Pris Haven

Coming to an end

2011-12-19T20:14:00.001-08:00

My stay in Kl is coming to an end.. I got to go back to work to pay up my work obligations.

The few months I have been here with D has been really peaceful, fun, heart warming and joyous. These will b part of our memories! Thanks D for giving me a part of your salary and always finding activities to keep me happy! You are the best babe one can ever have!

I think our staying apart will b temp.. We will b planning more long term plan that will at least have both of us together in the picture.

Baby planning is a failure so far.. But I guess some couples are childless and yet live a very happy n fulfilling life together.. That should b enough.. But we will leave it to our fate..n not give up hope. Haha.. At least I have a furbaby :)

That's my feel of the 2nd half of 2011!

Nikki Pom Pom

2011-11-10T19:43:00.001-08:00

Our latest addition to our family!!! Nikki Pom Pom , our feisty pomeranian !

We have always controlled ourselves n not to get any more pets as we know the consequences n our past track record. But this little guy melted our hearts .. It was love at first sight @-@!

Luckily I m not working n can "potty" train my doggie. He's is such a intelligent doggie !

Right now, the two things he loves is food n sleep. We brought nikki out for a walk with leash today. It's his first time out n we r so proud of him! He walked beside us with his head up n little feet moving :) This is the fruit of my daily 10 min training with leash at home.. U Shld c the first week he was on leash training.. He spun round n round n did not want to even walk.. Keke)

We r bringing Nikki to the vet tmr for a general examination n to see if there is any underlying problem with his wheezing. ( he started to wheeze after we brought him home from his caretakers coz of our weekend trip to singapore.. We suspect its some undigested milk bone that is stuck) Let's hope everything is clear.

This sun, we r bringing Nikki for his microchip .. :)

Here's the best part! Photos of Nikki pom pom!

Original joke by D

2011-10-03T18:20:00.001-07:00

At a meeting, my hubby's boss said that the auditor Kxx..Nxx..Nx.. has been on his back ... My hubby thought it was quite awful for his boss to scold vulgarities in a meeting. But later realized that the auditor's name was Kenny Na. Haha!!

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This is hilarious .. N I must capture this so that everyone reading can have a laugh n to know how impt names are....

Hills weekend!!!

2011-10-02T18:03:00.001-07:00

D had been working hard the past weeks n decided that he needed a break.. with fri off ... We drove up Cameron highland! As usual, we stayed at strawberry farm hotel.. We had a nice cool time together!

There is five places we always visit in Cameron

1) Starbucks
2) Chinese restaurant
3) boh tea plantation cafe
4) pasar malam
5) shop 88 ｟can't remember the name .. But they sell the freshest corn there n has the nicest natural wood pieces there)

Hee .. I dun have photos of all the places.. But here's some !!!

Luv my home

2011-09-16T09:41:00.001-07:00

Just arrived back in Singapore after 1 mth plus away... N why m i blogging u may ask... It's because I want to capture my feelings once I stepped into my cozy patch...heaven!!!!!

Really...I miss my altar, my lazyboy , my furniture, I can go on n on... But seriously I miss u home!!!!! U r still the best!!! I luv u!!!!

Yes... It's the feeling of familiarity, comfort, memories... Fab!!!!!

Dun think I wanna sleep tonight ... I just wanna look at my beautiful home!!!but wait I miss my super bed n pillows... Can't wait to lie in bed !!

Right now... The aircon is on, the melody of Nora jones is on , n both d n me r on our fav chair n spot in the house... This is just lovely!!!! Nostalgic!!!!

Just wanna capture this moment in time :)

Thailand 2011 (Krabi & Haityai)

2011-09-08T20:20:00.000-07:00

Woo... last week was M'sia's national day and Hari Raya... so most of the folks in M'sia had a full one week holiday.. I wonder why there is never such a great week in Singapore...it will definitely bring a smile to everyone in the nation.

Anyways, since its a one full week holiday. D and his family had planned a F&E trip to Thailand..

We departed on a monday night...by train (bed seats)to Haityai.. its been so many years since i when on a trip by rail...(apparantly, i am not the only one).. so everyone of us were quite hype up of taking the train ride..despite knowing its a long trip (9pm till 10.30am)...here's a look at D n me in our train bunk.. we were sleeping opposite each other..

Well.. travelling by train is quite nice.. but due to the long hours and ppl in the train... one have to have a big big heart in order to travel long distance by public transport.. (ie. have to tahan.. ppl chatting , singing, eating, gathering..)

Thats what we did for day 1..

Day 2- we reached Haityai train station .. and took off in a super rented van (12 seater van)to krabi... like always.. D is the driver as he has the best driving skills (or the one who has the most confidence vote)so he was semi forced to drive. Which sucks for the first day.. coz i am left alone with my seat.. luckily his nephew decided to keep me company. ..which is nice..oww.. forgot to take a photo of the van.. how about a photo of D driving...

Day 3- Krabi island hopping.. (hotel-Red Ginger)

We spent the next day island hopping... hmm..i still think Redang island hopping is the best... Thailand has alot of island but its not really fab for snokellers like D and me who love to see what the sea got to offer.. there isn't much corals and fish in Thailand (or at least to the islands we visited.. phiphi n koh samui, koh tao.)But.. at least we got a few fab photos of D and me in our snokelling attire ;)

Day 4-6 I didn't take much photos from day 4 onwards.. but we had travelled to a few interesting places..

A temple..in the mountain (Well Dino climbed up the 1200+ steps to reach the top of the mountain temple..).. i stayed at the bottom of the mountain ..duh...

A cave Koh Krab... which is famous for having formations on the cave like a dragon's spine.. well this is the highlight of the trip.. coz.. we had to lie flat on our back about 80% of the boat ride..as the formations are really low lying... and at the end of the boat ride... the rocks where inches off our face...(seriously.. its not for the faint hearted..) but ohh boy.. what an experience.. D and me were laughing our hearts out due to the excitement (suprisingly D and me's response to sudden excitement is laughter..) Its really an experience out of the world...

A seafood hawker place by some lake...it sells the best Orr Qian..(oyster egg) yummy.. cripsy on the outside and chewy on the inside.. fab fab fab!!!

A floating market... where i tried some wood larva (i saw on some show that these larvas are very rich in protein and clean...)it tasted quite nice... but to my horror....i got larva food allergy when i got back to the hotel... (my face was red, skin was itchy with bumps)..luckily i vomitted out the indigested food n took some medication and was well again the next day..

Hmm.. i didn't take any photos of haityai but its quite a nice place to go.. Thai massage just cost 25 ringgit... food is avail everywhere.....just a simple town to enjoy Thailand street food...The little town had really propered in just a few years .. i was there like 10 years ago and it was quite boring then...

Thats all of my post folks....

Ohh yah.. lesson learnt on the trip.... Having a huge heart is really difficult in practice... but it does help in maintaining peace and harmony... and small irritants passes in a flash... but if you engage it (ie quarrel.. or make a fuss)... you end up having to shoulder some nasty aftertaste... haha.. i think my heart had grown a few inches bigger in this trip ;-) Shows that i m maturing with age ;-)

Even Ronald Mac Donald looks nicer in Thailand!!!

Mini Penang trip 2011

2011-08-24T02:52:00.000-07:00

Here's some photos from my recent Penang trips.

1st up is D at Penang hill trying to find out where find the best places in Penang . Hmm .. I think I shall let the pictures do the talking!!!

Home away from Home

2011-08-19T00:25:00.000-07:00

Hello peeps!!!!!

As you can see from the title, i am now home away from home. I have left my job of 10 years, my cozy nest in S'pore and travelled a few hundred miles, across the straits, across mountains (or shld i say hills) to be with my hubby in M'sia.

My "new' home is a 4 room condo apt at desa park city in Kepong. D had specially chosen this place coz of its security and convienence (ie a mini lake, mini shopping, swimming pool) just around the door step. Its like a mini town within a town.

So far, i have used up my detemination to wake up every morning with D and start my walk around the mini lake at around 7.10am. Yes, so far despite not working, i am still waking up early. Although, i dun think i have lose my weight or trimmed down, at least i am feeling healthier. Can't wait till 7th month is over so that i can start swimming (my fav sport).

