I spent much of the day doing research on dog parties.

See, Genie's Bdae is next week and I figured that perhaps, just perhaps, I can do up a small birthday party for her.

After reading up on ideas for parties and calling a few places, I realised it was simply too expensive :(

For one, a party pack for 6 dogs, including the doggie cake at U.S. Dog Bakery costs $65. And I can't possible let the humans starve, right? Minimum cost for catering the fingerfood is $200.

I'm not spending $300 on a dog party. Hell, I don't spend that much on MY own birthdays.

*big sigh* Maybe I'll just order a small cake for 5 bucks, or hey, bake my own and have a small celebration in the house with the family. It's a miracle she's lived to a year old considering all the rubbish she's swallowed. But it's not fun if she can't run around with other dogs, right?

I figured perhaps this weekend's Westie Club outing will make up as party, sorta. The westie owners from the forum are meeting at Tanjong Beach tomorrow morning. I thought it'd be great fun. I managed to convince Melvin to go (He wasn't very keen cos it's so far). But it all kinda went Kaplut! when his dad said he needed the car. *sadpanda*

*sigh*

And work has just been.. how do I describe it? AAAARRRGGHHHHH.

Right. That about sums it up.

There's been a small outbreak of H1N1 confirmed infections in my school. I'm not going to type the name out here because I *know* they use Google Analytics to track what's been said about the school. I *know* because I get the report regularly on the issues highlighted by our students on their blogs. If anyone from work is reading this, get off my blog, please. This doesn't concern you.

Anyhow. In the past few days, we have had upset parents, students, concerned whoeverdamnelse, calling/emailing the school. Demanding that we stop all classes.
"How can you be so irresponsible?" asked a parent. "My child's life is precious!" And there I was thinking "and sure, only your child's life is precious. The rest of us working staff are chopped liver"

I mean, for fuck's sake, look at the facts. We have over 10,000 students. and to date, less than 20 cases. Count that in percentage and tell me if it's significant. We've already sent all the year 1s home. And yes, the cases are from year 1s only so far.

The bloody virus isn't airborne, you uneducated dickheads, you can't get the virus in your system by breathing in air from the same aircon system. If someone in the next block gets it, you're not going to get it unless he sneezes in your damn face!

Geez.

All this bloody panic for a damn flu. It's JUST A FLU. Get over it people. It's not SARS. It's just about as fatal as the common flu and you don't see people panicking over a common flu now do you?

Fucking annoyed.

What a busy weekend!

Saturday was spent at K9 Campus with Glenn, Uncle Teng and 2 dogs, Lana and Roxy. Glenn's taking care of Roxy while her owner's place is undergoing renovations.

Glenn had alot of trouble keeping the dogs in line. Looked as though Lana and Roxy (a Lab) were walking Glenn instead of the other way round. They dragged him here and there.. and when they decided to go in different directions, it's like 'Oof!'
I already have problems with Genie, can't imagine being dragged along by 2 big dogs

You should have seen the three dogs (including Genie) romp around that place. I swear Genie doesn't know her size =.= The minute those three were unleashed, they ran off in different directions so fast that Glenn and I were like "umm. Ok. I'll go follow Genie.. umm. where's Roxy? Omg"

Soon after, though, they started running around together so it was much easier to keep an eye on them. I'm surprised Genie didn't try to follow some other stranger. She'd run off to play, but she kept coming back to ensure I was where she last left me.

The characters of those 3 dogs are sooo different!

The minute I held a treat in my hand, I had Genie and Roxy's attention. But Lana was pretty much NOT interested. Roxy would lie down flat and look at me very hopefully while Genie would jump up and down until I told her to sit.

Then those 2 would stare at me and use their Jedi Skills to convey the message "Feed me!"

I guess I must have given Roxy too much food/attention because at some point, I wanted to give Genie a piece of dog muffin and Roxy poked her nose at my hand.. Genie let out this very loud/sharp/angry bark at Roxy. It was quite funny. The bark quite obviously meant "Oi! That's MINE! Get Lost!" Roxy backed off after that.

Funny.

Then Sunday was pretty much spent with Melvin's side of the family (at his Uncle Robert/Aunt Lucy's place). As usual, I felt quite awkward for awhile. I can never find things to talk to them about, you know? Before we even arrived I told Melvin never to stray more than one arm's length away from me in case I need rescuing.

It turned out pretty alright in awhile. His aunts came and talk to me. and I was pretty entertained throughout instead of feeling like an outsider..

Aunt Nancy asked me if I liked the pink dress they picked out together with Melvin's Mom for me. Aunt Lucy looked at my mahjong tiles (yes, there was some mahjong going on) and said "Noo! How can you put the tiles this way" and proceeded to rearrange them for me. Aunt Mary spoke to me about several things, mostly about how she's been too lazy to cook.. and Aunt Blossom talked to me about how she loved Lucille Ball. I second that!

Come to this of it, Aunt Agnes wasn't around. Maybe on a flight.

His uncles were also quite amusing. His Uncle Mun/Uncle Philip/Uncle Robert were challenging Lanny and Leroy to half an hour of cardio. Lanny/Leroy didn't seem to think their uncles were fit. But it turned out they were regular gym goers. And when one of those uncles lifted a shirt sleeve.. umm ya. Muscles. on a 50 year old. Quite Impressive.

They wisely decided not to take the challenge up :P

The food was fantastic. His aunts each contributed at least one dish to the table. And they are ALL fantastic cooks.

The wine was fantastic. I had abit too much. Again.

The Mahjong was fun. We didn't play with money because it was supposed to be 'for people who don't really know how to play' (I quote Aunt Blossom). Sides, Luis, who is 13 this year I think, was playing as well. His parents (Aunt Mary/Uncle Jo) have been teaching him.

The rest of Melvin's cousins were playing poker at the other table. I didn't understand what was going on over there - but I can tell they were having fun because of the shouting/laughing.

See. I told you it was a busy weekend. Fun though. Haven't had so much fun packed in 2 days for a long time now.

Man. Beds are sure expensive :(

Melvin and I have spent a few weekends shopping for beds without much success. I mean - $1000 for a mattress and $1000 for the bedstand? That kinda adds up to 2k and I'm not spending 2k on a bed.

Well, there *are* cheaper mattresses. Those go for what, $300? But Ewww, It's normally too hard and I don't enjoy feeling the springs of the mattress when I lie down. It's either that or the foam mattress. Not exactly what I want either.

Yesterday, we finally saw something we loved and can afford. And surprisingly enough, it was at Courts. I thought I'd never buy furniture from that overpriced/overhyped place.
It was a 2 day sale over the weekend, and among all that, was a Queen Maxcoil mattress going for $439. It's a pocketed spring mattress with a layer for soft foam-like thing (Memory Foam, maybe?) on top. So it had support and it was soft and comfy.
Together with the black PVC bedstand that cost $609, I think we got a very good deal! Especially when they gave an additional $120 discount for buying a mattress + Bedstand set.

All in all, we paid less than $1000 for a good mattress and bedstand.

I'm so excited! Can't wait for it to be delivered in early July.

Oh yes - I'm feeling poor again.

Well, we were supposed to head to K9 campus with Genie to meet up with Glenn and Lana. Quite unfortunately, Genie fell sick last night. I think it's the flu, if the yellow snot shooting out of her nose with every sneeze is any indication.

All in all, it's quite disgusting.

Dogs, obviously, dont know how to cover their nose when they sneeze. Melvin and I have wiped the floor several times now. It's like *sneeze* "OMG it's ALL OVER THE FLOOR".

A sick Genie is messy enough. Now can you imagine a sick Lana. A sick 25kg Golden Retriever. Sneezing stuff on the floor.

Lol. Glenn would kill me.

It may very well be contagious so I called Glenn up to cancel *sad* Besides, I don't think letting Genie run around with other dogs is a good idea. She doesn't really feel like running around with her nose full of snot anyway.

In fact she's quite grumpy today, barking at everything that makes a sound. I accidently dropped something on the floor, and even THAT triggered a frenzy of barks before she went 'Hmph' and settled down in a dark/cool corner.

I wonder which one of her doggie friends passed the flu to her =/

I swear on Mon/Tue I managed to think of stuff to blog about. But now that it's wednesday >< I've forgotten what it was I wanted to blog about.

Spent the entire weekend watching 'I Love Lucy' - Season 1. I have what, 7 more seasons to go? It's one of the more entertaining TV series I watched as a child. And I'm quite surprised that even today, I find myself enjoying the series just the same.

And it looks like I'm not the only one who loves "I Love Lucy" - my colleagues are asking me to burn copies for them ^^

*yawn*
Terribly sleepy. Time to head back to work.

I realise it's time for my weekly post, but I simply don't have anything to post about. The entire weekend was spent playing Sims 2 at home.

You know, a couple of months back, I was really looking forward to Sims 3 (TS3). I even wrote it down on my calendar and all.

Needless to say, I've changed my mind since then.

And thanks to Lianne's email a few days back, I now am mighty sure I won't be getting TS3..
I've had this nagging question on 'if you play this guy and the whole neighbourhood ages, doesn't that mean you are forced to play legacy style?'

Currently, the characters age by 'house' or 'plot'. If you play one family, another family in another plot of land/house stays the same age.. means I can play one family, get them to have 3 kids, let the kids grow into teenagers, then move on to the next family, repeat. then all the children get to head to uni together and all.

But TS3 removes those barriers..

And I hate not being able to control my sims ALL THE TIME.
It's about losing abit of control - and.. nah. not for me.

I mean, what if some sims character dies while I'm playing another family? This will not do.

