Silver Lining in Pain

(Posting this because I miss him hehe. Backlog post that I detailed down some time back after the incident, intending to post it on a later date) 

There was this one time when I had a really bad gastric pain. It was the first time my gastric hurts so much to the extent that I felt nauseous. It was the most intense gastric pain I ever had. 

At that time, I was with Marcus at his house. We didn't had dinner earlier because I wasn't that hungry but who knows, when we were leaving for late night dinner / supper, I was strucked with the worst gastric pain ever. 

But anyway, that's not the point. Hehe moving on. 

Knowing that I was having gastric pain, he immediately poured me a glass of water and got me some biscuits to munch on. After awhile, I felt and thought I was better, so we left for prata (only because it was late and I insisted that I'm okay to eat prata). 

But damn it, upon reaching, I was feeling so nauseous again I felt bile at my throat. Hence, I stood at one side to rest in case I vomit at the prata shop (man, that would have been utterly gross looking back). He stood by me patiently at a side, carried my things and rubbed my back. 

After I felt slightly better and reached the prata shop, he immediately ordered for me without delay. I remember how he was looking at me with a pained look, seeing that I'm in discomfort,  asking me which beverage I want, recommending I order a milo or something to soothe my stomach. I didn't though hehehe cos I don't like milky stuff (picky as he would describe me)

& when the prata came, he offered and subsequently helped me break the prata into smaller pieces seeing that I'm in pain. 

But because I was feeling so much discomfort than expected, I couldn't stomach down the prata at all and only ate a few bites. And these few bites was with so much difficulty, I literally chew chew chew, drink some water and swallow the food with water. Oh god, remind me to always eat on time. It was SO uncomfortable.

He asked if I wanted to go rest in the car first and when I said no and that it's okay, it was evident that he was eating much faster just so I could go and rest in the car faster even when I told him to slow down. He reassured me to not worry and that he could eat it fast (this silly boy). Once he's done with his food, he asked me to sit down and settled the bill and held me back to the car. 

When I was in the car and closed my eyes to rest, this caring boy immediately turn the radio volume smaller so that I can rest better and drove me home. 

Below my house, there was a convenience store. He asked me to stay and wait in the car while he rushed to get food for me. He came back with a sandwich and Ribena and also attempted to get me medication but unfortunately the store doesn't sells it. 

Since I was feeling pain and discomfort, and even though the gastric pain was caused by an empty stomach, I couldn't get myself to eat much and it's just so hard to swallow any food down. 

Despite so, he waited patiently for me to eat and coaxed me to eat more even when I told him I didn't want to eat anymore. 

Thankfully he did so because I felt so much better after having some food in my system despite how tough it was to swallow them down. Thereafter, he sent me back home, reminding me to rest and take good care of myself and not go to work the next day if I'm still not feeling well.

At that moment, I felt so much better (physically & mentally) and told myself that the pain was totally worth it because I got to see how much he care and that was the silver lining out of the pain indeed. I was stupendously touched and felt blessed with him around caring for me. It was a similar way my dad would have cared for my mum or for me. 

In my opinion, I believe that in a relationship, it's the small actions that matters more. It's not the flattery, sweet nothings but the actions that shows more than words. And it is these exact small actions that made me really touched.  

Maybe having someone care for you this way might mean nothing much to some people, or maybe some would have took it for granted. But to me, this would always stay as a memory for me to look fondly back at.

To Marcus - Thank you for showing me love, and for making these few months with you so great. As you or my close friends / family would know, I can be a really indecisive person at times. As one of my bffs still remembers and speaks about it until now, I once took half an hour to decide what pen to get from popular. Hahaha but case in point, despite my sometimes indecisive nature, choosing to be with you is one of my best decisions the whole year round and one of the best things that happened to me this year. May the journey of ours continue to be like that in years to come. I'm looking forward :) 

Date at the Zoo

Hey guys!

Its public holiday today and all I basically did was sleep, eat, laze, catch up on TV series. It's been long since I lazed so much and in a way, I'm kind of glad for this mini me-time and lazing session free of troubles and stress, being lazy in my own skin.

In other news, had freshmen orientation day yesterday and it kinda drained me out walking and completing the games. It's officially one more month till I start school. Kinda nervous and apprehensive on what's to come with school and work to juggle but I know I will be fine. Probably just need to get myself accustomed with this new lifestyle and back to studying.

Anyway, since I'm kinda done catching up with my TV series as of now and have quite a lot of free time on hand, shall blog about my visit to the Zoo with bf earlier on this month.

