6 days

happy new year guys!! hope y'all had a good time no matter where you were and who you were celebrating with. just thought that i should write a proper post for now since i have the time. haha.

anyways, can you imagine, this time next wk i'm changing my status to married. am i nervous? no. excited? yes. sexcited? hell yeah. wahaha. of cos i'm probably having my period either during the wedding or during the honeymoon so, can't help things there. i am praying real hard that it'll come late, like after we get back from the honeymoon. haha. mind over matter!

my only concern is that i'll look like a fat cow actually. you would think that my own wedding would be enough motivation for me to lose some, but nooooo. i'm naturally blaming f, cos he won't let me take pills to help things along. otherwise i'd be looking like a supermodel by now :p

i'm also breaking out like crazy and i can't figure out WHY. it's driving me nuts! could put it down to stress i guess but wtf, i haven't had it this bad since australia! horrible timing siaaaa. since i don't have any suspects i can't friggin' do anything except to carry on like normal. gggrrr.

happy to announce that everything on my list below is done tho :) now all i need is lingerie. is it just me or are the sales this season not as good as in the past??

ok then shall go back to doing wedding stuff... btw my phone is spoilt, there's no sound. can't hear anything when people call, so as far as possible, sms me ok? may or may not get a new phone tomoro, see how...

have a good 2009! and see you at the wedding!

wedding list update 3

lose 10kg in 5 weeks. fuck it.
book inai person
order wedding cake and other goodies
buy my top sekrit (ok not so sekrit since i told rohana) guestbook related stuff
go for spa sessions
finalise honeymoon flight & accom

on top of that:
move our stuff to crib
find a bedframe/ divan

i'm TIRED. have been going out after work every single bloody day of the week for the past 2 weeks. aaaarrggghhhh!!

trepidation

so tomoro will be my first day at my new job. it kinda breaks my heart to think that i won't be reporting to pr.iso.ns. tomoro. :( my boss told me that he won't submit my resignation yet, and will gimme 3 wks to come back if i change my mind. haha. so nice rite? seems to be convinced that i will tho... hmm. does he know something i don't?

i should feel more enthusiastic but i don't... maybe cos i wasn't ready to leave yet. sigh. need a better mindset to go into this... more likely that i'm gonna be there for the next 3 years rather than 3 wks.

in other news, picked out baju for actual days and photoshoot. pretty happy with the selections but then ah, gonna need toned arms and back for the shoot. got a bustier gown and 2 halters. dang. if all else fails i'm just gonna bring along a shawl or fur stole or something. or hide behind f. haha. so if anyone knows where i can actually buy a fur stole or cape, hit me!

f's birthday is this sat and i'm running way behind on what i have planned. noooooo. life is what happens when u're busy planning...

and we're gonna be married exactly a month from tomoro. OMG. apparently i'm sharing this countdown with a lot of people. aeshon who's expecting her first child, and everyone whose thesis is due on 9 jan. haha. gonna be one heck of a january.

wedding list update 2

wedding to do list update:

lose 10kg in 5 weeks. a little help here, anyone? ok mebbe not 10, will be happy with 5 :(
finalise who s doing my inai
invite people to the wedding
figure out dulang deco
order wedding cake and other goodies
buy my top sekrit (ok not so sekrit since i told rohana) guestbook related stuff
go for spa sessions
finalise honeymoon flight & accom

on top of that:
decide on paint colour for crib
get someone to actually paint
move our stuff there
find a bedframe/ divan


inviting people is gonna take a while man.

wedding list update 1

wedding to do list update:

lose 10kg in 6 weeks. a little help here, anyone?
visit the deco peeps to pick the deco
visit mak andam to pick out baju
visit bridal studio to pick out locations and baju for photoshoot
finalise who s doing my inai
collect nikah gagra
invite people to the wedding
finalise berkat for kids
figure out dulang deco
order wedding cake and other goodies
buy my top sekrit (ok not so sekrit since i told rohana) guestbook related stuff
go for spa sessions
finalise honeymoon flight & accom

on top of that:
decide on paint colour for crib
get someone to actually paint
move our stuff there
find a bedframe/ divan


woohoo! i got SOME things done... expect invites to come yr way soon peeps!

can u hear the crickets?

so, thesis is done (wooooooohoooooooooooo!!!) and i can concentrate on the wedding. behold.

wedding to do list:

lose 10kg in 8 weeks. a little help here, anyone?
visit the deco peeps to pick the deco
visit mak andam to pick out baju
visit bridal studio to pick out locations and baju for photoshoot
finalise who s doing my inai
get kavi to bring me to serangoon to make the blouse for my nikah gagra
wait for invitation cards to get printed (yeah, still not ready. patience people, patience)
invite people to the wedding
finalise berkat for adults and kids
figure out dulang deco
order wedding cake and other goodies
buy more dulang stuff (his perfume, my shoes... and i'm sure there's more which i've forgotten about)
buy my top sekrit (ok not so sekrit since i told rohana) guestbook related stuff
go for trial bridal spa
decide which spa i'll end up using
finalise honeymoon destination

on top of that:
spring clean our new crib
decide on paint colour for crib
get someone to actually paint
move our stuff there
find a bedframe/ divan

and... start at my new job mid dec while keeping up the ruse that i'll be at my current new job for a good long while

due to the stress i'm gonna go back to my book and read for a good few more hours, even though i should be doing chores and cleaning the loo cos my aussie ex- housemate is coming over for a few days (yaaaaaaaay!)

it's about bloody time

woohoo i'm back! or rather, my 17" lcd pc is back. except that it didn't really go anywhere, it just sat there on my desk WITH NO INTERNET CONNECTION. which is why i had been using jordan (the ibook) for the past couple of months. i love jordan but he's just past his time, u know what i mean. ram hasn't been upgraded, running on old os x, 13" screen, etc etc. he's my never fail back up plan despite all his shortcomings. :)

anyways, this 'break' away from the world wide webhas taught me that i really am a net addict. haiz. when i got sick of straining my eyes on jordan and shut him down, i couldn't think of anything else to do except sleep or browse the ikea catalogue. argh! and to think i have a dozen books i haven't read and a thesis to complete. well the good news is that i can concentrate on my thesis now, since i can download articles and what not quickly, as well as access sites which only use IE. yay!

so, big news of the week. the fi.nan.cial me.ltdo.wn. can i just say, ha. ha. ha. for lack of a better reaction. well, padan muka is another good one actually. yasmine (or was it lian yi? i can't tell) wrote about it on their blog quite eloquently so i shall not. haha.

how does it affect me? i need to send out news about it every single day to a select group of people. zzzzzzzzz. mainly because a.ia is our competitor lah. was scouring forums and blogs too for reactions and stuff. it's funny how at the first sign of trouble the instant answer is to cut your losses fast/ don't take the risk and run away. far far away. relek ah, most of the products are long term, not short term. and the big big principle that everyone seems to forget in times like these is - buy low sell high. so really, if i had the moolah, i'd totally blow it all on a.ig shares. call it a financial lelong ok. still think it was a mistake for the f.ed to bail them out but what do i know. straight f's for econs. wahaha.

how does it affect you? if u have a.ia policies, hold on. they have seperate funds from a.ig for yr policies. if u have policies from other insurers, relek one corner. if u play with stocks n shares, buy buy buy! gawd i'm soo not looking forward to updating the weekend news on mon. zzzzzzzz. getting really sick of all the news.

the makciks and mamis got it right the whole time. gold rules.