Thoughts of My Life Journey

CNY 2010

2010-02-22T20:47:00.014+08:00

CNY over liao then i post... i very lag hor? hehee... pai seh.

for the CNY goodies this yr, i baked Pineapple Tarts as usual...........

fully home made, including the filling tat i cooked for 1hr plus.... pengz

this bottle used to be full but the time i took this pic erm...

yana very kind to pass me some of her pineapple tarts oso... i suddenly very inferior.... as compared... hehe

also made another shape of pineapple tarts... but limited edition, too cute liao.... haha

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had a mini celebration in base too.... all of us will NOT miss reading our zodiac luck for the yr of tiger...

jer and me taking pic with this fortune god deco, hope can win in lucky draw.. huat la!

some1 caught me eating yu sheng.... can see my long fake eye lashes? hehe

the whole list of lucky draw numbers....

me and monkey with his angbao from SRO

yu sheng! huat la!

the CNY goodies tat the organisers took pains to get..

very resourceful hor? in far US still got CNY goodies.. hehee

RoastPig! hahaa.. still got many other dishes... but i still hope tat i m in sg...

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Went Vegas on CNY eve to celebrate CNY and vDay...

I think we past by hoover damn dunno how many times till we have more than a collection of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter pics with this signboard....

Bellagio's water fountain... night view is better...

Wow! huat la! nv expect to find some familiarities in vegas... but the ambience still not good enuff compared to our chinatown...

this nice lady made us a customised car plate with our future home's unit number...

met up with monkey's aunt at vegas as she is here on a tour. nv expected it.. but she very nice... first ang bao of the year! thank you!

so happy! hehee

as this is our last vegas trip before going back to sg, can see broke we are??

my vDay pressie from kate spade. hehe... but i not bad too, bought him 2 items from Calvin Klien which is not any cheaper lor...

my monkey headache.... look at all the receipts on the floor... he and his calculator so busy! hahaa.. can see the cartons in the background?! yes!!! we are coming home!!!!

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On Chu Qi Ren ri, we went to have a major steamboat with our trade at pyramid.. thanks chun zhang and gang for the big efforts... good food, alot of food... hahaa... had fun eating, playing blackjack and still, eat 2nd round of steamboat for supper.... sinful leh...

a little surprise...

Double Rainbow, seen in 2007 and now... 2010...
http://lindarella.blogspot.com/2007/01/after-new-year.html

hope it symbolizes positive future! :)

Ross, I will Miss You!!!!

2010-02-04T17:27:00.003+08:00

I think i noe where the bulk of my personal savings goes to... to a shop tat i love and hate most in US.... ROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ross ah ross, its no wonder u r one of the 500 fortune companies... its becuz u have shoppers like me... can give me VIP discount anot? :P

Recent buyings, cheap cheap la...

Swarovski earrings less than USD20

Swarovski necklace less than USD20

the more i look at it, the happier i m

simple yet poise dress, laying it on my sofa for pic does not do any justice to this dress.

san hua!!! this one i wear for ur wedding ok?

and the best one.... Ninewest Heels... for only...... USD2.99!!!!!!

Forever21 & Gang

2010-02-04T17:18:00.003+08:00

Hehee... i m so happy to make new frds here, we had fun and we had nonsense... i love shopping with my gals cuz its so diff to shop with hubby (i bet some of u will agree).

As a supportive shopper of Forever21, we even had a hand gesture tat stands for "For-ever-twenty-one", its like our gang name now... the forever21 gang.. hahaa.. oni few of u understands wad i meant...

anyway, the following were some good-buys from the boutique. walked until legs wanna break and we spent the whole day only in the 2 forever21 boutique in arrowhead...

Dark Blur jacket (i bought a black one last yr) but i bought it cuz its on sales. The smart looking sleeveless shirt (sg hot leh) oso on sales. each oni ard USD7!!!!!!!

I think i m becoming auntie... the left tee is USD3 from forever21... the right one i think can wear to beach...

the cute accessories, i can tell u hor, i think i spent more on accessories more than the clothes

2 storeys forever21 boutique at arrowhead. argh! my legs almost break lor! so big for wad?! heard sg for 4storeys one....siao liao lor

Tai Tai Life (while hubby on mission) / Disney On Ice

2010-01-29T17:23:00.004+08:00

My monkey and other guys was sent for detachment to Florida Key West for 2 wks.... hehee.... but the wives here are very united and full of activities... dun think we will be lonely at all!!!!

For the first wk, we took turns to cook dinner on wkdays while i suffered and sweat in my Hot Yoga class.... then, we went for Disney on ice, had steamboat, had world buffet, feast in olive garden, shop ard in Arrowhead Mill (mostly Forever21) and Ross and alamak... too much la!!!!

Had some fun in Adden Boo's first birthday party and visited selina who just gave birth to her little Princess.... wow... happening.... dunno went to walmart how many times just to get gifts and fruit basket.... anyway, we got time and car and company. hehee

Enjoy the pics from Disney on Ice

We tried many attempts but it just dun look good. thanks to a nice chinese lady seated in front who offered to help us get this more proper pic.

Thanks jer for making good use of her SLR

Abit cold inside...there are 4 shows. By Mickey& Frds, Lion King, Little Mermaid and Tinklebell.

We actually got our tickets online.. hehee..avoid the queue and get good seats

This new princess wasn't avail then while we were at disneyland and disneyworld..... Princess Tiana.... from Princess and the Frog movie which just aired now too long ago

Lindarella meets Cinderella again (reunion after Disneyworld)

Took while queuing up to view the characters (we dunno who is here till we went in)

Some Lazy Cookings

2010-01-29T17:12:00.002+08:00

Tiramisu

So in love with Tiramisu.... but we can't afford to go olive garden for this piece of heaven everyday rite... plus olive garden often offers the tempting delicious FATTENING pasta.... so the best is to DIY!!!

With the premix.. tadah!!!

It taste good too! though not so heavenly like the one from olive garden.. but it can really pass off well!!!

Pizza

It was so easy.... the ingredients are also easily available....

1. First, preheat over 350F (180C).

2. Then coat the sliced bread with ketchup.

3. Lay some american cheese ( u can use other cheese too) sparsely

4. Fill it with sliced Chicken Franks/Turkey Franks/ Ham

5. Top it with cheese again (aww.... sinful)

6. Bake for 10mins and tadah!!!

Easy..... and it taste good.... can add capsicums and some vege if u like to (but i m lazy). Used to do it in Sg when i was younger, but with the availability of pizza delivery and cheap microwavable pizza, i already stop bothering myself.... but sometimes... hmm..

Shopping!!!!

2010-01-29T17:06:00.003+08:00

Just wanna share some of the stuffs i bought..

this swarovski necklace cum pendant (wore on xmas eve) bought at vegas with the winnings.

some hollister shorts/skirts i bought with my own $$$.. abit regret liao, as if i got alot of chance to wear so casually in sg... haha

From forever21

From Aeropostale...

Cheap cheap ninewest heels... oni USD15!!!! irresistible!!!

many many more.... wonder how come i so idiot to take pics of it...

Xmas 2009

2010-01-29T16:57:00.003+08:00

Hehee... Merry merry xmas!!! though its abit too late for this post... but as u noe, dec holidays are too happening till i no time/lazy to blog...

We had a celebration in base.... and celebrated at jer's hse....

pot luck and lotsa pressies... and wii tornaments... so fun!!!

Surprises and Surprises!

2010-01-29T16:23:00.009+08:00

It was weixie's birthday.

Wow... he is celebrating with us in US...

Thanks for his treat at Tomo... finally had a jap ramen after sg...

Of cuz we must arrange some activities to make it fun for the day.. but we are going domestic.... went walmart to shop for ingredients and tadah! we are doing baking!!!

See yuan's very serious hands moulding the batter

Moulding by the lovers

With the help of us at my house

Under very close supervision.. haha

k, let the shi nai help

the cookies rise and expands like..... huat kueh!

the end product! this is the gingerbread

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Choc Chip Cookies

All sort of shapes and sizes.. haha

Carved by Teacher Yuan

Carved by Mr Crab

Arts by little owen

my fat gingerbread man

THENTHEN THEN!!!!

Executed another surprise tat was carefully planned. First it was a surprise meet up with yuan at SFO. But before they come, yuan already arranged a surprise birthday burst for crab.... wowww.... loving rite? and me knowing they had surprises for each other, had to play along... hahaaa

but hor... i abit too greedy, lighting the no. of candles according to birthday boy's age.... then still tried too long to play the bdae song from my piano's memory... ended up when yuan took out the cake.... it was....

On Flame!!! hahaa... we see liao shocked and broke in laughter.... i think i literally PENGZ on the floor.. hahaa

After blowing the candles, who dare to eat the cake!? hahaaa

most impt is the sincerity. no, we didn't bake the cake la... i bought it the day before they came.... told u it was planned! then nvm..... another surprise tat was planted.... but i shan't announce it here.... shhh.... wait till the time is ripe.....

Happening December 2009

2010-01-23T20:23:00.016+08:00

Of all the months of the year, other than CNY mth and my birthday mth, the most favourite mth shall be December!!!

Yes!!! FULL OF HOLIDAYS and festive mood!!!!

It was my last dec in US. My sil came to tour US with her 2 frds and to visit us. We flew to meet them in SFO, a place that we started our adventures!

Pai seh to say, after over a year stay in US, it was our first attempt using public transport..... see monkey trying to figure out how to use the Bart Ticket Machine (like our MRT) from SFO International airport......

hehee... my hua chi pose, taken at fisherman's wharf

love the boat ride from Blue and Gold Fleet. Fantastic!!! but the wind was so strong..... our teeths were chilled from smiling for the pics!!!

Another point of attraction at SFO. Coit Tower. By the time we "climbed" up the slopes here, i was panting like an old woman... old liao... but SFO is like tat, full of up and down slopes, and the slopes were steep!!!!

See! i didn't bluff u! Lombard St, the most crookedest street in world!!!! the cars travelling have to drive at turtle speed around the turns for this slope... to my amazement, there are residents living here, and the houses were so exp!!! and somemore.... i pei-fu their parking, on a slope into their garage!!!

It rained "ice" (called glazier) on our first day there.... can u understand how cold it is?

Saw this swensen's shop at one of the slopes, wonder if its related to the one in sg....aww.... miss home!!!!

Big toy grabbing machine at Pier 39.

Meet up with Yuan and Weixie. We had dinner together at chowders. So warm and nice and catching up with old frds made it sweeter!!! k la, i was freezing cold already, so any food is good!

actually yuan's bf weixie beri romantic to arrange a surprise "meet up", tats y i dun even dare to reveal to boonkiat or liling abt this plan cuz its a surprise..... hehee.. and oso lucky tat their itinerary is exactly same as ours!

On our 2nd day in SFO, we went to a few places..... took this pic at Ralph Lauren

Chinatown

Nite and day is just a few mins apart..

Big big big macys!!!

The famous Mystery Spot!!!

in the fun house where we felt so giddy abt the "magnetic pull"

The mystery starts, now I m taller than my sil.

Then..... we are now equally tall after switching positions!

Had some wine appreciation near the pier at nite..

Our vegas trip again. went to vegas many times but this was our first time reaching there by plane...

vegas is really a sin city!!!! even at the airport, there are so many slot machines!!!!

Took a free shelter to their car rental center (they have so much space at the airport). We had booked Budget which is cheaper for tat few days... omg... even their car rental centre looks like a mini-check in centre airport

look wad monkey triggers!!!

Thanks weixie and yuan for taking this pic for us

We were roaming abt following monkey while he kept leading us the wrong way to find his fav Abercrombie & Fitch...

Had nice nice brunch at ah zhong (a must-go)......hahaa..... felt so happy tat our itinerary were really similiar

Dinner at Penang Cuisine (just above ah zhong) yummy!!!!!!!!!!

Sky show at fremont (went vegas so many times and my first time at fremont!)

5 queens.

Shuang tian zhi zun was filmed here before... dunno which ep

we also went for a free magic show (Dirk Arthur). Find it ok only, but was glad tat we won some money at the slots and then monkey treated me to hard rock cafe.. hehe... too many pics in this post..

Vegas trip with Eric and his sweet gf miyo

The pics were "grabbed" from miyo's fb. thanks for taking and sharing!

Cocacola Bear!!!! So cute. He asked for our attention while we were shopping in the Coke's world...

I think we went to this restaurant twice..... highly recommended by eric.. I would say, go for their dinner, so worth it and nice and cheap!

Shopping at town's centre.... hehe.. a xmas house

finally monkey bought something....

taken at our hotel (flammingo)

Hoover Dam in winter

This was taken while waiting (in hunger and tiredness) for the famous international buffet Todai at Planet Hollywood. I must emphaize that its at Planet Hollywood and not Caesars Palace! Cuz monkey brought all of us to the wrong place again! making us more hungry and tired before we got right (hengz we asked a nice ang moh who happens to noe abt this buffet)..... we waited/queued for an hour before its our turn to go in..... hungry till wanna die...

tats not all.... dec is very happening... for 2009...

Oopps.... Spend at Ross again...

2009-12-05T18:54:00.004+08:00

My previous entry ended with "i spent at ross today again"

Here's the 3 items, including the formal striped pants which i almost forgotten, my ninewest heels, a pretty dress...

Black Friday and Post-Thanksgiving Shopping

2009-12-05T18:35:00.004+08:00

i told u i slept at 9am in the morning after conquering Best Buy rite? tats y when we woke up on Black Friday, its almost sunset already! hahaaa...

no la, we not desperate for any lappie or com, already got 2 lappie and 1 desktop for 2 of us at home, need another one for waD? hahaa.. we just queue for fun, for the atmosphere, and for hope tat we can get some good deals, which in this case, is the Vaio... hehee

oh.... then we went to Aldea (2mins drive from our home), thanks Daniel and Jazz for inviting us for BBQ... their apt layout was also very resort style like ours.. ...

hungry monkey..

no one is taking pic except me.. haha.. everyone too busy with cooking and eating.. had a great night, and chatting and playing at the jaccuzzi (soaking legs), watching zl's kids making fun of "susan" (aka bryan) hahaa.... its a nice and relaxing nite, compared to queuing in the cold outside Best Buy... hahaa

then we went home and rested early... sat noon, we went to anthem as jioed by jer and rj...

got the below at super good prices! :)

Guess demin shorts and blink tee

Ralph Lauren Polo Tee, T-shirt and a baby polo for jess's aaden (as promised for the birth :) )

Another blink tee, from Aeropostale....

Got this from Nike, i bought this becuz i wanna wear it to support Phx Suns at the next NBA match end of the yr

Sorry for the darkness of the pic.. the Xmas tree was too bright (can someone flip thru my last yr post and verify if the tree is the same? haha) and my hp cam wasn't DSLR like jer's... if u wanna see a better pic, pls check her FB :)

i think tats all for the thanksgiving wk....

argh! bought another pair of Ninewest heels at Ross today, and a dress! :(

super broke....

Thanksgiving Day and Night!

2009-12-05T15:15:00.007+08:00

Finally its thanksgiving!!!! 26 Dec 09!

Once the clock hits 12am, i went into aafes's webbie and bought myself another fossil watch... hehee....

in the day, there was a steamboat gathering at my apt... see, we gals so good at preparing (i was in the kitchen frying noodles)

yummy!

alamak! the guys didn't help... standing in a circle dunno discussing wad...

demo by Hui Xiong: STUDY where to hit for the first stop for Black Friday! hahaa

alot of food... lucky there were alot of us... like 9?

after a very bloated dinner, we chat at home while jer and rj went to q outside best buy (so nice of them), we joined later, thanks jer for "chope-ing" a good queue!

it was really cold.... then i was craving and fancinating abt mac's fries.. monkey went to buy.... and hot drink is so shiok!

me: professional mac's fan! hahaaa ( i miss my san hua... love the chairs she left for us.. useful! haha)

then queue till 12am, zhaolin joined us in the queue... lucky! so my monkey got a company...i think he very bored, gave him my NDSL he oso not interest...

then at 12:30am, ming-sao and guys drove by and asked if i wanna go AZ Mill... hehee...... of cuz!!! monkey ok-ed so i went with them....

saw this cushy cute panda at AZ mill... quite costly... but the main point is, i think we all have panda eyes.. hahaaa

after finishing shopping at AZ mill, i went back to join the queue at Best Buy. monkey already got a queue number before it opens... so I continued queuing in Best Buy to collect the Sony white Vaio lappy...

look, the guys were so happy with their queue tickets (which looks like certificate)... but they were cold and tired...

interested to noe wad i bought in AZ mill? hehee... scroll down.

with my own $$$ (savings)....

bought monkey a Kenneth Cole watch.... super cheap and nice!!!

bought him this khakis bermudas from America Eagles... thanks hui xiong for telling me about this cheap deal else i didn't take much notice on guys' clothing

Got this for myself

buy one and get the second one at 50% off... if i didn't rem wrongly.. anyway, it was cheap!

the shorts! haha.. think dun need to wear in AZ ... can bring back to sg and wear since it will b winter till i go back! :)

thats all... bought 2 baby boy pants at carters for jess's boy.. dunno if she wants it else can return..

after collecting the lappy at Best Buy, its already 730am! pengz! slept at 9am in the morning! tired...

