My Mac's battery is spoilt!

So sad right... have only bought my mac for a year and the battery is spoilt. Its not getting charged. And sadly I cant find the warranty .. cant even remember if the warranty was for a year or more? Hey, now I recall.. the warranty was done online I think.. better check it out!!!

Ooh yesterday I bought a hard disk! So happy.. now I can store all my photos in one place. I was getting so disorganised.. with some photos in my mac and some in my office laptop.. and the good thing is that the hard disk is so compact and its compatible with both mac and pc so I can use it like a thumbdrive, transferring big files between both laptops. Should have gotten this a long time ago!

Home hunting is tough!

Home hunting is tough tough tough! Have spent the past few weeks flipping the pages of Classified.... in hope of that ONE good bargain that I may be so lucky to spot or be so lucky to have called and recognised as a 'desperate' case (Are there even any out there??). Amidst the property frenzy thats going on now, with all sellers asking for sky high prices, that sure is tough. =(

Its actually quite disheartening when every single call you make is ended with you saying "Oh its ok then.. thanks." Always, simply because the prices the seller was asking for was way above our expectation. Till I don't even bother to ask further for any details, much less even think of arranging for a viewing.

So this went on for about 2 weeks until HK & I decided - heck the prices they were asking for.. lets just go and view projects regardless of the crazy prices. Then it became a lot more fun and at least the daily flipping of the ads seemed more worthwhile. Though we know probably we wont be buying any property at this point in time given the high prices (unless we find a good bargain! *fingers crossed*), at least we are preparing ourselves by seeing as many projects as possible to know which we like and which we can cross out from our list. This way, when there are signs of any market correction, hopefully we would be able to react more quickly!

Well, we've seen quite a few projects already. Just last weekend we went to Cosmopolitan and Rivergate. And the weeks before, there was Costa Del Sol, Belvedere and some others at Tanjong Rhu. We loved Cosmo! From the moment we turned into the carpark to the unit itself, we were so impressed - the whole project was damn nice! And it felt really luxurious.. Cosmo has the nicest carpark lobby man! There were art sculptures at the lobby and it looked very good. The unit was really nice too.. Rivergate on the other hand, had a really nice common area, the pool was fantastic and it even had a golf simulator room. However, the finishings weren't very nice and the corridor leading to the units were really quite poorly done up. Looked very hostel like. But we really liked the location of Rivergate, the surrounding is really nice, with the river just outside the compound. Well well....

Anyway am really hoping for a market correction very soon. Please please please please.....

Meeting up with my colleagues

After 11 weeks away from office, finally met up with my colleagues again.. but sadly it was for a farewell lunch for those who have been affected by the reorganisations going on in my company. Well, actually, although the lunch was meant for those affected, only very few turned up. Most of them had already left the company hence, they did not come back for the lunch. But still, it was good meeting up and catching up with everyone! Especially for me, cos I haven't seen them for almost 3 months!

The farewell lunch was at Shangri La's The Line and below are photos of me with Mandy and Tony! Wishing both of you all the very best in life!!!

Actually, come to think of it, there really has been alot of changes in these short 11 weeks I was away. Shortly after I gave birth, the long awaited reorg plans were announced, those affected have already left the company, my job scope has changed quite a bit, I have a new big boss (whom I have not met yet but heard so much about already!), there will be new colleagues in the office, and we have found a new office location! Will be moving to Harbourfront in August. Rather excited about that! There's Vivo there! Yay! Hehe. But honestly, I think its good we are changing our office location. The mood in office have been rather down for the longest time.. lots of negativity in office and I think along the way, with all the restructurings and changes in bosses and colleagues, most have lost the motivation to work. So a new location will possibly bring some excitement to all and increase the level of motivation and drive in everyone.

Another 10 days to go before I'm back at work!

Clara's wedding at Sheraton!

Congrats Mengkit!!!!!!!!!! :)

We had so much fun at Clara's wedding! Its always fun with all the Barbies and Cabbages together! And, this was the first wedding or big celebration I attended after I gave birth so it was much fun! Especially after being in confinement for so long! Finally get to dress up and have the night out with the gals!!!

Spent most of the night laughing away with the gang.. and ooh gossiping abt guys of course!! Hehe!

And, bimbo me as usual embarrassed myself that night... hehe, i actually mistook mengkit's sister for mengkit! how could i lor... so silly right.. she was not even in white. She was in a short purple dress and i actually thought she was the bride. =( But to defend myself, I never saw mengkit's sister before and they really really looked alike leh!!! And I thought maybe that was her pre-dinner cocktail dress or something.. I was sitting by the reception table and actually got so excited at seeing her when she came over and went "mengkit congrats!!!" and Pau had to go say "Eh you know her meh????" very loudly... *embarassed!!!*Anyway... hehe....

