Engagement Tea Party

The tea party was a bliss!!!!! Even though the weather wasn't too good and we couldn't use the outdoor area, we managed to accommodate 80+ people at my place inside with lots tea and food!!!!

We had about 15 different teas (Liquorice, Chamomile Flowers, Green Tea, Peppermint x 2, Tamarillo, Lemon & Lemongrass, Golden Kiwifruit, Mi-Chai Tea, Rose tea, South African Rooibos Tea, Indonesia Tea, Argentina Orange Tea, Argentina Mate x2, Korean Rice green tea, Kiwi Bell Tea too) for people to choose from. They were all labelled with how to make the tea and some trivia about them.

We both enjoyed every moment of it this afternoon with everyone who care so much for us being there. We are thankful for everyone who came and those who sent through their kind good wishes. We are also grateful for those who brought us some cakes, tea, drinks, food, flowers, presents and those who helped out with setting up, tiding up and making food to make this afternoon special for us.

Thank you my friends.

Breakingi News

Breaking news: I am no longer availiable in the market!!!! You boys out there, don't be sad - There are plenty pretty and younger girls still avaliable. This one has passed the best before date and it's good that someone is taking me off the market before the expired date :)

Seriously, he is a wonderful guy with good taste (obviously!) and we are very happy to share this news with you all and sorry that I had to break the news on a Blog

The lucky guy (!) and I will have an engagement afternoon tea party on Sunday the 4th of July (TBC) at my place in Auckland. If you happen to be in town and we would be really happy to see you here. More info might come.

Thank you all for sharing my joy :)

Wedding

It's not that I don't want to get married. It's just very daunting to think about organising one. Where to have the wedding, how many weddings to have, what kind the wedding, what style of cenomony, who to invite, who not to invite, how many people to invite, how much money do you want to spend on it, buy or rent wedding dress, what colour or theme, what kind of food etc etc. Arrrhhhh!!!!!

And after all that, after wedding, people will start asking when you are going to have children and how many and when? Then, you have to decide between career and having chirden etc... It's just endless.

*Sign* Can you blame me for not wanting to talk about it?!

End of Financial Year

I was wondering if business would try to make big sale before the end of financial year so that they would have a better annual report. The answer was reveal itself in the evening and it was utterly random!!!

In 2 weeks, I have 2 colleagues from my office announced engagement! Tonight after another announcement I went home. Then I checked my facebook, and found another invitation in my inbox - engagement party! :o :o Far out! Is everyone in a hurry to get married before the end of the financial year or what!!!!

Front door - wide open

TEXT: My front door was wide open when I came home. If you don't hear from me in the next 10 mins, call the police for me.

That was my experience when I came home. I was on the phone talking to an agent when I saw my front door wide open. Scary, Panic and Terrified. Fortunately, no one was there and nothing was missing. I walked around the house with a hammer and then called him and her to let them know I was okay and no police was required. Phew!!!

I think I might not close the door property this morning and it had been open for the entire day :o :o. I have been really lucky this time.

Offer

The offer is in the tender box. I don't think I'll get the house (that is a panicking thought), but it's a great excercise to fill up the form and asking all sort of questions!

A milestone still no matter what's the outcome.

Water Skiing

To be honest I was terrified – almost burst into tear when it was my turn. I was almost not going to do it.

I am not a confident swimmer (swimming pool is okay, but open sea/lake is scary) and seeing kids keep bashing into water at beginning wasn't helping, either. The impact looked much harder from the boat than it really was.

Seriously, I can't believe that I stood up at my very FIRST try!! :o :o :o I thought I was going to "snorkeling diving" all the way through. But no, I was brilliant for a beginner! I absolutely had no idea how I pull it off without breaking any body part, though.

I have to thank my success to

• my awesome experienced instructor who drove the boat nice and easy;
• the 6 year old girl who gave me the tips of what's the hardest part;
• the 3 year old boy who constantly repeated his father's instruction: "Knees bent! Shoulders back! Arms straight!!!"; and
  
• you who gave me the opportunity to try something completely new and stayed in the water to give me all the tips and comfort :)
  

Coward

I am really disappointed at you! Without any hesitation, you said no, even you promised that you were going to share half of the fee before. I know that your financial circumstance has changed, but that shouldn't give you the excuse to be such a irresponsible coward! :@

It's not the money that I am disappointed. It's your attitude that really frustrates me!

Taiwan 2009/10

5 days in Taiwan was so short that I couldn't control myself but crying when the time came to leave home again. Maybe as I am getting older, I feel it's so precious and privileged to spend time with family.

They were wonderful parents and I am very lucky to have them as my Mum and Dad. During my stay at home, they put a lot of thought to make our stay comfortable and stress free. Five days wasn't long, but we used the time so well that he got to know my family, my childhood, my upbringing, my friends and also see some cultures/history and dentist :p

Thank you, Mum and Dad!

Indonesia 2009

5 weeks in Indonesia went really fast. Most of the highlights can be found on my online albums which took 2 months to sort out :x Now, the whole trip seems so far away that I decided not to bother to write too much here in my Blog. After all, I am so behind with my blogging! :p

Something though that I have to mention. The best part of the trip was

• Learning about myself
• Learning about each other
• Learning about what's important for me
• Learning about joining account sucks
• Learning about I can't be a poor budget backpackers for too long
  
• Learning about his gentleness, calmness, respectfulness, kindness, compassion, spontaneousness, unselfishness, openness, tolerance, curiosity, passion and positive energy etc.
  