@Lianne - One of my sims got a 'cheat death' wish from the magic lamp. Does this mean she'll NEVER die? Cos it's been 2 generations now and it's getting pretty freaky. The old lady just refuses to die. On the other hand, I've been trying to get her to be a witch so I guess it kinda works out - now if only those damn witches will spawn on the community lots.

Vanessa's wedding last Sat was fantastic! Quite unfortunately, I don't have pictures of the bride because Ben hasn't sent me the pictures he took just yet.

What I *do* have are pictures taken by Eu Meng (my dept's director) at our table

Here goes

Ben and I kept each other entertained during the dinner

Ben, Eu Meng, Renee (in white), myself and Lay Pheng (Asst Director, Black Dress)

Now with Mr Ang (Senior Director of Student Affairs)

It's been a mango-y Mothers' Day weekend.

Melvin and I bought Mango cake for his mom. And grandparents. And naturally we had a share of the yummy cake

And I had mango ice cream.

And of course, Mangos.

And on last Friday before the Mango madness started, I had mango bubble tea.

My weekend would have been complete if I had done some shopping at Mango ^^

A pity I didn't :(

What I DID do, was spend $200 on 5 pairs of shoes and 2 tops from various small shops in Bedok and Bugis.

Needless to say, I'm feeling poor once again. Thank god pay day is in 4 days.

On another more serious note - I've been trying to get Jen to come online and talk to me. She's being very stubborn about the "MSN is a waste of resource" thing. So everyone pop over to her blog and tell her to 'GET ON MSN' please.
Thanks ^^

We've been trying to teach Genie the difference between 'mummy' and 'daddy'.

It could be working.

Or it could have been just a huge coincidence, because after I let her out to do her 'morning business', I told her "Genie, go to Daddy" and she ran into the room, jumped on my bed, crossed over to Mel's bed and gave Melvin a licky morning wake up call.

I swear she's the most effective alarm system. You can't beat having a 5 or 6kg thing trample across your sleeping form to get to your face for a good lick.

Anyhow. We'll continue trying to teach her who is 'mummy' and who is 'daddy'. After that we'll work on 'mama' and 'yeye' (for mel's parents)

Before you know it, she'll know who each relative is >.>

Just kidding. We're not that nuts.

Or are we? (LOL. Sorry, just couldn't resist adding that line)

Work's been a real drag lately. It's been harder and harder to get myself out of bed to head to work. Perhaps it's about time to take a week off. But with Melvin's classes at the ACCA, and my unwillingness to leave Genie at home, it's not going to be peachy planning for a holiday. Plus Mel's exams are in a month, so he's started mugging and all that. And no, I'm not willing to stay at home the entire week either.

A weekend getaway will be a real treat. But that'll have to wait until after his exams in the early part of June.

There was another victim of deadly violence in the house early this morning.

Yet another lizard died in the hands - or paws, rather - of Genie the Lizard Killer. The person who discovered this hideous crime was none other than myself, with Mel's mother as a witness.

Here's a brief report on what happened:

We'd called out for Genie to come to the kitchen a few times but had no response from her. So I went in search for her. She wasn't in the dining area, nor was she in the master bedroom. When I spotted her in the living room, I distinctively saw her pick something up with her mouth. She then sat there and gave me her best "Who, Me?" look.

I had to pry her mouth open, only to have her latest victim drop onto the floor. Horrified, I quickly picked her up and carried her to the kitchen.

Obviously unwilling to give up her prey, she scooted off the minute I put her on the floor to pounce on the poor lizard again.

There was alot of screaming, but I eventually managed to calm her down. Melvin's mother. Not the dog.

Genie was chastised, but the lizard was already dead.

It was an unfortunate incident and I hope the said victim of violence will rest in peace.

Poor Poor Poor.

It's amazing how one can feel completely broke within 5 days of payday. I think it has to do with the fact that in a span of a week, three birthdays were celebrated - Uncle Wee, Mel's Dad and Gran. So that's 2 Braun Buffel Wallets and a big Ang Pow. Granted the presents are shared, but that doesn't stop me from feeling poor.

Melvin and I are currently hooked on Runes of Magic (another MMO) and we've been spending a lil too much time on it. I think we'll get sick of it within a few months though. We tend to get bored after we've hit max level, have a few alts, get all the different areas explored..
Unless there's an expansion of course, then maybe we'll play for awhile longer.

Weekends are now also spent watching 'Bones', 'Supernatural' and 'House' while our chars craft items ingame.

Oh Yes, Cotton On Body is having a sale! I managed to grab cute looking undies at $5 each ^^

Ok. This post is totally fragment/random but I can't be bothered to edit it. I have such a boring life - even an underwear sale is 'highlight of the week'.

Well, I finally bought it. An item that costs more than what I spend on 2 - 3 tops, for Genie to pee on.

On the bright side, she's using it just fine. Meaning to say, she pee-ed in it this morning without creating a mess.

Some friends and acquintances I spoke to were quite appalled at the cost of 'a tray' (Yes, you too, Li :P)But hey, between having to clean the kitchen floor twice a day and spending an extorbitant amount of money on a piece of plastic so you wouldn't need to do it again... which would you choose?

The problem with our old setup: It's a SERVING tray with newspapers on it. When she pees, she puts her front paws on it, her hind legs are sticking out and she pees on the floor anyway. Then the pee flows in between the tiles and whoever discovers it gets the jolly task of cleaning half the kitchen. Considering she pees 2 - 3 times a day, the extra work is really getting to me.

And when she DOESN'T miss the thing, the pee puddles below her and and flows to her hind legs. then we need to wash her legs.

The new pee tray is an actual pee tray for doggies. It's 3cm high so she'll actually have to 'hop on' the thing, so to speak. So she can actually tell if she's on or off the tray. The old setup is flat. She looks in front of her and thinks "oh i'm on the tray", then turns around and go "oops" then she hides under a chair cos she knows we're going to scold her.

There's a grill-type thing on top of the new one - so when she pees, it goes thru the grill, onto the papers/pee pad below. No mess, no dirty paws..

The price of the Big Yogi Pee Tray at Pet Lovers' Centre was 95bucks (?) approximately. I got it from an online shop for $75.

So it's definitely worth it.



It just occured to me that I spent an entire post talking about a dog pee tray and justifying why I spent so much on it. Next thing you know, I'd be talking about diapers.
God.

I hate growing old.

And so


Finally got to meet up with Lianne, who apparently got weird looks when she told her mom she was going out with "Cat and her dog".

It was pouring when Melvin and I (Yes, and Genie too. Hence "the dog") left the house and visibility on the roads was so bad we could only see the car in front of us. The skies were miraculously clear when we exited from PIE though. It was quite weird, the sudden transition from "omg I can't see the road" to "Eh? Look, the road's dry here", as if someone finally decided to turn the shower off.

Anyway, we were forced to travel at 50km/h on the highway - which resulted in us being dreadfully late in picking Lianne up (my apologies!).

It was drizzling when we finally made our way to K9 Campus. Not the best weather, but manageable.

Li and I brought Genie to the nearby dog bakery while waiting for our food to arrive. And while Li and I were distracted by something else, Genie poo-ed right in the middle of the bakery. What an embarrassment! After that, I figured I'd better buy something from them...

There was this really adorable shih tzu at the table next to ours. It was very tired, I think, for its head was on the table most of the time. Sometimes I wish I had such a calm dog? Something that'll sit on my lap, put it's head on the coffee table and fall asleep. But Noooo. Genie was quite excited - tugging her leash here and there.. jumping up and down... sniffing other dogs...

She was exhausted by the time we got home though, which was great cos she just plonked herself down somewhere comfy and didn't want to move for the rest of the night *laugh*

Maybe if you head over to Li's blog, you'd see some pictures. Not sure if she'll put them up though.

It's another one of those "I have a pile of work but I can't be arsed" days.

Melvin and I brought Genie to the groomers on Sunday. Her back is now shaved and she looks a lil naked. I'll post pictures sometime the coming weekend, if I find time to do so. I think the sudden lack of fur isn't very pleasant for her.. the poor girl was curled up and shivering when we turned the aircon on last night.

I had a pretty busy weekend, between the dog, my relatives and Melvin's relatives. It was like CNY all over again

This was my schedule on Sunday

11am - drop Genie off at Groomers
12pm - Meet Glenn and my uncles for lunch at Hog's Breath Cafe, Vivocity
3pm - Pick Genie up and visit Mel's Grandparents
4pm - Head over to my uncle's to deliver bagels as well as let them play with the dog
5.30pm - back to Mel's grandparents' place for dinner
8pm - Get Home and collapse in bed, beg for help for someone to feed the dog
10pm - Realise I've forgotten about the dog while my body recuperates in bed
10.30pm - Convince myself to leave the comfort of my bed and bring the dog back into the bedroom
10.35pm - Swear I won't leave the bed for the rest of the night unless the house is on fire


Before I save this post here, I'd just like to tell everyone 'DO NOT GO TO HOG's BREATH CAFE AT VIVOCITY'

1. The service was meh. The waiter looked most reluctant to serve despite the restaurant having only 3 tables occupied - including ours
2. They don't serve water. I guess water is a precious resource and they expect us to drink from the nearby toilet
3. The salad they served looked 3 days old. The leaves were dry and soggy/mashy/wrinkly - so was everything else on the avocado salad.
4. They didn't have ribs, nor salmon and the coffee machine was down on a Sunday Afternoon
5. The self declared aussie-themed steakhouse doesn't serve Australian Beer
5. It so isn't worth 40 bucks per person.
6. You're better off at Outback Steakhouse at Millenia Walk.

It's been so busy in the office that I hardly have time to chat on MSN even. Shimin can attest to that. Everytime she msges me, I'll go "rushing something! ttyl!"

