It is both exciting and nerve-wrecking planning a trip.

We are going to Japan on the 5th and coming back on the 15th, exactly 9 days there.

I have booked the hotels and we have bought our JR passes, what's left now are the places we are visiting. Feeling the heartache because the hotels I booked are quite expensive, except for the Toyoko Inn we are staying for the first 3 nights.

Tentative Itinerary

6th Dec (Day 1) : Tokyo

- check in Toyoko Inn Ikebukuro around 11am

- walk around Akihabara (requested by WJ) + lunch at Maid Cafe

- Tokyo Tower @ night

7th Dec (Day 2) : Tokyo

- Kamakura (Great Buddha and wash money at the temple I went 5 years ago!)

- Yokohama (Ramen Museum)

8th Dec (Day 3) : Tokyo

- Odaiba or Disneysea (TBC)

9th Dec (Day 4) : Hakone

- Check in Ichinoyu Honkan (room has private outdoor onsen!)

- Tour around Hakone

10th Dec (Day 5) : Kyoto

- Check in New Miyako Hotel

- Golden Pavilion/Kiyomizudera Temple/Fushimi Inari Shrine

- Gion @ Night ( hope we can see some geishas ! )

11th Dec (Day 6): Kyoto

- Arashiyama (We are in time for Hanatoro! It will be beautiful at night!)

12th Dec (Day 7): Kyoto-Hiroshima

- Might be going to Hiroshima for a day trip to visit the Atomic Bomb museum and Miyajima

13th Dec (Day 8): Tokyo

- Check in Sunroute Shinjuku

- We still have one day of the JR pass left...where shall we go?

14th Dec (Day 9): Tokyo

- City Tour (Shibuya/Shinjuku/Harajuku/Rippongi etc)

And...coming back on the 15th. :D

Are there any places which I must visit but have left out?

Wj won a pair of GV Gold Class tickets during his sch annual dinner and we went to watch Harry Potter with the tickets. It felt like having a huge cinema screen in your bedroom, so comfortable that I almost dozed off.

Wj taking a quick nap before the movie starts.

Not forgetting a cup of coffee. *bliss*

Shiok! They provide blankets too.

Would you pay $36 per ticket ($28 on weekdays) for this? I think I won't....but it was a good experience. :)

Anniversary/Xmas presents...

For Him:

Wanted to get him the Adidas watch (looks prettier!) but for practicality and more value-for-money, we decided to get this.

For Me:

Great game. Highly recommended. Even my father-in-law loves it!

Been wanting to get a presenter for a long long time. Wj combed the whole sitex and got me the best I have seen so far. Can't wait to use it in class! :)

Been reading bible verses everyday on my iPhone lately, read this over and over today:

"Show me your ways O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are of old. Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good O LORD." (Psalms 25:4-7)

Lang, thanks for all the encouraging messages you have left on my blog and Facebook. With faith, hope and love, I am sure I can get through this and become stronger. :D

My left fallopian tube is not doing well...on the bright side, my right one is ok. As for now, shall leave things to God.

Sunday's our first wedding anniversary. Spending it with wj's family at the zoo. Of course I grumbled a bit but shall be nice and accommodating. What shall I get for him...hmm...

Long long day @ work tmr...I can't wait for it to be over!

Anyway...thought this is quite funny. Done by wj's sch for staff dinner :)

And we went to Bollywood's Poison Ivy again for lunch a few days ago. Taken during the car ride there...

BTW, I've signed it. Will be taking part time masters (-in-education_Chinese Language) from next Jan onwards. It will be a 3 yr programme and MOE's sponsoring it. I only have to fulfill a one year bond after I get my Masters.

Many people did question my decision, I hesitated for quite a while too. I am not sure how I am going to cope but I guess I will have to. I am also not sure what is going to happen if I do manage to have a baby during these 3 years (if I am not wrong I can defer for a year)...But I really want to study, to learn more about what I am doing now and how I can do it better. Life is short, I do not want to wait any longer.

It's going to be tough the next 3 years, but I believe I will enjoy it. :D

Busy Busy with school stuff lately...seems never-ending. No time to plan my Japan Trip. -_-

(Going for the 'scary' scan tomorrow, hope the results wouldn't be too bad.)

Coping with the news of people getting pregnant has been a struggle for me lately. At least 6 people I know are giving birth next year.

尽管我再怎么说服自己要为她们感到开心，心里还是难免会有些失落。

同事说，好事多磨。我也不知道要被磨到什么时候。

所以我说要quit FB，所以我想离开。

我一向都不是很 positive 的人，因为没办法，只得继续撑下去。

负面情绪常不受控制，唯有祷告能平静我心。

As for now, 一步步来。Till the scan next week, and we'll see what's next.

Closed my blog for a few days to change the look of it.

I am feeling kind of tired, but I have to move on. I went back to another doc at SGH and she recommended a different kind of scan to determine whether my left fallopian tube is blocked. The description of the scan is scary so I shall not elaborate here. I am scared but I don't know what's the other best thing to do. The scan has to be after my next menses so I have another one to two weeks to prepare myself for it.

I wish I am handling the emotional part better. Sometimes I wish I am far far away and then I won't have to face anyone. At times I hate myself for having thoughts which shouldn't be there in the first place.

Work's making me irritated. Can't wait for everything to end, but I will have to wait till after 27th Nov.

And there's the Masters decision to make. Time is running out. Should I accept?

Trying my best to stay positive.

My checkup on thurs showed that I might need to go for surgery. It's like (according to wj) clearing a blocked pipe. Frankly speaking, I do feel scared, discouraged...regretting my decision to choose injection for my ectopic. But I guess regretting doesn't help things, so now, I have to decide whether to have the surgery and when.

Pray for me.

27岁的最后一天，最后两个小时。

27岁是充满‘失去’的一年。我感谢陪在身边的人。因为失去，才了解拥有的可贵。因为失去，才让我更珍惜拥有。我希望能真正如此。

越来越自闭，越来越不想见人。就让我暂时这样，等我调整好心态，再重新出发。

晚安。明早醒来，就是28岁的我。希望会更好。