my birthday wish for 2011

this is a tad too early, i noe...

but i noe e FIRST gift i wanted for my bday 2011 already... wahahahahhaa...

yes, i shall shamelessly declare that tis is a blatant hint to my dear frens out there that

I WAN THIS!!!

isnt tis sweet?? came across this while surfing on e net... e pink one looks so cute!! been wanting a polaroid camera since i dunno when.. but i dunno why everytime during my bday when ppl asked wat do i wan, i always dunno how 2 ans... so now here's e chance 2 dote on mi n get mi e pink one... HA HA HA...

i like photos in film strips..

Ecstatic Victory!

i was so so so so so so happy when Germany thrashed England with a 4-1 scoreline last night!!

i have been supporting them since the World Cup in Korea in 2002.. it was my first time watching World Cup and no idea why but perhaps fate that make mi recognise n thus stuck all e way through supporting them...

i rem how sad i was when Italy beat Germany in 2006 World Cup..

Last night was ecstatic!

photo from Yahoo! News

But alas! Germany has to meet Argentina in the upcoming quarter finals... Dear BF supports Argentina, I support Germany.. wat a contrast......

Stay Tuned for the Germany Vs Argentina BIG n i assume gg 2 b a v exciting match... Miroslav Klose is e best!

POCC

and do you noe what this means?

POCC stands for POWER OVER CERVICAL CANCER

Cervical cancer is the 2nd most common female cancer in the whole world.. isnt it scary to know that? There are approximately 500k women being diagnosed wif this cancer EVERY YEAR... CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH RISK WE WOMEN R EXPOSED TO?? in fact it is even more not surprising to find out that there are actually 200 new cases being diagnosed on a yearly basis in SG...

What can you do to lower the risk of contracting tis cancer?

1. Regular Pap Smear (More advisable for women who have been sexually active before) - Would be best to conduct a test once every 3 year.. You can do it on a yearly basis if u r feeling kiasu.. Health is important so nothing wrong in trying 2 play things safer..


2. HPV Vaccination - This could be one of the keys to reduce cervical cancer among women.. Cervical cancer became one of the female cancer which can be prevented through the invention of HPV vaccination. I tink tis came into the picture only fr the year of 2007 onwards...
Cervical cancer is one of the phrase that I would shudder upon hearing it.. because it took my mum away.. Back then, I do not believe this had been brought into the market, otherwise my mum cld hav gotten herself vaccinated way before she even contracted this cancer...
Women or rather humans should have been grateful at how much science has progressed today.. but very sad for those in the past where science has not progressed that fast enough to save them of their lives...
I am saying this to the memory of my mum because I can never forget the pain and anger I had towards this cancer for taking her away just like tat...

There is limitations though for this HPV vaccination. It mite not work as well for women who have been sexually active because they mite have been hit by the HPV virus... However, they can still choose to go for such vaccination to reduce the risk... A wise choice would be to start getting yourself vaccinated before you are even sexually active.


Think... Think of your future children, your husband, your elderly parents.. You wouldn't want to leave them in such misery if such thing has to happen, will you?

I have pledged myself in the support of this POCC campaign..
Go pledge yourself NOW with www.POCC.sg/pledge



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treasure ur grandparents..

it felt so impossible that so many things cld take place during such a short span of time..
i've been busy wif my stuff for two mths since I received news that my grandma was v ill two mths back.. i took urgent leave n rushed down to visit her on a Monday afternoon in apr.. in fact nearly the entire fam was down at her place, worrying abt her condition.. it was a false alarm, thanks heaven, that she onli slipped into a sugar coma due to low sugar count..
two mths passed with every wk, mi not being able to make some time 2 go down n visit her... somehow e responsibility falls greatly on us 2 make sure we visit her ever since mummy passed away... it used to be a weekly routine for my cousins n us 2 gather every sun 2 visit our grandparents.. gradually, e routine ceased when each of us start leading our own life as work n life catch up wif us...
i tink im e most unfilial one paying e least visit to them T__T
my grandfather got a stroke (i forgot its actually one or two yrs back..) to a pt he nearly forgot abt mi.. frankly, i was quite upset abt it but i hav nobody to blame but myself.. but in e end he still rem mi which nearly always make mi in tears..

