finally finished the serial! it's a mix of happiness, disappointment (my suave guy didn't get the girl, as expected), and emptiness (no more cute guy to watch), sighs.

my current obsession. i am watching the serial still as i am typing this.



and surprise surprise, i''ve never thought lee wei cute - infact i didn't quite like him when he first came out in the duo wewe. but after watching this show, i'm totally hearting him. or rather his character in the show. so bad-boy-suave and macho, yet loyal and humble, and most importantly, such a sweet sweet guy when it comes to matters of the heart. he carries this cool and serious look most of the time, but when he breaks into his goofy smile, it makes me wanna melt. come on everybody, say awwwwww... his acting skill is really good and i am pretty impressed. i keep crying for his character in the show la. can't help but googled his image so that i can continue to swoon over him, haha. i'm so gonna buy some more of his serial to watch!

isn't he just so so sooooo cute?! gahhhhhhhh.
 

this is unbelievable. i'm totally hooked on this sappy taiwan drama serial which i stayed up till 1am last night and rushed home immediately after work to watch. and it's making cry and cry each day. taking a break now, to have a shower, freshen and continue on the sobbing marathon.

am totally obsessed with my upcoming trip to taiwan. have been looking at winter clothes a lot with tabbi, who's coincidentally going to taiwan as well. okay, it's not going to be that cold in taiwan, prolly only abt 15 degrees, although it's going to get much colder at alishan, but it's a great chance to layer up & wear those boots. this is a look i would love to carry. those sky-high heels are totally impractical for travelling though, haha!
 

the movie dates dwindled as we started dating, and i think it came to naught when we got married. the movie dates then became a foursome thingy with the husbands.

last night, the bestie and i went on a movie date, just the two of us :) not like the husbands will appreciate the movie anyway.



it was a delightful watch, despite being a bit boring at some parts. and we totally overdosed on popcorn. and were inspired to cook more often. coincidentally we just had a cookout recently, separate post on that coming up.

love movie dates like this. we should have it more often :)

it was a good and quiet weekend with the boy. first, the tear jerker, my sister's keeper, which got my tears streaming from start till end - one of the worst ever. and today, we did something very different - shop! can u believe, that we do not go shopping at all, i mean, there's the occasionally walk while waiting for time to pass for another activity (which never last over half an hour) or the planned shopping for a specific item (esp. for the house), but never leisure shopping for clothes together. he doesn't like shopping, and i don't like shopping with him, because he doesn't like shopping. haha. he was sweet together, uncharacteristically patient as i browsed through the clothes, and even encouraged me to buy stuff! i wonder what's wrong with him, but i'm not complaining! and i love the basics i bought from uniqlo. love uniqlo! whee!!

we had a simple quiet dinner on his actual birthday last night, with wine over takeaway botak jones.

the weekend before that, i planned a surprise for the darling boy. it was not easy to execute - i had to smuggle the overnight bag, clothes item, and passport etc piece by piece to school each day. i had told him to take friday afternoon to go for a picnic with me, to enjoy before my exam marking came in. that was really the case until the exam was brought forward, and i couldn't even lament about the marking load prior to the trip when it came in. i had also asked two friends, our usual marking kakis, to ask him for mahjong that weekend, to keep him from making other plans.

he only found out we were going overseas to batam when we met up at harbourfront centre that day. he was shocked initially, even verging on the edge of displeasure because he had errands to run and some work to settle. but after working it out, and getting over the shock, i think he was quite happy and excited afterall =)

we had a relaxed time by the fantabulously huge pool of batam harris resort that afternoon and a nice night chilling out. then the next surprise came the next day when the 2 friends appeared 'for the mahjong session' on saturday. it didn't quite go as plan, because we so coincidentally met at the lift lobby after they had just checked in and we were going back to our room after breakfast. haha! there was also the birthday cake presentation by the resort staff, which he kinda expected.

all in all, we had a great time at the resort - it was nice to enjoy a relaxed time-off amidst our busy schedule. and i certainly hope that the boy enjoyed the surprise i specially planned for him.




on the way to batam, after getting over the shock.



we're definitely going back to batam for more cable-ski action!



day 2 when the girls joined us. taken when we were waiting for our massage session.



birthday surprise!



chilling by the pool.



goodbye harris, and our cosy room with a lovely pool view.



goodbye batam.



till next time!


photo full set on facebook.

i hope you liked your present.


p.s. i love you.

my second official driving lesson, my first ''car dying'' experience, first high thrill factor where the car jerked suddenly, and i went too close to some other cars.  i cannot remember the steps of reverse parking even after several times of going through the motion. i clearly don't see if the car is straight or in the lot deep enough. basically i'm just a dummy following his instructions to turn and stop! boohoo.

at last, a night when i can truly go for my jog and surf the net without having any marking nagging at the back of my mind.

unfortunately, this is extremely short-lived. the end-of-year marking is coming in shortly. oh well, at least i dun have to face the brats. and the light at the end to look forward to. YAY!