quarreled with dear v badly in the morn, cos he called me in the morn askin abt the weather n plan, while i had slept late last nite trying to finis up work, so i badly need the sleep. in the end, could nt proceed with the ori plan to go southern islands.
took cab to harbourfront instead, n waited 1.5hrs b4 dear showed up. then went to eat lunch at hawker n went back to wait for sentosa shuttle bus. quarreled agn, cos i asked him y nv say anythin abt being late. then quarrel until he dun wana go sentosa, go to vivo rooftop to talk. decided to resolve, apologise and put it aside and go orch catch movie. at PS, went to carrefour to buy juice n snack bt it was raining v heavily wen we came out, unable to walk to Cathay :(
so waited a while, no choice. i used the poncho and dear used my brolly. bt he was soaked thru wen we reached Cathay. one guy approached us asking where to buy the poncho, n dear jus gave it to him, haha... he was so grateful he kept sayin thanks n sayin tt we r v gd ppl, haha..
turns out no "golden compass", as dear planned to watch tt show. so watched "hitman" instead. dear liked the show a lot, cos got gun scenes n tt naked woman, haha.. quite intriguing for the plot's twist n turns. then went to take bus to the "secret" dinner place, bt the bus ride was so long i fell asleep, hahha.. it took 1.5hrs to reach the dinner place - Forrest at Orchidville.
v unique place, v nice atmosphere. dear say look nicer in the day, cos rainin so the deco looks darker. bt v interesting place, cos can look at the orchids tt were sold/grown there. dear ate up the orchids in the food also, n i was like "i too scared to try eat raw orchids", hahahah...
dear gave me SHARKIE for my present, ahhaa.. its actuali a mouse pad/hand warmer. kip my hands warm wen ofc cold, keke.. so put the hands into SHARKIE's mouth, cute hor?
thanks dear, muackssss!!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
our makeover
haha... had our makeover today at the Makeover Inc, as i got it free fm my Metro bday gift. so funi, dear was so stiff n looked so funi in the pics! we decided not to pay $28 for them to make-up for dear, cos guys dun reali need so heavy make-up mah. so i make-up for him! hahaha.. n he was like squirmming, kekeeke. nt a lot of pics look gd, cos the PG nv tell me my hair out of place :( stil, we chose one nice couple pic to develop as wallet size, and paid $10 for it, ahhaha... jus one pic bt they develop 2 wallet copies loh. haha, told dear tt's gonna b my 37 mths' present! haa!
b4 tt, we went to look at commonwealth hse blk 74 and 80, which Derrick arranged for us. the area looks lk a lot r rented out to foreign blue-collar workers, so safety is an issue if staying there.
last nite we also viewed one unit at blk 62. too hot, no wind, tho its cheap, abt 220K neg. b4 tt, we went over to look at Jeremy's hse, at blk 79. he renovated until v nice, n his reno also v cheap, less than 10k spent on an original condition hse. he buy the hse oso v cheap, 150k only. sigh, the current mkt price is abt 250k for tt cluster, cos got en-bloc potential. his flat reali worth it loh. n can b showroom of the whole cluster, hahah... reali v nice renovation!
b4 tt, we went to look at commonwealth hse blk 74 and 80, which Derrick arranged for us. the area looks lk a lot r rented out to foreign blue-collar workers, so safety is an issue if staying there.
last nite we also viewed one unit at blk 62. too hot, no wind, tho its cheap, abt 220K neg. b4 tt, we went over to look at Jeremy's hse, at blk 79. he renovated until v nice, n his reno also v cheap, less than 10k spent on an original condition hse. he buy the hse oso v cheap, 150k only. sigh, the current mkt price is abt 250k for tt cluster, cos got en-bloc potential. his flat reali worth it loh. n can b showroom of the whole cluster, hahah... reali v nice renovation!