Poor poor Melvin went to A&E today because of breathing problems and he's currently stuck in the critical care ward with an oxygen tube stuffed up his nose. I told my boss, and she waved at me and told me to go visit him and commented that I'm free to go because the office won't collapse without me. I don't know if I should be insulted ><

Oh drats. which reminds me - I left my cheque in his bag. That cheque was meant to be a donation to ASD (http://www.asdsingapore.com). I prefer ASD to SPCA because ASD has a no-kill policy...
I was telling Glenn that everytime I go to that webpage, I'm tempted to either sponsor a dog, or adopt one. The poor things!

It's weird though. I'd rather donate to a society for stray/abandoned dogs, than to like.. comm chest for poor folks. Dogs > Humans? I don't know...
But you have to admit. Dogs are cuter than humans. and dogs are more loyal than humans. Most dogs, anyway.. with the exception of Genie who is loyal only to food.

Anywaaaayy. This is going to be a short one because.. I need to get back to work. Benjamin (my colleague who deals with media relations) isn't around and I need to settle some stuff for him. I mean, Ben has the potential to be one of the sweetest guys ever, but he is VERY lousy at leaving instructions. I still have no idea what it is I need to help him with exactly and the bloody thing is due next week.

Ciao

I don't have anything much to post about, really. It's been quite an expensive weekend. We went to Sim lim on Sunday and bought

1. Dawn of War II
2. New mousepad
3. Razor Mouse for me
4. All in One Printer
5. Keyboard (mine was all sticky due to spillage)

I'd wanted to get Apartment Life but "that store in Sim Lim" was out of stock. And because Melvin's dad came to pick us up, I didn't have time to shop for speakers.

Between Melvin and I, we spent.. $300? $400? at Sim Lim in 2 hours.

And my girl's all grown up. She's having her first period! One gross fact though - His mom says it's started either yesterday or today, but we didn't see any blood on the floor because my chor lor dog licked everything up from her.. down there.
I'm mighty sure it started yesterday because Genie left a patch on my nightdress when I put her on my lap last night =.=

It's been really annoying/exasperating the past few days.

Work's been absolutely crazy with so many new projects and with them, come scary deadlines.

Things ain't so hot at home either.

I came home today, really tired. And opened the bathroom door to let Genie roam the house. Then I came and sat at the computer to reply some work email. After about 20 minutes, I went to check on Genie and much to my horror, that girl was chewing/swallowing bits on broken glass on the floor.

Now I know SHE didn't break anything because I didn't hear anything break. And after closer inspection, the glass bits were everywhere. The kitchen, the dining... while I was walking around, I promptly stepped on one that nicked my toe. God knows HOW many pieces of glass my babygirl has swallowed. If she dies of internal bleeding or something, there will be hell to pay. I have a feeling I know WHO is responsible. There is only ONE such inconsiderate MAN in the house and it's not Melvin.

You take note Melvin. If anything happens to my dog, I won't give face.

Oh hey. >< Long overdue post here. Sorry!

Vday was..

I don't know.

It wasn't a disappointment per se, considering it's our first Vday together after what, 4 years?

But we could have done better.

I was planning for a DIY Facial Massage/Spa thing and even went to source out the recipes suitable for Melvin's skin and all.
One thing tripped me up - the need for castor oil. And it's the one ingredient in the facial massage oil that cannot be swapped. No, not the castor oil as in car lubricant. The cold pressed kind that you can apply/consume. It's apparently fantastic for cleaning out your pores (oil dissolves oil and all) and the oilier your skin, the more castor oil you should use.
i.e for normal skin, you use a 20% castor oil, 80% extra virgin olive oil. And for oily skin, you use a 30% castor oil and 70% extra virgin olive oil blend.

For the life of me, I could not find castor oil! I tried GNC, Nature's Farmway, all the supermarts, pharmacies...
NONE to be found!

I gave up after searching for one entire week.

So we settled for a dinner/movie thingame. I made sure I booked the tickets beforehand so we didn't need to deal with the queues. So that was alright.
Dinner was.. OK I suppose. It's just dinner. Order, eat and pay.

Romance between us is dead I tell you. Dead and quickly decomposing.
But before Melvin gives me the 'what about All the other stuff I do for you?' lecture - YES, he still does sweet little things for me.
But still. The romance is kinda..dead.

so that was that.

We went for 2nd dinner the next day at Ajisen. And I LOVE Ajisen *gush* We then made a pact to try every single Ajisen ramen flavour there is in 2009. This is solely to prevent myself from ordering the Volcano Ramen every damn time we go there.

Everytime we stay out late for dinner, or simply to walk around, Melvin gives the "our poor dog is home alone..." speech so our nights out are always cut short to go home, play with the dog for 15mins, then we plonk ourselves in front of the comp.
Thank you, Melvin, for the mood dampener. It's like I can't even go out and enjoy myself anymore without a guilt trip.

Wah. So many votes for Option 1 :)

The cheapo self in me still can't bear to spend $360 on a getaway weekend so I'm devising a combi of Option 1 and 3. >< Will let you all know how it works out after this weekend ya?

In the meantime, it's Day 12 of the Flu. I keep blowing my nose, then passing the used tissue to Melvin so he can throw it away for me. It's a sign of true love I tell you :P when a guy doesn't mind holding on to icky tissues while you blow your nose, and promptly come cuddle while you whine/wheeze/sniff/cough/complain/throw tantrums the night away.

I probably should be working on the proposal for a bi-annual marketing publication, but I just can't seem to get started on it. The damn files have been opened since morning and I'm doing everything BUT the proposal.

Valentine's Day is just round the corner and while I agree it's a highly commercialised, overhyped 'holiday', I can't help but take the opportunity to do something special. It's an excuse to head out, splurge and have fun.

I have 3 options, currently. Depending on my mood and how poor I feel next week, I may actually get something done on Vday. As usual, I'm the one planning. Other people have guys planning romantic dinners, presents, flowers and all, I get Melvin giving me a "Happy Vday, dear". Morning breath included.

To be fair to Melvin, I told him not to plan anything this year to save me the torture of nagging him to get something done.

In other words

I have given up.


Option 1: Overnight Spa Weekend Getaway at Batam. Includes candlelight dinner and bottle of wine. the 3 hour spa looks good (cost: $360 for 2)

Pros > Just the 2 of us away for the weekend
Cons > Budget! Budget!

Option 2: Dinner at Absolute Haven + whatever else. Maybe a movie. (cost: $150 for 2)

Pros > Night out. We can actually pretend we're on a date.
Cons > Join the Vday crowd :( and we hate crowds.

Option 3: Buy frozen Ikea Meatballs. Cook at home and do a DIY candlelight dinner. Rent a DVD to watch (cost: $50 for 2)

Pros > omg like cheap?
Cons > His parents in the house. Not Vday anymore, really. Romance! Where's the romance if you're eating with the parentals? And are there charges for calling the firetruck should I burn the kitchen down?

*sigh*

How?

I finally had a good break yesterday.

Jeremy, Melvin and I went to Parklane for a few solid hours of Left4Dead. It's not a bad game, though it got repetitive after the 4th map.
I normally don't like zombie-ish games, but L4D was actually kinda fun. And it was just as well that the 4th player is an NPC. The NPC saved our asses more than we saved each other..

There are 4 scary things in L4D.

The Witch - this frail little woman that sits on the floor. Once you 'disturb' her, she charges at you and according to Melvin 'slaps you around a few times and you die'. (Unfortunately, Melvin being the chiongster, is the one who disturbs the witch the most)

The Tank - it's... well, a tank. A huge thing that runs and slams you around and takes many bullets to kill

The Hunter - I hate this one. It pounces and starts stabbing it's victim. If you're the victim, you won't be able to do anything to fend yourself. The only way to save yourself is to yell for help and get your teammates to shoot the thing to death.

The Smoker(?) - Has a long tongue and grabs you with it to pull you towards it before it mauls you to death. Another thing it does is let you dangle and you strangle to death. Once again, you need your teammates to save you from this one

There was once I was sniping from the 2nd floor of a barn while the rest were on ground floor.. when the smoker grabbed me from behind. No one was around to see.. so I did what I had to do

"Dear!! *whack whack* save me! *whack whack and points to screen* save meeeee *whacks somemore*"

And even though Melvin isn't exactly an undead zombie, he got his fair share of bruises during the course of the game.

All in all, it was good fun.

Happy CNY All.

I'm finally home after a whole day at Grandma's. Boy am I tired.. my feet ache and my toes are individually taped with plaster. I don't understand how I can get blisters just by walking a few blocks (MRT Station to Gran's House = 2 bus stops! or 3) Damned new shoes on CNY.

The morning started out pretty alright at Grandma's. My uncles, aunts were there.. and so were my cousins. I still feel a lil stunned everytime I look at my cousins. Even the 12 year olds are taller than I am. And I don't mean 'a tad taller' or 'a few centimetres taller'. I mean by one whole head - on average. What have my relatives been feeding those buggers?

And it's really pathetic - I'm the eldest, but undeniably, and very obviously, the shortest. The eldest uncle (on the maternal side) said it's cos I have my mom's build. She's always been the smallest in the family. Petite. Supposedly. I beg to differ - I have her frame, but I sure am more meaty than her. My mom's frame + my aunts' weight. Great. All my aunts are.. taller. and.. rounder. and post birth, they ballooned like no one's business. My mom wasn't like that. Her waist was still a 27inch after giving birth to my brother and I. According to her, she had a nice 24 inch waist before she got pregnant. Hell I beat her 27inches even though I haven't got any kids >.>

Anyhow, I have my mom's base figure. Sure. I have her height, and her general shape. But I sure have my aunts'/grandma's weight issue. For example, one of my aunts weighed 50ish kg BC (Before children), she is now a hella 75kg.

