The day of Mimosa...

The icon of my dear's favourite plant...

Mimosa is my dear's favourite plant, but it wasn't by design that we went by the path which enabled us to see a lot of Mimosa today. In fact, we saw a lot of them and their relatives as well. Well, it was only today that we learnt that they actually had relatives. After all, who knew that plants could have cross breeding as well. Guess we learn new things every day.

So let's present the protagonist:

The star of the day...

The relative (with rounder leaves):

The difference may not be that obvious,
but the leaves are really shorter and rounder

Another relative (who reacts slower to touch, very much slower):

Notice the white parts near the stem,
and the colour of the leaves is darker as well...

Yet another relative (one who grew to become a tree - another new thing which we learnt today):

This was actually from a branch on a tree
and the tree was was taller than me...

The gone relative:

Dried up but still equally captivating...

Blissful Marriage Seminar

It was quite ironic that we decided to go for this seminar, as the main bulk of it was on the purchase of a new home. Especially since we actually went there immediately after our 1st appointment. A bit too late hur. But in any case, we learnt a few bits of information here and there which we did not know about, though not really crucial and relevant to the purchase of our flat. And we both concur that the presenter could improve on their method of presentation and choice of examples for the presenter did a pretty good job of confusing the audience. At least me. Well, job hazard of being a teacher. 

The middle portion centred on how to maintain the loving relationship between a couple by finding out the love language of the partner, which I guess was our main takeaway for the seminar (so that it was not a waste of our money). The male presenter was very humourous and unreserved in showing love for his wife and I really envy his candidness. We wanted to find him for our solemnisation but it was a pity that he could only do an English version. Well, guess our search continues.

Our 1st Appointment

I guess this event is one of the most awaited one for this year. My dear mentioned that it was akin to taking an exam, and that she was very nervous, as if she had butterflies in her stomach. Prior to this, she was actually very worried that something might go wrong with this event, such that we will not be able to get our flat. And like always, I assured her that everything will be alright.

The appointment was at 1030am but as anxious people like we are, just like our housing agent, we reached HDB hub early at 10am. And I guess time passed really fast for anxious people for the entire process only ended with the payment at 12pm. Frankly speaking, much of the time wasn't spent on waiting (atypical of government agencies), but rather in filling up and signing the numerous forms that were there (this however is very consistent with government agencies). There were two rounds of forms filling and signing and of course, there were waiting for the sellers to complete their forms but I guess the sellers waited a longer time for us.

While waiting outside the resale rooms

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Actually, none of the numbers was ours =P When our numbers (A7781, 266) was up, we were simply too excited to enter the room and thus not enough time was available to take a clear shot.

The officer in charge of our case was very patient in explaining the terms and conditions of the various forms as well as answering our numerous queries. After all, this is our first time and the stakes involved are very high. The officer was also very experienced, from the way she printed the countless documents while talking to us and waiting for us to sign the earlier documents. It does help that she, after all, is a female with strong multitasking capabilities. After more than half an hour in the room, we ended off the session by paying off all the necessary expenses.

Now we shall continue to wait for the 2nd appointment on the 13th December... with much anticipation =)

家具大采购之一

隔了好久才有空好好给我们的家具采购行动做个全纪录。说真的，我们真的是买疯了。原来，为新家添购家具是这么好玩的。还好当初我接受了小志的追求，不然我应该没有机会来个荷包打出血吧！

经过了这几个月的婚礼筹备，我对小志有了全新的了解。他真的好容易被游说哦！至今，我们大部分的决定都挺冲动的。 从订酒席、签结婚照配套到确定为我们结婚当天拍视频的摄影员，我们都速战速决。这样也好了，我也不是一个喜欢拖拖拉拉的人。

十月一日这一天，我们凭感觉来到了位于德福巷的家具店。在售货员的不停游说下，我们买了L-型布质沙发和餐桌。对于这个沙发，我不是很满意。我觉得沙发应该看起来柔和。这个沙发的感觉有点儿“硬”。希望我们挑的核桃色能淡化沙发硬邦邦的感觉。至于餐桌嘛，小志和我都很喜欢。其实，我们早就已在别处看中了这个款式了，但是价钱却太贵了。能以较便宜的价钱购得这款餐桌，我们都觉得很开心。

L-型布质沙发
(A's Design International)

核桃色的餐桌
(A's Design International)

之后，我们到新加坡博览中心继续我们的大采购。在那里，我们买了床褥和茶几。嘿嘿！茶几也是核桃色的！看来，我们的新家应该会禅味十足吧！我们忘了拍照做记录，但是以下的茶几跟我们买的挺相似的。

