Finally..

嬉しかったなあ！ Happy!

2010-03-03T08:48:00.003+08:00

昨日、やっとJLPT 成績を受け取った！とても嬉しかったなあ。四百点で二百八十九点を取った。合格だ！単に成績から見る、私は日本語が上手になったかのようだ。実は、それが三月前の私の程度だけ。長い間日本語を使わなくて、ほとんど忘れちゃった！このポストもなかなかかけませんね。残念！それから、かならず日本語の勉強を続けよう！

Received my JLPT results yesterday, finally! Very happy! Got 289 points out of 400. Pass! Seeing from my results alone, it may seem like I'm getting to be real good with Japanese language. Truth is, that was my standard 3 months ago. Due to not using Japanese for a long while, I have almost completely forgotten it! I even have problems with writing this post. What a shame! From now on, I must continue with my Japanese language studies!

Wedding 1st anniversary!

2009-09-14T23:23:00.003+08:00

Today marks exactly 1 year from the day of my ROM. Time flies! I still can recall not long ago that my wife and I were hunting around for the best wedding photography package, ROM location, actual day wedding banquet location, solemniser etc. I can't even recall how many hotels we went to for finding the most ideal location. Haha. Subsequently earlier this year, I was in the midst of wedding preparations with all the dismantling of the furniture in my bedroom to make space for the new furniture, getting our current furniture and the list goes on.. Now, all that work is done and we are happily together with each other. Hehe. All that effort has been worth it! I love you dear! We will have many more wedding anniversaries to come in the future! :)

Just Married..

2009-06-01T17:21:00.003+08:00

Just finished my wedding dinner last Saturday, 30th May. Feeling so relieved now! So glad everything turned out well! Many thanks to all who came for my wedding, helped out in my wedding in a way or another and of course, my 'brothers' who braved all the fire and rain with me during the gate crashing! Next time you all wedding, I sure will support and be your brother if you all need help, no questions asked! :)

Life after ROM solemnisation ceremony, had pretty much been the same with my wife and I still living separately in our parents' place. However, life after the customary dinner is truly different and I believe I have yet to see everything yet, expecting more changes, more compromise will have to be made along the way! Months and months of preparations finally drew to a close on Saturday amidst the blessings of so many friends and relatives from near and far. I was truly touched during the wedding dinner. Thanks to everyone once again!

Next item on my agenda list, honeymoon! :D

Labour Day!

2009-05-01T19:30:00.002+08:00

It's exactly 2 months from my last update! Haha. People who know me will know that I don't update my blog that often, reason being I only post important things that happened in my life! Hehe. I know many will update almost daily with nitty gritty details but heh I'm just not that sort. :)

Anyway, the big thing happening in my life right now is my upcoming wedding dinner on 30th May! That's less than a month away! Preps are underway but there are soooo many things to take care of. I am sure those of you who are already married will agree with me with 2 hands up! That's why they always say it's a 'once in a lifetime' event. No sane one will want to go thru this more than once!! Haha.

Today has indeed been "Labour Day" for me! Been a 'labourer' for my room today with the packing of my room's furniture to make way for my new set of furniture. Damn shag! But luckily I have the help of my wife *hugs*, my mum and my maid. Without them, today I sure jialat. Maybe pengz on the floor now liao. Hehe. My new set of furniture will be coming in 2 weeks and before that, the room has to be repainted, some wiring need to be re-run etc. @_@

Still, some work remains yet to be completed! I wonder how people move house sia. One room only I already shag liao. Haha. But seriously I quite enjoy packing my room for the new furniture because that is the beginning of a new life for me! :)

People who are getting married, one word of advice for you: Start early! And I do not mean just the booking of your banquet 1 year before your wedding. Take care of the big items such as wedding studio and photography early because many unexpected small things/details will pop up at you when you least expect it. Wow, long post.. Haha. That's all for now. Ciao!

IPOD Touch 8Gb!

