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Thursday August 31 2007

HAPPY HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY to all the teachers out there!!!!

It's my first teacher's day.....but i won't be celebrating it as a full-fledged teacher yet...sighz.... bumped into my ex-colleagues from OEPS when I was on my way to school today..they were having their teacher's day lunch at TM...then they actually saw me walking to the MRT...gave me a call, and ya......I went up to say Hi.........Guess wat??!!! They ALL said that I had lost weight and that I had become so much more tanned...haha....my running is paying off man!!!! =D

LINDY LINDY LINDY HOP......

It is SO MUCH fun I tell you!!! Argh.....I can't wait to start Lindy 2.......I'm already looking forward to it!!! YIPPEE!!!!!! It was our second last lesson for Lindy 1 today....and they always have their Swing fling, a social Lindy Dance thingy an hour after our class.....so for the last 3 weeks we've been going just to watch.....darling got asked by a girl to dance once, and last week our instructor asked him to dance too..... both times I just stood outside......haha......but today, two of our "classmates" stayed back with us....and I geared up enough courage to go in with the girl, and I got asked to dance 4 times!! haha..so cool.....but it was REALLY scary coz they are all like SO good...and we're like sucky?? Maybe coz I really don't have enough confidence to go dancing about all on my own??

But ya......there was like this guy who was trying to hit on me???? Even darling felt so when he was standing outside the studio, watching...the other guy friend of ours felt the same way....so freaky la.....I mean, I'm flattered he asked me to dance and all, considering i'm a beginner... but...he like....tried to chat me up for like one whole song after I danced with him?? *scratches head*.....

Right after i went out of the studio to take a breather, darling "staked" his claim on me....hehe...put his arm round my shoulder and all......so funny la I tell you...but it was good fun...shows i still have that charm in me eh???? hehehehe.....

Oh well....it's late...waiting for the Champions League draw to be done for the group stages....... tomorrow's gonna be a fun day......my only 4.30 lesson has been moved to 10.30!! YAY!!! And darling has a half day tomorrow too...so we gonna meet angela to go gym and go tanning...... Can't wait!




Monday 27 August 2007

Green is so not my colour...but I just feel like using it anyway...haha

Feeling quite crappy right now... dunno why but my throat hurts like mad.... sneezing non-stop...sighz....think i may be coming down with something......ahh well...

finally indulged darling and myself when we went for coffee with Angela yesterday...never felt more deprived in my entire life...darling and me have officially less than $90 to last us until our payday!!! ARGH,.......,.i'm dying...literally.......

Anywayz, darling's at duty now...sighz.....he's gonna be having duty next week as well..poor boy....

Plans for the wedding are coming along slowly...will most likely be going to Australia for our honeymoon....for about 2 weeks, so will be spending Christmas and New year there.....sorry friends, this year, you guyz have got to plan your own party coz Robin and me ain't gonna be around...haha....=p Will probably go to Gold Coast for about 4-5 days, then spend a week or so in Melbourne.........hopefully we can confirm soon...then...once the photo dates are confirmed, there'll be lesser things to worry about.......

sighz...I really hope the rest of this semester won't be difficult to get by..so that i can at least direct some focus on my wedding stuff.........

it's weird.....yesterday I couldn't stop thinking of Mama...maybe it's coz it's about 4 weeks since she passed on, and I guess I just miss her really really badly....sighz...

Darling dreamt of our wedding yesterday...haha...he said it was really chaotic....guests were late, nobody wanted to sit down, and he was running everywhere.......=)

Such a random post....suits how messed up my brain feels right now....oh well..shall go rest for a while before I hit the books again...till then...




Thursday August 23 2007

Happy 56th Monthsary!!!!

Yay....56 months...it also means it's officially 4 more months to the BIG BIG DAY!!!!!

Had a great Lindy Hop lesson today.....just loved it.....darling's getting the feel slowly....getting more confident each time...and i'm so proud of him....=)

Had quite a lousy day at school coz my tutor couldn't be bothered to appear again...sighz....oh well.....

Sighz....Darling and myself are currently so broke....feel like dying....we haven't exactly eaten out this entire month......only on thursdays when we have no choice...and even then, it's like below $12 for the both of us?? MAN.....I feel so so so deprived!!!! But, it's all for a good cause in the end...I have to keep remembering that!!!

So random my post...maybe coz of the time, and for the fact that I just got home?? Hehe...i just love the song on my blog.....it's the exact way darling and me are...so annoyingly fun, the song... *laughs*

Just took a communication personality test...think it's true..here's the result....

