2018旅 · 二 · 游

在2019年的第一趟旅行前，先把2018年的弄掉吧。

2018年的第二趟旅行，跟家人一起在高雄、台南和台北过了7天。我真的觉得，每一次和家人一起出去，真的又会学到些什么。

原本觉得自由行能让大家有比较多空间安排行程，不会那么累，可以依照自己的时间和空间安排，没有拘束。结果，好像不是我们想象的那样。也是我们做子女的不够细心，父母又是非常的迁就。第一天到的时候就让大家累的。

因為不知道高雄車站那裡在施工，有些路沒了，酒店當然也沒有說明，結果近在眼前的酒店得走天橋才可以到達。有行李啊! 幸好有位好心人有幫忙行李提上橋。真的感激! 所以到達飯店check-in的時候，我已經快瘋了。還是先沖個涼才可以出門。聰明了，先問好櫃檯怎麼到車站比較好，原來有別的路能走，月台上的天橋也在這段時間讓人過橋到對面。在附近找了一家餃子館，好好吃，價錢也公道。

到駁二去，拍照，在禮品書店逛了一陣子，吃甜品（天氣太熱了），在商場裡逛了逛，在食閣吃了有些偏貴的關東煮。哈哈。然後到美麗島站看看燈，然後到了六合夜市吃吃走走。耶！

第二天，把行李寄放在車站，吃好早餐後也差不多了。然後又到美麗島看燈. 特別時段有燈光秀... 但結論就是... 看原本的燈就可以了，不必等到特定的燈光秀... 或者，業者可以試著把燈光秀弄得更好，更有看頭。搭了火車到台南。印象中的第一次！哈哈, 一切順利! 台南住宿的飯店真的很不錯. 離台南車站很近，而且旁邊就是公車站. 當然, 天氣還是很熱! 先到孔廟去, 算是台南的名勝之一. 先在路口看到台南膨餅, 買了幾個試看看. 跟想像中得不太一樣, 但還是蠻好吃的.

之後就到了附近的莉莉水果店吃冰. 超爽的! 然後去了林百貨，還逛了蠻久的。雖然是個80多年的公司了，但裡面除了賣一些比較傳統的美食、茶葉外，還有很多他們本地設計師的物品。然後到了蝸牛巷，走一走，拍一拍照。具體很多細節不太記得了啦！😅😅😅不過，晚上是到了大東夜市。還好朋友早說了台南的夜市不同的營業日，所以那天是非到大東不可的。人很多餒！具體都吃了些什麼其實有點忘了哈哈，但是！有吃到很脆很好吃的蔥油餅！

第三天，走走玩玩安平區。安平樹屋、安平古堡、博物館還有億載金城。門票一起買是有優惠的，加上赤崁樓。吃了飯店的西式早餐就出門了。天氣實在蠻熱的。全程拿著雨傘遮陽 哈哈哈。安平樹屋裡面沒什麼東西，但有好些地方都可以拍拍照，還蠻有感覺的。安平古堡更簡單了。就是有個觀望塔，但是大家有些累，沒人想要爬樓梯，所以我自己上去了。果然是能居高臨下的看一看周圍。吃完飯後在旁邊的一家小店吃面和滷肉飯，和好吃的海鮮卷，然後走安平老街。看到有賣棺材板的攤販就非吃不可。哈哈！走完後剛好到車站搭公車到億載金城、看一看大砲。感覺就像我們的 Fort Canning。接著吃晚餐 - 在舞鶴小炒。

第四天，去了還幾個地方 -- 正興街、赫赫有名的赤崁樓、神農街、國立台灣文學館、巨大扭蛋機和花園夜市。我們記憶裡的赤崁樓是因為以前的遊戲節目 - 少年兵團之你要去哪裡。少年看電視的回憶，所以去一下還是必要的。哈哈。一早在勝利早餐店吃好後去了正興街，可能太早了，街道有些安靜，買了杯奶茶走一走一些已經開門的店家，有幾家店還蠻有特色的。然後就去了赤崁樓，反正已經有票了。之後就在旁邊的小月擔仔麵吃午餐。之後去了神農街感受一些些文藝氣息。😂走累了當然是找個地方喝咖啡吃甜品 - 選了一家非常復古的太古101咖啡。所有的擺設都非常非常復古，後面竟然還有一枚旋轉木馬的木馬，而且在室內真的就拜託了外面的大太陽。之後還有一些時間，所以去了原本沒安排的國立台灣文學館。其實真的蠻不錯的。況且老爸本來就喜歡文學，正好。有一部分也介紹了台灣的原族民文化。晚餐不記得吃什麼了，但後來就去了花園夜市 - 有吃到好吃的牛肉湯！哇哇哇！

第五天，在台南的最後完整的一天。去吃了台南特色早餐 - 阿堂鹹粥。是不錯，二姐喜歡的口味。我只喜歡某一種，另外一個有個我本身不太想接受的味道。呵呵 煎魚肚是好吃的。過後就到了奇美博物館。很有歐洲特色的博物館，真的有讓我不禁想到前一年的法國之旅。白色的建築物，取用羅馬和希臘的古典元素，圓形頂蓋、高圓柱(Columns)，還有館外以希臘神話雕像組成的橋，在走進本館之前就花了一些時間拍照啊，也真的美啊！館裡的展覽也真的很多。走完了出來已經是午餐時間，去吃了溫體牛肉鍋，在一個不怎麼方便也不怎麼起眼的地方，但的確好吃。之後去了十鼓文化村...... 這個就除了有幾個值得拍照的點之外呢，真的可以不用去。哈哈哈 裡面有個文化表演，就...... 如此而已。把園區逛完後，回到市區內，還有一些時間就去了藍曬圖文創園區。又是個文青的地方。可以裝一裝也不錯。呵呵 結果晚餐就在對面的商場裡解決了，回到飯店在周圍的店家買一買東西就差不多了。

第六天，要離開台南，然後以為時間還早，就在飯店附近又走一走，有個早市，還蠻熱鬧的，有得吃有得買。然後我們回到飯店取行李的時候驚然發現記錯了我們高鐵的時間，已經來不及了。結果就還是去了台南車站，得搭火車到高鐵站。對號入座的票無法使用了，只能在普通區搭下一趟車。幸好台南是尾部，所以我們都有位子，不然真的QQ。

終於到了台北！在台北車站吃鬍鬚張滷肉飯豬排飯。然後二姐去剪頭髮，我則帶了其他人到西門町逛，吃雞排。之後跟二姐會合，逛了誠品，到了師大夜市，吃我想念的燈籠滷味。還是一樣好。上次去竟然沒開！

第七天，一早去了依然還是最愛的阜杭豆漿吃早餐。是我排隊最長的一次。暈。真的很長。之後去了四四南村，有週末市場！上次去的時候什麼都沒有。哈哈！然後又去了一次台北101的星巴克。:) 然後去了幾米車站/巴士，以月亮忘記了為主題的巴士。美美噠! 然後去吃了快炒 - 炒豬肝超級好吃! 每一趟真的都會認識到新的東西。

第八天，也是最最最後一天了。一早去了佳德，因為一整個星期他們因為中秋節放假了，第一天開門。雖然有很多產品也來不及做，只有鳳梨酥類的，也好。還有曾拌面! 我們也真的蠻厲害買的。哈哈哈。回到飯店check-out，最後去了永康牛肉麵！和Smoothie King... 真的超級想念永康牛肉麵的。嗚嗚嗚......

