Saturday is coming to an end..

I just came back from Fern's place. We went to her house in Seremban to pay her a visit as she has just given birth to a baby girl. :)

The baby is so cute! She has small eyes.. haha..:) It's sweet to see Mummy & Baby together.

Only 5 of us went to her place. Aemy was the driver. then Lai Mei, June & Josephine were sitting behind and I was the "navigator". haha. We had fun! Fern's mum cooked fried rice & chicken wine which was EXCELLENT! haha..

On another note..

my cousin, Zhao Yi was admitted into the hospital on Thursday. She was vomited for 3 days in a row and finally she couldn't take the pain anymore. She was diagnosed with appendicitis. Just when we thought that would be it, her Dr suspected that she's abnormal as she has developed breast & pubic hair at such a young age. The Dr then scheduled for her to go for a MRI on Friday to check if there's any tumor blocking her pituitary gland. Unfortunately, they found one. Now she'll have to undergo another surgery to remove the tumor. She will be admitting into UMMC on Monday to do bone scans, blood tests and etc. I pray that she'll be strong to go through the surgery.

Please pray for her to recover & to stay strong. She was so strong and she did not shed a tear.

Well, I have to be strong too! so we have to keep living every day as it is and to make her feel as comfy as possible. Saturday is coming to an end soon.. I wish it hasn't as my house is still in A MESS!

Going to pick Han up now! YAYyyy.. the husband is back!! yipppppeeeee.. *jumps for joy*

back at work.. after 5 "rest" days

It's weird that Monday is always harder to go through.

I had an interesting one though. The moment my supervisor stepped into office, she gave us all the work that we are suppose to correct & update. Well, don't blame her as my colleague and I were both away on Friday.

Also had 50 mails to clear in my mailbox. (JUST ONE DAY away! and F-I-F-T-Y!! goodness..)

Then I also found out that my appraisal is TODAY! hahaha.. congratulations Yi Lei, you are so not prepared for it! hahahaa..

but it went well. My boss was just telling me what I should be doing in the next few years and the areas that I should keep going strong!

I have no intention to leave the company. I don't know why, I just don't have that urge to LEAVE! I mean, at times I do feel very drained by the work load, people & etc (please be reminded that I'm human). but nothing has actually pushed me to say "OK! I'm looking for another job now!"

I guess I've fallen into the comfort zone, which may be very dangerous. It could mean that my personal development could come to an end.

I do have the intention to take a step forward, move to another department & learn new things. 

BUT.. I also have the intention to study early child education, Montessori and fulfill my dream of opening a montessori. My dream is also to introduce fun to children in the coming generation. 

I feel deeply for children between the age 3-6years. They didn't have the chance to have REAL FUN like I did. I didn't even know what exam was til I went to Primary 1. All I knew was, Play & have a happy childhood. Perhaps that's why our life span is getting shorter due to the amount of stressed introduced at such an early age.

I always wonder, is being smart SO BLARDEE IMPORTANT to a parent? til their children have to give up HAPPY & FUN childhood for books & exams?

Perhaps I don't feel the importance as I grew up fine, no criminal records, went to a well known local university, obtained a degree in Economics, got a stable job in a foreign bank, got married and soon to start a family of my own. 

My parents never emphasized that I must be super smart. They never a time pushed me to study til my eyes fall off (except the times where I MUST complete my school homework. even that, my mum will ask me whether it's a MUST to finish). They do give me life lessons. Like I must be street wise, wise in spending money, wise in making my decisions, know what I need and what I want so that I would think the practical way but never once they said.. YOU MUST SCORE STRAIGHT A's!! Thank God! 

I think if they set the "Straight A's" mark for me.. I'll just commit suicide! hahahahaa..

Well, I guess times are different now. Everyone is turning more k-i-a-s-u. Everyone wants their children to be the best, the smartest, the-everything-but-the-worst.

But.. does this give them the rights to rob their FUN & HAPPY childhood away?

Well, I would probably understand how they feel when I become a parent. One thing is for sure, it's my responsibility to make sure my children had FUN & HAPPY childhood. 

Fridge break down!

Our refrigerator decided to take a break from freezing. all our ice cream melted last night and it was a sad thing for us. hahaa.. not devastated but we were looking forward to have some ice cream with brownies! :P

My uncle came over to repair it. He said it's temporary and will see if this works. if not, he'll have to pump in some gas. 

On another note, I built this (picture below) yesterday. Han was doing it half way then I went down to take over. hahaa. cause I like fixing stuff. :P I'm thinking of getting another one just to put A4 sized papers & documents. :)) but this is kinda expensive. perhaps I shall get a plastic one then.. hehee.. cheapers and less fuss! :P

Time to send naughty Tomo for grooming! :)

It's a FRIDAY! and I took the day off..

Went out shopping with Han's mum. I brought her to my designer (Nicky). She manage to get a cheong sam for our reception, a sarong to match the kebaya top that she bought 2 weeks back (so that she could wear it for our church ceremony), a black chiffon pants and a grey coloured blouse! 

