How I spend the last day of 2009

Picture taken while waiting for the bus (I love my DD's smile in this photo)

Selamat Datang ke Malaysia!

Went City Square to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks 2, quite disappointed with this sequel as the plot is weak. The Chipettes (female chipmunks) were actually quite redundant.

DD and I always have this spending problem whenever we go out. It can be anywhere: BKK, JB, we spent money even in Singapore!

This time round, we bought:

No points awarded for making the correct guess.

The Gucci is for myself, of course. The Oakley is my DD's super belated birthday present. He has been considering if he should get another Oakley since he has one at home. However, the old Oakley has disappeared mysteriously since Tuesday. I sort of regretted getting the Gucci, should have gotten the Oakley in white instead. But never mind, I shall buy one for myself when I get my bonus in March...keke...

Am going to play Frisbee with my DD now......mahjong later. This is how I am spending my last day of 2009! Happy New Year everyone! :)

Mummy made my day!

Went AMK hub to meet Mummy for dinner just now. Decided to have dinner at Fish & Co.
While having dinner, Mummy commented that my face looked slimmer. LOL......

We decided to shop around after dinner and while we were jalan-jalan-ing, Mummy say I slimmed down overall....LMAO

Told DD about it and his immediate reaction is "Where got?" -_-lll

One more week to 2010!

Last week of holidays...am experiencing mixed feelings....kinda looking forward to the beginning of the new year so that things can get started again, yet I am enjoying every single moment of the holidays with my DD.

DD and I went for a run on Boxing Day but I experienced some pain at my hip area (lack of stretching before tennis) and we ended up doing a 3.5km run only. DD taught me how to play Volleyball and Frisbee subsequently. Cool! LOL......

Busy week ahead.

28/12 : DD report to school and my new tuition starts today.
29/12 : School meeting
30/12 : JB Trip (Yes, again.)
31/12 : Tennis Session
01/01 : Gathering at Xiaobai's house

Am looking forward to seeing my TXs and XY on Friday!

Join Me!!!

 Join me at the Amore Women's Day Out!

I signed up for the Tri-power challenge. Get to work out and stand a chance to win cash and products! Join me now! See you there!

To register, you can go to www.womensdayout.sg

Drop me a comment if you are going ya! ;)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Chistmas, everyone! Have loads of fun today!

This is my first Christmas with DD. I hope we will celebrate Christmas together in all the years to come. :)

Selamat Datang ke Malaysia

Went JB with DD today. Upon reaching City Square we went and get the movie tickets. Next, is breakfast time!

 

 Wanton Mee, Shui Jiao Soup  & Coffee for breakfast - all for only RM15.20!

It's not really tasty but not that bad either. For that price that we are paying, definitely worth it!

As we are walking back to City Square, we past by a stall selling the "butterfly".

DD bought one, knowing that I like it. :)

We bought tickets for the 12nn movie and we watched

It's a pretty nice movie and the duration of the movie is 2.5h. I supposed nowadays all movies are trying to convey some sort of "save the Earth" message, effective or not, I leave it for you to decide.

We went for some shopping after the movie and here are the things we bought:

All from Face Shop

I realised that the things in Face Shop Malaysia are so much cheaper and best of all, there is additional discount due to the festive season! I'll be stupid if I don't get them right?

A sports bra from Nike...love the colour!

 Now that I am running more, I need a few more sports bra so that the soiled ones can be washed and dried in time!

Next is time for lunch cum dinner! Decided to have chicken rice.

Regretted eating at this shop, should have settled for Bak Kut Teh instead. The lady serving us gave us such big servings for the food and charged us an exorbitant price! In the end, we couldn't finish the chicken and we requested to ta-bao.

We planned to go JB again next week. Cos I saw a nice pair of shades from Gucci and the price is much cheaper compared to getting one in Singapore. We didn't bring enough cash hence that purchase shall wait till next week. And DD promised that he will watch Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 with me next week. :)


Supposed to have tennis tonight but was cancelled due to poor weather, sianzzzzzzz......


Anyway, today is Winter Solstice （冬至）, a day where the Chinese celebrates by eating rice dumplings （汤圆）. We still have some in the fridge, shall have them for dessert later...heh heh heh....

