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Happy 2nd year anniversary!!

2010-10-18T00:41:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Just post to rant,

HAPPY 2ND YEAR ANNIVERSARY, BABY TAN!!!

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ....

Still alive!!

2010-10-13T09:54:00.010+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

*blows off spidey webs* Woah, I realized I still have a blog and it has been left untouched for ages. Life has been so hectic recently with the legal and "illegal" stuffs. Good friends would know what I meant. Haha!

I... ...

Drove my dad's car out
Got the car scratched by some idiot
Created a small dent on the boot
Booked for my Taiwan trip in December
Celebrated with my birthday in peace
Did some retarded dance for my kids during Children's Day
Finished my Special Needs Support workshop
Munched on the goodies that Mum and Dad bought from Hokkaido (*green with envy*)
Did whole lots of miscellaneous stuff
Blah blah blah

I'm only looking forward to my Taiwan's holiday. It's more of a sightseeing itinerary rather than a shopping trip. Most importantly, I'm the planner, creator, suggester, whatever you name it! Counting down to 10 December!

P.S. It's going to be our 2nd year anniversary soon! *lurve*

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ....

Sick~!~!

2010-07-05T19:37:00.005+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

This cough of mine is a SURVIVOR! It withstood the attacks from my cough medicine, prevailed against the antibiotics and opposed my natural anti-body~! Tell me how could it not be a survivor?! This survivor disallowed me to raise my voice at the kids, how to keep them in control? Haiz.

Seems that the "love" is being passed around. People are getting weaker, coughing and fever are norms plus doctor seems like they're earning big bucks! I guess this must be their season, just like the durians. Oh well, speaking of durians, I guess I'd have to wait till next year.

BF's sick too. Not becos of the "love" from me, it's all thanks to Subway. I guess they didn't really handle their food well. That poor boy LS 10 times throughout the night. And I always thought Subway's supposed to be healthy? *shrugs*

Oh god, please let us recover fast. :(

Signing off with love,

Crystal...

Year Full of Weddings

2010-06-17T02:25:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

It's a year full of weddings. I'm indeed happy for most but, yet doubtful for some. I've friends getting married after knowing each other for less than half a year. One even booked wedding package after getting together for 2 months. How amazing is it, dude?

Recently, I knew this girl from my course and she has been with her BF for approximately 8 months. On the second month, the BF went ahead to book the wedding package already. Her parents-in-law went ahead to decide on their ROM and customary dates without consulting her or her parents. We reckon it could be because her BF's brother wanted to get married to and in the Chinese tradition, it's deemed that the older one should get married before the younger one. If it's really the case, how sad is it to rush through the biggest event of your life. Of course my friend wasn't happy with that, but she didn't voice out and accepted it. Although I'm in no position to comment about her life, not mentioning that I've hardly know her for 3 months but, I felt that it's not unjustifiable. I'll definitely go all out to fight for my rights, given this scenario.

Moreover, the BF seems ermmmmm, a little too obsessive. Okay, very obsessive, possessive, whatever you call it. There's a basis for my statement and it goes:

He has to meet my friend everyday in the past, if not he'll get mad at her. Now he's staying over at her place.
He'll be very unhappy when my friend talks to guys online whereby he'll talks with unknown girls online.
He'll fake MC from his work, just to follow my friend for her gathering with her gal friends.
He said that he will jump off the building if my friend were to ever leave him.
He went ahead to book the wedding package after being together for 2 months. (As mentioned)

From an outsider point of view, he has been taking things for granted. When he stayed over my friend's place, he's sleeping on her bed and she'll sleeping on the floor with a mattress, mind you. And there was this incident that bothers me too much; as we were struggling with our assignments and tests for our module, my friend was so tired that she fall asleep on the bed. THAT guy accused my friend for occupying the bed for so long after she woke up! What crap is that?! AND GUESS WHAT?! MY FRIEND APOLOGIZED TO HIM?! My blood pressure shot sky high upon hearing it. It makes NO sense at all!! Just roll back to your bloody house or sleep in the bathroom, for god's sake.

When my friend asked me to be one of her sister during her customary, I was taken aback. I couldn't understand why she asked me. To my understanding, you'll find friends whom you're close with or your relatives. Until she told me that her friends don't like her BF, I understood. And now, I was truly enlightened. How could you see your friend undergo such treatment?! *faints* Hence, I rejected her request. Now that I think back, if I'm one of her sister, I'll only open the door after asking the guy to jump off the building and crawl up. I'm really not that kinda "sister" material for her, I think.

Seriously, looking at half of my kids coming from broken families, my heart goes out to them. I wonder how many people out there are really ready to set a family? Or are they just going with the flow? I don't know. I'll definitely not be one of them, that's for sure.

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

2010-05-26T00:20:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I've suffered injustice! And it goes:

Dear Mrs Tan,

This is Crystal here from group 1 of tutorial group 1.

Firstly, I would like to thank you for the going through the hassle of printing the notes for us. I feel that I've gained a lot more insights on my role as an AED since I've been doing small group teaching back in school. I believe the examples given and the activities conducted will be greatly beneficial in my course of work.

Secondly, I would like to make some inquiries with regards to the allocation of the marks.

Are the marks allocated accordingly to the part of our individual presentation?
What happens in the case of the group assigning one presenter as he was not involved in the preparation of the PowerPoint slides?

Besides that, I would like feedback on some issues about the assigned grouping. I do understand your kind intentions of grouping us randomly so as to let us interact and socialize with other course mates, instead of our usual choice of group.

However, I feel that there might be instances whereby some people might disregard their individual accountability in a group, perhaps due to the fact that they are not working with their friends. Unfortunately, this happened to me.

During our group discussion, we brainstormed for ideas together and I was being nominated to work on the PowerPoint presentation which I willingly accepted. In addition to the presentation slides, we've decided to add an group observation form which will assist us to assess on the group that we're being assigned to as part of our demonstration. After jotting down the points that we would like to include, I hinted to one of the member about the implementation of the form who hasn't had any task to do yet, hoping that he will volunteer for it. On the contrary, he said "Just put it in a table" and walked off.

On Tuesday night, I have to work throughout the night until 5a.m. to get the observation form and presentation slides done, right from the first to the last slides whereby every word's my work of originality. After which, during tutorial, I forfeited my lunch break to stay back and worked on the custom animation whereby another of my group member sat beside me and did his own things like his blog and what's not. A gush of injustice past right through me and my thoughts were like why could he display such indifference whereby I have to slog for our grades.

Please correct me if I'm wrong. To my understanding, even if I was the one working on the presentation slides, the content should still be contributed by the rest of the group instead of creating the entire PowerPoint, right from first word to the last word. On top of that, the slides were just printed without the group going through the content together and making amendments.

Although feeling short-changed, I didn't want to pursue this matter until today my friends told me that our presentation yesterday seems like only the members who did most of the talking during the presentation contributed to the efforts put in for the PowerPoint, and that's the reason for asking the questions as stated above. I am not here to gain all the credits by myself or to get the members punished, it is to get the grade that I deserved, instead of being penalized due to the lack of appearance during the presentation.

If I may, I would like to suggest a implementation of an evaluation form for group members to assess each other's contribution and effort. I truly hope that this unpleasant incident would not occur to anyone else in future. Alternatively, I hope that you will allow the AEDs to choose their own group in future and I believe, since they have worked together previously, they are suited to work in that manner.

Last but not least, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to the recognition that you have gave to my presentation slides and our demonstration. It is truly an encouragement and consolation it filled the gap of not being appreciated and grateful to.