Before Thanksgiving...

2009-12-05T14:28:00.006+08:00

k... sorry for the belated post...

well... was kinda busy with studies and... erm.... u noe... thanksgiving! hahaaa

took the 2 pics below from walmart after my PSY lesson.... this is a Xmas corner at the back of their main lobby..

though already been thru one xmas in US last yr... just can't help to go in and feel the ambience and joy once again... their xmas christmas r cheap and more varieties!

but i nv buy xmas tree la, if i ever did, it will b after xmas, even cheaper! :P then can bring back to sg....(see, i already counting down to xmas in sg! hahahaaa... but i can tell u, when in sg, i will definately miss here!!!! :P)

k, i nv buy xmas tree... neither did i come home empty handed... hahaa

bought the pink container... to put my newly bought clothes/shoes in before my shipment boxes come nx yr.. hahaa.... u see 3 containers in this pic, the 2 blues one below was bought earlier (one for him and one for me) but it was already full!

Cheap and good deal of the day from Walmart.

I AM NOT A FAN OF HANNA MONTANA! but her notebooks are damn cheap!!!! guess??????? its only USD0.25 for one (orginal USD2)!! I couldn't find much uses for the book covers, but these stretchable fabrics costed only USD0.15 each! so i just stock up first and i m sure they will have their uses in future!!! :P

and before Thanksgiving, i am trying very hard to conserve my $$$ for the great sales but hor... haiz.... i got "bad" friends... hahaa...... jerlyn jioed me to buy Ninewest...

i bought this cuz the pic online seems very white and nice and my URS white slipper spoil le.... but the actual one.... hmm... nvm la.... cheap..

then this fossil watch below is my ownself cannot tahan temptations... bought from aafes with a 20% disc and no tax.... free shipping.... *GRINS*
nice?

this corelle set ar..... haiz.... corelle emailed me..... buy 1 set get 1 set free.... fainted! how can dun buy?!?!?!?!? hahaa... tats the one tat i posted in FB status... anyway, i got it at 20% disc, USD43 for 2 sets!!!

thats not all!!! my money was way gone before thanksgiving... cuz... my good frd brought me to Forever21... haiz... and things are so cheap :(

bought like sg dun have (actually sg have, but exp)

i didn't take pics of the things i bought.... kinda scary to go dig into my containers... hahaa

First Time at the NBA Live Match

2009-11-13T15:15:00.010+08:00

Though the match we are watching is on a Wednesday, but monkey is off cuz its veterans' day!

We were quite excited the day before, cuz its our first time watching NBA Live at the stadium. its his dream! really love ITT for the discounted tickets!

Thanks Joey who gave us a ride, carpool is definately good cuz parking there is not free.... USD20! but NBA leh.. worth it la...

our tix costed USD30 each.. but before the match we went to have dinner at Hard Rock Cafe.... costed USD32 each.. pengz... but happy to get the glasses! heheeeee...

we took this pic at the end of the match... so we can get closer to the court... see the monkey so happy!

the game really very fast, and the players all very tall and agile!

another catch point r the cheerleaders!

as mentioned, its veterans' day and they specially gave tribute to the heroes... was kinda touched when they march in with pride... their military are really well recognized! and the whole stadium all cheered and stood up in respect!

when suns (phx team) won and every time out, the cheer leaders wld go ard and throw freebies and prizes for the audience who screamed out LOUD! so the whole ambience were very HIGH all time!!! can see jerseys and towels and many other freebies flying ard... hahaaa

haha.. the guys from Frys were performing... they were not pro performers but their dance really did won alot of cheers! very entertaining!

took this pic outside the stadium before the match.. can see who is the sponsor of the game? (hint: in the background of the pic)

Arizona State Fair

2009-11-13T15:15:00.009+08:00

jer and i arranged a trip to AZ state fair for both our family before it ended.... thanks jer and rj who send us there with their car so our little wife can be parked at lemonlot still... hehe

this is the teared half ticket from the fair... at first i tot they would tear and return us the bigger half.. but assumption is not always correct... regretted nv take pic of it before entry.. anyway.. this is the small one tat we have for remembrance... haha

jer and i wanted to go to the restrooms... but we cannot find monkey.. cuz he saw the lottery booth!!!! hahaa... pro gambler leh!!!

so we all went to take pic with the powerball mascot, and bought a few draws of lottery!.. nv expect come state fair oso can gamble! pengz.. hahaaa

monkey's aiming tat day wasn't good.. nv won anything.. but we had lotsa fun!

sorry for the shaded pic.. its really hot...

i m so glad tat i m the only idiot who bought sunscreen lotion during autumn (i felt smart cuz BX and comiss already not selling it due to low demand so i went walmart to buy, and then, really got event to use my sunscreen!)

i think the state fair is more for kids.. to see animals, to play games and the scary rides... i m not a very adverturous person in terms of rides.. hahaaa..... though jer is itching for a ride but i oni dare to take those less scary one... ooops... sorry ar! got too much rides from Disney now still haven recover!!! hahaa

k, we left the animal farm cuz its too smelly... but can see them at a close distant.. but anyway... we left for dinner cuz the sky is getting dark at 5pm plus... cold wind starts to blow liao.. stupid me, shd go at nite instead then dun need to drink so many soft drinks and ice cream liao! FAT!

the 4 of us went applebees near our home and makan makan... nice food... so tired....

Halloween 2009

2009-11-13T15:14:00.010+08:00

its my last halloween in US this trip!

the ghost festive of ang mohs! hahaa

all supermarkets and shopping centres started putting out orange and halloween decos.. this pic is taken in walmart when i m shopping for confectionary for tricks or treats...

very orangy rite? hahaa.. there r so many variety of confectionaries.. so nice to b a kid when calories doesn't mean anything! hahaaa

went BX to take this pic of deco... actually there r many shops selling halloween costumes but some too ex, some quality not worth it, and anyway.. i didn't buy...

this pic is taken again at walmart on the actual day.

cuz ZL's wife and his 2 precious kids just touched down on this day... we went for a dinner at a jap restaurant then bring them to shop ard... so didn't stay at home to wait for the kids to come knocking for treats or tricks... but its ok.... i dun mind to go shopping and be served in a restaurant with no ghost.. hahaa..

saw a few "ghost" on the day, but compared to last yr, this yr still kinda hot... not cooling at the end of oct yet... if i noe not so cold, might as well buy some halloween dress! tot cold then the dresses so short such cover up one.. pengz!

Birthday Again

2009-11-13T15:14:00.009+08:00

my bdae falls on sun this yr...

haiz.... getting old again! :(

i miss my frds in sg who celebrated with me.... thanks everyone who smsed me, FB and msned, ecards me for the bdae greetings.. THANKS!

special thanks for the scarf from my mummy, and jer who brought it back for me... thanks mummy for the fat ang bao too!!!! :)

and thanks jer and elaine for the jacket.... thanks liling for the mp3 player, thanks fy for her gift from tw..

at first, he is on leave for the whole wk and our initial plan is to go LV, but it happened tat we just came back from LV, so wad for go again consecutively for 2 wkends? dun waste $$$ in the casino la!!! hahaaa

so we planned to go Page instead... but hor.... after chatting with polly, and when i went to do my research online, realised the cost of renting a car, plus petrol plus the entrance fee will be kinda bo hua.... so i told monkey if budget tight, we can forgo it... i m alright... i very xian hui okie! hehee

so we nv go anywhere during his 1wk leave... but glad tat he had a good rest, and do the things he planned to... like selling his little wife.... ANYONE WANNA BUY HONDA ACCORD pls contact him okie! hehee

anyway, on this hatchday, monkey and i went to a restaurant nearby tat we nv tried before... McGrath Fish house! normally they price range is kinda..... but anyway, they having a promo... so yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!

despite the nice ambiance, i still miss fish and co in sg

wanted red lobster or joe crab's shag but they r too far and wkend sure have long queues.. anyway, oct already beri poor... so budget abit settle at the nearby restaurant... but anyway, we had a very fulfilling dinner! see!!!

tats all for my bdae celebration this yr :(

if u r asking wad is my bdae pressie from monkey... sorry, the LV bag tat we got in LV already costed too much so i m getting none from him... :( not even a cake...

hope my nx bdae in sg will b crowdier! i miss my frds and family! i m having mixed feelings! actually, i dun wish my nx bdae to come so fast!!! I dun wanna get old!!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grand Canyon and Vegas again

2009-11-13T15:13:00.008+08:00

yup... went there again...

Grand Canyon and Las Vegas...

Well, this trip last mth is to bring ZL to enjoy... and theres a long wkend.. so why not? but we planned another LV trip for my bdae de... but nvm la, hope the sales in long wkend is better!

the air is cooling in GC, but hor, when there is sun, its actually HOT! i got tanned in autumn! pengz!

Saw Felicia and her family there too.. so we took pics together! long wkend ma! everywhere oso got familiar faces! :)

I look abit retro i noe.. haha

its actually hot!

i was sleeping in the car but have to wake up to take pic... like a baby... i can't open my already small eyes... haha

this pic is taken at the hotel we stayed in, not much scenary pics this time cuz already taken many times.... abit sianz liao :P

i took this pic in one of the casinos.... so lucky i managed to get such nice cards but then.. if u look carefully.... i only won 480 credits... and its only $0.01 cent per credit!PENGZ!

shopping until tired... so massage awhile at the food court... look at his shiok face!

throughout the whole shopping in the premium outlets, tats all we bought (see floor)
the sales was quite disappointing! i only bought one crabtree and evelyn lip moisuturer and he bought himself a pair of levis jeans..

wanted a swaroski necklace which is below USD50 but he dun wanna buy...

anyway, he suggested buying one LV bag for me at LV cuz the tax is lower than AZ, and the exchange rate at the time is good... u all dun think too much ok! i NEVER ask him to buy.. from jan, he promised me one LV bag by the end of the yr so i told him i m willing to wait till Dec... but he analysed tat Dec we r going for a roadtrip so have to spend $$$, so if buy now, Dec wun b so xiong...

went to one LV boutique at Fashion mall, i m supposed to pick one bag tat i like... but the big ones tat i like, he said not nice... (wa lao! LV leh!!! where got not nice?! hahaa... his taste beri high)

so in the end, we compromise to this bag Treveli... i like it and he likes it too! the size is just rite and i already planned tat i can use this as my working bag when i go back in sg.... so happy!

as seen in the pic, the blue plastic is still not peeled off, i m not going to use it till when i found a job in sg!

thanks monkey for fulfiling the promise of the yr, lets hope this bag will motivate me and bring me lotsa luck for my job hunt nx yr! :)

A Visit to the Farm

2009-10-22T19:40:00.007+08:00

halloween is coming! the tomato farm is harvesting pumpkins already!

Went for a visit by courtesy drive of Ms polly....

dun i look less plump with pumpkins? or i look like a plumpkins?

elaine and me tried to carry this big pumpkin, trust me, its really heavy... both of us carry and yell at the same time.. haha

i m a posing queen!

can guess which vege/fruit i m?

me in the brick house by the 3rd smart pig! heheee

who is cuter?

dunno wad vege is it.. seems like a yellow cucumber...

the corn maze! there r 3 mazes, for kids, adults and family... each takes 5mins, 10mins and 30mins but i went to none... haha.... i just take pics!

wad is this cute piglet doing in this farm? it draws alot of attention but we r not supposed to touch it..

the weather was good! blue sky, cool and a little sunny, good for photo taking!

can see the tai tais prepared alot of food, going to be lay on the table for our "picnic" later..

the staff there was very kind to encourage me to hold this chick.... its "claws" is so thin... i have to cover it with my other hand cuz i scare it will fall... this is not a tamed tamagochi! hahaa

Dog (Grey hound) Racing

2009-10-22T19:29:00.002+08:00

no, u r not reading the title wrongly...

person like me, whom had nv ever stepped into the territories of Singapore Tuff Club before, actually stepped into a dog racing ground in US..

Heard from elaine they all tat theres this race so we went together with them to check it out...

We r not toking abt cute puppies or those dalmantians or huggable dogs here hor... they r Greyhounds! very strong and muscular type! i think they look fierce too!

The entrance is free, race starts everyday with 13matches i heard. even had their own dog race magazine (like those horse racing booklets u seen in sg or hk drama)!

Tried my luck for the first time..

Before the race, the trainers will first bring the greyhounds out for a short parade to let pple bet... can buy a ticket at the many machines available... took a short 3mins lecture from nelson and learnt some"tips"

its so friendly tat even kids can come in!

in the end, i won a few bucks... but just play for fun, not much gambling la...

if u think y i nv take pic of the dogs running, haha... i tell u y... cuz they ran so fast, ard 30 to 35secs can finish one lap.... how to take a clear pic with my hp cam??? impressive dogs, not cute type but reliable type, if got thief sure oso can catch one..

EI Hi Bye Sep 09

2009-10-22T19:22:00.002+08:00

Our trade oso have our own warm and loving hi-byes...

this is the official one at Joe Crab's Shack...

Howard who is born in USA and is going back, is the cutie pie of all!

This is the unofficial hi-bye of EI... a brunch at Great Wall Dim Sum...

Monkey!!! what are u doing with howard?!

The pics taken with howard and his mum in base during the sqn's official hi-bye..

dun u think he is cute? hehe

Studying again...

2009-10-20T19:54:00.002+08:00

pls dun curse me when u see my blog, its either no updates or one shot updates a few.... hehe.. i noe tat.. pai seh... it really depends on my mood, lazy level and inspiration...

do read them slowly... cuz i dunno when will b my nx update.... enrolled in a new module 2mths ago, and the class is starting tomolo, so i shd be busy studying i guess... hmm.. i have 4 more updates not done cuz pics not uploaded yet.... sorry... wait ba.... :P

Official Hi Bye 2009

2009-10-20T17:07:00.006+08:00

I look forward for my own hi-bye nx yr. but somehow, this hi-bye in sep 09 upsets me abit...

reason being my bestest frd (ya, she came with me for the "qian li xun fu" but she is going back 6mths earlier than me) is going back to sg...

other than the unofficial hawaii hi-bye and a sinful dinner at Olive Gardens, its a tradition tat base will have an official on for the sep rotations...

My jm aka sanhua is going back!!! we had such "mo qi" tat before the hi-bye, we already told each other we r wearing black dress... hahaa.. wanted to wear my 9west black heels but i already shipped all of them with sanhua's shipment, so i got to wear them for interviews when i go back nx yr (before my shipment arrives)

before going to base for the "party", we took several pics at the place tat we had lived for erm.... 1yr plus....

Ming sao oso beri creative in the poses! hahaa

Jer was back in sg for some personal issues, else the whole mj khakis shd b in

this is taken at our clubhouse, where we held alot of bdae/baby celebrations, print our stuffs, get free drinks etc... hahaa

they said this is like a pageant, 1st and 2nd runner up kissing the champion.

ming sao, i not going back yet.. dun worry... u will get ur chance to kiss! haha

ya, we had a pool table in the clubhouse... but we use it for phototaking! :P

Ming sao designed this pose. haha.. so i follow suit..

I like this pic! like the Goong My Sassy Princess...

The 3 of us, fun and loving!

The legendary ah lian and ah hua!!! Awww....

The pics taken in base's party wasn't as much as those we took at lily's hi-bye in mar 09. cuz this time the celebration wasn't as High, food wasn't even comparable.... anyway, we had our fun personally......

haiz... time to say good byee....

