Chinese New Year Eve 2012

cheap thrill @ chinatown on chinese new year eve with bf.
our first time going there on a festive season. ^^
and obviously it was crowded and hot since we went at noon.




guess what are these?

super pretty pic and tumblr-worthy so i posted it on tumblr haha
they are chopsticks by the way. they have all sorts of cute prints all so cute.
bought 2 pairs of strawberry chopsticks teehee :D i feel like buying more!

they sell chopsticks with your surname printed on too and i saw mine which was so surprising cause my surname is so rare. i didn't buy it though, maybe i should next time although it isnt very pretty looking. plus i don't know what the other chinese words on it says. #chinesefail




had late lunch at this place in one of the streets.




waited forever for our food~~


yummy soft and tender fried tofu!


b's dumpling noodles


pan fried dumpling


and my pork chop noodles which consist of more bones than meat -.-


overall the food's good but they charge us extra 50 cents for every dish because its the festive season. :( ended up paying 30 instead of 25?


bbq squid which b wanted to eat so i bought. 2 for 5 bucks so ex but it's good though.


ended our 2 hour + walk in the hot sun(and squeezing with people) with honey milktea from koi :)




headed home after that, and then reunion dinner at grandma's place just now.

it's gonna be a long day of visiting tomorrow, me no like but no choice :(
i really wish to stay at home to rest and catch up on sleep instead. but nevermind, glad that i don't have to wake up so early tomorrow since there isn't work :\

/pictures taken with my new g12, am loving it :')

Till then!
xoxo

I love you, more than words could say.

this is us right now, a blur.

i read through our second anniversary post and my heart cringe.

'in this new year, i will give my best and all i have for our relationship and fight for everything that's worth fighting for. that's my new year resolution for us :)'

yes, i'm still fighting for us because i haven't given up. have you?


barely a month into the new year(and chinese new year this coming week), i won't deny that our r/s has many ups and downs. it's not even a month, what about the following months to come? i guess i've not given the best i can in our relationship. give me time, i will be better for us. you mean the entire world to me and i really don't want to see a beautiful relationship fall apart. thick skin i may be, but i do think our relationship is beautiful, and always will be. i always think it's sad to see beautiful relationships fall apart, and i don't want to experience one. you are definitely the first and only guy i've ever loved so much, and i won't forget you are the one that made me believe in love/guys all over again. i will never forget why i chose you, and chose to take the risk to be with you and love you. i will never forget those days 2 years ago, when we were still friends and always walking to the station after school. I fell in love with you, head over heels. I've never regretted taking the risk. I remember telling myself that if i don't take the risk, i wouldn't experience love. There's no success without risk. And indeed, i did experience an abundant amount of love and happiness. No matter how much heartbreaks and tears i've gone through, nothing beats being happy together with you, and having someone to share my joy and sorrows all the time. This isn't a sad post, it will be a post to remind myself and i need to constantly remember that i need to do something. I need to be more patient, and give in whether or not it's my fault. I've always wanted people to give in to me no matter what, and people do get sick of it. & i realise, love really isn't everything. so what if you love? there will still be other obstacles and differences that will want to make you let go no matter how much you love that person. it's reality, and it's a very sad one.

Turning 21 this year, i need to stop behaving like a baby(although i still really wish to be one)
Grow up Shermaine!

Almost two weeks has passed and I have yet to update this space. work has been eating my life away since i have been ending at 7ish, 8 ish every day the past two weeks :( I don't even have much time for myself, or even have sufficient sleep everyday. I'm getting the hang of it, but it's ruining my health. Down with some flu/congested lungs with yellow mucus i suppose it's a bacteria infection? #sciencestudent it's been a week already and i'm still not well. i guess i'm super heaty. :S plus the super cold aircon in the lab isn't helping at all pfft. so far, it's just this yellow mucus each time i blow my nose, no sorethroat cough of fever yet. (not that i want anyway) hope to get well soon before cny. falling sick on cny could be the worst thing ever because i won't get to enjoy all the yummy goodies D: okay, i will update again soon i hope. tomorrow is saturday but i have to work, so goodnight for now! (L)

2nd anniversary :)

Lunch @ dozo for our second anniversary.
first time going for this kind of fine dining together.

looking at the 6 course menu and deciding on our food.
snack which look like branches for us to munch on.
(don't want to mention what we saw inside that glass thingy after eating everything)





some icy refreshing drink to boost our appetite, damn good.


starters which we can't choose. smoked salmon/scallop/foie gras. all freaking yums!


we were like the only couple there? the rest are mostly families.


camwhoring. i look like shit in every pic so i deleted a lot :(




side dish: escargots for me and stewed beef with puff pastry for b
bf refuse to eat my snails hahaha




drinks: apple mallow tea and some refreshy mix fruit tea. (Y)


soups: crab bisque cappuccino style for b(which wasn't that nice cause its weird for a soup to be foamy) and truffle mushroom soup for me :) yums.




main course: chicken thigh with foie gras for me(the foie gras is the worse i've ever eaten, think it's overcooked cause it doesn't melt in your mouth. the foie gras from the starter was much better)


bf's beef tenderloin on hot stone.


