so pretty...... how to eat?

"i am who i am because of you..."

....it's no secret how proud i always am of my hubby. Of what he is as a husband, son, brother and friend. And tonight.. i told him so... but who is to know how he'd touched my heart when he hugged me tight and said...

".......cos you've always been such a supportive wife."

i had to blink my eyes repeatedly...

:)

happy 7th my love! *muaks*


yeah it's kinda silly that we are still celebrating every 7th.. haha. After more than 4 yrs! We always make it a point to spend it together alone whenever we can, if Zack is not on shift. So this 7th Nov.. it's no exception!

had a nice dinner at Bliss Cafe (how apt) followed by a stroll around Punggol Park. We should go for more nature strolls.. it's good for the soul! Zack related how his trainees gushed when they saw our wedding shots and learnt that he sang to me :) We got a little nostalgic and said we'll come home and browse through our wedding photos again ;P

gosh.. time flies when you are having fun!


ok gotta ciao..
zacky's calling!
sweetdreams~

So my paramedic hooked me up to his ECG machine, with all the leds sticking on my chest. He borrowed it from his station for his training. The machine is really quite cool. But i'm not allowed to take any pics and post it for obvious reasons.


my ECG: 83bpm


Zack's ECG: 63bpm

the normal range is 60 - 100.
apparently the lower the better.
athletes tend to have lower bpm cos their hearts doesnt need to work so much (healthy)

so Zack is healthier than i!


this is my heart rhythm...

i should have seen it coming when someone said, "Come let's go in and take a look!"
30mins later we walked out of Osim with this.....


and if i had agreed... we would have gone home with an uROBIC too!
Zack looked totally hilarious on it... hahahaha
i took a short 6sec vid of it :P

i begrudingly agree that the uCrown is actually quite good!
i just did a 15min session and whoa... tis relaxing~

jeez i can barely keep my eyes open now.
gonna hit the sack.
oh... my laogong is done tying his lines too.

sweetdreams~


*plop*

note from boss: *encouraged* PTL! :)

Juliana

We do need to set aside some time to catch-up, perhaps you could book in an hour next week.

However, I wanted to let you know that my experience of working with you, and all the feedback I've had, is that you're doing a great job and have settled in extremely well - particularly given the scope and complexity of some of the issues we've thrown at you.

Well done and thank you.

Nick

Nick Garrity
Chief Operating Officer

the one with my immense pride.

....So i cant help that tinge of pride.
and every step i make reminds me of it.
i'm aching!
cos i had a run yesterday!

was soooo tired last night.
went online while zack studied.
that nagging feel that i shouldnt be doing that.
went out to the dining table where he was..

slumped infront of him and moaned about how tired i was..

he was like: "tired then run another day lor" (just what i wanna hear!)

then i mopped around the house and moaned somemore..

while the internal battle continued.

but i will never forgive myself if i procrastinate for yet another night.

filled with self-imposed gusto, i marched straight to the foyer and put on my sneakers while Zack looked on with disbelief and amusement.

so i ran and i ran... enjoying the fresh crisp punggol air. The air there is really better than other areas. As that heavy weight in my chest slowly dissipates, i ran somemore. I sighed at the itchiness of my thighs (*blood circulation).. cos it meant how unconditioned i am. In the long forgotten past, i was once addicted to exercise and was fit.. yeah that long forgotten past.

(*my colleague went to the gym one day and was astonished to find her thighs itching while she exercised. She tot she had an allergy to exercise so that gave her a perfect excuse not to! *LOL* i told her its not an allergy but her blood circulation.. stems out from not exercising regularly!)

came home and found Zack looking out for me at the window.. awwww... *smile* And gave him a few huge sweaty hugs! :D

I'm hitting the pool next. Who's with me?!

With only 1 month 1 week 5 days to go... i dun have much time left! It's no laughing matter. Seriously.

i think i'm allergic to mopiko! my mozzie bites got worse (swollen, fierce, painful) after i slabbed some on. One even turned into a water blister!! How did that happened?! Gotta check where it is made in! Even Zack was concerned when he saw them and prepared some ice-pads for me to soothe the swelling :(

was chatting with Carol abit and she said reading my blog is like reading a love novel...*blush* Thanks gal for your sweet words :) You have an awesome family yrself too! A gorgeous Ryan i so wanna steal! :P .....i'm still trying not to gush too much or get too mushy! Everything i write is from the heart. It's not fabricated nor exaggerated to portray a blissful picture.

that's all for my lunchtime story.
back to work.

erm.. erm....

