Call Me YOUR HIGHNESS!

第 N 个红包箱（Ang Bao Box)。
妹妹问我为什么都不拍照，觉得我应该 take some pics for future reference.

问新人要什么颜色？是什么 theme? 新郎的回答是 anything. 通常我会配合 wedding theme, 让箱子也可以是一种摆设品。最怕就是两种人：1，要求多多的人，一大堆ideas, 不过都不切实际；2，问他什么他都说随便，成品他却不喜欢。你一定有碰过要打包，问那人要吃什么，他的回答是随便。结果你说鸡饭，他说不要，你说虾面，他说不要，你问他到底要吃什么，他还是说随便。很担心因为这次就是碰到这种人。完全不知道该如何下手，非常担心会花了很多心思和时间，结果他们不喜欢。

新人是摩登夫妻，我猜他们不喜欢太 childish，太 ang kong kong (红)，或是太 kim dang dang (金)的 design. 最后不管三七二十一决定用自己喜欢的紫色， create 一个比较 classy 的 look。 不知道新人喜不喜欢，自己却非常满意。

The road to adulthood is tough.
I'm under lots of pressure - with the money needed for our new home and wedding preparation + I'm still in experimenting stage of my career. I even suggested to Royston that maybe we shouldn't go honeymoon, we could go when we are more comfortable with our pockets.

Things that I'd done to cut down on spending:
1. Cut down on shopping
My credit card says $41 only! yeah! so proud of myself.

2. Cut down on restaurant
No more extravagant living. I never like the food at foodcourts but I dun mind eating at hawker centres. Have been eating more meals at hawker nowadays.

3. No more taxi
I'm known as taxi uncle's best friend, I'm used to taking it almost everyday. But now I hardly take any cab anymore. So far, i've only taken 2 times for this month. I deserve a clap?

I need to brainstorm what else can I cut down on.

No wonder the Government ban the gum. Even when it's banned, I could step on a gum 2 times in this month.

Gum is one of my childhood memories, and I was quite angry when Government put a stop on it. But sometimes I couldn't help to think that we deserve to be treated this way.

R.S.V.P is so widely used but how many know the meaning of this abbreviation?

任贤齐 just release his new album R.S.V.P, he says it means Reserve Shall Verify Presence(?) His Engrish din make much sense...

妹妹 out of curiosity had searched online before and says it's Respond Sender Via Phone. This could be right for party terms.

It's actually a French phrase, répondez, s'il vous plaît, meaning Respond Please. 任贤齐, this phrase is on ur cd cover. tsk tsk.

In olden days, written invitations require written respond from guests. Now, we often see this abbreviation on wedding or party invitations. The person inviting you would like you to respond if you will accept or decline the invitations. This is basic courtesy. But I realised the locals dun have this habit of RSVP. Often, guests wait for the hosts to call them for confirmation. Some din want to attend but just ignore the invitations totally.

Maybe we should seriously do some self-reflection, observe good ettique, and respect each other. Even when someone talks to you, it's only right to respond, let alone when someone extends their invitation to you, we shouldn't be so rude to ignore it.

20.10.2010

Nice date?
Many would think the same as me. So it would definitely be difficult to book a date at the registry office. Haven't thot of where to do it yet. Not gng to exaggerate the whole issue. Just a small place, with our love ones.

We finally got our own nest @ Bedok Reservoir View. Can you believe it? We din buy a condo (no $) but our living room & master bedroom has unblock reservoir view! We bought it on a 农历八月十五中秋节, it's really 良辰吉日.

It's really not so easy to have a place of your own in Singapore. There's so many things to look out for and a lot of admin costs. Haiz... How can public housing in Singapore be so expensive? I have look into my finances and how we could fund our lovely nest.

My mum is a genius. She has this very bad habit - she doesn't watch the over the stove while cooking. Things get burned easily when u dun pay attention to them. Everytime when it gets burned, we get the blame. It's almost ridiculous that she flared up and scolded the whole family for NOT paying attention to the stove. Unluckily, I was the 1 that discover the burned most of the times. Seriously can someone enlighten me how help my mum, so that things dun get burned?

Lazy bum like me... dun mind paying $3 for delivery service.