4th Sedona Trip (Hiking, Slide Rocks, Fishing)

2009-10-19T19:14:00.002+08:00

went Sedona for the 4th time on 07 Sep 09. haha... this time round we went with the chuas...

initially, we oni plan to see the red rocks at the red rocks park.... but hor.. as we walked thru the trails, and we walk and we walk and it remains for 1hr... we still dun see the end of the trail... when we do, we realised we reached the top of the hill liao!!!! pengz!!! hahaaa.... but saw alot of scenaries!

dun think i so bimbo to wear mini demim skirt for hiking okie! i really didn't expect to hike whole mountain! and i wore a skirt cuz i intend it to hide the swimming shorts inside so i dun need to change into swimming attire later... so..ya, its very hot...

nx, after the fun and unintentional hiking, we went to the Red Rocks Slide... to slide the rocks!!!! YEAH!!!we will we will Rock You!!! the water is COLD! and the "pool" is slippery!!! only i had the courage to slide once! haha....

then we went to Rainbow Fishing Farm to fish for trout.. its a paid fishing... it was charged by the amt and size of fish we fished... its very easy cuz the trouts like very hungry...

we bbq them (the farm pple provides cleaning of the fish, BBQ pit, seasonings) on the spot and it taste real FRESH!

it was a tiring day, both elaine and me doze off in the car back home....

the oni sad thing, is we found our pet fish money died! :(

Hawaii Farewell Party for JM and Christine

2009-10-19T18:57:00.004+08:00

the princess gang is very thoughtful to have organised a private and casual farewell party for jm and chris who r leaving in Sep 09, they did it with a theme of Hawaii!!!

Aloha!!!!!!!!

We had fun, really lotsa fun and lotsa food....special thanks to Arlene who arranged it so well, spend time buying those hawaii props, preparing the food (and oso by the other princesses) and planning the games and sending the invitation cards door by door!!!

I feel so fun living in adiamo!!! i love adiamo!!! the pool, the BBQ pite, the pple.... haha

the only bad bad thing... haha.... is the pple are naughty! hahaa.... they started to throw pple down the pool... jm who is being targeted thought tat i m very "stable" so she held on to me like i m the handles in the MRT... haha.. but who noes, both of us gena dragged and pushed down the pool!!! haha... cooling!!! SMk stopped them before i dropped, only to take out my hp from my pocket, not to protect me -_-" haha... but in the end, everyone of us got very wet... haha... we r a bunch of crazy pple...

then then cake.. alamak.. the cake!!! dunno y i m been targetted.... christine coated my face with the red icing from the cake.. and i can tell it contains alot of coloring cuz none of us were able to wash it away in the toilet beside the gym... had to wash my face thrice at home!!! hahaa.... but i had my revenge la... painting everyone back... haha

enjoy the pics of our hawaii theme party!!!

National Day 2009

2009-10-19T18:55:00.001+08:00

i mean Singapore's National Day. it is my 2nd time and probably my last time celebrating SG's National Day in US Arizona. though it was not on the actual day (7 Aug 2009 US time), we had quite a eventful and memorable celebration.

We, the wives of Sg, were invited (on a volunteering basis of cuz) to prepare a dish for the event. We have chinese, malay, indian and international cusine stalls selling the food tat all of us cooked. as for the "monies" to buy, it is a ticket tat the guys had bought in advance and it serves as a lucky draw coupon too. the most impt and meaningful thing is, all proceeds (i believe) will go to charity!!! :)

i love charity! not my first time cooking in bulk for charity. had taken part earlier on to cook for the sick and their families recuperating at Ronald McDonald's house... this time for NDP, i wanted to cook something "homely", so i've prepared a good 4 pounds of cereal prawns!!

Got a cert from SRO!!! so happy!!! Though we are all feeling awkard when we were addressed as "Mdm XXXXXX"!!! pengz!!!! makes us sounds so old!!! hahaa... i was whispering "Miss Miss, Call me MISS!".. the very humourous SRO heard me and told me "ok la, MISS LINDA" hahahaa...

took some pics with peiying and jm, a pity tat jer and ming sao was away in NY for vacation... else i believe, the pics will b more red or "RAD"...

i disagree with the pics, cuz it makes me look fat due to the turtle neck thingy... but in actual fact (i meant really from wad i heard), tat i looked slimmer! argh!!!

Side Effects of Vacation

2009-10-19T18:54:00.001+08:00

ya, u r not reading it wrongly. my vacation ends with some side effects. look at my foot blisters!!!!! i m sorry tat u have to see this unsightful pic of my foot... haha.... its taken with my hp in the hotel room at disney... my foot hurts every step i took

but tats not all, due to the sun and rain and the all day walk, my left knee is acting up... argh!!! and ya, i m "allergic" to the sun... my skin tat is exposed to the sun, developed few itch rashes... oh, did u remember the minnie mouse ears i wore on the day to magic kingdom? i didn't noe tat the sun was so powerful till my scalp tat was not shield by the minnie's ears were burned. so it was quite funny, my hair with pink scalp but with a white (i mean normal scalp color) "hair band"... haha

and another side effects, i think u all will experience it oso.. its the hole in the pocket.... i thank smk who bought me a kate spade bag from the outlet... but i bought myself a wristlet tat seems like its matching piece! haha.. then espirt shirt (formal wear), some VS, a juicy couture skinny, my first pair of 9west shoes and some misc tat i dun remember... haha... the hole beri big!!! my savings is crying!

Daytona Beach/Track and Universal City Walk

2009-09-15T17:12:00.001+08:00

Downtown Disneyworld and Cape May Cafe

2009-09-15T17:08:00.000+08:00

DisneyWorld - Magic Kingdom

2009-09-15T16:40:00.001+08:00

DisneyWorld - Hollywood Studios

2009-09-15T14:50:00.000+08:00

DisneyWorld - Epcot

2009-09-15T12:17:00.008+08:00

our first themepark to visit in disney is Epcot. it was chosen, cuz we were given an hr of early entry compared to the public, as a privilege for being disney's hotel guest. hehe

The start of epcot was fun, their ideas and rides r quite advanced and eco-educating... we were enjoying... till..... it started raining....

and when i said raining, its super duper heavy rain tat even with umbrella, half of my body still got drenched (more than wet) and i can literally squeeze water out from my super wet sleeves...

the rain got half my body drenched, my shoes and soaks wet and heavy, cold... and we still have to q for 90mins for a ride at "Soaring".... in the aircon rooM!!!! omg......... we were basically cooling ourselves dry... not too good, will cause rheumatism!

then at nite, we went to the world showcase whereby they have many diff "countries" and cultures in each parks. but walking from "country" to "country" requires some energy cuz the distance is not short and..... to comb the most in the shortest time, we were like half running and half walking... hahaa

but i love their fireworks at nite!!! its a diff type of beauty tat i saw at LA Disneyland last yr. The fireworkds at Epcot is not blocked or backgrounded by the castle, its near and right in front of our eyes!!!! and the stylo moving globe tat beams with laser light.. whoooohooo! i noe the price of the tix is worth it!

Going Florida. 1st Stop - Seaworld

2009-09-15T12:17:00.007+08:00

the day of this long planned trip had finally came. I had no idea how much time JM and I spent discussing and planning for the itinerary, sourcing and printing coupons and stressed for some stupid hiccups.

Glad tat we all managed to pull thru everything and embark on our journey. But first, we must thank Jerlyn for sending us to the airport. muacks!

Both JM n her hubby and us were excited. But still, we gotta eat something as domestic flight dun cater for lunch (unless u pay extras). Had a meal at the terminal's BK and took some pics.

Up the flight, it was a good place to sleep... probably i didn't had enuff sleep as usual, haha..... plus the air in the plane just makes me erm..... ooops... hahaa...zzzzzzZZZZZzz

I did woke up prior to landing at Florida, and is caught surprised by the sight outside the plane window..... haha... nothing special... but its something tat i had taken for granted but missed it for awhile realised Florida has it. Wad is it? its green patches of grassland! hahaa... AZ is a desert, the area is mostly brown... but Florida is just like Sg, Green and tropical... and.... ya.. humid....

Took pics like excited tourist, having fun especially tat this time, our grp of 4 was beri on. Had dinner at the airport.... before proceeding to our hotel in Disneyworld.

Well.... as a priviledge to stay in disneyworld, we were provided with free airport shuttle and luggage transport (ya, we dun need to pick up our luggages from the arrival belt cuz the disney guys will identify our luggages tat were tagged with their stickers given to us in advance).

but to my disappointment, there is another hiccups tat kind of ruin our happy mood. i shan't said it again here else it reminds me again of the nitemare. but anyway, disney did called back and apologized and compensated us with some tickets... hehe... oh, but tat was after like 2mths of complaining.... jm already "xi nu" as the holidays r over, but i dun care.... cuz justice is at our side and justice must be done!!!!!

k, second day of arrival, we went to Seaworld at Florida. It was older n smaller than the one we went at LA, California. Probably its not my first seaworld visit, and the stuffs are mostly the same, i m not particularly impressed.... but still admire the performers for the professionalism, and the cute sea creatures for being so friendly... hehe...

as all of us had played and watched wadever we wanted, we left the themepark before 6pm... haha... fast rite? chope chope ar!!!

then wad? we went back hotel.... and get ready to go to the outlets!!!! haha... its oni a few miles from our hotel... and the start of holidays is always filled with energy.. and we combed the entire outlet within 2 to 3hrs (including dinner)..... abit disappointed cuz the sales weren't as good... but nvm.... its oni the start... hahaa

we went back to rest, and get ready for all the disney themeparks......

Justice Done for Humming Bird and Hua Mei Niao

2009-09-15T11:14:00.003+08:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrush_(bird)

alamak, luckily got my future neighbour to inform me... tat humming bird is not hua mei niao... its called thrush.....

he provided me more info from wiki

hope the birds will forgive my mistake.. hehe...

this is wad and how i feel...

2009-08-20T19:16:00.006+08:00

pple just envy me.... for being able to stay at home and not work for 2yrs... but they dunno wad i really feel... its not a total positive feeling afterall...

This songs sings exactly how i feel...

English lyrics translated by me, copied the chinese one from youtube...

wonder if 畫眉鳥 is called humming bird..

潘秀瓊 -《我是一隻畫眉鳥》
作詞：狄薏 / 作曲：姚敏

我是一隻畫眉鳥呀畫眉鳥 ( I am a humming bird )
彷彿是身上沒有長羽毛 (its like i have no feathers)
沒有那羽毛的畫眉(the humming bird without feathers)
想要飛也飛不了(wants to fly but its immpossible)
沒有那羽毛的畫眉(the humming bird without feathers)
想要飛也飛不了(wants to fly but its immpossible)

我是一隻畫眉鳥呀畫眉鳥 ( I am a humming bird )
彷彿是身上缺少兩只腳 (its like i have no legs)
沒有那兩腳的畫眉 (the humming bird without legs)
想要跑也跑不掉 (wants to run but its immpossible)
沒有那兩腳的畫眉 (the humming bird without legs)
想要跑也跑不掉 (wants to run but its immpossible)

不是我身上沒有長羽毛 (its not that i have no feathers)
不是我身上缺少兩只腳 (its not that i have no legs)
只因我是關在鳥籠裡 (its becuz i m trapped in a cage)
除非是打開鳥籠才能逃 (unless i break open the cage before i can escape)

我是一隻畫眉鳥呀畫眉鳥 (i m a humming bird)
關在那鳥籠多呀多苦惱 (trapped in the cage, its an agony)
眼看著天空呀飛不了只好一聲一聲叫(see the sky but cannot fly, thats why i can only "scream") 眼看著天空呀飛不了只好一聲一聲叫(see the sky but cannot fly, thats why i can only "scream")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh0hhyWiG-c

i m very thankful to the youtube user who posted this old-time song up....it just sings my heart... cute and fast melody but spelling all the sad words....

I m Back from Florida

2009-08-03T07:44:00.002+08:00

yeah.. after missing from AZ for 9 days 8nites... i m finally back from my florida trip!

its a tiring and hectic trip i can say... glad tat the vacation is over.. haha...

will blog more after i regain my energy...

So Touched!

2009-07-15T11:42:00.002+08:00

i was exchanging emails with my ex-coll cum good frd fy....

was really touched to tears.... why?

cuz she simply see the good side of me, the good side tat even my hubby or mummy didn't realise..

we worked together.... but she sees tat i m so much hardworking... pple think i m highly paid cuz my coy is good and i m lucky... but little or no one noes tat i really fought very hard for it..

she said i very hardworking, being able to do my part time degree yet still worked till late hours very often last time.. she see me she oso feels tired for me... its kinda warm to hear some1 who actually heartached for ur hardshipness...

now got 2 persons do my job tat i did alone last time, she can see my workload....

in US here, there are many times when i feel i m born lazy, too slack and nua to do things, but some1 saw my inner beauty and reminded me of it.... it feels so great!even the tears are sweet!!

k, i will listen to her advise and enjoy my last 9mths here in US... cuz she noes i will b back soon and then work very hard again...

*i pray hard, pray daily tat my family dun worries me so i can really relax here*

thanks fy!!! God Bless You!!!! :)

Some people's actions are just pure "amusing"

2009-07-06T17:44:00.003+08:00

hmm... actually i dun wish to vent my frustrations here in this beautiful and peaceful blog of mine...

but today... something really triggers me to say something.... i didn't wanna say else where, becuz i noe i can be over-straightforward/ direct and probably harsh enuff to offend pple when i mean good...

i shall not say the actual story and identities are protected.

Just to quote an example, relating to wad happened to me and my frd. but dun worry, its not really the case... nobody walked naked here... hahaa

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Eg:

There are pple who likes to walk around NAKED. Nvm, tats their freedom.

But there oso also pple who loves to parade around wearing NOTHING.

I dunno if they like to boost what they have or just purely love to show, or simply dun like the idea of any privacy.

But when pple are staring at you NAKED in the streets, you can't blame them! you can't wonder why they are staring at you!!

the reason is simple. they are Curious!! and its something tat dun happen often, to ordinary modest folks.

If you dun wan your privacy to be questioned or stared by others, then dun go ard naked. If you like your own freedom, do it at home. Of cuz, with the windows and doors closed. some lechers will like to see and drool silently without reminding u to close ur windows. even when they didn't say anything, doesn't mean they meant good.

Similarly, if some aunties too kpo, go and qn why u like this why u like tat, they meant to let u noe its not a norm and becuz they dun understand y u wanna do this.

u can't blame those aunties for being kpo, becuz their curiousity is aroused as u started the naked parade and its human nature to be curious.

maybe u just prefer your frds to be those "lechers" rather than those "kpo aunties"

u choose your frds, and your frds are whom u have chosen.

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My blog, my rumblings, my freedom. If you are offended reading it here, u can continue to go ard "naked" and wonder why r pple so kpo... tats ur freedom. But my objective doesn't starts evil. I really mean good. if u dun get the hint, then too bad. i've tried not to be offensive. I shut up not becuz i have nothing to say, its because i wan to give you face.

The saying goes : 面子是人家给的,脸是自己丢的!

:P

Its Been 1 Year in US le...

2009-06-30T16:43:00.004+08:00

Today is exactly one year since i reached US Arizona... hmm...

Its still as hot cuz Jun is summer.... still remember last year when i finally touched down from a 20hr plus of flight... my first reaction is... turn back and take the nx plane home! CUZ ITS BURNING HOT!!! hahaa

the sunset here takes an hr.... and the sky is still blue at 8pm!!!! pengz...

took this beautiful sunset with my hp.... not so clear... but... my house always got such good views until i think... i will not wan to see sunset u noe... hahaa

k la... one shot updated 4 blog entries beri tiring... so i shall blog more abt the differences and thoughts for my 1yr stay in US compared to Sg's life.....nx time...soon... heheee

Some of My Purchases in Vegas 2

2009-06-30T16:41:00.003+08:00

pls do not complain for my belated back dated blog entry.. hehe...

the below are somethings tat i can think of which i bought from vegas, posted as promised... bought the correlle dining sets at the outlet, 2 sets for my future home... hehee.... got an additional discount from the coupons i pre-printed.... hehe.. jer see i buy, she oso buy... but she buy heartstone one.... rich.. anyway, i prefer this.. cuz simpler and lighter.... and corelle is already a beri established brand... exp in sg... hahaa

This is a formal black skirt from Armani Exchange....

