Here are some of my selected favourite moments, in no particular order.

#1
I was unhappy about him playing too much WoW, so I hung up the phone. Because I hung up on him, he decided to ignore me for 2 weeks. I was so distraught on the first day that I went to get a tongue piercing. On the second day, I arranged to watch a movie with my friend Nic but he fell asleep on me. I sat alone on the steps outside Cathay Cineplex listening to emo songs on my iPod until Mitch called. When we finally made peace, I asked him to come over to Cathay to watch the movie with me. His response was: “Wait, gotta finish this set of Arena games first.” When I whined about this, he said I was demanding and unreasonable. It took me some 10 minute of convincing for him to finally abandon his game and come down. FML.

#2
I was going away to America for three weeks. He didn’t come to the airport to send me off because his guild was attempting Twins. Nic, who was in the same guild, came. FML.

#3
When I was in America, he suddenly realized that he had treated me badly and promised he was going to change when I came back. He said he would have a surprise waiting for me. I was excited about this “surprise” throughout the duration of my trip. When I returned, he was waiting for me at the airport, surprise nowhere to be seen. Subsequent attempts at asking about my surprise resulted in me being called demanding, materialistic and giving him stress over a “fucking surprise”. FML.

#4
We spent my birthday stoning at Spinelli (Heeren) while waiting for our movie to start. Conversation was sparse and stale. I was excited about my present though, and I kept wondering about where he was hiding it and when he would give it to me. He never did. While waiting for a cab after the movie, I asked him where my present was, and he said he didn’t get any. After all, his skipping raid to spend quality time with me should be the best present. Obviously appalled at this, I asked why he couldn’t just get some small token – anything – a card, a cheap wallet (mine was falling apart and I had hinted to him), whatever. He said he didn’t think presents were important.

I was obviously a little upset about this and voiced my unhappiness on the phone the next day, while out with my friend James. He called me materialistic, said that he didn’t know I was “this kind of girl”, giving him unnecessary stress and that he didn’t want to get me anything anymore. He then guilt-tripped me about how his entire guild couldn’t raid cos of his absence and that I should be content with that. When I cried over the phone, he accused me of trying to guilt-trip him. He got so mad at me that I actually felt for a moment that I might be crazy for wanting a birthday present. I was so upset, I took take a cab Serangoon Gardens to meet up with Indran so he could tell me I wasn’t going insane, but it didn’t work. In the end, I took a cab to Mitch’s place to apologize for my demanding behaviour. FML.

#5
It was our one-year anniversary – he had plenty of ideas about where to take me and said he would plan it. I asked him what we were doing the day before and he said he’d tell me the next day. So the next day (our anniversary) came. I got anxious because I hadn’t heard from him all day, it was already 6pm and work ended at 6.30. I gave him a call to find out what was going on, and he said he just woke up. He had been up all night playing WoW. Naturally, I was furious that he didn’t plan anything like he promised. Instead of trying to make it up to me, he got angry back and said I was unreasonable. I called him an hour later to say that, ok fine, I’ll meet him even though I was disappointed. He’d called his friends over to his place to play DoTA, and they were already there. He said he couldn’t meet me. FML.

#6
I was still pissed off over #5 so we had another huge argument the next day, in which he said he wanted to be alone to “reconsider this relationship”. I was OMGWTF at how this fiasco had become my fault, but nevertheless managed to coax him into going out with me. We met at the Paragon basement and he was with our WoW friends. I stood around, waiting for him to say goodbye to the group so we could go have our dinner. That ended up taking more than half an hour cos he was so engrossed talking about WoW, and it even had to take some nudging from the WoW peeps (who knew about our plans). After our dinner, we met up with the WoW group at NYDC where I stoned for 3 hours while he engaged in intense WoW conversation. FML.

#7
We had another big argument over something I can’t remember – presumably about WoW – on the phone that lasted till 6ish in the morn. I was too upset so I took a cab to his place to make up, but he didn’t take any of my calls because he’d fallen asleep. I roamed around the area until noon. I knew he would be waking up soon so I bought his favourite chicken chop from Holland V. That’s right – I spent 7 hours doing nothing downstairs his house, exploring Clementi central, and stoning at Holland V. He has never done anything like this for me. FML.

#8
I bought him a graphics card for Christmas and he got me nothing. By now, I knew better than to ask for a present so I shut up about it. On Christmas day itself, he “wasn’t feeling well” and his mum was unhappy we didn’t get her anything. Nic came to pick me up from his place, brought me out for dinner, bought her Godiva chocolates and drove me back to his place so I could pass him the cholocates to give to his mum. Yes, I didn’t get any present AND I had to bail him out. FML.

