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From "Under the Tuscan Sun", the romantic Italian, Marcello, commented on the traffic lights:
"Green means GO"
"Yellow - it's for decorations"
"Red - it's just a suggestion"
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《省钱王》里，权怡凤问 Ah-Ben 的欠扁问答题：
权：Spiderman 是什么颜色的？
Ben: 红色跟黑色
权：错。答案是白色
Ben: 为什么？
权：“是-白-的 man！”
[...]
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今早在车上听933时，电台因为刚过的 Oscar Award 而聊起了 Hollywood 和 Bollywood, Royston 来了个 Funny 的想法：
“India 的叫 Bollywood”
“Singapore 的可以叫 Sollywood?” “梁智强的电影全部都是 Sollywood.”
...
“Malaysia 也可以叫 Mollywood...”
(faint)
"Green means GO"
"Yellow - it's for decorations"
"Red - it's just a suggestion"
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《省钱王》里，权怡凤问 Ah-Ben 的欠扁问答题：
权：Spiderman 是什么颜色的？
Ben: 红色跟黑色
权：错。答案是白色
Ben: 为什么？
权：“是-白-的 man！”
[...]
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今早在车上听933时，电台因为刚过的 Oscar Award 而聊起了 Hollywood 和 Bollywood, Royston 来了个 Funny 的想法：
“India 的叫 Bollywood”
“Singapore 的可以叫 Sollywood?” “梁智强的电影全部都是 Sollywood.”
...
“Malaysia 也可以叫 Mollywood...”
(faint)
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Intro
阿公 refers to my mum's dad here.
From young, we know 阿公 comes from Malaysia, a place called 四湾岛. Only recent years then I realized that this place is actually at Johor, Pengerang. Many of my cousins have not been to 四湾岛 or have no recollection of the place at all. I've been trying to organize trips to 四湾 with some of my cousin but it failed. I'm surprised when most of them turned up on 15 Feb'09.
Our 1st stop - 阿祖's tomb
It's Chinese culture to go 扫墓 during 清明节. Since 阿祖's tomb is in Malaysia, most of us have never been there before. My mum came up with the "brilliant" idea - to go 阿祖's tomb together. If you ask me to use a word to describe this place, it would be "DISASTROUS". 阿祖 is buried on a mountain. There's no beautiful scenery, only withered yellow grasses and scorching sun! But of course, no one dare to give much comments since it's our ancestor, we've to give our respects.
Main Objective
After a long walk, many were regretting coming to the trip honestly. For me, I was more looking forward to the restaurant... hehe... 四湾 is a place full of lobsters. Lobsters is of course our 主菜.
Other than lobsters, I like 山猪肉 as well. These are the things you usually don't eat in Singapore. I saw ostrich meat on the menu too, maybe we should try it the next time round.
Wa Si 连泰 e Cha Bo Qia
This joke will probably last a decade. I remember the very 1st time when I went to 四湾 with my parents & my younger sis, it was to attend a wedding dinner. My mum was bringing us around, proudly showing us her hometown. The funny thing is that she knows almost everyone there. She was going into shops, telling them that she is "连泰 e cha bo qia" (Lian Tai's daughter). My dad was commenting jokingly that we should rent a pick-up and a loud hailer for mum to “答谢选民” (thank her voters). Haha.. so you can imagine my mum going ard like a MP saying hi to everyone.
Apparently, according to my dad, 阿公 is quite a person there. He was the 校董 of the only school in that area - 育本学校. He owned this shop-house and build the 2nd level himself.
我的“母校”
Haha... we din study there. My cousins were exclaiming 我的“母校”when they see the school. "母校" it's 我母亲的学校. This is the school that I was talking abt just now. It's a small village, so there's only 1 school. When I first came to 四湾 for wedding dinner, the dinner was held at the school's basketball court. In fact, all dinner is held here. In memberance of our dad & mums, we took a "class photo" at the basketball court.
Ending
This also marks an end to our 四湾岛 exclursion.
