Start to count down

Hmm in 2 weeks' time dear dear will be away to U.S. This morning he woke up and hug me and said that he starts to miss me and Toby. Really can't bear to leave us. He said he really felt like tearing. Really dread to go thru this kind of separation time and again. Same here, regardless whether is it a week, or 2 or even months, its the same. Just don't like the separation ;(

Tonight supposed to go and get luggage but last min he has a meeting to attend. Hence i cooked and waiting for him to come back. Settled all the giro arrangmts before dear dear goes off on 10 Nov. Ya applying for US visa is super troublesome. So many detailed qns!! Imagine they even asked abt the countries you went to for the last 10 years and the year! Hmm who can remember, need to search one by one. Only need to know the schools we attended etc!! Worse than a resume. They even need all the past passports, too bad i threw away. Who will keep it? Oh ya, tomorrow is his interview at US embassy. Will hear fr him so tat i can learn be4 i go for mine. aiyo yo

Yesterday, we basically stayed at home and sleep and sleep as its has been a hectic day for dear dear. Thereaft, headed to in laws place for dinner. Oh ya be4 that we went to suntec to look at luggage. There are only 2 shops! Samsonite and carrefour. Didn't know so limited. Wow samsonite luggage so exp!! Min $500+ for biggest luggage! Can faint. And carrefour, very limited.

Sat went out for shopping and dinner with Judy. It was a very enjoyable trip. Get to window shop and update on fashion trends. Snack ard hee ;) Finally hv sakae sushi for dinner. Hmm really enjoy the girls' talk hee ;)

And fri we met andre, richard & chenjun for coffee at chomp chomp. Was really enjoyable. They talked abt wk and etc. Mm a enjoyable experience and get to know andre and richard more in depth hee.

One of the days at compasspoint, i took a pic of the car ride. The kangeroo always reminds me of toby. So so cute. Love toby so so much. And below are the candid shots of toby while on sofa.

Impersonation of Toby hee ;p

180 degrees

90 degrees

And 45 degrees

Counting Down

Time flies. 18 more days and dear dear will be away to U.S. Really mixed feelings for me. Now he is not at home. At his new office, having a dry run for his visa interview. Never know that serious. He is also given the list of qns to expect and list of answers to reply. His interview is on 30 Oct. For myself, no idea yet. Con't to keep myself in prayers. Hope it will not be false hope.

For me, stay to list down the things to do. For dear, toby & myself. Ya just check the weather at sandy, utah. Its now 3 degrees at 5.53am there. Wow so cold. Temp seems to be ard 19 - 17 degrees, slowing going down. That's for high. The lows will be 7 - 5 degrees. Wow that's cold!!

But if i can go, i will be really glad as i never see snowing be4. I saw and played with snow but hv never experience snowing (hee except in snowcity in s'pore;p). Really snowflakes, or ice kachang everywhere??? Hmm if God allows.

Where dear dear is staying

Oh ya, dear dear finally knows where he will be staying. He will be staying in Sandy, Utah. Hmm which ever place it is??? But sandy sounds nice. Reminded me of dear dear's family dog many years back, a brown female mongrel (did i spell correctly??). He will be staying at Legends. From the pics, it seems reasonably nice. The apartment is somewhere in btw of a golf course, and says to be tranquil and peaceful.

From the pics, the place seems nice. Hope the actual one is too becos pics can be deceitful right. There is swimming pool (but who will swim in such cold weather, ha ha ski maybe), playgrd (too bad no kids), gym (gd can exercise) and theater, some club hse.

At the end of the day, most important to me its dear dear's safety and he can mix well and gain favor with his boss and colleagues. Join me in prayers if you can. Thks!

Gathering Day

Hmm today is a fruitful day. Met up with friends.

First in the afternoon, met up with Judy and AN at compass pt for lunch and chit chat cum shopping hee. Really enjoyable. Can talk and talk. And i learnt abit how to push the pram up & down the escalator. Hmm not easy, needs practise to perfect the skill hee. After lunch and chit chat, we the 3 girls went window shopping and i bought briefs for dear dear hee.

At 3 plus we headed for home. I went home took a nap before meeting up with my uni friends at cityhall. But guess what i overslept! I woke up at 5.37pm!! Oh no rush a bit, quickly took shower, quick make up and zoom out of the house. Supposed to meet at 6.30, and shifted to 7pm instead. Thkfully they reached ard the same time too! Oh ya, they refers to huiteng and grace. Alamak talk & talk until forget to take pics. Huiteng in punggol too. Grace used to be in purchasing but has a total switch in carreer. Now is a consultant in POSB bank. Both are still the same, as cheerful and bubbly. Hmm a nice catchup. Hee will meet often ;)

Tomorrow will be hse cleaning day again hee. Dear dear supposedly to hv dinner treat by vendor so i hv time to do things slowly ;p, no need to cook.

Hmm eat, sleep & be merry ;p

Weekend is over and here i am updating my blog hee.

