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Saturday, 4 April 2009

Updates of late

It's been a pretty busy month of late, updates:

I broke my CK glasses in half! - No photo because I was too distressed about it! I did stick it back together with sticky tape like you see the geeks doing in the movies, not a great look! In the end, I managed to super glue it together. Waited for my new specs to come... they said it would take about 2 weeks. About 2 weeks later, the optometrist called and said it would be delayed another 2 weeks because they broke the lens. Got my new specs. It's just OK. Super sien it's no brand... unless I go to UK.

In other bad news... someone crashed into BOT which inadvertently pushed BOT into the car in front of me. BOT was indeed cosily sandwiched between the two cars for some time. Sien. We weren't driving too fast, traffic was congested and there was little time to break. The back bumper is not too bad... full scratch on the length of the bumper plus a hole, and the front, well it's super dented to the max. Mainly because the jeep in front of me had a tow bar which did most of the damage amazingly. The jeep didn't even get a scratch on it.

So we pulled to the side after all the shock etc, I called my sister and started to cry out of shock and being alone. Took all their details... and got back in the car and started driving. It didn't even occur to me to check the engine, and they guy never even asked! rarh! Anyway, it's all good. Thank God no one was hurt.

To make matters worse regarding insurance issues, I can't contact my parents until Monday because they're in Japan and don't have a contact number. It's amazing how my insurance company won't divulge any info to me because I'm not the policy holder, yet when I emailed the tour agency in Malaysia to locate my parents, they willingly gave the contact number of the agent, and my parents full itenrary of which hotel they're staying at on what nights without any thought of privacy issues. Kinda scary. They couldn't speak English well, and I spoke to them in a little Japanese - but then again, my Japanese is hopeless. We got up until, "Oh yes your parents are travelling with X tour group and are staying in our hotel, with X agent, but we don't know what room they're staying in." That's of great help isn't it? So I can't do anything much about it until they get back to Malaysia.

Today Jack proposed to Fang Tyng! yay! Super happy for them!

Much planning and staying up late to achieve desirable proposal outcome at such last minute notice! (: Everything went according to plan and Uncle Hudson is happy! There was a fake and real ring involved, super the funneh!

Jack actually proposed to FT at Heathcote with a fake $60 lousy, rough cut, ugly cubic zirconia really-cannot-make-it ring telling her that this is his mother's ring and it's a family heirloom. So what can FT do? She has to accept it right? You can't just ditch a family heirloom no matter how ugly it is! (By the way, that's not the picture of it below! That's the real one!)


Then when FT and Jack came to Usha's house for pilates, she was like "GUESS WHATT?? (at the front door) and we're all screaming waiting for her to come to the couch and sit down (because we want to play the special video Jack prepared for her - so we had to lure her in). We all gasp and gawk at the ring saying "Wahhhh so big, WAHHH SO BIIIGGGGG, WAHHHHHH SOOOOOO BIGGG!!" Of course we all know it's the fake one but we have to act and make her think this is THE ring. By the way, the ugly cheapo ring absolutely smothered her delicate fingers! So anyway, while Ailin is trying to hold back laughter, Jack goes to "bang sai." Code word for, change into a suit and get the real ring ready to propose to her (again). So while we're all screaming and discussing how BIG this ring is, we quickly play a video that Jack made for her. I think FT must've been confused at this point. She was like, "You guys all know ah?" *dead silence* none of us replied and we all watched the video until the end where it says "Will you marry me?".. and then we cheer, and Jack comes out on cue in suit with a rose and ring... got down on one knee and did the whole REAL proposal again. This time she was so touched and cried.

OK the real ring looks pretty darn good on her!


The Easter break is coming up really soon. Looking forward to having some time off for the Passion Camp, praying that everything will go well and things will be smooth flowing and that I can find rest.

Had my second pilates class today which was oh so torturous. We did this move, which was just so unspeakable. Me and Ailin will just cringe at the thought of it. Ouch.

Went for a really interesting Project Management Part 1 course (the morning I crashed BOT) which gives me some hope of changes in my workplace.

I'm getting a new 50mm f/1.8 as soon as Timmo comes back from Malaysia! =) (I can't trust my parents again, they bought me the wrong camera TWICE!)

Things haven't really been going my way the past few weeks... but it's still all good. I'm still alive and happy. God is good.

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today...
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the author


♥ samuel tan
♥ she really likes green stuff.
photography is one of her on the side hobbies (when she has time) ♥
♥ lomography and toy cameras
she ♥'s teacups and homeware
she is a skinfood addict... and nars lover! ♥
she hates super dislikes the cold.
she ♥'s 45 degrees in perth.
she enjoys reading autobiographies.
she would ♥ to travel around the world... one day.
she is a child of God ♥
... and she gets called a lot of names!

tweets what's on your mind
wishlist ♥


(not in any order)

♥ bb9700
♥ d&g - rose the one
♥ 50mm f/1.8
♥ elise whipstich
♥ facial

bye bye~