Chicken with two drumsticks

Last Saturday, we were at causeway point buying a chicken for dinner. 

Me: Buy half a chicken cause I think a whole chicken seems a bit too big for us. 

He: Buy one whole chicken. Don't look that big. A chicken has two drumsticks. One for my mum and the other for you and I take the rest of the meat. 

Me: Wah! How nice of you ya...

Later while having dinner at home. 

Me: The chicken not bad right. Its kinda sweet.

He: Is it sweet? I don't quite taste it because I eating the breast meats. 

Me: .......................

Cycling

We have been cycling for about a month plus and counting. It was a pretty proud achievement of mine, from not knowing how to cycle at all to cycling to the furthest as of now is Sembawang Park (which we mistook a longer route which results in 18km altogether). All of these in just a month plus!

Cycling was something which I had always wanted to learn. I see this as a life skill. And the push factor was thinking that how nice if I could cycle along the coasts accompanied with the beautiful scenes when I am traveling overseas! Especially this upcoming Taiwan trip. But alas, planning till now didn't corporate any cycling in it.

He bought  a white Mini Velo 7 first, letting me learn how to ride first followed by me, getting my own Tern bike (of course, the lowest grade).

It all started the void deck near his block as my so called training ground for about 2 weeks, followed by around woodlands admiralty area, vista point. The next week was to Woodlands Waterfront. It was actually shorter than expected though but was faced with a bit of hiccups. Well, whether to attribute it to this "special" month or that I am still very much an amateur. We were at Admiralty deciding to take the park connector network to waterfront but the route seems dark and eerie so I decided against it. So we turned back to get back to the roadside pavement. He rode first, wanting to find a way up thus leaving me behind. Spooky or not, I was alone in the near pitch dark and quiet surrounding, I can't seem to get my bike or rather, myself to cycle. The whole handle bar was navigating left and right vigorously when I tried to cycle.
When I relate this incident to him the next day, he told me not to "blame the toilet bowel when I can't shit!" Well, but isnt't this month.....well...
He attributed that my starting wasn't well-trained enough and emphasis more training in this area.

This was at Sembawang Park. The route was actually good for me to practise my skill of going down the slope and coordinating with my brake. It rained a little halfway through. Didn't take pictures cause I was just too drained because of the longer route and that I also don't really fancy Sembawang Park either. Ha!  

He said next week is Seletar Reservoir. Yishun Dam, I would called it. Significant, for those who know me will know it. 

Better Arrangements

Did I say that I had actually given up an opportunity to work and study to be a childcare teacher awhile ago.

Well, I forged that opportunity which probably won't knock on my door again. At that time, when this opportunity came along, I thought it was prefect. What makes it not so perfect was that it was during the bonus time. That wasn't an issue rather. I had decided to forgo the bonus and take the leap to pursue something else. But in the end, I stayed. Convinced by my boss and mentor. A decision which I regretted. 

Maybe, I wouldn't have regretted it so much if not for that things are not going accordingly to my "plan". 

Plan A was to take up the childcare teacher sponsorship. 

This failed. Or rather, I give up Plan A. So I had to have a Plan B in place. 

Plan B was to stay in my job, save up and at the same time, waited till October to take up the Infant and Toddler care and development course for 4-5mths and then see what I could proceed from there. 

Fate has it. I was all geared with all the documents ready to apply for the course, only to know that I will be missing more than 50% of a particular module cause I will be traveling to Taiwan in October, I had no choice but to drop the course. 

Well then, anyone will just say "then the next intake?" 

That will be next year 1st quarter. A different course structure but longer course timeline and longer practical fulfillment. 

I was at a little loss. Now that Plan B failed, then what's Plan C? 

Wait till next year? When resentment grew stronger day by day. 

I consoled myself that maybe God has a better arrangement for me that is why things don't go the way I planned. Read it, I CONSOLED MYSELF. 

I got a bit sick and tired telling myself and telling people around me that "maybe God has better arrangements for me". Because I tell this to myself far too many times this year already. 

It dawned on me that why could others get the things they wanted so easily. But it all seems that far fetched for me. 

I had only wanted my phases to come just like anyone else. But it just aren't. 

Good beer need time to brew isn't it? 

29th Birthday

 Chocolate Mud Pie from Peck Sia and Sartha. Its literally ice-cream pie.

What I "asked" from Sartha, my Bday present. 

Yes. As he promised, fried beehoon and chicken wing for breakfast on my birthday. 

What I asked of. Something which I cannot get myself. Or simply put, something which money can't buy. 

Aug Baby

It was Sartha's Birthday. We had this arrangement that we had a budget of $20 for each other on our birthdays. We will let each other choose what we would want, be it a gift that we want or cash. Well, after consulting  her, we came to the conclusion that she would prefer cash. HAHA. And so that, I  will be giving her cash but how should I present it to her then? I made a slice of cake completed with the decorations, and stuffed the money inside.

Looked pretty decent to me but till the next one, will do it better.  

3months has passed by. For the year of dragon where the best of things are supposed to happen to me. Nothing good has happen. Many major things in my life didn't go smoothly at all.
But I have to be grateful that nothing bad has happen though.

If anyone hasn't realized that, this is me. Haha. He drew it. 

Mid Week Blues Dinner

Met up with Emme and Xiao Hui last week. It was a spontaneous meet up because Emme told us Yew Tee has a new Zhe Char which has the authentic KL Hokkien Mee (which I could die for).  The KL Hokkien Mee was...close. I mean close to the authentic KL Hokkien Mee just without the pork lard. But, this is the closest we could get. Fish Maw soup was soo good that I wished we had ordered a large one for that and I am a sucker for soups too. The food there is generally nice and we ordered like 5dishes for just the 3 of us. If not for the sold out salted egg baby lobster, we would have 6dishes! 

Eating with them is like having therapy because we could order just whichever we like. Very satisfying. 

Easter 2012

This year Easter eggs were done together with him. It wasn't that bad after all. He does his stuff and I do my eggs. Actually, its a pretty nice way to spend the day away. Sometimes, we don't have to be doing the same thing together but just be together and doing our own stuff. 

Just no surprise element for him though. 

 

Well, I had to admit, the eggs he made ready for crafting are much nicer than my mum's. But my mum doesn't waste the eggs but his, we can't whip up a egg dish at all. 

32nd

32nd Birthday for him was an all time fav cake from the widely featured Flor Patisserie, a to-be manufactured LunaTik stylus and a stay at Studio M Hotel. His grandmother passed away on his birthday weekend which we had to postpone the Studio M stay. 

The cake is awfully NICE! 

"this is why I love him"

This tumbler is Valentine's day, 1st year anniversary and Birthday present. Had actually wanted to make a wooden stand but it didn't came out well or rather presentable enough for me to present it so after days of working on different themes and styles, I decided to abort the idea but still kept the bottles because I love the bottles very much! So, I just stuffed all the bottles inside the tumbler. Idea right! Ha. At least, I thought so. 

I had the small bottles stuffed with alphabets that formed a "Happy Birthday"

别人的理所当然却是我的遥不可及...

I seems to have lost my bearings.

I need the golden compass now.

I buy what I want.

But I gave up what I need.

I would choose to believe that the decisions made by God for me are far better than those I made by myself.

What can I do just to make myself less upset.

I so hate the decision I made. But I so cannot afford to tell anyone.