happy 1 month since baby flew back!

i know the title is really lame but its you know.. one of those i-run-out-of-titles-to-put days! :) but then again, the truth is baby is gone for 1 month already! time flies eh? 2 more months before i see my baby baby again!

anyway, life is busy as usual, busy with work and did i mention that i went for my school's orientation last wednesday? the school is goddamn strict with all the rules and regulations. GPA must be higher than 2.50 to graduate, cant be late for classes for more than half an hour if not you'll be marked as absent thou you're present, no late submissions for projects or assignments if not you'll either be marked down by a grade or you'll get a F straight away. i told myself im gonna strive for a GPA 3.00 at least!

attended teachers' day dinner last friday. colleagues teased me and said that night was 'Joanne's night' cus i was up on stage thrice. first for long service award, next up i won a coffee maker in the lucky draw (i gave it to my colleague in the end since its useless to me and family) and lastly, i went up the stage for a game. i was really reluctant to participate in the silly game but was forced by the emcee to go up. the emcee for the night really kinda likes me? he was flirting with me openly on stage while playing game. my goodness. i was so freaking embarrassed with all his teasings! food was bad, sucks to the max. pastries and cakes were lousy as well, not in the least bit satisfying at all.

went out with bestie to bugis on sunday. we, err no, correction, I went on a major shopping spree. bought home a pair of wedges, one maxi dress, one shirt, one skirt and earrings. i saw a polka dot cropped top and i was kinda tempted to make it mine but after hesitating for a long time, i didint purchase it. should i go back for it?





half day tomorrow, children's day outing and friday off, long weekend yo! :D

mad busy from october onwards.

somehow or rather, i wish for october and november to come and go quickly so that i'll be able to see baby baby soon in december again.

but then again, i kinda dread the arrival of october and november as well cus i'll be really busy when school starts in mid october and i finally went down to BBDC after work today. i registered and booked my BTT in november. i finally took the very first step out towards learning driving. not to forget, work is gonna be really busy as well with all the graduation concert, rehearsals, portfolios, PTC and so on.

wow, im amazed at my busy schedule, things that need to be done on my agenda.

1. school
2. driving lessons
3. work

these 3 things are gonna be my short term goals for the next 2 years and obviously they are gonna take up most of my time as well. im probably packed with work and school during weekdays and driving lessons during the weekends. leisure? no, dont think i'll have time for that. even if i manage to squeeze some time out during the weekends, it'd probably be used for doing assignments and projects.

i've seriously thought of quitting my job and concentrate on my studies till i graduate. however, the position that im holding now is of great advantage to me. i really want this experience so that when i graduate 2 years later, i could easily apply for a supervisory post in other schools with the experience that i once had. should i quit or should i stay?

driving is perhaps something that i would stretch over a longer period of time to complete cus by looking at my busy schedule now, i cant really fork out extra time for driving lessons except for the weekends, which is like maybe the most, once or twice per week? furthermore, with my slow understanding and grasp of controlling the car, i'd probably take forever to be ready for the practical test. LOL.

they say time pass faster when you're busy with tons of things to do.

i really want december to come fast cus i miss baby baby so much! no matter how busy i will be, he'd still be constantly on my mind. i'd still want to spend that measly 3 weeks with him amongst my busy schedule and so on. we've agreed to spend every single day with each other when he comes back cus time is never more than enough for us. somehow, i learnt something from this long distance relationship. i learnt to treasure him and our relationship more cus the separation makes me yearn for him more and treasure our love more.

we've talked about dreams together 2 years later, happy and lovely dreams. i would really love to fulfil them for the both of us. :)

popo's birthday!

here comes the yearly affair, MY BELOVED POPO'S BIRTHDAY!! its like a grand thing for my family each year, other than the chinese new year. before this, im really guilty for not visiting her for months! she kept telling my mom she missed me and asked her why i havent been visiting her for so long whenever mom went over to see her every saturday. im such an unfilial granddaughter! :(

uncle booked a room for the whole family to have dinner in some restuarant that has the karaoke system inside. it seems like its the trend nowadays for holding birthday dinners in private rooms that have karaoke.











cousins forever!





national bowler cum cousin in law, remy ong!

my LOVE! ♥♥♥
i believe we all had fun that night and i always love gatherings like this cus i love my big family. :)

crystal jade steamboat + jin shan mooncake!

met up with yvette yesterday after 4 months of not seeing each other! brought her to crystal jade kitchen for steamboat dinner. i really love to eat steamboat there for their good environment and affordable price as well. :D managed to catch up with her after so long, talking about everything from work to friends to relationship. i always enjoy talking to her. :)



after steamboat, we walked around and went to TCC for drinks.