冬至快乐！

俗语说“冬至大过年”，意思是冬至比新年更重要。在新加坡，我们大多只吃汤圆，但在中国也有吃饺子的习惯。

中国人把一年的时间分为春分、夏至、秋分、冬至，冬至也称“冬节”、“长至节”、“亚岁”等，象征着一年将尽，天文学家测定：每年的冬至约在12月22或23日，对北半球的我们来说，是日照最不足的一天，也是一年中黑夜最长的一天，过了这一天，白天就慢慢的变长起来了。

冬至吃汤圆是中国传统习俗，代表着一家团圆、圆满过冬之意，也意味这吃了汤圆就增添一岁，过去传统的家庭都是自己以糯米来制做，但现代人生活忙碌，一家人很难得聚在一起，冷冻汤圆成了现代工商社会的职业妇女的最爱，是最简单又方便的过节食品，即使忙碌也能轻松享受过节的气氛。

今天就和家人一起吃汤圆吧！

Blogging with a heavy heart

I have been a fan of Cecelia Ahern's books since she wrote P.S. I love you. You can imagine how excited I was when I saw this book at Borders last month. I bought it immediately.

I took longer than usual to complete this book, cos well erm......was kinda "busy"....LOL

I finally finished reading it today! In fact, not too long ago, about 10 minutes ago or so. My heart felt heavy after reading it, maybe it was because of its ending. I won't reveal too much of the story here in case you guys out there are picking it up for a holiday read or who knows, you might receive one as a Christmas present!

DD was beside me, soundly asleep when I was done with the book. Looking at him and relating myself to the story, I reminded myself to spend more time with my mum, my DD, my god-daughter Cheryl no matter how busy I get, for I won't know when the day will come that I wouldn't be able to do so, even if I want to.

I would love to get this:

I have checked out the price at Borders, it's twice the price of the usual Cecelia Ahern's book. I wonder why is it so pricey. I won't mind to receive this as "The Gift" for Christmas though. :)

It's about food again!

Haha....the number of entries on food definitely is more than the entries I have on exercise...LOL

We decided to have porridge for dinner tonight!

Clockwise: Plain porridge, silken tofu with dark soya sauce, preserved olive vergetables and my favourite braised peanut.

And we ate rice dumplings again!

Not the handmade dumplings this time round, we bought those with fillings.

With red bean filling

With peanuts

Enjoying the rice dumplings

Wanted to get the rice dumplings with black sesame filling but they were sold out. Hmmm...it means they must be really tasty......shall try and get it next time round.

A different Saturday

The alarm clock went off at 6am. Lazed in the bed for a while and went for a shower at 6.15am. Met up with DD's student and we began our first session of training for stairs climbing. DD and his student did 25 storeys x 4 sets, while being a novice, I get a discount (1 set of 25 and 3 sets of 15). Needless to say, my timing sucks but I shall continue to work hard, hope that I can achieve a better timing next time round.

We went for breakfast and reached home at about 10.15am. DD's friend jio-ed him for their weekly tennis session. Decided that I should not procrastinate anymore and went with DD to have my first session of tennis training. DD's friend jokingly commented that it's the first time that they saw him coaching someone with screaming his head off. LOL.....I am sure I will get it from him if I don't get my strokes right on the next tennis session. Shall practice the strokes on my own......secretly.

No mahjong tonight as DD's kakis are not free and my usual kakis all happened to be abroad...duh!

Shall go watch TV! Heh heh heh......

What's cooking?

The half-naked chef is at work again!!!

What's cooking???

How about a little hint?

Answer revealed: Rice Dumplings cooked in peanut soup

DD's mum has went to BKK this morning and won't be back until Boxing Day. However, Winter Solstice is on 22 Dec 2009, this coming Tuesday and DD's mum actually prepared the rice dumplings yesterday night. She actually prepared the gula melaka syrup with ginger but I can't take ginger smell. Hence, we (ok, correction, should be DD) cooked some of the rice dumplings in peanut soup! :)

1st attempt at stairs climbing

Date: 19 Dec 2009
Time: 0800h
Venue: Toa Payoh

1) 25 storeys : 4'35
2) 15 storeys : 2'42
3) 15 storeys : 2'51
4) 15 storeys : 2'58

Shall try harder next time round.

