One of my closest friend got married today, Wendy. This is the main reason why I came back from Perth so much earlier than what was expected. I didn't want to miss her wedding, and I am glad I didn't. :) I was one of her bridesmaid, so as per Chinese custom, the bridesmaids had to be at the bride's place by 6.30am to help her for the day. So before the groom and his best men went into the house, the bridesmaids, or sisters as they call it, had to make them perform a few stunts before the groom was able to get his bride. So we made them do a few silly things. We made them belly dance to hips don't lie by Shakira together with the belly dancing belts and all, made the groom sing a song, which was quite deafening cos the groom could not sing for his life (It was hilarious), the groom and his best men had to wax their legs and finally, drank some gross concoction of orange juice, soya sauce, vinegar, wasabe and pepper. It was a lot of fun. And the dinner was held at a very nice country club. I met up all my old colleagues from my school and it was really great to see everyone again. I'm looking forward to working with them again.:)

But it was a sweet wedding. I felt a little nostalgic, seeing one of my closest friends get married off, and I started crying when she was doing her prayers at the altar with her husband. But I'm like that. When all my closest friends got married, I cried. I know. I am so lame. But I'm happy for Wendy cos she is starting a new life with her husband, who is a really great person. So Wendy, congratulations on your marriage and enjoy married life! Love you heaps!

The bride.She's gorgeous. And she knows it. And never fails to remind me. :)



The morning event, with all her 'sisters'.



In her bridal suite, while waiting to make her grand entrance.




Mrs Chan, Mrs Han and Mrs Ong, my colleagues in school.



Some of my closest colleagues in school.



The 3 'sisters'. I'm so glad I met them. They are so fun! New friends!! Rui Yin and Juliana.



Wendy's brother, Eric. He was seated at the reception with me and he was intrigued by how full of crap I was. He was entertained too. :)



While waiting for dinner to be served.



Rui Yin and me. She was actually my secondary school classmate and is now one of Wendy's closest friends. Such a small world.



Juliana and me. She's a cam whore, just like me.She's fab. :)



See? I told you. Cam whores. :)

So now, I'm exhausted cos I've been out and about since 530am. Update soon.

I signed up for the gym yesterday. At California Fitness. Was a member for two years but had to have it suspended when I left for Australia early this year. I managed to get a pretty good deal. I signed up for 3 years, at $1588, which comes up to about $44 a month. And that's cheap for a gym membership in town area. And I love the classes and equipment there and the fact that it is right smack in town so I can work out before meeting up friends and stuff.

So when I signed up, I got a free fitness trial. And they measured my BMI, fat content, muscle mass, weight, height, etc. I don't really care about weight and height and all that crap. To me, what's most important is the fat content and muscle mass cos I don't want to be like thin in kilograms, but my body weight is nothing but fat. So I got measured and my weight is about 53kg. What I am most pleased about is my fat content has dropped by a lot. 3 years ago when I first took it in school, my fat content was 30%. I KNOW! 30% of my body weight was fats. Gross. It has dropped to 23% now. Think that's alright, given that I dont really watch my diet and eat basically anything. And my muscle mass has increased as well, almost 40% if I remembered correctly. But the guy who measured me said, I can do better. He said I should try to bring the fat content to about 20-21% and increase my muscle mass to about 2% more. I'm like...ok. How do I do that? So he was telling me that I shouldn't be just doing cardio and should add resistance training to my exercise. Cos right now I'm just running and doing yoga. He says when you just do cardio, you are also burning your muscle mass and that's not what you want. So after listening to that, and wanting to be leaner and toner, I decided to get a personal trainer. I signed up for 2 sessions with this guy and he is going to teach me how to do resistance training properly. I've never had personal training cos its expensive, I don't like guys to look at me when I work out and I have this paranoia of getting big arms. But cos I'm earning again, and I don't really care about the guys looking at me part, and I have been reading and realised that resistance training is one of the best ways to prevent osteoporosis and makes you really lean, I decided to go for it. Why not, right? I'm free this whole Dec and what better way to spend it than work out?

So yes. I'm going to start exercising again from Mon, with my first PT session and then I'll continue with a yoga class with my favourite instructor, who is like the best teacher in the world. I'm looking forward to it.