Hmm... FAQ time..
Q1) Why did i move to m'sia?
A1) To be with my hubby, to enjoy family life and to be loved and to love ;-)

Q2) Did I regret this decision?
A2) Most definitely no! Priority is hubby vs work/money.

Q3) What did i learn out of leaving work?
A3) Nothing in work is permanent, except for the lessons learnt and memories (good and bad). People come and go, attitude changes, one's success is another's failure, politices, crap and all the bullshit that comes with the pay and position is nothing in the end. I think to experience this now rather than after 20-30 years of working is a true blessing for me. Even if i go back to work in the end, i know my attitude about working and colleagues will no longer be the same.

Q4)Whats my lesson this year (writting this so that i won't forget)
A4i) Not to be too accomodating and nice to "bloody fools". Being frank is the best policy and sometimes, it doesn't pay to be nice.

A4ii) If someone has a history of being unloyal and unfaithful (ie. bad to parents, disnounce their own faith/religion, disrepectful to husband), you should not be close to this person at all.Keep your distance!!! coz this person can just stab you with their eyes wide open. (Yes, Pris.. wake up... dun be a stupid idiot and make the same mistake twice...faintz..)

Haha.. ok ok. i will admit the above FAQ is just a build up to Q4.. which hopefully , i can get the unpleasant memory out of my system soon.

Back to life in m'sia, so far, this month has passed so fast. Lets see..first weekend- Parents were here so we went up to frazer hill. 2nd weekend- We went Mid valley which was fab. Early third week- Went to Penang with D on his biz trip, and also visited his mum at Ayer Tawar on the way back (ate some super big fresh water prawn) Coming third weeked- Going to Penang again on D's biz trip again..

Photos will be posted later....keke..hopefully will start posting more often again..

七里香

2011-02-25T16:09:00.000-08:00

Yoo hoo! I finally discovered how to post photo to my blog via I phone!

So readers, here comes the end to the no photo blogging... Hee

First up is this blooming flowers! No it's not from some park, it's the from my little garden.

After having this plant for close to a year , n seeing it thru some periods where it almost couldn't make it..
With much love n care , it finally smiled at us during Chinese new year. The lovely jasmine fragrance it gives
Just makes our day. Only thing is the flowers wither so fast.

Luckily, I captured this 

Sent from my iPhone

Bored

2011-02-24T07:26:00.000-08:00

Now that u r gone, nothing really matters.

Life just go on day by day

Until I can see the end of this void then maybe I will be able to smile again.

For now, I can only hold it in, n take things as they come.

I m glad for the comfort my family gives, but it is far from what I seek.

Penning down my feeling of being bored with work n without u by my side...

Till this chapter ends will this void end, just praying that this chapter won't b long.

Well money can't buy u everything but it does affect the choices that we could have made.

Just hope that all play out well .

Good bye crv, hallu mrt.........life sucks big time!

Bravo to the independent couples out there who live apart, but then again u could live together but live like u r worlds apart.

Dunno how things will unfold n where u or I will end up. But I have faith that it will work out somehow for us.

Sometimes all it takes is a little bit more of courage n confidence to make the leap b it happy or sad at least we tried.

This is me feeling bored.

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2011-02-20T03:03:00.000-08:00

I just came back from Kl today. it was d's birthday week, we spent it quietly together. D n I was not feeling too well. D had sprained his back n I had a headache on sat and before u know it I was on my way back already. Feels so unreal .Funny how time always seems not enough when I m with u 

Anyway, glad to b with u this weekend. Happy birthday to u! 

Unplanned weekend in jb

2011-01-23T01:20:00.000-08:00

It was all unplanned, it was supposed to be our reunion lunch this weekend , everything was going as planned in sat. D was excited at 1pm after his work as it was setting off to see me in Singapore. Then at 3 pm he broke the news that he forgot to bring his passport . Not wanting to put his drive at waste we made last min arrangement to cancel the family lunch ... N I made my way down to jb alone, it's been a long time... Not being confident I took the safest way there via taxi at queens st. This taxi brings one across the causeway to the bus station at $10 bucks. I paid extra $5 to go to puteri pacific aka ex-pan pacific.

Well I think the trip was quite nice, a short weekend getaway with d. Although he felt real sad to be so close to home but yet unable to cross the border. I really wonder why many singaporeans make their way there every weekend coz it's really a boring place. No offense. But it's maybe that we don't know where else to go other than city square.

Looking forward to my weeklong holiday next fri onwards w d.. Heehee only pity is u can spend more time with my family at CNY .. Nvrmind lah, I m sure they will understand

Spring cleaning 2011

2011-01-08T21:22:00.000-08:00

CNY is round the corner, this year I decided to do a little spring cleaning. First up this week is my kitchen.. It took six bags of trash to clear all the unwanted stuff. Haha, actually that's pretty much it...anyways not much creative juices this month so no new cards nor new creations.... Instead, I have bought some new year stuff to decorate some of my plants n front door. Just found that I dunno how to post photos from my iPhone so no photos folks.. Can't wait till next week n I will be off from next fri to visit d in Kl!!

Happy 2011!!!!!

2010-12-31T17:16:00.000-08:00

Happy 2011!!!!!!!!! Of course, my wish is good health for my family! Like my dad always say, if you don't have good health, you won't be able to enjoy the happiness or wealth that comes along. Following that of course is happiness and wealth.

Well this year's challenge is that my hubby will be away from me most of the time. Yes, he is finally venturing into his home country to work. I guess its good for him too.. at least its a new adventure,, a new beginning, a new culture. At least, he can live not having the feeling of not having the opportunity to work in his own country. Thou, i somewhat disagree that i was the reason that had took this chance away from him after he finished his studies, there is some truth to it. And I am still thankful that D had made his decision to come to the lion city in 2001 to start his career and be with me.

My hope and wish is for D to have a great career.. and have money money pouring into my pockets and bank account ;-) no stress okie babe .. haha

Anyway, happy 2011 everyone. May all your hopes and wishes come true!

32nd Birthday

2010-12-18T07:04:00.000-08:00

Ohh no.. i am getting old... i stop keeping track of my age.. and i can;t seem to remember if i am 32 or 33 ;-( Also.. the reason for this late post is i had forgotten my username and password... haha... Hence, this belated post..

This year, i got a lovely present from Sparrow and Bro from snail mail.. Luv the handmade card... the cupcake pops out from the card! .. with a touch of sparkles as sprinkles..

the gift is also very well tot of.. The girl stamp is picked from Bro and the wordings is picked from Sparrow.. its my fav gift.. coz... i love stamps!!! I have a stash of stamps at home.. i think D will call me a stampaholic.. haha..

Will post another time, the card that i created from the 2 stamps.

Well.. thou we can't control the passing time, thou we can't control alot of things.......I am happy that at least we are fortunate and blessed to be in this part of the world whereby there is peace, harmony and stablity.

Side track,,, i saw a bunch of handmade cards for sale at a bookshop.. and my eyes almost popped ...not because its nice,, but i think.. it was alittle sloppy and simple to be sold. I guess thats why if you do something in quantity,, u may loss the quality... Sparrow.. Yes.. our cards are definately much better then theirs!!!!

Gloxinia, Gloxina

2010-09-13T06:25:00.000-07:00

Recently i am crazy/obsessed over my precious Gloxinia babies ;-) I have 2 in purple and 1 in red.

They are spolit breed of plant, whereby i need to water it from bottom up... haha.. but the blooms are what i look forward to. Anyway, the leafy green leaves are also a pleasant sight.

I didn't take a photo today but will do one soon as one flower bud is about to bloom.

I think have to try taking care of my gloxinia longer so as to know whether i have the gloxinia fingers.

Ohh yah,, i also bought another plant... starts with a b... but i forgot the name suddenly... crap i am getting old.. need some ginko boost.. anyway.. its a "b..." rose... haha.. i bought it cause its flowers looks like mini roses .........cool.

