Saturday, November 28, 2009

Unfreezing!

There has been so many things changing, that I can barely find time to breathe, much less to keep track of these changes in my life!

For starters, I have moved onto my second job since graduation, and baded
CRC/S&A goodbye, along with the cozy Kandahar street, Bugis.


Admittedly, it feels weird not being able to walk past the hustle bustle of Bugis + Bugis Village on an almost daily basis, to be able to meet BD for lunch and/or dinner on a whim and fancy - seeing that his office is just a stone's throw away.

What I do miss most, is the ability to lunch at my favourite soup shop located right in the midst of all that hustle bustle, allowing myself to retreat into my little world of thoughts, while slurping my soup and munching my sandwich away ~ Ah my little lunch haven.

On the other hand, it has been a really long while, since I last pushed and challenged myself to step out of my comfort zone, and I am getting my hands full trying to keep up with the pace of the world!

I am enjoying the new challenges that my new job brings along, the new knowledge that I've gained, hanging out at department stores during and after shopping hours, and all that pretty watches that my eyes keeps feasting on!

Only to reach home every night, exhausted and really quiet. :(
But I'll get used to it eventually.

Next in line, we have my teeth!
I have never been unhappy with my pearlies my entire life, and my teeth rarely troubles me.
However, I've decided that I did not like the slight butterfly tilt that my teeth movement have taken to lately - post wisdom tooth/teeth removal, and have decided to put it to an end!
Rang up the dentist, whined a little and viola!
6 blinged up teeth!

Before!


After!

I dont know about looking like a kid, but I do feel like a dorky teenager with a slight speech impairment.
On one hand, I try to take my time to slow down my speech, because being the ever excited Daphne - there are times where In the midst of my own sentences, I have difficulty understanding myself.

On the other hand, halving the speed of my speech makes me feel retarded and slightly frustrated, as my train of thoughts are functioning way faster than my speakers. There is a disconnect in my system at the moment. :(

Declining chomping speed + using molars instead of my incisors to bite, makes normal burger eating almost impossible for the first 4 days!

My food diary goes something like this:

Before installation, BD insisted on breakfast, so that I wouldn't starve, because we wouldn't know if I would be able to eat. So clever!
:)

Post installation, I was happy as a bee, and chomped down 2 prata and a chicken curry for lunch, followed by a peri peri catch with rice at Fish & Co for dinner, and wondered to myself if it was all normal for me to be eating with such gusto (after all that horror stories that I've heard about losing weight, and not being able to eat etc) , and finally it was during supper that I realized how much pain it was for me, just munching on my bee hoon goreng!
I wasted my plate of beehoon goreng and went home semi hungry.

I refused to eat when I woke up the next day, and emo-ed/sulk in bed, until my ever thoughtful and sweet baby hand delivered porridge to me.
I had nuggets for dinner, and chewed mostly on one side of my mouth.

I also resorted to deconstructing my sandwich/burger during feeding times.
Eating Subway became pretty systematic -
Plan A: Get counter lady to slice 6" bread into quarters, attempt to bite, only to fail miserably.
Plan B: Pinch bread into mouth friendly sizes, stuff the cucumber/tomato/lettuce slices individually, then the ham slices sorted along with the second layer of pinched bread, and skip the cookies.

Well, Plan B works!
Thankfully, I had a long weekend to recover from this ordeal, and I am eating up fine now.
I am also very glad that this would end in less than a year.
Miss Dentist estimated the treatment to last for about 9mths in total.
I promise I shall be diligent with my retainers after! :D

Ps: I keep having recurring thoughts about having white squares on my teeth after my braces are removed. :(


Monday, November 09, 2009

A very late F1 post.

It just occurred to me that I have yet to post up my intended entry of F1 2009!
How could I?
Hahaha.

I took shots of my pass while waiting for my drink to arrive.
It's like a ritual to take shots of your/my pass! :D



I was totally trigger happy in the pretty toilet..
♥ the dressing area of SCC, and Da agrees!




They had this F1 driving simulator thing in the club, so BD had a go at it.
Looked pretty fun and easy like Daytona..
but the controls were a little wonky according to him.
We later went out to rent the Kangaroo TV at the village area, and he looked so pleased with his TV.
Haha.



Yes I know that we seemed a little overdressed for the occasion, as you probably had wondered.
We attended a wedding service right before the race, and SCC had some uber strict dress code rules to adhere to, so I wore my new asymmetric dress, and BD had his casual blazer on .



While touring around the village during our TV rental trip, we took a picture with a vintage car labelled as "Mark Webber" because I decided that the car is a classic pretty, that and my newly acquired F1 fan.


The Pre-race parade of antique/vintage cars in Singapore.
Can you spot Hamilton? :)
I tried to magnify the picture for the sake of the blind, and it seemed a little washed out.



Our dinner menu consisted of a dozen of Oysters to share, and Roast Beef sandwich.
The roast beef was kinda nice, but tough in a beef jerky sort of chewy way.
I chewed and chewed and chewed and chewed until i couldn't chew anymore, then forced myself to gulp the unchewable parts down. Hahaha ;p
(Mommy did always complain that I seem to have a set of lousy teeth, comparable to an old lady...)



My Osyter guzzling monster tucked in with a Rwarr!
While I on the other hand, was told to listen to a different Rwarr!
I was asked to appreciate the the roar of the engine, and it was obviously deafening.
Hahahaha. My Earplugs could not make their way back into my ears on time!



Probably my millionth attempt to take a good shot of the car!
On the left would be the sample picture that BD took, and I tried to copy.
I was under the impression that I've gotten myself a good shot of Hamilton's car...but upon a closer look... Hammie's helmet should be yellow, no?

Wrong car! Ugh!! :(
It's Hekki's not Hammie's..
Gahhh!


Random monkey faced shots post race...with our awesome bright orange ear plugs!
I never thought I would ever say this, but my ears felt tired from holding up the ear plugs for a prolonged period. Somewhat sore from the expansion of the ear plugs.



And lastly we have the happy boy posing with his McLaren tee that he bought earlier!
hahah so cute, so happy, and such awesome traffic stopping colours!
:D


There was tents erected along with nice rattan chairs arranged nicely for guest to be seated, but we discovered that being seated on the stone slab, not only provided us with a better view, but it also held onto my food, my bag, my bum and everything!
It was a good seat, and BD lined his jacket onto the slab for me to sit on...so that my dress wouldn't die.
Thank you for being so thoughtful baby! *smooch*

I had a really good time, and totally enjoyed myself lots that sunday.
❤ ❤ ❤ ❤



Thursday, November 05, 2009

sleepless

Whoever who said that counting sheep would lull me to sleep, was lying!
I tried, only to end up changing the outlook of my sheep every now and then.
My sheep was mostly cute and cuddly...


with a few straggly looking ones resembling this...



then i got bored of the "mehhs", and came up with my own animal planet of grassland and birdies..

with pretty flowers..


i finally gave up trying to sleep...
and posted these eye feast.

Argh!
It's going to be one long, sleepy thursday for me....