Thursday, December 27, 2007

祝妈妈生日快乐!

今天是妈妈的生日哦!

我知道她最喜欢在这时候出国旅行,不过sorry lah, 今年没空陪她。明年得好好计划,安排个冬季之旅 :) 那今天,将就一点,就请妈妈吃晚餐啦,ok? 嘻嘻!
*********************************************

Afternote:

我们选择在家附近的Seafood Paradise餐馆用餐。老弟的女朋友Eileen好赏脸,她今天刚和家人从台湾环岛旅行回来,应该很累,却也跟着来替老妈祝寿。这女孩好啊,老弟你要加油哦!:)

一条Soon Hock清蒸鱼,一只蒜荣炸鸡,一锅hotplate豆腐,一碟香菇炒芥兰,再加上个龙虾沙拉,就是我们为妈妈点的“寿宴”。虽然不是特别丰盛,大家也一样吃得开开心心。一家人,就这样热热闹闹地为妈妈庆祝了生日。:)

老妈camera shy, 就让小妹上镜为今天的庆祝留下个回忆吧!(其实这龙虾沙拉才是主角,漂亮吧?)



Saturday, December 22, 2007

Nasi Lemak Xmas Party

Had a gathering with the gals and their families again!

Nasi lemak, vegetable curry, fried chicken wings/nuggets/sausages, otah otah, cheesecake and tang yuan! Its our way of creating a localised Xmas cum Dong Zhi party... Hope all enjoyed themselves!

As usual, we were all too distracted by the kids and the food, so the only photos I took were of the beautiful Xmas cheese cake baked by Kelly! The deco on the cake were so cute... mostly ended up in the hands of the kids, I'm no fight when it comes to snatching toys, haha!

Oh this time, we had a new kid in our midst, my niece Venicia, she had such a fun time playing with the kor kors and the jie jies, that she didn't fall asleep until past midnight. Hee, and she has got herself a new boyfriend, wahahaha... don't worry, Gim Gim promise to help you keep the secret, lol!


Monday, December 17, 2007

Tis the Season to be Jo-lly!

Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!

A flurry of "growing-up" activities took place this month:

- Firstly, my balsam plants flowered when we returned from Genting!

- The kumquat plants are bearing fruits, look at that "sextuplets" in the photos! Just a pity they may not last til CNY... but nonetheless the bumper harvest is still a marvel to behold!

- The living room sprouted a Xmas tree! LOL... alright, it may not be a real tree, but Ivan loves it. :) Oh and to set the record straight, the leaves are in dark green, not black okie... Can't believe my bosses tried to argue over the colour :S

- My god-son is now a happy 2-yr old!

Too bad I cannot grow taller anymore. LOL

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

大蜜蜂

昨夜我做了一个梦,
梦里变成大蜜蜂.
飞到西呀飞到东,
一天到晚是忙做工.

Monday, October 8, 2007

鸡飞狗跳

简单的说,这是一场误会。关于Nur和我们。

等我有空再慢慢告诉你事情的来龙去脉。

*摇头叹气*

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

八月十五

Saturday, September 22, 2007

BBQ! (中秋倒数3天)

真奇怪,我们总是说有maids帮我们BBQ,所以BBQ parties对我们来说应该不会太费力,不过每次我的Nur总是有忙不完的事情,老是要跑上跑下的,害得我到现在都没有机会尝一尝她的BBQ厨艺。下一次我得好好帮她安排工作!

不过呢,幸好我们有两位可爱的小妹妹,自愿充当我们的BBQ主厨,谢谢你们哦,Shiwah & Bernice!下一次不会让你们这么辛苦了,改做漂亮waitress好不好?

还有,也要特别感谢Adrian帮忙生火,paiseh hor, 要你一个人处理那些黑碳。。。还好你没有对我脸黑黑,嘻嘻!

就让大家回味一下这晚的情景,感谢 Leslie Lim 为我们拍下了这些照片,是专业水准的哦!(要把你的全名写下才能替你打免费广告嘛!)


总的来说,这又是一个热热闹闹的聚会,谢谢大家,有空再来我家玩!:)

赤裸裸的月亮 (中秋倒数3天)


By Leslie Lim.

Friday, September 21, 2007

中秋要到了! (倒数4天)

好不容易等到星期五。。。早上我得准备一些资料,等着下午开会时讨论。老板刚刚从一个international conference返回, 一定又带回新ideas,我有得忙咯!