多數時候還是好玩的，畢竟和最親的人在一起。對不起的是多數都沒有專車，都是自己搭車，自己走，拿著行李搭火車，其實他們應該有些吃不消的。真的還是要多為他們想一想。所以，又學到了一課。

還想帶著他們嗎？想，但要想好行程，要安排周到。最好可能還是旅行團吧。但是呢... 爸爸現在好像哪裡都不敢去... 那該怎麼辦呢？🤷🏻‍♀️😔

2019年跟家人哪裡都沒有去。。。

SydneYing with Family - Aug 2016

The trip had me thinking quite a bit, esp. about the parents. Not sure if we were too adventurous about this trip, that we haven't think a lot in their shoes. Yup, they'd enjoyed during the trip. But maybe we didn't prep them enough information before the trip because, we were all too occupied with other stuff. And it all started with the packing. Oh wells, I have to admit that I didn't handle it the best way I could. I was being authoritative. And I guess also because it is somewhere unfamiliar to them, they were slightly more worried as compared to, say, the HK trip we did years back. It's hard to convince them, isn't it?

小时候都是爸妈带我们出国，东西都是他们为我们准备的。现在长大了，出国有时也由我们决定，但好像不是准备得很好。这次的经验让我知道下次要带父母的时候得要再准备的好一些。虽然我们也没有让旅程太困难，也没有太无所事事。轻轻松松，尽量不让他们需要走太远，毕竟他们通常都跟着旅行团，都不需要走太多的。

But then again, it seems like they have enjoyed the trip. It's quite a mixed feeling ya.
Traveling in large number is not easy, esp. with a few folks. Of course, with my parents being the eldest. They are also game enough for most of the things we planned.

Anyhows, let's recount the trip:
Day 0 - 1: Thankfully the flight was okay. Because we booked separately because of the price, our seats are also split into 2 groups. I was seated with 2 aunts, but it was fun. Fortunately I have interesting aunts. haha

We got there early in the morning, while waiting for our rooms at the Meriton Service Apartment to be ready (we went there at 7am, of course it is still occupied), we got around for breakfast and met very nice servers already. Thankful for the good weather throughout the trip because it has been basically raining for days before we got there.

After the hearty breakfast, we got to Circular Quay to the Rocks market and then to the Whale Watching cruise. It seems to be a little heavy for the folks; even I felt nauseous on the return trip and just had to sleep through it. Nonetheless, it was quite breathtaking to watch the whales. 3 of them! (Book online for a discounted rate). By then we were quite jaded so we got back to the apartment and had some rest before meeting our cousin and cousin-in-law for dinner. Dinner at Bondi Beach Hurricane's Grill OMG I really miss their ribs. :D It was delicious. No wonder for the crowd right. :) And Ben 'n' Jerry's after that. A great first day ended with a visit to the Coles supermarket at the mall right beside our stay. (we actually went there every day hahaha)

Day 2: Started off with Sydney Fish Market. Oh yes, I loved the food there as well. All the fresh seafood, just too awesome. HAHA Had some really good oysters, lobsters, fish, crab leg. Just yummy.

Then went around to the Darling Harbour to look see look see because da-jie's boots fell apart. Went to The Star to just take a look at their casino. Apparently there's some texas poker competition going on. Went to the Sydney Wildlife Park because well, the zoo is too far isn't it? The aunts didn't go in, so well, we stayed but not too long... and I don't remember seeing the huge crocodile. Wonder where it went. Hmm...

Had a rather early dinner at Pancake on the Rocks (the branch at darling harbour), there was no queue. Desserts for the day includes Churros from San Churros at Darling Harbour Mall, Cakes and Macarons from Adriano Zumbo Patisserie and ice-cream. HAHA

The day ended quite early so the folks decided to make our own fruit salad for the night! :D

Day 3: Back to Circular Quay again, visiting somewhere I didn't go to the last time round - Royal Botanical Gardens. And yeap, passing by the Sydney Opera House means taking lotsa photos with the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge.

It was a sunny day and we had some trouble finishing the walk to the MacQuarie Chair, which is at the far end of the garden and suppose to have to best view of the opera house and the bridge. We gave up in the middle of the garden. hahaha. So we decided to proceed to the St. Mary's Cathedral.

Coincidentally we walked into a local food court in the heart of the CBD, of course, with the food prices twice of our food courts. 😅  Had some donburi, thai-style rice and dishes (our mixed veg rice), salad, Udon, Chicken strips. To be honest, they are rather tasty.

And despite the lunch, we went to Queen Victoria Building for high tea after that. Haha. Didn't go to The Tea Room but The Palace Tea Room instead. Well, it's just good to have a nice afternoon tea and cakes and scones in one of the oldest building around. 😁

After that we shopped for while waiting for cousin to knock off so that we can meet and go to his friend's place for a national day gathering. Honestly, we are a little out of place but nonetheless, thankful for the great host.

Day 4: K Mart in the morning, just behind our place actually, while sister and bro-in-law pick up the car from airport. Had a coffee from a what seems like a joint from Toby's Estate - great start to the morning. :) Head to Dim Sum at Marigold when the duo are back with the car. Seems like there are more variety since the last time I went there (I can't rmb) but the food isn't really fantastic. :( Slightly disappointed, but we didn't have chance to visit another dimsum place during the rest of the trip anymore.

And then something touristy - visiting the Paddy's Market, and all we did was get some touristy souvenirs. hahaha

While on the way to get the car, realising that we are near the I-Creamy that sells ice-cream cones with the ice-cream presented as a rose, we just had to go. Because we love ice-cream and we tamjiak and it looks cool and pretty. Turns out it's a company opened by Thai, it really takes someone with skills to make that rose. (Yup, we have seen and witnessed that not all the staff are able to form that rose). So it was worth the wait and definitely instagram worthy. 😍

Then proceed to May Street, recommended by Aunt, turns out the street art is really commendable, judging from the scale of each of them. Not an extremely busy street but still there are cars coming through now and then, how do the artist then even did it? Some are at least 5m tall. Took all the photos we could before the sun goes down anyway.

Dinner was this Japanese joint near the K Mart. So we had rice! haha Grill meat (chicken/pork) and onsen egg! It was delicious I must say. The salmon was good too. It was quite early when we got back but the folks said they were tired already, so the 4 of us secretly went to get Max Brenner for ourselves even though we were also full. And all the other shops have closed. :/

Day 5: Blue Mountain - Revisited places I have been and a few I haven't. We drove so we could take more stops leisurely. It was a long drive though... Staff at the Glenbrook is really helpful, gave us a map and suggested route and what we could look out for through the route. But poor judgement and memory (mine) for the first stop and hence missed a better viewing point for the waterfall, and we guess the folks are not very keen also. Oh wells.

So revisited Echopoint, then time really 3 sisters! 2 sets of 3 sisters, in fact! HAHA The wind was seriously, damn cold. Went to the Scenic World as well. Took what I took the last time - only with an extra trip on the cableway. They upgraded the carriages for the Railway. Looks more atas and safe now. Hahaha. Oh oh, lunch was at the Eats270 cafe with a view. The food was nice though there was a waiting time for the food and there weren't many stalls to choose from.