Friday, November 23, 2007
Le Meridien!
emailed Diana (hotel coordinator) last nite enquiring abt the hotel's availability on 1/11/08, and she called me in the morning telling me avai! so then made an appt with her at 6pm to view site and run through package. bt then dear said he cmi, so i ask if can meet during lunch. so re-arrange to 2pm loh.
woke up late so had lunch at hm then went down to hotel with parents. Diana was super nice! she showed us the ballroom then proceed to show us the mock-up settings, and also discussed details in the mock-up room. OMG, she threw in those stuff that we wanted for without us asking at all!!! so happy, hahaha... cos i scribbled so much stuff on the original package on those things tt we wanted to negotiate for, and she jus gave them all to us WITHOUT US ASKING AT ALL!!! wowow! we were so happy loh. told her to arrange for signing of the contract on the spot, and made an appt next Sun, cos she said will hav one couple using next yr's theme tt nite, so we can view first hand. oh ya, she also showed us the invitation cards and wedding favours - NICE! at first i had prep myself for ugly invitation cards, cos forum say only 2 choices and the pink one is ugly. bt the invites were a classy champagne gold or a rich greenish-gold, so i'm v satisfied. wedding favours were also cute, got the hp bear and hp strap (which was quite special), and also the usual wedding couple keychain.
diana said tt we can choose at a later date for the invites and favours, cos might hav more choices next yr fm the supplier. WEE!!!! so happy, cant believe it, we have a hotel venue le!!!!!
then i sent dear back to work via cab n also drop parents off at marina sq b4 gg to work. met up wif dear for dinner at Bao Jing Tian. wow, we ate abt $32, ahhaha... celebrate 37mths, hehehehehe!!
woke up late so had lunch at hm then went down to hotel with parents. Diana was super nice! she showed us the ballroom then proceed to show us the mock-up settings, and also discussed details in the mock-up room. OMG, she threw in those stuff that we wanted for without us asking at all!!! so happy, hahaha... cos i scribbled so much stuff on the original package on those things tt we wanted to negotiate for, and she jus gave them all to us WITHOUT US ASKING AT ALL!!! wowow! we were so happy loh. told her to arrange for signing of the contract on the spot, and made an appt next Sun, cos she said will hav one couple using next yr's theme tt nite, so we can view first hand. oh ya, she also showed us the invitation cards and wedding favours - NICE! at first i had prep myself for ugly invitation cards, cos forum say only 2 choices and the pink one is ugly. bt the invites were a classy champagne gold or a rich greenish-gold, so i'm v satisfied. wedding favours were also cute, got the hp bear and hp strap (which was quite special), and also the usual wedding couple keychain.
diana said tt we can choose at a later date for the invites and favours, cos might hav more choices next yr fm the supplier. WEE!!!! so happy, cant believe it, we have a hotel venue le!!!!!
then i sent dear back to work via cab n also drop parents off at marina sq b4 gg to work. met up wif dear for dinner at Bao Jing Tian. wow, we ate abt $32, ahhaha... celebrate 37mths, hehehehehe!!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
hotel + flat
went down to look at Le Meridien today. wow, the hotel looks so much better than the Carlton. yucks, the Carlton was like so low class. there is only one 2 inch high red rose in one square glass vase loh, and the stage is like just one cake?!?
Le Meridien one is pillarless, and the foyer is more private. the Carlton one was the whole of the second floor, ahhaaha.. guess tt it reali makes a diff whether its 5* or 4* hotel loh. the more spacious and private foyer makes it easier for the guests to mingle around the area, as in got place to stand loh. tonite's deco for the ballroom was a mix of the "garden" and the "crystal" theme, cos got the dark roses (which belong to the crystal theme), and also got the hanging candles arch garden walk way stands (which belong to the garden theme). reali v nice.
read some reviews tt got bra shop beside the ballroom bt din managed to find it leh. mayb move away already.
then we decided to walk to Orch hotel to look at the ballroom. its the most exp out of all our short-lists at abt $1.2-1.3k per table, so we jus wana see if it reali worth tt price. on the way there, agent derrick call us n tell us got one flat at McNair ask us wana see anot. so we said ok, then he said timing to be cfm.
