oh no! oh shit! it’s rated M18! which means YY can’t watch!
bloody hell! we’ve been looking forward to catching tis….$%^&()
wait a min, now tat i check the showtimes on yahoo movies, the movie is shown as PG.
now i get it, the UIP website wants mi to answer questions for lucky draw and the show they r screening is rated M18.
we were so adventurous tat we took a
bus from KLCC to bukit bintang.
i oso took a cab, the monorail and train
for the first time! i nbr took public
transport in KL before.
the buses were pretty good.
nice, new and clean.
juz back from team dinner @ blue lobster.
great place, ambience was excellent, food selection and quality is good but location’s abit unusual. it’s tucked bet a 7-11 and 美珍香 along frankel ave.
i had a medium rare lamb rack tat was good. i nbr tried anything short of well done for lamb so the tenderness of the lamb was a pleasant surprise.
oso pinched a little of dot’s lobster. nice but tiny compared to wat we had in nha trang and wat a huge price diff. the lobsters in nha trang were juz grilled and unseasoned but they taste wonderfully succulent and sweet wif salt and pepper!
didn’t reli like nha trang but for the lobster experience and the best rice paper springrolls, nha trang was not wasted trip after all.
i asked YY if he was interested in TKD classes yrs back but he was totally not interested.
he suddenly had a change of heart a couple of days back.
after probing, i realised it was becoz one of his girl classmates was learning.
anyway, i tink it’s cool for him to learn a new sport.
but it’s not tat easy to find him a class. no banners ard my place and after checking PA site, it seems tat the CC near my place dun hold any classes.
asked ZC for help liao. hopefully YY can start class soon.
had the famous char kway tiao from army mkt for lunch last wk.
besides the nice touch of adding chye sim and silver fish, the kway tiao itself taste good but not exceptional.
but i realised tis is precisely wat make the kway tiao so special.
they dun use lard yet are able to achieve the same taste of traditional char kway tiao, isn’t tat cool. they use 上汤 to fry the char kway tiao instead. beli innovative and their efforts pay off in the form of the queue in front of the stall every day.
the serving of ‘hum’ is beli generous! my fav!
pls use tis promo code ESGWC for 10% discount for women 10k
finally finished my training and can b back at my desk tml. long day ahead but i’m happy to haf a productive day in the office. ALOT to do! and tml’s fri. TGIF! mi works better under tight timelines and pressure. i actualli need some pressure for motivation.
and i wana try moving my butt a little bit more for healthier lifestyle.
women’s 10k, here i come!
mummy is dwn to her last few pieces of the special ginger from macau.
she said she won’t eat it unless she absolutely needs to. wow! i didn’t realise wat a big hit the ginger was wif her.
looks like i should make another macau trip juz to stock up on ginger.
if onli Koi Kee sells it in HK, den much easier to get
there’r a few buds tat appeared since last wk.
i took some picts (which i haben uploaded) of the buds.
wasn’t sure when the flowers would bloom till mum told mi excitedly tis evening tat one of the bud is going to bloom TONITE!
and it sure did! YY was equally excited abt it and waited up past midnite for it to b in full bloom
yes, we got picts of the flower AND YY.
heehee, am i lucky or wat? my bday wish is granted in less a mth after my bday.
mayb i should wish for the moon and stars next yr, ha!
was feeling reli reli tired and went to bed after seeing the bloom.
however, my bz bz mind was still on work. it is such a bad idea to b reading work emails b4 bed.
on a happier note, i did get up at 7am tis morning and was earli for training.
and the training was good. i tink i took away a lot which i will rave abt at a later juncture.
getting stuff off my chest is the best way for mi to offload and unwind.
was pre-warned abt a work issue tdy and i assumed and expected it to b reli reli bad.
luckily, despite the apprehension i felt in anticipation before i got all the facts, it’s not the end of the world and i’ve been thru worse, believe mi.
so, life goes on.
y did ppl even tink tat i might react to it? sigh, i can b a lot more composed u noe.
was at MS for din on sun and surprised tat the place is not beli crowded.
besides a few ppl waiting at ‘dian xiao er’, there was no q dwnstairs for swensens, cafe cartel and changing appetites.
i had contemplated going over to millenia walk’s Big O cafe since it’s quite child friendly.
we ended up at changing appetites for the impressive menu…so many choices!
and they are even pro family! on sun, a kid’s main is free wif every adult main. tat is such a sweet gesture. i m beli appreciate of their efforts and YY declared tis is his fav place to eat.
part of the reason was i allowed him to place his own order and he oso tried one of the baby back ribs i had. the wide selection of desserts helped too, but we didn’t haf any room left for desserts as the potions of the mains were huge.
it’s worth mentioning tat they haf a one for one waffle promo on fri and sat from 10pm-12am. each waffle comes wif 2 scoops of ice cream…waffles, anyone?
i fell in luv wif tis pen after i borrowed it from the coach driver to fill in my white card for m’sia.
the tip is super fine and it even haf brown ink! mi is a sucker for brown ink. always thot it’s a totally cool colour though i nbr used it.
started using V5 recently and it seems so different from those days when all the girls were using V5 for notes. it’s light blue, pink and purple were the most popular colours den.
nw, i feel the tip is not fine enuff and the tip smudges badly. even some of the china brand pens i tried are much better den V5. can’t wait for the ink to finish so i can say goodbye to V5 forever.
yes, it looks like i’ll b doing the 5km ‘fun’ run tis yr.
