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2.5 yrs old Cayden

2011-02-23T15:36:00.003+08:00

Now Cayden already 2.5yrs old. He is getting more and more mischevious but he talks alot and learns fast too! That is a good sign!

Happy that he is learning well now. People around me are telling me that since Cayden is already 2.5 yrs it time to have another sibling but i am hesitant about it. Besides the taking care part and also the high living standard in Singapore.

I shall ponder further before i make any decision. I enjoy the life right now although Cayden is mischevious but when he is not, he is very adorable and knows how to make you happy.

Happy to have Cayden as my son. Now, just hope that he grows up soon and know how to take care of himself.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

2011-02-11T14:45:00.002+08:00

How times flies. Now is already February of year 2011 and the chinese new year celebration will be over in a week's time (Lunar 15th).

Went to Malaysia for chinese new year as my hubby's hometown is in Ipoh, Perak. Basically is rest and relax aka "boring period" for me as it is difficult to travel around there since there is a need to drive a car. It is not like singapore where you can travel by public transport but over there, basically is driving on your own to get to the place you want.

At least for now, nothing much happen to me for the year 2011. It is very routine day for me.

1. Send Cayden to Childcare
2. To work
3. Pick Cayden Up from Childcare
4. Have Dinner with Cayden
5. Watch TV program / Play with Cayden
6. To Bed.

Recently i have thoughts of doing baking. Maybe, it is inspired by my friend, Tracy. She has her own oven and she did alot of baking. She talks about it on her blog and sharing her recipes. She even made for flea market events. If you want to know more, visit her blog.

Maybe i shall ask her to compile her recipes and send me a copy. haha. This have to wait till i get my baking oven first or maybe we can join venture to do business on the bake products. Hmm, shall talk to her.

23 Months Old Cayden

2010-07-26T10:02:00.002+08:00

Today, Cayden is 23 months old. How times flies. In another month, he will be 2 years Old. Although he still cant speak in sentance but i am happy that he is able to follow what you say when you teach him. Basically he will follow what you say as long he think that he knows how to pronounce. Moreover, he is able to do the task when you task him to do.

Some of the words that he is very good are basically "Ah Ma" which is my mum, the primary caregiver, "Mummy", "Daddy", "Ah Yee", my youngest sister, "Ah Mei", another younger sister. He also know "I am", "Bear","Dog", "Mao" as in Cat, Horse in both english and mandarin. Somehow, some of the words such as car, he will pronounce without the "c" and fish in which his mouth is not wide open so only can hear the sound.

Although he is not able to speak in sentance, but i am still proud of him!!!

Bad Luck @ Home

2010-06-05T11:05:00.002+08:00

Both my mum and dad fell and hurt themselves. My mum fractured her hand/wrist. Going for a check up next week. As for my dad, fell down few days after my mum. He hurt his head. No stitches but was asked to stay in hospital for 8 hours for observation. He had since discharged, was given 5 days MCs.

Hope both of them recover soon!!!

May God Bless my Family !!!!

Tioman Island Trip

2010-05-25T09:49:00.012+08:00

Last weekend, i went to Tioman Island with kin mun and some friends. Total 9 of us. It is a tiring but fun trip. Tiring because journey very long, Fun is because it is my first time doing snorkeling. On the first day, we did snorkeling near to our resort. On the second day, It was raining heavily in the morning and we finally got to go out in the afternoon. We went to Rengis Island for deep sea snorkeling. It is so much beautiful than those near to our resort. Here are some of the pictures.

Mother's Day

2010-05-08T15:27:00.004+08:00

This coming Sunday is Mother's Day!! I wish all mothers in this whole universe a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!.

This year, i didnt get any mother's day gift (but customised a mystery gift for her as a separate gift) for my mum. The gift kin mun and myself presented to my mum is a trip to Gold Coast with Cayden and my youngest sister, Nicole in Sept. This trip for my mum is also an appreciation for my mum for helping me to look after Cayden despite her health is not as good as few years back. Thanks Mother!!!

As for my mother in law, Kin Mun is still deciding on the choices i given to him. Now is waiting for him to make decision. Let's wait and see.

Cayden Photos

2010-03-27T11:57:00.006+08:00

Cayden is 19 months now. Here are some of his photos. I am looking forward for him to talk more. Now he can say daddy but not very clear. Hope he can speak in sentances due soon..!!!

First Post of 2010

2010-03-01T11:08:00.003+08:00

Today is 1st March 2010!! I was kind of busy for the past 2 months.. so no time to blog..!!

My son, Cayden turns 18 months on last friday!! He is getting more naughty and also know how to do more things now but he still dont know how to talk much. He has his check up and final injection of the 5 in 1 on 27th Feb 10. The nurse is concerned about his speech so a refer letter to KKH on speech was given to us. Actually i was not so concerned about his speech cos he understands what we say and knows how to do a task given.

My nephew, also starts to talk when his is near to 3 years old. Cayden is still not even 2 years old. Although i know that the nurses/doctors at polyclinic has a guidelines to follow on how assess the babies.. but then we should depends on situation and not follow the guidelines fully as guidelines is only a guide. Now, with a refer letter given, it only makes me worry for Cayden whether he really have speech issue. Hai!!

I really hope that Cayden will start to talk before the appointment date in June 2010. Pray Hard!!!

Cayden Photos

2009-12-28T18:51:00.007+08:00

Here are some of the photos of my naughty Boy, Cayden!!

Cayden Is 16 months Old Today

2009-12-26T08:30:00.006+08:00

Today, Cayden turns 16 months!!! How times flies!!! We just celebrated his 1st birthday few months ago and his 2nd birthday is just few more months away!!! Cayden indeed bring proud and joy to Kin Mun, myself and our families.

Although Cayden does not know how to speak but he can do alot of things that we ask him to do. This really reassure me that he will speak one day. He will say ma ma (Grandma), mama and mum mum at times but you must be very alert to hear him said that.

The few things he learn were to dance, to wave bye bye, to touch someone, to move his eyebrows, pout his mouth, squeeze his eyes, take his shoes, take biscuits.

When nice upbeat music is on, Cayden will move his body. If his favourite song, Twinkle little star is on, he will move his fingers to ask us to sing for him and act as an action of the twinkle.

He knew how to wave bye when we say byebye to him. Whenever, we told him to touch someone, he will point his finger and touch that person.

Then one of the days, there was a Cadbury chocolate commerical where two kids are moving their eyebrows along with the music. Next moment, Cayden already know how to to move his eyebrows up and down. At first we thought it just a coincidence but who knows when we say "eyebrows". he will move it. That is the power of TV commercial!!

Then when we say "eyes", he will just squeeze his eyes to be very small. As for pout his mouth is an indication of his mouth and nose.

We also taught him that we need to wear shoes and shorts before we going out. So whenever we told him we are going out, he will go n take his shoes and shorts and come looking for you to wear it for him.

Cayden also likes to see birds and fish. Whenever he saw a bird, he will point to you and he will stare at the bird. Same goes to the fish.

Although he is adorable but he can be very naughty especially with my mum. My mum is his caregiver when both of us are working. My mum adores him alot as he is my mum's first grandson. Now let talk about how naughty he is.

He always have his favourite food at the dining table. Besides nestle cereals, he like puff aka biscuits from Gerbers. It is of a star shape and it is of a few favours like sweet potatos, banana, strawberry and peach. Luckily he liked this biscuits as he DON'T TAKE ANY FRUITS!!! So this biscuits is the only source for his intake of fruits. Moreover, it is full of nutrients.

Now come to his naughty part. My mum will portion the biscuits and let him eat. He will sit down and eat. When he finished all the portion, he will ask for more but my mum wont give him as this puff is for snack purpose. Then when my mum is not looking, he will climb on his bicycle and try to reach his biscuits. Luckily my mum caught his act and bring him down. At times, he will tip toe trying to reach it from the table. It seems to be clever of him to do it but it is dangerous for him to do it. We already told him not do it.

He had more naughty acts such as spilling his food when he dont want it anymore, hitting on my sister when she is sleeping as he need someone to play with him. I always told my mum to scold him or beat him when he naughty but my mum adores him so didnt do it. The funny thing is that, these things never happen at home. Whenever he is at home with us, he dont do the acts. Maybe I was too fierce for him so he dare not to misbehave. LOL.

There are alot of more things to write about Cayden. But for now, here is a recent photo of him when we took it at Ikea.

Flea Market Bazzar

2009-12-14T11:23:00.003+08:00

I will be having my First Flea Market Bazzar @ Clarke Quay Central Square. It is known as Mille Fleur Bazzar. It is near to the pub "Clinic" Do drop by and say hello to me and also to purchase my products too.. LOL .Here are the details.

Macau Trip - Part 1

2009-11-13T20:50:00.005+08:00

I went to Macau for a short break on 23rd Oct to 25 Oct 09. I went with my friend, Yin Fern (YF). We took Jetstar to Macau. Upon arrival at Macau airport, we took a cab to our hotel to have a rest as we reach Macau @ 1am in the morning. For this trip, YF planned on the whole Itinerary. All i need to do is to follow where she go. It is a easy task for me. LOL. Thanks to YF for her effort.

We bought a pork chop bun for our breakfast, it was great!! We also have wanton noodles in the famous shop known as wong chi kei.

First stop on Macau after our meal was to the St Paul's Ruins and the surrounding attractions such as the museum, fortress garden, churches etc. When we reached the St Paul's Ruins, it was crowded with people taking photos for rememberance. We also took some.

After visiting all the surrounding attractions, we took a bus to another destination, fisherman wharf. We have a walk there as there were alot of europe building and even explore the Haunted House specially for Halloween. At first i was feeling ok on the walk but as time spent in the haunted house got longer, i start to feel scared. YF instead, is getting more brave. We both did get a shock when the "Ghost/Vampires" appear out of nowhere. After that we have dinner and we went back to hotel.

We spent alot of time walking so we rested our legs when we reached our hotel. It is really a walking day in Macau. Day 2 was also fruitful. It will be in my next post.

Online Business

2009-10-16T17:58:00.004+08:00

I always want to do some online business and i finally got my wish when i started a blogshop end of september this year. For a start, i email my friends of the stock i have through powerpoint/pdf format. When they get the clothes from me, i will provide an payment invoice and i will include my blogspot address. Click Here for my blogshop.

IF you are free do visit my blogshop!!

Cheers!!!

Cayden 1st Birthday Celebration

2009-08-27T09:42:00.009+08:00

Last Sunday was Cayden's 1st Birthday Celebration!!! It had some hiccups but was solved ultimately.

The day before, i stay up late just to get the decoration items ready. On Sunday, i went to the Link Building to decorate it. Half way through the decoration, some of the balloons burst. It was very loud and i got a shock. Nevertheless, i still proceed. At around 11.30, i finish decorating the area for the celebration. At the same time, the buffet arrived.

I got a rude shock that there were no extra tables and chairs which i ordered from the caterer. The catering guy quickly called his boss with regards to this. The boss apologised but i was not very happy as my guests are about to arrive soon. The boss said that he will get his guy to get the chairs and tables over.

After that, the sky turned dark and heavy downpour came by. At around 12.30pm, some of my guests arrived but the tables and chairs had not arrived. I have to apologised to them but they dont mind at all as there were seat available at the study corner.

Luckily, the tables and chairs arrived @ 1pm and most of the guests arrived after that. When kids arrived, i gave the goodies bag that i had prepared for them together with the sculpted balloons by my sister. More details of the goodies bag and balloons will be on next blog entry. I also prepared a handmade crochet coaster as a gift to my guests. These handmade crochet coasters were made by my friend, Jullie and she in turn ask help fromBetsy as i also have other other for Jullie to made.

Both of them are good at handicraft. I had introduce betsy in my previous blog entry. As for Jullie, She is my polymate and she is also the "Matchmaker" to me and my Hubby, Kin Mun. I got to know Kin Mun through her. Although we dont always contact each other but still care for each other.

Not to sidetrack further, i shall continue the celebration. My guests like the coasters. I had a great chat with my guests of which some are extremely old friends. We knew each other for 18 years. Some of new found friend and Betsy is one of them.

At around 2pm, we cut the cake, Cayden seems to know that we are celebrating his birthday so he smile throughout during the cake cutting cum singing session. As my guest were very full with the food as beside the buffet, i also have savouries for them.

It is a simple affair but it is definitely day to remember as Cayden turns One Year Old!! I will continue to have more entries on his birthday but will take a bit of time to sort the photos out. Here is the photo of the handmade crochet coaster.

photo courtesy from Jullie's blog

If you like handmade stuff, can approach Jullie and Betsy.

