Archiving Dayre Posts

29 Mar 2016

Just wanted to document things that R and I had done before we start to forget about certain things. 

I was asking him about how our brain stores memory since he was a psy major and found out so many things. 

Apparently, the reason why we can't remember things that had happened when we were little is because we can't speak properly yet. So we can't remember it in words and we can't attach a meaning to it. 

 Now it all makes sense! 

However, if there are certain events which are more significant, you will remember it as well. 

For example, I do remember snippets of memory when I was maybe 4 years old. I was at my father's mistress place and I think I said some Hokkien vulgarity and got slapped for saying it. 

Come on, I was 4, how would I know I'm saying a bad word right? So the person who slapped me must slap himself for teaching me the wrong things!

 I digress 

The whole point of me typing this out was because I really enjoyed last weekend with R. It was so fulfilling because we did so many things. 

1. Good Friday Holiday

We went out to have lunch at Yishun 925 Chicken rice with his family and went out for shopping after that. 

We went to Changi city point mall and realised that they have so many outlet stalls! 

Ray stayed in world of sports for almost 45 mins just to buy 2 pair of shorts. Boys.....

We bought couple running shoes on Friday too!

Oops. I forgot we actually went to the Tanjong Pagar Railway station before heading to shop. It was so hot and crowded, it's crazy! Nothing much there....

Look at the number people...... So freaking hot. But we did see some really interesting things like people selling drinks in a light bulb container. I wasn't that hipster to buy such things. Then we also saw some rather talented artist drawing/converting people's photos to the manga kind. So cool!

We took multiple wefies that day and I'm going to post them all!

Then, we went shopping at Changi city point and expo for gain city electronic sale where I got an ink jet printer that I was intending to print some photos for my crafts.

Then it's dinner with r family because his parents are going to China for holiday for the next week.

2. Saturday! 

I had a full day of classes from 830am to 3pm. Then, we went to have our late lunch at casuarina prata and headed to tree top walk after. 

It was quite a good work out though it was just walking. I guess my spinning class did work because I could climb without panting.

Bare face. *cough 
Reminder to self! Draw some brows next time!

We also got up to the jelutung towers which made me quite dizzy when coming down. The stairs spiral too much....

This is the view from the top. We were actually late but the park ranger was so nice, he let us through! Thanks one million times!

Then, lazy bums us went home to relax. My legs were aching so badly I was sure I will get muscle ache the next day which I didn't. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

He wanted to go out for dinner but because of how painful and tired I felt, I kept begging him to order delivery. 

And because we had late lunch so I wasn't hungry. Ray went to sleep after and I went outside to enjoy the massage chair and watched 我是歌手.

We eventually decided to have Nakhon Kitchen for dinner which was good. But the Tom yum soup was too spicy!

 I mean I decided to eat there. Ray just followed. 😄 

3. Sunday 

A rare day that we wake up early enough to actually have lunch at the proper timing.

This is day 1 of us wearing our new Nike running shoes out. It was so comfy. We practically spent our whole day in this.

We had our lunch at Wildfire burger at Evans Rd. I wanted to have the rosti but they didn't have it that day. 😧 so I went with eggs royale. You can't go wrong with that. I'm not a burger person so I didn't order a burger at a burger place. 😐

Our date continued at National Museum of Singapore. Initially, I wanted to go to Botanic gardens since we were in the area but the heat in Singapore has been so bad. It was 36 degree celsius on sunday. So we opted for an air conditioned place instead.

Accidental selfie at a really weird angle. The lighting was so good. Natural light lehhh. So we took many wefies haha

They're all almost the same just open mouth close mouth difference. 😂😂😂

Nothing much happened while we were in the museum. We followed a guided talk and learnt some things that we didn't know. 

Like how Sir Stamford Raffles actually died a bankrupt because he was not law by law enough so the Great Britain actually charged many things to him after he died. They couldn't do so while he was alive because they would lose face. Wth. 

But his wife thought it was so unfair for him so she wrote about what he had done and dug out all the documents he had drafted and stuff.

And so he was eventually recognised for what he had accomplished for Singapore. So yay! Wtf

Then, it was just about how we developed, how we survived through WWII which I already know as a Singaporean. 

Oh, one interesting thing is we were taught in school that if the British had stayed on we would have won the war.... Turns out we were massively outgunned by the Japanese so ray said we wouldn't have won. Oh well, history textbook is a textbook for a reason.

We saw some Japanese tourists in the museum. I wonder how they feel when they saw the things their ancestors had done to us. Weird...

I actually did feel quite sad while watching the video of MM Lee talking about the separation of Malaysia. But when I see how and where we are today.. I was secretly happy. In fact, I told ray immediately how it turned out so much better for us that we got separated. And how Lee Kuan Yew must have thought that it was great that we got kicked out. Haha. Thank god ah!

