Christmas a done deal- on to the new year!

New Year resolutions:

Muffin: To not pee where i am not supposed to.
EJ:To buy no more than 4 pairs of shoes in the year 2006.
Vern: To not fall down and break any other bone in his body.

Well, 2005 has been an eventful year- parents getting legal and all (although I am STILL an illegal dog). I have also achieved maturity!- am now almost full grown doggie. (yes, in all ways..)

Can foresee a difficult year ahead for mummy and daddy..new job for mummy, new posting for daddy, mummy studying more modules..grandparents going over to aussie land for around 6 months, hence more housework for mummy and daddy..

good thing is, parents probably going to europe in may/june for the big honeymoon!
going to cost a whopping S$9,000. Major ouch, but will be well worth it i think..;)

Anyways I also resolve to blog more frequently..hehhee..

Happy New Year to all...;)

Christmas is coming..new year and a new job?

Hihi..

okay, so its been like a gadzillion years since i posted something up..

christmas shopping is almost done, and overspending is a given...sigh...

newsy news, mummy will be moving to AXA Singapore. effective next year, likely middle of january.. its a french company, no she will not be selling insurance, but will continue to do HR.

quite an interesting workforce from the HR perspective, and of course, a five day work week. salary is acceptable. benefits pretty good. most importantly, a short reporting line, and a seemingly enlightened and dynamic boss.

of course daddy ain't too pleased, but working in an MNC will be a good experience, and mummy hopes to learn a lot. enough anyway, to move to a managerial post in 3-4 years. So, manager at 30 is the grand plan.;)

she will miss her colleagues though, but they have encouraged her to move forward.

Updated updates!

Morning all...

slow day at the office, or so mummy says..

anyways, my parents figure i have grown to just about my full size..
christmas is coming though..how exciting to have my first christmas..;)

mummy has gone for two interviews...one at KKH, one at Norelco (some sort of hard disk semi conduc company)..and one for SGH next week. well..she sort of wonders if she has been overly enthusiastic about changing jobs, as she really does not want to miss out in the bonus! perhaps she should wait until may or june, then one more semester at NUS would be over and that would be better?

well..bygones.. not like its guaranteed that they will hire me anyways..

end of the year always reminds mummy of 1995..during the christmas carolling thing with st andrews..which come to think of it, led her to join the rovers, and to foster some really good friendships with BLM, Inky, Aung, etc..
also, well, her first ex lar.
that was a small blip though.hahahhahaa....anyways, guess its just something about the rainy weather, the smell in the air, the christmas ding dangs, that just makes one think of old friends, and the time when the year is winding down and the possibilities of the new one makes one needleesly optimistic.

well, back to reality though. Dad's sis is pregnant. Yes, i know, her son is really cute, so prob this baby will be too.
Well, score is officially 0-2 to mum then, and the in-laws have noticed!(think dad's grandma)
well, "Any plans?" Yes, mummy actively plans NOT to.
luckily mum's parents are on her side.
warning to all prospective brides- Yes, they do see you as a sow.

well then, guess i will be seeing some of you at zhiguo's wedding- horror-is that next week?
see the rest of ya all soon..;)

Muffin misbeehaving..AGAIN

Well..its been around 10 days since i last posted anything..

nothing much has been happening..unless of course you count this!
well..mummy and daddy did lock me out of the bedroom..there's whats left of the "ROTAN" and mummy's slippers from bangkok..

sigh..

anyway christmas is coming, and i must be a good puppy so santa can bring me some big cheewys and doggie biscuits..heehee

Rest of the pictures from Samui

storm clouds ahead!
beach outside hotel

Day out kayaking and snorkeling..

View of pool...;)
View of tub..


View from the outside of our "villa"

anyways...hey guys...are we going on a holiday soon? mebbe January?? sigh.

A new month!

Good morning all,

my parents have been away for more than 48 hours, suspect they are at my mummy's parent's place..

well..so many responsibilities being a mummy...busy setting up a joint account and giro-ing all "compulsory" expenditure, looking at the meagre income left over after these expenses, mummy realises that frivolous shoe shopping has got to stop!

how sad that one has to service a 20year loan for a box in the sky.

well, it could be worse!
the calvin and hobbes collection has arrived and mummy is happy with daddy.;) he has unfortunately stepped on his own foot by saying its not a christmas present and he will get her something else.

Schedule for relaxing and eating
13 Nov- Spa, dad and mum will get into some japanese tubs with australian bush flowers or tangerine dead sea salt, get a foot spa, daddy will get ear candling, mummy will get a scrub!

19 Nov- voucher for top of the M will be used.. yummy!

27 Nov- tentatively, facials for mummy and daddy!

Midweek Madness

A new release of my mummy's all-time favourite comic strip- Calvin and Hobbes has gone on the shelves, unsure if Singapore has gotten it already, so mummy has resolved to hint to daddy tonight to get it for her for Christmas, apparently its around USs$150...but it IS hardcover, so...
but it may be selling out already! sheesh!
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001351239

well, quick recap, Bill Watterson is the creator, the comic only ran for 10 years, he quit after that. despite the lure of lucrative licensing deals, there are no Hobbes dolls (yes, the stuffed tiger)
He said,"The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life... I don't want the issue of Hobbes's reality settled by a doll manufacturer. "

what a cool guy!


well, mummy use to do philosophy, and calvin and hobbes is really philosophical to her, anyways, here's a few good lines from Calvin:

"There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do. "
"Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless. "
"I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night. "
"God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die. "

excuse the ranting, you can't imagine how sad mummy was when Watterson decided to stop. The New Paper ones are just the simplest strips that he did..ya all should see the full colour sunday strips.;)

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