Fish Avenue

Day: Monday
Weather: Rainy in the morning, sunny in the afternoon
Mood: From blues to bored to happy

This morning got into the office at 6.30am. I brought my laptop to work, 'cause I wanted to finish my wedding photos slideshow. Managed to finish it within 2 hours. Phew, that wasn't easy.

Ok. I must admit, today is just another boring working day. Except in the morning my colleague, Chui Ling brought her cutie pie, Eunice, to the office. Her presence totally brighten up the gloomy office. She's such a lovely and cute baby!!!

Later afternoon, colleague came to my place gave me a plastic bag. Inside was another paper bag, with a greetings card. Well, few of them bought a wedding gift for me!!! They couldn't make it for my wedding dinner, so they decided to buy me a gift. That was really unexpected and sweet. It's a pair of gold earrings!!! I just could not thank enough. Other than thank you, I really don't know what else to say. It was really nice of them.

Andrew came to pick me up from work. Showed him the gift my colleagues gave me. He was delighted as well. Went home to wait for his dad to call us for dinner. I noticed that someone touched my stuff in the wardrobe, and my stuff beside the wardrobe were actually rearranged. I was quite surprised that Andrew cleaned up. Ok, I'm those kind of person that will notice even the slightest change in the way I put/keep my things. Someone touched it, eventhough it's been put back at the same place same way, I would still notice it. Weird huh......

While I was busy taking photos of those wedding stuff, he suddenly told me he had something for me which I could take more pictures of. Off he went to take the thing. Came in, he said actually "I wanted to propose to you." Hahahahahahahaha... That was a shocking news to me. I thought it would never come! Then, he showed me this card.

This is his proposal!!! Hahahaha... I laughed so hard. My tears rolled down. Actually, I felt happy and touched. I just couldn't stop laughing looking at the card and the photo on it. Hahahaha...... He DIY-ed it. When I opened it. Gosh!!! There's a 3D pop-out flower inside!!! And it's actually a green film glued over the yellow card at the front. He is so creative!!! He really made this card himself, 'cause I saw this 60 sen on the top right corner of the card!!! He said he couldn't find an eraser. Hahahahahaha......

On the right is what I previously written in my blog about Like. Love. Need. It was so touching that he did remember what I mentioned before. On the left, well... It's the say-yes thingy. Before I opened the Yes-box, I asked "what if I said NO? Where's the No-box?" He said, "If no, then you don't have to open that thing." Hahahahahahaha...... Guess he left me no choice but to open the Yes-box, he's so cunning. Carefully opened it, I expected some romantic words inside. Well...... I was so wrong!!! See below.

Gosh!!! Inside is the photo that I was showing this "V" sign, which kind of mean "YES"!!! I just couldn't believe that he is so creative!!! The photo just says it all. Again, I was laughing hysterically.

The whole proposal card thing, took about 15 minutes, from flipped open it right up to the Yes-box thing. No fancy dinner, no romantic ambience, no loving music...... But a card full with loves and ideas and creativity. I just love it so much. He is in fact a romantic person in his own way. It was my idea that we should not splurge on a proposal. I wouldn't want him to spend unncessarily. I even told him I do not need a proposal now. Still, I got my proposal, helped him saved money, and I am so so so happy. :)

I just couldn't stop grinning...... :) :) :) This could never come at a better time than now. I need this now. :) :) :)

P/S: It was Andrew who went through my wardrobe and stuffs to look for the long forgotten diamond ring, which was in the box, in a paper bag, on the cabinet.

I love the flower. Can't believe he did this!

Ok... Here's a funny photo of me during my 3rd year of secondary school, Form 4 I was darn ugly and skinny!!! Laugh, laugh all you want...... :p You do feel happy after a good laugh right? Hahahaha......

The girl on the left is my bestest friend ever, Phoebe. She looks so much different right now, slim and pretty. Hello friend, hope you don't mind I put up this photo here. Hehehehe......

Well, it looks like we were doing some toothpaste commercial. LOL.

