A little surprise

Lalala I can't wait to see the girlfriend today. Had a little surprise for the girlfriend today and I hope she would like it. As Valentine's Day is on Sunday this year, I decided to give dear a little surprise by showing up with a petite bouquet of rose later on while I wait for her to finish work. Ordered the flower from a seller from Carousell and went over to Haji Lane to collect it. Although it's raining and I'm caught in the rain but I feel so happy hehe lalala.

Although dear always told me not to get flowers for her since it'll be expensive, especially when it's Valentine's Day but I really wanna make the girlfriend happy every year on this very day. Hope she likes this little petite bouquet of rose ^_^

Yeah we had our dinner at Chicken Hotpot at Square 2 before we went over to Ang Mo Kio Hub for the movie "Deadpool". So yi kai to have dear dear by my side all this while. 

The girlfriend who is born in the year of the Snake :)

Tokio Marine CNY Lunch

Yeah it's TGIF today plus Tokio Marine is having the Chinese New Year lunch for the staffs today. There are lots of Dong Dong Qiang Lion Dance going around the company in the morning too, followed by the dragon dance and our long awaited lunch buffet hehe. Guess whose the God of Wealth this year? It's none other than our Head of Compliance lol. 

In the Year of the Monkey, as we Lou Hei I wished that there will be success in my career and that me and dear dear will always be happy everyday hehe

The Ang Bao (Red Packets) by the bosses Henry and Donna

Our very own God of Wealth

Batu Pahat to Singapore 初三

人生真的是多姿多彩

Got a text message from the girlfriend and we are going back to Singapore instead of go 拜年 due to some drama going on in the morning. And so, we left the hotel to Terminal Bas Ekspres Batu Pahat to try and get the tickets but to no avail so we decided to get a taxi to head to the Larkin terminal which cost us RM180 (SGD$60).

Well, at least we can enjoy the luxury of not squeezing with other people and it's much faster by car too. Though I never get to pass dear's 表姐 son the Transformer toy and the Mediacorp Chinese New Year CD.

或许这世界真的会有人唯恐天下不乱

Finally we're back to Singapore, the place we call home. Lalala lalala me and dear belong here and not there de mah.

Our Mala Xiang Guo for dinner today :) Feels so good to be in Singapore again.

Singapore to Batu Pahat 初二

Lalala its 年初二 today and i am going on a journey from Singapore to Batu Pahat to find my girlfriend and 拜年 to her parents lo. Hopefully everything goes well for me. I just can't wait to see the girlfriend. 

Woke up at 6.50am to prepare and took bus 74 to Ang Mo Kio MRT station, followed by the train to Woodlands MRT. I got smart this time round, checked the bus timing and I still have like 6 minutes of spare time so I got myself a hot dog bun before boarding bus 950 from the basement bus interchange to Woodlands Checkpoint. Yeah love it when i tap the EZ link card and it says Ride Suspended hehe free ride.

Crossed the checkpoint with ease with the automation station for Singaporean citizens and Permanent Residents (PR). Thereafter i took back the same bus 950 to Malaysia Checkpoint and the traffic was pretty smooth too today. Lalala walk to the Bas Terminal at basement of the checkpoint to take bus 170 to Larkin Terminal which was about 15 minutes of traveling time. Best thing was that I can just tap my EZ link card since its a Singapore SBS bus.

Yeah lalala I finally arrived at the Larkin terminal and like what dear described I would see McDonald once I alight from the bus. There are so many people representing their bus companies shouting out Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, etc to get you to buy your bus tickets with them.

And so after checking with various companies on their time slot to Batu Pahat, I got my 10am bus ticket from S&S International Express for RM12.90 which is about SGD$4+. And so it begins, my 2 hours journey to Batu Pahat in an Initial D bus.

With basically nothing to do in the bus, it's selfie time :)

Hehe imagine Line Friends Journey up North to 拜年 too

My image of the Sally village hehe

Yes ah finally I am here after 2 hours plus of journey

Yeah finally arrived at Batu Pahat around 12pm+ at the Terminal Bas Ekspres Batu Pahat and the girlfriend is picking me up lalala. Yeah checked in to my Boutique Hotel and paid the RM148 for my twin sharing room (inclusive of CNY surcharge RM10 and deposit RM50). Hehe my Hill View Twin sharing room for the night.

Hehe time to 拜年 to uncle and auntie le. So nervous when I am about to step into the house. Auntie and uncle cooked for me today so we're having lunch before going to Batu Pahat Mall to walk walk with Melody and watch a movie "The Mermaid".

 Chillax at Old Town White Coffee before our movie at 4pm :)

Our Wefie :)

Went back the girlfriend's home to have steamboat dinner with her family before we left the house to the Old Street Commercial Centre for some drinks at Carretto OSCC.

So excited to see the mini fireworks here in Malaysia

Lalala so yi kai tonight de but too bad 好景不长.

Okay it's time for me to head back to hotel for the night today. Lying in bed thinking of the girlfriend who is just a few kilometers away from me but yet she seems so far far away. Lucky I brought along Xiao Xiao Brown and Xiao Xiao Cony along with me so they're there to accompany me.

Chinese Lunar New Year 初一

Alright its the first day of the Lunar New Year, which means that majority of the shopping malls will be closed for a minimum of 2 days and there would be not much food to eat if your family ain't cooking and you would most likely have to settle with just McDonald for the rest of the day lol.

How I wish the girlfriend is here with me for the Lunar New Year. I am never a fan of the Lunar New Year in the past since the family will never be complete and it's impossible for all 4 of us to have a decent reunion dinner (maybe in my dreams). 

Took a photo for the girlfriend before I left the house for CNY

The paternal grandparents house was totally empty when we went over in the afternoon, which was already closed to 2pm and none of the relatives are there yet. Stayed there to chit chat with my grandma before my Da Gu and one of her kid came over one hour later. We stayed for only awhile before we make a move to head over to my maternal grandparents house at Aljunied. I'm glad we did because it's just so quiet.

This year's CNY was totally different as compared to recent years since my mum and brother have not stepped foot there since donkey years ago due to some stupid argument which I find to be really really stupid. And finally, they are there to pay a visit for this year's CNY but then, my grandma have already passed away so... I don't know I just couldn't find the right words or feelings to describe how I felt inside. 

Perhaps this seems like 有失必有得 I guess. With the passing of my maternal grandma last year, it seems to bring everyone together after so many years. And although she was no longer there to see it personally, but at least somehow the family is sort of united back together again. I like the feeling of the whole family, well almost whole, sitting down together and having steamboat together. Even when a total of 9 of us are squeezing at a small table, I felt happy, for once.

AngBao for me and the girlfriend from my Ah Ger Yi

Chinese Lunar New Year - Year of the Monkey

Hou Hou Hou

Let's welcome the Year of the Monkey for 2016

A year passes by so fast, and we're sending away the Goat and welcoming the 9th animal of the Chinese Zodiac in 2016. Let's all welcome the Monkey in 2016 and may everyone be blessed with good health, lots of wealth and endless success in our career and relationships.

Star Wars wishing everyone a Happy New Year too hehe

Happy & Emo day

Lalala today we're heading over to Resort World Sentosa to meet up with dear's parents and to pass them the Chinese New Year hamper that we got from NTUC. Wanted to have a decent dinner together but somehow they preferred Long John, which is perfectly fine for me too hehe cos it's fried food. And so after our dinner I head back to Hougang to stock up on some necessities before heading back home. 

Feel so lonely at home since the girlfriend is heading back to Batu Pahat today and I won't be able to see her till Tuesday de :(