we just started received christmas greetings! :) from my hippie chef turned hospi-guru turned doctor friend in LA.. hi malaika!! i miss you! :) :) and it was addressed to me, daniel and guesswho!! our pet rock, sly! :) those of you who haven't met our love child, he has been quieter of late. but back in his hey days, he was one haps rock.

much has changed since then but we're still not very grown up. and i read somewhere long time ago that the best judgement of good parenthood - pets. don't quote me. im obviously not a momma-guru. but for those who are interested, our pet rock sly is doing very well. thank you. he is one with few words but he says "hey."

earlier this week, i thought we were ready for "the big leap" and decided to start with living objects! and remembered that somewhere i had a stash of green beans!! and back in primary school, we grew little sprouts from them in science!! does that ring a bell? too much water, too little water, too much sun, too little sun?? anywhos, i recycled an old egg carton, tore up some cotton wool and planted (10) little dudes with love..


kept in a dark cool area to grow (the wardrobe in our guestroom)... and boy did they grow!!

the internet didn't say anything about noise but we figured give them as much privacy as they need so we've been speaking in hushed tones around them little cuties!

just last night, i caught daniel sneaking peeks at them through a creek in the door which was soooo sweet!! and we were having dinner when something came up in conversation and i said "ya man! that tau gay (beansprouts) in salted fish is damn yums..." only to be met with daniel's stern "babe! don't talk like that.. its our babies you're talking about" *rofl* we're so silly in love.. and im so glad we're growing together. i think our combined maturity is about.. maybe around 7 now??


anyway, everyone is a little taller now, except for this little dude!! c'mon buddy! you can do it! :)

we're counting fingers and tapping feet till we find a more permanent home to house a fuzzy furry dog. we're likely to adopt from a local shelter but we've picked our personal favorite breeds. its between a golden retreiver and a chihuahua. no prizes for guessing who picked what. :)

golly! such incredibly beautiful valentino shoes. definitely made for the red carpet. *sigh*

thanks, deaf! image from style.com via hapiscal.

i've started writing about it earlier last month with some of yixin's amazing pictures. daniel missed the boat cos he was so slow with his photoset! *sigh* he mentioned something like having a full time job or others. so lame! (just kidding, honey! you go out there and bring home the bacon!) better late than never. here are some snappies from our camera! mostly of our pals at our table - the dancers.

as usual, we had a ball and in the table kept proposing random toasts the entire night through!! even though we were tucked in the corner of the ballroom (actually thankfully we were) we were soooo loud!! im such an auntie! i love a good yamseng! every celebration should be fun and bubbley like that!!


the costume change that took FOREVER... cos there were about 2456 intricate buttons on her gown to work on and we got locked out of the bridal suite! haha.. but she looked like a princess! so worth it! :) (ma, those are your earrings!! good job, very pretty!) 


haha, being the vainpots we are, we gathered for table shots WITHOUT the bridal couple.. (sorry jerine! would have been nice with you in it though..) 

(cutie ring picture by mimi + karl) 

wow! is it already november!? this year is whizzing by soooo darn fast!! we've almost been engaged for ONE year!! and i reckon its about time we drag our lazy asses and get our engagement rings engraved!! *faints*

but big question that we've been sitting on is "WHAT do we engrave?"

because of my ring size, im only allowed less than 12 letters. u can't even spell our names with that! but precious on the other hand has a cartier trinity so he has all of THREE rings-ful of space for anything. you could engrave a thesis and there would be still space left..


you totally can't see the ring but he has the same ring.. i just had to put him into my blog!! :) hi keith!! :)

daniel has voted for something that's a little more urm.. personalized and territorial. probably something that sounds more like this: "this is the property of XXX (insert name), freaking take it off your paws and return my damn ring to me at XXX (insert email) or XXX (insert phone number), XXX (insert expletives)" tres romantic!!

so i was sent my merry way and looking to the internet for inspiration. and liked the following: 

1) ""Si tu veux savoir combien je'taime, compte les vagues. (french: if you want to know how much i love you, count the waves)
2) "All you need is love" - john lennon 
3) "All my love..  " on one and  "All my life... " on the other.

of all, (3) is my current favorite. its a pair but not super cheesy!

so my lovelies, what do you think?? what would you/did you engrave on yours??

we're all booked in for our seoul holiday!!! weeheeee!!! :) everything takes a little longer here in cambodia. what would otherwise take 10 mins max online took us months, a few more lengthy phone conversation and a moto-ride to collect cash (cos they do not have credit card facilities) and another to deliver our printer e-ticket cos urm.. e-tickets can't me electronically transmitted. but as wise ole chuck bass says "what do you expect form a place where men wear sandals?". *deep breaths now..*

but yayyy!! we'll all set for a chilly weekend in seoul to celebrate the wedding of judy & lucas! :) i was just going through my digital albums and dug out these pictures of us in our crazy adventures! here are some of my favorite memories!


with malaika in new york, summer of 2007. malaika was our surprise from alex!!


in our spanish apartment.. it was slightly sad that that morning because in 24 hours, we were to board different planes headed in opposite directions, newyork, singapore, korea and paris!


shopping in newyork, summer 2008

out with the kids from french class at montreux, switzerland! (after convincing le francais professeur we needed to dine out to practise our french phrases...)
 

i have a very beautiful friend who is an amazing dancer. correction. i have very many friends who are beautiful dancers but this one is special. and everybody knew! we'd all be in one line and the choreographer would always pick her as lead.

while the rest of the danceworld gets hoity-toity when they score lead roles, she gets sad and jealous because she can't share rehearsal schedule as us, the corp de ballet, and can't share the same laughs & jokes. she'd get special VIP change rooms (just left of the stage) because she'd have more costume changes but half the time, she'd rather be holed up in our crammy change room and do up her make up with us. told you she's a special one.

in one of my all-time favorite pieces, she had this huge ass peacock tail as a prop. despite the cumbersome nature of the tail, she's shimmy and prance across the stage with such grace. she looked gorgeous, and regal and beautiful!! i reckon this grand piece of furniture was inspired by her.

anyway its her birthday this week and there is nothing more i'd like to do than to take her out for an indulgent high tea and fuss over girly things, manicures and make-up. but since im so darn far, i'll send my oodles of love through hugs and a huge IOU when i come home! :) 

happy birthday, my love! you are always my leading lady, huifen! :)

amazing chair by victoria fang, from here.