....dun hate us.
WE'RE BOOKED FOR OUR 12th HOLIDAY!
this is abit crazy.. we've not even gone for the next one, the 11th one! haha.. :P

our 1st attempt at Drunken Prawns.

hmmm... not too bad.. i like it.
but Zack prefers it with sambal.
and he spoilt my ABC soup!!!
oh my lovely soup!
added chilli slices to it when my back was turned!
$*&#^*@()

but i'm incredibly big-hearted
so i shall forgive him.
also on the account that he cooks kick-ass fishes.

i got 2 horribly huge mozzie bites on my legs :S
they are all swollen and hard.
mopiko apparently doesnt help.
i've been getting so many bites lately.
at the prawning place and fishing ponds :(
the mozzies there are fierce!
Zack better appreciate what i go thru for him!!
going fishing with him for 5 hours
enduring the horrible mozzies...
just sitting there and accompany him..
hai.. i realised i'm actually quite a patient person..
so this is what Love is all about.

full and sleepy now.
shall head off to bed soon.
gotta go wake my love from his nap.
he should be studying!


sweetdreams everyone~

*croons*: "will you need a blue sky holiday... the point is that they laughed at what you say..."

the festive season is upon us! CHRISTMAS IS COMING!
cos the wind is coming in from the front of our house.
i'm feeling the wind blowing right in my face just as i'm typing this.

tis been a sun-up-to-sun-down weekend.
i'm so tired from all the weeks' activities.
but Sunday is rest day and while my sweetheart is out fishing,
i'm having some precious me-time :)

looking back at yesterday with a smile: it was God+family+friends Day.

CHURCH

Zack and i woke up early for Church, despite a very late friday night.

i've always loved the notion of singing praises, listening to sermons with my hubby. Then discussing it after. Getting our spiritual food together as a couple is essential. It has always been my secret wish when i was with an ex-bf who isnt a christian. I broke my heart and ended that r/s for various reasons, that being a major deciding factor and prayed for a christian r/s. The rest is history *beams* You give up the good for God and HE will give you the best :) Zack used to be a worship leader in church and i asked him to step up to it again.. cos then we dun have to sing hymns! hehe. He should put his talents to good use.. to serve God *nods* :)

Lunch and CCK Cemetery

Mingle abit after service, Pik Yee is lovely as always. Went off to Jurong Pt with Dad, Mum and Adrian for lunch. Then on to Choa Chu Kang cemetery to visit Zack's grandparents. They had led long lives.. Grandpa Robert died at 73, and Grandma died at 75 yrs old 6 yrs later. Zack has very fond memories and is very close to his grandpa. He enjoys telling me how all the cousins used to play at Grandpa's house at Jalan Kayu and 6th Ave. Damn, they had a house at 6th Ave!!! His grandpa used to take him to eat those indian/malay food.. now i know why Zack enjoys his 'unhealthy' food so much.. his parents are very healthy eaters.. haha.

We went to see my mum's grave as well. Mum Elsie said mummy looks very cheerful. Yes she is. She is a really remarkable woman *smile*.

I take comfort in what Dad Lincoln said. They are all at rest and when the Lord comes, we will all rise up and meet HIM in Heaven. The dead first then the living. I take comfort in that.

crap.. it's gonna rain.
and my laundry will be done in 40mins.. *sigh*
i hope Zack brought his poncho!

Dinner with Godma, Rachel and Andrew

With the heat and the lack of sleep, we both KOed right after we got home. Napped for an hr or so then got up to head out for dinner with my family! It's Godma's bday today! and we had dinner with her last night at Tao Kee. She was telling us about her recent trip to Turkey and Dubai and her fabulous time there. Stayed at a $3500/night villa in Dubai... of crse she enjoyed herself! Like a Queen she said! hahahah! Make me salivate only. The cheapest cateogory room is $500 - 600 which i tot was quite okay, considering the place. (now i'm scaring myself cos im finding $600/night room alright! I've paid more for a room! :S) Maybe in 10yrs time.. haha. We got other places to explore first. Dinner was awesome.. not just the food but company. Too short so we gotta do one again soon!

