青蛇与白蛇

went to 崇义庙 at sengkang today & saw tis huge 青蛇与白蛇. according to my bro, these were the stars in the 白蛇传 tat mediacorp produced.

can't really see the green snake but the white snake was huge! celebrity snakes

Lost Treasure Map

I keep telling ppl tat as i 'walked' around neopets, i'll find codestones & treasure maps.

to prove my point, i 'found' another treasure map tis afternoon.

see, it really happens tis way.

Narnia

wanted to write abt narnia since i watched it but kept forgetting abt it.

till i found the games on neopets tat were narnia themed.

very nice show and topics & values touched on were quite serious eg. family ties, betrayal, greed & lies.

of course, good triumphs in the end but i find it very touching & the special effects were awesome.
reminds mi of lord of the ring.

the backdrop of world warII & winter makes the mood quite gloomy too.

yeowyeow & marie share the same thot abt the show "lion can tok one"....haha

Feed a fever, Starve a cold??

now i am always confused if it should be feed a fever, starve a cold or starve a fever, feed a cold.

and it always bothers mi when i am 1) having a fever or 2) having a cold.

i did a Yahoo search on feed a fever, starve a cold which is leaving mi even more confused coz nobody seems to noe the correct version too.

i onli noe fever cannot take rice & sugar coz heaty mah.

den tis american site claims tat chicken soup is the best medicine for flu. ang moh dun get cough wif flu issit? i eat chicken yest & cough like going to die from TB tdy.

chicken is a definitely no-no when sick

i still tink my plum lime is best for all ailments. onli prob is i realise my plum lime expired liao. expired can still drink rite? it's so saltish & preserved tat i dun tink will spoil...still taste as good & i didn't get food posioning after drinking for past 3 days. 自问自答！

election aka GE

my two cents worth on politics, i left some comments on bm's blog so decided to copy & paste my comments here too :

firstly, the govt is not even elected by most singaporeans. y i say tat leh?

all singaporeans above 21 haf the right to vote but how many ppl haf the chance to exercise tis right before? at least not most of the ppl i noe. tat includes all my lunch kakis & all my peers.

and certainly not mi, so did i choose the govt? NO! and tis is not a question if the govt is doing good job or not. i tink they do a decent job & society is stable & i'm proud of my country but can it be better? we nbr noe.

in fact, i dun noe anyone hoo has voted before, except my mum when we were staying in bedok more den 13 yrs ago. tat means she oso haben vote for the past few GE. no wonder ppl choose to go on hols when GE come

see, the real prob is where we stay. dun complain no chance to vote, rite?
we juz not staying in the correct constituency so no opposition parties want us...sob sob.

see, we are orphans in the political race. 没人要！

walkover not considered elected & it's not a true victory when there is no contest to begin with.

all MPs who were not truly elected should wake up to tis fact tat they haf no idea how many ppl in his constituency supports him. the ppl he serves had no choice! did someone mention a confidence vote in the straits times? yea! and if he doesn't win the vote of confidence how? change candidates?

it's unlike a job selection process / promotion when the best candidate wins. they were juz lucky they're the only candidates

and their entire term is a probation coz they may be challenged in the next election.

den maybe they'll work harder for the ppl.

like the covered walkway from my block tat is 13 yrs overdue...but i guess beggars can't be choosers rite?

so i really haf the opposition party to thank if i get a chance to vote for the 1st time in my life. ( hopefully it's tis yr! )

not tat i noe much abt the opposition parties. i onli noe got worker's party ( the hammer mah ) and the one tat Chiam Chee Tong is in...issit singapore democratic party or change name or change party liao? there was some saga, rite?

dun say young singaporeans dun care abt politics. care oso no use. 英雄无用武之地. can vote but nbr got chance to so how to haf our say? go to govt website & make noise?
hmm...i want to complain abt my carpark next...but tat'll be another posting and of course to the correct authorities namely, HDB. carpark belongs to them rite? since my mthly parking paid to them.

