First Year Together!

Sorry folks, can't help but to show off my girlfriend's ability to make cheesecake.

C H E E S E C A K E.

It tastes so good you can keep eating it (which we did). Check it out.

The Cheesecake :D
Well, we celebrated our first year together and that cake was actually a really sweet surprise for me :D I felt abit guilty eating so much but that guilt didn't last long :P

Anyway, 1 year is over and we're still lovey dovey so it's really great. We decided to "relive the moment" when we first got together. We went back to Waraku (we had dinner together there just before we officially became a couple) and to TCC @ Clarke Quay where I asked that earth-shattering "Can you be my girlfriend?" question LOL. Sounds kinda cheesey now.

At Clarke Quay, still together ;)
It was kind of a shy moment for me. And now it feels abit funny. Haha, can't imagine I gave a short speech and stuff before everything happened. Hm. :P Truth is, sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. Can't image if I didn't do all these things and nothing happened between us. It'll be so different! I'll probably continue to camp at home and play game like a mad man.

Ok! Since 1 year is over, I think I should randomly pick some photos from our albums and post it up here. Let's see what we've gone through!

The sign of love appeared before me, as I was sitting
beside my office window (well, now ex-office)
Something wonderful happened and we got together ;)
Had this photo taken in White Dog
Got our first photo taken by Huili using a polariod camera.
It was my first time meeting Sally's friends
Took this photo together when we saw the heart shape
in the sky again! Heart shape similar to the first photo ;)
Took a photo of Sally while waiting for a bus to the
Singapore Flyer. I think this photo is sweet.
Took a photo together just outside the flyer.
Well can't really see the flyer LOL.
Went to Vivo with some colleagues for lunch!
We were still together in GE.
Had a yummy NYDC dinner with Sally. Look at the cheese!
Had Sally's favourite Guo Fu for dinner ;)
Her eyes sparkles when you mention Guo Fu!
LOL. Sally waiting anxiously for my turn to
collect my PR identity card.
Went for our first Sentosa trip together and I love the beach.
Damn my hair looks weird
Sally enjoying her Dao Xiao Mian.
Had this photo taken at Vivo's Food Republic
I decided to take a photo with Eve :D Oops
Accompanied Sally to GE's D&D. Took this photo in a cab.
Celebrated our first Valentine's Day together!
First time I carried a flower all the way from Bugis to CCK
Went to KL with Sally to meet my friends.
Had chicken buffet for lunch
And manage to find time to catch
up with my ex-colleagues too!
Haha, Sally checking out her TU-LONG noodles ;)
My birthday trip to Batam :D Love the trip!
And look at all the gifts I've got from Sally! So sweet ;)
Attended Chan Yee's BBQ gathering.
Celebrated mooncake festival with Sally's friends.
Haven't played laterns for a long time!
Took a picture of my mom & pop when we were in Segamat
Went out for a drink at Old Town in Segamat.
My bro and Irene was there too
Just wanted to take a photo ;)
At the living room's sofa in Segamat
My mom started showing Sally photos when I was a kid :D
Sally cooked.. erm, eggs? Yeah that's in Segamat
We went cycling at ECP! Had to do
some exercise after eating all those cheese-y stuffs
A Christmas present for Sally.
Used up quite abit of creative juice there :D
Took a photo of Sally on my last day at GE.
I sat opposite her in office ;)
Went for a very relaxing trip to
Mayang Sari during Sally's break
Check this out! Won our first plush toy
on a catch-toy machine
Celebrated Sally's birthday last month
Went to Hilton for their cheesecake. But now
we all know Sally can make one too!
The Brilliant Rose finally came ;)
Went for a trip to Bintan Lagoon Resort
to wrap up Sally's birthday celebration
That's quite alot huh? Some of the photos may be familiar because I've posted them before. When I read back all the previous posts, I realize we've actually been through alot together.

And that's the whole purpose of this blog :D It will go on and on and capture all the moments we spent together until many many years to come!

Can't wait for all the new things that we're going to experience soon! Love ya Sally ;)

Oh yeah...

We had Hilton's cheese cake and Tiramisu on Sally's birthday too! Kinda forgot to upload the pictures, so here they are!

As usual, a picture of us first!
Looks nice huh?
Yep, that's the cheese cake and Tiramisu
Ok, can't help it so I'm gonna upload a few more pictures of the earrings from Sally's camera :D

The treasure box!
An artistic shot. LOL.
Brilliant Rose. The real deal
And finally, the roses that distracted Sally :D

That's How It Should Be Done!

