Out of Town

Out of Town

Seoul Far So Good Part I

Waiting to board my flight at the airport without the hubby.

*Nervous*

7 days

Leaving for Incheon in 7 days, and i'm completely unprepared.
Well, we did make a trip to Mustafa to change a few thousand buckies on top of the USD we already have. That's about all, if that even counts as prep work. Muahaha. The hubby told me he'll plan the itinerary, seems like he read up a little and last night i tried to mark some places of interest, but last night we concluded we will just go shopping with the flow instead.

Had a rather fulfiling month, with GL's birthday dinner at OverEasy and a movie date, both with the fun folks from UniSIM. Then a dinner date with Helmi and Nora last Saturday, and a private date with Nora this Saturday. Hiak hiak. And my parcels from US have all arrived! Yay! Love Vida's booties, even Poppy agrees they're pretty.

Sadly, Mommy's down with viral infection and has been having bouts of high fever over the past week. Visited her over the weekend with some herbs and made her food. Checked with Bro yesterday morning, and heard she's feeling better already. Phew.

Ooh lala, such a fine month =)

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.