Jiaxun is going back to Australia and we probably wun be seeing him till next year's holidays. Hope this will be a memorable , if not happy exclursion for him. As for the rest, guess I don't have to put in much efforts for the next trip, all I have to do is to set a date/time and I guess they would turn up at the ferry terminal. Hopefully Ah San will be able to join us the next time round.
阿公 refers to my mum's dad here.
From young, we know 阿公 comes from Malaysia, a place called 四湾岛. Only recent years then I realized that this place is actually at Johor, Pengerang. Many of my cousins have not been to 四湾岛 or have no recollection of the place at all. I've been trying to organize trips to 四湾 with some of my cousin but it failed. I'm surprised when most of them turned up on 15 Feb'09.
Our 1st stop - 阿祖's tomb
It's Chinese culture to go 扫墓 during 清明节. Since 阿祖's tomb is in Malaysia, most of us have never been there before. My mum came up with the "brilliant" idea - to go 阿祖's tomb together. If you ask me to use a word to describe this place, it would be "DISASTROUS". 阿祖 is buried on a mountain. There's no beautiful scenery, only withered yellow grasses and scorching sun! But of course, no one dare to give much comments since it's our ancestor, we've to give our respects.
Main Objective
After a long walk, many were regretting coming to the trip honestly. For me, I was more looking forward to the restaurant... hehe... 四湾 is a place full of lobsters. Lobsters is of course our 主菜.
Other than lobsters, I like 山猪肉 as well. These are the things you usually don't eat in Singapore. I saw ostrich meat on the menu too, maybe we should try it the next time round.
Wa Si 连泰 e Cha Bo Qia
This joke will probably last a decade. I remember the very 1st time when I went to 四湾 with my parents & my younger sis, it was to attend a wedding dinner. My mum was bringing us around, proudly showing us her hometown. The funny thing is that she knows almost everyone there. She was going into shops, telling them that she is "连泰 e cha bo qia" (Lian Tai's daughter). My dad was commenting jokingly that we should rent a pick-up and a loud hailer for mum to “答谢选民” (thank her voters). Haha.. so you can imagine my mum going ard like a MP saying hi to everyone.
Apparently, according to my dad, 阿公 is quite a person there. He was the 校董 of the only school in that area - 育本学校. He owned this shop-house and build the 2nd level himself.
我的“母校”
Haha... we din study there. My cousins were exclaiming 我的“母校”when they see the school. "母校" it's 我母亲的学校. This is the school that I was talking abt just now. It's a small village, so there's only 1 school. When I first came to 四湾 for wedding dinner, the dinner was held at the school's basketball court. In fact, all dinner is held here. In memberance of our dad & mums, we took a "class photo" at the basketball court.
Ending
This also marks an end to our 四湾岛 exclursion.
Jiaxun is going back to Australia and we probably wun be seeing him till next year's holidays. Hope this will be a memorable , if not happy exclursion for him. As for the rest, guess I don't have to put in much efforts for the next trip, all I have to do is to set a date/time and I guess they would turn up at the ferry terminal. Hopefully Ah San will be able to join us the next time round.
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I'm seriously pissed off with Golden Village online booking system, it's high time for GV to re-look into their system.
I'm supposed to be watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Royston, Jo & Yin Yin on Valentine's Day. We're so looking forward to the show. Royston even took a nap just to prepare himself for the night. Who knows, GV says we have NO reservation. After ding dong here, ding dong there, they finally found out that our booking is 13 Feb instead!
This actually what happen during CNY eve when I brought my younger sis to watch Twilight. I remember clearly that I clicked on the date first, then cinema, then movie timing. Unless I do the other way round (movie --> cinema --> date), i couldn't be wrong. Having trust for GV for all these yrs, I didn't even check on the confirmation e-mail. GV insisted that it's my fault & I have to pay double to watch the show. But we were still lucky, cos we manage to watch the show.
The gang was not so lucky on Valentine's Day. There's no more tickets and we end up not watching any show. What a let down.
