Post PS blog about Happy Darker Addy

WOW...finally the 2 tiring but great days are over. Well all shots are now safely in Henry's PC, so now till early July it is before we know how the piccies turn out.

Gosh have never been so tired in my entire life. But i must say despite my earlier reservations, the shoot was very fun. The frequent facebook sessions with my team helped alot. Photographer said i was good at posing whereas my dear V had a tad of prob!! But i must commend him for the hardwork too, especially at jumping, lifting, and basically doing all weird shots with me. I love you my dear!!!

Well now one more thing down. Tons of other things to follow. Shall post a few teasers pics on facebook. See how the piccies turn out come July... k

what a wonderful experience...glad we went through that!!! ^_^

k ...i think i need to rest. Very tired...and the crap thing is I HAVE TO WORK tmrw!!!! :(

The Blog post about Nervous Addy

Well...been trying to blog but am having this block in my mind. Too many things on my mind just can't seem to translate into words.

Anyway at this late night when i am supposed to be getting my beauty zzz, my mind is whirling from tons of things. It can't seem to stop and i can't get to zzz. So decided to blog.

Basically I am nervous. I am thinking WAY too much for my own good. You probably can guess if you have been following my blog. I am gonna be taking my wedding photo shoot this Wednesday with V of coz. And i am frantic coz i am worried we maybe be too stiff and pics turn out horrendous. Worried what if the weather is bad and i can't have a niceeeee sunset shot that is romantic. Worried what if all that i had in my mind can't be translate into actual photos. Worried what if i have puffy eyes or sudden outbreak. Basically whatever i can worry i WILL worry. V on the other hand seem to be chill about it, typical man as usual.

I went for my gown fitting about 2 weeks ago. Picked out 5 pieces of dresses - 1 Outdoor gown, 2 indoor gowns & 2 evening gowns. I dunno if those were the best choices coz it was over within the hour. Reason could be coz we were too hungry when we went choosing, so basically just want to get it over and done with. WHICH COULD BE A POTENTIALLY BAD THING!!! Anyways what done can't be undone. I can only wait till this Wed & Thurs when the final alterations are done to find out if i had made a good choice.

I think i look best in halters as the top i got are mainly that kind. But surprisingly i had NEVER tried toga look, yet my outdoor gown is a off-shoulder slim gown with a long train off my shoulder that will be nice if there is wind to blow it. kekeke...least in my mind thats how i envision it to be. I picked 1x RED GOWN & 1x YELLOW GOWN for my evening gown selections. Weird choice for yellow right. I mean RED is a given since i always like red (though Emerald green is my new fav colour). YELLOW is abit of an off colour since i ain't too BIG on yellow. But the yellow dress look nice on me. Least thats what i thought.

MMmmm...you probably be wondering how come all talk and no pics. SOrry to say yours truly FORGOT to take pics in the midst of all the excitment during my gown trying. THoughi must CREDIT my faithful videographer -mr A. LIM who went with us to video down the trying process. He will be joining my outdoor shoot to take down the process too. That will make up my montage during my AD. HIak....oops too much details... ;P

Oh oh...before i forget - THANKS TO TRISH! Who took time off her bz schedule to go with us to JB...she is my maid of honor. :)

K...What else have i missed in the midst of this update?? mmm...Roughly my theme is Red & Stars since these are my fav. Still trying to see how i can merge. So bz bz researching on that.

So while i am taking care of wedding matters, my dear hubby is bz with reno. I already offered my objective views on how the house should be renovated so he will settle the final budget and details. :) Pray hard we will get someone who can fit into our budget.

Sound like Addy been real busy right. Geeez. I never thought i myself will be going through this. I used to think WHY should i subject myself to the endless decisions from wedding venues to wedding dinner to wedding photos. There are girls who just say why the FUSS and to some girls FUSS is definite worth it. 2 sides of a coin but such vaste difference for each i feel. I want to have it simple BUT somehow it is this ONE chance you get. So it is either you make it simple or you make it real memorable that you can look back say 50 years ago with your grandkids with pride. K i think that is way too much thinking there. Geez grand kids. WAKE UP ADDY!!!