MORE TO COME, but in a nutshell, he says I’m a bitch for not giving him a second chance after he’s put in shittons of effort in this relationship, then promptly reunites with his ex-girlfriend – but not before informing me that he was going to.

Please just razor2fase and die.

Special mention also goes out to Hendrix’s definitive version of All Along the Watchtower, used aptly in the scene where Night Owl and Rorschach, the “2 riders”, are making their way to Veidt’s tower.

Definitely one of the best film soundtrack in years.

Being there reminded me of a time when I was younger, and undoubtedly far more interesting than I am now.

This week we headed to Tampopo at Liang Court – I’ve heard so many good stuff about this place and boy it did not disappoint. I had the Miso Deluxe Ramen, it was really flavourful and the bamboo shoots were oh so yummy. The egg was perfect too – the yolk was molten as it should be. I literally slurped it up. One egg was enough for me though… not that I’m in any way mindful of my cholesterol levels, I just don’t like too much “eggy” stuff, which is probably why I never had a thing for carbonara (one of the few pastas I do not enjoy). On the other hand, the others had 2-3 eggs each. Amazing.

In case you’re wondering, I had already started on it when it occurred to me I should take a picture – hence the presentation’s a little messed up.

Besides the ramen, we ordered a California Roll, which was good and reasonably-priced at $8. The Black Pork Chop was probably the best pork chop I’ve tasted anywhere, but it costs a whopping $21! It’s worth it though, considering $21 isn’t a lot to splurge if you don’t go there often.

Top: Mitch is too busy talking to Dan to notice me. He finally realizes I’m calling him and strikes a pose.
Bottom: Loi and Meytriks being gay.

Me with an apparent WoW celebrity. People recognize his character at LAN shops. Hint: You just can’t raid without the addon he developed. And finally… remember when I said I wanted a bomber jacket?

xoxo

I know you say this because you love me, but please stop asking me to cut my hair shorter, dye my hair ASH GREY and put styling clay because a) I can’t be bothered, and b) I’m not a boy! I don’t want to be cool, or hip, or look like a pre-pubescent indie kid. I cannot pull off Selma Blair’s uber cool hair because I AM NOT SELMA BLAIR. I am truly sorry if that means my sense of style is traditional, boring and behind by 10 years.

Goddammit.

BUT, I’ll be occupied from Friday evening and all throughout Saturday. Sundays are usually spent lazing around with the boyfriend. That leaves me with tomorrow to shop. I hate shopping after work, it always feels so rushed. Sigh… but I need that jacket!

Well, I think I’m going to remember Valentine’s 2009 for a very long time…

First stop of the day was shopping with Skye at FEP! Crazy girl bought an entire outfit for The White Party, and then some!

At about 6, just when Skye had to leave… Mitch arrived, and with a little blue box! He wanted it to be a surprise but I kinda already knew he was at Tiffany’s the previous day. I just didn’t know which design he chose.

After walking around, we decided to go to Mr. Bean at Prinsep for dinner, away from town and the crowds. True enough, it was DAMN EMPTY! But the service still sucked despite the small number of patrons. Mitch went for the Banger’s and Mash while I had some pasta thing… didn’t even finish half of it. I blame Skye for making me eat her nuggets before that!!

At Mr. Bean, I finally opened my present… the necklace was really nice, but the real highlight was the handwritten card inside. I was quite touched. He kept insisting I don’t read it in front of him cos he’ll be embarrassed, but I did anyway

After dinner we headed home to chill and catch up with TV shows… then it was back to town for a midnight movie with Ah Loi! We caught Valkyrie, which was pretty good but nothing to shout about. I just watched The Reader the day before, so it was like Nazi overdose…

Stayed over at Mitch’s and on Sunday, we went to buy his iPhone at Tampines Mall. Shit la I’m so filled with iPhone envy, everyone around me has one! Skye, Loi, Dan, Mey, like everyone! And Skye put this screen protector that turns into a mirror… so useful can. I also want.

We watched Slumdog Millionaire that evening… awesome movie. Of course, it just won 8 Oscars earlier today..

Totally unrelated, but here’s a little YouTube gem to share… this guy has the most amazing voice. I’ve bookmarked all his videos… it won’t be a stretch to say that his covers sound better than the original.

Good night world.

When all the fingers are pointed at me, where can I run?

You’re not here.

