(08+08)/08/08 (added new pics)

A dear colleague's wedding

I did not manage to catch much pictures as the place was packed and there werent enough time to take a proper shot of the gorgeous bride
she was wearing a white western wedding gown! lacy and with train!
and we had cupcakes as a wedding favour, sweet.
What touched me most was the moment the groom got emotional and teary when he was thanking his wife for her patience, for the 7 years together and for getting over an obstacle and being apart due to "unforseen circumstances"
I sincerely wish them a blissful marriage.







and below are taken from cecilia





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AND i like my eye makeup today

falsies+black eyeliner+black mascara+glittery grey ES and silver base and alittle white eyeliner
oh and alittle blusher to top it up :)



i need a better cam shucks.

I am amazed at my patience lol I waited an hour for a user who was late and only left work at 730 when I should be off at 515. Well at least she was really apologetic and took the effort to cab down straightaway.

A friend has confirmed her ROM chalet, really efficient and quite a shock to us.
She told us she MIGHT be getting ROM like early this year and now the date has been SET this sept and she is in the midst of finalising preparations already.

Eagerly waiting for the event BUT I have class that day zzz
Tomorrow also having class BEFORE I go for colleague's wedding at night.

rush rush

Been in lab whole day and also hogging my notes these few days, going do some "balancing" today and then tomorrow will be revising a new set of notes for next week's test.
Went supper with classmates last night after class too.

On another note, bf will be busy with tests and projects too, told him if really no time, we can meet next week.
He rejected the idea.
He said he will find time on sunday evening to come over and we can study together.
That's so sweet of him. :)

AND its PAYDAY tomorrow.
First thing to do is to leave just enough money for basic expenditures.
Although my hand is itching for more things, those things can wait.

part two of celebrations~

Sat 090808
we went fishing at 8+ in the morning lol and I managed to land 3 "bei dou" during that short fishing trip. Around 10+ we went over to KFC for breakfast, we tried the new breakfast menu too, interesting wrap and waffle combination, very filling too.

Afternoon we had lunch with dear's dad at Aston's steakhouse, goodness,a strong challenger to Jack's Place, I love my steak medium, juicy and tender.

After lunch we hopped onto the mrt to Tampines, I bought my skincare and then we had coffee at Long Johns to wait while waiting for the show to start.

DARK KNIGHT IS GOOD! highly recommended lol I LOVE the storyplot, the joker's antics and the twisted logic but its so true, I empathised with wayne though he wishes to protect the city, the city doesnt need him and turns against him.

We then headed back home and dear packed his fishing gear to head back to my place.

Sun 100808
Spent mostly lazing at home, morning brought snoopi to the park with dear and my parents.
Dear's going offshore fishing with his fishing kaki later till tomorrow morning, his friend will be sailing out to sea in his own boat. I hoped for him to have a good catch too. :)
tonight mum's preparing steamboat for dinner, shall laze at home for the rest of the day and revise for test tomorrow onwards instead.
Dear's worried that I spent too much money on him, I just felt bad that I did not really had a proper celebration and gift for his birthday this year as I had been running a high fever for days. And its a yearly anniversary, cannot stinge on preparations, affections and also gifts of course. But I told him not to worry, and the stuff that I have bought for myself recently are all quite low cost de
Things do not necessary need to be expensive to be effective or good, however not all cheap things are good so it's kinda tricky sometimes.



my psychedelic pen

KFC breakfast~

bei dou!

tuskfish




my black pepper steak

dear's sirloin


dear's dad's wagyu beef

to tampines

rosy cheeks! lol i did only eye makeup :P

and at night at dear's place before heading back to my place
let me camwhore abit lar LOL

the night of 080808

went to collect the last of dear's pressie at JP after work. Wanna make a guess? lol
After that went for classes and dear came to fetch me and we went Bukit timah for dinner. Had Boon tong kee chicken rice woh lol
and we got each other the same pressie LOL

dear gotten me a really nice and shiny ladies' pen! but the pic's kinda blurred to appreciate its true beauty.
i gotten dear a Parker set
and a thumbdrive and bermudas and a little card.

now going for second day of dating~ catching Dark Knight later~

080808

Happy 5th year anniversary dear bf

i gotten 5 pressies for the bf for the 5 yrs we have been together.
it aint smooth sailing always but we overcame it.
Lots of things happened within these few months from u ord till early this yr
i hope we dont have to face it ever again.

the road is still long ahead of us, we need to have a clear path in sight in order to walk it through.

i hope for a better future for both of us. I will work hard on my part.I hope u do too. I am doing my best.
Can u envision it?


hmm we never seem to take much photos during the first two years sadly LOL
I found a really nice sound for the video too :)


one pressie still yet to be collected :P

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just got back from class, making me see star star
rushing assignments and 3 lessons in a row aint no joke
busy at work too but then its all for the money
that made me abit happier.
i will hang in there ~

some buys

online these few weeks, most are for my sis lol
due to the good USD rate, i only paid 6.95USD(SGD10)for a shirt lol
but on a cautious note, my lecturer speculated that the economy will crash, soon, maybe by end of this year.. so better hold onto your job.. and your money..
now i am thinking whether to cash out/stop my investments or not.




