OMGGG… ME AND RIZZLE HAVE TICKETS TO SM TOWN!!!

Well, we knew this 3 hours ago. We got tickets like RIGHT AFTER it went on sale. xD I seriously am still trying to take this all in. I AM IN SHOCK… that I’m doing this, lol. My parents don’t even know yet, and I have no idea how to tell them except that I’d only just asked them this afternoon about their thoughts on me going to LA. xD They weren’t thrilled, to say the least. I said it wasn’t confirmed yet (because at that time, we hadn’t gotten tickets), but now it is. O_O

I’ll be on a flight for 18 hours, with a stopover in Tokyo for both ways. O_O ALONE. O_O And then I’ll meet Face and we’ll have a good time with her (now our) hotel roommate. :D Omg, I’m finally meeting Face after 3 years! That’s crazy! :D

Okay, enough rambling and back to planning the trip. Yay Face! <#

• Just as I was at the bus stop and about to cross the road to get to the mall to meet Gav, he alighted a bus that just arrived not long after mine!
• When I was booking How to Train Your Dragon 3D tickets for us earlier that day, there were only two seats left on the entire row so I took it. When we were seated, there were only three seats in between me and the guy further down the row. A family of four came and were surprised to find there were only three seats. She asked what seat I was on, so I said K19. She also had a K19 ticket; we were confused. She asked if we could go outside to settle the situation, so I said okay. We went out and she examined her ticket. Turns out, three of her tickets were correct, and one was for the day before. She told me to go back to my seat as mine was right, so I did. I have no idea where they went after that, lol.
• As I was walking home from the bus stop, I saw two familiar figures in front of me: my sister and her boyfriend. They didn’t notice me till I stood right beside her for a while, and they got a shock, lol!

What a weird but nice Saturday, it was. :)

Only – CD Promotion Tours
Some may know that my church produced a CD (all self-written by talented church members :D), of which I had helped design the cover and sleeve. We’ve been having tours since the beginning of Jan and it’s been really fun! Check out the CD! Each CD only costs S$15 and proceeds go to the Baptist Building Fund so you know it’s for a good cause! More information can be found at the website. :)

Boys Like Girls Concert @ Compass Ballroom, Resorts World (28 Jan)
Absolutely glad I decided to go because it was so much fun and they put up a great performance! Resorts World also looked pretty awesome. :D Wasn’t too impressed with the teenies around me and Lorraine though. You should’ve heard their conversation and seen the way this girl was acting around her boyfriend. Icky. He didn’t seem too responsive either, lol!

Maternal Grandmother’s Death (23 Feb)
I also went through a really tough time when my grandmother passed away just a week after I saw her. I was in shock and denial. My brain knew not how to deal with it. Even now, looking back on the wake and funeral, it seems like an out-of-body experience. Throughout the entire wake, and then seeing my grandmother go into the incinerator was surreal. The entire experience was/is surreal. I know that my grandmother is dead, but at times I still think as though she is alive. Such as, when I have a boyfriend, I could bring him over to introduce to her. I will never get that privilege and it upsets me. I also regret those times that I decided not to go visit her just because I was lazy. I’m glad that she at least got to drink the really nice Japanese apple juice that I bought for her during CNY. I hope she knew how much I love her, so much so that I, out of my love/respect for her and Mum, participated in a tiny part of the Buddhist ritual that was against my faith. May God forgive me. When Faith (colleague) came, she told me something I’d never forget: “Stand strong. There’s only one pair of eyes to please.” and I’m ever so thankful for that. :)

Department Weekend Chalet (19 – 21 Mar)
Had a good time at the chalet, which served as a farewell to Boss as he had been transferred to another department. :( Stayed for 3D2N! Also tried out bowling with colleagues and Boss. Even though I pretty much suck at it the first round (gutter ball queen, haha), it was so much fun. :D The second round proved much better. :p I’m so going to get Dad to bowl with me, him being all experienced and stuff. He used to take part in his ex-company’s bowling tournaments, haha! Got his own bowling ball and all. I told Dad and he said we’d go together one day! I’ll try not to gutter ball as much. :p

Subway’s Clash of the Titans Promo
I won a pair of tickets to Clash of the Titans 3D private screening just by eating Subway and submitting the promo card code online! I was so amazed when I got the text congratulating me, because that Monday, I’d decided not to eat with my colleagues and went to get Subway instead! Thank God for blessing me with this. :D I’ve invited Dad to join me and he agreed! Life is good.

ONE. – Baptist Youth Rally (27 Mar)
Went to my first Youth Rally and as we were having P&W, I started crying as we sang “I’ll never know how much it costs, to see my sin upon that cross.” and I was looking up at the cross. It was such a sudden raw mixed emotion and I couldn’t control it. I’ve never experienced it to that extent before and it reaffirmed me of my love for God and my desire to become a better person than I was before (yeah, I wasn’t a very nice person :p). I am thankful every day for every little thing that He provides me with, because I know that what He gives, He can also take away.

Besides those highlighted events, work is as the same so nothing much to tell about that. I’m also finally able to honestly say that I love and enjoy life. :D Even if something really crappy happens, it always works out. I give all the credit to God and am extremely thankful for His blessings. Praise the Lord!

