Lovely Weekend - Back to the nature....

Friday 27th March 2009 - I didn't really meet my DD on Fri. But instead I accompany my mum to my cousin's wedding. It was boring. But for my mum's sake, so I have to go. I finally get to see older cousin's daughter. Her name is Xinyi. She is just 2 months old. Everyone's attention is on her. Not surprising. I finally survived the wedding and had a good rest on Friday night.

Saturday 28th March 2009 - My DD worked till 1pm. He woke up early to go to office so that he can meet me earlier on Sat. That's very sweet for him. I know he feels bad that he can't spend time with me on Sat and I know he is doing his best. I know. And I am happy that he is such a considerate bf. After lunch and a short rest, we decided to go to Hortpark around 4pm. It was hot and humid. But the park was really beautiful, there were lots of landscapes and plants. And beautiful flowers. The place is still under renovating but around 90% done. It's a great place to bring family along for walk, photo-taking, learning new plant species. Of course, my main motivation was photo-taking. We had a great time there. Spend about 2 hours and decided it was time for dinner. Both of us were hungry and decided to make a trip down to Bukit Timah Market.

I guess my DD was really hungry that day. He order laksa, chicken wing (4), satay (10 sticks) and carrot cake. And I had char kuay tao. A very sinful dinner. Luckily I went for my gym on Fri. After that we went back and had a good rest for the night.

Sunday 29th March 2009 - Bad stomache, must be last night's dinner. I had bad constipation the whole day. Nevertheless, we went down to Chinatown and we booked our tickets to Melbourne!!! Yippee!!! My holiday finally!! Really excited about this trip cause it's my 1st trip with my DD. I am very nervous and excited too! And also I can get to see that crazy "auntie" at Melbourne and she can see "007" too!! Hahaha! Definately I will enjoy this trip. Looking foward to it!!!

Overall, it was really a lovely weekend. Thanks DD for the wonderful weekend.

The Bridge Between Them

Parents!!! Dun really understand them. Especially mine! Both my mum and dad have stopped talking to each other since ...... I don't know when. It is a pain and fustrating for me to be stuck in middle of them. They refused to talk to each other and instead they got me to send message to each other when both of them are in the same room!!! Ridiculous and childish!! Mum get sarcastic and Dad act pitiful towards each other!! I am out of my wits!! I kinna feel for my Dad sometimes, and my Mum's sarcastism affects me. I will get worked up when she starts her sarcastism. Her remarks really affect me!! I must really cool myself down next time when I hear those remarks. To think on the bright side, I am the only communication bridge between my mum and dad. And I think it's something that I need to work on to try to understand and communicate with them. I think it's time now to do something for them and for myself for my personnal growth as well. A challenge 1stly to truely accept that this is the current situation and 2ndly, to try my best as much as possible to understand them. Oh well, this is part of life and part of learning process.

Am I Jinx??

I know that my World of Pink Elephant should just be for happy thoughts but the entry for today is slightly different. Not happy thoughts/moments but my agony and guilt. My DD got into another incident again today. He couldn't make stop at the traffic light in time and made a dash across the while the traffic light was red. There were two red light cameras on that road. Somehow, at the point of time, I was talking to him and he got distracted and forgot to reduce his speed when approaching the traffic light. We didn't know if red light cameras were for the side of the road that we were at or for the road on the other side. The agony of the unknown.

Somehow or rather, I just can't help feeling that the incident on Fri and today were all my fault. If my DD didn't come pick me up on Fri , he won't have bumped into another car. And today, I shouldn't have gotten so excited and keep talking to him while he was on the road. Seems like I can't get happy or excited when I'm in his car as this clearly will distract him. Or maybe I am actually a distraction for him? Am I a jinx? The feeling of guilt is very strong. I am trying hard to stay positive on this one. Trying very hard..... It's not just only the guilt. I also feel that I can't be of any help to him when such a thing happen. I feel so useless. I guess I need some time to get over these two incidents.

To think on the bright side, the two incidents will make my DD a better driver, hopefully to be able to calm himself down. I realised when he gets happy and excited (especially when I'm with him), I can feel he gets eagerness and strong desire to drive me around as he knows that I like to explore around different places to experience different sights and scenes of Singapore. However, this will often tend distract him. I guess both of us have to slow our minds and thoughts down. I forgot that he can read my mind and I can feel his thoughts. Unknowingly, both of us are trying to rush into things in order to fill our life with lots of good memories (maybe?).

Also he is unfamilar with the road conditions in Singapore, therefore such mistakes are unavoidable? I am trying my best to help him keep a look out for the road conditions (trying not to make it as if I'm nagging) but I just feel I'm not doing a good job. *sigh*

Things will definately be better, my DD's driving skill will improve definately. He will be a safer and more focus driver. And by then, hopefully he will enjoy better driving experience and I will enjoy the ride in his car. Enough of the unhappy thoughts. Time to get back to my world of happy thoughts (World of Pink Elephant).

I am really glad for my DD that he has a group of great supportive friends. Friends like Jason (his best buddy). Jason is a funny guy and can often brighten up my DD's mood with his humor. I am glad he has such a great friend to support him during his ups and downs.

Saw something nice today. Although the weather is kinna hot today but the sunset at my DD's place is really nice. Not the most spectacular sunset today (according to his mum) but it was really beautiful. Hopefully I can capture nicer sunset one of the days. Beauty of nature always cheers me up and brightens my day.

Minor accident, but All is Well!!!

My DD (LC) met up with a minor accident on Fri (20th). He got distracted and bumped into a Honda Civic in front of him at the traffic light junction. I was in the car and got a shocked. Before the accident, I was really happy to see him and he was trilled as well but after that "bump", the atmosphere in the car changed. I can understand how he was feeling at that time. Angry, pissed, worried, feel the "pinch" for the car (afterall it's only two weeks old, it's still new) etc. I don't know what to say to him at that time, all I can do is to keep the atmosphere positive and be understanding to him. I feel bad cause I thought if at that point of time, I keep an eye on the traffic for him probably such a thing would not happen. Anyway, the incident has happened so no point dwelling over it. I stayed over at him place in the end cause I know my pressence will comfort him a lot and it did. He felt much better today. I was happy for him and relieved. :D - It was only a MINOR accident.

He went for work today as usual because of project deadlines. It's good for me as I am able to rest on Sat. Lifestyle for me has changed a lot. No more busy and tight schedule instead relaxing weekend to find time for my family and myself. I like this. And occasionally, go out and do something different. Like today. After DD finished his work in office, he decided to drive around so he came up with the idea to go Old Airport Road for dinner. I am the "designated GPS" for him so I guided the way to the place but got lost somewhere at Eunos. Eventually, after looking that Street Directory, we found our way. I'm glad my DD has the patience and we can work simple things out like looking for directions to the place. *My impression is that men usually won't have the patience to wait for women to find the correct direction* I'm really glad.

At Old Airport Road market, my DD and I had this craving for satay despite the both of us are still recovering from our flu and sore throat. I enjoyed the dinner a lot. Almost forgot! I finally saw rainbow, just 5 mins before the sunset. It was a full rainbow and the colours were clearly shown in the sky! And best of all, I got to see it when my DD is with me! It was really great!!!

We went to Kallang Leisure Park after our dinner - to his favourite tennis shop and our favourite toyshop. We make our way back home after I bought my hot chocolate.

My DD told me today that he wanted to bring me out, just to drive around Singapore cause we have been staying at home the past few weeks. I am happy that despite his busy work schedule, with the unhappy incident that he met on Fri and he was not feeling well the whole week, he still thought of me and want to spend time with me. HAPPINESS!!! :D