CNY 2012

大年初一
初二 - invited few friends over to my house for a mini gathering. cooked some foooodies (actually only the veggie and soup) to treat them. once again i must emphasize I CAN COOOK HOR! mai siao siao.
what's cny without gambling? and i love how my mum and dad are able to go crazy and have fun together with my friends. <3
初三 - my residents came over!
初四 - 开工大吉！and back to work
(ang bao from my resident's mum!)
初五 - reunion at colleagues' place!
初六 - uncle's new house! view from level 32
(and i cannot imagine staying that high everyday. especially traveling up and down the lift everyday. my ear drum confirm BURST.)
初七 - 人日快乐!
(gfs came over to my house for steamboat!)
and finally
正月初八拜天宫

our 10 million dream

quek "eh my ah ma told me this year we must buy quick pick. she say we very WANG!"

i took quite a while to decide if i should join in the queue to buy because i'm more concern about my image. very auntie you know! but anyhow after much consideration and do not want to spoil the fun for once, i decided to queue for it too. DONT JUDGE ME! hahaha

i swear people are giving us weird stares. 3 not very young punk queuing up with our trolley full of groceries and we even have people telling us "eh this is not the queue for cashier. you should go over to the other side" FOL

it's more fun to do things together and again while queuing up, we ended up making a lot of noise, talking and laughing at our silliness.

our first time buying toto together! oh yeaaaa

HUAT AHHHHHHHHH!

因為我是巨蟹

巨蟹座的孩子，有點笨，有點瘋，有點傻，有時神經很大條。
對朋友很珍惜，真心對待。
面對愛情，怕受傷，愛逃避。
有時會很絕情，卻還是心軟。
很懶，怕孤獨。愛安靜，愛寫東西。

巨蟹是個矛盾體很嚴重的人
喜歡不斷在腦海裡想太多，最壞的毛病就是念舊
回憶相對於他們來說就是精神支柱。

偏執悲觀，追求完美，有輕微強迫症和潔癖，輕微自閉。
討厭耍心機。
難過了心痛了就用沉默代替一切。
巨蟹知道，巨蟹不可以去強求任何人。

蟹蟹生氣時不想說話、開心了會傻笑、受委屈會放在心裡、在乎了就想被你知道。

MSN上不愛主動找人聊天
善忘，不論重不重要的事都容易忘記。
偏執悲觀追求完美
受不了，就別走進我的世界，我是巨蟹座。

玩的時候可以很瘋，但認真的時候就不要把我當玩笑。
我的底線可以為一個人放得很低，但不要以為我是沒底線的人。

我喜歡也好，厭惡也罷，我的感覺我最清楚。
從來沒人可以強迫我做我不願意做的事，所以也不必懷疑我是否在說違背良心的話。
因為我是巨蟹，狂妄中永遠有著一份執著

new header!

i think everyone is sick and tired of looking at my face.

so a new blog header picture of my super duper cute dog! SANKSS YOOOU superduperyummy for capturing sucha chio picture of her! i was telling little doggy that day to SMILE and LOOK chio because it's not everyday you get a photographer to shoooot for you FREEE! HAHAHAHA

oh yeaa i talk to my dog. DONT JUDGE ME.
more pictures! SO NICE!!!
and totally enjoying all random moments with my dog! she is officially the star of my house now.

CNY - a time to give

for the past few years i will always invite my residents over to my house for a visit during chinese new year and did it again this year too.

before cny, a few of them are always coming to me telling me that they want to come to my house. so of course i must invite them over this year again if not they will hate me foreveeeeerrrr! hahaha

Mcdonalds: their favourite foooood!

feasting!
and they are so happy and excited about the visit. when i came back to work this morning my colleague was telling me how excited everyone was telling her about their visit to my house and about the food they ate over there. and again when they see me, they thank me for inviting them over and preparing the food for them and even say they want to go back again next year. am happy that they are happy. if only everyone of us can be that easily satisfied like them. :)

my little doggy. always the star of the house. either you LOVE her or HATE her because of her welcome non-stop barking. hahah

with mum and dad! thank you for always being so supportive of what i'm doing and making time for them. <3

simple gestures by you can really make them happy. and again.. it's always a joy to give.