2009-03-01T14:44:00.003+08:00

Went to NATAS Travel Fair yesterday to book my honeymoon for June this year. Finally got that one settled. Yay! We are going to USA (LA, LV, SF, Grand Canyon etc)!! Woohoo!! But the package price is slightly above what we were expecting though. Well, you pay for what you want and SIA is one of the top airlines in the world mah. Haha.

Anyway, after we booked the package and paid using my mum's Mastercard (of course we will pay her back!), we got a chance for a instant lucky dip thing. Guess what, I won a IPOD Touch 8Gb! Haha. The person in charge was like so stunned when he saw I won the big prize. I think he took a step backwards even. Haha. Of course I was happy to receive such a prize. I went home and immediately updated the firmware to get the installer software for my IPOD Touch just like what my wife did. Need to pay for the updating by the way.. While the IPOD Touch was updating, I thought to myself. Eh, normally people use mp3 players while commuting on public transport. I got car leh, so like no much chance to use lor. So, I am thinking of selling it. Anyone interested can contact me, ya? Price can negotiate de. :)

JLPT2

2009-02-25T23:18:00.004+08:00

Just got my result slip today from the mail box, got 233/400. Failed! Damn.. By a mere 7 pts some more! Passing mark is 240! Damn dui lor. But my score's actually much better than what I had expected to get liao so it's not that bad really. If I had passed, it will mean I was having good luck with tikam-ing that day during exams. Haha.

Anyway, to all who have taken the test last year in Dec, good luck in checking your mailboxes for your result slips. For those of you who passed, big congrats! For those of you out there who failed like me, work hard for this year's JLPT for 2009 is the last year of JLPT before the system revamps. Ja ne.

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

2009-01-27T22:46:00.004+08:00

Happy 牛 year, everybody! It's been a few years since my family and I last stayed in Singapore during CNY liao. Almost every year we went out of Singapore because that is the only 'long' stretch of break that my parents can have from their work at the factory. This year, we went to our relatives' house like before! I must say it's a nice feeling that I sort of 'rediscovered'. Furthermore, this is the last year I am officially allowed to collect Ang Baos. Haha. From next year CNY onwards, I will be GIVING instead of receiving as my wedding dinner is in May this year. Not complaining or anything but this will surely need some adjusting to. :)

How much did YOU manage to collect for this year CNY?

And now for something that I 'kopped' from my wife's blog. Interesting!

Get Your Monster Name

答案揭晓！

2009-01-05T22:45:00.002+08:00

想到了吗？答案其实不难。

1 Happy 姓李。因为 Happy Lee (Happily)。
2 Happy 的职业是护士。因为 Happy Nurse (Happiness)。
3 Happy 是男的。因为 Happy Male (Happy Meal)。
4 在追求 Happy 的是 Ever。因为 Happily Ever After!

怎么样,炎炎夏日来一道冷风不错吧? :)

Happy New Year 2009!

2009-01-01T09:32:00.003+08:00

皆さん、あけまして、おめでとう！New year liao. Hope this year things will turn out better. All the bad economic news happening around the world is really worrisome. Cheers to a great new year! 明天会更好!

Yesterday I was listening to 933 就是万人迷 on my way to work. Heard a really 冷的冷笑话 from DJ Zhiyong，wanna share with everybody. Those who heard it on radio would most probably agree with me that it was really lame!

从前有一个人，他的名字是Happy.

1 请问他姓什么？
2 他的职业是什么？
3 Happy 是男的还是女的?
4 谁在追求Happy呢?