It's 11.31pm now. Technically, I am 18 days closer to my wedding day, but 11 days closer to my wedding dinner in Johor.

Been through ups and downs over the past 6 months. Seen a lot of things which I didn't get to see if it weren't because of my wedding. Know even more things. Learned that Andrew's mom actually adores me. Understand that money has always been an issue. Feel more loved by Andrew.

It's getting nearer and nearer!!!
Nervous? Perhaps.
Excited? Maybe.
Happy? Not really.
Emotional? DEFINITELY!!!

Ok, recently I have done a lot of shopping I must admit. Hahaha. But I dare not to spend or buy impulsively like I used to. I'm going to need a lot of money when the wedding day comes. I am worrying about it now.

I ran out of facial cleanser last Thursday. So, I went to Isetan KLCC to replenish it. Have I mentioned that I'm a Clinique user? Well, I am. I was previously using all sorts of brands, Lancome, Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, Biotherm, Shiseido...... Few years back bought some Clinique products, tried them and I fell in love with them. They just suit my skin. But recently I found out one of their products (moisturiser) has mineral oil in it. I shall discontinue using it after this one finishes. Overall, their products are ok. They don't use supermodel or international artists for advertisement. Therefore, their prices are indeed quite affordable in the market.

I like the sales girl who serve me, she always gives me lots of freebies/samples. I love those travel-sized samples, you can just bring them anywhere you want, good for traveling. Last Thursday, she even gave me a face mask when she knows that my big day is coming!!! Hehehe...... So sweet of her. Also, she hinted to me that the sale will probably start end of the month. She advised me not to buy anything now but to buy later to get those vouchers and other promotional items. Gosh... I'm not sure this is a good news or bad news. I'm going back to Johor for my 1st wedding dinner at the end of the month!!!

Wedding is coming...... Do I feel nervous? I don't know... I don't know what to feel now......

Been through a boring and not-so-happy week last week. Boring because went back hometown last weekend, settled some wedding stuff. Other than that, I did nothing. Stayed at home, playing games, watching TV with my niece...... She's growing so fast!

Not so happy, that's because of some small drama regarding my wedding. Some friends do really disappoint me. Well, perhaps not disappoint me, it could be the difference between our perceptions. I am wondering now if they regard me as a friend. Or are they taking advantage of me? Yes, I know this is my words against their words. They could have their own stories to tell as well. I do not give a damn now. My 2 years colleagues are even better than those friends of mine which I've known for more than 5 years. Why do I want to waste my energy and time on someone who doesn't appreciate me but thinks that he/she is being extremely nice to me? They may not realise what they have done, they may argue I am not a good person, they could say that I did that to them first...... Well, they can say and claim whatever they want, I can't be bothered anymore. I got bothered by it for such a long time, 5 years and more, enough is enough.

I questioned Andrew few times, was it me? Why are those friends treating me this way? I found out and realised that it wasn't me. It wasn't them either. It all because of the growing process. We grow out of each other's path and pace.

You can say that I'm cruel to turn my back on those friends now, certainly they have gone through some good times with me. Yes, they have. That's why I'm going to turn my back on them now. I want to remember those good memories. I don't want them to hurt me anymore. To avoid being hurt again, that is the only thing to do. Also, if they think I hurt them equally, that is even the best way to stop hurting them.

I have to learn to survive without them now. In fact, have actually not in contact with them for quite a while and I'm already used to live the life without them. Ironically, I can still have a happy life without them. I used to think I have no other friends. But when I start to look around and open up my heart, I gain more friends now. I'm not sure how long the friendship is going to last...... We shall see.

I'm not sure if I felt happy that I lost weight just 2 weeks before my wedding dinner in Johor. I was worrying that I've put on weight for the past few months and I couldn't wear those gowns nicely. But now I've lost 2kgs (approximately 4lbs), THANKS to the mild food poisoning I had on Tuesday. Yes, it was only mild food poisoning as the doctor said, and my stomach was bloated. I've been running in and out of the toilet about 10 times that day, vomitted only once. I basically didn't eat or drink anything. That was a painful day. Not sure if I've lost the water or the body weight, but I do know that it's now difficult for me to gain weight. I now have to be extra careful in the things I eat.

