~~New Year...2011~ (22 weeks)

Its already Jan 2011, time flies real fast.. Overall, Im still enjoying every moment of my pregnancy..Even now I feel BB is moving around..

1st of Jan is the very first day where I felt the baby moving while the girls are at my place counting down... I wasnt sure at that point of time until I did some research.. It feels like bubbles popping in your tummy, light movements that makes you wonder if its really moving..

The best part of the year is when I woke up with leg cramps... duhz.. Leg cramps during pregnancy is like happening almost every night, disturbing your sleep. Books says that eating calcium supplements helps but it sure doesnt work for me because I take it every day.. What helps was that sleeping with a hard pillow under your ankle (it doesnt matter if you kick it off when you sleep)

My checkup was scheduled on the 7th Jan (Fri) and its confirm a baby girl on the way.. =)
She made me go back to the sonographer 2 times to scan for her gender on the same..because her legs were closed. And even during the 2nd scan, the sonographer was like: "oh no, her legs are closing again" and she still managed to scan her fender before her legs closed.. haha..

My wrist is hurting alot now. Hubby said its Carpal Tunnel Syndrome..went to check up and apparently, most pregnant women will get it because of the water retention. There's no cure for it at all, but for most mothers, it will be gone after they give birth.. abit the suay lor.. This type of thing will affect my daily work because I need to use the computer alot. Now, lifting the kettle of water will hurt as well..

~~Sick~~

I HATE BEING SICK!!!

Being sick means:

1. I cant eat the food i love (just happen to be all are heaty food)
2. I can only lie on my bed and daze or using my lappie on my bed..
3. Wrapped up in my blanket, shivering and breaking into cold sweat
4. Feeling sooo uncomfortable that I feel so irritable = BAD MOOD

The rain is soo noisy and Im feeling very cold.. I cant sleep lo.. This is the 2nd time in the month that I fell sick. How strong I am huh!

Low low immunity and I think I need to do something about it..

It's affecting me a little to see so many people wanting to leave and had left. It's like you've already became friends with them instead of colleagues.

All of us deep inside would know what is wrong but most of us choose not to bother, some decided to leave for good, those who left had left for the better, opportunities, career, growth or whatever you can think of.

Negative thoughts have been in me lately too but am trying to get rid of it. The outside world is sometimes too tempting to resist....

Seriously, this whole thing is getting a little serious and it's time for them to do something about it.. But did they even realise that there is a problem? This is a question... We'll see, time can tell.. But it be too late then??

~~Happiness after Mistakes~~

Few things happened lately at work that affected me quite abit.

Some misunderstandings, some good intentions that got back fired.

Somehow, what shocked me were the things I found out that led to such stuffs. Its disheartening but i guess that how working life is like. Everyone for sure would have been back stabbed by others before, but I still consider myself lucky because I have colleagues and bosses who believed in me, and clear things up for me.

Even my client was an understanding one..

Thank you all so much.. =)

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Went to our nest to take some measurements so that we can plan on how to design the place. Not much things to do actually because we want it simple and most importantly, we need more storage spaces.

Later tonight, I'll be attending MeiXi's wedding. Pictures would be up if i can find my camera charger..ha!

Meixi is my secondary school friend, we got close during band days, and closer during TP Rotractors days, where she got me to join a club which I still had no idea what it helped me in, but one thing for sure is that with her company of joining events during poly were more than FUN!!!

Just miss school days...time flies, I'm married, so is she. She's with her long time beau that was from our Sec School too. Sooo happy for them, really.

Wishing them a blissful marriage and of course, 早生贵子 =)

~~The Next Move~~

Went for medical check up on Wed that is subsidized by SP. Its just a general check up whereby they will take your urine, stools, blood for test and gives you the results like weeks later.

Hubby was stuck at the blood pressure testing because his arm was too big for the cuff. Every time it expands, the Velcro snapped open and he needed to re-take it 3 times.. I was laughing at him and proceed on to the next station - blood drawing.

