Happy Boxing Day to all!

These probably form half of all the presents...
Kel, Fun, Yan and I couldn't resist unwrapping the gifts during lunch time..
and so we did just that...
Sorry to those Ex-MBankers who could only open the presents at night :P


The anxious ones...


My Santee
Glad you like it Yan :)


My Santa is presently far far away in Denmark...
Woohoo! Got my long wanted Kettle!
Hope I don't cause a short-circuit in the office again =X

Our Kbox session @ Marina



Eh, realised we didn't take a group pic... =/
Bah!

Alright, that's all for now...
Till the next update!

Need to prepare my new year resolutions real soon ;)
Happy holidays!

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

Hope you had a great day like me~

Simply love Christmas Eve cuz the half day at work is usually spent exchanging presents, sending one another season greetings!


Some gifts from my lovely colleagues...
Lots of chocolates and together with the few logcakes I had in the past few days...
I'm so dead...


And here's the worst wrapped present in history...
LOL
By Ms Goh YF~ Super "好意思" leh!
Got her last minute gifts and didn't bother to wrap it up for the few close kakis...
but so, I got the leftover BOOST bars...

Anyway, this year, our new boss sponsored some gifts and together with our merchants' hampers, we each had a chance at a Xmas Lucky Draw :)
No luck at the top prizes (including 2 sets of $100 Taka Vouchers :( )
and I got myself a box of Choc Biscuits with a bottle of Red wine...


Wine, anyone?
Nothing expensive though..

After the much anticipated lucky draw, we set off for our department Christmas Lunch at Marina Sq!
Had our group gift exchange and coincidentally, ah Fun and I picked each other!


Got my long wanted ETUDE HOUSE nail polish.
Woohoo!! Time for some blink blink fingers :)
Speaking of which, Boss mentioned that she wanted to bring in some manicurists to pamper all of us, girls, during the CNY period.
Hope it pulls through... Happening man! :)

More updates on the festive celebrations soon!!
Meantime, enjoy yourselves and have a wonderful HO HO HO season!

Mei Mei's Wedding 21-22 November 2009
Chummies 1st Wedding~

The much anticipated Chummies 1st wedding breezed past and we had a blast!~

It started with a few weeks of gathering for discussion on hen's night, corsage-material hunting, gate-crashing ideas, K-box cum hen's night session and items sourcing the night before...

Weddings are fun :)
Especially when our close friends are getting hitched!

21st November 2009
Gate-crashing + Tea Ceremony + Solemnisation

Despite not sleeping the previous night, we still managed to look awake... ;P


Jie Mei Gang!!


Time to grab ang baos!!! Hiak hiak hiak!
We prepared a list of torturing acts our blissful wishes for the groom but due to the lack of photos, shall not blog till I manage to get hold of the pictures!


At the groom's grandma's place!

Back at Bride's place and we were goners...

Drop - dead - tired...
P.S. I'm not digging my nose, I just wanted to make sure the camera does not capture my nostrils at that angle...

The solemnisation that day ended in the evening and we proceeded to the hotel room to rest our tired self. Headed to Toa Payoh for our dinner at Crystal Jade and KOI's bubble tea (the reason we left Orchard for TP)!

The zombie-fied us managed our way back to the hotels (The Regent & Royal Plaza on Scotts) for a good nights' rest. :)
ZZzzz...

22nd November 2009
Wedding Lunch @ The Regent


At the wedding reception...


A shot with the star of the day~


Inside the Royal Pavilion Hall...


With the couple and Mei Mei's cute parents.


Shot with the wacky photographer~

Blog more when the pictures are here!
Calling out to Ah Fy and Mei Mei!!

Dear Mei Mei,
May you have a blissful married life ahead!
Bear more babies please!
*chants*
Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby!
Hugs~!

Finally laid my hands on The Sims 3, all thanks to NB.


The thing about these games... addictive. And yes, I've been playing it for the past 3 days of the much awaited break (from work)!

After 2 resets to my virtual Sims life, I finally built a decent amount of wealth, knowledge (logic etc), personality (charisma etc) and fame to continue my virtual family line. i.e. to "woohoo" and "try for baby" in Sims terms. :P



It was satisfying to see my virtual house, wealth and... "tummy" expanding! :P It was the peak of my Sims life! Built swimming pool, playground, car lots, upgraded my furniture... It was all exhilarating until the game met with some technical bug and everything became very laggy :( Upset!



After a few futile tries to get my Sims cracking, decided to create another family. Miraculously, it worked. But this time round, I had to restart everything. No huge swimming pool, no full bars of "logic" and "charisma" skills :( Being all lazy, I decided to take the easy way out... Sims *ahem* Che*t codes. With the extra amount of Simoleons (currency unit), I bought over all the businesses in town, rebuilt my house, splurge on the most luxurious items and had moolahs to feed 3 kids.

As I sit facing my lavishly furnished virtual house with my Sims enjoying every single item I bought for them, I realised, I didn't know how to continue playing.

It dawned on me that my objectives and goals in the game have been reached, with no effort at all. I was stumped as I tried clicking around, trying to figure out what I should do next (despite the fact that the Sims adults are jobless, children have got some tasks at hand, the wife is hungry, the toddler soiled his pants...)

NB reminded me that I didn't know how to continue because all these little successes gotten with the help of the Che*t code were not results of my effort. The previous game which I spent hours on, got me playing non-stop, made me strive to finish what I set out to do.

I guess this is life. How many times have we taken things that were given to us for granted? Countless I guess. Life blessed us with good family, friends, loved ones and great health. Never mind bout little imperfections here and there... We ought to be appreciative.

Many a times, we wished we were born with a silver spoon. Would I have the same mindset as right now if I am born like that? I am grateful that my family was able to raise me up decently without us having to worry too much (note: too much) about monetary issues. And I am also glad that I was made to pay my own education fees and expenses after secondary school. This probably made me become aware of my finances and inculcate the idea of working hard for what I want. At least I can proudly say I have worked hard and paid off my education fees (ok, not now but in a month's time?), Credit card bills, got my driving license and helped with the household bills/housing loan.

My NB probably taught me a lot too, without both of us realising it. He's a good example of what a tough childhood can do to mould someone into one who works hard for who he is or who he would like to be. Though right now, we may be without a car, we don't dine at classy restaurants, we don't shower ourselves with extravagant items and neither do we have weekly popcorn nights out... I know it will be satisfying to watch us build up our real-life portfolio of wealth, knowledge, personality and family (shy!) in time to come. Just like my virtual Sims - but no bugs when we are at our peaks please!!!

To NB: Good luck on this new phase of your life! 3 years will be over in a wink! :)

When work gets boring...

Time to get a little cheeky...
=P

Haven't been blogging for ages!!
Don't blame me!
*Points at tiger Bank*

Work has been pretty crazy with the launch of RI Value.
If any of you are interested (and happen to have our Card >_<), you may visit the site
Oh... you can catch our new ad that's coming on your screens tomorrow, Friday~
Spent the whole afternoon filming the commercial the other day and left the location feeling like a dirty, sticky lil rat... >_<
But! Something interesting, for a change huh?

Whatever it is, slogged my guts out for this campaign.. Hope nothing screws up!
*keeping fingers crossed*

Enough of work, I'm looking forward to the long weekend ahead!
Monday's off! But seems NB is pretty bz huh?
:(
Shall have to find my programme this Sat...
Well, beside going for a studio recording...
*Yawns* :(

I wanna go overseas!! :(

Had a splendid 6th Anni Celebration with my dearest just yesterday!


Setting off for our lovely dinner =)


Had our fill at Ichiban Boshi... *slurps*


Yummy lobster salad sushi, sushi with dory fish and soft shell crab...


The mains...
NB's favourite unagi and I love my salmon chirashi!


Our set... Good variety!



*burps*
One of our sushi dish ordered did not come so we canceled the order...
NB was too full to even finish off the last piece of maki...
Hurhur...

Just before Midnight, surprised my NB with a little cake for the occasion.


Love :)

Thanks NB for the gift even though we've previous made a pact not to splurge after the HK trip...

Am really touched by the long note you've written for me and the quote which I found especially meaningful. (}) I will treasure it!

I know the next couple of years (3 in fact) will be a tough journey but not matter what, you know who will be there for you :)
Cliche but I mean it :)

LMHK!