Wherefore art thou

I haven't made a post in nearly a month. As I have been saying on Jacinta's Blog, I just can't be arsed. And she has noticed the lack of posts too. So here I am on a Tuesday night, the 1 night of the week where I generally have nothing on TV.

Normally, I would have a lot more recorded shows to catch up on, but the stupid set top box DVD recorder thingy I bought is a heap of shit. Its by Teac so I expected better but seriously, don't bother with it. Itt doesn't actually give you a TV guide for one of the channels, you can't tape 2 shows at once so there is no room for shows on different channels over-lapping (since shows here never start and end on time), the screen goes blank and now, the hard drive also decided to delete all but 4 of the newest recorded programmes. So NOT happy with it.

Anyway, back to the proper blogging. Since so much has happened since I last blogged, I'll just cover the Singapore trip in this post. I won't add the photos as they are already up on Facebook.

So Scott and I left for Singapore on Thursday night and when we got there, we found that the MAS flight had been canceled (thank god we were flying with SIA). consequently, there were very few people about at the airport but let's face it, its not a big airport anyway. Our flight was also pretty empty so we scored free rows near the back so we could stretch out and sleep. I'm happy to say that I managed to sleep pretty much the entire flight, albeit intermittently.

Although our flight had been a little delayed, we still got in to Singapore on time and made it to Colin's before 7 a.m. On to some much-needed sleep till about 10, when we got ready, went out for some breakfast and got picked up by Lisa for my dress-fitting. Unfortunately, and keep in mind this was 1 week before the wedding, she tailor hadn't even started on my dress yet. Given that Lisa was also saying that the tailor had her own interpretation of the picture of the dress, I was feeling really uneasy about this.

Anyway, from there we went to Centrepoint in Orchard Road to have lunch with Lisa's family (some of them) and some of Clint's family. Then after lunch, what started off as a quick look-see
at Robinson's turned into an entire afternoon looking at ties, shirts, cufflinks and kitchen ware (the last item was minimal). Scott bought a shirt, 2 ties and a belt. I bought...nothing.

We met up with Colin and then went to Adam Road hawker centre for dinner with my mom, Irene ee-ee and porpor. I tell you, the dried prawn noodles there are amazing. And so is the mutton soup. Thick, meaty, fragrant...oh god I'm salivating just thinking about it! From there we went to Clara's house for a bit and played with Lauren; Ashley had already gone to bed.

No sleeping in on Saturday, we went to Suntec City for a Fossil sale. I honestly didn't think I'd buy anything, mostly because the crowds were so off-putting. But a few hours later, Scott had 2 watches, 2 belts, a scarf and a leather work satchel and I had a leather weekend carrier, a cashmere scarf, a watch and a scarf. Not bad at all...

Lunch was also at Suntec, before heading to my porpor's house for a bit. From there, Scott and I trekked all the way to Bishan so we could meet up with Lisa and future in-laws at the Night Safari. Only when we got there, I found that they were running late so we went all the way back to Colin's place at Dover Rise, showered and then took a cab to the night safari. It was hot but a lot of fun and a lot of walking. I preferred the bird park, but maybe because I could actually see the birds a lot clearer. As we hadn't had dinner, Scott and I went back to Adam Road with Colin for supper.

Sunday morning, Scott and I went to look for his tailor at Orchard Road. 1 suit, 1 overcoat and 4 shirts later, we were on our way to Poison Ivy at Bollywood, the restaurant on the farm both owned by Ivy Singh - a close family friend who doesn't stand for any bullshit and takes no prisoners. We had a fabulous time. After a very log lunch, Scott, my mom and I headed back to Malacca.

We were supposed to have dined at the Portuguese Square, but it was so packed that we moved onto Ly Sing - Scott's favorite place for mee goreng and Yang Chou fried rice. Then some shopping (I had forgotten to bring PJs with me and desperately needed to get something from FOS) before home and sleep.

Monday started off with a visit to my grandmother's house where we also had some early lunch. From there, a trip to the tailor to get Scott's shorts taken in and then more shopping. I wanted to get baby clothes as gifts for Matt and Tyne as they had very nicely agreed to mind the kitties while we were away. That night we had satay and a buffet at my grandmother's house with Clint's newly arrived family. Lisa wound up being thrown into the pool, as did Clint. The night ended with cousins Nick and Chris, Scott and Chris' girlfriend Su Ann in the pool.