Winter ??

2009-07-21T21:28:00.007+08:00

Couldnt bring Cayden to Australia in June due to H1N1. It is winter in Australia during June to Aug so in the end i let him wear the winter clothes @ home to take photo. Here it is.

He looks so cute in them!! How nice if we took the photos with snow as the background!! Hope i can bring Cayden to see snow soon!!!

So Bored!!!

2009-07-21T21:25:00.002+08:00

Cant use blogspot @ office.. So Sian!!! Everything in Office all blocked!! Youtube cannot!! facebook cannot!! multiply cannot!! Now even blogspot also can not!! FAINT!!!

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009-06-25T09:02:00.004+08:00

Yesterday was the official opening of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I went to watch it as the movie trailer makes me want to watch it on its official release. I seldom watch a newly release film on it official opening.
Actually my intention was to watch on Tuesday which was the sneak preview but it was fully booked.

If you had watched Transformer 1 previously and like the action aspects, this time round, you will get to see more of the action aspects with extra of laughter. The bumble bee was even cuter this time round. LOL

For me, i think is worth the money as i like action movies even though the actions were made by graphics.

Cayden's Birthday Goodie Bag

2009-06-17T14:48:00.006+08:00

Cayden is going to be one year old this coming august 09. So i started to source for items to be put inside the goodie bags for the kids (mostly relatives) who will be attending his birthday in Aug. I came across a crafter, Lis, who has her own online shop, SAPlanets. I saw her customised pins for the wedding favors so i decide to make customised pins for the kids.

I chose a few from her standard designs that she had and i add in words to it. These designs belong to SAplanets. It looks small over here so visit her website if you want to know more about the pins. If you want to have customised wedding favors, maybe you want to take look @ SAplanets too

design copyright from SAplanets

I already have the picture of the final product but i will shown in due course when i have all the items that are suppose to go into the goodie bag.

So Stay tuned.

My First Knitted Handphone Pouch

2009-06-03T13:22:00.002+08:00

Here is my First Knitted Handphone Pouch!!!

Although it is not nicely knitted but i am very proud of myself that i am patient enough to complete this pouch!!!

My First Knitted Handphone Pouch

2009-05-13T10:20:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, i finally finish my first knitted pouch!!! Few months back, i attended a workshop by Betsy, a crafter who has her online shop and blog. Click on the link for her online shop and blog.

Betsy Online Shop

Betsy Blog

Knitting was Greek to me. Betsy was very patient in teaching me the knitting skills. In my first lesson, i fumbled alot but Betsy helped me. I didnt went to my 2nd lesson until yesterday. I was @ Betsy's Studio for 2.5 hours to complete my handphone pouch. Betsy was so willingly to share her knitting skills to me.

There are still some yarns left, so i decided to do a coin pouch using the same skills that i learned in making of the HP pouch. I also told Betsy that i wish to do another project which is also @ a cost and she can quote you if you wish to have project/workshop with her. This project was something for Cayden as his birthday is in Aug 09. I will reveal when times to come.

Some of you may think that it is expensive to attend workshop/ do project like this as there are always free courses available @ shops that sells yarns.

However, @ those shops, they dont teach you how to read the patterns, the different stitches, etc.. Instead they just tell you what to do and end of the day, you get the final product but are you able to reproduce another one?? NO!!!

So attending workshops/ do project, will help you to learn the skills properly and able to know how to read patterns. It is a knowledge and you are able to reproduce it @ your own. Isn't better this way.

For those who wish to learn knitting or crochet, do visit betsy website/blog to check it out.

I will upload my pouch soon!!!

Shopping Spree

2009-05-05T08:40:00.010+08:00

Last weekend, went shopping wz my mum and sisters. The initial motive was to meet up my brother @ vivocity as his in laws is in Singapore and he wanted to bring them to vivocity to shop. Late minute, he couldnt make it and we still decided to go ahead with the plan to do shopping @ vivocity.

First stop were shops for kids as now, my son, Cayden will have the first priority in getting new stuff. Initially, wish to get a sandal for him @ Colette but my mum told me that my aunt already got him a pair.

After that, my youngest sister want to go to addias as she want to get a sling bag which she had been eyeing for a long time. While walking to addias, we came across a shop having sale. The shop is Clubmarc. Some people may not know what brand it is, but i knew about it. It is a new york brand. More details can be found here. It used to be a quite expensive but that day, it was a great buy and some of the items i bought @ the shop can be found on the website but not sure will it be on the online shop (which started on May 09). After looking through the website, I can safety said that our buys were GREAT buy!!! Woohoo!!

Here are some of the Great buys..(The photos are the copyright of Clubmarc). My mum also bought a White Capri pants and she also mentioned that it definitely a great buy. Seeing is believing so do drop by to Clubmarc if you wish to have great buy. There are quite a few Clubmarc in Singapore. Go to the website to know more of the locations.

Shimmer Wrinkle Free Jacket

Shimmer Tube Top

Double Breast Demin Jacket

Long sleeve Top

Wrinkle Free Pants

We shopped @ Clubmarc for nearly two hours before processing to addias. Although it is two hours later for my youngest sister but she was more than happy to do so as she was the one benefited the most in Club Marc. She bought 2 pairs of shoes, 1 Capri pants, 1 T-shirt and 1 Jacket.

When in Addias shop, my youngest sister decided on a light turquiose sling bag. At the same time, i saw a bag, looks quite nice.. (Purple colour) but i find it expensive. When my youngest sister saw it, and said "Since your birthday is coming soon, Little Sister (my another sister) and me will get it for you as birthday present." I was still hesitiating as i still think it was expensive. But my mum said "Since they were getting for you as a present, get it then." So ultimately, it is my birthday present!!!

After that, we went for our dinner @ Asian Kitchen. Fried rice, side dishes like pork chop and the ramen were nice but one of the dessert, banana dessert was not to our taste.

After that, we went back home. It was definitely a good shopping spree!!!

Exams Over

2009-05-05T08:25:00.003+08:00

Finally, i had finished my exams!!! Now is waiting for results.. I just hope that i am able to clear all of them and graduate smoothly.. God please be merciful.. Let me pass all of them....
PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Exams In One Month's time

2009-03-18T09:33:00.003+08:00

Stress!!!!! I need work extra extra hard to prepare for my exams in Mid April. Stress!!! Help!!!

I am so stress out as it is a do or die situation as i am in my final semester!!!

Help!!!!Help!!!!I am so Stress out!!!

Pic of the Week

2009-02-23T15:20:00.005+08:00

Last week, i submit Cayden's photo to join "Pic of the week" by Mumcentre.I had asked my family, friends and colleagues to vote for him. Voting started last monday after 2pm and ends today which is 23rd Feb, 10am. At 2pm, i got to know that Cayden came out TOP in the baby section under the voter pic of the week. There are two more categories which are Editor and Lucky Pic of the week.

Now Cayden make it to the top, he is entitle for a chance to win a full board package to Riders Lodge end of the March 09. ( I also dont know where is this place) After all the voting, i only get a chance to win only. Some of my friends say "Huh, only a chance ah" but some wish me luck to win the grad prize. I hope to win the prize too...Nevertheless, i still want to thank my family, friends and colleagues in voting Cayden. Without all of you, i couldnt even get a chance to win!!

Here is the link to the results

Cayden is under the baby section..

Cayden First Visit to Ipoh III

2009-02-17T11:11:00.002+08:00

On the 3rd day of Chinese New Year, nothing much was done. Just so TV watching and Cayden was playing happily on the mattress. We had small BBQ again in the night time. Cayden slept early that day.

On the 4th day of Chinese New Year, my 1st and 3rd Bil are going back. 1st Bil back to Singapore and 3rd Bil going to his in-law's place in malacca. My mil followed my 1st Bil back to Singapore so the house left us and Auntie Ruth and my Fil. We are returning to Singapore on Friday which is the nex day.

We had a simple lunch and i did packing of the luggage. Dinner time, we went to first auntie's house which was 3 streets away. She cooked some simple fare like fish, soup, sausages and vegetables etc but they were all nice . Like the fish and the chinese sausages best. Ate the most on these two dishes.

After that, Cayden was playing awhile before returning home for his feed. After his feed, he slept. Next day, was the day to return to Singapore. Auntie Ruth sent us to KLIA. Kin Mun also helped to drive. The road trip was about 3 hours and Cayden slept for 2 hours.

Upon arriving the airport, we did our check in and we proceed for our lunch. Had macdonalds, it was much expensive than those in the town. After i finished, i brought Cayden around and realised that the flight will be delayed for 1 hour 15 minutes. Darn!! Going to waste time in KLIA. Really unhappy about it cause never expect to have delay by Malaysia Airlines. Reach Singapore 6plus and had dinner with my mum and Sister at Airport as they came to see Cayden. It had been a week since they last seen him.

On the whole, the trip back to Ipoh was ok and Cayden didnt fuss alot.

Cayden First Visit to Ipoh II

2009-02-17T10:43:00.003+08:00

On the First day of the Chinese New year, Cayden woke up early. Not sure if he knew that it was chinese new year or he really just wanna to wake up. I bathe him and changed him with new clothes which was extremely suitable for chinese new year. It was hot but he looks cute in them. In Ipoh, we did very traditional stuff during chinese year. The younger generation were to greet the older generation with tea together with auspicious greetings. After that, we took photos before offer blessing to Grandma who was staying next door. In here, it is even more tradition. It is also by generation but this time round, there was a tray of nuts and sweets for Grandma to pick. Whatever she picked, it is the blessing that she wanted to give to you.

After all greetings, we proceed for our lunch. It is a vegeterian meal. The taste was not to my liking. I still preferred my mum's vegetrian food during chinese new year. After lunch, i played with Cayden for a while before putting him to sleep. Cayden had been a good boy in Ipoh. He always will sleep after feed and play. Everyone was curious why he keep on sleeping. I reckon that maybe the weather was hot. It was even hotter than in Singapore.

On the 2nd day of chinese new year, we went for house visiting. Cayden was always looking at the surroundings, trying to figure out where was the place. In Ipoh, most of the house were terrace houses while in Singapore, mostly are High Rising Building so Cayden were curious. he had been a curious boy all along.

We went to a few relatives' houses but we didnt stay for long. I had never expect the stay was so short. Some was only like 10 minutes. The longest one was about half an hour as it was raining outside. After that we went for dinner with 5th uncle and his family who just returned from KL. The food was very big portion and some were not nice. The worst one was a dish with duck and lotus. The portion was like for 20 people and the look was very black. I didnt even want to try it. After that, dessert was given. 5th uncle also celebrating his grandson's 2 years old birthday. The cake taste like normal butter cake but the design was nice. It was a golf course design.

After that, we proceed to 5th uncle house which was nearby for gathering. Cayden was fussy there. Took a long time to pacify him and to get him to sleep. He slept eventually after half hour of screaming and crying and me singing to him. Took him home when he fell asleep. i was tired too so i soon fell asleep after my bath.

Cayden First Visit to Ipoh I

2009-02-17T10:27:00.004+08:00

We arrived Ipoh at around 2pm on friday. We have a short rest before going for late lunch. Cayden seems to be coping with in a new environment. No fuss from him. After lunch, nothing much was done as everyone was tired after the ride. Cleaning was made to the house as the chinese new year is just 3 days away.

All i did was to take care of Cayden. He is behaving himself. Play, rest, eat and sleep. Everything goes well on the first day. On the 2nd day, went to Jusco to do some shopping, basically groceries for the upcoming new year. Bought food for BBQ in the night. On the same day, we also celebrated Auntie Ruth's Birthday which supposed to be on Friday but we celebrate on Saturday as there are more people around. We have cake, chocolate fondue, homecook food and BBQ food. Quite enjoyable.

On Sunday, which is chinese new year eve, we went out to a resturant for reunion dinner. We were there at 8pm and total of 2 tables. It was a long wait. Cayden had his milk and i pat him to sleep. At about 9plus, Cayden woke up and we still at the 3rd dish of our reunion dinner. It was so slow that i was not hungry anymore. When it was about 10pm, the dishes came out so quickly that you didnt have time to finish the dishes. We reached home at around 11pm and everyone was tired so went to bed soon to get ready for the Chinese New Year the next day.