Stomach has been acting funnily recently. This year most of the times I went to the clinic for my stomach. Colleague had been asking me to go for some proper check-up on my stomach. I dread to go for check-up. I don't know what the doctor is going to do to my body. Whenever I think of those poking and pinching... Gosh......

I have also need to go to see an eye specialist about the floaters in my left eye. They have long been there, just that I wasn't quite bothered with them as they don't really obstruct my vision. Until recently I "accidentally" mentioned it with father and he insists that I go to see a specialist. Father has floaters too, due to the age. He said I shouldn't be having them as I'm still young. Hahaha...... Understand from father that there's no treatment for floaters. Well, then why do we still need to go for a check-up?

I have not done the pre-marital medical check-up/blood test as well. I wonder when I will have time for all this.

Well... It was very sudden that I decided to go shopping with Phoebe, my best friend ever. It was so sweet of her to drive me all the way to Mid Valley just to have a look at those accessories again in Tiamo, The Gardens. The last time we went was 2 weeks ago. I did see something nice, but back then I wasn't determined enough to buy.

Then tonight Phoebe picked this nice pair of earrings. It didn't look attractive enough, but when I wore it, gosh... It looks nice. I mean it fits me. Wanted to get another pair, but I restrained myself from buying. Enough, I do not need so many earrings. This one is going to match my turquoise Cheong Sam for the dinner in Johor.

Bought this pair at RM41.30, after discount.

I have always liked McDonald's for its burgers and KFC for its fried chicken. I have them averagely once a week. Ok, go ahead and tell me it's fattening. Hahahaha...

Just now Andrew saw something interesting on the McDonald's brochure. They are now selling this Madagascar hairband!!! They look cute on the brochure! Hell yeah, I'm going to get them all. It's RM5.90. There are 4 of them in total and it goes with the dates. They are Alex, Melman, Marty and Gloria. Today until 12th November, we can only purchase this Melman (the giraffe) hairband. I like giraffe. To me, I think they're tall, slender and charming. They walk so gracefully with their heads held up high. When they run, they run beautifully as well. I just love giraffe!!!

All right, here's a photo of me with that giraffe hairband. Coincidentally I was wearing yellow! Hahahahaha... Silly ME!!!

Slept late last night, this morning woke up around 11.30am. Waited for Andrew to wake up to go Ikea. Damn, he woke up 1pm!!! My flu got worse, no choice but to see the doctor again. 2 weeks and I've been to the clinic 3 times. This is insane... I wonder if stress has got anything to do with our immune system. The wedding is drawing near and I keep falling sick.

Ikano Power Centre was so crowded!!! If it wasn't because the cheap table lamp that someone told me, I wouldn't want to go at this time. Finally gotten 2 table lamps, need to DIY to make it more wedding-friendly. Bought 2 cushions as well, thinking that the red color one would go well with the bedsheet that Andrew's mom bought. We saw these cute bathroom slippers, and they're comfortable to wear too! Since it's time to change the ones we're wearing, no harm to just buy these. In the end, we spent almost RM100 in Ikea. Hmph......

Do you know that Ikea has got the best and cheapest ice-cream? Though it only comes with vanilla, it is just so delicious. Yet it's only RM1!!! Everytime we go Ikea we will definitely want to have it when we check out.

Geez, my runny nose is just so irritating... I have been sneezing since 2 days ago, and my eyes always got teary because of the nose...... Gosh...

Bought this at RM19.90 each. RM1.30 for the bulb.>

RM15 each for the cushion.

RM8.90 each pair.

Went to watch James Bond yesterday morning. Before this I heard my colleague told me it wasn't a nice movie, it was boring. I was wondering, how could a James Bond movie be boring? I thought it was always filled with exciting and fast-moving actions. After the movie, I didn't feel bored at all. Well, the story wasn't a good one. But it wasn't boring.