We don't want to drive too late into the dark and was also afraid that traffic will get heavy on the way back so we left late afternoon (3+pm) and got back to city around 5pm. And went to shop for our dinner at Coles. Bought roast chicken and got some salad and veggies and some wrap (that was a tat too thick to be a wrap in the end) to make our own chicken wrap dinner. We were fed with fruits. A truly healthier dinner. :)

Day 6: Spent half the day at DFO for some shopping, I think everyone got something, at least. Lunch was at the food court. (Yup!) Had some really good sandwich which Aunt shared with me and some nice pasta salad and what not, while the rest had their dose of the thai mixed rice again. Apparently, it costs 12AUD for a plate of rice with 3 dishes, regardless meat or veggies. HAHA That's like almost triple our mixed veg rice here. But it was truly nice also lah.

I had myself a superdry t-shirt, a pair of new balance, 2 tops from Esprit, some gift for a friend's baby, super nice lindt's chocolates (OMG we got about 1kg mixed flavours each, so it was super duper heavy) haha! Actually I didn't go overboard with my shopping right...

Visited the olympic stadium thereafter, which we aren't exactly sure which is the specific site we must go, so we just stopped outside the stadium itself and took photos. It was near DFO anyways.

And to the long-awaited University of Sydney. To do the grass shots. I mean seriously, the grass is just so nice you could sit there all day long. Okay, that applies to all the grass all around Sydney but the university one had a view behind which makes the place looks so nice. So anyway that's at the University Square, which is a highly sought after photo spot by many many other tourists (groups) as well. Jump shot is mandatory, and we even did some funny group photo outside. Lol. Weather and view was so nice you would just want to stay there longer.

It was still early to meet cousin for dinner so we went to San Churros instead. And funny things happened when we drove to town hall and park, just to walk all the way back to where San churros was, and right where we parked. Things that happen when you are new to a place and have no idea where your friend is going to bring you. But food was good! Had my fav salmon, which comes with some starch thing which I can't rmb its name. :x Mum order chicken with quinoa and salad without knowing what it was and didn't really enjoy until sister exchanged food with her. Had a great time at the restaurant korkor recommended.

And we were back to prepare to leave the next day :(

But before that, it means shopping at Coles again for snacks and all to bring back :D Turns out we still bought too much to be consume. I just realised a few snacks already expired. A bit heart pain, but also shows how little of such I eat nowadays. A reminder to myself to give them all away if I buy next time. I'm really not going to eat them.

Day 7 - LAST DAY!: Finally managed to convince everyone and squeezed enough time to get us all to Bondi Beach again, this time for Trio cafe because it was highly recommended. Indeed, the place was full and we were told the waiting time is 1h, which then will not be able to fit into our schedule anymore. But somehow the sister managed to get us all seats while some of us walked down the street to search for other options. We were seated separately but better than nothing! Food was great. And it's my first time seeing Bondi Beach for real and in the day. No chance to do the walks though. Next time if I decide to go again. haha

And then off to the airport we went.

All the food for June

You know, sometimes I read my old blog posts, fb posts and twitter and wonder to myself: what the hack was I writing about? The emotions were so strong in the posts but I just can't recall what they were about. I mean.. to think about it... Sometimes I know that when I look at it in future, it will be something I will remember, plus it's about someone I can't name so openly. So if it's something I can't remember, it most probably means that it wasn't necessary for me to even have that post. haha! It's so lame. But even so, that's okay because these are public domain and one just can't be too sure that any thing like that wouldn't go viral or known to that person eventually cos the world is just so small. BUT THEN... my written diary (yes, I still keep one).. No one is going to read it, except for myself, and I write like someone is. -.- I looked back and there are some things I cannot recall at all. And there's no way to check against either cos then it should have been the fall back part right. HAHA! What was I thinking, seriously. Anyway, so... I should share some positive stuff. :)

OH WELL... just when I thought birthday was over.
I have been meeting people and eating non-stop 2 weeks following the birthday (Birthday started on 11 Jun). And I'm almost dying from the food though I'm happy every single time with friends.

My Daddy. My Superhero.

今天听到《心情小抽屉》一个爸爸的故事，竟然听到哭了。不只是她的故事感动到我，同时也想到我爸爸。最近都在说一些父亲节，关于爸爸的故事。跟很多的女生一样，我也觉得我爸爸是全世界最好的爸爸。爸爸是我的superhero。我只是常常觉得我做女儿有时非常的失败，爸爸不年轻了，但生活上的很多事情都是爸爸做，爸爸承担的。就连水电费都是。他也从来没有要求我们做这些。连以前父亲节出外吃大餐时，也碰上我这个六月宝宝，一起庆祝，还要爸爸出钱。

My dad may not be the most wealthy dad, we take public transport, we do not have aircon, we do not have a big house, but he gave whatever he could afford. We travel a lot when we were young, he was the sole bread winner and now retired for more than 10 years but he never asked us for money or whatsoever. He never ever stressed that we should be the ones taking care of all the household expenses or any of the sorts, not even when buying electrical appliances. He gave us all lessons that develop us to be people with culture and someone with at least some skills. He offer to wash dishes when he sees that we are all tired from a day's work, he makes tea for us every single time we asked for it. No complaints ever. 

The most thankful thing I had towards my dad would be that he ever encouraged me to study Erhu, not just that, he wanted me to go Beijing or Shanghai. How many parents would encourage or allow or even, be the one to suggest their child to take this path. But I know I wasn't good enough for that. But deep down I was really touched and I kept on remembering that I have such wonderful parents who are always supportive of what I do even though they were a little worried at some points of my studies and my career. I know that I will never in my whole life, able to repay what my parents have done for me. 

But I hope that I'll be able to provide my parents with more comfort and happiness soon and make them less worry for me. 

They both are going on a trip to Tibet tonight, I hope for them safe flights and transport throughout the trip, that they will enjoy the trip without being down of any illness, not even the slightest flu or food poison or diahhroea and be back safely. I miss them already. 

I love you both papa and mama. 

Thinking about my life

I think this year my biggest hope is to contribute more to my parents and bring them to more eating places that they might not be able to go on their own. Well, before I get dried not working (Hopefully not) :/

我有想過留在現在的工作，因為我真的在做我喜歡的事。但是我卻不應該留下來。今天在想，原來‘想’和‘應該’是這麼矛盾的。It's something I like, but because of the surrounding factors, there's no point in staying for long. And in fact, that's what everyone else thinks as well. And I really like the environment and the people here. I must say, the best colleagues I've met by far. I will really feel sad when I leave. And the rapport that I've built with the students in the past year is also something I felt wasted when I have to go. Well, the fact that we all know that we should go. It's a pity that what we are doing now is so trivial to them. (not to the office/group but to the whole system), and it's something they cannot control at the moment also.

If you ask me what's my next step, honestly, I see it as 'very blake' and I really wouldn't give you a definite answer. To be truthful, I've been so many downs in life (I wouldn't even say ups and downs), I'm kind of afraid that it will come to me again. But I'm kind of left with no choice. And I will have to step out again. Again, I wished to continue in the area that I'm most interested in and is capable of, however, reality tells me that I should go into something else that might help me better in my future. I totally have no idea what I should do.