Want to book online? Think again!
I'm supposed to be watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Royston, Jo & Yin Yin on Valentine's Day. We're so looking forward to the show. Royston even took a nap just to prepare himself for the night. Who knows, GV says we have NO reservation. After ding dong here, ding dong there, they finally found out that our booking is 13 Feb instead!
This actually what happen during CNY eve when I brought my younger sis to watch Twilight. I remember clearly that I clicked on the date first, then cinema, then movie timing. Unless I do the other way round (movie --> cinema --> date), i couldn't be wrong. Having trust for GV for all these yrs, I didn't even check on the confirmation e-mail. GV insisted that it's my fault & I have to pay double to watch the show. But we were still lucky, cos we manage to watch the show.
The gang was not so lucky on Valentine's Day. There's no more tickets and we end up not watching any show. What a let down.
Want to book online? Think again!
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今年过年真是过得有点急，只不过过个年就喘得半死，累得半死。So if u din see me updating my blog, that's becos' I'm too busy. 好友和表弟乘澳洲放假时赶回国过年，刚好又碰到美丽的堂姐回新办婚事，真是忙死了。
转眼已经是February ，快要考 CFA了，只accomplish 不到 ½ of the readings。糟糕。
公司无端端也来凑一脚，搞个什么试，弄得人仰马翻。
So，朋友们放过我吧！我不能出国、不能去Party、没有空(大概也没有心情）看电影、更没空追看电视剧。我最多只能陪你喝喝茶，吃吃饭， ok?
转眼已经是February ，快要考 CFA了，只accomplish 不到 ½ of the readings。糟糕。
公司无端端也来凑一脚，搞个什么试，弄得人仰马翻。
So，朋友们放过我吧！我不能出国、不能去Party、没有空(大概也没有心情）看电影、更没空追看电视剧。我最多只能陪你喝喝茶，吃吃饭， ok?
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All because of Alicia, 我们找到了相聚的借口。
Really impressed by Ivan, he could actually coordinate with everyone. 除了JZ外，the rest 都出现了。Ha ha... Appreciate his efforts. Thanks, Ivan!
又是一个“吃”的Gathering。这次选在Shokudo @ Raffles City ，我觉得是个 good choice （whoever tat suggest this place, kudos to you!)Shokudo 就像是个 Japanese 的 Marche。工作繁忙让我很久没有explore good food 了。只怕如此下去，我很快便要与世界脱节。还好不时有与朋友聚餐，才能够尝到美食。
我们大部分的人都在工作了，少了运动的动力和时间，大家脸上有明显的baby fats ，不然他们的长相都没什么变。其实我的这群朋友个个都郎才女貌，就是不明白，为什么个个都不结婚。
有人说：“结婚很多事情要做，很琐碎。”
有人说：“结婚要花很多钱，我没钱。”
有人说：“我的colleague去honeymoon被axed。”
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从小就很 outstanding 的医生姐姐带着她的医生老公回新补办婚礼。有可能因为老公是老外，又或者是喝的洋墨水多了，婚礼没繁文缛节：没有gate crash，也没有过大礼，等等之类，只是在Hotel有敬茶的仪式。依照惯例，我们也要向姐姐和“新”姐夫敬茶，面对一个老外，那“姐夫”的称呼有点“难以启齿”，我不晓得他是否听得懂。我觉得叫Matthew反而会亲切一点。
婚礼的重点不是菜色。原来拍全家福才是压轴。因为有几个cousin 长期住在国外，好几年没有拍全家福。这次除了Chloe外，全家到齐，我们真是拍的不亦乐乎。只可惜我们so far只有两个姐姐结婚，没有侄儿侄女，不然会更热闹！
婚礼的重点不是菜色。原来拍全家福才是压轴。因为有几个cousin 长期住在国外，好几年没有拍全家福。这次除了Chloe外，全家到齐，我们真是拍的不亦乐乎。只可惜我们so far只有两个姐姐结婚，没有侄儿侄女，不然会更热闹！