HUAT AHHHHHH!!!

#1

Chinese new year resolution

"diverting all my attention to my work and nothing else." career advancement oh yea! (:

恭喜恭喜！
HUAT AHHH! (I'm going to continue screaming this for the next 15 days!)

CNY blessing for mum and dad

I guess as you grow older, CNY is not about receiving but giving too. (:

cny eve.

it's chinese new year eve today and for the past few days my residents are always coming to me asking "am i going home for new year?" "when is my family coming to pick me up?" "i am going home right?"

going home is something that we do everyday and take for granted. sometimes we don't even feel like going home. whereas there are people longing to go home but not able to.

i try not to answer their questions directly because i do not have any answers for them and it's really sad to see their eager faces looking at you waiting for an answer but only to be disappointed.

some of my residents are going home for new year.. but some are not. and it's always very sad to be the one left behind. nobody wants to be left behind. you should see the smile on their faces when they are all dress up waiting to go home. and mind you their smiles are contagious.

nothing beats spending time together as a family and i'm thankful and blessed to have my family here with me for this new year and every new year.

Jean's crib!

When the men are having fun without us..

We ladies have our own party too...

unforgettable - 蕭敬騰

The only picture I manage to snap of him because I was too engross listening to his song and focusing on his facial expression that i dont even bother to snap pictures of him. He is awesome no wait awesome is not even enough to describe him.

He sing with so much expression and emotion that I actually teared. Wtf right. I know.

how can someone be that talented/ humble/ cute/ shuai/ funny? and i love his shyness. had a good time laughing at his silliness!

and i'm so glad he did sing 新不了情 in the end. :')

回忆过去
痛苦的相思忘不了
为何你还来
拨动我心跳
爱你怎么能了
今夜的你应该明了
缘难了
情难了

indeed a man's best friend

story about a service dog who served and protected his master for 15 years. even when he is dying and unable to move, he is still thinking of protecting his master. the love and sacrifices he had for his master is definitely more than what a human can give. they are indeed our best friend.. never giving up on us and stayed loyal till their last breathe.

watch until i lao bak sai. :(



p.s. doggy, i promise to love you more and bully you less. <3

mum

happiest birthday my dearest mama.

love you a zillion times even though sometimes i love to make you angry and irritate you with all my random nonsenses.

(DOG! Y U SO CUTE?)
thank you for always being so tolerances and taking good care of my every needs. helping me to pack and clean my room when it's filled with rubbish. if not for you i will be living in a rubbish dump. and of course for always making sure there is foooood for me to eat. T.T

wishing you the happiest birthday filled with endless love, laughter, good news and of course good health always. i promise to be a better daughter. (:

shoes

from this....

to this...

finally packed my shoes last night if not dad will nag me to death and forever repeating his story of why your shoe box should never be taller than you. and so i will always reply him "you are the one that gave birth to me with this height!!!"

he got fed up with all my shoe boxes taking up spaces in our storeroom that he went to get a shoe rack for me to put it outside our house which i am super reluctant about. LOST HOWWW? you know how weirdos go around stealing people shoes when they are sleeping.

threw away few pair of shoes and found new shoes that i never wear before. OH WOW! treasure hunting indeed. and of course it's time to get more since i threw some away. i can never stop buying shoes. more than 30 pairs with only 1 pair of feet. women....

DBS fraud!

News reported unauthorized deduction from DBS account and being one of those typical paranoid singaporean, I decided to check my account too and told my colleague about it.

My conversation with her

Me: I'm going to check my account and see if I'm one of the victim.
Colleague: Aiya! You check for what? You are so poor! I don't think the robber will even bother robbing you.