Singapore practice: Check before you PAY
I think Macdonald's should review on their delivery service though. I din know that the delivery man has to pay for MY orders before sending them to me.

My meal came without the coke just now. The delivery man hand me my meal without the coke and told me that he had called the restaurant manager, another delivery man will send my coke to me in another 20mins. But I'm supposed to PAY first. In Singapore, we are "educated" in such a way that we make sure everything was fine before we pay. Not that the coke costs a bomb or I'm making it difficult for the delivery man.

"What if the coke never find it's way here?"

The delivery man insisted that he had paid already. So the only thing I could do was to totally reject his delivery, returning the burger and fries.

Well, I dunno who's fault is it. Thank God that Singapore is so small and there's so many Mac's outlet ard. But that does not mean we can tolerate mistakes. Maybe the framework can be improved to give a better service.

A book that I wanted to buy for a while... just finished chapter 6. spurs me to think....

两人之间，我比较喜欢许毅源。

Old saying is "男人不坏，女人不爱”。其实在某个程度上，两个都有点儿“坏”。尤其在他们有点儿“坏坏”的外表下而表现的温柔与体贴，是很容易让人感动的。

傅邦像个长不大的小孩，做事无理又冲动，有时他的强人所难会让我对他有了些反感。相对，毅源的的细心沉稳会让我感动。

我不知道还有哪家人比我们爱吃月饼。每年除了新年以外，花最多钱的节日就是中秋节。不信？到今天为止，我们家吃的月饼如下：

1. 天厨（Copthorne King's Hotel) 的传统白莲蓉旦黄(4pcs)
2. 天厨的冰皮莲蓉plus champagne truffle & brandy truffle (迷你4+4pcs)
3. 同乐的送礼盒 - 2个红莲蓉旦黄 & 2个白莲蓉旦黄
4. 东海的白莲蓉双黄 (4pcs)
5. 东海的冰皮莲蓉（迷你8pcs）
6. 东海的冰皮奶黄（迷你4pcs)
7. Goodwood Park Hotel 的传统莲蓉旦黄（2pcs)
8. Goodwood Park Hotel 的杨枝甘露 （2pcs)
9. Ritz Carlton Hotel 的传统莲蓉旦黄(2pcs)
10.Ritz Carlton Hotel 的冰皮Lychee Martini 和莲蓉 （迷你3+3pcs)
11.香港荣华的2个金莲旦黄 & 2个白莲蓉旦黄

有没有很惊讶？哈哈。

老实说，我比较喜欢传统月饼，配上爸爸的爱心中国茶，无比美味。
今年第一次尝试天厨的月饼，比想象中好，尤其能感受师傅挑选蛋黄的用心。在吃完天厨的月饼，紧跟着我们就买了每年都会光顾的同乐。不知是因为师傅将蛋黄压扁还是蛋黄本身的品质就有问题，月饼的蛋黄太干了，切开时蛋黄便碎掉，咬下去时，莲蓉是莲蓉，蛋黄是蛋黄，get wat I mean? 真是有失水准，有点儿失望。妈妈的首选应该是荣华的月饼。记得还很小的时候，爸爸常会买荣华的月饼，因为标上Made in HK的标签，所以价格不菲。现在多亏有Takashimaya，将饼家汇集在一起，要买Made in HK 的月饼也不难了。

近几年，师傅都绞尽脑汁，想 new ideas。我蛮喜欢 Ritz Carlton Hotel 的 Lychee Martini。 值得一试！

Addicted to Bugis Street, especially the $10-street. You will be surprised by the items that u could get there.

Floral-printed Blouse
it's a 2-pc. cost $16, after bargaining.
remember my theory on "limited stock" or "only one"? this is one of those. many same design/cutting but only 1 for each floral print.
Many were amazed by the cheap but stylish blouse I wore.



Star-printed Tunic
2-pc as well. cost $10 ONLY.
initially wanted yellow color, but it's sold out... so bought the white one instead. for $10, it looks decent, goes well with shorts, jeans or leggings.



★Star Buy★
so wanted to own 1 of these Victorian-style scarves... went Novena's "Little Korean", the prices is ard $30+. went to Bugis Junction, the prices goes as high as $100+! SCARY! lastly, went to Bugis Street. First time I was there, one Auntie, tried to up-sell, typical selling pt.

