the famous durain pudding from Swissotel Merchant Court

It was a roller coaster night with boyfriend. But all is well now. And I had a share of a $200 worth of bird nest cooked by boyfriend mother. Feels so love. =D Boyfriend even gave me half of his share. Sweet.

Went Swissotel Merchant Court today to celebrate boyfriend's mother birthday.

And I found a new love...

Their yam ice cream is HEAVENLY!!!! I thought Swensen's was the best, but Swissotel outdo her! Told boyfriend he would have to buy ice cream from Swissotel next time. =D

*us* while waiting at the lobby

Chinese New Year is half way through but I'm still in the festive mode due to the amount of Yusheng I had been eating recently! Yusheng aka chinese salad is only available during Chinese New Year. The mix of preserved vege, fresh vege and sour plum sauce give a very nice twist to the tongue. A good handful of crackers and salmon adds even more excitment to it! And I'm not afraid to have it for supper as its all vege. *loves*

Work was ok. Abit stress now and then due to the sudden rush of approval, arrangement and unpleasant changes. But its ok. I will tide through.

Didnt had school for awhile. But rushing assignments. Had been sleeping at 3am on weekends due to assginments. Hence, normally sleep earlier on weekdays. Otherwise I will age super fast!

Life with boyfriend is getting better. No reason why not. =D But I do miss more time with him.

Was having mood swing yesterday.

But today. One of my best day in the period of CNY.

Not only did I got to enjoy Astons again, I had a relaxed day with boyfriend and we managed to do two visitings today.

And the day ended with boyfriend cooking instant noodles for dinner.

I love love him.

He always manages to make me feel more at ease and comfortable.

Have another week of break from school and its meant for rushing assignments. 2 group and 2 individual assignments to complete before March. How wonderful!!! -_-

'i will always be by your side'

Is enough to make me fight the world.

Its 1 day to reunion dinner and I'm sick! Or rather, I had been sick for the past 4 days.

Not my worst sick week, but still, its not enjoyable besides the fact that I can sleep all I want and I really did SLEPT. Its like repaying my sleeping debt. For the first two days, one hour after consuming any form of medicine or food, I will need to sleep for like 2 to 3 hours and when I wake up, its time for another round of medicine or food. I was hardly awake.

Bf came over on Monday, claiming he got half day because I'm sick at home. Don't know how true. And yesterday, he surprised me with a visit while I'm sleeping again. *smile* But I know he's tired. Sorry..

I cant remember what happened for the week. =X

Next week gonna be a busy week.

Sunday - 1st day of CNY, relatives coming over in the afternoon till night
Monday - 2nd day of CNY, going over to Bf's early in the morning follows by my Gu Gu house and Bf's father's side for dinner and till late
Tuesday - 3rd day of CNY, no plans for me. But Bf going visiting. Either to tag along or stay home

Wednesday or Thursday - japanese dinner with bf's camp mates

Friday - Dinner at colleague's house & due date for 1 assignment

Saturday - Polymates coming over my house

Happening? I call it tiring.

Later tonight got to go Hyatt for cousin's solemnization. Due what time I don't know. The thought of dressing up is making me tired now.

Anyway. happy cny! =)

It had been a week since I last met boyfriend. *sad*

Since the start of 2010, we only manage to meet up less than 24hours each week. Its harder than I thought.

Every sem it never fails to amaze me whole I managed to survive the previous sem.

Just got my results. 1 credit and 1 pass. Not too bad if you ask me. For the module that I got a pass, 30% of the class failed. So its actually a pretty good result. =D *note to self, I think I hadnt tell boyfriend about my results*

Boyfriend having guard duty today. Lonely night for me. 2 hours till his next break, wonder to wait up for him or not. Kind of tired actually. Work had been rather texting and with the daily trip to school for lessons. The stress and load is really catching up on me. And its not helping that I'm not getting enough sleep from it.

For the past few days I even lost my appetite for the whole day. I couldnt remember the last time this happened. Not about to stomach any solid food. Even when I'm super hungry. Lucky boyfriend was tired enough not to deliver food to me.

