Parenthood

Fuck man, I seriously don't know how to appease my parents. I thought that i'm quite a good filial son but seems like whatever i do it's wrong in my parents' eyes. It's so frustrating and hurting that I wish I can move out or just have to the courage to just disrespect them and argue with them. Fuck, and it's ruining my miserable life. Fuck!

It's been ages since I last blogged. Much have changed. I feel that I'm matured and grown as a man.

This week is pretty much of a rollercoaster ride for me with respect to my relationship with Amanda. I have a lot o f woes and mixed feelings welled up inside that I'm struggling to cope with. Luckily I have someone close to talk to, despite him being partly involved in the situation. Other than that, I'm lucky and proud to have my parents who have always been there for me, for me to fall back upon and talked to.

Some words of advice: Never go clubbing with your gf. You have no idea what kind of shit that might happen to you..

Details of that night are far too lengthy and emotionally hurting to type out here so I'll just leave it at that. Perhaps I'll subconsciously leak out something with possible subsequent posts.

Oh, another advice.. Two's a company, Three's a crowd.

Remember that.. Oh, do give a shout out if anyone bothered to check my blog still..

1st ever Shopping Spree

Reward after a day's shopping spree for CNY.. :)

2 comics, 2 obey shirts, 1 zoo york berms, 1 neighbourhood berms, and vans old skool sneakers! :D

From CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Anti-American sentiment in Arab nations may be at a historic high, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was the honorary recipient of more than a quarter of a million dollars in jewelry from an Arab leader over the past year.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received gifts of jewelry, but federal law mandates they go to archives.

Saudi Arabia topped the State Department's annual inventory of gifts to top administration officials. In July King Abdullah presented Rice with a ruby and diamond necklace with matching earrings, bracelet and ring worth $165,000.

Earlier in the year, in January, the Saudi king presented Rice a $147,000 emerald and diamond necklace, bracelet and earrings set. The State Department originally reported that the emerald and diamond jewelry set came from Jordan's King Abdullah, but the Jordanian government pointed out such a gift was never made by the Jordanian king.

"No such gift was given to Secretary Rice from HM King Abdullah II," the Jordanian Embassy in Washington said in a statement. "We believe this must have been a mistake on the part of the State Department. Gifts by HM King Abdullah II to U.S. officials are always symbolic and of little material value."

The State Department acknowledged and apologized for the error.

"Our records indicate that the King of Jordan did not give Secretary of State Rice the emerald and diamond and jewelry set (ring, bracelet, necklace and earrings)," said Noel Clay, a State Department spokesman.

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"She received this jewelry set from the King of Saudi Arabia," he said. "We regret this error and will correct and resubmit the federal register. The United States counts both Saudi Arabia and Jordan among its most important partners."

The gift list, prepared by the State Department's Office of Protocol, itemizes all presents to top administration officials. The recipients do not keep them, as they are turned over to government archives in accordance with federal law, which prohibits officials from accepting personal gifts.

President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush also were remembered by their Arab friends. The Saudi king gave the first lady an $85,000 sapphire and diamond jewelry set and a $10,000 piece of artwork made of gold, depicting a desert scene of Bedouins, camels and a tent.

The first couple also received embroidered pillows with the names and pictures of the first dogs, Barney and Ms. Beazley. The pillows were given to Laura Bush by the wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The gifts range from the extravagant -- like the jewelry -- to the modest -- a $6 assortment of nuts and dried fruit given by the Dalai Lama to Laura Bush -- to the downright odd, like the Abs Exerciser given to President Bush by the prime minister of Singapore.(???WTF ROFL LOL???)

Many of the gifts are related to the recipient's post. Defense Secretary Robert Gates received an Arab knife valued at $3,200 from the Bahraini government.

Despite Russia's tensions with the United States over Georgia, U.S. Gen. Peter Pace, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, received a machine gun from his Russian counterpart.

The source of gifts to U.S. intelligence officials is classified, but CIA chief Michael Hayden raked in $8,000 in gifts, including a gold cow plaque, a silk rug and a strand of pearls

Possible Little Nonya Spinoffs From TalkingCock.com

So Channel 8 soap ‘The Little Nyonya’* has ended, and apparently 1 in 3 Singaporeans tuned in to its finale.

Seow leow! That’s more than the number of people who vote in our elections! How come lai dat?**

Anyway, with such a runaway success, MediaCock must already be planning spin-offs. We speculate on what they might look like: POSSIBLE ‘LITTLE NYONYA’ SPINOFFS


1. The Dark Nyonya: by day, a Peranakan SPG, by night, she strikes fear into the hearts of criminals with her cincalok recipe

2. The Chronicles of Nyonya: the Bibik, the Bitch and the Buah Keluak

3. Casinonya Royale: Yueniang returns to Singapore for a mahjong smackdown

4. I, Rojak: the adventures of Yueniang’s offspring with their Japanese-Peranakan-British-and-later-got-donno-what-else blood

5. Nyonyas of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Kebaya

6. Lord of the Huangs: the Two Towkays

7. I Nyonya Stupid: Jack Neonya directs this tear-jerker about a mute schoolgirl who’s caned for failing her oral exam

8. Jurassic Peranakan: Scientists at Biopolis unleash horror on Singapore when they engineer dinosaurs from bird DNA found in bird’s nest sold by Yueniang.

9. Kung Fu Pantun: Pierre Png resurrects his Malay poem-spouting character, but this time as a silat expert.

10. You Don’t Mess With the Nyonya: wait she tie your hair tight-tight like her bun then you tzai si.


*Technically, as the child of a Japanese and a Nyonya, that would make her a ‘Nipponya’.

** It’s not like we can really understand what it means to have Chinese-Malay-Japanese history and suffer a lot but have to act dumb about it. Not to mention choosing the rich ang moh lawyer over the local dude you really love. Just saying only, lah.

冬至

I made 汤圆 with my mom this year for 冬至... We have 6 diff flavours for our version of the 汤圆 :D It's been years since I last made 汤圆. From what i recall, the last time I did was with my grandma in Penang when i'm like 4 or 5 years old. Back then, the 汤圆 were plain ones except for maybe white and pink colours. This time ard, my mom and I experienced with 6 unique flavours that were not usually associated with 汤圆.

The flavours namely are: Pineapple, Coffee, Lychee, Grape, Pandan and Strawberry. I'm pretty sure they don't have those flavours' 汤圆 outside. Surprisingly, they taste pretty good!