And since I was there, I picked up my bridesmaid's dresses. 

We changed the ribbons to pink just to match our theme colour. Ai Chee will be wearing the gold one and Tan Lu will be wearing the silver. :)

Next to bring shopping, my mum! she's really delaying everything.. the only words she uses "There's still time". and I H-A-T-E it when she says that cause I don't want her to come running to me 2 weeks before the wedding "OH Yi Lei, I have to buy another dress.. bla bla bla" *panic* I know, I worry too much but I like to plan things ahead and when my mum behaves this way, I just can't stand it.Luckily she's my mum cause I don't think I can have her as my boss. hahaha..

Here are the other stuff that I bought during the Raya week..

Han had some MPH vouchers so we got some books. No prize for guessing which are the ones I chose. :P

I bought a pair of Crocs Slippers. Han can't stand the fact that I'm wearing RM10 slippers which makes me almost slip all the time. Plus I was advised to let my feet breathe. My feet is round cause I wear covered shoes most of the time. :P

Selamat Hari Raya!

It's the time of the year again! Time to celebrate! Well, even though this is more for the Muslims but we are in a multi-racial country. So we get the privilege to enjoy it too! :))

Han and I will be going to Aznita's place for makan-makan. On Sat I'll be going to Syaza's place. YAYyyy! I just love the rendang, lemang, cookies, cakes...mmMmm.. serve me anything! I'll EAT! of course it must be edible.. hahahaha.. :P

Just to update, and also since i mentioned about the mani & pedi that I'm going to try. I went for it on Sunday. It's called Nail Care at TTDI (same row as Pizza Hut).  They are quite good. Two ladies attended to me. They were friendly and we chatted the whole way throughout the whole hour. which made me not realise that they actually took an hour to finish up everything. hahaha..

So my next Mani & Pedi is mid or end of this month. I will try the one at SS2. The girls at Nail Care also recommended me not to cut my nails cause I need to grow them in time for my wedding. hahahahaa... goodness, just so many things to take note for the wedding. :P

Time to beraya! :))

3 month plus.. til the day.. continued..

Just came back from dinner. Now at my own house. :)

My dad just helped me set up my streamyx and I'm wondering what is he doing now. (Oh.. he just told me that he went around the house to test whether all places can detect the wi-fi.)

Ahh, where was I again?

Oh.. my shoes! Yes, I just love them. haha. I think the design is kind of old cause I remember seeing it before. I don't bother. As long as I like it and it fits! Now I just have to practise walking in them since I'm so used to flats.. and flats.. and flats. Just don't want to walk funny on my big day.

Does anyone have any good nail parlour to recommend? With reasonable price? I found two that is reasonably priced. One at TTDI and another at SS2. They are both charge at a similar rate. below Rm30 for Manicure and below RM40 for Pedicure.

I'm going to try the one at TTDI on Sunday and will try the SS2 one next month. They both advised me to start my manicure & pedicure earlier since I don't go for it regularly. Both said "Your skin won't look perfect immediately."... yikes! think they will faint when they see my hands and feet. :P

I also just hired my make-up artist. I actually thought I settled my make-up artist much earlier. However, something happened. So I had to look for another one. I like this guy's work. He showed me his work and ... YUP! it's what I'm looking for.. natural! His rates are also reasonable. So hopefully I won't have to go looking for another make-up artist again. *fingers crossed*

The process of searching for cupcake/cake bakers, make-up artist, nail parlour and wedding card printers was tiring but fun! I had to do a lot of research, looking at prices, designs and etc. It gave me a lot of information, ideas and made me understand things better.

Plus, I enjoy doing this. :) Anybody wants to hire a wedding planner? hehee...

Tomorrow's mission: CLEAN UP THE HOUSE!

Since we moved in (16 August 2008), we haven't unpack our stuff. They are still in boxes. So we have to put the wedding stuff aside and start unpacking all the stuff. Also bring over whatever that is remaining at my parent's house.

Hopefully we can get it done tomorrow and be ready to organize a house warming party next month! :)

3 months plus... til the day

My dad would walk me down the aisle!

I've been busy since last weekend. Met the cupcake/cake bakers. We are 60% sure of who we are going to hire and what we are going to give as church favours. We are also 60% sure that we are going to have a wedding cupcake & cake! :)

We have also decided on our invites design. Got the printer to do a mock. Now just waiting to see the mock and confirm the wordings.

I also bought my shoes!! it's from Aldo! :)) They were on sale. so I just thought of walking in to see whether I could fit into them (The last time, I couldn't fit into size 7 or size 8.). So I found one that I really really liked and I could FIT!! YES!! hahaha.. and the price of it is way below what I budgeted for. so double YAY! hahaha.

This weekend, I'm going to try out a nail parlour's manicure & pedicure service. Just to see which nail parlour I would prefer. :)

Ok.. more updates when I come back from dinner!

Thursday-5 June 2008

I will remember this day for the rest of my life.

May God bless them with everything that they lack of so that they will realise that what they are doing is wrong and stop doing it.