P.S. My friends and I truly enjoyed your lessons! Hope to see you around soon. ;) Thank you for your time taken to read this lengthy email too! =D

Thanks and regards,

Crystal

** The End**

Haha, great job! U managed to hang on to my lengthy email.

P.S. You're messing with the wrong girl if you think she'll keep quiet and let you get all the credits. *roars* I AM NO LOSER!

Signing off with love,

Crystal

HDB selection!! And advanced bday present!

2010-05-14T18:08:00.007+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I got my selection date yesterday! It's on 1st of June, 3.00pm!! OMG, anticipating it totally. Means that we're one step closer.. To our home, to our absolute freedom, to the biggest hoot of our lives, to ToTo, our baby King Charles and to our dream =)

So excited to the extend that 1 week before our selection, we're going down to see the site and do a block-hop to see the view in different directions. =D

I'm so motivated to work hard haRD HARD!! Been telling myself it'll mean lesser personal time but more $$$!! I don't mind a single bit.. The amount of $$ that we've to cough out upon getting the keys will prolly scare the shit outta me man. x_X

I've received my birthday present!! Haha, indeed it's a lil' too early. But I've been a good girl, you see... There goes my reward for being good! =P

Signing off with love,
Crystal... ...

Our one and a half years anniversary

2010-04-21T23:58:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Time passes like a bat of an eyelid. We've spent one and a half years together. As usual, we decided to spend this moment outta Singapore. This time round, no more Batam. We decided to spend it in Genting instead since BF haven't been there before. (LOL. Sua-ku =x)

The weather there's fantastic and it never gets more than 20 degrees. Walking around with extra jacket and boots is totally comforty. Like most Singaporean, we spent most of the time at the "Dark Side". I only changed S$150 to spend there and returned with S$68, all thanks to Casino de Genting. We won quite a bit at "Ta Xiao" yay! Eventually, I won about RM100 and BF lost RM25 (FYI, it was supposed to be RM150. LOL. I am heng heng. =D)

The price of their fast food and restaurant can be comparable to Singapore. I was pretty surprised. The last time I went there was about 5-6 years ago. It was still cheap then. I think the locals there are so gonna hate Singaporean for the rocket-like inflation.

Anyway, I truly enjoyed myself and this short getaway. Felt kinda rejuvenate, mentally. And to spend this special moment with BF is sweet, really sweet. :P

HAPPY 1.5 YEARS ANNIVERSARY, BABY!!!!

ilu. (:

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

Something wrong with me?

2010-04-12T19:01:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I bet there's something seriously wrong with me. Was assigned this group presentation for one of my modules and the lecturer requirements are like blur. Okie, not exactly that, but he's very subtle in his explanation. He's not that sort to give a confirm "yes" or "no". He'll just say, "What do you think? If you think can then it's fine with me" and the next thing he says will be like "If you present this kinda work, be prepared to fail!!" o.O?? Does he have split personality or something?

So our group cracked our head to come up something close to what he require. *hopefully* But the problem is, we all have very different views about the assignment.

So, what I'll do is to come up with something myself, then discuss with the group. Then, I'll think of their part and tell them how I want it to be. If it's not the case, I'll take over their part and start inputting what I believe is right. My expectation are like, if you wanna tell me what I did is wrong, show me the evidence that you did your research, not just telling me you think that I'm on the wrong track without any facts, cos I did my research well like approaching the lecturer and asking around.

I didn't get things wrong so far, in fact most of time for my group work, it scored well. But the problem is, I almost have to do everything myself. It applies to my uni days too.

It feels like something tying around your throat and it's suffocating when I have to shoulder these responsibilities all down. But if I think it's not right and not do anything about it, the more I'll feel shitty.

I think there'll something wrong with me. Seriously. BF says it's the Virgo trait kicking in, perfectionist. Haiz.

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

Journey to the west everyday...

2010-04-05T21:49:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Saying goodbye to the kids was never easy. It signifies a new beginning, a new journey of my life.

An F-up JOURNEY TO THE WEST!!! Seriously, I haven't stepped into Jurong for god-knows-how-many years (car's not counted, of course)!!! Now, I've to travel to NIE everyday for my course. It's one of the worst nightmare in my life. :S

That's how the bothersome routine unwind everyday...

Home (Bus) - Hougang MRT - Outram MRT - Boon Lay MRT (Bus) - NIE

Song song gao Jurong everyday? No. I would always say, "No, it's Pioneer! 1 more stop is Joo Koon!!" Oh, I wish my dad isn't just entertaining me on the fact that he'll resign and let me drive to school. =(

Alright, I'm done with my ranting. But at least there's something for me to look forward to. I'm going Genting with BF next Friday! I'm going to ready-get set-go and cheong the casino man! Earn as many tiles for my new house as possible. (Teachers don't earn much, bo bian Y_Y) Wish me luck, man! Determined to camp at the "big-small" counter. =D Yay!

Hopefully I'm not lazy to update you on my winnings and perhaps some pics. =P

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

Buangkok vale!!

2010-03-16T17:48:00.003+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Yesterday was a happy happy day. =P

BF and I got our results for the Buangkok Vale BTO that we applied in January. We got queue no. 149 out of 458!! There's a good chance for us to select on the units that we want. At least now we're not choosing from the leftovers. That's good news. =D

Although we thought that the location wasn't that ideal as compared to Punggol Sails cos it's not exactly near any MRT, but giving this chance up isn't such a smart move. Who knows when we'll be ask to go down for selection again? Heard that some people balloted for 9 times and wasn't even asked to go down for selection. =/

Getting a house is indeed a heavy burden. There's so much to pay for. Renovation, furnitures, appliances, Toto the King Charles Spaniel to utilities bill, maintenance fees, TV license, daily necessities and other misc. bills. That's a whole lot of money, boy.

We seriously gonna cut down on entertainment and whatever stuff that's not unnecessary. That includes my shopping. Goodbye, pretty dresses and more shoes.

Pretty right?! =P

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

Hugs my walking melody!

2010-03-01T22:48:00.001+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

BF bought me a super duper cute walking Melody yesterday. Awwww~! Hearts it lots. Irresistibly cute lahs! =D

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150094633610207

Heeeeeeeeeee! *love love, baby*

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

CNY 2010

2010-03-01T08:59:00.000+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

This CNY wasn't much of an excitement as there's almost no festive moods. But it's a sweet one though. Cos it clashed with V-day! Brought BF to my grandma's house for gathering den went for movies, Percy Jackson and then, went to "chop passport".

"Chop Passport" - An overnight stay to renew my entry in his place.

To think that we said if we got a good queue no. for the Punggol BTO, that'd be our V-day pressie, but we've got Q. no 1981, no chance to even carry our butts down for selection, thus we did a lil' V-day pressie exchange. I chipped in for his Seiko watch and in return, he got me a bouquet of flowers and the cute Hello Kitty Mahjong set that I set my eyes on when I was in Taiwan. Preparing to "kai tai" during our house-warming. =D

Day 2 of CNY, we went out for movies with my parents and grandma den dinner. Met his colleagues for KTV after that. We ended our day 2 of CNY like that. We realized we haven club for a while, but the thought of alcohol and noisy music kinda turn us off. Think age's catching up. =(

Anyway, PH and weekends are always short. And now I'm back to school dealing with the Primate Kingdom. Wish me luck. :S

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

Patience!

2010-01-26T23:01:00.003+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Today have been such a long day. Only had a 2-periods break while the kids are having their mother tongue, no recess for me as we're discussing our teacher's meeting. Have to be at their Choir practice as every teacher is supposed to help out in 1 CCA. Nearly dozed off as it sounded more like opera to me. Went for tuition at night.

