1137. a trip to remember

Rant of the day:

I'm on leave for the past 2 weeks but honestly, way too lazy to update my blog. Seriously, there is nothing much to blog about. Beside swimming on almost every weekday afternoon and staying home to watch variety shows and movies, I've nothing much to write. If I stay home any longer without job, I might just transform to an otaku (宅男).

Anyway, my laptop was down last week and that gave me a brand new perception on Acer. No way I'm getting Acer now. Another brand on my blacklist after Dell.

Got a new laptop from Fujitsu and hopefully this laptop will serve me well. But the setting up of the iTunes and stuff was a chore. Gawd... But luckily got it up and running now.

And now, happily blogging with it and I so love it's keyboard and LED monitor. And, it's WHITE! Nice~~~

Had my birthday family dinner at Swissotel Merchant Court Ellenborough Market Cafe. It's seriously GOOD! Even though the price may be slightly on the high side but worth every cent. Just the fresh oysters, prawns and mini lobsters are enough to cover back the cost!

The oysters so fresh that it tasted sweet. Even dear, who don't eat fresh oysters, grabbed a few and simply couldn't stop praising them. Too bad. Forgot to take family photo.

And birthday cake is from Pine Garden's. Lychee Martini again but just can't stop having them. It's only took us a couple of days to gobble up the entire 1kg!

On my birthday yesterday, spent a wonderful day with dear at Universal Studio Singapore. Entire day well spent and by the time we head out to Vivocity for dinner, we were already fully drained. This trip is exceptionally important because the last time I went was when I'm wheelchair bounded. This time, I can cover the entire place on my own foot! And of course, with dear by my side. Last time, girlfriend. Now, fiancee. Haha... To the uncle in the following photo, kua simi? 抢镜头！

Took lotsa photos but not possible to put everything up here. Those had added me on Facebook, do check out my photo album. Just gonna post a few here.

Photos with mascots that we didn't take the last time. Cute...

Battlestar Galactica! I took both Human and Cylon. Very happy that dear accompanied me to one of them but she gave up subsequently. Guess these rides are way too scary for her. And that's also why I'm very very touched when she insisted to accompany for 1 of them.

In my opinion, Human is way too scary! Though there were no cock screw turns but the speed (90km/h) and the almost 90 degree drop can seriously make you pee your pants! At one point of time during the steepest drop, we can literally feel ourselves lifting out from our seats and only to be stopped by the safety catch! And this is the one that dear took with me. After the ride, both our heads were spinning like crazy. We had to sit down and REST!

As for the Cylon, it's also pretty scary but not as bad as Human. This ride emphasizes on the spins and upside-down cock screw turns. When the speed is so fast, seriously you wouldn't feel much on the upside-down. What's the real scary part is the seats are "hanging" and not the traditional seated type. So our legs are dangling outside!

This had gotta be one of the World's best roller-coaster rides ever!

Besides this, we managed to catch some other features and rides that we didn't get to do the last time. Watched Monster Rock performance and seriously, it's 2 thumbs up! Damn good! World-class performance. Love their singing and dancing.

We took the wet ride too at Jurassic Park. Skipping this the last time 'cause the queue was crazy. This ride will surely make you REALLY wet! Bring spare clothes...

The special effects from Steven Spielberg was damn cool! But next time, stand on the 1st row. Can't really feel the typhoon from the last row.

Caught a few street performances. Honestly, these are what attracts the visitors and make them continue to stay "high" after a hot and long day. Applause for the performers who need to sing and dance under the hot sun.

I wanna go back again lah! Make a point to visit there every year with dear and I sure hope this can continue even after we have children! Haha... Family day outing mah. Things that all of us should do to stay bonded.

A tip to all who wanna visit Universal Studio Singapore. Go on a weekday. Avoid the following days:

1. Public holidays

2. School holidays

3. Weekends

Well unless you are prepared to queue like 1hr for 1 ride. Else, a weekday please and does not crash with (1) to (3). The longest ride we waited yesterday was only 20min! Shortest? 5min and that's the Battlestar Galactica!

Dinner last night was settled at Marche Vivocity. Always loving their seafood paella. Though the dinner was short but all I need is for dear to spend quality time with me.

My brother and his girlfriend (Kelly) also really sweet. Knowing that I'm a serious sucker for gorgeous cuff links, they got me a pair from Massimo Dutti! Wah! Love lah~~~

But now, I need to buy more shirts that require cuff links. I've got sooooooo many cuff links but only 2 shirts for them. Right... Nice one Eric... So perhaps it's a sign for shopping... AGAIN! Haha...