A casual cute puffy skirt oso from AX

Tee from Guess

wad else? u think i will post my coach bags purchases here? hahaa... i m not free to take the pics one by one.... sorry

but monkey bought EVEN MORE SHIRTS than me.. argh!!! spendthrift! stingy on me but spend on his own!!!!

My "Detachment" - Tai Tai for 2wks

2009-06-22T18:52:00.014+08:00

People all think tat i come US, can slack and be tai tai. Dun need to work, everyday shake legs at home. But they are only half correct.

Wives like me, really dun need to work, cuz our Visa is not working permit. We oso everyday stay at home, but not shake legs, cuz have to cook and do homechorus, faithfully guai guai wait for hubby to come home. As for slacking, ya, when hubby at work, i slack lor.. but he still will come back ma!!!! So how to be a tai tai!?!? cannot go out shopping as and when i like!!! cuz he drove the car to work and dun wan to buy me a car!!!! ARGH!!!

so, i wish fairy godmother will use her magic wand and make me a real tai tai. There r many chances. Many detachment chances for the guys. My monkey is supposed to go, but somehow for many reasons, he did not.

SO, while other wives are enjoying their tai tai life while they hubbies slog their life at other states working for 2 wks, I, the poor maid have to SLOG at home, cooking and cooking and life carry on as USUAL, no change! seeing other gals going out havod, i beri envy...

THEN.... i decided... since he nv go detachment last mth... i WILL GO!!! HAHAHAAA...

But of cuz.. not to go other states to work.. but make myself disappear from my maid life at home...

Kinda pai seh to say, i had been mixing with my gals (other wives here), having chit chat sessions, gatherings, makan session, shopping and PLAYING MAHJIONG! hahaaa... leaving the poor monkey washing clothes and folding them at home when i m out playing MJ till dawn! hahaa... but i still kind la.... will bring him out for dinner.. if i cook at home, i will get the gals to come over.. if my gals cook at their place.. i will bring my monkey and my own rice pot along (cuz he eats so much rice i have to cook extra)...

And for the 2 wks.. i accomplished so much things tat are all so shiok!!!! Dining out oso shiok! Dunno for tat 2wks.. how many times we dined at King Egg Roll liao... hahaa

Below are some highlights and events which we had taken photo. The rest of the havod moments were not posted here cuz we didn't take pics leh...

Pls do not read on if u r easily jealous type. :P

High Tea at Jer's House

Winson wanted to learn how to make egg tarts. So Jer the teacher jioed all of us over for high tea, pot luck... but this high tea hor.. is beri chinese... hahaa...

See all the dishes... peng kueh, egg tarts, you tiao, tou suan, deep fried cauliflower kueh, apple crumbles, mickey mouse shape sandwiches.. and of cuz.. TEA....

The happy gals from my middle village!!!

Merry msned me the nite before, asking me wads my plan for the day, so i told her having gathering at Jer's house. She asked me to jio elaine(staying at her house for the wk) cuz she is bored. i tot elaine is having fun with baby issac and her so nv jioed her for the past events... elaine.. if u r reading this, pai seh for not jioing u in the first place leh!!! but since Merry already said tat, and elaine is my frd and oso from the same trade, i will definately jio her for the high tea de.. but of cuz.. not my house... i must ask Jer first... too bad merry doesn't wants to join us.... so elaine came alone... cute mrs chua in her bright pink dress so bright tat we have to make special arrangements for the phototaking... hahaa

The pic of us having fun at our Chinese style high tea... hahaa.. its really fun, and... lotsa food...

After tat, monkey and i went to watch "A nite at the museam 2" with Jm, winson and jer. We ladies, then went to Jm's house for MJ till morning... hahaa... told u it was my detachment le...

Dinner at Apple Bee

Then sometime later, we decided to go Apple Bees for dinner.. i nv been there before.. always wanted to go there when my hubby is away for detachment cuz he dun like western food tat much.. but anyway.. dun care la.. i had waited long enuff... hahahaaa...

The oreo milkshake recommended by Ser is really NICE!!! thinking of it... *drools*

Their starter is abit scary.. as in the food portion.. luckily we went in a big grp.... else.... how to finish?

The onion rings are all so big.. and mind u, its oni part of the starters!!!!

Didn't take much pics of the main dishes... but the main point is, we went mj after dinner... hahaaa

Tai Tai Outing/Shopping

Since i m determined to enjoy myself as a real "tai Tai" during this "detachment".... we organsied one outing... Dress code is Dress, all must doll up.. and we went to this italian restaurant tat Lily and hema they all highly recommended half yr ago.... hehee.... Olive Garden.... i had been waiting for u!!!

Actually we went in a big grp of 5 tai tais... elaine and min was taking this pic...

This is the starter... got calamari, dunno wad mushrooms and the squarish thing is beef...

Free flow of salad with Italian Dressing... afterall.. its and italian restaurant!

True Blue Italian Pizza! we didn't ate it.. leave if for dinner before our MJ session.. hahaa

As u can see... spegatti with shrimps.. NICE!

Free flow of breadsticks... we named the breadsticks with our own names.. haha... nice lemonade too... though is Tai Tai.. but once heard FOC and Free Flow.. we can't help but being happy... hahaa

Chicken with pasta stuffings!!! BUT BERI NICE!!!!

AWWWWw..... my tiramisu.. the best i ever had so far in AZ... its even better than the Cheesecake factory one in my opinion!!!! Gals, when can we go there again?

Okie, enuff said.. after tat, we went shopping at TJ Max and Ross... just these 2 shops already took the entire afternoon... hahaa.....

We went to Ross for dunno how many times during the detachment period.. and i like the experience there, Big changing room, cheap and nice good quality clothing, and the company of cuz! Jm and Jer wore the same size with me... so each of us took 8 pcs of dresses for trying, and then swop with each other so we tried alot more! hahaa.. elaine look nice in every dresses she tried cuz of the slim figure.. and we sai ko her to buy everything... she becomes the champion everything... hahaa.... but she beri nice la... she is our fashion consultant.... she choosed and took in alot of dresses for us to try... when finished trying 8pcs, she brings in another 8pcs.. pengz.... like the big "runway" for us to model our dresses... hahaa.... we share and give opinions to each other... gals can be happy easily!

My purchases in Ross for the 2wks of "Detachment"

i dun really like grey but i think this goes well with a white jacket.. see, i m preparing to back sg to work! hahaa

this is more lian like me...

sweet little dress which they called it the very linda style... haha.... think jer bought the pink version

my fav pink dress.. comfy and cheap...

love the ribbons.. can tie them any way i like..... looks formal enuff with a jacket... yet casual enuff to survive in hot and humid sg...

this is for leisure wear of cuz... kinda translucent but looks good with a black little tube inside... and the rubber on the waist makes me looks thinner... yeah!

i bought 2 shorts oni to realise tat they are almost the same style but diff color... haha... summer coming..

this dress is bought in case i go back still got lotsa wedding dinners to attend.. hahaa

my another fav checkered dress.... think now their perception of my liking is checkered... haha

told u the shorts seems similar...

black blouse... think can use for office.. heheee

simple tube... its getting hotter here...

cute can-can dress... beri bright and happy colors.... can wear for my nx tai tai glamourous outing.. haha

ooops... another checkered dress...... but when i wore this and pondering at the "runway" at the changing room corner... there is a ang moh young lady who commented tat i look good in this dress... and since its oni USD9.99.. hehee... :P

My 2nd Vegas Trip - Memorial Day 2009

2009-06-22T18:32:00.009+08:00

Oooops.. my "soon to blog" becomes half a mth.. haha

been busy la.. till now, i haven sort out my shopping loots from LV..... so haven got chance to snap the pics of my buyings yet... will upload later when i remember... hahaa

So i better start now else i will nv blog....

k, we rented a car with BT and Selina.... hotel rm booked earlier at Nelis, CHEAP AND GOOD!!!!

Day 1

We set off when the sun rises, Selina caught me "replenishing" my energy... haha

Stopped at Burger King for toilet break and breakfast.... i noe alot of pple going on the same day as well and the all famous Mac shd be flooded by Sgeans... hahaa

Reached Hoover Dam... think Transformers2 didn't come here... but its my vegas Trip 2.. so wasn't as excited as first trip... miss Jess and willy they all :(

But since already here... took the chance to snap few pics.... since this is a significant border btn the state Nevada (in case u dunno, Vegas is a city in Nevada) and Arizona..

i m seriously glad to have my oakley shades with me...

Saw Shirley who reached Hoover Dam at the same time with us... Take pic together with her Prince Liew in her tummy!!! SMILEZ!

When reached Vegas finally, mr monkey got lost becuz his beri Beri beri smart GPS cannot detect Ah Chong Mian Xian..... but hengz, i noe alot of pple going oso.. so just a call to my beloved mint, and we got the address to reach there in one piece...

LUNCH AT AH ZHONG!!!

My second time here oso... the infamous Ah Zhong Mian Xian... sorry, my hp not good, the mian xian now looks like little worms.. haha.. but the bubble tea (they called it boba tea) in the background still makes me drool..

Then we went to our Hotel and chk in! Wonderful room with 2 king size beds, 2 wardrobes, 2 full length mirror, 2 iron boards and etc... i wonder why we booked 2 rooms for 2 couples... one rm is really big enuff for 2 couples! but anyway.. its cheap.. oni USD39 per nite! :)

After that, we went shopping at Las Vegas Outlet Centre! At least its fully air conditioned! Hengz ar... and Selina beri funny one... she wan to sleep wan to sleep but when wan to reach the outlets, she from far can see the signs and still direct us somemore.. better than GPS! haha... Selina!!! If u r reading this, u might be laughing oso rite? haha... U WIN!!! :P

After a long battle and card bleeding session at the outlets... time for dinner... went to a chinese restaurant (forgot wads the name) but its too crowded, too hungry to wait so we went back to the Ah ZHong address, had dinner at the Penang Cuisine Restaurant abv Ah Zhong..

I m sorry for not taking those mouth drooling pictures cuz.. we were all too hungry.. haha.... tats the oni pic i can capture..

After tat, we went nite walking at the strip.. actually... i already taken most of the pics on my first trip.. so i wan to go M&M World...

But it closes at 12am sharp.. by the time we walked till there... we have oni 15mins left.. ya, we purposely parked our car nearby but the strip is too crowded and plus stationary for taking pics... we reached there quite late...

Its really a colorful shop... 4 storeys full of M&Ms.. haha... we oni managed to comb level 1 and 2... level 3 and 4 have to wait nx time lor...

Me: OOOpss.... caught me!

Reached hotel quite late... had a tiring day already..

Day 2

We had brunch at the Las Vegas Premium Outlets... this outlet is bigger, but the exterior (corridors of the shops) are not air conditioned.. so must hide in the shops and spend money... hahaha

See how much we bought? The grey Oakley bag infront is the bdae gift i bought for my monkey for his bdae in advance.... i shall not tell u how many of the coach bags belongs to me... haha :P

We met the rest of our trade at the outlets oso... Had dinner together at the famous Mido something sushi... its an exp buffet... but to my dissappointment, there is no salmon sashimi..... SAD!

At nite, we all went to Stratesphere casino to try our luck... see how much monkey won with USD0.10?! its USD19!!!! its a big win... but overall he still lose la... suay monkey!

Played till 2 or 3am... go back dozed off..

Day 3

Rise and Shine, breakfast at Chang's Dim Sum... yummy!!!!

Then while BT and Selina go take more pics, we went back to our M&M world to complete my level 3 and 4... finally!!!!

M&M world got some short movie casting M&M.. haha.. so excitedly, we went for it!

Us while waiting to enter the threatre.. the movie is called " I lost my M in Vegas".. the M not stands for money, but stands for the M in front of Red M&M.. hahaa funny show

Trying to imitate Red...

Trying to imitate Green.. but seems more like Chinese Kungfu! hahaa

A super huge photo frame tat i can stand in.. hahaaa.. but stupid monkey always cannot managed to capture the whole frame (while i can with one shot) after trying so many times...

Monkey said his camera sure cannot take the pic of the poster in the dark... to proof to him i can, i on the flash light and ThERE! clear enuff!!!

Some last min photo taking before leaving to the outlet we went on the first day cuz selina and BT wanna get the Samsonite Lugguage...

After roasting ourselves.... back to AZ... and end of my holidays in May...

Back From Vegas

2009-06-16T18:20:00.002+08:00

awww.... i haven been blogging again... hehe

been rather busy.... sick after back from vegas... dun worry... not swine flu! haha..
but since the wives' hubbies were all away (except for mine!) to canada for detachment... i got alot of programs tat kept be overly occupied for the past 2 or 3wks...

will blog more when i take the pics of my shopping loots... hahahaa... soon..

Herbal Tea Leaves Eggs

2009-05-13T05:30:00.007+08:00

Hmm.. miss the fragrant of herbal tea leaves eggs... it beri tempting and definately one of the best fragrances from sg's pasa malam....

So..... i DIY and brewed 20 eggs.. i was once worried abt the "efficiency" of my slow cooker..... its really SLOW!!!

brewed them for more than a day so tat it can be more tasty.. but in US, we use white eggs.. so the shall harder to get dark..

this is my breakfast...

After peeling the shell.. yummy!!! the inside already turn brow.. meaning... TASTY TASTY!!! SHIOK!!! :)

Even the yolk which is sometimes beri er xin... also taste fragrant and nice!!!!

I like herbal tea leaves eggs.... it makes my whole apt smells good when brewing... hahaa

hope those who received the eggs like it too! :)

Jet Lag??

2009-05-13T05:26:00.004+08:00

ever since i came back from sg for home visit, i sleep early and wake up early. it sounds normal, but those who noe me well enuff, is certain tat i m not those early birds. hahaaaa

so, officially, i m having jet lag!!!! till now!

the following day since i reach US, i went to Davis' 1st yr bdae.... i have my hesitations of posting the pic here cuz i look really pale from jet lag. anyway, i didn't stay at his party for too long. cuz i scare i gena swine flu (now called H1N1 influenza flu) in the flight so i dun wanna "spread" to the kids there...

left early oso becuz we r meeting polly to go costco, stock up my fridge of cuz! hahaa

aden passed me a sample of a fruit pie excitely and STRONGLY RECOMMEND it... i tot how good... had a bite, and it was "WOW!!!!"

hehe.... bought the whole pie back. its a fruit pie with vannilla cream, taste extremely nice, not so er xin, the pastry is nice oso!!!

following day, we went dim sum @ Great Wall with almost the whole trade. happened to see jm and guys oso. then went Lee&Lee for marketing and further stocking up my fridge... like getting ready to be quarentined..... haha... but no la...

Went to Chandler shopping mall last last wkend... took elaine's new car... let the guys seat in front.... we chit chatted all the journey... and had a crazy super duper fulfilling sushi buffet with the rest of the trade @ nite. its village head's treat for celebrating mothers' day and eric's bdae. well.... thanks for the treat though i m not a mother yet.... hahaa

Back to US

2009-05-13T05:23:00.003+08:00

Its been a pity tat my return trip is so rush tat tat i couldn't have time to meet hemama and her jaydan boy.. wanted to see if his hair grows longer back from "jaydin"... haiz....

in my rush trip, i do discover something... we have got so much imports tat things tat r originally cheap are priced so high becuz of "overseas shipment".... i noticed tat the betty crockers brand of cake premix are available in sg. why didn't i noticed tat in the past? cuz its simply too exp!!!!

the abv pics were taken in a more "budget and economy" supermarket in sg... but somehow... the price for a cake premix is kinda ex!!!!! i can get it in US for ard USD1.50 only!!!! compared to SGD8.20, if exchange rate is 1.5, then its SGD5.95 more!!! pengz..... simple things like tat already so exp.. no wonder coach, levis, loreal, clinique, estee lauder, ralph lauren and etc all so exp in sg... oh.... loreal.... a foundation cake cost ard SGD20... but in fact... can get it for a few bucks in US.... haiz....

aiyah, back to US la... abit sad to leave my family this time, compared to last yr when my mother send me to the airport.... things are kinda diff this yr... and my papa can't send me off.. and does he noes tat i had been back for a mth and is returning to US? :(

a lone flight back is kinda boring, but mama "fed" me so well.. even till the day before i fly, we still had supper @ home till 11:30pm... ooops.. fat fat fat..

took some pics ard when i m transitting in Seoul Korea..

busy looking ard for "plastic" figures and man made beauties... haha.. surprisely, though i dun understand korea language, i find their conversation quite familiar... oh... must be those kdramas...

dun see me smiling in my SQ flight hor... korean airport distributes mask for all their passengers.. and i find it quite useful.. wore if for more than half my journey from korea to US... why? cuz some pple simply are just too EVIL!!!!! with the pandemic novel influenza A (previously known as swine flu) destroying pple's health around, there are still this BIG BUNCH of pple, coughing and sneezing OPENLY, without covering or washing their hands often!!! omg... of cuz i felt uneasy and disturbed! why can't these pple be more health conscious or more hygenic? flu virus are very highly contagious, not only swine flu leh!!!! its basic courtesy yet i dun see it in the journey. disappointing!!! ARGH!!!

when i finally reached san fran and away from those idiots, i tot by waiting for 3hrs for my domestic flight to AZ, i can finally complete my travelling BUT, human proposes and heaven disposes.... my flight was delayed due to bad weather... haiz....19hrs of flying and 3hrs of waiting AND still ended up waited for another hour.... so bored... and tired... i dozed off awhile... but of cuz i scare i overslept so i set "alarm clock" from my hp.... well... there are pple worse off cuz they are being delayed for more than 3hrs!!!! ok.... i m counting my blessings..

finally, after struggling with monster zzZz, reached AZ safely, found my luggage (with alot of black roller marks due to the stackings in plane) and monkey. had a simple dinner @ the airport and head home with his little wife... awww... how i miss his little wife when i m in sg!!!!!!! Did i grumble to you abt how crowded MRT was now? its' promise of "2mins interval" during lunch hours oso didn't seem to be true.. they had a sticker "priority seat" at the corners of every rows but still alot ignored its purposes.. haiz..... got little wife is good.... i wan to ride her everywhere.... but back to home first!!!!