=.= at this point, Genie puts two front paws on my chair and is enjoying herself licking my thigh. I think she is up to something - everytime I look at her, she blinks and gives me the innocent look. Like 'Who, me? I didn't do anything.. oh that chewed up sock on the floor? Umm It dangling off the bed and I thought it was for me!"

I brought Genie with me to last night's reunion dinner. The kids didnt play with her much. Surprisingly, it was my uncles >.> like little boys, those.. uncles.
And my grandma kept feeding Genie pieces of apples. I shouldn't have said "Oh Genie loves bananas, watermelon, apples and the like".

It was like the light lit up in the attic and my grandma kept feeding Genie piece after piece with joyful glee. So much so that when it was time to go, Genie was still sitting at grandma's feet.

"Genie! Lets go! Come!"

*ignores. continue staring at Grandma hopefully*

"GENIE! The door's open.. come come.."

*looks at me and yawns. Lean on Grandma*

I had to go carry her out the door >.> No dignity nor loyalty at all, that bitch.

my..god..

where did my weekend go?

Sat was work..

I spent sunday baking blueberry/macademia cookies..

and poof..

it's monday

It's been a busybusy weekend!

Lunch with Irene, Jen and our SOs was highly enjoyable. Catching up was lovely and I was sad to see 3 hour lunch end! I had planned to include more details on the lunch itself, but.. I'm blogging at work and currently, all I have in my head is 'werk werk werk' and 'dedlines'. It's nice to see my friends so.. happy with life *beams* We've all grown up somehow but I daresay - at least 50% of our habits remained the same.

All in all - we need to meet up more often, please. I have not had such a good time for ages. Take also into consideration that I don't have THAT many friends to start with.

After lunch/dessert, Melvin and I went to walk around abit. We explored the esplanade. I say 'explored' because Melvin has not had the opportunity to walk inside after all this time. Granted he came back to SG only 6 months ago.. but still.

I bought very expensive/overpriced cookies at the Cookie Museum. $35 for a fracking tin.

We then had hot chocolate at Max Brennar (Branner?). It was excruciatingly sweet and I will never order one mug of hot choco to myself ever again. Left half a mug there and I don't want to see chocolate for the next few months.

Conclusion: Chocolate is meant to be taken in small doses. Large doses will cause nausea, bloatedness and likely, diabetes.

Melvin and I then went to Outback Steakhouse for our 7th Anniversary and stuffed ourshelves silly. I think we ordered enough food for three or four. It was a good meal all in all, despite the inexperienced waiter in charge of our table.

We wanted to catch a movie after lunch but had to rush back to bring Genie to class :(
Genie gave me a heartattack when she broke free midway during class. It was open ground, I told her to stay and walked a few metres away from her - then she ran. Melvin managed to step on her leash, but her collar snapped..

so there she was running with no leash/collar, creating havoc in class. The other owners tried to catch her but honestly, you can't outrun a dog like Genie >.> Plus after that.. all the dogs tried to chase her around..

In the end I squatted down, waved a bag of treats and called her name "Genieeeeeee" - then she ran right into my arms.

All good - no one lost their dogs.

But hell. I was so damn embarassed that her breaking free COULD have caused the other dogs to run.. if someone else lost their dog because of that, I swear I'd rather die on the spot.

It looks like I'm not the only person lamenting about old friends growing apart. I've been talking to a few people (+ reading a few blogs) and it seems that the festive season blues (yes.. sounds odd I know) has hit some people I know.

It starts with the "where are my old friends? I had a very good friend back in xx year.. we did this this and that.. where is that person now?" and it rolls from there..

I won't comment on this because.. well.. all I haveto say is

"you're not the only one feeling this way"

*sigh*

Monday Blues

It was a good weekend, all in all. We had fun with Genie, as usual. And I got to complete a number of games.

I also, for the first time, bought and sold stuff on eBay. I never really did pay much attention to eBay.. until I had to help Melvin's mom sell a recontract phone. So... since i was SELLING anyway.... may as well buy some stuff too, ya?

Anyhow, the phone was sold without TOO much hassle. Some guy bid and won, decided he didn't want it after all.. so I had to put it up for bid AGAIN.. that sorta thing. Buying is easier than selling :P

EBay is a dangerous place *nod*

I received happy news from Irene last night! But for some reason, my SMS to her couldn't go through - I may need to check with M1 on global SMS. It's not the first time my messages to overseas failed me. I won't say it here because I'm not in the position to announce her happy news - if you want to know, ask her yourself :) I'm sure she'll be happy to share!

And grats to Melvin for his first full time paycheck (well, grats in advance, anyway)

*happy*

Genie finally knows how to give her paw for a 'pawshake', after 3 days of training.

The first two nights, whenever we say the words "Genie, Paw!" to her, she'll tilt her head and give us the 'what is this mad person going on about? Ohhh I want that treat! Hmm. I'll try to lie down on the floor - they give me treats for that" Then she's lie flat on the floor.

We'll say 'Noooo..' then repeat the word 'Paw'. After which she'll cycle through everything she knows (her standard 'repertoire', so to speak) to test which is the correct one..

And FINALLY on Christmas morning, she figured it out.

"give paw = treat".

Now, she automatically sticks her paw out when we put our hand near her. Rather like "Ohh it's time to press the food lever and get treats" sorta motion.

Adorable.

I just wish she wasn't so greedy =.=

Next up, roll over!

It's been really busy at work, with a major event coming up and all.

I've finally gotten round to rebonding my hair so it's all nice and neat now. Shiny, even. The hairdresser tried to convince me to curl my hair instead.. but meh, too lazy to spend an extra 15minutes twirling my hair and putting product in it every morning. I'd rather spend that extra 15mins sleeping.

I also spent $100 on shampoo/conditioner. Don't ask.

I'm so tired.

The weekend disappeared on me! 2 Xmas parties on Saturday + Xmas gift shopping on Sunday has left me (and my wallet) drained.

It was westie outing on Saturday afternoon. I think there were 13 westies who turned up in that small cafe (so it's 13 westies and 26 humans).. *Edit - dog names are in italic*

What can I say? Fun, Fun and Fun. Kumo left an everlasting impression on the shop owners by peeing first thing in the cafe. and it wasn't just a 'pee'. It was like.. I don't know.. a 'Peeeeeeeee'. I think some of us were counting "one-a-thousand, two-a-thousand, three-a-thousand, four-a-thousand.. still peeing?! Five-a-thousand... LOL omg stop already! Six-a-thousand.." Alvin, Kumo's owner and our designated cameraman, was like "OMG it's a reservoir!" Truely, it was as if Kumo stored one whole day of pee (or more) for that moment.

That kinda set the tone for the rest of the party. They chased each other all over, played, growled, fought even..
Until someone (i forgot his name) took out a small container of dog cookies. He took ONE cookie out of the container and immediately had the attention of just about all the westies. One man vs 10 over westies. *laugh* The dogs were either seated and looking up hopefully, or jumping up and down. I think Kumo was 'begging' with his front paws. Damn funny.

Then a Caucasian lady walked past the cafe with her 2 HUGE dogs. Boxers, I think. You should have seen the commotion. Thank goodness it was an enclosed cafe.. the westies ran to the glass door, and barked/growled like mad at the 2 boxers. We had to hold the glass doors too, in case the combined weight of the dogs push the doors open.

Beemer and Genie kept fighting, for some reason. Not sure what's up with those 2. Mini is like.. so adorable. She was wearing a Tshirt that said "Need a lot of Hugs". Cooper was dressed in a tux (he won a prize for being best dressed!). Duncan wore a Hawaiian shirt (very beng haha!).
I love Spooky though. Vey well trained. Not sure how Karen managed to keep Spooky in line.

After all that fun, Melvin, Genie and I headed to East Coast for a BBQ with my colleagues. Genie fell asleep in the car on the way there. She was awake when we hit East Coast, but was noticeably more subdued.. which is a good thing because I didn't want her behaving like an energizer bunny at the BBQ pit.

We stayed awhile.. Genie got quite abit of attention. She also attempted to lick a few faces.
She conked out on the way back. Melvin and I collapsed when we got home as well..

Renee told me at the BBQ that the pay is in.. so HAHA went shopping on Sunday. Birthday pressie for Glenn, Osim products for the relatives... more doggie stuff for Genie.. That's a couple of hundred bucks gone

I hear my wallet pleading for mercy

I feel poor. (Yes! Again.)

It appears that while Xmas comes for us humans once every year, Genie celebrates 'Xmas' every other weekend.

That's because her toys get destroyed every other weekend.

She still had like 5 toys 2 weeks ago. I double checked that last Friday - she had 2 left. Red squishy sound making toy was thrown away because it cut her gum. Pink Bone chew Toy was missing for a week. And we threw away her favourite key ring chew toy - it was worn down to the point whereby we can hardly recognise it as a plastic ring of plastic keys.

Which left her with a ratty (and smelly) rope thing, and an orange treat dispenser toy.

So Melvin and I dropped by this petshop near our place to get her a simple toy to tide her over a few days before we REALLY go toy shopping after the 15th (Pay Day)

I ended up buying her a dress, doggie pants, and a cheap $2 bouncy ball.

The bouncy ball was chewed through in 5 minutes. We were throwing it around to play catch with her, and stopped to walk to the fridge to get a drink. When we came back, the ball wasn't even ROUND anymore. It was flaking off, and there was this hole... which she managed to chew through.. and parts of the mangled ball was strewn around the living room.

It died a violent death.

Dress and doggie pants - save for CNY *beams*

ANYHOW - that meant another trip to ANOTHER petshop (PLC in Bugis) and a good $50 more on 2 new toys, treats, and dentalbones.