Late night with Fu and Mark: and a 3.5 hr prawning session!

After Tao Kee we hanged out at Fu's. He stays at Bullion Park nearby and we loitered the surrounding before heading up. Jeez it's really nice for an 'old' condo. Landscaping is nice and it has all the facilities: huge swimming pool, tennis/squash courts, gym, basketball court (where the guys used to hang out during their growing up years), etc. I spent some time on the benchpress.. hehe. Gosh.. Fu is incredibly neat for a guy! He puts me to shame! He and Sy can shake hands, both are cleanliness freaks.. hahaha!

Mark came down from Arab St and we all drove off to Pasir Ris for some prawning. Mark is like totally addicted to it.. haha. I didnt wanna prawn but was forced to.. *humph* Fu and i would prefer watching Shutter at Marky's basement.. haha! Zack and Mark were going all over the ponds trying to catch as many prawns. Me? I stayed true to my spot and just prawned from there. Both of them were dishing out advice when i still havent caught my 1st prawn.. "Ju, you should change spot, throw it further out more." "Ju, i think you should change yr bait" *hai.....* Those men. *roll eyes* Prawning is supposed to be relaxing... you watch for that bob in your float, mind wander: "should i buy that jeans or that PS bag?", oh there's a prawn nibbling the bait, let me play it cool until it get hooked, mind wander: "wow that gal in white opposite has big boobs!", ok the bait has sunk, time to flush it out!. See.. relaxing. Honestly. And Fu was like.."Ju... the prawns have to feel your enthusiam." hahahhaha! Still... 3 of us caught a total of 27 prawns, me 11. Go figure. I play it cool. No pressure, no anxiety. That's right.. *nods* At the end of it when things quiet down, it was fun with the 4 of us sitting side by side in a row.. looking at our floats.. Fu smoking away.. i tot the only thing missing was some beer. Not that i like it much but it completes the picture.

OH! We can steam our prawns with beer tonight! We brought 10 back and Marky took the rest home. Zack had caught 1 big snapper as at noon. So tonight's dinner will be prawns and fish! I can boil a pot of soup.

4:37pm
Oh Zacky's coming home with his catch!

this friday morning... i am in an exceptionally marvellous mood!
probably stems out from the many things like:
1) TGIF!
2) i had a terrific time with the gals last night!
3) i had many terrific buys last night!
4) i'm looking good today with my new top from Joop with my fav soft jeans, nicely coordinated with my lovely faux suede vintage orange bag + mint green heels. Even Zack complimented me *preens* When u look good, u feel good too!
5) my darling and i can go part tow later :)
6) and again... TGIF!

THE DARLING GALS.... @ Hong Kong Cafe (Marina Square)




....and lovely Sy and Jo got us bday cake!

Sy has always been the sweetest when it comes to our bdays.
i never could remember! *sheepish*

the birthday gals....

2 belated (Silin and Ju) and 2 (YY and Jane) upcoming.
late but it's still all good!


finally another group shot!
this is probably the last time we are meeting before YY flies off on Tuesday.
she left so abruptly last night we didnt give her a farewell hug!
hoping maybe we can do a tea on Sunday or something??

and i had an absolutely SALE FIELD day shopping yesterday!!!
it's just amazing!

after 2 years..... our lovely home FINALLY has a garbage bin!
we couldnt find a nice one so had been hanging the plastic bags on the handle of the bomb shelter.. hahaha.

tis OHSOCHIC and CHEAP!

Matt black with chrome lid garbage bin: $45.00 $22.50
(strange, i was pretty sure it states $30 on the signage)

Zack said it looks like a fire hydrant.. -_-


Faux leather placemats (set of 6): $79.00 $23.70
Faux leather coasters (set of 6): $20.30 $8.70

I've always wanted to get nice placemats. Everytime we're at Ikea, i will always drop those round ones in the shopping bag while Zack will take them off and put them right back on the shelf.. hahaha! Guess i dun like them enough to put them back again.

