really really short stories

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chapter one
on thursday the cell group met at paragon to buy basic food items for an orphanage in east timor. we've decided to be more involved in charity projects of our own and our first step is to send a food package to the orphanage and see how things go - see how we can continue to contribute on a regular basis in the future. so we bought rice, cereal, milk, noodles etc. i decided that it's pretty sad the kids can't have candy and all that cos we were told to provide the essentials first as they're the most urgent. well anyways i got them a big tin of ovaltine - kids should have some chocolate.

chapter two
my portable fm receiver has died - the wires have gone rusty on me - so i set out to buy a new one - although the past few weeks was pretty good running with the nano, i like to run with the radio sometimes because it keeps me informed about about new music and the unpredictablity is kinda fun. do you realise that nada shops sell pure fm receivers anymore? they're only selling the ones that come with the mp3 functions. they're facing them out. it's going out, together with casette tapes of our yesteryears. and so today i went to sim lim square at the tail-end of our jalan besar trip and after some hunting i finally found a sony one. anyways. fyi.

chapter three





the other day i went with yh to the cream furniture showroom at purvis street after the meeting with the landscape architects nearby to check out the furniture cos it's different when you look at them in the catalogues. woah. beautiful stuff. it's beautifully laid out with the cement flooring contrasting with the beautiful furniture and the glass window looking out to the spiral staircase at the back of the shophouse with plaster peeling off it's balustrades. anyways, the wood of the e15 furniture is gorgeous. we went to the main showroom next door and it was gorgeous too, with the wenge (or even darker) wood floors and cement flooring, and the boffi kitchen and bath appliances. boffi is amazing. check it out. the most simple things are the most inspiring and emotive. but the most expensive!

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the end.

DIY

today mingyao took me to the fish soup stall at amoy street market to try the really good fish soup - the fish was bouncy and fresh and the soup was just the right amount of peppery. next time i'm going to try the wantan mee in the stall nearby, where mingyao claims the char siew is 'beautiful'. we went to jalan besar today to walk the shops of kitchen sinks and sanitary wares just to look see and get an idea of price. both of us fell in love with the satin finish of a kitchen sink in a random shop although a hairline finish one would make scratches less apparent. later he bought his electronic bits and pieces in sim lim tower - his own DIY projects for the house - i'm doing my homework too, just like you are, he says.

we checked out the AIR showroom at wilkie road today - so many nice things.

last week at the kelong we had fun and some time to do brainless stoning.

i went to book actually's new shop today at ann siang hill. i love going to that shop because the people are so friendly and it's filled with awesome books and things and vintage cameras and such. they've taken over the cafe below front row. i took a pamphlet with jo dong on the cover advertising her concert at the esplanade recital hall. mingyao and i bought tickets to watch her. plus of course, we bought tickets to the ash concert in october.

today was a nice impropmtu way to end the week. i was walking towards the mrt station heading home when the fiance (fiance!) texted and asked if i were going home. the conversation led to him wanting to go siglap and me wanting to go siglap with him so i took the train to the east and he picked me up. we dropped the car at his house and then took a walk to siglap. the air was after-rain cool and we walked to blooie's where i had a fish and chips (cajun!) and we had a pint of beer each and we took a walk after that to peek at our new place from the outside before heading back to his house and then he fetched me home.

it is nice have the ee jie at home, someone to talk to when i come home from work. girly stuff.

today we watched 'the love guru' starring mike myers. there were plenty of cameos by stars like jessica simpson, val kilmer and justin timberlake was hilarious as le coq. i didn't recognise him till later cos he put on this moustache and a really funny french canadian accent. if you don't think too much and just watch it for the austin powers brand of humour, it makes a funny brainless movie for a weekend.

lotsa admin to be done like bookings for church etc and lots to clear up at work before cell retreat this weekend.

some birthday things
a good size dean and deluca mug from brenda. i love the size - don't have to keep refilling my mug. plus lemon cupcake mix from dean and deluca that i'll somehow find time to experiment with later on.






an archi travel pocket picture book all the way from hong kong from miss kung. haha.

today's impromptu beer and snacks at rogues somehow became an uplanned engagement party - or was labelled as such. the company was brilliant and the food was great - mini burgers, salty bacon pizzas, fried chicken, lamb cutlets (i didn't try!), beef wraps and i met joyce who was in the same studio for me for a while back in year four and she was charlotte's good friend. we met at the outdoor area but when more people came we gravitated towards the cosy corner spot on the inside. faye brought along her sister - faye is so entertaining to have around. and i could see that mingyao was enjoying himself very much too so that was wonderful. except that i took afew photos of those present and i forgot to take a photo for us!

yesterday mingyao picked me up from the airport again :) and we had supper at macdonalds'.

this weekend has got to be a productive one. lots of personal and work stuff to do and get enough sleep too. sleep is one of the most desirable things around these days.

oh how can we ever go back to mundane again!

so today was very nice just sitting at coffee bean at forum shopping mall going through our house plans and working out stuff like electrical points. it's good mingyao's the techy one and i'm the interior one. we got it covered that way.

oh yeah i'm still mesmerised by the ring and how he was so thorough and detailed in getting it. you never fail to surprise me with your eye for special things. :)

engaged to awesome guy.






:)