New year new beginnings

Hi dear readers,

It’s the new year and life has been very hectic as usual and don’t really have time to blog..

It’s my first business trip travelling along this year and many of you know that I avoid at all costs to sit down and have a meal alone.. I rather take away and go into my hotel room and eat..

I arrived in bangkok today and stayed in my room for most part of the afternoon because not only was I lazy and amazed by the size of the room but also because the longest womens tennis match was going on..

After the match I decided that’s it. Well more like my tummy did..Let’s take a walk and look for some food.. The shopping centre next to my hotel looked very clustered and messy. Went through the restos and food court but it just seems too cold to sit down and eat alone..

Decided to walk away and just take a walk down one of the soi’s (street in thai).. After walking for some 15 minutes or so I didn’t see anything I liked so I turned around, stop by the 7-11 to see if there is anything I can buy and eat back at the hotel..

Next to it tucked away is this little cafe which serves sandwiches.. The tummy was grumbling so I took the big leap of faith and walked in..

First impression, quite cozy, walked up to the cashier to ask for the menu.she handed me the menu asked if I was dining in or taking away. Told her dine in and she asked me to take a seat and she will take my order in a short while.. Not something you see in cafe’s everyday..

After a quick order i took a seat and suddenly I was in a world of my own.. The food is fabulous, I ordered a latte and a set menu pasta which only cost 200baht.

It comes with a small side salad, soup and the pasta.. Little did I realise that there was dessert as well.. I had a choice of brownie or …… Errr when there’s brownies would you even look at the other option??

I know for a fact that the next 5 days, I will make it a point to come here every single day. The table next to me is having waffles and my my. It looks yummy!!

The next time you’re in Bangkok you absolutely must drop by

Ohana fresh cafe
Soi 24…

That’s all I know.. Google them and you will see plenty of reviews.. They even have a fb page which I am about to like..:)

15 months ago, we watched the first movie together and we held hands for the first time
14 months ago, we learned to love each other more
13 months ago, I gave you 3 bright sunflowers which are still in my room 
12 months ago, we booked our first holiday together
11 months ago, we went on our first holiday for 10 whole days
10 months ago, we attended the first wedding together and I gave you a special book
9 months ago, on our anniversary, you bought a cake and we ate it in the car after dinner.  
8 months ago, we went on our first holidays with family
7 months ago, we spend our first new years together, simple yet sweet
6 months ago, we spend our first Chinese new year together and you organized one hella birthday dinner for me
5 months ago, we became lazy and lau Fu lau zhi but I said we must tian tian mi mi
4 months ago, we celebrated your birthday with 8 extravagant parts with the special at the end of the night. I saw one of the biggest bouquet of flowers ever..
3 months ago, we celebrated our first anniversary.. Though we didn’t do much as we had an event at home, and we went for our fav meal the next night
2 months ago, we went to our first baby full moon and we stayed in our first suite room.
1 months ago, we went on our second holidays with the whole family with a few additions and we had a lot of fun.

Today, we celebrate the 15th month that we have been together, I love you more and more everyday. Time has passed by so quickly it seems like it was only yesterday we met and started being friends. For all these months we have been together, Your smile and laughter has never failed to brighten up my days. 

We have been ever so busy that we have not been in touch with reality, I hope you enjoy the simple plan I’ve made for today and I wanna just tell you I love you more and more each and every day. No matter what I want to forever remain tian tian mi mi. 

Love always,
daniel 
     
  

HELP ME!!

Here I am stuck in the middle of china.I’m supposed to be feeling jolly but instead

I’m CRYING MY HEART OUT!! I need someone to talk to..HELP!! I can’t talk to my beibei because obviously she’s angry at me.

IF ONLY…….

If only she understands me
If only she understands why I always put curfew for her
If only she understands my sorrow
If only she understands how I’m crying
If only she takes five minuts to listen to me..

