Hmm thats great insight purpledragon84, thanks. Your words made me feel much better.

hahaha thanks again... U have given me some sound advices. No time is wasted

Haha, she knows we are not rich... and that eat grass part I already told her when she was tempted by that destinee.

I guess its just her, she hopes all to be perfect... so at each phase, she will give me a scare and its up to me to pull her back to reality and she will realise that and be disappointed again haha... well I guess she is still young thats why she has all that dreams and ideas in her mind... well, I guess its up to me to burst her bubbles again and again and again...

thanks guys... realise I knew what I had to do from the start... just need to say it out to feel better

talking to her is easy. She will definitely agree to what I say because it makes sense. Its just that not being able to give her what she dreamt of is a little disheartening...

My wife to be and me are planning to get married. Rom this year and chinese wedding in 09. Both of us are fresh grads and don't really have much savings. Before I carry on further, my wife to be is someone who wants everything to be perfect and of high quality.

Few weeks ago, we went to look at some rings because I insist on buying her a solitaire as proposal ring because its a once in a lifetime thing and I want her to have it.  We walked around and she saw the Destinee daimonds. True enough, Destinee diamonds are nice, but the price is even nicer. My friend recommended me a shop in orchard which also sells quality diamonds but at half the price... when I told her that I am considering buying from that shop, I can see the disappointment in her eyes. After I communicated with her and promised that I'll choose her a nice diamond, she slowly recovers and things got back to normal.

Today, she was flipping style wedding magazine and she saw this nice ROM, poolside or garden package from Sheraton Singapore. Sweat broke out as I was thinking if my savings (not alot), after paying for bridal package and buying the solitaire and wedding bands can handle that. She did mention that she has some savings as well and
she can pay for somethings too. I told her that maybe ROM at that place will not be such a good idea as we can always have our ROM and fort canning or a restaurant and invite the JP over. I again see that disappointment in her eyes. I know that she wants everything to be dreamy and princessy but from my point of view, I thought I would rather save the fancy stuff and put the money to better use since we, or rather I am running on a tight budget. I still have the flat and chinese wedding to handle in the near future.

Suddenly I am feeling the strain from wedding plans. I have never bothered about how much I had in my bank until now. I do not want to disappoint my wife to be but at the same time, I want to remain sensible work within out budget... How....

I have this portable hdd that is faulty. I plugged it into my lappy's usb and at the same time, coz i see a +5VDC connector on the portable hdd, so i plugged a +5vdc into the portable hdd too. then, on the portable hdd side, i noticed that the usb connector like a bit loose... then i go twist it a bit and then next thing i know, my lappy died. cannot turn on power.... 

back to the workshop liao. hopefully its not a major disaster.

Originally posted by purpledragon84:

eh spray from far..?
hold the can upside down to spray?
go left right left right and dun pause at one spot?
many yrs ago D&T teacher teach one haha..

yah sprayed from more than 30 cm le

why need upside down??

yah got spray left right left right .. went through once and wait 15 mintues

normally is spray how many layers?

I've been applying thin layers at 15 minutes intervals

how many layers then is good?

i realise the surface is not too smooth. am i doing something wrong?

Help pls!!!

Originally posted by jr.spikey:

I got a 7 GB thumbdrive at SLS for $19, some weird brand though.

There was a webcam on Digital Life - 1.3 megapixel and between...can't remember the price. Should be $40 - $50.

As for speakers, I got a pair of Creative 2.0 speakers five years ago for $10. Decent enough for me, not for audiophiles and avid gamers. They are still working now.

7gb O_O $19???

how come got 7gb one... never seen odd number memory devices...

thought it only comes in 256, 512, 1gb, 2gb, 4gb, 8gb etc

Originally posted by FireIce:

then u have to try bras basah liao loh

u mean the artfriend or something?

yah.. i think have to go there le... there is another shop selling staionary at taka right?

any where else?

lol preferably outside ERP zone

Originally posted by FireIce:

i bought from popular..........
many many many years ago......

i went to popular and they told me they never buy in these for many many years le also

like this but smaller font size and gold colour.

anyone knows of any place selling this? I cant find it in popular.

Originally posted by fifteen:

Thanks for the advice. But do you know of any specific items that a warlock can play at the start of the game with low cash?

same for many other heros. 5 branches + 6 eat tree thingy

then later, use one branch + ring of regen fo headress and use another + chainmail for buckle then get mekan later. sell the rest to make space for eye of skadi, bot, refresher and gunisoo

btw, normally for warlock i pump word and attributes till level 6 i get chaos. upheaval not much use for me. when word is maxed then get the share damage that skill.

Originally posted by kalach:

If you love her, you will do it for her!

sometimes saying is alot easier than doing. probably you would understand it because you werent brought up the same way as i am.

I will do it. But if I know myself well enough, it is highly possible that i'll slackened or get distracted/carried away by other events that guys do (eg planning for soccer matchs, playing games, play sports etc) I tend to just chuck my things oneside and don't bother placing them back where they came from. That is what i am worried of. Its not a question of wanting to change or not, but the on going effort to keep it up.

Originally posted by pierre^^:

be clean abit wun die la

u treasure her dun u? so u should make HER HAPPY !

i would love to do that... but seriously speaking, old habits die hard. I dont know how long can i keep up the tidiness. If i tell her I will definitely do all that she ask for, I would be lying to her as well as myself.

of course i can try... but i still feel being angry at me doesnt solve anything... being supportive will likely be more constructive, towards changing me and building a better relationship...

i think i had to be more tidy.. but what was agonising is that she chooses to focus on such meaningless thing and ruin her day and my day rather than to focus on more meaningful things such as how much i care for her in many other ways.

btw, for those who viewed my profile and thought that i am a teenager, its false.

I have always been disorganised and messy. (Well, I am organised in my own ways) I have a gf who loves cleaniness. She wipes her bags, desk and cupboard everyday. now my gf is pissed and ask me what happens when we eventually get married.

I know i cant keep up with her standard because i havent been doing such things for as long as i remember.

Originally posted by wishwell89:

how about $8?

That amount is crazy! Anyway i have gotten it already! For $2!

those who are interested in selling for $3, please pm me. Thanks!

you put it in between what? foam?

do you often reject sex from him? if yes, then it is possible that he turn to other forms of sexual gratification, from masturbation to meditation etc.

If the 2 of you were having frequent sex before, and he has never rejected you before until now, it COULD, POSSIBLY be that he has lost interest in ... you, or has found someone else to love, or as what many had pointed out, due to work commitments (but this is unlikely still, coz most young men can and need to have a way of relieving their sexual urge, even when tired.)

3rd possibly is that he has turned holy.

4th is he still loves you but can commit to you.

You are partially correct to say that guys think with their dick, but for many, including myself, if you don't love that girl, I wont feel like having sex with her.

Originally posted by dakkon_blackblade:

That's because the past participle of "come" is still "come", whereas the past participle of "strike" is "struck", hence "had strike" is grammatically incorrect. "Had struck" is the correct past-perfect form.

Hence, "had struck" comes earlier in the timeline than "has struck", which is the present-perfect tense, while "had strike" is invalid since it is grammatically incorrect.

Thanks! thats the answer i am looking for.

anyone here has any other opinion?

Originally posted by JerzZzzZ:

Yup. There's no 'had strike'.

http://www.writingenglish.com/cverbs/come.htm

look at this site.... there is "had come"

Originally posted by aku1b0d0:

That's why there's actually no answer for this question..

yes. all i want to know is which one is before which one on a time line and their form

eg: has stuck > past tense
had strike> past perfect
had struck> i dont know