SGTS POP & some tips (if you count) for couples to reconnect during NS time

I attended SJ's sgt graduation parade the other day over at his camp at Pasir Lebar! :) It's my first time being involved in such events so i'm really happy to be able to experience this entire thing once in my life haha. 

The parade started at 6pm (thank god because it was really hot that day) and the sgts were all ready. They trained really hard for his, enduring the weather and having to stand in the same position with the same stoic expression for really long, like 40 minutes? 

Imagine if someone in front of you farted and you can't have any expressions, 

or someone in front of you has their armpit hair showing around or has super disgusting BO smell,

or you see someone holding in their shit for so long that they accidentally stained their pants

and you still gotta keep still.

Gosh, gotta give it to them at times for being to endure such training at times, because i sure as hell wouldn't be able to make it through. 

They deserve this parade to commend them for all the hard work they have put in! (Y)

SJ is in the MP section so basically my camera is auto-tuned to detect the MP wherever they go hahaha

Everyone snapping away vigorously.

The 2nd part of the parade was for family or friends to find the sgts to put the rank up for them. I was with SJ's parents the whole time so we went to find him together, amidst the crowd. LOL, super hard because everyone looks the same!

My amazing boy finally passing out as a sgt now! <3

He wanted me to put his rank for him but i thought that this proud moment should be given priority to his parents. I mean, i'm a pretty practical person when it comes to memories stuffs and shit. I'm his girlfriend, but i am not his wife. His parents are always gonna be there for him, and they were the one who supported him through these 20 odd years so they are the ones who deserve to do this for him and not me.

I'm pretty persistent on such stuffs because your friends and girlfriend/boyfriend is not always gonna be there like your parents does. So i do hope that if there's anyone out there who places their partners on a higher importance than their family, especially their parents, it's time to grow up. 

Unless your parents are really fucked up, then okay.

Obligatory pictures with his parents

& an obligatory picture for the proud sergeant of MP air force :)

Manged to catch some friends over at the parade as well (the ones i wanted to meet luckily) and took some pictures!

With Chen

With Shannon

& of course with SJ :D

I have really gummy smiles for most of the pictures that day because i couldn't control my laughter. For some reason, i was really happy for everyone! LOL, even though it was not me passing out hahaha wtf

The last part of the parade involves them marching one more time and mark the end of the entire pragramme with a cheer and them throwing their berets! :)

Really happy for all of them! There was buffet food for all the guests and soldiers but it was so friggin crowded that by the time it was our turn to take the food, half of the food was gone =.= wtf.

& someone proposed to the girlfriend on the day itself! So sweet and everyone was like "YES YES YES" for him and i was like "WHAT IF SHE SAYS NO?"

I'm such a sucker for the sad ending, but i'm glad she said yes. Just shocking to know that someone would really do it with everyone and at such a location. Pretty sure that the girl is beyond surprised as well. 

Regardless, happy to finally meet SJ after such a long time!!

So happy for you, and so proud of you and i'm gonna skip all the mushy words because its not me, but i just wanna say that going through everything, for us and for our relationship.

I'm glad that we still behave like couple who just got together even though it has been a good nearing 1.8years for us /hehehe

If you are a girlfriend who supported your boyfriend up till now, 9 months into service, 

I just wanna tell you that its ending soon and whenever the two of you face problems pertaining to NS, just remember the reason why you guys held on to the faith at the beginning! :)

I know its hard lah, like "talk only, anyone also can talk what", and i swear it gets really tough at times. All the limited talk time, clash of timing schedule and most importantly, leading very very different phase of your life (me = school and him = army), which is so different?!?!?!

So these are some of the stuffs that we agreed on to keep da love strong (like song lyrics LOL)

1. Good night and good morning messages from both parties every single day, unless its a field camp or that sorta shit. But even so, we try to keep in contact via whatsapp and sms as much as possible, and i leave him messages throughout the day whenever i feel like talking to him because when he is back from the jungle and forest, he would be able to see it! & it feels like we are still communicating (in a way) since i did send him message and all. Its just no reply lah.