Oh well whatever it is...it is a choice. And i made that choice. I get that ONE chance to look real pretty i deserve it. So if other girls smirk at me...let them be. TO EACH HER OWN!!

WAIT- DISCLAIMER-> in case whoever is reading is REALLY reading too much to this blog. Dun need to read in between the lines. There isn't any hidden agenda. Just my random thoughts through random conversations... TRULY....

k i think i had written too much. Yawnz...beauty zzz coming... one more day nearer to my photoshoot. Wish me BEAUTIFUL!!

Cute icons i found...

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This is quite funny... ginny, ron, harry & hermonie

K ...blog later!! hiak

Some colour to my boring life! Piccies time!

Been seeing a tad dull blog lately. Well coz technically aside from wedding and reno, nothing else occupy my time! As much as i am trying to ENJOY the process just feel abit drain. Maybe its my job, somemore with soooo much negative vibes. Abit hard to find the fire within...

Oh well shall blog again when i get the time. but some piccies from Adeline koh Wedding (YES she got everything settled way faster than me) & also a Zouk party.

Thats all for now....

GF, PS, reno & more reno- Mountain of Debts

Woah lapse in writing again. Crap since V is back every weekend busy with either reno or got something to do. I had not got chance to shop and give myself some ME TIME!!! i need ME TIME...

Been busy talking to IDs and contractors for our house reno. We slated for $30k reno but based on what we want, looking almost $50k lor. Shucks man! So friggin expensive. Not helping when i start thinking about wedding cost also. Gosh overwhelming mountain of debts.

Oh well finalising wedding items along the way. Am gonna go for gown fitting (GF) this Sunday, photo shoot (PS) on May 28 & 29. So gonna be a jam packed MAY for me. Furthermore my bro getting married on 18th May. So loads and loads of things happening.

So far been feeling a tad depressed over the way my parents prepared for my bro wedding. From the renovating the 'xing fang' to many other things. Basically my bro and wife will not be staying in SG after they got married. BUt for some strange reason my mum insisted that she give up her MASTERBED room for my bro 'xing fang'. Reason simply because his wife entourage is very big, so my mum kind of do not want to loose face for using my bro miserable small room as 'xing fang'. Oh well so now that my bro is back, my parents got no where to zzz. My room is in haywires coz all my tables are shifted to another room. Haiz...can't even begin to describe. But suddenly just feel a sense of crapiness towards my family.

oh well.. damm...blog later...

Busy busy Addy

Woah...long long time since my last post. So much been happening, also don't know where to start updating.

lets see..Shall write whichever comes to my mind....

V been back almost a month. So far been great, and i have never been happier knowing he is just in another corner of Singapore and not half way in KL. Though it was a major decision to come back, taking a risk with the new company and adapting to SG way of life again. But i think he is coping. But of coz, when the new company can allow him to buy his dream car. Yes in the midst of our wedding preps and reno, he could actually squeeze in a car. 2nd car nonetheless, and is a swanky LEXUS IS200. I totally like that car. So nice and is a rare sunroof LEXUS! Well dear V actually posted the pics up in his facebook. Else can go to this link and see the car.

http://www.sgcarmart.com/main/info-20YJEnG-1317.html

Wedding preps...Date of my photoshoot confirmed - 28 & 29 of May. Desperately trying to loose weight. Cutting down carbs, eat less junk. Hope to just drink soup...but so far not working. Will continue that. Currently the whole family is actually bz with my bro upcoming wedding on 18th May 08. I am panicking coz i have absolutely NOTHING to wear. Crap...

Since V been back, we have been actively sourcing for IDs/ contractors. No joke what a pain, setting up meetings and comparing quotes. Basically still not feel that the contractor is the right one for us. So still keeping that thought in our prayers and hope we find the right one soon. WE bought a bed though which is a strange item to buy when we have not even finalised reno stuff. But hey that us. We were at an exhibition and were swayed over by Slumberland. Initially we wanted Sealy which was apparently a premium bed used in hotels. Price also reflects that. So after comparing, Slumberland was the next best option compared to local ching chiong brands.

