Good Friday..cuz its a holiday!!

Good Friday - 14th April 2006

Yipee!! Its a long awaited public holiday and a break away from work FINALLY!! I had a busy schedule for that day, starting with Dim Sum brunch @ Yan Restaurant (Chinatown) with Dear's colleagues, then to one of his colleagues' condo @ Bukit Timah for games - I play Monopoly while Dear play mahjong lor. Initially planned to have tennis games and swimming but weather was not good for outdoor sports.

Then I went to attend a musical performance presented by the Moriah Assembly of "You are Special!" Its an interesting show which is inspired by Max Lucado's classic storybook. I find a heartwarming meaning in the show, that people around you give you when you do something good/correct, but they give you greyspots when you do something bad/wrong. But it is how others determine whether you get a or a , if you do not care about how the others think of you, the greyspots will eventually drop off. So its most importantly on how YOU determine yourself, as being SPECIAL. I find it very close to my heart cuz always I care alot of how others think of me, of what I do and often I got upset and disturbed cuz I am afraid of others' judgement of me. Well, this story inspires me to focuz on my own "Specialness" and not always think of how others think of me...I can't say I can do 100% of what I have reflected upon, but I will try my best to achieve that.

Midway thru the show, I left for my dinner appointment with our friends at Phin's Steakhouse @ Liang Seah Street. The food is not bad, thou Dear felt that the steak is done better @ the Tampines branch. The HOT chocolate is not so HOT after all! Chek! We wanted HOT drinks for a cold weather, instead we get such a not Hot drink! Dear was not feelin that well the whole day, so we left for home right after dinner.

Sadly to mention, one of our Emcees - Zhiwei told us that he is being posted to overseas reservist on our wedding So disappointing! Cuz he is a great fren of Dear, and he was originally asked to be his Brother + Chauffer+Emcee. Now we are facing problems with the Emcee issue again. Sigh...How I envy Melissa, who can get everythin settled with her friends' help. Me leh? I have been facing such problems since from the start cuz my frens can't help to be my Emcee. I really really really pray hard that my wedding preparations can be carried out smoothly with my friends' help. If not, it is really not easy to handle everything on our own... Probably I have lack of 贵人 bah, sad to say... Maybe its time for me to sit down with my fellow frens to discuss my wedding plans soon liao...I feel so unprepared for my wedding!! OMG!!

Busy Sat - 15th Apr 2006

Today Dear no need to go for tuition! yeh!! so I can have him for the whole day!! We started of our day @ IMM whereby we CONFIRM our Interior Designer for our house - Weiken Construction & Renovation Works after consulting about 6 - 7 Interior Designers. Its really time spending on all these researching, sourcing and discussion session. Well, both of us are happy with the recommended Senior Interior Designer - Lisa Toh, of her services and approach, of cuz not to mention her ideas and designs. The quotation is within our budget and we even got some discounts here and there, with Dear's tactics! haha...

After the signing of the contract, we feel happy and relieved cuz one big decision is finalized and we can start our renovations very soon, probably in May. Then we walk around IMM to see see look look furniture, mainly sofas. By chance, we saw some interesting L-Shaped sofas with mechanisms built in which can adjust the sofa in and out. From there, we decided to take a trip down to The Furniture Club @ Sungei Kadut (Warehouse Showroom). At there, we were being offered an attractive package of: A L-Shaped Sofa set with mechanisms built-in+ Matching TV console+Matching Coffee Table+Matching Dining Table+4 Dining Chairs = $3388 !!! Wow!! The style and designs are just what we like, and they are in a set! The quality and materials wise are good too! And they come with warranty! Tml we are going down with my father-in-law cuz he was a carpenter. If the package is good and worth it, we will buy bah. (We are actually very very tempted liao..hee...) Next week we will start to choose our floor and wall tiles liao..So excited for the start of our house reno!!