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2009-10-25T18:46:00.000-07:00

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090909

2009-09-08T18:58:00.000-07:00

Today sounds like a nice date to remember.. 090909.. Lots of ple say it a good date for marriage.. 999 in Chinese means long-lasting. However, as it falls in the lunar 7th mth, aka ghost mth. Therefore no much weddings are held on this date. Maybe some ROMs or non-chinese are having weddings today bah.

For me, I’m not gtg married again. I just hoping & praying that my girl will pop! Today is the 37th wk & 6th day! I only left with 2 wks to EDD, so why cant she juz pop today? I have so much difficulties walking ard, sitting down, & even laying down to slp. Cant really slp well even if I slp early at nite. Keep waking up juz to shift my tummy from one side to the other side. I have to occupy 2/3 of a king-sized bed! Terrible!

Anyway, I love today date coz it gng to be easy for me to rmbr her birthday if she is born today. I always take some time to recall my son’s bday. What a failure mummy m I hor! But I read in the forum that TMC is super crowded last nite, bed & labour wards r full! Tink every mummies like me wan a 090909 baby. I don wan to be induce. I’m wan a natural born baby.. so all I can do now is WAIT for water bag breaking, spotting or more closely-interval contractions…

Girl, r u coming out today???

Birthday

2009-09-01T02:16:00.000-07:00

My birthday was last Sunday. Somehow I felt there was nothing much of a big celebrations anywhere. Maybe I’m too tired and was waiting for a bigger birthday surprise, which eventually never took place.

Poly frenz celebrated wif me last mon, actually they chose a nice cosy antique restaurant to celebrate, but I saw the menu was quite plain, so I opt for another Japanese rest, related to Ajisen. Nothing much happen except eat & chat..

Previous Saturday, hb treated me to buffet lunch at kushinbo –suntec. Next we went for a 1-for-1 ride at the Singapore Flyer.

Sunday, we went down to my parents’ place. My mum cooked crabs for my hb.. coz he’s a picky eater. Nxt hb n I headed to swensen to buy an ice-cream cake n brought back to my mum’s hse to celebrate & eat.

Last thu, my colleagues though of throwing a surprise bday party for me.. guess it shd be a cake. But I refused to cancel my Friday leave, so no party was held in the end. But still I’m glad they have the thought! Haha~

My sis bought me a pink-rabbit vibrating pillow. My son luv the pillow so much.. but he know it’s MY pillow.. so he don dare to dirty my pillow.. Haha~

That’s how I spend my birthday. Simple & plan rite?

Well, I wasn’t dare to plan any big celebration as I was hoping that my ger will pop on my bday to celebrate wif me. But nothing happen during that 24hrs. She’s still nursing in my tummy.. kicking me every now & then.. giving me lot of fake alarms…

I went to the forum to chk juz now. Saw 2 pax has popped. 1 popped on 27th, another pop on 20th august. The 20th Aug was born at 35th wk, and he is so healthy that he get to discharged as normal even though he’s a pre-matured baby.

Ytd I went to visit my gynae. I was told I gained 1.1kg in 2wks time. But sadly, my ger has only gain 100grams! Gynae say mayb the previous scan was overstated, or this rd scan was not accurate as the ultrascan wasn’t clear enough. Baby is only 2.28kg at 36wk 4days old! How to give birth naturally even if I wan her to pop today, 010909! Or 090909 with her small size? I hope she gain more weight n at least 2.5kg wen she pop. Today doesn’t seem to have much symptoms… so a nice birth date 010909 is most likely out again!

I have so much difficulties in walking ard, sitting n lying down.

I’m very tired, tiRED, TIRED!

Ready, Well-Prepared!

2009-08-18T22:54:00.000-07:00

I’m quite emotionally breakdown recently. Maybe due to lack of slp. Couldn’t slp thru the nite with my extreme big tummy. So any idiot who come harass me will get his mouth stuck to his asshole!

Ok.. enuff of venting my anger. The issue is none of my biz, so no use blogging or complaining here.

Oh yes.. I’m 5wks away from my due date. Baby is super active, maybe due to the lack of space for her to turn ard. She’s quite big in size, from wat gynae mentioned. Guess I stuff her wif too much buffets n sweeties.. Cant stop my mouth fr biting those sweet stuffs, durians, buffets.. Always put on extra fats during preggie one!

Last fri, I experienced bad contractions.. ard 6-7 times for the whole day. Went for checkup on mon, gynae say it normal for 2nd pregnancy. Unless it so frequent that it has a few time within an hr, den I muz report in for delivery. Gynae also mentioned tt baby is big & safe to deliver now if she wan to pop out. Coz her weight n size is acceptable, although pre-mature, but still safe. For me, I don wan her out now.. she muz wait for another 1wk+, n pop out on my birthday. Tt is wat I hope for.. hee~

I cleared most of my pending lists:
-Signed up wif cordlife for cord blood banking.
- Confirmed my maternity leave wif my boss, distribute works to fellow colleagues
- Cut my hair VERY short.
- Prepared toys for exchanges btwn bro & sis.
- Got a set of beautiful name for baby.
- Hospital bag is ready, except camera & lappie only.

I only left baby clothes to wash, camera & lappie to check for charged battery. But still I hope baby only pop out on my birthday. Then it will be the best bday gift for me.. although I cant celebrate if it really happen on the same day.. but in future.. I get to celebrate wif her together!

80% Prepared!

2009-07-23T00:02:00.000-07:00

How I arrived at 80%? I dunno either. But I noe I more than 50% prepared for my delivery. I bought most of my things. So if I were to deliver now (which I hope not), I still can rush to the hospital wif a well-packed hospital bag!

Then wat abt the missing 20% +/-? Some of the things are still washing & drying.. so not yet pack into the bag directly. The newborn baby clothes are not yet washed. Me waiting till Aug then will wash them. Don intend to wash too early now. I still got 9wks to go. After I deliver, we need to shift the master bed & make way for the baby cot.

I ordered my confinement food catering & book my malay massager. I’m glad I managed to book a really cheap 1. The usual rate is ard $40-90 per session, & I got mine at only $34! Hope she is good! I still cant find my prenatal class notes. There are some exercises which I wanted to practice in the notes.. but I couldn’t find it ard my hse. Sad!

And names for my daughter?? Nothing yet! Sad! I need inspiration!

Last sat, my family met up wif 2 other families for a gathering. I was asking the other mummy & was surprise to find out that she still nursing her almost 2yo daughter. Oh my.. I’m very shocked & amazed at how great this mummy is. I couldn’t even pass 1mth. And she can feed up to 2yo. I salute the mum! Since I invest $200+ into a brand new pump, I must be determined & hardworking.. I must BF for at least 2 mths or even 6mths or more.. Shd put my target as 1year minimum. So to ensure I have sufficient BF support, I must get myself more nursing bra! Haha! Coz the more I spend.. the more I will feel the heart pain if I quit halfway. Am I right? Even a fren encourage me.. saying the amt I save from formula milk & the get-back-to-my-pre-pregnancy-size Marie France is more than enough for me to travel to Japan! Right? I shd aim towards the correct direction! Achieve my goal.. & be a more hardworking mum!

Oh ya, we have decided to bank my daughter’s cordblood. It gng to costs us $1k, but tis amt can be deducted from her CDA a/c.. so not so bad on my budget. So hopefully we are able to sign up before I deliver. Lol~

2 of my colleagues have delivered their babies. 1 is a male colleague’s wife who I suppose give birth to a boy on last sat or sun. The other is a Korean colleague who delivered a girl on sun. Congras to both Andrew & Michelle!

And I noticed a lot of my hb’s colleagues are giving birth to baby girls. My tummy is 1, Suan wen’s wife is another 1, Loh’s wife who is prgnt wif no. 2, is also a girl! My friend, Shihui who is prgnt wif no. 2, also a girl. Yeah! It’s gng to be female cows all over! Moo~~~ lol..

Standard Chartered Sgp Marathon Registration Opens Today!!!

2009-07-15T23:26:00.000-07:00

Yeah! The annual event is open for registration today, 16 Jul! And the event details as follow:

Date : Sunday, 6 December 2009

Start Point : Esplanade Drive, The Esplanade Bridge

End Point : St Andrew’s Road, The Padang

Website: http://www.singaporemarathon.com/

I missed last year event as I was planning for my baby. So this year it will mark my first running event after I delivered. I hoped I have the time to recover & train up. So I will be taking the shortest distance category: 10KM. And of coz.. I gng to encourage & motivate my dear son to join this year. So I will be signing up for him too.

This year event will become a big event for my family, since daddy, son & myself will be joining. Hope we have lots of fun.

Tribute to Michael Jackson

2009-07-08T19:00:00.000-07:00

Create a playlist at MixPod.com

28 Wks.. Meaning 3 months left!

2009-07-03T01:15:00.000-07:00

Yippee! My tummy looks like I’m 8-9mths preggie.. but I only 7 mths now. But I don care! I still got a whole list of items to get ready for my newborn & confinement.

Yesterday, we finally get a new baby pram, capella. It’s having a sale at 20% disc at selected shops. Hb suggested using our Credit cards pts to redeem voucher.. and after working out the figures.. We decide to buy at Metro – Causeway pt. So end up we only paid $50 for a $200+ pram. Shiok! Great savings!

I try convince hb to get me a confinement lady (CL).. but I seem unable to get a good n cheap one, neither are there any cheap one available as they are fully book. Sian. Does it means I really got to depend on hb & the food caterer? He’s so stingy when it come to engaging a CL. He keep assuring me that he be on leave to accompany me.. only gng back to work on some days. I really wonder if I will be gtg enough rest. And will he really help me? My previous confinement, I only know he has his mum to serve me. So he glued to the PC or the TV most of the time.. mayb 10% on the baby. Now he nid to spend entire 100% on the baby.. n I doubt he can do that… L Stupid hb!

Hospital bag, Not yet packed.. but already prepared a list of items to pack. Got some long pants for the hospital stay.. & still deciding on which tops to wear? Pyjamas or camisoles? Then nid to get the maternity pads.. watch my nursing bras..

Baby bed.. Nid to "sun" the bed, wash the bedsheets & the pillows. The baby clothes.. & we haven’t buy the baby’s cupboard yet. Hai..

My post-natal massage, not yet book.. although I got a list of contacts & their pricing.

Confinement food caterer. Not yet book, even though I decided which caterer to order.

Baby Name. Arh! This sucks.. tog of it in the past.. but haven’t discuss wif hb yet.

I better wake up n get some of the above things settle! I do have bad contractions sometime of the day. So better pray it come out after 9wks from now.. I wan a matured born baby.. no premature baby please.. Bless me & my girl!

Spree shopping

2009-07-03T01:13:00.000-07:00

At first I thought that since I’m preggie now, I wont b spending much on shopping as spree are mostly on clothes items. Who know suddenly I glance upon the KS/coach spree.. n I have being looking for a KS or coach wallet for a very long time. So after 2 days of looking thru all the sprees, I finally picked a wallet costing S$188! Estimate will arrive on 15th of this mth & has to self-collect at Yishun. Gd thing is that we are allow to check on the quality before paying balance half of the item. So I should wait patiently for my wallet.. hee~

Actually I was aiming a new bag.. ard $400-500+. However, a colleague in my office has a similar shape of the bag, n as I don particularly like this colleague, so I rather not to get such a bag. Also the price is quite exp.. I nid to think 2x as I still got lots of items to purchase for my delivery. Perhaps after my baby is born, n when I have spare cash.. den will start my shopping madness again. Hee~

COUNTING DOWN TO 15.5 WEEKS

2009-06-09T01:52:00.000-07:00

Yes, I’m left with ard 15 wks more to welcome my 2nd baby. Very looking forward to it, coz I think it’s going to be a baby girl. Every time I shop ard online or at shopping ctrs, I always see lots of pretty dresses ard. So I really wish to doll up my princess when she is born. Hopefully she looks as pretty as mummy! Haha~!

Last thu, I almost collapsed & fainted. I wasn’t sure what had happen. I was reading newspaper while waiting for my company bus to work when my vision turned blur & whole body turned weak. I felt like sitting or squatting down as I doesn’t seem to have the strength to stand straight. Lucky it only lasts a short 2-3min before I recovered. My bus came n after I boarded the bus, everything seems to be okay again. I seriously doubt it’s the hot weather as it was raining in the early mrng while I’m still slping in bed. I had a breakfast & drink before I left my house. It happened so suddenly and I cant really understand why it happen. Only thing I can relate to will be my pregnancy. People from the forum say I may have low blood pressure.. n suggest I kept some sweets in my bag. So if I felt like fainting again, it’s best to eat the sweets. So I got to get some sweets soon. And I must remind myself to inform my gynae on the next visit, mayb need to get some iron pills also.

My office is pretty down in luck recently. Just last last Monday, when we reported for work in the morning, we realized that our office is flooded with rain water due to a Saturday rain. Part of the conference room ceiling top has collapsed and thus the water has flooded the internal part of the office. 1 of my colleague’s PC broke down because of the flood. There was no supply of electricity at the office for the whole morning & partial afternoon. So those colleagues who cant do much work, are allowed to go off for the day, including me. So me went off for a nice cosy pizza lunch wif my colleagues before heading home to accompany my hb.

1wk+ past by and on last Friday, company is hit by burglary. Some unknown burglary came in from our side door and damaged a few of the doors, drawers & ransacked our cupboards & drawers. They hacked open 2 big safe box, by sawing the door apart from the safe box.. only to find nothing but papers & cheque books! The petty cash boxes are kept in our drawers, and the cash in the petty cash boxes are gone. I was in charge of ard $300 which was gone. The burglar opened my mini-lunch wallet, but they are stupid enough to open the wrong zip, so my one-and-only $5 note is still safe & sound in my side pocket of the wallet. Only thing lost in the wallet is an opened tissue packet. Haha~ Beside, the burglars also drank my colleague’s fresh milk from the fridge & left it open on the table. Of coz, police was called in to investigate & the milk was used as evident. Funny burglars hor.. purposely left evident behind? Haha~

Given such 2 bad incidents that happened in my office, I seriously doubt there be any salary increments for 2nd half of this year & my year end bonus will sure be affected. Sob sob~!

Nvm.. looking forward.. PC show is this wkend, and I’m determined to get a new lappie or netbook. But hb insists on a new compact camera so he can shoot some nice pics with the newborn baby. So hopefully we both get our wishes fulfilled!

Another check up

2009-04-20T20:15:00.000-07:00

Ytd went for a gynae check up at 17w 4d. Everything abt baby is gtg on well. Baby gain some weight, while mummy lose some weight. My last visit 4 wks ago measure me n baby at 69.5kg. Ytd my visit still weight us at 69.5kg. This is my first time where I never gain any weight for a mth in my pregnancy. Lucky baby gained weight.. so I assumed I have lost weight. After so many stressful week, filled with daily walking exercise, insufficient meal intake, unpeaceful sleep…

My Daily Walking Exercise
I have been spending 30min walking to WL’s childcare in the wkday mrng. After work, if I manage to catch colleague’s car ride, it’s a 10min walk to MIL’s hse plus another 20min walk back to my hse after dinner. I only get some days off when my hb is not working. Even some days, hb is lazy to fetch son. I’m very tired from all these walking. I heard tt the more we walked, the easier is labour, faster is the labour process, or even give birth earlier. I hope they are all true. Coz I’m sick of walking ard… I wan my 4mth maternity leave…

Insufficient meal intake.
I do take at least 3 meals a day. On wkdays, I even take 4 meals a day, including tea break. I’m very sick of the food ard my workplace. So even though I order mixed rice with 3 dishes, most of the time, I never left with half of the rice n some dishes uneaten. At nite at MIL’s hse, sometimes her cooking or her dishes is not up to my taste. I end up eating little rice too. Come wkend is also worst. The outside food are okay. But as I need to share my meals wif my son, I either end up eating 2/3, or I run out of appetite after feeding son wif his food. So I guessed I really lose a lot of appetite in this trimester.