Continuing our date.. We went to Fort Canning (in the car only) for awhile because ray couldn't find the place he wanted to go. And he eventually got really pissed off at me because I can't decide what I want for dinner. One thing to note is that it was only 5pm. I wasn't even hungry so I didn't know what I wanted to eat. Tsk. He has some anger management issues and truly needs to seek help or control it better. Little bit only get angry.

 We went to Labrador nature reserve! 

That place is quite nice if not for the heat. We saw groups of people playing captains ball, picnic, bbq, fishing and what not. It looked like a really family place. But it was just too hot. Ok, idk how many times I'm going to say how hot sg is but it is.

Kaypo us, ok me, decided to pop by Tamarind Hill where one of my BFF is gg to hold her wedding at this July. Idk how but ray got the person to bring us around and talked to us about how many people they can hold blah blah. I was busy looking at other stuff. 

So anyway, the place is quite small and separated by walls. The lady said that there are outdoor area available so they can accommodate up to 200+ people. But that day was so humid... I perspired like the moment I stepped out of the place.

Eventually we decided to eat at super loco and it was a marvellous decision. I love the food there!

The fish taco was really good. And I'm so going to go back there soon. Really. Glutton me! I'm feeling hungry now as I'm typing. Gosh! #dayrefatties

Seriously fat die me. We went to Ps cafe to have dessert. Ray said that the sticky date pudding was the best that he had because there was a date inside the pudding! Haha! He tried to explain using some analogy but I forgot. So I'm going to come up with my own... It's like eating real Mango fruit in Mango pudding! 

Like it was going to make any difference. Lol

And that was our last meal tgt before he flew to bkk again. 

We then went to daiso to buy some stuff and ended our night watching descendants of the sun episode 1 and 2. I made him watch with me because he said that as long as there's eng subtitles he'll watch it. Hehe 
😙 best bf!

23:33 Tue, 29 Mar 

Currently masking and going to sleep after I wash the mask off and blow dry my hair. 😱 I shall not sleep at 3am like yesterday again!

31 Mar 2016

One new corner in the centre that I adore. We often get remarks from parents and students that our centre is very cosy. That's what we are working towards, giving our students a very warm, cosy and conducive environment to learn. 

#writeapproach

When I went to bkk, I bought the really cute lights decor to give our room more warmth. And it really did. I have one each in the two rooms and the green one that is in the new corner above.

I also bought the shelves from IKEA. 

I guess all new businesses will start by going to IKEA because it's really cheaper and much easier to shop at. 

I love the feeling IKEA gives. Always dreaming about how my own home will look like when I am there.

This is how our reception area looks like now. It used to be less cluttered when we just started. But as the business grows, the number of things just grew with it. Not that I want to complain but it looks much better in the past.

Our centre is also filled with faux flowers at as many places as I can place them. It makes the place more homely I think. We also placed a new table beside the new wooden shelf for our part time teachers to use. 

Weaker students especially those who don't like to read or can't read story books are being called back on every Friday and Saturday to read. 😂 sounds quite sad, extra tuition. But all they do is read with the teacher. This would hopefully help them to start a good reading habit.

*fingerscrossed

Yankee Candle is also another essential element in the centre so that we smell nice. You know how shipping centres all have a very distinct smell? It's to allow consumers to remember the smell when they shop at the place. ION Orchard has a very distinct smell. Next time, take a deep breath when you're there. 

#dayreeducator

4 Apr 2016

On my way to work now, it is so hot I took the longer route to get to the bus stop under shelter. Glad that most of Singapore is quite sheltered either with walkways, under hdb or trees.

Was just having lunch with Raymond's mom and brother. Yay to having lunch partners today! 

I'd probably find it weird to be having a meal with my bf family without my bf a few years back but now it just felt like we are already a family. Thankful that his family makes me feel so comfortable.

This sticker reflects what we talked about over lunch so well. 

His mom was sharing how one of her friend has not been sleeping in the same room with the husband for the past 20 years. And also another granny who was constantly nagging and scolding her husband even when he was already in his coffin. (I thought I heard this before, nvm) 

So anyway, what she was trying to say is that we shouldn't hold grudges and just waste the short time we have alive being angry at someone you love. I guess she was getting emotional because one of the relative just passed away recently. 

This is a phase we all have to pass through. 

For me, I'm currently in the wedding phase. 3 confirm weddings to attend this year already. It would probably increase next year since Ray bro and 2 of his cousins are getting married next year.

Hitting my 26 soon next week and I can't believe how time just flew past. It felt like I was still in NUS yesterday attending my convocation. Time seems to go by quicker in your 20s. People used to tell me how fast your 20s will fly by but it didn't occur to me that it will be that fast. 

Secondary sch was only 4 years and it felt so much longer.

When I was younger and attended my cousins' wedding when they were around 26 27 28, I thought like WOW, they've got everything figured out and can settle down already. 

But when I look at myself now, I don't think I know / figure everything out. 

Would anyone figure anything out at any age? Probably not. 

You probably only know a little bit.