on my way home, i dropped by baby's house cus his parents bought me mooncake from jin shan. talked to his mom for awhile and she introduced baby's granny to me. LOL. looking at his granny reminds me of my own popo. HAHAHA. fat fat, cute cute and blur blur. LOL. his mom drove me home after that and webcamed with baby as usual before i sleep. :D

love my baby baby so much! he's the best boyfriend i could ever have. <3

deletion of the past.

i decided to delete away all memories of the past today. maybe someday i might just abandon this blog too.

anyway, i lost my voice since last wednesday and i only went to the doctor today. doctor said its cus of allergy to dust or some dirty particles in my school that causes me to lose my voice all of a sudden. he gave me 2 days mc for tomorrow and friday. but how can i not go back to work when friday is the last day of term 3? so much things undone. i decided to go back to work tomorrow, too much things need to be done.

baby is gone for 3 days now? miss him like hell! he couldnt get a connection till today and we cant see or talk to each other till today. how miserable can this get? everybody has been comforting me, asking me to cheer up. oh well, you wont understand the sudden sense of lost when you're so close to a particular someone, spending almost everyday with him and he's gone all of a sudden, ALL OF A SUDDEN. okay fine, its pre-planned, but but... im still suffering from separation anxiety. :( okay, at least its not so bad now cus we get to talk to each other on the webcam. however, time is limited cus of his tight timetable for this term and i guess things will get worse in october when my school starts.

right, talking about school, im starting school in october. ultra mad sian. no choice, for the sake of my future plans, my future ambition to be my own boss, i gotta just get those useless papers. they're useless isnt it? are we gonna use those freaking theories and thesis and whatever shit after we graduate? hell no. half of the time, i dont use those things at work at all. i really dread going back to those days when i've to do tons of research and write thousand word essays. thinking about it makes me shiver but what to do? i still gotta bite my teeth and hang on for 2 years. but well, on the bright side, studying enriches our knowledge.

work has been disastrous this whole damn year up till now. so much things happening at work but well, i learnt not to take things to heart and not to bother so much about other people and other issues that dont concern me. the higher you climb, the more people hate you. this is really true, theres no such thing as all fair and square. i hope next year will be better, really.

unhappy issues aside, my mind is all full of vacations and more vacations. LOL. i keep telling baby that i wanna go australia for our vacation next june but that boy would rather go to asian countries like taiwan instead. i just came back from taiwan, dont feel like wasting the money to go there again next year. maybe in 2012? bangkok sounds good? he doesnt wanna go. :( maybe i could have an all girls trip to bangkok? shop till we drop? :D COME ON GIRLS, TELL ME YOU'RE WITH ME! :DDD

abrupt end here cus im feeling rather sleepy now. must be the medicine thats causing the drowsiness in me, gotta go get my beauty sleep now.

sense of lost.

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he's flying off this sunday morning. :(

no more surprises to send me to work or fetch me home from work, no more ang mo kio/bishan trips to buy me my favourite honey milk tea from koi, no more covering of blanket for me before i sleep, no more bear hugs from him, no more snuggling together under his quilt, no more lame entertainment from him, nobody physically here to take care of me like how he does and nobody here for me to whine to or annoy.

why do i feel this sudden sense of lost when i knew sunday is getting nearer? no, i dont wish to think about it now. sigh.

im busy as a bee.

i know i should continue with my taiwan part II but seriously, im really lazy to recall and blog everything else out plus i really dont have the time to sit down dilligently in front of the computer to do this.

wow, its amazing to know how long i havent been blogging. i used to blog quite frequently jotting down the daily events happening to me or around me. i used to enjoy blogging pretty much cus its one way how i can vent all my frustrations or share my happiness.

anyway, life is really busy these few months. after i came back from my vacations in june, i'd been really busy at work, attending meetings with bosses, busy with the graduation concert dance, doing projects with my class and trained my students for the sports day which was over. work cant be any busier than this. and damn, i still gotta prepare for this coming tuesday cus my principal and supervisor are gonna sit in to my class and observe my teaching.

apart from work, i spent almost all my free time with baby, staying over with him almost every weekends, meeting him almost everyday after my work. seeing him makes me forget all my unhappiness instantly. yes, its THAT magical. there was once i got quite unhappy over something but the moment i saw my baby, i just got happy all over again and started annoying him and talking to him non-stop like a chatterbox. LOL. in case you still dont know, my favourite thing to do when i see him is to annoy him! i love seeing his irritated plus ultra cant-stand-me face! HAHAHA. dont think that im the bad one cus he loves to annoy me as well!