Auntie: 一件＄18，买多一件裙子算你＄30。可以吗？


After much consideration, I went back to the store again a week after. this time, it's a pretty 老板娘. she quote me 1 for $10! ha ha... so i bought 2 without much 2nd thots.

成人之美

灯谜1 - 谜底

美中不足

灯谜2 - 谜底

器

Guess the ans are self-explantory.

4
记得去年我和 KC 有这么一段 conversation……
我：在什么情况下会请客？
KC：开心的情况下。

我：为什么要请客？
KC：为了要庆祝快乐的事情。

我: 在请客后会想有什么回报？
KC: 没有要求，只要吃的人开心就好。

When we 请客，we can't expect to earn anything out of it. 说一句老实话，朋友不分贵贱，就算有人没包红包来，你要赶走那个人吗？说好是“请”，应该是不求回报的。I really want my love ones to be there with me to celebrate such a important day. And it's my dream to have my wedding dinner is a ballroom with high ceiling, so restaurant is OUT. But like I say, 我们不是有钱人的孩子。And I have so many friends tat I wan to include in my guest list. Budget for dinner will be even tighter. There must be some compromise somewhere. Think Lian can help me settle this...

Budget Set - $15K
(including set-up, liquor, printing of invitation cards & offsetting of the 红包 received)

5
Buffet in the afternoon. Using my contacts, I should be able to get some discount for the buffet.

Budget Set - $700

To be continued

上一个太难？来一个容易点儿的：

一家有四口，还养了只狗。
（猜一个字）

中秋节又要到了。来几个灯谜给你们猜……

西施脸上出天花。
（猜一成语）

Introducing the new review for movie, RDI - Royston Dozing Index.
Royston dozed off in almost all the movies that we watched... Surprisingly, he din doze off in those 3 shows that we watched. The RDI for these 3 movies is 0.

1The Proposal
The number 1 rated show for the mth is The Proposal.

It's a simple, funny and romantic story. Lots of American jokes. I'm surprised that Royston could understand them. We couldn't stop laughing! And Ryan Reynolds is sooooo handsome. I can't remember what other shows he has acted in off-hand.

2The Orphan

My sis said this is scarier than scary movie. The tag-line for this movie is "What's wrong with Esther?" The plot is quite good. I thot she's just a sicko or sth... When I finally know wat's wrong with her, it did surprise me. I guess it's the suspense that keeps Royston awake. But if he were to rank the show, this show will fall behind The Proposal.

3The Final Destination 4

I would say the show is over-rated by most review. It's a very short movie. We were guessing who's next. And ta-da, THE END. Think it's not worth the ticket price. Moreover, many parts are quite fake. It's quite a disappointment. But I figured that you got to see the 3-D version to enjoy it.

Normally ppl will say “the first and most important step for the wedding preparation is choosing a wedding date.” I wouldn’t disagree. But since we (me and Mr. Wong) have the consensus that we are only gng to get married in another year’s time, we’re gng to take it slooowly. So, I think our most impt step would be BUDGETING instead. Both of us are not rich man’s kids, so we got to do things within our means.


1
Was chatting with a friend on msn 2 days ago. He got married in May and it should be honeymoon period for him. His HDB is not ready till another 6 mths, so the newlywed is staying with his parents. Not that his lovely wife doesn’t like his parents, 相见好，同住难. Sounds tough for him to be sandwiched between. This story is nothing new, many have heard of it already. I am rather determine not to fall into the “trap”.. Thus, looking for our love nest become the top priority. I wanted to stay near my parents so that we will be entitled to the grant, but looks like it’s not that easy to get one in bedok…. The HDB here are soooooo hot!

Budget Set = $40K
(including reno, furnishing, cash above valuation, etc.)

2
I so wanted to take our bridal shoots overseas and Taiwan came up to my mind. Royston has promised me (long ago) that he will bring me to Taiwan 1 day, cos the last time I was there was so many years ago. So, I thot we could use the opportunities to travel there for a short vacation as well as for photo shoots. I’m intending to check out on the packages.