Thank you for the wonderful trip. You were the best highlight of the trip.

Happy Birthday to me

One month after my birthday and I am still celebrating. Tonight we went to his place first and then went for some drink. I am such a lucky girl with so many birthday dos.

It was really weird to have birthday in New Zealand. In the last few years, I managed to avoid it by going oversea - UK or Taiwan. I almost forgot what it was like to have so many friends wanting to share my joy! :)

Spoiled

"You are spoiling him." she said with a smile.

Am I? I haven't never thought about this, but I was quite pleased if I was. With him, it seems so easy to give him the best I could for him because he has always been there for me unselfishly.

Let's spoil each other forever.

Necklace Found!!

Where was it???

In the bag that I had searched thousand times!! I couldn't believe it when I saw it! I closed my eyes and reopened it to make sure I wasn't dreaming!!!

I was so relieved that the necklace was finally found after missing for 3 months! It has strong memorial meaning attached to it and I was feeling really guilty to lose it.

Now it is back and I couldn't be happier!!

Expansive Day

I first went to travel clinic to get travel advices on vaccinations and had two shots. Then I went buying a great rain jacket for hiking. It turned out to be a very expansive day as within 3 hours, I spent $500 dollars :o :o

However, I think (not my credit card thinks) it is worth spending because now I am up to date with my vaccines and will be safe and dry when it's pouring down in Great Barrier Island and Indonesia (even I hope I won't use it much!)

雙十節快樂！

Autumn Festival Dinner

I am really disappointed at them. A family dinner together was supposed to get together and not you two to talk among yourselves. I tried to chat, I tried to care, I tried to involve, I tried to stop them talking, I tried to hint how rude they had behaved, I tried to be included, but I failed.

They were just simply not present- so careless! It really hurt when I am always the one keeps trying. I was really disappointed at their immaturity and childish behaviour. It's just unacceptable!

I looked away and looked at him with my frustration. He smiled at me quietly and made me feel heard. I knew it wasn't easy for him to come to the dinner, but he really tried. He came and he tried to communicate, but just like me, we were ignored. I feel sorry that he had to put up with this unacceptable manner but he seemed so calm and never complained. Thank you for being so patient with me.

A family dinner - at least I know there was him present.

Relieved

Phew~

Greys and Pain

We are making great progress in watching Greys. It has turned into a routine that every week, we girls catch up on Thursday night and watch Greys from the beginning. Tonight we watched episode 6.

"Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop."

I can't believe it was 5 years ago when I started being addicted to Grey's Anatomy. This exact voice over hit me in the heart 5 years ago for the first time and Greys became part of my life ever since. 5 years later, I am still addicted to Greys but I no longer in pain, no longer need to relate my emotion to the characters. However, hearing the exact line again brought up the past and brought up some emotions.

TV series/Movies not only tape into the life when you see them, but also can bring the livses when you saw them, when you see them or heard other people talk about it later. That makes Greys timeless for me!

Indonesia Trip booked

After all the drama, I still can't believe that we paid for the tickets and are going to Indonesia for 5 weeks in the end!!!

We didn't expect that we would get the waiting list tickets in the last day, so when the agent told me the 'good' news, I wasn't prepared. It came as a shock and we had to quickly plan within 3 hours. Of course, no work was done this morning. Even now, this whole thing seems so surreal still.

Oh wow! I guess we are going to Indonesia after all! I am also pleased and excited about that I get to go home for 5 days with this tickets. :D :D :D

I hope we will survive the 5 weeks, or that 5 days would be VERY awkward. We will be alright...I hope!

I couldn't stay being mad at you and I am glad that I couldn't. Who could? With that cute sunny smile on you.

Thanks for the umbrella and the suggestion of organising open homes.

I need a holiday

I think I really need a holiday or I'll go insane. It's so frustrating that I lose the ability to just pack up and go wherever I want to go - the down side of stability :(

The holiday destination has been jumping around India, South America, Taiwan, Malaysia and I have been borrowing books, booking tickets, investigating and running around like a dog every time you change plans or no plans. It makes me so angry that I want to scream at you because I always find myself come back to the origin and end up going nowhere and restarting everything all over again. I no longer feel excited when you start talking about travelling because it has turned into useless chare for too many times. I have canceled one after another cheap deals and the whole process seem a complete wasting of time. I look at the airfares everyday and seeing them getting so expansive that I will end up going nowhere if I have to keep accommodating and compromising your circumstance!

The hardest thing is that I understand why you couldn't make up your mind and I have been suppressing my anger, but losing the opportunity to have Chinese New Year with my family was the last straw :@ :@ :@

Now, you are turning around and say we are going to Indonesia. I just couldn't control my anger. I am sorry I wasn't excited when you told me on the phone. Really, I don't want to get my hope up again because who knows, maybe you are going to change your mind again. If you really want the holiday like you said, then now you can do all the work. I am not going to running around like I did before. You can do all the planning and I will believe it when we are actually paying for the tickets.

Meanwhile, I am stilling reading my Intrepid and Gecko tours and dreaming about going there next year and you have no right to tell me that you want to come or the tours aren't exciting or too expansive because you leave me without other choices!