It's About the Carrot Cake

"It's not about the primecut or the deep ocean abalone, it's about the carrot cake." -- Jeremy Lim

Yes, so this is one of our many endeavors at cooking and making our own food to satisfy those greedy stomachs of ours! =)

Of course, someone got so irritated cos he had to run 3 different places just in search of the 50-cents 'chai poh'... LOL!

Well, but it's all forgotten and buried under all that flour after we started on the making of the chai tau kuey! =D

Slicing the radish was probably the most time-consuming part...

Well, we took the chance to hone our skills! =p

Stirring and mixing the flour batter!

About done...

Transferring onto the steamer...

Here it is!!!

A bit rough at the bottom though.

Proudly presents...

Homemade Fried Carrot Cake! =D

Chomp chomp! =p

It's these little moments with you that makes it all add up to a whole lot of indescribable happiness... =)

Life's Like Carrot Cake

I enjoy every single moment spent with friends and family, but I especially enjoy 1 simple moment with you, be it just watching a show with the lowest viewership on TV or cooking something you can get for $2.50 by just ordering from the uncle like a plate of carrot cake.

For the past 1 year + together, we have tried out recipes and although they didn't always turn out like how we wanted them to be, we enjoyed the process of learning and doing it together. We've cooked pork ribs soup with cabbage before, tiramisu, rosti, fried rice, fried udon, many many more, and recently, our homemade carrot cake.

Dear, I've been wondering who else would love staying at home watching a boring TV show and go through the trouble of making carrot cake on our own, and I can't think of anyone else but you. There is a whole world of cuisine in this world and I wish you will be part of this journey in tasting and cooking them all with me (hehehe... except spicy food, seafood and some others you don't eat that I know, but not many others know).

I love you dear!!!

Now we're here, I don't want it to end.

On the 27th of May 2009, I asked for her hand and I took it with pride and determination that it would be my last relationship, because there walking beside me was a woman I could relate well to, a person who always listened and talked back, a partner who would support me in times of need.

Time passed on and there she was, always around and never backed away. We had our disagreements, we had our bickers, we had our doubts; we pulled through the first few months, and I knew for sure it would never end.

On the 27th of May 2010, it was my graduation again. It was our first year together as a couple. It wasn't exactly a fantastic celebration because all the parade rehearsal had run me dry, and all we had was a simple celebration. However, I am sure the gifts I gave was special, and well-loved.

Time will never wait. It will not give any of us a second chance. I am blissed and glad to have asked for your hand, which blended so well into mine in that very minute when we first held each other, entrusting ourselves in one another.

Dear, I know you were upset when I sounded unhappy, and there were times when you mistook me for what I said or expressed. There is bound to be misunderstandings, and through this, we have learnt more. Everytime I look at you, I know something new, and that makes me love you even more. Dear, nothing will take this away from us, and I believe, in us.

Your mum mentioned that I will have to tolerate you, and I have always been a patient man. There is nothing I won't, and I will embrace these, because it is you whom I love.

Now we have 'pieced' ourselves together, there will be no better fit. You are already the one.

Happy 1 year and 2 days, and counting =D.

Love,
Jeremy dear.

Free Time!

Since I've got the free time to blog while waiting for my mummy's 'lu dan' ...

Jiayou dear!

Hehe.. Exams will be done and over in 10 days, it'll be fast, and my training at Changi will be completed in 3 weeks, which equate to only 15 more days of training!

Dear will be able to finish her first year, though a bit of a struggle because of time constraints, quite well, that I strongly believe! All the best!!

In case I do not have time to message you just before your paper starts for the following 3 days, GOOD LUCK MY DEAR!!!

I love you =D

A Million Thanks to My Idiot

Really really want to say a big thank you to that guy who has been accompanying me thru the past few weekends - especially the one that just passed - at home, so that I can do my work while spending time with you... well, in a way... =x

If not for my super supportive boyfriend, I think I'd have died-ed long ago!

Thanks dear, for not just your presence which never fails to make me persist on... But also for all the support and encouragement you've given me. I will survive, don't worry! =)

I love you dear. Many loves.

Your smile makes my day.

Loves

I love my dear...

Only my idiot will dote on me so much that he comes all the way from west to east and back to west again on his nights out just to accompany me for less than 1 hour!

My poor boyfriend... LOL! =p

And that's why I love you. =)

My Idiot

My dear, Mr C H Lim

My idiot dear is not exactly the romantic, full-of-surprise kind of guy you'd expect. He can't draw, his art isn't exactly an A grade, he can't keep surprises, he doesn't buy you romantic gifts, doesn't buy you flowers...

But he can cook, he showers you with care and concern, pampers you with all the love he's got, he tries to make little gifts which didn't turn out the way he wanted, he does everything you ask of him without a complain, floods you with his "I love you"s...

... and that is why I can't help it but fall for him again and again.

Happy 9th Month Anniversary, my dear... I love you. =)

All Over Again

Thank you my dearest for the previous post!!

I love you so much too!! =D

Now that I'm starting training again at a proper unit, the waiting for weekends will commence once again. The next 3 months or so will pass very fast I'm sure, because I will be thinking of you all the time, every day, every hour, every minute.

I love you dear. Long live to us!!! =D

The Number 21

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAREST IDIOT! =)

For that, you shall get 21 "I love you"s

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

I Love You

Hope you enjoyed your day and presents! Hehe!

Final Showdown

Dear is at his 28km route march now. From Kranji War Memorial back to camp. (I wonder how the passerby's are supposed to survive that seemingly scary hallucination. LOL!)

