Hari Raya Puasa + National Day

What a coincidence! With these two events falling on Thursday and Friday respectively, how did you guys spend this long weekend? What have you achieved from the time gained off work? 

Some people planned for a short trip to rejuvenate themselves, some organized gatherings with family and friends, some spent the days in solitude. 

Well, no matter what you have done, I hope it's something you feel proud of and worth spending your precious time on. 

Wonderful Saturday

Dear met me after my Jap classes and we had lunch at Astons. Was craving for western food. Tried their beef for the first time, ordered prime sirloin. Edible, good for that pricing I feel, not that fantastic though (of course cannot be compared to the one dear had at Level 33). After lunch we went to arcade and dear tried to catch a soft toy for me! One try and dear managed to push the toy down! Feeling lucky! It was still stuck there so we had a few tries and an expert came to help us. Final go and tada!!!! I got my first soft toy from a toy catching machine!! :D 

It's a XL sized Rilakkuma. Before that, I told dear I wanna get Korilakkuma if he can, end up dunno why, fear of dirt and this and that, didn't tell the boss I wanted the cream one and he gave us the default brown one. Hmmm.. 

Then we wanted to go ArtsScience Museum for the mummy exhibition but road was closed for NDP preview and we ended up, finding ourselves settling down at a great sheltered spot, right in front of the fireworks and the 18 cannon blasts etc! Super awesome!! We will definitely come back to this spot for all future fireworks @ MBS! Haha.  

P.S. dear promised to get me Korilakkuma next week :D now he has learnt the tricks from the expert, I believe he can do it! Hehehe

It's momo's birthday!

Today is the third day of my work.. As I can't take leave, I'm working today. Can't remember if I ever worked before on my birthday, but I think I did. Can't remember myself taking leave other than the days in BAML. Hahaha.

Dear was secretive and met me at Raffles Place. I thought he might be bringing me to the highest place (don't know the name) that he kept saying he wanna bring me to. 

He first present me with a bouquet of roses. They're lovely!! And expensive as well :( but it's the first time I received such nice roses. Great combination I must say :) but as usual, I feel shy to hold it in hands, so I think dear must be feeling quite sianz. Sorry dear! 

Then we walked and walked and finally arrived at a lift that serves only the patrons of the restaurant. Wow. He brought me to Level 33. It's both our first time there :D

I ordered fries as starter cause I was craving for fried stuff. They served complimentary bread and 3 types of butter - Salty (in the middle), Pomegranate (on the left) and Mint (on the right). Uniquely enough but we both felt that we like the salty one best. Hmm. Hahaha. Perhaps butter is meant to be salty and nothing else. Hohoho! 

Dear decided on Back & Belly (beef steak) and I was stupid not to choose the same as him :( I felt the steak was expensive and decide to go for varieties on our table. I chose Gambas - a dish with jumbo prawns and the prawn was indeed jumbo sized! Mine was alright with a strong seafood smell (if you can take it) but Dear's steak was awesome and I wanna go back to there again for it! 

I love the tomato on Dear's plate so we took a close up shot. It's so tomato looking!!! If you know what I meant :P 

Thanks Dear for the lovely flowers and meal. Hope my wish will come true! :D

Birthday treat

Went out with Joy, Shan and Von to Strangers' Reunion today. Heard they were famous for coffee and waffles. Tried their Hot Mocha, so-so I feel. Waffles no doubt were the best and truffles fries were good too. Though it's a little salty.. The Egg dish with spicy tomatoes (too little) were good too and I think the remaining dishes can forget about it, should we visit there again.

Thanks for the birthday treat girls! :D

We forgot to take group pic again, must remember to do so during our next outing okie? 

小时候

小时候的开朗

小时候的勇气

小时候的执着

小时候的直率

小时候的幼气

通通不见了。

有时，连记忆都不见了。

也好，忘了，快乐多了。

怀旧的心情， 想着被遗忘的过去。

"If someone doesn't appreciate your presence make them appreciate your absence."
- Unknown

Saw this quote on facebook. It's true.
People come and go. Some left their footprints, some didn't. At times, it works both ways; at times, it didn't. As such, not everybody appreciates long lost friends who turned back to look for them. Then, we must know it's time to walk away and erase the footprints they have left in us.