Met up with Alipu and her mum

2009-05-13T05:18:00.006+08:00

After the hi-bye dinner @ Base, the old-goers left US on the following day, which is 29 Mar 09. tat means, alipu left before i went back to sg, but i reached sg earlier than her. Why? cuz they went to tour Japan for a wk... and fate twist really makes the whole situation diff... so i can actually welcome alipu the ABC to sg (her first visit)...

haha... as babies and lower in immunity, so i think its not wise for alipu to go TTSH to visit my papa... so i met her and her mummy lili @ novena sq instead....

hot mum bringing cute babe ard, kangarooing everywhere..... seems easy to us, but actually not tat easy.... christine... i pei fu u and ur 10kg bao bao...

the 3 of us went to fish&co for lunch and catch up... realised alipu can seat on babychair already.....

doesn't she looks cute with tat bow-ribbon? how i wished (for a second only) tat i can have it on my hair oso.. hahaaa

her hair grew longer in just 2wks!!!

like an little tiny adult.. wanting to touch anything (menu, fork,spoon) within her reach...

After a sinful and lotsa chats meal, we went "marketing" @ NTUC... typical aunties... hahaaa

Alipu must be amazed by the different btn NTUC and Walmart...

Look at her "height", she is really growing fast for her age.... long legs.. but her familiar baby fats are still there.... haha.... dun worry la.. ur legs will b as slim as ur mum's when u grow up.. meanwhile.. bear with it if ur mum complains abt the "bruises" tat u kicked her...

Alipu: "Isn't my smile cute?"

cute baby... told u i had an affinity with her... even in sg lor... miss her laughter and ever hunger.... awww... haiz.. by the time i go back nx yr, she would b running on the floor and might even forget her cute linda jie jie liao... :(

Back to Sg for Apr 09

2009-05-13T05:11:00.006+08:00

Flying back alone this time... carrying my heavy lappy and a nite without sleep.. was VERY VERY exhausted.... and anxious to reach home....

the friendliness of ang mohs and the airport staff did help abit... i transitted from domestic flight to international flight @ LA.... moving my heavy luggage from the terminals.. confused where to go... at this point of time, i suddenly realise tat being bilingual (one with English) is one of our Singaporean's advantage.. hurhur... one language and it makes things so much easy for me...

When i finally board my SQ Flight, WOW SEH!!! those SQ gals got waist leh!!!! i already forgotton then woman shd look like tat, hourglass figure!!! wabiang!!! too long in states liao!!!! pengz..

managed to chat with a nice japanese lady (my flight transit @ narita tokyo).. not bad rite, now i going tri-lingual... haha

i already felt very "home" seeing the singaporean crew and very warm with all their service... being "fed" alot of food.. pengz...

I finally reached Sg... but in the middle of midnite.. so i took a cab home myself.... afterall... Sg is my homeland which i m sooooo familiar with, dun need anybody to waste their midnite cab fare to fetch me la... and the reason i m home is not a happy trip... the most impt thing is to see my father!!!

when my mama sees me @ the hosp with a "qiao cui" look.. she commented i looked beri auntie.. pengz!!! mama.. 9mths nv see me, can say someting make me happy anot? hahaa

i did saw my papa.. he was not in deep coma (hopeful), but seeing him with all the tubes and pipes aches me oso..

my "first meal" in sg.. sad, was in TTSH Food Court!!! looking @ the familar food but noisy environment.. suddenly i dun feel like eating!!!! i miss the big cosy restauants in US..

then we crossed over to novena sq which is linked from TTSH with an overhead bridge totally sheltered all the way...... went to a saloon @ sq2 "fix" my auntie look.. mama went for a hair wash oso.. the kind korean ladies helped us do a free korean hair perm (temporary perm of cuz)...

i kinda like it.. so the korean stars did it like tat too...

The saying goes... "屋漏偏逢连夜雨".. my roof top nv leaks from raining but my home bathroom "explodes" and water splashing like my bathroom is wild wild wet or seaworld... haiz.. like we are not suay enuff.. things all happened together..... mama again went helpless... but fret not.... there is yellow page online, and in sg, with $$$, nothing can't be unsolved.... but tat means i burn a hole somewhere in my pocket... told mama tat its a little hurdle tat God wans us to cross... and we did... tat same day, the nurse told us tat papa started to show response of obeying commands like "point one finger, point 2 fingers".... tat is GOOD NEWS to us!!!! tat means he is regaining conscious!!!

my mum's bdae came and we wanted to take her out for dinner @ novena (my 2nd hiding place now other than home and TTSH), but she was kinda sad for my papa cuz this yr, he can't be there and he couldn't eat anything but we are going to feast.. haiz...

mama wanted something simple.. so we had chicken rice @ a restuarant.... bought this for her as she said she wanted to try....

isn't it cute? this rabbit is actually a longevity bun with lian rong (lotus paste) inside.... just steamed and tasted very nice!!!

actually i m quite lucky.. though i didn't get the time to visit many places in sg cuz i want to spend more time in hosp for my dad (i oni can stay for a mth before going back to US), my bro's gf, who oso rushed back from her studies in US, bought me a lot of hawker food and i feasted like there is no tomolo, everyday in the hosp's waiting area!!!! tats y i put on alot of weight la...

my another fav is this cafe called "Take 5" @ sq2... its by Old Chang Kee but they sell VERY NICE local food like nasi lemak and laksa (my fav).. and their tea/coffee is oni SGD0.50 everyday after 2pm!!!! simple meal like this makes my day. dun need to cook myself! hehee

sometimes mama would cook @ home for me. cuz she noes i miss her cookings.. but i can see tat she is oso beri tired... cuz we went to the hosp everyday and she still need to do the chorus... haiz...

during my one mth stay in sg, i done several things and settled some issues for my dad... running ard sg... tired... but some which we have to wait for response, i have to handover to my bro...

many thanks for my frds (liling, xem, tina, yuan, crab, ruixi, laozhu) who came to visit my dad in the hosp..i know u all got to work still make time... thanks so much.... especially ruixi and laozhu... who came more than once!

went to SSDC to convert my driving licence.. so lucky!!! i got it!!!! i m now a qualified sg driver!!!!

bought this @ eBay oso, recommended from 女人我最大. always wanted to buy in US but then the shipping to US will make this hair guard very costly!!! its a hair guard tat makes ur hair fridge stays without moose, hair spray, hair clip or any hair bands cuz that will cause a mark on the hair... useful and innovative and simple!

but i abit regretted buying pink.. shd have bought the black one.. other colors look like a major plaster on the hair... haha.. but its still useful la..... like it

Tribal Belly Dance

2009-05-13T05:10:00.004+08:00

I've signed out for a course in mar with ms jm. Its a Tribal Belly dance @ a nearby community centre... well...

It was kinda new to me, a total diff experience from my past ECAs in sch.. haha... my ultimate motive of joining is to "exercise" abit... and of cuz.. i got a belly big enuff for this "exercise"...

The teacher is nice, and ms jm and me, the oni asians in the class are actually quite thin.. hmm...

the class is noisy, not becuz of pple talkings, is becuz of the Hip Scarf they all wore... the dingling dangling sounds compliments and "dance" with the music....

its oni the first lesson... came out happy with ms jm cuz we are PESPIRING!!! a nice workup!!! hahahaaa

but then when i switched my hp out from silent mode, realised my mum just smsed me "bee, can call me urgent" then i smsed back, cuz i m outside, if not impt then wait for me to reach home and call" but then... things are not so simple....

one moment i was discussing with jm happily abt the dance, the nx moment..... lighting strike on me...

i called back and heard tat my dad was in hosp due to "stroke"... i tried to understand more abt the situation but my mum was oso oni on the way to the hosp and i can hear tat she is quite helpless as she is oni able to reach me, my 2 brothers ar... dunno where are they not picking up phone...

i knew my dad was in poor health due to his super weak heart... therefore, a "stroke" is not going to be so "curable" for his condition... i wanted to know more, calm my mum down etc.. but my stupid hp which uses a prepaid card, runs down on value when i was toking to the sg doc if we shd let me dad take the op to remove the blood clot in his brain.

lucky ms jm and her hubby were already driving me home @ their fastest possible speed. When i m home, i wanted to use the fone IMMEDIATELY to make international call. but tat my stupid monkey was on the line with his bank due to some card fraud! then i tried to on his lappy and use skype, NO, the com is too slow and Skype's quality can be quite bad oso... without 2nd thought, i ran all the way to sheena's hse (opp my apt), knowing tat she got the starhub voice call....

its a good thing tat she is at home, and i think i shocked the other princesses who were ard oso... many calls were made. Polly and her hubby heard abt my papa oso rush down to understand the situation... chris even helped me to chk all possible earliest and cheapest air ticket to go back to sg.... i think i killed alot of tissue papers @ sheena's house... sorry gal!!! and oso... she lend me her voice box to back home for the nite in case i need to use the phone... thank u sooo much!!!!

though it was late @ my side, it was still early in sg... we are all quite blessed and my hubby's employer paid for my ticket back to sg... i fly by SQ in the following morning... i wanna thank S1 and the sg admin for making all the last min arrangements possible.. so i packed my luggage in a calm manner, still remembering to bring back my US driving licence for conversion, SGD currency, broken spec for repairs and cosmetic in case i need to meet pple... and of cuz... my lappy tat will my source of communication with monkey when we are apart.. i still remember to postpone my jap course else i will fail the assignments

in the mean time, we had already decided to let my father take the risk of the op, though he might nv wake up again...... i couldn't sleep tat nite... praying very hard for papa... HE IS INDEED VERY BLESSED!!!! he survived thru the op!!! tat is already a big miracle for his health condition..... and lucky we didn't delay any further... else....

anyway, i did make a trip back to sg for a mth. update u in my nx post.

This is my tribal belly dance post. so i post this pic here..... i bought this hip scarf from sg... so much cheaper... SGD17 oni.. compared to the tribal one here @ USD60... helped jm bought one too... found it from eBay, but went to meet the seller @ Bishan MRT instead cuz i want it asap before i fly back of cuz.... the seller is quite prompt and nice... the hip scarf really makes alot of dangling sound... will use it for my nx lesson...

Hi Bye Dinner with Entire Squad @ Base

2009-05-13T04:48:00.007+08:00

after struggling with blogspot to upload all the pics..... i finally got time to pen in the contents.... (i spent 1.5hrs just to upload pics for 8 posts with blogspot!!!!! )

This Hi-Bye takes place in base on 28 Mar 09, Fri (US AZ time of cuz!)

Its a major hi-bye.... all the newcomers and old-goers have their celebration here..... and i m here....to wait for my turn... one more year to go.. haha

No... jm is not going back this time... she just got the mentality tat she is going back..... the way she gets involved in packing boxes and stocking up US products to be send back is like.... she is following the old-goers back to sg the nx day... hahaa

i gonna miss the gals.... lily and hemama.. lily miss hemama so much till she tried to kiss her... caught in this pic! hahaaa

Yeah!!! I m the spokesperson of Caprison!!! hahaahaaa

i need to clarify abit..... None of us were drunk... but dunno whose idea to be "crazy" for this pic... haha... but u can see we are all really crazy and happy

Can see... we all had fun! hahaaa

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven....

Actually one bunch of gals can be quite noisy... hahaaa

Then somehow the weapon pple are gone... oh... they went to hide alipu in a room.... this alipu... barely 5mths (at that point of time) , already can sit on a chair by herself (see her cushy body, hehe).. but of cuz under the guardian of her nai-pa....(mr boon behind)

Riko-jan! She is the most kawaii baby gal i had seen.. inherited tat from her mum i think

Awww..... gotta miss alipu so much after playing with her for few mths.... i first carried her since she is oni 5 or 7days old!!!! so tiny!! then now... erm... ok..... but i got a affinity with her..

Alipu ar alipu... dun forget jie jie hor!!!

I m wearing the hoodie not becuz i wanna be jay zhou.. is becuz the sunlight behind is too glaring though the weather is quite cooling... i said i wanna carry alipu and lily "dumped" her on my neck... ooops

Another crazy shot..

then after the dinner, monkey and me sent debbie and paul to get their car outside base and we went back and chat with the goers....had some drink with chin and jerin they all.. the princess gang were busy singing and i m busy bidding good byes..... hengz princess gang no one going back... else lesser company

its a good thing i didn't cry tat day... but anyway.... i will b joining them soon in sg.....

Hi Bye for Mar 09, E&I Dinner @ Red Lobster!

2009-05-13T04:42:00.006+08:00

As mentioned in one of my posts earlier, after the US Airshow 2009, we went for our hi-bye dinner @ Red Lobster. Welcoming the new guys/and wife and bidding farewell to those going back to sg. It was an advance celebration cuz the following sat, which is the actual last day before the going-back-guys' departure, there is a mass celebration...

The below pics were courtesy of Ms Polly....

Issac is still as camera handsome as usual.. but he is growing and of cuz heavier than in the past.. Anna, are your hands aching? haha

Despite being earlier, we had to queue!!! lucky the weather at nite is more cooling (compared to the day) So we had taken the opportunity to take pics...

Where is my monkey hiding? He scare we cooked him is it.. cuz he is red like lobster after sunning whole day @ the Airshow..

Finally get to be seated after 45mins of waiting.... Red Lobster is a more high-end restaurant and though US got lotsa space and their restaurants are always big enuff to cater alot of pple... those more high-end restaurants are always very packed especially on wkends... then i suddenly wonder why is there a recession when pple are still so rich..

We are all seated around occupying few tables.. cuz the queue is too long and if wanna wait for a big table or joint tables, then we might have to eat breakfast instead of dinner...

Me and my pasta... and beside me is the lobster lookalike monkey in yellow...

tats all for now..... 7 more posts coming up!

Before & After -----> I FAT LIAO!!!! :(

2009-03-26T15:59:00.002+08:00

Needless to say, my slacking lifestyle of eating and sleeping and staying indoors most of the time will result in a fatter me.

How fat? haiz..... i dunno whether if is jm's weighing scale got problem or i weigh myself just after i had a full meal, i put on 3.5kg!!! but last mth when i go elaine's hse and weigh... i m still alright leh... wad happened? dunno la... i need to do something... maybe 1st thing is to get a weighing scale so tat i can monitor my weight....

Before
Pic of me 2yrs ago (at the bus stop near my house on the way to take pic for Uni's proj)

Pic of me taken at my mum's room before i come. miss monkey until i so thin... at least still can see a proper waist...

After

9mths after i come! Wa biang!!!

save me!!!!!! how? christine, sheena, lily, jiamin, hema, jerlyn and polly... YOU GALS ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE!!! why u all such good cooks?! ARgh!!!

