A magical evening, with my one and only and no one else...
This is the first time I've ever done a dinner like that, complete with wine and all. Nerves were settling in, soon replaced by the exhuberance of an absolutely fantastic meal, with excellent service and ambience. The food was out of this world, with truffles costing $10,000 a kilo being served for every course, in small controlled portions of course! It was a wonderful evening, complete with the most beautiful person in the world!
I love you honey!
Pic posts coming up soon, with a full blow-by-blow on the meal! =D
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
To My Special Someone
The day started off pretty ordinary, with a early morning basketball game with my ol' mates. Had fun bonding with them, enjoying the camaraderie of long-absent friends. Good clean fun, followed by lunch with my sweetheart, with whom I was celebrating my 2nd Year Anniversary with, on the 17th of Nov.
How could I fortell that my supposedly-busy-with-the-exams sweetheart had planned a couple massage therapy session at the spa which I brought her to last year?! It was the most awesome experience, not just because of the quality of the service and place, but for the incredible feeling to just gaze upon her, her little cheeky smile as she struggled to contain the secret casually disguised through normalcy. To enjoy an 80 minute long massage, followed by a Shanghainese lunch, and chilling out at her place, just the two of us, made for such an unbelievably wonderful and immensely satisfying afternoon! To see her little beaming face as her masterplan unfolded without major glitches, to catch the scent of her hair as a breeze blows a wisp past my face, to watch her smile in love, and to see that blindingly adorable pair of eyes widen and close as she wheedles a favour from me, is by far the reward that I love to see more than any other.
It's just unbelievable how much you really depend on a person, how a few days simply become months in your eyes as you crave her being with you, to catch a light scent of her on you, to find the almost overbearing pleasure just in holding her close to you, to see a glittering smile and twinkle in the eyes of the one you love. The ecstatic feeling of seeing this in someone not in a relationship with you returned in kind, slowly giving way to a binding affection and heart-aching love that you feel, that you can almost hear her breathe so far away as you lie awake at night. How thinking of a person cleans up your rotten day, hearing her voice in times of trouble transports you into a world of love, where troubles are cleared from you and put on hold. How writing a letter to her becomes therapy, as you pen words of love and honesty for her to read, and have the gesture returned. It's not easy to find a love like that, anywhere. It's easy to forget, in anger, all that a loved one has done for you, has gifted you with. Keep it in mind, that love is unconditional, and when you receive this precious gift from the most beautiful person in the world, nothing else ever compares.
Thank you for 2 years of love, joy and beauty, cyncyn. You are my heart and joy, my little jewel box of treasures that never fails to amaze me. I don't know if we're meant to last forever, to tie the knot or what other silly fantasies crafted by most others, but I sure as hell hope so.
I love you, Cyn! =)
Sweeter than Strawberries, More Perfect than Peaches,
Through It All, I Know You'll Come to See,
We'll Always Be, 'Till the End
How could I fortell that my supposedly-busy-with-the-exams sweetheart had planned a couple massage therapy session at the spa which I brought her to last year?! It was the most awesome experience, not just because of the quality of the service and place, but for the incredible feeling to just gaze upon her, her little cheeky smile as she struggled to contain the secret casually disguised through normalcy. To enjoy an 80 minute long massage, followed by a Shanghainese lunch, and chilling out at her place, just the two of us, made for such an unbelievably wonderful and immensely satisfying afternoon! To see her little beaming face as her masterplan unfolded without major glitches, to catch the scent of her hair as a breeze blows a wisp past my face, to watch her smile in love, and to see that blindingly adorable pair of eyes widen and close as she wheedles a favour from me, is by far the reward that I love to see more than any other.
It's just unbelievable how much you really depend on a person, how a few days simply become months in your eyes as you crave her being with you, to catch a light scent of her on you, to find the almost overbearing pleasure just in holding her close to you, to see a glittering smile and twinkle in the eyes of the one you love. The ecstatic feeling of seeing this in someone not in a relationship with you returned in kind, slowly giving way to a binding affection and heart-aching love that you feel, that you can almost hear her breathe so far away as you lie awake at night. How thinking of a person cleans up your rotten day, hearing her voice in times of trouble transports you into a world of love, where troubles are cleared from you and put on hold. How writing a letter to her becomes therapy, as you pen words of love and honesty for her to read, and have the gesture returned. It's not easy to find a love like that, anywhere. It's easy to forget, in anger, all that a loved one has done for you, has gifted you with. Keep it in mind, that love is unconditional, and when you receive this precious gift from the most beautiful person in the world, nothing else ever compares.
Thank you for 2 years of love, joy and beauty, cyncyn. You are my heart and joy, my little jewel box of treasures that never fails to amaze me. I don't know if we're meant to last forever, to tie the knot or what other silly fantasies crafted by most others, but I sure as hell hope so.