为朋友，只好两肋插刀了！
姐姐妹妹们，还请多多支持。和我一起跑吧！
我跑不动了，也好拉我一把！
Change is the only constant in life
i feel beli old actualli…general state of mind
juz feel tat i m at the stage when i m ready for change. mayb when i get older, i will b more resistant to change.
still can chiong. not content to juz pass time and being ’stuck’ if passion has ’sizzled’ out
HQ and moi showing off our purchases from KLCC
we spent a long time at ‘Girls’ coz the things were so pretty and pink!
tat’s where i got the hairband and necklace for QQ. 生女儿真好！
absolutely vital when u haf skool going kiddos.
and dun bother wif cheap and cutesy tiny ones when u haf to go thru some 36 colour pencils and dozens of pencils.
i got a blister on my finger from pencil sharpening within the first mth of skool.
and mind u, i was oredi using a huge elephant shaped pencil sharpener from japan.
den i got an electric one. unfortunately it died on mi after a few mths of heavy duty use. plus, it needed 4 AA batteries to work and used up the juice so fast tat i was always buying batteries. and becoz it’s electric, i m paranoid abt the kiddos sticking their little fingers in !
finalli, i got a manual KCK (K-400) model and tis little baby works the best so far!
juz a few quick turns to get the job and the lead is super sharp.
onli 1 major drawback abt it.
it’s a little tricky to remove broken lead.
solution lies in a toothpick or something pointed tat u poke ard till the broken lead comes loose.
and i found tis thread abt pencil sharpening among teachers.
i found an old fashioned confectionery near lavendar on fri evening and got some donut balls on a stick for the kiddos.
i showed YY the donut balls thru the plastic bag and asked him to guess wat i bought.
he saw the shape and went ‘fishballs’. i told him it’s donuts and he looked beli bewildered. i couldn’t understand y he didn’t noe it’s donut balls even after i took them out and showed him.
shupin reminded mi tat the kiddos and herself haf NBR seen donut balls on a stick!
how could it be? i finally realised tat though some places sell donut balls, the balls are usually loose and not on a stick.
something so simple and commonplace to us has become a thing of the past.
if there’s anything tat QQ picked up from skool, it’s her eng language skills.
and her forte lies in quarelling. whenever YY and QQ gets into a verbal fight, QQ is able to drive YY nuts.
a typical fight will start wif YY going ‘My sister is XXXX’ followed by QQ who will say ‘My brother is XXXX’
QQ doesn’t noe the word XXXX till she heards YY using it. And by minicking him, she is able to rebuke YY every time.
i came up wif an excellent and effective way for them to end every fight in laughter.
i explained to YY tat QQ is juz ‘parroting’ everything he says so we should beat her at her own game.
instead of using negative words and increasing QQ’s vocab of ‘quarrelling’ words, YY will say things tat he wants to hear from QQ.
now the fight goes :
YY : You’re so handsome!
QQ : You’re so handsome!
YY : You’re so clever!
QQ : You’re so clever!
YY : I love u!
QQ : I love u!
imagine the above lines shouted angrily bet the kiddos. the sight is simply hilarious and nbr fails to get YY roaring wif laughter after a few exchanges. and QQ is sure to end up laffing along wif her ‘gor gor’ though she doesn’t noe the joke is on her.
luckily i had the foresight tat we will forget all abt his spelling after the long june hols so i posted the spelling words
YY spent half an hour stuck at the first word ‘climbing’…he doesn’t seem to haf got into the mood to stardee at all and kept fidgeting.
but after skipping to all the other ‘easier’ words in the list, he finished learning everything in less den 15 mins and got them all rite when i tested him.
wow! sure hope he can keep tis up and scored his first full marks for spelling on tue. the highest he got tis yr is 8 out of 10.
was searching for the word ‘jigaree’ wif YY and found the link to Joy Cowley.
YY exclaimed tat he has been reading lotsa books by tis author so we scrolled thru all the titles and found all the titles tat YY found familiar eg. Mrs Wishy-Washy, Dan, the flying man, The Hungry Giant, To Town etc.
and while reading trace’s posting abt the LKF carnival, discovered tat YY has nbr heard of The Wizard of Oz. off to the library we are heading tis sat afternoon.
a topic tat i discussed wif a few groups of frens and i thot how relevant it is to the concept of someone ’unforgetable’ in our lives.
感动 is one-sided and is often something so trivial tat the party tat aroused such emotions may not even b aware of how long lasting their ‘effects’ r.
wat is 感动?
it is when someone, thru action or speech, touches ur heart
Your mom: Studies show that the older your mom was when she gave birth, the more likely you are to be fat.
The temperature: Air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter may make you less cranky, but they may also make you fatter. If you’re in a cool room in winter, for example, your body has to do more metabolic work to get your temperature up to normal. Nothing replaces a good old-fashioned workout for calorie burning, but lowering your thermostat setting a bit in winter and tipping it a smidge higher in summer may boost your baseline calorie burn.
Your mate: Studies show that heavy people tend to choose heavy mates and in turn produce even heavier children. So be a couple that loses pounds together.
HQ chose these and i wore them on fri. simple but color is unique and i luv gold shades
We may lose our hair, not hear as well, and get more wrinkles — but we’ll have big smiles on our faces.
It turns out that growing older isn’t such a drag. Time and time again, 70-year-olds report higher levels of happiness than 30-year-olds. Are you happy?