Total: $54.90
Savings: $98.10!

i got these at a pre-renovation sale at the Friven warehouse.
who would have thought attending courses at ulu places could have such advantages.

Sy and the gals were helping me with the stuff yesterday *muaks* :) I was quite a pathetic sight.
Sy: "why do u have to buy a blardee dustbin when you know you are meeting us?"
Ju: "cos how often can i find a nice blardee dustbin?!"

*giggles*

then on my way to meet the gals at Marina Square..
walking briskly while my eyes roved, they landed on.......

Tops from CHAOS!

Brown with turquoise rose motifs with silver stripes top: $49.90 $29.00
Retro print top: $49.90 $19.00

*dances*

to think i was so proud of myself for not taking a cab to that ulu place in the morning. Zack kept asking me to just flag a cab but i refused. Searched out directions on gothere.sg (it's really awesome btw) and found my way there.. on time too! But at night i had to admit defeat and shared a cab with the gals. My arms and shoulders are aching today :S

uh oh....

a post at 7pm

tons to do today cos i'll be out of office tomorrow.
this week is kinda packed and i wonder if i can squeeze in a gymming session with Jane. I need to lose that blardee 2kg! With my darling around, we have been eating good full meals so there goes my diet plans *sigh*

i'm gonna run tonight!

i'm actually quite tired cos we had a late night last night. Met up with Fu and Mark for frogs leg porridge at Geylang then on to Mark's for some chills. It was fun! The comfy couch, sweet smoke and dim lights. We've not done this for a long time cos prawning + bbq is the current hottie. Strange how conversations had been steering towards designer bags of late! and we were wondering how people can pay thousands of dollars for a bag. Well, as i was saying... i can appreciate them but for the life of me i simply cant bring myself to fork out that sum. Zack then injected, "Yeah you then talk about it so much until your husband buys it for you!" AHAHAHHAHAH! Gosh Zack is sooooo funny! he always cracks me up! Hey that's SO NOT true okay! I'm not those wives who expect/want their husbands to buy them big blings and designer stuff. I'm an independent working young woman and i can buy my bags! ;P

Alrighty.. i shant keep everyone in suspense much longer on where i'm taking Zack. Thing is.. Zack has been taking his laptop to work so i'm not keen to take the chance that he might pop in. I've already been hounded by people who are very anxious to know where we are going, like Andy who had already asked me thrice!! hahaha... i was nice and gave him a sneak preview. So perhaps i will post it this weekend where i know Zack will be too busy to touch the laptop. I got ways to keep him busy! haha! Anyway he is enjoying the suspense and is not digging too deeply into it.

Zack: Why is it everyone knows where we are going but i'm the last to know?
Ju: That's because you are the birthday boy! :D


gonna meet Zack at Compass Pt now!
then it'll be home sweet home..
cozy up infront of the tv with our tubs of B&Js...
now that's the favourite part of my day :)
*gasps* did someone mention something about losing weight????

Sunday night domestics and play!

:: Very very clean floor ~ i'm claiming credit! *waves hand*
:: Full dinner cooked by my darling ~ it was awesome! :) The seabass cant get any fresher!
:: Whisked away for a movie night with Tropic Thunder.. hilarious!!! Must watch!


so sedup!

and i bought Chubby Hubby for my Hubby! *hahaha*

i'm so looking forward to the month of December.
and it's not just about our holiday/Zack's bday present..
Zacky said we will get something done then! :P

sheesh... sky looks dark :S
and i'm hoping for a sunny day cos i wanna wash my sheets.. *sigh*
my darling is out fishing again! hahahha...

i think i'm supposed to join him but decided to stay home to clean/tidy the house. You know like how during ancient ages where the husbands go out to fish for food while the wives stay home, cook dinner and keep house? Waiting patiently for her husband to come home with the catch for her to cook dinner. Whoa... this feels exactly like it. hahhaa..