Of course, more importantly I will have to complete my tasks on hand before I end my term with them. Will certainly miss everything here. And of course, I want to make these last 2 projects a success that I don't have to leave with regrets.

Lately there are too many happenings that alerted me that I really have to look around me more and care about the people around me more. It must have been really tough for them. Not knowing what happened to that friend's dad, I don't want to speculate about it, but I know that deep down he must be feeling awful and that the burden on him has become heavier. The other, brother of my friend, a husband and father of a young child, took his own life, not sure why, but made me think. There's a lot of reason to do so. And I've always thought, even if life is really tough on me, I wouldn't have had the courage to do anything similar. As much as I'm afraid of life, I'm afraid of death. For someone to take his own life away, it's not a easy thing to do. But as selfish as it may seem to leave the family in heartbroken state and in pain, the decease deserve the pity that something must have drove him to the wits end for him to make that decision. I'm not sure if that's the best way to solve anything, but I'm conscious of knowing that anyone having thoughts like that are at the border and really just need some help and encouragement from people around. And we just got to be more sensitive of our close ones. It cannot be something that just happen overnight without any signs. I got to know about it in the afternoon, and honestly, I'm still in shock.

And till lately, I'm more afraid to think about my parents' old age than anything else. Honestly, they are still in the pink of health, but I'm really afraid of that day coming. So I have to be as attentive to them as I can be onwards.

My deepest condolences to these 2 friends. I hope their family members will be fine and will be over this soon. It's difficult but I really hope they do and they stay healthy and strong.

Zhuhai & Macau (Typhoon) Trip

(My long owed post: I started long ago but just didn't set down to complete it) Hope this helps!

Kind of a short getaway for the sisters from 23 Jul to 27 Jul. We went on our own because the parents already went at the start of the year without us, and the friends all couldn't make it to the dates in the end. And the funny thing is, in the end the friends are also going, all at different timings. Haha!

Another reason was to kind of clear some of our leave. So we didn't cover any weekend. HAHA!

Let's start then!

Sister's Big Day! :)

Finally my sister is officially married! After all the engagement, ROM and finally the custom ceremonies over the past 2 years.

It's quite fun but tiring having a family member getting married. Why didn't my eldest sister get married leh? And I've met so many people I haven't met for a long long time. Okay, let's start from the morning.

CNY 2011 - Rabbit comes back again

It's been really an awesome cny. I haven't had such a good one for a long time. I had always thought that cny is just a reason for relatives to ask a lot of qns. well, probably still is, haha. But i dun feel it so much now. :)

And the best thing of all is, it's the first time i really felt damn happy with all my cousins and that i want to appear at every place we are going to. (i used to dread it so much) Usually i'm more close to the maternal side cousins, i think cos age gap closer (actually both side abt there). And i used to think i can't click with my paternal side cousins at all. But i was so surprised i managed to survive even without er-jie. Well, i used to be more comfortable with my sis ard cos she's the talkative one who will be talking with the cousins while i stay at the side. So when she's not ard, i usually just have to stay away. So i dunno what have gone into my social skills this year. I managed! hahaha. :D

And we had so much fun taking photos lah. Thanks to er-jie's new cam and my polaroid. hahaha. And surprised that 2 of the cousins working overseas came back for cny. That leaves only 1 cousin not ard this year. And that cousin is pregnant! Heard the baby girl is due in may. Our first next generation in the whole Lim family. And she's going to be a rabbit girl :))) Nice max.

In the midst of celebration was a farewell for zixin. She left so fast! But i'm seriously happy for what she's going to be! Wish her all well in adapting over there and get good results! And i wanna see her soon. :)

Am so glad that i've met most of the ppl i wished to meet during cny. having 4 days does make a difference. but it's really tiring for sure. Family most of the time, sy, mco and most impt, my beloved cogang. We were each other's for the whole day and practically went to all homes of those who went. that's 8 houses! Tired ttm but I love each and every one of them ttm too. I hope the coming weekend is good too! :D

I want to meet my fav ppl again. I want to see JJ this week! :D

生活的点滴

今天早上在红绿灯遇到邻居，是位阿婆。绿人亮起的时候，我踏出了第一步，要用着我平常的步伐过马路。但我却发现阿婆一下子才开始走，而且走得很慢，毕竟她已经年过80了吧。我心想着放慢脚步，但脚步真的没办法放慢至可以配合她的脚步。结果还是在她的前面转身说‘再见’。

然后，我想了很多。我想，这就是新加坡人的生活。我们没有办法，可能也不愿意放慢脚步，没办法等，不想等，没办法去接受这样的差异。也许是因为家里已经没有长辈已经有十年了，没有亲近感。很无奈，我们的社会就是这样。在这个生活节奏快的城市里，我们真的很难停下来，看看身边的人，和事吧。

明天是外婆的冥诞，我们没住在一起，记忆中跟外婆的互动很模糊，也许多数是小时候，后来的互动更少，常常因为学校的事，或是补习，没有每个星期都到外婆家去。外婆在我中二的时候过世了，在这种时候我们才会后悔吧。后悔没有花多一点时间，后悔把其他的事放在家人前面。但是我怀念我们每个星期都会到外婆家的情景。小时候最期待的就是星期六，可以去外婆家，去玩，去吃外婆煮的好吃的食物。

长辈过世了也不要太悲伤，他一定是去了一个更好的地方。要欣然接受所有会发生的事。

最后，大家珍惜身边的人和现在所拥有的吧。

For July

What eventful weekends i have had in July (and busy weekdays too). So i have to wait till almost end of July to update... Cos i was really busy dao.... The weather was crazy. i was crazily busy too...

First weekend:
1. Picnic + Fly kite with COgang.
Was a super rainy sat morning... But we still went on with our plan to Marina Barrage with some food and got to sit under the shelter to eat. And even under the shelter, we got rain washed over us sometimes. But we still got to fly the kite after that! Quite lucky though the grass is all wet. hohoh. Not much sun and wind at first. So a bit hard to fly the kite but we did it anyhows.

Then just as we stopped, the sun came out. Super hot sun. The weather is crazy. So 3 girls decided to stay under the shelter while jan, sushi, dj, via and i came out to fly kite. But anyway it's been long since we last met so early in the morning for a gathering like that. Ever since we grad from sac? hahaha. It's a good outing like that with them still :) (and i got a little sun burnt after that). haha!

We ended the day ard 2+.. for me to go for my teaching lesson. And some decided to go for some movie.

2. Movie
After that long day... I went for Eclipse with the Asswais. Some crazy ppl watched 2 movies on that day - Toy Story 3 and Eclipse. I was only available for 1. So yea. I met them after my lesson. Wanted to dine at Astons but ended up at Jap food cos not enough time. Movie was all right... Not that exciting. A bit gross at the fighting part. Other than that... More or less to the story? I'm looking forward to Breaking Dawn more. More interesting storyline. :)

Then ekky send us back to the east! Although it was a really long walk to his car. tsk. haha! And yup that's all for saturday.