Better with Age
Why might older adults be happier? It could be that the kind of maturity that can only come with age allows people to keep an emotional even keel. Or that with advancing years, we simply become more skilled at coping with our circumstances — even those that are life changing. Whatever the reason, it’s good news for our health.
cinnamon! my fav spice tops the list cinnamon and apple is the ultimate combi
Spices. Wars have been fought over them. Great explorers have sailed in pursuit of them. And gifting history was made by three wise men bearing them. Turns out that the ancients were on to something. Research is now showing that five spices we’ve long savored just for their flavor are also nutritional powerhouses. Toss these overachievers into your salad or sauce and get a whopping dose of disease-preventing antioxidants along with a flavorful punch.
1. Cinnamon This natural germ-fighter also helps lower blood sugar, triglyceride, and cholesterol levels — ¼ teaspoon a day is a healthy goal. Sprinkle a little of the powder on freshly ground coffee beans when making your morning java, or try the irresistible Cinnamon Baked Apples for a low-cal dessert.
2. Thyme It makes it into grilled poultry, fish, and meat marinades by virtue of its minty, lemony flavor; it makes it onto the RealAge list of healthy herbs by virtue of its anti-cancer potency. It’s also long been used as an antiseptic — yep, that could be thyme oil in your mouthwash. If you’ve got a fresh bunch, mince some into your vinaigrette. Yum.
3. Cumin Concealed in your humble chili powder is one of the world’s most popular spices (it’s a key ingredient in Indian curries too) and another anti-cancer soldier. Go exotic and add cumin to rice and grain salads and marinades, or try this heart-healthy Ultimate Beef Chili made with chunks of fat-trimmed meat.
4. Oregano Thank our GIs for bringing oregano home from Italy after WWII. A food world superpower, leaves of the herb boast 42 times more antioxidants than apples. Wow. Use oregano to add a delicate flavor to salad dressings, garlic bread, and omelets, as well as your favorite pastas.
5. Turmeric Called the “Queen of the Kitchen” by Indian cooks, turmeric (and its active ingredient, curcumin) has earned its crown. Studies show promise in fighting cystic fibrosis, colon cancer, arthritis, and even Alzheimer’s — is there anything this golden gal can’t do? For an earthy flavor and yellow coloring, add a pinch of turmeric to rice, stew, or lentils — hey, it might even help you remember where you left your keys last night.
Kerri looking pretty wearing the hairband and necklace from KL
so happy for Karen when she shared her good news wif mi
not sure if my ‘magical’ toes deserve any credit but the wait is worth it.
makes mi wonder where i m headed.
i do haf a few options and staying put is, of course, not tat unbearable at the moment.
i do hope to dabble in more ‘technical’ stuff since i enjoy tat most.
i’m going to do something crazy…i’m going to try waking up at 6.30 next wk so i’m in office by 8.
i tink it’s suicidal too but my to-do is nbr ending. i’m juz trying to prove if
1) waking up early will kill mi
2) am i more productive if i start work earlier in the morn
i suppose tis should b practised cautiously wif sleeping by midnite? ok, my new bedtime it shall b
did tis super duper stoopid survey from hr yest afternoon.
i muz haf started after lunch but the questions went on and on. there were juz 2 to 4 questions on a page but there muz b more den 20 pages coz i couldn’t seem to finish the survey till late evening.
i m nbr one to stare at a loading screen and obviously, EACH survey page took its own sweet time to load so i was toggling bet survey and everything else i was doing.
i probably scored some of the questions lower den necessary but i was pissed by the survey…haha
had the weirdest craving yest afternoon
i was craving for jellyfish!
since i was heading to taka after work, thot i’ll grab a pack from the supermkt.
luckily my craving waned in the evening and i didn’t get any jellyfish. nbr been in the habit of eating packet jellyfish anyway
so many ppl i noe has been falling ill. dengue fever on the loose!
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Singapore: Dengue has reached epidemic levels, with 401 cases reported last week – up more than a third from the week before.
This means that for the first time this year, numbers have crossed the epidemic threshold of 378 cases.
my fav nasi lemak! i onli eat the nasi lemak from international.
the rice is fragrant and not too lemak. the chili is yummy. the egg fluffy and the chicken wing so, so crispy.
mi waited almost an hr tat wkend for my nasi lemak but the wait is worth it.
and QQ is chicken wings queen !
i found the details of the famous AMK crab place after a quick search on the net for ‘amg mo kio crabs’
i found the details for the still road crabs by searching for ’still road crabs’ on yahoo.com.sg
luckily LJ mentioned the name of the crabby place sounds like ‘melbourne’
Mellben Seafood (海鲜螃蟹王) Blk 232 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 #01-1222 Singapore 560232
tel : 6285 6762
i shall try the crab bee hoon and butter crabs so the kiddos can eat.
nope, mi is not recommending tis place yet till i try it for myself
LJ decided to come by for chicken rice @ army mkt tdy.
i was supposed to check if the stall has re-opened last nite but i left via nicholl highway to mit HQ.
i promised LJ to keep my fingers and toes crossed for the stall to b open and my toes worked! haha
now keeping my toes crossed for ah bao…still rd crabs, here we come! die crabs, die!
tat is my war chant when we bbq the live prawns on sat….i went ‘die! die!’ as the prawns curled up and died for our dinner. i noe, beli 变态！
haha…being corny wif the title of course.
but ah bao toking to mi abt crabs and after so muc crap, mi got craving for some still rd crabby. better still, i muz go try the AMK one tat everyone tells mi abt.
looking thru my old postings….it’s been nearly a yr since we last had the still rd celebrations for LJ’s bird-day. ok, i exaggerated but onli 3 more mths to a yr
mi been past the place so many times but nbr at dinner time and haben gone there for crabs since oct 13th 06…so sad.
my conclusion : gross!
the syrup looks thick and gluey and beancurd not as smooth liao even though it’s THE beancurd.
passed by on sun and tabao-ed 2 boxes back.
den i visited giant and bought some durian. i onli remembered my beancurd after i got back into the car. den i was in a real dilemma over wat to eat first, beancurd or durian.
i cannot eat any beancurd tat’s not close to rochor standard. life is too short to b eating ‘bad’ beancurd !
didn’t expect tis article to get so many responses, especially from the ladies.
r we still the oppressed sex?