as i am typing this, i am trying my v best 2 hold back my tears...

e thunderbolt news came last sunday nite that my grandma has passed away in the hospital.. two days shortly after dear junie's wedding.. i received e news on a saturday afternoon.. but NO, i din rush down becos i was too dead tired fr J's wedding... so i made excuses 2 myself 2 visit her on a weekday after work.. sunday was my paternal grandmother's birthday celebration so i cldnt go down... but everything felt like mere excuses when things started to happen.. i was reeling in shock.. but i cldnt let my emotions out.. it felt................. v empty inside.. like a void dark blank... i cldnt find e tears 2 cry... becos i din get 2 c her at all when she was still alive.. n i din get 2 even c her when she was being transported out of the hospital to the mortuary..

it was a very different feeling as compared to 10 years ago when i received news of the death of my paternal grandfather.. i broke down on e spot in the school compound, scaring quite a few of my choir frens becos it was rite after a choir competition.. i reckoned i was younger.. emotions were easier then... you can just cry or don't cry..

sunday, i cldnt cry.. i dunno wat exactly im holding back for.. i onli rem how much i wish for the presence of my mum...

monday i reached e wake at 9am.. we went through the necessary rites.. i saw her coffin being carried into the closed up area.. i din cry when i saw her face in the coffin.. saw how thin she has become... it tore at my heart.. i was quite terrified with myself.. hav i grown to be so cold blooded until i cannot longer cry when there's death in the family.. or izzit the older u get, e harder it is to show e tears in front of ppl??

on e way out to the altar area, i tot 2 myself i can no longer see 外婆 anymore... chinese new year is nv gg to be the same anymore without her ard.. e tears started... memories flashback is one of e worst aches..
i tot of my poor grandfather hu is so heartbroken wif her death.. so heartbroken wif my mum's death such that everytime he c my sis n mi, he wld break down in tears.. tis is sth v v new for a grandfather hu spoke of v few words n emotions before he got e stroke..

it is v nerve wrecking for the past three years when one thing happened after another... it makes mi see how life has turned out to be so fragile as one gets older.. everyone tells mi it is inevitable.. it is juz part n parcel of life... but y do humans have to go through all these? one wk before, i c my grandfather so strong n sturdy, e next he was stricken by stroke.. my grandmother growing frail as days go by but i still go on wif my life..

each time that there is a death in the family, i noe things will never be the same anymore... i will never be able to walk through e same house without feeling that something is amiss.. even if she was not there with mi every min but she had been there throughout my growing yrs for the past 26 years... this is significant...

e same as i dun like CNY anymore after mummy has passed away... no matter what i try to do on e eve of e nite, there is a void tat cannot b filled up... mother's day also seems pointless to mi anymore...

things hit hard when u get older, n more sensible, n more aware of wat is gg on... e ache tat u feel now is 100,000,000 times more that what u cld hav felt 10yrs ago... becos even though my grandparents are not the ones hu have brought mi up, yet nearly every event in ur life so far has been spent wif them...

i rem how it was like when i always looked forward to gg 2 my grandma's hse every sun when i was young.. though i noe e purpose was not 2 visit them but to play wif my cousins.. it did count that their presence marks a difference no matter wat e intention of the visit is meant for...
i rem how everytime during pri class periods, when e afternoon wind blew at mi, it always make mi tink of my grandma's hse...
i rem there was once i decided we need to have an updated family photo during one of my grandma's birthday celebrations so i brought my camera along.. e feeling felt great when everyone was so enthusiastic n delighted 2 take e photos.. im glad i made tat happened probably 6-7yrs ago.. but regretted when i din cont wif tis every yr..