(*Zack just called me! He said we shall cook dinner tonight.. he caught 3 fishes already and we shall try the seabass :P He will sell away the other 2)

well... which means i really shouldnt be online blogging and msn chatting!

i'll do a quick one about last night :P

It was so strange how Zack and i both dressed up, go to town.. same resturant... same time but dining with other people! Gosh... our tables were side by side even! hahahhaha....

The gals went for ktv earlier and were late! i was sitting there waiting for them but Zack came over and accompanied me.. *muaks* :). I left an 'angry' msg with Jo which scared them and they came down immediately.. hahhaha! Then when they realised i wasnt angry, i gotta endure their grumblings about missing the last song.. 'You make me wanna'.. tsk tsk.

Us @ RICE TABLE

Zack and his coursemates were seated at the table in the background.


the food is pretty good.. ala carte buffet.. Indonesian cuisine.
all the dishes were placed on warmers.. variety is quite good.
i love the chicken soup and flooded my rice with it.
i'm a soup person and will be happy with just rice and a huge bowl of soup!
we all didnt eat too much which was a waste.
spent too much time yakking to pay much attention to our food.
sy was the only quiet one enjoying her food.
the rest of us were listening to YY talk of her stay in the States.
she doesnt wanna stay there.. hahaha!
visiting is fine, but not to stay there..
(like wat Johnny said, drive 2 hrs for a blardee bowl of noodles!)
gosh she was talking about the CHEAP outlet shopping there..
Coach wristlets for USD20!!!!

so after our dinner, we browsed around Shaw House.
checked out the Coach boutique and enjoyed comparing the prices.
everything in Spore is sooooo ex! tsk tsk....
Alert: we are all moving to the DARK SIDE!

Only Jo is sticking to her guns!

tsk tsk... this is bad.......
we have to convert Jo! Muahhahahha!

seriously speaking... we are a bunch of sensible gals. We will hold out on the evils of consumerism! Amen!

oooh something interesting happened.

We stopped by Bobbi Brown cos i wanna grab a lipgloss. Went to pay for it and was puzzled by this lady who kept staring at me. She then approached me at the cashier and asked if the clutch i'm holding is a Prada clutch. Yes it looks very much like it.. the Nappa Gaufre clutch. But i told her i bought it during an Mphosis sale for $10 - 15 at 50% off! See.. a $15 clutch can pass for a designer clutch! Let me clue you in.... it's not the bag, it's the person carrying it! *gauffaws* (dun be rude okay..)

this clutch talk reminds me of a conversation zack and i had ydae:
after reading an article about the gloomy economy and pay-cutting...
Ju: Darling... we better start saving more and be more thrifty...

30mins later.... while i'm dressing up and cant find a suitable bag...
Ju: i think i need to buy a nice clutch.. these are too small...

Zack: i tot u just said we gotta save and spend wisely? Now you are talking about buying a clutch?

Ju: ..............................
(you dont HAVE to remember everything i say you know....)

Part 2 of our night:

drinks @ Borders Bistro



Jo made all of us chocolate truffles, with a sweet note :)
twas so sweet of her!
and the truffles were great - but i shouldnt have asked her what goes in there!


was touched by her note..
and you are most welcome.. that's what friends are for!
glad things are going great and you had a blast last night :P
last night was no time for heart-to-hearts.. we will do one soon!


Sy didnt wanna be in the pic so she is tasked to take the pic.
it turned out well so i'm to blog that SHE is the one who took this shot!


but i still dragged her in for a shot.. haha.
our new hair!


i reckon no one noticed how gorgeous the ceiling is.... *gazes*

the mother of coincidences..

YY is back!!! so we are meeting up tonight *beams* i'm so looking forward to it! After some ding donging, we decided on Rice Table. Only problem was... reservations full! So Sy called and got us on waitlist.

Coincidently, Zack too has dinner plans with his coursemates. And he is meeting them at 6.30pm - International Building. Guess where they are dining? RICE TABLE! hahahaha...