走出去了就不要回头看。人的眼睛干吗长在脸上而不是脑后？ 不就是让我们向前看吗?决定不分对错。只要对得起自己，便没有遗憾。
所以我好喜欢飞轮海的这首歌 “百无禁忌 万夫莫敌,我超喜欢你”
since u asked for it, here it is
the premier paid toilet in KLCC…2 ringgit per entry! so exp…i suppose there’re sofas inside the toilet
at least got plenty of choices for non paying toilets so i tink it’s fair. if u dun like the Q in the free toilets, can try tis.
wow! the weakened dollar and soaring real estate prices has placed us at place 14th, ahead of NY in 15th position and 5th in asia.
some of the rankings :
1) moscow
2) london
3) south korea
4) tokyo
14) singapore
15) new york
21) brussels
42) los angeles
48) taipei
50) asuncion (paraguay)
moving on after the heartache…u owe ur loved ones at least tat.
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Often after a failed relationship, our thoughts are in turmoil. It’s not uncommon to have mixed feelings and second thoughts about the breakup. And though we might feel that we should articulate these feelings to our ex, that’s the last thing you’d want to do. Calling your ex after a breakup only complicates matters, so if you really can’t keep it inside, talk to a friend or relative instead.
An idle mind is the devil’s workshop, and after a breakup, your brain is particularly susceptible to all sorts of wandering thoughts. So keep yourself busy? be in the company of others as much as you can, and if you can’t help being alone, make sure you have plenty of positive reading material or DVD comedies at hand. Just don’t sit around by yourself and let your mind wander.
People often make the mistake of over-analysing the situation after a breakup, agonizing over the endless possibilities why things went wrong. But don’t second-guess yourself. No amount of analysis will make things clearer. In fact, it just muddies the water. Just trust your gut feeling. If a relationship is wrong, it will feel wrong and you will know.
Don’t allow yourself to be tempted to see your ex “one last time”. All this does is hold you back. It prolongs the agony and adds to the confusion. In the long run, the easiest thing on your spirit and your heart is to make a clean break.
It takes two to make a relationship work. That’s why you should never blame yourself or the other party for the demise of the relationship. No matter how indisputable one party’s guilt may seem, the other party must take responsibility for his or her part in the situation.
Sadness is a funny thing. Though nobody would honestly claim to enjoy being sad, we can become rather attached to it. It can become an uneasy ally, a shroud that both protects and entraps us. It’s our excuse for not making things better. It’s an expression of our hurt. And we often think that by remaining sad, we somehow make the other party feel bad. Which is not true of course, but oh, how we love imagining that it is!
When we are bitter and resentful, we hurt no one but ourselves. If you feel your ex really hurt you, then your best revenge is to show them how good your life can be without them. Remember, no one is worth hurting yourself over, especially not someone who has let you down in some way. Be good to yourself and you’ll find that there is indeed much life and love after a breakup.
mi is looking at VS’ online catalogue and the dresses r so pretty….drool
got babydoll, shirtdress, beautiful caftans….where to find such pretty stuff in sg?
at times like tis, i wish i stay in the states…sigh !
dun tink it’s worth it to order using vpostusa, shipping not cheap leh
谈何容易， 但绝对是金玉良言。
拿得起更要放得下。
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In the aftermath of a breakup, one of the biggest mis-assumptions we make is that the road has ended for us, well, romantically anyway. We feel that we’ve lost the one and only love of our lives and that no one else will make us feel the way we did with this person.
Certainly at this point, we’re governed more by our hearts than our heads, and the products of our hearts – our emotions – can sometimes grossly miss the mark. All the same, it’s completely understandable to feel that you will never find romantic fulfillment again.
This makes us feel and do certain things – we start replaying the good times in our heads, conveniently leaving out the bad memories; we start to imagine that if they only knew we still missed them so badly, they would come back and give it another shot; you try all sorts of ways to tempt them into talking or meeting up, thinking that this will rekindle old flames and happily lead to a lifetime of bliss together.
What this usually does though, is make it harder and harder for you, or both of you, to get over the relationship. The whole thing then becomes a protracted tug-of-war of “not-knowing-when-or-who-or-what-to-believe”, also known as sleepless nights wondering “what if” or what it “could’ve been”.
Either that or the phone call or meeting turns ugly, what you get is the opposite of what you expected, and now the relationship is well and truly dead. And smelling like it too, since it wasn’t allowed to stay buried. In some cases, what was simply romantic incompatibility turns into hatred and enmity. Now, not only have you lost a partner, you’ve gained an enemy.
When we don’t allow a failed relationship to rest, we usually complicate it further by adding lies, using guilt, tears, threats, memories or shared experiences like friends or businesses. We may even use sex to get the other person back. It usually doesn’t work and only serves to make you feel silly and humiliated, but such tactics are only natural? neither of you are thinking clearly.
