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Saturday, June 23, 2012

The proposal - finally! ;)

Backstory: Jay and I have been seriously talking about marriage from last year till this year, so we started shooting for a 2013 date early this year.

Problem: He was a bajillion miles away from me and he could not be here to ask me to marry him, little did I know he was planning a surprise for me!

Lies involved: He told me he was coming over in May to help me move so I naturally assumed that was when he was going to ask.

Parties involved: All his friends and my parents and Lynn and Weeli KNEW HE WAS COMING, and nobody told me sigh.

So there I was in Sydney for my birthday weekend - for which Lynn had convinced me to go celebrate my birthday there instead of staying in Melbourne. And we were doing our thing shopping in Paddington (very posh indeed) and walking along the street because Weeli was stuck in 'traffic' so he couldn't pick us up earlier. Suddenly this guy jumps out of the shop next door and yells "SURPRISE!". Oh my goodness it was Jay Ong in the flesh. I was stunned into silence and disbelief for a while because my brain just couldn't fathom that this was possible (he wasn't supposed to be there anyway!). They then proceeded to bring this massive croquembouche tower out of the car from Adriano Zumbo which was my birthday present :)

I was so happy at that time because we were going for dinner at Aria. See I had wanted to go to Aria for a long time and so I was "supposed" to go to Aria with Lynn and Weeli (they had made a "booking" a few weeks ago), and I asked them if they had included Jim in the reservation and they mumbled something and so they had to break the surprise to Jim as well (who was clueless before that). In the end Jay told me the reservation was only for the two of us and I was secretly excited because I thought he was going to propose to me there. BUT NO! They brought out all the courses of our degustation and a dessert plate with a "Happy Birthday" on it, but no ring, and no proposal. To say I was gutted would be an understatement. So fine, he was going to be here for a week and he told me we would be going to Attica the next Saturday so I decided that I will be patient and wait for him :)

The next day he wakes me up (extremely early in the morning mind you) and tells me that we're going for an excursion about one hour north of Sydney. I was grumpy because I am not a good morning person, and Lynn came into the room to fuss about my hair and clothes for some strange reason. Off we went on our journey to Palm Beach, and we stopped at The Boathouse which was a quaint cafe/restaurant on Palm Beach. Very rustic, beachy feel, and extremely popular with the Saturday morning breakfast crowd. We had to wait to get a table and even then it was in the blindingly hot sun. Good food though, one of the best breakfast meals I've ever had. After breakfast he then asked me to take a walk on the jetty which I refused saying "For what!". HAHA. Then he tried to get me to walk on the beach - same response. I was so grumpy because of the early morning, the long drive and the hot sun. SOOOO he said fine, let's just walk on the grass. I said okay, that will do. THEN he proceeds to set up Weeli's fancy camera on the tripod to take "couple pictures" and I got even more grumpy because he was taking forever! And I said my goodness just use my iPhone camera lah please. 

Next thing I know he pulls out the remote and tells me to pose with him and he presses the remote to supposedly take a picture. Little did I know he was taking a video, and then he proceeded to get down on one knee and the rest is history :) Poor thing was sweating and stuttering and so nervous that the ring wouldn't fit. But it fit like a charm. 

So that's it. That's my sweetest fiance who went to great lengths to cook up this amazing surprise for me! 

I am so lucky to be marrying you baby! 


Saturday, July 16, 2011

Hiatus

10 months on and here I am in another place, another time.
Writing here seems so foreign, yet somewhat familiar.
Somehow today in the stillness of a saturday afternoon I find myself wondering about this blog.
My brain struggles to string together proper sentences, the activity in itself having been eclipsed by short IM speak.
So bear with me as I attempt to put down thoughts into words.

Life in this place has not been smooth-sailing all the way.
There were so many times during the earlier part of the year where I was close to tears, heck who am I kidding there were lots of tears to be had.
Uprooting from my family and friends and all that I held dear to my heart felt like leaving Malaysia all over again.
This time though, I had grown rather fond of the place they call Adelaide.
They asked me why I wanted to move, and I could only offer up vague responses.