Orch hotel turns out to be having a private boxing charity event, so the bouncer dun let us in. As luck would have it, as we are walking down to the lobby, a hotel manager (distinguished by his suit) walked towards us. haha... so i walked up to him and asked if i can look at the ballroom cos i wana hold my hotel here, heee! then i dropped some names, and he brought me to see the ballroom! pillarless, reali dark inside, cant picture the wedding deco also, as its jus a boxing ring and many tables inside. so we left happily with the package, took a cab fm the hotel lobby to view flat.
disappointed agn. the flat's living room over looks another blk, whose tenants place all sorts of funny things (hang tonnes of clothes, lockers?!?) in the corridor, so it looks v complicated :( the neighbours are also one indian family tt hangs the clothes until this unit's side and another one had one v v noisy barking dog. so we'll PASS on this unit.
sitting at the bottom of the flat also realised tt there are a LOT of indians staying there! went hm myself via NEL n MRT. omg, it takes so long to reach hm. n the walk fm outram park NEL to MRT n the waiting time for the transit train to come :(
Le Meridien one is pillarless, and the foyer is more private. the Carlton one was the whole of the second floor, ahhaaha.. guess tt it reali makes a diff whether its 5* or 4* hotel loh. the more spacious and private foyer makes it easier for the guests to mingle around the area, as in got place to stand loh. tonite's deco for the ballroom was a mix of the "garden" and the "crystal" theme, cos got the dark roses (which belong to the crystal theme), and also got the hanging candles arch garden walk way stands (which belong to the garden theme). reali v nice.
read some reviews tt got bra shop beside the ballroom bt din managed to find it leh. mayb move away already.
then we decided to walk to Orch hotel to look at the ballroom. its the most exp out of all our short-lists at abt $1.2-1.3k per table, so we jus wana see if it reali worth tt price. on the way there, agent derrick call us n tell us got one flat at McNair ask us wana see anot. so we said ok, then he said timing to be cfm.
Orch hotel turns out to be having a private boxing charity event, so the bouncer dun let us in. As luck would have it, as we are walking down to the lobby, a hotel manager (distinguished by his suit) walked towards us. haha... so i walked up to him and asked if i can look at the ballroom cos i wana hold my hotel here, heee! then i dropped some names, and he brought me to see the ballroom! pillarless, reali dark inside, cant picture the wedding deco also, as its jus a boxing ring and many tables inside. so we left happily with the package, took a cab fm the hotel lobby to view flat.
disappointed agn. the flat's living room over looks another blk, whose tenants place all sorts of funny things (hang tonnes of clothes, lockers?!?) in the corridor, so it looks v complicated :( the neighbours are also one indian family tt hangs the clothes until this unit's side and another one had one v v noisy barking dog. so we'll PASS on this unit.
sitting at the bottom of the flat also realised tt there are a LOT of indians staying there! went hm myself via NEL n MRT. omg, it takes so long to reach hm. n the walk fm outram park NEL to MRT n the waiting time for the transit train to come :(
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
sigh
went to see carlton hotel today aft work, oh well... the ballroom had 4 pillars, so there would be lk 6 - 10 tables tt would b blocked? duno la, cos today's setting is for 24+2 tables, so already blocked. imagine wat 32 tables would b lk :(
bt oh well, pictures can lie. and the pics look super touched up :(
so our next choice is le meridien, then orch hotel. cos orch hotel is more exp. some pics on le meridien:
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bt oh well, pictures can lie. and the pics look super touched up :(
i need luck luck luck. pls let the 1/11/08 slot be available. pls let the ballroom look gd. pls pls pls
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
cant wake up in time agn
bleah... cant wake up in time agn today, so din go work agn... sigh... tink cant finish this NT job le, gonna b so stressed wen go dwn to client's place tom with the GA...
nothin much progress on hse n banquet today. have to decide whether to go 2 e weddin show by carlton tis fri, which starts at 6, bt dear cant make it in time... also, it costs $28 per couple cos includes a 5 course dinner by Wah Lok restuarant. in terms of perks, i tink its jus winnin one nite stay in the presidential suite, so not much incentive to go leh. prob more impt to fix an appt to meet up with the coordinator to see the site n tentative book b4 fri, cos fri sure got a lot of couples will book le... i need gd lucks!!!!! gimme lucks!!!!
