9 Awesome days with LING

1. SCS Graduation

Ling finally has a long holiday after graduating as a sergeant from the combat engineer course. Now he gets more nights out and is able to take leave more often. Since its like that i would be able to spend more time with him which is AWESOME!! Anyway, im so proud of him because he complained so much of the hardships he had to go through as well as how much he would like to quit, but he still managed to pull through. Also proud of Ron and Jinmy who went through all the hardships in infantry.

even though i look fat but still:)

the small boy that graduated as well

The fatty that graduated :)

2. Christmas party @ church 

Everyone expects church parties to be all holy , with everyone just praying and worshiping God but its not the case. Its just a big group of people just celebrating a special occasion. Even though i haven't been attending church as much as i would like but it was still nice. Especially when i had my dear friends and ling there with me. There was a huge buffet and even a lucky draw.
Last year i won a rice cooker and everyone was teasing me saying that i will win another household appliance. In the end i really won an iron! everyone kept laughing at me saying that i have a fate of being a house-wife...

MY IRON!!

3. Christmas eve 

We were racking our brains on what to do for Christmas eve and decided to go to Gardens By the Bay. It was totally impromptu and ended up to be a really fun date. The highlight was definitely the cloud tower! there was a huge waterfall right at the entrance and the place was really cooling. You could also walk all the way to the top and see the view from the top of the waterfall. It was amazing. However, it was beyond tiring, the place was so huge and you had to walk the whole way. Ling kept sitting down whenever he could and after walking half of the park, i wanted to go back so badly.

the photo was so nice but it was photobombed

the other side of the waterfall

us at the side of it

being tourist-y and checking out the gift shop! this costs 10 bucks btw 

4. Christmas

Just a simple dinner for two which i managed to cook!!!:)) I was really proud of myself for being able to cook this dinner. even though there were some hiccups and it was really simple. But for someone who rarely cooks and always burn stuff to cook this meal, it was a miracle. 

my home-cooked meal

My Xmas present for the B

You are my BOY :)

5. New Year 

the rest of the days were spent with simple outings like shopping and watching movies.However, it was still fun and the most important thing was the time spent. 

On the last day of the year, we went to LoLa's cafe and went home to countdown to the new year.It was sort of a mellow way to celebrate 2014 but i hated squeezing through crowds and going through the hassle of flagging a cab.It was still really fun and we watched the marina bay countdown on TV and even played along with the MC. (like waving our hands and clapping). Thank you for celebrating all this special occasions with me and thank you for the times that we had this year. Here is to many more years ahead. 

My Last 'Teen'

I know this late but i didn't have much time lately due to all the examinations and deadlines. Even though, i had plenty of good birthdays, this year really trumped all the rest of the birthdays. Its all thanks to my dearest friends and boyfriend that this year i really felt so blessed. To the extent that i felt that i didn't deserve such treatment from them. 

My Orientation Group 

At first it started off with me meeting Loy and Shaun for lunch before lecture. However, when i tried to call them, both of them did not pick up the phone. In the end, i had to eat lunch alone which made me quite angsty. Then i got a call from Rachel asking me to come down from the upper deck and once i stepped out of the door, a big group of people starting singing happy birthday at the top of their lungs. i was so shocked that i missed a step and almost tripped. Though i was quite embarrassed, it was really so sweet. In addition to the nicest cake, they gave me a balloon and a sunflower. It was so sweet and being able to celebrate with such awesome friends made it all the more special to me. 

Next is the sweetest orientation group leader ever. Since he was a double degree student, it doesn't come as much of a surprise that i haven;t seen him ever since after camp. One day before my birthday i saw him 

CW: oh it's your birthday, omg happy birthday! okay okay i will give you something tomorrow

Me: Oh please, i would be surprised if you wish me happy birthday.Let alone give me a gift 

CW: okay you see tmrw!

The next day, he messaged me instructions like " when you exit the upper deck, turned to the right..." which i followed. And what did i find? A cute doggy that had a red ribbon as a leash that said property of ME and it was taped to the wall. I was really so shocked and was standing saying seriously? he really impressed me and Ya min by how thoughtful and creative he was. He is indeed an awesome orientation group leader. thank you!!!! 

BBG and Jerlyn 

We planned to have a dinner in Stranger's Reunion where they literally had the best waffles ever. It was like any other dinner where we gossiped and caught up and basically had a great time. i thought that it was just an average dinner with my sweet babe Jerlyn buying me dinner. 

However at midnight, Gloria and Jerlyn came to the house to surprise me with a cake and a candle to mimic a birthday candle cause i think they had no candle. I was really touched that tried to come find me throughout the night and to not leave me alone when it reached my birthday. Love you guys so much!!!!!