AMK Run

Date: 18 Dec 2009
Time: 1930h
Venue: AMK

Duration of run: 60min approx

Did the usual loop at AMK today. The left knee hurts a little during the 45min mark of the run, nevertheless, still manage to complete the loop. Wasn't very used to the pair of running shoes I had at home (cos' they are heavier), as I had not run in them for 2 months.

Brekkie

Breakfast is available when feeling hungry: Happy 
Pancakes and Scrambled Eggs for breakfast: Elated
Pancakes and Scrambled Eggs SPECIALLY PREPARED BY YOUR LOVED ONE: Priceless + Ultimate feeling of blissfulness!

Sentosa Outing with Cheryl

It has been a long time since I last brought her out. Both of us couldn't even recall where did we go during the last outing.

This time round, we picked her up early in the morning and off we went to Sentosa.

You can view the photos here.

Spending money again

We went to UE Square for a free graduation photo shoot yesterday.....haha...it sort of relive the convovacation time when we put on that gown.

In our graduation gown

The photos will only be ready after 29th Dec, a pretty long wait I would say. Will share the photos when they are ready! :)

After the photoshoot (I like my current skin tone.)

Went shopping at Central, Funan Centre, Raffles City SC and Suntec subsequently. We spent money again! DD and I bought skin protector for our laptops, I bought a numeric keypad for the ease of keying in marks. And......

DD bought me the flower ring that I have been eyeing for!!!

Plus a bangle (when I just casually mentioned my right arm is pretty bare before we left home in the afternoon).

Thank you DD.

We are going to Sentosa with my god-daughter Cheryl today!

My 1st attempt for 5km track

Date: 12/12/09
Venue: NYP Stadium
Time: 1930h

1 - 1'10 (200m)
2 - 2'40
3 - 2'43
4 - 2'43
5 - 2'44
6 - 2'49
7 - 2'51
8 - 2'55
9 - 2'54
10 - 3'00
11 - 3'00
12 - 3'04
13 - 2'51

Yummy time!

Making our way to Chinatown

Yummy black sesame paste (for black hair) and walnut paste (for the brain)

plus something that I never thought I will eat: Pumpkin Kueh

Turned out that pumpkin wasn't as bad as I had imagined it to be. So far I had tried pumpkin soup and pumpkin kueh, both are acceptable. :)

We were thinking of having lunch but it's such a waste if we don't eat the dessert when we are already at Chinatown. Hence, thinking of the calories that we had consumed, we decided that the above will be our lunch. Went over to Orchard to shop around and we got hungry at around 4+, which is too late to eat lunch, too early to eat dinner. In the end, we ate ban mian at around 5+.

Went for a run at 7.30pm and am glad that I broke my own personal barrier....70mins for a 12km run...I nearly give up when there is about another 3km plus to go, but luckily I have a "personal trainer" to get me going and encourage me to finish the entire journey!!!

DD and I were too energetic to sleep that night after that run, in the end we started playing games. Got hungry at around 1am and DD suggested going Sembawang for porridge. I contemplated as I do not want my run to go to waste. Resisted the temptation and went to sleep with a hungry stomach.....and woke up this morning weighing 400g lesser...heh heh heh...ganbatte! I must lose those weights that I gained!!!!

Qiaoping's wedding

With the lovely bride, QP and a long-time-no-see friend, Felice

When I say long time no see, it's really pretty long, 2.5 years! But well, no barriers we still can chat about anything under the sky.

We are going to have a catch-up session on Monday! :)

I know the sunburn markings are a big distractor, if you see my "sexy back", it's an even bigger distractor...haha...

DD and I are doing something special tomorrow...won't be reveal anytime soon, but definitely will when time is ripe.

Busy week ahead, with events all planned out...hopefully will be able to post in time to keep you updated. :)

From North to East, to West and back to North

DD woke me up this morning for breakfast that he prepared. Pancakes.....plain, to avoid the additional calories. Yummy! And not forgetting my daily dosage of coffee. :)

Here we are at the East Side of Singapore : ECP

I casually mentioned the day before that we should go NTU for the matcha shave ice since it was sold out previously when we were there.

Tada! We travelled all the way to the West simply for this...LOL...sounds silly but well, who cares! :)

Went back to DD's home after staying a while at the NIE library to read some books.