Budget Set = $5K

PS: If it exceed too much of the budget, we would call this off and 乖乖 take the bridal shoots in Singapore


3
Too early for honeymoon planning. Before I have any withdrawal symptoms (like my god-bro), I thot it might be good to think of the destination first and we would work out on the budgeting. I suggested Maritius, Greece, Canada. His face shows that he’s not very interested in those places. His standard answer would be “wherever u want to go lor”. I decided that I should get Royston involved, cos obviously this is a HONEYMOON. I dun want a “you happy so I happy” trip. So I tried asking him if there’s any place that he really wants to go? He said “London”. Since I’ve asked for his opinion, I think the least I can do is to respect his choice. So London it will be.

Budget Set = $8K

To Be Continued...

Kushin-bo with my family +
watching The Proposal with Royston +
attending Shernice's shower +
meeting up with my beloved friends

Simple things like this can be so fulfilling and happy!

我们都只知道三姑六婆是鸡婆的意思。它真正的意思是我看台湾的《百万小学堂》后才知道的。

三姑六婆原本指古代中国民间的几种行业：
三姑 - 尼姑、道姑和卦姑
六婆 - 稳婆、师婆、媒婆、药婆、虔婆、牙婆

做了些 research 才知道，师婆是巫婆，虔婆是鸨母（aka Mama-san），牙婆更是贩卖人口的人口贩子。因为她们常常有诱谝妇女图己私利的嫌疑，所以久而久之就变成人见人恨的人。没想到，“三姑六婆”的原意与我们现在用的意思差那么远。以后在这个词时，是不是也要考虑它的原意ah?

Meaning aside, 郑板桥曾告诫家中妇女，不可与三姑六婆之流有任何来往。这点我绝对赞成。

Finally finished the whole series.
Not the hollywood, or traditional kind of Vampires & Werewolves. Not too bad a story. Am quite amused by the story's development actually.

A side note: Mark Lee is almost avoiding all chances to have any meals with us... making us very suspicious. Jiahong suggested that he might be one of their kind. Haha...

I love Filet-O-Fish! Wat's more? It's DOUBLE.

This is not sth new. Mac has brought this dble filet-o-fish back periodically a few times. Mac had used "Double Happiness" for their campaign the last time they launch Double Filet-O-Fish. My sis thinks that they might have missed out "Double Sinfulness". Ha ha...

We had Dble Filet-O-Fish after gym today. I was counting the carb that I was taking in... when I saw the words on the wall:


Since when Mac serve healthy, delicate, fresh food? Mac being mac has most of their food soaked in oil. How to be healthy, it's questionable. It's true that Singaporeans are more health conscious nowadays and do take note of wat they eat. So those words are to 骗人 or 骗自己？

今年的生日没有蛋糕，没有party。
我并不是要铺张，大肆庆祝。在重要的日子，就算不庆祝，也不想一个人孤单的过。haiz. 记得从前常常需要用一个星期来庆祝生日，从来没有像今年如此孤单的度过生日。收到朋友们的 sms, e-mail, fb 的 祝语，知道朋友们还记得，or even bother to wish me happy birthday，让我很感动。

传丰 sms 我说:"girls are like tat, they want ppl to remember their birthday but not their age." 我不得不承认。女人的年纪越来越大，越来越少人问起“你几岁？”的问题。老实说，如果你突然问我几岁，i'll be quite lost,真的需要算一下。Haha...

生日有什么愿望？
到了这个年纪，不敢有什么奢望，只希望事事如意。

Royston went back Tan Tock Seng Hospital for check-up. The appt card says strictly by appt only, which means no walk-in right?



His appt time is at 4.10pm. Royston reached at 1.28pm. He only gets to see the doctor at 6pm! And when I look ard, he's the 2nd last patient ard. How could this be? This is ridiculous! If he can only get to see the doctor 2hrs after his appt time, wat's the point for setting the appt? This reflects very badly on TTSH operation. They really pissed us off. I don't think they really "hope we have a nice day".

Does this sounds like me?

She will stand out of the crowd on the street. Leo woman normally or rather tall. You will hardly see a short thick woman. When she walks she walk like a queen, confident and does not look around, though as if there is no one around her.

She will dress in her own style not according to fashion. She is confident of what she choose to wear. Do not buy cheap cloths where they sell in dozen for her as a gift, she will hate it. Also do not buy cloths that do not reflect her confident personality. She likes unique and strange cloths and accessories. Being different is what she loves.