At this point, I'd like to highlight that

1) Her toys cost $10-$20 each
2) Her clothes cost $25-$40 on average -which is hell more than what I spend on MY clothes.
3) I wanted a dog, not a cash guzzler

*sadness*

I should try and cut down on buying things for Genie.. but when she looks at me, tilts her head and give me that 'look' - I start wanting to buy things for her.

Oooo I see doggie Cheongsum online. And Oooo OMG doggie wedding dresses too!
Hm - I think my wallet just went into seizure.

I'm not sure if you noticed, but things on my wishlist are finally starting to get done/fulfilled!

I bought shares for the first time! Aaaannddd - it doesn't look too good :( cos umm, in a span of 2 days, I've already lost $300.

Don't ask. I wasn't expecting it to go down so much again.

It'll go up sooner or later *hopeful* and I'll make money. Hence I added an additional item to my wish list - make money from shares. *bounce*

Melvin's parents are out of town until.. next week so we're left to fend for ourshelves. We're both down with the flu too. I've been flu-ey for a week, while Melvin's been having fever for 3 days already. Despite being sick and miserable, we're enjoying the privacy and relieved at having a few days of escape from his parents' nagging.

Poor Genie has to be locked in the bathroom while we're at work, though. We try to make it up to her by giving her extra walkie time..
Have I mentioned Genie's improving alot?
She used to do things like struggle when we try to brush her fur and clean her teeth. And she would ruuuunnn around the bathroom looking for an escape route when we bath her. She would also lose control of her bladder whenever she gets excited (like when she sees us home from work..)

Now, she doesn't struggle so much when we brush her fur. She gets restless after a few minutes and rolls around, but she doesn't try to bite the brush during the brushing anymore. Not much, anyway.

The teeth cleaning still needs to be worked on - but she's teething, so it's understandable.

She would stand still during bath time mostly - until we wash her face and water gets into her nose. That's when she starts wanting to get away. And yay - she doesn't piddle so much around the house anymore.

Genie was playing with one of her squeak toys a few days back when.. she started bleeding from her mouth. Melvin was so freaked out, he started running around like a headless chicken going "omg blood! Omg heartpain - is she alright? so much blood!" (the entire toy was covered with blood.. there was some on her paws.. side of her face..)

Meanwhile I grabbed her to examine her mouth, thinking to myself "we need to call a cab - get her to the Animal Hospital. What's the number of the hospital? And ffs - will melvin go check the number and call the hospital instead of standing there panicking?"

I managed to check her mouth and turned out there was a gash on her gum. (Note: Melvin was still running around like a headless chicken at that point). The toy was thrown away and we babied her for the night.

We noticed, last night, that the back of her tongue was discolored - looks bruised. I'm not sure if it was due to the same toy, but if it's still bruised after this weekend, we'll bring her to the vet.

I've been teasing Melvin ever since that night. If we ever have real kids, and there was a minor accident involving pain/blood - he'll be the first to faint.

I've also noticed that Genie is.. extremely.. intelligent. She somehow managed to figured out how to open the kitchen's sliding door >.> We'll normally close her in the kitchen when we want her to have more space to walk around, or when it's time for her to poo/pee. Her pee tray is near the rubbish chute in the kitchen for our convenience.

Last night we closed her in the kitchen when we went downstairs to get a quick dinner - when we came back, she greeted us at the front door. =.= I had initially thought Melvin didn't close the sliding door properly and left a gap for her to squeeze out.

Then early this morning (5am), she was scratching at the door of her lil crib to be let out. She normally needs to pee/poo first thing in the morning, so I carried her to the kitchen and closed the sliding door, reminding myself to close the door properly.

At sometime around 6am, the jingle of her bell woke me up. I thought to myself "Eh.. why is the bell so loud.. sounds so near.. but can't be.. she's in the kitchen.." I sat up after a few seconds of denial, and there she was - front paws on my bed, peeking at me.

Went to check the sliding door - true enough, she somehow managed to get the door opened just enough for her to squeeze out.

Fantastic. Maybe we should have named her Houdini instead.

Woohoo

I got myself a new phone - the Samsung F480

First Item on my wishlist fulfilled *happy*
Cost me a whooping $300 though - and I will be surviving on bread + plain water until my next pay day.

Melvin's thinking of getting the Samsung Pixon in Feb 09, when his contract with M1 expires. He's really tempted to get it now, but his mom convinced him that a two month wait = $100 voucher from M1.

So yes, he's waiting.

Due to my change in handphone number (leave a msg on my tag if I forgot to tell you my new number - i'll sms you immediately), one of my ex boyfriends decided it was time to play catch up. I'm IMing him at the moment, and it's struck me that he's such a negative person. When he asked what phone model I got, he said "oh but samsung sucks!" though he was unable to tell me why he thought it sucked. Then he asked how long I've been with Melvin. I said it's almost 7 years now. And he was like "Ah! Watch for the 7 year itch man"

So far, he hasn't said a single positive statement. And just about everything he has said irks me. It's like he's cursing me or something.

I mean - makes me glad Melvin isn't such a negative person.

Things are finally looking up

Congratulations, Melvin! For finally landing a perm job :) It's been a gruelling 6 month search.

I'm so happy that he's managed to land a job despite the bad financial times. Naturally, the starting pay is not ideal - but it's better than nothing, considering all the retrenchment that's going on.

So Congratulations dearest!

And Happy 27th Birthday in advance too. You're getting old >.>

Melvin and I have started playing Fallout3 recently. The game gives me motion sickness =.= and it's a nice game, but I hate it. I don't dare explore new places because things are always shooting at my char. And I died 4 times yesterday in a span of 45 minutes. Once to a mercenary, once to a fire ant (Big ass fire breathing ants), once to a raider, and once to a blowfly (don't ask - i didn't notice it was shooting globs at me, alright?)

The only bit of the game I enjoyed is the portion BEFORE all hell broke loose and my Char had to ecape from the vault. i.e nothing to kill, and nothing scary coming after me.

As a result, I spent most of the time watching Melvin play, with the occasional scream of "Eeekk! Dear, behind you!" or "omg what's THAT". He swears I shorten his lifespan each time I grab his shirt and scream like that.

well, it's been a very tiring weekend.

On Saturday, it was a meet up/lunch with grandma and baking of Genie's treats in the evening. And on Sunday, it was a lunch at the dog cafe with Glenn/Uncle Teng and Lana, and then Genie's first training class at night.

Meetup with Grandma was normal, though it was cut short because it looked like it was going to rain and she said it was better to leave before it starts to pour.

It was surprisingly easy baking Genie's treats - no huge hiccups. And I didn't set the kitchen on fire. Well.. I think Melvin's Mom doing most of the work helped :P Hee! I'd bought all the ingredients and was about to get down to it when I realised I didn't know how to turn on the oven.

No, wait. Really.. The oven we have at home isn't the modern oven - it's a baby belling easily what.. 20 years old? And the wrong move essentially means a power trip. So I sought for help from the expert who's been using the said contraption for.. the past 20 years. The oven's very well maintained, mind you - it just has a temper, that's all.

In the end, I stood there while she blended the ingredients, poured the stuff onto a tray and stuck it in the oven.

That's what happened.. all I did was ask "Auntie, how do you turn on the oven?"

That said, Genie loves the treats (so did the other dogs at the dog cafe *laugh* I'll tell you about that in abit). I set aside half of it for Lana, and abit for Melvin's colleague who has a Pommy.

On Sunday, the 2 dogs, Genie and Lana finally got to meet. They had lamb stew, while us humans had baked rice/burgers. We'd let them roam freely in the cafe (I mean, it's a dog cafe, duh). Then suddenly, Glenn yelled "Lana no!" I looked over and there she was.. sniffing at another dog's bowl of food =.=

So he hurried over and drag poor Lana back to our table. Then before I knew it, Glenn said "Genie! No!"

That greedy girl had stolen a meatball from the bowl Lana was sniffing at >.>

I apologised to the owners of the poor poodle.. and they didn't seem offended at all. But still. Like OMG.. I was so embarassed.

We gave Lana some of the treats I baked, but guess what - the other dogs in the cafe could SMELL the treats and we were suddenly the most popular table in the shop. There was one particular Jack Russel Terrier who didn't want to leave and kept staring at the treats as well as giving Melvin cute puppy looks in hope of a treat. Haha.

Genie then spent the afternoon in the cafe bullying Lana. I was telling Glenn "Lana should give Genie a loud bark - then we'll see Genie hiding behind her human parents" As it is, Genie kept snapping at Lana (probably playing.. it wasn't an angry growl or anything), while Lana ignored her for most.

Until.. we let them loose in the dog play area. Then Lana took her revenge by chasing Genie all over. All of us just stood there and laughed.

After all that fun, Genie fell asleep in the car on the way back and slept the afternoon away, until we woke her up for an early dinner and brought the groggy dog to her first training class.

What a disaster.

She wouldn't listen to me - and kept wanting to play with other dogs. In fact, I'm inclined to believe she temporarily forget her own name because calling her name didn't help either.

Oh well.

She'll improve, I hope. The instructor gave us a training schedule to practise at home. This morning, I made her sit/stay for 3 minutes before allowing her to have her breakfast. She gave me the "why are you making me stare at my breakfast but not letting me eat it?" look.

That was one of the longest 3 mins in my life. Do you have any idea how bored I was looking at her look at her food?

It's all very well because there are no distractions at home.. I'm not sure I can achieve the same results in a public area with all the people, noise and whatnots. Will probably give it a try after a few days.

And we're supposed to work it up to 30mins. oh.my.gawd. Like am I supposed to stare at her for 30mins while she stares at her food?

I hope not.

Remember how scruffy Genie looked?


Here's the new her after a bloody $50 haircut.. looking much neater!

I love it when I come to office on a Monday and find a bar of chocolate on my desk :)

Thanks, Wei Ting!

