Day 40 of OBO... 妹妹's birthday

Today was pretty normal... I'm starting to feel tired... I think the late nights are starting to have an effect on me... Work then music then home at 2200hrs plus... Then sleep late 'cause I need to do my own things and then by the time I go to sleep, it's almost 0100hrs or 0200hrs...

Anyway, I woke up around 0445hrs to answer your call... We hardly spoke 'cause the stupid phone was down... Didn't get to tell you everything I needed to... *pout* Anyway, I went back to sleep after that and woke up at around 0900hrs to get ready for work... Washed up and went down to wait for Colin... While waiting, I went to play the piano... I finally played the whole of Canon in D from start to end... There's so much stretching and many many chords that are more than an octave (8 notes in a normal scale)... Still not perfected yet... So must practice more... Then once I've gotten the hang of it, I must practice with speed... Then when that is done, must practice with the orchestra accompaniment... Then when that is perfected, I can go to the recording studio to record it... And then maybe can use for our wedding (when it happens that is), if I manage to master it by then... Hehez... Should be able to bah... Long way more to go anyway... Hehez... Planning too far... LOL...

Colin came at around 1100hrs... We went to one of our suppliers to get a price list and then went to office... Reached office at around 1145hrs... Then got down to the catalogue again... Did that for the whole freaking day... Didn't know what I was writing about... Sianz... So I just basically cut and paste and what not... Still need to edit I think... Haiz... Anyway, lunch was in the office again today... Brought my usual sandwich and prunes... Quite surprisingly, I'm not sick of it at all... Surfed the Internet too... Checked out photographers this time... Found out that the average cost is between $2-3k... For their specialities, it's usually $3.2k onwards... Oh well... Think I'll probably get one of my photographer friends to cover the event (parents' wedding anniversary... For those that are thinking our wedding, well that could be the prelude but you've got to wait a while longer... Long way more to go... And lots more to consider before we get down to settling down... So, sorry to disappoint)... That's practically what I did the whole of today in the office...

Left office at around 1815hrs... Walked to Potong Pasir and went to Dhoby Ghaut to meet Andy and 姐姐 and 姐夫 and the rest of the gang (妹妹 and I happened to be on the same train, but we didn't see each other at all!!! So 'heng')... We were going to give her a surprise... Well it wasn't really a surprise in the end 'cause she suspected something was going on when the waiter showed her to a long long table when it was only supposed to be her and Andy who were having dinner and apparently, she saw me walk in to take her cake... So ya... Anyway, she did come out and she saw Andy with the cake and we went in again... This time, we sang her the birthday song and the whole cafe joined in too... LOL... Kevin and Mary-ann made sure that it was super duper loud... Well, she didn't cry... So that's totally opposite of what you said would happen... So anyway, dinner went on as usual... I had a beef sandwich again... It's not bad... But I still prefer the one at Coffee Club... Like the sauteed onions... After dinner came the cake... It was a chocolate cake with a wafer base and dark chocolate frosting... It was good, but very rich...

After dinner, we went to walk at Plaza Singapura for a while... I collected my GV card... Gives me discounts and priority on bookings... So when you come back, we'll go watch movies OK... Haven't stepped into a cinema for the longest time... Don't think I'd be stepping into one soon either 'cause I'm jammed packed... Super busy... And going to be super zonked out soon... Well, while at PS, we went to take a look at Aussino... They're having sales now... Everything's going between 20%-50% off... Anyway, just walking in there makes me wonder what it's going to be like when it is us going shopping for our home when we get one... The bed spreads and everything else we'd buy for our bedroom, and in time to come, the kids' room... Think I should stop wondering now... If not, I won't come back down to Earth later... Anyway, after PS, we walked over to The Cathy to check out Gramophone... 'Cause Kevin was looking for DVDs... So we walked around there till about 2200hrs... Then we headed back home...

All of us took the NEL... While on the train, we were discussing about Father's birthday on Sunday... We were deciding on which vegetarian restaurant to go to... Then everyone 'assigned' me to organise it... Their rationale: you used to organise all these functions... So now that you're not here, I'm your representative... LOL... Then Winnie started teasing me about my nickname on MSN... LOL... Don't think you can see it 'cause you use web messenger... Well it reads "__days till your return... I miss you darling! BTW did you just.....? Are we gonna... ? Hmmm..." Very open-ended... So anyone can assume what they want... LOL... Well she assumed it to us getting married and all that (and that remains to be seen I guess)... LOL... Anyway, 妹妹 and Andy got off at Potong Pasir... I got off at Serangoon... And 姐姐 and Kevin and the family got off at Sengkang... I caught 70 home and reached at around 2300hrs...

Came home and went online immediately 'cause 妹妹 asked me to help her correct her mistakes on her RJ... Well did that and then went to wash up... After washing up, came back online to blog... Then 妹妹 asked me to help her with the topics that are going to be tested for her Understanding Test tomorrow... Well, I helped her look for the various theories online and we spoke till about 0045hrs... Almost an hour... The things they are doing are ridiculous la!!! It's freaking philosophy... Even I didn't have to do that in University... Well, luckily I could link the theories with my sociology theories to explain it to her... It's actually quite linked... So that's good... Once you understand the theory, everything else is common sense and application... So it wasn't too bad for me, although I couldn't help her in one topic 'cause I didn't have an adequate understanding of that subject... Oh well... So after hanging up, I started on this blog...

So that's basically my day... Pretty much the same routine... Nothing new yet... Well I'm waiting for your call now... You haven't called for the whole day now... I'm thinking it's the phone lines that are down... Hopefully it is that way... And I'm praying that you'll call... So if you feel a nagging feeling to call, that's probably your Guardian Angel telling you that the lines are up and that you should call - it'll probably be the message I sent via my Guardian Angel... Or at least that's what I'd like to think... Or rather what my faith has led me to believe (Sorry to all non-catholics out there who are reading my blog and find that last few sentences weird and are unable to comprehend them)... So anyway, I think I better hit the sack... Think my immunity system is starting to fall apart... Having horrible back and neck aches and starting to feel cold... So I think I should go to sleep now... So till then... I love you darling!! And I miss you Darling!!!