Just got a msg from Sy informing us that someone cancelled their reservation and we got a table at 6.30pm!

what are the odds?! :P

Zack said his coursemates are sure gonna tease him.. hahaha.. and damn! this means no flirting with cute waiters!

my afternoon as a tai-tai with Sy... my night as a glutton with my hubby

so yesterday afternoon... found Sy and i sitting seat by seat with our hair in curls and foils.. chatting, flipping magazines and chatting with Johnny on travels. He did a month long trip to the States last year and was commenting how big everything there was.. food portion, people.. hahha.. and he is pretty big himself! but how cheap was the shopping.. Timberland, Kenneth Cole, Kate Spade, Coach, Gap.. etc. Whetted our appetite somewhat.. We wanna go find YY in New York next year!!! :P

As i was browsing Elle, we came to a 'Big Spender' page and he was telling us his friend stylist working with David Gan owns a FEW Hermes Birkins priced at $16,500, 2 years waitlist at Paris! Goodness gracious! Those gays are rich man.

Oh and he likes my Omega *grins* he said it's really nice, size not big not small and admired the diamonds in the dial (of crse lah.. i got excellent taste *smirk*) he asked if they have it in men's size.. hahahah! He owns a few Rolexs.. i reiterate: Those gays are rich! And Sy finally believed me when i said he is!

We both thought all that was missing was some ppl serving us nice tea, sandwiches, (caviar is abit over the top sy.. hehe) doing our mani and pedicure to complete the tai-tai picture.. hahaha. Nvm.. in time to come.....

Sy and i then walked to Chinatown Market for the famous har kow but that stall was sold ou.. had another stall instead which is pretty nice too. Enjoyed some dessert as well. Oh know what happened??? I FELL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD!!! we were crossing the road.. OMG... so paisay and so unglam!!! infront of all those cars and ppl! *sigh*

anyway... we then moved on to the little chinatown streets, browsing the food and ware. Bought a shawl each at 2 for $10.. i later saw a pushcart selling similar ones at $22 each! And i'm STILL thinking about the white neck scarf! Sy dissuade me from buying it. Zack will love for me to go shopping with her.. hahaha. We met on wed after work at TM and she brought me to a shop with 40% off! i bought a very nice tube top for $22 *grins*

8pm hit and we both went our separate ways: she meet her parents, me meet my darling at Vivo.

(and we forgot to take pics of our new hair!)

How perfect :)

My sweetheart spent the day fishing so he was all red (again!) He is so tan now.. but i like!

Our dinner at Marche..
been so long since we dined there..
more than a year perhaps!


crepe of the week..


calamari and rosti...

marche's calamari rawks!
and we missed the rosti soooo badly!
almost got another set of red groupa fillet but too stuffed after these.
they upped the price of the ribeye steak :(


here's me with my new hair...
did a black base with copper streaks.. cant see from this pic.
i got naturally very black hair so decided to go al naturale this time.

think i'll go for a full purple-black next time round!

with 1 month 3 weeks to go til our holiday.. it's about time to fix my crowning glory. It usually takes a month plus for my hair to reach its epitome of perfection.. with the ends nicely grown out. In time.. just in time :)

ended our night infront of the tv... but Zack knocked out before the show ended. The fishing and heat from the sun seems to have taken its toil.. poor boy. His eyewhites were pink! tsk tsk..

jeez.. this is one long post!
i gotta go wake my sweetheart soon.
have a great sunday folks!

i'm up way early on a Sat morning.. all thanks to my darling.
just saw him off.. another fishing trip.. haha!
since i'm all wide awake and cant get back to sleep... i shall do up a post on the latest.


pic taken like 15mins ago :)


his tackle box: all the floats, sinkers, various sizes of hooks, and dunno what nots....
i think it looks really cool...
i think i want a tackle box too!

that's not all he got....
1) a cooler box: to keep his fishes fresh (good for bbqs too!)
2) a portable pump: to keep his baits alive
3) a styrofoam box: for his baits



Zack tying his line and sinker while watching tv




prepared them in advance for his trips..
neatly filed in the slots.

yups.. his car obsession is a thing in the past now.. hahaha.

he used to add a car bling every month.. now all he talks about is fishing

i dont even wanna mention what is coming up next... hahaha.

