Maxime's First Day *back*

o-ka-e-di-na-sa-i
is this correct?? *oops* tink i return everything to my senseiss already... =x

the "coming soon" is here! *hee. remember this line? ;)

ai yah. im late lah. wanted to plan this surprise no 2 (surprise no 1 is hidden in her place & reported in her blog) for her. BUT hers for me came earlier.
http://maxime.multiply.com/journal/item/557

so touched when i read that lor! well, initially it was shocked lah.. hAhA... especially that photo -_-"" ai yo.. can use better one anot?? :S
glad u found all e buried treasures! hahaha... u'r welcome for the dog's bone & "STAY AWAY" tag. i realie proud of myself to be able to get that buddha sticker leh! but too bad my bad memory disallow me to stick e "sun wu kong" one... budden later botak angry ar!~ lolx. he muz be tinking im a super bo liaoz person =p

so happy u called me! i called at about 5.30++ but no one picked up :( so i gave up le... hAhAz. then who knows you called me~ but my hp bill... :'( LOL
anw, so good lah, got ppl order buffet to welcome u back... 1st time i didnt hear u complain about stayin back... wahahaha


Dear Daisy Duck, juz wanna wish you all the best k! hope u haven forgotten anything =p but dun worry, there's always magic wordS around. tink now that u switching job scope, maybe got new magic words coming?? lol

btw, have you realised?? U've been on this job for 6 months le!!! *clap*clap* hAhA, thou maybe must minus off one month cos u went away on mc? then soon, u leaving japan for another 0.5month?? so in total, you can only be considered to be working 5.5months when you come back from japan. hahahaha... i very calculative eh??

hmm, realli wanna thank you for giving me such a great time over there!~ still remember the initial days of work. Was so lonely, the office was so cold. i tot everyone only know how to work work, & more work! =S
luckily got you. Haha. Although we always kena scoldings, but sometimes i tink even the officers got entertained by us! ;-)
All the lunch-ins, All the phone calls, All the gossips, All the playing-afools.
Not forgetting, of course, all the teachings! Thanks with the help~ sorry if i always ask too many questions.. hee hee...

So let's make a promise! MUST meet up sometime okie~ when i recover & when u come back.
Huh... dun wan jj or jy lah.. so cheapo stuff! hmphs! hahahaha....
MOS even more high-class lor... lolx

have fun in nihon~
bring back sovenirs for me!! *_*

Nose Op

It's been 10 days since my operation. seems that this time round, not as many knew about the op. no update on blog, nv keep telling people also... in e end, it's mainly my colleagues from work who know. even penny! lol.

for those who dunno, i juz went for another operation to lift my collapsed nostril (using a soft bone from my ear. ouch! my ear still itch & hurt :( ), lip revision & scar revision. Apparently, they cut the old scar (which sealed my split lips) & redo it. :S quite scary come to tink about it... but strangely, i dun feel much pain. the most painful part is actually the ear... hahaha

anw, tis time only stayed in hospital for 3 days (including operation day. got admitted in the wee hours. okie okie, 7am isnt exactly wee wee alr. =p) the doctors actually wanted to let me go the very next day! but my mom was worried (due to the complication the previous op) so they said "okay. you can stay for as long as you like"
-_-""
my mom was like, "it's not i like. it's im scared that there will be complications again. like last time. due to the neglect of the professionals."

so this time round, no one came for visit. no elton, no cedarian family... only mom & dad & granny. My gor & relatives never even come this time round~ hmm... quite pathetic eh? reminds me of maxime when i went to visit her. she got sO many presents!! *envy envy* especially like the floating balloon... so nice~

it's funny how some people, despite knowing you are hospitalised, & apparently quite free, just refuse to go for a visit. If that person is someone whom you considered good friend, is it still not worth the trip? Not once did they ever mention anything about bed number, visiting... sigh... humanities studies is not a subject everyone can do...

well, hope that this recovery can be a quick one. The stitches were taken off on wed (21/6) except for the ear's... but there seems to be still some swelling :/

any change? hmm, why dun u all be the judges??

Who's in the Wrong?