Hello people! I'm back from the void! Well not really. I've been kinda busy with lotsa stuffs recently. Work is gaining pace. Learnt some new StarCraft strategies. Kicked some asses but sometimes got my own ass handed back to me. Well work = play and play = work.

But that's not all I've been busy with the entire month. Well last week was Sally's birthday. Roughly a month ago, I started wondering what we could do to make it a memorable celebration. But as usual all the boring ideas came about, so I decided to think reaaaaally hard about what she likes. Well handbags or those fashion shoes are Girls' Best Friends but for some reasons, I think generally guys just can't tell the difference between a good and bad handbag (or shoes). Maybe it's my problem :P but to think about it, those are really boring stuffs too.

Then I suddenly remembered walking with her past some jewelery shop and she seem keen on those sinful shiny stones. Well.. Hmm.. Maybe this is it. Girls like shiny stuffs, ain't? But buying diamonds and wrapping them up nicely, then presenting it as a birthday gift is boring as hell too. So what we really need is to add a lil' bit of twist into the whole action ;) sounds like an ultimate evil!

First, research on diamonds. This is absolutely essential so that I won't get scammed by those sales attendants. And I gotta find out more to understand my side of the bargain and whether the price I'm paying is worth it. Also I can act like a pro when I go shop for diamonds :P It's no easy task but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. Actually I could have just brought a friend who knows all about diamonds to help me out, but for such a delicate job, who else can I trust but myself? LOL spoken like a true evil mastermind. Anyway...

For a few nights I read up on diamonds and the different brands in the market. When Sally called I just told her that I'm busy playing games :P and she didn't suspect anything. Yey. Sometimes you gotta resort to such evil trickery. I guess I can't recycle this technique anymore but let's worry about that later. Muahaha :D:D

Ok, so on a Wednesday night after work, the evil side of me lied to her saying I'd be staying late for work. Oops. Then I went shopping for diamonds like a dirty rich man. Well not exactly shopping-spree kinda shopping, but careful and selective-kind of shopping LOL. So this sales attendant @ SooKee came to me and I asked to look at their range of earrings. She looked at me for a moment then brought me some very childish earring samples. WTF.

"Nono, not these kind. Do you have like.. better ones?" :-/ Nabeh. Maybe I looked like a noob.

LOL. Fortunately she got the hint and apologized, then she brought me to one corner and showed me their range of Brilliant Rose diamond earrings. Yeah! Now that's what I'm talking about! Shiny!

The cut of ultimate brilliance!
Woooo..
Actually I'm kinda impressed with the earrings myself. But unfortunately, my lame camera couldn't capture it's brilliant sparkle in real life. Still looks quite good though! :D Ah, satisfied. But that's not all. It's only part of the plan ;D This is suppose to be a big surprise so I need to add abit of smoke.

So I went to this shop to order a bouquet of flowers. On the morning of Sally's birthday, I collected them and went all the way to Choa Chu Kang. Well this is the second time I'm doing this so... it's all good, except that the experience was slightly different. Heh. On my way, I saw this guy and his kid. The kid was crying for some reasons and his dad was obviously trying in vain to calm him down. Then when he saw me, he told his kid "Look! Look! Nice flowers. Veeeeeery nice flowers".

The kid cried even louder.

:-/

Duh. Of course. Kids don't appreciate flowers. They like Power Rangers.

Then came another awkward moment. This old lady standing beside me was staring at my roses. As in... really staring at them with very big eyes. It was a really hungry look and at times I thought that she was going to eat them up. Sigh. I should have told her that flowers aren't very nutritious and they are kinda expensive to be eaten. Weird huh?

Anyway, more importantly the roses reached Sally safely and as planned (or just my assumption), she thought that those were her birthday gift :D

Deja vu
After hanging around for a while, we came over to my place. We were talking about some stuffs when I suddenly said...

"Eh, my pillow ah. Kinda uncomfortable. Recently sleep already ah, got headache leh"

"Huh? Then change pillow lah", she replied coldly. Damn. Never mind, try again.

"No leh, you try to see the pillow. Think something wrong leh" :P Think I can be an actor!

Then she replied the same thing saying that if the pillow is uncomfortable, I should just get a new one. Problem solved. Actually that wasn't the problem because I hid the diamonds under my pillow hoping that she'd go and find out herself. Who knows she can be so reluctant to check out her poor boyfriend's pillow :P Since I had no backup plan, I continued to nag her until she finally gave up, sighed and went to pat my pillow. LOL.