Cayden Plane Trip to KL

2009-02-02T14:58:00.005+08:00

Cayden was an obedient boy as he didnt cry when on board the plane to KL from Singapore. I already told him to sleep when he on board the plane the day before. He only whine a little when the airplane start to take off and he fell asleep throughout the journey and only wake up when we were at the KL immigration. Upon arrival to KL, my 3rd bil fetch us from airport. It was about 25 minutes to reach his home.

We rest for a while before going out for lunch with my 1st bil as he and his family together with my mil will be arriving KL during lunch time too. As i was kind of hungry so i have a macdonalds value meal shared with Kin Mun and 3rd bil. It cost RM 9.35 and it was expensive as in dollar to dollar spending. If convert to SGD.. then it is cheaper as compare. For Malaysian, it definitely expensive.

My 1st bil arrived around 1pm and we have our lunch at a chinese resturant. The food was so-so only and it cost RM 123 for 6 adults and 2 kids and my 3rd bil paid for it. After that, we took a walk in the shopping centre before returning to his home. At night, we went to Sunway pyramid for dinner. We ate at a Shanghainese resturant. I had pork rice and the rest have ramen. We also had xiao long bao and a side dish. The food is not bad and of course the bil also not cheap. It cost RM 209 and my 1st bil pay for it. Cayden cried loudly when we are about to finish our food. So i need to pacify him with milk and patting him to sleep again.

After that, we went back home. The next morning, we are going back to Ipoh. Before that, we have Dim Sum for Breakfast before the road trip to Ipoh started. The Dim sum was nice and we have a variety of food and it only cost RM118 which is paid by Kin Mun. It was a nice breakfast. We start our trip at around 11 plus and reach Ipoh at around 2 plus as we have a toilet stop in between.

KL trip come to end when we reach Ipoh..Didnt get to shop in KL as the stay is too short. Should have stay for another day since my 3rd bil is returning to Ipoh on Saturday.

1st Plane Trip for Cayden

2009-01-21T11:44:00.002+08:00

Since Chinese new year is coming, Kin Mun will be going back to Ipoh for reunion. This year, it is the first time that Cayden is going to Ipoh too. Since he is still young, we have no choice but to book flight to Kuala Lumper and ask his 3rd brother to drive us back to Ipoh which is about 2 hrs ride. It is also the first time that Cayden traveling on Plane. I just hope that Cayden is not fussy on the plane and Kin Mun's home in Ipoh. We will be in Ipoh for 1 week. It has been awhile since i last went to Ipoh.

Meanwhile, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL.

Shopping Spree

2009-01-19T17:48:00.002+08:00

Last weekend, my family went for shopping at Great World City. First stop was at Dorothy Perkins. My sil bought 2 maternity jeans and 1 top at a discounted price. Normally a maternity jeans cost about $59 to $89 but she bought the jeans @ $29 and $19 each. I also bought an offer jeans @ $29. We also recieved limited zodiac ang pow as we used the OCBC credit card.

Next stop we went to G2000. The initial intention was to pay for the reserved pants meant for my sister and my mum. In the end, my brother, my sil and myself bought some clothes too. My brother bought a pants, my sil bought a top and i got a shirt and pants for Kin Mun. When are are about to pay, my sister saw a dress which she liked so we waited for her to try and it was purchased too. Some items are 2nd pc @ 50% off. On top of that, if we use amercian express, a further 15% will be given. My brother had the card and we had a huge savings to our purchase.

After that, we went to Esprit and Hush puppies but didnt make any purchase. Next, went to Aussino to buy bedsheets for Cayden. Then we return home for our dinner before going to Mothercare at Harbourfront centre.

Managed to buy some of the items listed in my shopping list. It includes teats for 6 months old, training cup handles, stroller bag and toothbrush. The main item that i wish to get was a sling carrier which allows babies to sit or cradle inside but was Out of Stock. I leave my contact number to the shop so that they can inform me when stock arrived. After that, we bought supper from superdog for takeaway.

On the whole, it was a great shopping day.

Poor Cayden

2009-01-19T17:32:00.003+08:00

When i was at Furama Riverfront for my meeting and having my lunch, i recieved a call from my mum that Cayden fell off from the sarong while sleeping. This is the first time he fell down. I told my mum to bring him to see doctor and i will meet them there. My mum kept blaming herself but i told her it is ok. There was no way to avoid it as we wont expect him to fell off from sleeping.

When i was on the way to the clinic, i was being informed by my sister that the clinic is closed. So we decided to bring Cayden to The Kids' Clinic in Rivervale Mall (Sengkang). I quickly gave a call to the clinic and was being informed that queue number had stopped but i told the nurse that Cayden fell down so that told me to come to the clinic now and will slot him in.

My brother drove us there in his weekend car and we almost lost our way as this was the first time my brother driving his car to Sengkang. Finally we reached the clinic at around 1 plus. I was in the queue. Normally, we need to wait for at least 1.5 hr as most of the babies are on appointments so walk in patients need to wait longer. That day, we were lucky. Half an hour, Cayden got to see Dr Lilian Lim. I told her what happened. She gave Cayden a throughly check and everything was fine. She told me to monitor Cayden for the next 48 hours, just in case.

It was a relieved that Cayden is ok. At least the doctor already checked him so we can be more assured.

Offsite SHE Meeting

2009-01-19T17:19:00.003+08:00

On 17th Jan 09, my company offsite SHE meeting was held in Furama Riverfront. This event is for SHE personnels, Site in charge and higher management. I was invited because i was a committee member of Workplace Health promotion which is part of the SHE. We are supposed to arrive at between 8 to 8.30am. Those arrive early had the breakfast provided. The event started at around 8.45am.

Ice breaking game was introduced. It is just an simple game where we are being arranged by numbers and introduce ourselves. That all. After that chairman gave an opening speech and then recognition award was given out. I was one of the recipient. The award has a silver star on it. Quite nice looking.

After that, we have tea break. samosa and nonya kuehs are provided. The samosa were nice. The meeting continue after the break and it ended at 11.45am. Buffet lunch was provided. I didnt eat alot although some of the dishes were nice. I need to rush to somewhere last minute.

Cayden Traveling

2009-01-09T12:58:00.011+08:00

Although we don't own a car, but we like to bring Cayden out. The form of transport are bus and MRT. When we are traveling, we will play with him to keep he occupied and at the same time taking his photos.. Here are some of the photos taken.

Traveling in Bus

Traveling in MRT

2nd dose of 5 In 1

2009-01-09T12:42:00.002+08:00

Brought Cayden for his second jab of 5 in 1 on the 3rd Jan 09. he had grow bigger. Right now, he weighs 7.5kg, 66cm tall. Just one month, he put on 1kg and become taller by 4cm. He only took formula milk and aready growing so fast. The nurse said that he is under the "Large Babies" catagory.

Besides the basic meaurements, he also being check on his head lag. This time round, the doctor pass him as he is able to hold his head and not lagging anymore. After the check, he was given the jab. He cried for a few seconds and he stopped. He is indeed a brave boy.

After that, we went for our breakfast while he have his formula. When we reached home, he fall asleep real fast. This time round, no fever but he was crying at night. He cried for very long time until he was asleep. Dont know what cause the crying but all i know is that when he cry dont let him drink although he stopped crying. He will vomit out the milk he drank.

Next morning, he is back to normal. So i think maybe is the pain he have on the jab that cause him to cry. I will get him mentally prepare for the next jab.

Last day of Year 2008

2008-12-31T10:18:00.003+08:00

31st December 08.. After 365 days..what are the things that i have achieve?? After thinking for a while, i realise not much. The biggest achievement i have this year is GIVING BIRTH TO CAYDEN!!! Beacause i am pregnant with him, i didn't do much stuff as it is tiring to carry him around in your stomach...Although not much achievement but i am still a happy person. As long you are happy, it is already a great achievement.. haha...

So it is time to make New Year resolutions for Year 2009. My first resolution is that Everyone in my family to stay healthy, Second resolution is to able to convocate in Aug 2009 (1 more semester to go, to complete my study and i hope everything turns out well), Third resolution is to buy a car so as to able to drive Cayden around. It is very expensive to take cabs every time. Just a trip to my mum's place only.. already $15. It is only one trip.

Fourth resolution is to travel to australia to have a relax holiday with my family and Fifth resolution is to Win TOTO First Prize.. haha.. i think this resolution is very very difficult to fulfill.. As long i am able to fulfill my first four resolutions in Year 2009, it is already a great achievement!!

So wait for 365 days again for me to tell you if i have fulfill all my resolution. Meanwhile..

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !!!

Cayden's Photos

2008-12-30T15:57:00.017+08:00

Cayden is growing very fast.. Now he is already 4 months and 4 days old. Here are some of his photos!! Seeing his photos, you will know baby's life is full of joy and laughter!!

Praying For??????????????????? Sleeping tight

Playing his hands....................... Smile....

Wanna to sleep mood................ Playing hands again

Mona Lisa's Act......................... Smiling

Laughing..................................... Wanted to smile

Merry Xmas!!!

2008-12-24T08:40:00.004+08:00

It is Christmas Eve!!!!

It is a Festive of Giving!!!

So people, start giving and enjoy a great year 2009 ahead!!!

X'Mas Is Coming To Town

2008-12-18T09:15:00.003+08:00

Just one more week... Xmas is coming to town!!! Although i am not christian/catholic/rome catholic,etc...but it is still a day for celebration in my family. My family will gather around on the eve of x'mas to have xmas foodies which includes a xmas log cake and other nice local food such as satay.chicken wings.. etc.. as my family are not into turkey. Already ordered a durian logcake from goodwood park.It is their signature cake...

Last year, due to some order issue from goodwood park, i couldnt get my durian log cake and they compensated with another log cake and a box of 20 pcs durian puff.. It is also their signature !! So in the end.. my family still get to eat the durian by them..

When i order this year, i told them, i must get the Durian logcake this year. Will call again on monday to remind them again so that i can collect on 24th xmas..

Looking forward the makan session on xmas's eve..We also have xmas gift exchange session too..

Craft Learning..

2008-12-15T09:30:00.003+08:00

A friend of mine, Jullie, is a crafting person. She likes to do tatting, crocheting and baking too..Early of the year, i tried to pick up crocheting but i am a left hander.. so it is not easy for her to teach me but she did managed to teach me the basic skills.. I tried for a while and my fingers are in pain as i pull too hard on the threads.. It has be quite a while till recently, my sister also trying out so i pick it out again.. Wish to learn the basic and try to make something for Cayden for his 1st birthday which is 8 months later so i am going to work on it.. If i cant self learn, maybe i should attend workshops..

New Arrival

2008-12-01T10:14:00.006+08:00

This year seems to be a baby boom year (my sister in law, my neighbour and myself have given birth this year) , just like the year of pig. (3 of my friends gave birth on the same month!) It is because it is year 2008 or because of the enhance baby bonus given by the government?

Of course there maybe other reasons which i do not know. No matter what the reason is, i wish to congrats two of my friends who's child was born on 29th Nov 08 and 30th Nov 08 respectively.

Congratulations to Pauline on the arrival of your beautiful princess, Belle Tan on 29th Nov 08 and to Shenyang on the arrival of your handsome prince on 30th Nov 08.

Welcome to the world of Parenthood.

Although parenthood is tring but it is rewarding when you see your baby grows healthily everyday.

5-In-1

2008-12-01T10:01:00.002+08:00

Last weekend, Cayden went for his 5-in-1 jab. Before the jab, he was to see the doctor for assessement check. Everything was fine except that his neck's strength was weak so he is not good at holding his head up. Doctor advised to do some exercise to make his neck to be stronger to hold his head as he have a big head.

After the check, he was going for his 1st dose of jab. He was dozing off while waiting for the jab. Cayden was a brave boy as he only cried at the point of the injection. After that he was ok and fall asleep soon. The nurse also mention that Cayden was a big baby for his age (3months old).

Personally, i feel that he is not that big, as i think the weight he had was ok. (6.6kg). Everything was ok for the whole day as nurse already informed that fever may developed and told me to monitor the temperature and saying that 37.0 degrees is ok.

On Sunday afternoon, his temperature was 37.0 degrees so to avoid his temperature from going up, i start to wipe him with cold towel and gave him cool pack to bring down the temperature. Medicine was also given and it turns out fine for the rest of the day.

For mummy out there, if your baby have jabs and have temperature of 37 degrees which is still ok for baby(fever for baby is around 37.2 onwards), still do some precautions so that the temperature will not hike further.

Baby Cayden

2008-11-25T08:15:00.013+08:00

Here are some of Cayden's Photos

During his hospital stay..