Photos will come soon (keeping my fingers crossed)

Ohh yah.. i went to Chinese Garden with D last Sat.. (no photos),,, but it was a fun and free walk.. Fun cos i never been to Chinese Garden.. hmmm.. nothing much there but its lited, with some lanterns.. but i think its okay for a free park...

House plants- 2,3,4,5,6 ...and many more to come

2010-08-24T06:50:00.000-07:00

With D chasing me, here's all the house plants i have indoor right now.. (ok.. not all coz we had recently added a few more.. )

1st plant in the picture is in my service balcony.. its my mini herb and vege garden.. haha..i had planted mint and basil .. as for veg, i have planted 3 beans... its real fun seeing my beanies grow..

2nd picture- The bamboo has been in my living room for a long long time.. the other was a taken from my outdoor garden (yes, i have a outdoor garden as well... haha).and it seem to thrive in that vase..

3rd and 4th pictures- I just these 2 are D's fav, coz he personally chose them and had them replanted in volcanic and a indoor vase with indicator.etc.

Well.. i must compliment D for this TLC to the plants ;-) Yes, it is soley to his credit.. coz he ensure the well-being of the plants.. plays music to them, ensures that their leaves are clean .. waters them .. I am sure they luv him back as well.

House plant 1 - The Thrio

2010-07-27T07:47:00.001-07:00

Introducing, house plant 1. This is the latest edition to our home ;) Bought it from Far East Flora Queenstown branch (our latest weekend hangout) last saturday.

Guess where is it placed.. its in our study room.. in between D and mine desk.
Having a bit of greenery in the room does liven the mood up..

I guess we caught the "green" fever..after going to the garden festival 2010.. having a green house is really really quite our dream....but its not easy doing it in a HDB setting, whereby there isn't much sunshine coming in the house.

Giving a count, i think we have 6 houseplants in the house. (not including the ones in the service balcony and outside our house)...

That reminds mine...Woot Woot to D for helping to change the pots and soil for some of our "old" plants in our little garden... D almost sprain his back.. .. . But all is well worth the cause if our babies grow stronger and leafier ;-)

Gearing Up

2010-07-24T23:40:00.000-07:00

Hi all,, yes, i am gearing up....... to start blogging again. ;-)

Haha... its been quite a while... i did think of my Haven everytime i wanted to share nice and cool stuff with all my secret stash of contacts ;-)

Quick updates, so that i can get things out of the way.

1) Work- Same old Same old..
2) Hobby- Card making ;-)
3) Interest with hubby now - House Plants
4) Status- Same- Happily married with no kids..
5) Happiness level- Great .. but can be better i do not need to work. ;-)

Okie.. okie.. i know.. its been really too long, but just be thankful that i still remember my password .. ;-)

First Post of 2009!!!!!!!

2009-02-16T06:55:00.000-08:00

The raging bull year of 2009 has got me to a sprint right from the day the year started.

Don't get me wrong, its not a bad thing, but it certaintly ain a good thing either. Anyways, the whole department is sprinting full force ahead.. so either you sprint together or get left behind.. haha.. get the picture, i don't get much credit for working hard when everyone around me is working equally hard.

Btw, did i mention that my department has an afinity with the number 13. (translate it to canto and it will be the key word to what i am doing now.)......anyway.. friday the 13 was bad this year.. my whole department stayed till 10 plus to complete some urgent stuff.....but glad that is over liao.

So this explains why the late post and also the reason why i finally am able to blog now.. is i finally managed to complete a big part of my work for Q1 2009. Its a done deal today. So this gives me some time to write and relax. (haha.. Dino brought me out to celebrate.. by having a nice steam fish , hong kong style... ;-)

Woo Woo.. let me rave abit on the fave movie of the year (haha.. i would think this would be the best till something can beat it.).. The bar is now set at "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". It is fab.. fab.. fabulous.. gave me a few insights of life... give a some inspiration.. taught some lessons of life..... I think.. even a tear or two rolled down my face during the show .. I seldom rave about movies... esp English movies.. so take my word of it.. go go go and watch it now!!!!!!!!!!!!

haha.. someone typed a msg and showed me on the phone.. that this "XXX person" is very Poon Pi Pi... (i think i missed out one of the word in that phrase.. ).. but when i saw it i was laughing inside.. coz its so funny to type this msg during a meeting.

And yes,,, its the time of the year.. for the trip of the year.. .. This year.. Dino and me are going to Macau and Hong Kong.. It's going to be an economical trip, free and easy, simple and short.. with no frills ........just a trip to relax and enjoy. .......Can't wait.. coz i am leaving this WED!!!!

Fly me to macau and let me eat the portugese tarts.. Fill my bag with Lao po bing when i return home from Hong Kong.. (Lame version of Fly me to the moon)

Did I mention that i also bought myself a simple Samsonite bag for the trip... a bag I bought telling myself that i need a bag which i can bring all over the world.. to see the sights and sounds of each new place.......... hehe don't get me wrong.. its not a fancy bag.. just a simple practical black bag.

Thats all for today.......belated wishes for 2009... good health, peace, happiness and joy for everyone!!!!!!!!

i sense another monday where i will suffer monday bluezz again

2008-11-30T00:52:00.000-08:00

Grrrr Grrr.. another tough week at work has passed.... little appreciation was shown . but i guess........thats because the battle was not fought well enough by me.. and probably i may have fall alittle short by his standards...

Nvrtheless.. i wanted to do some work at home this weekend.. i specially left Sat off to relax and hang out... .and planned to dedicate my precious sunday afternoon to work from the network.. But who knows the stupid server at work is under maintainance and this have left me high and dry.

Shitzz.. i think my meeting is at 9am.... which gives me no time to touch up the slides for the meeting.

Guess.. last alternative is to try to do up another set of slides and to combine it when i reach office... yucks........ which means double work..

I think... hopefully.... after monday... my life at work will be somewhat back to normal and will not be that intenze..... grrrrrrr...but i sense another monday where i will suffer monday bluezz again (its like that same dull pain in my head ..)

Happy Birthday to Me.. Happy Birthday to Me.. Happy Birthday.. Happy Birthday.. Happy Birthday to me!!

2008-11-17T06:25:00.000-08:00

Yup yup.. Its my birthday today. D had cooked some Korean instant noodles ready at midnight..Well.. which was just nice to welcome my birthday as noodles symbolizes good health and a long life.

Look closely at the cake... its not square... See my previous post...and you would have know that we have already taken a bite out of the cake.. Ohh.. and if you notice.. there is the sparkling grape juice on the table.. which was a free gift from Westmall.. haha.. good timing i would say for a fancy celebration..

Well .. and what do you think is my birthday pressie this year from D... hah.. the 2 days before my birthday.. my hp started acting up... (hint hint)... haha.. yes .. u got it.. a Hand phone was my present this year. Nope.. its not "i" phone.. thou that was choice no 1.. but it was just too much of a hassle to change my phone provider.. to singtel.. So tada.. my hp is..SAMSUNG INNOV8!!!! And the best thing why i bought it.. is its a 8 Megapixel camera...:-)

Last Sat, the gals and i met up to go to some harbour restarant at tanjong pagar for dinner.. Din't take any photos then.. cause the group seem abit too big.. maybe will take some photos during our xmas exchange......here's just one which D took with Bong's son (Cutesy Yu Cheng..)

On Sun.. D and me when to a place which we did not visit in like 5 years. Its at boat quay.. it used to be famous.. the shop is 16 years old.. and the main branch is in Hong Kong.. hehe.. i don't think u can guess the restaurant.. coz.. its no longer basking in the spot light.. okie okie.. its DA WAN Zhou.. (Big Bowl Porridge..).. other than the porridge.. our fav.. is the Kung Pao Chicken... its Fab Fab fab...here's me.. giving it 2 thumbs up.. hehe

Today, we went to sushi tei for a simple fare.. some photos of us...

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Thou, i feel i will always remain 20 plus at heart.. the undeniable fact is i have joined the 30 club. No not feeling sad.. just feeling a sense that i can no longer use age as an excuse .

Hmm.. wishes this year... no more superficial wishes... just a few simple wishes that i hold dear to me.