Kinda short-tempered today, perhaps it's due to zzz monster in me every now and then. I guess I have to learn to be even more patient with the kids. Whatever that seems peanuts to me seems like Mount Everest to them. I guessed I've forgotten about my learning process already.

Oh god, tomorrow's another long day. Remedial for weaker students, have to go even slower. Jia you! =)

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

Donation of plushies

2010-01-24T15:39:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I'm gathering plushies to donate to shelter home!!!!!! My dear friends, please help if you've any!

P.S. Don't give me those that grew up with u, please. No snouts/saliva-stained ones allowed. =D

Signing off with love,

Crystal

Teaching as a career?

2010-01-21T08:39:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I've started my new job for almost 3 weeks already. Time passes fast everyday. Will be in class with the kids during their English, Maths and Science. Although sometimes they are really irritating until the extend I got to scream at them, but generally, I still enjoy this job. Can't imagine me screaming? Me too. Gonna find alternatives other than screaming at them to save my throat.

To me, I'm still in the midst of finding my career path. Now, at least I don't dread of going to work. I don't dread of doing many things. I don't dread of staying back to complete my unfinished matters after work.

The unknown is that, I don't know if I'll make teaching my life-time career. Time will tell. =)

Signing off with love,
Crystal

Black black hair.

2010-01-03T15:59:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I had my hair dyed black. Kinda emo at first, but after that, it seems not bad. Thinking to dye it even blacker! Like those mangali kinda black. LOL.

That's doing BF's Gundamnit de backdrop.

Signing off with love,

Crystal

Thank you, LKY!

2009-12-28T04:33:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I'm soooo happy now!! I just checked my 4D results today and I won $13!! Hahaahhahahha!

Finally, I can treat BF to our all-time favourite ParkLane wanton mee. Heeee!

I think it's a curse, seriously. I must draw my own lottery ticket. BF always draw for me, but always never win also. LOL.

P.S. BF will see this and will kill me. But I don't care. Thank you, LKY! ^^

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

Baby Etan arrival...

2009-12-24T02:14:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Baby Etan's set his foot on Earth already!! Winnie, an ex-colleague of mine in Pru, gave life to him. I'm so happy for her, guess these 9 months have been a tough journey for her and Etan.

To think that we had attended her customary in July, but bad news came soon after. Her fucker irresponsible BF (haven't went through solemnization yet) left her because of stupid issues? Well, to me, they're all excuses. Well, now she is a single mother, but a strong one.

I truly respect her for her courage and determination. She wanted to give life to the baby and that's it. I guess alot of people have been suggesting that she goes for an abortion, but she didn't. She might have another romance and baby Etan might hinder that, but she don't care. There'll be alot of commitments and responsibility that she have to carry it with her, but she don't mind. That's why baby Etan is here with us today.

Although I cannot put myself in her shoes to describe that kinda pain she went through, cos mine's so minimal as compared to hers, but I know if I'm in a situation like that, I definitely won't have the courage and determination like hers.

She definitely one woman I truly respect. *salutes*

Baby Etan: Love your mom okie, she came a long and tough path to bring you here.

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ....

Random Thoughts

2009-12-22T15:19:00.002+08:00

当我在黑暗的迷宫里走失时。。

。

他轻轻地牵起了我的双手；

他让我的脸上有了一丝的微笑；

他为我遮风挡雨；

他小心翼翼地呵护着我；

他把我从可怕的黑暗中带出。。

。

就是这样的他让我对他有一种戒不掉的思恋。。。

Sad sad post... ...

2009-12-06T03:13:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Just came across an old friend's FB status. Not sure what happened, but pretty certain that she and her BF broke off. I can feel that kinda heartache through those words. It slashes deep inside, like an open wound... As if the heart stopped pumping bit by bit like petals falling from from a beautiful flower to an unnoticed lump of dried leaves.

Perhaps due to previous experiences, this post impacted me a great deal. Nonetheless, as usual, it's always the unpleasant stuff that will open your eyes to the things you cherish, and ought to cherish.

P.S. You're a god-sent, baby. ilu.

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ....

I Want Punggol Sails!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-19T03:24:00.009+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

After chatting for a period of time with BF, we decided to go ahead and ballot for a house. BF saw a launch of Punggol Ripples and Punggol Sails, after slight discussion, done~ APPLY! Lol.

We chose Punggol Sails in the end!

Locations's good. Very close to the proposed Punggol Central in future. MRT & bus interchange just's ahead. Price reasonable. After doing some calculation, at least we don't have to fork out cash for the monthly instalment.

Proposed central's just across the street~ =D

The only thing is that the place's a bit small, about 92 sqm for a 4-room. But it seems like the houses nowadays are mostly like that, unless you're going for re-sale. Ermmm, don't really like the idea of re-sale though. No idea what's the history of the house like. ><

We've been so excited about getting our place and even decided on what dog to buy! In the end, the conclusion's a King Charles Spaniel~~!

Hello cutie, you're coming home with us in 2014!! (hopefully~)

But still, it's not 101% guaranteed that we'll be shortlisted for balloting / getting the front queue no. as there are more than 1000 people applying for 407 units of 4-room. *faints* However, the good new is that 95% of the units will be reserved for 1st timer. Oh god, I don't want to have the last few queue no. I don't want to be forced to choose the leftover!! ><

P.S. Oh god, puhleeeease grant us our choice of selecting our desired unit!

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

Super advance Xmas Pressie

2009-11-16T19:09:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I received my super advanced X'mas pressie already!!! Really cute, really love it!!

Miffy MP3 Player

The joystick's behind!

Signing off with love,

Crystal...

New Blogskin!

2009-11-12T14:36:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

U like your new clothes? I bet you do, cos it's LOUD and PINK and it shouts YOUUUUU!! =D

It's kinda an achievement for a html idiot like me to change the blogskin, though it's download from web. It was really quite a hassle. Had to change the font colour of my previous posts. ><

But took some time to read on it. Some are really silly. LOL. Thinking back, I started laughing at myself for being such a moron!!

But I also realized I'm much much happier now than I ever ever was. Sounds like a good thing.

STM, as usual, I actually forgot who I mentioned in the post. Those Mr. J, L... Okie, no longer important , I guess.

Anyway, just when to view one of my colleagues new house in Punggol, before renovation. 4-room flat. GOSH! It's soooo small! The living room and kitchen area is half of my current house. Bedroom and toilet, perhaps 3/4. Jialat, and it cost $280, 000. High floor though. Cannot imagine how tiny pueeny will the houses be in future. Maybe studio apartment size? Ha. Jokes. ><

Signing off with love,

Crystal

Chicken Pox sucks

2009-11-05T17:54:00.007+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Eeeeeeeeeeks, I got a scary disease!!!!!! It's called chicken pox. Fancy getting it at such an age. Damnit.

Mom says can't eat chicken, egg, nuts, tofu, duck, black sauces. Wah kao eh. I might as well go "zhuo xian". It's a torture man. Fish, pork. Pork, fish. Urgggggggggggh!

Thanks god it's subsiding already, if not I'm turning into a kuku at home. Sleeppppppp. Faceboooooook. Online mahjonggggggggggg. Sleeeeepppppp again!!!

P.S. Someonepleasekillme.

我要疯掉了！！！！！

Signing off with NO love,
Crystal

Taiwan taiwan pics 2009

2009-10-27T00:28:00.057+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Here is a brief visual summary of our Taipei trip 15102009 - 21102009. All the pictures can't be uploaded, too many many~ And it takes too long. Just wanna leave this precious moment in this bloggy. To be remembered for life! *lurve*

Waiting to board the plane!

From got sun to no sun. How long more~??