Things Tat Bored People do..

2009-03-26T15:56:00.002+08:00

Was playing viwawa online with the wives since its too late and we can't gather at one's house for mj as their kids are zzzzing...

so online mj oso not too bad....

i m losing all the way till xi or bei feng (nv even win a single one) then suddenly i strucked!!!

9 tai!!!! i think its so beautiful... gonna print screen and show off abit here.. hehehe.. so boliao..

US Air Show 2009

2009-03-24T18:41:00.003+08:00

It is a once every 2 yr event. BIG event. The US Air show 2009, in Luke Air Force Base. People here regard it highly.

It is the day where the US fighter planes are all (not exactly all cuz some are classified) displayed and we are very honoured to view the stuns and the beri impressive performance by the beri handsome ang moh pilots (*shy*) flying here and there.

The only bad thing, Mr SUN is burning alot of us.... cuz air show cannot be done indoors ma... so we are all literally standing under the sun to view the performance...

Alot of pple parked their cars at a far place after a tiring traffic jam and queued a LONG LONG way to go in.... we were fortunate tat we can go in with a "city express"... haha... our sqn arranged transport so tat we got "priority" to go in with vehicle and dun need to q or walk... heng ar!!!!

There are really many many planes.... F15, F16, F22 (performing oni, not for display and exhitbition cuz its classified... wow...) and the bomber planes.... i dunno alot abt planes... but my monkey is beri excited and telling me which is which, wad they do and was admiring at the height of F15, so much taller than F16...

Oh, the stunning performance of F22, it seems to be able to "float" in the air and swim in the wind... and is able to pull up immediately etc... beri powerful!!!

even their helicopters oso can rotate 360 degrees... hahaa.. power rite?

the pilots all flew their planes low so audience can see clearly... beri nice.... requires alot of skill and courage. *impressed*

oh, the pilots and maintenance crew all took pride in their plane and work. can see them marching and saluting. somehow, i feel tat they are the real HEROES.... ooops....

anyway... i was melting.... and now melted... with a sunburn even though i applied sun block.

Monkey rejected my kind offer of sun block. needless to say, he is almost cooked.

We went to Reb Lobster again at nite for Hi/Bye dinner for the new rotation guys. I told monkey to go kitchen straight away when he reached... cuz he is a Red Lobster already.. hahaa

New rotation guys are here... so fast one yr le (for me is 9mths oni)... another 2 more hi/bye dinner, its time for me to say bye oso... hahaaa.... i will miss red lobster....

Birthday Parties

2009-03-24T18:16:00.003+08:00

01 Mar o9. It was riko's first bdae.

lily, hema, jm and me had made some ang ku kuehs 1day in advance as promised. We are oso her advance party and decoration committee!

Decorations

Food

Riko is a beri cute gal, i call her "meng huan mei shao nu". i think when she grows up, will b one of the stars with many suiters.... hahaa

The Guests

The cute committee

one of the more interesting part is tat riko gets to choose her fav out of the 5 or 6 items on the table. she is supposed to crawl and pick one. it was a traditional game to "determine" her future career. ahhaa.... just a game la... but she contemplated for a VERY VERY VERY long time... until someone left howard on the table.. and he picked up the stack of cash in no time!!! pengz!!! we snatched it back cuz its meant for riko the bdae gal but then he beri quickly snatched the calculator... pengz... i think he is meant to have $$$ to count in future... hahaa... nice one howard!!!

tat day, after having so much food at the party, at nite, jerlyn still invite us to her house for dinner... she prepared a spread.. and my fav ah-ma's fried pork chop (with soda biscuit).... it really brings me back to the days when i helped my grandma to pound the biscuit into powder... ah-ma's culinary skills are BEST! miss her! :( but i think she will be happy if i still remember her speciallity too..

Played Wii at jerlyn's house after dinner.... was beri exciting... shall keep the details to ourselves else lily gonna scold me for exposing her embarrassment.... hahaaa... btw.. Wii is a beri "dangerous" games. clumsy players should be warned!!! haahaa...

8 mar 09. the following sunday. it was howard's turn to celebrate his 1st bdae. hahaaa

I went early to help in deco too. but we had a decoration creative director aka Bee Ling. she did alot of preparations and planning. power...

Howard is a beri blessed boy with lotsa loves from all the aunties. haha.. his bdae's food are NOT CATERED one... is all home-cooked by many pple. with his "god-ma" cooking sg chilli crab, panda cake, jelly, irene's famous curry pok, curry chicken, and so many.. and of cuz his beloved mum's cooking... so much food.... enuff to feed another village.. hahaaaaa

Got choc fondue oso... hahaaa... the event location is oso proudly sponsored by his "god-ma" (polly) since the villagers are all there.... hahaaa

Then in the evening... while monkey was chatting with the guys, i took the keys (with his permission of cuz) and drive his little wife out to shopping, with elaine.. heheee.. it was a short few hrs trip but elaine seems rather happy with her buyings... i m happy oso.. though i didn't buy much... haha...

Following sunday, 15 Mar 09 (noticed its 3 consecutive sundays), it was sheena's bdae... being the HQ for us the princess gang, we oso planned a surprise for her...

We met up early at chris's house at 11am and marched over to HQ... but to realise she is showering... we waited and waited outside her room...

Finally get to surprise her... hahaaa... chris even baked her a cake (go read her blog)... anyway.... sheena is beri happy to receive our Hello Kitty's gift.. hahaa.....

But i already ate so many cakes.... omg..... can some1 pls watch over my weight?!

haha.. anyway.. wished the bdae gals and boy happy happy hatchday! :)

Sambal Stingray

2009-03-24T18:03:00.002+08:00

Hema invited us over to her house one day (27 Feb 09)for dinner. look at wad she cooked!!!

SAMBAL STINGRAY!!!!

After chatting with them, then i realised tat they do sell stingray in the market here... but they called it Skatewing.. pengz... hahaaa......

So i managed to get Skatewing from leeelee... and attempted my 1st try on sambal stingray after "consulting" hema.. haha

I didn't put the cilantro cuz i dun have it... and i spreaded the sambal like i m a chilli lover (regretted)....

It turned out like this... SPICY! monkey said the middle part taste abit like BBQ cuttlefish... ?!?!?!!!?! hahaaaa

Anyway, i still prefer hema's one. i m really not too good with spicy food... haha

Banana Cake

2009-03-24T17:52:00.002+08:00

OOoops.... long belated post again.. heee...

It happened on 11 Mar 09, my monkey went to fetch mrs chua to our house for a simple lunch. Jerlyn joined us as well.

Then as Jerlyn proceeded back to adventure into her 1st attempt at sambal stingray, both elaine and i started our "mission" of the day.

I got the Prima spongecake premix (one and only), so the entire procedures were easy. we choosed this day cuz my bananas are riping and going to be over ripe... hahaa....

It was a easy and successful attempt! It tasted so nice!!! We became abit more confident and proud.. hahaa

It was still early and monkey had left for his nite shift routine... then we proceeded to do another japanese jelly with fruits. hehe... it came out nice too!!!

We are sooo talented... :P

I miss Sg but is scare of going back!

2009-03-10T19:05:00.004+08:00

i m feeling bored.

i dun sleep so early.

i got nothing to do.

was chatting with chris who is blogging. so i tot i can blog something too, pass time ma...

My blog is called "Thoughts of My Life Journey", my recent posts are all tat happens in my life but i haven been blogging abt my thoughts. hmm... so i shall share with u wad is in my heart deep down. the problem tat had been pastering me for mths.

Yes, i miss Singapore ALOT! my hometown!!!! i miss my family, my frds and my everything there. but i m afraid to go back. the reason is the same as my initial hesitations to come. JOBLESS.

Already in my expectation since early early last last yr, the economy will not be as good and in fact, now its really going down. Not tat i can't survive in a bad economy, not tat my generation is lousy in fighting in bad economy, i survived the '03 year when i just grad from poly and secured a job after many interviews. but this time round... the situation is WAY DIFFERENT!

how diff?

Firstly, i will b out of job for 2yrs (since i m not supposed to work now).

employers will not give benefit of doubt tat u can fit in the working class easily. In order to "counteract" this 2yrs of emptiness in my resume, i shd be studying or doing my MBAs rite? but i didn't! why? i just grad from BBA not too long ago, i m physically and metally tired to be ready for another degree. And the cost of masters is ard USD10k more than bachelors degree. unless its some not so popular uni, their masters costs oni USD10++. but tats still alot, after converting to SGD. i dun have tat lump sum and dun think my stingy monkey will sponsor me. and no one can guarentee a better future or job prospect even if u get a MBA. haha... and ya, the biz course i wan is at another end of Arizona. the travelling distant will kill. no... all tat isn't encouraging at all. so i had pre-planned to do something else to fill up my "long vacation". which i m doing now. am happy to do my course of Jap Language. previously in sg, i had attended a 3mth course at a community centre but there is no certification. now, i m recapping the language easily since i already have the basics and is happy to learn more abt Jap culture. but i still feel empty, maybe i m a typical KS singaporean. i still feel tat its not enuff to fill up my 2 yrs period in my resume. initially i planned to work as a volunteer (no money involved), but hor... i m pretty stranded. we oni have one car which monkey will drive to work daily. if i wanna go to church and help look after babies or wad, i will have to beg and trouble pple for carpool. where got volunteers go and trouble pple one?

Secondly, the economy is sooooo sooooo sooooo bad now tat the chain effects had affected many diff organisations and no one is willing to employ. If got pple quit, oso no replacement. There is a gloomy aura. For example, *touchwood*, if GM collapse like Lehman Brothers does (well, GM and the other major car companies does have a financial crisis), not only those pple in GM will b out of job. the chain effects like companies who create or supply car making components to GM will be affected too! and so on and so on!!! its a cycle. beri scary cycle. and this time round, it affects so many lines, industries and countries!!! its a global depression!!! the market flutuates so frequently until everyone is scare to take out $$$ to invest. there is no more credibility. when there is no more credibility, banks dun lend, then pple and companies got no not enuff cash to "zhou zhuan", then it will cause more bankruptsy! when there is more bankruptcy, there is more bad debts! then bank will suffer great loss and more unwilling to lend! the cycle just get worse! This economy crisis is so much worse and different than the one in 1997. Its just near to Great Depression tat happened like 1920s. Maybe i too free, so the amt of depressing news i read, can make me beri depressed oso. haha... but really, without me to further explain, u all noe how bad the economy is rite? with govns pouring in $$$ to salvage things. but it will takes time before improvement is seen. small illness, take short time. long illness take longer time. this BIG recession, gonna take LONG time. haiz. i pray hard tat i m wrong to believe its not going to improve by the the time i m back.

thirdly, when i m back, i will no longer be young. I can't compete with the sweet young things - fresh grads. i can't compete with the mid-careers which got plenty of experience (so far, i oni worked for 5yrs and tats LITTLE!) oh, and the degree tat i got last yr,is rotting at home now cuz i haven been making use of it. tats sad sad sad..... neither here nor there, not up not down. so stucked.

2yrs ago, i dare to quit without first securing a job cuz i noe the market is GOOD. now i noe, the moment i step into Singapore Changi Airport, I will b contributing to the umemployment rate. Jobs are scarce now and there are too many applicants for 1 single vacancy. its the so called employers market now. the moment i resigned from my ex coy, i m beri prepared for a pay cut (i admit i used to earn more than my same batch of grads unless they in sales line). but then now, i dun think its a pay cut issue. its gonna be a super duper big REDUCTION in pay! if i wanna compete for a job, i can't be asking too much... probably 1k lesser than my previous pay?! i hope not!

u noe, this issues had been bugging me daily. even in toilet i oso think HOW HOW HOW! i might be a bit more KS, but then, i m a person who REALLY LOVES TO WORK! i like to earn my own $$$, spend my own $$$ (yes, its until now i still feel tat spend own $$ is the best!), contributes to the society, make uses of the knowledge i learnt from sch and past experiences, have own social working life, and most important, i like the sense of achievement from work and the sense of satisfaction when i get problems solved. i sound like a workaholic?! haha... well, i do dread waking up early and squeeze in public transport to work. who doesn't? but i think working really can add on colors to life. though i like hi-teas and chit chatting and hanging ard with my gal frds, but i dun get the sense of achievement and accomplishment i get from work. its 2 total diff thing.

i m a person who needs stress! haha... no stress i wun move. just like now, no one forces me, so i get real lazy.

i dun mind vacations. short one i mean. like 1 or 2mths away is nice! but not 2yrs! its too long! makes me feel abit reduntant.....

not tat i m not adapting in US, i m. i make many frds (*thank God*), i do mix well with pple easily.

not tat i got no food to eat, oh pls, i cook well enuff to survive and monkey will still have to pay for the groceries no matter how exp it is.. haha

not tat i m always "jailed" at home (though its the fact most of the time), but i do get chances to go travel and mix ard, go shopping, go mahjionging and go dining every wkends.

not tat i miss home so much tat i feel 2yrs is too long. i do miss home, but i m old enuff to live away from parents. i m independant enuff (though the heavy chores are done by monkey and not me, and he is "smart" enuff to handle the bills and do the major plannings).

I am just afraid tat i really can't get a job when i go back. i noe one day, i will definately miss the life in US. so carefree, so relax, so family oriented. but then, when back to reality, a beri fast paced singapore where i called it my hometown, no work = no money = jia lat! i wun wan to stay at home do nothing. i will still contribute "protection fee" to my parents as they brought me up with love (mind u, i m still giving them $$$ monthly! not becuz i come US no income so i can deprive my parents from the fruits of labour from bringing up such a nice daughter. i m just too filial!! hahaaa :P but thanks RSAF for giving me the spouse allowance. Monkey, if u r reading, pls dun think u r the one paying me, its RSAF cuz if i dun come, u oso wun get the extra spouse allowance so its MINE!!! *roars*) if one day, i m jobless for too long, i definately will feel lost!

hey pple! i m not saying tat dun work = useless. just tat i find myself abled, sane, and have no kids to look after, dun have a billionaire husband, studied enuff to earn a proper living, why dun work? its just personal i guess... hahaa

thru my much thinkings, i have tot of changing lines when i go back. but then.. hmm.. i will b in a awk age to change line (but who noes?!). i oso tot of lowering my asking pay (my heart is still in pain now). i oso tot of strucking the grand prize in Arizona Lottery. hmm... many many possibilities for my many many worries...

but i believe something. FAITH! i have faith that since God lead me to this path of experiencing life in US, HE will oso give me a path tat i can find a job tat suits me when back.

despite faith, i just can't help with my usual human singaporean type of KS worries. But i will pray hard hard. Believe and have faith!!!

Fishing and Relax Day (22 Feb 09)

2009-02-28T07:25:00.009+08:00

It was a lazy sunday.

woke up late enuff to miss shopping. hahaa... so we went fishing as Chua had jioed.

Other than a fishing net, we brought nothing and noe nothing! I only had memories fishing with my Grandfather at changi... how i miss him...

Met up with Chua, he brought us to this residential area which to my surprise, there is a beautiful lake for fishing... here fishing needs licence one leh.. didn't noe tat hengz they applied..

These are the equipment by the "fishermen"

My another surprise! Can u see that? Parking own boat right infront of their house!!!! I can nv ever do this in singapore, except Sentosa cove which i cannot afford even if i pawn myself plus monkey. haha

its so relaxing here.... the gentle breeze, the palm trees... its beri family oriented here... i can already paint a pic of families gathering here for fishing every wkend...

its so near our house yet, if Chua nv bring us, we oso dunno theres such a nice lake...

Since i can't afford sentosa cove.... at least i experienced it once! in US.

Smile monkey, lets see if u can catch any fish later!

This pic of the fishermen's back seems so F4... haha... *singing* pei ni qu kan liu xing yu...

Wa lao! monkey, u noe how to throw the thread anot? dun throw off pple's fishing rod hor!

Come come, let shifu teach u a trick or two...

Monkey: See, fish!!!!!!

Me: u sure u caught it?

This fish is still flapping, alive and kicking when caught with the rubber bait (so many fishes here, dun need live bait sia...)

Let the real catcher take the pic with the fish la... monkey finish posing with the fish liao.. haha..

Its so relaxing.... everyone busying fishing... while i busying taking pic and fill in the story...

Caught a fish? no.. its "chunkok".. meaning bait lost cuz stuck in the rocks in the lake... ooops...