If only she understands why I’ve always been against her joining the singing contest
If only she understands how I feel left out
If only she understands how hurt I was when she said its ok if u can’t be there.u can just listen to the recording
If only she understands how much it hurts me by not being able to be there
If only she understands how hurt I am

If only she understands although I know how much she loves me one can get insecure too
If only she understands how a man can cry too
If only she understands how hurt I was to hear her say “its ok I talk to u first ma then I go jolins house sing k”
If only she understands how when I just typed that I am crying like a baby
If only she understands my pain
If only she understands how lonely I am
If only she understands how much I miss her

If only she understands how much I trust her
If only she understands how very hurt I am
If only she understands how much the singing competition has become so much more important than me or us.

If only she understands that I am selfish that I don’t want her to join.
If only she understands how heatbroken I am
If only she understands how lost I am alone in this cold room in this wintery weather

If only……..

HELP!!

I need someone to talk to but I don’t know who to call..
I need someone to hold on to.
I need someone to hold back my tears.
I need someone to take care of me.
I need someone to pull me back
I need someone to delete this post
I need someone to offer me a napkin
I need someone to tak to

I NEED HELP!!!

Help me!!I am going crazy!!I hate it when I argue with my beibei.

I need help!help me please!!

It”s December

hi people.. its finally December.. after working so hard for a year, after waiting for such a long time, it is finally the holidays season again.. it is December, the last month of the year…

You Know it’s Coming, Let’s Reflect

It seemed only yesterday that it was December 31st 2008 where families and friends were gathered around my Simpang to do that one special new year’s eve party, cost effective but all in lots of fun to ensure that there were plenty of food, fun and also fireworks to finish the night off..

Suddenly it was January and we were just feeling the effects of the year 2008 which seems so far away, always making resolutions every single year, i told myself this year i am NOT going to make any resolutions because whatever resolutions we make are all gone to waste as we never achieve it in the slightest ways.. so NO RESOLUTIONS FOR THE YEAR 2009

February, one of my favourite months not only because my birthday falls in February but also because February is the month of CHinese NEw YEar and also the month of Love where couples celebrate Valentines. This year’s valentine’s was spend particularly special though..although i was somewhat attached, i didn’t feel the urge to celebrate valentines because i always say its too over-hyped, flowers are double the price, restaurants take advantage and charge extra… i decided since Valentine’s was on a Saturday, i shall make my birthday party on this particular day so that we can all get drunk and sleep into the next year without worrying and also partly for those who are single so that they don’t feel lonely and for those who feel like they are single like yours truly..

This Valentines was somewhat awkward, i made it late so that couples can all go off to their dinners and enjoy their romance and when it’s finally time to let loose of your hair, they had a party to go to… I met someone at this particularly party, i met someone who got drunk, who i flirted with, who our foreheads bumped into each other without realising asking her how she is… Suddenly it was a fresh feeling of something happening..I somewhat realised that valentines is over-hyped when you are not spending it with the right person, when you have the person which means the world to you, you suddenly realise everyday is actually valentines.

March breezed through without much realisation and the occasional glimse of the girl who caught my eye, though i didn’t pay much attention as it could just be my eyes playing a trick or two..

Suddenly April Came, although March breezed through, i suddenly realised there is someone i am missing, the reason why i had no idea, it became even more evident when my best friend’s gal suddenly told me i know you are interested in this girl, this girl whom would eventually be my girlfriend. i had not seem my friends in quite some time but suddenly that coming from my friend i was shocked and staggered.

it came when her actual birthday came when i realised i was suddenly feeling something i did not feel in a long time, my heart was beating again.. i suddenly felt life.. a few msges were exchanged

me: Miss Joan, what do you want for your birthday? hehehe
joan:Mr daniel. i want mini cooper. hahah.no la no la.i dun wan anything i oledi celebrated last last sat liao.mayb jz lim teh on that day can liao..hehe
me: hahaha, red mini cooper? hehehe but i wanna buy you something..hehehe
joan: haha.no need spend money la. i reall haf everything liao.hehe. and i still owe u money.hiak hiak hiak..:)
me: hahaha ehseh! have everything liao. can i at least take u for dinner or something?hehhe
joan: hahah.. u wanan date me hia? i paiseh wor, hohohoz, but im gonna haf dinner with my family on my buffday..
dan: hahahaha.. dinner must be date?? if u want then can also..then have to dress nice nice liao..pressure..hehe..we can have dinner anytime..no need on your bday..

that was the first of smses that we two exchanged and i knew that this girl is special…so for her birthday, i bought her chocolates from empire and also not ONE but TWO mini coopers.. hahahaa.. she so treasure it that until today dun drive..LOL!!

