Dental & BS Appointment

It was a "me" day ystd coz Dar had to work and so cldn't accompany me. :( I actually wanted to go and try the McGriddles for brekkies but realised that it might be beef (does anyone know if it is chicken or beef pattie??) & thus decided it wldn't be a gd idea 2 go since Dar don't take beef. But he had 2 wake up early 2 work anyways so juz as well...

Went for Dental in the am for my "big" project earlier coz wanted 2 meet my ex-colleague for lunch but ended up having to wait & thus had 2 cancel the appointment. Spent a total of $220 ystd; $40 each for laminating 2 teeth, $80 for retainers for my lower teeth, $35 for polishing & $30 for filling in a HUGE cavity. My colleagues commented that it was q cheap :))) Wanted to make retainers for both the top & bottom teeth but the dentist suggested just doing the bottom one coz i) the upper teeth were still orderly whereas my bottom teeth were getting a little "crowded" (but i dunno why that needs retainers!!!) n ii) coz he didn't want me 2 scratch my nice laminated teeth when i put on n take off the retainers. How thoughtful... Unfortunately, the retainers will NOT stop me fr grinding my teeth @ nite which really irritates Dar. Guess he will hafta bear w it :P The dentist was surprised @ the cavity in my teeth coz it was already q huge; he had to clean the cavity b4 he cld fill it in but it was too sensitive for me & I had cringing away even though he told me not to. I told him I have a huge phobia for dentists after my horrifying experience w my orthodontist extracting my teeth when the anesthetic haven't seeped in... OUCH!!! So in e end, he had to give me a jab even though he only had to clean the area for juz a little bit more. But later in the afternoon after the anaesthetic have worn off, there was this sore feeling & I felt really uncomfy. Asked Dar if it was normal n his reply, "Huh? How wld I know? I m not a dentist... Ask ur dentist lah!" gosh some help he is! :P

In the pm was my appointment w my BS for trail makeup & also the fittings for my gown. Am so happy to see my gown again hee hee. She has done some alteration for me so it fits much beta now, only that the spaghetti straps were a little too tight & the gown was a teeny weeny too long such dat I kept stepping on it!!! She will be doing the alterations for me & add more beadings to the gown. I hope she add LOTS more so it will b more bling haha. As for my evening gown which is like a cheongsam, it was q ok, only that the collar was a too tight & a bit too high. She had to keep telling me not to slouch so dat the cloth wldn't crease @ my stomach haha. I haf v bad posture I know but it is too late for me to do anything liao (n anyways i m too lazee haha!) Will be goin for the next fitting together w Dar in late May so hopefully he can take some pics then I can post it here :) The makeup artist was q frenly & I m glad the makeup wasn't too thick... here's a pic of me w the makeup... n check out my new pearlie whites :PPPP

Made an appointment for body massage in the late pm since Dar was working n wanted 2 meet him for dinner. The massage therapist assigned to me ystd was q gd n professional; she told me the body mask she was gona use for me wld make me perspire so as to get the toxins out and also so that my skin wld b able to absorb the massage oil better. & I really did perspire a lot!!! She was really q gd so much so dat during the massage, I didn't feel the soreness in my mouth 1 bit!!! But it came back aft the massage... so strange hor? Tried to book her for subsequent appointments but was told she is full till June for wkend appointments! :(

Finally met Dar @ nite 2 pick him up coz his van broke dwn. Went to eat v delicious ice kachang where the ice was so fine it simply melted in your mouth!!! Dar has been raving abt this ice kachang for weeks so I was mighty happy that I finally gotta eat it! Yummz!

Settled!!!

I thnk I haf finally learnt my lesson and am NOT goin to lend anybody any money anymore. First lent my JC friend some money many years back coz he got burnt whilst playing the stock market, only to have him disappearing some months later, dropping out of Uni and chalking up many creditors @ that point in time. He has since "surfaced" but I doubt anyone has gotten their money back. & couple of years back, I lent my good-for-nothing cousin a couple of hundred dollars coz his Dad juz passed away & he was as usual jobless. When I told Daddy that he has approached me for money, he immediately told me not to lend him the money but later "relented" & told me dat if I wanted to lend him the money, I muz b prepared not to get the $ back. Well, I already knew the chances of me getting the money back was close to naught but lent him the money nonetheless as he still had a teenage daughter to support. Couple of months dwn the road, he not only didn't return me the money but had the nerve to ask me to be his guarantor for buying his car!!! What!?!?!? No money to return me but has money to buy car?!?!? Of coz my ans was a flat No although he tried asking a few more times. Needless to say, I never heard fr him again. (oh he still came to my hse during CNY n Dar was v pissed coz he juz sat dwn there wout acknowleging us or bringing up the matter of the $)


The latest incident was me lending $500 to my now ex-colleague fr my branch in Oct/Nov 2006. She claimed that her fam was having some prob (sis undergoin divorce n blah) n thus needed some $; I gave her the benefit of the doubt although I believed that she was using the $ to help her then bf pay for some car parts. My colleagues asked me how come I still lent her e $ know that she is q a spend-thrift/extravagant person but it was diff 2 tell her that i didn't have the $ n some more she already tried to borrow fr 2 other colleagues. Her first 2 payments were q prompt (she said she wld return me $100 every month); first payment in Dec b4 she resigned & 2nd on in late Jan/early Feb when she came back for our branch CNY dinner. Subsequently, didn't really meet up w her but still tok 2 her a bit on n off on MSN but didn't chase her for the $ coz she was in between jobs & nice me decided to give her more time. However when she still didn't take any intiative to return me the $ in Oct, i texted her n told her to return me the remaining $300 by the end of the year to which she agreed. My idea was that she returned $100 every month n it wld b juz nice.