After a breakup, the best thing to do (though most of us will find it easier squeezing blood from a rock) is to cut off all contact – no “let’s be friends” pledges because it almost always backfires, no “it’s ok to go out as a bigger group”, no emails, no letters, no little “goodwill” presents, no “innocent” visits to the ex’s family. We always think so highly of our ability to be gracious and mature following a breakup but we almost always end up acting and feeling childish and shameful.
tink my hair is so dry now tat it looks like withered grass
time for SOS hair rescue
YY shows off how quickly he can recite the Chinese Zodiac
mum was asking if we were still in KL when the bomb went off.
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There was a loud bang and then sounds of a little girl screaming with her hair on fire.
That was the scene that greeted a witness to a bomb explosion that injured a Johor-bound 11-year-old girl and her aunt at Puduraya bus station on Friday.
In the 9.10pm incident, Atykah Nadiah Zamzar, her uncle and aunt were waiting at Platform 7 for a trip to Kota Tinggi.
It is learnt that they were sitting there when the girl touched the bomb under the seat before it exploded.
cheers to everyone who has the courage to walk out of a bad movie and other situations in life.
life is too short to spend being unhappy/not enjoying every moment.
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Most of us have had this experience – we go to a movie, are absolutely baffled and appalled by how bad it is, yet continue watching it until it’s over. I know, it’s because we didn’t want to judge the film prematurely – even though more than halfway through it was still jaw-droppingly awful, we were still hoping to be surprised, right? We just wanted some validation, no matter how small, that the movie wasn’t a complete waste of our money and time, but most of the time, we’re disappointed.
It’s not too different with the other aspects of our lives; as a person, a father, a wife, a son, a sister, a partner, a colleague or neighbour, what are you putting up with? What kinds of stress are you allowing yourself to take on a regular basis even though you could just stand up and walk away?
Now I’m not knocking the power of perseverance; sticking with a worthy task that’s showing improvement, no matter how slow, is admirable. What I’m talking about is putting up with something or someone that’s taking a toll on your happiness and success while showing no sign of positive impact.
What are the bad movies in your life that you’re not standing up and leaving?
Most of us adopt a passive approach to life – something we don’t agree with happens again and again and, ah? we let it pass, we close one eye. I don’t mean that we should be intolerant of others; I’m referring to the more personal aspects of our lives; matters that affect us directly – things like our jobs and our relationships, the abuse or unjust treatment that we take day after day because we think that we should accept the results of certain choices we’ve made.
But just because we’ve made this choice, does that mean we should accept how it’s turned out? Just because we’ve invested money or time or love, does that mean we have to stick with it regardless of how unhappy it’s making us?
Sure, most of us may complain about it, throw the odd tantrum or two, but very few will actually get up and insist on change or leave. Only you will know when the abuse has to stop. Only you will know when a situation has reached a point where the bad feelings will not go away unless something or someone changes or leaves. The sad fact is that most people do nothing, and the bad feelings continue to plague their lives.
When we’re in the midst of an irredeemable film, there’s often nothing we can do except walk out of the cinema. But very often, when it comes to other issues in our lives – our jobs, our relatives, our friends, or the prejudice we face – we can demand that things change to reflect our rights. We can at the very least make ourselves heard.
Decide for yourself when you’re not going to put up with it anymore.
very proud of myself and my handiwork.
the bling bling were on the hardcase but i decided to scrap the sparkies off and paste them directly on the fone.
looks beautiful ya?
i can’t believe anyone who can’t love themselves can love others.
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If you love someone who doesn’t love you in return, be gentle with yourself. There is nothing wrong with you. You are not undesirable. The other person is judging you based on his or her own limited perceptions, experiences and values, and you should never use that as a benchmark. What matters is how you see yourself.
Conversely, if someone loves you but you don’t love him or her, do not take advantage. Some of us may think “It’s just harmless fun” or “as long as I don’t make a verbal commitment, it should be alright”. If someone loves you or thinks he or she loves you, the feeling will probably grow more intense with time. If you accept their affection without making it clear that you will never be on the same level romantically, then you’re only encouraging their feelings for you. Love is a gift, and if you know you can’t accept it, refuse it gently.
If your partner chooses to leave a relationship that seems perfectly fine to you, do not assign blame. If your partner is resolute and has made it clear that it’s not going to work out, do not push. Do not try to look for reasons. In such cases, it’s probably better to let it go because pushing is likely to hurt you even more. You’ll drive yourself insane wondering “why?”
More importantly, do not think less of yourself. It’s usually the blameless party who bears the torment of love’s departure. You did nothing wrong and there was nothing you could’ve done to prevent the passage of love. It passes us like a leaf on the breeze which may or may not choose to settle. The real reason is not something you can know.
Love can sometimes move in mysterious paths and if you’re unable to let love go its way, you’ll only end up like the wasp which dies of exhaustion while trying to break out through a closed window.
Someone once said that many lovers get it wrong by seeing their hearts as empty places that will be filled by love. They then begin to look at love as something that flows to them rather than from them. They forget that the secret of love is that it is a gift, and that it can be made to grow only by giving it away.
The world is a complex and immense place, more so than you might imagine. In the wake of a failed relationship, human beings have the tendency to make the world collapse into a little box, in which no or few opportunities exist. They draw the curtains when they really should be letting the light in.
But if you keep your heart open and learn to give love rather than expect it to come to you, love will happen for you again.
i miss the taste of dr pepper….tis is my fav soft drink
tastes like almond flavoured coke
isn’t tis blackberry cool? so pretty !
kiddos miss the sand playground at Changi Beach so we went last wkend for some outdoorsy fun.
nice tree and sky pattern at the beach
new nickname i gave to the 3 little ones at home.
i always call QQ ‘piggy’ so YY and Kerri juz joined the ranks.
much easier for us adults to refer to the kiddos when they have a collective title…hehe
kiddos’ interpretation of Vesak Day
finally got to try the teppanyaki @ Sakae…not tat memorable. lotsa and lotsa garlic but i tink some foodcourts can do better.