Anyhow, it was a pretty good weekend! Good weekends don't happen very often. Most of the time, weekends just 'disappear'. Either there are so many things to do that it doesn't feel like a weekend at all, or I totally wasted it by sleeping/stoning/generally doing nothing.

Lana had ticks :( so we couldn't bring Genie to meet her. What we did do, was head for lunch on Sat with Glenn and Uncle Teng. Had chilli crab *yum*

After lunch, we drove Genie to Petmovers in Pasir Ris. They have a small fenced area just for dogs to play over there. Think of it as a dog playground. She ran around, chased the chihuahuas, and escaped from other dogs who tried to sniff her butt.

We had wanted to bring her for a grooming session after that, but were informed that you actually need to make an appt! How weird >.> when I called up a few places to check pricing, no one said anything about appointments. In fact, it was a "just bring her in over the weekend" It means her grooming thingy has to be delayed for about a week or two.

At any rate, she was so tired after running around at the park she fell asleep in the car on the way back and slept the rest of the day.

The fact that all the regular places for grooming was packed turned out to be a blessing in disguise though!

We went for lunch on Sunday with Melvin's grandparents and guess what! We found a pet shop near his grandparents' place who offered to do the full grooming for $50. Much cheaper than Fur Away (or Furs Away.. Don't remember. It's in that turf club place at bukit timah) who wanted to rip us off for $65. I mean, even the pet safari at Vivocity only charges $55.

It just simplifies things, ya know? We can make an appointment there, drop her off, and head over to his grandparents' place for food (note: the shop is within walking distance from his grandparents' place - two blocks down? or three?)

The thing that totally convinced me to send Genie there was the 2 extremely well groomed Westies I saw in the shop waiting to be picked up by their owners.

It was another exciting afternoon for Genie. She met Louis and Ruben (Age 12 and 7? Not sure of Ruben's age), Melvin's cousins, over lunch on Sunday and spent much of her time running away from Ruben.

Needless to say, she totally conked on our way home and slept the rest of the day away.

I wonder if this is normal.. I thought dogs were supposed to be energetic. How come her batt runs flat so fast >.>

I went home yesterday to find the living room carpet missing.

His parents have given up and we currently have no carpets/mats in the house.

Genie has improved though! IF she's in the kitchen, she knows exactly where to poopoo. But her brain hasn't connected the fact that if she's in the dining room, she has to RUN to the kitchen to poo. As a result, she's stuck in the kitchen for most. We changed her pooing place from the bathroom to kitchen because the bathroom is always wet.. and we don't want her fur soaking up all the water when she rolls around..

Genie still needs to learn to aim though. There have been a few times where she ALMOST made it. Most of her was ON the pee/poo tray, but her ass stuck out, so whatever she released landed on the floor beside the tray.

We brought Genie for her last Vacc + microchip over the weekend. She yelped for the vaccination, that wasn't too bad. A single yelp. But the vet was quick, so that minimised the pain. Then came the microchip. Bloody thick needle as they need to insert something the size of a rice grain into the back of her neck. She made SO MUCH NOISE for that one. yelp/whine/cry.. it was over in less than 3 seconds but the poor girl hollered her lungs out. She was so weak she couldn't stand properly after that - probably shock from the pain.

She then spent the next 2 days being groggy and refusing to eat. Genie's all better now though. Back to her playful self.

We're bringing Genie to meet Lana this weekend. I wonder how that will turn out.

New pictures of Genie - She's actually awake. I had to set Melvin's camera to the 'speedman' function in order to take non-blurred pictures of her. I'm quite satisfied with the results. Naturally, I took these pictures, because Melvin couldn't get a single nice one of her. *sticks tongue out at Melvin*

Dog Troubles

Genie decided, 2 days ago, that she didn't like her dog food anymore. She's only been eating small portions of her meal, maybe 1/4 of it. Then she threw up last night.

She seems fine today though, so the throwing up isn't a big issue. Melvin and I will be keeping an eye on her today/tomorrow to make sure she doesn't throw up again.

I hope she doesn't turn out to be a picky eater. I keep telling Melvin that if she doesn't want to eat, we'll just let her starve until the next meal. But Noooo, he's handfeeding her two hours after her meal time. He's going to end up spoiling the lil one.

I have been considering adding abi of variety to Genie's meals though. Not for taste, more for nutrition.

There have been recommendations to add fish, or liver to dry dog food. But the thought of having to COOK for the dog just puts me off. I mean, hell, I don't even cook for myself. But then again, it's just light steaming. No salt, nothing, just steam as is. Can't be THAT hard.

But aiyah - still troublesome.

We'll see how it goes for the next few days.

Other than Genie being the most troublesome 3.5kg thing on earth, she's been absolutely adorable, always giving me a warm welcome when I get home.. It's like she's been looking forward to seeing you the whole day.. she clings to you, and her tail wags so hard it looks like it'll fly right off.

She'll then get so sleepy after play time, that you can just cradle her to sleep. Of course, she's like super 'nua' by then as well, and nice to hold.

If you're wondering if Genie is all I can talk about lately, the answer is yes >.>

Trust me. There's nothing else I can talk about, cos nothing else HAS been happening.

Wake up, feed genie, dress for work, say byebye to Genie, leave home.
Get off work, rush home, feed Genie, play/shower/brush her teeth/comb her fur/scold her for pooing on the floor/clean whatever part of the house she's messed up, SLEEP.

Looking at my schedule, you realise Melvin and I hardly have time for each other. And he's been complaining.

We'll need to readjust our schedules.

Snuck pictures of Genie while she was sleeping. She's looking abit fuzzy.. we'll bring her for grooming soon.

Genie's Housebreaking Journal - Day 4

Genie's a damn intelligent dog, or fussy, depending on how you look at it.

We let her walk around the staircase landing last night hoping she'll poo/pee there. 2 nights ago, she poo-ed there after we walked her for 15mins, so we figure we may as well stick to it. She can't go downstairs because she's not fully vaccinated just yet, so the stairwell is the best we can manage.

We waited for over an hour.

Then I told Melvin that it's possible she needs us to put newspaper on her assigned poo spot. So we gave that a try. She walked there and pee-ed in less than 30seconds.

Little bitch. God knows how long she's been holding it in, waiting for newspapers to be placed on the floor for her.

We took that to be a good sign~ that she should be able to recognise assigned pee/poo spots in the house.

We let her in, and she ran to the mat outside the kitchen, and pee-ed on it.

*cries*

That was yesterday.

I came back early from work today, so I let her out of the bathroom after noting she pee-ed on the pee tray we put there. I was sooo happy.

Then she went to poo on the living room carpet just before lunch.

She has something for carpets, I swear. Or maybe she can't tell the difference between carpets and newspapers.

I had to clean up after her at least 4 times today (and the day hasn't ended *cry*)

I lost my patience after she pee-ed on the living room carpet about half an hr ago. And i YELLED at her. I know I shouldn't have, but god, after cleaning the carpet for the 3rd time today...

she ran for it. I ran after to spank her.

then I locked her in the bathroom where we put her pee tray (with her toys, of course).

I checked on her 10mins later...opening the door just a peek and sitting down so she can't run out.

She was resting near the door.

She saw me, got up, walked to the other end of the bathroom, and sat back down.

Ungrateful lil bitch.

We welcomed a new member to the family yesterday afternoon.

The said member cowered in the back seat of the car, looking all miserable, until I lifted her up so that she could look out the window at cars passing by. She promptly forgot that she was supposed to be frightened and made me carry her for the entire ride home.

The first thing she did when we put her on the floor, was to pee.

*cough*

Not a great start.

That kinda set the tone for the entire day. Our baby westie, now known as Genie, pee-ed more than 5 times in different rooms in the next 6 hours.

We then introduced Genie to Melvin's parents. His mom, who was most vocal in objecting the idea of having a dog, looked on in amusement as we ran around cleaning after Genie and trying to prevent her from getting into all sorts of trouble. For most, Genie was happy following his mom around as she did housework. She wanted to look at EVERYTHING his mom was doing. When his mom turned the washing machine on, Genie stood beside her, wanting to be carried so that she can take a look inside. His mom, of course, obliged and carried Genie to let her take a look.

Genie's such an inquisitive lil thing.

I just wish she didnt piddle all over the place. The floor's never been cleaner.. I had to mop up after every accident.

Housebreaking is going to be tough.

On the bright side, after 15minutes of bribing, she's learnt how to sit :P

Her third Vaccination will be given to her on end of Oct. After which, we'll be introducing her to other relatives. I hope she'll be housebroken by then =/


p/s: Will load picture except she's running around so much, everything comes out blurred.

Hmm.

Melvin and I are really looking forward to bringing puppy home. There's just one itty bitty glitch. His parents are objecting, rather violently, to the purchase of puppy. Ok fine, not so itty bitty..

How did we get into this mess? We thought we'll be able to convince his parents of letting us have a puppy. It's our money after all (mine, really - Melvin hasn't paid a cent so far) and we're perfectly capable of taking care of a dog. Ok... SOMEWHAT capable... *pause*

I can see people raising eyebrows here.

Fiiinnneee. We'll LEARN and maybe the dog won't die in our hands. there. happy?

We had two weeks to 'suggest' we want a dog, without telling them we've already bought it *cringe*

Melvin's idea *points*

It hasn't been working so well. And now, we have a week left.

Of course, one option is to collect the puppy and leave it at Glenn's place. But Lana is overexcitable, and placing an overexcitable golden retriever weighing 25kg with my rather small westie puppy in the same room doesn't bode well for the puppy's health.

*sigh*

On another note, I'd wanted to post some pictures of our trip to Melb/Syd, but the pictures are in the desktop at home. And whenever I get home, it's like "Warhammer!" and I forget all about the pictures.