Who knows 2007 came n went & I still didn't get the $$$!!! & I was pissed coz here she was here claiming that she had no money but there she was going places w her bf & doing her hair & all!!! So during the 2nd wk of Jan, I msged her again telling her that it was now 2008 and she again claimed she had no $!!! @ that time I was still q nice so I told her by mid Feb and she again agreed. (Mid Feb coz aft CNY mah so shd haf a LOT of $) Whadaya know... she didn't return me the $ again!!! & I gave her like another 2 weeks b4 I tried to contact her but she wasn't contactable!!! By now I was like really fuming! I msged her a couple of times but no reply; got a mutual fren to msg her but also no reply. Then I tried calling her n she didn't pick up her phone, left her a msg on Friendster also no reply. The mutual fren was saying that I shd just leave like a testimonial on her friendster so make her look bad but I thot dat wasn't v nice so I told her I wld only do dat as a last resort. By then, almost the whole office knows abt her owing me $ coz I was like complaining everyday!!! Had e intention to use another number to try 2 call her & my colleague thot of the same thng so she asked me 2 use her phone to call her as she doesn't thnk my ex-colleague has her number. And she picked up the phone!!! But she didn't say "hello" so I passed the phone back to my colleague 2 ask her to help me to look for her. Well either she heard me talking to my colleague or she recognised my colleague's voice coz after dat she simply hung up the phone. But not before she said "hello" once & my colleague thot it sounded like her!!! By then I was rather determined to either call her @ home or go rite up to her hse to look for her. I mean, she is simply too much!!!


But surprise surprise!!! She actually msged me a short while aft e phone call telling me dat she had actually passed the phone to her mum & dat she had juz gotten her phone back. Then she gave me some crap (crap coz I totally dun believe!) abt how her sis was sup to contact me 2 return me e $ and dat the sis had told e mum dat she had already the $ to me. Well the sis didn't contact me @ all lors & so I gave her the ultimatum to return me $100 by the next day or else I will take further action. She kept telling me that she had no money & dat she wld return me the whole sum of money by the end of the month & ask me to "trust her" but I told her No n I told her to take the money fr her parents or 2nd sis coz I dun thnk it is THAT diff 2 come up w $100. She told me that she wun be able to get the $ from them coz "if they had wanted 2 help the sis, they wld haf helped lg time ago". Well that's not my prob so I told her 2 get either the mum or sis to contact me & tok 2 me or give me their contact but she was like, sis doesn't want her 2 give her my number n even if I tok 2 e mum no use. I tell u, I really felt like a loanshark dat pm what w all the smses flying ard... aftwhich I grew really tired n I told her dat no matter how many times she asked if she cld defer the payment till end of the month my ans wld still be No!


Well, I was quietly waiting the next day 2 see if she wld return the money (I told her 2 return by 1pm) but she said the CDM was dwn @ her place so cld only bank @ nite provided dat the machine was not dwn. Luckily for her, she banked in the money @ 7 plus dat nite. As for the rest of the $200, I was rather apprehensive as to whether she wld return me the money by the end of the month or I wld hafta chase her again. Thankfully she has returned me the money wout me hafing to ask her for it. So it's e end of the saga *whew*



I'm really going to thnk 10 million times abt lending pp $ fr now on. (like e other day, this dirty looking lady approached me to lend her $1.90 to take bus coz she has lost her purse but I didn't. In e end she borrowed from these teenagers but subsequently when the teenagers boarded their bus, I saw her approaching some other passerbys for $ again) Even like Dar, he had helped pp in the past (n also recently) but lending $ or letting them use his tools/equipment first b4 paying up and he always end up finding it v diff to get e $ back. Haiz... v hard 2 be nice pp sometimes hor? ...

sick sleepy

so I didn't meet up w the PA pp in e end coz I was down w fever, sore throat & headache :((( Was alrite in e am, then in e mid morning, started to feel a bit of sore throat & headache n by the mid afternoon, I was down w fever. Muz haf had been the heaty food that I've been eating over the weekend; ate 2 tao sau piah compliments of my colleague & had a bbq on Sat nite. Intially wanted 2 juz meet the PA pp for a while but by the time I knocked off, i cldn't tahan already, so took a bus back n took a nap.

