~*~ Xmas Deco ~*~

What a week this has been... so tiring... working OT on 2 days a week is no joke especially if u start work at 7.30am... Thank god tts over! I've made up my mind that I won't be doin anymore adhoc OTs from now cos I will be simply too busy preparing for Xmas... Weekends will all be burnt so weekdays gotta come home to rest and chill! HmPf! den busy clearing stuffs at home... As promised, I've uploaded the pics of the mess at home... hehehe...



Anyway that mess is now cleared as of last nite.... I also mentioned in my earlier post about Esther giving me clothes for the 2 boys rite.... well... Toby was only able to wear 1 outfit and it made him look like he was wearing skirt... and Terry... what more can i say sia... the pics says alot oredi... hahaha... in the end we had to return the soccer jersey to Esther... :)

We had dinner at the coffeeshop opposite and came home to start cleaning the house.... the boxes are finally cleared... and YES!!! My Xmas tree is up... hehehe... was takin out the 2 reindeers we had and Toby started getting all curios as the reindeers were as big as him.. in fact the one standing was taller than him...hahaha... tt frightened him alittle... den when we were deciding on the color ornaments that we would be using this year... Mr KPO was also busy sniffing all the ornaments... as though doing some king of QC check lor... piangz...

The time came for setting up the tree and he started sniffing the leaves as we were sorting out the sizes... goodness he must be thinking "YiPpy! Mummy and Daddy planting tree in the house for me to pee on!!" HA! Dun you dare ah boy... hehehe.... Toby jus kept circling round us and the tree while we were setting it up... he must be tinkin... wah... so nice have balls on the tree for me to play with somemore... jus when we were arranging the lights on the tree he siply sat at one corner n kept lookin at the light blinking on the tree... kekeke...

Finally the tree's completed and planted jus at the right spot in our living room... hehehe... cant help but keep admiring the tree... but we'd still be gettin some ornaments cos there are a few lobangs here n there... kekeke... oso gettin some other deco to spice up the whole plc for our party... :) Anyway, here's how this year's tree looks like...



And of cos I had to add in a little special something to the deco... WAHLA!!! Toby! Our very own live reindeer.... hahahah.... :)

Toby and our 2 reindeers under the tree...



Hehehe.... ok time to get back to cleaning and decorating the house... will upload more pics of our house deco once everythings dolled up!~

~*~ TGiF ~*~

Been rather busy of late so didnt have much time to blog... if only there were 48 hours a day n not 24hr... have so much to do but limited amount of time. Realised last week that it was almost mid month and I had yet to prepare for my xmas party! Goodness!~ Can't imagine the amount of cleaning and preparation that had to be done on top of the usual stuffs....

Thank god for having started my xmas shopping way way in advance... kekeke... call me K.S. but thank god for being K.S man... heheh... :) not that I've completed my xmas present shopping but at least I'm more than half way thru the list... Decided that we were going to keep a spreadsheet of the food items, the guestlist for the party as well as the list of who to get presents for since this was a yearly affair... at least this way we dun haf to crack our heads every year to think of wat to get...

We've just started cleaning part of the house... the study room... the dining area... and also the store room lor... hahaha... can u imagine the amount of stuff that Garry threw out last nite? It had been in there for like almost 2 yrs... told him that since it had been in there and we didnt knw its existance den it meant that it wasnt in use so dump the damn thing... hahaha.... dun tink so much or else we will be like a garang guni man... keepin n keeping and accumulating more junk over the years...

I reached home to a house full of boxes and plastic bags... the whole living room area and part of the corridor to my dining area were filled with boxes lor... i was asking Garry if we had jus shifted in... he was sayin that the boxes n plastic bags were actually the xmas deco... *pEngz* took some pics of the whole plc and will upload it the next round...

Looks like we haf to get the ornaments that we want to use this year sorted out next weekend... bought some new ornaments from concourse last weekend... Color theme for this year... Bronze, Gold, Pink and abit of purple... :)

Apart from all these, Toby was happily playin with his toys amidst the mess! Goodness... this boy forever entertaning himself with his squeky toys no matter how messy the plc is or how busy the both of us are... kekeke... Garry was sayin that there he was busy cleaning the house the whole day, Toby kept following him up n down inspecting what he's doing... smelling everything that was taken out of the store room... hahaha....