High speed rail to Taipei

High speed rail to Hsin Chu

Many many xiao huangs

A lot of old buildings at Hsin Chu

Super old skool~

The outlet is crispy despite the curry and inner is tender!!

These nuggets look alike is freaking nice!

Some kinda fort?

Nobardy smokes at this lane! =)

Pingu says "Thank you for visiting!"

The ultra famous mee sua

Yumssss

It's only day 2~

New outfit ^^

Taipei 101

Xin guang san yue

The big big library-like bookstore

I think I'm starting to like melody =D

Ahhhhh~ What have I done?!

Nice scenery at Beitou

Beitou~ Waiting for transport to our hot spring!

Very nature like

Our private hot spring

Asia Pac Hot Spring

Refreshed me

Refreshed BF

Dan Shuei old street

Beautiful sunset! Romantic!

Nightview!

Ultra nice cheese potato!

Filling: Egg and bacon

Shihlin Night Market

Long Shan Temple

Stone engraving

Man-made waterfall and me

The taller-than-me Gundam

Ohhh, it's their base at Taipei

Last day at Shihlin

Only 23 deg! Damn Singapore's weather

Sushi train on track

Nice ba-gua taste-alike bento

Cheese and curry koroke

Predator?

Goodbye Taiwan

BF's victory winnings

My victory winning #1

My victory winning #2

My victory winning #3

My victory winning #4

Cute pepper spray. Don't think they sell in Singapore

P.S. I took 1 hours plus to upload everything! That's the prob with pictures from digicam!! But still, happy to pen the memories down here. =D

Signing off with love,
Crystal... ...

Victorious Taiwan Trip

2009-10-23T01:50:00.003+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

It has really been a very "victorious" trip to Taiwan. We really experienced the "Shop Till We Drop" phrase. Weather's really good, kept at about 22-24 deg. (That's why I kept complaining when I'm back in Singapore) Of course, alot of damage done, but worthy.

The itinerary goes as follows:

Day 1: Taoyuan Airport -> Shihlin Night Market
Day 2: Hsin Chu -> XimenDing
Day 3: Taipei Underground Mall -> Eslite Bookstore -> Taipei 101 -> Shihlin
Day 4: Beitou Hot Spring -> DanShuei Old Street -> XimenDing
Day 5: WuFenPu (Wholesale) -> Shihlin
Day 6: LongShan Temple -> Shihlin
Day 7: XimenDing

Hahahaha, yeah, we ultra like XimenDing and Shihlin!! It's nice to shop around during weekdays and of course, the street hawkers are ultimate. Pictures gonna wait, trying to resize them to smaller format.

And we just think that Singapore's fast food suck toes. Their KFC, Mac, Mos Burger is WAYYYYY better than Singapore's one. Gosh, what's happening to our franchise outlet?!?!

The Damage Level:

7 Dresses
10 Tops
5 Bottoms
3 Vests
1 Jacket
1 Bag
4 Boxes of Mask
3 Bottles of Magic Bubble Peeling
1 Sleeping Mask
1 Clinique Instant Perfector
4 Bottles of Haircare
4 Stockings
3 Pairs of Shoes
1 Bikini
1 Scarf
1 Lighter
1 Box of Fake Lashes
1 Toothbrush Holder
1 Melody Plush
1 Melody Pen
1 Melody Towel
1 Footscrub
1 Pepper Spray
Total: S$1150

I swear I'm not gonna shop for 6 months in Singapore already (unless ultra necessary ^^). Will update with the graphics soon.

Signing off with love,
Crystal... ...

Welcome to Taiwan 2009

2009-10-14T13:13:00.003+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

So excited!! I'm leaving this island that franchised to Tiongs tomorrow!! Miss me, my friends!! <33

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Bad Dreams...

2009-10-08T22:25:00.003+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I had such a bad dream yesterday that left me wetting my pillow without me knowing it.

It was a scene of a hospital ward, couldn't really see the patient at first. Took another closer look and realized that it's BF! Doctor came and said that there's big problem with his eyes. He might not live through the night! Friends came and go. Was crying so hard in the dreams. It was so real, so scary, so heart-breaking. When my phone rang, BF called and gave me a morning call. Thanks god it's all a dream.

Maybe we've been too traumatized by the sore eyes incidents. Even in my dreams, I dreamt of BF dying from sore eyes. Gosh, sore eyes sore eyes go away!!

P.S. Sometimes it's such dreams that made you realized how much it hurts if the person is no longer part of you.

Signing off with love,
Crystal... ...

Typhoon Parma go away, please!

2009-10-05T18:28:00.003+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Taiwan is 10 days away but right now it's undergoing tropical storm! Oh no~~ Hope it'll subside by then, if not we're really really gonna be real sad. We waited and planned for months for this trip. Nothing must go wrong!!

Rain rain go away, please come again another day... =(

Signing off with love,
Crystal... ...

My Birthday 2009

2009-10-02T01:20:00.007+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Finally the pictures for my birthday is up!!

The messy hotel room after 1 night

Colleagues here to watch the Arsenal vs Man U match with tons of beer!

BF rolling on the big bed

Goodbye Carlton

Yours truly.

Signing off with love,
Crystal... ....

Time Flies!

2009-10-02T00:23:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

So fast it's gonna be a year together with BF already. And surprisingly, there's no quarrel, though we buckle a lot. =D I guessed we're both grown-up to understand that it takes both hands to clap, need both parties to give and take.

I can feel that this anniversary's gonna be a special one, spent in Taiwan. One of the most unforgettable moments in our chapter. :)

Just in case I overlook, just wanna say...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY IN ADVANCE, BABY...

Signing off with love,
Crystal... ...

Finally updated!

2009-09-27T19:13:00.006+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Sorry I neglected you for so long until I nearly forgot my password. Seriously, nothing much to update. Life seems pretty peaceful except for work. Well, good friends will know, I guess. (:

Oh yes, a little update on my birthday celebration. BF booked Carlton Hotel for us to spend the night there and the view is magnificent! Kinda overview the skyline of Singapore city and Chijmes is just in front of us. I love it! At night, some of my friends and colleagues came over for a Manchester United vs Arsenal session with lots of beer! =D It's one of the most memorable birthday I've ever spent. Thanks baby! <3>

The Hot Spring that we booked! No more Ah-mas encounter!!

P.S. BF, where's the pictures of Carlton?? ><

Signing off with love,
Crystal... ....

National Day~

2009-08-11T23:53:00.009+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Blogger have been giving me problems. My toolbar just M.I.A like that. Anyway, managed to solve it and I'm able to blog again! Well, for the past few weeks I've been on a roller coaster mode. Demoralized if the sales hasn't been hit and on clouds nine when I finally cleared it. I think I need to see a shrink soon if this goes on. I think it's a vicious cycle man. ><

Anyway, nothing much to update, life's still the same. BF's still irritating and teasing me as usual. But most importantly, we're all well, alive and kicking.

Birthday's coming and BF booked Carlton Hotel for me. Really looking forward to it, something like a short getaway, though it's in Singapore.

Enough of talking, time to upload the Ya Ka Tou hairstyle that I've been mentioning so far. And this "Ya Ka Tou" saying is by BF's mom. Man, it has been a joke around man. Oh well, just live with it, I guess.

Signing off with love,

Crystal... ...

Craving for Tennis!

2009-07-23T01:22:00.006+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I think I'm hooked to tennis. I think I still sucks at it though, but I kept bugging BF about playing tennis this week.

What Can Ya Ka Tou Do and Not Do:

I can...