Unpeaceful Sleep
I have failed to slp thru the night in this so called ‘honeymoon’ trimester. Sometimes son wake up wif nightmare, n I have to coax him back to sleep. If he don wake up, I still sudden wake up and rotate ard in bed at many times of the nite. It’s not that I have full bladder. I really don noe the reason. And my dawn, I always feel so tired tt I wan to slp more. On wkends, I cant slp more dan 8am, as son wake up at 7+, by 8am, he be screaming for his morning milk, or turning the hse upside down.

Oh.. not to mention I’m having work stress too! Given additional work load without pay rise. It’s not that my office is retrenching people. 1 colleague who has resigned, and has another new colleague who has replaced her position. Yet my boss wan to volunteer to take over some of her work scope. And I was given the assignment to deal with the taken-over work! My basic work is delayed, and another colleague keep pressing on me. I have so many workload suddenly, but I refused to do OT to clear all the jobs. Y shd I do wen I given the same amt of pay. I mean I don see it as any benefits to me for the additional work. It can always be allocated to other staffs beside me. Wat more is my boss who wan volunteer to do additional work… y I kena to clear her volunteered work!

Pissed Pissed Pissed!!!

Sick for a week.

2009-04-13T19:35:00.000-07:00

Sian. I hate to fall sick, esp during my pregnancy. Tis is the 2nd time I fell deeply sick, excluding all those stupid morning sickness. Came down with running nose suddenly last tue afternn. Endure on wed, wen I tog of taking half day off to c doctor. I “ren” until the nite wen I came crawling into a clinic for MC and some useless medicine. Bad cough & non-stop running nose. Yes I got an mc for thu. Medicine… juz mild medicine tt wont heal me. Slpt thru the whole mrng on thu after sending son to sch. Late afternn took lunch n was stuck at the pc till evening. No appetite for the nite. Simple instant noodles n tt it for the so-called rest day.

Lucky fri was a PH. And my maternal family welcomed me n son wif wide open arms. Coz my stupid hb is working day shift. Rot at my maternal hse while others baby-sit my son. My mum cooked some tonic soup to reduce my cough (though it din heal, but I appreciate.) I requested for home cooked popian, and I got it for my meals! Wahaha.. I luv to prepare n eat my own-packed popian. Yummy. My dad was sweet aso. He fetched us fr mrt stn, and even accompanied us for a cab ride home. He even paid for the cabby fare. Haha~!

Sat, had to vacuum n mop the hse plus look after son by myself alone. Where the heck is the hb? He’s gone photo-shooting. Despite he need slp for his nite shift, he left hse at 7+am, came home only at 2pm! He slept for a few hrs b4 leaving hse at 5+ for his nite shift. I was worry abt his lack of slp, but I totally heck care abt him. He deserved it if he’s not gtg enuff slp. Not tt son was disturbing him, but he chose to go photo-shooting at such a timing! Lucky he had helped to coax son to slp wif him, if not I gng to scream his head off!

Sun, send son to his enrichment class at tpy. Tiring day, and perhaps it’s pretty cloud n windy day. Son fell asleep on the way home in train. I had to carry him. It was drizzling when we alighted fr train. I tried to catch a cab but the queue was super long n no cabby came along. So I had to lug son back home all by myself, my back carrying the bag, hand grabbing an umbrella, and another hand carrying son. I was very extreme tired. I tried called hb for help, but he rather slp den to answer my help! Wen I finally reach home, son dozed off for ard 15mins n woke up liao. Pissed off lor.. carry him all the way back to his comfortable bed, n yet he slpt for such a short while. The rest of the day.. I was totally angry wif hb n ignore him totally. Selfish guy who care abt his photos n not me n son!

I simply hate his job! Juz becoz his job is working long shifty hrs, means I have to care for the whole family by myself? Hey! I’m preggie and has to juggle wif a hyperactive toddler. It’s tough. My health has never been good when it come to preggie. I require sufficient rest. Now tt I’m so lack of rest, I fall sick so easily. Even now at 4mths+ preggie, I still have vomit at certain time of the day. My work is busy.. reach home I’m also busy. I grumble so many times to Hb, but he simply has no response. All he care abt is his fucking frenz and his photos…

Moody, worry, sad, disappointed..

2009-03-24T00:15:00.000-07:00

My life seems to be upside down. A lot of things are upsetting me.. and I don really seem any happiness in me since recently.

My hb has been posted to another unit, and he is back on shift work. Work morning, work nite, off 2 days routine. Well, wen we were dating, he was in this routine before.. till he married and was given office hrs duties. Back then, it was ok coz v were only dating. We only mit up when both of us are available. But now, things btwn us have changed a lot. Besides being married, we are tied down with a toddler and a baby-coming-soon. Life will never be the same again..

As long as he’s working, I have to send son in the morning to childcare and fetch son from MIL’s hse every day. I’m still having morning sickness. Plus it’s quite tiring for me to walk ard so much wif a growing tummy. I’m wonder what will happen wen I’m into my 8-10mth pregnancy. Will I have the strength to walk that 30min in the mrng and 20min in the evening every wkday?? And not counting the nites that I gng to handle the 2 kids all by myself. What if 1 wakes up after another in the middle of the night? Will I be awake the next day & ready for work? Will I be able to handle 2 kids alone by myself on wkends when hb is working or slping (b4 & after nite shift)??
You may be tinking of a helper, maid. But hb is uncomfortable abt the idea of a stranger in the hse. Plus we do plan or prefer a car to a maid. So still out of qns when come to affordable n comfortableness..

My confinement is still in doubt. 6 more mths to go.. and hb has not spoke to MIL except that WL is gng to stay wif them during my confinement. Who gng to prepare my confinement food? Bathe baby n clean up the hse? Hb say may apply for 1 mth of leave again. But then he juz started a new workplace. So it’s in doubt yet. As for food, may need to cater in. :(

Went for a checkup with gynae ytd. Gynae advised that baby is growing faster den her expectation. But still no change in EDD. I worried as I don wan an over-sized baby, which may result in C-section. Everything else is gtg on fine. My baby is very low risk for DS. Gynae spotted the gender for the baby but to be confirmed nxt visit as it’s still too early to tell.

It seems that everything is revolving my new baby. Yes we did plan for the baby and wanted a baby badly. So I should blame the environment for changing too fast to accommodate my new baby. Please allow me to be happy as I wan a happy baby. Or I should slowly learn to accept the fact?

Sick, SiCk, SICK!

2009-03-16T00:02:00.000-07:00

Everyone is sick.. coughing everywhere.. my dept can hear cough everywhere...

And now my cough is spreading to everyone in my family! My son kena cough n flu last wed. Had a fever on fri & skipped sch. He vomitted 2-3times so far... n today still sick. No sign of improvement!

So m i! Coughing away... throat gtg worse! Morning sickness still hanging ard.. relentant to disappear even though i pass the 1st trimester.

Now my stupid hb, instead of taking gd care of sicky son and me, went to Sentosa n took bikini gals pic. End up falling sick last nite. I really don wan bother abt him.. he ask for it to be sick! Nobody ask him pay $$ to fall sick! He deserved it!

So now my whole family is sick:
Daddy sick, mummy sick, son sick, baby sick (tt y caused mummy to have morning sickness)!!!

I'm very tired.. very very very tired..

New updates on my Baby

2009-02-24T00:22:00.000-08:00

Had a rollercoaster ride for the past few days:

19/2/09

Clear 1 day of leave. So since i'm alone n no1 free to mit up wif me. I slept till 10am and took a train down to Amoy Food Centre to have a bowl of $2 lor mee! Next i walk to Int'l Plaza & Tanjong pagar to digest my food before heading to Amara Hotel for a bowl of Curry Chicken w/Bread! All my fav foods!

In fact, i even wanted to eat the Annie Peanut Ice Kachang at Tanjong Pagar & Hum Chim Pang at Maxwell Mkt. But too bad, my legs are tired. So i skipped these and took a bus to Chinatown. The food mkt has been renovated, and i don seem to be able to find some of my fav stores, like the yong tau foo & the vegetarian beehoon. Nevertheless, i still grab a popian & tabao "Er-Gu" peanut & sesame paste for my parents n myself. I went over to my dad's shop to pass them the dessert, chat a while n went hm to sleep.

20/2/09

Company Dinner & Dance @ Hilton Hotel
It was fun, every1 dress up prettily for the event. I had a temporary tattoo on my left arm, a face pic drawn by a caricaturist. There was this game organised by the MC for the nite, which involve running ard the table. I was banned from playing coz i'm pregnant. And to make things worse, the MC say i must come to the front of the stage. So end up everyone who attend the D&D know i preggie. Everyone congras me wen i came back to office. :( Another highlight of the D&D is i won the 11th prize, which is a $100 taka voucher. Yeah! I can get a new baby pram with the voucher!

21/2/09 & 22/2/09

These 2 days were bored as i stayed indoor most of the time. Except for the meal break. On sun nite, i vomit out my dinner and had a terrible stomach pain coz by the vomit.

23/2/09

It's the Day to visit my dearest baby aka Gynae visit! After sending ah boy to school, hb n i went to catch the Pink Panther 2! Follow by a cheap but very full-filling japanese lunch. Only $16 for 2 main course and 3 plates of side dishes! A walk ard AMK Hub before heading down to TMC.

Even though our appointment at 2.15, but wen the clinic door is open, we are the 1st patient! hee~ My dearest baby is measured 27mm.. and i am 9wks 3days preggie! But my edd has been pushed back to 25 Sept, 1 day before bro's wedding. If i really give birth on 25, i worry tt my hb n son may not be able to attend his wedding also. Pray tt i give birth early bah! Gynae has been asking if we wan to take the Oscar test, which costs $404 w/o GST for it and detailed scan. Quite exp, but hb still decide to take it. I hope the results r good as i really wan a normal baby.

Next we head to Guan Im Temple to pray for a baby girl and the safety delivery and both mum and baby are healthy and safe! Went ard bugis before snacking at KFC. Very angry coz my hb ate up 2/3 of the food. End up i still straving as before. Next we went boat quay as hb has something to do there. Had a drink n a slice of cake at TCC while waiting for hb. Next we took the crowded train back to sbwg. Had MOS burger for dinner and head home.

24/2/09

Back to office. Sian.. Waiting for 6 pm... haha~

Getting Weaker day by day...

2009-02-17T01:43:00.000-08:00

Day by day.. i feeling weaker.. despite my appetite doubles.. but i felt very hot, very sleepy, very breathless...

I almost eat or bite on something every hours. Can u believe it? If i don eat, i will burp very loudly and tummy will hurt. Feel like hiding inside the toilet to vomit. Sian.. still got to bear with 2 more weeks..

It so obvious to everyone ard me. I don even have to announce. I feeling very sad abt the fatness in me. However, mummies in the forums told me that they are experiencing the same as me. This has sort of comfort in me.. but my newly bought clothes cant be wear.. very disappointed. I shouldnt have buy so much clothes before CNY. Wat's a waste of money!

Valentine's Day 2009

2009-02-12T18:25:00.000-08:00

It's Valentine's day tomorrow! Happy Valentine's Day to all!

To celebrate the mood for V-day, YES933 radio has been playing lots of love songs today. And i came across this song 小夫妻 by 歐得洋 & 蔡淳佳. Tis song used to be our theme song for playing the photo slides during our wedding in 2004. Time has really flies.. And back then, i actually tog of asking hb to sing this song with me when we 1st march in during our wedding banquet. However, due to insufficient preparation or worry abt my out-of-tune singing. Therefore we din get to sing it on our wedding. I really luv tis song and the lyrics. I have been dreaming of me walking down the wedding hall and singing this song wif hb. Haha.. Currently, it's still one of my fav songs.

Lyrics:
在super market逛了好大一圈
想你爱咖哩或是意大利面
幸福的食谱再恶补几遍
我的优点要你百尝不厌在

下班路上租了几支影片
有你在沙发就是浪漫剧院
辛苦的时候想著你的脸
没有蛮牛活力也会出现

喔~序妻我的福
气这辈子可以让我爱上了

你这一路有时晴有时雨
都没有关系
我们的真心超过钻石对爱的定义
序妻永不放弃
默契是最富有的一种储蓄

赌气话你一句我一句
也觉得甜蜜
多庆幸我们望著同样明天
牵手在努力

你今天玉米浓汤有一点
咸你没送钻戒以后补我项链
我的通通是你的没有期限
存够钱我们逛地球一圈

喔~序妻我的福气
这辈子可以让我爱上了你

这一路有时晴有时雨
都没有关系
我们的真心超过钻石对爱的定义
序妻永不放弃
默契是最富有的一种储蓄

赌气话你一句我一句
也觉得甜蜜
多庆幸我们望著同样明天
牵手在努力

喔~序妻我的福气
这辈子可以让我爱上了你

这一路有时晴有时雨
都没有关系
我们的真心超过钻石对爱的定义
序妻永不放弃
默契是最富有的一种储蓄

赌气话你一句我一句
也觉得甜蜜
多庆幸我们望著同样明天
牵手在努力

我愿意这一生这一世
呵护著你
一直到你当爷爷你当奶奶
还是老夫老妻

A common qns by both outsiders and myself!

2009-02-09T17:35:00.000-08:00

Haha.. so am I on the Left or Right?

Cravings

2009-02-08T23:06:00.000-08:00

Sudden had a cravings for many items.. some items have been craving since quite long ago.

1) Satay & Chix Wings.. but fulfilled my cravings ytd.. Damn happy!

2) RAW Salmon, seasoned sotongs & jellyfish.. my jap food.... Hai~
Regret not eating as much as i like 2mths ago..
And ple ard me keep reminding me to avoid.. which make my cravings more stronger... Shit!
Long of weddings banquets coming, n most banquets r served wif seasoned sotongs or jellyfish as their 1st appetitzer dishes. I'm gng to be a bad girl n eat some.. haha~ Ssssh..!

3) Satay beehoon.. fr AMK central food centre.
Oh.. had 1 plate b4 CNY eve.. or shd say half a plate. Tt day, son was with me, so i bought a plate of chix rice to share wif him. But end up he din wan to eat.. Saw my sis eating satay beehoon, 1 of my fav dish fr the food centre. So order 1 more plate but too full to finish whole plate. Was quite sad tt day.. Now tempting to eat 1 plate of satay beehoon. When will hb bring me go eat again?

Had bbq & steamboat buffet for lunch ytd. Wonder wat's my weight gain for the buffet? haha.. too ashamed to measure myself on the weighting machine. lol~

Happy Niu Year

2009-02-03T21:49:00.000-08:00

Had a supper long Lunar Niu Year Break!

Forced leave fr wed to fri. Follow by on leave on mon, MC leave fr mon to wed. So basically, i took a total of 6days of leave.. super long sia..