HOW TRUE.

listen

"Our angel often uses someone’s lips to talk to us. Be attentive"

going for my 1st NY resolution

finding a way out slowly and making it happen.
F.I.N.A.L.L.Y :)
already delayed for a year, 25 and really not young anymore. i need to do it now or never.

thanks to jeannie who link me up with her pastor, i'm now given two countries to choose to volunteer my service with. was quite disappointed and unsure after my application failed with another organisation, working with special needs in cambodia. Y I NO have the qualification they requred? :(

anyhow the two places that he offered.. :D:D

east timor (the world youngest nation) and aceh (a village in indonesia).

east timor - teach english in secondary school, help out in their children program and maybe teaching of simple IT skills.

aceh - help out in their kindergarten and afternoon enrichment classes.

and both places require me to know a bit of bahasa indonesia! wooots! shall start learning it. so egg-citing yo!

in the midst of deciding which place to go to and if everything is oookkaaaaayyy, i'm intending to leave in april? TGPP!!

and now.. i need to break the news slowly to my mummmmms! :/

2012

31/12/11 @ 11:59pm

How I spent my countdown.. Forever alone much?

a recap

always a tradition to recap my year.. before that i actually reread what i wrote for the past few years.. so one benefit of keeping a blog, documenting events in your life and especially useful when your memory is bad. :)

if you are interested click on the link... 2008, 2009, 2010

and 2011 below :)

one word to sum up 2011... boring.

i'm not sure if it's because i cant travel this year thus i'm finding it extremely hard to pass. i love to travel btw and especially going overseas to do volunteer work which im suppose to go again this year. but because of some ban set by my parents i'm grounded for a year. but anyhow, 1 year gone now and hopefully whatever ordeal that i'm going through is over and i can fly fly fly and disappear somewhere and have a good break.

oh 2011 is also filled with weddings for me. lost count of how many i attended and was a bridesmaid for three times. old chinese grandmother tales "you will never get married if you are a bridesmaid for more than three times" how true i dont know but i hope it wont happen to me if not i will just grow old alone with my dog. #foreveralone

but that aside, i'm always very happy excited to attend weddings. especially if it's my best friend's. happy for them to be able to meet and spend the rest of their life with their soul mate. :)


someone came and left... all part of the package i guess..

and a new family member at home.. MY DOG! she is technically not my dog, but my bro's ex and so they broke off. moral of the story, dont ever get a pet especially a dog/ cat when you are dating. kinda unfair to the animal. so now she is staying at my home. it's totally unplanned and very unexpected because mum strongly object to us having a dog at home. she is a clean freak btw she cannot stand the thought of her fur flying around, etc. but guess what is the baby of my family now. everyone even dad is so in love with her. thank her for bringing lots of joy into our life especially mum and dad and a companion to my grandma when one is at home with her.

manged to fulfilled one new year resolution i made (: i'm a volunteer! volunteered with 2 different organisation and still doing and loving it now.

met, have fun and get to know even more awesome friends/ volunteers....

and of course thankful for friends/ families who stayed with me always...


they are indeed the best gifts ever given to me. (:

i guess that pretty sum up my 2011 and again can 2012 please be a good year for everyone? less disasters but more happiness, love, laughter and good health.

2012

Happy 2012! All you fabulous people out there.

For those who have yet to embark on fulfilling their goal/ dream. GO FOR IT and stop thinking if you are still unsure and scare. Dont waste time by thinking. Just do it and I bet you will be amazed with what you achieved. You only live once and getting older each year.

For those who are thinking of giving up.. Don't ever do that but press on! Remember all these challenges that you are facing now will not bring you down BUT make you a stronger and better person! So hang in there and you will see your sunshine and rainbow soon.

For those who are lost... I always believe that whatever things that we are going through now will somehow link up with the 'big plan' for you. So try to find meaning in what you are doing, enjoy the process and you will eventually understand and find your way out. BE POSITIVE.

For those who are very happy, positive and contented with everything in their life now... I'm really happy for every good things that's happening in your life now and I think you should go out and spread some joy and love to others. Share your positive experiences with friends, families or even strangers! Encourage and inspire them! Everyone needs someone to support and be there with them. Trust me, it's a joy to give.

And for myself.. Remember to always be happy, positive and contented. Dont forget to bring joy, laughter and love to everyone I meet. (: