Engaged!

With a bouquet of roses in hand, the sailor went on one knee and asked for the teacher's hand on Yacht Trillion Star.



Daniel Hu, thank you for making the proposal so memorable, despite the conspiracy with these people closest to me - my BFF Jan, your BFF Vic, 妹Cheryl, 弟 Terence, Mummy Tay, Daddy Tay and 妹's BFF/my ex-student Xiu Min!

We started a blog to 'pen' our journey from engagement as we plan and prepare for our wedding, check us out!
We're on twitter too, follow us! ;)

P.S. More photos when we get them from Vic, who was kinda like the 'official photographer/videographer' for the evening :)

Thank you all for loving me/us! :D

And so, I turned 24 over a few wonderful days spent with my loved ones (and his).


Our CG blessed us with birthday presents in colours we like :)

Daniel surprised me with a trip to USS on Friday, his birthday.

It was a really enjoyable trip, and I'm really thankful for such a 'ding dong' (like myself) partner!


Dinner was a simple affair with his primary school mates, followed by a jolly good session of singing!


They surprised us with a cake too - cuz our birthdays were just 4 days apart :)

The next day...

Daniel sprung another surprise, we finally checked out Planet Shark at the Singapore Science Centre.

We went for service at Suntec then for dinner at Villa Di Parma.
I'd expected a simple dinner for just us, but I was proven wrong...

There already seated in the restaurant were my best friends from secondary school!
Thank you for making the dinner even better :)

Sunday was family day.

I had steamboat lunch with his extended family.


Dinner was at Marina Barrage with my family.
Nothing grand, but I enjoyed the family time.

When the clock struck twelve on my birthday, Daniel appeared right by my bed with a cake in hand; my sis was there with her camera in hand to take photos of my "priceless" shock expression whilst my mum was trying to keep my excited dog quiet so I wouldn't be disturbed from my sleep.


Ms. A and a few other teachers surprised me with a mini birthday celebration in the staff room pantry.


Ms. A, Ms. A... How do we sail 'high'? :P


Dinner was yet another surprise with my college girlfriends! :D


Even my silly dog 'celebrated' my birthday with me! :P He was of course more interested in the cake than in taking a photo!

I'm really thankful to have had the chance to celebrate my birthday with all you important people in my life - best friends from secondary school and college, our CG, my colleagues, my family, and last but not least...
This man who's been planning all the surprises AND who can make me laugh everyday! :)

xoxo

We're really thankful we've got the 'community' behind us.

Next up, 10.11.12? ;)

P.S. I'll have a proper update of the days when I find time, school's pretty hectic now :(

Red bombs x2

BFF and I were at Swissotel last evening to share Terence and Jamie's joy at their wedding dinner.
Daniel was there with me too, but I forgot a shot with him :(


We attended another wedding, albeit lunch, at Marina Pier this morning.


I found this interesting.


What a brilliant improvisation leading to such a pretty picture! :P


It's a military wedding - lovely! :D


The crew of RSN Brave; yes, more sailors!

But they don't matter to me, cuz...

This is my favourite sailor of all! ;)

Daniel surprised me with a movie of Pirates of the Caribbean at IMAX after the wedding lunch.
He's such a sweetie :)
We concluded the weekend with the wala gang over dinner.

What a blessed weekend - I get to spend it with the people I love! :)
I am especially thankful to Daniel for being such a great partner! xoxo

Shakespeare in the Park! :D

A passing, intangible comment about a poster I saw was made tangible by the sailor.

He took me to catch Macbeth@FCP after service.
Wow.

en route?

Lunch I had in school:

Nasi ayam penyet from Changi Village.
The sailor sent it to school 'en route' to SAFTI from CNB - I found out (from my colleague) when having it in the pantry that going from CNB to SAFTI did not require him to pass by school!
Hmmmm...

Brunch @ Graze

Yay, it's Easter Sunday! :)


I had brunch@Graze with the sailor! ;)