Oh no, I missed dear's call and SMS-es just now at 3+! Omg, I've been like eagerly looking forward to it, constantly checking my phone the whole day, through lecture. And yet! Yet, just at that point in time when I was most free, waiting for the tutorial room door to open, I didn't catch the call, the messages!

Nearly felt like killing myself after that when it finally occurred to me to take out my phone and check. Really almost cried then and there. Was super emo through out the whole tutorial. Couldn't really concentrate. Couldn't absorb anything I was trying to revise last minute for the test at 6. Sigh! =(

Well, at least I finally managed to get better just before the test. Am feeling much better by now.

Anyway, I'm like very emo nowadays. Tap breaks down so frequently. Can't control! =x My poor idiot has to put up with me. So sorry to make you worry dear!

So, to my sweetest and most adorable boyfriend...

- take care during the route march okay, no 70 rounds k!

- don't fall sick! there's still CNY coming up!

- there's only 3 more days to go... Jiayou! =)

- don't keep apologising to me, I feel so bad =(

- I'm really looking forward to your SMS tomorrow!

... and, lastly but most importantly,

I MISS YOU DEAR! so much so much... I need your arms... =(

I love you... =)

Loves

Yay! I'm a happy girl once again! =p

My idiot is the best boyfriend in the world! HEHE! =)

Thanks dear, for traveling 1 hour here and 1 hour back just to see me for that less than 1 hour. Really appreciate it loads. Love you so much!

Loves x 2705 =)

Field Camp End

Oh no, I forgot to post yesterday night! Was too carried away by the fact that I actually survived the day alone pretty easily, occupying myself with my accounting tutorial all day.

Anyway, yesterday I signed up for a MOE career talk that I wanted to go to help you listen for stuff, but ended up too lazy to go. HEHE... =x

Phew, field camp finally ended. But I'm so sorry I didn't come home earlier... Could have talked to you for so much longer. And you could have gone to sleep so much earlier. Sigh! =(

I need to see my dear asap. I miss that idiot so so so much! =(

The 27th

Happy 8th Month Anniversary my dear! =)

I'll be wishing you in my heart...

I love you, my dear idiot.

Field Camp Day 2

Day 2 down! 2 more days to go... Not too bad, at least school keeps me busy.

Today while I was walking home, I saw the evening moon, and was thinking to myself - good, at least you had the half-a-moon worth of moonlight yesterday. Certainly hope you didn't get lost out there! =(

I miss my idiot so much! Haiz! How am I to survive through the whole of tomorrow in silence of my phone? I really miss jumping up in excitement whenever I hear a message come in... Especially at night. Morning/Afternoon ones would be a bonus. =(

Sigh, I miss having to wake up at 4, 5 am in the morning to check for messages some idiot sent me... I don't mind if it disrupts my sleep. It gives me the energy I need to see me through the whole day. =(

In short, I miss you dear... Come back quick! =(

Field Camp Day 1

Oh man, there really hasn't been any posts coming up lately. Since I'm in the mood to blog these days, I shall do my daily update of the field camp again! =)

Sigh! It's field camp yet again. I have no idea why this round of field camp seems so exceptionally unbearable. Might be due to the amount of time we spent together recently, plus the preceding events that happened just before this. =x

Anyway, I'm glad Day 1 is over... soon.

Like I mentioned yesterday (or this morning), IT is not an embarrassing thing at all. It just makes you so adorable... I like! HEHE... =)

Jiayou dear... We can do this, again! =D

Getaway.

14th - 15th DEC 2009 -outdated.

First .. Happy New Year, 2010 for the both of us!

Now, I'll update on the short getaway we had on the beautiful island of Sentosa. Hmm ..

We stayed in Amara Sanctuary for that 2 days which was very well-furnished and comfortable. Just the place we needed to chill-ax. Haha.

First day, we went up to Fort Siloso, free entries granted from an ex-colleague who was the stand-in IC of the day. It was my first time taking a walk there as a visitor rather than a staff, and it was enjoyable to walk through the history of Singapore. I managed to squeeze out that little bit of memory I had to explain to dear the different information and also present some interesting hideouts other visitors might not know. Hehe ..

Next was a walk by the beach looking for dinner and taking a few photos (actually a lot of photos whenever I am with dear, HAHA!) of the sunset along Palawan. We settled for this Beach Cafe on Siloso beach, somewhere near the Luge & Skyride, and I must say they serve great food, especially the beef burger. Trust me, it was the best burger I have tasted, yet. Haha! The open setting of the restaurant was great, and since it was a weekday, there wasn't a crowd filling the place, heightening our dining experience there =D.

Songs of the Sea was the next attraction we visited, again, free entries courtesy of my ex-colleague. Haha. I think it was so much more enjoyable to be watching with some one you love or with your friends than watching it with your colleagues after getting the visitors seated. HAHA!

We made a trip to the Butterfly park on the second day afternoon, and dear wasn't as afraid of insects as I thought she might be! Haha. She didn't dodge and scurry away when a huge butterfly flew pass, nor did she scream or hide. Ok, she was disgusted by those abnormally large beetles, but she was more fascinated by the different butterflies. Haha.

After spending a long time at the park, we had late lunch at this other restaurant. We weren't particularly hungry so we shared some food and the rain spoilt our plan for the Luge & Skyride after our meal. With no other choices, we headed back to Amara to collect our bags and left for Wiwo City, and home next.

*That was also the day dear didn't feel very healthy and started to fall sick the next day, and a few days later discovered that she had dengue. She's all well now though =D.

All in all, I enjoyed my getaway with dear, even if it's only at Sentosa. Nothing fancy, nothing over the top, just she and I spending our little quiet time together.

I love these getaways =D.