I love you, Cyn! =)
Sweeter than Strawberries, More Perfect than Peaches,
Through It All, I Know You'll Come to See,
We'll Always Be, 'Till the End
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The dinner
As promised, the dinner starring the food that me, farand and andrew had.
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What became of them?
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Awesome stuff.
What became of them?
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Awesome stuff.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
The Passing of an Era
My grand-uncle passed away this morning. He was 88 going on to 89 years old. He was the oldest living Victorian, which means a lot to me, from the institution that I love. He was really quite something, always coming to any party or function dressed not in pyjamas as some of the elderly do, but in a suit, always a grey suit, standing as erect as he could on his close-to-a-century-old shoulders. His passing signalled the end of an era, one which we all hoped to grow up under the protection of. My sincere condolences go out to his immediate loved ones.
I went to visit him twice in Changi General Hostipal, where he reluctantly went to, after adamantly refusing to go to Singapore General Hospital, seeing that a fair number of his loved ones passed on there, including his wife. The last words I ever heard him speak was, through his incessant, involuntary shaking and his pain, "Thank you for coming to visit." Even in midst of his own plight, he remained what a Victorian was brought up to be, a gentleman. He was a tough nut to crack, staying on at all our parties til one in the morning, drinking the brandy he was so fond of. At 88, he wrote in his diary everyday, about his comings and goings and notes about people he met. He walked to the market everyday, to buy tomatoes which he so strongly attributed his good health to, apart from brandy. He was a force unstoppable, or so he seemed to me.
In short, he's everything I want to be at his age: Proud, Strong, and Gentlemanly. I'm going to miss you, Lao Ku. Rest in Peace.
Unsurprisingly, this got me thinking 'bout a lotta stuff that's happened over the past few years. It's amazing how a person is reminded of his own mortality after a life close to his fizzes out. Relative or friend, it stings and shocks, and tells you that one day, you'd be facing this scenario too. A few years back, a string on suicides involving JC students took place, and I knew one of them. Well, not really knew, but just knew his existence in the world. Be that as it may, it was shocking to see someone that young, MY age, throw himself out of a window, problems regardless. The other case was even worse, when a highly promising VJC committed suicide over personal issues. What drives people to take such drastic measures, when the termination of life represents the ending of all they know? If the ending of a life can cause such pain and sorrow, what more the tragedy surrounding it?
With all that is great and blessed by God himself, I hope the world becomes a better place.
I went to visit him twice in Changi General Hostipal, where he reluctantly went to, after adamantly refusing to go to Singapore General Hospital, seeing that a fair number of his loved ones passed on there, including his wife. The last words I ever heard him speak was, through his incessant, involuntary shaking and his pain, "Thank you for coming to visit." Even in midst of his own plight, he remained what a Victorian was brought up to be, a gentleman. He was a tough nut to crack, staying on at all our parties til one in the morning, drinking the brandy he was so fond of. At 88, he wrote in his diary everyday, about his comings and goings and notes about people he met. He walked to the market everyday, to buy tomatoes which he so strongly attributed his good health to, apart from brandy. He was a force unstoppable, or so he seemed to me.
In short, he's everything I want to be at his age: Proud, Strong, and Gentlemanly. I'm going to miss you, Lao Ku. Rest in Peace.
Unsurprisingly, this got me thinking 'bout a lotta stuff that's happened over the past few years. It's amazing how a person is reminded of his own mortality after a life close to his fizzes out. Relative or friend, it stings and shocks, and tells you that one day, you'd be facing this scenario too. A few years back, a string on suicides involving JC students took place, and I knew one of them. Well, not really knew, but just knew his existence in the world. Be that as it may, it was shocking to see someone that young, MY age, throw himself out of a window, problems regardless. The other case was even worse, when a highly promising VJC committed suicide over personal issues. What drives people to take such drastic measures, when the termination of life represents the ending of all they know? If the ending of a life can cause such pain and sorrow, what more the tragedy surrounding it?
With all that is great and blessed by God himself, I hope the world becomes a better place.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Colosso
Colloso. Is. Loose. In. The. World.
Visit us today, at www.theageoffood.com!
Must say, excellent work, Farand, old boy! Did a helluva job on the web! Hope you enjoy your NS-stint! =)
In other news, the droo, Farand and I went out for dinner/supper on tuesday night, and we had the largest mega-feast I have eaten so far since JC! Pictures will be posted up soon, if I can! Ok, catch up with you guys soon!
Cheers! =)
Visit us today, at www.theageoffood.com!
Must say, excellent work, Farand, old boy! Did a helluva job on the web! Hope you enjoy your NS-stint! =)
In other news, the droo, Farand and I went out for dinner/supper on tuesday night, and we had the largest mega-feast I have eaten so far since JC! Pictures will be posted up soon, if I can! Ok, catch up with you guys soon!
Cheers! =)
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