Marley & Me

April 30, 2006

Last night, i finished reading a book my sister passed to me called “Marley & Me”. A wonderful heartfelt tribute to a cranky labrador written by John Grogan. Before i started on this book, i was forewarned by my sister that it wasn’t going to be easy reading it. Not because of its thickness, literary style, or font size, but the downright honesty and detailed adventures of this big ol’ dog, will wrench out memories i chose to keep at the back of my mind.

As i read the last few chapters late late last night, i weeped in the solace of my pillow and duvet, contemplating whether i should stop reading the book. But i couldn’t just drop the story just like that, i HAD to finish it. Everything came flooding back, good and bad memories of our family’s beloved dog ‘Flicka’. This book just made me realise how the wounds were still so fresh… i really really miss her. So for the sake of other blog readers who hadn’t seen the video before, here’s the video i did awhile back, in memory of Flicka.

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Thursday morning

April 28, 2006

I made mummy breakfast yesterday. We ate at the patio while it rained and blew a cool breeze in. We pushed our worries aside, talked about the crazy dreams we had the night before, and took a moment to be grateful with life at this moment in time.

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Family dinners

April 25, 2006

So what does he do, while he waits for food to be cooked and served?

Read his MTB magazine from cover to cover.

I cooked (i must say) a pretty amazing dinner for my family last week all by myself. The italian menu: salad, spegetti cabonara and tiramisu. And i must add, all made from scratch. Suprisingly, the tiramisu was dead easy to make, and it was a hit! So good that i HAD to let Wayne’s family try it too! So good, my dad ate up the rest of the bowl the following day

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Wayne’s new gadget

April 24, 2006

Ok i’m going to sound like i’m promoting this item, but its really darn cool!
The Garmin Edge 350

Let’s do some copying and pasting here…

The Edge 305 has the ability to measure pedaling cadence, heart rate, speed, distance, time, calories burned, altitude, climb and descent, plus much more. 305 features include:

Easy-to-install?no calibration required. Just snap it in the included bike mount and go

High-sensitivity GPS receiver?knows your position even in tree cover and canyons, making it extremely reliable for navigation

Customizable cycle computer?shows up to eight different data fields for continuous feedback

Virtual Partner??lets you “race” a virtual competitor, making training fun

Courses?lets you “race” against a recorded course to try to match previously set speeds at every point along the way

Auto Pause??pauses the training timer when you slow down below a specified speed and resumes when you speed up again so you can focus on your ride

Auto Lap ??automatically triggers a lap every time you pass a specified location or travel a preset distance

Training Center software?gives you the ability to create workouts, manage and download courses, and create a detailed post-ride analysis that charts your performance

Its wayne’s early birthday present from his family, and he ABSOLUTELY loves it. I found it so cute how he strapped himself with the heart rate monitor, and started running on the spot, just to see if it was working.

screenshot 1 screenshot 2

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April 19, 2006

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My second first date

April 19, 2006

So today i get a sms in the morning from wayne, asking me if i was free for dinner. And of course i’d jump at any opportunity to meet him, so tonight, dinner out. He picked me up at 8, and complained, “there’s a funny noise at the back of the car, like a clicking noise, don’t know why its making that noise”. And me being the blur blob i was, seriously thought something was wrong with the car. “Can you just open the back, and see what’s rattling at the back” he said. So i opened the boot…and then…

And then…. SURPLiceeeeeee.. there was a bouquet of sunflowers there for me. Such a little sneak my boyfriend.

We ate at Casa Roma along Bukit Timah road, recommended by my parents. Good food and affordable prices! After dinner, we headed to holland V for magazines and coffee. Wayne was “dating” me again, which was so romantic. A perfect evening, with a perfect man. I had such a great time on my second first date.

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New eyes?

April 18, 2006

My sister at the Tan Tock Seng Lasik Centre. She’s seeing the same doctor as wayne, hope she’s a suitable candidate!
Singing out, Live from Tan Tock Seng

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PInc Pouches

April 17, 2006

Hey guys and girls! PInc has been updated New pouches have been specially made to put your lovely jewellery in.

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HEE yaH!

April 15, 2006

Me and Justin just fooling around after the shoot.