Perpetua, when it comes to communicating in a relationship, you're a Diplomat

Diplomats like you have top-notch communication skills that allow you to collaborate when talking things through with your partner. Although you may sometimes retreat or become angry when you have a big disagreement, the way you process your feelings and are able to communicate them will probably help you hash problems out after a short while — before they start to fester.People tend to develop their communication styles based on the kind of communication that's been most successful for them in past close relationships.

Because one of your first close relationships was with your parents or a parental figure, their communication styles probably influenced your communication style more than other things. For example, as a Diplomat, you may have had parents who were also Diplomats. As such, you may have learned that the best way to get what you wanted was to negotiate by understanding their perspective while also asserting your own. This doesn't necessarily mean that your communication style shares the same patterns as the people who raised you. It's also possible that your communication style developed out of a desire to communicate in a different manner from that which you were exposed to as a child.

Sure, some aspects of the way you relate to others may be identical to one or both of your parents. Other aspects may result from the way you needed to relate to them during childhood to get your way.

I think it's quite true eh?? =p

okay...gonna spend some quiet time with darling before the end of today!!!



























Saturday August 18 2007

Well......a rainy busy day today.......but I enjoyed myself with Darling lots and lots.....hee...

Anywayz...we went to collect our "newly" issued baptism certs today.....I really really wonder if all the pple who end up volunteering as secretariats in churches are all so grumpy and grouchy....sighz......got screamed at quite a few times in the process of trying to get my certs done....*rolls eyes*...oh well...it's just sad...coz they're the ones that handle all enquiries to the church..and....they are working for a church?? *shrugs* I really don't understand....but anyway, that's beside the point......We went to OLPS and St. Stephen's Church...and man...the latter looks SO BEAUTIFUL now that it is renovated!! If i hadn't already booked holy trinity, I would so book this church...coz it holds so many memories for me....and it looks so wonderful and nice.....the way I like a church to be...peaceful, simple and well......calm and tranquil........ =)

So...right after that, went down to Orchard to get our rings done......am quite excited, coz I think it'll come out really nice....we'll be collecting it only in mid-October though....and well, ended up going over our budget for the rings....they came up to $2k in total for a pair.......the guy originally quoted $2800...but we hemmed and hawed for a little while, and he reduced it for us.....though it's a bit ex...but based on the design we want, i know that a similar design outside would cost us both abt $3k ++......so...I guess it like works out? After all, it's handcrafted, and the guy making it is also a catholic...so.......we kinda feel safer working with him....

Went to pay for our wedding cake also......so...I guess we've pretty much got most of the stuff done.....just have to get our photos taken, invitations printed, wedding favours ready, confirm the decor and caterer for the church....and I think they should all be fine?? =D The date's getting nearer........we're only 127 days away from the wedding!!!!!

Had a wonderful evening with darling, just enjoying each other's presence....love spending quiet moments with him for it further reiterates the reason why we're getting married.....I love you baby...




Friday August 17 2007

Well.....it's officially been 2 weeks of school......I think this will be a rather short post coz I've got to rush off somewhere...but more about that later....

Hmm..I think becoming a student again is good for me...making me realise why i'm really here in the first place, getting my confidence back a little more....and becoming hardworking again...... i feel so much more assured each time I accomplish a set of notes or something....i dunno why..maybe coz I never got round to doing it in JC...and in SHATEC, it really was far too easy for me to feel accomplishment academically??

Anywayz....school's been good.....learning lots of stuff each day...only thing i dislike so far is my Science......Man.....it really really sucks.....they read off the lecture notes....so it's like really shallow stuff...but when it comes to doing tutorial, they expect us to be at the level of 20+, that means, answering our questions to the extent of an essay even when it is a 2 mark qn!!! Totally cannot stand it......really have to do tonnes of self-studying.......sighz,....... But otherwise, the other subjects are doing just fine....

I simply love doing educational psychology....learning about it, I mean...hehe.......so cool...finding out where all the theories we're doing came from...... =) But the assignments are to kill as well!! Have already got 3 projects due in less than 2 months or so...and 3 essays, all min 1000 words... 2 due in Sept, 1 in Nov,.......it's crazy...really crazy...considering it's only the 2nd week of school!!!
Anywayz, will be going to SAC later to talk to the principal...hopefully I manage to actually secure myself a place there...but, it's God's will....=)

Been having great fun at Lindy Hop......lessons are getting more intensive...but Man...it's feeling good to dance!!! I love it so so much.....gonna be taking up Jazz classes with them once i get my pay again.....I can't wait to embark once more on my long-lost love....haha....I guess it makes more sens to dance professionally, than with school?? Anyway, I think my timetable wouldn't permit either......

