Let there be Light!!
I can so understand what Adam must have felt when God first created light. Last night, I visited my new place, that is undergoing renovation and we were pleasantly surprised to see the lights fixed as the contractors told us that the lights were only going to be fixed after the house wa painted.
I hadn't been particularly impressed with the reno as everything was done pretty much according to plans. The lights, however, was something that I had been unsure of. We practically bought the lights without much research or plans. The day we bought the lights was only the second time we went around shopping for lights. The spot lights for the living room was especially tricky as we did not know whether we planned for too little or too many lighting points.
But...
When we turned on the lights last night, and the whole house lit up, we were so impressed.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Its been eons since i last met up with my friends from secondary school. My friends from secondary are about the closest few friends that I keep. We knew each other since Secondary three and have been close and hanging out a lot eversince.
Anyway, the meeting last night was a combination of factors. Firstly, Kari Pok, a friend whom we got to know through JY & Phil was leaving for China today. Secondly, JY & Phil just returned from Taiwan so we had wanted to hear about their stories. At the same time, its been a while since all of us met so this meeting was timely.
Because of JY's work, we met up at almost 10pm. Really late for me since i should be in bed by 12 as i need to wake up at 6am every morning. But what to do, there are certain stuff that we'll need to make sacrifices for.
We met at Breko and Alan Tan was the first to arrived straight after work.. the rest arrived shortly after and we viewed some of Alan Tan's wedding photos. Some of them were hilarious, here's one...
Here's another...
Its so cute..all of us can't stop laughing cos we are so not use to Alan Tan in this kind of shots. What made it worst was that he had told us that he stayed up all night the day before conjuring all the poses and end up it turned out like this..ngiak ngiak..evil....
But it was good fun and I am happy for him too..everyone seemed to have moved on with their plans in life. Like Huizhen, who wsn't there..has also bought her flat. Think Phil is saving up for a proposal, that's my guess..Don got a new job which pays well and he might just propose soon too..
Anyway, the meeting last night was a combination of factors. Firstly, Kari Pok, a friend whom we got to know through JY & Phil was leaving for China today. Secondly, JY & Phil just returned from Taiwan so we had wanted to hear about their stories. At the same time, its been a while since all of us met so this meeting was timely.
Because of JY's work, we met up at almost 10pm. Really late for me since i should be in bed by 12 as i need to wake up at 6am every morning. But what to do, there are certain stuff that we'll need to make sacrifices for.
We met at Breko and Alan Tan was the first to arrived straight after work.. the rest arrived shortly after and we viewed some of Alan Tan's wedding photos. Some of them were hilarious, here's one...
Here's another...
Its so cute..all of us can't stop laughing cos we are so not use to Alan Tan in this kind of shots. What made it worst was that he had told us that he stayed up all night the day before conjuring all the poses and end up it turned out like this..ngiak ngiak..evil....
But it was good fun and I am happy for him too..everyone seemed to have moved on with their plans in life. Like Huizhen, who wsn't there..has also bought her flat. Think Phil is saving up for a proposal, that's my guess..Don got a new job which pays well and he might just propose soon too..
Monday, July 09, 2007
My life has been such a whirlwind...
Its funny that in all my old diary entries, there seem to be something in common..I always start the entry with.."how times flies". It seems that things starting moving so quickly that I hardly have time to even note them down. The last thing I want, is to suddenly realised that I am 70 years old and cannot remember a thing of the past. But I guess what i feared most was to be 70 years old and have not gone through anything that is worth remembering.
Anyway, so in a bit to at least counteract the first fear, I'm gonna try to recap as much as possible, the series of things that has happened reently..at least the note worthy stuff.
For the past few months of my life, Jeffrey and me have been pre-occupied with our preparation for the wedding but even more on the house renovation. In case, I have not mentioned this in previous entries, Jeff & I bought a 4-rm flat in Bishan. A nice little 84 sqm unit with 3 bedrooms.
We were very blessed as we bought the unit before the property market went mad. Huizhen just bought a 30-year-old 3-rm flat at Ghim flat for $73k above valuation. Imagine that! Jeff & I merely paid $6K above valuation but the remainder money has gone into the reno works. We got carried away with the reno and it still makes me sad to hear Jeff say that we might have bit off more than we can chew. But I guess thats all water under the bridge, hopefully it'd be worth every cent of our money.
Well, in case you are wondering where the money goes, here's an idea. For the hacking & laying of tiles, carpentry, windows & doors, grilles etc, it already cost me a whooping $29K. Throw in another $3k for fridge (which came with a free 26" LCD TV). Toilets bowls, basins, taps, mixers etc was another $3K, add another $1.5K for lights, switches and laying wires etc plus a customised wardrobe. My bills for the house reno came up to $40K. And this does not include furniture.
