=)/smile.

Helloooooo, Brunei!

Now that I'm all better, I can officially say................. Bye-bye England and Helloooooo Brunei!!!!! =D

I've been ill (VERY ILL in fact) the past few days. I was down with a heavy cold and fever that cost me a few days of my precious time spent in bed. Although I didn't have a good start to my holiday, I'm glad I got that out of the way first. And there's now A LOT to look forward to.

First of all, it's my first time in 7 years that I have ever been back home during this period. I haven't celebrated Christmas, New Year and Chinese New Year here in soooooo long! It's definitely gonna be a blast! *fingers crossed*

Secondly, I'm going to travel around with James. We're gonna go KL, Bangkok, Penang and KK, then back to Brunei. We're both hyped about this trip. It's our first trip together (just to 2 of us) and it's his first time in SEA. Definitely something to look forward to! =D

After that, he's gonna come to Brunei. At long last! My boyfriend's coming to my hometown! Wheeee.. *Lalalalala* So exciteddd! He's the first bf of mine ever visiting Brunei from abroad. It's good that he's putting in the effort =P=P=P

Well, enough said, let the holidays begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Labels: happy girl and loved, holiday

Eventful

It's now 1.42am and I finally get to sit back and relax, especially in the comfort of my bed. *ahhhhhh*

Started first day of work today - waitressing at a buffet restaurant. It's really effing hard work man! I knew it would be really tiring, so I guess since I expected it to be tough, it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. Despite the hard work, very very very sore legs and blisters on my feet, I'm really really happy. First time I'm actually earning money with my own efforts and bare hands. And it's coz of this job too that I get to stay in UK for longer. =)

At the beginning, it was quite screwed up man. I wasn't told of anything, what to do, where to put things, where to get things etc. The minute I arrived, I was told to change and got to work straight after I've changed into their uniform. I was only told to clear up empty plates on the table whenever I see some in that section. The next thing I knew, I was told to clean and set up table #2. I thought to myself: "WTF!?!?!?! Tables everywhere! Which one!? =.=" I guess they saw my confused expression, and a guy was kind enough and asked me to follow him. So then I knew where the table numberings started. It's logical how'd the numbers will go. But my section's numbering screwed up man. One table can be #16; but the one next to it can 62A! WTF!!!??? LOL! I wasn't able to clean up a few tables I was told to just coz I couldn't find them! HAHAHA! =.= After observing and doing stuff myself, I kinda got into the mode. I was fast at cleaning up tables and clearing plates etc. James told me to be really hardworking, and so I did. I was so hardworking until people there were like: "Ok girl! Don't have to be that hardworking. Chill!" Looool. The staff there can be really serious and strict while working, but they were really jokes after. When shift was over, everyone just sat down together and ate. I got to know more of them then. Everyone was really jokes!

Before work today, James and I went shopping. Guess what we bought???? He bought me pets at long last!!!! Wheeeeeee~~ I've always wanted a hamster. First time owning pets since almost 10 years ago. I had two dogs when I was living in my old house. They were called Mickey and Minnie. James wanted to name them Mickey and Minnie too, but unfortunately the hamsters are all females, so he thought of Minnie and Tinny. I didn't like them. They were nameless until some friends came over and noticed that one really likes going on the wheel, and the other one seems like it really wants to escape. Hence, one of my friends came up with the names Marathon and Ninja respectively. Haha! The 2 names didn't seem too feminine, so James and I adapted them to Mara and Nina. =)=) Ima re-think it now though, coz it seems like Nina really likes staying in the tunnel. Might just name her Tuna instead. LOL!

- Our shopping trolley.

- Hamsters that we were looking at. They're soooo cute and tiny! Do you see their "house" at the back of the pic? At first we thought there were only 3 of them. But when the staff lifted the house up to let us have a look at the hamsters, there were like 8 of the piled up on top of each other! 8 in that small hole!!!! SO CUTE!!!

- In the process of setting their new home.

