To end my nomad life

Finally I have bought a house for myself. Well, it's not a landed type of house, instead it's just a condominium. Close friends of mine should aware that I have been longing to own a house since quite some times ago.

Few years staying outside, and now I'm so excited that I'm going to end my nomad life, I'll take this as a milestone for myself. Ok, back to the reality, I am so ocupied lately to settle the housing loan, it's not an easy task for me considering I am a procastinator and now I gotta settle everything quick. Luckily I have very suppotive sisters that provide me lots of guidance in this.

Owning a house implies spending a lot. I'm not a money conscious person and now I realize how important to have saving, no, not just saving, is a lot of savings. I think I have had enough of luxurious lifestyle since graduated and I really got to stress myself in saving starting from now. No more vacation, no more LV, and no more excessive shopping!

哀悼

四年半的感情终究是逃不过时间和现实的摧残。我也不明白为何事情会演变成这个局面，确实让我有点措手不及。

这一切是真的吗？回忆过去的一幕幕片段，就好像发了一场梦一样。原来我们最开心的日子是当我们都还是穷学生的时候。那时候的我们有着同样的梦，走着同样的步伐。现在回想也会让我会心一笑。然而，毕业过后，彼此的距离却越来越远，而我们也任由彼此的工作剥削着这一段感情。

问题当然不是一天造成的，只是我们都没有去正视它；一直以来都把它当成理所当然，也慢慢地演变成漠不关心。就这样幸福已离我们越来越远。

我并没有怨天尤人，我了解伤心是必然的，毕竟一千六百多个有你的日子，并不是可以轻易撇掉。但是地球并不会因此停止转动，我们始终要继续生活。我感激你一直以来对我的付出，也衷心希望你以后的日子可以过的好好的。请不要执着并懊恼这一段感情的逝去，至少我们曾经拥有。

What is love?

Misconceptions about the L-word (not Lesbians) have been rather misleading. Today Uncle Pao will enlighten the few of you, who are in search of the ever elusive yet mystical meaning of Love.

1. Love is not about Burberry Blue
2. Love is not about Wet Hats
3. Love is not about missing flights
4. Love is not about coming home late without a call
5. Love is not about a Habib diamond ring

However, love can be...
+ taking care of a person whole heartedly for life
+ planning
+ listening and being there
+ sacrifice and devotion
+ writing something like this to boost ad traffic

Simple as it may sound, everyday very common words and labels. But not as it is. Writing something is not the same as doing, nor is it any similar to reading it only. Would not consider myself a subject matter expert, in fact quite the opposite.

Roadshow in Singapore

It has been a long long time since my last blog. I was super duper busy due to me being sent to Singapore for 4 days database technology roadshow and just touched down to KL on CNY's eve! It was a rush for me and seems that I don't have enough time to prepare for CNY.

Day 1
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Me and my colleague - Chong took the 7.30pm flight to Singapore and touched down Changi at around 9. We were so hungry and took our dinner at the hotel straight after we checked-in.

I stayed at Marriott Hotel at Orchard Road, needless to say, the hotel is very nice. I occupy one room alone and there are actually two beds in a room, equipped with bath tub, sofa, plasma screen tv and a study table. I took a hot bath and went straight to bed for my beauty sleep.

Day 2
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Chong and I had our breakfast in the hotel and after that we took a cab to the HP building at Alexendra Road.

The roadshow was great. It is very informative and I believe I can apply the knowledge I gained at my work. The only drawback is that the trainer was very grumpy and he can prolong till 7pm for a session which was supposed to end at 5pm!

After the roadshow, I rushed to Bugis via MRT to meet with Eunice and Chrys. Hehe, we shopped till all the shops closed. I am so happy la, I bought 2 tops, one jeans and a lot of accessories!! And I got a shot glass for Allan too as promised. Then I persuade them to come over to my hotel. Haha. Definitely we had good time and we chit chat till 3/4am. Allan always wonder how can we have so much thing to chat although we meet quite often. What I can say is, he just don't understand girls well enough.

Eunice, me and Chrys

Chrys, Eunice, Cookie Monster and me. (And Lily the Eeyore is at the top left corner)

Yes, the same faces

Day 3
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Roadshow again. But this round it ended at 4pm. So Chong and I decided to walk around for some sightseeing. We shop around Orchard Road but there is nothing special since we can get the same thing in Malaysia too. Then we went to Chinatown hoping to feel the CNY ambiance in Singapore. And yes! it is really very cny-ish in Chinatown. Its so crowded and CNY songs playing here and there.

Chinatown - 牛车水

so CNY-ish

SGD5 for a plastic bag and stuff the candies as much as you can into it

Then we saw a sausage stall having a long queue, we decided to give it a try. Woooah, the sausage really nice la, it has crunchy skin and very cheesy juicy in the sausage. I love it so much. If you got a chance to go Chinatown, get one and you will fall in love with it.

Long queue at the Wuerstelstand.

Guai lou mai hiong qiong - 鬼佬卖香肠

I spot this very nice temple too!! Too bad I was wearing shorts and can't get in.

After that we went to Clarke Quay to grab dinner. This is my first time to Clarke Quay and I quite like this place; I took a lot of photos and videos here. We went back to hotel after our Japanese dinner with nice riverside view.

Clarke Quay. Nice shot with my new camera?

Pardon for the photo quality, but this is the best one which has me in the photo.

Day 4
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We just took a cab to Changi and had our breakfast there then head back to KL!!! See, my baby Presto is so excited when she see me. ^____^