Zack's really excited and cant stop talking about it.. like a little boy :)

he said he got good news..

and i was like.."wait... good news for you, me or us?"

j: i wanna live long and happy so please dun tell me how much that costs.
z: hahaha.. its not ex.. really..
j: nope, i dun wanna know.. dun tell me! just give me a small figure and lie to me.
z: ok ok.. its $200..... that's the deposit!
j: *glares*

alright.. he deserves a treat to himself :) He hasnt gotten anything for himself and spent most of it on his parents and me :)

Next he is gonna bug his uncle to take us offshore fishing.. hehe. Uncle Freddy (i think it's uncle Freddy) just got a bigger boat and getting his license ready. Yeah.. 4 years ago he said he'll take me offshore.. 4 years later i havent even seen the buttock of the boat! tsk tsk.. But now things look promising.. perhaps i should go get some fishing gear! Like a nice cap, a fishing shade, some bikinis.. omg.. that's so bimbotic! hahhahah! i think i need a fishing rod to start with! a nice full black with gold rings *winks*

jeez... and i sure know my hubby inside out! We had dinner with Andrew and Rachel last evening and Zack said he wanna get some luminous line for night fishing! Gosh am i good! that was a nail hit right on the head!

anyway.. enough about Zack and his new found hobby.

here is mine!!!
PUNCH NEEDLING!

picked up a kit at Spotlight yesterday while Cindy got some stuff for her house party.

Kit: $24.95
Punch Needle: $9.95
Total: $34.90

thats MY hobby!
notice the disparity?

if it comes up well, perhaps i will do a couple more and hang them in the toilet. It will look nice against the dark tiles :)

gonna go take a nap before leaving for my appointment with Johnny. Meeting Sy there.. she's gonna do a perm!!! i cant wait to see it!

Meanwhile... what colors should i do now?
i'm feeling like streaks this time!

20mins to go: Lunch shopping!

i'm so mighty glad it's FRIDAY!
and more things to perk me up like lunch shopping with Cindy.
lining up some stuff for this LONG weekend..
fixing my crowning glory... and hitting the gym with Jane!
right now, i'm all jazzed up! yeah... right now.

i detest the sneaky sticky fingers of CPF!!!!
Zack gave me $600 to buy whatever i like *MUAKS*beams*
and now part of it is gone!
urrrgghhhh!!!!!
i got plans for it! *pout*


and oh.....
last night... was incredibly hilarious!
im hoping for a blue-black on zack's cheek!
there was a bump.
it will be interesting to hear his explanation... hahahahaha!
*ROBL*

so tell me.. How much will you pay for a bag?

..... dont consider myself a 'bag gal'. In the sense that i dont own mountains of bags, build a bag closet or have $2 lunches to save up for that gorgeous arm candy. But like the next gal, i have a healthy appreciation for them. I enjoy looking at them, touching them. All bags, any bags but my preference goes to the affordable ones. I'm a sensible and practical gal :) Still... i'm always on the lookout for THE Bag. Cos my take is.. all you need is ONE GOOD BAG (that's what they always say). Just ONE.

Even when Zack and i were at the biggest LV boutique in Paris .. i couldnt bring myself to fork out $1.5k for a bag. Perhaps i dont like any enough to warrant that swipe of the card. It's like.. "You're in PARIS! and you didnt buy a LV bag???" Well... Why do i buy something for any reasons other than the simple one of desperate lust? And i'm so glad i didnt buy any at Paris.. cos looking back at the bag i almost bought, i realised i dun like it that much now.

In order for me to part with my precious money (and my darling hubby's too!), i have to LOVE that object 101%, not even 99.9%. (Like my 'diamonds studded OMEGA' - Sy's term for it *lol*) It has to hit me right in the face like WHAM!

My close friends will know how incredibly picky i am. For anything, from tees to shoes to anything.. i have specific requirements. So for me to totally love and lust after something.. is a pretty rare occurance but when i do, i am relentless and unfortunately, it usually comes with a hefty pricetag (Zack aint too happy at that)

Alright.... let's get to the crux of the issue.


Oh that fateful friday.. i was on my way to work. Waiting for the train at Dhoby Ghaut when something caught my eye. Delicately resting on the arm of this gal.. in creamy ivory with gold hardware. My heart stopped beating and the heavens sang! I was transfixed!