Feel quite bad that i had missed meeting the girlies, but i reckon the girlies are also busy. I did manage to meet iris and company on April fool's day. Sadly did not take any piccies but was soooo nice meeting them. Missed chatting to them and seem so distant sometimes. I hardly know what they are talking at times... haiz... still they are a gem lah...least we still make an effort lah. I mean thinking the times from the very beginning when we started working together till now as we start settling down with our special halfs. Definitely treasure that...

k think i am veering off what i want to say coz i am dozing off...literally...tired... shall blog again hopefully soooooooon...

check back laterzzzz

Beginning of my 29th year....

woah...almost the end of my fav birthday month. This month been fast fast as usual, before i know it - Hit 29 already.

Gosh ...as one gets older no more fancy celebrations and presies. Having celebrations and presies almost seem like a mockery of my age. Geeez... Well nevertheless it is an excuse to meet with frens and just catch up.

Since hardly anyone got anytime for anything these days except for birthdays. Even birthday meeting seem to take forever to organise. Haiz...gets lonelier as one age... people get more fake. Don't know when can one ever really trusts anyone?? K thats the cynical Addy talking. Dun mind me... its Sunday...i tend to get a little depressed!

My only trooper- V always there supporting me. I thank him for that. This 29th birthday he was sweet enough to bear the horrible causeway jam and come Sg to spend a simple day with me. Technically we had celebrated my bday with a 200RM dinner in KL. So still that thought was sweeet.

Next Satty will be me fulfilling his bday wish - passing that damm basic theory test. Gosh proving harder than i thought. Damm hard trying to remember those signs. Got to admit old man... my memory ain't like 10 years ago... :(

Oh well ... Apr onwards i have a 3 months - 3 objectives to fulfill at work in order to get my promotion. Haiz... wondering if i shld strive that hard just for that miserable recognition. So what i strive as hard as i can, nothing seems to be able to please my friggin MD. Honestly i swear all her talk abt G is really bunch of crap. Coz honestly she does not practice what she preach. I am so sick of her being soooo full of herself. Everything is about her and the profit margin. Crap...k i am whining again.

Crap...depressed Sunday....arrghh...full stop.

The rush of reading.. that i missed

Almost forgetting the rush of finishing a novel. Been months since i last touched a novel. Last book i remembered was Harry Potter.

Today i was on leave and i went to run some errands in town. After which i pop into Kino at taka to do some free reading. Guess what i decided to buy a romance novel to read whilst on my way home.

After kino, realised i do have somemore time to kill before time to head home. So arm with my romance novel i head down to kopibean for a drink. So there i was sipping my nice cuppa of tea latte and indulging my fantasies, feeling soooo very relax.

On a side note, i suddenly remember the joy i once felt when reading a nice romance novel, k maybe not just ROMANCE. The rush to know what happens in the end, almost akin to me watching my fav kdrama.

The tons of romance novels and kdramas had put all whimsical thoughts into my thick head. Sometimes my thoughts like to wander and i start drifting off dreaming of being swept off my feet. Thinking of the impossible... How wonderful it is to have the imagination being kept alive and that small portion of me still functioning normal.

Not to say that V ain't the perfect romantic husband. He is ...but alas he is only a normal human being AND we are just an ordinary average couple. We can't be romantic day in and out. hahaha...

hmm....enough babble for today... woah....ending march... end of my fav month! WHY - coz it is my birthday month. How exciting and boring as one grows older... shall save that whining for another post. ...

btw- i DID finish the book within a few hours... YAY! :P

Start of the busy year...

Woah...finally the 15 days of feasting over. Time to head back to reality. Gosh work piling ...personal life so much stuff to settle. Quick checklist- WEDDING + RENO work...

