2 years with Joan - anniversary celebration!

Actually started going out with her on Tues nite 2 June, cos it was Irenus birthday and we celebrated for her with a dinner at the Japanese place at the basement of grand cathay. Can't remember the place, but Joan n i last ate there with Ian n millie about 1 or 2 months ago, i think. Pple at irenus dinner were yongqiang, valerie, julia, jiali, christine, shuting, joan n myself, and of cos irenus. Jasmine, the organiser, wasn't there by the time i reached (about 8.50 pm or so, if i remember).

Went to Cafe cartel for a drink after Irenus n shuting went to watch movie, (its was basically for my benefit cos i haven't eaten dinner, n honestly the food at cartel isn't that great, just like a normal food court food) n just chilled out n talk n talk with the SF pple. i was wondering why millie n ian weren't invited though, maybe they're too busy. =P

Anyway the main event started on Wed morning, we woke up at 9 n saw the rain clouds, n i began to think i needed a plan B, becos if it rains, we can't go walking around macritchie reservoir anymore right? but turns out that after our ba chor mee breakfast, the weather seemed quite nice after all. thanks God! You knew it was our anniversary n prevented the rain from spoiling it! Haha..

I think we walked about 14 Km or more from 10.15 am at the car park, until we reached the tree top walk, and walked back to the reservoir area, and reached the car again at about 1.45 pm. Thats roughly around 3.5 hours! If you think that's slow, you should try walking the path man. Rockly, muddy, sloping up and down, some steep slopes here n there, insects flying around, etc, it was like going thru field camp in army all over again! Hahaha.. exciting events / highlights include the encounter with a colourful thin small snake on the suspended bridge, me climbing over the fence to unlock the gate of the bridge (becos we went the wrong way n the gate was closed from the other side so i had to climb over n unlock it), the seemingly endless flights of stairs, the stork / pelican birds we saw, the cute tortoise that seemed to understand what I said, n several other instances where joan shrieked n grabbed my arm so suddenly i also freaked out. Haha! thank God Joan had the sense to bring a bottle of water, if not we would've suffered from dehydration in the jungle! but it wasn't that hot anyway, quite good weather, cloudy with a little bit of drizzle to wash away the heat. but seriously, i won't go back there at least for the next few years, too tiring n non-romantic place! Haha.. i hope Joan really had fun, trudging thru the jungle tracks n mud, getting sand in our shoes n perspiring n panting! Haha.. actually it was kind of fun, but i didn't know joan was afraid of heights. =P but angmohs must be damn fit lah, we saw several ang mohs, even 2 mums pushing a pram with a baby, trekking at the reservoir, n they were walking even faster than us. oh, n joan saved me from injury, i almost walked into a few branches cos i usually don't look at where i'm walking, prefer to look around n enjoy the greenery instead. Haha.

Took a few pics, shall upload them later tonight or maybe this weekend, depending on when I'm free.

Had lunch at thomson plaza becos dino had no parking lots available, we did consider walking over to dino from thomson plaza, but i was simply too tired n too hungry to really want to walk some more! the chicken chop wasn't tht good n the drinks were expensive! $2 for a canned drink is really ridiculous.

We reached home at about 2.35 pm, took a bath n rested, and then rushed to omnitheatre to try to make it for the 4 pm show, but we reached the ticket counter at about 4.05 pm, and the person said that the show would've started by the time we walked over to the theatre, and its only a 40 min show, so we should just catch the later show at 6 pm. so we ended up paying an extra $2.80 to go to the science centre for 2 hours to kill time before the show. and to our surprise, even though we already went to science centre last year, there were quite a few new stuff n exhibits that we haven't tried before, n there were some areas only for school kids, n there were DNA labs n classes on animation for school children, which i think should be quite fun! how come there were no such things during my primary school n sec sch days! Hahah.. Joan n i had fun playing with the various exhibits at the science centre until about 5.45 pm, then we walked to the omnitheatre for the 40 min show on Sea Monsters. was about this weird looking water dinosaur called a "polly" or something, n how she lived among the other creatures in the sea during the dinosaur age. quite interesting, but i was so sleepy that i actually dozed off for a few minutes in the middle of the show, but the big fight between the 2 giant monsters was interesting n woke me up. i think each of those creatues was like 25-30 feet in length. I think 3 feet is about 1 meter, so estimate about 10 meter long monster! thats quite big, more than 5 times the height of a human. but i actually wanted to watch the Grand Canyon show but it ended its showing in Oct 2008 last year. =P nevertheless i enjoyed myself, the Polly thingys were quite cute, despite having rows of sharp teeth! hahaha.. Joan said they look like a cross between a dolphin n penguin.

Had dinner at the pasta cafe at basement of taka instead of Lawry's prime rib. I think i'll reserve that place for a more significant occasion. Haha. Anyway there are lots of anniversaries n birthdays to go for Joan n i, plenty of opportunity to eat there again. Although i think we will go there soon, since there's a promotion of a 1-for-1 for DBS credit card holders. Hehz..

Somehow i felt the day sort of felt unfinished, cos usually we end the day with a romantic movie or something, but we already watched night at the museum 2 on Monday evening, so no more good shows for us to catch! NTM2 was really funny though, i don't mind watching again actually! haha. but anywayz.. just sat at the fountain n chatted with Joan after giving her our anniversary present. Nothing grand, just one thousand dollars into her account. I'm sort of ashamed of not getting her a card n celebrating with her property, but i guess i'm really quite busy n don't have the time to plan out everything like i used to. =P

but anyway to cut a long story short, we had an enjoyable day. I feel so loved n thank God that I've got such a cute n loving girlfriend and soon-to-be wife. Haha! can't wait to propose actually, only thing that's holding me back is that the house isn't gonna be built until Nov 2011, and thats really really long time coming. n in the meantime i've still got to save up $$ for the wedding, the renovation, the honeymoon, the ring, n all sorts of other expenses. getting married is stressful! but of cos also exciting lah. you don't really know what to expect no matter how well u plan for things to happen, but the good thing is, i'm not doing it alone anymore. Joan will be there to help n support me, and will be there for me for the rest of my life. =) thats why i don't let her do jobs like air stewardess, cos i don't like her being away from me for too long. u can say i'm selfish, but if that's what it takes to make a relationship work, then i think its worth it.