Both of us got slight sunburnt in the end....LOL...but that was part of the agenda today - to get tanned.

DIY Time

Don't blame me for the lack of updates, I was sick right after I came back from BKK. Sigh....fever, bodyache...the temperature rose to 38.1 degree celsius when I came back from my run yesterday! I hope it's not H1N1... Anyway, DD and I went for dinner at this place near the causeway and we decided to take a walk at Sheng Siong after dinner. Tada! We decided to make shui jiao for tomorrow!
 

The filling for the shui jiao includes ingredients like water chestnut, carrots, spring onions, fish paste and minced prawns. 

The (half-naked) chef @ work.

The filling for the shui jiao!

Preparation stage

Tada! It's ready!!!

Yet to try so I shall let you know how the taste is like tomorrow! LOL...

Back from BKK!!!

Yes! I am back!! In fact, it was yesterday mid-day! But I was just too tired that I slept through the afternoon. Woke up and realised it's time for dinner.

This morning was checking of emails and some work stuff.

Now, I am posting an entry while waiting for my laundry to be ready!

Off to BKK!!!

Woke up in the morning at 6plus, wanted to go run with DD first but in the end, I really can't drag myself out of bed...haha...that's what usually happens when u jio me to run in the morning...lol

We are getting ready to set off to BKK!! So excited!! Virgin overseas trip with DD, let's hope (and pray) that everything goes well! :)

Will update when I am back! :)

Cycling at East Coast

Went East Coast Park on Friday for a cycling session......it was an accomplishment for me, I would say. Why? Though we are on a tandem, we cycle all the way from ECP (near MacDonald's) all the way to Chang Village to have our lunch. DD says it's about 17km. And for your info, ours wasn't a leisure ride, we really pedal hard in order to use the shortest time possible. I didn't take note of the time taken we cycled to Changi Village though.

After we had our lunch, we cycled all the way back again! That's another 17km, mind you! haha......but the more ga-rang thing barely 5km on our way back, it started pouring. We decided to continue to cycle back as the rain doesn't seem to be those that will stop soon. Cyclists were all hiding in the pavilions along the tracks and the expression on their faces when we cycled past them is really funny. They must be thinking "these two fellas must be crazy! Riding on a tandem and yet they are braving thru the rain and cycling at such high speed!" But we were really drenched to the skin when we arrived back at ECP. We took about 45mins to ride back to ECP, slightly faster than our expected timing, maybe it's due to the rain...haha

We wanted to take picture of ourselves drenched with the tandem, but we totally forgotten about it when we arrived back at ECP......and it was only after we return the bicycle then we recalled....haha

Finally it's time to take a breather

It was the SYF Aesthetics camp for the past 3 days......finally it's over! Supposed to report to school today as well but I had signed up for a full-day course....current location is at NTU@One-North....thanks to DD's access card, if not I won't be able to post this entry up! :)

It's finally the hols!!! Am so excited and looking forward to the BKK trip next Tuesday!

Should be able to post more frequently now, I suppose (hope so)???

Finally......It's Term 4 Week 10

Something that I have been looking forward to......

As expected, week 9 passed just like that. With the P1 registration exercise on Saturday and the Hort Park Brisk Walking event on Sunday, my weekend is practically just like any normal working day.

Woke up with a splitting headache this morning. Damn!

It's yet another busy week. With Department review today and tomorrow, think we can only go home earliest by 5pm.

I have to prepare for the a conference presentation which is on this Thursday!

My version of Friday 13th arrives much earlier

Can you imagine I had 2 falls within 12 hours?

Was jogging alone yesterday and just as I was about to reach home, I fell and had a bad cut on my right leg, my sock was soaked with blood. And because of this, I couldn't sleep well yesterday as it was hurting quite badly.

This morning, while going to the bathroom, I slipped and fell again!!! This time on my butt though. Sigh...

And actually before this 2 falls, I already had 1 bruise on my left knee 2 weeks ago. Apparently the old bruise heal to give way to the new ones.

With all these bad luck, I am really having a phobia......I hope my bad luck ends here. The Chinese has a belief that all bad things happen thrice...I had 3 falls, so it should be the end right???

