Perth House Hunting Trip: 5th-10th Jan 2017

Got picked up at the airport by the very lovely jiejie and korkor, and they took us for dinner! We were really hungry so this really hit the right spot. 

First day of house hunting! 

Cool doggo spotted. 

First time on campus :')

Brunch time at La Veen.

The food was alright, I didn't think that it was fantastic. 

Love the iced tea though! 

First glance at the suburbs. 

Dinner from Coles. 

Breakfast at Halo 

Delish but kinda pricey at $16. 

Cottosloe 

First time at Ciao, it was amazing. 

Dipping Dots at Watertown! So glad that I got a cup that day because the booth disappeared ): 

6 weeks old bebby.

My fav kind of dessert. 

Watertown for shopping again! 

Didn't get this but managed to get something else for CNY!

It was such a relief to go home after the tiring trip. 

There's always beauty if only you look. 

My sweet boy came to pick me up in the middle of the night despite having to go back to work the next day. I'm so thankful <3 The trip turned out to be unfruitful but I'm happy with how things worked out. 

Photo Update: 1st-4th Jan 2017

On the first week of the year we decided to take a weekend off, just the two off us (: 

The service was kind of terrible and the restaurant worse but I always have a good time with my love. 

Eating a terrible dinner hahaha. 

We did find a quaint little cocktail place which was pretty good though! 

Nasi Lemak for lunch the next day to heal all the injury from the previous night's dinner. Simple is always best <3 

Babysitting 

Bumped into these two while on my way to tutoring. I love them so much (: 

Also met this pipsqueak in the elevator and she was feisty, haha. 

Best money envelopes! 

I miss this so much :') 

Date night! 

Lover brought me for cocktails and snacks before my flight the next day!

Cancer

In the recent years, cancer has become undeniably real to me. In the last 10 months alone, I lost a wonderful friend and now an aunt. Both happened incrementally but within too short a time for me to process. It's been almost a year since the first happened and I'm not sure that I've even come to terms with it yet. Some days it doesn't feel real, it feels like my friend and I have simply drifted apart and any day now we could have a chat and meet up for coffee to talk about old times.

Death just feels so final. As a Christian, I know that it's not the end, that we will one day be reunited again. But the current truth is hard to bear - you will never see them again. In this life, there are no more shared stories, embraces before a goodbye, or secret inside jokes. In this life, your relationship is over.

I pray that they're all in Your embrace.

Tofu Cake!

Obviously I'm not going to be able to catch up fully on the photographs for quite some time, so I think now is as good a time as any to update about my Tofu journey. I should probably do a quick update about the course too, but the doggie first of course! He's been home almost 1 week now and he's proving to be a smart and affectionate boy (though not as smart as some dogs are with toilet training):

On the way home from the breeder's place! I was fortunate to have Felicia and Jess take me there, it was a 40min drive with the rush hour traffic and would've easily cost me between $40-70 by uber!

So happy together :') 

First night home and being introduced to the crate! He screamed for a solid 10mins while in the playpen even though I was right there in the bathroom with him showering. I was so worried! He also cried a little in his crate at bedtime but luckily not too much, what a brave boy. 

Day 2, first time at the vet's!

Such a good boy!

He's really good about lying down and chilling when I'm busy with work. He's happy to just nap, but if I'm not around to accompany him he goes kind of insane. 

Love you my sweetie.

First time at uni! 

He slept for most of class but yelped once in each of the 2 classes that I brought him to really loudly. Thankfully all still went otherwise smoothly! 

Got him a new harness that fits him better! He could easily wriggle out of the other one!

Waiting for the bus to head to his first puppy pre-school class! He really doesn't like being enclosed in a small area and kept trying to get out. 

When we got to the vet though, he was so overwhelmed by the other puppies that he didn't want to move! 

Tiniest little baby I've ever seen named Tiffany. 

He met a bigger version of himself named Princeton!

Today was the first time he had to stay home alone for a long time (6 hours). I came home to a semi wet and funky smelling puppy, an upset water bowl, some parts of the fake grass pee tray bitten off, and smooshed poop. The good thing is that there were no toilet accidents! Despite being smooshed, all poop was on the pee tray and there was no pee on the floor. 

Had to wash everything including the puppy. He was not impressed and did not find it fun. 

Blowdrying was also not fun. 

Brushing was a bit better! 

Just a couple of mins ago :')

Grow up loving and strong my baby. Mami loves you very very much and want all the good things for you. I will do my best to teach you and love you. Please be a good boy <3