Wednesday, September 16, 2009
My 24th Birthday!!
On Monday the 14th September, i turned 24 years of age... Thank you to all you guys who remembered me and sent me birthday wishes! i love all of you!!
So ill tell you how me birthday night went down...
Initially i told Josh that i didnt feel like celebrating on my actual day, given that i had to hand up all that crap (my tutorial, and draft of an assignment due) on Tuesday.. so we are going to celebrate on Friday! But i did expect at least a present!! ha ha I come home and he holds something small behind his back.. and im thinking "SCORE!! JEWELLERY!!" THEN he goes "Deb, i know u like surprises, so here's one for you!" With bated breath I wait in anticipation with a big smile on my face... then he pulls out... "A KINDER SURPRISE!!!"" at this point im thinking "he's hidden the jewellery in the kinder surprise? how can he do that? the chocolate looks intact..." then my world comes crashing down at this point when i do realise that it indeed, IS a Kinder Surprise. Not a Kinder Bueno (the good one) but the crappy egg. I GOT A BLOODY EGG!!! He must have seen my face at this point because he very quickly goes "well arent u going to open it!!!" I kinda smush the egg down on the table and proceed to check out dinner. The sweetheart has cooked me dinner!! Pasta no less!! So that part was nice, but the thing is, its nothing out of the ordinary.. and he's cooked me pretty fancy dinners (more than plain pasta with a tomato base with minced meat).. so we sit down infront of the TV (yes we are heaps romantic), and proceed with our dinner. Half way through i got thirsty (as you do), and asked him if there was any soft drink, Sprite or Grapetiser (sparkling grape juice) in the house? Well, you guessed it.. there was NONE.. and that was what set me off.. I mean, is it sooo wrong to want to drink GRAPETISERS on my BIRTHDAY? On usual days there is ALWAYS SOME SORT OF SOFT drink in the HOUSE!! But NOOOOOONE ON my birthday night! NOSIREEE!!!!! ZILCH! Just like the big fat egg i got as a present. I then proceed to crack a mini spaz and proclaim the virtues of drinking grapetisers, how i have a coupon to get 20% off grapetisers, how much i love grapetisers, and how much i would love to drink Grapetisers NOW.. i must have said the word "grapetisers" like fifty hundred billion times.. ha ah josh then goes "fine deb! lets go to COles. You will have your GRAPETISERS tonight okay?" And that was how we ended up at Coles on my birthday night, me on an all-expenses paid shopping trip and he being the provider of this. We bought like, 5 bottles of Grapetisers and YES i did get to drink my grapetisers on that night! ha ha To add insult to injury i discovered in the chocolate aisle, that Kinder Surprise eggs were REDUCED and selling cos they had to get rid of the stock... thats why he didnt bloody buy me a kinder bueno.
Then on Tuesday night i come home and he presents me with this yellow capsule and goes "wanna help me make the toy Deb?" It takes like 30 secs for me to register and im like "U ATE MY KINDER SURPRISE?!!" to which he goes "opps" and runs away!!! ha ha He also cooked me dinner on Tuesday, which we had Asian food!! =0)
deb's outta there..
DEbBy [9/16/2009 11:05:00 AM]
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Come Home Soon..
I know I haven't been writing ever since we got married, but this is my first night alone, without Josh, and I haven't quite yet figured out what else to do. Josh has gone camping with a couple of his mates, and wont be back till late saturday afternoon. Initially I thought "wow this is fantastic!! Finally a little "ME" downtime!!" Let me tell you, I am LOVING IT!! After work today I went to the city for a relaxing massage, came home and proceeded to give the dog a shower, cook dinner for One and set myself up very comfortably, and snug with a whole lotta DVD girly serieses like Sex and the City and Gilmore Girls - series that only I, as a woman will watch (and that Josh will ban).