but i tink the saddest thing is, most ppl i asked, told mi no need to vote lah, even if got competition. mayb they not telling the truth. afterall, cannot discuss tis kind of thing one mah. wait ppl hear us & catch us how?

but i juz sharing wif them the excitement tat mayb i'll finally get to vote for the first time since reaching 21. somehow, nobody seems to share my enthusiasm.

i hope i dun ever become 政治冷感 and haf no interest in the way the country is run or keep quiet when i see things not going rite.

coz tat will mean all the education i haf is wasted if i do not speak up.

oso as a mother, i haf every responsibility to play a more active role in shaping the environment they grow up in. be it, being environmentally friendly to caring for another fellow being in less fortunate circumstances whether in or out of singapore & being more concerned in the country's politics.

Doggy from MacDonald's

went to MacDonald's on 大年初一 and got tis doggy from the happy meal.

狗大哥来拜年了!

very cute hor. it's sitting in a teacup & spins when u push it along.

reminds mi of the giant teacup ride at Disneyland.

Loyang Tua Pek Gong

went to Loyang Tua Pek Gong last nite. reached there ard midnite. as always, cars not allowed into the temple grounds so we parallel parked outside the factories den took the free shuttle.

now i would tink tat it would be fairly quiet at tis time of the nite but on the contrary, it was very very packed. 真的是人头窜动. mayb everyone is coming to pray after the visiting is completed.





上面是财神爷


mummy 在过龙桥，摸龙头。
过龙桥有求必应

Plight of my mobile's trinket

i tink i am too 粗鲁. the trinket is a wedding flavour tat i got slightly more than 1 mth ago & i managed to break the string it's dangling from. somemore the string like a bit metallic one.

i'm going to restring the boy & girl trinket wif some wool thread. now tat should last much longer, rite? we shall see.

Hands itching for MJ

my bro juz came to mi & jio mi for mj tonite, rather to play mj wif him & shupin & teach shupin the game.

aiyah, aroused itching of my hands for MJ now.

supposed to watch Fearless but called off due to lack of response. i sms sven to watch instead & he told mi he's playing MJ tonite too. ARGH!

where the whole world playing MJ tonite? tink i should jio ppl for MJ now.

Latest symptom

juz had runny nose for a while. i wonder if tat means i'm recovering but 我的病情加重了, and coming down wif flu as well?

but my stuffy nose cleared after having a hot drink of plum lime mixture.

i still tink i'll self recover from the flu/cough...so no medication for mi.

Siyuan's avatar

hehe, first time i toking to SY on msn. didn't notice his avatar before...haha

Qiqi on Chinese New Year's eve

ms little vainpot loves taking fotos too.

didn't get a shot of her in her new year dress. it's a long white dress with butterfly & flower motifs & some sequins tat kept dropping off when qiqi pulled them.

she's taller den i thot coz i felt the dress was too big for her but the length was alrite

conclusion : need to re sew the sequins back on the dress post CNY.

Mi still sick

mi was nursing a sore throat on mon which i thot i recovered from. but it came back on thurs & developed into a cough on fri.

now i coughing & haf phlegm...sigh

yeow has given mi good advice to drink lotsa water & not tok too much...haha, he's the expert on coughs.

it's so sad to be sick during CNY. can't eat the new yr goodies tat i like...sigh

Finland got bear meh?

I was reading Karen's blog and her header got tis short write up about bears.

i got to the last part which was "The Brown Bear is Finland's national animal."

the first question tat came to my mind was "Finland got bear meh?"

i mean, isn't Finland land of Santa Claus? or mayb they mean Polar Bear?

Life is full of mysteries...hehe

toking abt bears reminds mi of YT's big huggable bear....haha

Hello Kitty RV

wow! i'm not a Hello Kitty fan but tis is so cute! i'm more tolerable to cute stuff as i age gracefully.

plus i love RVs. issit it cool to roam the world in ur self contained little world?
i duno if i'll go crazy in a hello kitty world though.

btw, yeow yeow is oso a hello kitty fan...our dear eric too.