oh ya, called up HR today to ask abt possibility of backpay arrangement, n HR say they cant help on it. then the HR gal proceeded to tell me hw unlikely it is tt HDB will grant me the loan, considering tt i earned so much for the past 11 mths. she also said "u earnin so much, dun buy HDB la. if so easy to cheat HDB (ie govt), then all the ptrs all stay HDB liao. buy EC la." i noe she's a nice n chatty gal, bt i feel so disappointed aft hearin wat she said. cos many ppl told me tt too.... m i reali quiting to no avai??? feel v sad... cos they r willin to negotiate with me to make me stay on in the firm... sigh....
so called up lian to hav sm gal chat theraphy, ahha.. then she said she v bored at hm too, so many mths nv work. n smhw the gd job mkt doesn translate to many interviews 4 her leh. she also mentioned that the HDB ting is a case-by-case ting, hope they had nt becm stricter in the past few mths.... :(
anyway, we chatted for a long time, duno got 2hrs anot, ahahha.... talked abt me cant find hotel n her interviews etc... then she went off to hav dinner wif her hubby...
oh me checked up the "fiance fiancee" thingy le, cos dear kept askin me who is who n hw to pronounce, hahaha... so the ans is : pronounciation is the same for both words, with fiancee refering to the gal, cos the french hav a gender specification in terms of spelling.
wow - fact of the day. kekekeke.....
nothin much progress on hse n banquet today. have to decide whether to go 2 e weddin show by carlton tis fri, which starts at 6, bt dear cant make it in time... also, it costs $28 per couple cos includes a 5 course dinner by Wah Lok restuarant. in terms of perks, i tink its jus winnin one nite stay in the presidential suite, so not much incentive to go leh. prob more impt to fix an appt to meet up with the coordinator to see the site n tentative book b4 fri, cos fri sure got a lot of couples will book le... i need gd lucks!!!!! gimme lucks!!!!
oh ya, called up HR today to ask abt possibility of backpay arrangement, n HR say they cant help on it. then the HR gal proceeded to tell me hw unlikely it is tt HDB will grant me the loan, considering tt i earned so much for the past 11 mths. she also said "u earnin so much, dun buy HDB la. if so easy to cheat HDB (ie govt), then all the ptrs all stay HDB liao. buy EC la." i noe she's a nice n chatty gal, bt i feel so disappointed aft hearin wat she said. cos many ppl told me tt too.... m i reali quiting to no avai??? feel v sad... cos they r willin to negotiate with me to make me stay on in the firm... sigh....
so called up lian to hav sm gal chat theraphy, ahha.. then she said she v bored at hm too, so many mths nv work. n smhw the gd job mkt doesn translate to many interviews 4 her leh. she also mentioned that the HDB ting is a case-by-case ting, hope they had nt becm stricter in the past few mths.... :(
anyway, we chatted for a long time, duno got 2hrs anot, ahahha.... talked abt me cant find hotel n her interviews etc... then she went off to hav dinner wif her hubby...
oh me checked up the "fiance fiancee" thingy le, cos dear kept askin me who is who n hw to pronounce, hahaha... so the ans is : pronounciation is the same for both words, with fiancee refering to the gal, cos the french hav a gender specification in terms of spelling.
wow - fact of the day. kekekeke.....
Monday, November 19, 2007
mc agn ;p
oh, forgot to say i'm on mc agn today... ahhaha... cos too tired in the morn to wake up !! aft last nite's wedding... ahhaha....
Orchard hotel - Grand ballroom. Food by Hua Ting restuarant.
so today oso spent time calling up hotels, n expanding the list to 4 stars hotels.... no choice, hotels r v fully booked in the last qtr of 2008 le...
oh ya, we also went to Hilton for a site visit. took a look ard the grand ballroom with the wedding coordinator, June. there were pillars in the ballroom, bt they will hav live feed of the weddin. sadly, the min tables on sat (1/11) is 40 tables. n she can only go down to 38 tables. so dear said dun tink we can hav so many tables. sigh....
next choices in the pipeline is Carlton hotel, Orchard hotel or Le Meridien Hotel. dear said Le Meridien looks v low class n lok cok leh, then i said its a 5 star hotel wor. bt he stil dun lk, hahaha... hope we hav luck on the Carlton n Orchard hotel!!! some pics to share on their ballroom:
Carlton - Empress ballroom. Food by Wah Lok restuarant.