=)

Today, both boyfriend and me took another big step in our relationship.

We opened our first joint account together!

Actually planned to do it late last year so that it will start in Jan 10, also to mark 2010. But never got down to it for various reasons, e.g. no time. So today, after months of collecting the necessary documents (actually also not a lot, just our IC and one HP bill), I finally went down to OCBC to hand over the form and documents.

After being together for 2.5 years, I felt its time. Even though the amount is not a lot, its a good start.

*happy*

I miss boyfriend.

Even now that I only see him once a week. Has conversation for less than 20minutes everyday.

He slight decrease of attention suddenly means world to me. Sensitive you might say. But its really the case.

Just a simple gesture will make me happy.

I hate this period.

I hate Sundays. Coze its the day that boyfriend will leave me and I wont be able to see him till one week later.

Bye 2009. Hello 2010!

Countdown was simply spent by having Ma La Steamboat at Bugis with boyfriend and his two poly friends followed by dessert at Chew Dessert at the opposite street. And Wii through the night and reached home only at 2am.

No celebration, no special activity. Pretty 'tasteless' as compared to the first countdown I had with boyfriend. And worst, I was having bad cramp on that day. Shouldn't even have went to work. My first 2 hours at work was spent in GREAT pain. Lucky no guys was around to witness it.

On 1 Jan 10, parents had a re-vow at Jurong Safra. Dinner was not bad. And took the first photo of the year with boyfriend.

On 2 Jan 10. Today. Drove all the way to Joo Chiat to buy 30 mini BBQ pork bun. Real tasty.

Tomorrow. Dinner at The Line. $60plus per pax.

And back to work. Which is a place I want to avoid. Giving me all the stress. And school! -_-

Dar, thank you for standing by me all this while. I'm really thankful for your presence. Of you entering my life and staying by me.

Long weekend is coming to an end soon. =(

I'm really enjoying myself. Though there's no party to attend, no friends to laugh with, no crazy stunts, but still, I'm contended with simple meals, watching movie quietly with boyfriend by my side, going out knowing he will be home waiting for me, playing Wii with 2 friends pop-ing by, chocolate fondue prepared by boyfriend.

No fuss over christmas.

No mess to clear up.

Been awhile since I felt so at ease with myself.

And boy, do I appreciate boyfriend from being around.

Driving soon!!! =D

I'm really happy today. It had been nearly 6months since we last catch a movie together. And I had been nagging at him for ages to bring me to the movies. And today we went!!! Avatar. A great movie.

Movies and k-box are two time-consuming activities that we enjoyed doing together but rarely able to fulfill our craving. =D So I'm a really happy girl today.

And I had straightened my hair!!!! And boyfriend really like it.

Never felt so happy in a long time.

Its something that money cannot buy.

Not even when I bought Wii..

Had been having headaches for the past 1 week. With me pop-ing panadol everyday. Not a good sign.

Nonetheless I survived! And its Saturday tomorrow. Driving, studying and meeting up with boyfriend.

I seriously dislike when there's no reply. Not interested? Just say. Given sufficient notice. My weekend is precious if you hadn't notice yet. I dislike wasting my weekends away!

Took MC today as I was having bad cramps. A good sign means I'm having my period. But it affected my mood!!!! Made me so emotional. I almost cried yesterday coze boyfriend just booked in and I felt so alone.

Nonetheless, took care of myself while he's doing his part in tekong.

Now waiting for him to call.

And we are taking another step to building our future together. =) Jia you.

Boyfriend and I really treasure this long weekend as it means we will get to spend a total of 3days together. And its a rare treat since he's serving NS now.

On Thursday after finishing my BCSS course at Hillview, suddenly got the urge to shop for couple-related stuffs and so I dropped by Jurong Point. There's two shops there that carries stainless steel and sliver stuffs. And this is what I got for us... Simple but meaningful to us.