Daniel Craig is a dirty James Bond. He gets hurt, he bleeds, he falls, he runs on his feet, he crashes... But he is indeed charming. I must admit I was disappointed when I got to know Pierce Brosnan wasn't going to be James Bond anymore. I love his gentleman-ness and always walked out from a dirty scene with a clean face. When I went to watch Daniel Craig's first James Bond movie, Casino Royale, I wasn't expecting much. I didn't like his face initially, he looks old and I couldn't see much of his eyes. Well, as the movie went, I found that he has his charms as well. I could then understand why they wanted him for this role. I would say that he's a new generation of James Bond. It fits the real life situation that he gets hurt and dirty when he's in a fight. Now I really admire him when he puts on his suit.

Well, enough of the movie. I bought this Origins Youthtupia firming eye cream with Rhodiola. It has this package that comes with the same range of moisturiser. It costs RM178. The eye cream alone is RM150, I bought the package as I could get this 30ml moisturiser by adding another RM28. I'm not sure whether the eye cream works for me. I've tried so many brands and products on my eyes and I just can't seem to get rid of my "panda" eyes. Worse is, I now have puffy eyes. Wanted to try Origins because most of its products are using organic plants. And the products are mostly unharmful to the mother earth. I just hope that I could contribute some effort in preserving our earth. I can't do much charity works, this is one of the way that I could show my support. Furthermore, Origins uses non-irritating ingredients. Instead of using mineral oil, it uses sunflower oil.

It's 1.17am now, time for bed.

RM150 for the eye cream, added RM28 for the moisturiser.

Obama won the US Presidency!!! I'm thrilled, happy, glad, delighted, thankful, touched...... what else? Hahaha...

You must be wondering why would I be so happy over someone who won some presidency in some country which is half of the globe apart? Well... Because I believe in the impossible and I always have hope. Or you might just say that I'm being busybody. Seeing the impossible has become the possible now, I feel excited.

I was watching closely at the US' election results since 10am, on Yahoo! News. A friend then gave me a CNN link which showed Obama won higher electoral votes than McCain. I saw Obama won most of the states, that really gripped my heart. Then half an hour later, I saw McCain was chasing Obama closely! My heart did skip a beat! Watching Obama's votes got more and more, I just felt so excited! At around 12pm, I couldn't believe my eyes!!! OBAMA WON the presidency!!!

Yeah, Obama is young, has no military experience. But he does seem promising with his whole bunch of policies. Are they going to work? Never try, never know. Now he has got his chance to prove his worth, to prove to those people who voted him, that they had made a right choice.

Again, why would I be so happy over someone who won some presidency in some country which is half of the globe apart? The financial crisis, things have been messy all over the world. I can feel the impact, because I'm in such an industry which is very sensitive to the economies, be it local or global. I hope the economies will get better with this new man. I hope things could get better. I am so sick of this bad and messy situation now. Every little step we take involves so much risk. Investment isn't going anywhere better. Inflation has been going up, up and up.

I actually got teared up when I saw his speech on the news. He could be acting or someone might be writing that speech for him. But it definitely touched people's hearts. I love this, "Change has come to America".

Here comes the new man, there I see new hope.

Watch Obama's acceptance speech here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20081105/pl_ynews/ynews_pl137?full

P/S: When will Malaysia have such a touching moment too?

时间过得真快。病了两天，明天又是星期三了。

好想用华语写部落格，但是有些朋友却不谙中文。感觉好像把他们排斥在外如果只是写华语。或许可以有个华语部落格。就这样决定，明天开始我的华语部落格！

婚礼筹备得也有七七八八了吧。我所知道和我所能做的都已经作了。接下来的有些根本就不在我控制范围里。姐姐刚打电话来说妈妈不知要怎么安排酒席位置。原以为那根本就不需要我去操心，没想到又回到我头上来了。幸好只是些亲朋戚友，加上自己的朋友也只有十来桌。否则还真的要我命！