This photo is taken when he is 11 days old and just woke up.

He is falling asleep. (18 Days old)

Smilingly Happily.................... Yawning.... (2 months plus)

Getting Ready to... ..................After Haircut...(2 months plus)

Strong Boy.. (2 months plus)

Seeing him growing, showing different face features and actions, really makes me feel that life is full of miracles...Although Cayden is a naughty, noisy and troublesome little boy but it is really fun and enjoyable watching him...

Back to Work

2008-11-24T09:21:00.003+08:00

Today is the first day back to work after 13 weeks of maternity leave. Need to clear emails and then need to handle new project. Hard to adjust back to work so fast as i have not been working for 13 weeks.

Just to update a little:
My baby boy, Cayden, is going to be 3 months old now. How time flies.. His looks keep changing since his birth in Aug.. Had taken a lot of photos but have not upload to this blog yet but to facebook. Will try to load up asap.

It has been a busy 13 weeks as my boy is a naughty and noisy baby. But having him around is a joy as you see him grow every day..and we thank GOD for giving us a great gift like him. Our parents also happy of having him around.

However, you will still worried for him as you will worry that he is not getting enough milk, falling sick, etc. I think this is part and parcel of life..

2 more weeks

2008-08-05T09:35:00.003+08:00

Two more weeks to go...

But it will be great if my baby is born this weekend as it is National Day this saturday!!!

If he is born on the National Day.. He will have the whole Singapore celebrating his birthday every year!!

Isnt that Great!!!

Counting Down

2008-07-21T10:50:00.002+08:00

5 more weeks for the big day. Kind of excited....but also worried..

It is like the tagline in Forrest Gump movie, Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you will get".

So now for me is waiting for a surprise!!!

7 More Weeks

2008-07-03T08:25:00.003+08:00

Aug 23 is a big day for me. If everything goes well as expected, it will be a day of happiness for myself, my husband and my family. Actually, there is a possiblity that Aug 9 maybe the day too so it really depends what happen from Aug 9 to Aug 23 08.

After reading the above paragraph, you may wonder what is the occasion??
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The occasion is that a NEW LIFE will come to this world. As in which is the exact day, stay tuned!!!!

KungFu Panda

2008-06-11T08:20:00.004+08:00

If you need a good laugh, watch KUNGFU PANDA !!!!

Just watched this animated show, it was so hilarious!! Where there is a hilarious scene, the cinema is fill with loud laughter. The main character is PO, a big fat clumsy panda. He dreamed of being a Kungfu expert. He is the son of a goose. Yes Goose is his dad, you didnt read wrongly nor did i write wrongly. This is the only mystery which was not explained but who cares since it is such a hilarious show.

His family opened a noodle house and his dad always want him to be the successor. This is not the main focus of the show, instead his learning process of Kungfu is. Why was he learning Kungfu?? You must watch the show to know why as i am not going to write it here. If not, it will be meaningless to watch it.

So if you need to destress, watch it. Although there isn't any fantastic plot behind, but it is definitely a movie that you should watch. This animated movie is No.1 in US. So if you want to watch it, buy your tickets early. I watched it during weekday, and it is full house. So if you want to watch during weekend, do remember to buy the tickets early to avoid disappointment.

http://www.kungfupanda.com/

Mid of the Year

2008-06-06T08:16:00.004+08:00

Wow..It is June now.. How time has flies.. With a blink of eye, five months had passed for year 2008. In a few more days, it is my birthday and i am older by a year. Alas!!!! Not getting younger anymore.

My sch term will start in Aug but now i still need to do my final year project. So sian.. Cant enjoy my school holidays. Going to school next tuesday to do experiments. Have to keep going to school to do experiments before i proceed to write my draft report for review. Once my draft report is reviewed by my Prof, all i need to do is to make the neccessary changes and firm it as my final report. Once final report is done, i can start to prepare for presentation. at the same time, i have a few more subjects to complete before i graduate. Hope i can do well.This is what i hope for. If it doesnt run smoothly like what i expected, then i will run into problems.

HOPE FOR THE BEST!!!!

Purposely or Really Unintentionally??

2008-04-09T08:09:00.003+08:00

Recently, an assignment need to be submitted by a group of 5. Last week, during class, we had discussed that we are going to discuss this week again for final submission as a few of us didnt finish it. Only one of us finish 95% of the assignment with two question not done. Who knows, during the last weekend, two of them decided that they shall tackle the 2 questions that are not done. They completed with the help from the lecturer and submitted to the lecturer yesterday morning. All the of the members except me received email that the assignment is sent out.

As far i as know, we are going to discuss again yesterday night (the one who did most of the questions, also thought so), so i checked with the lecturer on the part that i have a doubt. Lecturer was suprised that i had asked the questions since he already received the submission without me knowing.

He still answered my questions but he also pose a question on why i still ask since he already recieved the assignment. Luckily, i know how to tackle this problem, so i told him, we want to get 100 marks for the assignment and told him that we are going to submit the part that we are going to make changes. Luckily he is accepted what i had explained and he said " I thought all of you have not discussed"

Later, i asked the rest and get to know that the one sending out the assignment dont have my email address. She said that i should have "broadcast" my email. I told her, another person have my email but the person said that she was sick for the past few days. Actually, i feel that even i didn't broadcast my email, also can search my email address in the sch email and at the same time, the person who has my email did email us( me and the person who sent out the assignment). So just a little effort will solve the problem. I just feel be ousted. They only did 2 questions but i also did the assignment like the girl who did it 95%.

Now i dont know if they have include my name in the assignment as the assignment i recieved today dont have the name. Yesterday i did ask the lecturer if he knew that the assignment is from the 5 of us. He said yes. (btw, our class only have 5 persons so he will only recieved 1 assignment)

I really feel that i am being ignored. Did they do it purposely or really unintentionally? Am i being too sensitive?

Anyway, i am going to make the changes and submit it again to the lecturer.

Aprils' Fool Day

2008-04-01T08:39:00.002+08:00

Today is 1st April. It is April's Fool Day. During my school days, April's Fool Day is a day to trick your friends and have a good laugh together after that.

As you grow older, this day is just another day.. : )

This means that we are not getting younger but dont forget that life still goes on whether you are happy or not!!! So People....

LIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST!!!!

It been a long while

2008-03-25T09:22:00.002+08:00

It is a long while since i blogged.......cos i am super busy at work. So busy that i am lagging in my studies. Faint....

My Exams is in Mid April so i am left with only 3 weeks to do revision. faint. Can i do it or not.?? I must do it if not i will have problem graduating this year...I dont want to pay extra $$$ for additional semester next year and it is also my goal to complete my study this year as there are other plans next year to proceed. When the time is ripe, i will explain my plans..

By hook or by crook, i need to graduate this year. I still have my Final Year Project to be completed by end of the year. If i cant finish, i cant graduate this year le..

God, please give me more strength, time and luck to complete my study by end of the year.

I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!! I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!

February

2008-02-01T10:19:00.002+08:00

OMG!!!! It is February 08 . Chinese New Year is round the corner. How time flies. Scary!!!
Why do the time flies so fast?

I felt that i have not achieve much yet and i am into Year 2008 just like that. Although i am moving towards my goals but it seems to be proceeding too slow.

Below are my goals.

1. Degree. ( Will be getting it soon if everything goes well this year.)
2. Travel to Australia - Brisbane (Plan it to be in Yr 08)
3. Earn alot of Money (Still working hard)
4. Own a car (To expensive to own now as ERP, Petrol going going UP)
5. Own a Childcare Centre (Still a long way to go as i need to achieve goal no 3 first)
6. Get a Driving License (This is the only one that i have achieve so far)

So when can i achieve all my goals?????

God, Please grant my wish.. Maybe can let me Win TOTO or BIG SWEEP. LOL

School

2008-01-15T11:21:00.001+08:00

It is the beginning of the school after 1 month of break. I am going to be busy again for the next four months before the exams start.

Need to attend class everyday. So tiring. Need to do my Final Year Project. Never finish, cannot graduate. So critical.

All my weekends going to burn from this week onwards.

Who can help me????? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone, wish me luck.!!!!

My Brother's Wedding

2008-01-09T16:11:00.000+08:00

Last Sunday, was my brother's wedding day. The morning session was a tiring day for my brother and parents as my brother need to leave his house at 5am and to return home by 9.30am. He need to fetch his wife in JB.

In order to leave house on time, my brother woke up early to get ready. My parents help him to comb his hair to symbolise long life, good life.

He have 4 cars, 8 "Brothers" and my husband, the videoman, going to JB to fetch his bride. He and his "Brothers"were being "tortured" by doing push ups, pole dancing, drink a big bottle of coke, an unknown mixture of drink and bursting of balloons with flour inside. After going through all the obstacle, he got his bride.

When he was back home, they rest for a while before having a tea ceremony. At around 2 plus, they checked in to the hotel.

He held his wedding at Holiday Inn Atrium at Havelock Road. This hotel used to be Concorde and it is opposite my mum's place.

I was to help out the reception counter for his wedding and collecting "Ang Pows" of course. I was the richest person that night. LOL

His wedding reception began at 8.30pm. Everything goes well for the night. After the toasting, my brothers gave a little speech. Not sure if he was nervous or forgotten what he want to say, he keep repeating some of the things. At one point while thanking my mum, he got emotional as my mum really take good care of us despite she was sick herself. When my brother got emotional, myself and many others also feel emotional. So he ended his speech by saying that he dont want to got emotional further.

After that my brother are being ask questions on how much he know his wife. Some of the questions are funny that made most of us laugh. The trick of the game, is that no matter my brother answer correcly or not, he had to drink. My cousin, Gina, helped him to drink a glass of red wine. His "Brother", Guorong, helped him to drink 1 glass of hard liqour.

After the questions, they returned to the seats. After awhile, they went round the tables to take photos. When the banquet ended, my brother was drunk as some of his friends make him drunk and toast with him.

This was the first time i saw my brother so drunk. Have being siblings for 28 years and staying in the same house for 24 years, i never saw him drunk before. i believed that he was very happy that he got married and share the joy with his family, relatives and friends.

I was also happy for him too.

Jacky Cheung's Concert

2008-01-09T15:41:00.000+08:00

Jacky Cheung's World Tour Concert last weekend was a great show indeed. We almost didnt get to see the beginning of the show.

On the way to Singapore Indoor Stadium, my husband's bike encountered problem. It stopped suddenly and it wont ignited again. We almost reached Singapore Indoor Stadium. We pushed the bike to a safe area and took a cab to Singapore Indoor Stadium.

By the time we reached Singapore Indoor Stadium, it was already 8.25pm. The show supposed to start at 8pm so both of us thought that we missed half hour of the show. Who knows, when we went in, the show just about to start.

Thank God that we didnt missed the show as it was a GREAT show.

Jacky started the show with a few fast number of cantonese songs. After that he chat with us. He really sang alot of songs which were great hits. At around 10pm, he started his Theatre Show, scenes & songs from Snow Wolf Lake and the songs from the movie, Perhaps Love. It lasted for 30 mins.

After that, Encore from the audience and Jacky came back with so many songs which lasted for 1 hour. The concert ended at 11.30pm.

It was really worth the price that i pay for.

Last day of Year 2007

2007-12-31T11:39:00.000+08:00

Year 2007 is a year that has many events which really affects my life.

Let talk about a few happy events of the year. (In no particular order)
1. Took my wedding photo shoots
2. Preparing for my wedding and my trip to New Zealand
3. My brother's ROM
4. Have my wedding banquet
5. Went to New Zealand for Honeymoon
6. My brother got his own house
7. My mum's illness is getting better
8. My brother's wedding in Malaysia

There are many more happy occasions but i am not going to list down all or else the list will get longer... LOL

With so many happy events, i thought Year 2007 will be a happy year for me until a few sad events happened.

The saddest event for me was that My granny passed away. She was still ok when i was having my wedding in July. Who would expect that she just passed away just like that. It is really sad for my whole family. Although my granny is a naggy old lady but she is still nice to us.

There is another event that is sad but i am not going to write that down cos sad thing should not be jointed down.. Right..

We should be happy always.

LET'S LOOK AHEAD FOR A BRAND NEW YEAR !!!

HERE I COME, YEAR 2008!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.

X'mas Party in Office

2007-12-26T08:31:00.001+08:00

On 24th Dec 07, my company organised an X'mas party with a small token of $3 from the participant. I am not sure if it the $3 is the culprit or otherwise, Not many people registered for it when we last counted on 21st Dec 07. On the actual day, almost a 100 of people join in, so it is not so bad though..

