Moving into my thirteenth day.

The past twelve days seemed much like a dream, except, of course, the part where Poppy was summoned overseas at the last minute for an assignment.

Being a bit too free, my uncontrollable urge for shopping has led to more sprees. This time, on top of the usual Old Navy/GAP and Forever21, i managed to get a couple of prezzies for Poppy from Amazon. Most of the packages have already arrived in Portland, waiting to be shipped to Singapore. Yay! i also bought a couple of items from local blogshops just to quench the hunger while waiting for my US parcels to arrive.

Now, i just gotta organize one more spree to utilize the US$100 Forever21.com voucher the good folks at NOC got for me as farewell gift. Hiak hiak.

Can't help but miss the times i worked with Vida, when we'd be browsing shopping sites and chattering excitedly...

Luckily Poppy accompanied me to the library last week, and we lugged home almost a dozen of books, so i've been catching up on reading and trying to stay away from the evil interwebs since then. The sweetsie also bought my favorite swiss roll just before his trip, so i have munchies to snack on while he's away.

And on Saturday, i went on a shopping date with Mommy. We raided Bugis Village and almost bought the whole street home! Then it was time to attend Leann's baby shower, so we sent Mommy home before heading over. Stayed for a bit, then drove to Ikea to buy some what-nots, then met Mommy and bro at the interchange for more shopping. Pops got one more shirt from G2000 (his third in a month), and we all grabbed dinner at Popeye's in Century Square before heading home. Nom!

Spent most of the next day picking out clothes to bring home and dozing off on the sofa, while the rest played mahjong. Mommy made us a sumptuous dinner, watched 华人星光大道, then had a late-night drive home.

Doing A Lot of Nothing

Busy spending most of my time doing a lot of nothing.

Been staying away from my games these couple of days, doing mostly reading, stoning, reading, and more stoning.

Life after dark is slightly more exciting. Did our usual JB dinner-petrol-car-wash routine on Monday; dinner with Angie, Zen, QL, Vincent on Tuesday; dinner at Alex & Pen's. Thursday was just a regular two-of-us dinner at the central followed by grocery shopping, and hopefully tonight, we can have a jog before light din-din.

Just had a slice of dragonfruit after some bread earlier on, now back to reading-stoning routine.

Happy Anniversary, Love!

Thank u for accepting the different faces of me,

the bad,

the worse,

the worst-est.

Thank u for engulfing me with tender love,

and at (many) other times

... the odor from your smelly armpits.

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Thank u for sharing the good times,

and being there even when it's not.

I love u, my Sweetsie Popsie Poopie Pops!

Alex & Penelope held their housewarming in conjunction with Mathias' 3rd birthday.

The Make-A-Wish foundation and MacDonald's have generously sponsored the party for little Mathias who has been diagnosed with Menkes since he was a year old. At three, Mathias is unable to sit, stand or move agilely unlike kids at his age. Penelope has dedicated herself to caring for him full time, and a year ago, they have been blessed with a healthy second child, Zebedee. It's been a tough journey, and we pray for the best for them =)

That aside, we were discussing about planning a trip to Melbourne with Anders and Serina then i had to leave the party early coz I got recalled back to work (for the third time this month). Standby duty sucks balls. Aargh. I was SO upset that my weekend was ruined, that I was sulking the whole time when Poppy drove me home to get my stuff. I went for a jog in the morning, and was hoping i can get a good sleep tonight after the workout. TMD, kena called back to work.

Poppy tried to cheer me up by offering a nice dinner tomorrow after work, but i was totally not in the mood for anything. Blah. And just before leaving home, i got a message that sent me raiding the closet:

"Don't be sad ok... Open the bedroom door, open the top wardrobe..

A surprise for you... Hope to make you smile and a happy 1st month anniversary..

We will have more wonderful years ahead.."

The first two compartments i ransacked, had nothing special in them. Then i dragged the stool to the other side and found...

A brand new Longchamp Planètes!

He came up from behind and wrapped his arms around me, but instead of smiling and hopping around in joy, i broke down and started wailing. I felt (and still feel) so terrible about not having any presents for him and not even being able to spend the rest of the evening counting down with him. Boohoo.

This is indeed came as a huge surprise coz i wasn't expecting him to buy me anything since i have everything i needed plus he just got me the new lappie two weeks ago. He's such a sweetsie, isn't he!

The funny part was he asked me why i didn't open the bag up. He asked if i did not like it. And i was like: "i like it, but it's just that i'm not in the mood", but still went back to the room to open it. When i started opening the bag, he smugly added: "...but there's nothing inside anyway. muahaha."

中招 ._."

I wonder if Mich had any part to do with this. I'm pretty certain he got Adrian and Jessica to buy it during their honeymoon to Europe, but how did he ever know the exact size and color i wanted?! Oh, by the way he got himself a nice wallet from Longchamp too. Can't remember what it looked like exactly, but i think it's the Veau Foulonné:

No wonder he was reluctant to tell me when he went to meet Adrian up. Sneaky Poppy!

Now, left with just a couple of hours before i knock off, i'm gonna do some shopping online. I'll order his favorite cK and Gap fragrances plus the Crabtree and Evelyn India Hicks Island: Casuarina diffuser set to make it up to Poppy! Need to resist the Zee monster. Yawn...

Changes.

Many changes have been taking place.

Sometime early this month, i've finally decided and got down to it.

Poppy's has been uber nice to me since i arrived at the decision. We've been out for fancy meals, he offered to bring me for massages and shopping!