I was stuck at there: I went to this nurse and she told me to go to a phlebotomist because she could not find my veins on both hands.

The phlebotomist then did the same thing, tied both arms but could not feel anything, so I told her that previously, my blood was taken from my wrist area. After "feeling" for my veins, she then poke the needle in, no blood, she poked it deeper, still no blood. She then pull it in and out 3 times and STILL NO BLOOD!!! That was really painful lo!

Then she said that my knuckles have a very distinct vein, so she poked the needle in there, promising that it wont be as deep as my wrist. She poked the needle and ALSO NO BLOOD!!! I almost wanted to faint because I knew it needs to be poked deeper to have blood and I was already unconsciously squeezing the stress ball, that was given to me earlier, really hard.

After a deeper push, FINALLY got blood la!! I feel so relieved and she felt so happy. Actually, its not her fault la, she's not the first that couldn't find my veins..

Here is my poor "poked" hands and now there are 2 huge blue blacks.. -_-""


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Thursday night, we went for another house-viewing and headed down to Holland Village for dinner at this restaurant: Original Sin


The ang mo in the picture is supposed to look quite good but too bad, the his face was cut off. Ha!

The most expensive mineral water ever. $12 per bottle -_-"

OK, no food pictures, couldn't be bother to take the picture. I didn't realised that the restaurant only served vegetarian food until we ordered and eaten like almost half. Ha..

The food was not bad, Ambiance was good. A good place to go with your love ones.

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Saturday was quite a fruitful day. Hee..

Went out with the usual gang to Singtel at Comcentre and I found this:

IPhone cover!!

Please buy and support ya? The colour in the picture is abit off as compared to real life. Its more to the maroon purplish rather then brownish red like in the picture.

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And, the happiest part was that Hubby and I found our LOVE NEST!! Thanks to his agent friend: Alvin Kee (more to comment about him later below)

Its in between Commonwealth and Bouna Vista MRT, 5 mins to Holland Village.

Here's the picture I took yesterday:

This is the master bedroom

The 2nd room
The kitchen

If everything is in place in time, we would be able to move in in August/ September! Cant wait =)

We really need to thank Alvin for his hard work and not charging us any commission! He guided us step by step on what to do and even took initiatives like preparing the documents needed after he knows that we wanted the place.

He told us prepare the cheque for deposit to show sincerity that we are really interested in the place. Other buyers already offered 25k or 28k but were not closed. He asked the seller's agent if he can close at 30k. The agent said if its 30k, there's 80% chance, if 32k, there's 90%.

Knowing that we were already prepared to pay 30k, Alvin prepared the documents and gave the cheque to the agent. As the owner wasn't there, the agent would need some time.

So we left not knowing if we are able to get the place. We went over to meet the gang at Tanglin Mall and then Alvin called. He told Hubby that there is a good news and a bad news:

The bad news is that I wrote the name on the cheque wrongly -_-"

The good news is that the owner agreed to let go at COV of 30k =)

Next step: the bank loan....since our Housing Loan Eligibility got rejected.

~~Sadness + Happiness~~

Lately, things happened around me.

Jace left us, I only knew on the day she didnt come. I didn't even know that that day was the last day with her being colleagues. She is the 4th person who left ever since I stepped in. Felt a little down and was kinda affected by the news because without for her, training wont be that fun.. but what saddens me most was the legal issue.

Really, no one is indispensable..

Today, my ex-colleague called me, asking me to help him find a job. He quarreled with his colleague of years..she spoke hurtful words, they stopped talking. He cried when he told me about it.

Imagine someone who's always been so happy-go-lucky can cry because of what 1 said to him. He felt cheated and hurt. People change everyday. I felt like crying when I hear him cry. I really want to help him but I really dont know how..

I'm going to close a deal on Monday. Candidate accepted the offer, HR trying to work out a package for her. It wasnt in my projection, just came unexpectedly. I totally forgot that she went for interview.