People who know me on MSN should know that i always play the "guessing game" when i add u. It's just me what.

Who knows i just met someone so hostile, only giving me one minute to "redeem myself" & i was talking to someone else at the time! so hardly came back to say a line & there he goes, "5", "4", "3", "2", "1". "Bye ur blocked".

*&^$*%^
i was already typing when he started countin down lor. wth.
& i tot i would be friendly to finally add him on msn. (not many people know my msn add right from e start) okay, since he 不领情.

so who is in the wrong?
the ever-fun-loving me?
the so-seriously-hostile him?

The Outing

Written after ONE HOUR of waiting:

Oh god. I was naive enough to be looking forward to an outing with people who dun gif a damn about their friend (at least selected one)
To think i thought I was smart for Mr Goh's wedding where I knew it's safest to go with someone else, someone mature & caring & thoughtful enough. Not someone who always changes her mind at the very last moment, easily shaken, selfish.

This gang? Gosh. Im going for another operation this thursday!
So i thought I wanna meet up before my op & before someone starts school again. Hey. I didnt even thought so much with some other even dearer & better group! Why am I so stupid to bother with you all? With 2 not bothering to reply my sms-es, 1 asked about "why go for another op?!", 1 is "fine with anything" until the final decision is about to finalise, 1 just cannot be on time.
I sorta regret accompanying you such that i forgo my chance to watch X-Men2 on 5.

Goodness.
Can i just not be so kind with all my friends?
I gave up hopes on her (after many many disappointments), why cant i do the same with them?
I need my self-protection!

Maybe when you feel bad about being late
Maybe if you realised your friends are also part of your world (not just some other long-tailed animal)
Maybe I should feel guilty of only meeting you
i wun be SO MAD.



Time of arrival: ONE HOUR & TWENTY MINUTES after mine.

Last Day~ Last Day Last Day~~~

Okay. It's final. the guang zhou people has said it...
hmm, tt was wad maxime had told me the other time when she told my departure was finalised. it was. sort of. then this time it was realli realli finalised. im gone! from StanChart Factoring Ops~

Wanted to go work early to plan surprises. But alas, 天不作美, it rained HEAVILY that in e end, i went to work late, still quite early, but e 2 early birds (joycelyn & siew theng) were already there!! sigh. so mission postponed. then got sms from jean sayin she got stuck. Just when i was calling her, she popped out. hAhAz. so she decided to run across e road, before i could react.

the last few weeks have been kinda stressful. With Maxime on MC, & Chew Lian leaving earlier than plan (she was supposed to leave with me), & new-comers coming in (Chris & Jean), old duties stuck on, while new ones kept on adding, in addition was the teaching. Quite stressed a point of time, that i even sms-ed maxime, cos i reali missed her soo soo much!

Luckily Chris & Jean were willing to learn. nvm their attitude (i mean, they are nice... but they seem to learn the trick of eating snake pretty quick oso ;P) but at least they are willing to learn & do their jobs! yeah! phew~ one heavy stone off my chest before i leave...

So the day went off pretty normal lor... until i went around giving my departure gifts => hersley's chocs. it was only then e opposite dept knew it was my last day. (yes, i gave them too!) Sok Cheng was so cute lah.. she was like, "你这样省钱，你会买hersley ar?" wah liao... i thrifty, not giam siap mah! lolx. but michelle, sylvia & Maxime werent around, so i put theirs on their tables. Except for Maxime's. Cos i got special stuff for her & joanne de. Then i purposely hid Max's ones.. hahaha... *whoops* Maxime is not supposed to read this de leh... at least not yet.. not until she found e buried treasures =p ... hopefully she didnt??

Then came their surprise for me!
It was really a surprise lor... cos it was the bag i commented nice & had thought of buying it!! Maxime remembered lor! But e card also gave away that they had planned for me to leave very much early.... hAhAz... yep. u might have guessed from the 1st para. Max & Joanne went to get my present when they thought i was leaving, on 5th of may. But then i got extended so Max kept until she knew she has to go operation, then ask Joanne keep. Haha... So prepared lor, they all...