As i am the game organiser, i need to be at the venue earlier to make sure everything goes well. There is a delay in starting off the party as the food didnt arrive at the stipulated time. To keep everyone awake, i started one game know as Folding Newspaper.

It is a simple game. Each team comprises two members and all they need to do is to keep their body on the surface area of the newspaper. The surface area will get smaller as the newspaper are being folded into halves each round. The only team remains will be the winner. As the newspaper become smaller, there is no way it can be folded and a tie break is being down and a team of woman won the game.
After this game, lunch begins. I didnt eat much as i didnt feel like eating. After 30 minutes, we did a gift exchange for the first 20 people. Then, the second game started.

It is obstacle game and the team have to go through 3 sets of obstacle. First obstacle is to find the chocolates hidden inside a basin full of other items like straws, flour, pebbles and small items. Next obstacle is passing of rubber bands through the use of straws. All team members will line up in straight line holding the straws with their mouth and pass the rubber bands through the straws. All 10 rubbers must go through the process and into the container place next to the bench. Last obstacle is to eat up the pocky sticks hanging on a string. First team to complete the three obstacles wins.

Before we start the game, one of the guy of a team was not spontaneous enough to play as there is flour involved. There was delay for a while cos i need to a replacement for him. Dont understand why he is such a big size guy, so worried about the flour which can be dust off easily.

I was really disappointed and a few of my friends thought i am going to drop my tears.. LOL.. Nevertheless, the game still proceed and they have a great fun. As time is running short, we couldnt play more games and we proceed to lucky and gift exchange.

Here are some of the photos of the event.

Folding Newspaper

"Makan" Time

Wow.. Flour all over

Ready to pass

Yummy pocky stick

Wine.. Did we won???

Lucky lady

Getting attention

Learning A new Craft

2007-12-10T08:34:00.000+08:00

I went to my friend, Jullie's house to learn Crocheting. It is similar to knitting but it uses only one knitting needle instead of two. Moreover, if there is a mistake on the looping, it can be unstitch easily but for knitting you have to unpick it.

The first thing taught by Jullie is how to how the yarn and the needle. As i am a left hander, she need to demostrate to me many times to make sure i am clear how to hold them. After that i tried to hold it and it seems easy to hold them. The difficult part to start moving your fingers to release and tightening the yarn.

After that, she demostrate to me on how to do the basic step - Doing Chain. Chain is the basic step to start. When i saw her how to do... it seems so easy but it is NOT!!!

Just doing chain alone, you need to take note a few things. The chain cant be too small cos it will be very tight which is no good as you need the loop to do other loop such as single chain loop or double chain loop. If the basic chain is too big, the final outlook of the pattern will be of very big loop thus not nice.

Just doing the chain alone, i spent near to 3 hours just trying to make it of the correct loop. My fingers were aching. Jullie said that that it is norm to feel the pain as it is first time doing it. I think it is because my fingers are too stiff.

After doing the chain, Jullie taught me on the single chain loop which will loop into the chain. The first set is also not easy but the subsequent loop is much easier. after i finish the 2nd loop, it is already 6pm. It is time for me to go as i am meeting my mum n sister for dinner.

Jullie gave me a small ball of yarn to practice before i buy my own yarn. She said she can lend me the needle but i told her it is ok as i buy it and do the practicing. I want to learn this technique so that i can handmade my own gift for family and friends.

She have many crocheting books and she said i can borrow them if i want to.

Now, i am going to practice every night so that i can make my first crocheting this weekend. After that i am going to ask Jullie to teach me the double chain loop and i can borrow patterns from her.

Jullie, thanks for teaching me the basic technique of crocheting.

Friend's Wedding

2007-11-30T09:46:00.000+08:00

I attended one of my polymate's wedding last night. He just returned from his business trip in US a week ago and yesterday was a BIG day from him. Hasnt seen him since my wedding in July 07. He looked thinner than before. I bet he didnt eat much Fast Food in US. LOL.

Reached the hotel at around 7.30pm and there are still alot of people have not arrived.
Invitation card says "Dinner commerces at 7.30pm sharp". Typical Singaporeans - Never punctual for a wedding reception.

Have a chat with my friends and of course the groom too. Seen the photos they took, nothing too fanciful. Still preferred my own photos. *satisfying look*

After 1hr and 15 mins of wait, the dinner finally started at 8.45pm. the newlyweds march in with a chinese song "Ai heng Jian Dan" by David Tao. Then, we were shown with the bride fetching video. My friend was quite generous on his ang pows for the "Jie Meis"

Liked the vintage car he used for the wedding. Really cool. After that, second march in and champagne pouring. the music used is the same as mine for the champagne pour - "Lover's Concerto" by Kelly Chen

This is really a nice song so many people used it in their wedding. Another thing i discovered too. She also used a crown and her gown is in Turquoise (Bluish- green). I also used a crown but mine is slightly bigger and one of my gown also in Turquoise colour. See Picture

I think the colour and crown is a "IN" thing.

Now back to the wedding reception again. The layout of the wedding reception is good. Service is ok but the dishes was brought in very slow for the first two dishes and in the end, they have to rush and we left at about 11pm. Faint. This is the part i dont like.

The food is ok, like the dessert -Red bean Paste with dumpling , the starter which includes lobster and the duck. Dont like shark's fin though.

On the whole the reception is ok.

Reached home at around 12am. Was so tiring. More weddings to attend for next month. I think this year is a good year to get married.

Finally Exams Over

2007-11-30T09:35:00.000+08:00

Hurray!!! Exams Finally over. It is really a tiring November. Tomorrow will be December 1st. Xmas is just 25 days away.. How time flies.

Need to get ready for my xmas presents for my nephews and nieces..

Its Monday again

2007-11-05T12:05:00.000+08:00

Monday's Blue...

It has been a long time since i last blogged. Extremely busy with my school work as there were many projects and presentation to be completed by end of October. Last Thursday, all the presentation and projects submission are completed. Woohoo!!!!!!!!!

I need to get busy again. That is "REVISING MY EXAMS". Did a little revision last night but then got tired after a while. LOL..

Today need to revise again. I am going to miss my television program.. : <

Realising

2007-10-18T12:04:00.000+08:00

I realised that it is not good to be too trusting. I always trust people who i think i can trust. It turns out otherwise and i got hurt in the end.

At least till now, i believe that only your family and very close friends can be trusted.

Why the world is becoming like this??? Why can we live in a harmony place???

Sad Event

2007-10-10T12:37:00.000+08:00

28 September 07 was a sad day for my whole family and relatives. My granny had passed away.

On the morning of 28 sept, my mum called to inform that my granny was in critical condition. All of us quickly rushed down to hospital.

Before we get to see her, she had passed away. She left this world just like that. My family & relatives take turns to take care of her during night to the morning until the morning shift nurses started work. (There wasnt many nurses around during the night shift). On that fateful morning, no one was on her bedside yet as my youngest aunt have not reached.

She died of cancer implications and water in lungs. She died at the age of 89. When i arrived, i took a last look of her at the bed. She died peacefully.

It was extremely sad for my whole family as she stayed with us all these years. Although she was naggy at times but she really adore us. My brother was her favourite.

On the same day, we proceed to prepare for her funeral. It is a 5 days funeral. On the last day of the funeral, all of us is unable hold on our emotions anymore and crying voices were heard.

As burial is no longer allowed, we had to cremate her. It is was too much for us to handle especially my youngest aunt who almost fainted when the coffin was going into for cremation. The whole viewing hall was filled with crying voices. It was extremely sad event.

Till now, we can still feel the pain. I believed this pain will be with us forever

Granny, We Misses You!!!

Lucky

2007-09-11T12:06:00.000+08:00

Last weekend, i went to jurong point to run some errands. I knew there is an event going on so i walked to the centre stage to see the event.

When i reach there, the host, Lily and Mary from Yes 933 are asking people to participate the last game, Charades (to get the answer for 5 questions in shortest time) in a group of 3. As there is not much people want to join.. only one team on stage. Finally, they say if you are a group of two and short of one person, come to the stage and will look for the 3rd person, so i raised my hand to say i want to play.

i was teamed wz two china guys. Another group is a group of friends. So the first group begins first. They took 3 mins and 49 secs to guess 4 questions correctly. So it is my team to begin. The china guy who is suppose to demostrate and let us guess is lousy. With stroke of luck, i am able to figure out what he is demostrating. All 4 questions are answered by me and the last question was difficult cos i couldnt figure out what he is doing. So it is a tie for both teams.

One more question is being demostrate by the host. The rule is that you must raise hand before answer. I only know part of the answer but i still raise my hand. who knows, the other team didnt raise hand and shouted out the answer. So in the end i gave the same answer and it is the correct answer.

The host gave another chance to that team (they are the one who gave answer first) as almost $700 of worth of prizes is awaits the winning team.

So next question was demostrate, within seconds.. i have the answer so our team won.
The two china guys knew that i put in the most effort so they say i should take more of the prizes. At least they know i am the one helping to win prizes. Luckily i am not the one demostrating, if not they wont win.. LOL.

We won the following prizes:
$150 Courts Vouchers (3 cards of $50 so each of us have one)
One delonghi vacuum cleaner
Four Yes 933 Jin Qu Jiang Concert tickets worth $98 each

Consolation Prize for the other team: $60 Courts Vouchers

They are the ones who say i should take more of the prizes and ask me to choose.. so i said i want the vacuum cleaner and two tickets. The other two tickets is for them. ( i want to be fair to them although they didnt have any effort in winning)

But they dont want the tickets cos they dont want to watch. Then i ask them how.

They say give them the courts vouchers i have, the 4 tickets and vacuum cleaner to me lor.. So i say OK.. I dont want to go on further cos the organiser is leaving soon.

4 tickets = $392, Vacuum Cleaner = $149 so total is $541. The two china guy shared the $150 worth of Courts voucher
I am lucky to win so much prizes..

Hope my luck will continue and let me win the TOTO.. : >

Month of September

2007-09-05T12:07:00.000+08:00

September is a hottest Birthday month. In my family, there are total of 4 persons celebrating their birthdays. My Dad, my brother, my youngest sister and my husband. Dont know what should i gave them. As for my Dad, already gave him a dinner treat together wz my family. Maybe give ang pow for my brother & sister so they can decide what to buy themselves. This is the easier and faster way. No need to rack my brain. LOL.. Still deciding whether to do that cause it so not sincere.

As for my Husband.. Maybe Maybe..Still thinking but definitely wont be ang pow cos he is older than me. LOL

I also have two close friends' whose birthday are on September. Definitely will send them birthday wishes on that day itself. As for present, it is a secret.

Benefits for Student

2007-09-04T10:40:00.000+08:00

Last weekend, it is the annual comex fair. As i was sick, i didnt get a chance to look for the things i want so i ask my brother to get it for me as he is getting stuff at the fair too.

I asked my brother to get me a potable hard drive. He got me a 80GB hard drive at $99. It is from Maxtor. It is a great seller which most authorised dealer had sold out during the fair.

My brother also got a good catch as he got a student deal for a laptop. MOE will subsidised $500 if you are a student buying the particular model of the HP laptop . They will check on your IC to make sure you are a student before you can get the special price. If not, you have to pay for the original price of $1999

Recently, i also bought original software from school at a much lower price as it is a collabration of the school & the software company. It is a great deal of savings.

Mobile companies also have student's packages which allow great saving on you phone bill too.

It is really nice being a student especially to get such a great deal on expensive stuff.

PS: Not as part time student though as it will be very tiring as you need to cope with work & study.

Sick

2007-09-04T10:37:00.000+08:00

Last week, I was sick again due to gastrics. I have been eating regularly but the gastrics still came to me. I think i am stuck with it. Just hope it doesnt relapse again. Pray to God..

Poor Service

2007-08-26T01:15:00.000+08:00

Today, i went for my facial. It supposed to be on monthly basis but i was too busy to visit monthly so it almost 2 month plus before i make this appointment. At this place, the facial consultant is always not the same as this place want the customer to enjoy different services & techniques of their consultants.

All along, i have a good experience with the consultant until today. I was late for 20 minutes as something cropped up. When i arrived, I apologised for my lateness and the consultant was waiting for me.