Set the alarm @ 730pm so dat I can wake up to see the dr if I still wasn't feeling well. Called Dar 2 see if he was coming back n was like "why r u @ home?" n he was v surprised that I was sick coz I was perfectly alrite in e am haiz! In e end, had 2 "recall" my Dad home so that he cld accompany me 2 e dr as I didn't feel like driving. Luckily there weren't anyone @ the clinic so managed to go home q fast & went straight to bed haha. Of coz, I first texted Dar 2 get me some food but he took forever to come :P :P :P

Actually I thnk e dr I see is not v gd coz I always take a couple of days to recover. Even now I m still dwn w a bit of sore throat and cough as a result of the sore throat. But wat 2 do, it is co dr n he is e nearest one 2 my hse. The one @ my office is not bad; the last time I was ill, I juz took the medicine overnite n was beta the next day! But the relief dr is not v gd; remember dat she asked me to move hse coz I was having bouts of rashes due to the dust??? really CMI!

Haven't been really sick for a couple of years but this is the 2nd time in this year that I have fallen ill!!! & juz a couple of days b4 I fell ill, I was juz commenting 2 Dar dat inspite of the fact that I take Cod Liver Oil (which is sup 2 build up body resistance), I m still sniffing almost every morning. Dad was also saying that I need to build up my body coz I m like some cold blooded animal that feels cold v easily!!! But wat can I do leh? My body constituition has been weak eversince I was young wor... *ponder* *ponder*

Meet Up

Met up w 2 of my Uni frenz whom I haven't seen in like 8 years and did q a bit of catching up. The wonders of Facebook which has reconnected us. :) They look e same & still behave the same!!! U would thnk time might have changed us but they were exactly how I remembered them from my Uni days.

My fren's frenz joined us & @ first I was wondering who the frenz were but guess wat? I actually met those frenz like 8 years back also!!! hahaha!!! & my fren forgot that we have met so she was q surprised when were were like "yeah we haf met last time" hee hee. Although it was nice to finally meet them after so many years, felt a little out of place coz they all have been keeping in touch w each other n so whilst they were updating each other abt wat they haf been doing, I was a little lost & actually wanted 2 ask many qn but then everyone else will b bored rites? so the usually chatty n talkative me was rather quiet that nite hee. But nvm... hopefully will get to see them more often n the awkwardness/uneasiness will soon fade away :)

& popped by a sec sch fren's wedding yesterday @ chijmes. Popped by coz the ceremony started @ 11 & i was working but luckily chijmes is soooooooo near my office. The ceremony was over & I thnk some of e guests were already leaving but I managed to tok 2 my fren. But only for a teeny weeny while so I was a little disappointed. Was hoping to meet up w her b4 she goes back to the States where she is based but she was too busy... hopefully will get to meet up w her the next time she is back.

& shd b meeting some of my PA frenz tmr... so it is a series of meeting up w old frenz :)))

"Trial Run"

Dar has been stayin @ my place for the past 2 weeks, as his cousin & bf were in twn & so they were stayin in his rm. Had 2 move q a lot of his files over 2 my place n luckily I have cleared out part of my cupboard for him or else it will be all over the table.

Guess Dar still prefer to staying @ his own place compared to mine :) but well guess it is something that he has to get used too haha! It was a tad inconvenient coz sometimes I sleep q early & we gota pull out the bed afterwhich the room becomes v cramped w barely any walking space. But he is really sweet; no matter how late he has slept the nite b4, he never fails to wake up w me each morning to send me to work :)))



It's such a good feeling 2 wake up each morning 2 see him, although not beside me hee n so I m definitely looking forward to Aug where he will "officially" move in w me :) Hope that we will be able 2 find some nice furniture to complement the room coz we are goin 2 keep the wadrobe & the shelves above my table. Might need to do something abt the colour scheme as well... but in e meantime, I thnk i will hafta clear out more stuff else Dar won't haf any space 2 put HIS thngs which are also a lot!!! :P

Say Cheez!

sLeePy has finally gone to get her teeth done! :) I've always had yellowish front teeth which my childhood dentist attritbuted to the fact that I have eaten too many antibiotics. So when I was in JC or wassit Uni, my mum brought me to the then Pegu Rd Clinic to have my teeth capped. The dentist didnt give me a v white cap so as to match my other teeth or @ least that was wat he said.


Fast forward many years and I went to the dentist last May & the horrid dentist scraped of the capping!!! n my teeth was soooooooooo ugly!!! I mean I had the intention to change liao but he didn't have to scrape it off mah. He also quoted me a price of about $6/700 per tooth and coz I wanted to do 4 teeth it was gona cost me $2k plus! Thus I decided to wait till I got my bonus this year to do. But in e meantime I had found this other dentist recommended by my colleague and they were only charging $350 per tooth! Almost half price!!! :)


Coz the receptionist thought I wanted to do crowning, she said I had to go for 3 visits before the whole process cld be completed. Not wanting to waste anytime and coz I wanted to do the teeth b4 the photoshoot in June, decided to go down on Thurs since I was off anyway. Went there (& this dentist was sooooooooo much nicer!!!) n was told that I didnt need to do capping; I only need to "laminate" my teeth and he could do my 2 front teeth there & then! So 20 minutes later I came out w nice white front teeth!!! *mighty happy* & it only cost $40 per tooth!!! Dar initially thot it was expensive until I told him that the other dentist wanted to charge me soooooooo much more for capping my teeth which I didn't need; he also agreed it was a gd price!

So I'll be goin back to do my other 2 tooth and also to polish my teeth n get my retainers done! Juz hope that this laminating will last me for many years still :)

So I got it...