3. Race Against Cancer
That was the activity for sunday. 5km fun run. Glad that we only did 5km. haha! too long nv train. Stamina is like. LOW. sianed. And my shoes are not really fitting... So my feet got very painful halfway thru... And then worst. Got stitches. like wth. So Anyway after that i bth and went back home to change shoe plus take dslr before going back to meet the rest at mac.

Then i couldn't rmb what happened for the rest of the day seriously. HAHA

Yup. End of first weekend.

Second weekend:
1. F.I.R Concert
Was quite a surprise gift from SCO. I think cos of their collaboration with 光明山. that's why there's free tix. Well, our seats can't be compared to those sco staff. And i can only say. 'Better than nothing'. haha. First time the asswais are going for something like this... And then, there were a few who knows NOTHING abt F.I.R and their songs. lol. Like our dearest dr.cheow and tanmeijou. So they were more entertained by iPhones than the singers themselves. Then a few of them fell asleep at the front. Which i agree was quite dry. But not that bad lah.

Anyway towards the end we got damn high and start jumping ard and finally joeltan got some songs he knows! like 2 or 3 of them? lol. So overall it was good! Free one leh. HAHA :D

2. Nothing else except for work and violin lessons.

Got to work for the weekend = coming to office 7/7. wah i tell u it's kinda madness. I worked (come to office for 12 days straight. So for the sat and sun. It was work then teach, work then teach. Just that one day was at clementi, the other at yishun.

One of the most tiring weekend ever.

Third weekend:
1. Music Exchange
Quite fun. Quite tiring too. Lotsa friends. Lotsa laughter throughout. Spent most of the day with vontay. HAHA. Ok lah.. after that with the asswais too. Mini-asswai gathering somehow. haha! Anyhows, quite fun to be meeting some friends whom i haven't seen for a long time. both MCO and Changkat. Esp. the cc ppl. LOL. And being called some 叛徒 for a day. :( Reason is clear, but dun say here lah. The whole thing was quite funny. And i felt so stress cos he was sitting diagonally behind me during our item. Cos i didn't really talk to him, and he didn't really chatted with me too... I felt quite bad actually. Aiya. Whatever lah. =X Why am i involved in this kind of rubbish politics of ppl. rah!

Anyway i happy cos of some things though. haha! Shan't say what is it. I know can liao. lol! Maybe some will know, maybe not. But also... erm. nothing liao lah.

The exchange itself was not bad. Although i wasn't really listening after some time. LOL. Take photo photo and more photos.

2. Movie
Went to watch Nodame Cantabile - Finale with the Asswais after the exchange. Hmm.. Not bad but not as much cute animations compared to first part. More laughter for 1st part. But still quite funny. And after all it's with the asswais. Anything can be good enough. HAHA. :D

3. Work
And back to work on sunday again. And to teach cos i canceled the lesson the day before. Still, a much too tiring day for me to handle. haha.

Fourth weekend: (one of the most fun one)
1. Universal Studio Singapore
Yeap. First visit to USS. And with my family. :D Family day for da-jie coy. So we all went. The funniest thing of all was the start of the day where the 3 of us couldn't wake up in the morning. So much so for setting the time to get out of the house, i woke up at the exact time we had to leave. And i was the one who woke the 2 of them up. LOL. So we had to rush for time cos dad and mum were already at the mrt station waiting for us. How cool.

So ya.. played and eat in USS. Went to gollilocks for lunch (fyi they sell fried chicken, not porridge) and it's not bad at all. But my dad prefers KFC. haha! Took quite some photos there... and the mascots are really good. :) Managed to get most that we wanted: Madagascar (only managed to get alex cos the session ending), Shrek & Fiona, Puss in boots, Frankenstein and Kungfu Panda. Damn cute. We were quite lucky for most of it... The cat is like damn cute. And well... vain. HAHA! And we specially waited for Kungfu panda. Saw him when we just reached and halfway through but he was going back to rest already.. so we ermm... ask the other escorts where will he be appearing and abt what time. And yeah! We waited there for him to come out. So we were like one of the first few. :D

For rides... didn't really get to take a lot. Went for more shows instead. Or rather, i think we only took the Mummy ride? Which was really good. Wanted to go to the Jurassic ride, but they having technical fault. :( And the roller-coaster is closed still. So no luck. Omg, i want to go back and play when everything is up! I hope it will be soon. So yup, went to the 4D Shrek show, movie special effects showcase, the waterworld show.


Yea, I was a happy when i came out of USS cos i got a puss in boots mug and a gingy cushion for workplace!! :D


2. Veron's bday
It was kinda last min decision to go.. cos it was after USS and i was quite drained already. Anyhows, met joeltan and tayzhiwen to go tgt. Yup.. had a good time playing Angry birds on jingwen's iPad. So big and clear. haha! Most of them left quite early. I felt kinda bad so i stayed for a while more.. which in the end i left like what 1plus am? Erm. I can't rmb. haha. And luckily i managed to get a cab outside the chalet. if not i have to walk the dark path all the way out to the main street.

3. The Line Buffet
If u still do not know what is The Line, maybe u are still not to the age to enjoy yet. haha! It's buffet by Shangri La Hotel. One of the highest recommended int'l buffet in sg. I went with my 2 buddies on sunday for lunch. It's damn good i tell u, just by eating the seafood, it's enough to return the money you paid for the whole meal. Oh and sashimi. it's like... heaven! It can convince ppl who doesn't believe in sashimi to eat it and say it's nice. Didn't eat some of the variety there cos really too much. Dessert was calling us. So tempting and most of them are really nice! Ah... the meal lasted me throughout the whole day. hahaha! I wasted my packed dinner provided by sy for the concert. didn't eat at all. And no Koi too. lol!

4. SYCO concert
Rehearsal at 3.30pm and concert at 8pm on the sunday. As much as we thought it might be a disaster, it turned out quite well. But the big thing for the day was... I actually forgot to bring my scores out. -.- So smart. And that was becos i was practising the songs in the morning before i went out for the buffet haha! And i only realised that when i reached SCH. Was kinda early and wanted to prac first. it was then i opened my bag and realised my scores weren't inside. And best, my partner and i are using my scores for the concert. How great. I had to call home to ask them to bring it to me.. So during the rehearsal it was quite disastrous, esp. for the erhu song. haha!

But anyhows, I think we did quite well for the concert. And i'm proud of us! :D So much for all the scoldings we had. If only everyone could do better earlier the next time. It was really better than what we expected. And mr quek was super funny during the concert. Esp. the erhu song i think. damn relieved. hahaha.

And then.... We face friends performing for the last time in syco. Well... I must say i will really miss them in the co. esp. joeltanmeijou. As much as we dun want him to leave, i think if that's what is better for him, I wish him all well. (well, he is going afterall). Ah... Time has really passed so fast. At the point i'm typing this... there's only 20 days left for him in sg. :(

Worst, there are 5 weekends for July!!!
Fifth Weekend:
1. Make-up lessons for the kids
After all the busy weeks... i had to change quite a few violin lessons to accommodate. :( And so instead of enjoying days i do not have to teach due to the music school holidays, I had to go back to teach them. Ok. blame on myself lah. :(

2. Support Xunqi at RACO concert
It was really a cool thing to see your friend as the conductor at a concert. And can see how much effort he has put in to make this concert a success. The concert may not be fantastic, but it shows the effort of all these alumnis who are perhaps very busy ppl, best example is xunqi himself. And the passion they had for the school and CO to make them go back and make this concert a success. Not easy.