Anyway Esther FINALLY remembered to bring Dino's clothes for Toby.... but sad to say, Toby could only fit in one. But ah.... he looked like a girl lor... hahaha... when he wore it, it looked like he was wearng cordroy rompers!!! Goodness!! Took some pics of him in that oso... and will upload it the next round...

It's finally Friday lor... going back to Houg tonite and papa's coming to fetch us ard 7pm to go back for dinner... YiPPy!~ Tmw we're going JB!!! Hehehe... When we get back on Sun, we're going Ikea... gotta get quite abit of stuffs there... k la... gotta start work soon...almost 8am liao...

~~~ Counter Offer ~~~

Weekend went by so fast... went to Hougang on Sun and drove off to send Toby & Terry for grooming at RPP as usual... kekek... Toby looks handsome again... also booked his next grooming appt on 22 Dec... hahaha.... KS lor... but bo pian... Xmas mah... beta book nw before all the slots taken up... plus me gonna be so bz with the Xmas party plannin and all... this time we gave Terry a very short cut... heheheh.... nw looks so neat oso... :)

After dropping Toby & Terry at RPP, we went to Mt Vernon to visit granny and grand nanny since it was All Soul's month... the catholic month equavilent to Qing Ming.... after that we went East Coast Park lor... long time since we went there... even grandpa and Nurul came along... heheh... had some sea breeze before heading to the Hawker Centre for food.... Jus as we left East Coast, RPP called to say that the 2 boys were ready for collection... =)

Well well well.... Garry tendered his resignation on Friday and his immediate boss, Ricky was surprised when he received the white envelope frm him.... hehehe.... so sudden meh? Anyway Ricky immediately went to see his boss about the matter and shortly after, the big boss became aware of the resignation... wahsay... spread like forest fire ah... hehehe...

Anyway, Garry was called in for a meeting with Ricky and his boss and was counter offered a salary... I must say which came as a surprise for us... cos we did not expect his company to be able to meet what the new company was offering... hehehe.... as though the new salary they offered wasnt enaf...

After much contemplation, I told Garry to ka ka ask for what the new company was offering him jus to try his luck since it has been good so far.... if they could offer him that much a jump in salary I'm sure another 100 or 2 wouldnt make such a dent into the company's account. He then sms Ricky about it and was told that he had to check with his boss whether it was feasible or nt...

So ok la... we waited for a confirmation... and finally today, his boss agreed to give what he asked for... hahaha.... steady la... =) so it looks like the deal has been sealed and Mr Lee would stay on... Happy for him and for me oso... hahaha.... means I get to relax abit liao... hahaha... and also get to buy more things le... YiPPy!~ My LV wallet here I come.... =D

We have also decided to not buy the Altis for the time being since we didn't have the urgency to get it now... *siGh* Shattered dreams... *sOb* *SoB* There I was thinking of what we could do, the places we could go with Toby... n now... all those can only remain in my dreams.... ="( We decided to give ourselves about 6 months or so to clear as much debts and also decided to put aside the same amount we had to for the car instalment to test water... if all goes well.... we'll then get a car sometime in April next year.... *DaMn!~*

*** Remember ah DAR!!! Deadline is APRIL 2008!!!! HmPf!!! ***

Wahahaha.... till then... Shattered Dreams.... ;P

So much for your promises
They died the day you let me go
Caught up in a web of lies
But it was just too late to know
I thought it was you
Who would stand by my side
And now youve given me, given me

Nothing but shattered dreams, shattered dreams
Feel like I could run away, run away
From this empty heart
You said youd die for me
Woke up to reality
And found the future not so bright
I dreamt the impossible
That maybe things could work out right
I thought it was you
Who would do me no wrong

(chorus)

From this empty heart
I thought it was you who youd die for love

(chorus)

Oh no no no - you said youd die for me
Oh oh, oh oh, die for me
So much for your promises

~*~ It's A New Start ~*~

