Financial Stress

Just settle some of the wedding preparation stuff in the last few weeks....

Here is the things settled

1. Photographer for the wedding album
2. Photographer for the actual wedding ceremony etc
3. Evening gown
4. Accessories for the evening gown
5. Flowers

And there re 1001 things not yet settled for the home & wedding preparation.... Everytime, we tot of getting something for the home or wedding... Both of us will frown coz it spelled $$ and its really a financial stress to us... Thus, we try to save whenever we can...

Gotta give up certain things now...... :(

Japanese Shinkansen vs Malaysia KTM

A month has passed and HK Auntie is going back to HK tomorrow....

Was wondering whether will i be able to send her off at the airport! Today is such a "fruitful" day!

This morn, went to Doris' pl to enjoy her swimming & sauna's facilities, followed by breakfast with her & HK Auntie. After which, we went to Chinatown to have our dimsum lunch...

Then, Lian Ann & me left the restaurant and went to our new place... To settle the protective film.... The installation of the protective film was at least 4 hours ++... Went to hv dinner with my folks while Lian Ann went to his fren's BBQ!

Dinner was with my parents, fat bond, HK auntie, Doris and my 2nd uncle & his wife! In the course of dinner, poor Doris was caught with a call from her client... Doris happened to be on STANDBY this week..... She din really enjoyed her dinner! Poor cousin!

My 2nd uncle's wife aka F Aunt complained to me abt her son aka my cousin, A's renovation. Based on her words, the contractor didn't do a good job and gave a lot of lame excuses for the defects... Mainly to push away all the blame...... Heard from them that A's getting married in Dec 06, that is 1 mth before my customary wedding....

Fat Bond commented that A is taking the Japanese Shinkansen railway system whereas I m taking the Malaysia's KTM railway system. As both A & I got our apartments within a few mths of each other, solemnised our marriage within 1 mth of each other, got our apartments renovated and the BEST part, he is going to hold his customary wedding 1 mth before me! Its like A everything within the span of 6 mths whereas I m still like taking my own sweet time to prepare the stuff....

But, I asked Fat Bond this qn, "Who is more stressful, me or A?" The obvious answer is A. These few days that i seen him, he looked so bogged down by the issues that he had for his wedding & home renovation.... Heard from my uncle that his home renovation cost him approx SG$40K, his furniture & electrical appliances another SG$20k... All in all, a whopping SG$6ok within a period of 6 mths! I guess A din know that there is so much $$ in all these!

I sounded like I m gloating, the truth is I m pissed off with him... Like trying to outdo me..... I mean I had told all my family & relatives abt my wedding date... Now, its so unfortunate that my 2nd Uncle cant attend mine and he s a fave uncle of mine! :(

Quoting Mum's words, "Its fated that we cant attend each others' children's wedding!" Poor Mum! I know she wants her siblings all by her side at my wedding! Just pray hard that everything works out fine!

Mixed Feelings...

Today is the last working day of my new colleague, Eddie.. He has been my neighbour coz he s the one sitting besides me!

Pretty enjoy working with him coz he has an unusual sense of humour plus he is always ever ready to assist me in work issues! I kept on teasing him that I will miss him once he left the co! I guess i will definitely miss him! ALL THE BEST, Eddie!

I m having mixed feelings coz my dept is having 100% staff turnover since I had been in this co for 1mth++... And with so many deadlines coming up, I really dunno whether I can tide over this period....

All the best to moi too!

A list of things to do................

I supposed there are a lot of things going on currently....

PErhaps its due to the wedding preparation and the renovation for the apartment...

I had drafted a list of things for myself to do..... The list is as followed:

1. To lose weight
2. To save money
3. To settle my home renovation
4. To get furnishings and miscellanous for my apartment
5. To clean the apartment
6. To find my evening gown....

And the list goes on... Somehow or either, i m unsure what i am doing now... Guess i have to lose weight coz i really feel lethageric and bored easily! Just have to ensure that I have the discipline to exercise......

Fears

Its the 2nd week of work in my new co.....

Fears start to creep in as my colleagues had resigned and will be leaving at the end of the month. Those colleagues that had resigned, they have been working in the co for more than 5 years! I called them the "Pillars" of the dept.... Somehow, I just dun feel good about the whole thing!

I prayed that everything will work out fine for me! Mum just came back from Bangkok, she told us kids about her swollen feet problem... I also dun feel good about it.... I hoped that nothing is wrong with my Mother's health.... Sometimes, I find myself not a good daughter... Din understand my Mum enough or have the time to accompany her to see the doctor...... :(

Reflections....

Went to my cousin's Civil Solemnisation ceremony last Saturday....

Suddenly, it dawned onto me that I had forgotten what my vows are! Dear husband could remember and he told me that his vows and ours are different... PErhaps, its the fact that different wedding solemnisers chose different vows? The most important thing is to sign on the dotted line..... :)

Come to think of it, there are many couples tying the knots this year! I had received quite a bit of invitations to wedding banquets... That sparked this fear inside my head.... Will I have to invite them to my wedding banquet? Will they turn up... etc etc.... Call me paranoid!

Anyway, being married comes with a lot of unexpected responsibilites... Even though dear husband dun admit it, he actually shouldered most of the responsibilites than me! As much as he could give me grief at times, I m really counting my blessings and trying my best not to take him for granted!

New job, new start!

Today is the 1st day of my new job....

Though I had been thru so many jobs... But, it is still nerve whacking on the first day! Coz u dunno how your colleagues are going to be, how is the seating arrangement etcc.... All those doubts!

Kinda impressed with the company but its their silence that is kinda intolerable!

Will keep my fingers crossed for this new job! Wish me luck! :)