Spend almost 1 whole wk doing hse visiting or welcoming guests to my hse. I was very tired coz i wasnt feeling well thru out the new year.. And guess i over-exert myself during the CNY period, therefore i was given 2.5 days of being a tai tai.

Haha.. so my life as a tai tai revolve abt slping late, eating, watch tv n surf net.. Cool life.. but a bit boring.. as i cant go out party.. and it's ending today.. 2mr back to my normal life.. work, WoRk & WORK! Will be expecting piles of work load on my table, for MIA for 3days!

Hai.. better take gd care of myself b4 i fall sick again..

Chinese New Year 2009

2009-01-12T18:01:00.000-08:00

Ssshh! Did u hear anything?

CNY 2009 is fast approaching.. in fact it is only less than 2 wks away... And i'm so unprepared for tis CNY! I'm wondering y no mood at all? Lots of stuffs are undone, nothing much is fully prepared at all!

1) Spring Cleaning
I have wanted to spring clean since Dec last yr.... but till today, my whole hse has not finish cleaning. Hb took leave to clear some of the cupboards, so tt our little rascal is not ard to mess out the things. During my cleanings at the wkends, little rascal will peep into my cleaning zone n played n messed up my stuffs...no matter how i chase him away, he will still come running back to me!

2) New Year Goodies
Biscuits, sweets, drinks, oranges... None have been bought yet! Are we power? It's seem like v have no intentions to celebrate CNY at all.. Now waiting for hb to decide wen to pop over to jb for biscuits shopping... Wen hb can "trick"his friend for a ride to tpt the drinks & oranges back to our hse fr supermkt...

Oh.. no forgetting my bak kwa! I still waiting for my cousin to return fr his overseas trip n go queue at the famous Lim Gwee Yuan Bak Kwa for me! Haha~ My kaisu bro wen queue 1wk+ ago.. n i worry it may turn bad b4 CNY, so i din order fr my bro. Now has to beg on any1 who go queue to get 1/2 kg for me... Anyway, i have been tricking ple ard me to go queue, including my hb's collegue, Yi An. Haha~

3) CNY Gifts
Hb has tricked a friend to help tpt a BIG n NICE CNY hamper to my parents' hse. Erm.. i havent seen the hamper, but my mum say it's very big n nice.. Look like my mum like it a lot.. N it's different from the yearly canned abalone or shark fin soup i sent them. Tis yr, my MIL don wan bak kwa, n they requested for canned abalone. But we havent go buy the abalone yet.. hai~

4) CNY Clothes
Hb's clothes are partially purchased. He said he lack of ties, shoes.. as he gng for formal wear tis yr. No more casual shirt for him.
As for me, i have continously bought lots of clothes.. but tink i havent fully washed all the clothes nor iron them... hopefully i sort them out by tis wkends.
As for my dear son, i'm not sure if i have bought enuff clothes for him. haha.. even if there are sufficient, i tink i havent wash them all yet..

I'm tink i'm gtg lazier! Wahaha~

5) CNY Angbaos
I havent change the angbao money, nor collect enuff angbao packets. I noe Citibank Angbaos design sucks (juz 2 gold fish only).. OCBC is nice (a colourful plant + a 4-character idiom).. havent seen DBS yet. Hb say will go change money today.. so c where he go change..

6) CNY Tpt
Yes! We finally got a tpt for CNY wk. Hb rented a car at ard $900 for a 8-day period. So v get to drive ard to anywhere, anytime. Cheers! The amt burn a huge hole in our pocket.. but i hope it's well spend.

Is there anything i have left out???

Hai~ Stressful pre-CNY period...

I sensed something...

2009-01-12T00:29:00.000-08:00

Sometimes i think i have 6th sense!
OR
Is my 6th sense accurate?

I starting to suspect something.. but yet i cant confirm my suspicions. Hai~

I try many times in the past, but my 6th sense is not true. Which is now y i don dare to anyhow give false information regarding my senses...

Anyway.. 3 more days and i will know the outcome.

I pray my 6th sense will come true!!!

Xmas Eve Dinner with Frenz

2009-01-02T19:00:00.000-08:00

At a Korean Restaurant at Square 2 on 24.12.08.

Yahoo Top Search 2008

2008-12-23T00:44:00.000-08:00

Found an interesting websites, so will like to share with everyone.

Yahoo! Singapore's Top Searches 2008 takes the pulse of Singaporeans on the Web. It's a chance for us to showcase what you, our users, were buzzing about and looking for online throughout this year.

This year celebrity scandals from Hong Kong (Edison Chen) to Hollywood (Miley Cyrus) got Singaporeans all hot and bothered, but not as much as Mas Selamat Kastari's escape. A not-so-little spat between bloggers Dawn Yang and Xiaxue topped off a year of strong interest in hot celebrity women such as all three Beach.Ball.Babes, Megan Fox, and Liu Yi Fei.

It was also a year of firsts. Tragically, Lo Hwei Yen became Singapore's first victim of terrorism. We held a great first F1 night race - nevermind the road closures - and won our first ever Silver medal at the Beijing Olympics. Table tennis will never be the same again.

Finally, proving that Singaporeans are an eternally practical (read: money-minded) bunch, interest in the ups and downs - mostly downs - of SGX shares was high, as was bargain-hunting for $2 COEs, stretching our dollars with a currency converter, and - only in car-mad Singapore - visiting a website to monitor petrol pump prices.

For those who will like to read more, click here.

Ugly Communters on MRT rides

2008-12-11T17:17:00.000-08:00

I'm always feel proud to be a Singaporean as Singapore is politically stable & a safe country. But 1 thing i don dare to acknowledge of my citizen status when it come to manners. I deeply ashamed at how come Singaporeans, or those living in Singapore who never wish to learn their manners from other developed countries. Let me just quote 1 simple incident: MRT Rides. I can list countless of bad manners & selfishness just relating to mrt rides only.

1) Big Ticket Counter (i don really noe the actual name of that item)
As there was an increasing need for wheel-chairs or baby prams or bigger objects to pass thru those ticketing counter, MRT stations have inserted a bigger pass-thru ticket counter. Even though the counter has specifically stated to "GIVE WAY TO WHEEL CHAIRS & PRAMS". Still many communters ignore the msg, and even though they are healthy & skinny, they will still walk thru the big counter. They wont even give way to those who are waiting at the other side who need to use the counter to come out/in, even though they have wheelchairs or prams. So ple like me who has a prams, has to wait patiently & LONG for these LAZY ple to pass thru before I get to use the counter to exit! Y i say they are lazy, coz they can walk a few steps more to the normal counters, but they wan snatch the rights wif me... Worst are some who actually cut queue. I was waiting for these LAZY ple to pass thru, when more ple come along n follow closely behind these LAZY ple, doubling my waiting time....

2) Escalator
I notice a lot of developed countries like Japan, their ple are very discipline. They are able to follow the rules of keeping left on escalator. However, despite Singapore escalator has signs that indicate "Keep Left", no1 wan to follow. I find that this rule is so simple to follow, but i simply don understand how come singaporeans doesnt wan to follow. It's not like it gng to cost u $$ just to keep to the left?? It's really help u a lot, esp in times of need n u r in a hurry, u can use the right side to over-take, thereby saving u lot of time n trouble fr saying "Excuse Me"!

3) Boarding & Alighting from Trains
U notice the yellow signs on the floor? U heard of the PA systems annoucing & in the past education, "GIVE WAY TO ALIGHTING PASSANGERS"! So who has ever listen to this announcements? Nobody wan to line up and board the train in an orderly manners, after passengers have alighted! Come on, let's look at Taiwan & our neighbouring country: Malaysia. Their people all queue up and board in an orderly manners. But i seemly don understand y singaporean cant? If i'm alighting, sometimes i will push n knock hard at those who forced their way in when I'm havent even alight. And if i boarding, i will block those behind me fr boarding until the passengers have alighted. Nobody wan to educate them, den i use my body language to teach them!

4) Priority Seats
In the past, i tink there are only a few priority seats in a cabin. But now, all the corner seats are fixed with Priority Seats. So how "Priority" are these seats? For those bullies who will never give up their seats to sit? Then in the 1st place, don even give them a chance to sit. I tink in Japan, priority seats are only occupied by the old, handicapped, pregnant & with small children. If there are none of these ard, nobody will even wan to sit on these seats even though the train is crowded & all normal seats are occupied. This shd be the case for our train. Don allow any1 to sit, only those with special needs then can sit. Singapore is a Fine Country. So let's fine those who sit there! And how abt issuing those in need a special mrt pass, so those with pass are allow to sit. Those w/o pass & sit there, will be fined immediately.

Next, even though the priority seats are occupied, why cant the other commuters give up seats? Juz take these mrng for eg, i saw a pregnant lady who is ard 7mth preggie. Nobody offer her a seat even though she stood in front of 5 people. 2 of them wear teen girls, 1 working young man, 1 man with a bit of white hair, n 1 auntie at the priority seat. I'm disappointed at the teen girls & young man. Why cant every1 put others in their shoes? How do u feel wen u grow up n preggie 1 day, or ur wife is heavily prgnt, n no1 refused to give up seats for u/her? Or when u grow old, with weak legs, no1 give up seats for u?

5) Eat & Drink or Loud Music
This is a public place. This is not a hawker centre, restuarant, kitchen, canteen or pantry, so y do communters eat & drink on a train? Too bored & hungry? Eat in the correct places 1st b4 u board the train! A lot of these rules-breaking are caused by students. So it's time school provide these educations beside sex educations!

Loud music: This is a train when ple use as a transport. It is not a discotheque or ballroom or karaoke room. Why play loud music n blast other communters' ears. Have some self-discpline n keep the volume to yourself. If u only like loud music, den stay at home n listen till enough, then u step out of the hse.

I guess there are more problems that can be found on the mrt rides, but above are those that i cant stand the most.

It really shows the ugly side of Singapore. When can the mrt spend more money to educate the public. I'm sure if we have a better behaviour in the mrt, it will attracts more tourists and also show the world that not only we are a stable country, we are also very polite & well-manner!

Please.. someone do something...

Pengerang Trip on 30 Nov 08

2008-12-05T01:22:00.000-08:00

Hb's collegues & sis went to Pengerang last mth. They told hb tt the seafood there was very cheap, esp the lobster. So hb brought me and his friend, Kwek to eat seafood on 30 Nov!

Kwek fetch us to my parents' hse where we left my son at their care. Next we head towards Changi Jetty to board the bumboat to Pengerang. We were told that the boat will only leave upon 12 passengers. We waited for nearly an hr, and still doesnt not mit the 12 passengers requirement. That's wen the boat owner say tt if we are willing to fork out more cash, 9 of us can book a boat over. Initial boat ride cost is S$9 per pax. But to avoid waiting longer, we end up paying S$12 ea. Oh, kids has no discount. Same price of S$12! Lucky we din bring son along. Haha~

The boaty ride was 45min long... Kwek & Hb fell asleep while me busy playing my Psp! Haha~

Next, we shared a cab wif an auntie, who seems to look like a local Pengerang resident. In fact, she is smart to share cab wif us. As the cab ride to the town area, where the restaurants are located, is actually RM20. Since she has shared wif us, she only nid to pay RM5. If she took the cab by herself, she will end up paying RM20 alone. Smart lady ar? But then, she is kind enuff to advise us which restaurants are good for us to try. And she seems to noe the taxi driver. So for our return trip, the driver gave us a name card so that he can drive us back after our meal.

Wen we reach Lucky Restaurant, it was quite crowded. Esp a few tour coaches brought some tourists to that restaurant for meals. We try to order the food b4 the tourists settled down at their table. But still our food took almost an hr to be served! Still, it is deserved the wait!

Hb & Kwek enjoying the food

See how big the lobster? Bigger than my palm!

We ordered:

1) 1 kg Black Pepper Crab (ard 2 crabs) (RM40 per kg)

2) 1 kg Chilli Crab (ard 2 crabs)

3) 1 kg Lobster (ard 3 lobsters= served 6pax= RM100)

4) 400g of Drunken Prawns

5) White Pomfret

6) 6 nos. Fried Bun

7) 3 bowl of white rice

8) 3 nos. Coconut

9) 3 Canned Drinks

Total Bill: RM270 only!!!

Which is equivalent to RM90 per pax, S$40 per pax woh!

In fact the food we ordered, is enuff to feed more than 3pax.. haha.. the shop owner aso tink we ordered too much. Still, we finished all! We wanted to tabao the lobster for my parents.. but the restaurant staff said that we need to wait an hour just to tabao 1 kg of lobster! She said if i intend to tabao, we should have order together with our main order. Then the cook can prepared on time. As there are continous inflow of tour groups, therefore side order need to wait for these tour grps order are cooked, before they can serve us. So no chance.. nvm. They are gng desaru tis sat also. And think will include lobster lunch also.

On our way back, i tabao some lao po bing for them. Coz like very bad, din buy anyting for them. Taxi uncle is kind enuff to stop by and let me grab some food items. Haha...

Back at the jetty, waited 30min b4 we got a boat back to Sgp. Spent half a day juz for a seafood meal. Quite enjoyable if it is once in a while. haha~

Body Massage

2008-12-04T23:00:00.000-08:00

When's the last time you went for a nice body massage?

I juz went for 1 massage ytd. The massage was great, but i was quite unsad & angry with the service after the massage.

I have bought the massage package quite some time ago. Tink 10mths ago (based on my installment bill). The package was 12 sessions, and it consider expensive to me. The distance was quite far, at Raffles Plc. Initially i have no intention to sign up, but i tink i give in very easily. So far i went for 7 sessions only, and i'm quite pissed off with the beauty advisors. They are very persistance and keep asking me to upgrade my package. I really enjoy the massage & scrub. The beauty therapists are very nice. But the advisors & distance & costs really put me off. I still left wif 5 sessions.. And imagine i have to endure their persistance of making me sign up more...

One of the consultants even come up wif a very funny lie lor. She mentioned tt fr Jan 09 onwards, they are not gng to give free scrubs & tummy wrap. Scrubs will costs $70 & tummy wraps at $60. If i sign up more now, i still entitled to the free scrubs & wraps! She muz tink i'm easy to cheat ar. Massage + Scrub, other spas are selling at only $80. Their massage already costs $120, excluding GST. Plus the distance & time i travelled down & up... How i wish i can stop gng now. But i gng to lose $500 worth of services. Tink i rather spend 15mins of rejecting them then to sacrifice my $ hor?

Anyone wan to go for a nice spas, let me noe. I can bring u along, n it will speed up my sessions! Only for women are welcome, as i was told that men only have massage n eye masks. No tummy wrap or scrubs. $120 worth of massage & eye masks. I rather go for facial then!

Economy is bad already.. I muz muz muz NOT sign anymore instalment bills!

Genting-Sin - Day 3

2008-12-04T22:51:00.000-08:00

Woke up at 9am, pack & change before heading for breakfast. Buffet breakfast tis time round! But Hb din like the buffet spread. After breakfast, it's casino again. Does it sound sian to u??