A surprise to see emily and yingying there too! We were like damn high there. haha! They are there with their sn friends i think. And saw khai phang too... quite a good friend of xunqi i think. haha! Haven't seen my pri school friends for such a long time. 

When would nyco have the same kind of chance to do this? haha. i dunno. Not so soon i guess.

3. Relax
Finally I got to relax on the sunday cos it's August already!!! I heart. And now... i'm going to sleep and update on august stuff soon. Hee!

PS: I think this entry kinda fits almost half of the labels i have. hahaha!

12062010 :)

Aiyo... June is over already... :( It's kinda my fav month for these few years. Not just becos it's my bday month. In fact, i'm not really doing anything great for my bday. Just simple meet-ups with friends most of the time. The usual 2 grps of ppl now. COgang and Royal Family. However, just so happened that for these 2 years, i get to see the sy ppl on my bday! Which is a happy happy thing! :D

Hmm.. On my bday itself, I got to teach the little kid at west coast plaza before enjoying my day. So after the lesson, went down to MBS Hotel to meet my family for the Buffet. It was a sudden suggestion by myself cos my sis and I were cracking our heads as to where to eat before the weekend came. Service was really good. Food is good. Desserts are the best. I was full till night time. No joke abt that. haha! But we were too busy wanting to try everything, no time for pictures. Thank u. haha. And it was really what I call quality time. Although I very much ended my day with them after the lunch and went on to meet the asswais before the concert.

Coincidentally, for 2 years, SCO have to have a concert right on my birthday. Last year it was quite a surprise visit to the concert - The Jazz Concert. Cos i wasn't intending to go at first. But we were offered free tickets for the friday's concert (which falls on my bday itself). So eventually I went. Then this year, since I reckon that I wun be doing much on my bday as well, I might as well go for the concert cos I know it's going to be an awesome one. :) It's the 吹拉弹打 concert. And much much to my surprise, met my 2 nyco girls. So high to see them! haha. Then went to chill with them and bear and tzw after the concert. Sorry to ps the sy ppl but i really haven't seen them for a long time! =P And mr. bearbear lau very kindly send us home! :D

The concert was good anyway. Very awesome performances by the soloists!! SCO haven't had ZR solo for such a long time I can't even rmb when was the last one. Zhang is really good. Song is nice too. :) Percussion concerto was damn cool, Shen had to play whatever percussion instru written in the piece all by himself. Like WOW! ALL u know. The 2 most memoriable pieces.

Well. Anyway I thank the sy ppl for buying me a small cake. (for me to eat only). And making me wait so long for them past our meeting time. (it's a sy thing after all. haha) And singing bday song for me in the public. And had a great time with them. Thanks my dear friends. :)) I'm a happy girl on my bday. haha!

家家有本难念的经

Today mum make a big fuss out of something again. She was cooking something and she left the house with the fire on to continue boiling the food. She didn't mention it. I found it out on my own when i got to the kitchen. I didn't know when i was supposed to off the fire so i left it on first and thought i could go back to check later or wait for her to come back. But well. By the time i rmb that thing is still there cooking, it was when i could smell the burning smell from my study room. And well, dad who was in our room didn't detect it anyway. So I already knew what would be coming. I mean look, yup i know it's kinda my fault as well since i didn't turn off the fire. BUT i really like to say that i seriously have a very bad sense of smell. And then again, she even forgot what she was cooking even after i tell her that the thing got burnt! And the next moment she got all caught up with yelling and babbling whatever she could. While i just kept quiet throughout.

I know it's something normal. but sometimes i'm really scared when i look at how she flare up so easily. Esp. when she keeps saying maybe she's going to die cos she keep forgetting everything. I dunno but i didn't want to talk back either. She makes me stay away from talking to her sometimes because u dunno when she's going to take it hard again. I feel that my other family members have low EQ on this. including my mum -.- She sometimes say we got to learn to know when to say things and when to not. And say the right things in a right way and attitude and tone. I do agree that sometimes that why my dad and da-jie complains so much, about the wrong thing and i feel injustice for my mum. But they are all the same when my mum wants to complain abt the other ppl. I dunno. If i could, i really want to ask all of them to shut up. But I can only say here, 家家有本难念的经.

Staying home is good, as some would say. But i dunno if u see the situation in my home, would you still like to be me. sighs. I just got to bear with it until i get a job. And i hope it will be soon.

i really wish to run away sometimes... but i dun have the courage to, and i dunno where i can go.

In preparation for cny

It's already 2h36min into CNY eve. haha. Are u not excited? Ok. Actually i'm not really excited. I hope things are going to be good this new year... Since i'm all prepared for new year. I'm so prepared that i have excess of new clothes to wear and can't decide which to wear for what day. haha! First time.

For at least the past few years... cny was quite last min shopping. and till even i could be still looking for shoes or clothes or whatever. But this year like 1 month before cny i'm all prepared, clothes, shoes, even bag! And hair too. hahah! Way before ya. =)

First time try to dye my hair too... sis bought the foam one to try... She very enthu want to help me dye, so good lor. hahah! And below is the outcome.. on first day! :D I think now the colour even more obvious liao.



Anyways... i dunno... but i think i've got to prepare myself mentally and physically for whatever is coming to me. I really do prefer the maternal side cos they focus on more fun and interaction rather than boring life topic. With them it's always the laugh-it-out sessions with nonsense and all. But the other side is like. I dunno but i just can never blend into them. Dun ask me why. I dun think i'm not an anti-social person. Just that you know. to some people it's just hard. I dunno if it's really my problem or what. But ya... Every year i wish for the better and it's always the same. Well. whatever it is then. :D

Just have to 见招拆招. Wish me luck!

November already!

Wah... Half a month gone just like that. haha. Heard over radio... today is 306th day of this year liao. so like what? less than 60 days left till next year. Why so fast huh?

This is what working life turn ppl into. Lifeless. Other than work time.. dun really use the comp much at home anymore.. Damn tired looking at the screen so near already and go home still wanna continue? I dun think so.. I'd rather lie down on the bed or sofa and watch some tv. :)

Work has been quite hectic... other than the times i fb. haha! Oops. But anyways... work is as such and i don't like to comment more.

Other than that, actually i don't really have anything else big enough. omg... ok. Let me think.
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Last week met up with some of the beloveds for Steamboat session! :))) Qin, ling, yih, sushi, char and i! Hee. Via and Jan cannot make it cos of study. Dj working. 6ppl counted not bad. at least 50% of the attendance leh. :) Haha! Steamboat at Xian De Lai and dessert at Ah Chew. Er. Nv take photos cos no time lah. Busy cooking lor. They say i like have a lot of things in my bowl and on my plate but i nv touch at all. Lol! But in the end i think i ate quite a lot leh.. Right?

Wah. Bad cos eat and eat but i didn't go to gym nor run this week at all! =x Oh. gym once. for Toby's Street class. But that wasn't much a help. hahaha. somemore after that went to eat mac. -.- All gone. hahaha.