2. We settle all shit before he books in. Ok, i think i kinda broke this rule because i was very pissed with some stuffs and the anger just couldn't subside no matter what. But SJ wanted us to be drama-free when he is in camp so he makes it a point to call me and talk (no matter how late) to settle all issues.

3. I try and think from his perspective at times, like when he calls me real late or he suddenly stops replying my sms, i dont throw into a rage. I take a taxi down to see whats up. HAHAHA KIDDING LAH. I just automatically assume that he is tired and just waits for his reply, which he would the next morning if he falls asleep! I think its really important to understand that your boyfriend will actually not reply you because he is really tired after a day of training.

4. I saw before somewhere from a viral blog post that as girlfriends, we should read up on the army terms like whats the gun name and all so that we can ask them and let them talk to us about their life. But i don't think its the only way. I mean, if you are interested in all these stuffs, then ok lah. But like any other girls, i have near zero interest in what happens in the army. So in order to get to know his life more, i ask him more about his life with his bunkmates. Like gossiping you know. Which one is the good guy, which one is the wayang king and the interesting people and stuffs that happens. Why force yourself to know these terms when you can ask about so many other stuffs? 

Like, eh so whats some of the shit your encik says?

So, which bunkmate of yours likes to play with girls?

So, which bunkmate of yours likes to wayang?

Examples lah, like you can think of your own examples of what to interact on. I find these more interesting and you kinda know if someone is truly interested, or not. 

5. Personally, i feel that this is kinda outta his convenience, but SJ sets alarm clock to call me at night to talk for like, 5 minutes since he can't talk when its lights out. I mean, i really feel that this is very sweet of him, and i did told him to stop doing it because if its me having to wake up for my girlfriend, i will be damn damn damn sian cuz i'm someone who cant fucking wake up just to talk random stuffs to someone after i slept. It would be damn hard for me to sleep back again. But he did this all the way for the 9 months, so awww. But yeah la, like to view from a completely logical way, i think that its pretty unsound of him to do this HAHAHHAHA. My mum always scold him for waking up just to talk to me 8'D

6. Not sure if this sounds gay to some people, but we exchange a book whereby we write down our feelings, like those spur of the moment stuffs. Like when i suddenly feel super lonely when i need someone to talk to, i write in the book so that when he reads it, i would be reminded of what happen and demands him to cajole me LOL. Fuck sia damn gay when i type this out, but HAHAHAHAH. I do the same for him too, like he talks about the shit he goes through during field camp, and we draw stickman which fails and when he books out, i read the book and give him a real good hug. Something like postponing the feeling in a way.

7. Last but not least, just enjoy the entire experience! Rather than focusing on the bad stuffs, focus on the good stuffs. Like when he's in camp, i have so much free time on my hand that i reconnect with friends whom i hasn't met for a while, but mostly i spend my time on schoolwork like projects and revision. I would feel obligated to accompany him during his rare book-outs, so i try and settle everything during the weekdays and leave my weekends for him! :)

SO YUPP, some of the things that we do. We are not the perfect couple, or the sweetest couple. We do quarrel and argue and go through lots of drama together, but these are some the shitz we do to keep ourselves reminded of the good in each other. Even though it would be embarrassing like shit if we were to break up the next month after writing this like some army love guru, i'm still gonna post this ok. LOL

SOOOOO TILL MY NEXT UPDATE ~~

Exams are over aka Mother's day!

Exams are over! Like finally. I was waiting for this day, for this period of time for a really really long time. I wanted things to end soon because i was sick of having dreams about my modules, of going to Starbucks every single day and spending half of my fortune there, and lugging all my books around and mostly having little to no time to spend with my friends, family and SJ.

I AM SO GLAD EVERYTHING IS OVER.

Now all i have to do is to sit and pray that my results can successfully rendered me to the 2nd semester. Its gonna be another one year (if i pass all modules) of school and i would be a graduate. That's actually, really fast. Oh wells.

Holidays are finally here and i am really planning to start on something meaningful (to me) this holiday instead of just lazing around and doing the usual stuffs, like part time jobs etc.

But i have a feeling that i will actually, go back to doing all those. 

LOL

So some updates on where i had been to after exams had ended. Headed over to town with SJ the other day and saw this LINE pop up store over at Wisma and it's so cute! They have the mascots - Brown & Cony and the queue was sooooo friggin long. So being a kiasu Singaporean, of course we also chiong lah!