Josh has gone camping up near Cape Jervis, which is like a 2 hour drive from Adelaide. When I say camping, dont think crappy wooden bunks shared with 35 other people, and meals all nicely catered and everything provided for. When I say "Camping", I mean sleeping in a tent, on the floor, in a sleeping bag. Out in the cold. Its raining down cats and dogs here in Adelaide, and I think it'll be so much worse in Cape Jervis. Today it got dark at around 4.30pm. And it was rainy, windy and cold. I am so glad I am in my nice, snug warm bed with a heater next to me. Not even Josh's self proclaimations of 'I'll come back a MAN deb just YOU SEE!!" tempts me to move.
Come home soon honey. Milo, Charlie and I cannot wait to see you. But ill bet you cant wait to see us (or the sight of your bed) more.
deb's outta there..
DEbBy [7/10/2009 11:04:00 PM]
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Monday, April 27, 2009
5 more days..
In 1 days time, my sisters & dad are boarding a plane to come to Adelaide.
In 2 days time, I will see them for the first time in 3 months.
In 3 days time, my brother is flying in from Sydney and I will see him.
In 4 days time, my other rellies are flying in from Sydney & Singapore.
All for the wedding.
In 5 days time, I will be married.
Like it or love it, I will be Mrs Joshua Pak. I will have a family of my own – a small little 2 person household, but a family nonetheless. No longer will I be alone anymore. Charlie and Milo will have a live-in father figure (HA HA HA.. okay ill stop here).
Excitement, nervousness (what if it rains), happiness, sadness, and all the emotions of the rainbow pulsate through me this week. Precious time is spent with my family and just being with them.
Since my mum and grandma are here, I haven’t spent much time with Josh. I have only seen him about 2 -3 times this week (as compared to the manic 5-7 days in a week that I see him and spend time with him).
We had our respective Hens Lunches and Bucks Night this weekend. It turned out to be soo much fun and enjoyment. Special thanks to my bridesmaids here – Joy and Serena for organising. And Thanks too for the people who bothered to come for it!! Appreciate and love you guys heaps.
deb's outta there..
DEbBy [4/27/2009 03:58:00 PM]
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Monday, April 13, 2009
A New Era..
Today was Easter Monday, and hence, a public holiday in Australia. I spent most of the day throwing out most of my study. My uni notes, accumulated over the course of the 7 years i spent in Australia. The ever growing pile of Uni Notes, which I religiously and painstakingly lugged from accomodation to accomodation. Yes, I decided enough was enough. Let this throwing out signify the end of a fantastic chapter of my life - my singlehood. True, I had to restrain myself from diving into my recycling bin and retrieving my precious cargo - i worked hard on those notes and i do consider them my blood, sweat and tears.
But its the start of a New Era. In less than 3 weeks, I will be hence known as Mrs Joshua Pak. I will have to share my humble 2 bedroom abode with someone. I will have to take someone else into consideration in everything I do. No longer will I be able to say that I live by myself. No longer will I be able to say that I am alone. From now on, it will be a WE instead of an I. I cant wait to live with Josh. I cant wait to start the next chapter of our lives - together.
In less than 3 days, I will be welcoming my grandma and mother. THey are coming up for the wedding! I am soo excited, and feel so blessed to be able to share this with my family - the most important priority for me.
deb's outta there..
DEbBy [4/13/2009 10:04:00 PM]
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Women can do anything..
If you know me, I NEVER prune my garden or take care of it. But lately its gotten quite out of hand, to the point where i cant stand going into my garden sanctuary.. so i knew something had to be done.
After weeks and weeks of Josh and me saying "we will do it next weekend when we're free", i got frankly, quite sick of it.
A brilliant idea occurred to me this afternoon - Why dont i try it myself?!! But along with this idea, doubts and fear set in..
"I've never done this before by myself.. what if i cant handle it??"
"What if it turns out reallly badly looking??"
"What if i accidentally snip off part of charlie's head?!"
After wrestling with the idea, rational set in:
"There's always a first for everything; how will you know if you dont give it a go??"
"IF it turns out really bad, you and CHarlie are the only ones that are going to look at it, so whatever!"
"YOu WONT charlie is really short, and just keep him away from the scissors"
So i tried.
THe photos of my victory are up on facebook.
Moral of the story: Women can so do anything, without having to rely on anyone else.
deb's outta there..