This is wad monkey caught really... dun be mislead by the big rubber bait.. he actually caught one small tiny little seashell!!! hahaaa

Then we called it a day, tabao churches chicken since no catch and went Chua's hse. Elaine had prepared prawn mee for dinner. yummy!!!

Then we jioed merry over. hahaaa... play mj!!!

Monkey wasn't bored oso.. he was busy with Chua's xBox... pengz....

nx time i wanna go fishing again... lets buy a fishing rod.. and maybe bring my money & sucker some companion... haha

Aerith's 4th Mth and JM's Bdae Celebration

2009-02-27T17:43:00.008+08:00

Its 17 Feb 2009.

A day of 1 celebration and 1 ceremony.

Ceremony is for Aerith (aka alibu)'s 4th mth old. To signify that she can officially start eating solid (semi) food in her life.

Look at how many adults preparing how much food for this ceremony. Heard from alibu's mum said tat she woke up 6am just to prepare the food... and the food is like for the whole village one lor!!!

We helped mould the ang ku kueh oso... so many laughters and blessings in the ang ku kueh man.... oh.. i cooked my lotus pork rib soup, new speciality honey walnut shrimps and bubble tea. But hor.. the walnuts hor.. hmm... forget it ba....

I dunno wads the ceremony called in hokkien. but rubbing the drumstick signifies the start tat she can eat ... wa laoz.. this alibu ar... 4mths oni.... see the big diff in size? hahaa... the pic of me carrying a baby is the same alibu in her few days old in this world... compare the one she eating the drumstick in 4mths old... haha

At night, we had this special order Choc Mint ice cream cake from coldstone as requested by the bdae gal jm. lily beri bad.. said it tastes like colgate... but its nice leh..

The hubbies (except si monkey, ARGH!!!) are away for detachment so we celebrate together lor... no lonely bdaes.... this pic.... baby jayden seems to electrocute alibu... ooops...

Food!

2009-02-16T16:44:00.007+08:00

I was munching the famous honey walnut shrimps at Tasty Kitchen with monkey. Was telling him how much i love this dish and is so afraid tat i can't get it in Sg.....

So... i went online and search for the recipe and mess around in my own kitchen (involves deep frying.. scare scare)... and tada!

My first attempt of honey walnut shrimp without the walnut! taste exactly as nice! just tat the shrimps i used is frozen one and is smaller so 1 bite finish 1 prawn liao.. nx time i will use bigger one...

You think i can oni cook or eat outside.... well..... i think i m beri blessed to have many good cooks ard oso.... Sheena send her messenger to my house to deliver her home-made tau-suan!!!!!!!!! Long time nv eat you tiao liao.... sobz...

Dun only think pple living near me will bring me food hor.... its raining heavily one day and suddenly polly run run run and come knocking hard on my door.. to deliver me these bak zhangs by her mum who just came back from LV... sobz sobz... touched leh!!!

come back LV nv rest start cooking liao, rain heavy heavy oso got delivery..... wabiang... the efforts for these zhangs ar.... are greater than those bought from Sg market.....

I happily stay at home aka my "jail" i oso got free food leh... how not to grow fat?

President Day Shopping - Happening!!!

2009-02-16T16:39:00.005+08:00

Its President Day in US! In celebration for US 44th President.... there is sooo many ongoing sales....

i pang seh monkey cuz he wanna go play bball.. so lily drove the wives and babies to Anthem while smk is napping at home...haha.... he asked me to go ahead one... not i bully him ar...

Bought a Ralph Lauren Tee for my mil and a small baby polo tee for my mama's neighbour's son... ya... neighour's son i oso need to help to buy... cuz mama complaining sg things beri exp.... anyway... its on sale la... nvm....

Gap oso having sales. Hema beri power. got alot of discount...... its just a few bucks for each pc of baby jumper suit.. omg... eh.. i not pregnant.. dun think too much.. i buying for frd ok!

Then as instructed, i went carters and buy some newborn baby clothes.... beri cheap, the one on the right, 5 sets of jumper oni USD16!!!! carter leh! in sg... i think SGD100? nv buy in sg before.. dunno... anyway.. the baby clothes so small.. i think baby outgrow beri fast so i act smart buy 3 to 6mths clothing (left of pic)... after seeing too many enormous babies here.. heheee

tats wad i bought for myself.. a CK tee.... i like! :) and its cheap cheap!!!!

And a guess shorts... oso cheap cheap!!!! really love the discounts!!!

tats all.. i oni bought 2 for myself... i so guai.... wanted to buy a bball for monkey cuz Nike selling at USD7 oni!!!! but monkey dun wan Nike.. then too bad lor... haha..

OH!!!! THERE IS A HAPPENING STORY!!!
we were lunching at the food court then lily said wanna go feed aerith... then when jm and me looked out, we saw lily carrying aerith toking to fire fighters. pengz! wad happened?!?!!

omg.. she is the one calling 911!!!! cuz she saw 1 pregnant lady fainted in the ladies, no one bothers and she got worried cuz its 2 lifes u noe... then kind lily called the magical number... hmm... here is 911 hor.. not 999... and they come like 2mins!!! and is literally 2mins! jm and me is shocked at their speed... so fast!

wa liao.. and the fire fighters... all so MACHO and tall build and its everyone of them!!! so fit and hor... handsome.. hehee... like all run out from hollywood one.. haha...not i fantasizing abt the hunkies la.. but they really took pride in their work as life savers so they really keep themselves real fit... unlike erm.... ok nvm.. hope i dun faint in sg toilet...

after shopping.. and starved, the whole lot of gang come to my house for dinner. no, monkey is not fixing dinner at home. so we cooked ourselves la. he helped us baby sit Aerith aka alibu. hahaa

The gang.

jm giving a speech? hahaa.. can start dinner already anot?

wad a day full of shopping and shopping. we spend 6hrs at anthem but haven even completed half of the mall.... hmm.. hahaa.... and so happening to see "hollywood" scene.... lets hope the pregnant lady is fine....

Dinner time!

Vday 2009

2009-02-16T16:30:00.006+08:00

VDay is a commercial festive. and its an Ang Moh's festive. In an Ang moh country, so many lovers ard... i not KS enuff to go restaurants to queue.. cuz i m sooooo used to big restaurants with plenty of tables for me to choose here.....(like tat go back sg how ar?)

monkey still yaya papaya say wan to bring me go eat joes' crab shack. by the time he come back from his half day of work and finish napping and me waking up, i tell him, i scare i starved to death cuz i highly suspect joes' crab shack (in town) will b packed with lovers......

so we get dressed and decided to eat our "breakfast" at the neighbourhood restaurants..

was feeling abit pek chek when i wake up and saw my grey jacket covering my desktop's keyboard.... stupid monkey buai song me wake up so late is it? i swept my jacket off the keyboard and realised the hidden bouquet and Godiva chocs.... hmm....... my monkey is not too woody afterall! :) hahaaa :P

Enuff loving moments, we are HUNGRY and FAMISHED. so we chiong to Black Angus. The carpark is full (here carpark seldom full one), shocked. then go Macaroni's Grill and Fish House. Same situation. asked the waitress how long do we have to wait.. its 1hr!!!!!! siao....haiz.... hungry la....

then we decided to go takamatsu. hoping nobody there since its more ulu. but on the way, we saw village inn. hahaaa... carpark empty..... chiong in la!!! HUNGRY LIAO!!!!!

had a simple meal...took a simple pic in the restaurant... wierd to say... i think the young couples all go flood the more happening restuarants i mentioned earlier... those who came Village inn to celebrate vDay are old couples... haha.. wadever la...

after dinner, which is oni 8pm, we decided to go for a movie. when reached the cinema... hmm... CARPARK FULL. then the queue is till outside one.. in the cold somemore.. crazy..... so we gave up. u noe... we are lazy and spoilt.. hahaa

then ended up taking pics of each other at home. yes, the ralph lauren polo tee tat monkey is wearing is wad i bought for him (combined anniversary and vday gift)... hehee.. he so happy...

The red top, i actually meant to wear for CNY... but hor... hmm... i got many other clothings not worn yet.... red is easy la... CNY, NDP and Xmas... haha

monkey said he will bring me to better restaurents when Vday and the crowd is over... when ar?

Exercise!

2009-02-12T20:45:00.003+08:00

First when i came.. i was a little engaged with the free yoga lessons at base.. but then grew lazy and drifted way from this activity cuz the classes are early in the morning... and i sleep alot in the morning... haha.. other than wake up early with not enuff sleep and go yoga to relax, i rather relax and sleep better in my own comfy bed... haha

then pple start to sai-ko me to do something... hahaa...

Ok.... jm jio me go gym, but no one confirms the time.. so i slept and slept till she back from gym... then lily jio us all go swimming... ok... better go.. else jm kills me...

finally got out of my jail and walked to our apt's swimming poor and dip in(yes, during winter time but that day not beri cold)... nice...

its aerith aka alibu's first attempt swimming oso... so lily took some pics...

me: wow, small small baby got bikini sia...

alibu: mummy, can u take the pic faster cuz this fair and fat aunty doesn't seems to noe how to swim with a baby on hand.

Us: swim till sunset. or play with water till sunset. hahaa

after swimming, its getting cold as the sun sets... so we dipped into the jaccuzi pool beside... hot hot hot... i soak till think i almost boil then realised i need to rush home and cook dinner... was too engrossed chit chatting la.. hengz though i reach home at 6pm, i faster bake wadever wings and cook wadever rice and bath when the food is cooking (i prepare before i go, smart right?), when i finish bathing and wash away the chlorine smell on my body, the food oso ready, monkey just came back at 7.

i m getting more and more domestic..... haha

following nx few wks after the swimming event... went gym with jm twice to "run" on threadmill... she power la... i start slowly to let my body adapt... well...."run" 30mins oni burn 100+cal... hmm..... i must eat lesser....

hope nx few wks oso got motivation to go gym.. else no slim down how to take pretty wedding pics and my fav zi-pai pics?

First ROM Anniversary

2009-02-12T20:39:00.007+08:00

Sorry for the belated post... and ever since my previous posts of CNY... everytime i log in my blog always irritated by the noisy dong dong chiang CNY song.. haha...

ya, 02 Feb is our ROM anniversary. Its our 1st ROM anniversary. so fast. dun really have much plans. let him do the planning la.
(oh, in case u are wondering how come got ROM anniversary blog but where is the ROM day blog... i will blog it when i free free and not lazy... alot of pics and story to arrange leh, blogspot not beri friendly u noe...haha)

woke up on the sun (here sun 1 feb, sg already mon 2 feb), dress up go kai kai... to where? to reb lobster again.....

I think my cholestrol going to burst if i continue my endless feast of seafood... so ... i choosed fish instead.... like the menu tat states the date... hahaaaa beri significant...

Yeah.. 1st time go Reb Lobster nv order Lobster.... too fattening... so i ordered fish.. but then.. its with cheese.. well done.. hmm... my tummy... hmm....

monkey ate seafood! can la.. he still thin....

after eating like soup, salad, main dish, the waitress will always make it a point to ask us if we wanna have dessert.... my stomach got space meh?

my nice nice combination of new dress (bought and brought from sg last yr).. beri snow white alike hor? hahaaa

Then we went home and catched a movie at the neighbourhood called "Bride Wars". funny..... the vera wang gown oso beri nice... but they said "Nv alter a vera wang gown to fit u and u alter urself to fit into a vera wang.." biangz.. i noe its exp and classy and well known for its brand... but hor... erm... like tat bride really xin ku leh.. unless oni a pack of bones then i got nothing to say.. but we all live in a food paradise.... hmm....

It was quite a dull celebration.... but we have "part 2" ... hahaa... i already booked a photoshot at base at a beri low price of USD12.95 ... then we go nx sat for the photoshooting....

ang mohs really beri funny....despite our efforts of rebonding to make our hair straight and flat, they like volume VOLUME VOLUME!... so tats how i looked after their makeover... i already combed flat alot before taking this pic... dun wanna let u all see my exposive volume hair.. haha

after dining at Popeye's chicken (ya, i noe, in sg oni changi airport have, here at base already have and we eat until sian liao), we went BX to shop shop cuz monkey said he will buy ONE thing tat i choosed from BX as our ROM gift....

but i browse their coach selections.. i didn't fall for any... so i told him to buy me this instead. actually i already bought this my own previously at BX.... so he just pay me lor..... this op sabrina is currently out of stock from Coach's Boutique cuz its limited edition.. see i so smart! hahaa... but BX sells the original thing as such low price... eBay already bidding till over USD300 and still got lotsa buyer.... so anyway... i AM KEEPING IT! the more i see the more i like... its trendy and sophicated enuff.. easy to match with clothes and wun go out of fashion.. and i like limited edition.. haha.. did i tell u how much it cost? less than USD220 lor!!!! my LV can buy 2 of it?

then we went strolling in a community park.. i dunno why so lormantic but since got time ma... and hor... dun see this pic like beri steady.. its actually beri cold.. going to rain soon and my jacket is in the car... (me in my bdae pressie of Ralph Lauren Polo tee from monkey last yr)

Now i noe why he bring me to the park to pat-tor... cuz he wanna play bball!!!! he just tok to the ang moh teenage and they started playing... pengz.... leaving me sitting at the bench beside the bball court waiting for the rain to come... pengz pengz pengz... not lormantic liao.. haha

Oh.... one of the reasons for my this belated post is becuz i wanna wait for the pic to be developed... this huge 13 x 10 pic.... hengz, not alot of explosive hair...

did i complain abt the so called costume? when we reached, they gave me a bra top (singlet) and said tats to wear underneath their costume. i was thinking, their costume must be really exp and fanciful until need to protect.. good... then when i came out after changing, the photographer asked me wad color i like... i just blurted out pink.... and she gave me a string of Pink Feathers to coil ard my shoulders! tats all! tats the "costume"! pengz! shd have wore my own Ralph Lauren instead... at least the pony logo is more sophicated than then mamasan feathers!

this is another pose of the pic tat we bought extra for USD19.95... monkey wanted to buy the same pic but bigger size at USD40.. 1st time i think he siao in spending... so i said buy small one i can scan.. hahaa.. there are many diff poses but no point buying la.. cuz we will b taking wedding photos ma.... especially it will not b in mamasan feathers....

sorry for the poor quality of photo.. i didn't scan it... too lazy.. so i literally took a pic of the pics using my hp.. hahahaaa

how, nice?

CNY 2009 - Chu Yi and Chu Er

2009-02-12T20:35:00.012+08:00

Chu Yi

As we slept beri late on Chu Xi, or rather slept oni in the morning of Chu Yi (haha.. we sou sui by mj la :P), we didn't wake up too early on chu yi...

by the time we get ready for our breakfast.. the sky seems dark.. how come?! hahaa

We went to our fav ang moh restarent again.. at Dennys.. haha... us in our CNY clothings....

After "breakfast", we went erm... casino... to do erm.. charity.. donations!!! :) hahaaa

Chu Er

we had invited a guest tonight for dinner. aka papa kwong aka christine's hubby aka baby davis kwong's daddy...

managed to cook some dishes.... "donate" too much $ to casino liao... must dine in liao.. haha.. no la... got guest but cook more..

I m happy tat most of the food are finished...

This CNY really got CNY feeling.. just tat... i still miss my family and friends in sg.....

okie.. i shall go zzz now... i will publish the other 5 posts once i filled in the contents... nitez!

CNY 2009 - Celebration at Village Head's House 26 Jan 09

2009-02-12T20:35:00.008+08:00

Its Chu Xi.. actually we are 15hrs behind sg time.. so i think its chu yi in sg actually.. haha

nvm... polly's hubby aka chun zhang (village head) had invited his entire trade (village) to go his house for steamboat....

but becuz its for alot of pple, they had to move all the cars away from their garage and had the party there.... its a long planning and preparing and hardwork for them...

It all ended up well.... nice food... steamboat with so many pple.. haha.. the soup is always the nicest!!!!

Then in order to let our stomach digest abit before going for 3rd rounds of food, monkey and i decided to play blackjack aka ban luck! ahhaa.... but chun zhang's house was playing other poker games tat we dun noe... so we just need to go to their neighbour's hse whom we oso noe... they have blackjack table!!! hahaa....

We were playing and enjoying... and something sweet happened.....