May God touch thier hearts so that they will then realise how lost they are and He is there for them.

I pray that, God will protect my family and those i care from any evil.May He send His guardian angel to protect our houses and life from any evil.

"For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence;
he will cover you with his pinions,and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shelf and buckler.
You will not fear the terror of the night,
or the arrow that flies by day,
or the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
or the destruction that wastes at noonday.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
On thier hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.
Those who love me,I will deliver;
I will protect those who know my name.
When they call to me,I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble,
I will rescue them and honour them.
With long life I will satisfy them,and show them my salvation."
~PSALM 91;3-6,11-12,14-16~
¤His promise to protect us and He is always there for us through good times and bad times.¤

This is a list of things I wanted to buy and posted in my previous post. Well, I did buy 3 out of the 5 things listed.

I have to shop for a few things:
1) A pair of slippers
2) A pencil box for my cousin, Zhao Yi.
3) A work skirt
4) Handphone battery
5) Hands free kit

(Highlighted those I bought in Red. haha..)

Looks like I didn't get any of the stuff for my handphone!! YIKES!

It's a public holiday today!! yayy!!

I got to spend some time with the girls. We went to La Bodega, BSC for breakfast. Well, we usually don't do breakfast cause it's just too early. Had a great time with the girls. After breakfast, we went to the Telawi side of Bangsar. Walked around... and I'm currently getting a lot of ideas for our wedding invitation card!! hahaha... We should decide soon on what we want.

Before our wedding plans re-start, we'll have to think about the house first. The "owners/tenant" are going to move out on 29th March and clean the house for us by 31st March. :))
They are organizing a lunch this Sunday and invited us to join them. I guess it's good for us to go and get to know the new neighbours!

So.. we MUST start looking for a few things now:
1) Bed
2) Fridge
3) Air conditioner
4) Stove

Hopefully that's about all for now. :P

Met Han after hanging out with the girls. Went for late lunch at JM Bariani House - the Briyani Rice is nice! :))

Han's playing football with Eric & friends now. After that he's going for dinner with Eric, perhaps picking me up on their way, if I'm not too lazy to go. :P

Dad cooked instant noodles for dinner- think we woke up too late from our nap, so dad decided to cook instant noodles. :P
Mum's playing mahjong til late.

I'm still kinda full from the briyani.. shall just surf online and see if I can get more ideas for the new house & our wedding!! :))

A Change?

The Election 2008 results are out. Lots of speculation & etc but who are we to say anything.
The only way to assure myself is to keep reminding myself that "I will only cross the bridge when I reach it". (compliments to daddy for teaching me how to only "worry" when the time comes.) For now, everything should be "business as usual".
Let's just pray for a peaceful start to the change. :)

On a "business as usual" note..

Han is playing badminton with Eric & gang at Taman Mega now. Going to pick him up later. Perhaps join the boys for lunch.

I'm going to send Pingu for full grooming. Think the bill will be very high but just thought of giving her "new look". :)
Tomo got her "new look" last week.. and she look so cute now. hahaha.. She still behaves like a puppy. Wonder when will she ever grow up. I guess it'll take her a longer time as we pamper her. hahaha.. well well, the fault is ours. keke..

I have to shop for a few things:
1) A pair of slippers
(Tomo chewed my slippers to half yday - Ok, it's my fault for not placing my slippers on top of the shoe rack.)
2) A pencil box for my cousin, Zhao Yi.
(Her b'day is on the 13th March. Tend to pamper her, promised her that I'll get her a pencil box. She requested for a red coloured one.)
3) A work skirt
(well, if I can find a reasonably priced one. If I can't, shall just wear pants every day!)
4) Handphone battery
(My current handphone battery's "life" is coming to an end. My hp can now switch off by itself! hahaha..)
5) Hands free kit
(Should have bought this earlier but I was just "waiting" for a cheaper version. One side of my current hands free kit is not working anymore. And my hands free kit must hv "stereo". That's why, buy "canggih" hp, now have to start paying for "maintenance". hahaha..)

And.. I have to spend hundreds today to buy my supplements (it's necessary). And also perhaps another RM200 or less for Pingu's grooming. Yikes!

Heard that I'll be getting my bonus letter this coming week. Not hoping for a lot. Just hope there will be a higher increment.
Don't think there will be any promotion as it's typical for my company to only promote every 2 years. Since I'm now only in my 2nd year, I guess no chance for me this time.

I also just came back from a week of traveling up north. Went to Ipoh last Monday then traveled around Penang from Tuesday to Friday.
A few things came to my mind while I was "day dreaming":
1) 2 months for Han & I to shop for our furniture & whatever that is necessary (MORE money needed to spend!). At the same time, have to do up our house. (EVEN MORE money needed!)
2) 3 months & I won't be living with my parents (thank God i still live near my parents.)
3) 9 months to our wedding (that's when ppl will feel that you are "really married".)
4) A year plus to our plans to start a family
5) What I want to do after the child comes.

Well, "cross the bridge when you reach it". ahahhaahaha..