DEbBy [1/24/2009 05:58:00 PM]
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
:)
Will he be alright? Is everything going to be okay??
Will they find something horribly wrong with him??All these questions play through my mind as I get ready to drop him off. This morning when I was dressing him I just couldn’t help realizing how quickly time passes. He’s nearly grown up. My little boy is becoming a man.
Well, today little Charlie is getting The Cut. In other words, he is getting spayed. Poor guy.. yes he has reached the 6 month adolescent stage where he is starting to hump Milo. No he is not gay, its just.. hormones.
I hope that
- Everything will be fine
- He will have an easy surgery.
- They wont find any complications
- He will be well enough for me to spoil tonight and the rest of the week.
deb's outta there..
DEbBy [1/13/2009 11:00:00 AM]
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
The Real World Beckons darl..
I am sooo thoroughly exhausted. Every single part of me, physically and emotionally, aches. Partly due to Touch Footy in Singapore that was friggin awesome.
Thank you for coming to send me off. I couldn’t believe how nice everyone was. Its been like 7 years and each year everyone of you guys still come to the airport in one whole big group, and send me off. I mean, I just really, really appreciate u all making the effort and taking the time to do this.. sorry im getting abit emotional at the moment, and if I write a big thank you to everyone right now I think I would burst into tears, and since I’m at work at the moment, it would be soo weird (my boss sits in the next cubicle to me). Actually im feeling like I could burst into tears at any given point today but we shall not go there.
What can I say?
I just really miss you guys right now. I had a great time in Singapore but honey, the real world gently beckons again.
Not to sound dramatic but…
When I walked through the airport gates (okay, well more like, ran), I felt like well, I was being torn into two pieces.
There are aspects of my life that I love in Singapore, and there are the tiny little everyday aspects of my life here in good old Adelaide, South Australia. Hell, I love every single thing about living in Adelaide. The friends, the house, the job, the car, the gym (I even have a gym buddy!!) I can see myself living here forever and ever amen. I mean lets face it, I love the Australian way of life and I love being (well, partly, bloody Australian).
I love the Australian landscape and its curious beauty.
I love the weather and its seasons.
I love my Aussie life and being part Aussie.
I love my Job – its comfortable and what Singapore will call slack, even by Aussie standards.
I love the people I work with.
I love my dog Charlie, and my cat Milo. And I love living with them.
I love going to the gym in the evenings (and some early mornings), sweating it out (sometimes with Serena) and planning my health and fitness.
I love being soo independent, having to budget from week to week.
I love my car and my house (I can actually say its my house, one that im paying off).
I love Josh and his family. I love that he has a family here.
I love my church life, what I do and what im about.
In reality, I love everything about this life, and I mean everything.
Then there is the family and friends that I’ve grown up with in Singapore. I don’t know everything and I don’t have all the facts about moving back to Singapore. I think that I may not even enjoy the lifestyle, especially the one where u stay in Singapore to work, not for a holiday.
But I do know how it feels at night when there is no one there but you. I swear one of the only things keeping me sane is actually listening to my dog snore.
I do know what a panic attack feels like at 2am in the morning.
The worst one I had was when I actually bought my dog Charlie and Josh had to come over at 1am to reassure me that everything was going to be alright and he was there for us and he was a part of the whole “getting a dog” idea. I was a wreck and tears were streaming down my face. Crying soo hard that I couldn’t even breathe and mucus was all over my face, yet how nice was he to reassure me.
I do know how it feels to come home to an empty house.
I do know what it is to feel like an outsider in a place where families are all around galore but not mine. Its like a kid standing outside a big crowded lolly shop in the middle of winter; in the cold, rain and wind just looking hungrily at all the lollies, wishing with all heart that he/she could be inside that shop.
I do know what loneliness is.
I do know now why Aussies drink so much (ha ha).
God give me direction I don’t know what to do. Move to Singapore or not?
I need direction and I need peace and I need to sleep. Sleep without interruption. A dreamless sleep...
deb's outta there..
DEbBy [1/06/2009 11:48:00 AM]
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