Warhammer isn't a fantastic game though. The controls aren't as polished as WoW, and while PvP is fun for now, I can foresee that we'll all get bored with it in a few months.

And would you believe we haven't had sex since we started on Warhammer? We play until we're all sleepy and collapse in bed.

Hmm. Probably too much info there - but I needed to complain.

I'm meeting a few colleagues for dinner tomorrow and I really hope that doesn't turn out TOO awkward. I tend to end up blending in with the wall/tablecloth/chair/whatever inanimate object at such social gatherings.

Cath's EQ = 0.

Well, that was a lovely trip to Australia.

I just got back from 2 weeks of shivering in Sydney and Melbourne. Was fantastic.
Spent over a thousand bucks. I feel poor now.

My thoughts are also quite.. fragmented at the moment, as you can tell.
ok.. *takes a deep breath*

Holiday Recap

Sydney -

Spent most of the time catching up with Andy/Delia/Preetam. Donated some money to the casino. Attended Melvin's graduation (like, finally).

Melbourne -

Stayed at a backpacker's (Cooee at the St Kilda. Lovely place!), but paid premium price for a twin, private ensuite room.

Donated MORE money to the casino.

Rented a car and Melvin drove us to Ballarat, an old town which flourished during the gold rush, and we spent a very very lovely day at Souvereign Hill pretending we were back in the 1800s.

Saw PENGUINS! loads and loads of them scurrying across the beach at night. I love how the penguins gather at the edge of the water, then run as a group for their lives across the beach, into the grass. The slower ones tend to speed up after they realise they've been left behind (wait for meee!! Wait for meeee!! *zips forward*) Some fall asleep while walking back to their burrows :P absolutely adorable. One group got harrassed by seagulls and retreated quickly back into the ocean. haha.

Back in SG -

Paid $500 deposit for a westie. I feel poor now. Will have to pay another $800 when I pick her up in 2 weeks. Melvin wants to call her Misty. My vote is on Genie. What say you?

We bought Warhammer Online today. It's been patching for 4 hours now. And still at 83% *growl* I'm going to go for the Archmage, while Melvin's going for Shadow.. something. shadowdancer? and Jeremy's going for some tank class (he hasn't decided)

Jen/Kf: if you read this, come join us on Warhammer Online!

*sniffles* I'm on MC today (again)

We went to Raffles Hotel for high tea yesterday. Jeremy, Melvin and I. It's something we've been planning to do for a few weeks now, but never got around to it. Melvin's mom had a $50 voucher for Raffles and it expires on 21 Sept. So ya, we went.

The food was pretty average. I don't know.. nothing like.. spectacular to justify the cost, ya know? Sure the service was good. great, even. Very polite staff who went out of the way to help..

The single thing that impressed me was that my pot of tea came with a tiny unopened jar of honey. I snuck the bottle into my bag :P

We planned to head to Paradiz to play games after high tea, but Melvin and I got into a fight while walking to the car, so that kinda spoilt everything. in the end, we dropped jeremy home and went home. Melvin also spent the next few hours apologizing.

Forgiven, dearest, but not forgotten.

Ah. Finally settled on a new look for the blog.

I may remove the chatbox at the side though, since I don't get much traffic here anyway.

I did the annual cleaning of my room last weekend, and with Melvin's help, we managed to clean bits that had accumulated four years worth of dust as well.

I found alot of old letters, cards and even scribbled notes from old friends. Jen and I apparently passed each other loads of notes in JC/Uni. And Irene too. There were 2 bags of those stuff =/
There were also scribbled notes between Eugene and I (Ahhh JC days..) and don't be shocked - Scribbled notes from secondary school friends like Karen. I apparently spent more time passing notes back and forth than paying attn to class :p

It pained me, but those bags of memories had to go. Precious precious things I clung onto.. to help me remember my friends, my life. Down the bin.

Not that I had much of a choice - there simply isn't space for boxes of cards, old letters and such. I kept a few though. Gave myself that much.

I also found my old diary (had to wrest it from Melvin before he read the contents).

Lianne, Jen and Rene - my bestest girl friends. ever.

I'm sorry we had to drift.. such is life. Different experiences.. different lives. But those girls will be my best girl friends forever, despite 2 of them being 'crazy'. I say 2, because One out of the three, is actually NORMAL.

Eh? I'm rambling. Forgive me. I tend to do that.. esp when I'm lost in the past, reading my old diary, and sighing at all the angst and drama, chuckling at weird/funny incidents.

Like the time at Cineleisure's lift lobby.. Irene was about to press the button for the lift when the button lit up. She frowned and went "eh? Heat sensor?" and waved her hand in front of the button a few times.
Jen was like "what are u doing?"
Irene "Heat sensor!"
Jen "Duh. I pressed the up button at the other side.."

Or at least, it was something like that. I only remember us laughing so hard at that bimbotic moment.

I wonder if they remember.

Wow. It seems like I've neglected my blog to the point whereby it's essentially dead.

I wonder if people even read this anymore.

I'm going to attempt to revive this damn thing simply because I've been emailing Lianne and Jenny the past couple of days and they tried to get me to start a livejournal account.

I tried, I did. Just all my regular usernames are taken and I'm too lazy to try and think up a new one which I'm likely to forget after awhile.

For those who have been keeping in touch with me, you'll know by now that Melvin's back in SG for good. In the past 2 mths, we've fallen into a pretty boring and routine cycle so nothing much to talk about there. But yes, I'm glad he's back. I'm happy to have someone to go home to and I love having him here to keep me warm on cold nights.

I wonder if I've ranted about me being stuck in SG while my friends are happy overseas. Irene is pretty much settled in a small town near Cairns doing her dentistry. Jen's happily married and is well settled in.. Perth (?). Lianne's still gallivanting around, having fun in places like the Amazon. Speaking of which, I need to update the links on my blog too. They've all changed blog addresses. And I need to remove those old pictures. I'm not exactly.. young anymore.

And I probably need to redo my site. YES! I'll redo the entire site!

And while I'm at it, I'll... I'll clean my room, pack my stuff and.. repaint the flat!

hm.

Sounds a lil tiring.

I'll prob just update the links and worry about the rest whenever.

Listening to: Let Go - Frou Frou (Thanks to one of my colleagues, Adrian)

Have I mentioned about Glenn's new baby golden retriever?

She's called Lana


And I love her.

Have I mentioned that she is possibly the cutest 5 mth old I know? She's also the biggest 5 mth old I know. When she's on her hind legs, pouncing on me, her paws are on my chest and she can reach my neck with her tongue (DOG DROOOOLLLLL)

I took a video of her chewing on the new bright orange chew toy I bought for her - and I watch it everyday.

It was SO difficult to get her to sit still.. you should have seen my uncle trying to her attention from behind the camera. This is the result.








I want a Lana of my own.

Listening to: Nothing




And so, I'm taking time off from office hours to post again...



Jen and I went to catch "Stardust" yesterday at Greatworld City (Free tickets! Courtesy of TVMobile - Thanks Fiona!). It was quite a good show! I must admit that I went into the cinema with low expectations as I heard from some guys that the show sucked. Far from the rumors of it being a lousy show, I was pleasantly surprised by the funny bits of the show. There are ghosts of murdered princes in the storyline and they "retain" their image of death.. so.. the poor chap who died by having his throat cut while naked in a bathtub spent quite abit of time looking pathetic - as a naked ghost.


Jen and I also drooled at the lead actor...


Well, I thought he was really dorky at the beginning and at some point was thinking to myself, "Why on earth did they pick this guy as the lead?"

Then somewhere along the lines, he became this:

Then it became a drool fest. Chest hair on a guy is sexy. (OK, pretend I didn't say that)

Anyway, sudden cute lead actor aside, the show had its light-hearted moments, "OMG is he going to get there in time?!!" moments, and the "awwww" moments.

I don't want to go into details because it would just spoil the show. Go catch it if you can. It's a good show.

Listening to: The Prayer - Josh Groban & Charlotte Church

I realise it's been a long while since I last updated this page. Naturally, a number of things have happened since then..

I think.. when a person's gone..

*sigh*

Nvm.

Listening to: Nothing - pretending to pay attention at a meeting


Last weekend has to be one of the most emotionally draining weekend of the year.

It started with Irene calling me early on Friday morning to let me know that her mom just passed away. I called Tim, Jen, CK and Eugene to arrange to attend the funeral on Friday night. It was a shock seeing my emotionally strong friend trying to hold back her tears and grief as she sat at the table with us. That I had to deal with for most of Friday night and Saturday. I talked to Melvin on Saturday that it was like... her grief was sucking me in. I kept thinking about seeing her pale face on Friday.

The group of us then made arrangements to visit Irene on Sunday afternoon... just to keep her company.

I was about to leave the house when I got a call from my cousin, Glenn.

"Jie... my mom just passed away"

My first response was "You're kidding. Look I'll go for dinner later, I get your point"

"No, Jie. Not kidding. The casket's at Uncle Sam's place..."

I don't quite remember what happened next, but vaguely recall holding onto Mel's mom for support for the next few minutes.

I packed my bags, and took at cab to Uncle Sam's...

My Ama took one look at me, and starting wailing in grief. It was quite bad. Once she started crying, my uncle sam started, affected Aunt Helen's Husband (Uncle Teng)... in turn Glenn took one pain-filled look at me before coming over to lean on me.

Soon after, Uncle Teng had to go downstairs because the funeral services was here to set up the tents..

Ama and Uncle Sam went to bed, while Glenn and I sank into the sofa to talk.

Aunt Helen had liver cancer. And she didn't want anyone to know. So much so that even Glenn didn't know.