It was perfect. It was me. It was MADE FOR ME!!!

I scoured the internet but to no avail. A name! was all i need. All i had was the brand.. which funnily i'm not that big a fan of. A past season piece was my fear. I went to the boutique and saw something similar! It was GORGEOUS. Ivory buttery soft leather.. with vintage gold hardware.


But.... a problem.


Pricetag: $3,310.00

*bang head*

No way. No blardee way will i ever fork out 3 grand for a bag. However gorgeous it is. I didnt even wanna tell Zack about it but somehow i did when he called me. Again he shocked me!

J: i found my bag!!!
Z: ok so did you buy it?
J: nope.. but i might! (teasing him)
Z: how much is it?
J: 3310
Z: what?! ok, show me later then i'll see if its worth it.
J: ????????

what happened to: "Are u crazy?! You wanna pay 3k for a bag?!!! *scolds*" ??? I sure aint expecting: "...i'll see if it's worth it." How can any bag be worth 3k?? Especially to a guy.

Anyway, he FORCED me to show it to him. I didnt want to cos i'm not gonna get it anyway so why show him. I can gush about it but i sure wouldnt buy it. Only after i'm totally sure that he wouldnt get it for me did i take him to the website (it wasnt even a nice pic). 3K and after my Omega, i know FOR SURE he wouldnt buy it for me.. hahahaha. I wouldnt allow him to!


$3310.00..... *sigh*


and i just bought a bag for $33.90! *guffaws*
that's 2 hops of the decimal point!


well... if it's $2.5k... i will grab it!
or will i?


in the light of things, that LV bag seems cheap in comparison.. hahahha!
a time will come when i'll indulge in serious pampering *grins*

But for 3grand.. there are so many things i can do!
For one, i can take my darling for a good holiday.
Buy bag: only me happy... and it doesnt last.
Go holiday: we both happy.
There's happiness in sharing!


But following that school of thought......
Buy bag: me happy = hubby happy = BOTH happy too! :P


Will i go over to the Dark Side?
i'm like tettering at the edge.
i think some people will be anxious if i do! ahahahah!

Team Z&J @ work

Tonight... we stood bum to bum at the stove... and cooked dinner!

double, double toil and trouble...
fire burn and cauldron bubble...

Ju's chicken mushroom Pong Teh
Zack's Asam Fish - he fished/descaled/gutted/cooked it!! - with chopped onions, tomatoes and all the works. Whoa~ My personal chef *smirk*

and that little piece of chicken is for our babies.. they had it with rice :)

Hey Presto!


*beams*


nites~

Our GOLDEN TICKETS! :P

Current location: Pasir Ris Farmway 1

Current activity: FISHING! (me surfing for now.. heh)

Night fishing this time round. A different atmosphere. But i kinda like the day better cos visibility is better. I only see a pond of black before me. Zack said its a different kind of fishing cos you gotta go by feel more since you cant really see your line. Think next on his list is luminous line... hahaha. I caught many tilapias! Zack used them as live baits :P My casting is horrid today :( but Zack let me reel in one of the fishes! Gosh was it heavy! FYI: Their weight in the water while we are reeling them in is 3 times their actual weight.

Oh Oh! He just caught his 3rd fish!!!!

he caught a 3.5kg snapper (Huge!!) in one of his previous trips but havent broken that record since. Soon darling soon!

Andrew and Rachel popped by just now with their 3 darlings :)

Jeez its pretty cold right now. The air is chilly and i wished i got my sweater. Hope i'm not falling sick soon.. throat is getting sore and having the sniffles. Need to take my vit C.. cant afford to fall sick now. Work has been demanding. Money not easy to earn..

Okay Zack is gonna have one last try before we call it a night. It's been 5 hours and i'm all ready to keel over! We've been up since 10.30 this morning *yawns*

Tomorrow: i MUST have my wasabi filet burger and famous amos fudge brownie! And Zack promised me we will go catch Mama Mia in town and i can take him to the boutique and show him the bag! (not that i'm gonna buy lah.. see see only ;P)

Going off now!
Today's catch: 2 ah bians and 1 red snapper

ciao~
*waves*