a fren told mi 2 treasure (in fact many did..) whatever i hav wif huever i have now so that there wont b regrets in future.. it is always at tat instant where u rem n wan 2 treasure every moment, n aft a while, things go back to their usual cycle n everyone takes each other for granted again.. i hav made my effort in trying 2 tok 2 my dad more juz fyi...
i feel no matter how much u treasure ur fam, there's gg 2 b a pt where there's still regrets... death brings upon regrets...

i dun need anymore condolences... for i noe, i will be going through all these for probably another 100times when i hav a big fam... it will probably grow to a pt where i dun even noe how 2 cry anymore... e feeling juz numbs in e heart..

darn! i need a change in skincare now...

oh no oh no, juz when i tot i hav found a skincare that is suitable to my face..
i received this gd willed msg fr shi 2 inform mi tat there has been batches of the cream being recalled..

tis took place on a sunday morn..


when i finally woke up, i checked online myself n decided 2 write 2 HSA 2 reaffirm this..
they ascertained abt it today.

tis is bad news becos i hav been relying on tis product for ages.. i sld hav guessed it long ago tat how cld a product work such miracle in less than a wk...

This is what I have found out...

Dexamethasone Acetate is classified as a glucocorticosteroid. It is generally used as an anti-inflammatory medication and relieves inflammation in various parts of the body.. Can be used as treatment of skin conditions but however it has to be under a doctor's prescription..

Side effects can result such as cataract and bone thinning, increased appetite, difficulty in slping, irritability etc (when consumed)

Imagine tis used on my face for so long?!

now i have to search for new skincare... T________T

The Prelude to The Big Day for Junie

i was initially tinking of putting the title as the Prelude to The Big Day... then i tink it sounds too ambiguous.. it cld mean the big day for ME which leads to more misunderstanding which is of cos unnecessary... so there's e title specially for junie..

we had everything planned out including the hotel... tot of juz a purely gers nite lounging in the hotel room, having gers' talk through e nite.. we nv hav had a hotel stay before as a grp.. but plans were last min cancelled... led to a flurry of decisions that we have to make in a haste of time..

wif no hotel, we need to source for restaurant wif nice ambience n an activity (KTV) thereafter.. actually it was partly due to the KTV which was why we cancelled the hotel since we decided we werent gg 2 spend much time in e hotel after all...

first we decided since our dear fren is so SHY n cldnt possibly done wat sian has done previously, she shall b e princess fr e start.. wif a maid n personel makeup artist by the princess's hand n foot (not literally..), e maid n makeup artist targetted to doll e princess up for e nite..

makeup artist aka ME was late, well, actually not exactly late... its e princess hu reached the maid's house too early for her own good.. she has to pardon the makeup artist for having a bad hair n makeup day on tat particular day.. lucky, the bad hair n makeup day din materialise on e princess's face.. i would say it went pretty well instead..

digressing a little, i was already pretty late in trying 2 reach xuan's place.. supposed 2 reach by 2pm! but e bad hair n makeup caught mi up in time.. when i rushed down in a cab, suay suay bumped into jam in expressway.. so cab driver suggested a different route.. i tot i still hav quite a bit of time until xuan shocked mi wif a msg tat the princess n her prince charming had arrived! i kept looking at my watch hoping tat e cab driver cld drive a little faster.. he also gan geong n tried 2 go as fast as he cld... he asked a funny qn "小妹，你是赶着要去教书啊？" -_-||| in my tat gear up, how cld he link 2 teaching??

back to the topic, i finally reached.. here's e makeup artist at work..

busy trying to curl the princess's hair..

we took quite a bit of time to prepare until poor jer came n said "u all still not ready ah?" so the poor jer waited until she nearly rotted away...

the princess wif her readied hair.. the weather was killing us.. samore wif e curler heat.. makeup melt until cannot melt.. damn jialutz..

we settled on barracks cafe located in dempsey.. because i tot dempsey has a nice enough ambience for photo taking.. but was a bit cheated by e photos shown in e website.. in e end e decor though nice was not as special as i tot it 2 b.. there was a glass hse shown in e pic.. which i tot anyone cld hav it by making reservation.. in  e end, u need to spend at least $700 in order to get a place in the glass room.. not sure if tat's entirely true...

the menu.. they designed it like newspaper..