All this time.. I thought she was only taking a long time to recover from the Op to remove the tumor in her colon.. so I didnt really think about it. I tried calling her last week.. my uncle teng said she was sleeping.. I didnt think much of it either.

My only complaint is that.... why didn't she say so earlier........

The talking to Glenn helped alot. I think it was good therapy for us. As a result, we held out alot better than Ama and my uncles. We talked about what she would have done if she was given more time. She retired 2 months ago. or was it last month..

I think it's unfair that she was unable to enjoy her retirement.

Her organs had started to fail and she was getting really bad water retention. They have been trying to convince her to head to the doctors for days, but even Glenn got scolded for trying to advise her. By the time she relented, it was too late. Fluid retention had hit her lungs and she couldnt breathe.

Glenn and I agreed that if she had more time, the first thing she would do, would be volunteer work. She's that sort of person. She likes doing volunteer work.

We also agreed that this unexpected turn of events has turned Ama's world upside down. For one, Aunt Helen would come back everyday for lunch. It seems that all her spare time is spent with Ama. During lunch break from work... for dinner after work... Sunday Mahjong games...

And Ama just lost all of that overnight.

Glenn was saying he used to ask his mom's opinion about clothes, education, BGR and other issues. These things he doesnt talk to his dad about..

The situation at Uncle Sam's place was just too depressing. Glenn and I escaped downstairs to where my Aunt's coffin was. It's very pretty by the way.. the set up. There were light blue and translucent white curtains.. lots of white, palepink and a touch of red roses. It looked more like a wedding than a funeral. The flowers weren't in wreaths, but several nice floral arrangements placed near the coffin. Glenn and I both agreed. Aunt Helen would have loved this. The smell of fresh roses... the soothing colors.. sure alot better than those chingching chinese funerals.

She would have loved it.

I couldn't wake up this morning in time for work cos Glenn and I stayed up till wee hours in the morning at the tent set-up. Then I woke up at about 10am to the sound of Ama's cries of grief.

I chose the easy way out then. I got dressed - and came to the office to look for something to do.

I'm going to miss calling her and talking to her during lunch. I'm going to miss lunch on Sundays. Most of all, I'm going to miss my favourite, most doting Aunt Helen.


She died on 9 Sept 07 (I'm sure she would have prefered 9 Sept 09.. nice number!).

This was taken 2 months ago. She was 59.

Listening to: Nothing

Batam was fantastic. Well.. the resort we stayed in was fantastic, at least. We didnt venture out of the resort.. the staff were really friendly and often went out of their way to assist us and answered many silly questions with regards to transport to town, bills, nearby entertainment etc.

We arrived at Batam early in the morning (think 9am) and checked in early. I was glad they didnt make us wait until 12pm for check in.

Anyway, we got the honeymoon suite. The room had a very Jap feel to it. Low tables, low bed, straw carpeting.. fresh flowers on the bed.. the sitting room was very jappy as well. What got me jumping up and down in excitement was the japanese-styled stone tub (big enough for 3) on the balcony... I'll provide pictures when I get home.. we spent alot of time in the tub.

I tried a hand at archery. Arrows didn't even REACH the target. They would travel like half the distance to the target then fall pathetically to the floor. Mel's however... flew PAST the target and hit the walls behind =/

The candlelight dinner was fantastic! We had a special table right by the pool and a waiter assigned to us. The food was lovely too. There was a salad, some seafood or lobster-y soup, main course was Tuna (very nicely done) and dessert was cut fruits in a hollowed our pineapple, topped up with ice cream, whipped cream and chocolate *yum* and we had wine, of course.

We went for the spa the next day....

the spa.. oh the spa.. fantastic.

Will include pictures when possible.

see ya.

Listening to: A group of teenagers having a discussion

I feel like I'm eavesdropping. A group of us are watching a live feed of a focus group discussion that's going on next door. Teenagers say the weirdest things..

On another note, the past 2 weeks or so have been absolutely dreamy. Melvin's been taking care of me.. (dear.. thirsty *he gets a drink for me* dear.. so hot.. *he turns on the aircon*.. dear.. I'm tired from work.. *he picks me up from work*). Then again, he's driven me up the wall several times as well. I don't remember how many times we've yelled at each other these 2 weeks..

But overall - yes, warm, fuzzy and absolutely disgustingly sweet.

<3

I'm really looking forward to this weekend. We'll be headed to Batam for a spa weekend *bounce* After constant nagging, threats, tantrums and much frustration, he's gone and book a spa weekend for the two of us :)




:( I want to leave with him..

Listening to: The trainer drone on about ISO14001

Well, I'm in a training class for QEHS (quality, environment, health and safety) and am bored outta my mind. When the lady started talking about "you need to document all your SOPs.. etc. etc... according to clause 4.1... " I switched off.

And God it's cold in here. The air-con is blasting at me. My fingers are frozen and my neck hurts.

OH yes. my neck.

I woke up this morning and realized that my arm was under the pillow (which was under my head). That was at 5am. I tried to move my arm and was rewarded with a sharp pain on the left side of my neck.

Since 5am, i have not been able to tilt my head left, or forward, or backward. I can look to my right though. I can't move my shoulder either. If I sit still, I can feel a slight ache on the left side of my neck. If I move my head/shoulder or raise my left arm too high, I whimper in pain.


It's going to be a long day.

Listening to: Nothing (unless you count Erushi's loud typing in the background)

Just a quick one before I leave the office.

I was considerably active over the weekend.

Erushi and I headed to the gym with Hui Hsien and Shu Juan on Friday evening, followed by a swim.. and then a movie (Oceans 13). It's now Monday and my tummy still aches from the damn ab-crunching-machine-thing. Everytime I cough, I whine about pain.

Then on Sunday afternoon, a bunch of us went to East Coast Park to blade/cycle. Erushi was blading for the first time and she spent 1/10th of the time on the floor. You should have heard our screams when I tried to use her as a physical brake. I mean.. I can MOVE abit on rollerblades... but uneven ground and braking havent been mastered............. but hey. I fell only once.
She paid back by elbowing my nose *owww* by accident. or at least... I think it was by accident.
She fell and was trying to get up... I was behind her and I couldnt brake... so wham! elbow in nose. I was tearing, but damn it was funny.

I pity Hui Hsien >< She was our "tutor" for the afternoon. Erushi and I were going down a path, rapidly losing control... I was veering to the right, screaming.. while Erushi was veering to the left, also screaming. Hui Hsien had to try and grab for the both of us before we went into the mud... not easy *laugh*

AND HH had to pull us over the humps... one by one..


Plus Erushi and I were going at different speeds so HH had to run back and forth....
not easy considering Erushi fell everytime HH looked away *snicker*

Darren, Kenneth and Shu Juan cycled.. so we didnt see much of them.

We had dinner at Changi Village after that. Darren promised us sights of transexuals - which didnt happen. Didn't see any. Pooey.

Was like 10.30pm by the time I got home. Thank goodness Darren gave a lift.

OK - i'm going to leave the office now. Catch you later.

Listening to: Some French Radio Station

Erushi brought surprise breakfast today *glee* So nice of her to make sandwiches for both of us. I have to remember to bring breakfast for her tomorrow now. Hm. Can't be a surprise though, cos I'd have to tell her in case both of us bring food.

Been swimming every other day. Nothing intense though. Half an hour in the pool, every other day. I don't feel any fitter, I haven't lost any weight (oh maybe like 0.4 kg - insignificant), but it's a damn lot better than heading straight home after work to sit, once again, at the computer.
As a result, I haven't been playing as much. I reach home at about 9.30pm - 10pm and there's nothing much I can do in an hour before bed anyway.

Speaking of swimming, one guy who was attending some lifesaving class suddenly waved to me as i was walking towards the pool, and said "New Town, right?"

I was, "Err yeaaa" (do i know you?)

He said "Prefect right?"

I blinked "Err yeaaa" (did the school put up my picture or something? Eww don't tell me he saw my yearbook pictures.)

At that point I muttered something about "God, the past has come back to haunt it"

It was only after the swim, after I had some time to gather my wits, that I spoke to him again.

Me: "You were from New Town?"
Guy:"Yea, you were with Xinyi and Tim's group"
Me:"Ahh. They were my seniors..."
Guy:"YEA! You always book me! Never give chance when I come to school late"
Me:"oh."



(Is that why he remembers me -.-)


On another note, Melvin's prolly in the exam hall right now, having his first exam paper. Goodluck dear.

Listening to: On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men

And so.. I'm at work. Supposedly.

There's so much to do, but I don't feel like doing it so I'm wasting time watching youtube videos. It occured to me a few minutes ago that I've neglected my blog a wee bit, so here I am.

Melvin (yes, him again) will be coming back for the hols end of June. And since I'm listening to sappy songs, you're gonna have to tolerate an emo post. *sigh* It's about time he came back. Sometimes I wonder how I manage to survive without him here beside me. Most of the time, I'm too busy to pine for him. and I'm mighty sure I'll regret saying things like how much I need him here etc. so I won't go into that.

I wonder how Lianne's doing in Yellowstone. Last I heard was that the weather's really erractic and it was sunny one day and snowing the next.

Ah, did I mention? There's a new girl in the department. She's this really tiny girl called Elaine and she's super nice.

For some reason, Lisa doesnt really talk to me anymore. I'm not sure what I did wrong but she's been quite erm..
cold.

Erushi's ok with me. We go swimming together, we shop. We talk abit and she tolerates my whining. We get annoyed with each other once in awhile but that's only normal. She's leaving the job end july, which sucks.

I want out of the damn country for a year or so. That's the only thing that's keeping me going at the moment. Pay off the loan, get my visa, leave. I hope to pay off the uni loan before the end of the year, but at the moment.... I really can't tell.

*sighs*


*dies in some quiet corner*