Orchard hotel - Grand ballroom. Food by Hua Ting restuarant.
bings' wedding
wow, was so busy yest cos was jie mei for bing's wedding. reached her hse ard 7+, cos took cab. shared wif jun n wen to go to geylang lor 40, condo... then start to prep the "big breakfast" for TL, ahhaha... we had the norm suan tian ku la, which were lemon, honey, bittergourd and biscuit with wasabi respectively. then came the open door hoo-ha, n TL was made to made a pre-drawn oath and sing a door (wang zi) b4 he can open the door to LB's rm. then we proceeded to alexandra green n labordor park to take pics, n to TL's hse in west coast.
had the tea ceremony there n went back to bing's hse agn at geylang 4 another rd of tea ceremony n lunch buffet. then TL's sis dropped wen, me n jun hm. wen i went hm, talked to dear abt the morn's visit to Bieo Shua Buddha, n he said they chose the 1/11/08 date out of the 3 saturdays. sigh... means we hav v lil hotels to choose fm already. then he oso said they gave him the timin for the other weddin procedures, so we wun b gg back to the Golden Landmark guy le.
anyway, then i started callin up the hotels all over agn until abt 4 then i went to bathe n tried to slp a while. bt was afraid cant wake up in time, so wasn reali in deep slp, hahaha...
oh well, bt stil late cos i reached orch parade hotel at 7+ wen sup to b abt 6.30 to 6.45... hehehhe... stil the dinner was ok, n i left in the middle to help LB change to EG.
met up with WB n her hubby, talked abt job n wedding. mayb will invite her next yr, ahhaha... oh well... :)
had the tea ceremony there n went back to bing's hse agn at geylang 4 another rd of tea ceremony n lunch buffet. then TL's sis dropped wen, me n jun hm. wen i went hm, talked to dear abt the morn's visit to Bieo Shua Buddha, n he said they chose the 1/11/08 date out of the 3 saturdays. sigh... means we hav v lil hotels to choose fm already. then he oso said they gave him the timin for the other weddin procedures, so we wun b gg back to the Golden Landmark guy le.
anyway, then i started callin up the hotels all over agn until abt 4 then i went to bathe n tried to slp a while. bt was afraid cant wake up in time, so wasn reali in deep slp, hahaha...
oh well, bt stil late cos i reached orch parade hotel at 7+ wen sup to b abt 6.30 to 6.45... hehehhe... stil the dinner was ok, n i left in the middle to help LB change to EG.
met up with WB n her hubby, talked abt job n wedding. mayb will invite her next yr, ahhaha... oh well... :)
Saturday, November 17, 2007
viewing banquet later
oh well, we've reached a dearth stage on the hse viewin.. nothin to view tis wkend, only a blk 204 4rm which is a corridor unit, bt 2nd last n askin $300K. oh well.....
later going to view other ppl's wedding setup at Fullerton (update: actuali to skip, since we dun hav 40 tables) and Swissotel, n decide whether we like the ballroom layout etc. bt nt gonna decide base on the deco, since next yr's deco would be diff. headache headache.
so later go c hotel then go c the hse.
tom got to wake up early n go b jie mei for bing's weddin.. so tom morn n nite v busy. hopin to catch sm time in the aftnn n go 2 to e M Hotel wedding show... hav decided to wear this past CNY dress tom oso:
white n pink = safe choice. hahaha... jus dun tink tt i'll change 4 dinner if i hav to rush to M Hotel weddin show in the noon.... ist v weird to wear the same dress 4 morn n nite??