What happened next was totally out of my expectations. When she felt that there was something underneath the pillow and took it out... there was a moment of silence for like 2 seconds. Maybe that's when she realized that those are real shiny hardcore diamonds inside and it's not a dream. Then I got a really big hug from her and it's all tears of joy. Awww.. Mission accomplished ;) She said I was really corny but who cares ;) The winner is still me :D

And the best thing is, this wasn't the end of our celebration! We celebrated the other half in Bintan Lagoon Resort. Extremely enjoyable, relaxing and full of sinful fatty food! It was a 3 days and 2 nights trip. Here are some photos of the stuffs that we did there. Woo hoo!

A mushy kiss for the birthday girl ;)
Seaview from our room
The swimming pool
The beach is just so peaceful and beautiful!
Yeah that's us!
Interesting stuffs that crabs do on the island
This is even more interesting ;)
One of our buffet breakfasts ;) Yummy!
There are a few hundred more photos and I think it'll take about 2 years to upload everything :D So if in any case you're interested, just get them directly from me or Sally ;)

Next Wednesday will be our first anniversary. Time really flies! By then, we'll take a step back and look at all the things that we've experienced together as a couple. And I bet it'll be really interesting. All the fun. All the fights.

Stay tuned!

Love ya Sally!

Dreaaam Home

Yep, thinking about our dream home now. It's about time anyway. I've always wanted a comfortable home with good amenities, but I've never really imagined how it would look like. I don't consider myself to be a very artistic person and being a techie myself, I'm least worried about the interior design as long as it's comfy and spacious.

Today we made a trip down to HDB Hub to take a look at the showrooms. And for the first time in my life, I actually realize how I want it to be. This is what I'll do: First, I'm gonna break down all the walls in the house so that it looks uber spacious. Then I'm gonna put a water fountain right in the middle which will spout water all over the place. Then I'm gonna install an uber spinning disco light ball so that both me and Sally can party all night! Friends are welcomed too!

Ok just kidding. I'm not a party guy anyway. Even if I am, HDB wouldn't approve such changes.

But seriously, here are some things that I'd want:

1. Uber wall-length windows for all rooms so that I can walk around naked and offend peeping toms.
2. Romantic yellow mini-spotlights for the rooms.
3. Walls should preferably be very light grayish/purplish colour unless it's the study room, which should be either white or beige.
4. Some walls should be replaced with a uber huge-ass piece of glass.
5. All rooms should be square-shaped. Not the longish kind please.
6. Bathrooms should have uber huge shower-heads. I love downpours!
7. There should be artistic paintings hanging on the walls.
7. One room will be dedicated to gaming and toys.
7. Maybe we'll have a ceiling fan for each room. Standing fans kinda take up space.
8. And if we have enough space for the living room, we'll setup a mini-bar corner. Ok I'm kidding again. I don't drink.

Actually I'm only interested in item no.1 above, so Sally can decide the rest :D Muahaha.

I'm not too sure whether all these are feasible, but that's how I imagine my future home.

So yes, what do you think? Any suggestions for us? Do you think the list above is complete? Are ceiling fans cool? Did I use the word uber too often in this entry?

A Trip to Bintan

Paradise. Absolutely wonderful.
That's right. We went for a holiday. This time we went to Bintan! It was the start of Sally's 2-week break. Although I'm still working, I figured that she would feel bored so why not make a short trip over the weekend?

We booked a chalet at Mayang Sari resort and traveled there by ferry. The journey was OK, except for the occasional choppy seas. But I still manage to sleep throughout the journey :P Not too sure why I'm always feeling tired lately.

Mayang Sari chalet
The resort was really amazing... but maybe that's because it is located by the seaside. And you know how much I love the sea! So, yeah that makes it a bias statement. If you hate the sun, sand, water and all, then this place is probably not for you. Hehe.

It was really nice that also we manage to take an evening stroll by the beach :D Sounds like something I'd do everyday when I retired :P

Our footsteps by the beach!
Since there was a free-loop bus every 30mins, we decided to go to another resort nearby for dinner. And this is a funny story that I definitely have to share :P We took a bus and got off the wrong stop. So while trying to figure our way, we asked some locals working in a restaurant for directions. And it was really hard communicating with them because they probably couldn't understand English well and my Malay is kinda rusty.

So the best thing to do is to wait for the next bus. Right? Yeah, so we sat down and started playing kiddy games and talking about Starcraft. After waiting hungrily for 30 mins, the next bus came and we hopped on again happily. Then guess what? Our destination was less than 1 minute bus ride! It was only down the slope, approximately 50m but we didn't know because it was kinda dark already :P and there were alot of trees :P and we're both short-sighted

Anyway...

There. We're still a happy couple!
Hehe, though the trip was only over the weekend, I believe it made a difference. In fact I'm kinda glad that we decided to go ahead with a short vacation. But that's not gonna be the end because our next trip is to Segamat Resort! Then we'll be heading back to Bintan again to... well, let's leave that for another day :)

Now The Fun Begins!