Ar... my 4mths there had really been STRESSFUL, but nonetheless enriching (:
sure there were times of tiredness, times when i felt mistreated, unfairness, injustice or purely fed up,
but there were also many candid times, unforgettable moments, and lasting quotes!
argh. i regret not making a copy of what i gave to Jo & Max~ what if i forget???

hmm, lemme try to recall...
*ALPAC ar?
this is standard chartered calling from _________
ni zhe yang li hai ni lai zhou lah!

Bye Michelle, Sok Cheng, Sylvia, Grace, Siew Theng, Joycelyn, Joanne, Maxime, Chris & Jean!
Till we meet again! *hopefully in dec =p*

Bye Disneyland~
-Mickey Mao no more-

Church Weddings

20/05/2006
Grace's Wedding

Was pleasantly surprised when Grace handed me an invitation. It was my first time a wedding invitation was addressed to me & me alone! =) haha... cos the previous times are always relatives mah.. so naturally they were addressed to my parents. Anw was reali kinda excited, but on the other hand troubled. cos i dun have anything to wear! Cos most of my clothes have become my working office wear already & i dun wanna wear those to attend my officer's wedding. So those few days when i went out shopping, it was always with a purpose - to find something to wear to Grace's wedding. 皇天不负苦心人 i finally got a dress/coat/i-dunno-how-to-call-it! that i've always wanted to get!! =) Lusi said the previous time when i saw that kinda clothes, it was also in the exact same shop at bugis village where i bought mine. Haha...

okay, to the wedding. Hmm, we bought a electric cooker & bedsheets for Grace. Guess who brought it home from the office? (They bought it at **** @ tm =p) Guess who brought it to the church @ Sengkang from the house @ aljunied?? U've guessed it! Yours Truly ME lah! Wah, so heavy. But still quite managable lah. Even met Yu Cheng (Pri Sch classmate) at the bus stop, taking same bus summore! Thou he's going Hougang (dropped off earlier than me =S) to his friend's or girlfriend's (didnt reali catch it. shall ask him if got e chance again ;D) house.

Oops. got diverged again =x
The wedding was nice. Met up with Sok Cheng, Siew Theng & Agnes (Plaza by the Park, faxed IFID0018 to her every fri! =D ) at Sengkang Int. Sylvia came to meet us at the church.
Firstly the reception. Signed on the book & flipped through their album. So nice! Especially like Grace when she dolled up in the traditional chinese customes with that two adorable pigtails!! =D so kawaii!!!
Then there was the doorgift. So elegant! It was actually only 2 honeysticks bundled together. But there was some flowers (white & yellow. Yellow's the bride's fav colour so alot of deco eg balloons were yellow) tied to them. So 2 simple honeystix were upgraded. Heard that Grace & her sis did all the doorgifts by themselves. **A round of applause** Li Hai! Pei Fu! no wonder the emcee said the thing she likes to do most is 'use her hands' NOT 'scratching' like what her hubby said. LOL
The ceremony was kinda solemn though there was a band singing songs. Ooh, i especially like the table with 3 candles. Many might not have made the connection, but that's what i think:
the 2 smaller candles were initially lit by the moms of the bride & groom.
Then the couple lit the third, middle, tallest candle using the 2 smaller ones.
I would suppose the 2 smaller ones represent them, & by asking the moms to light it was to represent their lives are given by their parents.
The 3rd was lit by them to symbolise the marriage. The couple lit it together represent the start of them being together.
SO SWEET right? of cos the motive could have being otherwise, after all, the above mentioned are purely my own thinking ;) too much literature in secondary school lah... pai seh pai seh
And of cos the usual exchange of vows, thanking their moms (with bouquets of flowers) & photo-takings. There was also a slideshow by Grace's brother, showing photos of the couple right from the start. Then we all realised the stage where the groom started to grow horizontally. *whoops*
Finally REFRESHMENT time. lol. the food was great! v nice! love pandan chicken!! Peter (our level head. They seems surprised that he was there, given his status) & his wife were initially at our table. But as we left for food, our seats were taken =( luckily we managed to squeeze back a bit of space enough for us ladies =) & before we start, i realise the Q was v long, so i decided to go for the dessert 1st =p Orh Ni~ OOH.. i love orh ni (芋泥 yam paste lah ;p) but in e end, i still went to get the food with the rest & settle for the main course 1st. Hee hee.. by the time Sok Cheng & Sylvia wanted to get the orh ni, it was ALL GONE, ALL 3 TABLES. wahahaha... then they praised me for being smart ;) (okay okay... i exaggerated about that. They didnt praise me. Just commented lah)
Then it was going off time. Felt a bit weird leh... Like not much mood by the time we left. Maybe tt's e difference with hotel dinner & such reception. The feeling of everyone leaving together & the couple standing by the exit to receive well wishes seem more emotional...