...but i dun thnk i deserve it though. I didn't know that the bosses have gone to get the letter until my colleague fr another branch called me to tell me she got it n hope that I got it too. It was totally unexpected when I received the message fr my boss that nite.

Called Dar as soon as I cld & he was v happy for me but I was telling him and above-mentioned friend that I totally didn't want it and they both said I was being silly. It didn't help when I found out the next day that one of my staff missed the boat yet again!!! She is a v gd n knowlegable worker; conscientious and v helpful and the officers have been putting her up for it for q a couple of years now and still she didn't it!!! Felt v bad abt it coz even I sometimes go to her for help!!! Needless to say, everyone in the branch was v surprised and sad that she didn't get it again. I dunno if she was disappointed (coz I told her we gave her a gd appraisal) or if she expected it (coz finaly appraisal is still done by my boss) but I felt v sad for her; it is like she is not being recognised for all her hard work & effort whereas lazee me managed to get it. I attributed the fact that i got it to being they wana decrease the turnover rate as I thot most pp my batch got it but which I later found out wasn't exactly true!!! (But those pp whom i expected to get it r all v good workers as well!) So what does this mean? How come my staff didn't get it but pp like me can? Is it really about how you get into your boss's gd books? Doesn't this mean that it is all not about working hard?

My boss spoke to me privately when she gave me the letter and I took the chance to kinda ask her how come my staff didn't get it? She told me she knew that everyone wld be surprised but she said that to her, it is not juz about working hard and having the attitude, it is also about how the staff can progress from the next level. I guess I can comprehend a bit but if you do not give them the recognition with the bigger shoes, the staff will never be able to prove that she indeed CAN do it and that she is capable to make it to the next level. I told some of my colleagues what my boss said and they said that what she said is not valid, but I guess we can never understand unless we are sitting in that position. I can only hope she gets it next year or that she finds a new job whr she will be recognised for her job.

Anyways I dun thnk my boss really put me up for it; she might even be as surprised as me that I got it hahaha! How do I know? Coz compared to my other peers, I thnk I got lesser than them leh :( :( :( but I guess i shdn't be complaining coz 1 of my fren who got rather significantly more than me has to work really hard; goin home late and she is also the deputy so like my staff was telling me, the extra $ is not worth it even. So meantime, I shall juz carry on w my work and hope against hope that they dun transfer me out of my branch or even worse make me a deputy somewhere coz I am soooooooooooooooooooooo not ready for it!!! :P

Why 好心没好报?

Weather's been really kinda deary these few days; been raining and raining nonstop such that I couldn't go swimming on Tues when I was off but instead ended up being stuck in Punggol w Dar for most part of e pm which of coz made me a little pissed :P I dun mind soooooooo much when I m in e office (less queue also!) but not when I am goin home! And I don't have the habit of putting a brolly in my bag so if it starts raining in the middle of my journey I m really done for! :P

Had to rush off from work on Wed coz I had 2 tut back to back... and whilst crossing the road to the bus stop, I decided to shelter this china lady who was only using a little plastic to cover her head. As a result, I missed the first bus I could take (I can take all buses back to Kallang except for 1 which takes me rite outside my hse) and thus went to wait @ the bus stop. Who knows along came this bus @ a rather fast speed and splashed water all over the passengers @ the bus stop!!! I was a little luckier than this other guy coz I was standing further in but the bottom half of my skirt & my feet were all WET!!! :( & when I dropped off @ Kallang, the rain had gotten heavier & I was totally drenched whilst getting in the car!

So my conclusion is dat, if I had not helped dat lady, I wld haf gotten on the first bus that came, then I wldn't haf gotten splashed on e bus & the rain might not haf gotten heavier when I reached Kallang.

BAH!!!

Long Overdue VDay post

Yep this is a super looooooooong overdue post coz as usual, sleepy has been way way way too lazee but haf always wanted to pen dwn abt this year's Vday. :)

I guess for most couples, whilst Vday is an overhyped day and ultra expensive day, it is still an excuse for couples to spend time together and cherish each other over dinner. Wanted to go to this Italian Rest recommended by Shanster but heard from her that you gotta book 2 weeks in advance so dumped the idea. Cldn't thnk of other places to go so decided to leave it to Dar (as always hee hee). Was intially rather pissed w him coz he was late in picking me up but after that I figured out why :)

Half way thru our journey, I noticed that we were goin to Sentosa and thot that Dar was gona bring me to the Marina to eat or something... little did I know that he had this planned out:

A picnic!!! I can't remember having a picnic ever so it was really a v pleasant surprise. & Dar was still teasing me abt me paying for dinner tonite :P As u can see, we had spaghetti (my fave), oyster omelette & fish & chops (Dar's fave) & white wine. The food was still q yummy although they were a bit cold. Dar also brought candles so that it wldn't be sooooooo dark & little containers to put the candles in. However, by the time we burned a big enuff hole in the container's cap, the lighter had run out of gas. But it wasn't all that dark lah, coz there were some construction nearby and the lites were q brite.

& to add to the surprise, Dar got me a jewellery box as a prez!!! I totally didn't expect this coz we had bought Nike watches for each other already!!! (& believe it or nots, mine was kid's size haha!) So thnx Dar for the arrangement & for the surprises! *huggies*

It's Done!