Till then, good bye.

Unexpected You

Just finish watching a Korean drama - Unexpected You. I didn't really watch the beginning and continued mid-way from the broadcast in Channel U. If I have time, I might want to re-watch starting from Episode 1. Hehehe.

I can say it's the first Korean drama that I'm so madly after. Everyone knows I'm into Japanese stuff. I guess there's a reason for it to be the #1 hit in Korea even though it's not an idol drama. The storyline is good, family setting and with meaningful quotes in their script.

Because I do not understand Korean Language, I'm noting down these quotes based on the fan subs and edited a bit so it sounds more fluent.  

In life, we are destined to undergo this x amount of pain. So if life is really tough right now, it means it will get easier later on. Always remember this when faced with hard times - "This moment will pass too." 

When your life worsens to a point when you think it can't get any worse, that's when all the knots start to untangle. Life will only get better. When things get untangled, what you do is then up to you. 

Life passes on quickly, almost like waking up from a nap. So please do everything you want, and enjoy your life. 

Choice and Focus. 
Life is about choices. Just because you like something, it doesn't mean you can have everything. And just because you dislike something, it doesn't mean you can throw it all away. If you are at a split road where you have to choose, make a choice and focus on that. 

The reason that living is fun is because nothing goes as per you predict it to be.

Growing up

Soon I'll be one year older. As we grow up, we tend to look back. (Or is that just me?) As we think through the decisions we have made in the past, was there any that you regretted the most? A quote from Victoria Holt - "Never regret. If it's bad, it's experience." If possible, I would very much want to undo something. Since I can't do that, let's count my blessings instead.

I'm glad Lam came to my life and be my Dear. I believe things changed for the better but no doubt there were ups and downs, moments where I 又爱又恨 and felt so speechless and really don't know what to do. I hope you will grow up soon. Neverthless,

Thank you for entering my life and walk the path with me.

Letter writing day

Today, I'm in the mood of letter writing. Wrote 4 letters to different people at one go. They are important people in my life. One I've known her for 24 years (haha easy guess yea?). Two I've known them for 10 years (will be meeting one of them tomorrow) and the last one is someone whom I'll be with for the rest of my life (easy guess too). Can you tell which is for who? Hahaha 

ももの失眠日记

失眠了

三更半夜睡不着，你有何办法？
我选择冲个冷水澡。

Previously I was feeling a bit sianz of social media. I avoided my blog during then and even make it private (not knowing if anybody reads mine in the first place). I grew to understand that's how our society has evolved to be. However, we should be aware that IT is a double edge sword. With proper usage of IT, it helps to build and strengthen relationships. However, over addicted to IT may worsen your relationship with people and create gaps.

Other than social media, I was sick of my robotic life. Every weekday I'm going through the same thing. Even the challenges are the same. Irony. How to be challenging when it's repetitive? Decided to fall out of conformity and made a decision I've always wanted to but lacking the courage to execute. Final outcome: Bittersweet. Shan't weigh the pros and cons here, I've done it a million times in air. Let's move on to a better future!

Just back from a trip. Went Japan. Like, FINALLY! Dream come true, totally. Been dreaming of going there and this trip's outcome: same. Bittersweet. There's always a gap between reality and dreams. The same for present and history. Realised Japanese ain't as polite as what I expected. I don't mean those in servicing line (they were super polite!), I meant some commuters, they do take priority seats when they are not the ones in need, they do anyhow bump into others without saying すみません (sorry in Japanese). But of course, I do come in contact with commuters with manners and I'm still amazed with their world class transportation system. It was a great trip though I was shag and tired but looking back, I would have made the same decision. Only to extend my stay at each places hehe.

It's been 4 days since I was back. Applied for a few jobs here and there, and planning to sort out my room in the coming days. Wedding preparation is ongoing. Troublesome is all I can say haha. Because it consists of a huge sum of moolah, we cannot anyhow jump in and comparing isn't easy like comparing prices across supermarkets. Way too many factors to consider and we're stressing out!

Till I post again,
With loves, momo