Celebrated my birthday on 29 October by trudging to work in the early morning, then going home to prepare for a sumptuous dinner @ The Line, Shangri-La!

Of course, there was the surprise my little brother gave to me early in the morning, a Burberry bag!

Dinner was of course, FANTASTIC! It was Seafood Harvest Night, so there was the usual cold seafood – crabs, lobsters, oysters, prawns, scallops, mussells etc., there’s also seafood stew, fish maw soup, drunken prawns, cereal prawns, chilli crab, fish etc, there was also steak!

Wonderful dinner, thanks baby!

I was shopping for shoes last week and saw this pair of shoes, Gracious, from Kate Spade which seemed like the perfect wedding shoes!!

Image from myglassslipper.com

BUT

1. Its only available in Black here.

2. Nope, the Singapore branch won’t bring in the white shoes even if I requested for it.

THEREFORE

my heart broke.

Might have to order from overseas if I can’t find another substitute by middle of next year, and hopefully this is still available online then.

Isn’t it gorgeous???

This morning, I woke up expecting a boring 25th birthday.

After I got up, got dressed and opened the bedroom door to trudge out to work, I found a Burberry paper bag right outside the door.

I was very very VERY surprised and thought, who would buy me a present? I thought mummy & daddy already have given me one. When I opened the gift card, I found out it was from my little brother, Simon, a 25th birthday and wedding present, he wrote.

I couldn’t resist a shriek of excitement and opened up the paper bag, in there was my VERY FIRST Burberry bag.

Perhaps no one can understand my excitement and happiness, but coming from a brother who seldom shows emotions, it really is the sweetest thing ever to have happened.

Not forgetting, I’ve always wanted to own a Burberry bag, but could never bring myself to purchase one.

This beats any other things I’ve experienced! Thank you little brother, you’ve really made my special day even more special!

Just 3 more days to turning 25.

This year, its a simple celebration. The bf and I are taking advantage of Shangri-La’s ‘38′ promotion and going to the Line. Just nice, 29th is a Thursday and Thursday is Seafood Night! I am so looking forward to it.

It’s also less than a month to the ROM,but the excitement ain’t there yet. Maybe I’ll feel it later on? Or maybe because it doesn’t feel like such a big thing as compared to the actual day wedding next year.

Going for a wee bit of shopping today. I want to get a new pair of shoes to match the white/pink dress loaned to me by the bridal studio. Hopefully I can get something in town. Charles & Keith? Nine West? Pazzion?

Also booked my tickets to Taipei finally, gonna fly via SQ. Terminal 3! It’ll be my first time there, wonder whether its different from the other 2 terminals, probably will check in earlier to go walk around.

Got myself a new phone finally!

The old K550i started having problems with the LCD screen, so I had to make do with the bf’s old K800 for a while.

Now I got myself the new PINK T715. Yippee! Only downside is that it’s another 2 years contract to Singtel.

Tiny, light and it’s PINK! I love it.

Went down to HDB for our first appointment today. So exciting, the biggest purchase ever in my life.

The 2nd appointment was supposed to be 26 November 2009, but the sellers protested, saying one of our agents agreed on 16 December 2009. Well, that was the FIRST time we heard it, then they say, 16, but can we ask for 18 December instead?

Turns out, another agent who worked with the ones we engaged, promised the date without going by us first, even our own agents never heard of it!! The HDB officer also told them, the latest they can drag to is 11 December, afterwhich, any delay must be agreed upon by the buyers (us)!

Anyways, I just wanted to get things over and done with, and we’re not in such a hurry to move in, also thought, haiyo, just be nice since you wouldn’t want them to do anything bad to the house!!! this is even though we have already delayed the submission and this appointment has been 3 months since we agreed to buy the place.

So I looked through my organizer, then I said, fine, if you want, we agree on 21 December, if not, don’t have already. Sickly me also didn’t want to have any more trouble already. They were more than happy to take the date. GOOD! Now please leave the home in good condition!!!

So yes, I am waiting to get my hands on the keys to my very own nest on 21 December 2009. Yipppeeee… Not in time to spruce up the place for any year-end party, but definitely next year!

Why are air tickets never cheap?