The process such as cleansing, clearing the pores and explaining my problem is doing fine until the final process of putting mask on my face. Mask mixture was flowing to my ear. I am not sure if the consultant is too new or she didnt notice it. I signalled to her and she say wait for the mask to dry and she do help to clean the mask that flowed to my ear.

I thought everything was OK until she removed the mask and the service is over. I notice a piece of dry mask and scraps of mask was left on my ear. OMG... I was so disappointed. As a service person, if you make some mistakes during your service, you must make sure to solve the problem.

It seems like she didnt bother to check if the mask was removed throughly from ear. When i ask if she have any side mirror for me to check again if mask was left behind, she did check briefly for me and say sorry but i cant feel the sincerity.

Next time round, if she is going to serve me, i will sure reject.

Stressful

2007-08-23T12:36:00.000+08:00

I am not stressful about work but about study. This semester, many subjects are of project based group work. I even have to do my Final Year Project. (FYP) So much reading is required for my FYP

The project based group work also need time to do and must have good coordination to ensure the project turns out good as the weightage is not small

HW210 - 100% project based. (5 in a group, The same group of people except we have a member who is a stranger)
MP3011 - 50% project based, 50% Exams (3 in a group, the same group of people)
MP4007 - 40% project based, 60% Exams (Havent group yet, most probably the same group of people)

Just pray hard that i am able to complete the task and do well for my subjects

God, Please bless me with good luck!!!

Sharing Session

2007-08-21T12:12:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday, i went to Kinokuniya at Takashimaya to attend the book sharing session organised by Yes 93.3. It is a travel book written by Mary Bukoh, DJ of Yes 93.3. Title is "Zi You Zi Zai" (Free & easy, Self Drive)

It is a nice book, it makes you want to go as there are many pictures to show us the country. The book sharing session last for 1 hr. Mary Bukoh tells us about her trip to the places, experiences and the difficulties writing the book.

At the same time, she also ask questions on her book and i won a Boomerang from Australia. Most of her gift are from Australia. Her questions can be found from the book. Just need to flip thru if you do not know the answer when she asked.

Those who like travel and like to prepare yourself for the trip, maybe can get her book for reference. (Places she went are Maldives, Mauritius, Siem Reap, Australia(a few areas such as Queensland, Melbourne, etc)

You are able to get the book at Kinokuniya & Popular. Each Book is $15. I tink if you have the previlege cards of the bookstore, can get discount.

It's Friday

2007-08-17T12:52:00.000+08:00

End of the week liao.. So happy that work week going to end soon but I have so many things to do this weekend.

The list are as follows: (For both Saturday & Sunday)

1. Attend my friend's babies full month celebration
2. Meet up my friend to pass her things
3. To print out photos
4. Might attend an event organised by Yes 9.33
5. Play Badminton with my Siblings
6. Attend event organised by Woman's Day Out Committee
7. Do shopping
8. Read up notes on my FYP and do homework from school.
9. Tidy my house

What a long list. Not sure can finish on time or not. Wish me Luck!!!

Fake

2007-08-17T12:44:00.000+08:00

Plankton asked Patrick if Patrick is ready to present in front of Mr. B. Plankton keep urging Patrick to be fast as Mr. B is waiting. Plankton seldom so concern about the presentation. All the sudden so concern. It is definitely got to do with Mr. B.

Plankton is so fake. Just don't understand why Plankton stoop so low.. LOL..

Danger II

2007-08-16T18:04:00.000+08:00

Seems like Mr. Penguin is trying to launch an "attack" today. Mr. Penguin didnt inform X on certain things. Luckily X is not stupid. X ask around first and bingo.. X know about that something without approaching Mr. Penguin.

Today, BATMAN is being "attack" by Z indirectly. Mr. A came and tell something on rumours. Z immediately take the opportunity to retaliate back to BATMAN. The sentance made by Z was something like "Dont believe in rumours, must ask directly" X also pointed out"Always ask the people who are involved in, instead of listening to rumours".

BATMAN used to join in the conversation even it doesnt involve BATMAN. This time round, BATMAN didnt join in.. It is becos BATMAN know that X & Z know BATMAN is spreading rumours or BATMAN just feeling gulity of spreading rumours??

Danger

2007-08-15T08:24:00.000+08:00

Danger Arises. Reason being there is a "BATMAN" around. Now must be very careful in everything you do. "BATMAN" is transforming in disguise and putting everyone in danger. "BATMAN" is a Kawan of Mr. PENGUIN. "BATMAN" have been supplying information to Mr. PENGUIN and may have distorted facts and everyone in danger.

X was striked with "Poison Arrow" and has been bleeding.. Bleed stop. Seems like second arrow is coming but X is arming with Shield.

Shields are shown now to avoid getting hurt. DANGER!!! DANGER!!!

Sleepy

2007-08-14T13:12:00.000+08:00

Ever since my classes started last week, i been feeling tired. Not sure if i am tired cos need to study and work at the same time or just physical & mentally tired.

Why do we need to slog so hard, just to live??? Really dont understand y!!!! Cant we just have an easy and peaceful life????

Makan Session

2007-08-11T16:35:00.000+08:00

I went out with my friends for Makan on National Day. We had Mexican Food and Fondue at Haagen Daz. Most of us are first timer trying Mexican food. The taste is not bad but most of the food is made of flour. Eat occasionally is not bad as flour made people fat. Now i know why some mexican are fat. LOL.
Here are some pictures of the food taken by my friends. Enjoy.

Mexican Crepe & Chocolate Mousse

Chef Recommendation : "Fajita"

The Sauces & Skin for wrapping the mains

The main - Hotplate Chicken

Another Chef's Recommendation - Cha Cha "something"

For this dish, you can choose your own combination. This combi is prawn and shredded chicken

Mango Margarita

Crab Meat Wrap

Prawn Burritos

Appetizer: Nacho in melted cheese

Fondue at Haagen Dazs

Day 11 to Day 14 - Christchurch & Kaikoura

2007-08-08T12:40:00.000+08:00

Continue from previous blog dated 30 July 07.

Day 11

With cold weather on Day 10, we wake up slightly late and leave the hostel at around 10am. Today we are going to drive back to Ashburton before heading for Kaikoura on Day 12.

Ashburton is a major service centre for the local farming district, Ashburton sits between the Rakaia and Rangitata Rivers. When European settlers first arrived here, the area was a dry, tussock-covered expanse with hardly any trees.

On the driving route, we passed by a few small towns such as Geraldine and there were many beautiful scenary en route so we stopped our car to take photos. By the time we reached Ashburton, it is around 5plus. We started to look for our accommodations and we couldnt find one as they are either fully booked or very expensive. In the end, we decided to drive for another 2 hours to Christchurch instead as there are vacancies available in Holiday Park.

We finally reach Christchurch at around 8pm but we couldnt find the holiday park and we keep going around the city of Christchurch. Finally we found it after 30 mins of drive. Faint.

We get a cabin with kitchen facilities and we cooked for our dinner. We are famished. We get to bed after shower which was a shared camp facilities.

Day 12

We start our drive at 8am to Kaikoura. Kaikoura is 3 hrs drive from Christchurch. Kaikoura is a base for wildlife experiences of all kinds – it’s also a great place to eat crayfish (in the Maori language kai means food, koura means crayfish). The environment is truly spectacular – the village is caught between the rugged Seaward Kaikoura Range and the Pacific Ocean.

The purpose of going to Kaikoura is to watch Sperm whale which are largely found in Kaikoura. Upon reaching Kaikoura, we make our booking with I-site for our whale watching at 12.45pm. This whale watching is not cheap. NZ$130/Adult. Although it is expensive but since we had drive for 3 hours, cant possible to have a waste trip.

As there was 45 minutes before the activity, we decided to have light lunch. Since Kaikoura is near to the sea, taking seafood definitely is the right choice. Wanted to try on the crayfish which Kaikoura is famous for but thought that we might not have enough time to eat in a restaurant so we chose a cafe instead. I took Fish and Chips which is cheap and good while my husband took Hotdog as he dont really fancy seafood.

At around 12.35pm, we drive to the location for the whale watching event. It is just 3 minutes drive. At around 1.15pm, we were told to board a coach so they can drive us to the Bay to take the cruise (Many people signed up this event). The sea was rough and many people vomitted on the way to the high sea. I vomitted only on the way back to the shore. Hai..All my fish and chips gone.

We saw total of 4 Sperm whales which considered a good trip as normally, only 3 whales can be seen. The whale is 18m long and they were so hugh. On our way back to the shore, we saw a school of Dusky Dolphins which is even a rare opportunity as told by the guide. There were a total of 1000plus dusky dolphins and they are flipping and diving happily in the sea.

As the cruise is a 3 hours trip, by the time we reached the shore, it is almost 4.30pm. It was a great trip as we got to see so many wild mammals.

Day 13

We drive back to Christchurch. Today is the last day for our trip in South Island of New Zealand.
Since it was a Saturday, we went to the weekend market at the Arts Centre. There were shops selling all sort of food and I tried on the Thai vegetable nuggets and my husband tried on German sausages. It was nice taste for the sausage.

We also do some last minute shopping at the market and my husband bought 3 Paua Shells which he had been looking for it and he finally got it cheap and nice at a weekend market. We do found some shops in Kaikoura selling the Paua shells but they were all expensive.

At night, we drive to a Liqour shop to buy red wine for his eldest brother. During payment, the cashier ask me for my license to verify my age. The rule is that if they feel any customer is under age 25, they have the right to check the identification. OMG!! I was underage in the eyes of New Zealanders. Nevertheless, i showed them my driving license for verification. They have the "Puzzled" look

Day 14

Today, we need to depart Christchurch back to Singapore. On our way to return our car, we dropped by at Subway to get a foot long of sandwich. The rental company drive us to the Airport for our departure.

During check in, we were told that one of our hand luggage exceeded the permitted size and weight. So we removed some of the items and acts a separate item to be carried up to the flight. Instead of one bag, it become three bags which is OK to hand carry on board.

What the difference of carrying one bag or three bags? To me it is of no difference as you carry the same amount of weight on board. As the flight for delayed due to the fact that the flight arrived Christchurch late.

At around 11.45am, we boarded our flight back to Singapore. As the flight is not full, we constantly have food served. This was the first time i was served with different food and snacks such as Tim Tam and Apples.

Really misses my trip to New Zealand. Will definitely return to New Zealand.

Eve of National Day

2007-08-08T08:09:00.000+08:00

As today is the eve of National day, radio has been playing national day songs since morning. I am puzzled with one thing, why only played it when it is near to National Day??

Cant they play it every now and then?? LOL

This Year National Day Theme song, "There is no place i rather be" is a nice song. This song really reflect the life in Singapore. Personally, i like the song. I also realised one thing, whenever Local Songbird, Kit Chan is selected to sing the National Day Theme Song, the song tends to be a nice one. Not sure it is because the singer is Kit Chan or so coincidentally that there is nice song for Kit Chan? This will remain a mystery.

Movie

2007-08-07T16:34:00.000+08:00

Last Weekend, I went to watch Transformer with my husband near our home. Although the show has been screening for quite a while but personally feel that it is a indeed a right choice to watch it.

We left our house at 6.20pm and reaches Jurong Point at around 6.30pm. We are trying our luck if there is tickets available for the show "Transformer". There are still tickets available for the 6.30pm show. We asked if the show had started and we are being told that it will be starting in 5 minutes time. We hesitated for a while and decided to watch even though it is the front 6 rows.

As my husband is the one who wish to watch this show, so i asked him to go in first while i queue for some popcorn and food. (Transformer used to be boys' toy)

When i got into the cinema, the show started and i missed a bit of the beginning but nothing major. The storyline is nothing that fantastic but the actions of the robots transforming from cars were indeed magnificent. I believed that the producers sure spend alot of time to get the action done. I wish to have the car like the main lead. Life will be interesting with such car.

Never regretted watching this show.

National Day

2007-08-07T08:13:00.000+08:00

This Thursday, 9th August 07, is Singapore Birthday. Hmm....42 years old for Singapore. When i was young, i was very excited as i get to see many performances and especially fireworks. I even participated in one of the event when i was secondary two. The Event is flashcard. It is really fun.

As i grow older, i am no longer excited about it. Now, national day to me, it is just a public holiday for me to stay at home and a reminder of my close friend's birthday. So not Singaporean..LOL

This national day, i am meeting my friends for lunch but we had not decided what to eat, so just hope that we can find good food.

Frequent Asked Questions

2007-07-31T12:22:00.000+08:00

After my return to Singapore, there are three questions that are frequent ask by my friends and relatives.