Newborn baby’s body dumped in WA
The body of a newborn baby has been found dumped in household rubbish at a Perth waste treatment facility.
Three babies have been found dumped in Australia over the past month, the other two were left alive outside a hospital and church.
i read tis beli disturbing piece of news. of all the places, ppl are dumping babies in aussie. i will nbr understand how anyone can bear to do tis to their own.
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washed the car on sun nite and applied armorall and leathercare.
i wana mention meguiar gold class leather condition and cleaner coz the bottle cracked along the sides. in trying to save the contents, i tried prying open the bottle from the side and slashed my finger as a result….ouch!
i suppose wif the amt of leather conditioner my hands were covered wif in this messy process, my ‘human leather skin’ has become more supple.
in the end, the remaining contents were transferred into an empty bottle of Pears Shampoo. i can’t imagine the faces of any fellow carowners in the carpark when they see mi using ’shampoo’ on the car seats…haha!
after the recent TB drama in US, i nbr thot i’ll get a chance to visit the TB control unit too.
wat a stark contrast the compound was, in relation to TTSH’s squeakingly clean & new compound and amenities.
the buildings or ‘bungalows’ looks like they haben changed much for the past 30 yrs.
i haf been tinking abt tis ‘to do’ quite abit lately.
got the email reminder from my past self tdy…it’s a sign!
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Dear future self,
I’m reminding you about your stated goal on 43 things,
to “XXXXXXXXX”.
How’s it going?
Sincerely,
Your past self
juz realise tat mi needs to pack by tml nite coz taking the coach on wed, after work.
stressed….good thing i didn’t work late tdy and we went airport for dinner. muz spend quality time wif family.
wif 53 so conveniently stopping in front of my place and being 10 mins away from airport means tat it’s easier for mi to get there den to tampines.
tdy whole day so 累 after our exercise on sat.
still got a lot of rubbish to write but eyes closing. time for bed.
i was juz surfing and saw tis article.
A Little Princess is one of my fav stories tog wif Secret Garden and Little House and Little Women series. all timeless classics tat one day, i hope YY & QQ will luv too.
i was surprised to see Harriet the Spy though i was so inspired after reading tis tat i carried a notebook wif mi to take dwn ‘notes’…haha i haf oredi forgot tis book and tis reminder brings back my childhood memories.
fri went reli reli well.
YP, marie et moi were the onli 3 on full day shift from concourse to hitachi.
we started our walkabout at 10am and ended at 6pm wif hardly any time for lunch as we had the TKD demo from Assisi’s TKD warriors. but our hard work paid off.
the chips (twisties, doritos, lay’s) sold out and we even managed to mit our target for the movie vouchers and tat is so encouraging. coz we had feedback before the event tat the movie vouchers may b too exp coz ppl wouldn’t b willing to pay more den $9.50 for tickets even if the proceeds were going to charity.
unfortunateli, the tickets do not come free and we decided to press on wif the pricing we haf set in order to raise the funds we need.
the Assisi kids r so, so adorable and the TKD demo totally enjoyable! we are reli privileged to haf caught them in action.
can’t wait to noe the actual amt raised though i m pretty sure we did well and we did our best. even though it’s for charity but some of us are more shy and we even had boardmen, our dear male colleagues wearing the price menu.
so happy!
can finally collect my daily int!
hip hip hooray!
a lot happened tis wk tat may affect my plans adversely….sigh!
人算不如天算，世事难料
hope everything will turn out for the best.
mayb not having something to fall back on will spur mi to greater heights?
i mean at tis hr or tomolo morn.
time for bed…long day tml
will try to get up early n get the work done.
big day tml…as long as i haben sleep, tml is not here no matter wat time of the nite or morn it is.
funds raising day for the remaining activites of the charity task force!
so exciting! i’m sure the event will b a great success but m excited tat THE day has finally arrived.
sian….still playing games.
still waiting for the bank to be up
happily choosing new avatar so lotsa mi to choose from
越来越受不了我的头发！
虽然说 hair straightener 也买了。
虽然说 most ppl tinks 头发长一点比较好看。
我还是怕麻烦。
需要经营得这么辛苦的美丽，我看还是免了。
我已经决定要再次把头发剪短。
“剪不断，理还乱”
4am in dalat
toking abt 感动
“is he the one for u?”
人靠衣装，佛靠金装。
这句话说得一点不错。这么简单的一条裙子，却引起这么大的回响，真的不可思议！
所以女人要不断打扮。什么内在美，全是废话！
人类不管多么文明，还是一样肤浅。
可能是最原始的本能在作祟。
i like tis expression 活过来了！
i am reminded of tis expression whenever i lunch by myself which means tat i m lunching after 2 and practically starving.
i usually haf the 小锅面 from concourse which is super duper nice! the noodles smell so heavenly and i always wonder if it’s due to my hunger tat i tink the noodles r so good.
如果人真的有机会重生，我们大概会更不珍惜生命！生命诚可贵，爱情价更高。
若为自由故，两者皆可抛。
为什么晚上这么多废话？ 因为我又饿了！
傍晚，我饿得和“美丽”吃了晚餐才继续工作。
刚才又吃了豆花，可是还是饿了。。。
ok, i decided to put myself to the test and see how long i’ll take to earn 15,000NP.
spent 45 mins and earned 8,000NP…played most of my fav games liao.
dun wana play the games i dun enjoy juz for the sake of NPs.
