Chairchu's Journey

I've set my birthday to private (Only me) on Facebook. Since years ago, it has dawned on me that the many "happy birthday"s were pretty pointless. Most of the wishes come from people only wished because Facebook notified them. Quality to me, outweighs quantity. What matter to me really are the thoughts and efforts from people who I feel I made effort for. Gifts don't even matter. A card would have made me very happy. But otherwise, even a simple wishing makes me contented to know they kept me in their thoughts. It was a good way to sieve out people who make the effort to remember your birthday and people who are not. For the past few years, a few people have been wishing me without fail. People like Chandru, my Wife, my Sweetheart. There are usually a few belated ones from people who are bad with dates like Boon, Dodo. It has been a little disappointing this year. When people like Gavin didn't remember my birthday at all when he used to rant about how he is ...

The day started off pretty normal. Jessica was going on about how it was going to be my birthday so I was quite on guard when she didn't say anything at all when we saw each other that morning. Neither did anyone else. We all went out to eat lunch at Tiong Bahru Plaza and then the group split ways LOL. There was a kind of plan going on of some sort but at the same time seem not like it either. Anyway somehow, Raj, Brian and Priyam went back to the office with me first. Jessica, BH and Hazim came back later. Client meeting after lunch... Then it was doing work and suddenly, the office burst into a birthday song. Even Jing and Zaim sang along. HAHAH. Pleasant surprise. I swear this batch of interns consist of the sweetest people ever. All of them are so thoughtful, generous, not calculative. Even though I didn't hang out a lot with them at the start when our office was at Ubi cuz I lunched with Lenny, they still brought things back for me, like Jessica with...

Work was generally smooth but I was kind of affected by how disorganized everything is. This company lacks a proper system. A system to sort out the files, a system to draft up contracts and how to proceed with certain projects. A good word to describe the ability of this company: Dynamic But in reality, it's closer to disorganized. That aside, dinner after work was great. I met up with Lenny at Bedok Mall, outside Green Dot. My mum, bro and dad arrived shortly after and we settled for Green Dot. Wanted to walk around the mall but my dad and bro wanted to go home. Mummy bought a green tea cake before we went home! I thought we were cutting the cake tomorrow but it ended up being today. Every birthday is a reminder of my mum's sufferings many years ago. As I grow older now, it is paramount to me that I treat my mum right. Even though we get upset at each other sometimes for some things. Mummy, no matter what, I love you!

By the time Yardley came over to Lenny's house, we were left about 20 mins before we had to leave house. Yardley and I reached Hougang Mall first so we went and ordered food first before Lotti and Kimchu arrived. After lunch, Lotti, Kimchu and I went back to Lenson's house. Some portion of the time were spent hunting Maple items but at the end of the session we managed to find a dress we all agreed that was nice. Haha. Now the next step is to make sure everyone of them has a design they like in their right size and Kimchu will place order. Celebrated my birthday in advance at Tampines Hub. Ate at a Chinese restaurant :) thankful to my parents-in-law!

T___T out of 4 items that I asked for, Boss only bought 1, the drawer unit. He said he would bring the tray paper holder from his house and to use cups as pen holder instead (we don't have cups at our office haiz). Apparently, I won't need a file holder also LOL. Zzz. I think I'll be sticking to using the foldable camping table for a quite some time more. The first food tasting session went well today! The two Landlords were both pleased with the food and they each chose one caterer. Can't wait for the VendCanteen to kick start. I'd be so proud since I had a part to play even though it's quite a small one lol. Went to Lenny's house for dinner after work!

Work was pretty normal. But the highlight of the day has got to be the closer from 14 years of waiting. Yes, I'm talking about The Incredibles 2! The sequel finally came out after 14 years and it wasn't disappointing at all. The sequel started at the exact point of time where the first movie ended. Jack Jack is still a baby, and Violet still has a crush on that guy. The first Incredibles focused more on the humour and introducing what this family can do. It was really just more like an entertainment movie with a really good plot. But this sequel brought it closer to the audience (who many by now already has their own family, or already stepped into society to work) by making it very relatable. The crushes we have, the way parents try so hard to connect to their kids, the amount of energy parents need to take care of children, and the hard truth about certain aspect of society. All in all, the whole movie was easy to understand. Whether or not you watched the first...

I don't think I will ever like the date 15th Jun because of Lenny. But also for the same reason, Lenny made a promise to treat me extra nice on this date because he knows how much it affects me. This year on this date, he took me to Legoland and we took lots of photos. When we went, the price of the annual pass was the same as the one-day pass. RM188! So obviously, we got it and that's how we're gonna be going back for at least one more time to finish up the rides I didn't manage to finish. Remember I was sharing about my backache. It didn't went away completely when we went Legoland. One roller coaster ride (the speed kind, not the heart-dropping kind) was enough to trigger the backache. It hurt so bad, the pain spread to my right thigh. Lenny forbid me to play anymore rides with impact lol so we only end up with rides that are less impactful. Also, because we didn't bring spare clothes, we didn't play any of the water rides either. Which is a ver...

My back finally felt better this morning. Still hurts a little when I bend to reach for something like wearing my socks or shoes. Taking extra care in my movements still. Dealing with backache for one whole week made me cherish even more my movement freedom. Not sure why though recently, my body feels heavier. Sitting up from a lying down position, and standing up from a lying down position takes me so much more effort than before. Went back home for dinner after work. The dinner mum cooks always make me feel so much better :) . Nothing makes me happier than seeing my family and spending time with them :D .

