Too much for a day

So they say, time flies when you're having truckloads of fun. There was finally some peace and quiet for the past four days because the rest of the family was overseas. 

I dare say, watching Prometheus is a test of true courage and a strong stomach. The back-to-the-future theme resonates with other similarly themed films such as Avatar and Alien, though Prometheus packed a more gory and vengeful interpretation of the meeting of Mankind and extraterrestrial beings. Seeking our predecessors, the story preaches, is equivalent to opening a can of worms we won't be able to contain. 

Chanced upon this wedding show in the papers a couple weeks ago, so Mr. Jack and I decided to make use of this opportunity to check out what Changi Village Hotel has to offer, and take a short break while we're at it. The rooftop solemnization was the only wow factor of the entire show, given the sea view and the possibility of an evening solemnization with the beautiful sunset as a backdrop. Apart from that, I guess the hotel has to work on its wedding venue deco and size, i.e. we're looking for a venue that can house about 30 tables, and that was something Changi Village's ballroom can't fulfill. Besides, our wedding date is still nowhere in sight nor on our minds, so it was more of an R&R for us. Nevertheless, if anyone's interested, you can grab the package booklets from me. :)

Spur-of-the-moment movie on Wednesday since I had an external meeting in town. I was reluctant to waste my money on what I deemed a B-grade movie, but The Dictator was a surprising production.

Could we label this a political satirical film? After all, the film unabashedly poked fun at every single American perception of Arab idiosyncrasies. I wonder how many Americans realize that they were really just laughing at themselves after watching the film. The Dictator is a timely reminder for us to keep in mind what real democracy is.

And a really belated birthday celebration for Hong Ying!

And I could still remember how we would wait for the school bus together at the flight of stairs just by the road in primary school. Have we known each other for 16 years?!

Wedding bells from the outside

I'm a sucker for gorgeous automobiles, so I just needed to ruin the tempo of my post by kickstarting with this awesome Chrysler stretch limousine by Lotus Limos which we chanced upon while attending a friend's wedding ceremony at Pagoda Street. (P.S.: It turned out that the stretch limo was my friend's wedding car.)

Anyway, congratulations to my dear Karthi on crossing this final leap into married life! While it was inevitable for studies and work to put a wedge between our friendship, but it was good to see that we're both growing up, falling in love with the right ones for us, and having the courage to choose to love and hold just one special other.

To double the joy, Siti's engagement party happened to fall on the same Sunday! We stayed just long enough to chat, have some photos taken with the bride-to-be and grab a bite from the buffet spread.

Now.

Post-magic

Life is back on track - my workload is increasing at a rate that's comfortable enough for me to handle, my mentor drags me around to meet the decision-makers, I'm still inhaling knowledge every single working hour, just as the handover date inches closer. While this isn't quite the ideal situation I was hoping for, it beats reverting to my old, direction-less form.

On another note, the construction of our BTO has commenced! Okay I'm a little slow - the fencing and piling has commenced back in April, and will probably be so until at least the end of the year. We all wish for a safe and stable home, don't we? The very thought of owning a home of our own is... basically nothing but magic on our part.

Fizz bang

Julie was up to no good over the weekend.

I'm motivated to conjure up magic in the kitchen only when I'm craving something. Then I would spend the next hour to a day messing around in the kitchen putting stuff together but end up touching little to none of it. On retrospect, perhaps that's my kind of therapy.

If you really have to make these strawberry jelly hearts for your loved ones, you can find the recipe on this awesome blog:
 http://cooking.storyofbing.com/2011/07/strawberry-jelly-hearts-cheesecake/