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the bank has been dwn for 2 days liao.
so sianx…i can’t collect my 16,000++NP of daily interest
went to the stockmarket but not enough NP to buy stocks…dun tell mi i need to earn 15,000NP from games. not impossible but needs time leh…sianx!
the shark’s fin from tis shop tucked in a little st.
they cook one huge pot of shark’s fin wif a whole chicken for more den 5 hrs.the soup is pure collagen…so so yummy!
huge chunks of shark’s fin 
other food tat we had. a realli hearty meal…beli authentic and super yummy!
we had the most delicious eggtarts in tis shop.
we were sitting near the counter where all the freshly made tarts were displayed and we couldn’t stop ordering.
the varieties were mind boggling…fresh milk, bird’s nest, portugese, normal eggtarts…wow! we simply had to try everything (twice!)
kim wanted to bring us to tis restaurant 船屋 for authentic portugese food but alas, it was closed on tue. tough luck!
we went to 小飞象 instead
my fav 手信 is the preserved ginger chunks from 鉅記…turned out to b mum’s fav too!
mi and diane outside wynn at sunset
Lisboa
the famous st paul’s church…i tink
my fav shot in macau
juz saw the latest summer styles from gap and there’r so many crochet items!
crochet is so hip! from skirts to camis and shorts!
i feel so inspired nw. ok, after i finish my 3rd YISHU book tomolo, i shall start crocheting again
was at rochor beancurd on sun and ordered 2 hot 豆花 when QQ quipped “我要黑豆花!”
?? wat is 黑豆花??
the girl at the counter calmly explained to QQ.
黑豆花 is called 仙草…
为民族骄傲吧！ i luv the rap/绕口令 part. damn cool
扁担宽板凳长
扁担想绑在板凳上
扁担宽板凳长
扁担想绑在板凳上
伦敦玛莉莲买了件旗袍送妈妈
莫斯科的夫司基爱上牛肉面疙瘩
各种颜色的皮肤各种颜色的头发
嘴里念的说的开始流行中国话
多少年我们苦练英文发音和文法
这几年换他们卷著舌头学平上去入的变化
平平仄仄平平仄(仄仄平平仄仄平)
好厦鞯闹泄撕糜琶赖中国话
扁担宽板凳长
扁担想绑在板凳上
板凳不让扁担绑在板凳上
扁担偏要绑在板凳上
板凳偏偏不让扁担绑在那板凳上
到底扁担宽还是板凳长
哥哥弟弟坡前坐
坡上卧著一只鹅
坡下流著一条河
哥哥说宽宽的河
弟弟说白白的鹅
鹅要过河河要渡鹅
不知是那鹅过河
还是河渡鹅
全世界都在学中国话
孔夫子的话越来越国际化
全世界都在讲中国话
我们说的话让世界都认真听话
纽约苏珊娜开了间禅风lounge bar
柏林来的沃夫冈拿胡琴配著电吉他
各种颜色的皮肤各种颜色的头发
嘴里念的说的开始流行中国话
多少年我们苦练英文发音和文法
这几年换他们卷著舌头学平上去入的变化
平平仄仄平平仄(仄仄平平仄仄平)
好聪明的中国人好优美的中国话
有个小孩叫信
上街打醋又买布
买了布打了醋
回头看见鹰抓兔
放下布搁下醋
上前去追鹰和兔
飞了鹰跑了兔
洒了醋湿了布
嘴说腿腿说嘴
嘴说腿爱跑腿
腿说嘴爱卖嘴
光动嘴不动腿
光动腿不动嘴
不如不长腿和嘴
到底是那嘴说腿还是腿说嘴
全世界都在学中国话
孔夫子的话越来越国际化
全世界都在讲中国话
我们说的话让世界都认真听话
全世界都在学中国话
孔夫子的话越来越国际化
全世界都在讲中国话
我们说的话让世界都认真听话
QQ was at mac and ordering happy meal when the counter guy asked her which toy she wanted. though she can speak some english sentences, her english was hardly conversational. she wished tat her gor gor was wif her.
after tabao-ing the meal home, while she was eating her fries, she commented tat gor gor likes to eat fries.
i dialed her ah ma’s place for her and she told her gor gor she bought 汉堡包. the 2 kiddos actualli chatted for a while on the fone.
all signs point to the fact tat QQ is missing her gor gor.
mi finally got ard to my posting on hk trip (tis yr) mi decided NOT to post anything abt last yr’s trip.
tat’s abt all the fotos i took. less den 50, i tink. but at least i noe y i took every pict.
surprisingly, i took a couple more fotos in macau den hk.
and the food was great so look out for the next posting on macau.
porridge from 海皇, a lot of branches everywhere, both HK island and Kowloon
random stall across the road from 蘭芳園 at soho area (Central MTR)
蘭芳園 serves the best 絲襪奶茶 in HK! tis is a muz try!also sells excellent 葱油鸡排撈丁 (干撈出前一丁 with chicken chop)tis is their 猪扒包…so, so onli
another excellent place tat kim brought us to. the restaurant is on the 2nd floor and i was initially shocked tat we r going to a restaurant for afternoon tea.
the name is 太平舘 in Grandsville (Tsim Tsai Tsui MTR).
it’s a very old restaurant and looks rather posh but prices were very reasonable, like 茶餐廳 with special prices for afternoon tea.
their speciality is 牛河 ie. stirred fried beef hor-fun, this is highly recommended ! smells heavenly!
another speciality is 瑞士汁鸡翼意粉 ie. sweet sauce chicken wings with spaghetti。kim told us the story behind the chinese name of swiss sauce.
back in the old days, the waiters tried telling the ang moh tat the chicken wings haf a ‘Sweet’ sauce but it was misunderstood tat the sauce is ‘Swiss’ thus the name stuck.
and their speciality dessert is this souffle…wah! the portion is huge! dun attempt tis on ur own.
we were staying at happy valley and juz dwn the street was tis place famous for egg tarts and 波羅包
see the old fashioned boxes! reminds mi of chin mee chin…hehe
signboard of the famous stall
mi in hollywood road
mi taking in the sights from the balcony of a shop in central, Soho area.
went to mid levels using the travellators.
i luv shopping in hk!
i luv their fashion and variety of styles and offerings from shoes to clothes to accessories.