The rest of April was me trying to fight hard to win someone and i eventually did in May 15th at 9.26pm at our very special spot..

anyways, i didn’t make any resolutions but here is what i hit without making them,

1) i got myself a girlfriend, whom i love, trust and treasure
2) i got myself a new car
3) i managed to LOSE WEIGHT, yes thats right, i lost weight
4) i met new friends whom i treasure to bits today
5) i joined a club, not a country club but close la… hehehe
6) i learned to be more patient
7) i learned to treasure loved ones more
8 ) i travelled with Gf’s family (first time)
9) became a driver for a wedding
10) attended friend’s wedding (probably the first friends wedding i attended, which i was so close not being able to make it Mrs Ong Yen Lun)
11) BEcame SISTER to two weddings
12) Went on Holiday with my loved one, first time and we travelled so far, arguments are common in between but its how we make up after that
13) broke my viriginity to the miri party scene, still think its no where as close as Australia but beggars cant be choosy
14) got the urge to get married probably due to peer pressure but also to the realisation that i found my soul mate which i wanna tie down for life
15) found my best friend, my lover, my sister, my soul mate, my everything

It’s November already

It felt just like yesterday that i woke up at 4 am to cook Christmas lunch.. it has since been 12 months since then..

IT’s November now, 11 months of the year 2009 gone, at the start of the year i didn’t set my self any aims because the aims such as losing weight are all rubbish and they never actually happen but little did I know that i would actually lose weight as long as I have the right motivation

I never knew how the year would end, I aimed for a good year with full of blessings and to ensure that business goes well..I would say that 2009 has been one of the best years of my life because there are many unexpected which happened…

If you asked me in January if I would accept what I have now, i would gracefully accept it.. I have my dearest beibei by my side since that Friday night in May, I have never been happier in my life..

I look back on the days and I am truthfully and gracefully content with my life as it is today.. we all say that life isn’t fair and i totally agree, life’s unfair but its up to your individual self to make the best out of an unfair life and getting the best out of it..

i beleive that moulds a character, being thrown with anything but being able to make the best out of it is the best possible way to live life… we are thrown with alot of blessings in life, when we were in Adelaide, we visited the refugee camp they set up in the city to help us understand the lifes of refugees and wow, you think and look at their conditions and you say you are blessed in life..

we might not have the watch, car, bag, clothes, computer, money that we want but we are blessed to have a home..=)

hectic work life

after spending a whole week in UK to settle my siblings accomodation and help them settle down, catching a sunday morning flight out of heathrow would mean arriving back in Brunei on a Monday morning. the only set back was darling is working and that would mean i can only see her during lunch time..

Joan has some hari raya open office thing in berakas so i picked her up from there.. the moment she was walking towards my car, i could see her flying towards my car and i was so happy to see her.. =).. we went for lunch and she kept telling me that she didn’t do anything for me.. didn’t have time to do anything for anniversary.. but I was fine with it and said its okay..

I picked her up after work, gave her a sunflower which is given by me not delivered by my staff and she was so happy that she showed me what she made for me..WOW! i was in tears i tell you.. i was so so happy…

first she showed me this and she knew the reaction i was going to give

she then finally showed me what she really did for me

I am in tears, Darling, you have no idea how much it means to me and you have no idea how i look at it every single night thinking about you

last but not least not forgetting what she gave me after 1 month..

apart from all of that, I have been really busy with hectic schedules and wanting to complete our new office in time so that we can move in.. I managed to clear everything out within two days and moved into the office..here’s a teaser of our new corporate office.

at a office near you

something out of the ordinary

something you don’t expect to see everyday

i myself WOW when i came back..