been spending alot of time at his place, so ever often that sometimes when im not there, his mom will question him about my absence. LOL. just yesterday, his parents brought me to marina bay sands for dim sum without him. how weird can this get? eating with his family without him? LOL. i thought its gonna be weird without baby around. i used to feel funny or embarrassed whenever im eating with them but not any longer now. :) anyway, his parents are really nice and funny people! they'd always ask me along whenever they're heading out for lunch or dinner. i really enjoyed hanging out with them every week. :)

baby's going back to usa in 2 weeks' time. sigh. im probably only seeing him in december i guess? no more stayovers, no more fun and games at his place, no more spending times with him, no more fun and laughters with him. how am i gonna survive the 3 months till december without him? :(

we're gonna be 8months old this month. fast? i still have this feeling that we just got together not long and yet, its 8 months already.

baby baby, we're soon to be 8 months old! are you happy? :)


i love my bad baby!

taiwan trip I

i thought i should blog about taiwan now after procastinating for so long. im really too busy and so occupied with work and boyfriend everyday. so now, lesser words and more pictures! honestly, i cant remember in details of the exact days and the names of some places but well, i'll still try my best to recall.

for this trip, we joined the tour group and i, for one dont really like the idea of joining a tour group. firstly, i feel very restricted to the places and activities we could go to or do. secondly, i realised how those tour guides work by 'conning' tourists into buying things. i couldnt find a better word to replace the word 'con' so yup, oh well, treat it as a lesson learnt this time. perhaps im one who prefers to go on free and easy tours to explore and check out interesting places on my own. if there's another chance, i would really love to go back to taiwan again but to only taipei next time and its definitely gonna be free and easy on my own. i think taipei is big enough to keep me occupied for 5 or 6 days.

well, other than that, i visited really nice seas and mountains and got to see how friendly and polite taiwanese are. they are basically really nice people compared to err, china people or hongkong citizens. and oh! they have NO DUSTBINS on the streets! we were like complaining a lot while walking around with litter on our hands yet we cant dispose them off! this feeling is really annoying. but im really amazed that even thou there's no dustbins and no cleaners around, their streets are still as clean!

day 1 13062010
we met with a really heavy turbulence on our way to taiwan on the airplane. scary like shit when the airplane kept going up and down like as thou we're sitting on a roller coaster ride. yes its that bad. LOL. the weather was really bad when we reached.. heavy rain on the first few days.

went to sit some taiwan's fastest train service called the gao tie before we had our first meal in taipei, xiao long baos!! they have all sorts of yummy xiao long baos.






after dinner, we went to our first night market at ji long, called the ji long ye shi and thereafter, we spent the night at ji long.



day 2 14062010
woke up real early and set off to our next destination, jiu fen. there's one thing i observed from taiwan's very bad traffic system. they actually allow vehicles to pass through night markets or those streets which i thought only people are allowed to walk through. worst of all, the cars dont even warn you or horn you to move aside. they'll just wait behind you or try to find some space and squeeze through you! thats really scary and another thing, try crossing their roads. you wont need the traffic lights thou there's traffic lights there. you can just cross like this and the cars will really stop for you even thou its green light when we're not supposed to cross!

right, where was i? jiu fen. LOL.






after jiu fen, we went to visit some temple and tried ice cream popiah! damn nice!! i really miss their ice cream popiah! why shi lin street snacks in singapore never sell ice cream popiah?! because ice cream popiah is not from shi lin?! LOL.



P.S. photos with courtesy from vivian's facebook.
then, we travelled to hua lian for nice sceneries and spent our night in hualian. and yes! we met with a slight earthquake in hualian! even thou its just a few seconds of shaking and vibration, the sensation was really scary!













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then we travlled to tai dong and on the way, we went to some places named ba xian dong and san xian tai for more temples and more sceneries by the seaside. we stayed at some really cool hotel called the naruwan hotel where we watched some yuan zhu min performance at the hotel at night. its really fun and interesting to see and learn about their culture. they're really warm and cute people! :)















day 4 16062010
we travelled to gao xiong, and on our way to gao xiong, we stopped by hakka village for lunch and went to some temple(again) before reaching gao xiong and stayed there for the night. oh ya, we went to some really smelly gao xiong river and witnessed some dragon boat competition going on and toured the river.

hakka village












day 5,6,7 and 8 in the next post!