Ohh.. also thanks to all who made this year special for me!!! U know who u are..

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A little dark rum and cognac goes a long way

2008-11-14T21:17:00.000-08:00

A surprise was planned and executed for me on the 12th... Sadly, i spoilt the fun ... How???.. I was sick and couldn't go to work. So the plan was out of the bag.. .. and the plot was to delivery a CAKE for me at work. WOW... so nice of them... so happy i felt after knowing that so much care and tots were done to plan up for this surprise.

Here's what came delivered!!!

Shiok!!! It was so nice .. that i decided not to share with my colleagues.. and brought it home for D and me to eat.. It was so yummy, rich , smooth, aromatic and have a great aftertaste. All this was Thanks to bro and sparrow!!!

Some more photos to enjoy.. and tantalise your taste buds.. hehe.. in your case yur eye buds...

The cutesy box the cake arrived in...

Look what's in the box!!! The chocolate shavings... the layered contrast... cool!!!

Here;s me giving a thumbs up!!!! before eating the cake..

The taste of the cake was fab!!! see the layers.. each layer had its special taste.. the chocolate was thick and rich, the cream was smooth with a tint of cognac and the cake of moist with rum.. Best of all, it was just nice and not too sweet..

Special thanks to bro and Sparrow for giving me an early pressie for my birthday. Thanks for everything!!!! Muaks!!

Glimpse of the past...

2008-10-28T01:15:00.000-07:00

Guess where i was this deepavali weekend.. i was up all the way to Cameron Highlands... I was there on Friday till Monday.. thats like 4 days.

The 1st day was just D and Me , we stayed at Strawberry Park.. but this time instead of staying at our usual block..facing the mountain range......we decided to op for the cheapest room.. due to the economic crisis.. haha.. (just trying our little part to save alittle)...The room was alittle old and dinky.. but it was considered okay for like a 3 star room... No horror stories in this hotel lah... but one thing i can't stand in hotels.. is WHY IS THE STUPID MIRROR ALWAYS FACING THE BED!!!!!!!!!! dun they know that ppl pang tang about it..BAD FENGSUI TO SLEEP WHEN THE MIRROR REFLECTS YOUR IMAGE.. .. Anyway.. the first night was quite nice.. although it rained alot.. that helped to drop the temp to 16-17 degrees... SHIOK!!!!

Ohh..by the way.. do you know that STARBUCKS had also worked its way up at Cameron Highlands... haha.. so thats the little bit of change seen.. well if you see Starbucks..you will know that that place has commercialised.. but i do recommend you to go there coz the ambience is quite cosy up at the 2nd floor. Its also not crowded except for a few Ang Mos.. coz.. probably the drinks are the exp ..at about 12 rm per cup... (D and me shared.. so we felt its okie ;-)

On day 2, we met up with D's family and moved to a cosy house ... its called ROSE COTTAGE.. .it had a nostaligic feel to it.. the switches in the house is the old kampong looking type... and again STUPID MIRROR IS FACING THE BED.........but other than that everything was fine....we went to bed. around 11.30pm....well.. i dunno about you.. but for me .. when i go to a new place.. i normally get some creepy feeling ..and have to overcome that before falling asleep.. so after tossing around i finally managed to sleep.. then...

I had this dream... I dreamt of the ROSE COTTAGE......the same room, same beds.. except... in each room.. there were names and numbers allocated to each bed.. and this person..(didn't see the face lah.. its like a shadow).. was going to each bed... dunno doing what.. and finally it came to bed number 3....... and in my dream i turned around and was really SIAN coz... i was in bed number 3. This bed position was also exactly where i was sleeping that night.... But i managed to wake up...but with a creepy feeling.. then i tried to go back to sleep.. then i heard a WEEEEEEng sound( like mosquito sound but it was constant pitch).. sub-consciously.. i felt that i better wake up .. or else the next dream will be even worst...so . i force myself to wake up again (wah and it was really tough.. it was like .. going into the GUI YA SHENG type of feeling).. in the end. i succeeded and squeeze with D at his bed......then i managed to sleep...feeling that there were some strange energies around...

Later that night....we heard my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law in the next room talking.. so D when over to check out why they haven't sleep... and YES.. you guess it right.. they too had some horror dreams......

My mother-in-law.. kept hearing the WEEEEEEEEEng sound.... but when she switch on the light.. there were no more sound (dunno if its mosquitos.. but there were no mosquito bites)..

My sister-in-law.. dreamt that there were 6-8 female ghost in the house (yes,, she dream about rose cottage too)... and they wanted to throw her out of the window...coz they demanded that she return them some money... anyway.. she managed to feign them off but saying "HALLEUYAH"...

There were some of us (seems only the females in the house, the males.. all sleep soundly) who heard sounds... footsteps.. stuff like that.. that night....and didn't manage to sleep well..

The 2nd night .. we heard sounds,,, like voices.. tapping sounds on window.. knocking on doors... footsteps.. Weeeeng.. .. but it has toned down...

Well thats all the horror we had.. anyway... its not because of the mirrors.. coz we covered it up before we slept... I guess.. its just some harmless spirits still trapped in a different era ........and for those we stayed there.. had a glimpse of the past.....

Terappins

2008-09-24T07:11:00.000-07:00

Some photos of Terappins which i took in Penang ;-)

(loading took too long.. will load other photos another day)

Chasing Dreams

2008-09-24T06:48:00.000-07:00

As I was hearing D sing and old song of Emil... the lyrics struck a chord with me....

We don't know how long we have in the world
We don't know if the success we are seeking for is worth it.
We don't know if the love we have is worthy to treasure.

We just know that being satisfied is the start of happiness.
We just know that if we are unhappy we will cry.

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Hmm.. knowing the above......just make me think......
.in the very end..........we have ourselves to face isnt it.............
its to the very end that you will know what you have chased this life is worth it or not..
its to the very end that you will be able to understand whether you had live your life meaningfully or not........
Its to the very end that you will know that when you are gone....what will remain...
its to the very end that you will know......

Introducing.......Gingi

2008-09-02T22:49:00.000-07:00

Hehe... here's our new member of the family... Gingi... our gingerbread baby.....We felt in luv with Gingi at first sight and adopted him into our family... hehe....

His "bio" data:
Gingi aka Georgie the Ginger Bread Man
Place of origin: unknown
Adoption place: Vivocity Singapore
Body in Light Colorado Topaz crystal with Light Siam crystal buttons and Aquamarine crystal eyes; cream-coloured satin ribbon

Oooooo Oooooooo look at his cheeky smile..........

Major happenings

2008-08-29T20:18:00.001-07:00

1) Fab Redang Trip.

Yes... we love Redang... our fav beach !!!!! This yr, we cut the travelling time from like 10 hrs to only 1.5 hrs.....FANTASTIC... heres what we flew in...Wah haha.......... ;-)

Look that the fab weather, the beach behind us... this was before we went for our swim... only regret in the trip was that we didnt bring a underwater cam... coz........ we really saw loads of marine life just snokelling... This yr, i kinda decided, i dun want to do scuba diving anymore.. coz its too much of a hassle... i much prefer the freedom of snokelling....
Lets name of few of the marine life we saw.. 2 Eels, 2 sting ray (one spotted ray), lots of jelly fish, one turtle, some cuttle fish, schools of fishes lots of marine fish.. like clown fish, parrot fish, baracudas., lots of corals.. clams... .. hope everyone going there will protect the marine life so that every year there will be more and more fishes.. and corals......!!!!!!!
Ohh.. look at the malay fishing boat behind D.........it looks more like a pirate ship..

2) Dad's one week hospitalisation scare.

My dad had a heart attack.. he was eating some snacks at home after work.. watching tv when he felt acute chest pains on the right side of his chest. Thou the Alarm sounded in his heart, he still decided to take a bathe..but lucky for him. he did not keep it to himself, he told my mum who quickly ferried him to the hospital.

There , they did a scan and found that he had a 100% block at one of his artery. OMG OMG.... immediate angioplasty with stent was done , with my dad still alert. Phew!