Went back to work on Wed but the moment I stepped into office my nose started giving me problems... after awhile, due to the aircon, I started having difficulties breathing... *siGh* in the end, Cheng Yee told me to go see the doc and go home and rest... Left office around 9am but not before the gang at work wished me Happy Birthday!~ Hehehe.... so nice of u guys... Thanks for the D.P Vouchers ah... Nw can go shopping oredi... but what a way to spend my bday man... had to keep popping pills every 6 hours lor... =S

Anyway went back to Limpang to see the doc and told him that I was actually on 2 days MC and just went back to work but was told to go home... he gave me 2 kinds of flu med... 1 to be taken during the day which is non-drowsy and another to be taken at nite... this was the drowsy one.... He also gave me 2 more days of MC... wahlau this is my 1st time havin 4 days of MC in a row man... reali so sick sia... Sometimes I really wonder if the medicines are effective or nt cos I dun seem to be gettin better... =(

Oh ya forgot to mention that my buddies gave me Tiffany & Co vouchers for my bday... YiPpy!~ Can start lookin for a new bracelet liao... hiak hiak hiak... need to check when it expires though... hopefully not too soon...

Garry went for interview yesterday and surprisingly he was offered the job immediately... He himself was surprised that the MD who interviewed him offered it to him so soon... of cos they couldnt match what he was asking for but what they offered was attractive enaf for him to take up the offer... hehehe... actually Garry also had doubts and couldn't decide initially but I tink the car allowance was 1 of the factors that made him xing yang yang to want to take up the job offer lor... heheh... cos he told the MD that he was driving now and is getting allowance for it... *pEngZ*

At least the basic they offered is higher than wat he is gettin now and on top of that he would be getting the car allowance which is not CPF deductable! Woo hoo.... we can finally get a car liao... hahah.... den can bring Toby out more often for gatherings and dog run liao lor.... We had to work around the budget that this new company was offering him and finally decided to get a Toyota Altis in Medium Silver Metallic, which is the color below...



The other colors cannot make it la... either too biang or too ah chek.... the Red Mica Metallic oredi driven by my bro-in-law so we didnt want to take that color as well... it was either this or black... but Mr Lee said Black not so nice which I agreed oso la... hehehe.... It was Love at First Sight when I saw this color at the showroom... Woo hoo.... now jus cant wait to get the car so that I can add my barang barang... hehehe.... and also I can buy the seat belt to be used in the car for Toby liao... YiPPy!!!~ =D Oh ya and also the pad for him to sit on so wont dirty the car seat wor...

Goin down to Borneo Motors to meet Val who is finalising our order this Sunday... Hopefully by the time we successfully bid for the COE, the license plate would be SJA liao... instead of SGZ... Hmmm... but rather unlikely wor... but who cares sia... got car can liao... Tink we will be able to get the car by mid Nov... which is 2 weeks from now... hehehe... Haf to tuck aside my dream car in a cozy corner for now and be contented with our Altis.... When can we own a Honda Accord Euro R wor... wahahah.... Skali by the time we can afford this car model scrap liao... heheheh....

The past 2 days have many significance... 31 Oct - Moi's Bday & D day tt Garry had a new job offer... and today 1st Nov - Is Sara's Birthday!!~ Happie Birthday Ms Chicken Backside!!!! =D Be wise, be good, be obedient, be be be.... just the way u are all the time ah.... It's also D day we decided which car to get....

Tmw's friday liao... so fast... still hafin flu and blocked nose but I tink beta not take MC liao... wait kena blackmark in ofc sia... also tmw's the day the RiteNow Team is supposed to have dinner after work... How to not go to work like tt rite? Aiyo like so gian peng sia... worse come to worse I shall jus spread the love to all who come in contact with me... kekeke... but of cos I will be stayin away from the 2 mummies in office... not a good time to be fallin sick for them... hehehe... Garry will be going back to work tmw to tender his resignation as well as to apply the balance days of leave that he's entitled to... wonder what his colleague's reaction would be tmw... hehehe...