Realised my posts recently are mostly revolving around Marcus and I. But well, I spend quite a good amount of time with him and we have been going to a couple of attractions lately, hence.

Here's a video of some of the animals we saw that day and some random clips of us!

Sorry my editing skills are not that great and it's a little bit boring but I tried haha

Haven't been to the zoo in years! Was great re-visting it. There were so many changes and attractions I don't recall exist going as a child / young teen previously. And lucky for us, Marcus got us a deal from being a SAFRA member with tickets going at 1 for 1. Such a great steal and serve even more as an encouragement for us to visit the zoo.

Glad we did cos I had a good time there!

woke up early cos this boy here is an early riser + claims that we need quite some time to finish the attraction

and true indeed, we spent quite some time there so it's kinda worth it waking up early

Rhino probably feeling the morning laze too

monochrome setter

so small and cute!

there was a feeding sessions for some animals including giraffes going at $5

but unfortunately (for Marcus probably), I'm kind of a scaredy cat plus, man, have you guys seen how giraffes eat?!

Their tongues are so long I think they will probably lick the food off my hand.

Ok exaggerating much but I'm not a fan of getting giraffe saliva on my hand although it will be quite interesting experiencing feeding them

sucker for cute things like this.

how can I say no to koala macaron and koala sandwich right!

Hahaha but I didn't get it la, I would have if I haven't yet had my meal

saw some art students observing the elephants and drawing them on their drawing book.

guys, I tried, I really did.

why this qt forever pouting one ah

oh hai, can I adopt this cute looking baby african elephant that has four eyes?

I think people will be scared of a four eyed elephant so please give it to me thank you very much

one of the main reason why I wanted to go to the zoo.

they are so cute!

Living the life man, eat and sleep.

is that a death stare?

Ok sorry boss, I lose, don't eat me please

Tapir! 

Was discussing with bf why the Tapir is in this colour.

Bullshitted about how they painted him in white / black and ran out of paint halfway and hahaha look at the picture below! 

Even though it's not because the paint ran out halfway but ok la, close enough, they mentioned about painting it heh

sua gu / mountain tortoise (no pun intended) confession time : I never knew such big tortoise existed

HAHAHA sorry I very sua gu but they are so huge?! I think they are like my size!

Roses are red

Violets are blue

As blue as this pool

Feeling blue I am

#literaturepro #tqvm

so cool being in such close proximity with it!

just separated a glass away from it

I didn't know teddie bear / teddy bear was as a result of him

Cool fact

siao one who will voluntarily and excitedly pester me to help take photo with this lizard

ok probably a lot of other people will but my point being - 我跑都来不急了 please

so scary I think it will jump on me anytime 

imagine my fear when I have to walk past it to exit the exhibition.

Hahahaha okay I very scaredy cat, there were this angmoh who saw me fearing to get close to the lizard and scare me saying something like "ya it will bite you and eat you"

thanks mister, that's very encouraging!

butt so chio! 

the pony's so cute! and it's hair is so smooth!

the zookeeper says they use conditioner on it

check out that hair yo, smoother hair than mine probably

I was so excited when I saw koala cappuccino on the menu and thought it will be a good $5.20 invested. But when I saw this I was disappointed hahahaha.

#bimbomoment but I expected better decoration and nicer looking cups

bf laughed at me when he saw my pathetic-looking coffee hahahaha

What to do when you are charged overpriced for your coffee?

Take more photos of / with it to make your money worth it!

told him to take pic with my coffee to make my money more worth it too hahahaha

Hi, this is the pink monkey attraction.

As you can see, this hyperactive monkey is playing and hanging off the rope.

it's a very rare species.

Fav activity - hanging off a rope and running everywhere

Fav food - eats EVERYTHING and ANYTHING

stupid me climbed up on the thing and I got stuck cos as stupid as it sounds, I don't know how to get down HAHAHA.

I spent a good few minutes sitting there laughing my heart out at my own stupidity and un-coordinated body trying to figure out how to get down.

Ending this post with picture below. If you guys haven't been to the zoo in quite some time like me, I think it will be great re-visiting it cos I had fun! Just bring sunblock and insect repellent cos you will need it!

Bye guys, till the next time, have a good day / week ahead!

(& to Marcus - thank you for bringing / accompanying me to places, for always making time for me. Thanking my lucky stars to have you, x )

Picnic & Kite Flying at Barrage

Went for picnic & kite-flying at Marina Barrage on Monday with Marcus! Before that, lunch was at the famous Sembawang Bai Mee Fen!