Yesterday was a fruitful day for me as i woke up early to do some fast paced walking exercise. Now my buttock a bit ache. I felt guilty as i eat and eat w/o much exercise so yesterday with enough sleep woke up at 7plus. Thought of bring toby for a long walk alone as dear dear might want to hv longer rest. But surprisingly he asked why didn't 'giao' him. Ha ha he also feel sinful to eat so well recently. Age catching up so need to watch over health.

So the 3 of us, walk and walk. Almost went to Philip's place but i gave up as dun want to put so high std on myself, if not next few days will be aching badly ha ha. So we ended up at punggol plaza and walk back. Oh ya saw the new flats (16x) at punggol plaze. So so nice. Really like condo. They even hv a washing area outside. That's a wet balcony for doing your laundry, there also comes with stretchable poles!! Most importantly, guess the place is super airy as they hv thru windows, ie there hv windows on parrell walls!! Sure the hse will be very well ventilated. Hmm unlike our hse ;(

Then we went to viviocity in the afternoon. We saw some gd lugage deals. 30% discount. One super big hard cover lugage is less than $200!! But we didn't buy as my pil or my sil may hv them at hm, so don't waste money.

As usual went back to pil's place for dinner. Last night went out for dinner and as usual the same old dishes but i like them but control my intake only took half bowl of rice. Hee gd girl ;p Yh's cousin pop by his parents' place and started to chit chat abt anything and everything.

Hee he gave my mil an earring hanger. She doesn't need it so he gave to me. Yahoo. So nice!

Here it is!

Wow so long

Ya so long never update my blog since dear dear went to India, and now he is back!

Basically while he was away tried to keep myself occupy by meeting friends and family hee. Thankfully i am adjusting well to his one wk's disappearance ;) Hope i can adjust well to his 1 mth disappearance too!

Ya 1st of all really thk God and all my friends' prayers! I can go with YH to U.S anytime. His president said at his level he can decide. So thrilled to hear that. God really opens door. But won't be joining dear dear at the start as he will be flying ard to China or within states. He doesn't want to leave me alone at Utah. Also so that he can focus at his wk and settle down. So we are aiming that i can join him in Dec. Actual date to be confirmed.

Yesterday, we met Chris & Judy for dinner be4 chris goes to Aust for 40+days. YH & him may not see each other for next 2 yrs. So its really a farewell dinner this time round. Still not confirmed if we will fly back to celebrate CNY. If yes, then we shd meet again!

So sad to know that we hv to part. Judy and i were sharing, no matter how close a friendship, somehow it'll be dilluted over the 2yrs period. Ya lo...really feel so sad. Just like dear dear said its reality, everybody has to move on. So so sad, so hard to build a friendship, someone who can click and now it may be gone, i mean not the same anymore. Hope not, just like my friendship with Zhenling, eventhough we hardly meet, we can talk like the same as during poly days.

Ya will make effort to stay in touch! Below are the precious photos we took yest! But so sad dear dear forget to change it back to 3 mega pixels fr his last use. The pics are only 1 mega pixels...so sad.

During sat's fellowship, was reminded the imptance of contentment. Ya so true that in singapore, we are taught not to. Ya really must remember hard to be contented.

Ok end here 1st, stomachache, go put put. Bye..

Incredible India

Yesterday evening dear dear left for India. So we spend quality time together yesterday. Really enjoyed it very much. Early morning we went for breakfast at Thomas Plaza and go to the bank to settle the GIRO. Thereaft headed home for pack lungage as well as played with Toby.

Toby previously vomitted and had stomach discomfort. Went to the doc. Now monitoring him as he hasn't been poo-ing for the last 4 days. Called dr and she said that maybe becos porridge and chicken are highly soluble. Today start to give him canned food to see if he poos. But overall, he seems ok, still as playful. Hope everything is well and he poos, if not will bring him back to see dr again.

But again don't know what trigger his stomach discomfort. Apple? asmira? or canned food? Aiyoh. Now resume the canned food to see one by one.

Oh ya on Sat, a lady found an abandon silky terrier mix girl girl at somewhere near the carpark. Asked if i can help to take care or even adopt her as she was preparing to go out with mum. So I helped to take care of her for one night. She is so so poor thing, so thin! I gave her food and water, and she ate up in secs. Thought she is a puppy, she is an adult dog instead as her teeth is all adult teeth.

Aft thinkg & discussing with dear dear, I can't adopt her as i don't think i can manage with 2 dogs and may be travelling to U.S to visit dear dear. Hence, the day aft the lady took back to see if her friends wanna adopt this dog. Hope she can find a gd home. Whoever abandon her is so bad as she is so cute and so small. Its easy to manage what. Why???

Ya dear dear has rec'd news fr mgmt that family can go stay with the staff aft 3 mths. That's gd news. But dear dear attempt to try to see if can bring me over earlier as he don't see a pblm. Guess the mgmt suggested that becos dear dear and other colleagues may need to travel within states for training and observation at their R&D labs. We will see how. At least now, we know that i can go to see him and stay with him. Now is when and how long.