I only found out about this the next day at Redang Airport before my flight home... really gave me a scare.. Luckily, my bro and mum was around to take care of dad. Phew phew phew!!

I took the week off to accompany my dad and mum at the hospital. I think that made him felt better that there was support there with him all the way. We were thankful to the Drs and nurses there who gave him TLC and made him better. BTW, do you know that the hospital wards.. thou there are no tvs in class c wards... there are LIVE dramas .. there were families quarrelling on the treatment for the patient, there were familes that vent the anger on the nurses...

Yes, Dad is back to his normal self. But he is eating healthy food and feeling healthier too.

3) Change in working style and mentality... More demands,... more responsiblity and more to come...

4) Death of Ah Long

5) Revamp of the Guest room , study room and service balcony.

6) Happy 11th Yr Pa Tor Anniversary

7) Trip to Bird Park

That pretty much sums up everything... hehe..... will edit and fill in the blanks when i am free..

Today.. going out with Mum for our bi-weekly mother-daughter day... ;-) Haha... mothers are the best... they stick around with you.... nvr failing to care of you.. yup.. sometimes..we quarrel. sometimes we get emotional.. but when it comes down to it..........they are still the best friend one can ever have.

Sorry for not knowing this much sooner ;-)

Disheartened: Its how little u do that makes me sad

2008-08-29T20:01:00.000-07:00

Sometimes... we just get disheartened by certain people, certain situations, certain mentalities and certain experience.

Well.. to blog it down,, means i guess... i have come to terms on this........

What you have done in the past , what you have been doing , reflects on how "important" my place in your life is. Its fine... really,, its fine....... life still continues.

This will put a close in this chapter. Realisation that nothing will change. No pt trying to move the mountain ... i will just move around it.

I will just move on... with or without you..... though sometimes.. i will think of you.. sometimes.. i will miss you... but thats pretty much i can do.

GIRL POWER

2008-07-03T19:23:00.000-07:00

Last night, it was an ALL GIRLS NIGHT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well we have known each other since we are 13 years old (SEC 1)....so its a 17 year old relationship.. can you imagine ....from awkward teens to young adults to working adults to married or soon to be married adults......we have seen each other grow.

The funny thing is.. we each really live our lifes apart from each other, each have gone to different schools, different career paths and yes, we may have even different opinions of different things.. I can even say, our characters are also different. I can't really remember what made us stick together after so many years.. but there is really no need to find something common between us coz we became part of each other life like family.

Yah.. sometimes the meetings r a little boring..but there are days where the meetings are fun too , but really... i guess we are just contented to see each other living happily, hear what each other is doing, share secrets and tips on certain things and we can just be with other...without pretending .

This year, we are all turning 30. Guess... we can't really pretend that we are still young.. (despite the plucking of white hairs, hehe)...hmm .......

When we are below 20, we are living our lives how our parents want us to be.
When we are below 29, we are living our lives how we hope it to be.
When we are above 30, I think, we can live our lives just the way we want it to be ;-)
When we are above 40, .. will fill in the blanks 10 years later...

Wallflowers

2008-07-02T22:03:00.000-07:00

Wallflower: a person who from shyness or unpopularity remains on the sidelines of a social activity (as a dance) b: a shy or reserved person

I used to like being a wall flower... but things changes, perspective changes....

Working with a bunch of wall flowers... its seems great being a wall flower.. everyone is on the sidelines together ............but working with a bunch of bees....it seems easier to be a bee now than a wall flower .

Friends wedding

2008-06-29T23:42:00.000-07:00

Here's a pic of my group of ex-colleagues during a wedding dinner for a close colleague. She is the sweetest bride i have ever seen, she kept smiling and waving at us, very very very very very sweet. I am sure her hubby will love her to bits.

Like what Sparrow said in one of her blog, sometimes, thou i hate attending such Gala Gala events, it depends on the person i am attending for. If it is someone whom i am close, i would love to see them on their wedding nite and to share my well wishes with them. I will surely not give the event a miss.

But for those that I seldom see or I am not close to, i don't see the need to go just because i feel obligated.

hehe.. .. blog this down for the photo too... ;-)

Reflections of today

2008-06-29T22:39:00.000-07:00

Wah... sometimes i really wish i know how to pose for the phone camera.. so that my photo will turn out nice.. u know there are some people who knows which angle the camera should take. and all of their self potrait looks so nice......wish i was like that too... so i can post more photos of myself .. hehe.. ;-)

Last friday, our name tags (for our workstation) finally came.. and the "Fun" ppl decided to do something different instead of just indicating the name and designation. They decided to add a word to describe the person.. Just to share with you all how the naming works. ( I will try to post the photo later)

1) Pa Pa DD - > for the boss, he got the most nurturing leader award.
2) Wise M-> for the scholar
3) Smart M-> one of the female Ms
4) NIL-> another female M, the fun ppl did not to give her a name. but she decided that she wanted IN so she named herself as-> Sophisticated M
5) hehe.. as for me...I am named "Sweet" M.. haha.. i am quite happy with this.. at least it wasn't evil M, sour M, bitter M.. haha...

haha.. .... these are some crappy things that we do at work to keep us entertained...

OMG OMG OMG......... i got a active volcano spewing clothes at my house.. haha.. its my sofa filled with clothes.. waiting for a volunteer (me! me!.. cross my fingers.. that i will do it tonight)...to fold up all the clothes and put it neatly in the cupboard... wish someone will invent an all in one machine for my clothes (Washer, Dryer, Ironer, Folder, Storage) .. wah.. no matter how expensive i will surely buy... just put the dirty clothes in the machine and wahlah!! 1 hr later it can be found in my cupboard, ironed and folded or hanged neatly....... super super invention.. it will save so much time for the poor working ladies like me out there.. haha..

Okie okie its a 5 day count down time to my "Annual beach retreat" with hubby.. ;-) can't wait to swim in clear oceanic waters filled with marine life....to walk down sandy beaches.. with pearly white fine sand.... can't wait to hear the sound of crashing waves ..like a sweet lullaby... ;-)

Damn that CLOWN

2008-06-19T19:56:00.000-07:00

Have u ever seen a clown at work....... let me describe one to you...

I have been attending almost weekly meetings with this "clown". She is an experience IT personel.. who have probably worked up her ranks through her knowledge and hardwork. But she is really disrespectful and always acts like a clown.

My first bad impression of her...
Long time ago, where i haven't had any dealings with her.. i met her at the toilet.. it was their IT ranking exercise.. and guess what she told me.. she told me to rank her fellow IT colleague low..... Wah come on lah.. you want to back stab your colleague also not like that. Shake head shake head.

My 2nd bad impression of her ...
B4 i transferred .. one "dragon boss" (dragon boss is those who are ruteless to those who stands in their way or is no use to them).. told me that she heard that i could not understand some accounting logic at the new dept.. .. I was like.....these kind of things also can spread??? and who is this dragon boss friend.. its this CLOWN lor.

My 3rd bad impression of her...
Instead of teaching her fellow colleague (same rank) on how her system works , she makes her IT colleague go all over the place with email.. and guess what she does... she sniggers behind and send emails to others.. teaching them how to reply her.......Wah cowz.. these kind of colleagues.. i dun want.

My worst impression of her and why i call her a CLOWN..
(l won't go to physical description of how she looks.. )..
In every meeting with her boss (an older women,, who seen the ups and downs.. turn of tide.. and is experience but alittle out-dated), this CLOWN will make faces (really she will make the worst exagerated faces) behind the boss whenever the boss speaks. She will sometimes.. add in some hand gestures... to show that the boss is talking crap and they should ask her instead... and this clown will always say.. (Dair......i told you so....) Sometimes.. even she is sitting beside her boss.. she will use her long thick hair to cover the side that her boss is at and to make some stupid face.(pls lah.. her boss is not blind... she can see what the CLOWN is doing)... at anyone who makes eye contact with her. Come on lah.. give some respect to your boss and be professional in your behaviour.. I think her boss is too gracious and have spoilt this CLOWN. If i am any boss... i won't promote this CLOWN no matter how knowledgeble u are.. coz.. there is no integreity in her behaviour..

haha.. u don't see me complain about ppl alot.. but this person really makes me want to spit at her... ..... Right now.. I don't make eye contact with this person.. les i encourage her to perform one of her repetitive circus act again. Grrrr.........the ugly side of human.......