I look so derp here LOL! So sad hahahah! This was immediately after my first paper so i was feeling extremely invigorated and happy that day /o/

We went to Antoinette afterwards for their pancakes and its actually pretty expensive because the bill came up to $30 for a cup of tea and a plate of pancakes like wtfffff. I didn't realized it until SJ told me because we shared the pancakes so the price seems ok then. 

ITS EXPENSIVE DE LOR.

Ok, then we took pictures whilst waiting because we were bored and yeah, the decoration outside the restaurant was nice? LOL! And maybe because i was feeling so happy over the end of exams too HAHAHAHA

I had been deciding for a while if i should get a new pair of spectacles because the old one was with me since secondary 4, and that is around 5 years already? & what made me wanna get a black and tacky spectacles then huh, its so ugly. Oh i remembered, a boy that i liked back then wore one and i thought it looked good. Now that i think back on it, its so urgh.

The things that you start to realize when you are older and look back at what you cry, feel sad and happy over are silly. 

I can't decide between the rectangular one or the round one, and its $98 with the frame and lens so its something i am gonna contemplate for a while. 

Went to Royal Thai over at Fairway drive afterwards for mother's day dinner with the entire family! To be honest, i felt that the food is normal normal only, and its actually pricey. I rather pay for the food over at Gold Thai - cheaper and nicer lah. 

Ok i damn cheapskate i know. 

I didn't take pictures of the food because its a very messy procedure (10+ people) with a reallyyyyy long table. So when the dishes were served, it is messy and everyone just started eating (because damn hungry lah) so yeap.

A picture with my sister who gets on my nerves all the time but still, ok. I love you.

My cousin! :D We only got closer these days and i am really glad we did because we are very close since young, and its a pity and shame if we just drift off when we get older right.

& she is currently doing the animation for X-men (her company) and i'm whatsapp-ing her whilst she's over at Shaw and gawking at the fans who waited for the cast since 9am in the morning. (4pm now) 

My uncle drove his Jaguar that day and being the kiasu singaporean, i wanted a picture with the car to hao lian. HAHA, ok SJ say i look damn high here. Maybe i am 8'D

In the car, just letting the wind caress my hair ... seriously, no. You would had thought that its machiam drama whereby the wind blow and waa, like damn nice and pretty right. Yeah right. Damn pain when your hair piak across your face, its like someone slapping you little by little with your hair pls. And my hair got super messy at the end of the day hahaha.

Happy mummy day to my mum, who is always there for me regardless of anything that happens. This might sound cliche but i love you.

Over the weekends

Went out with Sijun over the weekends to Orchard! :) The agenda of the day was pretty simple because we just wanted to spend some time together. Had the famous chicken rice over at FEP, Krispy Kreme donuts and also Thai food over at sunshine plaza. 

Feels so good to be seeing him again. Really sucks to see him feeling so sad over booking in every Sunday. I hope i can help but i can't do anything except to try and cheer him up and make him see the better and positive side of the entire process.

I hope army ends soon for him!! 

Really glad that we managed to got closer to one another and we are sorta much more intimate in terms of emotion and feelings now because we are more open to one another now! I don't like to tell other people about my insecurities and thoughts because i view them as weakness that just makes people judge you. 

Its really amazing how you can actually slowly open up to someone whom you never thought would be the one at the beginning. Its scary but you know what people say - Love like there is no tomorrow.

Woah thats really some cliche shit that i just said LOL.

The student council from the school came around and gave these out to students who were studying on Monday. So nice of them!! 

All those sweet encouraging messages should be passed on, so im gonna mail them to Sijun and brighten up his day :) 

I had been thinking of giving online blogshops another go as well. All those failed attempts at the past gets to me a little, but i realized that after all these years, its still what i like and wanna do. From picking out the clothes, to designing the website, to marketing on social media and designing everything. Lots of shit to be done, but i like doing all of them.

 I just hope to be more determined and set my sights on it soon because if i can't get myself to commit 100%, i don't think i will do it.

Happy April Fool by the way guys! 