A pair of similar keychain that we can call ours. With our name engraved on it and a half-a-heart on each, it reads 'Darren *heart* Christina' and vice versa. Like stainless steel, our feeling for each other will not rust nor get weaken. With love, they are given from her to him.

And today, he surprised me with this...

Though not drew by boyfriend, its the thought that counts. He got a bunkmate that is good at drawing, and thus, this *point above*. He must had kept this for a week already as he had been looking for photo frame since last week. And he had refused to tell me why he looking for photo frame as he's not one to love taking photo and developing them. Now I know why...

Then on Friday afternoon, we went Ambush @ Jurong Point again. This time with my brother too. We had a really had a very good time enjoying the food and each other company. All the three items we had are from their value meal, average of $20 per pax.

Beef steak (180g). Abit on the high side, but its really good! Very good in fact. Though its between well done and medium, with very little blood, its very tender and soft. Easy to chew and able to taste the sweetness. Unlike those black pepper sauce or mushroom sauce outside, the mustard grain sauce used here does not overpower the original taste of the beef. Instead, it brings out the sweetness. For the fries, its very well done too. Crispy and moist inside. And I love their vege.

Mixed platter with pork knucker. Another amazing dish. Second time we are having this, and the taste still amazes us nonetheless. Thus, its really worth having. Though the serving does not looks alot, its really filling. Mash potato wise, its one of the best I had taste. Note that I dont take potato, but, this is really tasty enough for me to want to finish it. A must have.

Lamb shank. Boyfriend had it and he INSISTED I must have a taste when he knows I doesnt take lamb. What a bully. But I never regret having a bite. It does have the lamb taste, but not too overpowering and the texture is like having very tender and soft duck meat. And by boyfriend standard, its really good, so it must be really good. If you are a lamb lover, can try this.

Though Ambush service is not really that wonderful, but the food is enough to make me overlook that. I even wrote a compliment email over to them for having a consistent standard on their food. There's some food places we went to that had very good food one the first visit, but not so good on the next. So its really a happy thing for me to have a eating place that has consistency.

Then on Friday night, we didnt had anything planned, so shopped at 24-hour NTUC and bought Chocolate Fondue back... =D

Saturday was a studying day at home then I camped over at boyfriend's for a night. Woke up today and had my period. PAINFUL! But boyfriend made it better.

Was a very well spent weekend as we managed to do quite a number of stuffs. *happy* Boyfriend happy too.

Sometimes it really pisses me off.

But now its not a good time to do so.

I'm piss.

I'm suppose to be writing my notes for exam. But still, a quick one.

1) I forgot to mention that boyfriend and I had a hear-to-heart talk while counting down to my 22nd Birthday. Was a rare one as he's never the kind of guy that tells me what's on his mind openly. But I appreciate him opening up his heart and answering all my question marks over the years. It was really heart warming but yet touching. Made me cried for like 3 times. Once, when he mentioned how he felt about the saga between Zhan Ke and me, second time when he mentioned the initial part of the relationship was a tough one for him due to the sudden change in his life and third when he sang me my first birthday song on the actual day of my birthday. It made me ache for his warmth for a good one week. But now, there's no longer nothing I not know and nothing he not know. I'm actully happy that the talk happened. Now I know why he quited his dance, why he disppeared for one whole week, and I know why he held my hand for the first time (though for the wrong reason, but it ended up with a happy ending), and 070707 being our anniversay was not by coincidence! I actually thought it was by chance. Actually he had it planned. So silly of me.

2) I'm having my exam in 2 weeks.

3) I really have much less time with boyfriend now he got enlisted. So please be understanding when I put him first on weekends.

4) I just attended and completed my BCSS course. A pretty interesting and enriching course I had. Breeze through the paper. Should be able to ace it.

5) Getting a new maid soon. On 13th Dec actually. Finally. Cant wait to change.

6) I must really really study for my exam.

7) Boyfriend got marksman.

8) Boyfriend gotten us two free meals at Billy Bomber.

9) I gotten something special for the two of us.