Question 1
How is your trip to New Zealand?

Question 2
What had happened to your face, black patches around mouth area?

Question 3
When going to have baby, Any Plans?

It is a breeze answering question 1 and 2 but i really dont know how to answer question 3 as i do not have answer to it.

My answer for Question 1
New Zealand is a beautiful place. If you like nature, you will definitely like New Zealand. Must go if never being there before.

My answer for Question 2
As New Zealand is very cold and i have dry and sensitive skin, that why i have patches near to my mouth. It will take about 1 - 2 weeks to be back to normal.

My answer for Question 3
I will hesitate for a while before saying "No plans yet". Then another question will popped in "Why Not" and i have no answer to it. The reason i hesitated as i know that no matter what answer i gave, there bound to be a second question so i hope that by hesitating will help to solve my problem in not answering with satisfying answer.

Pregnancy seems to be a distant journey for me as i dont foreseen myself getting pregnant. LOL. I believe in "Let nature runs it course", "If it is meant to be, will be" & "Child is a god's gift". When God thinks that it is time for me to get pregnant, it will be. There is Chinese saying"Shi Ni De, Jiu Shi Ni De".

Day 10 Mt Cook & Lake Tekepo

2007-07-30T10:12:00.000+08:00

Continue from previous blog

Day 10

Upon arrival of the visitor centre of Mt Cook Village, we looked around the visitor centre to see what we can do at this place. We decided to do trekking to KEA point. In this area you are able to see Mt Cook clearly and other mountains.

The trekking took about 2 hours (to and fro). On the way of the trekking, the surrounding environment was so beautiful and there are snow frost lying around on the ground. It was a relaxing trek. Upon reaching KEA Point, we sit at the bench to have our lunch. It is was so relaxing with mountains surrounding you. This cant be done in Singapore.

On our way back to the visitor centre, we met an artist. We chat for a while He has been drawing for 35 years and he stay at the West Coast of New Zealand. He used to be a national park ranger but because of his passion to drawing, he decided to give up his job and became an artist. He never regretted his decision and he was extremely happy he made this decision.

He told us we need to do something we are passion about, rather than forcing ourselves to do something we dont like. I agreed with him but in reality, it is difficult to fulfill this. I hope i can be like him one day.

On the way to Lake Tekapo, we went to a salmon farm. We fed the salmon and they are so excited with the food. We had raw salmon at the farm and it is worth the $ spent. The raw salmon were so fresh. Thumbs up.

Do a little shopping at Lake Tekapo. Bought shoes for my mum and myself. Furry shoes. Can keep my legs warm.

At night, we went to Mt John for a star observatory. It was a clear sky and we are able to see the stars clearly. The guide is from Finland and she explained in details. Thumbs up for her.
We even get to use the telescope to view stars such as Jupiter. It is really a good experience although it is extremely cold. We wore alot of clothes to keep warm.

Next Stop - Christchurch & Kaikoura.

A Glance of my weekend.

2007-07-30T09:58:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday, i went to The Picturehouse for my body massage to relax my body. After one hour, i felt so relax. After that, i headed back to my mum's place to rest and to use the internet. I was trying to upload my wedding photos at my mulitply but it took ages.. In the end i gave up.

In the evening, my husband and myself went to his brother's house for dinner with his mum. I also distribute the gifts i got for them. I had forgotten to bring my sister in law's gift. Went home at around 11pm. As we are tired, we slept early that day.

The next day, my husband need to work so i was tidying the house alone.. After a while, my brother in law called. We met up for lunch as one of their aunt came to Singapore. This aunt lived in Melbourne for 20 years and she is back for holiday at the same time to visit his younger son, who just started work in Singapore three weeks ago.

After lunch, i brought this aunt and his son to my house and show her all the video and wedding photos as she missed my wedding due to some commitment. At around 7pm, my husband came home and we have dinner together. We have a long chat.

The last weekend is really a makan session and i didnt do much.

Dunedin Photos - Part 2

2007-07-26T10:11:00.000+08:00

Part 2 of Dunedin Photos

Statue at Botanic Garden

GreenHouse Effect

Rose Garden

Roof Top of Larnach Castle

Interior of the cafe in the Castle

Real fireplace at the castle's cafe

Exterior of the castle cafe

Exterior of the Larnach Castle

Dunedin Photos - Part 1

2007-07-26T08:58:00.001+08:00

As we went to many places in Dunedin so i have few parts on the photos.

Cadbury Factory

Steepest Street at Baldwin

Top of the Steepest Street

Bottom of the Steepest Street

Road to Dunedin

Sheep can be seen almost everywhere.

Windy and Beautiful Sea

Nice View of the Sea.

Christchurch Photos

2007-07-26T08:40:00.000+08:00

Here are the photos taken at Christchurch City.Didnt take much photos at this city as it didnt really attracted to me and we kind of feel it is about the same as Adelaide which i went 4 yrs ago. Christchurch is known as the sister country of Adelaide which means they have the same environment and the pace is about the same. Seattle is also the sister country.

Water Mill

Duck Pond. Arent they cold??

Statue located at the city

Day 7 to Day 9 - Queenstown & Wanaka

2007-07-25T10:19:00.000+08:00

Continue from the last blog of my NZ trip.

Day 7

Rise early in the morning to start our road journey again. Next stop is Queenstown. It is 174km away from Te Anau.The resort town of Queenstown is sophisticated and fantastically scenic. Its lake and mountain landscape is suited to almost any kind of adventure

We reached Queentown at around 10plus in the morning so we look for our stay but not able to check in till 2pm. After that, we walk around the city before we stop at Brazz for our Lunch. When we got in, we are not able to order for lunch yet as it is not 12pm yet. It is only 11.30am so the waitress suggest we come back at 12pm or have a drink first. As outside is very cold and windy, probably 3 or 4 degrees, so we decided to have a drink first.

The breakfast menu is from 8am to 12pm. OMG, up to 12 noon still consider breakfast. Moreover, the breakfast is super huge. I tink it is good enough for 2 persons to share one plate.

At the strike of 12 noon, we order our lunch. As it was Sunday, there is a Sunday roast. Kin Mun ordered the Lamb roast and i ordered the traditional lunch special which New Zealanders like. Steak and Kidney pudding.

The portion are big especially the Lamb roast. The lamb was so tender. Really very nice. As for my lunch, it not too bad, just that the pudding is too filling and kidney got a bit of smell but still ok. if you dun like organs of animal then the roast will be a better choice. Roast is only available on Sunday.

After lunch, we do some shopping for our relatives and friends. Spend quite a lot in buying souvenirs. After that , we went to the lake nearby to see people doing adventurous activities like Jet boating.

As Queenstown is well know as a place for indulgence so night time is still bustling. Finally, i can do some night activities. We drive around in the city before we stop at Finz under for our dinner.
Kin Mun have steak while i have cod fish. It is not cheap to have dinner in NZ. The cod fish is nice but it is too small piece. we also had chocolate brownie as dessert. It was so mouth watering for the brownie. There was icre cream on top of the hot brownie. Hot and cold melts in my mouth. So nice.

Day 8

We decided to go for SKI at Coronet Peak at Queenstown. It was just 25 minutes drive. We went downtown to make a booking but alas, we missed the morning package for beginner which cost NZ$97/Adult. If to go for half day, it cost NZ$151/Adult so we booked the beginner package for the next day. The package consists of 2 group lessons, lift pass and ski equipment rental.

Since we are not able to Ski, we decided to drive up to wanaka to go to Puzzling World. You are able to find all sort of puzzles and illusions. There was a a great maze and both of us tried on it. It is really fun there. We are there for the whole day.

After that we drive back to Queenstown to rest.

Day 9

Skiing Day. Horray. This is my first time doing SKI. We have our lessons at 10.20am so we need to be at the peak at around 9.15pm as we need to register, take our ski equipments. Ski equipment consists of a pair of poles, a pair of ski boots and boards.

It was super cold at the peak. It was about minus 3 or 4 degrees. At 10.20am, we met with our ski instructor. His name is Simon and he was handsome and humorous. He taught us how to use the poles and lock the boots to the board.

After that, he teaches us how to ski on one boots, then two and how to jump with our ski boards, how to stand up if we fell. Very detail for teaching a beginner. The first lesson end at 12 noon. Second lesson start at 2pm. So for 2 hours, we ski around. We even go to magic carpet and try to ski down at a higher peak. Magic carpet is a conveyor belt which transport us up to the higher ground of the area.

At 2pm, Simon taught how to make bigger turns and to slow down. He led us to a much higher ground which is steeper to ski around. At this area, the magic carpet is malfunction so we need to stand without our boards clip to the boots. We really have a great time at the peak. Good time ended fast and it is 4pm and it is time for the peak to close. We returned our ski equipments.

If i have another chance, i will definitely Ski again. We didnt stay at queenstown for another nite, instead we drive to Lake Wanaka and stay there. Next stop - Lake Tekapo & Mount Cook.

Te Anau & Milford Sound Photos

2007-07-25T08:54:00.001+08:00

Here are some photos for Te Anau and Miford Sound. Will load in more after i tidy up the memory stick of the camera.

Green Plants in Winter

"Green" Color Tasman Sea

Waterfall 2

Waterfall 1

Cruise Port

Mountain along the Road

Signboard of the road

Creek Along Milford Sound

Road to Milford Sound

Lake Te Anau

8th July - My Wedding - Morning Event Part 1

2007-07-24T14:39:00.000+08:00

This is a slightly backdated post as i am not in town for 2 weeks.

I woke up at 5.45am on the 8th of July to get myself ready for Event. After wash up, my parents help me to "shu tou". It is a traditional event for the parents to comb hair for bride and bridegroom. This event symbolizes good and long life. As my family is a typical chinese family, i pray to the god and ancestors.

At around 6.45am, the makeup artist(MUA), Jinyan arrived. She is really a good MUA. It took her only an hour to do makeup and hairstyle for me. Really professional. At around 7.30am, my friends arrived and they are going to help me on the event

We took photos together before Kin Mun arrived. At around 8.30am, Kin Mun was locked out of the door and my "Jie Meis" are asking for ang pows. My "Jie Meis" also asked him to eat 4 tastes of food. Sweet, Sour, Hot and Bitter. His "Xiong Dis" helped him out on all those. There is one killer food for Kin Mun. Mushroom. My "Jie Meis" had blended the mushroom into paste. It was super gross and what worse was that he dont dare to eat mushroom at all.

He hesistated for a while and ask if he can seek help but it was a flat NO from the "Jie Meis". He muster all his courage and take a spoon of the mushroom paste. He puked out immediately.

Then his elder brother intervened saying it late already. My "Jie Meis" insisted there are still time available. As my "Jie Meis" pity Kin Mun, they ask him to sing a song loud and clear so that i can hear from the room. Kin Mun is a soft spoken person so it is also hard for him to sing loud n clear.

In the end, he was let in. But that not the end yet. There is another test. That is he have to read "Ai De Xuan Yan" in mandarin. OMG. Kin Mun can speak in Mandarin but read in mandarin is a bit difficult for him.

"Ai De Xuan Yan" comprises all his promises to me and are all beneficial to me and disadvantage to me. He was made to sign on it too. LOL.

Finally, he got to see me and he was asked to knee down in front of me and kissed me. He was been teased too.

Day 5 to Day 6 - Te Anau & Miford Sound

2007-07-24T13:59:00.000+08:00

Continue from my previous Blog

Day 5

As we are on self drive trip and NZ turns dark early so we need to wake up early to start our road trip. Next Stop is Te Anau. 298 km from Dunedin. Perched on the edge of New Zealand’s second largest lake, the township of Te Anau is the main visitor base for Fiordland National Park.

Upon arrival of Te Anau, we start to look for our stay for the nite. Again, we checked in Holiday park as usual. This time round, no bathroom attached as it is nearby. We make a trip to the visitor centre of the Fiordland National Park. There is a mini museum in the centre which allows you to know more about Fiordland. We even watch a free video about Fiordland.

After that, we took a walk down to the wildlife park nearby. We saw some of the endanger species such a KEA, a type of bird found in NZ. This wildlife park is free and the species are kept in the cage as they are injured.

