it's been a crazy and tiring but fun weekend!

a quick update on godson matt. he's weighing 3.88kg as of wednesday's check up. drinking lots of milk and very frequently. he finishes his milk fast and takes about 2 hours to burp each time he has his milk. he's such a sweetie with his long eye lashes. visited gracie and him on thursday as i knew i wouldn't have time to do so over the weekend. seems like he's spending more hours awake now and gracie is starting to get the hang of being a mum tho she's really tired and busy from taking care of the baby. please do take good care of yourself too ger.

in preparation for the eventful weekend, i decided to knock off on the dot for once on friday. finished my last vist at 6pm and headed down to east coast to meet up with the rest for jasmine's birthday celebration. silly ger has been so excited over the chalet for the past 2 months that she's been going on and on about it (i'm sure nicole would agree with me). *bleah* realised that bryan aka yue-er can really cook and do housework. he's really the man. *laughs* i'm truly impressed. from starting fire to barbercuing food to making tau-suan and cleaning up the place, he can manage everything on his own. may i add that the tau-suan he makes is not the best but still good. we all know who to include in our bbq invite list the next time we have one. *grins* that aside, we had loads of fun eating (especially for those who tried the "spiked" tau-suan), playing mahjong and cards, chatting, making and drinking our own concoctions, and of coz, smearing cake on jasmine. opps! i'm sorry ger that you kinda injured your foot while chasing after us and that we dirtied you. but it was all in the name of fun! we still love you lots! played mahjong through the night and i was really exhausted at the end of it all. wonder how i managed to drop claudio off at his place and get home at 6am in the morning.

saturday was yet another packed day for me with 3 weddings to attend. everything seems to have been pre-planned as none of them clashed with each other - church wedding in the morning, lunch reception at noon and finally dinner in the evening. picked up susan at 9am to head down for keng kiang's matrimonial ceremony at renewal centre. there was a handful of ex-hall 13 people at the wedding who weren't the usual group that i used to hang out with, but seeing them again brought back happy memories of the past. everyone seems the same and yet different at the same time. left the place around 1pm and dropped susan off at gerard's place before meeting my parents at orchard hotel. it was the wedding of one of their friend's daughter whom i happen to know and hence was invited. realised the most frequently asked question (FAQ) is when will it be my turn? kinda sick of answering such questions. yes, i know i'm turing 30 really soon and its time. i'm juz waiting for the right one (if there is one in the 1st place) to appear. or maybe it's juz me, not ready to settle down at all. *bleah* reached back home at 5pm, took a quick shower and started preparing for the night - my nephew's wedding dinner at expo's bliss garden ballroom. all of my extended family was present including my cousin who's working in bombay, my other nephew who's based in london and my niece who's doing her degree in australia. great to be catching up with all of them. most of the night was spent entertaining my little niece who juz can't stop talking. *laughs* i still love her for what she is coz she's my favourite niece. as expected, i'm being thrown with the same question, in a different way tho. was playing with this cute little 5 months old baby boy when the aunties, including cousin jennifer, juz started to go on about how i should get married and have kids so that my parents can take care of them for me. i happily answered that "babies are only cute when they're not mine!". had a few rounds (at least 5) of red wine and stopped after my mum's not so gentle reminder that i'm driving. sent my parents home at 11 and met up with jay and jerald for 2nd round of drinks at clarke quay. fun people to hang out with as they would throw you with the most nonsensical stuff which would make you laugh. we discovered this new retro bar which could be a nice hangout for saturdays. the place is pretty empty probably due to the fact that it's new? or izzit juz that not many people appreciate retro music as much as we do? *sniggers*

note: if you're wondering, i juz couldn't resist the temptation to stop going out with him and yes, i'm lousy. it's juz so me to do this i guess. spent the night out with him till morning. i enjoy his company and i've really fallen for him this time. it's a bad sign.

back to my weekend. while on the way back to jay's place on sunday morning, xiao bai ran out of petrol and stopped moving! poor xiao bai and us were stranded along the exit to loyang ave on tpe. called simon, my workshop guy but he's overseas and i had no choice but to trouble best friend. lucky thing he stays at pasir ris, but i still feel bad for making him come down to rescue me. jay offered to walk to the nearest station to buy the petrol but i feel bad to make him do it. best friend arrived with a tin of petrol after around half an hour which in the meantime, jay was keeping himself entertained by disturbing me with silly ideas of what i can do when i'm stranded. the guys suggested that i should keep the tin as a souvenior. *pouts* i promise to pump petrol once the indicator starts blinking and i'll never let that happen to xiao bai and me ever again. nevertheless, thank you best friend for making the trip down and for rescuing me. many thanks and apologies to jay who was made to go through the "ordeal" with me.

due to the unforeseen circumstance, it was a mad rush for me. reached back home past 11am and had to shower and get dressed up within half an hour to attend joyce's wedding lunch. arrived at grand shanghai a little past noon and was glad that i'm not the latest. *grins* da jie's gown is really beautiful and special. guess it's probably the prettiest i've seen so far. it might have been the person wearing it, to be able to carry it off so well. glad to see and to be able to catch up with janice da jie, ying ying and rachel at the lunch. it was good time spent at the table coz of francis's, eric's and keegan's presence. *laughs*

it's been a long update for the weekend and i believe next week's update will be as interesting (i hope). i'll be attending zoukout for a change. was and never am a zoukout person as i dun happen to like beach parties. getting messy, sandy, wet and all. going this year coz of steven and he better appreciate it. *sniggers* he's gonna pay back by drinking with me.