RENO work. What a pain that is especially for newbies like me and V. Ain't funny lor. Worry kena 'KA' by the CON-tractors and claimed IDs. Last Satty me and V tried to take the first step in trying to ask around for quotes. Went to IMM since that were tons of furniture shops there. Basically it was a total futile trip as both of us hovered around the various shops not quite sure how to approach them. After awhile, we ended up just looking at furnitures and peering into the ID shops. Quite embarressing coz we really dunno what to ask? I mean what if they charge us for just some initial consultation?? Dunno lah... Start of my headache woes... Thank goodness V is coming back to Singapore soooon ...April to be exact. Whooooopeee

Errmm...on the other end...perhaps ain't that whooopeee! Well it is FANTASTIC he is coming back but but but i had gotten used to him not being around except during weekends. Used to doing things my own time own target...used to finding my own plans....doing my own things... Geeez...oh well AM sure in no time i will be more than accustomed to having him around. Well at some point i do have to get the thought that i AM MARRIED to V. So have to get used to US rather than he and me being individuals. Yes ....lalalalaa...getting used....

Next wedding Preps! Gosh YES HAVE TO GET MY BUTT MOVING!!! Need to get back to regime of slimming down. Am quite positive i put on weight though i had not weigh myself but hey they say pants the best gauge. Getting a tad tighter around the waist!!! So ain't funny... Work just got to take a back seat COZ YOURS TRULY GOT MY OWN WEDDING TO PREPARE!!!

One big headache. I need a maid of honor/ KEY COORDINATOR on 25th Oct 08. Been mulling over this for the super duper longest time. Who to ask? k ....awkward silence here...mmm...dunno what else to say moment.... Will make the final decision sooon....

Have to go to the bridal studio fix a date and go try some gowns. Abit excited about that. Picking THAT PERFECT gown. What will suit me...i pick the dress or you think dress pick me!! bwahahaah...k its 2.15am. think i am rambling nonsense....

need to hit the sack...yawnz.....blog soooooon....

Simple Yet Heartfelt Gift - From my hubby

Feb 14 - a Day of celebrating Love from friends to couples. For me, sweetest gift i had got so far. No need to say, just watch this video. It was actually a powerpoint presentation that my hubby had done for me. Basically tracing our days together with some cheesy, mushy lines. But thank you hubby for saying those cheesy lines and for the effort. Especially scanning the austrialia pics since all were in hard copies.

Alrite...there was my Vday. ;)

CNY round the corner blog

Wow so fast...after NY now it is Cny. I think it is a process of growing up where the mere mention of these festivities no longer ignite any sense of happiness within me, except for the mere respite from the hectic work life. For that i am thankful for such festivities.

No longer do i feel a need to rush around looking for CNY clothes... shoes... or whatever new things in order to usher in the new year. I buy things when i feel like it or when there is something nice and worth it. Well even buying is beginning to feel like a chore to me. So many friggin people jostling about getting to the fitting room is such a pain, then comes the paying part. Also need to wait and queue for my turn. But i think that is a SG problem, there is just no more space for the increasing population. Even there is, there is not enough time to educate these people about good manners. Honestly even the government feels the same way. haha...how sad.

Wish i can escape from Singapore and go to somewhere nice and stay there. Away from this crowded and polluted country, away from everyone caught up in their own lives...

Been reading blogs and seeing so many lovely piccies of my frens making a point to travel all over the world while they are still young. Yet yours truly had never really went beyond Japan or Australia? A world so vast and wide, can i ever really finished it? I doubt so...be glad to just see the piccies through internet. Northern lights...Alaska... Caribbean Sea....Tuscany.... Swiss Alps...Athens??? Wah....list is endless... How i dream and wonder.......

One more thing before i end. Me and V just got a Canon IXUS 75 Digicam for a steal @ $499. Freebies include 2x 2G memory card, 1x original Canon battery, 1x travel case, 1x leather pouch, 1x non-stick screen protector. Sooo happy ...now we can take piccies whenever we want to. Pity V ain't around.

alritey thats all ...till the next post... ;P

How can my post be boring...here are some pics of my fav places

Self Photoshoot at Haji Lane - Happening...

This got to be the most boliao blog. Last night we had a mediacorp private drinks session at Bali Lane.

As the night drew to a close and we started leaving the place. Me, Russ & Eve decided to go down to Haji lane to wait for a cab thinking the main road be much faster. Much to our frustration, no cabs. So in the end me and Eve started calling cabs.

Dear Russ be the side started the whole snap happy. So here is the results of our im-promptu photoshoot at Haji Lane last nite. Trust me alot of people were giving the 3 of us weird stares during the whole 20 to 30 mins.