Nevertheless, hb won some $$, and he lose them again at other tiger machine. For me, i finally won back my RM200! Overall, i lose RM30. But still, i'm glad tt i din lose tt much. Wen it time to stop, i quickly drag hb out of the casino! Shopping again + Lunch + Check Out. Brought a toy dog for son, couple keychains for ourselves, necklace for myself, a DOB bear for hb's godsis (cant find our birthdates, so din buy the bears for ourselves) & tabao 6pcs of Bird Nest Tarts for ourselves n Parent-in-Law. I intend to buy for my family, but it doesnt last long or it spoilt. Cost RM5 per tart! I'm happy tt i ate 3 tarts in total for tis Genting Trip. Hee~!

Overall, i spend only S$250 for this whole trip. Other expenses like hotel, coach, food: fully sponsored by Hb (who called him to cheat my feelings! wahaha~!).

Genting - KL - Day 2

2008-12-04T18:11:00.001-08:00

Woke up at 9am and after a quick change, we head to the bus terminal to secure 2 tix down to KL. We took a bus at 10.30am, and had a little & simple breakfast, juz in case we vomit out on our bus ride down to KL. Initially we tog the bus was driving super fast and estimate the possibility to reach within 30min. However, KL is struck wif Traffic Jams everywhere.. so we still end up taking an hr long bus ride.

Our itiniary is to go KLCC for A&W, follow by sungei wang Megamart, and take a bus back by 7pm.

Since we were alighted near some train stations, we try out their KL trains, took a monorail, and then change to a LRT. The changing of trains is really sucks! Unlike Sgp, u don have to exit the tix station when changing from MRT to LRT. In KL, u have to totally alight from the monorail station and walk ard 1km to the LRT station. The train tix, you have to purhcase directly from the counter, no tix machine ard. :( So have to queue for a while if the station is crowded during peak period.

Upon reaching KLCC, 1st store we stepped into is the A&W. We ordered my fav LARGE root beer float & curly fries. Damn delicious woh.. After our lunch, we browse ard in KLCC, din buy anything, except that i spot a very nice Billabong polo Tees for my son. I was quite broke as i lose RM 200 in casino. And the Tee is not cheap, RM 109, equivalent of S$50! So i left the billabong shop empty handled. A bit regret nvr buy..

Next we went to Sungei Wang by a cab. A lot of mini shops like far east, bugis village. However, all the clothes are not my size, or quality is bad. So after walking round n round, we end up at Metro & Isetan, where i brought more of my son's clothes & 1 blouse. Saving the blouse for my CNY.

It was raining wif thunderstorm wen v plan to head to the bus terminal. So we took a quick dinner, and was guided by the shop assistant to the LRT, where we took the train back to the bus terminal. Bought tix back to Genting at 6pm. And thanks to the city jams & rain, we reach back Genting at 7.30! 1hr 30min.. felt asleep in the bus.

Nite time, a bit of shopping & more casino. Hb was addicted to casino, while i was very sian, as i keep losing. Hb won a bit & treat me to a slice of cake & supper buffet! The supper buffet sucks! Very little food, although it only costs RM12 (S$5+) per pax. Wasnt full, but glad i had a cake b4 tt buffet. I left casino for the hotel rm alone again!!! Hb stay put to win some more $ as he lose his winnings at the table again. He totally has no luck for the table games.

Sin-Genting-KL-Genting-Sin - Day 1

2008-11-24T23:41:00.000-08:00

Super VIP Coach wif TV, games & massage chair.

Spend a 3D 3N trip to Msia last wk. Went off at 11pm Super VIP coach from Golden Mile Complex. Reach Genting at ard 4.30/5am. As there was no available rooms, so we deposited our bag at the counter, before heading to the Casino. Really hate the smoke inside the casino... especially 1 room, u stepped in, u smell of a smoker wen u come out. Walk ard and hb tried his luck on the baccarat. Lost RM100 in the game. Next we move onto the 'tiger machine' : Cash Fever. Hb was exploring the machines and he easily won back his loss RM100 and more... And poor me, i lose RM100 juz on playing tiger machine. No cash 'Fever'!

Feeling hungry, we went off for our breakfast. Had a simple mac breakfast, as most restaurants are not open for the day yet. After that, went ard to explore first world hotel. It's was the sch holidays, and a lot of school brought their students up for the theme park games. And since it was the holidays, the theme park opened earlier than usual. We grab our tickets and played some indoor games before heading out to the outdoor games. Only played a total of 6games before hb dragged me to check into our Resort Hotel.

Still no empty room at 11am, so we went to play the Snow City, have a promo of RM10/pax. And then back to check-in hotel.

Next, we headed to our meal of the day, Ah Yi Abalone. Hb promised he will treat me to this restaurant, and will order the set menu of RM99++ per PAX! We had shark fin soup, abalone, Swan's paw, bird nest tart, herbal leave fried rice, almond dessert. And we ordered side dish of dian xin. Have a very full lunchie.. So full that i almost doze off while watching magascadar 2 at the cinema.

Went back to the hotel to doze off after the movie... n only woke up at 7+. Had a quick dinner at Lao You Zi (Old Friends Restuarant). Then hb drag me to casino again. Damn, i lose another RM100 again. And i went back alone to the hotel rm, while hb chiong his good luck as he won another RM 100 at the tiger machine. However he dump them all at the table again...

Economy Downturn...

2008-11-09T23:40:00.000-08:00

The whole world is in a mess now... Ple retrenched, ple lose their hard-earned $ in investments, salary reduced, bank interest rate reduce.. yet expenses are increasing? Money is really not enough now!

But so far so good, i'm not directly affected by any retrenchment or investments loss. Only thing affected is our bonus.. which i suppose will have a huge impact on my savings. Reason is becoz i only save my bonus. As for my mthly salary, i often spend to the max! I understand that it is not healthy to do that.. but shopping is my best hobbies!

I will try and cut down my shopping expenses... starting fr dec i tink! Hee~!

Coz i'm gng Genting/KL nxt wk! Finally.. a short 3-days overseas trip to relax, and break-free fr my son! Actually tog of gng Phuket, but it's a bit rush as v havent check out the good hotels in tt area, plus our budget are quite tight. Hb complaining he juz spent a lot in his bangkok trips on my stuffs (which 70% of them i cant fit in. Haha!) So to make sure v are able to enjoy ourselves n spend comfortably, so i agreed on Genting/KL.

Juz the 2 of us. Finally! Our last trip with the 2 of us only was dated back in oct 2005, aka Korea Honeymoon! After which, most of our overseas trip are wif frenz or family, not including JB. So let's hope we can have a nice time together... n whether will we be able to produce a "made-in-genting" offspring.. A bit tough given my irregular visit.. n based on calculation.. may not be achieveable.. but still.. we will try.

GE Women 10k 2008

2008-10-28T00:47:00.000-07:00

Yeah! I finally completed all my runs for this year. A total distance of 46.6km in competitive run that i took part! I'm proud of myself.. as this is the 1st time i run so much...

And this GE Women 10K, i have achieved a PB! 1hr 21min 29sec!

But still i din achieve wat i wanted.. I din lose any weight! Neither can i run non-stop for the whole 10km! Shame on myself rite! My timing has improved, but not a lot. I aiming for less than 1hr 20min.. and i still far from my target. How to aim for half-marathon next?

Look like there are no short-cut to running. I muz actually train up well and steady before i can achieve my aim. Not a one-off event where u juz run 10km, and expect weight loss, PB... Well.. i will try harder next year.

As for now.. i better cool down my body for my next target in life! Hopefully my aim can be achieve... Wish me luck pls!

Public Holidays

2008-10-13T19:35:00.000-07:00

I was juz informed by my HR that Deepavali falls on a monday, instead of wat the calendar has printed: Tuesday. Which means we will be gtg a long wkend at the end of this mth! Yeah! But, it seems like this long wkends will be wasted. Coz Sun i having a mrng 10km GE run.. so the rest of the sun + mon, will be spent on resting my muscle-pain legs.

I was browsing at the 2009 PHs, and i'm quite surprise to notice a trend next year. Which is every PHs is a long wkends, except the 1st PH, New year day.

New Year's Day: Thursday 1 January 2009
Chinese New Year: Monday 26 January 2009 & Tuesday 27 January 2009
Good Friday: Friday 10 April 2009
Labour Day: Friday 1 May 2009
Vesak Day: Saturday 9 May 2009
National Day: Sunday *9 August 2009
Hari Raya Puasa: Sunday *20 September 2009
Deepavali: Sunday *15 November 2009
Hari Raya Haji: Friday 27 November 2009
Christmas Day: Friday 25 December 2009

Next year will be great to have lots of wkends short overseas trip.. so hopefully i get to travel somewhere... As for now.. better save up more $$$

Electricity Bills increasing to 21% more from Oct

2008-09-30T00:20:00.000-07:00

Wah sah! Really money not enough now! Tink Jack Neo can start producing Money-Not-Enough-3 now! Haha~!

Ytd news start reporting of increase electricity bills, and today reading the 我报 newspaper and saw tt it was a huge 21% jump! So given my ave bills of ard $100, jumping to $120+! Crazy sia! I don c my salary increments has such a huge jump of 20%? No wonder my bank a/c balance is gtg lesser money. Tog i overspent? But i tink it's the value per item has increased. Even though i spend on fewer items, the expenses are still high!

Weather nowadays are quite hot and humid, even at nite. And now we have slept in separate rooms. Not tt we have quarrel a lot, but we sending our dearest son to slp in his own room. And most of the time, i doze off beside him when i put him to bed... Therefore, we switched on 2 sets of fan! But on extreme hot weathers, we will utilise 1 room air-con, and try to squeeze back into 1 rm.

So now with the supper ex electricity bills, i muz tink of more ways to save electricity:
1) Muz remind hb not to use water heater during daytime.
2) No Air con, or only aircon for 2hrs, den switch to fan.
3) Stop sterilizing son's bottle. He's gng 2yo. So it's time to stop sterilizing. And fed him with some 'germs', so he can learn to survive.
4) No switching of more than 3lights in the house. Hb alone can switch on 3 lights at home. 2 in living rm, 1 in study rm! Power sia? Coz he can watch movie (TV + DVD) & surf net at the same time! Multi-tasker will incur more electricity bills!

Let's hope our electricity bills for Oct onwards will remains at $100!! Let's try our best!

Every Tiring Weekends

2008-09-28T23:52:00.000-07:00

I felt very tired this morning. Not because it's a monday bluez! But rather, wkends have juz passed...

My weekends are packed with housework, looking after my son. I always felt that my wkends are more tiring than wkdays. Wkdays is juz only work 8.5hrs, follow by some pte time for myself. Ranging from aerobics workout to facial/spas.. or even chitchatting n mit up wif frenz. Then i nid rush home to put my son to bed.. n doze off for the day..

But wkends.. i look after son whole days! If bring him out, even worst! He runs abt, don sit still! Plus if he have kaki, oh.. u hear his laugher even more. Last sun, brought him to hb's cousin's 21st bday. Wow.. his grand-uncles n grand aunties luv him to the max. So he 'self-high' at the party.. laughing n running into every room, banging into everyone. He played so crazily until nite time, he woke up several time due to night mares. And poor me. Waking up several time to coax him back to slp.. And whole body aching after carrying him ard ytd...

I hate weekends!!! SOb! sOb! SoB!

2008-09-26T01:13:00.000-07:00

DIET

Recently, my hb prompt me to try out a special diet known as Special K-by Kellogg's. I was given a small sample pack in the Shape Run Race Pack. However, my hb ate that sample pack when he was hungry, and skip a meal. He told me that the diet method was to eat the cereals to replace 2 meals. So while shopping at NTUC one day, i really went to buy the Special K.

The Kellogg's® Special K® cereal is a lightly toasted rice cereal. It was recommended on the box instructions:

1) Breakfast: Take 1 cup of the cereals with 1 cup of slim milk. Add 1 portion of fruits.

2) Lunch: Eat as usual, although will prefer healthier food.

3) Dinner: Take 1 cup of the cereals with 1 cup of slim milk. Add 1 portion of fruits.

If in btwn, i feel hungry, i can take more portions of fruits.

So with the pkt of cereals, i bought strawberries, bananas and apples to match my diet. Started on wed. So c how the result in 2wks time!

I must perserve!

The Nike+ Human Race on 31.08.08

2008-09-03T22:54:00.000-07:00

Yeah! I did a total distance of 36.6km to-date! Which is almost a full marathon distance.. only to be split by 4 separate races... And also to mention that i have completed my 3rd race of 10km in this year 2008. Proud of myself.. despite the fact that i walk more than i run! haha~!

This nike+ race is full of youngsters.. with a lot of the runners as their 1st attempt. And it my 1st race which i get to be in the same category as my hb. But still, wen the race started.. he ran off w/o me.. only called me half way thru the race to tell me that his leg hurts, and he slowing down to walk... Still, he completed 7min 34sec earlier than me.

Some of the route are congested.. and lot of walkers who road-blocked the path. So irritating lor. If not, i would have completed few min earlier. This is becoz even though i walk, i actually walk fast.. unlike the Human Jams, it SLOW walking to squeeze thru the congested area. So time is delayed. If not, my timing shd be similar to AHM.

Well, at least they are able to load the results online the next day. Unlike AHM, which results is still not out yet and the race was ard 1.5wks ago. Damn slow!

The online analysis of the Nike race was quite nice.. featuring the speed at each quarter interval. The finisher race bracelet was aveage.. not someting fantastic.

Some pics i took from hp n online:
Me at the "Starting Point" Poster!

Me ranked 194404th in the world! With an average speed of 7' 37"/km at the 2.5km mark.

Me ranked 6907th in Singapore! With an average speed of 8' 39"/km at the 5km mark.

Me ranked 2099th amongst the Females Runners in Singapore! With an average speed of 9' 16"/km at the 7.5km mark.

My final speed measures 7' 46"/km at the finish point, i.e. 10km!

Nice analysis by Nike+!

Will i join again next yr? I will tink twice! lol~

Happy Birthday to Myself!

2008-08-28T22:29:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Me~!
Happy Birthday to Me~!
Happy Birthday to Me~!
Happy Birthday to Meeee~!

My beloved hubby gave me surprise today. My receptionist called me n said there's a bouquet of flowers for me. Haha.. i noe immediately it's from my hb. I so embarressed.. and told receptionist, Alice to keep at her side. Who noe my collegue, Lulu went to pick the flowers up for me.. n almost wan to bring to my table. I stopped her via msn.. n went to pick up during lunch time when there are nobody. So embarrasing lor.. later don noe how to go home with the flowers.. haha~

The weird combination of sunflower and roses? Haha~ Both my fav flowers.. so tt y hb decide on such combination.. kill 2birds wif 1 stone.. so he can save $$ on his another bouquet next time. lol~ And look at the mess on my tables. Flooded wif workload.

Still.. i taking leave next monday.. to celebrate wif hb alone. No son.. as we prefer 二人世界!

Thanks hubby for the surprise! I Love u!

Oh ya.. below is the extract from the card he sent with the flowers:

Dear petty wife,
Happy birthday!
From your handsome husband.

Quick update

2008-08-28T20:43:00.000-07:00

Wow.. so long nvr blog here.. hee~! So i do a quick update.

Safra Army Half Marathon / Singapore Bay Run

Just completed my 2nd 10km for the year.. Safra -Sgp bay run.. aka Army Half Marathon. The run was ok.. although i was breathless n stop running at 2km.. coz it was running up the sheares bridge.. Felt so lousy.. n i walk alot! But still, my timing was 1hr 22min. Tink ard my SC '07 timing aso. Din improve.. but detoriate by a few mins. Nvm.. tis sun gng for another 10km.. nike+ human race. Hope i will do better. At the start point!