Then headed to Giant to get some snacks for our picnic. Probably too little food but it was a healthy picnic definitely. Well, at least the fruits are healthy.

indeed, what's Monday blues hehe

We probably reached there too early. Went there around 4 plus and the sun was scorching hot!

If I was olaf, I would have melted in seconds

this is.................... my cute bf who's also a bird wannabe HAHA.

babe if you are seeing this, don't kill me, I sincerely seek for your forgiveness.

"flap flap flap. red bull gives you wings? nah, this kite gives me wings. flap flap flap, I'm a little bird"

HAHA no, he didn't say that.

Monologue credits to yours truly

Modelling 101 - this is called the "pretend-I'm-staring-into-space-while-I'm-eating-pufferfish" pose

Trending pose of 2015

& this is the "hook-thumb-into-pockets-because-who-does-that-in-daily-life-so-I-must-hook-my-thumb-when-I-have-the-chance" pose

Well, this, this is a classic pose that he nailed.

HAHAHA he's so gonna kill me after this

and this is the "pretentious-candid-pic-where-I-stare-into-space-cos-its-so-common-that-people-smile-at-an-empty-spot-everyday" pose

and this is the "annoyed-with-gf-snapping-pics-non-stop-can-you-hurry-the-f-up" pose

and this is the "ok-la-faster-take-la-weather-very-hot-can't-you-see-I'm-squinting-my-eyes-I-smile-to-you-faster-take" pose

and this is the "hi-I'm-a-pedophile-potential" sneaky look

so the boy challenged me to take photos of clouds.

he laughed when I showed him this. 

Cos apparently it's really just "cloud-cloud" hahahaha

he took it with the building landscape lor, so I don't care, whoever abides the rule wins even though his picture look nicer

he haz a paparazzi girlfwenz

cos messy hair don't care *flips hair*

take picture with me very torturing very sad very xinku meh

side note, we finally got a selfie stick!

cos we be yolo swag no regrets like cool kids

Okay, below are some photo spam where we act cute and did the "1-10" poses. You can skip it but if you wanna see them, thank you very much for patronising our act cute pics.

You are such a kind soul awww.

#1 

walao hair really flying everywhere

#2

#3

#4

#5 

this is him suggesting we do a high five & me eating my hair cos hungry 

#6

 hey I just met you and this is crazy, but here's my number so CALL ME MAYBE?

#7

yo mei yo cool like 007?

#8

huat ah

#9

I look retarded

#10 

version 1.0 - I look like I'm surrendering and his inverted 10

#10 

version 2.0

yay ok no more act cute pictures

I can visualise and hear everyone heave a sigh of relief from these torturous act cute pictures at this point lol

wa my photography skills not bad right!

anyone wanna hire me?

*winks winks*

On a side note, got to thank my bf for teaching me the tricks and tips to flying a kite! I have actually never really succeeded in flying a kite (or rather I never really did bother to attempt it) but guess what, I actually know how to fly a kite now.

YAY +1 point for kite noob me.

At one point, I was even flying the highest kite. *pats myself on the back*  * beams widely*

And nooooooooo, he didn't helped me fly the kite up and let me take over. HAHA my mum was skeptical and assumed so. 

Hello, I fly the kite myself ok! He helped release the kite though.
But of course I wouldn't have made it without his advice / tips.

On a fair note, his kite belongs to the better range so I guess that really helped.

Nonetheless, thanks babe! Was really fun albeit tiring heh.

"they said I can be anything I want

so I became a witch with a flying broom"

Lazed and watch the stars until 8 plus before heading for dinner. 

Was really relaxing and calming to be looking up at the sky, being away from the hustle and bustle of the busy city, being in his embrace with talks of ambitions, life, etc.

So great to unwind indeed. Contented and enjoying bliss in a simple form.

We even saw a shooting star! Didn't manage to make a wish like the Taiwan / Korean drama series though, it was passing too fast.

After which, dinner was at Satay by the bay. First visit there and I thought it was good! Compared to Serangoon Gardens chomp chomp where they similarly offer local delicacies, I would much prefer this if not for the distance from my house.

There's better ventilation and air circulation and much more options like western cuisine aside from the local delicacies too!

And like how all good things come to an end. The great date came to an end and this post has also came to an end. 

Ending this post with this picture of us!

Extremely thankful for the day well spent.

 Great day and great company indeed, x!