"Save the Last Dance For me" starrring Yoo Jin and Ji Seong

The latest Korean drama that I have completed and I totally enjoyed it! Such a romantic story...

The theme song "Give My Love" keeps ringing in my head.. downloaded it from the net. Each time I listen to the track, I will replay it for more than 10 times! I think I am gonna play it at my wedding too! (dearie, can?) erhh.... but the lyrics not so appropriate... but maybe no one will notice the lyrics cos the song is already so nice and sounded more romantic than sad.


GIVE MY LOVE Performed by: Edward Chun
When I look in your eyes I can see that you
Wanna be with me but you're so scared
And I don't know what to to say or do
But the tears keep falling in your eyes
And I know that times won't change my love And I can't do nothing to keep you

Chorus:
(Oh/Now) I'll give my love oh when I hold you tight
Give my love through kisses oh so bright
And you know that I can't change my life
Take my love all through the night

As the hours pass away
You think that love ain’t here to stay
Feel a beat from your chest
But you don’t give doubt a moment’s rest
You dream the future and all you see is dark
Listen to your heart, baby, the truth will set sparks
(Repeat Chorus)

Now I'll give my love away when I hold you tight
Give my love through kisses oh so bright
And you know that time won't change my life
Take my love all through the night(Repeat Chorus

Took part in the Hotel's Inter-Department Bowling tournment with 3 other colleagues. We participated for the fun of it, basically, to fill up the empty slots.

We started off pretty well and was ranked 4th out of 21 teams in the first game. It suddenly dawned upon us that we should target to work towards being 3rd so that we can go home with a cute little trophy. For game number 2 , we were ranked 3rd! We all thought "hey, it is quite possible to get that trophy if we play consistently for the 3rd game". And we played our best - Overtook the rest and won emerged champion! We led by more than 70 points from the runner-up!

Once again, this reaffirms my belief that sometimes, it is good not to have high expectations. The win was a bonus. Its been so long since I last received a trophy and the feeling was sweet. It reminds me of my younger days when I was in competitive sports.

And Dearie say to keep the trophy for our cupboard.. I highly don't think so though. Its sitting on my office cabinet right now.

Its been a long while since I last met the gals for a leisure day out. Perhaps, sometimes we were too pre-occupied with our work, sleep and partners...I am trying to balance these ...

Met Jen n Beth for buffet lunch at Bar & Billiard Room in Raffles Hotel. Food was so-so (fortunately there was staff discount!) but as always, the company was great. Hanni just woke up when we arrived at the restauarnt so we started without her. The birthday gal was not there due to last minute "unfortunate happenings" .. hope she is feeling better now...

Went to Delphi to help Jen choose her wedding band.. very heart-warming to see so many young couples in joyous discussion with the consultants regarding their wedding band designs.

After hearing Jen spoke about all the cost involved for the wedding preparation, I start to wonder if a frill-less wedding is possible. Why do we need to save so hard and in the end, spend it all in a single day? Though the wedding day may be one of the most important day of one's life, will any of the guests remember the card that you sent, the wedding favours that you gave or the number of crystals that was on your gown 10 years down the road? Will they remember that the food was not that great or that you went through so much trouble to work out the guest list? Are all these fuss over the wedding a self-fullfillment act or is it simply to please the people around us?

As much as I wish to have a beautiful wedding ceremony, I figured that I will not spend too much on "specially designed" wedding cards & items. Couples print their pretty wedding photos onto customised cards and church booklets, but friends will probably not display those in their homes and would feel bad about throwing those out. After the wedding, these become white elephants. Though email invite is a bit impersonal and unacceptable to the elders, but I think it serves well as a RSVP tool! Hopefully by the time when I am preparaing for my wedding, email invite is already widely acceptable norm! That will defintely save some bucks - printing, stamps, envelopes ..haha..!!!

To each its own, people differ and may just want the best for their own big day.

For me, I would rather spend the money on a nice long honeymoon and renovation for the my matrimonial home cum lovenest. Probably thats selfishness, wanting to spend money all on ourselves only! That is the practical side of me!