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the complete-the-sentence meme

April 12, 2006

From Orientalflower, the complete-the-sentence meme:
Read more…

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My first Meme

April 8, 2006

Using Google Image Search, choose a picture in the first 20 results for:

your first name: Angela

your middle name: Leow

your last name: Gray

your significant other: Wayne

your age:23

your favourite color: Magenta

your favourite food: Japanese

one of your bad habits: Hmmm…

?

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My dad…the Birthday Nazi

April 7, 2006

So it’s my mum’s birthday tomorrow, but since she had to fly off early, we celebrated her special day on wednesday night. And just like every other birthday, the birthday nazi strikes again. I cooked dinner, and my sister bought my mum’s favourite coffeebean & tea leaf cheesecake.

The birthday nazi kept “herding”?us for a?birthday toast then?into the dining room for dinner. We then adjorned to the living room for cake. After blowing out the candles, my dad proceeds to give her the “surprise” present. Well i say “surprise”, because this is how the story goes…

My dad is a gadget-freak, so everytime he gets something, he doesn’t tell anyone and enjoys it all to himself, his guilty pleasure for sure. So when i was looking for envelopes last week, my eyes came across a green box! it was the OSIM Uzap, so for a giggle, i told my mum i found daddy’s new gadget! So when he came home that night, we sang “Zap zap tummy! Zap zap tummy! Zap zap tummy!”

Then he goes on to say “YOU TWIT, you just spoilt mummy’s birthday surprise!!!!!” ……Whoops…

So anyway, he wraps the present in a black plastic bag, with a ribbon made out of masking tape. If you knew my dad, you’d know that’s typical of him.

So for pictures’ sake, mummy pretended to look surprise! And soon, my dad takes the present out of her hand, hooked it up and tried it on first. HAhahaha… It’s not even his present, but he HAS to use it first.

So then he proceeds to strap my mum in and “electrocute” her (pictured) tehehehe… Then it came to our pressie. While she was unwrapping her present, we all heard someone’s phone ringing.

*ring ring* “Mummy isn’t that your phone” *ring ring*

So she goes to pick up her phonecall, and WhoAH! what do we have here!!! it’s her ringtone… BUT NOT HER PHONE! We all bought her a new handphone. hehehe… wasn’t that sneaky? The wrapped box was to throw her off, and we got kevin to secretly call my mum’s number while she was unwrapping. And i searched all day to find her ringtone from her old “hand-me-down” handphone. (Which by the way is the Do-Mi-So tone not available on new Nokias)

“who’s calling you mummy?”

My dad actually called her, just to “test” her new phone. So weird lah two of them, they were having a good 3minute conversation standing 2 metres apart!

So if it’s your birthday

1. Don’t expect to eat at your own timing

2. Expect your candles to be blown our before you had the chance

3. Don’t expect to try your present first

4. There may be a chance you don’t even get to unwrap it yourself!

Happy Birthday Mummy!

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My 5 seconds of fame!

April 5, 2006

So finally i get to see the STB ad i shot end of last year, a whole 5 seconds of me… (out of 60 seconds) HAhahaha… I was casted as a young mother, together with Glenn, my pretend hubby! I wouldn’t mind a kid like Melia, she is such a pretty little girl.

Only shot i didn’t quite like was the spa shot, i look like a dead fish in the rain!

The prints were these two.

More updates later tonight, busy busy today.

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Bike Woes :(

April 1, 2006

Today, after what felt like 2 months (but actually was 2 weeks), we went to Bukit Timah for a “long” short cycle. A short route but we just took the longest time ever to get back to the carpark. Today’s mob: Angela, Wayne, Janice?minus the other half, Joshua, Hansel, Derrek and Terrence. Was Hansel’s virgin BT ride, so we took things easy, plus we all got pretty punctured… ironically, we did get a puncture. Hansel had a nail right through his tyre, and just a while later, Joshua’s chain snapped!!

Was not meant to be i tell you.

I had trouble with my gears, and i didn’t want to complain too much, coz i just wanted to go go go! The last 2 weeks, i already noticed that my gears were not engaging properly, and today, the chain kept coming out completely, especially on my climbs dammit! Only when we took a closer look, we realised, that my chain was on the verge of snapping too! (as pictured)?

I have no idea how that happened, but it was the cause of all my problems. Apparently it’s been broken for awhile… Well you know you’ve pushed it and call it biking when your chain snaps man..Rwooaaarrrrrrr….the animal is loose!! TOmorrOW! Again AGAIN!

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