Hmmm, my last entry was in April, which means I've taken a break of 4 months. What's happened in these last 4 months? Well, I have almost 90% of my wedding preparations done. I started my new job which is the best one I have to-date, partially explaining my long break from blogging....simply because the work is all-consuming. I have gone to Hong Kong for a 5 weeks assignment. YES, you can imagine how great it was to be with YY for an entire month! I have collected more 'chops' in my passport in this year than I have in the past 5 years and I'm working towards getting a Krisflyer Silver Card.

OK, I'm probably rambling but I'm just spewing out whatever comes to mind at the moment.

Hong Kong....pros and cons to the place. I love the bustling city but there are times when the crowd (and I seriously mean CROWD, even at midnight) gets irritating. Food's great - dim sum, steamed milk pudding, roast goose, chee fan, Japanese restaurants everywhere blah blah blah, but I also miss my fried bee hoon, carrot cake etc. Plus, the amount I spend on each meal is equivalent to an extravagant dinner in Singapore.

I took a weekend trip to Macau while in Hong Kong. 2 things stood out in my mind, the French Restaurant recommended by YY's 9th uncle and the traditional Portuguese egg tart we had to specially take a bus ride to buy.....YUMMMMMY~~~

YY and I took time off to attend a wedding expo and booked our HK venue decoration and our Chinese wedding outfits, mine a red Kua with gold/ silver threads in dragon/ phonenix design, and his....not sure what to call it but it comes with a chinesy cap and red ball in front. 3 styles were tried out during my trial makeup and I loved the 2nd hairstyle. Don't really care for the other 2 though. Anyway, I confirmed Rainbow because I liked her makeup style.

We also bought our wedding bands from Larry Jewelry where the engagement ring was purchased. Mine's a gorgeous eternity band and his is a matching plain platinum band. I keep taking it out and trying it on, can't wait to be able to wear it after our wedding day! This is a similar picture I got off the internet since my photo-taking skills can't quite do justice to the rings.

Sleepaholic and Alcoholic were in town for holiday, on separate occasions and it's amazing how we make more effort to meet up while overseas, as opposed to Singapore. Anyway, YY and I accompanied Sleepaholic to Shenzhen and The Peak, which wasn't as weird as I thought it might turn out to be, considering that they are meeting for the first time.

Of course, I met YY's family over the 5 weeks while I was there, for dinners and visiting their homes. In fact, I extended my trip after the job was done and stayed over at YY's house for a few days. Always a bit awkward in the beginning but it got better...hehe.

Just over the last weekend, I visited YY in Bangkok where he is on a job assignment. Super hot and dusty, plus my body wasn't feeling too great the first 2 days. We just hid in spas (highly recommend Let's Relax and Wasikan) during the afternoons. Ventured into Vertigo, top of Banyan Tree Bangkok, for dinner on Saturday night. The view was great (but not as great as Hong Kong's night view, I think) and the food was ridiculously expensive. We really enjoyed and savored the lamb though, too bad the steak was a bit disappointing.

One un-welcomed side effect of these travels and good food is my weight, which has been shooting up. NOT GOOD, since I'm a bride-to-be and my diet plans had never worked out too well. Just kick-started my body today with a session in the office gym. Seriously deteriorated, I can only run for 20 min.

That's it for now. I'm off to Taiwan again next Sunday for another job assignment.

# posted by Shopaholic : 8:32 PM