And no gym on weekends cos of bh on sat and sick on sunday. I'd rather sleep in. hahaha! All cos of the super duper heavy rain on sat. I think it's raining everywhere lah... and just so happened i was suay to be still waiting for bus to come back from bh. the bus stop no use de lor.. all the rain coming in from the front. got umbrella also no use lah. I was ALL wet from head to toe and still have to protect the erhu. So hor. totally shiver all the way during the 45min or more bus ride. cos raining then the bus driver drove slower lah. and i hate it when my shoes and socks are soaked too. so damp and cold to walk. Bathe right away... and still feeling cold. Wahraoos... Supposed to meet sushi and jan to go DblO at night. BUT i nv. :(

But my mother say she wants to mj. so da-jie, er-jie and i played. "赌桌上是没有亲情的" It's true. Totally. haha. Da-jie lost the most. i think her money all went to er-jie. I won a bit. Mummy lost also. Luckily lah... cos in front i lost until cham cham... i lost like $16 bucks straight before i start winning back. hahaha!

But ya.. that's all lor. Sunday i just sleep all the time away. =x except for some com playing time. but playing the com makes me sleepy. so the cycle goes lah. =D

Ok. Knocking off soon. HAHA! =x

Cousins' day out!

Finally posting is back to normal.. can upload photos liao.. hee.


One of our attempt to get the jumping pose.. Heh. From left: my er-jie, ah ping jie-jie, ah shan, jiaqi and me. Da-jie was the photographer...

One day out with the cousins... Only females... haha! Why? anyway these are my maternal side cousins.. out of all the cousins... there are only 3 males... and ya.. 7 females... we didn't ask the 2 youngest of the lot cos they are pretty young as compared to us.. and they are usually quite anti-social towards us... they are siblings: 1 male, 1 female. So that's 1 male off... Then jiaxun didn't come back for this hol... so that's another male off... so obviously the only male left would not want to join us right. haha! he's brother of yiping and yishan. So that's left with the 6 of us... and it's great that we could all come out tgt!! :)))

We had a range of activities man. First, lunch was Sushi Tei @ Paragon. I was kinda late cos of some things to get after sy prac that day. But still, lunch was good and it was Da-jie's treat. :D Had garlic rice, salmon sashimi, golden roll, chawamushi, umaki, soft-shell crab, and hmm.. can't rmb all! haha. =x But was really good lah. :)

Then went over to Cine to see movie timings. Wanted to give in to watch Ice-age 3. But no timing!! Hey, it's a weekend leh. only got 1 show? maybe cos air-ed for quite long already lah. so we stick to our original plan to watch Harry Potter- HBP. OMG. it's like one of the most meaningless HP series to watch. The book was much nicer thou might not be the nicest book. Missed so many impt details and kinda changed the story a bit as well. i dunno. not my favourite of cos. and halfway through it was really kinda boring, i slept a little. lol. can't rmb which part. And we had dessert before the movie cos there was still time. SNOW ICE!! It's damn good. at Heeren's B1. Yea. :) OH! Movie was yiping jiejie's treat. :D I forgot who paid for the desserts. haha.

After movie, dinner time liao. HAHA! Proceeded to Suntec cos planning to go for a drink after that. Dinner at Soup Restaurant. I think er-jie paid for dinner. :D Fulfilling dinner. :) Had reddish and ribs soup, the signature Samsui Ginger Chicken, Kangkong, Tofu prawn. Yeah.. only can rmb these. =x

After which, went on to Polaner for a drink. Just sat there to talk.. Really like market like that. lol. I think yiping jiejie paid for the drinks. :D Anyway dear jiaqi was penniless... haha! So anyway. we parted for home after that. Reached home like almost 12am or slightly after ba. Hee.

I think we should go out more often.. HAHA! Next time we meet should be to celebrate shan's 21st bday~ :) Hmm.. haven't think of what to buy for her yet. have to do it soon. less than 2 weeks to her bday. hee.

PS: i didn't spend a cent in this outing. thanks to the older sisters. :) A blessing of having older sisters... yiping jiejie is same age as er-jie. hee.

Seafood trip to si wan, pengerang.

Shall update on my trip to Pengerang last sun. Yeah. We arranged to meet at 8.30am at changi ferry terminal... to our surprise.. everyone was on time! Wah... but then 姨丈 forgot something and had to go back for a while... so we waited lor.. ok lah.. not too bad. cos have to wait for the boat also.


On the boat going there. Er-jie's not in the pict and San-jiu was standing on the deck. But anyways we couldn't all take a boat tgt. 4 of us had to take another boat cos each can only take up to 13 passengers.

We actually went to our great-grand father's tomb which was there for like more than 50 years. It was quite an impromptu decision cos the adults realised that most of us haven't been there before. So we had a super early qing ming. ya.

It was freaking hot ok. No shads at all... But anyways... it was still quite fun. should have brought some sun block thou. =P Then we just walked ard and headed for lunch... :)


from left to right: Buttered Lobster, Steamed Lobster and Crab stir fried with salted egg.

The main dishes... Actually got more lah... but lazy to find the pictures. But these are the 重头戏. haha! See le also want to go eat again. hahaha! Nice!!! :) We had some wild boar meat too.. buttered calamari, baby sotong, kangkong and super nice steamed fish! i think that's all? but damn a lot liao.. somemore the people got wrong order and gave us another plate of the buttered lobster. we didn't know.. just eat.. until the adults ask. haha! A really fulfilling lunch i would say. hee.

Then walked around to get some biscuits... the usual ones actually...


Our last stop before coming back to Sg. Went to the fellow older generation Chua's alma mater... And we decided to take a 'class photo' there. hahaha!

Fell asleep on the way back to Sg. Too warm and tired. After that got home.. bathed and went to sleep! Cos tired lah. the night before only had 3h sleep. hee. anyway also dun need to eat dinner le.. so nvm lor. slept for ard 3h ba... woke up just in time to watch Millionaire Star. haha.

Yeap.. that's all... really had a great day with the cozzies... too bad ah shan didn't go -.- She's supposed to reserve the day for us. hahah! hopefully we will go tgt again. And jiaxun going back to sydney to study le.

Ya. so that's all. bye.

Weekend update

A relief that i handed in the first draft already. BUT a bit worried also lah.. cos i didn't think i do well for it. =x Not enough information for the milestone part. Haix!! But nvm.. still got second draft and final submission! Jia you ba. Next draft in slightly more than 1 month. tsk tsk.

Anyway.. what's more impt is i have a presentation coming THURS! And i haven't prepared ANYTHING yet. I think what is wrong with singaporean students is that we are so used to having a fixed template to do everything.. guidelines to tell you what to do and where to focus on... when we get this kinda free-to-do-anything assignment.. it's a true headache. Ok. i have to do this for my arts policy lesson. supposed to link the performance/art/presentation/whatever-you-do to arts and culture, economics, politics or technology in singapore's context. And must combine 2 or more! Omg. Tell me what to do!!