10) I can't wait for boyfriend to come back to mainland Singapore.

Thats something I wanna talk to boyfriend about. But the earliest possible day is tomorrow.

Sighz.

Happy birthday to my dearest brother.

Its the weekend of the year again! Its yours truly birthday! Same date last year I had 30 close friends and colleagues at my house celebrating my 21st. And the actual day, boyfriend treated me to a heavenly traditional korean dinner off West Coast Road.

This year, the celebration was kicked-off by my new team of colleagues at PCG. My first birthday cake of the year! Was a surprise given by boss. Happy. Its the first time my colleagues celebrated for me. Means I'm pretty good to them ya? haha. It was a planned steamboat dinner at Candy's house.

On Saturday, 14th Nov, I had driving in the morning, then a trip to Chapter 2 for hair cut. And very expensive shopping trip to Watson and The Face Shop! Just in 3 hours, I spent like $450. Gosh. But boyfriend didnt scold me.. hehe

Dinner was with polymates at The Central. Japanese food.

And I received a very special present from Ah Tong. =D Need I say more?

And boyfriend bought me a new pair of earphone that I had always longed for..

Boyfriend insisted on going home on a cab yesterday night. -_- All because its my birthday celebration, he insisted. Then boyfriend's friend called while we are in the cab asking us to go Farmart. And within 1hour, we ended up at Farmart prawn-ing. And I caught prawns myself!!! Aren't I a clever girl?

Manual for Princess Christina style of prawn-ing?

- No bait? Don't worry. Just lift the rod in front of boyfriend and let him do the job.

- Caught a prawn? Congrats! Lift the rob up, and boyfriend will do the rest.

- With a new bait, just continue to look for prawns.

- If in doubt, just call out 'Dar Dar'. And help will be there immediately.

The celebration will continue tomorrow. Which is my actual day. Planned a spa in the morning and lunch in the afternoon. =D

*happy birthday to myself

First Book Out

Boyfriend finally booked out from Tekong on Friday! But I was having school and very tired from not sleeping the night before, so I only meet him on Saturday. And stayed over for the night. Had a relaxing and fun weekend with boyfriend!

We went Ion and Orchard Central on Saturday! Finally. After having opened for months, we finally went to these two new shopping malls. Had a fun time at the Basement of Ion looking for food..

Our favourites from Ion..

and..

Spent like 30bucks on the finger food at Ion. Bought some home for boyfriend parents too. Then had a horrible time walking around the mall. Abit messy for the floor plan. Or maybe we just not used to it. And I finally visited their toilet. Really very interesting. =D

Then we went to Paragon and found this tiny little place that looks like wine warehouse. Price wise was pretty ok, so we bought 3 bottles of wine from them before heading for dinner and back home. Decided to keep dinner an economic one as we will be feasting next weekend for my birthday. *hehe* Yes. Its the time of the year again!

Headed back to boyfriend's not too late to slack. Pretty tiring. Had a good time chatting with his parents while watching SCV. Then boyfriend's friend came over for a drink while I continue enjoying the SCV.. It was already 1 2am when we finally decide to sleep.

Then we spent the whole Sunday afternoon shopping for stuffs that boyfriend need to bring back to Tekong. I bought ear plug from E-mart too! Met a rather friendly regular there. Maybe we look very lost. Thats why he decided to help out.

Soon its time for us to part...

Actually he looked pretty smart in his No. 4.

5more days till I next see boyfriend..

Day 10

Heart had been accompanying me through the late night on Saturday for assignment. And also the off and on youtube-ing of a new Taiwan drama. Cant wait for bf to book out on Friday. He will only reach mainland at 8plus at night, hence, I will only be able to see him on Saturday morning after my driving.. So excited!

Been having this terrible headache since yesterday night. Didnt even manage to talk to bf yesterday night coze of the effect from panadol. Hate it. Super moody today coze of the headache.

Bought fish slice noodle back from Harbour Front for dinner. Thats the only thing that I feel like stomaching. So ya... At least I ate something.