Nike+ Human Race

Went to queue for the race pack after my sgp bay run.. lucky we went for our breakfast cum lunch before entering the snake queue. And i'm lucky that we r able to 'cut queue'. My hb's collegue went to queue at 10am, and has been calling my hb to inform of the long queue. But still we took our sweet time to arrive.. only to be shocked by the long, never-ending snake queues. Hb was quick to cor his collegue, who happen to be at the counter. So we quickly pass the confirmation slip to him and got the race pack within a few mins. My frens queue 5hrs for their packs.. which i tink is ridiculous. Those who went on mon to collect, had no queues.

Anyway, next time if any race organised by Nike, i will tink 2x to participate. As the shape run was sponsored by Nike, the after-run collection of goodie bags n refreshments queue was also super long snake queues. I hate queueing up hours after my run.. it's very tiring!

名句金华!

2008-07-29T19:48:00.000-07:00

Taken from a forwarded email. Quite meaningful!

「成功」，對男人的定義是指能賺很多的錢，對女人的定義是指能花很多的錢。

男人有錢就變壞，
女人變壞就有錢。

男人沒有女人，耳根清淨；
女人沒有男人，居家乾淨。

男人「入錯行」，上班會很痛苦；
女人「嫁錯郎」，下班會很痛苦。

好女人，養壞男人的胃口；
壞女人，吊足男人的胃口。

婚前，男人像傳令兵；
婚後，男人像指揮官。

失戀不見得是世界末日：
你的心也許會'泣血'，
你的荷包卻可以不再'失血'。

以前提到結婚，想到「天長地久」；
現在提到結婚，想到「能撐多久」。

當初會結婚，說是「看上眼」；
後來會離婚，說是「看走眼」。

婚前，愛情是神話；
婚後，愛情是笑話。

男人花錢，是為了讓女人高興；
女人花錢，是因為男人讓她不高興。

嫁入「豪門」，要懂得理財；
嫁入「寒門」，要懂得生財。

以前的人，視婚姻生活為「一輩子」；
現代的人，視婚姻生活為「一陣子」。

婚前，男人在餐廳等女人；
婚後，女人在客廳等男人。

婚前，男人經常找女人「討論」；
婚後，男人只告訴女人「結論」。

婚前，男人對她悄悄講話；
婚後，男人對她大聲講話。

戀愛時，情話綿綿；
結婚後，謊話連連。

戀愛時的男人，喜歡「毛手毛腳」；
結婚後的男人，變成「沒手沒腳」。

婚前，情侶做什麼都是「浪漫」；
婚後，夫妻做什麼都是「浪費」。

如意郎君何處覓？
有才華的長得醜，
長得帥的掙錢少，
掙錢多的不顧家，
顧了家的沒出息，
有出息的不浪漫，
會浪漫的靠不住，
靠得住的又太窩囊………

男人呢?
漂亮的女人不下廚房，
下廚房的不溫柔，
會溫柔的沒主見，
有主見的沒女人味，
有女人味的亂花錢，
不亂花錢的不時尚，
時尚的不放心，
放心的沒看頭。

想結婚，是自己已能獨立；
想離婚，是子女已獨立。

婚前的男人，大都很幽默。
婚后的男人，大都很沉默。

女人的記性，吵架時最好；
男人的耐性，結婚后最差。

戀愛時，一見面就「親嘴」；
結婚後，一見面就「鬥嘴」。

婚前，男人常給女人「空白支票」；
婚後，男人常給女人「空頭支票」。

戀愛時，生活「妙不可言」；
結婚後，日子「苦不堪言」。

婚前，男人天天盯著女人；
婚後，女人天天盯著男人。

熱戀時，總相許下輩子再結良緣；
結婚後，常常疑上輩子造作孽緣。

大男人，會「作威作福」；
好男人，會「作牛作馬」。

婚前，「謊話」都是「情話」；
婚後，「情話」都是「廢話」。

婚前，靠近一點；
婚後，閃開一點。

婚前，沒話找話說；
婚後，有話也不說。

Sound true??
I totally agree~!

Amore Women's Day Out 2008

2008-07-16T21:01:00.000-07:00

It's back again this year and held on 11 Oct (Sat) & 12 Oct (Sun). The dates are slightly delayed as compared to last yr which is ard end Aug. But it is good news for me as end Aug, my schedules are packed with other running events which I have already signed up. So which means Sept got no events, except countless weddings to attend! Lol~! Hb got 3 weddings invite, I got 1 weddings invite + my sis' 21st bday chalet + our wedding anniversary, all in Sept! Busy schedules all the way till oct?

Ok.. back to the main purpose of tis post: Amore Women's Day Out!

I was only aware of this yr event at the Shape Run Canival last sun. So i have signed up together with LM & my sister, XR.

Above is their goodie bag. Every participants is entitled to 1 bag, irregardless of how many events u have signed up. The bag consists of goodies worth up to SGD250!

Event is at Ngee Ann City Civil Plaza. The date and time and price is depending on the events that you wish to sign up.

For eg, i already sign up for

Aerobics Challenge 1 (CardioLatino, CardioBlitz & Kickboxing) on Day 1 at 2pm- 5pm for $25 (Early bird price till 15/8). +

Dance Beat (FunkBlitz & MTV Dance) on Day 2 at 3pm - 5.30pm for $20 (Early bird price till 15/8).

Of coz, there are packages where the total price is cheaper. So those who are interested, check this out: http://www.womensdayout.sg/index.htm

Event Kit Collection is held at :

Date : 4-5 Oct 08

Time: 11am to 8pm

Venue : Millenia Walk Atrium

GE Run 2008

2008-07-07T02:48:00.000-07:00

Another female-only running event is open for registration:

Great Eastern Women 10k Run
Sunday 28 Oct 2008
Catergory & Price: 10km ($45) & 5km ($35)

Entitlements:
For 10km Female Runners
Exclusive adidas women's sleeveless running tee (retail price: $35)
Attractive sports bag from Great Eastern
Finisher medal
Race certificate
Race pack with sponsors goodies
Chip timing
20% off adidas running product

For 5km Fun Run Female Runners
Exclusive adidas women's sleeveless running tee (retail price: $35)
Attractive sports bag from Great Eastern
Race pack with sponsors goodies
20% off adidas running product
*Note: adidas event tee and sports bag will be given to all female runners

For prizes, refer to here.
For route map, refer to here.
Do note that bag deposit is chargeable at S$1.00.

As for me, i have already sign up for this event. This will marks my last running events for this yr, as i have promised hb i will rest n prepare for another joyous occassion after tis event. Anyone who wish to join, hurry sign up before registration is full!

Meanwhile, Shape run is next wk! And the shape run canival is tis wkend where i be collecting my Tees n number tags. Looking 4ward to my 5km... hee~

Nike Human Race

2008-06-30T00:59:00.000-07:00

Here the verdict of my choice: OPPS! I did it AGAIN!

Lol~!

Well, i signed up the nike run with my usual partner, who is my hb! And of coz, with the main decision made because of my collegues. I'm proud to have 2 collegues who are interested in the event, so we 3 have signed up to run on that day. Next i psycho my hb, and my cousin, MH to run. So now i got 4 kaki running on that day! Yippee... I hope it's a well-organised event.

The route map for that run: http://www.nikeplus.com.sg/blog/image/map.jpg

Join me if u are game enough for a 10k run! Cheers!

Another Running Event that is Tempting me...

2008-06-24T02:22:00.000-07:00

I was browsing ard recently and a collegue was discussing abt this event over lunch today.. which make me determined to find out more abt this event: The Nike+ Human Race 10K.

On 31.8.2008, Join a million runners for a worldwide 10k like no other. Race in one of the 25 cities, or race in any city with Nike +.

The Nike+ Human Race 10K Singapore will be held in the city centre, with mini concerts along the race route and a music festival at the end of the race that will be staged by local and international artists and bands to help inspireyou to log 10Ks you'll never forget. Some of the bands playing includes - The Great Spy Experiment, Plain Sunset, Wicked Aura Batucada and DJ Ko Flow just to name a few.

Charities:

The UN Refugee Agency
UNHCR's ninemillion.org campaign is committed to giving refugee children the chance to learn and play. Your donations help give vulnerable children the education to support themselves for the rest of their lives.

Lance Armstrong Foundation
Founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, the LAF empowers cancer survivors to live life on their own terms and raises funds and awareness for the cancer fight.

World Wildlife Fund
WWF works globally to reduce the impacts of climate change. As the largest multinational conservation organization in the world, WWF has been protecting the future of nature for more than 45 years.

Details on this event:
Date: 31st August 2008
Race Time: 4.30pm
Start Point: The Esplanade Bridge
End Point: The Padang

Categories & Fees
Race Category *Fee *
Men's & Women's Under 25* S$25
Men's & Women's Open Category S$45
*As of 1st September 2008
**7% GST applies

Race Pack Entitlements
Each participant in the Nike+ Human Race 10K will receive:
A Nike+ Human Tee with a unique number printed on
A loaned ChampionChip device
Other goodies
Each Nike+ Human Race 10K Finisher will receive a Finisher's Bracelet.

Sound so tempting hor.. the Tees look nice.. Shd be dry fit, i tink.
2 things is affecting my decision:
1) It is 1 wk after my Sgp Bay Run, where i be running 10km. So not sure if i can recover on time.
2) The price is a bit pricey.. $45+7%= $48.15.. I understand it is for charity.. and i get to rec a Nike T, a Finisher's Bracelet. But wonder how much is donated to the charities of my choice?

At the point of blogging this, my hb has not replied me if he wan to join... So will blog again on my decision in my next posting. :)

New TV!!!

2008-06-17T02:44:00.000-07:00

After 3 years of using my beloved sony flat screen, bulky buttock TV, we have finally purchase a LCD TV. And it's huge & cheap! Purchase at last wkend IT show @ $2,199 only! Samsung 46" LCD TV! Bravo!!! Y i say it's cheap, coz other brands range from $3k to $6k at that size. And we almost missed that price at another level offered by another company. Wen we were deciding on the offer, someone bought the last piece. We were disappointed at our delay.. and Hb suggest consider a while and come back on a sunday to see if any new stocks.

On our returned trip on Sunday, hb spotted another competitors offering the same LCD TV @ the same price. So immediately HB purchase the TV.. and to be delivered next sat! So excited.. looking forward to my new LCD... And finally we got 2 TVs. Which means no1 to fight my Channel U & Channel 8 with me! hee~

Anlene Orchard Mile 2008

2008-06-17T02:08:00.001-07:00

Did a short 1.6km run along Singapore busiest road- Orchard Road on last Sunday. Sound so easy hor? Guess every shopper has try shopped from orchard mrt (Isetan) all the way down to dhoby ghaut (Plaza Sing). But we went run against the traffic flow.. fr Dhoby Ghaut Mrt to Orchard Mrt.

The top runner completed within 4min 39sec, breaking her last yr record. And as for me, i took double of her timing: 10min 30sec.540.. Ranked 278 out of 543 timed participants. Ranked 78 out of 159 of my catergory 20-29 y.o. Very disappointed.. and after my run, i sprained my right kneel. So walking ard a bit crippled.

I went for a bone checked, FOC! Measured in good health range.. as i'm still young. My mum has won the 3rd prize.. and was given 1 year supply of anlene milk powder. Haha... they gave us a call to remind us to stay put till lucky draw. And wen my mum's name & tag was announced, she was presented wif a big hampers.. so big until she has not much strength to carry. It's like 10 packet/tins of power x 1kg= so the hamper weights more than 10kg! We split the prize, so my mum, auntie and i took some home each. Haha~ i got milk supplies! Power milk... not yet try the taste.. hopefully it taste as nice as marigold or daisy fresh milk. Lol~!!!

Passion Run 2008

2008-06-11T01:36:00.000-07:00

Last sunday marks my 1st running race for the year 2008. After 6 months of break, i'm back at attempting my 2nd time at 10km at a different venue and event.

The weather was cool as the previous days were raining. So worry tt it will be cancel in the event of rain. Then i would have wasted my $ n time to travel all the way down. This was also my 1st time i running at east coast. My previous runs are at esplanade/marina south. So given the tree shades and sea breeze.. i expecting a nice run tt can help motivate me to achieve a good PB.

However... i din achieve my PB, and was slower by 10min+. I began my run wif my sis, and we started like 5min late from the starting time. Then i jog with her for 1.5km before i left her walking slowly behind me.. I over-take a few runners till i saw a friend, Sze Gay.. surprised to see him there.. running wif another female friend, who both are my sec sch mates. After a while of chitchatting n slow jog, i left them and increase my pace.. Btwn my 3km to 5km, i saw my hb u-turning at the other lane, and also my hb's collegue's wife. Haha.. Surprise to see her too. Tog she will be busy preparing for her weddings in the nxt few wks.. On my returned trip, my bro over-took me.. he started 15min later than me..

I was quite disappointed with my timing.. although i know that my lack of practise contribute to the failure. But i'm aso happy to see my sis completing in less than 2hrs.. my fatty cousin manage to complete the whole run in 2hr+. Although he is the last to reach in his category with a timing, he is still better than those who din even complete the race and give up half way. He's a winner as long as he pass the finishing line and complete the race! Jia You!

Jiu Zhai Gou & Mt. Emei

2008-05-16T02:40:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I’m back from my China trip. And I count myself lucky and glad to be able to return safely in Singapore.

The trip is fruitful as the scenary is marvelous. I reach the top of the mountain, same level as the clouds. I touched and seen real snow. Saw beautiful & natural waterfalls and lakes. Nice…
Down side of this trip is the tiring long bus journey, dangerous & curvy road & my unable-to-adapt body. It takes 1 whole day to travel up to Jiu Zhai Gou and another 1 day to travel back to Chengdu. The road are very curvy.. and the driver was driving so fast that I worry he may lose control n whole bus will fall off the road and drop down the steep valley. One of the trips up n down to the Goddess Lake involves 28 sharp turns n 1 hrs bus ride to reach the top. End up I suffer from severe headache and felt like vomiting at the end of the trip. These are the symptoms of Gao Feng Zeng, a high level sickness, which can result in immediate death. I was so worry and keep praying for our safety. My hubby and most of the tour members also suffer the same symptoms. So my hotel stay at the 6-star Jiu Zhai Gou Paradise was not so fun. Not the hotel room was disappointing, but my health doesn’t make me feel comfortable n slp well for the nite. The high level above sea, low in oxygen in the air and giddy headaches all attribute to the uncomfortable me. Lucky wen I reach back to the lower level, Chengdu, my body has recovered and I able to enjoy better.

We spend another trip to travel up to Mt. Emei, which is also 3,000 mtr above sea level. As we are able to survive thru Jiu Zhai Gou on the previous days, we do not suffer anymore Gao Feng Zeng symptoms at Emei. Though the 2-hrs up the trip and 2-hrs down the trip in a tiny bus is tiring & uncomfortable. Close contact wif the wild monekys on the way up the mountain. The guide say if we lucky to see the wild monkeys, it means we are seeing god.