1136. moving on

Rant of the day: 落幕时总是百感交集的……

I'm finally moving on.

There's an opportunity.

And I needed it badly.

They made an offer.

I cannot resist.

I grabbed the chance.

A job closer to what I studied.

A job closer to what I had planned for myself.

A job that may not be easy.

But definitely a job that I really really wanted to try.

And do it well...

So, I think I finally took that deep breath.

Took the resignation form.

Signed it.

Superiors understand my directions in life.

They fully supported the idea.

I'm glad they do.

And here I go... Serving my notice period.

New challenges await me in 1 month time.

I am ready.

1135. 五周年了

Rant of the day: Having a huge bruise at my left calf after the massage. Ouch!

五年了！五年了！我们在一起有五年了！时间过得太快了。怎么好象才一转眼而已？感觉就好像我们才刚刚开始扒拖似的……还是那么热烈的爱着……

可是真的太忙了。也没什么特别的计划。但是宝贝有贴心的安排全身按摩的配套，让我从头到脚都能放松。她也非常了解现在是我的部门最最忙的时候。所以才特别想出这个点子。I need this massage！按摩前，先泡个jacuzzi吧！爽啊！

不用问。不用怀疑。在jacuzzi里的照片，是真的全裸。没有人会穿东西下私人的jacuzzi好不好！好在泡沫非常之多！哈哈！

晚餐当然不可少。新加坡的Outback的确是高档！好吃到~~~

吃太饱了，就到金沙走走。晚上的金沙真的很美。第一次到了里面的购物区。两个字--高档！

这次的周年纪念日，唯一的不完美是没有一起买couple的东西。就好像我们一起买的情人对戒一样。今年也很想一起买一样样的衣服但是……可能不完美也是一种完美吧……*叹*

不过我还是觉得情侣穿一样的东西很sweet啦。

Anyway，我爱你宝贝。我们还有非常多的五年要一起过。我们还有很多的纪念日要一起过。我们开始了第六个年头了哦！=）

1134. neglecting

Rant of the day: I need to stop hating myself in the morning. So I should sleep till noon!

I've been neglecting my blog. Yes. Lazy. And honestly, I'm beginning to realise that there is really nothing interesting about me to blog. I'm basically just another guy down the street. I do what almost everyone does everyday!

Wake up.

Work.

Lunch.

Back to work.

Knock off.

Dinner.

Maybe exercise.

Facebook.

Sleep.

And the cycle repeats the next day... And the next next day... And the next next next day... And the...... You get what I mean lah. I'm so ROUTINE! Where's my hip hop classes? Where's my KTV sessions? Am I really getting too old for these? But I'm only 27! Ok... 28 after 30th March... =P

Anyway, for those who are really really interested about the what-not in my life, some quick photo updates. Taken on random mood...

Falling in love with Hoegarden (again). Kevin recommends Kronenbourg as a replacement at pubs or clubs if there is an absent of Hoegarden.

My dear can really cook! And she does it with high standards and always a variety! Can your dear cook? *smirk*

What I'm feeling now during this extremely busy period. I'm actually working till 10pm for 2 consecutive days! FML!!!

My new name in office... "Eric Lim Kopi"... Hahaha... "Lim Teh" or "Lim Horlick" also can.

Pre-birthday lunch treat by Cheng at Vines! This pork chop is insanely delicious! So tender that it literally melts in my mouth with the slightest chew! Naise~~~

Like I mentioned, quick updates. So ain't putting up all my photos taken recently. Brain pretty dead  now and ain't thinking properly. It's gonna be another long long day at work tomorrow. It's living hell!!!

1133. stuff from USA

Rant of the day: The weather is hot hot hot...

It's been 5 days since dear came back from USA and I'm finally not feeling the extreme boredom. Just look at the stuff she bought for us!

Disney lanyard for my brother and I. These are seriously expensive stuff. No cheaper than Coach there! My gawd... I got the black and my brother, the colourful design. Very long and require some time to loop the lanyard to make it shorter.

A C.O. Bigelow hair and body wash. Smell insanely good! Perfect for me as my current Arber hair and body wash is finishing soon.

Another Calvin Klein belt but this time, a leather belt for work. I am simply in love with this. Yes, I'm very much a CK fan! My briefcase. My belts. My underwear!

Dried assorted fruits. Very very delicious! It's seriously a non-stop snack. You will just keep on taking the next one.

Mochaccino mints. Cute stuff and waiting for the right chance to open it up. Prolly the perfect mints on long car rides. KL roadtrip again? Hahaha...

