A friend of mine who just got married message me today, "We are going to Singapore for honeymoon tomorrow, let's meet up!"

My immediate reaction was, "Another one!" This is not the first couple that I had to entertain during their honeymoon in Singapore. And I have another couple coming in June as well. I took the bumboat along Singapore river with one couple during their honeymoon and I was there all the time to take photos and to observe their lovey-doveyness (is there such a word? haha). I even met them again when they came back to Singapore for their 1st year anniversary. Why must they always haunt me??? May all my good deeds bring good karma into my life!

With my cousin getting married in less than a month time, the conversation in the family always revolves around her wedding, especially she's the first one to get married among all my cousins from my mom's side. The only time they turn to you is to ask you, "So when is your turn?"
Standard reaction: *fake smile* full stop.

I am looking forward to go home to enjoy my new room and not really for the wedding. I could predict what is going to happen during such a grand wedding. The whole town will be there. Most likely i'll meet my primary and secondary school mates and they will be with their husband and kid/s. All my mom's friends who know me, will be there too. They will be saying these, "Wah, Lydia is so big already! Long time no see...So pretty! So when is your turn? Faster...don't wait anymore." Then they will turn to my mom, "Faster arrange for her..."
Standard reaction: *fake smile* full stop, with a strong wish that they stop talking. Oh did i tell you that all the sentences above come only from one aunty or one group of aunties? I will be listening to at least 10 sets of those sentences during the wedding night. Imagine how sucky the feeling is, you want to scream at them but you can't, you want to throw wine glasses at them but you also can't. Luckily I have mastered the skill of faking my smile such that it looks very innocent and genuine, even though my heart is crying! Isn't it cool? haha...

I promise myself that if I ever get married one day, I will always be sensitive on this issue!

I had the most productive Saturday and the least productive Sunday.

Saturday, 21 May 2011
6 am: Woke up
6.30 am: Took cab to Changi Airport to send my brother home
7.15 am: Had breakfast with my brother @ Toast Box, Terminal 2
8 am: Took the train back
8.45 am: Reached YMCA
845 am to 11 am: Waited for my Indo friend who was supposed to land at 8 am in the morning and reached YMCA by 9 am, but did not appear till 11 am. Finished reading about 70 pages of Zig Ziglar's See You at the Top while waiting.
11 am: Left YMCA, gave up on waiting for her
11.45 am: Had 1-hour body massage at Spa Infinity with Gracia
12.45 pm: Had lunch at Spa Infinity Cafe
1.15 pm: Jacuzzi and girls talk
2.15 pm to 4.30 pm: Manicure and Pedicure at Nail Palace
4.30 pm to 6.30 pm: Shopping
6.45 pm - 9 pm: Watched Pirates with TF
9 pm: Late dinner
11 pm: Concussed

What an impressive Saturday!


Sunday, 22 May 2011
9 am: Woke up
9.30 am: Read newspaper
10.15 am: Uncle and cousin reached home - from Jakarta
10.30 am: Peeled mangoes
11 am: Tried to plan my script for the briefing of the new batch of potential MTs on Monday
12.30 pm: Lunch, only 2 sentences crafted for the script. Luckily the bulk of the script came from the script, which I prepared last year
1.30 pm: Continue thinking on what to say
3 pm: Fell asleep
5.30 pm: Woke up, panicked!
6 pm: Dinner
6.30 pm: Glued to the computer screen. This time round, the brain was working perfectly. Sentences after sentences came out of my mind.
7 pm: Revised on what to say
8 pm: Cousin came to my room to talk
10.40 pm: Shit, I am not ready to talk tomorrow!

Look at how wasted my Sunday was. Zero GMAT question was even completed. The GMAT book was indeed left untouched! The minutes of meeting which I planned to write at home were also untouched! I took the draft papers out on Friday night and now I'm putting them back into my bag to bring back to office to do. I didn't even go for my YOGA class!

Arrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh.............................................................................................

As much as I want to get married, being in that room next to her made me realize that deep inside my heart, I aspire to be as powerful as her :)

I am amazed at how mothers can be excited over the possible future relationship between their children when the children themselves can't be bothered of what their mothers have in mind.

Imagine a stage on a wedding when only the parents were there, but no bride and groom! haha...simply because the families are in love with each other, but sadly not their children. Of course, everyone wishes that things will go as expected, so that the gossip that has been going around town can finally be confirmed. Only time will tell...what lies ahead of this uncertain journey of life!

Ooops...I just found out that the SMRT Silver Tribute Charity Show has been postponed to 5 June 2011, 7 pm and I won't be able to watch it as that's my cousin's engagement day in Jakarta!!! Arrrgggh.....

The Silver Tribute Charity Night

Tune in to Channel 8 at 7 pm this Sunday, 8 May 2011!
And you may see me "scooping soon kueh" or doing any other random stuff! haha...

For the first time in my life, I attended political rally. I have never even attended any rally in my own country. Last Saturday, my friends and I attended Singapore People's Party Rally at Potong Pasir, out of convenience, after our dinner. It was interesting to see how the crowd cheered for the opposition every time the candidate highlighted what the ruling party had failed to do. I even clapped several times, for their courage to speak up! That's how Singaporean-ized I have become, haha...

Here's a proof that I was there (some of them were not captured inside the photo, as they were too engrossed with the speech).


By the way, it was one of my best friend's 1st wedding anniversary yesterday, and another best friend's wedding day too! Another JC friend got engaged yesterday too! I sincerely wish them: Congratulations :)