Happy anniversary babe

Hey there people..

Today is the 15th and I already posted early this morning..:) I feel like blogging again now..

We r at pizza hut having dinner now but will be eating again later at 8pm.. Oh no that’s what cold weather does to you.. But I dun really wanna eat anymore because I wanna lose weight.. I wana be 2 figures by the turn of the year..

I miss Brunei so much and today being our anniversary I M so sad because I can’t spend the day with my darling..

7418 miles away from you

Things had been quite hectic and eventful.. We were on holidays till the 30th and I came back to work for about 10 days and we had to zoom down for jennifer’s wedding in miri..

The wedding went well both during the morning and evening sessions.. But before that on the 3rd the ladies decided to hold a hens night party for the 3 brides namely jennifer, shirley and tze.. I was the only guy in their party so alot of funny things happened but what happens will stay in the room..

Wedding day, again I was the only guy but it was fun though because it meant I was always beside my darling baby and I’m never too far apart from her..

During the wedding, we saw how energetic everyone was and it was such a blissful event..family and friends had on their best attires and everyone was joyful..

At the end of the vowing ceremony they were taking photos in between the trees where I thought would have been perfect place to take sweet photos..:) jenn’s photographer Ian was full of enthusiam and energy which made everyone comfortable..

At the end of the night we were exhausted as we had to rush back to Brunei the next day.. We rushed back to Brunei on Sunday with a few decisions made in mind like wanting Ian to take our photos too and deciding when we will have our wedding..lol! allright hold your horses.. They will be no such wihout a 1 ‘carat’ ring which I have to work my ass off for so we will wait for your babies before we get married! Lol

Anyways on Sunday night I flew to the uk with my brother and sister to send them to uni and settle their accomodation and stuff which we managed pretty well.. It’s now wednesay/thu and we have organised everything pending furniture to be bought tomorrow or Friday..

I am missing home bAdly! I can’t wait to get back on the plane and head home but it’s not home that i’m missing..it’s my darling baby which i’m missing.. I’ve only been gone 3 days and it bloody hell seems lke 3 weeks or months..

I have no idea how I survived Ldr before because I’m suffering these 3 days and the time difference doesn’t really help my case as well..I miss u joanhii~~!! there is no way we will work out on a ldr because I will always fly back whereever I am just to be in your arms..

if dreams need to be squashed to be by your side then it will be squashed because my dreams are all about you in my life joan!

if hopes need to be put aside then it will be because joan, you are my hope!

These 3 long days showed me just how damn well I’ll survive so it shows if I have business trips next time you are always gonna be on my secretary’s list of names to book for ticket because I want you beside me at all times..

I want time to pass quickly so that I can be beside you again beibei~~ I wanna be beside you, I wanna carry you out.. I wanna pick you up for lunch.. I wanna bring you out dating at night.. I wanna hug u and wonga with you.. I wanna tickle you and bite you! I miss every single thing about you~~ going on holiday wihout you is as if it’s no holiday at all..

I’m trying to sort everything out asap and hopefully leave here on Sunday but I can’t bloody book tickets until we have moved into the house..sighs~~ if only I can pull time forward… If only I can turn back time and bring u with me~< baby I love you so much!!

Whenever I'm going back… The follwoing weekend we will b down in miri again for hao and shirley's wedding..

5 months ago I didn't have you guys as friends but today I treasure our friendship.. Not only you two but everyone else, jennifer, leon and the rest of the gang.. Never have I felt this welcome as part of a family! You guys are teriffic!

It's excatly 5 months today when I stopped the car infront of somewhere special and asked joanhii, would you be my girlfriend? And the very moment she answered with such a sweet cheeky smile, I've been happy everysince..