Tommy Hilfiger polo tees! Not 1 but 2 polos! Unfortunately, ang mohs are really huge size people. Even the S size is huge for me. So, mum will be trying to alter these 2 pieces for me! Yeah! Thanks mum!

Not forgetting my mother, dear also got her something. Coach pass holder and lanyard! Very nice!

And the pink version for brother's girlfriend. The colour is so girly!

And yes, the Coach there are seriously cheap in comparison to those we see here in Singapore. Not only this, Aldo there are also cheap like crap but as dear did not have enough time, we had nothing from there. Perhaps we should all go Las Vegas!

Oh dear. Now where should we head to for honeymoon? USA or Europe or Australia? Hmmmmmm...

1132. 有口难开

Rant of the day: 年十一。再过几天，农历春节就要完了！

有很多事情是不吐不快。

不过，有些事情，是要吐但不能吐。只能默默的铭记在心里，自己承受。铭记的是以后，尽量远离这些人。

被长辈冠上莫须有的“罪行”，真的是哑巴吃黄连，有口难开。

被冤枉的感觉真的很难放得开。更何况冤枉你的人竟然是熟悉的长辈。

*叹*

1131. truncated message

Rant of the day: 2 more days...

Viber rang yesterday.

Dear was on the line.

Connection was bad.

I could barely hear her talking.

Sentences were truncated.

"Dear, I'm... Fres... Going... Eat... I.... Not safe... Lock seems..."

My heart sank.

Felt like crying.

Tears dwelling.

I can't heard her and I doubt she can hear me clearly too.

From the truncated words, I felt extremely worried.

Finally hear her voice after 3 days and yet the connectivity sucks big time.

But still, I managed to hear her voice...

*sigh*

1130. family dinner

Rant of the day: I need more dancefloor!

Family dinner last night was enjoyable. At least we were having it at an extremely atast restaurant in Vivocity, Tong Lok Signatures! And I believe the dinner cost a bomb! Imagine for yu-sheng, they served with Alaskan Crab! And for sharkfin soup, it's 1 whole sharkfin per pax with a piece of black truffle on it!

Anyway, a photo for the elders.

And all the cousins! Jeffrey missing in action. Think he went to the toilet or something...

After dinner was clubbing with Thomas, his girlfriend and Kelvin. Went Shanghai Dolly and seriously, I'm so not going back for the second time. For the first time, the DJ talks in Chinese! Many times we heard “把你的双手举起来！”, meaning raised up your hands... -_-"

Totally anti-climax! Live band performances singing songs in my mum's era and I totally don't get the feel. Just barely 30min, we were feeling bored already. The only thing we like (in comparison) was the intermission period where the DJ plays and spin. Still, see above para... Anti-climax! If you are of certain age or like oldies and like Dragonfly, you prolly will love this place. For me, not really...

We should had went Arena instead. I'm more a hip hop RnB person... Haha...

But even though the night was spoilt by lousy club, we still had some fun. It's been a while since the cousins get together. It's like once a year thing. Haha...

1129. most boring cny ever

Rant of the day: Downing Hoegarden alone at home. What a CNY...

This is probably my MOST BORING CHINESE NEW YEAR EVER!!!

Dear is in USA now and at this moment, probably in Las Vegas. So I'm literally spending this CNY without her till next Wednesday. Missing her alot... Really ALOT... And because roaming calls are expensive, we are relying on Viber when dear got WiFi. But WiFi is a luxury for her. She don't get WiFi everytime. Only in certain hotels.

In case you are wondering what is Viber, it's an iPhone app for making free calls via WiFi or 3G network. And this app is FREE!!! Woohoo~~~

*sigh*

And during her absence, was planning on clubbing and ktv-ing with Kevin and his friends but I guessed things just crops up and don't work the way it should. Kevin... Where is my Shanghai Dolly?

*sigh*

Seriously, this year's CNY is a love and hate affair. I love the long weekend. I love the weather. I love the food. But I hate the loneliness. I hate going to house visits and hearing relatives asking where's my gf. I hate trying to find things to do after all the visits and house chores!

I jogged to Bishan and jogged back.

I swam 1km.

I slept ALOT.

I played Facebook games over and over.

I tweet and tweet and trying to refresh the screen for more tweets.

I watched shows in TV and on laptop.

I let my iTunes goes on and on and on.

Everything I can do, I did!!! But still, the loneliness wouldn't go away. Boring~~~~~ What a way to kick off the Year of the Rabbit...

Still, I have to say that I'd really enjoying the dinner on eve with mum and brother. The 盆菜 is just way too good to resist!

Lovin' the chicken too. Damn delicious. And the proper way to eat this dish is to wrap a piece of chicken in the lettuce and smear the meat with the garlic paste. Mmmmmm...