Updates

2008-05-31T21:57:00.000-07:00

The past 2 weeks.. .. there are updates of people leaving the co. I guess. really, when it come to the crunch.. the co. really doesn't have enough "Ummph" to retain staff. First, money definately..cannot be increased, 2nd, promotions are very limited and difficult... So if you want to climb the career ladder.. i guess.. its really not the place to be. But its so sad to see good collegues and staff leaving. (hehe.. if it was the lousy people leaving.. i will definately.. blow up the balloons and wave my hands widely and shout adieus... but too bad.. its almost always the good ones who leave....)

Here's a photo taken with one of the colleague whom i buddied when she came... the one beside me.. so sad.. one less lunchie buddy around.... :(

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Last night.. D and me when to botantic garderns around 8 plus for an after-dinner walk.. and to our delight.. there was a mini concert held there.. so for the price of $1.25 (parking cost)..we had a free concert .. it was mostly sung by some young teens... where most of the time the mic was too soft or the standard was not there.. but it was sure fun.. coz the weather was great, everyone was sitting on the grass... and everyone was well spread out and not cramped like sadines.. haha..we also got free lights..(dunno whats its called).....so we also wave the lights like crazy for like 45mins.. then we got bored and continued on with our walk..

Here's the photo to remember this fun nite

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Finally,, the last item up.. its the updates on the Thai restaurant (Lotus) which i went with D for dinner on Eat With Your Family Day.

First. .. here's D showing his appreciation to the food..see how big his eyes are...wow ...

Okie.. we had 3 dishes that day... starters- Lemon Grass Salad. which eats like a wrap..(there is a plate of lettuce that comes with it.. so you scoup the salad on to the lettuce..).. YUMMY!!!! its really quite special.. coz this item seems to be served only at this restaurant.

Main dish- Coconut Otah

Its quite nice.. there are sotong, fish, otah,, and coconut meat in the Coconut... D found that there are too many sotong.. and for the fear of his cholestrol.. he didn't fancy it that much..

Soup- Tom Yam (clear Base)

Thou it is clear based.. it come with a punch.. sour and spicy.. Yummy!!!!

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Thats all folks!!!!!!!

Frus

2008-05-22T08:17:00.000-07:00

Real Frus today. Got this thingy about ppl abusing $.

What i mean is everyone should spend within your means. If you are poor.. well work harder to earn more $$ lah.. buy things you can afford mah. U are getting out of control.........................

Grrr... i won't go into details... les i offend the someone who luvs that someone... hahaha.. .. too obvious hor... hahaha...maybe i have to remove this post soon..... if i do.. u will know the someone.. is offended lor ;p

Anyway... nothing much special happening lately... no photos too.. had a farewell lunchie with one colleague... i had Thai food at a place called LOTUS restaurant. The lemon grass salad was fab!!..what else... hmmm.. the rest of the food.. so so.... but this restaurant got potiential.. so i am bring D tomorrow to try it out again.. .. ;p

GUESS WHAT DAY IS TMR?? ITS EAT WITH YOUR FAMILY DAY!!!!!!!!!! we get to leave office at 5pm.. thou D can only leave at 5.30pm.. i guess i will leave office early to slack abit... maybe go to the nearby MPH to rest and relax.. enjoy the aircon and flip some mags.

Surprise Party

2008-05-01T09:05:00.000-07:00

Had my farewell party on Tuesday ...really touched by how everyone who cares for me ..did so much for me.. Look at all that i leave behind... ;( Feeling sad already. Luckily , i got a fantastic farewell card.. which is like 30 over pages.....with photos, love and lots of well wishes.. ..this card will tide me through the lonely days in my new dept...

Thanks to all my dearies who planned the party and shopped for all the gifts and spent so much time compiling the card.. Kisses and huggies to all..

Worked for 7 years in the old department, can't believe i am finally leaving it.... hiay... maybe its good for me too.. or i will get too comfortable and start slagging in time to come...

Leaving a place i love is nothing to be happy about... taking a new change in work is nothing to be sad about... so my feelings are...... mixed, confused and unknown.

But too late to look back now.. i can now only charge forward and start my work life in the new job.... ;)

I am back!!!

2008-03-12T18:47:00.000-07:00

You must be wondering what happened to me... no updates since i came back from China...

Yes, i will promise you a blog with photos i have taken from China... and yes,,, China was more than what i had expected!! I had enjoyed the country and experience and would be looking forward to venture to more unchartered lands (unchartered means places i haven't been to ;) I will screen off the unpleasant situtaitons and only blog the good one...coz i just want to remember to good things in life. ;) (Alamak.. i forget to take a photo of the toilet in China to share with you all how it looks.. not for the faint hearted.. haha..)

So back to the question.. what happened to me... Hmm.. actually.. nothing much.. ;) just have been busy with hubby and work... seems no more time or put it bluntly.. i have been too lazy to blog.

Yup.. we bought a new car...its now known as my hubby's 2nd wife... Its a CRV..quite new..but quite affordable (just 1-2 hundred more than existing car mthly instalment). But i don't think, i would be able to drive it.. since it is so bulky.. Yup Yup .. i know.. i will be going to start taking my theory soon... (as soon as someones brings me to register.. haha..) Congrats to Sparrow in getting a pass in her theory test... !!!!

So these weeks have been busy... and with hubby back.. there seems endless things to buy and eat .. so we have put a restraining order on our wallets... haha... but before the restraining order was made.. we had already bought a Sony Bravia TV (40inch..) it was bought about $800 less than the normal price.. due to a road show.. but mainly.. our existing bulky TV have broken down and it takes a hitting session to get it up working (can you imagine us.. hitting the tv for like 15mins .. hoping each time ..each hit will wake the tv up... painful man.. real painful and the past 2 weeks.. i have not been watching TV.. )

Somemore.. I am officially going to transfer to a new dept...wef 1 May... going to start afresh ..to build new rapport with new colleagues... going to leave my precious team behind... really sad and heart breaking man.. = ::: ( but changes are good... been stagnant in the dept for too long.. time to move on.

okie then... be patient... for my china blog hor.. haha.. will try to post it up soon.....

Reflections of a long wait.

2008-02-02T05:32:00.000-08:00

2 years ago, i sent off my hubby away to UK with a heavy heart. Lots of people must be wondering, why didn't i go with him? I can hear them saying , if i was you, i will be there with him. .. If it was only so easy... In the end, I made the decision to stay back in Singapore. Life is tough in UK, work was hard to find (given that my work was not specialised), the money earned by D would not be sufficient to reap any rewards.. instead we will end up spending up all for our food and enjoyment.

Well, supporting my husband's dream doesn't mean that i have to be by his side. If i was a hindrance, what support would i play then? Rather, I let him off to venture the world while i stay back to ensure that the home base will remains strong with me. With our goals kept in our heart, with both of us committing that this is what we chose to do, he left me......temporaily..

Here's some things we did to say connected the past 2 years...
1) Almost every weekend for was blocked for video conferencing each other(normally from 7pm to 12pm- Sat, Sun and Public holidays).
2)On weekdays- Mons to Fridays,...
a) it starts with every morning when i wake up , he will give me a wake up call (or vice versa) and i will say good night to him.
b) then at work, i will drop him an email for that day..
c) at 2.30pm , I will give him his wake up call (6.30am UK time)....we will chat abit..
d) and then i will wait for his email reply from work...
e) at around 7.30pm , i will give him a call during his lunch time to chit chat ..
f) and back home..we will email each other while he is working and me watching tv
g) i will read the email he sent the previous night and i will send him another email for him to read at home when he is back from work.....
h) finally before i sleep, another call to him say good night....

this is our weekend and weekday routine, the past 2 years. We stayed connected and committed this way.. we knew each other's mood every day, we knew what each other ate every day. we heard each other voices every day.. this is how we stayed connected...