My back was still aching and it got so bad where I had to turn myself so damn carefully before sleeping. Thank God the pain wasn't haunting me when I was sleeping, only when I am awake. Woke up to Lenny and I lazing around in bed before we decided to go out and get lunch. $2 economic rice for the win! We dabaoed home and watched Soul Eater. Spent the afternoon arranging my email while he sort out his photos. I was having a slight headache so Lenny gave me 2 panadols. It has drowsy effect so I napped for 3 hours after that and only woke up around 6pm. I have to confess, I really don't like the feeling of waking up after naps. Most of the time, it makes me feel grump cuz I feel like I am being forced to wake up. Lenny was kind and agreed that we can have Sushi Express for dinner! So we went Heartland Mall to eat it. Yay hehe! Including 10th Feb 2015, it's been 885 days since the first day we started spending time together alone. These 885 days have been filled with ...

We explored a bit of the Enid Blyton exhibition before heading to the Cartoon Network Carnival. The Cartoon Network Carnival was a big disappointment. Firstly, the entrance fee is not all that you have to pay. Within the carnival, there are other rides that requires you to purchase credits if you want to get on them. It's not even worth paying for them too. For example, there's this bumper balloon car thing that cost about $5 (or more), and there were only 2 moving cars inside. Fun much...? Secondly, there were long queues everywhere. Unlike the ArtZoo where you can go straight into the bouncing castle, you have to queue at the Cartoon Network Carnival. Horrible queue. Queues and queues everywhere. The only inflated playground that was worth going into with no queue (at the time Lenson and I were there, was the one with "ninja obstacles". Lol. Lasttly, for $18 and expecting to have lots of fun, you're basically in for a disappointment. It's like paying...

[17:00] I am sooooooo pissed off right now. J and Z has super bad organizing skills. Which is why I am doing the work to organize the old files and new files that they have. The way I organize factor in less of convenience but more of neatness. The images and specifications are sorted out according to the products, and documents are sorted out according to the sector they are for. But apparently, J and Z wants ALL the product info and marketing info to be in ONE SINGLE FOLDER. Which means yes, it is easy to present but finding it would be hard. Also. Z says the way I label makes it hard for him to see stuff. Why can't he just use the search function? So he just relabelled everything and randomly assigned numbers to some of the folders (for fuck seriously)? What's the point of tasking me to organize and sort out their stuff if they just wanna revert to their own way or organizing which in the end is gonna fucking mess up everything? [17:43] Z volunteered to organize ...

Stayed back after work to discuss with boss about work. J wanted to show me something but I went toilet while he was looking for it. I replied Z on the way to toilet that I was rushing somewhere so I would send Shirley the email at night. J saw that I wrote in WA about rushing somewhere so he asked where I was headed to and if I needed a drop-off. #XIAOTOUCHED! Lenny came to fetch me and we went Shaw Tower or wherever that place was. We chose our wedding invitation (Eng and Chi in one) and decided to print 50 copies. It will be ready within the next 2-3 week so I am looking forward to that! Most of our other guests will be receiving an e-invitation anyway HAHAH.

With the main objective to exchange souvenirs, we ended up going to JB. Lenny and I went to meet Boon and Amanda at Kranji MRT at 11am. We took about 2 hours to reach the cafe that we wanted to go and spent about 2 hours there because Boon and Lenny were playing with the machines after eating LOL. Am pretty sure Lenny would get this machine at home if he can afford it and there is space for it. We went to a few malls after that. The first one we went to didn't had much stuff. Then we went to JPO but no one got anything. We did find out where to get very affordable branded makeup (Lancome, M.A.C., etc) and fragrances! Lastly we went to Paradigm Mall. We had dinner at this ramen restaurant where we had to take out our shoes because of where we sat LOL. After dinner, I had my hair thinned, while Lenny went for massage. Boon and Amanda went to shop for their own stuffs LOL. Dropped both Boon and Amanda at her condo to take the souvenir that ...

As per discussed previously when Rinn came to find me impromptu-ly with Tike, we confirmed to have a BBQ at Lenny's house. Originally, these were the people involved: Lenny, me, Rinn, Rem, WH, RH, Troy and CSJ. However, because of the lack of response, I left the group chat and in the end, it was: Lenny, me, Rinn, Rem, Kimchu, Lotti and Kingu. Earlier in the day, I met up with Rinn at Serangoon station we we can take bus to Lenny's house to put our stuffs and went to the gym. Lenny had to go back my place and helped me take extra set of undergarments because I didn't have any extras at his house. Lenny went up to his house first while I was bathing in the common bathroom of the condo, after passing me my undergarments. Rinn and I went up to find him after that and we went shopping for the BBQ food together. We started the BBQ with some chicken and broccoli. Yes broccoli LOL. Rinn and I went down to look for Kimchu, Lotti and Kingu because they kinda lost their way...

J has tasked BingHan and I to work on Icewave Oven brochure. BH has great sketching skills and he's damn fun to work with. Always so cheerful! Was slacking off at work at one point of time and we were talking. By we, I mean Jessica, and Brian. Lolol. Jessica was talking about drinking alcohol, which led to clubbing and late night activities and Brian said something about saving himself for the right girl. Woahhh!! REVELATION! It's so rare to find a guy who would say that. Or even a girl who would say that. Not to mention, Brian is also intelligent, rich in vocabulary, kind with his words and actions too. He's humourous and good looking as well. Nice! I went for lunch with Lenny so I didn't join the interns. They brought me a cup of bubble tea to surprise me. AHHHH so touched!! Was having a bad day but it cheers me up! Work was ending that day when J updated the sales chat that he had a great trip at China. And I casually said, "We miss you too." To my ...