Jogging has now taken up a big part of my life....SURPRISE...Pet is running...how weird is that...but....I'm growing to love it......love feeling like I've done somethng...and it feels good to watch my body tone up!!

Gonna be a bz weekend with darling, as more and more wedding stuff needs our attention...hopefully we don't forget each other in the process of preparation.........need to continue to keep the fire of love burning very brightly.!!!! =) (Don't worry though, nothing's wrong...in fact, I love our relationship right now! )




Thursday 9th August 2007

Seeing as it's National Day, shall a make a sadly futile attempt to be patriotic and use red..

not to mention that i love Liverpool, so, it justifies my using red as well....hehe...

Anyway.......my first week of school is coming to an end....still trying to get used to the location.... not really used to having new coursemates at every single tutorial.......but I guess I'll survive....there's been lotsa information to take in, as well as lots of assignments and projects already, so it's a little scary.....hehe....

Been seeing tonnes of familiar faces around..........didn't know so many ppl were in NIE.....i've seen more than 5 from my JC, another few from secondary school, and even a few from primary school!!! and these are only the few from NIE......I haven't even started counting those in NTU!! Bumped into Prisca on my first day at school......and we went home together.......... found out my church friend, Samuel (no, my dear Legion friends...it's not THAT samuel)..... is also in NTU, and since I haven't seen him in quite some time, decided that we'd meet up for lunch on Monday.... =)

Anywayz, just did our Legion retreat today....it was a very short session, but one that I think went relatively well........hopefully it did touch some of them, but coz it was very personal, i guess we couldn't really find out.......but it don't really matter coz....oh well, it's between God and them....

Went for lunch after with Angela and Ian.......had a rather bad experience at Pizza Hut, and we're determined to write a complaint letter. The cutleries, tablecloth and plates were dirty, as in not washed properly.....service was TERRIBLE.......sighz......really don't know what to say.....but it didn't dampen our mood....... went to watch Secret too.....really nice show....been very long since there's been a film about love that's this good......what really happened? Will let you discover yourself...it is after all, a Secret......Haha...

ok......shall go spend some time with darling now....so;......shall update again soon!!





Saturday August 5th 2008

I'm in a happy mood today. Maybe coz I got all the stuff I want to get ready for, for school on Monday....of course, the absence of Darling does put a damper on my mood...but...oh well, I guess I kinda needed some time to get all these stuff done.....

So......my timetable is out...but it sucks big time......i mean, ya...i do have a VERY relaxed timetable..but the timing and all really sucks....... In total, I take like 3 hours to travel to and from school.........BUT....here comes the sucky part.....

Mon - Lessons from 0830-1130
Tues - Lessons from 0830-1630 (this day's timing actually makes sense as compared to the rest!)
Wed - Lessons from 1530-1730
Thurs - Lessons from 1530-1730
Fri - Lessons from 1630-1730

I can't believe myself!!! How lame is that!!!! Sighz....but I guess I just have to accept my fate..... Asked my friend to help me get 2 of my textbooks....and then went to find all my reference notes today.......did lots and lots of photocopying....almost died...i think i killed more than 10 trees with the amount of paper I used....sighz..... got my needed stationery too......

Then, i had dinner with Russell... we talked for really really really long...caught up on lots of stuff....so.....I feel like I accomplished a lot today....hehe.....oh well, gonna go continue with my other stuff for school...........




Friday August 3 2007

2 more days before I really become a student once more.

I don't know whether to look forward to it or not........ haha..

timetable will be uploded in 3 hours...i'm praying that i'll get a good one with not too many breaks that are unnecessary......

btw....i did not get Maths and Science as i had hoped, as MOE insists that I take English and Science....well, I guess I'll just have to work doubly hard by buying the Math texts and self-study so that I don't lose out in the end.......

my diets and exercise seem to be working out pretty well....i am losing some weight, visually (I don't know about in reality!! haha) and my tummy is getting firmer too!! yay...... went for our dance lesson yesterday and darling and me had lots of fun....we stayed for a little while to watch them really really dance for like 2 hours...and man....these pple are SO professional........ and so many of them!! I really hope that Darling's confidence increases with time, and then hopefully, we'll move on to the next course.....so we'll be duly prepared for our wedding.... =) Lindy Hop is really fun......am enjoying myself...... =)

Anywayz...tonight's menu is tom yam soup with other dishes as well...thought i might as well cook more before I officially start school...... =) Got to go do some pre-readings for class now...so yup.....till the next time...