Here's the video of the birthday song for Chloe!

lovely home-made cake and cupcakes for Chloe by Daisy!

der looking really happy with his favourite kid - joel.

kristy & me

andy and joel.

oooh.. i love ah-lu's kid. he's so hyper (like me!), and i love his dimples and his love for kids. he is so cute, he goes around patting the younger kiddos and kisses them. when they cry, he will look for an adult to give attention to the kid. too cute!
(ah-lu is my sec school classmate, along with his brother. 2 brothers in the same class so moses brought him along for the party)
too hard to take a decent shot of the hyper kid. btw, i think this picture shows very evidently that I have aged, all those lines on my face.. *sobs*

another futile attempt with joel.

the 2 kiddos together.
i took some really nice pictures with the kids, but it's in kristy's cammie. so am waiting for her to post them up before I post them here.
pardon the pictures. ripped them from facebook and the sizes are a tad too big.
not throw technically. I am going to donate them to the salvation army and my lovely der is going to help me with it since it was quite late by the time i was done last nite! so he is going to drive to bishan today and help me unload the shoes.
attended chloe's 1st birthday party on sat and had a lot of fun with the kiddos. pictures coming up in a separate post! also managed to do some shopping around town in the late afternoon and got myself into the huge mass of people standing outside F-E-O. didn't realised that the top man's convoy is around the corner and the streets were packed with people in white tops and black bottoms standing by the roadside and on the overhead bridge.
and 2 ignorant people went..
d: check out the human jam.. and the traffic jam. why are there escorts cars moving so slowly and obstructing traffic.
c: don't know. a lot of people eh. who are they escorting ah?
d: must be some big shot, or some m*nist*r lor.
c: cannot be, they don't use the private escorts. they have the traffic police + their cars are tinted and there's none like that around.
d: then must be some superstar lah.
the car then passes the hordes of people..
c: i feel like whipping out my iphone to take a picture, but I scared wait i kena beaten up. errrmmm... why are they all dressed the same? they look like they are in mourning.
d: OH! now i know who! don't you know the *** of F-E-O recently just passed away? he's s'pore-richest-man!
seriously, we are totally ignorant of the situation and should we have known, we would have avoided the whole situation. just minutes after we got into orchard, der's friend called to tell us about it.
and...i bought a new dress for chinese new year! not like that i needed it since i have online shopped for tonnes of clothes lately, but then, it's cheap and the boy likes it.
and yup. that's how the last weekend of the cow year is being spent.
maybe i shall assess over the next few days and see if there are more stuff to be thrown out. in a throwing/cleaning mode lately.
for once, der is more gan cheong and kiasu about going to the airport, something that i am not expecting from someone who travels frequently. for me, i just wanted more sleep and nothing else.
i never met the photographer and mua before the trip, so i was quite surprised when the duo came up to us and asked if we were who we were. my god, the waiting lounge was huge and there were tonnes of people, so how did they pick us out from the crowd? my gut feel is my prettily manicured nails that gave us away.
anyway, we had a chat and i spoke to the mua about the hairdo that i wanted and showed her a picture that i secretly shot at the bs. the mua showed the picture to the photographer and they were having some secret conversation on it. later that day, i found out, the person in picture was the photographer's WIFE and i actually cropped him out of the picture. total embarrassment and i almost wanted to die on the spot when the photographer told me that i took a picture of his wife. OMG.
what a coincidence.
we also got introduced to the other 3 couples that came along to the trip though every couple pretty much kept to themselves for the first day. the day was spent free and easy, we were free to explore the area. der & me spent the day eating, strolling along the beaches, see the sunset, shopping (but bought nothing), indulge in 2 huge cones of haagen dazs ice cream and an huge dinner. met the photographer during lunch and he helped take a picture of us with the sunset on my slr. and that was prolly the last time i touch the slr during the trip.

loving the first beautiful sunset!
another random shot of the sunset.

self shot of us basking in the sunset

ao nang streets at night. reminds me a little of cambodia.

us, with our ice cream. mine's triple scoops and his double.
we had a dinner so huge that i was so stuffed. so blame me for being greedy!

dinner consisted of a steamed grouper in lime sauce, thai prawn cakes, fresh oysters, pineapple rice, fried kale in oyster sauce, fresh squid salad and tom yum soup. look at the enthusiastic boy eating the oyster.

a shot of us having dinner
we had to ask the restaurant crew to teach us how to eat the fresh oysters that were served as it came along with a whole lot of other condiments, and we just had to try it the thai way. i fell in love with the fat juicy oysters because they were so fresh and huge! it had me bugging derrick to go back every other day for the fresh oysters. it's 120baht per tray of 4 fat oysters.
we spent the rest of our night feeding mosquitoes in the hotel lobby with our netbooks.