不管了,我要先和好友们提早庆中秋,希望明天的天气能与我们好好配合一下,不要太热,再加一点微微风,然后让云都散开,这样才能赏月嘛!:)


突然想起汉英将一个人孤单过中秋。。。或许他从来不庆中秋,但心情肯定是失落的。我也只能在这儿为他轻轻叹气。我常常这样想,如果当年我不多管闲事,不胡乱劝他抛开理性和种种与慧在个性和宗教上的分歧,不告诉他应该想爱就爱,不知道今天他们俩的生活又会有什么样的改变?或许我太抬举自己了,与其说是我撮合,或许该说是他们那时都不懂得自己需要什么?两个当局者都没怪我,反而是我自己怪自己。唉,俗语说得好,不做中,不做保,不做媒人三代好!

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

“我不再爱你了”

哇,我好久没有泡电话粥了!

虽然只有一小时多,感觉上昨晚好像和慧谈了好久。。。汉英的愤怒完全在她意料之外,同样的,她要离婚的决心也是汉英万万想不到的。他们结婚也有6年了,同床共枕了那么久,原来彼此都不了解对方。那我呢?我对自己老公的了解又有多深?

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

中秋要到了!(倒数7天)

谈一些开心的事!

这个星期六她们会来我家BBQ,好期待哦!

我要好好想一想怎么把纸灯笼挂起来?要不风一吹,灯笼变火球,可要吓坏她们的小孩,嘻嘻!

祝慧生日快乐

今早一起身,就觉得好紧张。就是今天了!明天以后,慧不需要在汉英面前掩饰什么了。就让他最后一次替慧庆祝生日吧。往后,他只能象刘若英所唱的那样,“把从前情人节快乐,变成祝你生日快乐”。我是不是想得太多了?

慧说,想等到了家楼下才与他谈,这样他就不必开车。真细心。

突然觉得她勇敢的有点恐怖。

突然觉得相比之下,当时的我太懦弱。我不由自主地又想起了那时的心情。。。

要清醒一点!现在要提出分手的人又不是我啦。。。


祝慧能早日找到属于她的幸福快乐,happy birthday my dear!

Sunday, September 16, 2007

分手... 可惜不是你

今天我约了慧,去了Chijmes 的 Japanese Dining "SUN",享受了一个悠闲的下午。餐馆气氛不错,很有现代格调,一踏进门,我顿时以为自己是个阔太太,哈哈。侍应生给了我们一个角落的座位,似是知道我们姐妹俩要谈心事。慧告诉我,她的辅导师认为她已经清楚了解自己真正需要什么,下一步要做的,就是要开口向汉英正式提出分手。


分手。是解脱也好,是抛弃也罢,这简单的两个字,却是让人多么的激动。


我永远是站在慧这边儿的。如果她的幸福,是要牺牲汉英才能换取到,我会支持她的。虽然我同情汉英,甚至对他有一点点愧疚,因为毕竟我也有份撮合他们,但是我知道,慧的心情比我复杂千万倍。她说她的离婚是一件“unfortunate"的事情,我想她所谓的不幸/可惜,其中除了包含一点点歉意,也意味着她不怪汉英了。“可惜不是你,陪我到最后。。。” 不过我觉得最重要的是,慧好像是以局外人角度来研究,探讨她婚姻破裂的种种原因。这份冷静是一种成熟的表现吗?我想我需要重新了解慧。


哎,我们已不是当年的黄毛小丫头了!


晚上与Ivan和他父母外出用餐时,Ivan牵我的手时,比平时更紧。不知道他是不是也在想,我们应该怎么面对人生旅程的未知数?我不知道,也不敢多想,就静静地感受我现在所拥有的温柔吧。

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

I've Got A Golden Ticket...



Ahhh!!! Look, its the Golden Ticket!!! I'm going to Willy Wonka's!!!

No no, I should correct myself... Well you see, the place I'm going to, it will be far far sweeter than all the chocolates from Oompa Loompa Land!! Oh I just love this invitation card...

Congratulations my friend, on finding that special someone to share a lifetime of "Chocolates" with... People often assume "Chocolates" are always sweet, and they sometimes think they've lost the "Chocolate" when they taste something bitter. But my dear friend, I trust you will have the good sense to know that together with this special someone, you can always count on the "Chocolate" to be there for you, through good and bad times, in health and sickness, and not even death can ever rob the "Chocolate" away from you.

I wish you all the "Chocolates" in the world, dear friend.

中秋要到了!(倒数13天)

今天我买了月饼给自己! Marriott 的 Ebony & Ivory 。。。这是我最爱的Whisky巧克力冰皮月饼!

接下来我要帮我和Ivan的爸妈找低糖月饼了,好让他们吃得开心,同时也吃得健康。。。如有好介绍,要通知我okie! :)


Afternote:
听朋友说,Harbour City Restaurant有一种“sugarless mooncake”,月饼以maltitol代替糖分,能把calories减少一半。虽然吃起来还是觉得甜甜的,不过希望妈妈会吃得比较安心啦。

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

与仁慈医院共庆中秋!