 

the interior of the cafe..

the table we r aiming for.. but was told tat its meant for at least 7pax.. ltr on, we found out.... (jer whispered to mi there was only 4ppl sitting at tat table n they allowed O*O)

i supposed tats e glass room i was hoping to get...

jer n xuan said e skinny pizza is nice.. there are so many varieties to choose fr.. we settled for the English Breakfast aft a long mulling n delibration.......... caused by my camwhoring...

the supposed AH MA look 50yrs fr now..

one metre long sausage in a bed of "grass"

super long.. juz nice e table length or slightly shorter than the table length.. junie e veg lover din like e "grass".. xuan was e only one chomping the "grass"... they have a huge amt of "grass" everywhere in the dishes we ordered.. u will get to c more of it..

there, tat greeny stuff is e "grass"

my fried cod fish main course.. its not bad..

this drink is specially ordered for the bride-to-be... looks harmless.. but see that blurred imaged on top?? tats e bottle of dunno wat alcohol poured into the concoction..

everything in.. looks v innocent if the bride din c wif her own eyes of alcohol pouring in :D

bride has the whole bowl to herself..

i dunno abt tis cake.. the gers ordered.. when it came, i was still tinking waa so nice..

eeks, turned out to be coconut cake...

the strawberry shortcake which is nicer... it came wif a small glass of milk/creamer (i dunno wat its called..) to be poured over the cake.. our dear bride-to-be took a sip of it.. still declared tat its quite nice.. all of us broke into hilarious laughter.. i tink she mite b a little high at tat pt in time.. she was all red fr drinking juz a bowl of tat concoction..

can u guess wat is tis?? i give u one chance...

TA-DA - answer is TOILET... pussycat for ladies, cockadoodle for gents.. innovative..

all along, i was sitting with the toilet right behind mi... i din even noe it when e gers said "im gg toilet.." "im gg toilet.." i tot they went all e way 2 e back for toilet.. usually toilet located quite at e back of a cafe one ma.. until a pt where i heard them discussing abt e toilet den i turned n look at e "pussycat".. i was incredulous "tats e toilet?" gd camouflage...

FINALLY THE KTV TIME...

The bride-to-be was very worried... very very worried abt wat we were gg 2 do 2 her since she has witnessed how we has plotted for sian's hen's night previously... from dinner all e way till ktv, she asked non stop wat we had been planning.. she didnt believe we wld b so kind by dolling her up 1st without any forfeit????? haha my dear junie, we have been VERY KIND... lolz..

our idea was v simple.. put on a showercap n dance to the music we hav selected.. once we r satisifed wif her performance, we will let her take off e showercap n put on e bridal head gear.. NOTE: this only took place in the KTV room.. enclosed surrounding.. so we had been very kind to her indeed.. 哈哈哈

v willingly put on e shower cap.. but not v willingly dance for us.. haha..

wif e bridal head gear which i have gotten for her from genting..

P/S: she likes e head gear so much until she cldnt bear 2 take it off.. wore it all e way right into bugis.. of cos, there wasnt tat many ppl around.. still, given her nature, she wld hav took it off.. but she din.. my conclusion is either she's reali drunk fr all e drinking (we had beer in the rm.. not a killer but considered a killer for dear junie given tat she seldom touches alcohol.. so u can understand how drastic e effect has gotten to her..) or she simply loves the head gear too much :D

she got pretty high n v sporting n let us took a lot of funny shots.. shots tat she wld nv do if she's sober.. can onli released juz tis one shot alt i gotten her permission to post her unglam photos.. junie, im VERY KIND to you, isnt it?? hahaaa..

Last but not least, one of our v v few grp shots...

ENJOY!!!