答案下回分解. :)

Nah, new update.. (to my wife)

2008-12-28T17:12:00.004+08:00

2 months without updating this blog liao. Haha. Kena complain from my wife so here is a new post together with some updates! :)

I took JLPT2 (Japanese language proficiency test) on 7th Dec after about 2.5 years of studying the language at Hougang Japanese School. Although me and my wife took 1 whole week of leave to prepare, revise and bite into those books, I still found the test totally difficult! The listening was terrible, almost native speaking speed I guess. In the end, it was more or less a game of Tikam for me as the test is entirely MCQ. Haha. Don't expect myself to pass when the results are released in end Feb 09. Next year work harder. The weird thing is that I have another friend who said the test is actually easier than past years! Jialat, next year one I hope can be easier a bit. *pray*

My Japanese language sensei is back to Japan for good this month. *weep* She has taught me and my wife from elementary to advanced, a good 2.5 years lor. Really she bu de that she has to return back to her country. But I guess it's bo bian, she IS native Japanese afterall. Sooner or later sure must go back one. So before she went back, we got a small thank-you card for her. Hopefully she'll remember the 2 of us. :) That sort of ended our studies at Hougang Japanese School liao. Following that, we enrolled for Japanese classes in Ikoma Language School (in Shaw House). We were told that there will be a placement test before we are allowed to join their Advanced course. Initially we were quite worried what sort of test will that be but end up, it's more of a briefing session ba. Haha. The sensei was just briefing us (in Japanese of course) on what the lessons usually consists of, what do they usually do etc. Quite a nice lady. Coincidentally, the class we signed up for happens to be her class too! Haha. The atmosphere at Ikoma School is very nice and the place looks professional. Studying there must be very beneficial to us, I hope. We will be starting lessons there in January. Looking forward to that!

Sushi!!

2008-10-18T21:28:00.004+08:00

Was at The Central with my wife 2 weeks back and there was a Sushi Making demonstration. The Sushi Master made sushi making look sooo easy that I told my wife, 'Hey, we can try doing this at home.. Looks so easy!' The week after, we went to Liang Court and grabbed some stuff from Meidi-Ya supermarket.

Today, we tried our hands at sushi making. Hmm. Not too bad for a first timer. 初めの体験はすごいね。We did the easiest of the easiest: california temaki, california maki and salmon nigiri sushi. Looks are erm, not really up to professional standard but they sure taste good! Maybe becuz the ingredients are fresh. Haha. Too bad I have no pictures to boast of cuz they are all resting in peace now in my stomach. :)

To all sushi lovers out there, sushi making (basic ones) are really not too difficult. We even found sushi making methods online posted on youtube! Try it!

A-Mei Star Tour!

2008-10-05T09:47:00.003+08:00

Went with my ~~girlfriend~~ wife to the indoor stadium yesterday for Zhang Hui Mei's Star concert which ended at about 11.30pm. It was fantastic although we already went for it before in 2007! Yeap, this is an encore concert but the turnout was awesome! I could not actually see any empty seats in the stadium.

Camera lights were flashing none stop although by rights, no cameras are allowed. :) Last year we guai guai don't bring any camera and we felt soooo cheated. This year, we xue cong ming le, brought in our camera and took many pictures! The security guards did not actually thoroughly check through everyone's bags before granting access to them, really. Dunno if they did that deliberately or just to save time for everyone. I even saw a woman totally bypassing the bag check lor. Haha.

During the concert, Wanhua commented that this is the first time we are in a concert as husband and wife! Last year was just as gf/bf. Haha. Very true!

A new beginning.

2008-09-13T23:03:00.006+08:00

Finally, preparations are done and the day has come. Tomorrow's the start of a new phase of my life! Excited? Definitely! Unsure of the future? Can't help thinking that way too. I guess we just have to ride the waves and tackle problems as they arise, dear. :) 船到桥头自然直。一緒に頑張てね。未来はずっと輝いてるね。

Behold our nice nice wedding bands! :)

Yeap, it's me!

2008-08-30T23:22:00.000+08:00

Finally set up my own blog! After seeing so many of my peers, friends, in fact almost everyone around me starting their own blogs. I thought it might be fun to pen down some thoughts of mine every now and then (and brush up on my English!). Well, we'll see how things go. Cheers! :)