Pray that i can go and find him end dec'07 as i really wish to spend x'mas and my birthday with him. Hope so. Pray that dear dear's president will be kind to us.

What else lei? Nothing much except for headache on and off. Overall, coping ok. 1 week is ok for me. But months will be ????...let's see

Oh ya almost forget abt india! Dear dear called to say he reached india safely but the plane stinks!!! There is even a protocol for flight attendents to spray air freshner!! Oh no!! Also dear dear shared that when they opened the cabin door, the stench fr the airport is horrible!!!! His colleagues & him need to put axe oil on their nose if not really can vomit!!

Hope that dear dear can cope well. I already try to pack for him, sweets, herbal sweets, axe oil and even hand santiser + plus other medication. Oh no....

Dog Sitting

Hee i am taking care of Island & Satin again as daddy and mummy went to Chiang Mai enjoy be4 baby boy comes out. So today till Sun, i will be occupied ;) Brought Toby along so that he can play with them. But again he prefers to play fetch than anything else. Island tried hard to hum Toby and this really pisses of Toby hee. 1st time see him so frustrated.

So fast dear dear will be flying to India next Mon. These few days he so busy with recruitmt & planning. This coming Sat he has a mass recruitmt again ;( So he is taking leave this Fri to rest, hopefully he can take leave tomorrow so that he can hv ample rest.

As for me life as per usual, hsewife lo. So nothing much to update on my side except i feel i m putting on weight fr all those eating and sitting. Previously i managed to reduce to 46kg, now guess go up again hee. Ha ha...okie

Ok that's all for me. And toby is still healthy and happy ;)

Tiring Day

Now home alone with Toby. Dear dear went out to meet his colleague for kopi. To talk abt the new mgmt. Dear dear wanted to make sure that the shortlisted candidate can meet the stress level. Hmm dear dear has been super busy lately ever since he took on the new role. Understand la, everything is new and formulating. Need to be understanding lo, hee but i sometimes still complain a bit ;p ..if not he will forget abt me & toby.

Today is super tiring for me, dunno why. Guess becos went to the super cold snow city and exhaust most of my energy. Its -6 degrees there. Mercia was so cold then that we took turns to hug her and carry her. Despite she was cold, she still wanted to play. Hee kids being kids. But it was a nice experience. I myself enjoy it so so much. So does dear dear.

Today went to see Dr Fong. Ok every is well but still on medication as usual hee. But ok la used to it already. Thereaft, went to carrefour to do some grocery. Reached hm, slept deeply immediately until 4pm! Woke up sweep and mop the floor. Then cook. Now am tired.

Sat's bbq at Chenjun's place was really enjoyable and the food was nice. Hee ate quite a lot given that i don't really like bbq food. Hmm just felt that somehow food ain't cook properly. But sat's was terrific! Well done ;)

Oh ya and i got to share with Pam that i cried for a long night when i was told that i may not be able to join dear dear in U.S due to lodging and visa application. Guess also its a challenge to co's logistics. Earlier wanted to update in blog but mood really bad, juz don't want to do anything but jus cry. Now it is so much better aft sharing and thinking thru. Guess its not that long la, 6 mths ++. Its also not so bad to stay back as miss Toby and i scare of taking flight. Moreover, i maybe super bored there hee. Let's see how things go as HR is more concrete in their plans. Also can't blame them la, the new co's HR is also at forming stage. Oh ya pam's main concern is man's needs. You know what i mean. But guess shld be fine as dear dear is super focus in wk. Worse case scenario, we are thinking maybe i will fly to see dear dear every 1 and 1/2mths. Also gd can overcome my fear in flying hee. Let's pray & see how.

At this current stage, hee thk God that i can cope better with the news and accept it better than before hee. Silly me for crying so long ha ha. Like pam said, God knows what the best for us. Just continue to pray.

Ok let's talk abt Sunday. We went to Ikea for breakfast as i wanted to eat beef to replenish my lost blood. Hee my menses came this mth too!! So surprise and am thkful hee ;) We bought a basket for Toby to replace his torn bed. He loves to play with it when we are not ard. Naughty boy but cute lo. We put the existing cushion in and looks comfy hee.

Ok below are the pics we took at snow city!! Pls sit back & enjoy!!

We on the way to pick Hannah & Mercia at Kovan. The matrix man ;p

Both girls so happy after the the slides!! The victory sign!

Both of us took time to snap photos of us while Hannah & mercia had their hands painted.

Hannah requested for a snow man, Meria asked for a butterfly and rose; and me hee jus a colourful butterfly!! Oh ya, its free so we queue up! Hee i no paiseh, also get to paint as no kid queueing hee ;p

We took a so called 'family' photo! We cannot take our own pics inside the snow city. Hmm guess its their way of 'extra' $$

By the time we finished at almost 3, the kids were famished. We headed to the science centre for Mcdonalds.

Thereaft, we headed back to our home for a short nap. Hee actually in the car, we 3 girls dozed off alreadi ;p

Overall, it was an enjoyable day and the kids really brighten my mood!