the wifi password at srisukant resort. cost us 50baht for the entire week, you prolly can use it if you are around the area. :)
i got a girl on the other line asking me who I am looking for. and i thought it was his colleague and asked if she is Ice. but she didn't reply and kept going hello? hello?
my imaginative mind went - omg. did he lose his mobile phone?
then when i wanted to call him back, the phone rang again. i answered and it's him.
the funny part was.. he said he called and there was a guy who answered the phone.. who went..
der: 你是谁?
other line: 我是她的男朋友。你是谁?
der: 我是那个打来问你是谁的人。。
-- the line got cut at this point --
he called again and i answered the phone. and i went on to ask if he called me before this and what happened.
i had a good laugh because he thought it was my colleague (andy) who answered and is playing a prank on him.
it's so funny and weird. i never had lines being connected wrongly like that.
com'on people, prove me right and drop me a comment! :)
haha. i'm laughing my arse off this visual.
this is what she is trying to draw. view it after you have commented!
so, just some random bits of nonsenses from me.
1. i'm still suffering from itch from the mosquitoes bites that i suffered in krabi. darn. they are so toxic and i am so refraining myself from scratching the 2 kisses they planted on my face. everywhere else have been scratched raw.
2. my toes are screaming murder when i started wearing heels to work on monday. i guess they are so accustomed to the one week of barefoot, flip flop life.
3. missing krabi badly and still in holiday mood. my gears are moving slow-mo and errrmm, can i swap the aircon in the office with the krabi sun and beautiful sights?
4. sea sickness/air sickness. i got back to work on monday and felt myself swaying from left to right while sitting still on my desk. it was a tough day to get by battling the nausea and staying 'still'.
5. i got a nice golden tan. and i never slapped on that much sun BLOCK in my entire life. der spent his days spraying himself with sun tan and i did quite the same with sun block, but i am MUCH tanner than him. not sure if that is a good thing though since i am supposed to keep myself fair in the months to come.
6. i got myself into a routine of sleeping early and waking up late in krabi (since they are 1 hr later in timing), and every night come 11pm.. i struggle to keep my eyes open!
i cannot believe it's mid week. there are tonnes of work waiting for me to clear them and i am struggling to move faster! guess it's hard to switch from the idyllic lifestyle mode to the dog-eat-cat world.
errrm, the photos are up on my facebook so go check it out when you are free. proper entries on the trip to follow soon.
and oh. darn. one of the AK's commented that i still don't look quite slim even though i'm much darker and back from krabi. can someone pass me a huge hammer please? i want to hammer him.
=(
Hope you have a great Friday!! The week just flew away before I knew it!!
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Life in krabi has been great but tiring. The days are always packed And the islands are so beautiful.
The shoot had been tiring. 2 full days of early mornings for make up and travelling and changing on the move.
Had my virgin try on horse riding, went to the national park for waterfall, rubber plantations to feed mosquitoes, some caves and deserted hut where i had ants crawling all over. Also spent some time like idiots running, jumping around and getting wet and dirty while soaking in the sunset.
On the second day, we went island hopping and I caught a fish for my pictures. Actually I caught about 8 fishes in total. They were too slippery and kept slipping off my fingers before the photographer could capture. I grazed my knee badly because I kept falling on rocks while catching them.
We made a lot of new friends!! There were 3 other couples that came along with us and we all had different schedules and shoot dates.
Kelvin and Evelyn
Noreen and hafiz.
Us, cheeky as usual, enjoying our watermelon under the hot sun.
Yesterday, I finally realized my dream of white water rafting!! The water is not as rapid as what I saw in south Africa and the terrain is not as interesting but it was fun nonetheless. There were so many rafts that it feels more like raft bumping instead and all the rafts get stuck between the stones as the water is too low in some areas.
That's me, posing with the raft. Didn't have our cameras so am unable to show the pictures. Bought a picture though, will have scan it when I head back.
We also had a go at the adrenaline pumping atv, conquering the difficult tracks and terrain. Guess what. I flew off my vehicle when I was der's pillion at the tougher tracks. I was kinda freaked out after that and kept screaming. Was in shock but thankully unhurt. Landing on my hands and I had my spiderman gloves on.
Errmm the photos were a little hazy because I put my iPhone into a waterproof bag and slung it around my neck, protecting it against water.
Okie. That's all for now. Gotta run and wake the boy up and pack our stuff. Going to the other islands today!! Phi phi islands, here we come!! can't wait to snorkle and take pictures with my phone under water!!
Here's another beautiful sunset that I took just outside my hotel.
Errmm. Can I just stay here and relax my life away?!
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7 hours and a painful butt later, here's my pretty acrylic nails.