Serve the ball but can't rally back properly.
Hit the ball back but can't prevent it from flying out of the court.
Under-cut the ball but can't force it to go over the net.
Run around the court to chase the ball but can't stop myself from running away from it when it aims for my face

Ermmm, I think it's not that bad after all right? At least~~~ I kept on picking up the balls with no complaints! =D

Think I should be going for professional training in August and keep myself fit! Motivation and determination, please come to MAMA! *amen*

P.S. Can't wait for the next luan-luan-lai tennis session.

Signing off with love,
Crystal

My Super In-Advanced Birthday Present

2009-07-22T01:38:00.014+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

My birthday's on 1st Sept but BF already bought a super in-advanced birthday present for me and it's in PINK! How nice! ^^ Hearts it lots. And I practically bring it around with me. To shopping, to play and even to work! Of course, it's to satisfy my need for narcissism. BF scrolled and scrolled through the pictures and I think he gave up looking through all of them.

Before going to work.

Before going to wedding dinner.

But of course~~ I'll use my camera to take pictures of rather constructive stuff, like our newly-acquired tennis racquet! We're starting to pick up tennis!! I've been thinking about it for years, but never really put my thoughts in action, until recently! Oh, I promise I didn't think of picking up tennis because I like the skirt! Well, that's PART of the reason though it stands a pretty considerable percentage.

Before tennis one day, I just went haywired. I was holding on to my racquet, clamming my hands, and like a medium stomping my feet and jumping around saying, "Sharapova, 快快上身" because my racquet is endorsed by her. But apparently, my skills still sucks. Joelle, one of my colleague said that "You didn't stomp your feet hard enough" -.- That's one of our crazy tennis session. Wahahha.

Our Prince Tennis Racquets.

Mine! Endorsed by Maria Sharapova!

His. Endorsed by Yours Truly. =X

Ahhh, this set of pictures contained our crazy drinking session and Ice Cold Beer! And prior to that, the 3 girls went swimming at Serangoon, headed to Bliss @ Punggol Park and down-ed 6 pints of Hoegaarden at 3p.m. and lastly ended our night at Ice Cold Beer @ Somerset, I was so bloated that I only ordered Shirley Temple at Ice Cold.

As there was this competition for opening of bottles, the winner will get to walk away with the bottles of beer that they opened, and so happened that a Causasian went to participate and he won. My colleague literally went gaga over him. But no doubts, he's really cute and I say he should act in Transformer. If I'm not wrong, he's only here for the Bartender Congress.

Cute rite? No wonder my colleague went gaga.

The 3 mad girls.

P.S. To BF: Thanks again for the camera! Muackz!

Signing off with love,
Crystal

Happy 9th Monthiversary

2009-07-18T03:08:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

It's a special special day!

HAPPY 9TH MONTHIVERSARY, BABY!!

P.S. I Love You. =D

Signing off with love,
Crystal

Tough Times~

2009-07-14T16:19:00.003+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

It seems like a lot of my friends are going through the "relationship tsunami". Be it colleagues or outside friends, heard from them, read on them. It's really kinda depressing to see this side of love, so fragile, it's like so near yet so far. I won't wanna place my judgement on who's right or who's wrong as there's always two sides to the coin, nonetheless, I'll wish them all the best in their next relationship or next marriage.

P.S. Sometimes it's such stories that open your eyes to the things in front of you that you haven't notice right from the start.

Signing off with love,
Crystal

R.I.P Grandma

2009-06-29T02:22:00.005+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

The wake is finally over and I think it has been tough for BF and family throughout these 5 days, but well, it might as well be this way as suffering has ended for 陈奶奶. Well, at least one of the uncle did turned up and stayed at the altar throughout the night to 守夜. Think the uncle was pretty regretful about everything that happened.

人往往在失去后了才会珍惜吗。。。

And it so happened that his son is one of my secondary school classmate! Damn coincidental. But din managed to talk as I don't know what to say to him.

P.S. 陈奶奶，安息吧，您的子孙为您办了一件风光的后事。相信您在天之灵也会看见的。。 =)

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

R.I.P

2009-06-26T01:59:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I seriously wonder why could someone abandon their own mother like a total stranger? And then again, I wonder where is their conscience to not turn up for their own mother's wake. And what's more, what kinda example are they setting aside for their descendants.

良心被狗咬。。

What could an old lady have done wrong that 4 outta 6 of her own children actually refused to take care of her, even if in the kinda of monetary sense. No matter what, she brought life to them, took care of them, bringing them up to be fit and healthy, how could they leave her into lurch in moments she needs them most, and in moments where last respects ought to be paid, but none, from them? I seriously don't understand.

真得是多子多福吗？

Where are their morals and why are they behaving like beasts? Human ain't beast. We don't walk away from our parents once we're old enough to soar. But then again, they're behaving like one. It just turns me off. If a 24 years old can understand this point, why the fuck would those 50 plus not understand this logic?

禽兽都不如。。

If you've money to pay for your car installment, why the fuck would you not contribute to the final expenses of your own mother and have $35 to pay for your mother's monthly nursing bills? To clarify, that's what the judge at the family court implemented. I wouldn't be surprised if next time her 3 sons would abandon her on the streets, that's karma. What's comes around goes around.

人在做，天在看。。

Although I'm in position to comment this at the wake, but it's really turning me off. It's sick and tiring of seeing this evil side of human. Hereby, I hope that you'll rest in peace, at least you still have 2 children to oversee that your funeral is done in an organised and timely manner.

安息吧。。

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Happy Happy Together

2009-06-25T00:17:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

It's a happy happy day! I've closed my first deal in AIA!! It was indeed encouraging. =D Although I was still tied between a marketing job or AIA, a colleague told me that perhaps I could do my dream job and at the same time, convert to part-time for AIA. I felt that it was a good idea, as the commission would not be gone to waste. T&C applies, of course.

Was talking to Katie the other day about insurance. People are normally skeptical about it. No doubts. But which job will truly let u meet people from all walks of life? It's a great exposure, even if staying in this industry forever is not the intention. Well, that's not my intention to begin with also.

Okie, enough to work stuff. Haven been uploading pictures taken with BF for the longest time. Time to do some work.

P.S. To BF: Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinkkk Kameeeeehraaaaaaa. Think he's gonna slap me already :X

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Happy 8th Monthiversary

2009-06-18T21:46:00.003+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

How could I miss this out! Today is da day!!

HAPPY 8TH MONTHIVERSARY, BABY!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing so much ups and downs with me. Listening to my whining, giving me that much-needed & sensible advice, putting up with my crappy nonsense, accompanying me when u're so god damn tired and many more.

P.S. ILU. ^^

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Pretty toenails make my day!

2009-06-18T21:00:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I've been shagged out by the trainings, meetings and studying for my certs recently. So drained that not much time was left for blogging. However, thanks god that the test went alright today. Managed to clear it on the 1st attempt. *phew*

But there's something that make my day! No doubt that girls love pretty stuff, don't u agree with me. Ahh-haa, same goes for me. Coincidentally met up with Joelle, my colleague on Tuesday and pampered ourselves with Manicure and Pedicure. Stress-relieving process! And what's more, it makes my day to see pretty toenails!

Please pardon my fat toenails.. Teeheehee..
Oh, and the 1st toe's an extension! The rest are still botak!

Time to wii and keep myself fit! Time to shake some bums bums! Time for Wii Fit!

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Loving my Windows Seven!

2009-06-12T00:27:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

BF helped me installed Window Seven! It's beautiful and it's way way WAY faster than Vista!! Loving it. Muackz.

Recently, training has been draining my energy away, haven't have the time to update about my life and of cos the trip to Siloso Beach Resort! It's paradise, seriously. Next time, perhaps. ^^

Signing off with love,
Crystal

I love mummy!