Yo, everyone! How's it going? I'm still alive and kickin', of course. 3rd week into my new job. So far so good :D

Last weekend was a special one. If you don't know yet, Iluma is about 50% ready now. You didn't know, right? :P Arcadia had its opening ceremony on Saturday morning and we were invited as guest to play-for-free as part of our in-house testing, but... we could also take home whatever prizes we won :P Cool? Yey.

Ribbon-cutting ceremony. Stop staring at the girls.
Welcome to Arcadia
Isn't it cool to be testing out stuffs at an arcade center?
So I brought Sally along for abit of fun and also to introduce her to some of my colleagues. To be honest, I haven't played catch-toys in my life before and that was the attraction of the day! I'm not sure about Sally, but I'm an uber sua ku person. But maybe it's just a girl's thing to be playing catch-toys :P What do you think?

Woo hoo! Free tokens!
Sally in action, hehe those toys are sure hard to catch.
Yes, catching those toys are not easy. We tried catching stuffs on different machines but somehow it's not as easy as it seems. On a particular box full of cute tortoise toys, we took turns and tried really hard to get it. Uncountable no. of times, really, but heck, free tokens to play anyway! :D And of course after a 1-hour battle (exaggerated), we got it!

And... Sally decided to call it "Mei mei" :P
With so many tokens to play, we actually got kinda bored after awhile. So we decided to use up the remaining tokens to "catch" some sweets instead. Hehe.

No brainer. Scoop, push, grab the sweeeets.
Check out our loot!
My colleagues playing Street Fighter IV... and they haven't slept the previous night.
LOL a classic example of games destroying people's lives. Anyway... out of point.
Coincidently, Film Garde opened its first movie screening on the same day too. And we bought movie tickets for only $6 per tix! Yes that's the good thing about a new cinema. But of course, it will only last as long as the promotion period :P And yes, the cinema is so new that it smells like plastic all over and the seats were kinda... hard.

$6 per movie ticket.
It was quite an enjoyable day, partly because I've never had free tokens to play catch-toys before. And fortunately Sally had the time to accompany me, otherwise I'll be so bored on my own. And I guess it's also because we won a plush toy and a bag of sweeeeets :P Plus, the movie tickets on that day was freakin cheap! :D So yeah, it was quite an incrediable experience.

Hug goodbye
View from Iluma, cool huh?
The next thing to look forward to is the opening of Colosseum and of course, I'll be there again :P

I'll be back...

Looking Back

Next Monday, I'll be officially working in a new company.

I spent the last 1.5 years in Great Eastern, my first job in Singapore. Looking back, it seems like a short duration but I've experienced so many things it's almost impossible to write everything here.

Burmese food with friends
On my last day at work, while clearing my drawers and chatting with some colleagues, some old memories did flash through my mind. Most notably, the very first day when I stepped into the company and was paired with a *ahem* buddy. Not sure if it's due to the corporate culture, but most people look hostile and couldn't be bothered about the presence of a new colleague.

Because of that, I made the first move to get to know other colleagues who joined the company about the same time. From then on, we became close friends and we had alot of fun together. Though honestly most people in the company can annoy the hell out of you, others make good, worthy friends. One even became my sweet other half ;) thanks to Jozy the wise.

The legendary note that Jozy secretly left with a box of candies in my drawer
I must admit that most of the time, I get to laugh about someone or something that happened in office. I'm also fortunate to get a lot of help, advice and guidance from (sometimes very unexpected) colleagues. Sometimes I get extra stuffs like chocolates, cookies, thank-you-balloons and whatnot. Things like that keep me going.

The girl I always talk about
Towards the end of my first year contract, most of these close friends of mine left the company, for one reason or another. Things at work changed for the worse. Working on something became more and more tedious everyday. I felt that the things I was doing became irrelevant and naturally I lost my drive and direction.

When I knew that it was time to leave, I decided to pursue a career in something that I love since childhood. Computer games. Knowing full well that I don't have the necessary background and skills to break into that industry, I almost gave up on that idea until Sally pushed me through. And when I got an offer, I told myself to be confident and to try my best. I'll learn as much as I can and hopefully everything will turn out just fine.

Sally holding our mug
This afternoon, myself and Sally went for a movie and shopped for new jeans. When I looked at her, I know that we won't be spending as much time as we did before, but I know our relationship will remain as sticky and yummy as ever. I also made arrangements to have dinner at her place every week and ... well weekends will remain the same :D

Now I'm leaving my comfort zone and plunging into ... challenge zone? Hell I'm looking forward to it.