Another candidate went for 2nd round without telling me. Was arranged by the hiring manager directly. I only got to know when the HR emailed me. The candidate didnt lie either. I'm ok with this, as long as they dont hire the candidate directly and offer them without us knowing or intentionally not letting us know about it.

Just a last note: I hate it when people lie to me la!!

~~Happy Valentine's Day + Happy CNY~~


May all of you have a sweet V-day and fruitful CNY!!

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Yesterday, Hubby and I went back to have reunion lunch at my place, but we had to rush to Changi Point Ferry Terminal to catch a bump boat to Pegarang, Malaysia, to visit his Grandpa at Si Wan Island.

We waited from 2 plus till about 5 then have seats!!! Irritated liao...

The whole boat ride was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!! No, i did not have sea sickness, but the weather was soooo hot that we were drenched with perspiration and sea water -_-""

Anyway, thank goodness we reached in an hour and Pa and Slyvia (Sis-in-law) came to the ferry terminal to pick us up. We blasted the air con in the seats behind. That felt like heaven! LOL

We had dinner there and kids were playing with fire works, as in literally fire works!!! Those that you only can see during festive seasons in SG??? They play these in their hometowns! As I grew older, i began to be afraid of such things already. Don't know why, so I just watch them play. Haa..

After dinner, we were on our way back home, the whole journey was alright, and along the way, as the clock hits 12am, fire works starts again around the whole neighborhood. I've never seen so much fireworks in my life before, it indeed was a beautiful sight...

~~Bored~~

Its a boring sunday..slacking and yawning with tears...

sigh..

~~Last posting of 2009~~

Its just about an hour to 2010!!Which is soon going to be a new beginning of my life =)

Overall, 2009 was quite good for me, especially towards the end of it, where the proposal came and my new change of job and my closure of my first 2 sales in this month. Its not alot of money but at least the closure really do make me jump for joy..haha..

I LOVE YEAR 2009!!

Happy New Year everyone!! And Happy Long Weekends!!!

I really miss you...
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Have u ever missed someone and felt
terrible
because u think tat he/she doesn't miss u?

Missing someone is a terrible but at the
same time,
sweet feeling.
U will be sitting around wondering if u
meant
anything to him/her.
Thinking if he/she ever cares about u.

Rushing to the phone once it rings
hoping that it's
him/her.

Looking out of the window hoping that
he/she will
surprise u by appearing downstairs.

Sitting in front of the television but
thinking of
her
missing the final episode of your
favourite show.

Laying on your bed, thinking of the last
time u wen
out together.

Thinking of how nice it will be to sit
under the stars
again, talking about everything, your
dreams,
plans, future.

Logging on to the internet hoping to see
him/her
online.

When u realise that he/she isn't online
and did not
return your page, u will start worrying if
he/she is
okay.

Missing someone is a way of growing up i
guess.
It exposes u to loneliness.
It teaches u how to cope with being
lonely and let u
know that there is actually a feeling
known as
emptiness.
Sometimes it feels good to miss someone.
U know that u really care and u indulge
in the
feeling of loving/caring for him/her.
But missing someone and not knowing if
he/she is
feeling the same is terrible.
U feel as if u are being left alone.
So if u miss someone, tell him/her and
let them
know.
At the same time, ask if they miss u.

Don't let the feeling of missing someone
become
jealousy or paranoid.
If u are the one being missed and u know
it, let the
other party know.
if u miss him/her too, tell them.
Don't let them wait.

A post I copied from Dasmond's blog.. was just randomly reading other blogs and thought that this is interesting. Sweet yet sour feel..

~~Beary Lonely~~


Sotong is now in India for a course, so I'm all alone for 2 weeks..How bored is that? Sigh..

Anyway, lately, I'm super happy la! Good things always come after the bad..