2009-06-03T01:53:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Mummy is sooooo nice to me. I love mummy. Mummy love me. Mummy says that must look presentable to customers, so she let me wear her diamond accessories and she got me this bag that seems I can't bear to purchase, for my early birthday! Thank you, mummy!

Signing off with love,
Crystal

Chelsea crowns FA cup 2009!!

2009-06-01T01:09:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Yesterday was a eventful day! Went to Sim Lim with dad and BF to buy Wii and we stayed home and got so indulged in the world of Wii and was so amazed by the technology that Nintendo have. Will post out some video/pictures to share next time.

However, this is not the focus of today's post. I'm soooo happy that Chelsea crowned the champion of FA Cup 2009!! Yeahhhhh!!

Time check: 1.12am and I'm drop dead tired and I presume it's the after effect of Wii. Can't wait to have another Wii session with BF soon! ^^

Signing off with love,
Crystal

Touching Love Story

2009-05-27T01:02:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Was watching this Channel 8 program on TV which talked about a girl that got hit by lightning. It somehow stirred something in me, which further enhanced my belief in true love.

She was a outgoing and ultra sporty girl which adored wind-surfing. One fine day, she was out surfing as usual when the the sky was painted grey, lightning followed by thunder took over. The next thing she knew, she fell into dark sleep, for a year.

Her boyfriend, whom she's dating with, was overseas for business trip for about a year and daily without fail, they communicated through phone and online mediums. He was about to propose to her on 7th July 2007, as he knew that 7 was her favorite number. But the tragedy befell before he can do that.

He travelled from his workplace in Choa Chu Kang to Changi everyday without fail, awaiting for her to wake up and glance at him again. It was a painful and mentally agonizing wait, which lasted for a year. He said, for the moment, he knew that he lost his pillar of support and he knew that he cannot lose her and what's more, he knew that she was the only one he wanted to marry. Even if the wait got extended to 5, 10 or 20 years, he'll still hang on to his belief that one day, she'll wake up (F**king touching).

So one fine day, she finally heard him pending for her and proceeded to her recovery back to health, but it was a long and tedious process and the lightning took away some of her major brain cells whereby she had difficulty talking, sitting up and even balancing. Nonetheless, he was always there for her, slowly guiding her back to shape.

He sticked to his original plans and proposed to her on the day itself, witnessed and had their blessing given by their friends and all. So, she asked him if he would regret, and he answered, would never.

Let's face the fact, how many people would do that? Sacrificing your youth for the unknown? In most circumstances, I believe people will get sad for the moment, get over it and get themselves a new partner. I truly salute this guy for his persistency and his love for his wife.

In alot of times, we leave when things occur, be it to not to our likings or we failed to see times earlier. But have we asked ourselves if we persisted on and cherished more, would things be different? Would it make a significant change to our lives? Would we be happier/be a better person?

**P.S. To Mr. and Mrs. I dunno your name: I truly give you my blessing and hope that this story of yours would ring a bell to some. :)

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Addicted to RC!!!!!!!!!

2009-05-21T17:30:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I've got a new addiction!! Restaurant City on Facebook!! Finally I hit the 50.0 perfect rating for the 1st time!! Godamnit happy lahs!! =D

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Loving my lashes extension!!

2009-05-20T21:05:00.006+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I've went for eyelashes extension with Angie and I'm loving it!! Thanks Angie for introducing such nice place for the extension!! <3>

Oops, forgot to off flash and kinda ghostly.

There's no eyeliner on!!

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Off to Siloso Beach Resort!!

2009-05-13T03:02:00.010+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

BF's birthday is coming! Was cracking my brains on how should I go about celebrating it for him and TAH-DAHH~ Gotch it~! Was actually planning to book Treasure Resort (Ex-Sijori) and came across this webby for hotel booking. They even have Live Chat to assist in hotel booking! (http://www.hoteltravel.com) Damn cool rite!

Anyway, I was damn lucky! Supposedly, they have already confirmed the booking of Treasure Resort and some days later, they emailed me and said that they overlooked the renovation of Treasure Resort which clashes with my stay. Thus, they offered me Siloso Beach Resort with no additional cost! That's quite atas lahs! And I think I "tan tio" near to $100?! I fell in love with the swimming pool instantly! ^^

Damn swee right!!!

Can sunbath too~ Not for me though.

Got waterfall somemore!

BF says he wanna play the slide. -.-

Seaview Room.

Bridge to Reception

Damn excited about this good bargain! Now I can't wait for this short getaway trip!

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

BF pees on cockroach!!

2009-05-11T03:03:00.002+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Certified and proven that BF has a mind of a sadistic! We were talking about cockroaches and how much I detest them (No idea how we landed at that topic though) when he was telling me on something he did when he was young. It went as follows;

BF: Dunno why u girls are scare of cockroaches so much.
Me: Erm, cos they look freaking disgusting? Brown and dirty?
BF: My dad and mom can catch them with bare hands lors.
Me: Omg. ERRR XINNNNN!
BF: Den they'll throw it into the toilet bowl, wait for it to get drowned and then flushed it away.
Me: Like that girls cannot pee into it already, later it climb up and wriggle its way into some hole. =X
BF: When I was young, whenever I see cockroach, I'll pee and take aim at the cockroach and try to push it below the water level.
Me: OMG! You're biannn taii!
BF: After I finish pee-ing, I'll ask my korkor to come and take over! =D
Me: *faints*

Outta sudden, I pity the cockroach for being a cockroach, what's worse, to be a cockroach being aimed with pee and being drown in pee. *amen*

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

AIA or SCB??? Confused!!

2009-05-08T14:46:00.005+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Mood = State of confusion. Reason being? An opportunity cost between a nice boss and something I always wanted to try, mortgage loan.

If were to go to AIA, I believe my ex-boss will definitely nurture us to be more competent, efficient and maybe a high-flyer eventually and hopefully? But insurance is not somehow not painted into my life portrait. I know he has been fighting the best packages for us and even forking out $$ to give us basic during our training month. But I seriously doubt that I can stay long in this business to give him his well-deserved returns via over-riding.

On the other hand, a SCB staff told me, I have all the pre-requisite certs they required already and I can even do mortgage insurance for them, so not a problem at all. As we all know, banks are very particular about the numbers. And it's in millions. Eh, actually not that scary lahs. An average HDB case size is about $200, 000 already. But they work day and night, that's pretty scary. Plus the boss is factored in as a hinder as well.

Gosh~ Can someone please tell me how do I calculate these intangibles to measure my opportunity cost? Haiz..

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Tattoo Extension

2009-04-30T13:59:00.004+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Finally I took my courage out and went for extension on my tiny pueeny little butterfly. This time, the pain lasted for 3 plus hours and I swore it's much painful that the previous time. I got me fearful from hearing the sizzling of the tattoo machine again. But, finally I did something in colour, and it's my favourite purple in different shadings! From black faded to purple, I have no idea how the tattooist did it, but it's way beyond my expectation. Happy. ^^

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Batam Trip 170409 - 180409

2009-04-20T23:33:00.020+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Finally I went for my Batam trip, not that fascinating but I still thinks that it's the company that counts. We celebrated our 6th Monthiversary over there. Was peaceful and relaxing. Spa was okie, could do even better with air-con and no sampan boat rolling around. Generally was alright, just that we don't really feel safe when we're in town area. People are looking at us like E.T. for whatever reason I dunno of. Nothing much caught my eye. Just bought a dress and a top. Otaku BF bought some figurines, as usual. Most of the time, we kept our alert system to the peak, maybe that explains why we were so tired when we reached Singapore. System low batt, we called it. Anyway, pictures as usual. ^^

Lil' pavilions

The no air-con Spa-Villa

^^V

Cottages

Salty sea-water swimming pool

Our Ocean-Viewing Cottages

View from Batam Bridge

Me and BF! =D

Pathetic mama-shop..