听说Breadtalk 捐赠出200盒精美月饼礼盒给仁慈医院,还附送茶叶哦!每盒S$32, 所筹得款项,将作为医院常年运作费。

凡订购5盒以上,将享有free delivery! (Sorry, 只限新加坡地区)

我想,这月饼一定很香,因为多了份人情味呀!^_^

《月饼订购单》
《BREADTALK 2007月饼宣传单》

中秋要到了!(倒数14天)

我是个中秋宝宝哦!所以对我来说,八月十五意义重大,月圆饼圆人团圆,是个好得不得了的日子!尤其喜欢我家婆所说过的民间传说,“古早人”(福建话)说,十五月圆出世的女孩都漂亮,我既是在月亮最圆的时候出世的,不就代表我是最漂亮的?!哈哈哈,女人的虚荣心,无止境啊!

可是在西方文化里,月圆时往往都不是件好事,什么人狼啦,吸血鬼啦,巫婆啦,统统都选择在月圆时干坏事!他们近视吗??没有月光就看不见路吗??更糟的,别人发疯也怪在月亮头上,叫什么lunatic? 为什么不是sunatic? Or staratic! 真是的!

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Counting my blessings!

  • My biggest birthday present is a diamond ring from Ivan. Lovely! Now I'm just afraid I can't bear to wear it too often...

  • Driving lessons! I'm picking up driving again, this is my present to myself, hopefully by my next birthday, I can proudly say, "I got licence liao!"

  • I've got 2 birthday cakes! 1 from Sandy, another 1 from my inlaws. :)

  • Tons of birthday wishes... from all my dear dear friends! Including a cute 12yr old girl who's my new maple buddy... and from a 9yr old boy who wants me to be his maple gf, awww... how sweet!

  • A birthday song and dance from Nur, Indonesian-style... I lost track of the number of times she wished me happy birthday, ha...

  • Now here's the best part... My biggest blessing is that I lost newly bought underwear in the cinema after watching "881"... thank goodness they were not mine! (they were Ivan's, hahaha!)

Saturday, September 8, 2007

生日感想

今天我又老了,哎哟不是不是,应该说是又增加了一年智慧!我要谢谢我爸爸妈妈,带我来到这个世界,爱护我,培育我成材。(你们不同意吗?我没成材吗?hello, 是人材不是木柴ok!)

不过说真的,小时候的我是个很有安全感的小孩,我妈说当我第一天上幼稚园的时候,别的小孩都哭得稀里哗啦,只有我最乖,全班只有我没哭。。。我妈嘴里虽说我那时很乖,没让她丢脸,但不知道她有没有偷偷怀疑过我是不是和妈妈不亲,所以不依赖?后来长大后我看了一篇心理学论文,才知道如果一个小孩能够不畏惧一个新的环境,那就代表他是受到很好的照顾,有全职妈妈/保姆细心照料,所以他不曾害怕,更不会担心会被遗弃。当然,其中可能有别的原因,我也不排除我可能是个呆小孩,哈哈,不过呢,给个面子啦,就当是哄哄我,哄哄我妈。。。我小时候的快乐童年,是父母给予我的幸福。爸爸妈妈,谢谢你们。

后来我渐渐长大了,开始交男朋友了,也让妈妈操心了。这段日子里所发生过的风风雨雨,我也不想多说。总之,说我叛逆也好,说我发神经也好,是我不懂事,让妈妈哭了。妈妈,对不起。

和妈妈关系好了,一切的幸福好像又都回来了。20岁的我开始和认识多年的R交往,虽然和他牵手后第三天,我得了盲肠炎,但一切还是甜蜜的。最重要的是,妈妈赞成了。R, 除了感谢,我也必须说声对不起。

是我变心,我承认。那时你在地球的另一端为我流泪,为我喝醉,我以为如果我看不见,听不到,我就不会感到罪恶。That's so far from the truth. 事隔多年,你还是坚持我永远都不能明白你的痛苦。若我说你钻牛角尖,会不会太过份?我只要你幸福。

搞什么嘛??换别的说。

和 Ivan 这些年来的生活很简单,他忙于事业,我默默支持。他是爱我的,虽然他的表达能力欠佳,哈,但我知道这个大男孩一直很努力的在扮演一个好老公的角色。他说过,是我让他成熟了,而我何尝不是因为他,慢慢学习如何当好老婆,不再任性。。。哎,怎么听起来,好像是在说唐僧如何收服孙悟空的故事!哈哈! 不过我这个细皮嫩肉的老公还真有点儿像唐僧,哈哈!