Finally, my long wait is going to be over, in 16 hrs times, my hubby will finally be back home. With the home all sparkling, i await his return.. its like in the olden times:
a) when a swordsmen needs to leave his wife to roam the world to polish his fighting skills,
b)when a chinese scholar needs to go to the capital to sit for the imperial exams in order to obtain glory.

So this is how i felt about my husband's work trip to UK...without venturing, he will not go far, without venturing he would not be able to polish his skills, without venturing.. he may end up regretting missing that opportunity..

Haha.. so you can only imagine my joy now.. moments before my husband's return (btw, he is now in a taxi , on the way to London-Heatlhrow airport)..undescribable feelings of pride and joy.

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Deeper sentiments:

We had met early in our lifes,, before we had grown strong. So we stuck to each other, relying on each other's strengths to walk through our obsticles. We were like 2 creeper plants.. wrapping around each other in order to move up towards the sun. Was it love or reliance or habit? that we didn't know...

The time apart .. had made us grow independently, relying on our own strength to walk through our own obsticle. We had matured and strengthen our own characters and have grown up. Now, we are like two trees growing side by side, no longer relying on each other to reach the sun. We can lend our shelther to each other from time to time, but mostly, we just enjoy each other but no longer out of reliance or habit or need. Our roots runs deep beneth the soil, others may not be able to see, but we know how deep it goes.
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Reflections from a loving wife ;)

IS EVERYTHING IN LIFE FATED???

2008-01-25T05:25:00.000-08:00

I was waiting at the bus terminal for my bus ride home ... doing nothing.. just looking blankly at the passing people and suddenly i had this tot and wonder is everything in life fated.

PART I: NOTHING IS BY CONCIDENCE
Eg.. On one occassion in my teens, I had planned to meet up a group of friends at the fun fair at bukit batok, I had board the bus from Toh Tuck.. and had rode all the way to Bukit batok.. but i couldn't see the fun fair nor my friend, dejected, i travelled back home... i wonder.. had i not missed that fun fair... what will happen???????

Another occassion, when we were driving to Dino's house in Perak with my parents... I suddenly had constipation (which is quite rare) at a rest area.. it was raining very heavily then.. i was in the toilet for close to 20-30mins..... then we drove again when i came out.. and 5-10 mins down the road, we saw a freak fatal accident which occured like few minutes before us.... the point is... i wonder.. had i not had the constipation... what will happen??????

Bring this concept up a notch... if it was fated that i was to see the freak accident, and get to feel that me having the constipation had averted an accident .. subsequently this experience had given me the awareness that life is not as simple as we think it is.. and for me to write this blog.. then this blog was meant to be too? haha...then if i didn't know Dino, then i won't be driving to his house in Perak, then i won't get to see the accident and won't get to write this blog? Get what i mean.. there is so many logics behind each incident in our life that nothing seems to be by concidence..... haha.

PART II: ITS NOT LIFE THAT MATTERS, BUT WHAT YOU LEARN OUT OF IT
If everything in life has already been planned out, and every decision i make is not really a decision but it was orginally planned for it to happen... hmm i am quite loss for words.. except that if you can't control your life since it is pre-set.. what is yours to control is what you learn out of it.

Eg,.. If walking from Pt A to Pt B is pre-set.. what is not preset is how you want to walk there, you can walk from Pt A enjoying the scenary or you can walk from Pt A complaining and grumbling all the way.

Hah... if you can understand the above, you will understand the meaning of my blog.......

PART III: RANDOM TOTS
In a lighter tone....Just random tots,,,...What will happen if i didn't go to USA? Will I still meet Dino this life?? How will we get to meet then if it was preset that we will be together??? I wonder....

Hopes for 2008 and Reflections of 2007

2008-01-13T21:27:00.000-08:00

Haha.. alittle belated but here are some things i want to do for 2008 and reflections of 2007.

2008:
1) Go to a place I never been to. (Haha.. attaining this soon... coz going to China)
2) Cook up a Popiah party for my family. (Like having family gatherings at home, rather than to spend $$ to go out for a meal)
3) Take up a course (likely to try to get a driving license..)
4) To keep my house neat and nice (from inside out.. haha..difficult task.. but i will try)
5) Try to organise a family trip (Likely Penang... or maybe Txxxxx ;) )
6) Work- Would be a busy year, but I plan to keep it simple, finish the projects assigned and stay in low profile.
7) Cook a few meals a week for my hubby.
8) Be on a healthy lifestyle plan with hubby (Try to eat healthy and work out regularly)
9) Buy some nice english karaokie songs for my parents.. so that i can also have some songs to sing along when there is a karaokie session at their house.
10)...keep the last one a secret!!! for ppl who know me.. no need for me to say, you will also know what it is.

Things that I have achieved in 2007:
1) Being independant!!!!!!! (This time was the longest time apart from D.. so sad and lonely)
2) Went London and enjoyed myself. This trip I really coz it was planned by D. We went to harrods for the experience too.. their cheese cake is super delicious.. had my first krispy cream donut there, my first taste of parma ham, my first trip to a castle, my first time setting eyes on crown jewels.. hehe. it was a great eye opener.
3) Work- super challenging work.. having to work with external org (its like hitting my head with a brick wall each time i due with them)..but finally it was implemented.
4) Increase my Community Chest donation.. haha.. (regardless where the money went, i felt i did a part for the needys)..
5) Maintain the Fish aquarium and took care of the fish when it turned crazziee (never knew that that fish can turn crazziee.. think it got depression coz too long never see its master already)..phew.. can't wait to hand back this responsiblity to D.

Thing I was most disgusted with myself in 2007:
1) idiotic email episode..still suffering panic attacks from this so i have to block my mind off this incident. (lesson learnt, don't get involved in other's gossip or email.)

Major event impacting my life 4ever:
1) Demise of Father-in-Law. My view of life and death changed alot after it.

Saving the best for last!!!! Best Achievement award ...
1) No more outstanding bills!!!!
(less the car loan and housing loan and monthly giro deductions -income tax...tv license... etc etc.. haha...)

Anyway, my hope for 2008 is that the world will be peaceful and calm. Economy maintains its growth. Family and friends, all healthy and happy!!!!!!
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What is wealth without happiness? What is happiness without health? What is wealth without health? So appreciate your life with what you earn and what you achieve, while you and your love ones are as fit as a fiddle. Don't hold back your love.. thinking that there is always a tomorrow for you to do it.

Lost in translation

2008-01-07T05:19:00.000-08:00

Sometimes we say things which may hurt another indirectly and the hurt inflicted is unnecessary as it wasn't meant to be interpretated in that way in the first place. This is what i mean by lost in translation.

My gal friend said to me this many years later .. that she use to detest me when we were studying in secondary school... cause i was sacastic and had hurt her feelings. After i found out about it, i was quite sad.. cause a harmless remark (I don't even know what i said) had cause her to feel bad. I felt bad being someone to cause one pain.

What i want to say is that sometimes the ones were tend to hurt are the ones who love us the most as they put what we say to heart. If we are not important to them, they won't even bother about what we say. Its because we are important, its because we matter to them, that what we say penetrates to their heart.

So thats why i feel that we must be very careful of our speech to the ones we love, we must treat them with love, respect and tenderness. Coz what we say matters.

Felt sad that sometimes the things we say would make our love one feel bad and lousy and guilty. Rather than inflicting hurt, i want to be one who will bring joy and smiles to my love ones.

Power of speech.. use it probably and it will bring harmony and peace, use it wrongly, and it would cause much sadness and pain.

Seemingly Meaningless Things

2008-01-04T05:51:00.000-08:00

Why does one get entangled with seemingly meaningless things.

Somethings i wonder, why is it so important to look good or impress people when you don't even bother to look within. What's so great about an apple which looks good outside but is rotten inside. I see these people as being lame.

If you rot inside, why bother .. why bother at all to pretend to be a good soul .... isnt it meaningless.. since everyone who "knows" you.... knows you already.

If you don't even bother to make any effort, if you are not consistent in your actions, then don't bother at all. Its just lame.