If you want to know her, take times and be patient because she is selective about people she mingles with. She's open minded, but yet she is not letting people get to close to her easily. She likes sweet words and compliments, but not too much.

She smiles with anyone, b! ut insid e she thinks she is borne to be a leader.
She likes to be in control because it is in her nature instinct. She is a graceful woman, and she has a magnetic charisma, so expect tough competition.

She is a very proud person, so do not do anything to challenge her confident. She can be mad and act like a hurricane, and later can be like an innocent kitten, but do not fall for her O.K. She remembers everything and likes to cherish her sweet memory, so if you find her old photo albums with her ex-boyfriend or love letters that will make you puke, take it easy. She is keeping her sweet memory does not mean she still in love with the old fool, so you do not have to panic.

She will have many guys run after her, so if you have advantage of a good background family, or a famous last name, a successful career then it's a plus. She hates to be poor and she thinks love will not pay bills.

She is a sport type and love sports. If you want to date her, prepare to spend big bucks, for your first dinner with her can not be a hot dog stand, but better be the best place in town. She is a generous person, so do not be surprise if she give you a gift more expensive than what you gave her. She likes extravaganza, no cheap gift, no cheap dinner please. Being poor or broke make her depress. If you do not have lots of money, be creative and make your own gift for her. It's unique quality and times spending making it for her is a big deal. You can think economical, but do not be cheap.

人家说“三个女人一个巴刹”，我们有6个。 ha ha... 相当可怕吧？

讲了很久都没有实行。终于为了Celebrate Jiaqi的生日而让6个女人come together.
整天下来，做最多的是吃东西。 Ha ha... 想不到吧？一起看了 Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, 就如影评所说，这出戏并不怎么样。可笑的是，让我们玩的最开心的是一架 Lomo Camera. Haiz... 不过，可惜，我拿了 film 去冲洗，因为 underexposed， 所以没能看到结果。

I'm really ridiculous. Guess that's because I'm too free. Haha...

I was surfing online and came across this really cute and fun thingy. And I sort of thought of the best gifts for my bridesmaids. I know. I know. This is way too early. But I can't help it. You know you are my best girlfriends and I seriously don't want to give you gifts such as key-chain, bookmarks, candle stands, chocolates....etc.

However, I'm not gng to reveal the thingy. To be continued....

This is something we should all read at least once a week!


Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio

To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.



Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves.

昨晚看《败犬女王》，心理很闷。

败犬迫不得已的拉大饼冒充男友，争执时大饼抛了一句“你这个O型狮子座”。 Wat's wrong with O型狮子座? Arghh....

上个星期，我和妹妹准时 tune in to yes933，希望自己能够赢得孙燕姿演唱会的票。Of course, 没有那么容易。经济不景气，不想浪费$。感谢 OCBC 分花红，我们才会在最后一刻买了票。

I say, 燕姿的现场演唱功力 really 进步很多。演唱会很 high，很成功。尤其喜欢舞台的设计。她请了一个小帅哥Nathan Hartono 来当嘉宾。这个男生只有17岁，唱 Jazz 超 you feel。他在台上，我似乎有感觉到他有王力宏的影子。

p/s: 看到 Wayne了，是妹妹眼利发现他坐在前排。haiz，如今连 say hi 都这么难。希望他能一直大红大紫下去。

Ratings:
Food: ★★★
Service: ☺
Price: $$$
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2nd time to this place.

1st time was with my god-sis. It's past lunch hour, but we waited for more than 1/2 hour for our food.

In my memory, the food was not too bad. Earn a little from selling Singtel's stocks. Decided to go back for a 2nd time with Royston. Ok. we didn't wait very long for our food this time. But I kanna 1 damn da-pro waitress, which was obviously from china.

饭后甜点 is almost what I always look forward to.
I was posing this question to the waitress, "does the cake comes with a scoop of ice-cream?" She look at me with wide eyes. so I probe further, "or can i add ice-cream to my cake?" Wat I get in return is "你要什么cake?" with super rude attitude. I couldn't stop myself for giving a "WAT?" to her. I ordered a sumatra cake ultimately. The cake was good i would say. But she disappoint me again by forgetting to charge that cake to the bill. Argh... And that bloody bill read $7.95. I was too angry to even think about it. After I left then I start thinking... I rem tat the cake is only $5.20, ++ also dun have $7. shit.