Like what the church always preach, "a wedding is a day, a marriage is a lifetime". Building a strong foundation for the relationship and working on maintaining that to last a lifetime is most important. So, was really glad that Deaerie and I went through Engagement Encounter and will attend Marraige Preparation Course when he return. :-)

Back to yeaterrday...we end off the afternoon with a drink at Bar Stop and Jen was toying with the idea of holding her hen's night there! The day passed really fast and I totally enjoyed myself, - the comfort of hanging around the gals, doing things without having to worry too much about whats next, totally "chilled-out"!

Found this photo in my camera ... forget to download after the trip in Prague.
This photo was taken when we arrived at the airport and was waiting for the local bus to get into town. We were then without a map and luckily, I did my homework and had all the instructions on hand.

Went to Paulyn's wedding on Friday and to Lily's today.
2 more weddings come November...
I personally don't want any of such banquets...

The church wedding with a little informal reception will be good enough..

Aunt said today that I do not need dad or someone to walk me down the airsle to the groom at the altar - thats Hollywood style! In fact, the correct thing to do is to have the couple walk down the airsle together:)

We are in the midst of compiling the songs for our BIG day...
Dearie said yesterday that he had the "ring fund" ready and everything is "in control".
We have been discussing on what kind of photos we want to take, the kind of reception we gonna hold and the type of gown I'm going to wear...
But I love to joke on the fact that there is no proposal now and that I may not say yes!! Haha, and I know he enjoys it!

The fun continues...

Met up with the gals at The Bark's Cafe last night.

One's leading a "sad life" cos have been keeping bf company 24/7 while the other has been working really hard.

Main topic for the night was Jen's wedding and also, ours! Seems that we have reached this point in life when marriage is the main conversational topic... of course we spoke about work, people, bags, travel... but the same topic about relationship and marraiges just keep slipping in and out of the 3-4 hrs catching-up session.

Didn't have so much beer in a along while as I no longer enjoy alcohol.

Perhaps, I should start to drink more milk - cos as we move along, the next topic is probably gonna be pregnancy & childbirth!

Nice.. to see us all move into our next phrase in life...

Work, sleep and watching TV seems to have taken over the whole of me. Suddenly I felt "friend-less"!

It occurred to me today that I MISS MY FRIENDS! Suddenly, I feel that I miss talking to them, hearing thrie joy and immensing in their company.

Guess everyone has been busy..the bride to be is busy with wedding preparation, the lecturer is busy at school, the insurance agent is probably waiting for her client again and the just-came back from Australia gal must be keeping her boyfriend(s) company!

Whiped out my phone and sent a mass sms to them. Hopefully, will get to meet up tomorrow for some girls' chill-out time. Not too sure whats the plan tomorrow, may party, may catch up at a cafe or slack at a prata shop - no matter what, I really look forward to seeing them.

Bought our air tickets to Rome, booked our hotel, bought a guidebook and doing research on most nights.

Decemeber seems closer than ever. Such feelings are always nice to have- having something to look forward to. The days seems brighter and pass faster.

In a month's time, I hope the Wednesday Audience Papal schedule will be out, so that I can write in for the tickets - and meet the Pope!

Been thinking if I should get myself another Gucci when I am in Italy, or maybe something from Ferragamo ... or perhaps save those money for a more worthy cause... decisions, decisions ...

Been some time since I last update my blog...

Been too busy watching Korean Drama VCD .. once I start, its difficult to stop.. just completed "Love in Harvard".

I wonder how the Korean scriptwriters managed such romantic speeches, such touching storylines. They also manage to mould the lead actors and actress into someone who seems like he/she is the greatest sufferer / lover.

Although its all but a show, but as I watch, I am thankful that I need not go through so much crap compared to them.

There is always an evil person trying to break up the couple... the lovers caught up in a love triangle... that the man whom you always love is your long lost brother...someone suddenly struck with some unknown disease or sickness...family objection...etc . One or more of the above must be the hindrance of an otherwise, beautiful relationship.
Guess only women enjoy shedding tears for the actor or actresses and such predictable yet hard to resist storylines. Find me a man who sits through the entire Korean drama!

While I think there are indeed such complicated relationships in real life, I am glad mine is simple. Mr Chew and I both agree that there is nothing more we can ask for.