#5

Okay,

So this is the last of the birthday greetings that you are getting from me.

I hope you liked what I have planned for you and even if you dont, at least LST ought to make you happy. HAHAHAHAHA.

I really hoped that you loved these 2d1n with me. We are so comfortable at times, that it is hard to make things so special. And that's precisely why I love our relationship.

As I mentioned in my heartfelt (?) video to you, relationship is supposed to be hard work. It is not supposed to be "a dreamy love affair; an airy fairytale wistfully conjured up out of thin air sputtering fairy dust and all things magical" They say quarrels is good, it's what triggers communication and I feel scared that the 9 mths that we have been together, there have been at most 2 or 3 quarrels? We don't quarrel like the rest of the couples, no screaming just sitting down quietly and voicing out our unhappiness. Okay fine, maybe you are only the one sitting down quietly. But you calm me down. You ground me in a way that I never thought it's possible. And that's precisely why I love our relationship.

So as I was telling all my friends, Harris & I are so... easy. It's so easy to hang out with you and be with you. It's almost effortless. Is that supposed to be the case? I don't know. Sometimes, this relationship scares me because I am always worried/afraid that there's a ticking time bomb underneath it all. And I get all upset and asked you to calm me down and then got scared that you will be tired. It's a vicious cycle (i know) with the ups and downs but your smiles are able to erase all my fears.  And that's precisely why I love our relationship.


There's no one else in the entire world that I would rather spend my lifetime with.

This is your first birthday with me and I hope this is the start of the many celebrations that we will be having together.


Happy Birthday Harris.

I love you more in a minute than anyone could in a lifetime.

hope

"Everything will be okay in the end,

If its not okay, its not the end"

Love is when you don on a Liverpool jersey and watched the whole match on a Saturday night.

Happy 8th. 

2012.

That was my last tweet of 2011.

and admittedly, very bittersweet. 

Now, at 2012, I did it. As unbelievable as it sounds, I am top of the world again. Even higher than I have ever achieved. And, this time, I believe that even if I were to fall, I am in the safest hands possible.

Cliche as it sounds, I'm finally home. 

2012 was FUCKINGFANTASTIC.

I can't even start on the comparisons.

Compared to the girl that cried so much in 2011, the girl who swears at everything, the girl who thought she had lost it all. 

It's amazing how 2012 I lived through everyday. 

Smiling and laughing so happily, 

basking in the love that my family and friends are so willing to give me.

Here's the highlight of my 2012.

GRADUATE!

And another one with my chio straight hair and perfect tan. and also zc behind adjusting his robe.

And lastly, one with the epic jumping shot with the best-est friends one can graduate with.

Mathematical science honestly has given me lots to cry for.

 I've never mugged so hard for something that I'm not even remotely interested. 

This course is so thankless and I know if I don't have this group of friends.

 I will not make it. 

So, thank you. zhicheng, sijie, cheryl, tim, fab, kian seng. 

And Clara, next year is your turn. 

And to Dom, Yue En, Ray, we are finally together with you in this working society.

 Cheers to good stay-cation.

 Especially to you Yue En, without your claims, all would be impossible. 

Moral of the story: Stay on this company. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Went on a Work And Travel scheme.

 It is my last chance to do something so nonsensical,

 so ridiculous, and yet so adventurous.

 I really wanted a great adventure before I go out to the working world.

 So I signed up this trip on a whim.

 Paid the $100 deposit, and started paying more and more. 

And before I knew it, 

I am on a 16hr flight to NYC.  

First day of NYC, lost my camera.

 I'm normally not a careless person,

 I check and double-checked my belongings almost every minute. 

But, camera mysteriously disappeared. 

Anw, 破财消灾. 

Started out working as a ride operator, managing the lamest ride in the abandoned pier.

 Thank god Peiqi was with me and we went crazy at outlet stores on our off days. 

The Atlantic City

Bought way too many similar stuff. Having a good fashion taste has its downs. 

Oh, and I had the most awesome roomie, Livia 

who squeals at the exact same things. 

Sometimes it's a tad creepy. 

But whatever, Harry Potter (and tattoos) for life.   

and not forgetting our Taitai life at NYC. those were the days.

Later on, we became life guards and met the coolest people. 

Working everyday wearing flops, 

those were indeed the sex. 

But enough of the work, the travel part was too legendary. 

New Jersey, Washington, New York, Niagara Falls, Boston, Miami, Orlando and back to New York.

Visiting the happiest place on Earth. (THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER)

and I caved in and bought the Gryffindor scarf.

"You might belong in Gryffindor,

Where dwell the brave at heart.

Their daring, nerve and chivalry

Set Gryffindors apart"

And you know what, I'm gonna let the pictures do all the talking.

Driving on the left side is infinitely challenging. (even for such a pro driver)

Meeting the Obamas (At NYC Madam Tussades) is always cool. 

Livia doing a very sultry secretary and a bimbo me picking up the phone.

