Recounting some of the stuff i did for dear makes me realize that i really love her soooo much!

I had always tried to fulfill dear’s wishes. No matter how big or how insignificant it may be. Many a time it may be just a casual remark on her part, but to me it is always a mission to be accomplished. It had always been so. From the moment we got together till now. From replacing her missing necklace to cooking the fish & chips for her.

Still can remember the moment when she told me that she liked NYDC mudpies, I secretly went alone to try it, and tried to memorize what types of mudpies were available there. So that next time I can bring her there without looking like a klutz myself (prior bad experience on my part ).

When she lost her necklace during the IBG basketball session at SRC, I was secretly happy that it was a good chance for me to get her something that she can wear everyday. Then I searched for something similar to the one she lost. Can’t be too similar either, otherwise it won’t feel like a new present from me.

I remember that when we were organising the night cycling event, dear did not get much chance to cycle. All she cycled were just that short stretch near orchard road. I thought it was a pity that despite all the effort she put in organizing the event, she did not have the chance to clock some proper mileage on the bikes. So I thought of remaking the event the best portion of the night cycling event for her on our first valentine’s day. Re-tracing the exact path of the event, only going thru the most fun part of the route so that she won’t be worn out. Even to the extent of remaking the bridge lined with lit lanterns so that it would look exactly like the actual event. However, things turned out differently. I had to discard the plan cause it would cause too much inconvenience to baocun if I had to borrow his car. So we ended up only with a small part of the grand plan left. I remember that she had said that she liked those ‘glow-in-the-dark” thingy. So I planned to hand-make some of these stuff and asked yifan to help me to surprise her with it.

I thought that it might be good to get a pair of matching earrings to compliment the necklace I had given her, so I searched around for it on a limited budget. After all I had spent quite a bit on the valentine’s day. When I finally found the pair I wanted, it turned out that it costs 3 times the original budget that I had planned for. But it was so perfect for that necklace, so I just bought it, breaking the ‘fat piggy bank’ I had saved up during my army days.

Dear was so enthusiastic about going to Redang during the holidays. I wasn’t too keen in the beginning, but seeing that she was so excited about that holiday, I just went along with her. Luckily it turned out to be pretty good as I pretty much enjoyed myself on the island as well as enjoyed her company on the holiday.

She had been craving for steamboat for a long time. But I had always thought that it was pretty pointless for just the 2 of us to go to marina south for steamboat. Luckily last x’mas nobody had made any programs, so I jumped at the chance to bring her there. (to put it bluntly, that x’mas gathering was possible because she wanted to go there)

Knowing that this year’s valentine’s day is on a Monday, I was actually quite willing to go back to office to work on the Saturday before CNY, so that I can have a stronger claim for an Off on valentine’s day. She had not had any BBQ for quite some time already, so I secretly prepared the BBQ for her on the Sunday before V-day. Luckily I managed to get an Off on V-day as well, so I went back to hall on Sunday and waited for her to finish her lessons on Monday morning before going out with her again. She had often said that she feels lonely and misses me a lot whenever she see couples walking around in school, especially so when it is V-day. So I planned to pick her in school to dispell that feeling she has, and surprise her with a bouquet of roses so that she can bring it out and show that "she is taken", on V-day.

For her birthday, it was another elaborate and slightly lavish plan. She had mentioned before that she hope to be able to go to a hotel 81 someday to relax and enjoy after her frens had told her how nice it was. So I had planned to fulfill her wish on her birthday, as well as provide her with a bit of fun n relaxation before she start to work for the exams. Checked around on the internet and found that most of the hotel 81 branches are in geylang, so I asked Baocun for suggestions cause he had been there with Johnson and KK before to watch soccer. I din wish to see dear having to go pass those sleazy places in geylang, and thus I took the recommendation that Baocun made. Marina Mandarin Hotel next to Suntec. The cost of a room there is already more than double the budget of that I had planned, but nonetheless I still took the 5 star hotel to be doubly sure that she enjoyed her birthday. Beforehand, I had actually scrimped and saved on my daily expenses on IA to make sure that I had enough money to spend on her birthday. Strictly $2 lunches with no drinks, no newpaper, cycle to work so that I can save on the bus fare, even to the extent of not buying any new year clothes for myself. (Actually I still could afford it with the savings I have in my bank, but I can’t bear to take out most of it as I still haven quite given up on taking class 2A lessons even though I kept putting it off for more than 2 years already because I can’t decide whether to blow the money on bike lessons which may not be useful afterall, or spend it on dear) Thus the drastic measures to save up, even though I would spend quite a bit of money every weekend when I bring her out. I always try to pay for all our meals together, so that I know she can keep her money for meals in school. I dun want her to skip meals because she has no money to eat.

All I wanted was to make her happy and live comfortably. I really dun mind doing all these for her. As long as I can see her smile happily.

There are so many more things to write about, but think I should stop here for the moment. Still in office now and gotta work ya know