But... Just one bath later, I lost a flower petal and 4 of the blings. So sad.
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last night, it was different. i had to down red bull to keep myself awake. to clear all the outstanding work so that I can go krabi peacefully. the last time i drank red bull was in secondary school to keep myself awake for exams.. =S
i'm dead tired and i'm hoping i don't look like shit without the beauty sleep that i am supposed to be accumulating.
come to think of it... am i dumb or what? someone asked me why i didn't handover the work to someone else and cleared as much as i could before i leave. Hmmm.. i didn't think of it at all.
Oops. it's a wonder why my shoulders are always aching. a burden to heavy to bear.
i wish for a carefree job and a less stressful life. i really need quality of life and in turn, stop snapping at people like the whole world is at fault. i feel like such a shit person sometimes.
ok. blabbering nonsense from someone who hasn't slept. good
btw, the crappy iphone swallowed my last funny entry on my friend and her iphone.. and darn! i'm too lazy to rethink and retype (it was a VERY long entry) so till i find the energy again..
have a good week people. it'll be radio silence from me while i enjoy the sun, sea and breeze (hopefully).
and so, x.silly loves playing with elephanie and yesterday, he went riding!
der & me had quite a bit of fun trying to film this video, and seriously, x.silly is too heavy that he always fall down and drags elephanie along with him!
it does feel good to act silly sometimes. relieves the stress that we get daily!
Believe in yourself??
I am feeling kinda demoralized at this point in time.
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This picture just makes me laugh!! He looked gay here and ooh... Love his kissable lips!
Here's a much better picture!! My handsome boy. Now, can some one teach him how to make up? Lol. I'm joking!!!
Counting down to the days that the boy returns from Europe. Can't wait!!
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you'll get a greedy looking girl with a huge plate of chicken wings. and i get laughed at!
>_<
nonetheless, its quite fun 'stealing' the chickie wings. i'm accumulating good karma by being nice to people!
Found some notes from a motivational/team leader development camp that I went when I was in school.
Now, that's some food for thought.
I'm running on thin ice now since the iPhone only has 1% batt life left.
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My collection of Japanese notes, textbooks, dictionaries and audio tapes.
Sigh. And all I can remember now is..
わかりません
わたしわ新がポルじんです。
いま何時ですか?
始めましって!
お目てどお願いします!
Erm. And I can't tell if I made mistakes here. Feel so crap about myself sometimes.
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the penalty for this offence is jail + fine.
how interesting.
the family have set off for grandpa's place in rengam before day break (damn! should have gone along if i knew the appointment will be cancelled). i feel guilty for being so busy and not visiting my grandparents as much as i should, even though each time, i look forward to the glorious food galore there. the family wont be back till tomorrow, and with the boy in europe.. life is suddenly very still at the moment, especially with the change of plans.
nonetheless, i have set aside a whole list of to-do items for myself, the house, some preparations/research for the big day, and i am due for another trip to the salvation army either tonight or tomorrow because i wanted to clear out more junk.
in home notes, my room has been flooding over the last 2 days due to the rain. no, not a case of windows not being shut but the wood around the aircon 'hole' seemed to be giving way and the water are seeping in. this resulted in much distress on my end, because i had to throw away a lot of stuff, my story books are soaked (every single page), my base/legs of my cupboards are giving way and i have to clear out everything.
what a way to start the new year, but i guess its good. because it's water! the chinese believes that having water is good fortune! i guess its good because it becomes a mandate for me to clear out my stuff and it will be much easier for me when its time for me to move. so all looking good and staying positive!
the boy's birthday came and went in a whizz. i didn't have much time to react/plan because i was so swarmed with everything else, plus the fact that the boy is also very busy with work, late working nights, our shoot (the day before his birthday), and his work trip (he flew off on his birthday), and pretty much left us with not much time. and whatever initial plans that i had planned for months ago went down the drain simply because he had to travel and there were just too much happenings all happening around the same time.
still, i managed to sneak in a slot to buy him a present for his birthday! I cannot remember the model number but i think it looks something like that.
credit: www.hp.com.sg
now, he can just lug this around in this sling bag whenever he travels and we can webcam! no more carrying huge laptops and lugging them around wasting precious luggage space.
okie. am damn hungry and going to grab a bite. haven't munched on anything except a few pieces of chips this morning (vinegar and sea salts ones!).