For somemore shots, pls check out my facebook. ;P

:)

the blog about nothing and everything...

Woah...been awhile since my piccies post. Well nothing much been happening except dealing with crap clients at work and pigging out way too much.

New year new me, how easy to lip-service that. So easy to say the simple 4 words but takes loads of discipline to carry it out.

Oh heard that one of my colleague who just got married in Oct is actually pregnant for almost 3 months liao which means it almost one time home-run kind of pregnancy. What are the odds right? I mean here you are just done with the hassle of getting married and almost immediately more adjustments required to welcome another new life into your current new life? Woah...just that thought for me seems hard to swollow. Being a parent, no joke. Am i ready to embrace a new life other than Vincent? Just a random thought that struck my head. hiak

I wonder as one age do they distant themselves?? Juggling work, family, friends where does that leave 'ME' time? As friends start settling down and leading their own busy lives, what happened to the impromptu kopi gatherings and karaoke? As we all deal with our own miserable insecurities, what is left for us to grapple the tons of responsibilities. I wonder...

Oh past weeks been busy catching this romance kdrama called 'The Coffee Prince'. It is soooo nice can. some youtube videos for your pleasure. I am totally in the reel world of Coffee Prince.... dreaming dreaming..... for that like-minded someone...

Langkawi trip in - 19 to 21 Dec

Hey hey...am on the roll here.

Recent trip to KL where my darling hubby brought me to Langkawi via Air Asia since i had mentioned many times that i had not been on a plane for the longest time. Wow soooo sweet of him...

Anyway the trip was good for us since i had never been to Langkawi. Something different. Simple serene place, very laid back i thought.

Not much to say except look at the piccies. Taken by my trusted hp! Kool eh... :)

Welcoming Mr and Mrs Bernard TAN

Wow...My bro officially got married on Satty to his gf (my DA-SAO)!!! WOw to some of my closer friends will know how just a few years ago i was desperately promoting my bro as he was still a swinging bachelor.

But fate and love work in amazing ways, before you know it in the space of 2.5 years, he got himeself a loving wife. Though i do not know my Da-Sao that well yet, but she seems an ok chick! My age and earning big bucks like my bro.

heee... well anyway ROM was the same place - My sis condo. Me and V felt like deja-vu all over again! Was alrite event except most guests seem pretty old compared to mine! hahah...guess thats when age gap come into play.

kekeke...well anyway din take much pics except these with my BRAND NEW CANON IXUS 75!! ooooh...heheh

k enjoy...

the online KTV post

Ok..What have I been up to lately? I have been searching Youtube for latest karaoke songs that i can learn. And again Youtube never ceases to amaze me on the amount of junk one can find.

This post shall be dedicated to some of the songs that i am addicted to... and had been practising hard. :)

Enjoy...

OMG- It had been a WEEK into 2008!!!

Drums PLS! Usual the very first blog of the year. Gosh been that many years...almost 29 years liao. As for this blog, its been almost 3 years since the first post in August. How i had grown through the 3 years, can almost see the ADULT click somewhere in the midst of all the blogs that i had written. Sound soooooo old can... haiz...

Just looking at 2007 blogs, friendster & facebook, i must say it was an eventful year. Save for the fact that i GOT PROPOSED & MARRIED, other things like work, new friends, start to exercise routine. With the actual date of the wedding set for 25 Oct 2008, alot more exciting things to come.

It is with a mixture of excitment and dread that i am anticipating the wedding preps. Not to mention we will also need to start thinking about renovating 'VNA humble abode'. So much things that i WANT but only so much things budget will allow. So decisions decisions...

2007 saw me struggling with work and also friends. I realised due to work, it had driven my friends away. I feel cut-off from my frens (sometimes), sometimes i totally hate work. Everything irritates the hell out of me (am sure its not just ME, tyvm). I sincerely wish 2008 will allow me to catch up more with frens and to treasure these fragile relationships.

2007 saw most of my gfs kena proposed and also getting pregnant. I am definitely happy for them. Even my bro also getting married. Can you believe it? YES MY NERDY BRO- Bernard Tan. Well i definitely wish them the bestest... How cool is that? :)

Shall not named my resolutions yet since i had not made any... But i have to go get a friggin license. can anyone who read this constantly remind me especially when you see me? So that i get a moving on this. V will be very very happy.