And we have not even considered expenditure for wedding..we still have the videographer to settle..any who reads this and would like to sponsor one or volunteer his service, pls leave me a comment.
On the wedding end, I've finalised the gown, which I did not really fall in love with but Jeff & the designer says it looks nice. The evening gown is also taking shape. To be honest, maybe I'm too chin chai already cause whatever the designer recommend also ok one but when I go back and see..what I had in mind is not quite the same. but i guess what i like may not be suitable for my body tyoe, thats why I always go with their recommndation. After all, they are the expert. So when i tried it on myself, I did not fall in love with it. I guess, will have to wait till the trial make-up in 2 weeks time to see.
That brings me to the next problem that I am facing. You see, two weeks ago, my fringe, came 'alive' and decided that it wanted to become a twistie. It looked gross and I went to this neighbourhood salon for a haircut in a bid to make things better. Not only did things not become better. It became worst!! The lady layered my hair so badly that it had too much volume on top and it actually made the twistie more curly!!
In the end, I went to Kim Robinson Plus recommended by my friends. I had originally intended for just a a haircut but the stylist (who is oh so boyish..my type but too bad he's not interested in gals) says only a rebonding can get rid of the twistie. so i blew $450 on my hair alone! Sob..eat grass for the rest of the month liaoz..what made it worst is that everyone says that i should not have rebonded my hair so near to the wedding but my stylist says its ok..so hopefully, it'll all work out.
Anyway, what's done cannot be undone so we'll just see how it goes. God has his plans for all of us and I have faith that my wedding will be a beautiful one with or without all these stuff..
Anyway, so in a bit to at least counteract the first fear, I'm gonna try to recap as much as possible, the series of things that has happened reently..at least the note worthy stuff.
For the past few months of my life, Jeffrey and me have been pre-occupied with our preparation for the wedding but even more on the house renovation. In case, I have not mentioned this in previous entries, Jeff & I bought a 4-rm flat in Bishan. A nice little 84 sqm unit with 3 bedrooms.
We were very blessed as we bought the unit before the property market went mad. Huizhen just bought a 30-year-old 3-rm flat at Ghim flat for $73k above valuation. Imagine that! Jeff & I merely paid $6K above valuation but the remainder money has gone into the reno works. We got carried away with the reno and it still makes me sad to hear Jeff say that we might have bit off more than we can chew. But I guess thats all water under the bridge, hopefully it'd be worth every cent of our money.
Well, in case you are wondering where the money goes, here's an idea. For the hacking & laying of tiles, carpentry, windows & doors, grilles etc, it already cost me a whooping $29K. Throw in another $3k for fridge (which came with a free 26" LCD TV). Toilets bowls, basins, taps, mixers etc was another $3K, add another $1.5K for lights, switches and laying wires etc plus a customised wardrobe. My bills for the house reno came up to $40K. And this does not include furniture.
And we have not even considered expenditure for wedding..we still have the videographer to settle..any who reads this and would like to sponsor one or volunteer his service, pls leave me a comment.
On the wedding end, I've finalised the gown, which I did not really fall in love with but Jeff & the designer says it looks nice. The evening gown is also taking shape. To be honest, maybe I'm too chin chai already cause whatever the designer recommend also ok one but when I go back and see..what I had in mind is not quite the same. but i guess what i like may not be suitable for my body tyoe, thats why I always go with their recommndation. After all, they are the expert. So when i tried it on myself, I did not fall in love with it. I guess, will have to wait till the trial make-up in 2 weeks time to see.
That brings me to the next problem that I am facing. You see, two weeks ago, my fringe, came 'alive' and decided that it wanted to become a twistie. It looked gross and I went to this neighbourhood salon for a haircut in a bid to make things better. Not only did things not become better. It became worst!! The lady layered my hair so badly that it had too much volume on top and it actually made the twistie more curly!!
In the end, I went to Kim Robinson Plus recommended by my friends. I had originally intended for just a a haircut but the stylist (who is oh so boyish..my type but too bad he's not interested in gals) says only a rebonding can get rid of the twistie. so i blew $450 on my hair alone! Sob..eat grass for the rest of the month liaoz..what made it worst is that everyone says that i should not have rebonded my hair so near to the wedding but my stylist says its ok..so hopefully, it'll all work out.
Anyway, what's done cannot be undone so we'll just see how it goes. God has his plans for all of us and I have faith that my wedding will be a beautiful one with or without all these stuff..
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