Nonetheless, thanks Grace! =) all the best

03/06/2006
Mr Goh's Wedding

Was supposed to go as a class. Since the invitation (note: only one was sent) was sent in representation of the class. But ay, s02 ppl always last minute dun wanna go. Hmm, correction, dun wanna put blame on the innocents. Some people always last minute dun wan go. Lucky i was smart (not to trust her too much, after oh-too-many-times-of-disappointment) & has a network of friends. So in e end, meet up with s03 people instead.
Funny lor. How i always seem to be able to click with s03 ppl. NJ muz have put me in e wrong class!!

Anw the wedding was a lighter tone than Grace's. the pastor (is that what u called him??) was very humorous! & much more grand (in terms of space & well-wishers) Worhz. Mr Goh invited soooo many ppl! Alot of NJCians & teachers also... then e usual, song-singing, band & photo-taking (thou cos this time round, it wasnt catagorised as neatly as Grace's)....
oh! there was this slide made from photos in their album. It started with Mr Goh running. haha.. his expression was kinda funny. Dunno he is enjoying too much or wad... hee hee...
then there was also a song by Mrs Goh's friends. Kinda sweet they composed a song just for her. There was slideshow along with it.
But the refreshment time. At last i saw the doorgifts. Standard cakes in boxes. Wanted to take when im going home. But this time, it seems i wasnt very smart. by the time i was going off, the cakes were all gone ): And then there wasnt enough seats. Hmm, about 300++ ppl? & there were 5 tables (labelled "for friends & relatives") & about 20 odds chairs without table at the other corner. Okay, so in e end, we settled for standing to eat our food. Oh. I like the potato-wrapped prawns! So nice! =) (the caterer was recently featured in U-wkly. then i showed mom e prawns. hopefully she'l make it someday. *hopefully* *cross fingers* *pray hard*)
So in e end, i went off to novena square (1st time there!) with s03 ppl (Michelle, May, Mei Ting, Yan Ying). Shopped ard a bit, went to "Toys R Us" LOL went to foodcourt where Yan Ying had his fill while e rest of us watched him eat (HAHA) & chatted. Wanted to go Ben & Jerry store after that. But it was occupied! by people we've met earlier on. So we juz stone around a bit. Got to talk to Yan Ying. Nv knew this guy existed until that day. lolx. but found him qt a nice person. Goodness. He was in s02 for O2 leh! whereas tyq was in s03. he was commenting that he didnt c me during orientation. of cos! i was back in s14 =p *shhh* goodness. if only things could remain that way lor. he seems a much nicer person than the other exchange. sigh. too bad. anyway, his sis also in ntu material eng! so cool! nxt time need ath, ask michelle ask him ask his sis. wor~ wad a long link! haha

oh, aft tt, when e rest *finally* decided to go Coffee Beans, me & michelle decided to go home. Not reali lah, we went to get dinner. Couldnt find e reali nice foodcourt Michelle recommended (under renovation. turned out it moved to e foodcourt we've juz gone to) so went to toa payoh kou fu instead.

All in all, quite a nice outing with Michelle. :)
OH! & i got e xin niang 18 sui! yeah!
thanks michelle!! =)


Whenever they say 3 people in church wedding, my 1st thought would always be a kid. But no, to them, the 3rd person is always God. Hmm...