Oh one more thing, 2007 saw me and V hitting another year with our relationship and yet able to still stay loving. This is beside the point he is not even in SG. I Love him for faithfully taking the time to come back to SG to be with me. From getting our flat till hunting for the perfect venue, he always make a point to come back to ME. THATS WHY HE IS MY HUBBY!!! Coz as what he always says - I LOVE YOU!

Think this post is mushy as it is... will post some piccies up soon. Alternatively can check out my facebook for the piccies. :)

MERRY NEW YEAR to all my faithful readers, dunno who you are but do drop a comment or 2 whenever you can!

Pictures Pictures...MORE PICs!

Some of the pictures i have been taking at some company pictures....

Adding some colour to my blog....

Venues Venues--- Addy in a dilemma!!

The Beaufort- What i missed.

SCC - Outdoor ceremony

SCC Banquet - Unblock view too.. hmm

Raffles Marina - Banquet. Unblock room
Raffles Marina- Outdoor Lawn area

Woah..been a while since i written about anything. Well i have been busy. Usual frenziness to close the year well. Office life been a real bitch... not helping when the resentment towards management seems to be on the high side. Well thats work.

Personally i have also been trying to organise possible places i can hold my wedding next year. Gosh it is a nightmare since V ain't around half the time. Well no excuses but coordinating is SUCH pain i swear. Balancing good venues within budget ain't easy, wants and needs are also sooo hard.

Well since Chjimes ain't available, we wanted to confirm Beaufort aka THE SENTOSA. However final meeting with wedding planner made the whole meeting quite sucky. She was very unwilling to help and V says he din feel a connection with her. So not happy to let her earn the commission. So off we go again to recce 'OUTDOOR UNIQUE wedding venues!!'.

So last Satty, we went to Seletar Country club (SCC) and Raffles Marina (RM) to check it out. Both wedding planners are very nice and helpful. Hence am not torn between the two places. Will post some pics of the venue and my faithful readers can help me decide.

start of a glooomy week... :(

RM is slightly expensive BUT still affordable. Only difference is that i can have my march in via a private yacht. So it will be something different as compared to SCC. SCC is new to the wedding biz, but they are very accommadating in giving other perks.

So now very torn torn...here are the piccies of both venues!!

Life is so fragile to be wasted on petty overly sensitive people...

this post is dedicated to Ian's Bro - Colin who passed away suddenly. I will be keeping him and his family in my prayers. Pray sincerely for strength and renewed faith that Colin is in His loving arms.

On another note, been feeling overly frustrated by things i heard at work. On one hand i feel like an ingrate, on the other hand i just want to go ahead and bitch abouy my work. Been almost 3 years since i had started in this industry. So much i had encountered that it actually felt alot longer than 3 years. Called me jaded or negative, i am sick of what i am doing. The endless pretence for my clients and even towards my own boss is stifling me.

Colleagues are really great but its the management that is getting to me. Only thing holding me back from moving on is fear of being labelled an ingrate. Ingrate for turning my back towards something that was fought on my behalf. Am i fated not to stay in a job for more than 1.5 years?? Whats wrong with me?

Recent spate of events leading to the frustration and disgust for the management. So hard to draw a line, when is she a friend & when is she a BOSS? To her perhaps there is a distinction, but to me she will always be the BOSS. WHY? Coz as boss she can be unreasonable and say whatever that she wants, she can clearly defend her favourites and write weird emails. Who am i to say otherwise? For i am just an executive, to HER its always either am too lazy or am just cruising. Nothing else matters.

Even a simple plate of chicken comments, she got angry and stomp off. Who had to eat the damm 2nd order of Chicken?? Whats wrong with HER? Had she gone wonkers? She had i am sure. The title had all gone to their head. So much so that it had cloud their sense of empathy for other people' suffering.

haiz..just another blog where i want to rant and rave... pls ignore if you do not get this... not for your understanding. Purely something i wrote to get it off my damm chest.

Frustrated Addy..urgh...