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I've juz created my gift registry. tis is so much more meaningful den spending $$ more x'mas & bday presents. pls consider using tis the next time u need to get a gift for someone. u can donate in someone's honour.

Chinese New Year's Preparations

juz washed my car last evening. been wanting to do tat for some time but wkdays are tough on timing & the weather's wet. it's much cheaper to wash the car myself, juz $0.40 for 2 buckets of water & some TLC. i'm creating a gift register & haf juz decided tat the $$ i saved from car wash will be put into this gift cause. 1 car wash costs $6 so I save $5.60 yest : )

applied armourall to most places & leathercare on 2nd row seats & front passenger seat.

need to run out & draw $$ as well as top up petrol & apply the leathercare on the driver's seat...mayb even put up the 3rd row of seats.

before tat, need to sort out the new clothes. the kids haf got new clothes but i didn't get anything specifically for CNY. usually i'll juz dig thru my cupboard for something new ( & hopefully red !) to wear.

not much mood tis yr, mayb becoz it's the first yr tat my father is not ard, reunion dinner is not complete when someone is missing.

New Year Goodies

Here're some of the more interesting new year goodies we got from Sheng Siong

yeowyeow loves these mandarin oranges candy & I gave Steve & Marie one each yest...tastes good!

旺旺 is qiqi & yeowyeow's fav. they both love the rice crackers & there's now a special edition white packaging one from 绿米 tat i've only managed to get at 2 places. will take a foto to show everyone. it's 3 pieces in a pack instead of 2 & taste really light & crispy.
















classic chocolates tat we get every yr for CNY since i'm little. i love all 3 flavours.

the 嘴口酥 is peanut flavoured & taste quite good. many piece, i tink abt 6 in each individual small packet. they provided samples & we decided to get some after tasting it.

Shopping at Sheng Siong

went to Sheng Siong @ Bedok Reservior wif mum, shupin & the 2 kids last nite.

the place was packed wif new year goodies & ppl. but the atmosphere was fun & everyone seems to be in a hurry to grab as much stuff as possible for the new year.

yeowyeow went around choosing candies tat he likes while qiqi took in the whole mood & danced to the new year songs playing in the background.

















lotsa of veges & frozen foodstuff for the steamboat

giant 发糕! it's 发糕 galore tis time as there were so many different sizes to choose from.

Office decorations

Went down to new accts after lunch yest & saw the decor they haf put up for CNY.

isn't the 剪纸 beautiful?

guess wat? it's done by Daniel!

the little dog holding the fish & 走钢线 is so cute!

Friendster Update - 17 friends todate

thot i might post an update on the Friendster Alert I sent out on Sun.

As of Wed nite, I had 12 friends.

As of Thurs nite ( or the wee hours of Fri morning ) , I now haf 17 friends.

thanks all for supporting my move from being friendless on Friendster to a rapid enrolment of friends.

ya, and i was surprised at the first few friends who were added after I sent out invites from my Yahoo address book.

Suddenly I am reunited wif so many long lost friends. great to be doing reunion before the actual reunion dinner on Sat...so corny...hehe

and for those of you who haven't become my friend on Friendster, u can do it here.

43 things

and i juz joined 43 things

when u search for something u wana do, the question is What do you want to do with your life? and search or enter button reads I want to do this

Excerpt from 43 things
Write down your goals
People have known for years that making a list of goals is the best way to achieve them.
Why is that?
First, getting your goals in writing can help you clarify what you really want to do.
You might find you have some important and some frivolous goals.
That is OK. You've got space for 43 Things on your list.
Not every one of them has to change the world (but save room for the ones that might).

very cool, it's like doing a new year resolution & listing the things u wana do...tink i did tat in a previous posting to act as a reminder to myself.

it's similar to the goal setting process we do at work.

it's oso like having an online to do list.

