Now onwards

Hi everyone..I've decided to move back to my old blg address now since the wedding is over... :) so from now onwards pls be redirect urself to www.mem-oirs.blogspot.com
Thank you :) sorry for any inconveniences caused thank you!!!

Settling in

Its my 10th day is this foreign land.After just 3 days, we're totally settled in our apartment.No more boxes left to unpack, no mess
Thankfully, our living room was huge enough to house not only the sofa set and tv shelf but also the Dining table.
Plannin on having a small prayer alter in here as well.
Our 2 door refrigerator is pretty huge and i've been trying to fill it up with food and goodies...so far jus loads of chocolates and drinks.
Vege's we like are hard to come by. No leafy veges here...besides spinach. The chillies here go at about 89 KR /kg... so you can imagine the cost of living
Mainly all types of meats are available but in restaurants more beef and pork dishes.They have 2 chinese restaurants in the central area but the food doesnt
compare to ones back home.

We had a small gathering by the lake yesterday for as part of the national day celebrations here.All the people posted here were present.So though we're away we still
had the singaporean spirit going strong! Most were dressed in red and whites and even the rain was not able to dampen our moods!! Happy Birthday Singapore!

Well here are some pictures of our home.comments welcomed!

From the distant land

Hi peepz, finally got internet connection and the time to blog a lil... the 12h55min plane ride wasnt so bad...after which a 4hour bus ride was necessary to bring us to our destination: Karlskrona.

its summer here with a temperature of 14 degrees celcius...indoors there is no need for a fan/air conditioning and when you leave home, sweaters are a must!!!

it was raining for 2 days when we arrived but now we see sunshine... alot of different shades here. farming, wooden homes,cows,mooses, horses etc...everything seems pretty relaxed for now.

we're putting up in A Hotel,in centrum which basically means central area. have gone around shopping and boy things here are pretty reasonably priced except for the 35% tax that really heightens the total bill.

We went to Ikea today which is an hours drive from here...had a hard time understanding the tags but we managed sumhow...we were there from 10 to 5 just shopping...burnt a hole in our pockets... ikea back home is really much cheaper.
but no point crying over spilt milk and we've decided that it'll be easier on us if we stopped comparing pices with stuff back home.

food here...we dont really have much option, every nook and corner seems to serve only pizza,kebabs and stuff like that....2days of having that and we're sick of that...cant wait to move to our apartments and start cooking. not only that but its all really ex...2 banana splits n a cuppa capuccino cost us sgd 50
a can of coke is 10 krons which converts easily to 2.35sgd...what more can i say
we've been having convenience food which we micrwave to consume

i miss home and everyone back there...i do tear at times but i'll get used to it...
will be checking out of the hotal on monday and moving to our apartment thereafter!!

apartment is pretty cool,its a 4 storey brick bldg - attached balcony , a room, kitchen living/dining area..relly cosy n bigger thn expected.we're on the 3rd floor.
thankfully for me, i have company as 3 other collegues and their wives are residing around there...

loads of colourful flowers which i'd definitely have in my balcony...
its 516am in sg and 2316 back here...gonna tuck in now and to all of u a very good morning!

have taken some pics will upload them asap...

Here's one for those who couldnt make it

The new addition-ME

Yesterday we were invited to Banana leaf Apollo for a lunch gathering...All the aunts and uncles from Alvin's faternal side were present... This was held to welcome the 2 new brides into the family.. Shalini, alvin's cousins wife and myself :)ITs good that they have such a gathering each time a new addition is made in the family...it was to introduce us and officially welcome us into their family. His aunts and uncles were really spontaneous and each had a speech to give.Even my dad was invited to share experiences on his wedded life... and listening to everyone brought tears to my eyes...i was not able to give my two cents worht when my turn came.but it was really fun and we thoroughly enjoyed the family bonding session so did my parents and chandini. :)

I think every family shld have such a tradition..to make the newly wed bride feel comfortable and introduce her to the entire family :)

Also may i add the food was delicious!!!

Bombay cafe

Alvin and i thought that all my aunts and uncles and cousins who helped out in the wedding should be rewarded. And on the day since they were busy entangled in the task and duties i had assigned to them...most of them didnt even get to dine properly
So we got them to meet at bombay cafe for a small thank you dinner :) this session was just for the aunts and uncles(basically archana's and rinki's family) the cousins will have a separate get together this coming tuesday ;P

So yeah bombay cafe was the venue and as usual Babu arrtived the latest ... though only vegetarian food was on the menu, i thoroughly enjoyed the food..and their chaat was really good :)I hope the rest of them enjoyed it too;)

what i really liked was the ambience...they had movie pictures incorporaated in their interiors and were screening movies and songs thruout... keeping not only the adults but the kids entertained as well :P their pink and black theme was really an eye catcher :) so if you're looking forward to some small gathering of sorts i highly recommend that venue at east coast

So yesterday

Some days back i was still preparing for the wedding...and in no time at all, i'm married for the past 6 days...time really flies doesnt it... :)
Dad was telling me that i should enjoy every bit of the preps and the big day as well cuz soon it will be 5 days then 5 months and before we even know it 5 years would have passed.

Alvin and i started our day off in the rented Hyundai Santa Fe. I liked it as it was pretty spacious. WE went to Vivo city to get some shopping done...Got ourselves a Compaq presario laptop and a few shirts, a blazer for alvin and winter wear for the both of us :) We exceeded our daily limit spending.

Renu, sheetal, Chandini, Alvin n me went to watch Transformers at AMK hub...followed by prata near S'goon central.