The rest of the trips were nothing but shopping only. Not much to shop n eat in Chengdu leh. End up eat in Fastfood restaurants like KFC & Mac. Haha…

Then 1+ wk after our return, a natural disaster has struck Chengdu, Sichuan. An earthquake measuring 7.8 has shaken n leveled most areas in Sichuan. The place that we juz visited 1 wk ago, has been gone in a few mins. I wonder how my tour bus driver and guides? The tour guide mention to us tt he staying wif his mum in a very old buildings built many yrs ago. And I worry tt the old buildings may not be able to hold strong in the quake. Let’s pray for him and his family, and the bus driver and family.. and the other guides.. and the survivors safety. Those who are still trapped, hope they be found soon. Those missing & separated from families can be found soon. Even those who are dead can retrieve their bodies from the fallen debris too and buried in peace.

Let’s have a minute of silence pray for them.
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1min up. Thanks!

Running plans

2008-04-14T02:15:00.000-07:00

Yoi.. out of curiosity, i search Shape run for this year.. and it's on 20 July, sun! Registration starting soon.. on Apr 26, and registration is $30! So tis year i sure wan join.. unless some other events crop up.. And i gng to drag my sis along again. Haha~!!! Maybe my aunt if she can.. coz her 2 baby kids cant participate as it's an all-women event only.. so not sure if she still wan.

And reasons for joining.. i simply luv their goodies bag stuffs.. plus their shirt.. plus i wan collect the badge/medal upon completion. Then retire for baby-bearing session next yr...

And i have yet to train up for my 10km in jun.. Gng on a holidays in 2wks time.. And will be climbing n walking long distance in the cold.. so hopefully i lose some weight! My fats will be burning to create warmth in my body to counter the cold.. plus all the walking & exercising.. let hope i lose 2-3kg.. hee~! Plus china is not a food heaven, so i doubt i eat much over there. Imagine pay >$1.5k to slim down overseas.. u muz be tinking i'm crazy rite.. haha..

Yet to sign up my safra run also... Early bird reg closes end of apr.. still early.. waiting for hb's cue to register.. plus my running kaki's cue.

Yawnz! Thunder & storm outside now.. i don wan go home in rain..

Rain, Rain, Go away!!!

Shop Closing Soon.. N end of r/s wif tt BITCH!

2008-04-03T19:06:00.000-07:00

Sob! My shop has come to an end. FULL STOP!

I have a battle fight wif a Bitch ytd.. has been emailing ea other the whole ytd. I was really disappointed in her. Since day 1 we are preparing to start up biz.. till now closing, she is keep repeating her mistakes.. her stubborness, her arrogant, her stupidity, her childishness, her so-called independent-yet-uncapable-in-handling-tasks-by-herself.

The whole things started wif she offering to look for an agent to sell the shop. As we are using a 3rd party services, there will be bound to be some charges. She nvr tog of charges n even despite me asking her many times, she only came up wif an unconfirm figures. In the past, she was in chrg of renovation, but her failure to request for a proper quote resulted in higher renovations costs at the end. And she still refused to learn tt mistakes. And wan repeat again. Next she accuse me of not doing my a/cs well when she don noe anyting abt a/cs and worse still, MS excel! She's a nanyang poly grads in BS, n don even noe how to use Excel. Make me wonder wat she studying in sch? Or she juz damn stupid n havent even master how to use Excel?

Irritating to speak to her. Another partner ask me endure wif her.. But i insist on being stubborn.. unless she apologize for her mistakes, for her rudeness to doubt my a/cs.. den i should forgive her. If not.. she will remain a bitch forever.. she will fail in watever she do.. as she nvr want to learn her mistakes, never willing to accept her mistakes.. Pity her friends n family for enduring her attitudes...

Damn ANGRRYY!!

2008-03-25T22:59:00.000-07:00

I hate Mas Selamat!!! If i ever catch him personally, i slap & hit him 1st b4 handling him to police! Idiot guy!

All thks to him, my family is in chaos now!! Stupid "zheng hu" also! Y freeze the civil servants' leave? It's not them who let him run away. And they din even say they don wan to help catch him. And yet why stop them from going on overseas holidays? It's not that ALL the civil servants r gng on holidays at the same time! Juz becoz of 1 stupid idiotic asshole guy, and u make every civil servants life so miserable!

My Hb booked a trip to China in the wk that tt idiotic guy went missing. He tog that tt idiot will be found very soon, so the trip in apr/may wont be affected. But till now, a mth later... the idiot still missing. Now he's unable to apply leave. He has been looking forward to this trip.. and has been planning for more than a yr. He's the grp leader of tis trip.. as tis place is somewhere he's been wanting to go badly. And when he found the right kaki, right timing, money, then come tis missing idiot! Now if he cant go, there may not be anyone willing to go wif him in future.

Come on lah! He's been given additional duties to find tt idiot, burned some of his wkends, nites to find him. And yet he wasnt given any overseas leave. Does it mean if tt Idiot is not caught, den no-one can leave sgp? We even in the urge to ask hb to resign juz to go for tt trip lor. And the main person responsible for his resignation, is tis stupid idiotic mas!!! And the selfish "zheng hu"!

I'm damn stress up now. I nid go pray to wash away bad luck.. n bring more good luck to me n my family.

PAssion Run

2008-03-24T20:59:00.000-07:00

Yup! I've signed up for competitive 10km. haha! I noe i'm crazy. But i guess i can achieve it? Rite? Of coz no problem. Worse come to worse, i take up to 2hrs to complete.. and i still will achieve it rite? Coz Whoever who complete the race is considered a WINNER already!

Ok.. i'm tinking too far.. nvm.. wat impt now is to train up my stamina. Planning go gym after work today. Kickboxing! A very siong class.. but i like it.... Siong not as it is kickboxing, but becoz the trainer is a tough ger.. n her class is always high stamina class.. which i enjoy thru out... So i always attend her class whenever i free on tue.

For this PAssion run, i'm glad to have my running kaki, limin who willing to join my catergory. She is a good stamina runner, who actually can aim for 15km. But she is joining my 10km catergory. I din wan disappoint her by running 5km fun run.. so i sign up 10km.. with cert, timing & medal! Which means my safra gonna be 10km aso. Haha~ I will sign up tt race at a later timing... or maybe after tonite gym sessions to c 1st.

So estimate running distance:
Passion + Safra + Shape + GE + SC
10 + 10 + 10 + 10+ 10 = 50km!

Will i lose 5kg by then?
Hopefully so.. lolx...

Running Spirits?

2008-03-20T03:22:00.000-07:00

1stly.. i'm pleased to announce i got a new job! YES! The co will to offer me a post and willing to wait till i return fr my China trip. So i be starting my new job in early May! Hurray!.. Tender in my resignation.. n boss was disappointed coz he has a lot of troubles recently.. But i hack care him lor! And he say he cant find anyone easily in such a short notice.. 1 mth. I told him no company will willing to wait for me for 2mths lor. So he got no choice but to let me go.. N finally, i will have collegues & lunch kaki. Looking forward...

Back to my main post.. i was informed of a Passion run.. So i juz search the net.. and it is actually PAssion run.. by the community centres at east coast park. Din read up much details on it.

And I juz rec'd an email fr Sgp Bay Run.. informing tt registration starts on 24mar. There is early bird disc. And tis yr, both the 10km & 21km competitive runners will get a finisher's medal. Last yr, hb ran 10km, but no medals. Tis yr they r willing to give the medal. Haha.. So shd i run 10km to get tt medals & a certificate & a timing? My previous run was SC 10km.. n i managed to run 1.5hrs.. n i havent been practising much. The run is in Aug.. so still got 4mths to train up.. but i worry abt the workload at the new company. Plus the shop that i'm having now. Hai~! Will i have time for my training? Tink the shape run & GE run will start registration soon. But i confirm will join Shape run if i got kaki.. coz the goodie bag is very good leh.. lol~!

So see how lor.. :)

Franchise?

2008-03-17T23:05:00.000-07:00

My biz gng to collapse soon. Sigh! And i don tink we are able to save our biz anymore. All thks to the always inflating rental rates! Y is it so expensive to stay in Sgp? hai~!

Anyway, out of curiousity.. or perhaps.. cravings... i miss my A&W root beer float & curly fries. Regret nvr order the waffles.. So i went to surf the net for franchising A&W back to Sgp. Came across Yum! They are the franchising companies for KFC, Pizza Hut, Long John, Taco Bell & A&W. And do u noe how much is their franchise?? And how much is their initial costs? It ONE MILLION! Shd be in USD.. as that Yum! is fr America. Where can i find tt money to invest even if i'm interested? May i strike top prize in lottery.. so at least i can pay partial, and source for another partner to invest together...!!!

So morale of the story? Let me strike lottery.. so i can bring A&W back to Sgp. And everyday dig into my fav snacks..

Seriously.. i'm not joking! I even tog of a good venue in sgp where my A&W will be located. And i'm willing to quit my full-time job to put in 100% effort in managing this A&W biz if given a chance. Coz 1 ting i'm sure: Being the one and only A&W restaurant in Sgp, it sure will be the main highlight of that shopping centre. Juz like wen i go KLCC, the 1st thing i tog of is A&W and nothing else.

So any investors out here? I nid USD1,000,000.00!

Virgo Cruise - Malacca/KL

2008-03-16T08:25:00.000-07:00

I went on a Virgo Cruise trip with my hb and family. This was our 1st trip onboard Star Virgo and we make a right choice by choosing balcony class. The price was only $100+ more than the normal "worldcruiser", but the benefits were more than them.

1stly, there was 2 queue for checking in. The balcony class queue was much shorter than the worldcruiser by 2x. And even the queue for gng pass the customs was so so much faster and shorter than them. In fact we board the cruise in less than 30min, while the worldcruiser may take longer than an hr?

We were served our 1st drink once we stepped onboard the cruise. Got white wine and fruit juice.. and my bro took more than 1 cup of drink. lol~ Coz we struck at the tour desk for quite a while to decide on our town tour at Malacca/KL. And we have opt the KL sightseeing tour.. Den we went off to check out our balcony rm.

The rm wasnt that big as i expected... coz after we lay out the sofabed, there arent much space for walking ard.. except a short walkway to the balcony. The balcony is juz nice to fit in 2chairs n 1 table. But the wind at the balcony is damn fastantic. So is the scenery at the daytime.

We started exploring the cruise once we dump our belongings in the rm... Starting fr the top level to the bottom.. And we struck at the mediterrian buffet.. coz they serving dinner.. We ate our dinner at Vivo city, but still, we dig in to the buffet again.. lol~! Den we explore ard... and end up at the sauna/steambath rm at 12mid nite... Tt wen the ship leave the harbourfront! The facilities in the sauna/steambath was FOC for balcony holders.. n it open till 1am.. so we din wan loose any time and relax ourselves there.. Den back to our rm for a gd nite rest...

My sis n I (both horoscopes r Virgo)

Wen i woke up in the mrng, we have already reach malacca. Took our breakfast and head toward casino. Din have any luck and have lost quite a bit of money. Follow by lunch (Eat again!) and head toward Port Klang for our KL tour.

Breakfast full of Eggs: Scrumbled, sunny, boiled + side dishes.

KL: We were bought to take pic at a mosque in KL. Cant rmbr wat it called. Follow by a chinese temple near KL Tower. Next we went up KL tower, which i been before. Last stop was at KLCC... where v head straight to A&W! Yess!!! The main reason i wan join tis tour is becoz i wan eat A&W. We each order a big mug of Root Beer Float & Curly Fries... Yummy~!!! My fav hideout.. or a MUST-VISIT shop in KL. Who will be so nice to bring A&W back to sgp?? Plss...

Background is the Mosque where we only allow to took pic fr a far.
Photoshot at our rm balcony wif the nice sea scenary in the background.

After the KL tour, we back at the cruise.. had our dinner.. follow by another session of sauna, steambath! After a nice bath.. we prepared ourselves for the highlight of the nite: PASSION! It's a topless dancers performance fr Las Vegas... And both gals & guys dancers performed topless. The dances were great.. but hb's eyes were only on the size of the gals' boobs! *Faint*. The show lasted for 45min, and being balcony holders, we got priority seats at the balcony seats of the Lido room. And the tix only costs S$20. So quite worth it. Next we went for supper follow by mahjong sessions... n slp...

My Family

Hb carrying a Fatty me!

The nxt day we had breakfast, lunch, purchase cruise photos, more photo-taking sessions, check out rooms, gambling at casino (Lose $$ again). And it marks the end of the cruise. Also priority in departing the cruise.

Overall, enjoy myself.

Whether will i go again? No! Unless it's free! And make sure it's a balcony class.. coz i luv being pampered.

Week Long Holidays are OVER!

2008-03-16T07:48:00.000-07:00

So sad! My 1 wk holidays is over just like that. Time flies so fast...

I begin my wk-long holidays by attending an interview after work. The venue is near my hse.. n interview was okay. So hopefully i rec'd gd news.. Mon went for another interview but it sucks. The interviewer sucks... N i doubt tt i will get the job. So let pray for gd news fr the woodlands company.

Tue i went shopping wif hb n son.. to Sim Lim Sq. Coz tis stupid pc that i'm using currently is gng to crash.. so hb bought a new harddisk to re-format the whole pc. And therefore i got my own PC again. Den hb went off for nite duty to catch that idiotic "nasi lemak" la. Hai~! Wen will he ever be caught? Now hb wan apply leave for his china trip is also difficult lor. They freeze every civil servant leaves juz to catch him.. N still no news.

Den wed went back to work for a day... before i head to my virgo cruise...

Back on fri afternn, had a short rest follow by a movie "Step up 2". It was a great movie.. n i so 'itchy' to dance.. hai.. tink i better sit at the audience seat and watch better.. So wont disgrace myself.. lol..

Sat wen down shop to manage some stuffs... Sun stay indoor to rest...

And 2mr is the beginning of a new wk..

*Yawn!*

Tired Day @ Work + a bit of happiness

2008-02-26T22:50:00.000-08:00

Wat a tiring day to begin this morning. Perhaps I have over exert myself at my Amore gym class ytd evening. It has been sooo longgg since i last attended a fitness class. Tink it was last yr in nov/dec! And i begin my fitness by attending a fastpace kickboxing class. My legs almost wan to crack and break half-way thru the class.. I held on and manage to struggle thru the whole class.. and now i end up muscle pain all over, esp my thights. Kaoz!

1 gd news tt i discovered at my gym was i did not put on weight for my CNY feast! Which is great rite? I havent been eating proper dinner for most days and only snack on those left-over CNY goodies as supper. And i got no weight gain! Phew!!! I shd work doubly hard to slim down more... (*keeping my fingers "X" tt my shop wont make me so busy!)

I have been miting lots of friendly angmos ard lately. One nice angmo lady comments that my necklace looks very nice while v are inside a lift. This mrng another angmo gentleman, also happen in another lift, ask me who the boy at my hp? Wen i said he was my son, that gentleman comments I look so young to be a mother! Lol~! These simple comments brighten up my day! Even if it's a short conversation in lift (don ask me y it always happen in a lift?), it always nice to hear ple compliments u. So let spread the compliments ard...

"Your earrings/ necklace looks very pretty!"
"Your clothes look very nice.. and match very well with your necklace."
"You look sweet today!"
"Your smile brighten my days!"

Virgo StarCruise.. Here I come!

2008-02-25T19:50:00.001-08:00

Oh Yeah! It's a dream come true for me! haha~! Y?...