dessert: raspberry mousse for b and chocolate lava cake w vanilla ice cream for me

was super duper full after the dessert. didn't expect to be full after the meal cause of the small portion, but we were! overall, i think the food was great and wouldn't mind coming back again. maybe we'll try another main course cause the main course i had kinda suck. the rest of the dishes were nice! :) the ambience there is great too cause it wasn't crowded and there wasn't a need for reservations(but i still reserved in case). price was reasonable for a 6 course fine dining meal too, i feel. the 7 course would be much more expensive though. i think 6 course is just nice ^^ want to look for more nicer places to dine at for special occasions :D

train back to bf's place after lunch since he had to book in later in the night.
we didn't take any pics together so we quickly snapped at his place lol. hate my dressing anyway. the skirt i bought isn't as nice as i thought. maybe it just doesn't look nice on me. and i think i've slimmed down thats why the skirt is loose and i can't wear it high waisted pfftt! :(
been so busy and have to eat crap food everyday that's why i've been losing weight unknowingly i think? not good not good. don't like to be fat but don't like to be skinny as well i don't know what i want. haha. anyway, i look so shagged in pictures. in short, i look like crap seriously. :/


after taking some pictures we went to sleep cause bf was dead tired i don't know why haha.
slept till almost 6, had dinner after that and b had to book in which was so sad. our day ended so sadly cause bf had to book in. but still glad we manage to spend our 2nd anniversary together. we didn't have anything on our first cause we had to study for tests wth right? looking forward to the many more mensiversaries and anniversaries to come, hopefully we'll pull through this year.

i don't want to make this an extremely long post. to my dearest bf, i've told you everything i wanted to through text message. in this new year, i will give my best and all i have for our relationship and fight for everything that's worth fighting for. that's my new year resolution for us :) only you and i know what we're going through, i hope this new year we'll learn to compromise and understand more. there's still so much we have to learn about each other, so much to compromise because of our differences. most of all, i'll still love you through all these joy and heartbreaks. i love you only my dearest baby kitty.

hope we'll have a great awesome year ahead! <3

Happy 2012, a happier year ahead!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
HAPPY 2012!!
:D

it's a brand new year, we have yet to take any pic together yet so here's an old picture from december LAST YEAR. yes, it's only few weeks ago but i have to say last year cause it's already 2012.


the weekend has been nothing short of amazing :)

bf had his block leave this entire week and i'm so guilty for not being able to spend most of the time with him since i had work :( glad i'm still able to meet him in between the week. he met his bunk mates on wed for dinner and i met them after work which ended at 8 or something. been working a lot of OT the entire week which sucks a lot! :( bus down to orchard centre point where they had astons. oh and lucky plaza has koi i'm so happy!! like finally orchard has koi, can satisfy my koi cravings hehe.

friday, 30th dec;
met bf after work on the train. b stayed over at my place so happy!!
finally have time together, love it.
had dinner before going to bed. sis went to malaysia so we each have our own bed haha.
had to work on saturday, woke up early and train to work while bf went to comb orchard looking for the best prices for the cameras we want and also to find my charger. finally got my charger i don't have to borrow my mom's one anymore. b bought macs for lunch for me and delivered to me at work ^^ ended work around 2 and went to meet him at orchard before going down to funan to look at cams again. i really can't wait to get my g12!! we contemplated for damn long whether to get his d7000 and g12 but in the end we went home empty handed wth right!?

walk down to clarke quay feeling very sad we didn't buy our cameras lol
had dinner at ma maison(lazy to upload pics now)
walk around, sat by the river till our butt ached and we decided to walk around the clubs and bars and figured that it was too hot and humid we walk back to central to rest and waited for @duckies91 and her bf to come down. it was 10 when they came, had drinks and wedges @ harry's before walking down to the padang for countdown. caught 10 mins of fireworks before trying to get out of that damn place where all the roads had barricades which made things so difficult. not forgetting the crowd which was #%(*&!(# pfftt. walk down to bras basah mrt to take circle line back to b's place. by the time we reach back it was 1+am already. slept at 3, woke up at 10+ today. had our brunch, slacked around while bf watch his movie. was feeling so dead tired and decided to sleep again at 1plus till 3 plus before we woke up and watch another movie. pigzz!

tomorrow is our second anniversary(time flies!), and the last day of our long weekend. i'm really dreading it so much cause i don't want bf to book in again and i don't wish to go back to work. sigh why must life be this way :'( now i have to look forward to another weekend to see him again sigh sigh sigh. anyway, can't wait for our anniversary lunch later @ dozo! hehe hope the food's good. :D wouldn't mind paying for really good food.

it's been long since i enjoyed a really good meal. i think i've slimmed down the past month? plus the huge ulcer on the side of my tongue isnt helping at all. hope the pain goes away tomorrow cause i want to enjoy my food. been losing my appetite thanks to it. :(

okay, should sleep soon.
hope we have a happy 2nd year anniversary tomorrow!
goodnight!!
xoxo