My love birds

My blue bag 199NT(10SGD), to go with my blue bling bling slippers lol

bought this for the xiao mei
early birthday gift plus encouragement as she's preparing for her A'levels now :)

Panic Alert

Although I have done the individual assignment, found the relevant literature weeks ago and even did a few drafts, I am still not satisfied with the outcome.
I kept finding faults with it, thinking whether did I write out of point, whether my structure is correct and whether my referencing is correct.
I am worrying myself.

And its due tomorrow.

Shopping and BBQ

Sat 0208
As usual, woke up around 730am and after the papers, started grooming Snoopi which has been a weekly routine for me. Brushed his teeth, cut nails, trim fur etc then bathe him and tried cutting out the matted balls of fur -_-".

Went off at 1130 to fetch dear from school and we took at bus to IMM for lunch and also to find pressies for each other. Dear bought my memory stick while I bought him FOX bermudas which he chose himself cause I was worried if I bought it first, it might not fit well. We also went Daiso and bought some stationary and a new rope toy for Snoopi. After that went Lot 1 at chua chu kang to have coffee and we waited for time to pass as we were going for BBQ~

It was fun! We helped in preparation and also bbqing the food. I love standing at the pit to flip the food, it gives me a sense of satisfaction. :P Met a new gal there, Yi Xiang's gf, Xaiver and we talked and got along quite well. Met the rest of dear's classmates too and we talked and ate and then updated each other. Another of dear's friend had just proposed and he talked about his proposal and also his search for a wedding venue and he actually said he was prepared for 15K loss WAH. And the usual question of "when are you getting married?" will always surface in some conversations. To me its not a matter of "how long you have been together" but "how prepared and ready you are" for the finances part, for the commitment part etc and also how to share responsibilities part which the wife of another of dear's friend agreed too. Then it was the discussion of school and work schedules, I realised almost ALL the people there who were present are studying, either full or part time which is a good thing, then i have more kakis and we can encourage one another. Then it was back home after a tiring day out.

Sun 0308
Went Jurong Lake with dear and mummy. We walked for 3 hours to and fro! Early morning exercise and mini picnic session. Its good to walk around and breath in some fresh air better than keep sitting in front of com, I have been gathering enough fats for the whole workweek when I was in the office lol.
I aim to tone myself again zzz as when I weighed yesterday at OSim shop, the scale showed 50, kinda disappointing. I want a smaller waist!





after the walk, snoopi slept on the chair as mum had to mop the floor lol

and me in Miss Giggles shirt

and it's 5 more days to 080808

i HATE

Inconsiderate drivers!
today I waited half an hr in front of the sch bus-stop after class cause the buses couldnt move.
WHY?
because ALOT of cars were parked along the road, that I cant argue BUT alot of cars were parked in THE BUS LANE TOO!I know they are eager to pick their gfs/wives whatever or they want the whole bus-stop of ppl to ADMIRE their cars, the whole world beside them need to get home by PUBLIC BUSES. Since driving already, why cant they pick their passengers up just further down the road or across the road where there's less traffic? That tedious to walk meh?
ARGH.

Sat will be fetching dear from school and going IMM to find his pressie then later at night to his classmate's place for bbq.

Sun will need to REDO my individual assignment. i think i got the structure all wrong and i exceeded word count by 300 words?

tests will be coming soon, on 14 and 20 aug zzz
woh, time pass fast when u are busy.

Singapore's unemployment rate rises to 2.3% in Q2

SINGAPORE: Singapore's unemployment rate rose to 2.3 per cent in the second quarter after seasonal adjustments amid economic uncertainties, according to estimates from the Ministry of Manpower.

For the second consecutive quarter, the overall jobless rate climbed from a seasonally adjusted 1.7 per cent in December to 2.0 per cent in March and further to 2.3 per cent in June. There were also fewer jobs in the period from April to June.

Employment grew by 70,600 in the second quarter, slightly lower than the increase of 73,200 in the preceding quarter but higher than the 64,400 from the same period a year ago.

The rise on-year was driven by robust expansion in building activities, and employment in the construction sector grew by a record 22,100 in the April to June period.

Services were hard hit; the number of new jobs created went down from 46,500 to 37,600 workers in the second quarter.

The manufacturing sector posted gains of 10,200, down from the increase of 11,800 in the first quarter.

Retrenchments have eased to the same level as a year ago, after rising for two consecutive quarters. 1,900 workers were retrenched in Q2, 374 fewer compared with the first quarter.

"From the ground, we sense that there still may be more restructuring. So the overall retrenchment figure for this year may still be slightly higher than last year. Nonetheless, we are happy to note (the) good employment rate,... so there's lesser worry for workers," said Chiam Hui Fong, Industrial Relations Department, NTUC.

Some 77,800 Singapore residents were unemployed as of as of June. The seasonally adjusted figure was 60,900.

The government has warned that Singapore is facing a triple whammy of economic threats, in the form of surging inflation, slower-than-expected growth and weaker exports.
To protect against retrenchments, the labour movement has reiterated the need for training and skills upgrading, so that workers can easily find themselves another job if they are laid off.

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more bad news.. need to "tighten" belt and stay put or SWITCH ASAP already