Family 

Best friends are family that you choose for yourself. That is truly applicable to this special group of people. Who always continuously make an effort to make me feel happy and be there for me. Though i know that these few days i haven't been a good friend, being busy with examinations and studying. But being the good friends that they are, they always understand where i am at and don't blame me for it in the end. No matter how many shit I've been through, i know that we will always be friends or better yet Family. :)

Guess which animal represents which one of us 

Okay here is the story of how they made my day, at first it was supposed to be ling bringing me out. He kept rushing me and i felt so annoyed because i was wondering why are you rushing me on today out of all days. However, after everything i figured out why. While we were at the ice skating rink, the 4 of them popped up out of nowhere. i was so surprised but i should have known that they would do something like this. Special thanks to Gloria who swore that she would never ice skate but she did it for me. Glad that she always doing things she doesn't like for me. love you BBG.

After skating, rich fetched us to eat dinner at Shabu Shabu at Katong I12. then after dinner, Jinmy and Richard went to take a smoke as usual. Than they came up with Gooby cupcakes ( that whoever knows me will know that it is absolutely the cutest and best cupcakes ever)

They then gave me the most thoughtful gift ever, a SKATEBOARD. Which i talked about getting before school start and they remembered. they also gave me bandages and plasters in case i would fall that they of course know i will. 

Eben and Belle and Tian and the clique 

They came to my house to surprise me. Then after they went to eat four fingers. After that, we went to shop for bolsters. even though it was such a simple gesture, i was really touched. after seven years of friendship, they still make the effort to surprise me and make my birthday special. Love this guys to bits.Because we do not need to meet at all or meet every few months, but we still know that we would still be here to celebrate or to mourn with each other. Hope that after 50 years later we are still hanging out with each other. 

 

Last but not least, my awesome boyfriend LING

First he came to find me at Nex with a cake and balloon in hand. Complaining about how he had to carry a little mermaid balloon throughout Nex. It was super funny though and it was so sweet because i know that he isn't the kind of person that does this kind of stuff. Pretty sure that he didn't even know where to buy the balloon let alone buy all this stuff. When we went back home, he gave me the sweetest homemade card and a puzzle that when u piece it together was pictures of us. it was really so sentimental and meant more to me as compared to simply buying a gift. It was really pretty too considering he was a guy with no artistic talent whatsoever. He told me that he bought a few pieces of each paper to make sure that if he screwed up, he would have extras. HOW SWEET HE IS? when a guy who isn't normally good at this kind of stuff puts in this amount of effort so that it turns out well, it shows that he is indeed a keeper:)

After that we went to ice skating with the clique. When everything was over, we went back to home to rest before we had a midnight movie. We then went to Cinnie to watch a Platinum movie that was bought by Ling sister who was sweet enough to give it to us as a gift. It was seriously damn luxurious, all the seats were in these sofa chairs and we had our own blankets and pillows. There was also waitresses coming to serve us at our seat. the screen was super clear and the chair was super comfortable. It was a good experience but i wonder who would spend such money for a over when there isn't no special occasion. 

Anyway thank you b for the best birthdays ever. For coordinating with all my friends to make sure that their surprises was all a success. For sacrificing your free time when you were out from army to do my card and to get my presents. Most of all thank you for trying to make this day special and for making me happy!

Strength training

Since next next week is Eben's field camp, the army gave him an extra day out in civilisation. So while other recruits were in Tekong, Eben and I went to Pasir Ris to cycle. This was after many weeks of saying that we wanted to cycle but being too lazy to go. Seemed like the weather was not in  favour of us cycling as well since dark clouds was approaching. Thank goodness that we persisted in cycling because despite the dark clouds, it didn't rain until after we finished cycling. Eben and I was so tired after cycling for one hour that my legs were wobbly. How unfit i have become after not exercising for months.
After that we went to watch EPIC (which was my second time watching) but it was so worth it because it was a great movie and the animation was so lifelike. Fav character of the show was the cute three legged dog that only has one eye, it was beyond cute.

cycling with Eben's present

Me with Eben's present

the sun was too bright that i had to close my eyes

To celebrate Eben's birthday, we went for a simple dinner at Aston's. It was really fortunate that Eben's birthday is after his 17 days confinement so he could celebrate it with us. Anyway even though it was just dinner but it was nice catching up with him.After that we went to buy a cake from Starbucks ( cause Ben's and Jerry at Cathay closed down so we couldn't buy an ice cream cake). We didn't have any candles so Andreas decided to use his phone flashlight as a "candle" that he off-ed when Eben blew, So cute right:). Our clique is really good at being impromptu and " all talk no action" attitude.

him blowing out the "flashlight"

Anyway, thank you Eben for always being there for me.Even though we have been through so much shit and misunderstandings throughout for the 6 years that we have been friends, you have never turn your back to me. Here to many more birthday celebrations. Hope you had a great time cause you deserve it!:)