P/S: The wound on my right leg is pretty deep and being a woman, the first thing that came to my mind after the fall is: "Will it leave a scar?"...Sigh....judging from the look, I think it will. :(

How am I going to attend the beach wedding on Saturday!!! Urgh!!!

虽然忙碌，但还是需要精神粮食的

最近真是忙死了，又是批改卷子，又是与学生订正答案，接着还要记录分数，再加上需要向上头呈上自己的“成绩册”，简直是忙得不可开交。华文部又安排了一系列的活动，训练学生表演，制作道具，彩排，修改剧本等等。以上所述并非全部的“活动”，还有很多，细数的话，应该可以写成一篇上千字报告。 不过，今天的重点还是要和大家分享一位友人发给我的电子邮件。我觉得很有意思，在这儿与大家分享。篇幅蛮长的，希望你有耐性把它读完：

心理学家认为，判断男女两个人是否适合“牵手”，应考虑以下10个因素。

第一、彼此都是对方的好朋友，不带任何条件，喜欢与对方在一起。
第二、彼此很容易沟通、互相可以很敞开地坦白任何事情，而不必担心被对方怀疑或轻视。
第三、两人在心灵上有共同的理念和价值观，并且对这些观念有清楚的认识与追求。
第四、双方都认为婚姻是一辈子的事，而且双方(特别强调“双方”)都坚定地愿意委身在这个长期的婚姻关系中。
第五、当发生冲突或争执的时候可以一起来解决，而不是等以后来发作。
第六、相处可以彼此逗趣，常有欢笑，在生活中许多方面都会以幽默相待。
第七、彼此非常了解，并且接纳对方，当知道对方了解了自己的优点和缺点后，仍然确信被他所接纳。
第八、从最了解你、也是你最信任的对方处得到支持的肯定。
第九、有时会有浪漫的感情，但绝大多数的时候，你们的相处是非常满足而且是自由自在的。
第十、有一个非常理性和成熟的交往，并且双方都能感受到，在许多不同的层面上你们是很相配的。
　　
　 　爱情最常见的形式就是两性之间的捕捉与追逐。人际间的好感可以相互传达出强大的力量，以至于能够弥补客观条件的不足。是相似性而非互补性把人们结合到了 一起。相似性主要包括三个方面的匹配度：价值观与人格、兴趣和经验、人际风格。其中，人际风格是最重要的关系预测指标。与和自己人际沟通风格有所差异的人 交往会有挫折感，且较少有进一步发展的可能。

爱情是追到手的吗？
　　
　　不是。真正的感情根本不需要追的。两个人的默契，在慢慢将两颗心的距离缩短，在无意识中渐渐靠近彼此。从好朋友到情人，真正的感情是用不了多久的。从你喜欢上他的那一刻起，也许他也在那一刻喜欢上了你。同节奏的爱情往往能奏出最和谐最动听的乐章。 真正的爱情需要什么？需要两个人在一起是轻松快乐的，没有压力。
　　
　　
　　爱一个人就是毫无保留地付出吗？
　　
　　不是。每一个人都是一个独立的人，我们首先是属于自己的，我们有思想，我们有个性，而不是把我们的全部都给对方。我们可以有保留，比如你不愿意说的隐私，有秘密的人才是成熟的，不是吗？有时候不说出来反而更好。
　　
　　
　　外貌和个性哪个更重要？
　　
　　男人年轻的时候往往喜欢漂亮的女子，25岁以后，会选择和自己性格合适的女子，能和自己一起过日子的人。
　　
　　喜欢一个人，太急切了，反而不好。一是因为越想得到的越得不到；二是得到了也很难珍惜，来得快去得也快。细水长流一些，爱情会更长久。
　　
　　相爱容易相处难。相处中最重要的是宽容和妥协，在信任和了解的基础上。没有宽容和妥协，任何两个人都无法相处。
　　
　　
　　纯纯的爱也许只有一次，但是真爱未必只有一次。时间会抚平一切伤痕。
　　
　　我们其实是可以爱上很多人的。我们不是喜欢某个人，而是喜欢某种类型的人。先来的人和我们相遇了，于是我们幸福地走到了一起；对于后到的人，只能抱以歉意，同时，祝福他早日找到属于他自己的幸福。