After many many many months, sleepy has finally finished doing up the ROM album :) Bought some decorative and confetti to decorate the album and I must say I am rather pleased with the overall "effect". Got Dar 2 help me a bit n once again he has shown his creative side hee hee.

Had a lot of fun doing the album and also coz it brought back memories of that special day. So once again thanks to everyone who attended the ROM, and also to those who weren't there but gave so many well-wishes on that day. Special thanks to Chris for helping me to take e pics & for making this collage for me!

Newest Addition

Tis e latest addition to my piggie collection:

Welcome 猪布点!!!!

Cute hor? I actually wanted 2 get it for myself when I saw it but Dar refused to let me get it which made me rather upset but who knows that he has actually gotten it for me which was why he didn't allow for me to get it haha!!! Then I wanted 2 get e whole set but Dar said No coz he said that my collection wld then be endless :P :P :P

So here's e littlest one w e rest of the "brothers" who r all nice n pink after a bath

Gong Hei Fatt Choy

Look who's here?

It's Ratatoiulle n he wld like to say this to everyone:

GONG HEI FATT CHOY!!!

& may it be a Ratastic year for everyone! :)

Pretty?

Yipee!!! Haf finally booked my BS!!! First went to this shop recommended by my senior in May then after a break of 6 mths, went looking ard w my GRL last Dec. But we then decided that we wana take a look @ the shops that so not have in-house photographer so gad 2 drag Dar ard last Mon 2 take a look. Also wanted 2 show him my senior's works 2 see if he liked them n he did! :)))

Actually spotted a gown @ Emmanuel dat was v nice n elegant & she cld sew more crystals on e gown for me so dat it will haf more sparkles but it was kinda plain... when I went there w Dar, they were actually having a sale & it was really q worth coz we get 2 keep e gown & Dar really liked this one w lotsa lotsa French Lace... but then I m a bling bling sparkle sparkle kinda gal & thus I wasn't too keen. Besides... we both liked this gown that we saw @ Divine Couture & after some calculation, Dar said it was ok 2 pay a bit more if I really liked that gown :))

Being e typical kiasu Singaporean, I wanted 2 try on more gowns when we went back again e 2nd time 2 take the package. But we still liked the one dat we saw e previous time & thus we decided to choose this gown:

Front & back view of e dress... it's a low back dress which I haf always wanted & it has these frilly thngy on the straps & sweet pink ribbons in e train!!! & there are pink & silver embroidery on the gown as well making it v sweet... like me! haha!!! Really like this gown & hopefully she can add some more bling bling on it :)

I like this shot & I cant wait 2 wear it for the photo shoot & on the actual day; 7 months to go!!!

e reason why this took forever 2 b posted is coz i was trying 2 upload the video but i tried like 10 times but it still wun b uploaded so I eventually gave up...

Went for my 3rd concert in e past 2 years & coincidentally all the singers' name starts with the letter "J"; First JJ's in Jun 06, then Jacky's 3 weeks ago n Jay Chou's last Fri. Aft which a lot of pp asked me how it was & I thot it was great... first reason being that I was so near to the stage:

But I didn't really like e seats coz they were really kinda cramped together; in fact this man behind us was "complaining" that there weren's any "personal space" haha! As u can see, there are 2 blocks of these kinda "make-shift" chairs & we were seating sleepy's left which I overheard was all the "sponsored" seats. Which was GOOD coz the block on the other side consisted of a lot of the fans & they were standing thruout e concert!!! I stood too lah if not cannot see but had 2 keep sitting dwn coz I felt so tired haha! & we were given these "hands" to wave:

cute hor? :)

Tis was his first costume, but his hairstyle was a bit strange though hee hee...

& he was v funny when he stopped & 1 of the first few thngs he asked was "你们知道今天是设么日子吗？" coz like I mentioned previously it was his Bday!!! & coz it was his birthday, 南拳妈妈 his special guest artistes got the crowd to sing him "Happy Birthday" song which the crowd sang heartily. The contented boy : He sang q a lot of fast songs & most songs from his latest album which I wasn't v familiar w, so I was v thrilled when he sang 听妈妈的话 which I really liked. If u all haf read e reports, there was this part where there was a video clip of Chow Yun Fatt kinda like rapping along & Jacky singing the chorus as they were mentioned in the song. Here's Jacky:

Of coz he also sang Dar's recent fave 菊花台(I like also!!!) & 千里之外 wearing his white suit... machiam like 白马公子 like dat:

But the best part of the concert gota be his talent in playing the various instruments, from the piano, to the guitar to the drums & even the 琵琶 the audience were really awed!