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
banquet banquet
wa, took mc today n jus called up all the hotels i can find fm the wedding mag n online search (eg singapore brides n list of 5* hotels). sigh. cant managed to get a hotel tt's avai on the selected Sat tea dates, so now we either have to hav the tea ceremony on a sat then dinner on sun, or cfm the hotel on a sat n hope tt the prev couples r ok with releasing the date.... i need luckssss.....
dear seem to like the idea of havin the dinner at sentosa, bt his mum said v ma fan for guests... for me, i jus ok as long as the banquet hall is nice. i tink we also wan a nice brand name, so tt at least the service n package would b gd. so will nt base on price alone. bt gd brand names r exp, sigh... would reali love to hav it at Swissotel the Stamford or Fullerton, cos its a once in a lifetime experience for it to b grand n nice, at least in the sense tt its nt lk weird places lk Roxy Hotel la. bt undst tt the abv 2 hotels r exp, n min table req we might nt meet (eg min 40), so i'll cont to find....
tis is the pic tt was sent to me from Shangrila Sentosa, for the Pavilion ballrm which hav floor to ceiling glass panels tt look out to the South China Sea...
dun lk the wooden beams at the ceiling leh... lk kampong leh, hahahah.... oh well, at least its Shangrila. doesnt sound so bad rite? hahha.....
Monday, November 12, 2007
resign le!
yea yea.... tendered today, bt backdate it to last fri, ahhaha... actuali wanted to tender last fri, bt cos no one ard cos got unit trip/dinner at sentosa so decided not to..
well, the reason y resign is so tt can buy hse. tho haven find a hse yet, bt we cant apply the HLE (HDB loan eligibility letter) if i'm stil employed. have to b unemployed. so i resign, n give us a mth to look n find suitable hse. then wen a gd hse comes along, we can apply HLE n submit docs le...
bt i din tell ofc the real reason. i jus said i tired of audit, v stress, wana try smtin diff etc.... bt no one came to tok/counsel me. oh well. i'm so insignificant then.
well, the reason y resign is so tt can buy hse. tho haven find a hse yet, bt we cant apply the HLE (HDB loan eligibility letter) if i'm stil employed. have to b unemployed. so i resign, n give us a mth to look n find suitable hse. then wen a gd hse comes along, we can apply HLE n submit docs le...
bt i din tell ofc the real reason. i jus said i tired of audit, v stress, wana try smtin diff etc.... bt no one came to tok/counsel me. oh well. i'm so insignificant then.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
wedding dates
went to the fortune teller at golden landmark today with dear's family n get the wedding dates. then we went over to Mong Hing restaurant at Keypoint for a celebration dinner for dear's mum bday comin mon... dinner was exp, n fd was mostly those "jia chang cai", eg steam promfret n minced meat with tofu. so i prefered Pu Tian instead. the food there is more unique, tastier n cheaper. oh well, treat it as tryin smtin new loh...
anyway, dear gave his mum a pair of diamond earrings. bought fm the same place where he made my ring, ahhaha... actuali he got a call in the morn tellin him the earrings r ready (wen yest still tell him mon then can get), so last min he went down to collect then came over my hse to meet me go bugis tog. in the end we were late n his parents were already there, so we rushed cab down to golden landmark, hahaa....
opppss.. OTT... so ya, the diamond earrings look big!! bt dear said my ring cost more than the 2 earrings... so weird... duno whether true anot, ahhahaa...
anyway, dear gave his mum a pair of diamond earrings. bought fm the same place where he made my ring, ahhaha... actuali he got a call in the morn tellin him the earrings r ready (wen yest still tell him mon then can get), so last min he went down to collect then came over my hse to meet me go bugis tog. in the end we were late n his parents were already there, so we rushed cab down to golden landmark, hahaa....
opppss.. OTT... so ya, the diamond earrings look big!! bt dear said my ring cost more than the 2 earrings... so weird... duno whether true anot, ahhahaa...
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
update on cuz' weddin pics
okie okie... pics pics! here's the pics on my elder cuz's weddin at Regent, mentioned in the earlier posts...
wedding favours - clay figurines of an old couple... tink got lk 4 diff designs, so guests will hav diff designs.
couple cutting the cake. argh, the pic quality sucks.
the yum sung toast.... erhmm.... nt v loud leh, hahaha
Saturday, November 3, 2007
busy busy wkend
sooo many houses to go view, n jus kip gettin disappointed cos there's always cons abt the houses tt we see.... jus spent the weekend lookin at houses houses houses houses....
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