　　没有谁是我们一生非拥有不可的，爱一个人，很多时候实际上是习惯了这个人。
　　
　　
　　现实和浪漫哪个更重要？
　　
　　现实。没有现实为基础，浪漫就是空中楼阁。大学校园的爱情往往随着毕业而告终，大多是因为不现实，不在一个城市。 只有相互欣赏相互佩服各有所长的人，才会碰撞出最美丽的火花，也才会结出最甜美的爱情果实。
　　
　　
　　分手后我们还可以做朋友吗？
　　
　　最好不要。剪不断，理还乱。过去了就过去了，我们不是生活在过去，而是现在。爱情不等于生活，只是生活的一部分。
　　
　　不要因为自己长相不如对方而放弃追求的打算，长相只是一时的印象，真正决定能否结合主要取决于双方的性格。我见过的帅哥配丑女，丑男配美女的太多了。
　　
　　恋爱的时间能长尽量长。这最少有两点好处：一，充分、尽可能长的享受恋爱的愉悦，二，两人相处时间越长，越能检验彼此是否真心，越能看出两人性格是否合得来。
　　
　　想知道一个人爱不爱你，就看他和你在一起有没有活力，开不开心，有就是爱，没有就是不爱。

　　爱情不是感动，你不是他心目中的理想伴侣，即使一时接受你，将来碰上他心仪的那一位，一样会离开你。有些人情绪容易大起大落，这样的人是很难维持一段长久的关系的。
　　
　　浪漫是什么？
　　
　　是送花？雨中漫步？楼前伫立不去？如果两人彼此倾心相爱，什么事都不做，静静相对都会感觉是浪漫的。否则，即使两人坐到月亮上拍拖，也是感觉不到浪漫的。
　　是否门当户对不要紧，最重要应该是兴当趣对，不然没有共同语言，即使在一起，仍然会感觉到孤独。
　　
　　持久的爱情源于彼此发自内心的真爱，建立在平等的基础之上。任何只顾疯狂爱人而不顾自己有否被爱，或是只顾享受被爱而不知真心爱人的人都不会有好的结局。
　　
　　爱情既是风险投资，难免有去无回，失恋是再正常不过的事情。爱过，就够了。既然不能在一起，总有不能在一起的理由。不能因为别人负了你，就不负责任地游戏、报复或是堕落，自己演的戏，总要自己收场的。何况，他不爱你，你做什么他都不会在乎。
　　
　　如果爱上，就不要轻易放过机会。莽撞，可能使你后悔一阵子；怯懦，却可能使你一辈子后悔。没有经历过爱情的人生是不完整的，没有经历过痛苦的爱情是不深刻的。爱情使人生丰富，痛苦使爱情升华。
　　
　　 你可能习惯与现在的恋人，明明不太喜欢，但在一起久了，习惯使人不太愿做新的选择。人生会面临无数次选择。当给你机会选择时，你一定要谨慎；一旦你做出了选择，就永远不要后悔；拿得起，放得下，该断则断，该忘记的，就把它忘记；该珍惜的，就要把它珍惜。
　　
　　我们总说：“我要找一个很爱很爱的人，才会谈恋爱。”但是当对方问你，怎样才算是很爱很爱的时候，你却无法回答他，因为你自己也不知道。
　　
　 　没错，我们总是以为，我们会找到一个自己很爱很爱的人。可是后来，当我们猛然回首，我们才会发觉自己曾经多么天真。假如从来没有开始，你怎么知道自己会不会很爱很爱那个人呢？其实，很爱很爱的感觉，是要在一起经历了许多事情之后才会发现的。或许每个人都希望能够找到自己心目中百分之百的伴侣，但是你有没有想过，在你身边会不会早已经有人默默对你付出很久了，只是你没有发觉而已呢？
　　
　　所以，还是仔细看看身边的人吧，他或许已经等你很久了。当你爱一个人的时候，爱到八分绝对刚刚好。所有的期待和希望都只有七八分，剩下两三分用来爱自己。如果你还继续爱得更多，很可能会给对方沉重的压力，让彼此喘不过气来，完全丧失了爱情的乐趣。
　　
　 　所以请记住，喝酒不要超过六分醉，吃饭不要超过七分饱，爱一个人不要超过八分。如果你也正在为爱迷惘，或许下面这段话可以给你一些启示：爱一个人，要了解也要开解；要道歉也要道谢；要认错也要改错；要体贴也要体谅；是接受而不是忍受；是宽容而不是纵容；是支持而不是支配；是慰问而不是质问；是倾诉而不是 控诉；是难忘而不是遗忘；是彼此交流而不是凡事交代；是为对方默默祈求而不是向对方诸多要求。可以浪漫，但不要浪费，不要随便牵手，更不要随便放手。
　　
　　 浪漫的人这样描述与爱人的相逢：千万人当中，在时间的无涯的荒野里，没有早一步，也没有晚一步，刚巧赶上了。两个人好着的时候，你不妨就这样想吧。如果不好了，你要明白是否和某人在一起，不过是一个再简单不过的概率问题。数千个擦肩而过中，你给谁机会谁就和你有缘分，纵没有甲，也会有乙。别傻等那种想像中的木石前盟般的缘分了，生活中哪有那么多传奇。别醒着做梦了，难道你忘了艺术虽然来源生活，却还高于生活吗……