And on that day after work, he surprised me with a new Samsung lappie he bought at the PC Show! Yeah, my 2-year old desktop has been acting weird for a while, and has finally succumbed to motherboard and hard disk failure (...due to overheating from long hours of gaming). Was planning to revamp the gear in my CPU but he was a step ahead of me. Though i don't really appreciate his rationale behind buying a lappie - so that i can still get to play but can't hog it for too long?! He says i can now play my games in the living room while he watches TV so he won't be lonely. Which also means i can now nag at him while he spreads himself like a slab of fat on the couch.

Oh, i'm in such a relaxed state that i haven't managed to wake up until late afternoons (though i've been sleeping early). Last night, out of the blue we decided to login to play some games together on Viwawa. Actually, we were planning to play Rift but the patch updating was taking gazillion years. With that said, i've just finished configuring the wireless modem and the update is done, so i'm off to play!

Sure, many uncertainties lie ahead, but i'm sure everything'll be fine as long as we overcome it together. <3

It's a done deal.

Half the battle won.

Poppy appears to be exceptionally pleased.

Nom.

Was having a terrible headache which left me limp and nauseous on the office desk, and now i'm having this crazy craving for oysters now.

http://www.fishshop.sg/promos

It's Tuesday, and Greenwood Fish Market & Bistro's having a promotion. I MUST convince the mister to go there with me later.

Week of Housewarming

Indeed, it's been a week of housewarming.

We attended three in a weekend - one in Sengkang, another in Punggol, the last in Ang Mo Kio. Alex and Penelope's in Bukit Panjang is coming up. And the next week or so is wedding week - Adrian & Jessica (at Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa) followed by Angie & Zen (Republic of Singapore Yacht Club). It's a sunny-beachy-yachty wedding season!

Anyway, finally caught up with Nurmimi on Saturday. Grabbed a bite at Jalan Kayu after Derrick's housewarming, followed by Pirates of the Carribean 4 at Iluma. Missed their recent JB trip, so we've arranged another on Wednesday. Yay. Need to stock up some groceries and magazines before I'm on my banned-from-leaving-the-country-unless-urgent-and-approved standby duty.

By next month, I would've fulfilled the required twice-in-a-year standby, but alas, they decided to make changes starting from July. As if not being allowed to swap shift isn't bad enough, we have a non-travel standby duty, AND now, the few of us who have met the quota for the year, have to re-start together with the rest of the team. Ultra demoralized. I should really start packing.

For now, I'm only looking forward to, are my Forever 21, Old Navy and Korea Gmarket parcels.

Damn I feeling uncomfortable after gorging myself with snack noodles nuggets and one of the mid-size homemade glutinous rice with chicken. I need some chocolates to help digest the food.

Therapy

My mood's been pretty turbulent these few weeks, so I've been eating A LOT. Poppy's been very accommodating. He bought two tubs of ice-cream after our ice-cream ban for the past year or so, and just before our trip to Cambodia, he went all the way to Haji Lane to buy the swiss rolls I've been lemming to eat. We also bought some mangoes a few weeks back, and I went hysteric with the making and eating of lots of mango sticky rice.

I've been cooking almost daily. Making and bringing my own dinners to work for the night shifts, then back home in the morning and preparing my own lunches as well. It's kind of a headache trying to decide what to buy to office everyday, so cooking a simple dinner seems to be the best solution, and it's quite a mood-soother, except for days that I'm exhausted from other chores. I secretly enjoy seeing Poppy's expressions when he tastes my food. Trust me, it didn't look very good in my recent Catherine's-Homemade-Killer-Chili experiment though. Hah.

Speaking of mood therapy, I just bought a whole lot of stuff online from Old Navy, Forever 21 and Gmarket earlier this month with the girls and my brother. I'm not looking forward to my credit card bill this month.

Wanted Needed a pair of new heels but I wasn't sure about buying heels again off the net, so I bought a pair of sandals instead. The last pair of heels I got from GoJane was the right size, but the embellishments weren't in the right place and it hurt like mad. And since Armie's helping out at Ton Ton's wedding, and she was didn't have sufficient time to shop for her shoes, I volunteered mine (since we're the same size). Passed her 3 - 4 pairs, and Poppy caught me raiding the shoe racks. Took the chance to tell him those shoes don't fit anymore, so I'm giving them to Armie. (Then pretending to worry about what shoes to wear for the weddings this month and next. Heh.)

And finally got his permission to buy a new pair when we were at the mall on Sunday! He enforces a strict one-in-one-out rule on my shoe purchase because we have already bought three new shoe racks since we moved in. Not forgetting, Mommy is constantly reminding me I should relocate my stocks from Tampines. I HAVE NO MORE SPACE!!!

On a different note, I got myself a new pair of specs on Sunday too, coz the current one's scratched and blur. Poppy shopped for it with me from Queensway or somewhere, and that's 3 - 4 years ago! The myopia on both eyes have dropped a tad (about a hundred degrees on each eye), and that was the reason why I get headaches from wearing the current specs. Another couple of hundred dollars spent, but well worth it, I suppose. Been wearing specs pretty much these days, especially since one of the eyes is really prone to swelling the past two months. Had to wear specs throughout the whole Cambodia trip. Dang.

Meanwhile, work hasn't been all that good.

And I only managed to muster my strength to clear Custard's stuff away on Sunday afternoon. Memories of her still flood my mind and eyes two months after she's passed on. I still miss her. So much.

I cherish and enjoy Poppy's presence even more than before.

But when I'm alone, all I can do, is make futile attempts to comfort myself with retail and gastronomy therapy.

While life is good, it really isn't fantastic. Maybe a change is in order. If only I could eventually manage to let go of some stuff...

3 Years 6 Months

Enough is enough.

On a side note, much thanks to the mister for great support.

Love u, Poppy.