I guess, in short, what I'm saying is that I feel like everything's falling into place bit by bit. I have a bf who loves me dearly; I have a job (at long last!) so that I can support myself without using my parents money (eventually); I'm not doing too bad with my studies; I am enjoying my life. =)

Labels: hamsters, happy girl and loved, pets, work

15 Months Anniversary

Once again, our relationship has reached another milestone amongst yet many many more milestones to come. Despite there being huge rows and misunderstandings, we've managed to progress further than any other couples brought together by the renowned 110 Charter Avenue house party in 2008. Everyone's been saying: "I'm surprised James and Krystal managed to last this long!" I like surprising people. Teeheehee XD

As James will be busy at uni today, we decided to celebrate this little occasion yesterday. However, we failed miserably at it. Hahaha! First of all, we got up late. We kinda planned to got ice-skating, but everywhere shuts early on Sundays. Stupid UK! So that was out. Then we decided to make pancakes. The plan nearly failed as there wasn't enough milk. But James managed to get to the supermarket JUST in time before it closed. He had to negotiate with the security at the entrance to let him in. Lol. We were supposed to go out for dinner too, but overslept YET AGAIN. LOOOOL! What can I say? We are a couple that loves sleeping! =)=) We just ended up ordering takeaway and watching anime, Bleach.

Basically, the only thing that came out right today was pancakes!!! *yum yumsss* Look at how much we made! Couldn't finish them all.

I like it though. Just the both of us..... staying in..... spending time with each other doing nothing....... one chilled but loving day.. =D

Labels: happy girl and loved

Life's ups and downs

Life is really a merry-go-round, huh? You go up and you go down on your pony. It's a never ending cycle. One minute you're really happy, the next even the tiniest of actions can bring that all back down into the deepest hole. Yet again, the tiniest of actions can bring that all back up high high into the sky. This goes to prove how unstable and vulnerable us humans are, unless of course you are that great so as to have mastered to control your emotions, and learn to forgive and forget. That, my friends, is very very hard to do. But I think these flaws and how we change over time make us such beautiful creatures. It's what makes life interesting. =]

Despite feeling so so so down the 2-3 weeks ago, I can say that I'm a really happy bunny now. Lol. What has happened, happened. All we can do is look forwards and move on. No use thinking about the past as there's nothing you can do to change history or take back what you've done. Time is always, always, always the key to healing ANY wound. Let it be hours, days, or even years, depending on how forgetful and forgiving you are. Lol. Anyway, what I'm saying is that thing's have changed, and James and I are a lot better than before. I thought things wouldn't go back to the way they were after what happened last time. Instead, I feel so so so much more loved now, especially after his birthday dinner.

Celebrated James' 21st last weekend. He was really upset that some of his bestest mates couldn't make it to his dinner. And his dad didn't really prioritise that evening well. I just felt so useless as I don't know much people here. No strings to pull. The only person I could really persuade was his dad. Although obviously he would come, I sent him a text nonetheless ensuring that he'd come to James' dinner as I could tell James was quite upset that his dad was probably not coming. That dinner turned out fine. And most importantly, James was happy. I am happy when he's happy. Before we slept that night, he said some really touching stuff, made me cry ='[ He hugged me so tightly to sleep, and gave me the most kisses when I'm asleep (even though asleep, but I could feel.. lol..) ever! =D

Then the next day, we went for dimsum with one of James' best friends, Max, and his gf, Shristi. A double date basically. I asked them the night before whether they wanted to go as I was craving dimsum, and surprisingly, they really wanted to. I really enjoyed my time with just the 4 of us. I am really glad that not only am I on closer terms with his family and his friends, we can get along well. I actually really like them, and like spending time with them.

I just finished my exams today. Fail for sure!!!!! Die!!!!! X_X

Going on James' driving experience this Saturday. I will be his "la la dui". I won't be surprised if I ended up cross-eyed by the end from seeing him go round in so many circles. Haha..

xoxo

Labels: happy girl and loved, relationships