BBK is cheap but the styles r beli limited.
my 收获 is quite good from mar. managed to get 2 pairs of boots at SGD8 and less den SGD20. it was nearing summer so boots were all going on sale. and Fa Yuen St is great for shopping!
check out my room wif all my purchases…! looks like a burglar has got in and made a mess!
mi haf finished 2 YISHU titles, will start on the 3rd one tomolo.
how i wish i can juz spend the whole day wif a good book! but alas! 现实是残酷的，mi still need to bring home the bacon.
was in luck last wk and got the kiddos some good books from the word shop fair at concourse.
i got the magic school bus series from scholastic and oso an usborne title, the billy goat’s gruff
i oso got a few spongebob squarepants books….for myself! under the pretext of sharing wif QQ.
do i haf a reading habit?
not exactly coz i dun read regularly. i read most stuff but mostly on ad-hoc basis as and when i come across something to read.
and i dun haf allocated time for reading. i tink driving is a waste of reading and crocheting time. at one stage, i kept my books in the car and read a chapter or two in the carpark every nite.
i went to the library to retn my overdue ‘蛋糕睡觉了’ and decided to pick up some books to read.
i was in luck and found 3 YISHU titles. i can’t recall the last time i had such luck…muz b yrs and yrs back. good job, NLB! in replenishing her titles.
some fotos from my bday dinner at swensen’s
i m extremely 专一 when it comes to watches. most ppl own more den 1 watch but to me, one is more den enuff and i would wear the same watch everyday and everywhere.
the catch on my watch was slightly damaged by YY and it was hard to fasten my watch properly so i had to b xtra careful else it would drop off easily.
i fell in luv wif tis watch in hk.
i luv metal & sporty watches but the models are all too chunky for my wrist. i tink baby G dun look good on mi too.
i was pleasantly surprised at how good tis unisex watch looks on my wrist !
i’ve uploaded all my hk and macau picts since mar but haben got ard to the posting. as time passes, it seems like more and more daunting a task.
and i’ve oredi stopped being trigger happy. so few picts in viet compared to cambodia.
i nbr got ard to posting any of my bkk picts.
will try to group the picts into several postings.
好好吃的糖心皮蛋 from 鏞記 in central.
鏞記 is an expensive restaurant but the 皮蛋 wasn’t exp for takeaway. 
was shopping at giant wif QQ when 眼尖的她 spotted Scotts toilet paper.
“狗狗的大便纸! 狗狗大便用的!”
东风夜放花千树，更吹落，星如雨。宝马雕车香满路。凤箫声动，玉壶光转，一夜鱼龙舞。 蛾儿雪柳黄金缕，笑语盈盈暗香去。众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在灯火阑珊处。
Once upon a time, there lived an aspiring alchemist who refused to get a job, dreaming of a way to turn base elements into gold. His exasperated young wife struggled to put food on the table but he was unwavering in his quest.
The wife finally turned to her wise father for help and he asked to see his son-in-law. The young man expected to be reprimanded, but to his surprise, the father-in-law confided in him, “I, too, was an alchemist when I was younger! From what you tell me, I can tell that you are surely on the verge of a breakthrough.But you need one more ingredient to succeed, and I have only recently discovered this secret. Unfortunately, it requires much work and I am too old to undertake the task.”
“I can do it, dear father!” the young man volunteered.
The old man then leaned over and whispered, “The ingredient you need is the silver powder that grows on banana leaves. This powder becomes magic when you plant the bananas yourself, and cast spells on it. But we need at least two pounds of the dust for it to work. And that would take hundreds of banana plants and many years of labour.”
Overcome by the prospect of alchemic success, the young man promised to undertake the project.
For the next few years, the young man cultivated his banana plants lovingly and chanted the spells faithfully. His harvest grew and grew as he painstakingly collected the silver powder from the banana leaves. Finally, the young man accumulated two pounds of the magic dust and rushed to his father-in-law’s house.
“Wonderful!” the old man rejoiced. “Now I can show you how to turn base elements into gold! But first you must bring your wife here. We need her help.”
The young man was puzzled, but obeyed. When she appeared, the old man asked his daughter, “While your husband was collecting the banana powder, what did you do with the fruits?”
“Why I sold them,” the daughter said.
“Did you save any money?” the father asked.
“Yes,” she replied.
“May I see it?” the old man asked. So his daughter hurried home and returned with several bags. The old man grabbed a handful of the magic dust, opened one bag and threw the powder in. When the young man looked into the bag, he saw that it was full of gold coins!
“See,” the old man turned to his son-in-law, “you have changed base elements into gold!”
interesting piece of article abt the air quality and contents of rome, the eternal city.
am wondering abt my 何去何从。。。叹！
seems like i should get out of my comfort zone to pursue greater things.
when in doubt, i suppose i should seek divine intervention.
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