUC in S'pore and packed back all the goodies.. Then they will sell it to those local shops at a lower price.. Since the quantity will usually be high, uncle will bring some for us... This yr, he brought over 37 cans of CNY goodies.. Oh my god... I took some cans home.. Bro and sis took some to their offices.. Here's what left behind...
Oh, the basket of Brand bird nest and chicken essence is complimentary from me & dear.. not from the factory =P
Monday, February 4, 2008
1st Red Packet in 2008
Visited Jazz at her house on Sunday morning… She had taken long leave to go back to Malaysia to celebrate CNY.. Wanted to give the kids red packets so dropped by her place for a while..
When we arrived, were told that Will is sleeping.. Went downstairs to see him and realized that he had woken up.. but he din cry and make a big fuzz… Looked like we are welcomed guests =P When dear gave Little Will the red packet, he actually smiled.. Lovely boy…
We took turn carrying him.. Will is at 4 mths old and I was actually a little scared when I carried him.. afraid that his neck is not that strong.. But my worries are extra.. At 4 mths old, he is actually quite strong..
After entertaining Will for a while, Will went off to have his milk milk… Lunch time for him.. We entertained ourselves by chit chatting… Jazz showed us her actual day wedding photos.. We missed the event becos we went Europe.. The pics were very nice takem.. I even joked to dear that the photographer really knew “how to enjoy himself”.. Some of the pics taken were of pretty gals and some of the cleavage of the girls… hmm.. wondering what is the photographer thinking..
Jazz also showed us her “pregnant mummy” album.. Apparently, she went to took studio photos when she is pregnant with her hubby… Looked very nice… very sexy.. but not cheap.. She told us that the album with make up and hairdo costs S$1,800… I almost fainted… She is also very daring too even that she needs to bear her whole tummy in order to show the pregnant stomach…
She also took up a baby package at S$4,000… where the studio will take the pics of the baby every month and present it in an album.. supposedly to capture the baby’s growth… Currently, Jazz is happily taking pics of the baby and sending the pics to the professional.. Each mth, there will be abt 200 over pics and they will do it up in a scrapbook for her.. this is not very cheap too… Abt S$200 per mth… Was telling dear that he could pay me and I’ll do up both the photos and the scrapbook =P
Spent a nice morning with Jazz and Will… Looking forward to seeing them again.. Will will have grown so much bigger then =P
When we arrived, were told that Will is sleeping.. Went downstairs to see him and realized that he had woken up.. but he din cry and make a big fuzz… Looked like we are welcomed guests =P When dear gave Little Will the red packet, he actually smiled.. Lovely boy…
We took turn carrying him.. Will is at 4 mths old and I was actually a little scared when I carried him.. afraid that his neck is not that strong.. But my worries are extra.. At 4 mths old, he is actually quite strong..
After entertaining Will for a while, Will went off to have his milk milk… Lunch time for him.. We entertained ourselves by chit chatting… Jazz showed us her actual day wedding photos.. We missed the event becos we went Europe.. The pics were very nice takem.. I even joked to dear that the photographer really knew “how to enjoy himself”.. Some of the pics taken were of pretty gals and some of the cleavage of the girls… hmm.. wondering what is the photographer thinking..
Jazz also showed us her “pregnant mummy” album.. Apparently, she went to took studio photos when she is pregnant with her hubby… Looked very nice… very sexy.. but not cheap.. She told us that the album with make up and hairdo costs S$1,800… I almost fainted… She is also very daring too even that she needs to bear her whole tummy in order to show the pregnant stomach…
She also took up a baby package at S$4,000… where the studio will take the pics of the baby every month and present it in an album.. supposedly to capture the baby’s growth… Currently, Jazz is happily taking pics of the baby and sending the pics to the professional.. Each mth, there will be abt 200 over pics and they will do it up in a scrapbook for her.. this is not very cheap too… Abt S$200 per mth… Was telling dear that he could pay me and I’ll do up both the photos and the scrapbook =P
Spent a nice morning with Jazz and Will… Looking forward to seeing them again.. Will will have grown so much bigger then =P
CNY Festive Mood
This year CNY seem a little too quiet…. Or is it just my gut feel?
Went down couple of weeks to Chinatown… Crowd was manageable.. Most impt thing is that there is no queue at 美珍香.. Dear and I bought what we wanted and we left.. Convinced myself that we must be too early…
Read from the papers that there is a big war going on in Toa Payoh, at the usual big CHY pasar malam.. The vendors are all cutting prices to sell their new year goodies.. Dear and I happily went down last week, hoping to catch some festive mood.. We were thinking there muz be a big crowd given that this is the last weekend before we welcome the Rat year.. but then, to our horror, there is no more pasar malam… Oh my god, TP looks so so quiet without the market..