很有意思吧！我读了后，脑子浮现了许多影像，感触也很多。难得的是，在经过忙碌的一周，却有机会看到这样一篇文章，真是发人省思。

It's the 3rd......

The initial plan was to try out the Yuki Yaki at Marina Square but after seeing the selection of food, we changed our mind. We ended up having the buffet at Suki Sushi (Cineleisure).

Getting fatter and fatter...and I am given the title of "什么猪" simply because DD did a direct translation from guinea pig...grrrr....

But seriously I really need to lose the 5kg which I have gained......

A mad rush for my sister's wedding

It was my sister's (not biological, of course!) wedding yesterday. I was "choped" to be the emcee since the beginning of the year. She always comment that I am such a busy person that she had to book me way in advance so that I can make time for her, in actual fact, she is much much busier than I am...haha

I was praying hard that we can go off early since it's a weekday and the reception starts at 7pm. Being the emcee, I need to be there at least an hour earlier to do the run-down of the programme with the banquet manager and the other emcee.

Unfortunately (and it was a really big misfortune!!!), everything went wrong yesterday, right from the start of the day! Bad omen!

Firstly, the alarm clock didn't ring at the time it was supposed to (5.25am) and when I woke up, it was already 6am!!! Though there was still sufficient time to reach the school in time, I do not really like the idea of rushing to school and start my day immediately. I usually like to have my "engine" warm up first, slowly. Nevertheless, I managed to reach school and even had time for my breakfast. Not enough time to check my email though.

Secondly, I was informed that there was contact time!!! Called my make-up artist (MUA) immediately to change the appointment to a later timing. Called my sister to inform her the bad news too. BUT she is really a sister, she had so much trust in me that I will definitely be able to do a good job for the emcee, though I was not able to go for the rehearsal. Thank you, sis!

Thirdly, contact time ended at 4.30pm. MUA appointment was fixed at 5.10pm......and as if that wasn't bad enough, it was drizzling when we were about to leave school. Rushed home and took a quick shower. The MUA arrived just as I stepped out of the bathroom.

Everything done and we left home at 6.30pm.

Reached the hotel at 7.10pm. Met the other emcee and had our first run-down for the programme, some of the guests were already seated hence we could not do a rehearsal for the night's programme. But everything went well! Hope my sis (and her hubby ) are satisfied with it.

By the time I reached home, it was 11+...showered and blonked onto the bed at around 12+.

Though tired, I am happy for my sis that she has found her happiness.

I usually don't reject people whenever I am approached to be the emcee for their weddings. Not that I am super confident that I can do the job well but I know how difficult it is to get someone who is willing to be the emcee. Since I am usually approached to be the Mandarin speaking emcee, it also allows me to practise my conversational Chinese.

The happiness and satisfaction you get when the couple and the parents show their appreciation from the bottom of their hearts is priceless.

Congratulations once again, Mr and Mrs Wong! :)

NTU Alumni Club

Went to NTU Alumni Club yesterday and 'nua-ed' the entire day there......

We had our dinner at the 8th degree restaurant there as DD has a $20 birthday month cash voucher.DD's salmon steak (main course)

My focaccia steak sandwich (with beef)

The food though not fantastic but it is certainly above average. The best part is we only paid $6.20 after using the voucher!!! haha...