On Tuesday, I had a hair appointment with Ben at Meglio. I have always said Ben's a genius with hair and I stand by my statement. Sure, I was 4 hours in that chair but the results were well worth it. Photos can be seen in Scott's Facebook album called Malacca Dinner. :) But since I had been in there for so long, we didn't have that much time to do some last minute shopping. And of course, this was the variety of shopping that absolutely needed to be done. As always.

As Lisa's wedding was on Friday, a lot of the Malacca relatives wouldn't have been able to attend, so my grandad had hosted a dinner at Ramada. The food was good, the company a lot of fun and it was great just being able to catch up in general. Sure, I fielded a lot of "so when is it your turn" or variations of that, but I suppose when you're about to turn 28 and have been in a steady relationship for more than 2 years, you have to expect it. After dinner, there was supper. Cue some very good ginger tea. Scott had discovered this (along with the mutton soup) at Adam Road our 2nd night there and has since formed a new addiction.

Wednesday was our journey back to Singapore with Lisa, my aunt and Clint. I think wedding nerves were running high and it was a very emotionally charged ride...and I don't mean in a good way. The weather mirrored the situation - stormy and bleak. The plan was for me to go and try on the bridesmaid dress but again, it was still unfinished. So my aunt and I dropped Scott off at his tailor and then myself at Clara's once again.

That night, we met up with Jacinta at Carnivore in Vivo City and ate a year's worth of meat in 1 sitting. Highlights are the lamb, the beef hump, the fish and the pineapple. Catching up with Jacinta was awesome though I think we were all mildly sick from overeating by the end of the night. Leon put up to shame with the amount he put away - if he's nor careful, his modeling stint will be very short-lived. Horrifyingly, the boys insisted on Haagen Daas for dessert and Scott being Scott, went and ordered the largest possible thing on the menu - the chocolate fondue. Seriously, by the end of that, we really did feel like we were going to die.

On Thursday I went over to my aunt's place to help wrap cakes. From there, we headed to the tailor where my dress was finally done. Yeah, done but so large it was falling off me. Oh, and this is the day before the wedding, ya? Once again, I headed over to Clara's after the cakes were done and spent some time there. Then it was onto Scott's tailor and The Church of Saint Theresa for the wedding rehearsal. Once that was over, it was back to Vivo City for dinner at Imperial Herbal something or other. Its on the 3rd floor above the cinemas and I highly recommend this place. The food was some of the best Chinese food I've ever had. I would have loved to be able to go home and get an early night, but all of us bridesmaid went over to my aunt's for a briefing. I didn't get home till past 1 and not to bed till nearly 4 since I also had to do my nails.

Finally, the day of the wedding. I had only got my dress back the night before and it was still a little big but I was stuck with it. I won't go into all the details, but basically the girls all had their hair done at Sentosa before going to the church. The ceremony itself was beautiful and went off without a hitch. Then back to Sentosa for the tea ceremony and reception. Let me just say that my feet were killing me and yes, the shoes did come off. I actually had cuts from the back of the diamante on the damn shoes.

We left the reception early and though I just wanted to take my contact lenses out, wash up and go to sleep, Scott and Colin had other ideas. We went clubbing instead (though I did still take the lenses out - I really had had enough). So it was another very late night for me. I didn't get into bed till about 4 while Scott stayed up much later on the computer.

Finally on Saturday, I managed to have a day when I could shop. It was just me, my mom and my porpor and boy did we hit the shops. In the end, I walked away with 3 pairs of shoes, 1 bag, 2 skirts and a dress. Not bad for just 1 day I thought. We picked Su and Ryan up from their hotel in Sentosa and dropped them off along Orchard Road and then went to see my porpor's jeweler. There were some very pretty items in there, but there was 1 ring that I liked in particular. No plans to adorn a particular finger yet though.

We had dinner at a steak place on Dempsey Road or something, then back to Clara's to play with the kiddies. Lauren is so cute and has grown up so much. Ashley was sleeping again but at least I had got to see her a few days before. At the end of the night, it was back to Colin's to pack and we left for Perth early Sunday morning. The cab was insanely late as he had been waiting in the underground carpark even though we had specified lobby. I was very annoyed but seeing as we didn;t miss our flight, I guess it didn't matter too much. Phew!