The fish is good. Soft and tender. Melts in your mouth.

And this fried rice with crabs and prawns... It's absolutely mouth-watering! I had like 2 servings of this!

And how can we forget about yu-sheng on CNY? It's inclusive!

All these take-away reunion dinner package from Soup Restaurant at only $188 (exclusive of GST).

And on the first day of CNY, how can I not wear red? Haha.

Very red right? It was hurting my eyes when I'm in front of a mirror. From Topman. And mum's hair straightener works! My hair so straight! Nice...

Anyway, this CNY will be long and torturing for me at least. Till dear is back on Wednesday. Gawd I miss her!!!

1128. demoralising

Rant of the day: Bak gua time!!!

It's a lil demoralising when I'd sent out numerous job applications since last year and only went for 1 interview. Sometimes I do think if my education and capability is so unwanted. I'm not that bad ya know and I'm pretty sure I am a capable guy with limitless capabilities. Perhaps I'm just having bad luck on these.

Stressing out when I start to think about my future, especially when I need to plan my wedding banquet and the upcoming 5-room flat. Will I be able to finance the family when I barely bring home $2000 cash every month? What if the baby comes along too after wedding? Do I need a car by than to ferry wife and child? Education? Food? Bills? Fees?

Seriously... oh my gawd.............

I need a better salary job... FAST!!!

Anyway, Dinner & Dance is this coming Saturday. I'm so looking forward to this. But after that, I think I'm gonna be really sad and bored because my darling is going to USA for 2 weeks!!! Gonna miss her badly... Please don't buy me anything baby. All I want is you to come back safely by my side.

Chinese New Year is just a week away but weirdly, I've got no mood for the occasion. Is it because I'm too stress out by my future?

1127. resolutions

Rant of the day: I need to finish that song!!!

Was browsing through the photos in my iPhone earlier and I saw this!!!

I took a screenshot of my iPhone Twitter when I was pretty high that day!!! Someone actually tweeted and I'm so glad it really happened. To the tweeter yoyocheong, yes, I'm the sweet guy and I hope you have your sweet guy too. Cheers.

Anyway, I haven't made my 2011 new year resolution but I'm really not sure what to list. Prolly to make sure I exercise more and to complete a half marathon this year! Up next will be the Adidas Sundown 10km in May.

So a list I shall...

1) Complete a half marathon.

2) A new job/position perhaps.

3) Save more money and less spending, especially on my credit cards.

4) Confirm on the hotel for wedding banquet.

5) Loss weight and hopefully at least 5kg.

6) Do up a few short trips to perhaps KL, Genting or Bintan since long trips are not really possible this year.

7) Don't fall sick that often please. I hate flu!!!

8) Exercise more. No more excuses since I really need to do (1) and (5).

9) Eat less!! Everytime I look into the mirror, I think I look like a PIG!!! A fat one... I don't wanna look like... *ahem*

I really hope some of the above can be done. It's 2011 and time to chiong ah!!!

1126. the perfect start for 2011

Rant of the day: Rain rain rain...

I've got the perfect start for 2011 and this cannot be done without the help of sooooooooo many people. In case you are confused with what kinda "start" I had, I finally made my proposal to my dear after dating for close to 5 years. But actually on 31 December 2010, it's exact 5 years since we met!

Yes, I proposed on 31 December 2010 at Timbre Substation. And I think I spoilt the market for many guys out there. Oops but unapologetic. Haha... So what I did on that day prolly made me the most unpopular guy of the night. I got on stage. Sang a song. Had a large bouquet of red roses. Took out the proposal solitaire. Knelt to the ground (on stage actually). And popped the question.

On stage with Kevin, singing 《理想情人》by Rainie Yeung. Nervous like hell...

Matthew bringing up the roses after my song. 108 stalks actually. Getting ready to ask the most important question for the night...

Going on my knees, saying "will you marry me" and I'm finding it really cliche now. Hahaha... But what could be better than this?

My dear admiring the roses and wondering how to bring it back home. It's like super duper heavy!

Posing for the camera. Alas, it's done. Mission accomplished! ^^v

Partying through the night till 2011 with 53A. They are soooooo good!!! Love~~~

But of course, all these booze and fun came with a price. Hefty but for the first time in my life till now, I felt so good spending!!! It's almost my 1 month salary by the way. Ouch but happy. Hahaha... Good thing I'd saved enough for it else I'm prolly crying my heart (and wallet) out now. =P

So, to my dearest YaYa, I love you and we have 108 years to go as represented by the roses. 1 stalk for 1 year. Muacks!