核桃色的茶几
(Nova Furnishing Centre)

至于床褥嘛，我们觉得躺起来挺舒服的。我们买的这一款queen-sized床褥十寸厚，床垫的部分则是竹质纤维的。有兴趣懂多一些的朋友可以到以下网址了解这款床褥。

http://www.vono.com.my/welcome/promotions/back-relaxer-deluxe/

床褥
(Absolute Bedding)

我们也在这一天买了煮水用的水壶和床单。哈哈！我们还真的是猴急啊！不过，整个过程真的很好玩！期待下一次的大采购！在拿到新家的钥匙之前，小志的家就是我们的仓库了！

水壶和床单
(Robinson's)

Change-Up

Another lighthearted movie in the span of two weeks, and I must admit that I was shocked when the first set of boobs came to view. The innocent me just did not realise that it was rated M18.

Anyway, the story was about two best friends, one single and one married, leading two different kinds of lives. One day or rather one night, both of them were like exclaiming how nice it would be to live the other guy's life. And since both of them said that when peeing into a fountain, with a female statue staring at them doing their business, one could easily guess what happened next. And indeed they were the other guy the next day.

So the movie continued with both guys trying to unwish their wishes, only to realise to their horror that the fountain was relocated. Desperate situations called for desperate measures and so they tried to help each other lead their original lives, giving the other specific instructions, since they could no longer do that. And being misfits in the other guy's life, it was quite funny seeing them blaming the other for not following the instructions. Guy A wanted Guy B to not do anything funny, so that he can become a partner of the law film. Guy B wanted Guy A to do his best as porn star, while also having sex with a pregnant lady. Both guys also got to know how others actually thought of them. Guy A found out that the wife was actually very upset with him as he did not spend enough time with her. Guy B found out he was deemed as a failure, a person who always gives up. As such, they tried to rectify that.

Well, though at one point in time the movie showed them enjoying the other guy's life, through all these tribulations, they both soon realised that their original lives were still best suited for them. And with strong convictions and knowledge of the location of the mysterious wishing fountatin, they wished that they had their lives back. And well, happy story with a happy ending, though I was still shocked that boobs were shown four times by three female actors in the movie.

Though it was enjoyable, but I guess this movie doesn't really leave much of an impression and would be easily forgotten with the passing of time.

Friends with Benefits

In case you are wondering about the numerous posts at one go, I guess it's time we discovered that we ought to be responsible enough to clear our backlog.

Anyway, this funny and lighthearted movie was seen some time back with great enjoyment. It started off with the female lead, as a headhunter for a design company, recruiting the male lead. In an attempt to convince the guy to accept the job, she brought him around New York to, in her very own words, "sell" New York's way of life to him. Of course, the guy accepted it (otherwise it will be very difficult for the show to carry on), gaining not only the job, and also the friendship of this girl, giving credit to the title of the movie.

So what benefits will that be? Since sex sells, naturally that would be it. So the guy became closer friends with the girl and one day, out of sheer boredom and after some admiration of the girl's bottom, he suggested having sex with her but with no emotions attached, to which she agreed. Thereafter, the floodgates opened with numerous scenes of lovemaking, without being lewd.

Meanwhile, the girl got to date another guy, as a rise to the challenge posed by the male lead to flaunt their charms to attract the opposite sex, much to the male lead's jealousy. However, that relationship soon failed and the girl was soon nursing her wounded heart at the guy's hometown. Then, the girl got angry with the guy, after overhearing a comment by the guy, indicating that she was very screwed up. That followed by some cold war and hate towards each other.

The final segment showed the father of guy reminiscing his past and talking about not regretting and giving up one's love. This spurned the guy to win the girl's heart back and he did so by doing a flash mob scene, which is distinctively similar to how the girl attempted to entice the guy to accept the job.

My dear and I both enjoyed ourselves, loving the film's simplicity and its witty dialogue. I guess we were just suckers for romantic comedies.

结婚之婚纱照三

新娘子总是挑剔的。不管我再怎么大喇喇，我还是个待嫁新娘。由于对之前挑的礼服不太满意，所以我和小志在九月九日这天又再次来到我们签配套的那家婚纱店。很幸运地，华华可以请到假陪我们一起去选礼服。说真的，她给的意见比较中肯。我的小志真是粗线条啊！

话不多说，还是看照片吧！

很肥......

嗯......

虽然还是不太满意，但是我的选择并不多。希望拍出来的效果会好看！敬请期待！