Who else~~ ;P

Seafood restaurant

The local dance show.

The long lost legendary root beer! <3

And the ultimate long-time-no-see curly fries! Now with Cheese too!

Me holding on to my happy food.

We reckon that we would not wanna go there again. And we started to plan for the next short getaway, thinking that Phuket would be better? I just can't have enough of travelling! Oh, Taiwan~! Haiz....

To BF: I really enjoyed this trip with you, though the location doesn't seems quite rite. Look forward to our next overseas trip in Oct. These 6 months (and counting) spent will definitely one of the most memorable time in my life. And again, happy 6th monthiversary. <3

Signing off with love,
Crystal

New Blog Shop & Upcoming Batam Trip

2009-04-14T00:35:00.005+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Sorry I haven been blogging lately. Kinda tired. Me and BF just set up our own blog shop, dealing with blings blings and anime merchandise. What to do? I've an otaku for BF. LOL. =X But the blings blings are real nice. Can't wait to turn them into pretty lil masterpieces~

As an (ex) marketing student, I'll definitely uphold my promises to do as much advertising whenever I can and wherever I can. There it goes~~ ^^V

http://playcubesg.blogspot.com

Anyway, the long-awaited Batam trip is coming! OMG, I swear it almost feels like forever waiting for that day. Spa, seafood, OH YES and shopping, how could I ever forget about it...

P.S. I hate flu more than I hate cockroaches for once.

Signing off with love,
Crystal with the red nose...

True Friends

2009-03-30T02:37:00.003+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Ever think back when we're young and ignorant, we tell our best friend "If you want to friend her, you cannot friend me". Sounds familiar? Bet this is like one of the phrases hanging from some kids out there all day long. Whenever we thought that this people is definitely our BFF, both started drifting apart. Maybe there's 101 reason. But how many of them are actually "valid". Yes, there's school, there's work, there's boyfriend/girlfriend, family, cats/dogs and what's not. Who doesn't have those?

How many times have we heard about that "Oh, I'll get back to you" and eventually it never did. And again, on how many occasions, the "Ya! Meet up soon" came out verbally but yet, the meet-up never came. And what's more, how many BFF have you been changing all your life? Maybe 1? 2? 10? But deep down, maybe some realli have one of the BFF that remains as a BFF after 10 long years. How often do you think of this BFF?

You can hang out with this person damn frequently, meet up for everyday during vacations, for anything under the sun from meals to tanning to sports to shopping to gossiping sessions. But one fine day, maybe you'll tend to comment on the things she did which don't please you or you can't accept. And before you knew it, WWIII broke out. BFFs turned their backs against each other, call each other names or even bitch slap one another. Who will in turn remember they used to spend so much time doing activities together? And the next minute, you find someone who you can clique with, your ex-BFF is outta your mind.

Correct me if I'm wrong. I realized guys really have their BFF for long and it can last throughout their life, whereas ladies, not totally out, but less frequent. My conclusion is that guys tend to not bear grudges and they're more easy-going. I envy those that have BFF for long and they know each other's family/pets inside out. I don't even know where my ex-BFF since kindergarten went to, not to mention in contact. And my dad has few BFFs since secondary school and they meet up yearly for gathering!

P.S. That's why people said, as you age, the opportunity cost are your friends. How true. For ladies.

Signing off with love,
Crystal... ...

Siao kian katie's meimei

2009-03-25T20:10:00.005+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

It's a "LOL" MSN-ing session. Was chatting with Katie's meimei after she went for a short nap. And she's damn cute lahs. Was super bored so kinda siao kian her abit. LMAO totally~

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
u dance rite?? den how?? at sch got bf anot??
haha
dun worry i wun tell ur mummy

(: says:
No BF. My school de boys all gays.

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
huh??? y all gays lehs??
so scary...

(: says:
all sissy de

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
hahhaha dun have man man de arhh..

(: says:
de guy hit another guy de butt

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
or cute yandao boys?
HUH?! oh my god... wat are the boys thinking nowadays

(: says:
i dunno
but they all so siao one

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
ehhhh... nowadays gays in trend huh??
den u got like any guy now?? haha

(: says:
no! they all gays who will like???

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
huh?? means ur sch no couple arh?

(: says:
got!!! P5 most famous de Shanell and Tan Jin. They two prefect! and people says they hold hand and plan to kiss. but their plan failed coz got alot of people know their meeting place.

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
hahhahahhahahhahahahhahahhaha.....
aiyoo..
kiss also must fix place de arhhh..
ask them dun tell ppl

(: says:
plus they so stupid to write note,and i think the note dropped on floor

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
den can kiss already...

(: says:
then someone sees,tell the whole world

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
aiyoooo.. later teacher see how??
still pass note arh.. use MSN or sms lahs
lol

(: says:
at school cannot use MSN or SMS.
Plus,they dun have MSN

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
ooohhhh... nvm... u tell them... they can go shopping centre de staircase after sch go there can plan to kiss
haha

(: says:
they wont dare to go out of school.
best place is toilet
cause they just close door can liao

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
wahhhhh in school arh.. later ppl find out.. not safe arhh..

(: says:
go to those nearly deserted de toilet

[b][c=#FF80C0]Missy SILLY Crystal [[ 181008 ]][/c][/b] says:
wahhhhh... u veri clear abt it hors
got try before huh??

(: says:
no lah
tv programme also like that
i go to do homework liao
byebye

Quite fun to talk to kids sometimes. They actually knows much more than we think! Haha.

Signing off with love,
Crystal

Crystal Bling Bling Workshop

2009-03-20T01:15:00.006+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I've went to the recent IT fair! What's recession man?? I think no one will ever believe it's recession when they saw the IT fair flooded with people. People buying lappies, home threatre systems and big big BIG LED TVs. Anyway, I got nothing of those. I bought... Blingeees. Okie, sounds stupid? Cheap wat~ =X

Proudly presented to you by Crystal Bling Bling Workshop! ^^V

Signing off with love,
Crystal...

Happy to strike 4D

2009-03-18T23:34:00.003+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Freaking shag but there's still something I would like to announce.

Yours truly is happy to strike 4D!!! Though it's only S$6, might be peanuts to some, but still, first time in my life striking! Hooray!

Time to head to bed.

P.S. BF, faster call. Dropping dead already!!! =x

Signing off with love,
Crystal

Satay Fish Story

2009-03-15T01:41:00.006+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

There's a story I always wanted to share with you guys. About my BF and his doings when he was young. We were talking about pets we reared when we were young.

Me: I reared hamster which I bathed him in warm water, tortoise that dead on CNY day 1 and some fishes which I accidentally killed when I trying to change their water.
BF: Ermmmm, about the same. Got reared hamster and fish before.
Me: U sure u din kill them??
BF: I poked a satay stick into one of the fish's mouth and ran to my brother telling him it's satay!
Me: *faint* So the fish died??
BF: No, I put it back into the tank and it continued swimming
Me: The fish must be thinking "F*** u, let me off" when it was satay-ed.

P.S. Godblessme, I've a sadist for BF!

Signing off with love,
Crystal

I love BF!

2009-03-12T01:49:00.007+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

Recently, seeing my good good friends going through the pain of break-up really makes me emotional. Nothing is definite, nothing is forever. All of us understands, but how many of us can really handle it well? Unknown. FYI, I sucks at handling such situations and I pray it'll never happen to me again.