Have fun and remember not to go overboard with sensitive topics and harsh jokes :)

Sugary weekends with love

This weekend was a good one because i had chance to meet up with my cousin and we went out for girly shopping trips! Also managed to have a karaoke session with the girls - something like Cassia's farewell party before she leave for Australia this coming Saturday. I hope she would be good over there!

In any case, some picturessssss! Tied my hair up as a bun because it was a bad hair day. New-found solution for bad hair days from now on! :D

Swee choon with the cosplay group afterwards and had fun catching up with one another. Met up with Angeline as well because i wanted to buy hair dye from her. I bought purple - thinking that it would turn out really purplish and nice. Well, there's probably as little hints of purple as i like it to be. Quite sad over this. SIGHHHHHHH.

Went to collect this set which i won from Cosmopolitan September Issue. I honestly didn't even remember winning this because it was 6 months ago LOL. & the set is actually more for gift set because it looks super cute but there's nothing much. Only got the lip gloss can use. 

Went out with Sijun on Saturday and decided on Ootoya for dinner because their pork loin is to-die-for. I know, you would probably think like "Just another review on how good the food is, but i don't believe it is that good". Because that's how i usually think when people kept complimenting on how good XXX is and XXX is along with the instagram picture. 

OK GUYS, IT IS REALLY NICE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL BELIEVE ME, BUT IT'S NICE. 

Ordered the Hokke Set and Sijun ordered the Salmon set. He claimed that the salmon is the "best cooked salmon" he ever tasted, which i think is quite exaggerating because got so nice meh?! But i like raw salmon better so YEAH.

The pork loin is nice!!

Actually i just realized that we always go to Ootoya even though we told ourselves that we want to try other restaurants because their food is really not bad de lah. 

Went to Gelato and had some ice cream because we wanna sit down and camwhore. HAHA, ok more of me wanna sit down and camwhore.

Trying to take a selca to show my hair color, but i still damn sad because its not as purple in real life.

Not at all. Im gonna dye again this coming Thursday or something.

My ultimate gummy smile 8D

Met the girls to sing K afterwards! Crazy fun and played flappy birds with one another. The lowest had to drink the alcohol we mixed and Xinni is always losing haha until she pek chek and went back to singing LOL! But it was fun! & Teo Heng is damn cheap hahah.

Hope you like the small little gift that we did up for you bby!<3

Tried out paradise dynasty for the first time and,, i actually liked it. I was pretty skeptical about this restaurant at first because the name sounds so "normal" and so "chinese" and so "family". And Sijun and his ex girlfriend likes to patronize this restaurant so i was like "i don't want go leh, what you wanna do na na na"

Which made him really sad because he really liked that place for the food lol! So since next week is his field camp, i thought "kay la go try, anyway im ok with the idea of him and his ex girlfriend already (took a year LOL)" JUST FOOD WHAT. I ALSO GOT EAT MANY THINGS WITH MY EX. < Ok not really LOL.

In any case,,,

Too much wine :( The chicken too drunk.

THE JELLY FISH DAMN NICE!!!<3 It tastes a little like Egg fried rice to me, of which Sijun blantly laughed at my description because he didn't thought of that before BUT THERE ARE REALLY HINTS OF EGG FRIED RICE IN THAT PLATE OF JELLYFISHES. 

Like the crab roe xiao long bao the most!! The ginseng one is blergh cause the smell's too strong for me. 

Signature Pork Ramen which tastes really good. The soup base is good, and the pork is good. Ramen so-so, but its not bad.

SO PARADISE DYNASTY ACTUALLY NOT BAD HAHHA. So noob, took so long to actually try something which is really not bad HAHAHAHA.

Been quite some time since i last dedicate a monthsary post but happy 1.4years love. 

Technically it should be 1.3 years because there are 12 months. But its 1 year and 4 months but its a tad long to write and got lesser feel. Regardless, i'm actually excited for V day because i got a really nice present for Sijun and i wanna see him wear it and he is excited too because when i told him what the present was (i couldnt help it), he got so happy that he smiled for so long hahahhaha.

ANYWAYS, "The wolf amongst us" episode 2 is out on Pewdiepie's channel so go watch it! Its a very, very nice game :)