okie, i've juz listed
1) learn to knit ( which i marked as done, yea! tis muz haf been on my mind for >10 yrs now )
2) go to hong kong ( which i haf been toking abt but keeps putting off. the shopaholic in mi will be unleased!! )
3) learn cantonese ( wah! tis has been on my to do list for yrs now )

it's coming to 2am now. really should retire to bed & catch some beauty sleep. my throat's acting up again & i seem to be developing a cough. will figure out the 40 other things i wana do over the next couple of days.

i can oredi tink of adding learn jap & refresh my french

one red paperclip

Wah! I can't believe it's 1.30am oredi!

and i haben been able to upload the pictures i snapped of the festive shopping i juz did.

been spending the past hour and a half reading one red paperclip. incredible story of tis (real cute looking) canadian guy hoo's trading for bigger & better things.

he started with one red paperclip & his trades now stand at a cube van...totally awesome & cool!

will be following his blog & see when he'll reach his goal of getting a house. i haf no doubt tat he'll attain his goal...it's more a question of when & wat other interesting trades between the cube van now & his house.

Fumigation OR Fire???

there were lotsa smoke when i drove off Loyang's left turn to PIE tis morning.

my first thot was "FIRE!!".

i contemplated for a few secs if i should try to call the fire brigade while driving. i haf an ear piece but i dun use it so it's not even in the car. speaker is more useful to mi.

den suddenly it hit mi tat the condo which is the origin of the smoke, may be actualli doing fumigation...i guess the onli way to verify this is thru ur nose. if it's a real fire, surely i will smell smoke? so seems like, it's not even a fire to begin wif.

年糕 galore!

yeowyeow oredi sampled the 年糕 we bought but most of the 年糕 are still intact & being lined up in the kitchen cupboard.

mummy dearest says tat the 年糕 taste quite good...frankly, all taste the same to me. aren't they all juz sweet?

年糕 galore!

Fishermen's Village

Had dinner wif Jocelyn at Fishermen's Village last nite.

It's been ages since I last dined there. I remembered it as being nearer to the carpark near the roundabout where PA is so I drove there direct. But the carpark was deserted & Jocelyn advised me to park at the next carpark instead.

Watever happened to the little prawn fishing, duck rearing place tat was there?

and can someone refresh my memory abt the name of the little pub tat was rite next to fishermen's village? the one tat paul, von & moi used to go to for bbq chicken wings.

the last time i dined at fishermen's was wif yeowyeow. i remembered sitting at a table that was on the sand as yeowyeow took off his shoes & was totally fascinated by the feel of sand on his bare feet. such is how deprived city dwellers are!

tis time, the whole area seems much bigger & was supposed to be under 1 management.

I remembered the stalls were all different in the past.

wat was really funny was how they collected the money for each dish separately.

we had to dig out $$ many times for our coconuts, satay, hor fun, chicken wings & mango chicken. not the smartest way in the world to run the operations & we got a little pissed as we had problems digging $$ out after we started on the chicken wings. mayb we are not supposed to start eating till all the food has been served & paid for. anyway, we were hungry.

the ambience is brillant though we sat rite beside the sea & could hear the waves breaking in the water beneath us. so bintan feeling. and it's so near my place. but i hardly ever go there. mayb once in 3 yrs??

ok, i promise to be back sooner tis time & bring more ppl to enjoy the view & dining ambience.

More D&D pictures!!

More D&D pictures ( from Uncle William's camera )

Moi & Lijiao

Moi & Uncle William

Group foto with New Accts from D&D

Group foto with New Accts from D&D

Mun in newspaper

woah! mun has moved from website to paper publication.

her ad for cpf appeared in Today yest.

here it is for everyone's viewing pleasure...looks like all my friends are getting famous...hehe

Felinophobia

Zoophobias

Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia — Dislike of cats.

i dun juz dislike cats...i'm terrified of cats.

y? i haf no idea but tis goes back to as young as i can remember. i remember my bro chasing the cats away at the market when we were little so i would say it's inborn.

and i'm glad tat i'm not alone in tis coz i oredi noe some gers hoo haf the same phobia.

as for the point tat guys like to make about cats & dogs being the same furry animals...they're not the same!

i'm totally not afraid of dogs regardless of their sizes but even a kitten can freak mi out.

i guess tat's the same as cockroaches & lizards rite? i dun like lizards but i'm dun mind cockroaches & can kill them wif bare hands....haha...tat muz freak some ppl out.