Later chked with Lin Ling and discovered that the market was closed 2 weeks back.. Is business really that good that all the stocks are sold or is it the other way round? Biz too bad, so the vendors had to cease operation earlier in order to minimize losses? We were quite sad that the market is gone but we entertained ourselves quite a bit.. Shopping at TP is quite enjoyable…
At my place, things are also quieter.. Shops now are not allow to display new year items.. Make the whole place look so dull.. but then rules are rules… I guessed, safety comes first… This year will be the last year that I spent CNY at dear hse..
Next year, we will have our own places and when it comes to CNY shopping, we’ll buying things for own home.. So looking forward towards it =P
Went down couple of weeks to Chinatown… Crowd was manageable.. Most impt thing is that there is no queue at 美珍香.. Dear and I bought what we wanted and we left.. Convinced myself that we must be too early…
Read from the papers that there is a big war going on in Toa Payoh, at the usual big CHY pasar malam.. The vendors are all cutting prices to sell their new year goodies.. Dear and I happily went down last week, hoping to catch some festive mood.. We were thinking there muz be a big crowd given that this is the last weekend before we welcome the Rat year.. but then, to our horror, there is no more pasar malam… Oh my god, TP looks so so quiet without the market..
Later chked with Lin Ling and discovered that the market was closed 2 weeks back.. Is business really that good that all the stocks are sold or is it the other way round? Biz too bad, so the vendors had to cease operation earlier in order to minimize losses? We were quite sad that the market is gone but we entertained ourselves quite a bit.. Shopping at TP is quite enjoyable…
At my place, things are also quieter.. Shops now are not allow to display new year items.. Make the whole place look so dull.. but then rules are rules… I guessed, safety comes first… This year will be the last year that I spent CNY at dear hse..
Next year, we will have our own places and when it comes to CNY shopping, we’ll buying things for own home.. So looking forward towards it =P
Friday, February 1, 2008
Where are my keys?
I’m going to go crazy soon…. The long wait is still not over yet…
Dear made an attempt to call customer service yesterday to ask abt our flat and the tentative key collection time… You see, dear is having his annual ICT for 2 weeks, starting end Feb and ending only in 1st week of March… So hopefully the key collection is before his ICT.. Also dear is going for his sale conference in mid April.. Hope to join him there too.. So hope to move into our new place before mid April.. Looking at all the dates, we die die also have to collect the keys by end Feb… Hope my prayers are heard…
But the call centre gave him a duh answer… that the contractor haven gave the keys to HDB yet.. rem reading from the forum that this is the standard answer that they will give when pple call in… How I wish that they are more kind and disclose a little info to us…
Was browsing through the forum yesterday and discovered that more pple for my side block are getting their keys on 12 Feb and 13 Feb and some 18 Feb… Was grumbling to dear abt it…When is our turn? Wat’s more, there is this girl that I not really close to keep coming to me and updating me abt her renovation progress… Oh my god, can’t she just stop talking abt it… It’s hurting me…
Now dear forbid to keep closely to the forum.. Said it is putting wrong things in my head and that’s why I in such a foul mood… But then how can I not follow the forum closely.. I really anxious abt the keys… and guess that’s the only mean to do it…
So looking forward to seeing a letter from HDB… Keys, keys, where are you?
Dear made an attempt to call customer service yesterday to ask abt our flat and the tentative key collection time… You see, dear is having his annual ICT for 2 weeks, starting end Feb and ending only in 1st week of March… So hopefully the key collection is before his ICT.. Also dear is going for his sale conference in mid April.. Hope to join him there too.. So hope to move into our new place before mid April.. Looking at all the dates, we die die also have to collect the keys by end Feb… Hope my prayers are heard…
But the call centre gave him a duh answer… that the contractor haven gave the keys to HDB yet.. rem reading from the forum that this is the standard answer that they will give when pple call in… How I wish that they are more kind and disclose a little info to us…
Was browsing through the forum yesterday and discovered that more pple for my side block are getting their keys on 12 Feb and 13 Feb and some 18 Feb… Was grumbling to dear abt it…When is our turn? Wat’s more, there is this girl that I not really close to keep coming to me and updating me abt her renovation progress… Oh my god, can’t she just stop talking abt it… It’s hurting me…
Now dear forbid to keep closely to the forum.. Said it is putting wrong things in my head and that’s why I in such a foul mood… But then how can I not follow the forum closely.. I really anxious abt the keys… and guess that’s the only mean to do it…
So looking forward to seeing a letter from HDB… Keys, keys, where are you?
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