Need to even thrice to give the cafe a 3rd chance

Women always have this problem.


Salegirl: "You look great in this. This is the only pair in Singapore."


Wow... It's 80 bucks. For a pair of no-brand shoes?
But it's imported from Korea.
The most important part is: "It's the only pair in Singapore!"
We always fall for this.
I'm most afraid when I bump into someone wearing the same clothes as myself. So I couldn't help but bought the pair of shoes back.

If anyone had this pair of shoes, dun hesitate to text me. I'm going to give that shop hell.

Picked up my reading hobby again after my so-many exams.

And I choose this book:
I must say, this book really made my day. It's hilarious! Especially the part on the "Antiques of the Future". After all the exams, this light-hearted book is rather entertaining.
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Hmmm.. haven't finished the book yet. But looks rather motivating. It makes me think of the story of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

1st attempt - Rejected
Place. Time. Eveything was wrong.
I am going to spare you the details.

2nd attempt
So he knows that I love fine dining. He said he has a voucher for his new credit card at this restaurant, Prive @ Keppel Bay. I even prepared camera to take the delicious dishes to be shared on the blog.




I was told that we could have champagne and desert outdoor, facing the sea. I thot that was COOL. After making our way to the outdoor seats, the champagne came,


and.... the roses came.



OMG. And he was kneeling there, waiting for me to say YES.

Honestly, I din want him to spend too much on the ring. But this ring from Tiffany & Co. is really what I dreamed of!


Score sheet for the nite
Place

Ambience 20
Location 10
Food 10

Item

Flowers 20
Ring 40
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Total 100

This is a bit backdated... haha... I forgot to share abt the yummy food that we went for Mother's Day celebration. It's an impromptu decision to go Gyu-Kaku. Something that my mum will like. Well, it's Mother's Day.

Seafood set: Fresh Salmon, Prawns, Sotong and Big odourless oysters!

Meat set: 3 different cut of beef, Pork and Duck Meat. Seriously, if u are a meat-eater, this is something u can't give a pass.

so we bbq on these grills... the waiters have very good service. They will come around the table every 15-20min to change a clean grill for us.



Even the (garlic) rice tastes so good.

Our set comes with 3 deserts... The thoughtful waiter gave us 2 complimentary deserts. Yummy!

On the all, the food is superb, service is excellent. Though the price is slightly steeper, it's worth it. We spend about $300+ for the above spread. Highly recommended.

昨晚在看《老鼠爱上猫》，里头蛮多欠扁问答题。印象比较深的是：

锦毛鼠：你起床第一件事是做什么？

包拯：吾日三省吾身。
（自《论语》，大致的意思是我每天会自我反省3件事）

锦毛鼠：错。答案是开眼睛！

Sometimes it really irritates me when things don't go the way I wanted them to. I hate it when I have to put myself into other people's shoes. So why can't you put yourself in my shoes then? I am so used to thinking for others first, and especially when I don't really feel appreciated, it can be soooo tiring. You can't blame me for being unhappy. How can I be happy tolerating with things that I don't like. Haven't I been putting up enough? Can't I live the way I want? Can't I do the things I like?

So I know, THAT'S LIFE. Doing things that you don't enjoy. Tolerating people that pissed you off.

Sometimes I really hope that I am living on an island ALONE. No one to irritate me, nothing to worry about. Of course, that's not possible. I am not rich enough to own an island. Oh no... think I am becoming a LONER soon.