And here's Washington.  The US Capital.

And doing fantastic jumpshots at the Miami beach 

just after few hours of watching epic 1 hour

 duration long fireworks during 4th of July. 

And how can we not go to one of 7 wonders of the world.

And the second happiest place on Earth. 

Our own version of U.S.A. (in front of Magic Kingdom, Toy Story)

My tan is too good to not be missed.

And my favorite Winnie with the lengendary clique I hang out with

And lastly going back to NYC with Livia and meeting Haymitch from Hunger Games.

And who can forget my Tiff and Co shot. The best till far.

#audreyhepburn

All these would not be possible without the clique I made in Morey's Piers

Wildwoods suck so bad but you guys made 

Mag House 2 Level 2 so fun.

HARRIS LIM

I guess the biggest reward going on on a whim to USA

 is probably you?

Or maybe not.

NYC was hard to beat. 

those 10 days living the life of a tai tai.

But, you came close.

All those late nights talking/skyping

and then you are finally back to my arms.

though admittedly shorter.

I cannot wait for your graduation

two more years

#letsgo

GENTING

Virgin trip to Genting

LOL

So much fun

the company was amazing

food was cheap

in fact it was FREE!

thanks to our Bao Zi 

where we won 1.5K (RM) each.

#beginnerluck

I know I was horrible to you guys in 2011

and I hope you understand why

nonetheless, thank you for being there

be it my graduation

or my birthday

where I was degraded to a siambu.

tsk tsk.

And with that,

I look forward to 2013. 

Where I believe it's gonna be even greater.

because I have you all.

PS: Was feeling rather blue yesterday, took a look at my 2012

decided that I'm worth much more.

And to you,

You shouldn't make me feel so lousy about myself

I don't think I did wrong to you. 

And I hope one day you can explain to me

I'm ready to understand.

it's killing me

I'm mad tired after weeks and weeks of work, 

so I want to relax.

especially in weekdays.

I'm honestly fine 

with slacking at your house (room) for the weekends, 

just hugging biscuit face and sniffing you.

 And then we will have all these long talks 

and nonsense exciting scenarios. 

(yes there's a script, too bad) 

I feel happy to be in your arms.

 I really do.

 And then when you kiss my forehead 

my life is complete. 

but that's for weekends.

 that's for days when nobody asked me out to play. 

when ppl eventually do. 

i wanna go out.

 I wanna meet them 

and I want you to meet them too.

I want to go to them and say

this is Harris!

so then they will go

"oh so this is the guy that yiqi has been ranting on"

"wa he so tall yiqi's pattern no change sia"

"what's up with his hairstyle???" 

(hey my friends are fashionstas, and no you are not)

but alas you don't like.

baby, you are like hermit crab

an introvert that stays at home everyday.

and are happy about it

you are the ideal husband

i'm dead serious.

committed to me

earns big money

filial to parents

love my siblings

stay at home = thrifty

if i'm 28 i will go down on one knee 

and ask for your hand

and skywrite 

"will you marry me?"

(since i'm using ur money already)
might as well
see what's the fuss
andddd...

instagram sure got alot of likes

but now, at age 23

i do not want to marry you

i do want to go out

not everyday mind you.

maybe once in 2 weeks times.

especially in the weekdays

and there's always conflict, you know

you hate going out

you hate spending money, especially mine (understandably)

so what am i supposed to do?

baby

will time fly?

so we wont stuck in this anguishing limbo.

i'm sorry

i dono how to curb my excitement

over all these

i'm a party girl

granted ive toned down quite a lot

but I'm still me

are you willing to accept that?

and you might be wondering

why such a long post?

all because i was scared to tell you

i wanna watch Hotel Transylvania later.

"I always try to make it up to you for whatever I can’t provide. I’ll try my best to do it always. Making a super conscious effort to remember your stuff; committing to memory your friends’ birthdays by repeating them in my head over and over, coming out to meet you whenever you request for me to even when I’m not free, going through your meal rituals in my head before food comes so that I can surprise you by actually ‘remembering’ them. All these just to see you smile. I want you to be happy with me. I want to repay you."

Do you know, reading this freaks me out, 

especially "I want to repay you"

why? why do you want to repay me?

I mean, i'm your gf. not your mum 

(sometimes i do feel like u love me like ur mum, but that's another issue to be dealt next time)

Don't leave me.

Let's be happy together till 2018 

where I ask you for your hand?

Cos Harris Lim, you are too gu niang already. 

I have to be the man. 

A guideline

Things you can joke about,
      (from the top of my head..)

1. time it took for me to take a driving license 
2. my driving skills, though I have no idea why, i'm a professional F1 driver.
3. the long hours I spent on work
4. my honors
5. mathematical science
6. bags and wallets
7. clumsiness
8. grammar errors and wrong pronounciation
9. failure at mental calculation
10. unable to decipher btn left and right, 24 hour clock, rows and columns.

The rest, you simply cannot joke about.

You know my love for you is too much.