Good food in HK & Taiwan

wah...was watching tis tv show tat had Gigi Leung bringing tis host from China to 糖水 shop in HK.

mi drooling at the sight of the desserts oredi....i wana go HK too!

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den i watched 全能美食秀。

the donuts or 甜甜圈 as they call it looks totally yummy! muz ask LJ to get Krispy Kreme donuts when she next goes to Sydney....oops. i'm such a glutton. incidentally, marie loves donuts too. we make good teamies coz we both love to eat! haha...not juz tat lah, we're both very frank ppl too.

and they showed different ways of eating 年糕 too besides the plain way of deep frying with flour coating. they wrapped it with cheese & 云吞皮. looks good!

the host said the best 年糕 are made by 客家人.....heng ah! my mum is "kek" & we always haf delicious 年糕 coated wif flour & egg den deep fried. i dun like eating 年糕 tat hasn't been deep fried. too sweet for my liking...i've nbr been a big fan of "kuek".

and i noe my 外婆 used to make 年糕 but my mum nbr make before leh.

by the way, we bought 20 small 年糕 yesterday...hehe...will take picture of them lined up neatly in the cupboard.

Friendster Alert!

by the way, i juz wana announce tat i am going to update my friends at friendster.

instead of mi searching for everyone based on my msn/icq/yahoo messenger...appreciate if everyone can juz look for mi & add mi as friend instead...kam sia!

new year resolution of 2006 : try to keep in touch wif as many frens as possible & continue to accumulate new frens!

+ charter new territories...hehe...cambodia, here i come!

Lazy Sunday afternoon

the weather's been really unpredictable.

i was intending to wash the car, bathe den do some ironing of my office jackets. watched a bit of tv & continued to work hard at my scarf & did a bit of blogging.

guess wat??! It started to pour for an hour! Too lazy to wash car tdy. Will do so on sat…hehe

sigh! the weather really spoils the mood to go out. bad for the business at chinatown, i'm sure.

2006 has been an extremely wet year!

水是财. so hopefully, 2006 is a bountiful year for all.

my work's off to a busy start tis year which is great! i hope to be up to speed asap.

okie, time to get to work..on my ironing & gotta clear some office work later coz tomolo's a bz day for sure.

Durian Time!

wat better way to end our shopping but giving ourselves a durian treat?!

yummy! shared 2 durians wif my mum. tis is the 1st time i eat durian at the stall, not counting the durian plantation eating experience.

i dun like getting my hands all dirty outside...a bit like eating chilly crabs but if u tabao chilly crabs, may get cold & not as nice & restaurants can wash hands.

Shopping at Chinatown Market

mum & moi took a shortcut thru chinatown mkt to avoid the rain. we were surprised tat the wet market at the basement of chinatown mkt is still open so we did a bit of marketing.

bought some 大吉 and some pork balls, crab balls for the reunion dinner's steamboat.

there was so much seafood being sold, even a stall selling fresh abalone!

i saw a stall tat had many live frogs, catfish & tortoises....eeks...i can't imagine eating something i see alive, except crab & fish.

the display at the veges stall was very pretty and neat.

Chinese New Year Festives

greeted by the strong festive mood in chinatown.

of course, it was crowded but lotsa things to see & buy.

chinese new year is the time for new things be it clothings or household items. & time for lotsa good food & festive food.

Chinatown visit on Sat

accompanied my mum to chinatown on sat.

after parking at the multi storey carpark, i walked thru the roadside stalls where a lot of interesting wares were sold.

i love the nonya porcelein & was amazed by tis stall tat had lotsa & lotsa rings. but the rings were really big & wif semi precious stones so very "uncle".
my fingers & hand not big enuff to carry it off.