Bought an early x’mas present for Mitch:

The PCPC PSU is mine Mitch eventually exchanged the 4870X2 for a GTX280. Well, these 2 purchases left me utterly broke for the month. I’ve been surviving on a $100/week budget. It’s been 3 weeks, so far so good! Just another 2 more weeks to payday! What I’m been aiming for:

Can’t wait for the Gucci year-end sale!

Anyway, the same day we bought the card, Ben collected his Frostmourne and we were there to be “a part of it”, so to speak:

It’s damn huge laa I swear.

WOTLK comes out tomorrow and I just made the necessary preparations. Said my goodbye’s to the old Revelation peeps and transferred Xeryn to Blackrock… finally took the plunge. I’ll miss all my old friends in Barthilas. It’s been, what, 2 years? Well, Xeryn had a good run.

Anyhow, I hope the character transfer gets completed quick (before I reach home tomorrow). Downloading the WOTLK client now so I may not have to get my copy from Mitch after all.

To you: I was so looking forward to having fun levelling in Wrath… and once again I’m bitterly disappointed. But, once again, I understand. I just hope I don’t explode from sheer unhappiness this weekend. It’s so ironic that WoW was the starting point for us, and yet might be the biggest contributor to the ending. What changed? Was it me?

I’ve already started work at the place I’ve always wanted to be and I’m really happy. I wasn’t sure if I’d made the right decision at first, having turned down more lucrative offers for this job. But I can foresee myself being happy here, that’s for sure, and like darling always tells me, being happy is the most important thing.

Baby and I spent lots of time together during my jobhunt/lobo period. I went to his house almost everyday and the midnight cab fare home burnt a huge hole in our pockets. Yes, there was a lot of friction and arguments during this period because of his WoW plans and I was growing increasingly short-tempered, but that’s all in the past and I only want to remember the happy stuff.

Baby knows I absolutely love the Garlic Prawn Pasta at Coffee Club so he suggested we try cooking aglio olio spaghetti one evening. We got all the ingredients from Cold Storage and proceeded to cook… the first time was quite disastrous cos we added the WHOLE packet of pasta, not knowing that it can probably serve 5-6. Result: too little condiments & flavoring, too much pasta. We refused to give up and tried again the following week, this time it was much better! We even added our favorite tiger prawns to it and it was really, really delicious. Some pics:

Work In Progress! Frying the garlic, portobello mushroom, chilli and sausages before adding the pasta.

Final product, complete with pasta and yummy tiger prawns! Success!

Now I really wanted to go to Wala’s before I started work (haven’t been there in over a year). And so I did! I had Indran, Nic and Nic’s friend YH for company It was somewhat disappointing, they played a lot of slow songs. The only heavy songs they played were Master of Puppets and Whole Lotta Love. Not to mention we had to stand throughout all 3 sets despite having arrived at 9.30pm… shall go earlier next time!

Indran and I outside Wala’s in between sets

It was also my first time meeting up with Indran in MONTHS. So good to catch up! I’ve been feeling a lil guilty about neglecting my friends because of him… but everything’s ok now. Met up with Indran again on Tuesday for a nice dinner at Olio Dome, and then coffee + bitching at Spinelli’s! I wish I could’ve stayed longer but I was so tired after waking up at 6am for work… still need to get used to it.

First weekend after starting work
My first week at work wasn’t stressful at all, probably because it was still the ‘orientation’ period. Even then, I couldn’t be happier to welcome the weekend! Headed back to baby’s house to shower on Friday, then we were off to Dan Ryan’s for dinner.

We both had the clam chowder bread boule and a ribeye steak. The clam chowder was excellent, but the steak was sorely disappointing. There was no prepared steak sauce – we had to use the Kraft one. It was so sour and totally ruined the taste. The steak was also really dry even though I ordered medium-rare.

We were supposed to watch Heroes after dinner but I was so tired I just fell asleep haha. Poor baby had to watch episode 1 by himself. We slept till 11am the next day and I made him watch the first episode of Heroes with me again! After that we lazed about until 3pm then went over to Jamie’s house to get some computer stuff done. Baby spent close to $500 on the Silverstone TJ10 casing – it’s the biggest casing I’ve ever seen. It’s so he can fit in his GTX280. The brushed aluminum looks so sleek. There are also green LED lights which I find really beng-ish but my boy likes them, what to do ): Makes me so gian to upgrade my own computer…

I’ve missed out some stuff of course… haven’t blogged about baby’s birthday BBQ at Ben’s house. But I’ll save that for later. Going shopping today