So back to my first sentance... being entangled in seemingly meaningless things is to pretend to be someone who you are not, is to waste time to create a faux image of yourself... so in that sense.. isn't it meaningless ..haha

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I really wonder sometimes.. does everyone has some inner thoughts.. Mine inner thoughts are mostly happy thoughts.. which helps to guide my mind to peace and happiness but .. i worry for those whose thoughts are otherwise..probably it is this group of people who may go into desperation , delusion and destruction....

A Long Way

2007-12-30T06:03:00.000-08:00

We have come a long way since our days in US studying in OSU. The fav thing we love to do in Oklahoma is fishing.. here's an old photo from our past...

Zoom back to the present......its 1.5 more hrs to my 3rd year Wedding Annivesary... can't believe time pass so fast and its already 3 years since our traditional wedding ceromony.

Lets see.. thou we don't celebrate our anniversary.. thou we are not around each other the past 2 years, we are still glad that we are still together, we are still glad that we made it through this period. we are still connected despite the distance.

What we have is not superficial, what we have runs deep, what we have began a long time ago, what we have will only continue to grow and flourish, what we have is more than words can say.

Wee hee..ending photo is from our Korea trip 2006!!!

Wedding! Weddings!!! Weddings!!!!

2007-12-16T20:44:00.000-08:00

Wedding! Weddings!!! Weddings!!!! OMG.. this year is the year I broke my record of attending weddings!!!!!!!!! From November to December....i have been to 4 weddings.... and yes, it have left a big hole in my pocket.. and an angry hubby ...

I guess.. weddings are quite fun... its nice to see friends and colleagues in their wedding gowns, walking down the aisle and warm atmosphere of love ... hehe.. makes me remember of my own wedding...

But i surrender already.. i will not want to attend any more functions this year.. too tired from the wait for the start of the meal to the end of the meal.. Why can't people be punctual.. why must it always start 1 hr later and end like 11pm... WHY WHY WHY?? Dun they know that by the time from 10pm...my stomach and brain has already become sleepy mode...and Dun they know its difficult to go home (my last bus is 11pm... so makes going home by public transport challenging)

/0_0\ I got panda eyes again.... lack of sleep from yesterday's dinner....

WHy Why Love

2007-12-09T06:58:00.001-08:00

Hehe.. I think in October.. I watched a Taiwanese Drama called "Why Why Love".. Well... guess why i started to watch Taiwanese Drama now.. coz. i finished watching most of the K dramas i wanted to watch and the J dramas that i wanted to watch.. so only T dramas left..

So i did abit of research and finally decided that "Why Why Love" rating is high...and finally watch it.. and i am hooked.. (until the last 2 ep.. coz the drama decided to have some "drama rama" which i can't stand to watch on..)

So the drama I am watching now is "Devil beside you" its the drama (2 yrs) before "Why WHy Love" with the same actors and actress... haha.. but this drama is a kiddish version of Why Why Love.. i should have seen this drama first.. then watch Why Why love.. then i can see how the actors and actress mature in their acting skills..

Aiyah.. but even thou childish.. i have to see it.. coz got drama poision...so have to watch it...

The next drama which i have to watch is " Bull Fight"..haha.. .lucky for me .. i got a colleague.. who shares the same taste with me in the string of dramas.. i think her level of poison is higher than mine..Wah Ha ha

Russian Matrioshka Dolls

2007-12-08T04:53:00.000-08:00

Have you ever seen Sesamin Street? It was my favourite show when i was young.. i will count along with big bird, elmo, ....and in one of the counting along, there will be the beautiful stacking dolls... we will go One.. and then it will open up.. then Two.. and another mini doll will come out.. i was always amaze how many were stored inside these dolls..

Ohh wait... another childhood memory suddenly pop out.. i seem to recall that my neighbour.. childhoon play mate "AH GIRL" also seem to have one which was bought by her musician father.. but that memory is quite blurred.. so not sure if occured or not.. haha

So when Dino bought this for me last Dec .. i was very happy... the photo doesn't do justice.. coz it is very shiny red and very nice...

Matrioshka Dolls, The name derives from an old Russian word for "mother", since all the dolls are nesting inside the largest. You might see only one doll, but pull them apart at the middle and you'll discover 3, 4 and even 5 dolls...

Fire Drill

2007-12-04T05:35:00.000-08:00

Ohh.. boy....my company's bi-annually fire drill occured today...it came as a surprise and guess where i was on that very moment the fire bell rang.

I was at the 41st storey of the building having my one to one with my director.. at first, my director told the fire warden that he wants to be excused as he is in a meeting (means i also excused) but then his boss..called his handphone and told him that he has to participate in the fire drill .. so i disappointedly ..made my way down from 41st storey..in my heels.. by the time i was at 15th storey.. my feet are wobberly like jelly..by the time i was at the 1st storey.. i was sweaty and tired..

The only 3 words to describe how i feel is "QUAH QUAH QUAH".....

After the fire drill.. i still had to continue on with my one to one meeting with my director.. the meeting when quite well lah...

Hair Candy???

2007-12-01T04:12:00.000-08:00

For those of you who knows me, will know that i like to clip my fringe up (unless i have just rebonded my hair)..I started developing this habit.. hmm.. like 3 years ago??? can't even remember ....when...but now when i let my fringe down,.. many of my colleagues are not used to it.

Anyway, here's part of my collection of hair candy... but frankly,,, its not easy collecting it in Singapore.. because. although there are alot of hair clips in Singapore... many are too "over"... or just simply not my style.

The ones in pink by the left hand side are the ones i bought from korea... the one in green (last row) and pink ( first row) are from a shop that says they got it from Hong kong... the blue one is a birthday gift bought from chomel...

The next time i go to Japan or Taiwan... i guess I will be searching for much more when i go to these countries... i guess the variety there will be much more than Singapore...

The ones at the 2nd picture are my older collection, some of which are bought by my mum from China and Thailand for me.

Wish i can find more hair clips to add on my collection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hehe.. come to think of it.. my collection is too small to say that it is a collection... hehe.. so how many do i need to have in order for it to be considered a collection???

Year End Party

2007-11-29T06:16:00.000-08:00

Today is my department's year end party.. and it was really quite fun.. had lots of laughter today...Well.. the objective is to make the staff happy.. and i think the objective was achieved.

This year.. i think i am not that lucky...coz didn't win a single prize for the lucky draw or any cash value prizes (vouchers).. .. only thing i won was a B4 size note book.. (haha.. at least i won something.. only consolation..but it was after i had to dance the stupid chicken dance with 10 other colleagues.. yucks...)

Food is always the same old same old.. buffet style... Fried rice, bee hoon, prawns with shell on (pls lah.. if you want to have prawns in the menu.. have it without the shell lah...so troublesome to pluck away the shell during these parties).. roast chicken, fried crab claw, Veg with mushroom... fish teriyaki... alamak.. next time i must make it a habit to take some photos.. no point just describing hor.. i must post the photo too..

Well.. now the only other "party" left is the xmas party for my unit... i think it would be just a simple affair... just food and gift exchange.

For me.. such events are only fun if the people you sit with are fun.. if the people you sit with are boring, dull and not spontaneous.. you end up drying up with bordem... ...thankfully.. the people is sat with today are quite fun...

OPENING CEROMONY ON 28 NOV 2007

2007-11-28T06:41:00.000-08:00

DRUM ROLL!!! CAMERA!!! RIBBON CUTTING!!!!

YES!!! Finally, its the opening ceromony of my blogger blog.

As you can see.. i have created this account since July 2007, but I just didn't find the time to finetune and personalise it to the right feel. So it took me about 5 months to come up with this.

I decided to keep this blog site simple. It would just a place to store my tots and whatever i wish to remember.

I was thinking to myself the other day... how long would this blog last... would it last until I am wrinkled up and toothless.... and if it really last till I am so aged.. it would be fantastic that i have all these stuff recorded for my children and even grandchildren to read. Wah.. won't they be shocked to read of how i recorded my life in writing... I think i would be shocked myself reading it then on how i walk through the ups and downs of my life.

Hmm.. thats all for the opening speech... .. Do drop me a note in my cbox when you drop by my blog.

Lots of love
Pris