Seven months down the track, I am no where nearer to knowing why I am here than before.
But I am so much closer to discovering who I am, what I like, what I don't.
I have learnt to appreciate all that my parents did for me and things I took for granted, like hot food ready when I stepped in the front door after a long day.
I have learnt that sometimes all you need is a good friend on the couch next to you watching masterchef.
I have learnt that double or queen beds are way more comfortable than single beds because of all the extra space!
I have learnt that I like long drives as long as I have good music to listen to.
I have learnt to stand on my own two feet albeit at the ripe old age of 25 years.
I have learnt that God stretches me so that I can grow, but He never said that the stretching was going to be easy.
I have a lot more to learn, for that I am sure.
And I am also sure that my God has planted me here for a reason.





Photo on 2010-10-25 at 19.13 #7

Lala photo from yonks ago to end this entry :D


Saturday, September 25, 2010

365.

25/09/10.

Of us and our first year together :)

It hasn't been an easy journey so far, that much I can tell you. Being so far away from him can be really difficult sometimes. It gets lonely, this road. Sometimes I stare at other couples and think to myself, if only I could hold his hand, or stare into his eyes and tell him that I love him. Other times I just avoid going out with the others because they're all couples and who really likes being the third wheel right?

And then there are the fights. Any guy who can stand me and the times when I get all moody and melodramatic or when I get super sensitive and possessive is a keeper for sure. He never raises his voice at me, and is always waiting patiently for me to come to my senses. The best thing about the fights? He always apologises first no matter who started the fight in the first place. And he never lets me sulk all night and leave it unresolved. 

But then there are the times when I come home to a gazillion notifications on facebook from him leaving countless messages on my wall, or the times when I get to see and hear him on skype or gmail chat. And when he puts a great, big smile on my face and makes my heart skip a beat. Those times are when I think, the wait is worth it. The wait will be worth it.

I'm thankful that I still get to hear his voice telling me that he loves me, that I get to see his face no matter how pixelated it may be, that I get to tell him about my day on gmail chat, that I get to have him pray with me. I'm thankful that he's committed to seeing this through, that he's committed to me. I'm thankful that I have a guy who loves me for who I am, not for who I could be, or for who I should be, but for me. I'm thankful that I have an amazing guy to do life with now, and hopefully for the rest of my days on this earth.

To the one who's always been there for me.

I love you because...

You love God with all your heart.

You look kinda cute sometimes. Sometimes ;)

You make me laugh and cry at the same time.

You make fun of me and then apologise for it later on :)

You cook me awesome breakfast.

You will go out of your way to make sure I'm okay.

You ask your friend to buy flowers for me just because it's our month-ivesary.

You drive me home when I'm too tired to take the wheel.

You give me your jacket when I'm feeling cold.

You smell incredible :D

You can rhyme and make stupid puns.

You go to great lengths to get me hard-to-find makeup.

You buy me presents for no reason at all.

You have good taste in music, and you make me playlists!

You always tell me that I'm beautiful even when I'm in my subway uniform.

You make me coffee in the wee hours of the night.

You leave me texts and messages on facebook telling me that you love me.

You are always just a phone call away.

You hold me close and tell me everything is going to be okay.

You always make me work through our issues and not push them away.

You fight hard for us, and you fight hard to make this work.

But most of all, I love you because you make me feel loved. 

And that my darling, is more than anyone could ever ask for.


Wednesday, May 19, 2010

I love what I read today which went something along the lines of this - that God doesn't keep His children from encountering trouble, but He promised to be there every single step of the way. And I love that nothing can ever separate me from His love. NOTHING :)

Romans 8:31-39 (The Message)

So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.

None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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CNY and Weetyr's birthday were both spent with missing members of our family.
Weird how this is a sign of things to come, not having everyone there.
It's quieter, and I'm getting used to the quiet..
But having Weeli back for a bit and then him leaving again made me miss having him around.
And even though Jim and I hardly ever talk, it's true that they say - absence makes the heart grow fonder.
With Weeli having got a job in Melbourne, I don't know when we'll ever get to have a full family round a table next.
Sigh.
I guess that's life.
Growing up.
Moving away.



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