现在有点担心，不知道到时酒席会搞成什么样。更担心结婚当天我无法放下心，担心这个担心那个的。。。好累啊。。。为什么就没人来对我说，“别担心，交给我吧！”

奥巴马和麦凯恩，究竟谁会坐上世界大哥总统的位子呢？我原本一心想要奥巴马胜出，但却忧心他无法胜任。可是想想，有谁没曾是新人？如果不给新人一个机会，那么世界上不是会有许许多多的人才被错过吗？如果新人永远没机会去踏出那第一步，那他们不永远都是新人吗？那何来的有经验之人啊？想必当时的麦凯恩也有过不少的机会吧，否则今日如何成为经验丰富的政治人物？新人上任未必是坏事，有经验之人也未必是能者！

多给身边的新人机会吧。就算是回馈社会，造福人群吧！
毕竟，我们也曾受过他人给于的机会，我们也曾是新人啊。
若想将当时身为新人所受之苦，授之于现在的新人身上，请你三思。恶性循环，永无休止。何不让那循环止步于自己呢？善待身边的人吧。

啊。。。写着写着，怎么写了一大堆大道理。。。天真。。。妄想。。。 是感触吧。。。

I think I ate too much spicy and oily food yesterday. Last night while having my dinner, my stomach started to ache. It went from bad to worse within 1 hour. Went to the toilet did some "bombing", twice. Ate some medicine, thought today would be better.

Woke up early morning, damn. The moment I sat up I could feel the pain at the left side. Straight away went back to sleep... Hahaha... Called in MC today.

Doctor said no spicy and oily food for the next 2 days...... no coffee, no tea, no rice, no noodles, no bread, no cake... OMG... What else could I eat??!!

Don't know why, I have sensitive stomach. I eat too much, stomach will get bloated and gassy and I throw up. I eat too oily, stomach gets upset and I'll have diarrhea. Hmph......

I still have not recover... Good way to diet and slim down??? A painful way though... :(

My best-est friend, Phoebe and I went for lunch yesterday, Spicy Pan Mee near Jalan TAR. After filling up our stomach, it's time for some exercise. We went to Mid Valley Megamall, wanted to find a pair of earrings to go with my evening gown and buy some dresses. I saw Naf Naf was having some sales the day before in Pavilion, thought of getting some.

Tiamo is having sale too. The accessories are so cheap after discount! I didn't buy any though, wanted to look for better one.

I bought a dress from Topshop, and another one from Naf Naf. I should have gone to Naf Naf first. Saw another dress that I like, but too bad I have enough of dresses now.

At the end of the day, Phoebe bought more than me!!! Hahahahaha...... It was so sweet of her to company me...

From Naf Naf, RM99

From Topshop, RM119

Met a bunch of girls from the Malaysian Brides Forum. Have met some of them before, but this is the first time I met Vivian, ZZ aka Ming Jye and Nicole aka Mun Yee. It was so fun chit chatting with all the girls. I just forgot all my wedding troubles and jitters.

After having our lunch at the Food Republic, some of them left for their own personal matters, while some of us went for shopping. Nicole was trying to find a pair of shoes for her pre-wedding photoshoots, too bad that she just couldn't get a nice pair.

Most of them have gone back, left me, Christine and Melissa. We went to The Loaf for some afternoon tea. Hahaha. The cheese cake was yummy! It was Christine's treat!!! Mel's hubby came to join us. 4 of us were really laughing our hearts/lungs out! I just couldn't believe we laughed so much and so loud!!! Hahaha. But basically, it was only me and Christine who had been talking/acting silly and teasing Mel. Hahaha.

We went separate ways at 7pm. I waited for Andrew to come pick me up till 7.50pm. The traffic was madness!!! Luckily we spotted a short cut, or we wouldn't be able to make it for the dinner with his aunt. All those crabs were so yummy, my favourite!!!

I didn't bring my lovely DSLR (it's funny that those girls call it "the black one", HA!), don't have any photos to share for now.

Can't wait for another gathering......