Ever since i've changed my job, I'm in contact with a few lecturers from poly are really willing to help me out.

It all happened when Mr Tan Keng Beng called my home to ask me to do a survey for TP alumnis. I also told him about my job and asked if he had any freshies to intro, as my clients needs them. He told me to send an email to him, and I did. He then help me spread the word around and guess who called me up at my office? Petrina Lim! yes, Our used-to-be Mrs C.

After talking for a while, she actually remembered me! Wahaha, its really nice la, because I was in the Food Science stream. I do not have alot of modules with her as hers is usually the Nutrition stream. Its such a small world when she sent me a resume of the gal whos looking for a job is my sec school band junior!!! so qiao la!

Another lecturer who's really helping me is Mdm Lau. I called her up and told her my job, she actually helped me post my job description in Facebook!! So swweet...

Really miss TP days too!! Its just so much fun..

We have moved our office from Outram to Tanjong Pagar today. Officially starting work in our new office on Monday. In fact, I just came back from office, we went to unpack our stuffs onto our new work space. I LOVE my new office la!! Its sooo big and spacious. All of us are located to our seats based on our birthdates (its those fengshui thingy)..and there are many things to see during our free time at lunch.

I LOVE MY NEW JOB =)

~~Santa Claus is coming to town....~~

Remember the post that I blogged about me and Sotong going to Love & Co to have our picture taken? Here it is..They posted it to us!!

Nice ya?hee... and
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Our love notes for their 2nd anniversary..This is from their webbie!! go to http://www.love-and-co.com/00_anniversary.html for love notes from other couples

*Food*

We saw this interesting M&Ms while shopping, so we bought to try.. for this Xmas, they came out with Orange chocolates!
They never fail to amaze me with their pretty pretty colours
We had this in ION Orchard, a small little shop selling Snow Ice..this is the Black Sesame flavoured ice with my favourite Red Bean!! It doesnt look very tempting but the taste is POWER!! Super strong black sesame taste, love it!
Price: $5/-

CH.C.LATE Chocolate Research Facility

Love their packaging, because you can never know what flavour it is untill you see behind
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I've got the
Exotic series: Hazelnut Gianduja ( its chocalate with Hazelnut praline) +
Spring Summer 09: Peppermint with Mint Flakes ( choc with mint leaves!!!)
*Drools*
More to come..when you look inside..... you'll see
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different sizes
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Interesting right? They made a normal choc bar different just by adding little words..
I haven tried it yet.. Do take a look at their webbie: http://www.chocolateresearchfacility.com/

Oh!! Every week or a few week once, they will have 30% off their outlet favourite flavour..different outlet will have different flavours, so remember to check it out each time you pass by!

*Pressies for me!!!* (from myself..hehe..)

I've always been a fan of ZA 2-way cake since secondary school, or rather, its the only 2-way cake I've tried..thought it is nice to use and also cheap! haha..so I'll never miss out their year-end limited edition foundation set!

Even the box looks so pretty! How to resist you tell me??

Its a metallic light pink case..This is the best I could do to capture the colour of the case, go to any Watsons and you will see the real thing.. the pink thing below is a heart shape pouch, which I dont think I will ever use..Just dont like it..

Pink base too..

Just to clarify some stuffs, its not that I LOVE pink (ok, the only pink I LOVE is FUSHIA, but its more of a purple pink,so its not totally pink! HA!), its just that PINK happens to be nice in the things I choose as compared to other colours!! AND, I've found TWO friends who are like that!!! Whahaha!!! So, Im normal =)
My sleeping mask..Its FUSHIA!!!!
Just thought it goes well with my Cutie Minnie bedsheet..hahaa..
It really does help me to sleep better, especially when my sis comes back late and on the lights to do her stuffs..

*My Xmas Feel*

We went to Carrefour yesterday to get some Xmas Deco for our party..

Many many things..We've got:

Snow flakes spray..
LED lights..
Some shiny silver beads and glitter ribbons..
Some shiny balls...
and more balls...heheand of course, our Xmas tree!!