On e whole, I really enjoyed the concert inspite of 1) he didn't sing some of my fave songs, 2) his encore was WAY too short & I was really expecting him 2 come out even though the concert had ended haha!!! It was sooooooooo high & made me feel like a teenager again :P When he comes back like 10-20 years dwn e rd, I m definitely going for the concert where I m sure he will sing all those songs I really like & can 陶醉 in them :) Meantime, here are some more pics... took q bit as ordered by Mangojo so missed some parts of the concert but wat 2 do... now times change liao... Ya Huan can order Princess ard liao... sighz :P

I like this attire best :)

Jay being "harassed" :P

Pressies fr Japan

Yep yep... Dar's finally back from Japan!!! He said it was freezing dwn there n he bought some thicker clothing but it was still not enuff!!! & such a pity dat he didn't get to go up Mount Fuji coz it was snowing so they closed it off as the roads were slippery. He also commented that the stuff there were v ex (esp e transport) but that the pp there were v disciplined. Hope we'll go together sometime soon :)

Here's what he got me:

& a close-up of e stuff on the jacket he bought me. I like e jacket coz it has got that furry furry thng @ the cap hee.
The little bag on the rite is v popular in Japan now. Can be used as a slingbag or as a waist pouch. Material is a bit on the wooly side n has 2 compartments. Dar got 1 for himself too! Then there are Fancl collagen tablets which are like almost half price there!!! 3 packets cost about SGD50 whereas here, each packet cost $40 without any rebate or discount. I was contemplating asking him to buy the drink back but figured it would be kinda heavy & inconvenient to lug it back. & those blue bottles are a Kose cleansing set! I was q surprised he bought them for me as he doesn't like me to use all these "chemical" stuff!!!

Significantly missing are my "cutsie Little Twin Stars & My Melody stuff" :( He saw dat I was q disappointed but he was saying that there were that silly cat everywhr but no Twin Stars. To which I asked "But U know what is My Melody or nots?" & he was like "Ya, dat one w the 2 long ears". :P Oh & he bought the Jap Muah Chees for me too but I hafn't opened them yet so I cldn't take a pic... Yummz!!! Thnx Dar for e Pressies!

Counting down to Friday

4 more days to Friday... cant wait!!! Why? Coz Dar is coming back! Yipee Yayee!!! A lot of pp have been asking me where he is & how come I didn't follow him... Well... he went Japan & much as I would wana go since I haven't been there b4 & it is a country that I have always wanted to go, he is goin there w some frenz to check out car shows & look for car spare parts which is TOTALLY boring for me so I'd rather not waste my leave like dat hee. Mangojo was asking if I wrote a long list of stuff for him to buy, not really leh, juz e collagen tablets, some foodie and "cutsie Little Twin Stars & My Melody stuff". He luffed when he saw what I haf written but I like mah... I juz hope he can recognise these characters n not buy me bak the cat w no mouth, if not gota give 2 Ya Huan liao :P anyways spoke 2 him last nite & he said he has already bought some prez for me *smiles*

He actually intended to extend his stay coz his best bud's sis stays there & thus they wld haf free accomodation but he didn't really wana spend another wkend overseas & coz I managed to get these:


Ok so I am a teeny weeny bit guilty coz he can't even extend his stay for even 1 day but it's JAY CHOU leh!!! Tickets are all sold out but my colleague managed to get e tiks for me & I am paying like half px for them! WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!! Of coz Dar had 2 come back for it coz intially b/w the Jacky & Jay concert, he chose Jay so I wld thnk he is q happy to come back for it. Actually I thot i would like to go on the 2nd nite which is 19th Jan but juz found out fr my other colleague dat 18th is actually his birthday so I thnk the concert on the 18th would be much kewler coz might have bday cake n all! gosh I m getting so excited!!! N on top of dat, managed to change my off day to Fri, so I can pick up Dar @ midnite, we can both go back n haf a gd rest, spend some time together n then zoom off to the concert!

La-la-la-la da-da-da... a v happy gal sleepy is :)

Rat Babies

Just learnt fr my fren/colleague that she is pregnant!!! That would make hers the 3rd Rat Baby I know after Dewdrops & my GRL's. Whilst Dewdrop's little one will be saying hello to the world come June, the due dates of the other 2 Rat babies are near end Aug which means that they would not be able to attend my wedding. Whilst I am disappointed about that, I am still real happy for them & touched that they have shared their joy w me coz some pp are "pantang" & believe that they can't tell pp they are preg till aft e 1st trimester or something.

Actually, as a horse, "theoretically" i m not "sup" 2 get alg w rats coz of the 6 year diff thngy so i m glad i cant be having a rat baby hee. But these kinda thngs may not be true coz I do know of pp whom are 6 years diff fr their spouses n i get alg w my deputy who is a rat as well as my GRLs' kids who are rats too. Dar also get alg v v v well w Germaine who is a snake whilst he is a piggo so this kinda thng sumtimes cannot believe too much heh.

Whilst I don't exactly believe, I did tell Dar I wanted a Horse Baby... to which his rxn is "马很会跑的!" But I told him I m v "guai" n dun really run abt mah hee. But then I will be old... so will hafta consider again. heh... hope to hear more gd news soon :)

Simply Awesome!

My first post of 2008 and it's gona be abt 1 of the memories I know I will look back v fondly upon...