Some photo's of that night!!

Justine, Pearly, the pretty bride Clara, me and Nana

Pretty Pau and Rui

And me & serene!


Nana, me, Just and Pearly again!

The super funny Penny and Meilan who kept making us laugh that night!


Barbies posing again!!!


And again!

Yay, our whole group!! Cheers to the Barbies and Cabbages!! (And Garbage!!!)

Its been almost a year since my last entry..

Its been almost a year since my last entry.. 9 months to be exact. And, how my life has changed..

My last entry stopped at the discovery of my pregnancy.. today, our little baby boy is out and kicking. And he's already almost 2 months old! And, indeed, life now is really different for Huakai & myself compared to a year ago.. let me recall.. all the way back to when Huakai proposed to me..

That was in December 2006, where HK proposed to me while we were on holiday in Paris.. I had just joined ICI and HK was at Legg Mason. Then for the whole of the next year, we were happily preparing for our wedding. Big day was on 10 May 2008 and it was probably the happiest day of my life. =) There was also our spectacular 23 days honeymoon in Canada and Alaska, where HK and myself were totally relaxed, away from work and busy Singapore, just taking in the beautiful sights and loving each other. Hmm.. I miss the honeymoon so much.. it was only a year ago but it seems like such a long time ago, probably bcos so many things have happened since then. Can't wait for our next holiday together!

Anyway, after our honeymoon, we both got back to SG and I was so so busy with work for the next few months. Then, in September 2008, I found out I was pregnant! And then, for the next 9 months, we spent most of our time preparing for Wayne's arrival! It was so much fun, shopping every weekend for the many many things we had to buy!

In between that time, HK also changed jobs, from Legg Mason to Mirae in Sep 2008 to Prudential in Feb 2009, while I remained in ICI.. And, during this time when I was pregnant, HK and I also learnt how to play mahjong, which later became a weekly affair with my family! Hehe! So little Wayne was a mahjong baby in my tummy, alwasy hearing mommy "pong" and "che".. =)

Wayne finally arrived on 20 April 2009. And since then, HK and I have been busy busy busy... not much time for ourselves. Not much sleep for me! But finally after almost 2 months, I think we are getting used to this lifestyle and have learnt to look after little Wayne pretty well. So now, we are able to sneak in quite a bit of time for each other in between caring for him.

I'm now still on my maternity leave but its hard for me to go out freely as I'm breastfeeding. Have to make sure I express out milk for Wayne if I am going out without him, have to make sure I arrange for someone to look after him and I can't stay out too long if not my breasts will get hard with milk which can be quite painful! So now, its max 6 hours, if not I will have to bring out my breast pump to express out. But 6 hours is good enough for me, cos often I will miss Wayne so much, I'd hurry home to see him before 6 hours is up. =)

So you see, life has indeed changed very much for me. In the past, it was always just HK and me. And, I had time for my ballet lessons, Amore gym classes, my many manicures, hair treatments, weekly meet up with friends, holidays, etc etc.. but I'm not complaining cos I feel I've accomplished so much. From the time HK proposed to me, it has been one event after another.. keeping HK and myself busy. We have gone through so much in such a short span of time. It has really brought HK and I closer to each other. I have learnt to be so thankful to HK because without him, I wouldn't have gone through everything that has happened so happily. He has been my pillar of strength in every phase of my life. And, I love him more than ever. With him, I feel secure and know that come what may in the future, I'd be able to go through it with him. He makes me look forward to the future, to all the many happy moments to come. =)

Well, come 20 July, I will be back at work. And again, it will be a new experience for me, juggling work and caring for Wayne. I hope I will be able to cope with work and at the same time, be a good mommy to Wayne and a loving wife to HK. And, yes, I do hope we would be having our own home very soon. Thats probably my greatest wish for the moment! Wish me luck!

I AM PREGNANT!!!!

Jiemei & Jason's ROM

Congrats Jiemei!!!! Hugs!!!

Attended Jiemei's ROM today, it was beautiful! Held on this pretty white yacht.. first time I've attended such an event. The weather was so nice, the surroundings so calm and peaceful, and seeing my good friend get married really made me feel very happy. I love weddings. There's always just something so sweet about weddings.. it kinda gives you a high. Hehe. Yeah. Its love.

And the sunset that day was just beautiful............ and the champagne too.... =p

Photos of the sweet couple & the beautiful event...