2 of a Dozen

I rmb the last time it was Rabbit year, I was young, carefree, listening to Britney Spears' 1st album and the biggest thing in life was preparing for PSLE.

12 years on, another rabbit year and so many things have changed.

Now I'm more mature (I hope), more grounded, and I can see that there is so much more to life than just PSLE. More expectations, more responsibilities and more decisions to make are some of the things that comes along with age, but I've also found more people who are here to share my ups and downs, learnt so many lessons in life that helped to make me a more wholesome person and found a faith that has brought peace and guidance to my life.

Long past the age of major birthday celebrations (ok, not THAT long, I just had my 21st couple of yrs ago :X), I'm just really glad to have spent my birthday this year having simple gatherings with my loved ones :)

CHAOS

As usual, it's Chaos' tradition to plan surprise birthdays for each other :) This year (finally!), the surprise for my bday is no longer at my hs!









Poppy Love

Pops gave me a belated bday celebration because he had his exams on 1 March, the day aft my bday.

So we celebrated on the saturday aft my bday instead :)



And he brought me for a Spa at The Retreat :D Just what I need after a crazy mth of career fairs, late nights and writing of papers :))



I loved the whole experience! The service was awesome, they even took our blood pressure b4 the spa and told me that I have slight low blood pressure so if I feel giddy at the steam room, I sld go out and soak in the bath to cool down b4 gng back in again :)




The ambience and decor of the suite was so lovely I feel relaxed the moment I stepped in... And it made me forgot I was in Sg.















I was enjoying myself every single minute during that 3 hours worth of spa, bath and Swedish massage, I told pops that we have to do this at least twice a year :p





:) Feels so so so pampered :)

Aft the uber relaxing retreat, pops brought me to Dinner at a plc I've long been wanting to go :)












It reminds us of those Italian courtyards :)







<3

And I thank God for all the blessings that He had showered upon me and the amazing people that He had placed around me. I thank Him for drawing close to me when I drift away, for not giving up on me, for not witholding his love from an imperfect person like me. I thank Him for watching over me, for guiding me, for listening to my tears when I cry and no words can express how I feel, for granting me peace that surpasses all understanding.

I thank God that He found me.

I hope that when He finds you, you will open up your heart to receive His amazing gift too :)

Lesson #1 - Don't assume, ask.

Making unwarranted assumptions can be an extremely dangerous thing to do, especially when it relates to an important decision.

Making the wrong assumptions can cause u anything from inconvenience to disappointment and even regret.

While asking and clarifying may tk up some of your time b4 u start on a task, that 10 mins spent could have saved u from a tricky case of service recovery.

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Lesson Logbook

They say success comes from failures.
They missed out an impt point.
Success comes from LEARNING through failures.

While school and curriculums build us up on our technical knowledge, life's lessons are far more abundant and practical.

Everyday we face situations whr we can learn and gain new skills, new knowledge and new realizations. But the other impt component abt learning is remembering and applying.

Sometimes (or most of the time) we tend to get so caught up with what we are doing or need to complete that we only have time to heave a sigh of relief before we move on to the next task. I barely have time for implementations, don't even talk to me abt evaluation!

But if we chug thru life like a train in motion, gng whr the tracks lead us, stopping whr the stations are, we probably can go with the just-do attitude. But if we wanna soar thru life, like a plane in the boundless sky, we'll have to know whr we're heading, chart out our journey, pay attention to the information we are receiving and also feedback promptly when we sense danger. Soaring thru life requires us to participate in it actively and attentively.

And so is learning. To learn from all the impt lessons that life provides, we have to learn actively and be attentive.

I'm gng to start a my Lesson Logbook where I'll jot down lessons which I've learnt thru my job or my everyday life.

Lets see what life teaches me :)





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Sweet Love of Mine :)

Was pretty determined that I don't want to celebrate valentines day bcos it's a day which we share with everyone else. I even told pops not to get anything for me coz I'm not giving him anything (read: broke aft the little splurge on his bday prez :X)

But I guess the lovey dovey atmosphere all ard got the better of me :|

So just hours before valentines day, I went on a mad rush to buy sth for him. Popular was packed to the brim -_- thank God not many ppl are into getting electronics for vday present so BEST Denki was pretty empty :)

And aft dat, it's home for craft time!



















My "environmentally-friendly" version of a valentines snow globe!




















Ok, doesn't look like one, but it's the same concept...

And a simple little present :)
(love the wrapping paper!)







My original plan was to sneak up to his desk and place the pressies there early in the morning so when he arrives at work, he will be pleasantly surprised :)))

But I dropped that idea since I doubt I can wk up so early :/

So I changed to a better plan - to pretend I'm not giving him anything but plop the stuff on his table when he has gone for lunch :D


















He removed the sticker on top coz he didn't want to be 'Forever Friends' :P

And when I returned to my desk aft lunch...






Heeeeeeeee






Pops wanted to get 6 red roses (representing him) and 6 purple ones (representing me) but the purple ones were long out of stock :( but it's ok, still pretty :))

I left it in the office coz my was just complaining abt all the dried flowers I have at hm :P






It makes me smile when I see it
:)






Intended to leave on time for dinner but ended up leaving at 7pm -_- which was scary becoz the restaurant will release our seats if we're more than 10mins late. Reservation was at 730pm btw :X

Oh but we made it lah, thanks to Poppy's skillful driving ;)






Korean BBQ for vday dinner, quite original right?! Heheh and so sweet of him to bring me to the place I've been longing to go - Esplanade!












Went for a little walk at my fav place aft dinner :) and caught the performance at the open stage. They were sooooo good I thot it was only 1 guy singing with -1 tracks until I saw a bunch of guys - doing acapella!













So much fond memories :))

Poppy made his confession there, I planted the kiss of acceptance on his cheeks under the fireworks there, we have overnight HTHT over there, we dated there, we went there to welcome the New Year, we celebrated vday 2008 there, we went there the night aft I met his parents... And so many many more lovely moments, I never get sick of recounting them again and again :)
























It was a truly happy valentine's :))

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24th Wishlist

Been so busy lately I have to resort to writing my wishlist on the busride to work :X

As the tradition goes (at least for my bday), I'm posting up this wishlist to make present-buying a whole lot easier ;)

I have to make this disclaimer again this year: gifting is NOT obligatory, this list is just for reference!

Ok here goes :)

Scents
- Gucci Guilty






- YSL Parisienne





Timepiece
- Sth with goldtone/ leopard print (subtle pls)






- Michael Kors












- FCUK






- A/X












iPhone 4 Covers
- Agnes B (Gold)






- Marc by Marc Jacobs

Cosmetics
- MAC PowerPoint eye pencil (Duck)





Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On eyeliner (brown or dual)



Techies
- MACbook Pro (teeheehee)




That's abt all I can think of for now!

And of coz, I wish for LOVE JOY PEACE and bountiful BLESSINGS to surround my loved ones always :))

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