As the night is falling, we took a stroll down to the Lake. It was so beautiful. The sea is so blue and it makes you feel so peaceful and have a relaxing mind. We have our dinner and have a rest so as to get ready for our trip to Milford Sound the next day

Day 6

As the weather is cosy, we woke up late in the morning so we are not able to take the 11.30am cruise to Tasman Sea. Tasman Sea is at Milford Sound, which is 116 km away from Te Anau. As the road is narrow, it is difficult to drive fast on the road to Milford Sound. We decided to take the next cruise at 1.15pm. Different timing, different prices for the cruise trip. We reached Milford Sound at 1pm and we get our cruise ticket. Cost: NZ$65/Adult.

The cruise experience to the Tasman Sea was indeed a fantastic one. Although it is winter now, but what we saw on the cruise are all green and blue. There are waterfalls around. Some waterfall are frozen as it is smaller. Those larger waterfall, the water flows are so nice. Through the trip, the surroundings really makes you feel relax although it is cold. On the trip, we also saw seals around.

After the cruise, we stay at the visitor centre to read on the introduction of Fiordland. After which, we drive back to Te Anau and it night fall again. Next Stop will Be Queenstown.

Day 1 to Day 4 - Christchurch & Dunedin

2007-07-24T08:23:00.000+08:00

On 9th July 07, 7.50pm, my husband and myself boarded the plane to New Zealand(NZ). After 7 hours of flight time, i recieved a pleasant surprise from my friend, Serena. She actually informed SQ that we are on Honeymoon trip to NZ when she helped me to booked for my tickets.

SQ brought us a chocolate cake and two glasses of champagne for celebration. We also received a toy and a card from SQ. The cake is nice but it is too much for both of us to finish, so we gave to the cabin crew to share. It was indeed a nice surprise. Thanks Serena. We didnt take a photo for the cake but i still have the soft toy with me so i will post here for view.

After 2 more hours of flight time, I arrived at Christchurch Airport at 9.30am, NZ time on 10th July which is Day 2. NZ time is 4 hours faster than Singapore which means it is only 5.30am when we arrived.

We went to pick up our car so we can travel to the city. As it was not time for check in yet, we took a walk at the christchurch city. It was 6 degrees so we were wearing winter clothes on our back. The city was quiet and the surrounding is so peaceful. I believed you are not able to get that in Singapore. We walked around the city for quite a while before we went into a mall.

In the afternoon, we went to have a lunch at their so call food court. We ordered chinese food and it was not cheap. It cost NZ $6.90 for a plate of rice with 2 dishes. Faint. NZ $ is 1.2 of SGD $. So that plate of rice cost almost S$8.30. Expensive right for a "zai cai fan".

After that, we went shopping in the mall to see what we can get. In end, we bought some food for the nite as we are going to cook tonite at our stay in Dorsett House. As we were tired from walking and flight, we rest early in the nite to get ready for the next day.

Day 3

After our breakfast, we check out and began our journey in NZ. First stop is to Dunedin. Dunedin is about 363km away from Christchruch. Dunedin was built with the riches of the gold rush, consequently it has one of the best collections of Edwardian and Victorian architecture in the southern hemisphere. It is also place near to the Otago Peninsula and you will find the only castle in NZ known as Larnach Castle.

By the time we reached Dunedin, it almost 5pm and the sky had turned dark. There was nothing much we can do so we just checked in to our accommodation in Holiday Park. It a place where you can find backpackers, campervan and families staying there. You are able to cook there either in your own cabin or share facilities with other depending what you are paying for. As only two of us, we choose a cabin with bathroom attached and shared the kitchen with others. The price difference is not much with or without bathroom so we chose the one with it.

Day 4

We woke up early to go sight-seeing. We drive around the city. You may wonder why didnt we go to the museum? Nothing, just feel that nothing interesting and you also need to pay to visit. There are two museums, one need to pay, another no need.

First Stop was to the Baldwin Street. You may wonder what so special about this street. This street was the steepest street in the world. Although it is the steepest street, there are people staying there too. To determine it is very steep, both of us walk up to street. It is like climbing up a hill. So tiring. The gradient is 1:2.86. That is steep. There are people driving up when we were climbing. The sound given out by the car made you feel that the street is really steep.

Second stop was to Cadbury Factory in the heart of the city. As there was still time before the tour starts, we looked around at the Cadbury store and there were quizzes around for you to answer. All you need to do was to turn the board to get the answer. Entry Fee: NZ$16/adult

It was time to visit the chocolate factory. Once you stepped into the factory, chocolate smell surrounded in the air. It was such a nice aroma. There is a guide showing and explaining to us on the process and we are also given chocolate bars throughout the one hour trip. If you answer questions, you will have more chocolates. Unable to give more details about the visit, if not this blog will get even longer. It is an experience which you need to experience yourself. LOL.

This is the first time, i see how chocolates are made and it makes you all the more want to eat chocolates. After the visit, we took some photos and bought chocolates.

Next stop, we went to the only only castle in NZ, Larnach Castle. Entry fee: NZ$20/adult(wz drink) if visiting garden and castle. if garden only, NZ $10. The castle was so beautiful and it was surrounded by beautiful garden. Once we stepped inside of the castle, immediately, you were able to feel the victorian enivironment. So English.

The castle have 3 level and 1 basement (if i remembered correctly, must check the leaflet first). As this castle was century old, everything inside was really antique. Some of the furniture were surrounded with barrier to prevent people from going near it. We were able to read on the History of this castle. This Castle was built by Mr William Larnach in the 1870s. He was married thrice. His first two wives were sisters and both died of illness and he killed himself when he suspect his 3rd wife who was younger was having affair with his first son. Total he had 7 kids all by the first wife.

Although this castle no longer belong to the Larnach family, but some of the artifacts are donated by the current generation of the Larnach family. It is really a nice walk in the castle as this is the first time i go through a victorian house and so historical.

If i want to see more castles, must save money to travel to Germany as it is well known for it castles.

After the castle visit, we went to the Dunedin Botanics Garden which is free. There are rose garden, greenhouse, aviary, duck pond, rock garden and other big plants. We walk around the garden to feel the nature environment and even look at the birds locked in the aviary.

After that, it is almost 5plus and the sky turned dark again. The sky was so dark that it seems like 8pm in Singapore. We headed back to our place to rest for the day to proceed to next place the next Day. TE ANAU.

I am BACK

2007-07-24T08:12:00.000+08:00

After two weeks of break, i am back to Singapore. First day to work is such a drag as i only came back to Singapore on Sunday nite.

New Zealand (NZ) is a beautiful country if you are a nature lover. The lake, sea and mountains are so beautiful. Although it is winter time in NZ, you are still able to see green plants around. When you are at the mountain area, at one side of the mountain, it is covered with snow, and the other side, it is covered with green plants. Interesting view right.

I will try to upload the photos soon, hope fully by tomorrow. Stay Tuned.

Itazura na Kiss

2007-07-06T11:01:00.001+08:00

Still remember my post on a Taiwan series "It started with a Kiss". I am reading the comic Itazura na Kiss right now. The storyline of the series is quite similar to the comic but there are some different scenes which you will see only in series but not in the comic n vice versa.

It is a different feeling totally while reading the comic although the characters are the same as the series. This is so because the series only till the volume 10 of the comic, so from volume 11 onwards, it will be a totally new story to me. I bet i will enjoy the comic.

Holiday Break

2007-07-06T10:55:00.000+08:00

I will be having my holiday break coming monday. I am so excited about it. Really cant wait to step on the ground of New Zealand.

Will be driving in the land of New Zealand. As i want to enjoy the sceneries, i wont be driving. Definitely will capture the beautiful scenaries along the way.

Stay tuned for my beautiful picture after my return.

End of the Mid Year

2007-06-29T15:17:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow is a last day of June which means half of the year have gone. I have been in this company for 1 year and it also means i didnt travel in the past year. Went to Taipei before i start this new job last June.

I always try to travel out of Singapore (Going Malaysia not counted) every year if time and $$ permits. This year i am going to New Zealand in July. I am looking forward to it as some of my friends and relatives had told me how beautiful New Zealand is.

Going to self drive in New Zealand. As i only have 2 weeks, so will only travel to South Island. New Zealand is a big country so it may take a while to complete the country. My friends took 2 months travelling in New Zealand few years back. More or less completed.

Next year or year after, i hope i have a chance to go to Europe. So must start saving more after the New Zealand trip

In 10 Days' Time

2007-06-28T09:42:00.000+08:00

My BIG day will arrive in 10 days' time. Time travel very fast. Nothing much to prepare except for the gifts meant for my "Jie Meis" & "Brothers" as a appreciation.

The worst task encounter during my preparation is to finalising the guest list. Up till now, i am still finalising my guest list. Dont understand why it is so difficult to do the seating arrangement.

My friends also told me that she encounter the same problem when she had her wedding last year.

Another worry that i have is the arrival of the guests. I had informed them to arrive early so i can have the dinner early as the next day is monday and everyone need to work or go to school. My invitation card mentioned 7pm so i hope i can start the dinner by 7.30 or 7.45pm. Latest by 8pm.

Just dont understand why chinese wedding dinner always have to start at around 8.45pm. It is because the guests delay or the restaurant delay. For me, if i was to attend wedding dinner, normally i will arrive early. If the card mention 7.30pm, normally i will arrive 7.45pm.. but in the end, the banquet will only start at 8.45pm.

I believe is the human thinking. People think that what is the point of going early when it will start at 8.45pm so in the end, everyone come late.

I just hope, my dinner will start at 8pm.

It started with a Kiss

2007-06-27T08:43:00.000+08:00

It started with a Kiss is a Taiwan version of Itazura na Kiss. Itazura na Kiss is a shoujo manga(comic) by TADA Kaoru. It is a hilarious love story that spans 26 volumes.

10 years ago, it was adapted into a great Japanese drama starring KASHIWABARA Takashi and SATO Aiko.

In year 2005, 10 year later after the Japanese drama aired, a new live action version of Itazura na Kiss began airing in Taiwan. It is named "It started with a Kiss". I didnt get to watch when it aired that year as i do not have SCV at home and in fact i have no intention to buy the VCD.

Recently, my sister got the VCD from her friend so i decided to watch. It is really hilarious. It is about a guy with IQ 200 and he is good at everything, including cooking but dont know what is love and a super dumb and clumsy gal who always make mistakes, cant do anything right and always let her imgination runs wild.

The only different between the Japanese and Taiwan version is that Taiwan version have more episodes thus more supporting roles, so it is closer to the comic.

The story was a satisfying high school romance with the leads fighting their feelings and giving into them and other girls and guys vying for the affections of the main leads.

It is really a relaxing story and i enjoyed it alot and hoping to read on the comic or even watch the Japanese version of the drama. The only thing that i cant accept is that how it is possible in this world there is such a "Perfect" guy and "Super Dumb and Clumsy" gal. I think only TV serials will have such characters. LOL

The sequel, "It started with a Kiss 2" had started filming in Taiwan. It seems that it will be aired in September this year. Cant wait to see the sequel. Here is the link on the storyline of the sequel

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/It_Started_With_A_Kiss_2

What is Love???

2007-06-23T15:20:00.000+08:00

WHAT IS LOVE?? I believe everyone has their own concept of love. My concept of love is TRUST, COMMITTMENT, COMPROMISING and FORGIVING. Others may beg difference

No doubt love can make people happy but it will also hurt people's feelings. Love can also destroyed everything overnight due to misunderstanding. It is even more heart-wrenching if the relations are build from scratch.

You must wonder why i say this. This is because i saw many real life examples, be it be friendship or boy girl relationship or kinship, all are destroyed due to misunderstand or misread intention.

It make me ponder, why there is misunderstanding? Why people cant express themselves properly?If we are able to express ourselves properly, i believe, misunderstanding will not occur.

So people out there, Do Remember to EXPRESS YOUR INTENTION CLEARLY!!!

Less than 3 Weeks

2007-06-21T14:56:00.000+08:00

In less than 3 week, my BIG day will arrive. Time really passes very fast. I was making reservation at the restaurant last year july and now, my BIG is here.

As for excited or not, actually, i am not excited. Not sure why. To me, it is just a procedure. But my friends told me that i will be excited on the actual day itself. Let see if it is true.

Right now, i just make sure all the preparation is OK. That's all.

Just hope everything will be fine.

Mini Birthday Celebration

2007-06-14T08:41:00.000+08:00

On Tuesday, my department have a mini birthday celebration for the birthday gals/guys who are born in the month of June. I am one of them. Our dates are quite near to each other. (June 10, 13 and 14)

Here are some of the pictures taken during the celebration. Enjoy :p

The Delicious Mango Cake

The Birthday Gals / Guy

Cutting of cake

Enjoying the Cake