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Friday, March 11, 2022

March

march, the title of one of my favourite basement songs.

march, the month of three of my best friends' birthdays.

march, the month i flew to germany for my student exchange programme, the longest time i would be abroad on my own.

aside from that, march has always been the lull month of the year for me. it has always felt long and uneventful - the time of the year when the joy of celebrating the new year and lunar new year has waned, and everyone starts to crack down for the work year and sober up to the fact that there will be no public holidays for a long while.

somehow, this year it's jam-packed for me though??

there was the release of pb grades (ok yes, past few years also have). this year was a good year for me huhu. i'm actually kinda sian in my new department because there are not as many things to do. so life is not as exciting. i'm not one of those people who can sit around and do nth at work - i get restless very easily. oh well.

the next few weeks there are quite a few meetings though, and i also have 7 days of course to clear so i'm trying to plan ahead... yay bz-ness!

then there are wedding preps.

i'm amazed at how people can plan big banquets, because sherwin and i are just gonna hold a small lunch, but i still feel like i have so many small details to take care of. i also feel the need to tell everyone it's not a wedding, but a celebration. cos we are forgoing so many things that people normally do for a wedding, like the gatecrashing, tea ceremony, bride and groom walk-in, wine-popping, cake-cutting...

rly just having a nice lunch together with our favourite people sounds like the best thing to me. i can't imagine putting together a whole show just for the sake of... 'this is how society does things'. but i think it's just my personal preference. i actually love going to my friends' weddings though!! i guess watching the show is nice. planning it is an entirely different matter. LOL

and then, there are moving preps!

i'm very lucky in that:

1) i am minimalistic by nature. i don't like having clutter and for most daily items, i only have a few of each that i use all the time. some examples: i have 2 pairs of shoes for work that i rotate every day because wearing the same pair every day will wear it down too fast. i have 2 watches. 3 hairclips. 2 scrunchies. stuff like that hahaha. i don't think i could wear the same clothes every day like some people do though. i think that would be super boring.

2) my family and i just moved in may last year, so i already spring cleaned my stuff and don't have as many things as before. so moving to sherwin's won't be too much of a hassle.

all in all, i'm kinda excited to move! hehe

other exciting stuff happening this month:

- meet the parents is happening next week. hope it's not awkward hahaha

- i bought sherwin and myself dna kits last month. the results should be out mid to late this month. it's scary but also exciting. what if we discover unknown relatives? what if we have health issues? what if sherwin and i are cousins?? we have the same last name and i have some biological family i've never met. so it's not entirely out of the question. LOL

okay off to enjoy the rest of my friday night.

have a great weekend and an awesome march everyone! 💕

Saturday, February 5, 2022

With open hands

GOOD DAY

okay so alot has happened since my last post. will elaborate in my pics hahaha

but mainly... WE ARE ENGAGED!!!

we already had a rom date planned, so i defo knew it was coming but somehow i was not expecting it to be on that day. you can tell by how lupsup i dressed (as always).

we are making it official on 6 June!! rom only. still considering when and where to hold a wedding, if we are! neither of us like attention hahaha soo.

can't believe this blog has been with me through it all! from 2008 to 2022 and counting. from literal childhood to the turbulent journey that is adolescence, to uni and student exchange, and finally adulthood and marriage! that's crazy.

anyway my pics are all jumbled up again ): this is from when sherwin and i tried mr. prata near my house. it's quite good! also it was the night before i was supposed to go on cruise with my friends, which got cancelled at the v last min cos we realised you can't board if you're on HRW :/

hehe 💕

mdm ling from my company. i have a newfound love for pineapple tarts this year idk why

i loved hotel fort canning! the bathroom is beautiful 😍

his family and friends helped to set up the room, and it was ahmazing!!!

went to orchard with the jc kids on what was supposed to be day 1 of our cruise trip ):

we had koh grill, tiong bahru bakery and then went shopping to commiserate. hahaha

koh grill is so good??

cute random gift from sherwin!

lol @ new moonbyul mv

tried sb's cold brew one day. it's good, but tasted v strong to me. i took the whole afternoon and still couldn't finish it haha

oblivious me when i was eating a corndog before my would-be proposal cos i was hungry. haha

haidilao to celebrate

loved the lil lights everywhere!!

sherwin's sister packed an overnight bag for me including skincare. super thoughtful omg

left the lights on at night! so prettyy

fort canning's bfast nth to rave about sadly

oh forgot to mention that i rly milked the stay. used the bath, watched tv, made many cups of coffee. haha

took home all the pictures hehe

eyelashes always get in my eyes cos they grow downwards.

one day i took out 5 strands from one eye???

love soyeon's outfit here

throwback pics to marcy's

feeling mismatched

the sashimi at koh grill is so thick and fatty!! but got bone in 1 piece

am i really INTJ now? wow

off to meet melons for an mbs staycay courtesy of et's company huhu

jangwon was good as always! but portions dropped a lil

went to singapore art week

the strangers' reunion had closed ): so we went to the cafe next to it haha

the view was amazeballs

eating mushrooms

walked to .... chipitos?? idk some mexican place to dapao dinner

it was quite good

me and wums went up to check out the infinity pool in our clothes with bathrobes over them haha

celebrated et's bday!

very very expensive rm service using credits her company gave

i saw one of my former senior managers when we went to suntec for soondubu omg

did not recognise him at first cos i have never seen him dressed so casually

very good soondubu

finally went up for a proper swim... it was beautiful!

cup noodles is a staycay must

pretty bad bfast

went to visit et's new cat, clementine! (lemon)

protecting the phone at all costs

ASD is coming back im so excited

nakhon and hot choc/ affogato w sherwin one weekdayy

love the fashun LOL

dim sum at kam boat orchard rendezvous hotel w the jc kids + sj's date

kinda liked this pair of slip ons. was mad comfy

can someone tell me why these exist

had jack's place w sherwin! it was my first JP in at least 10 years haha

oysters mornay or something was nicee. basically oysters w cheese and bacon bits

him threatening to ruin my picture ):

i was worried to see this line on my arm when i cross my left arm behind.

it doesn't appear at all on my right arm.

turns out it's just my tricep muscle or smth? weird

met lianne and tania for lunch!

it was a very chaotic morning for me.

there's tons of reno works going on around my house so i had to walk a long roundabout way to a bus stop i don't normally have to use so i didn't know how far it was.

sweat buckets cos it was mad hot that day and i was wearing these long sleeves. the next bus was only coming in 10min somemore. i saw this man miss his bus cos the driver just zoomed past him and i told myself ok i better watch out for my bus. but i looked at my phone for a second cos we had to change our lunch venue as the original place was fully reserved. and guess what... my bus zoomed past me omg i was so mad he didn't even look at me or honk

the next bus came after 16min..... i died.

left house at 11am and only boarded my bus at 11.50am...