Wonderful gifts this Christmas...

Jas received the long-awaited wedding proposal from Teck (its long awaited for me at least!) / Jimbo & Grace got together officially (finally!) / Paula & John informed us that they are expecting their first kid!

It has been a beautiful Christmas. We both agree that it is no longer the physical gifts that we have received that made us happy, but instead, these wonderful news that really made this Christmas so special.

Had a wonderful time at the Yeo's residences and received many lovely gifts. Dinner & the company was great and we really felt the warmth of Christmas! Hubby Chew saw the the tag "Mrs Yeo" on the Christmas Stolen and reminded me to use "Mrs Chew" when I next place an order or register for something. Ha...as much as I still feel very much a Ms Wendy Teo, I will ty to adopt the identity of "Mrs Chew" soon and try to embrace it!

The day was spent at grandma's place, catching up with family members. The evening wa spent catching up with friends over makan and TABOO - which coincidently, is my first try! The day ended with teh at The Kitchen.

The day seems long but extreamly meaningful..It was indeed, Merry Christmas for us.

Leaving for Shanghai this Sunday and have not done anything!
Finally, printed out my e-ticket, my hotel confirmation, program and important addresses today. Have not pack presenters, gifts, my own bag...etc
Its once of those trips that I do not look forward to - its cold now, unexciting program, neither colleague nor hubby is going to be with me...did not mind travelling alone years ago but somehow, I yean for companionship now. I'm spoilt!
The only consolation for me is probably the full day shopping that I have on day 1 before work starts on Tue. Its been 3 years since my last visit to Shanghai but honestly, just not looking forward.

Its been so long once again.. since my last blog.
Clearing leave for the past 2 days and its a luxury. Spent the last 2 mornings having breakfast, lunch and chatting with mother-in-law. Lied in bed to watch Korean DVD and today, decided to click on my blog and refresh my memory about the past months.
Its cool! Having a reference to what I was thinking about months ago. I wa busy blogging about my new position, wedding prep and all.. now I am fully settled into the job, married and one thing didn't change - being happy. Or should I say, I am happier.
Dave & I discussed this many times - to some people, getting married may be about signing a piece of official document, going through a ceremony. To us, it sort of changed our life, our perspective and our direction. It is definitely for the better. At no point in time do we feel as "settled" as now and I have fully understand the term, "settling down".
Its wonderful to have someone to go home to each day, going for dinner, dessert, shopping for groceries, attending functions as Mr & Mrs Chew... we do that all the time when we were dating, however, its just different. Its nice to know that you have that special someone under the same roof all the time and that no matter how bad the day was at work, there is someone there to bring a smile to your face at the end of the day. I do not deny the fact that we may eventually fight or may even find the presence of each other not as pleasant, but well, I am enjoying every bit of married mife right now and will deal with those when they come!
Not worrying and definitely not dying to have our own place/ car / luxuries right now. Keeping a level head on what is most important now - Building up our careers and a family soon. So much about married life right now.
As for work, I am glad that I managed the 6.30 - 7.00pm target each day. Been keeping my "doors" closed for a while and it time to open up my doors again. Come what may..
Telling myself no luxurious bags, fancy make-up kits and unnecessary clothes for now.. getting ready for X'mas again and year after year, I am still loving "the joy of giving" .. starting to draw up a gift list mentally already. Christmas decors, fruit cakes, gingerbread boys, presents, pretty dresses and Chirstmas catelogues from shopping centres all adds up to the X'mas spirit!
Too much to write... rushing off to Mum's place...

Its been a crazy Monday clearing emails and following up on last week's work. Like what Vani said "you may for it when you return from your leave". How true.

Was in a taxi to Jurong today and saw The Science Centre from afar - It actually excites me to see the The Science Centre! Brings back the memories of excursions!

Finished typing the church wedding mass booklet last night and its down to selecting the hymns. First, need to get the choir ... next the invite cards... its amazing, its about 5 mths away now.

Another photo by my O2 phone.

Taken on my O2 phone, in Zouk & Velvet last week for Kevin's birthday. The resolution quite lousy but got the phone for its functionality.
Any way, figured that partying and clubbing is really not our cup of tea anymore. It must be the age thing! Rather spend the night watching DVD in bed these days!

The stomach ache, pain, discomfort, air, bloatedness...etc is not going away. Its been there since Friday. Doc said no oily & spicy food, no milk and no COFFEE!!

Just to reconfirm that I didn't get it wrong, I actually asked her one more time - "Did you say no coffee?" .. Doc gave me a big smile and a resounding "YES!"

Feeling the withdrawal effect already, not physically, but mentally - wondering if I should head straight to office from train station before hitting office or pretend that doc didn't say anything about coffee and continue to get my morning dose from Coffee and Toast. After lunch, I was asking myself what should I drink since I'm not supposed to drink coffee. The thought didn't last very long as I was too busy to even walk to the pantry for a drink.

Perhaps I should take this opportunity to quit coffee. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps!

A NEW WEEK, A FRESH START? OR AM I CLINGING ON TO LAST WEEK?
- thought of the day, mindless, but just came into my head anyway.

Slowly and surely, I am getting into the swing of things! Left the office at 7pm sharp today! What an achievement! Giving myself another 2 weeks to settle into the new position and I'll be out of the office by 6.30pm everyday! Planned my sales call for the week and did my fair share of homework today. I'm gonna be - SUPER SALES WOMAN in no time! Motivational talk for myself - works most of the of the time, though not all the time :)

Had an enjoyable dinner with Dearie, Grace and Jimbo in Siglap today, as usual, the guys were entertaining. Ended off with Dearie's unfulfilled ice-cream craving in Haagen Daz - Macademia Nuts, Strawberry & our fav Rum & Raisin ice cream topped with strawberry sauce and fresh strawberries! Now I feel guilty pigging out while Jimbo and Grace stayed disciplined, drinking ice water. Shouldn't be indulging in so much food!

Crossed the road to check out the wedding cake from Montreux Bakery... still thinking if its worth setting aside 1k to feed more than 300 guests with a real wedding cake - most coupls have a dummy; should I simply do without the cake cutting ceremony or order a big enough cake to feed all the guests? No way to cutting into dummy cake!

Decided to live without the Coach bag , for now. Will review again. A little sacrifice won't hurt, a little more in the bank now, sure helps. Months down the road, I'm sure I will agree with my own "wise decision" Ha!