The point of this post was to marvel at how much I can spend on books, CDs and DVDs on a single trip to a book store. ._. Occasionally, I even splurge on stationery. This is dangerous! Someone keep me away from these places! Dx

I met up with Lorraine, a dear friend I hung out with back in college, two Friday nights ago. I dragged her (not quite literally) to Borders, without the intention of getting anything, seeing as just the previous week, I got two design books (this and this) which were on 50% off.

However… *danger music* I decided I wanted to get Mitch Albom’s Have a Little Faith, it was on offer and was only $24.99. :p As we browsed through the store, I spotted some design books on a row of shelves with other random books, so I flipped through the design ones. Then I looked up… to a sign that said something along the lines of “spend at least $30 and get any of these books for $10!” BREAKING POINT! I had to have those design books.

I mean, if you’re a design student, you know how much design books cost, and how crazy it would be to get a few of them just for referencing. Part of the reason why we’re always broke, lol. I grabbed the two design books (this and this) and went in search of other things to up my purchases to $30. Lorraine also grabbed a book she liked to put on my tab, since it was only going to be $10 anyway. xD

I looked around the DVD section since I had CD & DVD coupons from the Borders newsletter, and ended up getting Up and Night at the Museum. As I was about to go pay, we passed by a wagon with DVDs below $15, so I got Final Destination. xD

So… there you have it. This is how I can go into a bookstore without planning to get anything, to coming out with way too many things. :| Emptied my gift card and paid for the rest myself. Scary, huh? Haha.

Have you had this experience before? Or are you really disciplined with your money? :p

Speaking of technology, I went and collected my MBP at the end of last month because they kept me waiting for two weeks and it was more than I could tolerate. Dad was kind enough to drive all the way to IMM Jurong for me. :) It’s been working amazingly and I’m in love. :)

Over the last two weeks, I also finally got a contract line. I think it was long due, and I no longer need to be anti-social. May my friends rejoice? I got a free phone with my new line, and Dad got the iPhone 3G after renewing his. We made a deal to exchange, since he already got the iPod Touch. :p My iPhone’s been awesome, and I cannot stop playing Tap Tap Revenge 2, lol!

Besides that, work’s been the same as always: fun and stressful. There isn’t really much to tell about it, the only time I really look forward to, is lunch. xD Since ION Orchard opened, we’ve been heading over there everyday during our lunch time. I cannot get enough of that place! Totally need to go back to Topshop and get me a pair of their cute canvas shoes, haha.

It was also nice that I managed to chat to Will today. He’s currently doing a course in Germany, so I haven’t spoken to him in days. Texts don’t really count for much talking, does it? Haha. I totally forgot he was going there till I noticed he hadn’t been online in a few days. Shows how good a friend I am, I guess. xD

1. I went to The Sims™ 3 Launch Party and got the pre-order card for the Collector’s Edition!
2. The Twilight Saga Collection that Will bought for me as a Christmas present, finally arrived.
3. I finally got my MacBook Pro 15″. I’ve been pondering about it for about… forever!
4. My 6 months probation at work is over and I got confirmed. :D

Those are the highlights so far. Work’s been pretty stressful over the past week too. I guess the highlights are supposed to make up for the stress? I don’t know, haha. Only thing I do know, is that I can’t wait to collect my MBP. I had to pre-order, because Pacific City‘s booth at The PC Show ran out of stock. I got tired of waiting, and ended up calling them two days ago. Apparently, the stock will only arrive either this weekend or next week. :/ Man, I hate waiting.

Other than that, both my hosting and domain name got auto-renewed. I only paid for the hosting this time though, since I won money from Namecheap‘s Christmas Twitter contest. xD I wasn’t exactly planning on renewing, since I barely use any of my blogs anymore, but who knows… Maybe over the next year, I’d do something about this, haha.

On yet another note, Father’s Day is this Sunday. Since it’s going to be overcrowded as usual, the family’s celebrating it tomorrow night, after I get off work. Hopefully I won’t be too damn tired to be cheerful. I sure hate deadlines too. ><

[Update (20 Jun 09, 9.09pm): So my mother decided to, without my knowledge, call Pacific City this morning. Stock will most probably get there by Tuesday. That's without having it sent the outlet near work. -_- Darn it. I was already planning to take time off work on Thursday and Friday. It would be annoying if they called me to collect on those days. Hope not, fingers crossed!

Dinner with the parents went good too. Didn't eat a lot since I wasn't exactly hungry. Walked around Hokkaido Fair for a bit too and got some Potato Curry Buns and Salt Caramel Croissants too. Yummy!]

I have to say it was pretty neat, seeing as I’ve never experienced it before. We caught one of the shopping malls that was participating in the event whilst it was still switching off their lights. Even their food court which was facing the street had little candle lights on the tables so patrons could still have their dinner!

We went in and saw a poster for a Stargazing event that they were having on the rooftop. Needless to say, we went! As cool as it was though, there weren’t very many stars to see. Besides, some tall buildings still had lights on, so it wasn’t as splendid as it could’ve been. I still enjoyed myself though!

So there you have it, my first Earth Hour experience in town. Can’t wait for the next one!