Coz i have been wanted to go onboard a Virgo Cruise! And this dream was like many years ago. Wen i heard of Virgo cruise.. i already wish to go. Main reason is becoz I'm a Virgo! So it my cruise lor! And yet i was disappointed many times... Many kite-flyers whenever we almost gng to book for the trips... Plus Hb don really like cruise as his collegue say it's a waste of money... but still...

I going next mth! Yeah!!!! my long awaited trip.. My last long overseas trip (exclude JB) is to Taipei last July! Oh.. Half a yr i'm stuck in Sgp. So sad sia! And I'm staying at the room wif a balcony! VIP class! I wan slp in the balcony wif the stars & moon as my blanket! My mum say we will walk the 'red carpet'. Got free 1st drink! Additional dining credit. Free sauna! Free movie! Trip is 100% confirmed as we have paid already! Yippee hooray! Hb is coming along wif me, coz he nvr been to a cruise b4... and since i gng, he will join me. Wat a lame reason lor! Ask him go wif me only in the past, he don wan. Now i got company, he wan tag along... But I hack care him... coz most imptly is I get to go!

Boss wasnt too happy wif my timing of the trip.. but again.. i hack care him too! My cruise trip is more impt than anyting! Lolx!

Not bringing son along as he nid pay additional 25%! Plus he has no passport. His face is temporary disfigured, so not nice to take photos. And wif him ard, i doubt i get to enjoy myself throughly.

I'm counting down... 2wks more to go... 15days to be exact...

About me!

2008-02-22T00:13:00.000-08:00

I actually wanted to update my Facebook profile. But i tink I wrote too long. So here I cut and paste into my own blog. And let you all envy me will do. Lol~!

About Me:

I'm a very easily satisfied person! Or perhaps I'm lucky to achieve a lot of things in life already.

I'm proud to have the following:

1) A Husband, whom I still deeply in love with.

2) A Son, whom always notti and yet cute at some times.

3) A Family (parents + brothers + sister), whom I love and always in contact with.

4) A House, which has ate up majority of my money.

5) A Job, which I always struggle to keep myself awake on wkdays!

6) A Business, which has kill most of my active brain cells.

7) A healthy body, which is the most important thing in life!

Now, What I lack:

1) A daughter, to complete my perfect family portait.

2) A holiday, to regenerate my brain cells.

3) A car, to reduce travelling time & at the same time, increase my expenses. :(

4) A tai-tai life, how life will be great if i can do nothing daily but eat, slp, chitchat, shop, play and spend. (*I'm dreaming! Ya i know..)

5) Last but not the least, money? Where has my money gone to? They all invested in assets under what I have!

So my life is not that cruel after all, at least i own 7 items as compare to 5 items which i lack. Some are achieveable in the near future.. so i still nid to:

KAN TA BEI! / JIA YOU! / WORK HARDER!

I'm Mrs Lonely!

2008-02-20T19:10:00.000-08:00

Coming end of feb, i will become a loner at my workplace. No more lunch kaki as everyone moving out of Orchard. Wat a sad ting hor? Adrian left me last yr, Yenli gng to leave me for a better pay job in kaki bukit. And i have no collegue to lunch wif me. So shd i consider myself lonely again? Or shd i say i regain my freedom? Free to lunch anywhere, shop anywhere my legs bring me to? Hai~!

I need a rest! Or a New JOB! I'm totally losing my interest in the current job. No mood to work. Everyday i telling myself to fall sick so i can get MC and rest at hm. I hate my work! Too routine and boring for me! I wan new challenges that brigthen up my spirits at work! But now.. whatever I do turns me down, make me yawn whole day thru-out my work. Any employers or job lobangs out there, pls PLS PLEASE inform me! I'm still wan to be an accountant. But in a differ company! And most imptly, i wan to have lots of collegues to lunch wif me!

Divorce Case again?

2008-02-17T23:33:00.000-08:00

I juz found out last fri from a friend who read another friend's blog that she was divorced. It came surprise as she only ROM 2years ago? She held a grand ROM celebration in the same year as I have my "small peanut" customary weddings. She told me she will have her customary weddings a few years later coz she pretty broke after her ROM. And now, wat i know is she has divorced. I don noe the purpose of her divorced, but i felt sad for her.

She is the 2nd friend whom i have heard divorce right after their ROMs. Sometimes i feel that our society nid to open up more. Like encourage ple to stay together for a few mths b4 they are officially married. So that if they cant live and accomodate ea other during this short period, then might as well break up. It is far better than after ROM, then live together, breakup, separate and divorce only 3yrs later. Worse still if u own a hse, it takes another 2 more yrs before u split clearly away from ea other. Tis scenario happen to my 1st friend, who separate the nxt day after their grand ROM celebration. *Oppss.. it seems like it better not to have a huge ROM celebration* Ok.. it doesnt apply to all cases, as ple do divorce even if ROM in the ROM centre. My friend did purchased a flat before ROM and from what i heard, he rented out the flat and shifted back to his parents' hse. As they cant sell the hse till 5 yrs later, they still have to pay the hse installments mthly for 5 yrs. Sound like quite a long time hor.. so don rush into gtg a marriage juz becoz u wan to buy a hse...

My hb has received quite a few red bombs for this year. And we felt a bit sudden when 1 of his friends announce she is gtg married this jun. Let's hope she has really find the right one and is not rushing to marry juz becoz everyone does, and aso want to get out of her current hse. It's a joy to hear ple gtg marry, and I felt sad wen i hear ple r divorcing. So whatever it is, i hope i have more joyous occassions to attend and no more sad news from my friends.

Valentine's Day

2008-02-17T22:18:00.000-08:00

Havent been catching much movie since I gave birth to ah boy. BUT.. since this CNY, i have caught 2 movies: CJ7 and KungFu Dunk. Well, both r comedies, which is my favourite type of movies.. lame storylines in both movies, but i still prefer KungFu Dunk.

Last thu was Valentine's Day. I felt like it's the 1st time hb celebrate V-day wif me on the day itself. Coz the norm was he either give me a present or v eat out on other days and nothing will happen on V-day, 14th feb every yrs. We both were working as usual, and he promised me a nice dinner after work. But he OT at work till 7+, and reach sun plaza at 8pm. Wen v head towards Country Mana, there were long queues outside the restuarant. I was surprised as the restuarant is never full, even on wkends. V were very hungry, so wan give it a miss and try out other restuarants like Sakae, Delifrance.. and everywhere is crowded and full of queues! Even Mac, KFC, cavana are crowded lor? Wah siao ah! I din realise everywhere on V-day is so crowded lor! I felt like eating foodcourts. In the end, we did end up in a restuarant, a fast-food restuarant called Mos Burger. Managed to find a seat and quickly grab our food.

It hard to deny the fact that V-day is so so Commerical! Even wen i wan buy Rocher chocolates at Taka during my lunch break, there is a queue at the counter. And it is not that Rocher is having cheap sales that day. It just becoz the day itself is V-day, everyone rushing to get V-day presents! My friend's bf is so scared of the crowd that he refuse to go out for dinner on V-day, which has ended up a small dispute btwn them. Wen i ask hb if this is the 1st yr v celebrate on V-day itself, he say No! V celebrated like 4yrs ago, but v have make a reservation, so no nid to Queue like crazy and fight with others for food. Look like in future, either we eat at home, or pre-reserve in advance. Scary sia!

SUAY WEEK

2008-01-30T22:22:00.000-08:00

I dont noe wat is happening to me this wk! First thing i stepped into office on mon, i was bombed with an urgent orders. Boss wanted me to start work earlier as he say our main customer starts at 8am, and will start calling boss as early as 8+. Of coz if i start early, i will end early. But boss say start at 8am! I was Shit la! 8am.. means i nid wake up at 6.30am? I negiotate to abt 8.30am, but told him i will discuss wif my hb and MIL. She nid to fetch son fr me at the mrt lor. Den wen i tod MIL, she like not happy lor. She say sometimes in the mrng, she nid go to market b4 fetching my boy, so 7.45 is too early for her. Then say got this and that day where she nid to pray, so will be busy la. Hey! I'm aso very busy lor.. and I'm more tired than u now lor! >.<

On Tue & Wed, i found a lot of stupid careless mistakes that make my boss "jump at" me. I making a total mess of my work, from invoicing to accounts, all errors are resulting in loss to the company lor. And I don understand y am I so careless, with so many mistakes keep appearing out of no-where lor.

Perhaps I'm too stress up, over my office job, my small biz and also with my son. I'm tired, and has not rest sufficiently enuff to be consider awake yet. And yet Y am I not sick yet? At least wif a high fever or any virus, I can take a MC and slp thru the day wif out any disturbances. I'm really nid a break, give me a 10hr of slp? or a short vacation will be best? But these 2 doesnt work in the upcoming days. I'm jammed wif work loads and too broke to go for a short vacation.

Erm, talking abt short vacation... Ya.. i shd say i went for 1 ytd. Right after wk, i rush down immed to Woodlands checkpt & mit up wif HB to go into JB. Had a quick lunch, went to a few shops at city sq, then grab the CNY goodies (the main purpose of our trip) and rush back to Sgp. Consider short enuff? It like only 2hrs out of Sgp. But did i enjoy myself? No~! Everyting is so rush, as we had to pick son hm fr MIL, had to do laundry washing wen reach hm, so simply no time to do other shoppings in JB!

Now, beside my office wk problem, i facing problem in terms of finance. My shop has just only started and the sales wasnt too gd. Perhaps the staffs were not promoting well. Or our products r not so attractive enuff? Anyway, my partner is trying to solve the problems and is adding new nail art designs. So do come down and see if u fall in luv wif our new designs.

Finance... ya. it's my personal finance. I'm broke, digging into my miserable personal savings, & still in debts. Lots of things to buy: CNY clothes (me & son), cookies, oranges, Ang Paos, Son's bday cakes. Hai~!!!! Anyone can give me a set of lucky numbers that will bound to win the top lottery prizes? I nid cash! And wif cash i can go for holidays, a break away fr my hectic lifestyles, break fr my forever nuisances son who is always sticking to me like a "UHU-glue"!!!!

More busy days to come:
Shopping for CNY stuffs
Preparations for CNY crowds at my shop
Training for CNY crowds at my shop
Spring cleaning
Slpless nites coz by my son (which is someting i don hope or wish for!)...

Shop Opening: Shugar @ Marina Sq #02-259

2008-01-24T01:25:00.000-08:00

My shop, Shugar has finally open at Marina Square #02-259 (near john little).

After a week of rush and stressful nites, we finally set the shop up ready for operation on 19 Jan, Sat. Official opening was 20 Jan, sun, where my family, relatives and friends came down to support us. And the promotions drew lots of customers to our shop. I try to help out much although my product knowledge is not too good. Cant blame me, i havent gone thru my training wif the franchisor. So a lot of the time, i have to ask my staffs for help instead. Lolx.

Sales for the official opening was good. At least we had the highest sales as compare to other branches in their past openings. After the event, the whole place was in a mess, and there are tons of orders for the staffs to process... They will be having a busy wks till CNY as many ple are gtg their nails before CNY.

Currently, there is an ongoing promotions for this week till 27/1/08, Sun.
First set of custom nails @ normal price.
Second set of custom nails @ 25% disc.
Third set of custom nails @ 50% disc.

Custom nails set prices are $28, $35, $45 & $55. Discount is at the lower value of the sets.

These custom nails can be placed early before CNY. So do not wait till near to CNY then order, if not the order may not rush out on time for collection.

That's all for the promotion for this week. Any future promo, i try to update in my blog.

My company website: www.shugar.tv

Hope to c u down at my shop soon!!

Release of O Lvl Results

2008-01-24T01:02:00.000-08:00

I just rec'd a sms fr my student who wrote: "A1 for Accounts. :) "

I was puzzled by her msg. Coz now is only 24 Jan. Arent results suppose to be out end of Feb? So i asked her if the results are out today. Then I msn my sis who is online too. Now then i know O lvl results r out today. Lol.. I'm so outdated lor. Me so lousy sia!

My student did very well, or should say better than my expectation. She got >20 pts for L1R5 for her prelim, A/cs she got only B3. And her O lvl results she got 15 for L1R5 lor. She plan do Mass comm in NP, which i encourage her to go for it. She seems to like media and is good in her English, so mass comm will suit her.

Another student of mine did not do quite well. A C5 for her a/cs, which is only slight improvement. She mentioned that she now can enter into local poly, which i do hope she can get into the courses of her choice.

And so far, these are the last 2 students i've got so far. This year I have started a biz, and with a grown up baby, I guess i dont have much time to tutor others now. But then, if anyone is desparately looking for an a/cs tutor, and doesnt live too far from my hse, i may consider take up the job. Meanwhile... let me sort out the mess at my shop, hse, and office.. Haha~!

I'm so happy now.. oh.. did i mention, this is the 1st time i have a student who got A1 lor! I'm so proud of myself.. lol..

Wahahaha~

So Piss off...

2007-12-11T00:27:00.000-08:00

I noe the title sound like childish... but tt wat i feeling inside now. Wat make me angry is the FB game: CS. There is this new item call arena, where a battle begins at a certain time. I nvr lose so badly until the last match. The opponent has a Lieutenant General, while i'm a small fly to him. So i no matter how i attack him, i still miss n kena hit! I kept spending bulks of money to buy life, resprawn, buy weapons.. still MISS my hits! Damn it! Make me so broke now. I hate it.. gng to attack him when he unaware later... coz i not gng to give up for he is 'bullying' me!

Dotz... I'm so childish.. but who cares?

I'm so bored in office. No 1 control me? no1 to disturb! Sianz.. Wen can i change a job? Nxt yr hopefully.. esp coming Jan 1, every1 is leaving me at orchard.. no more lunch kaki.

I'm also physically broke! Hopefully boss gives me a 2x mth bonus or more.. so i have enuff savings and use some for biz investments. I still havent get any CNY clothes for my ah boy!

Toking abt my biz investments.. will post more soon.. lolx..

Holidays

2007-12-07T01:31:00.000-08:00

It's the year end.. and a month full of holidays and festive moods: Hari Raya, Xmas & New Year! Also a month where everyone is getting out of Singapore. But for me? I'm stuck in Sgp. So sian.. Last yr i'm aso stuck.. coz i too preggie to go travel ard.. but tis yr end excuse is i got a baby at home. I rmbr last yr i was so upset and cried when my hb went jb, my family went msia.. every1 went sum where except me. And u noe wat? Tis yr it is the SAME again.. well, not my family members tis time, but my friends lor.. They going Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and thailand.. but me leh? Cant go!!!! My mil say she don wan take care of my son.. excuse is she wan do spring cleaning! Yet she gng to Msia in the last wk of dec lor! I only get to travel to Taipei tis yr.. Where as my hb went to bangkok, taiwan, batam tis yr. So unfair rite?

My target next yr: I wan to go Europe!!! It sounds like a "WOW" countries.. coz it gng to make me poorer by more den SGD5k! But i don care! I told hb already.. I wan go sum where FAR (as in not msia or thailand or indonesia) one more time before i preggie wif a 2nd bb. Coz i noe tt wif 2 kids ard, chances of me gng overseas will be even slimmer. I gave hb the option of Hokaiddo in Japan, or Europe (such as paris, london, watever) on a guided tour. Last time we tog of like taking 1 mth of leave to tour ard europe on a F&E tour.. but guess it sound a bit difficult as v lack the time and the $$. So a guided tour is more direct as in we noe how much costs will be involves (as hotels n places of interest r fixed in tour packages cost), plus the time & tpt is provided. So don nid to source ard much. So we target 4th qtr of the yr.. den v will begin our BB plan production on our 2nd honeymoon.. and a Bb *GIRL* be out in 2009! Lolx..