Guess whr Dar & I were?
Yep yep... the Jacky Cheung World Tour 2007 Encore!!! & what can I say cept that it was really awesome!!! I didn't go (& didn't thnk abt going) for the one last year but was full of regrets when everyone told me how good it was & thus I was definitely not going to miss it this time round. Intially Dar didn't really wana go coz as much he liked Jacky too, he preferred his Canto oldies to the chinese songs... so decided to "kill 2 birds w 1 stone" by giving him a ticket as Christmas prez. :) It was definitely a prez he "enjoyed" as well. =))

Jacky Cheung definitely evoked a lot of memories in me; when his 吻别 album came out in 1993, my whole class was crazy over him, so much so that even the teachers knew abt it! We got his albums, sang his songs @ karaoke, bought those idol cards of him, read up on news of him... & with a couple of friends, we attended his concert here some 13-14 years ago! (incidentally Dar also went but he can't rem which nite). I rem we went on the first nite and we were all v excited & we even bought s stuffed dino for him; I still haf e pic but no scanner to scan it in hee. He was having a sore throat that nite but still did his best to sing but half way thru, he decided to postpone the concert as he wanted to give his best performance. We left the stadium & I dunno how it happened but my fren's father who came to pick her up actually sent the whole lot of us to the hotel that Jacky was staying in!!! We didn't manage to see Jacky & his assistant told us that Jacky was resting but nonetheless, he gave us an autographed pic of Jacky each. Of course we were over the moon by then & of course I still have the treasured pic.


It was Jacky's 92nd performance since his start of the tour in Feb 2007 but still he gave nothing but his best. U cld tell he really enjoyed singing & he kept thanking everyone for their support & thus giving him the stature that he has now. He was so true as a person, telling us about his life & how life had its ups and downs and how “不快乐的事情过去后，快乐的事就要来" which touched a chord in me coz I was reminded of a v diff period in my own life. (He also mentioned that his Dad passed away before his world tour started in Feb last year & thus it was w a mixed feeling that he started his World Tour) His clothes weren't as fancy as those 13-14 years back but the performance was dear to me; perhaps coz I m now older & not a young fan; perhaps coz I had Dar next to me whilst he sang his love songs & I feel blessed to be loved by Dar; but most of all, I thnk it is coz I can now look back on those sec sch days, smile & be reminded of the frenships forged esp w my dear fren, Sis Aneja who even wrote me a story loosely based on Jacky's 她来听我的演唱会 n I was a bit disappointed that he didn't sing this song last nite. But he sang my all time fave 每天爱你多一些 which Dar also liked & he sang it in Canto!!! Almost swooned when he sang it and I was clapping my hands in delight when he announced. He also sang Dar's fave Canto song 月半弯 which apparantly was liked by a huge number of fans as well. He also sang songs that he had written for his wife, elder daughter and a song in rememberance of some frenz who passed away in 2003. @ the beginning of the concert, he told us that he wanted to sing more songs & he did, his encore was terrificbulous!!! Singing a lot of Canto oldies (like 还是觉得你最好!!!) & finally rounding off w 祝福 @ 1145pm.

Whilst there weren't many young fans as you would see in Jay or Jolin's concert, the fans still waved their light sticks, sang along w Jacky & even stood up to dance when Jacky sang his fast songs. It is truly amazing that after performing for 23 years, his popularity hasn't waned but instead has grown tremendously; 5 concerts in less than 6 months & all were almost sold out!!! Definitely not an easy feat to be accomplished!!! & whilst he was singing the songs, I had e urge to go sing all his songs @ Karaoke haha!!! But for now, I thnk I'll just take out his old records.

So thanks Jacky, for this great start to 2008, for such a soulful performance, for giving me a treasured memory w Dar but most of all, for the wonderful memories that you have brought back =))

More Pressies!!!

Though Christmas has passed... happee sleepy is still "collecting" her presents! :)

As mentioned, the PA gals had our yearly Christmas gathering last Fri, 28th Dec. Sad to say, only CL, Dewdrops, Sharon & I turned up; the others had something on & Judy had fallen ill. Nonetheless we had a good time having steamboat @ 鲜得来, another steamboat place opp Bugis. Much prefered this to the one we haf a week plus ago with MangoJo coz it was air-conditioned & they had more variety of food although it was v cramp. & we each paid about $27 each so I felt it was q worth it :) We almost didnt get to exchange pressies coz someone kept picking her own name & there was one instance when we all picked our own names!!! It was hilarious & we were joking dat we would still be there picking names even aft they have closed shop! & when we finally got different names, we then spent a bit of time deciding whether we should give to the person we chose or to receive from the person!!! Gosh! heh... so anyways I got this fr mum-to-be Cheryl:

I like the print! As CL said, has a bit of Jap 感觉 hor? Thnx my dear!!! & had a good catch up with Sharon on our bus ride back... hopefully we can meet up more often instead of these once a year gatherings coz if someone misses the it would be 2 years b4 we see her again!

Doesn't this look yummilicious? M&S Belgian Choc biscuits from my tut kid's parents! :) I actually went to their house on Christmas Day itself but my kid & her Dad forgot to give it to me & the mum has gone to sleep!!! I was still lamenting to Dar that I had no pressie from them! Was telling him dat when I walked into their house that day, I saw the M&S package on the table & guessed it was for me so I was awfully disappointed when it wasn't given to me @ the end of the lesson. Such a greedy teacher I am ain't I? :P :P :P

Whaddya know? Sleepy had another surprise pressie!!! Fr my dear dear fren, Hwee from Shanghai! Had a really good time catching up w her on Sat although Coffee Club was a tad too noisy but it's the company that mattered. It was really a treasured time coz I didn't meet up with her the last time she was back & m sooooooo touched that she is v concerned about my wedding & even offered to be my emcee!!! Sleepy is truly blessed with so many pp helping her along the way =)))) & what did she give me....?