Nope, I don’t want to fly by budget airlines. I’ve tried Jetstar before to Hong Kong, but I decided that I’d rather pay a bit more to enjoy the extra legroom, the F&B, the inflight entertainment and the nicer cabin crew.

A ticket to Taipei used to cost only around $500+, now, China Airlines is charging $656, while Singapore Airlines is priced at $722 and $822 (the former allowing you to only take a later flight out of Singapore). 

I don’t want to take EVA Air cos the return flight is at 7am in the morning, I’m so not going to wake up at 3am, to get to the airport by 5am. That’s madness!!!

So, now, CI or SQ? CI i get to earn mileage, but SQ, I get to fly out of T3 here, and Taiwan’s terminal 2, which I think has a Hello Kitty shop… and its only a difference of $70.

I guess in the end, the decision will just fall with mum. 

I’m so looking forward to the trip.

And yes, I’m still down with the flu and stuck in bed. Thank goodness for the invention of laptops.

Here I am, sick yet again. This time, I’ve been beaten by the flu bug. So I’ve been in bed the whole day with a fever, which has fortunately gone down.

Very upsetting as I was so looking forward to a friend’s gathering this evening. It’ll be the first time I’ve joined them for so long, but my health isn’t really allowing me to head out right now.

Lots have happened since the last update. Firstly, it’s going to be my last week of work. It’s a good thing and I’m starting somewhere new the following week. 

Next, I’ve completed the Catholic Engaged Encounter weekend. Really insightful! Despite having discussed everything we thought we should have, the topics brought up and the subjects shared with us through the presenting couples are indeed enough to make you think even deeper. For those who are not sure, the format is like this, you listen to a presentation, then you have some time to answer a list of questions on the topic.  You are separated from your partner at this time, we take turns to stay in the classroom to write, while the other heads to the canteen. These aren’t simple questions, I don’t know how to describe them.

At some points of the weekend, you see couples crying, arguing, at the end of the weekend, you even hear how some are almost on the verge of ending things. Me? I shed a few tears reading a letter from him. It was really an emotional weekend, and for those who have to attend it, don’t fear, it ain’t as scary as I thought it would be. You get proper beds, and the shower is heated. Hahaha. But it’ll be a bit hard to sleep if you’re a light sleeper!

Going on… wedding preparations have come to a standstill, I don’t know what else I’ve missed out. I’ve booked my wedding dinner at Grand Hyatt for Nov ‘10, the church has been booked (St Mary’s), I’ve got my AD photographer (1st Journal), a live band (Wedding in Harmony), my AD bridal studio package (Bluebay) has been settled too… The last thing I’m pondering on is my videographer, they all seem to be so ex! Wonder if I should or should not?

I’ve also settled my Taipei trip for Mar ‘10, will be there for 2 weeks and in the midst of booking an apartment there. Feeling a little unsure cos I couldn’t find reviews on it, but it really does seem genuine, so let’s just hope it’s all it says it will be~ It really looks very very pretty – http://opohills.blogspot.com/search/label/d%29%20Zhong%20Xiao%20C%3A%202%20bedroom

Looking forward to my birthday dinner later this month at the Line, Shangri-La. Taking advantage of the 38% discount they’re giving out for their promotions. Happens that my birthday falls on a Thursday, SEAFOOD NIGHT! Can’t waitttttt!!

Alright, off to catch my usual TV shows –  百万大歌星 and 星光大道 before I’m off to bed.

Yep, it has finally happened. Now that it has, the only way to go is still forward.

It was so touching to have 2 close girlfriends come by on saturday with snacks and ice cream. I thought such stuff only happen in the movies. Haha. Thank you babes, you girls made it so much easier to recover.

On another happier note, wedding preparations are going rather smoothly. Now I’m just lacking an actual day photographer/videographer, looking at perhaps a live band. And of course, the venue decorations. I’ve also settled my wedding dinner banquet venue, and booked the church.

This weekend, I’m off to the Catholic Engaged Encounter 3D2N weekend in Punggol, I wonder how it would be, read somewhere it’ll be listening and talking and sharing for the entire session. Most importantly, I wonder how I’m going to get home!!! It’s easy to grab a cab from Sengkang in, but out? I don’t know. If only we have a car!!!

Hilarious video… I took a while to recover after watching it. hahahaha!

The guys on the show are not allowed to laugh, if they do, they get smacked.