But then again, it just open your eyes to the things around you, as well as cherishing the people you love and those that love you. It's never easy. Yes. Especially when someone have been there for quite sometime, his/her presence seems like a "norm" or the things he/her do are already becoming fundamentals. Which legislation says that he must send you home / take care of you when you're sick / pay for your food & movies / buy you the dress you liked so much / lend you a shoulder to lean on when you're tired? No. They're not obliged to do that. The only reason why they do that is due to the love they've for you. To think of it, I kinda learnt it the hard way. I guess that's why me and BF are still in our honeymoon after close of 5 months together.

Hereby, I would like to thanks BF for:

1) Accompanying me for movies which I wanted to watch badly;
2) Bringing me for good food (Though you still owe me quite a bit more =x);
3) Hearing me whine about work;
4) Planning every weekend's outing;
5) Saying silly things and make me laugh when I'm down;
6) Giving me occasional huggies and kisses;
7) Sending me home after every outing;
8) Chatting on the phone with me every night;
9) Giving good night kisses before I sleep;
10) Waking me up in the mornings when I've meetings;
11) Accompanying me for overseas trips to places I wanna go badly;
12) Volunteering to buy me the rabbit plush toy I liked so much;
13) Carrying my "feels-like-weight-lifting" lappie bag;
14) Waiting for me whenever I'm late;
15) Helping me to diao the wawas that I wanted;
16) Giving me surprises during occasions;
17) Sacrificing his sleep to accompany me;
18) Fetching me from work when he's on leave;
19) Bringing me to the doctors when I'm sick;
20) Being there when I needed someone the most.

And of cos the list goes on... Although alot of people said I seems to have amnesia, but every single bit of his doings, will remain within, for the whole of this lifetime.

[[ Just Together - 181008 ]]

*P.S. For my Baby Tan, I LOVE YOU! ^^ Bet u haven't hear this since V-day. =D

Signing off with love,
Crystal

5 Traits Before You Get Serious With A Guy...

2009-03-10T14:03:00.006+08:00

Dear Bloggy,

I came across an email which I think it made absolute sense. There it goes...

*!~Five Traits A Guy Should Have Before You Get Serious With Him~!*

As it turns out, not necessarily. "We often mistake a strong physical connection as a sign that two people are meant for each other," says Paul Dobransky, MD, founder of womenshappiness.com. Yes, chemistry is key to a lasting bond, but it isn't the final word. Other factors should be considered too, and they take some sussing out. New findings describe the characteristics in a guy that actually predict relationship success, some of which you may be overlooking.

Dating Trait #1: He Knows What He Wants

Any guy you're serious about should be able to articulate his long-term goals and passions (sorry, fantasy football and Xbox don't count). He can't ally himself with you until he has a sense of how he envisions his life in the future... and how you fit in. "If a man has no idea what he wants to be when he 'grows up,' then it will be impossible for him to commit to you," says Dobransky.

Don't assume he'll work things out, because when he does, you may realize his ambitions don't mesh with yours. "This mistake has contributed to the starter-marriage phenomenon, in which couples in their 20s and 30s suddenly realize they're going in different directions and divorce at an early age," says Dobransky. "It's preventable as long as you're both clear about your plans."

Dating Trait #2: He Has a Sunny Outlook

A recent study led by the University of Oregon found that women who had upbeat partners felt more satisfied in their relationships and -- this is huge -- that the man's level of optimism determined the relationship's staying power. Not only is it nice to have someone help you see the silver lining of a situation that totally sucks, but cheerful guys are good at keeping things in perspective, so they don't let little conflicts get to them and can go with the flow.

Along with having an optimistic POV, it's also crucial that the guy you're seeing can make you laugh. "It's an important stress valve for any couple," says Les Parrott, PhD, coauthor of "Trading Places."
"Having a sense of humor helps you weather the rough patches that you'll inevitably encounter together." It shows that he is able to let loose and doesn't take things too seriously. Plus, you'll have a better time together if you can see the funny side of things.

Dating Trait #3: He's Open to Changing for You

It's true you may not be able to change a man, but a guy should want to change for you. If a facet of his behavior irks you (for example, maybe he's not attentive enough in certain circumstances), he should be game to hear you out, listen to how you'd like him to do things differently, and then act on those suggestions. "When a guy is truly in love, he is more self-reflective and will work on the aspects of himself that bother you," says Diana Kirschner, PhD, author of "Love in 90 Days." "Studies have found that successful married couples change each other quite a bit over time."

More important, a man needs to have the capacity to transform and grow with you -- e.g., he takes an interest in going to art galleries with you, even if he's more of a couch-and-ESPN kind of guy. "If he's not willing to expand his interests to mesh with yours, you're going to outpace him," explains Kirschner. "It's likely you'll grow restless, and the relationship will become stale."

Dating Trait #4: He's Still a Little Mysterious

The beginning of a relationship is always exciting because you're just getting to know each other. But even after the newness wears off, it's essential that a man keeps you guessing. "If you can never quite pin down what makes him tick, that's actually a healthy thing," says Kirschner. Although at first you might feel more bonded to a guy who shares tons of personal info with you, over time, you risk losing the intrigue that pulled you to him initially. You might start to see him as more of a friend than a romantic partner.

Of course, you want him to open up about topics like his family, but he should keep some boundaries too. Relating every detail of his life (think updates on his nasty toe fungus) is relationship-killing TMI. A good gauge in the early stages of coupledom: He doesn't spill all about his pals. "It's an indicator that he understands how to keep things private," says Kirschner.

Dating Trait #5: He's Responsible with Money

Besides giving you a heads-up about money-related conflicts you might encounter in the future (one of the topics long-term couples argue about most), how a guy handles cash reveals a lot about his character. Positive signs: He keeps the receipt after paying for a meal, or you notice several credit-card offers in his stack of mail (it may indicate he has good credit).

"A man who doesn't track his money shows a lack of patience and self-control," says Dobransky. "In fact, guys who are financially reckless share many traits with men who cheat." But you also don't want to be with a tightwad. If a dude doesn't splurge now and then, it may mean he'll be stingy in other ways, such as compromising during a fight.

Signing off with love,
Crystal

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Happy 2nd year anniversary!!

Still alive!!

Sick~!~!

Year Full of Weddings

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Our one and a half years anniversary

Something wrong with me?

Journey to the west everyday...

Buangkok vale!!

Hugs my walking melody!

CNY 2010

Patience!

Donation of plushies

Teaching as a career?

Black black hair.

Thank you, LKY!

Baby Etan arrival...

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Sad sad post... ...

I Want Punggol Sails!!!!!!!!!!!

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New Blogskin!

Chicken Pox sucks

Taiwan taiwan pics 2009

Victorious Taiwan Trip

Welcome to Taiwan 2009

Bad Dreams...

Typhoon Parma go away, please!

My Birthday 2009

Time Flies!

Finally updated!

National Day~

Craving for Tennis!

My Super In-Advanced Birthday Present

Happy 9th Monthiversary

Tough Times~

R.I.P Grandma

R.I.P

Happy Happy Together

Happy 8th Monthiversary

Pretty toenails make my day!

Loving my Windows Seven!

I love mummy!

Chelsea crowns FA cup 2009!!

Touching Love Story

Addicted to RC!!!!!!!!!

Loving my lashes extension!!

Off to Siloso Beach Resort!!

BF pees on cockroach!!

AIA or SCB??? Confused!!

Tattoo Extension

Batam Trip 170409 - 180409

New Blog Shop & Upcoming Batam Trip

True Friends

Siao kian katie's meimei

Crystal Bling Bling Workshop

Happy to strike 4D

Satay Fish Story

I love BF!

5 Traits Before You Get Serious With A Guy...

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