It's another wristlet pouch!!! This is the 4th one I've received this year; Cheryl's, Dar's Sis, this & 1 fr Mangojo as a bday pressie. They r all different sizes!!! & to thnk I was gona ask my cousin 2 buy back a Coach one for me... guess can save $ liao!!! :P

Last but not least, I have been meaning to put this up but haven't... not exactly a christmas present but it was from Dar's mum:

Just a normal pair of slippers u may say... but she MADE this!!! Yep she MADE it for me! & it fits perfectly!!! I didn't wana take it intially coz I thot she bought them but when she said she made it I quickly took it! First time I have a pair of shoes MADE for me!!! I kept telling Dar that I have & he doesn't & he was totally amused haha!!! & it's vcomfy as well; the strap didn't hurt, esp between the toes & the base was v soft, not like some slippers which are too thin or too rough/hard. Yipee yayee!!! Maybe I can design some shoes for her to make for me next time! :P

It's Christmas Time!

It's Christmas time again!!! Really like this time of the year coz it feels so festive n jolly n happy! :) And it is great time for gatherings & catching up and not to mention the sales (but I cant seem to find anything nice to buy for myself) and the pressies! I thnk I got more pressies this Christmas than I got on my birthday hee!


Initially Dar wanted to haf a nice dinner on Christmas Eve with the kids since he didn't get to see them the other day but he had to go and help to "inspect" his aunt's house and as we didn't know how long it would take, decided to forgo the idea as it might be too late to bring the kids out. Instead, we joined his fren's frenz for a bbq @ Tanah Merah. Nothing special u might thnk but the BBQ was not @ some condo, but instead it was held near the beach & we had to go off-road to get in there! It was q an experience sitting in the huge truck bumping along and splashing through the mud. The uncle was q an experienced driver so even though there were many bumps, he managed to avoid potholes where possible and did clever maneuvering of the car. @ our "destination", they started to dig a hole in the sand, putting the charcoal into the little pit and starting the fire. Soon the food was cooked & it was yummz! We had chicken wings, saussages (my must haf @ every bbq) n bacon that was cooked till it was real crispy! It was a gd place for chilling out; lit by the lites from the Land Rover; the kewl gentle breeze... and soon sleepy had fallen asleep on the beach chair! haha! Definitely a v diff kinda Christmas Eve :)


Was hoping dat Dar could accompany me today... but he is bring some customers to Sebana so bored me, being left alone on Christmas decided to take pics of my christmas pressies!!! Some were real surprises!!! Let's see...


From the christmas exchange that I had w my colleagues... I got this:





which when opened up became this:







It's a jewellery box :) left portion for me to put my rings and on the rite, for me to put my earrings & necklace.


& toking about jewellery, the Santarina in my Office gave me these:
A ring w semi-precious stones from Soo Kee & a really nice arm bracelet!!! Intitially I was wondering what the arm bracelet was & I was thnking maybe it is a choker. I did try to put it round my fat neck but obviously it was way too small!!! Close up of the ring & bracelet:

Hmm... not v clear hor... but it's nice! n I m goin 2 wear it for new year! Was really shocked when she passed me the pressie coz I m sure the pressies are not cheap!!! & she gave a prez to everyone in the office!!! Thnx Ms Choong!!!

& this is wat my Ya Huan gave me... why she give me towel I dunno... I thot she is the that is supposed to be wiping all the dust everywhr n not me??? (hee juz kidding ah)

& now for the suprise pressies... Dar's sis got me these:

A bag, pair of earrings & a ring.

Close up of e accessories:


Kinda expected to get a prez from them as Dar & I were getting something for the kids but didn't really expect these! The earrings match with this charm necklace which I recently bought & I like the ring... only that I can't figure out whether to wear it as a finger ring or toe ring!



& from Dar's best buddy Clifford... I got this which was a TOTAL surprise but brought such a HUGE smile on my face when I opened it during the BBQ... What is it??? It is a...



PIGLET MUG!!!!



Super cute hor!!! This is my 2nd piggie mug; 1st being the one Dar bought for me last year & it is also the bludging out sort which I like. SO thnk I will keep this mug first & use it when my other cups are older...



The biggest surprise of all was definitely Dar's gift which he gave me after we came home from the BBQ.

A Perfume & Body Lotion gift set from Bvlgari!!! Gosh I was totally surprised coz Dar really isn't the kinda person to buy pressies. Plus he is bz working everyday and accompanying me @ nite so I didn't really expect him to have the time to buy me the prez!!! Also thot he was gona get me a watch coz I did tell him that I am thnking of buying a new watch. Nonetheless... Thnx Dar!!!

Still have another Christmas exchange w the PA gals this Fri so that'll be another prez!!! Yippeez!!! Hope everyone enjoyed themselves this Christmas & may it be a wonderous 2008 for everyone! Cheers!