On a lighter note.... IBL was rather relaxing! This week supervisor is back... so more on task and at least i asked what else is there for me to do. :) YEAH! I love this. but sometimes i really dun dare to ask sia. But maybe it will get better. And they are really really nice ppl. At least they didn't disregard me just becos i'm an intern. And they keep joking with ppl ard. how cool. At least the office is not like dead kinda. And I get to join them for the new year lunch privately planned. within the office lah.. everyone enjoyed. And in the end they didn't want the students to pay so much. so i have a very nice and free lunch. :))) And also gave me like 2 school shirts... thou outdated but still cool! Hee. And that's like end of week 3. Glad to hear that they want me to design another 2 posters!! :)

Today (fri) was quite all right... just did some work (thesis draft) and tv. and slept most of the time. So tired that i let my phone snooze for like god-knows-how-long. But i think REALLY long. haha! Every 5min for at least one and half hours before i turn it off and continue sleeping. how great! And then meet some syco peeps for dinner at TM and went to jiawei's house for mj. Yeah!! I won some money! hee. Almost the sole winner. 1 table play money.. the other table play for fun. haha. Happy cos i seldom win when i really gamble. hee. Left like slightly before 11.30pm. came home and send the draft. task done! :)

Tmr Or rather... Later! my cousin (Wanzhen jiejie) will be holding her wedding banquet! :) Immediate cousin that is... Finally another cousin got married. They actually lived in England lah. come back for this wedding lunch only... She's a gynae and i think her husband also doctor lah. must be freaking rich. Finally my 4th uncle has his 2 daughters married.. the first family who has children married. they are like the 2nd and 3rd eldest in the lim side... (my da-jie's the eldest, and not married yet). Oh. Wanzhen-jie is the elder of the 2. Really pretty and smart. Both of them are smart. (if only i know why the rest of them family are like so far behind them). Oh wells. Have to go sleep le anyway.. nights! :))

CNY 2009 part 1

After 2 full days... i dun really have much energy left... and tmr is work day!!! haix. A bit anticipate... a bit dun feel like going... hahaha! But i'm not that type of person who excuse myself from work cos of reasons like this lah. :)

Anyways... CNY was rather nice... i think i was especially tired this year cos of all the hectic 'exercises' on first day... Wii is really the best entertainment ard... and fits ppl of all ages... i guarantee... haha. It was Wii at my place the whole time the relatives were here. lol.

Morning batch of ppl from mother side are more sporty and enthu and noisy... almost everyone joined in the fun and make a lot of noise... more crazy i would say.. they were joking that we should all stay here to continue the fun instead of going around. but we still moved on lah... just that everyone's a bit tired. haha!

Then night was father side... it's just the 'children' playing... as in ppl of my generation... the uncles and aunts only looked and laughed and commented. haha. At least it's better than what as they deemed as the most horrible activity.. i.e. karaoke. Actually it's not the activity that is horrible.. it's just the ppl who wants to and likes to sing but can't sing well.. So might as well give our ears some rest for this year.. This includes the morning shift as well... =x But after quite a no. of ppl left... 2 uncles decided to give Wii tennis a try.. not bad attempt i would say.. Really bridges the gap of all ages. cool. :)

The best thing is.. after they left.. i was gian-ed of Wii... and i continued playing on my own... and i played till 2am. plus online a while... i actually slept around 3am. But i woke up at 10+ this morning leh.. still VERY tired. in fact i already feel like sleeping at 9pm. I can really tahan.. Will sleep after this post man.

Today is more of usual routine.. so nothing much really... just that i am plain tired after a whole day out... Yea.. luckily i posted abt my first week of IBL already. if not there wun be anymore post on that. cos i dun think i have the time to do it anyway. haha. More IBL, more school, and more visiting!!

For now. it's sleep time! And Happy New (牛) Year everyone. Good luck in ur studies or work for the rest of the year!! :) Nitex.

Weekend with Family

Thanks for the reminder.. i really haven't updated for like a week.. and there's really a lot to share!!! =x

Attended Haizhen 姑姑's wedding on 6th dec. at CONRAD Hotel.. She's my dad's cousin.. also a Lim.

Food is really good... The very nice shark fin... normally i dun really like eating shark's fin... but this one is really good. Erm.. the rest of the dishes.. got no time to take picture of them lah.. busy eating mah.. hahaha! =x

The cousins... some are not around anyways... and the most left lady is our aunt (姑姑）.. and the little boy on Dax's lap is one of the aunt's son... Eh.. hard to explain. hahaha!! But whatever it is... we had a rather good time... :)

The next day was another round of family gathering... Now the mother side... it was 姑婆 and 姑丈's celebration for their 70th birthday.

The adults.. ok.. mostly are adults...

Food wasn't the most comforting thing there... but with the cousins around... the lunch was enjoyable no matter how. haha! And i seriously think we were the noisiest table around... cheering and clapping whenever we have spare time and hands.. Ok.. my idea to keep the atmosphere up during the karaoke session... cannot 冷场 mah... so must clap during the rest melody lor.. HEE.

And my fav cousin.. haha!! Jiaqi.. proud or not? =P

Sums up my family weekend! :)

I covered everything

I know this is a terrible timing but i need to blog to tell everyone that i'm still a live and my exams have ended~!!! Yay-nessss!! HAHA!! But bad news is... i'm working tmr. -.- Luckily is afternoon shift. hee!

Exam haven't been all smooth... for the both papers i took... i didn't finish all the qns. Sianx... Hopefully can pass... esp. today's paper. If not jialat jialat.. And i think i've already done the best i can. AHH!!! But whatever... my holidays are here. But i guess most of it will be spent working ba... since they are super short-handed now.. haix. want to slack at home and return to my couch potato lifestyle also cannot. =(

But still i wish to meet my friends more often too... 有空到家里来玩 Wii ok?~ HEE.

And anyway.. maybe i haven't say this but sad to say... my application to hk's attachment didn't get thru... So it means i'm not going to hk in dec anymore.. But the good thing is... I will be in Singapore! Doing what i like! :))) And know that i will not miss anything out of my life. Yeah!

Been in a super slack mood lately... Probably because dad and mum weren't ard... YA! They went for holiday AGAIN!! Can someone tell me how many times is it already for this year? -.- They cool lah... But fine.. they went for a purpose this time. Well... dad went for performance.. and mum tagged along. lol. The only difference at home this time was... someone is sharing dad and mum's bed with me. Didn't manage to claim my territory this time. haix... Later she say i selfish again. HAHA. Which i admit in this area. but it didn't work this time huh. tsk. And i think this is one time i did the most housework! Even thou i'm supposed to be studying for my exam most of the time. LOL!

But good thing! They are coming back on thurs! YEAH. Shouldn't have agreed to work tmr.. then can slack at home. But well... already agreed... cannot like that last min dun go right... anyway more income for the holiday season is a good thing. Been spending a bit over the weekend and online! WAH. Like i have abundance of money like that. tsk. Have to control liao... yet i feel like getting other things lor. jia lat. =x

Wondering if i should send out christmas cards this year.. Saw some past year cards while looking for something else... And i realised... i really need no present and i'm seriously contented with cards more that presents. Because cards can be kept for really long... When i read cards from my beloveds... i really saw how our friendship was maintain and growing all these years. Reminds me of all the times we had in school. even thou after we left and everyone headed different ways... how we still treasure each other. I LOVE TO KEEP CARDS. Dun ever think i will throw them away. Serious. :)))

Well.. it's now time to sleep le lah~ If not tmr really sian-ed at work liao. =x