说说笑,乐一乐,这样的日子再好不过了。

祝我生日快乐! :)

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

《爱情全保》 - Smart哥和大宝

原本以为又是一部爱情喜剧,欢喜冤家之类的,所以也没有追看。。。可是昨晚看了第7集后,令我改观了哦。。。Smart哥和爱犬“大宝”之间的微妙默契,在大宝生命最后一刻完全体现出来,看得我都哭了!

最近对死亡比较敏感。。。

Monday, August 27, 2007

Susanna's mother's passing










Gosh what a blue blue monday... I was so shocked to hear the news! 虽然说生老病死是必然的, 但我还是觉得好伤心... I remember Susanna telephoning her mother last thur, calling her 妈妈 in a gentle, almost childlike manner, and I was thinking to myself how sweet... but that would be the last time I will ever hear Susanna talking to her 妈妈. Her 妈妈is gone! :(

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

What are you looking at?!



Think Shan will like this! :)

Thursday, August 16, 2007

No more meds!

This day deserves a special mention... I'm free from medication today! YAYNESS! Haha, shiwah's funny lingo couldn't have been more apt... I only hope she won't use that word in her school work, haha...

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

没有哈里波特的日子,第17天,阴天

This entry will be in English, if not, too much translation work to do lah.

Alright, as you know, I made the terrible boo-boo about the pre-order. Told my friends, my colleagues, my family, and all agreed I was unbelievably stupid. Instead of being one of the early birds, I ended up being the "late bird", an ungracious term coined by both Sandy and Ivan...
*Makes a face at both*

And so I resigned myself to the situation, what to do right? Wait lor! And after a torturous week, my book finally arrived on 28th July! Against the beautiful sunset, a winged parcel glided through my window, and landed smack on my lap! Ah, what will we become without magic in our lives? And for the record, I devoured the book the very next day, using a speed-reading spell borrowed from Hermione.

Well, I love happy endings, and this couldn't have been better... Harry and Ginny, together! All the missing puzzle pieces are now in place, with the exception of certain parts... Like how on earth did Neville pull out the Griffindor sword from the Sorting Hat? When the sword was already taken away by the goblin Griphook? And what had really happen to poor Ariana?

But whatever, the end has come. And I am satisfied.
:)

*********************************************
This morning, Aunt Petunia came to my mind... Must have been painful to harbour all that jealousy and resentment for so many years... Even til the last moment, she couldn't bring herself to talk about her sister Lily... was she still angry that Lily had what she didn't have? Or was she actually feeling remorseful towards Harry? Resentment hurts, it does. Let it go, Petunia.
*********************************************

Friday, August 10, 2007

NDP感想


好美好美!我超喜欢这次以水为主题概念的国庆庆典,幻想着我们这小岛是由水酝酿而生, 就好像孙悟空是从石头爆出来的, 哈哈,这个比喻好像不太好,but you get the picture lah, we are one with Nature!

Thursday, July 19, 2007

波特风云

她,虽然称不上是超级哈里波特书迷,但也同样想在第一时间知道Harry Potter会以什么样的结局收场。哈里会战胜Lord Voldermort吗?哈里会死吗?哈里会和Ginny在一起吗?还有还有,她最想知道的是,Sirius 会复活吗?所以呢,她施展了新加坡KIASU精神,决定预订,一定要在7月21号把一本Deathly Hallows得到手!

虽然说,个个书局肯定会大批进购,就算不预订,也应该不会断货。毕竟风靡全球的哈里波特已到了完结篇,当然要趁这最后的机会提高销售啦!不过没办法,J.K. Rowling施的魔法实在太厉害了,她无法再等。。。

就这样,她翻查了好几个网页,原来价钱都一样,那就向Singpost买吧,因为Singpost会在21号全球发行当天提供免费送货上门服务。她好开心哦,一面提醒自己要把所有在21号的约会推掉,一面将住家地址,credit card号码,一一输入网上预购表格,再三察看后,才满意地click “OK”。

突然间,发生了恐怖事件。。。

“For orders made after 14th July 2007, all books will be delivered within 10 days after 21st July 2007.”

天啊,那天已是19号!

她晕了。

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

开始写日记的第一天,晴

最近刚看完一部TVB drama“溏心风暴”, Alfred的日记 里是这么写的:
(当)一个人很不开心的时候,原来不是去喝酒,不是去找朋友聊天,而是很想很想写日记,把自己的心情写出来。
“没有常在心的日子”好感人哦,让我几乎都忘了是Alfred先对不起常在心,是他经不起诱惑。。。不过呢,我和常在心一样,早就原谅他了!:)

也就这样,让我又萌起写日记的念头。别为我操心哦,也没有什么不开心的事啦,就是有时候会有些莫名其妙的感触。。。说不定有朝一日,当我成为名人时,这些点点滴滴将会变成名言哦!哈哈!