双层巴士底层的后车厢通常会有两排面对面的长形座椅。
这天我乘搭了31号的双层巴士，在长形的座椅上找到了位子。这几天的天气实在太热了。我一手握着身旁的扶把，maintaining my balance，另一手移动我正上方的冷气孔。突然有人将我握着扶把的手大力甩开，我失去了平衡，差点儿跌下来。原来是坐在我身旁的大婶要按铃下车。Auntie，难道你连 excuse me 也不会说？眼看我就要跌倒了，她一点歉意也没有！
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我从车站步行回家，有点儿尿急。
走向电梯时，看见一个老伯，他身旁放了很多的塑胶袋，应该是刚买菜回来。他一见我便提起地上的袋子走进电梯。我也随他进了电梯。怎料到，他背对我，站在正中央。这下好了，我既出不去，也按不到电梯的按钮。我鼓起勇气问：“Ah Pek，几楼？”
老伯没有说话，只是举起手，好象表示等一下。我不敢也不能动。过了好一分钟，才看见老伯的妻子走进电梯。怎么会有这么自私的人。我们一共有3台电梯，你要等人，难道就不能等下一辆吗？我在一旁憋尿都快憋死了。
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和 Royston 一起去 Old Airport Rd 吃晚餐。那里价廉物美，选择多。唯一不好的是车多 Carpark 却又少又窄。我们在车上准备离去，因为是 1-way traffic, haiz，连转个弯也的排队。
有个 couple 在我们不远处拉来拉去，推来推去，还推向马路。Royston 担心会撞倒他们，便按了喇叭，想 warn 他们一下。那男人却老羞成怒，回敬我们一个中指。你们想打情骂俏就回家慢慢的玩，撞倒你们可是司机的错。这是个文明的社会，动不动就指中指，真是不应该。
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一天内遇到那么多没礼貌的人，政府有必要再推广“有礼貌运动”。
Courtesy. Try a little kindness.

在家有在家的痛苦。
母亲大人说我在家里，她很烦，每天要想煮什么给我吃。重点：我并不想吃！如果我吐真言，定会遭到母亲大人的一番责骂。Haiz... 平时工作忙碌，没什么时间和朋友聚聚。所以我乘机在外找节目，陪朋友吃午餐、逛街。

今天，我约了慧莲吃午餐。到 City Hall 时看到很多 SAJC 的学生。我想起，SA 每年都会到 St. Andrews Cathedral。看到他们让我想起在 SA 时的美丽时光。当时，我们因为有同样的兴趣而经常混在一起。我们一起演戏，一起唱歌，一起打麻将，一起大喝大吃……如今我与 SA 的那帮猪朋狗友已经没有联络了。不过，我仍想念他们。知道他们安然无恙，甚至知道他们之中还有人在追求自己的理想　(雄：开舞蹈学校；Edwin: 写歌、教吉他；俊杰：歌手），这已让我感到安慰。

Tampines 又开了一个新的 shopping mall. 真的很 happening! But it's really 人山人海。人实在太多，我只能走马看花。其中有些吸引我的有 Say Cheeze (Restaurant) 的 Lychee Cheese cake (Yummy!)、日本的 T-shirt 专卖店和日本的零食专卖店。等热潮过后，我一定要再重返 Tampines One Mall。

前两年因为《蔷薇之恋》而辗转让阿桑以《叶子》一首歌红了起来。阿桑才34岁，却得了癌症。今日不知明日事。天妒英才，天妒红颜。难道真是人太聪明，人太漂亮，连老天爷都妒嫉？

我与母亲大人闲聊中打趣的说，人不需要太聪明，也不需要太漂亮，平平就好。

眼见 4 月将近，惊觉整个 3 月连一个 entry 也没有。
朋友、同事都埋怨我，问我为什么没有 update 我的 blog，还以为我人间蒸发了。感谢那些关心我和一直在追看我 blog 的朋友。

3 月在忙什么呢？念书、找工。
原本的计划看似很完美：4 月辞工，服满一个月的 notice period 至 5 月，能有 3 个星期来准备 6 月的考试，之后才开始找工作。Haiz，是我考虑的不够周详，在新年前便告知母亲大人 4 月将辞职的决定，As usual， 老人家的观念是忍一忍，现在行情很坏，很难找工作。以至母亲大人在新年拜年时大肆宣布，搞得无人不知，在整个拜年的活动中，我不断地得到了长辈的“关心”和“意见”。其实离职的原因有很多，只是向来我行我素的我不想多做解释。不过，我确实有点担心考完试后找不到工作。于是，我开始把 resume 寄出去，没想到 reply 比我想象中来的快。

记得我的 New Year's Resolution 吗？http://fenfendiary.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
好高兴，5 样中，我已完成 1 样。

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)

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.

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!

收到 Alicia 的 e-mail。两人穿黑色，两人穿粉红色。没有沟通过。心有灵犀一点通。

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?

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！