So for the time being, i should save up for my $$$! And aso achieve another target of losing weight.. which unfortunately to say.. i havent even try yet. I being eating lots of sinful food lor.. Maybe i shd list them out n tell u how terrible m i?
Mon: Chicken Chop with Rice & Fries
Tue: Waffler wif cream & Ice-cream
Wed: Coffee Bean choco cake (not cheesecake) on top of my vegetarian mixed rice.
Thu: Baked pasta at NYDC for lunch, Pizza, lagsani, mixed fried seafood platters from Pizza Hut for dinner.
Fri: Lunch was ok.. except 1 cookies from subway.. Dinner: ???

For the whole wk so far, i ate and spent at 4 restaurants! I'm broke.. n i shd simply DUMP my Credit cards at hm to prevent further spending... Waiting for y/e bonus to pay off my CC debts.. alamak..

Overall: Gain Weight, and Lost Money! Hai~! Total opposite of wat i wan... I deserved to be shot. And pls pls pls... don let my hb read tis post. He will shot me b4 i commit my own suicide.

SCSM 2007 Photos

2007-12-04T22:50:00.000-08:00

Below are some pics taken online. Din bring any camera or took any personal pic on actual day.

Near the finishing line.
Speeding for my last metre. Spot me? (on the left)
Adidas offer free candid photos on event day itself. Took 1 wif my hb after the race. Saw my medal on my hand? =)

SCSM 2007

2007-12-04T00:18:00.000-08:00

Yeah! I achieve it. My 1st 10km run.. and i complete it within my target of 1.5hr. My Gun time was 1h 27m 3s and my net achievement is 1h 22m 55s! Hurray! Not so bad rite? Esp it my 1st run and my last training was like more than a wk ago.

From the analysis, I'm rank 2560th place (48%) in the entire 10km woman category, 617th place (46%) in the division category (Female age 25 - 29).

Ave time per mile is 13m 21s, ave time per KM is 8m 18s

Ave Speed is 7.2 km per hr, 4.5Mile per hr.

From the map above, i'm not even half way thru my race wen the Overall winner complete her race. When my division winner complete her race at a timing of 01:00:09, i was more than half way thru my race. And the ave timing for the 10km women event was 01:29:07. I fall into the top 50% finishers!

My re-called of event day itself: Hb's colleague's wife, Yvonne drove us to the event. It was a bit difficult to find parking space as raffles city was full n we only managed to find parking space in Funan. Den v hurry over, and lucky we can deposit our belongings at her car, so v skip the long Q at the bag deposit area and proceed straight to the starting point. While strolling over, a lot of the runners fr the earlier race have ran back to the starting pt, and heading towards East Coast. So many motivators ard.. esp at the finish point. Hb and his colleague prepared for their race at 7.15pm. Yvonne and I waited for our race at 8pm. Soon after the 7.15pm race started, i heard ple clapping and cheering.. some runners have already ran back... i tog they were the half-marathon which started at ard 6pm. Only wen i heard the marathon winners took 2hr +, den i realised they r the one who i saw! Wah.. to me they r crazy lor.. 2hrs to complete 42.195 km??? I took 1.5hr to complete 1/4 of their distance. At my pace, i can give up the idea to participate in any marathon or even half-mara in my entire life...

The run was ok.. ran continously till i pass the 4km mark.. den slow down and walk eventually. Run again wen i recover my energy.. Almost stop at every waterpt to recover my thrist, had a few cups of 100plus at the last few waterpt... Though i hate those isotonic drink like 100plus, H-two-O and red bull, i still end up drinking them during my events. Coz i learnt my lesson once.. i suffer from dizziness a few days after my safra run wen i did not drink enuff isotonic drink to recover myself.. end up the doc gave me more isotonic drink to drink. Anyway, all these isotonic drink become tasteless wen i'm too tired or desperate for water.

Overall performance.. I'm happy wif my results.. as all my friends did the run at 1hr+. Hb at 1h 4m, his colleague at 1h 2m, limin at 1h 14min and yvonne at 1h 28m.

Anyway, congras to the winners! And aso congras to everyone who complete the race! C u again next yr!!!

Exercises (or Excuses?)

2007-11-29T22:15:00.000-08:00

2 more days to the big event, SC 10km Run... An event which i have signed up in Aug, tog tt i will be able to achieve the distance of 10km. But now.. seems like a bit difficult. I havent been training much. Only once a week aerobics class, follow by minor jogging on the threadmill. My distance on threadmill nvr even hit 3km. I sucks big time tis rd! In for BIG trouble as i'm not fully prepared.

Juz last wk, or my last exercise, i try jog on threadmill n only hit 1.6km. I was so hungry and cant concerntrate on running... My mind was full of food sia. Wen i finish my jog, i peep over to another ger who was running beside me. She run so loudly wif her feet stomp heavily on the threadmill... And guess wat? She ran a distance of 5+km. Wat a shame of myself... Tink she maybe gng for the SC run too...

On Monday, i went to visit my gynae. Coz i have missed my menses for 3mths liao. I'm not prgnt! Took countless of prgncy test kits, and still negative. So worried i have grown cryst or some cancers diesease. Heng ar.. gynae say i got plenty of eggs, but they r not growing, therefore not ovulating. I got the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. My cure is to slim down as my obese is affecting my menstruation cycle. So sad lor. Well.. i lose some weight initially, den gain some recently again. That's wen my cycle stop. Gynae advise that it is ok to miss 3mths of menses, but once exceed tt, i muz quickly take some medicines to induce my ovulation. If not the womb lining will be too thick and is prone to cancer cells. WAH.. really scare me lor.

So now, i muz work DOUBLY hard to slim down, for a healthier me, and of coz a prettier me. And to make sure no1 is gng to give up his/her seat for me wen i'm not prgnt (which some1 did to me tis mrng at mrt! I'm NOT prgnt! Flabby tummy only!!! >_<).

I din exercise tis wk, but is watching my diet liao. Wanted to go for a swim on tue, but miss the timing. Will be doing my 10km tis sunday.. If no pain for early nxt wk, will be back into my exercise routine. Hopefully can lose weight to 60kg by end of the yr. Another 5kg before CNY 2008. Ya.. that's my GOAL in 2mths time!

Current goal in 2 Days time: Complete my 10km run in less den 1hr 30min. Bless me n wish me LUCK~!

New Blog Skin

2007-11-29T22:11:00.000-08:00

Haha.. i switch back to this basic template.

Reason: i have no time to source for an ideal skin yet. Busy wif work.. surfing net.. looking after bb... n daydreaming.. Lolx!

Till then, hope u still like my simple blog skin. Haha...

Vertical Marathon 2007 Pic

2007-11-29T21:51:00.000-08:00

My VM pic.. all look so ugly.. Maybe i was too tired.. grasping for air n energy to climb the final few steps.. so no mood to pose n smile for the camera. Haha.. Got 8 pics taken, of which, below r the best 3... the rest r too ugly to show here.. lol~!

Climbing last few steps to the rooftop.

Finally reach the top.. but not the end.. As i havent pass the chip timer mat.

The FINISH pt! C the red mat at the bottom of my feet? tt is the timer mat, and it mark my timing at 18:49

Cheers!

Vertical Marathon 2007

2007-11-14T00:50:00.000-08:00

Last sunday i joined hb and his collegues/friend at the Swissotel VM. This is hb and my first attempt. In the past weeks, i have only trained on the climbing machine at gym. So not sure wat it was like. From the past records, i saw ple disqualified, so which mean if i cant take it, i can quit half way. Den wen i went to collect the goodie bag, i saw so many young girls. At least i felt more comfortable, coz they don look like those very fit type of girls. So i wont feel so stress.

At the event, it wasnt very crowded.. as compared to the SB run. Maybe the organisers are more efficient or lesser participants. A funny incident happen at the register counter. The female staff ask me if i was in the category under 20. Hee~! So happy lor.. i look so 'young' to be mistaken as under 20's. Den i blur blur say "No, 20 - 39 category" Oppss.. i over-stated my category... Shd be 20-29. Lucky the ger understand wat i saying, if not i very malu lor. Ple say me young, yet i say i'm so old. After registration, v took some pics. Saw jiaman and his dad is joining too. A very fit uncle lor.. over 50 y.o. Soon the race started, my catergory was Female 20-29, and it was after the "Under 20's", "Over 50's" and the Male 20-29.

Limin 'fly me kite' on tt day for a short holidays to msia. Heng my hb's collegue's wife, Yvonne is participating alone too. So v both Q together. Wen our race start, we both run ahead to the stairs and took 2 stairs at a time.. after a few storeys, i gave up and took 1 step ea... Wah.. i buah ta han liao.. tired at the 8-9th storey. With 60+ storey to go, i so worry lor. I almost stop at every storey, gasping for air and my energy.. it so tiring n difficult.. i kept wanting to give up... Wen i reach certain storey, i bump into yvonne, and she encourage me to continue, and climb a few storey wif me. Den she soon went out of my sight, ahead of me. Den soon i c ple starting to over-take me. Some are very friendly and keep encouraging me not to give up.. The ushers/marshals are also encouraging too. And i don noe how i ended up at the 73th storey in the end. Haha.. I felt so blur and giddy wen i reach the top. Only noe i pass the chip timing device and sum one place a medal over my head to make my achievement.. Wah so happy.. finally over.. i walk ard in daze for a few min b4 i drop "dead" on the floor.. Tt wen i recover myself and pose for some pic taking. Din really c the scenery as i was too tired but it was windy and very high.

After breakfast, we went to pick up our certificates. Was told that Jiaman's dad won the 3rd plc in his catergory. His dad very power ar... tink ard 12min for a 50yo uncle leh. I tog i complete in 30min +, but my cert shown 18min 49sec. Wow.. so proud of such a good timing. I estimate 20min b4 the race, 30min after the race and i got less dan 20min for the race. 1st in my category was 11m 38s, while last was 25m. I'm rank 52 out of 74. 70% percentile from the top. So not bad lor.

Will i join again next year... my answer is NO!

Facebook

2007-10-01T02:15:00.000-07:00

I'm finally sign up Facebook... after Joanne tod me abt it many wks ago. :X Nvm... late is beta den nvr join rite??? So here i m... Facebook is still a pretty new network, similar to friendster.. but less popular.. I still manage to c a few friends in my contact list who r in Facebook. Added a long lost pri sch friend, from IJ kellock.. Came across IJ alumin website... cool.. i lost all contact wif my pri sch friends.. really hope to find some of them.. Hee..

Gng to buzz over the facebook.. so will blog more again nxt time..

Not Happy wif Tis Blog Skin.

2007-09-19T02:41:00.000-07:00

I've spend so much time on editing this blog skin... and till now still NOT satisfied. Havent even upload the tagboard, timer, etc.. coz i disappointed in the blog layout...

1stly, i took tis skin fr blogskins.com, the original designer of tis skin put a christian "precious moment" pic which i don like. So havent been searching for a nicer pic to replace the christian pic... But so sad.. cant find any suitable yet. Den the stupid snow bg, can only drop to half the page. Alamak! X-) Den wat if ple read the bottom of the blog? The snows melts into the air!! Den the tong hua midi is built in... Don noe if can add more songs if i wan?

I cant wait to get another blog skin.. but quite busy at work. Home? No nid to even mention... Wan watch a tv, aso hard to find time.. Yawnz...

MOONCAKE FESTIVAL

2007-09-18T00:26:00.000-07:00

Yoi! It the time of the year where I'm will be gtg fatter.. LOL! Coz it mooncake festival. Sourcing ard for my fav mooncake: snow-skin champage mooncake. Sad to say i only order 1 box. Wanted to buy more... but it Out Of Stock liao. Y so cruel to me! Still got 1 wk to the festival and it's GONE b4 i can get hold of it. Haiz... Gotta wait for next yr or get other types of mooncakes. Wat to do.. i so S. L. O. W.!

Next.. i still miss the Agar Agar Mooncake. I rmbr in my poly life, my fren Tee Harn noe i luv agar agar. So she brought 1 pcs of Agar Agar Mooncake for me from JB. Wow! It the 1st time i try out tis unique type of mooncake. It actually 100% agar agar tt is made in the shape of a round mooncake. The filling is also agar agar (w coconut?) & a different colour. So the whole agar agar is quite transparent but it really nice... Y? Coz it my FAV food mah! Haha...

Today.. while surfing the net to look for a agar agar pic... i browse across a website tt shows the receipe of Durian Paste Agar Agar Mooncake. So i paste the receipe here, will try it out wen i'm.. erm.. free lor.. Which i doubt so.. haha..

DURIAN PASTE AGAR AGAR MOONCAKE
(Makes 9 pieces)

For the mock egg yolk:
Agar-Agar Powder - 3 grams
Sugar - 50grams
Water - 170 ml
Fresh pandan leaves - 2grams
Fresh durian meat - 25 grams
Coconut milk - 250ml
Yellow food coloring - 2grams

For the "durian paste":
Agar-Agar powder - 16grams
Sugar - 200grams
Coconut milk - 250ml
Water - 430ml
Fresh Pandan leaves - 4 pieces
Fresh durian meat - 230grams
Yellow food coloring - 2grams

For the mock mooncake skin:
Agar-Agar powder - 16grams
Sugar - 200 grams
Fresh Pandan (screw pine) leaves - 250grams
Water - 425ml
Coconut milk - 50ml
Green food coloring - 2ml

Preparation steps:
Mock egg yolk
Step 1: Mix together and boil water, agar-agar, sugar, and pandan leaves.
Step 2: Discard the pandan leaves and add the durian meat, coconut milk, and food coloring.
Step 3: Allow the mixture to cool slightly before pouring it into the ice tray.
Step 4: Leave it to set.

The Durian Paste
Step 1: Mix together and boil the water, 250ml puree coconut milk, agar-agar and pandan leaves.
Step 2: Discard the pandan leaves and cease boiling. Add the durian meat and coloring and stir well.
Step 3: Pour the mixture into the 19cm squares immediately. (As a guide, cut a piece of paper slightly shorter in width of the 6cm square plastic moon cakes moulds)
Step 4: Pour the mock egg yolk mixture into the center of each square.
Step 5: Press down the mock egg yolk and level the durian paste.
Step 6: Leave it to set before cutting into squares.

The Mooncake Skin
Step 1: Mix together and boil water, agar-agar sugar and pandan leaves
Step 2: Add coconut milk and food coloring to the mixture.
Step 3: When the mixture boils, turn off the heat.
mooncake moulds
Step 4: Fill each mould with 3 dessertspoons of the mixture.
Step 5: Make sure that the mixture is slightly set before inserting each square piece of durian paste.
Step 6: Fill the mould with the remaining boiling mixture immediately and leave to set.
Step 7: Chill before serving.

Enjoy ur Cooking &

HAPPY

MID-AUTUMN

FESTIVAL!!!

JUST ME AND MYSELF

2007-09-13T01:00:00.000-07:00

Juz created a new Blog all abt myself... Don wan fight attention wif my son. So dedicating http://www.baby-ahboy.blogspot.com to my son only. And tis blog will consist abt ME only. haha... =)