And people are asking me if I'm coping well being back at home. It's ok, I guess. I get like down moments when I'm alone in the day and get really depressed. Once, on Wednesday morning, I felt so shitty and just started crying in front of the computer and then called up Rushika cos I had to hear a friendly voice from OZ. And I was bawling down the phone, and we talked for a while, and then I felt slightly better. But once I'm out with friends, I'm fine. Think I shouldn't be alone for too long. But I've been out a lot. Met up so many people in just 5 days. Let's see..I've met Wendy, Khalidal, Maya, Farah, Kathy, Derek and today I'm meeting Eli. My mom says she hasn't seen my face since I got back on Sunday. But nice to meet everyone again and catch up. :)

Ok. Wendy's getting married tomorrow and I have to do my hair and nails today. Will update with pictures of her wedding next entry.

I'm back in Singapore. Landed on Sun night. I went home with a bittersweet feeling in my mouth. I met all my closest friends individually and gave them a small gift of a collage of our pictures with a handwritten letter to each of them. It got pretty emotional, to say the least. And on Sat night, my last night in Perth, I had my closest friends over for a final get together and it was really nice to see everyone for one last time, at least till we all meet again. I got so many gifts! A pair of pants and a white top from Rushika, a necklace and lip gloss from Ryan, old school hip hop cds and a mug from Mark, a thick belt from Rushika, Ryan and Mark (I don't know why they bought me double gifts but thanks guys!), a pink pencil case, flower clips and lip gloss from Hannah (she's so sweet. I've only met her once and she actually gave me a gift. Sweetheart.) and a cute dress/ short-dress from Foiza and Anri, which I love. It was nice, talking, laughing, eating, reminiscing about the good times and when everyone finally said goodbye, I was crying so hard I could barely talk. It's sad, having to leave friends behind. And these are not just friends, but like good and firm friends that I made. But like what I told each and everyone of them, it's not goodbye but see you later alligator! :)

Last breakfast, gossip and cam whore session with the girls. This was on a Friday morning. We woke up early, took a walk by the Swan River, and had breakfast at Matilda bay Tea Room and Cafe, and then we took pictures together. Girls, I'll miss you heaps!

The farewell party at my place. My girlfriends.

Nice.

Foiza's mom and sister. They are the sweetest.

My talk-rubbish and tell pervy jokes friends, Rushika and Ryan.

This the short-dress Anri and Foiza bought me! I love it! It's so funny how they bought it for me. We were in the city and they were following me closely into every shop I entered and everything that I touched, hoping to get something for me the minute I showed any interest. I didn't realise this of course and I just thought it was weird they kept asking me to try this on and that on. And I told them, there's nothing good today..hahaha..they wanted to die. Until I went into Sportsgirl and saw this cute thing and tried it on but was reconsidering getting it cos it was costly, $90. Then at my farewell, they took it out and gave it to me!!! I LOVE U GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's so comfy, cute but feminine. Im going to wear it to death here.

Ryan, my baby. He was sick as hell but still came to say goodbye to me. :)

This is Hannah. She's my ex-student's girlfriend. Sweetest thing in the world. :)

Elena and her bf, Will.

Heru, Anri, Rushika and Chinmai.

Heru, my running and dancing partner. He's a really nice guy.

Karina and Elena.

Chad and Rushika.

Chinmai.

This was at the airport.

So Im back, have not unpacked, am in major denial and sweltering in the humidity here. But it was nice to see my mom, sisters, bro in law, niece and nephew. My elder sister was jumping up and down when my plane touched down and my niece and nephew were chanting my name while I was waiting for my luggage.Mortifying, :).

I'm going to unpack now, meeting up all my friends here and catching up.

The girls and I went down to the university campus one last time today after lunch to take pictures of us and the campus before I leave. I remembered when I first came and took pictures here with Mark and now, I'm taking the pictures just before I leave. Foiza's mom and sister came from Pakistan to visit her for a whole month so they came along as well. It was really nice weather for taking photos and we were all dressed in nice and bright colours so the pictures turned out really well. :) My university. Beautiful. Love the architecture.

At the main entrance



Foiza and her family



The girls, in what is probably our last photo session. I'm going to miss you girls!!!!!!!



Me by the reflection pond.





On the grass pasture by the clock tower



A bust of the vice chancellor



By the Reid library with Foiza's mom and sister



At the Octagon Theatre

Roses are in full bloom now cos it's spring