Joan, it's been 5 short/long months, we've been through heaven and hell together and we managed to ride out any misunderstandings and we handle things properly.. Though there are times when I'm arrogant and selfish but I truthfully thank you for being patient and teaching mr the virtue of patience..

I truly love you and these 5 months I know that I wanna spend the rest of my life with you my darling baby joanhii~~

Happy anniversary beibei. In sorry I am not there today, I'm sorry there's no sunflower today.. I'm sorry there's no dinner tonight but baby can I make it up to you when I am back? Not with one sunflower but with sunflower everyday for a week? I love you baby!

holidays~~

fellow readers would know that we’re going on holiday.. Thursday already today and it sure feels like Saturday already..

Come Saturday, we will finally be flying off on our holidays.. I can’t wait to go on holiday.. It’s practically my first time travelling with a loved on just for the sole purpose of HOLIDAY!

nothing more, just holiday, a time to relax to put our feet up and just enjoy day by day.. no schedule to stick to no plans to stick to.. just enjoy everything and take it day by day..

the itinerary which I prepared basically had “wake up as late as possible” on every single day’s morning because I believe since we are on holiday, we should enjoy to the fullest and just enjoy sleeping in before we finally wake up and decide if we want to follow the plans which we organise if not we can just even spend the whole morning in bed then waking up and finally have brunch and go sight seeing or shopping..

I have to say I am looking forward to this trip, it’s a trip that I can finally put my feet up and don’t worry about anything.. well obviously the cash would be a concern but hey what the hell just relax and enjoy..

we researched out tickets and tried to get the cheapest possible but yet we spend quite a big sum because we have to make changes to some tickets due to some circumstances and ended spending more for hotels and such as well.. oh well at the end of the day as long as we are happy is all that matters.. =)

our proposed way of travel

mouse decided to die on us

with our without mouse, nothing can stop us

the cards that did the magic…

I highly doubt that we will be blogging anytime soon before our holidays so you guys enjoy out there and enjoy the long weekend.. =) we shall see you when we are back from holidays!~!~

it’s been 4 months, 122 days and it still feels like yesterday

like the title says, it’s been 4 months since the day my darling girl said yes to me.. i will forever remember what happened on this very date 4 months ago on a Friday…

in the morning we chatted and it didn’t exactly go the way I wanted it to and during lunch time we were going to lunch and I wasnt in the best of moods..i picked up joan then picked up su mei then we headed to TPH in batu bersurat and i was quiet the whole time during lunch…

after we dropped su mei at the simpang before turning right to send joan back to the office joan said to me give me your hand.. and she suddenly smiled pulled my hand towards her and drew a Smiley face on my hand.. =)…

i was SHOCKED but yet happy and yet am chio.. i was nervous and yet i was waiting for her to say yes.. that night we were going to a movie and i picked her up super early… picked her up at about 830 when the movie was 9.30…

we went and paid for the tickets then we drove around empire and jerudong and talked abit in the car.. then she suddenly asked me “why do you like me”… i told her a whole list such as the belows

1) the smile on your face gives me warmth
2) you make my day just by smiling
3) you make me happy whenever i chat to you
4) knowing that every morning when i go to work the first thing i do is report to you that im at work actually giving me much more motivation to work
5) seeing your smile makes me go goo goo gaa gaaa
6) spending that one night with you sorting out my music made me realise how much prettier you really are by seeing your different expressions and your different smiles and comments
7) do you want me to continue because i can spend the whole night telling you why i feel this way…

after that we said a few things and by then we were almost at empire and i asked whether she was ready and whether she wants to take the next step and she smiled and said she is ready…

just as we were turning into empire, i stopped the car and asked “will you be my girlfriend?” and the smiled on her face at that very moment was just priceless and she just nodded her head and smiled widely and said yes…

there our fairly tale started.. when we reached the cinema we got out of the car, she grabbed onto my hand and we walked into the cinema hand in hand.. =)

there is our fairy tale of how we got together.. =)

I love you my baby girl Joan.. =)

Happy 4 Monthsary! =) I Love You!