The tree was quite cheap, plus we got to know the supplier that supplies to Carrefour, and so, we went to his shop at Arab St to buy the balls and got discounts!!! How nice!Here is Sotong doing up the tree by expanding the leaves, the pictures seems quite blurry as it was taken at night by my HP, but who cares?? the main attention is the tree...
Yup, its done and standing at 2.1m tall outside Sotong's balcony.. We did the decorations at about 12am this morning and the pictures didnt turn out nice, so I took it again in the day.. =)

PVC Balls..hehe.. this one is nice right?! Love it!!
Opps, forgot to rotate it, but never mind la, just looks at the deco can liao..
Big bling bling ribbons! Cant really see the blings here though..
The funny thing is that we forgot to buy the Star for the tip of the tree, so temporarily, we put the ribbon up there..
Tada!!! Our completed Xmas Tree..Its my first xmas tree and I'm so proud of it! haaa..

I thought it still looks abit plain, so will get more stuffs to decorate it!

Now looking for sponsors for the pressies below the tree!! Anyone?? ;)

~~Plan failed~~

I've ruined 2 suprises that Sotong planned to propose. But it wasnt totally my fault too.. Whahaha! Am I clever or what?

The first one he did was to cook the spagetthi wif Ba Teng for me. But I'm totally clueless about him wanting to propose. Yes, he bought flowers and make the whole atmosphere soo romantic, but I just thought that he wanted to celebrate our anniversary, thats all. We had a quarrel the previous day, so he sort of changed his plans and he told me his original plans. That when I know he planned to proposed. LOL. Call him stupid that he mentioned it, call me blur for not knowing whats going on until he said.

The second was yesterday. My hp was low batt so he told me to look for the charger in his drawer. Oh well, found the gift he wanted to use to propose. Wahaha!! I saw this Swarovski Crystal box in his drawer, so I opened it while asking him what is that. He just looked at me opening it. Now he blame me that he got to get another one because he cant re-use it. LOL

I told him to propose yesterday then, to save the trouble, he say no. So fine...Let's see what other suprises he can come up with without me knowing this time round. WAHAHAHA...

~~Weird~~

Is it just my blogger or is there something wrong with blogger today? I tot the way I'm writing my post is weird. Not the usual where I can change the colour of my font, or the size, etc..weird..
Anyway, Today's my last day at my co. Kinda miss the people in there. Oh well, its not a wise choice to stay because of people. I jus hope that in the next job, I can work with people I like.. Just a wish...

~~House-Shopping~

Been looking around for houses lately with Sotong and nope, we have not decide on where we wanna get. We are currently keeping our options really open, as in we do not have a specific location, type of housing (private or hdb, 3 rooms or 4 or 5..etc..). The only main thing that we are looking for is the location and the pricing of course.

We do not plan to get a car in the near future, so we got to get some where really convenient. And convenient meaning near to MRT and not having the need to take those feeder buses. Even for MRT, we are kinda limiting it to the east and west line, because of our working areas (currently or future)

We both are in the sort of specialised industry, so all our working areas are sort of in the west, and even further in the west, like Tuas. Since MRT is already up in Joo Khoon, so it would be super convenient if we can get a house at any of the stops along the east-west line.

Still looking but too wondering if its the right time. Sotong wants to go overseas to study. Maybe we should get it after he comes back?? Im just so confused..

~~Happy~~

Bwhahaha... An agency called me and asked if I need a job, I asked her what job. She said Food Tech. I asked if its ******, she said ya, I told her i applied before but no news, and she say she will try help me sent again. I forwarded my resume to her. Waiting for her news now. Its the JOB I want in THAT CO!!!! Yaya, its the co I've been talking about!! I'm so excited now. I know THAT CO haven call me yet, but I'm just happy. Ok, Im nuts, nuts about THAT JOB. haha..