It is chee wee's bdae and his wife prepared a surprise cake.... wow.... so sweet.....

it was really our honour to be participating this bdae surprise as well.... after bj, we went back to polly's house and we play 2 tables of mj. one for the guys and one for the ladies. hehe...

we played till 6am in our chu yi!!!!!! pengz.. really wan to pengz... hahaa

had an eventful and stomachful chu xi. haha

CNY 2009 - Squadron Celebration 25 Jan 09

2009-02-12T20:33:00.008+08:00

Sat is our mass celebration at a restaurant called Golden Buddha.

Basically, we booked the entire restaurant, quite a big scene... hahaaa...

The organisers did a beri good job in the event plannings.... with the entertainment, balloons, games, prizes, lion dance, lo-hei, presentation slides of their past yr activities..... beri touched.. hehe

Mrs Chua and me... since we are early, we patronised the supermarket beside.. and pose for pic. hehe

Monkey and me. The mandarins were from the committee... wow... and if u can see the background posters on the short wall, its actually the zodiac readings for the yr of moo moo. they pasted it themselves. i felt like i m in sg chinatown.

Our first angpow. its a lottery ticket tat everyone gets. (we didn't struck, else i wld b blogging in sg now :P)

The chio women...

Ever see an ang moh lion dance? the dancers were really ang mohs... hahaa....

Baby howard see liao oso excited.. starting to lion dance on the table.. haha

The guys yum-saying... tat is so singapore! hahaa.. even the ang moh boss oso come and yum say... the ambience is beri CNY! haha

Tats the food we had..

The food was so-so.. but its chinese food.. who says we can't have CNY in ang moh country? Chinese are very resourceful ok! haha

Lastly, the chio bu(s) standing in the cold wind posing. Guess which one of us just had a newborn? clue: not me

Ans: The one in bright red... aka Lili shi the hot mum!

Prize: none. go claim from her! haha

CNY 2009 - Family Celebration 24 Jan 09

2009-02-12T20:31:00.004+08:00

Hehe... happy belated CNY to all!!!

i was busy celebrating, eating, slacking, enjoying myself and took a day or 2 just to sort and upload the pics (haven include the contents yet).....

was beri bloated today and i can't sleep with a heavy stomach.... my stomach is getting rounder..... why? not becuz i m pregnant.... but.... becuz there is really alot of food!!!!

Lets begin my usual grumblings ...

as there is a mass celebration on sat and sun before CNY, so i can oni celebrate with my monkey earlier than tat, which is fri. hahaa.... i wanted to have a homely reunion with him la.. cuz we are considered a family here in US ma... since our families are more than a thousand miles away

Another main reason, i wan us to have a feel of CNY even when we are away from home. CNY is a beri impt occasion to Chinese. One year oni once. There is a chinese saying "Yi Nian Zhi Ji Zai Yu Chun" so the 1st part of the yr is beri impt... Everyone shd oso noe the dinner symbolises "Tuan Yuan" aka reunion... unity etc...

after the spring cleanings, pastry bakings and many preparations...... the day of our CNY celebrations finally started!!!!!

he gotta work on fri.. but i already got the menu planned... and of cuz, as part of the auspicious and routine of CNY, i already filled the rice bin, salt/oil/sauce containers and stuffed the fridge full full with food. In sg, we stock up cuz CNY not much pple selling food, here ang mohs dun care CNY so all restaurants are open but i dun care, must have the Kiasu Singaporean Spirit! :)

I am proud to annouce that all these food are prepared by chef Lian alone! :)

2 persons eat all these abit too much hor? but its meant to be alot one... cuz must have leftovers... meaning last yr earn too much till got surplus for nx yr.. its an auspicious meaning la...

I m becoming more domestic and auntie liao... but for the sake of our roots (CNY i mean), its ok....

The Long Weekend (Martin Luther King's Day)

2009-01-21T17:10:00.003+08:00

There was a long weekend.

But we didn't hit vegas as suggested. hmm... monkey was not feeling well. and theres alot of things to do, like... SPRING CLEANING!

i already rearranged the kitchen on fri nite, after collecting elaine's shipment. thank u mrs chua for help us bring things...

well... monkey was a beri neat guy... and hardworking.... he woke up earlier than me on sat... to wash the toilet.... good monkey! nx time i buy u more bananas! :P

Then he rearranged the dusty storeroom.. moved alot of unwanted things in... haha... so now my dining area is neater....

I rearranged a book shelfs.. so now my books have a proper home. hmm... already attracted many dusts after all the movements.... but am happy to see a neater house. cooked porridge and had a simple meal for the day.

Sun morn, went dim sum early with polly and the other families.... we were late cuz of the last min activation...although they asked us to eat slowly... but seeing them already finished and waiting for us... i tried to eat as fast as i could but didn't eat really much cuz i just wake up... still in blur state.. haha

then we all went leelee to stock up on groceries... now my fridge is bursting with food.... haha. CNY ma... its a must!

Then evening time we all went hua shan for a good and sumptous authentic chinese dinner... forgot how many courses.. but nice... and full!!!! their portion hor.... haha...

then mon, monkey went to wash his little wife while i cooked prawn mee.... so nice to have lotsa of ingredients at home...

then in the evening.. i wanted to go buy some leggings... end up... i bought 1 belt for my papa and 1 shirt and 3 pairs of shoes as below!

though its not my style to wear covered shoes... but hor... somehow taste changes... and they seems and feels comfy when tried... the pink shoes on the left oni cost USD4.99! really love ROSS! the white shoes in the middle from Tommy Hil oni cost USD22.99!!!! CHEAP!!!!

Then i went ULTA which is just beside.. monkey bought the below for me.. hehe... he oso bought his dematological cleanser.... yeah! i got my fav OPI shade! beri hard to find this color leh!

then monkey was mumbling... the cost of spending in AZ this wkend, is enuff to go vegas and had an easy holiday... hahaa...well.... hmm.....

Another Day of lotsa of food

2009-01-21T16:50:00.004+08:00

Hehe... this is the part 2 aka the final pastry baking of pineapple tarts at juliet's hse. the gals like bangawan solo style, so the shapes were long and oval. did u see some ingots (yuan bao) shape? haha... arean't we creative?

We had some extra pastry after using up all the pineapple fillings. so we put in hersheys choc chips (the oni thing wrappable found in juliet's fridge). and the creative team actually make the shape of the pastry into a hershey kiss shape. hahaha

Our pastry is very successful. with thanks from the butter that eunice bought, the fragrance melts alot of pple..... its so nice!!! and dun think our fillings dun have fibres... it does! i like the chewy part abt the fibres of pineapple tarts. see!

Then with extra ingredients, and so coincidence i brought over the bananas from my apt, we decided to make banana cake... was surprised tat the method was actually easy and the outcome is SUPER! NICE!!!!!!! it raises just nice, and fluffy and rich... and it melts in the mouth... aww.....

the crust is abit crisp.. the warm banana cake.... awww... i wanna make that again!!!!!!

i think i m beri blessed. sheena called and asked if i wanna try her mee siam (how wld i reject? haha), then she get her hubby to deliver to us.... ahahaaa

See, she so totful and packed the meesiam and gravy in seperate containers so it wun spoil.... touched leh!!!!

Had dinner at Juliet's house and the day was soooooo fullfilling with so much food... haha... the pineapple tarts were so nice, they wanna make it again this wk. Just made the fillings today with them. tomolo will bake pastry le.... looking forward for more pineapple tarts!

Back to School!

2009-01-14T18:23:00.002+08:00

Yeah!!!!

I finally successfully managed to register myself for a course tat is not too long term, not too expensive, something tat i m interested and will be useful for my future career......

Japanese Language!!!

I am so excited!!! i had taken a 3mth jap lang course from a community centre when i was in poly. but i sort of returned half of the stuffs to my teacher and the course was too basic... so its time i continued this enrichment of mine! ooops... did i tell u tat this coming course tat starts on 02/02/09 (special day to me) got assignments, tests and exams? hahaa... but nvm.... i still find it more relaxing than my degree...

Isn't it good to have something enriching, and oso.... past time easier?! :)

My Hunting Result

2009-01-14T18:02:00.004+08:00

I am very fortunate to have beri good cookers staying ard me.....

I wld like to thank the little nouya show tat makes pple crave for nouya kueh.... christine was one of the "victims" and she had the craving so much that she said she almost woke up the entire Adiamo to find the missing ingredient which is coconut milk....

lucky she got it from the cute and late nite oso nv sleep de ms lindarella... she made this kueh salat thru midnite!!!!

i dunno how to make this... but i noe where she stays... so i go "rob" this nice kueh from her... really beri long nv eat this already... i miss banganwan solo... but chris's kueh salat is oso nice!!!! i like! :)

My appetite was nv small.... a simple kueh salat cannot satisfy me easily... haha.... my antenna (facebook)receives news tat another neighbour Hema made some odeh odeh... so i went ard the estate "robbing" food... hahahaaa.....

Her odeh odeh hor.... when i gave my first bite... the filling ooozed out!!! WOW!!!!! juliet saw tat and was surprised oso... haha.. nice leh...shiok!!! omg! i love odeh odeh...

Then we (juliet, eunice and me) prepared more pineapple fillings for the tart making!! today is day 1. tomolo continue the pastry and baking!!! yeah!!!

oh, had a nice and simple dinner at juliet's house oso.... thanks!!! we chatted till 1am and monkey reached home after his nite shift and find me not home yet..... haaa... he bobian me so come and fetch me from juliet's house (acutally still in the same estate and within walking distance), he scare i gena kipnapped......

i had a day full of nice food. i fell in love deeply with my neighbours but they are going back to sg soon!!!! HOW? :(

Pineapple tarts!!!! CNY 2009!!!!

2009-01-14T17:32:00.004+08:00

I tot by updating 7 of my blog entries at one shot previously, will give me some time to rest before nx blogging.

But i simply have too much to say, i noe i m just plain talkative... haha. Do expect 3 entries from my blog today! :)

As you would have already noe, we got a new family member aka money the fighter fish (blue). But recently, monkey bought another fish... its sucker fish... meant to eat the rubbish in the tank... so now i have money and i have sucker in my fish tank.... tat sounds like money sucker... hmm....

and hor... fighter fish are born to fight! they cannot live with others peacefully... my poor sucker... gena multiple attacks on it's first night in it's new home. i was surfing net at nite and heard so much water sound.... lucky sucker fish are born to ignore everything and keep sucking... so it did not return any fists to money.... so at times, money tot its a fake fish and stopped attacking.. then kick it again and try... wabiang... money bully sucker...

In order to get the CNY mood and stop my craving, i bought 2 pineapples and called the princesses over my house to bake pineapple tarts!!!!

We do all from scratch, from me cutting the big pokey pineapples and grating them into fine fibres, to the princesses helping me to stir cook it non-stop for an hour.... must have grp work else hands will break by stirring... i noe i look abit pale and dark circles.. woke up too early to go market...

The 2 big pineapples fillings, after grating and cooking and chilled in fridge overnite, is left with this much!

We mould them into shapes of pumpkims, apples and pears...christine was our "design dept" and ms jm and me were the "moulding dept"... haha.... ms jm was glazing the cute little things...

Tats our final result of cooking in 2days.... cute rite? it taste professional enuff oso!!!! YUMMY!!!! but 2 big pineapples oni made 25 small little tarts... hmm...

New Year 2009, My 1st Movie in US and New Family Member

2009-01-05T13:56:00.010+08:00

It was the last day before 2009 arrived. I dolled up abit (not too much but at least bothered to out on make up) while waiting for monkey to come back from his bowling session and fetch me go gai gai.....

We went Scottsdale for a quick shopping (it was already 4pm and it closes at 6pm on New Year eve)... i had my breakfast cum lunch there while waiting for the chiangs... haa... odd timing i noe...

Didn't buy alot... monkey bought another holister tee while i bought the coach fabric cleaner as requested from weini... went all the way but i didn't buy anything for myself.. sianz 1/2...

Then go dinner (HUH, i tot i just had breakfast cum lunch) at Davun with the guys. Didn't ate much cuz i m still quite full.. monkey had his fav "mee-pok" lookalike...

Then.. we proceed to a place called Pussy Cat Lounge for counting down... why? dunno leh.. the chiangs recommend one and we nv went clubbing in US before... so we were quite excited oso..

When reached.... I m SHOCKED! Its so cold out there.... below 10 degree celsius i think.. and the ladies were all dressed like... erm.... short tube dress or lesser! and they were so stunning in the full of sequins outfit!!!! they are just normal ang mohs who is going clubbing like us.. but they dressed like mamasams and 7th mth ge tai... wow.. culture shock... hahahaa.. maybe i too mountain turtle liao... but i dunno how can they stand the cold with such little coverage.. and queued outside so long before getting in... at first i tot i was already in proper outfit to go clubbing.. when see them... i think i look super auntie... haiz...must buck up nx time! haha

in the lounge... monkey was standing like a bouncer behind me.. then the 2 chiangs were dancing infront of me... so i m sandwiched... erm..... but they were all trying to protect me la... cuz i heard the ang mohs will come hands up and down if u are left alone.... so tat makes me beri safe from the protection of 3 "bodyguards"... haha.. thanks!

btw, i only drank 1 bottle of beer (and it was "robbed" from kok mun cuz he gave me coke at first!).. why? cuz the guys need to drive and drink driving is a NONONONO! and they said woman better dun drink else later erm... well.... ok lor.. not my territory so its better to be more careful...

New experience... haha.. counting down to 2009 lor!!!!!! bye bye 2008!!! lets hope that year 09 will be better, n terms of economy and weather !!!!!

On the second day of new year... monkey is still on off.... so we went movie with ms jm and her hubby.. we watched..... Marley and Me

Shy to say.. but its my first time watching movie at threatre in US... cuz i do tat mostly at home.. haha... but its a nice experience... their threatre is BIG and seats are oso wide!!!!! monkey likes it so his long knees have space.... and its Free Seating!!!! meaning... u get to choose ur prefered seat if its not taken....hengz we were early......but the threatre so big and their seatings are good so tat no matter where u sit, its still good...

Ordered some food.. their popcorns kinda cute... u get to season it yourselves as there are many diff flavours of season powders available at the side.... NICE! nx time i wanna buy their tee so i get free popcorns everytime i come and buy their cup so i get free refills every time!!!! Good buy rite?!?!!

It was a nice movie... jsut that the ending part... haiz... reminds me of my pet cat lulu in her final days.. dropped first tears of the year...

After movie, we went Petco and check it out... monkey was eyeing on his fav fish... alamak... i dunno alot abt fishes but he can't take his eyes off the betas (aka fighting fish).. so i told him i will buy him one...

This is our new family member.... i named him/her "Money"... haa

Remembered the "fish tank vase" i received as vDay surprise in 2007? haha.. i actually shipped it here.... time to let it be useful again.. but since it wasn't utilised earlier.. so it was still in wraps...

Monkey was beri exciting to build a new home for his fish and started to clean up the tank... he brought it to toilet and scrub it... scrub the tank of cuz.. not the fish!

See, every now and then, he will glance at "money" awhile. be it drinking water or watching tv, he will stared at it stupidly for few seconds and check how is it doing... and check again every morning when he wakes up and before he zzz.. wabiang... he dun wan his big and little wife after he found his new love liao... Pengz!

At first, we were quite worried abt how to bring this fish back to Singapore... give it to some1 or throw it away or fly it back? or give the fish our singapore address and ask it swim across the oceans and find us while we wait at bedok jetty? hahahaa... but all these are craps... monkey said he will buy another fighter fish nx wk... TO LET THEM FIGHT! so lets hope the fishes survive before we decide to make plans for them... pengz...

My First DIY Bubble Tea

2009-01-05T12:53:00.005+08:00

Xmas is over... wow.. so fast...

Then the guys had oni need to work 2 days before their long weekend of New Year 2009.

Christine jioed me to her house... as she had prepared her ingredients for Otah.. wow.... I didn't helped much.. cuz I decided to babysit and play with her son davis... cute leh...even her dog milkshake wants to kiss me.. ooops...

Then when all the princesses arrived... i started to boil the pearls... i bought all the bubble tea ingredients from Oriental Market LeeLee.... even the straws too!

Nice attempt... the tea powder is classic flavour so it taste like teh-c... nx time i shall try the fruity flavours... the pearls are nice! but the bad thing is, the tea needs to be made with hot water... so we waited beri long before it cool down in the fridge (no one drinks hot bubble tea la!)

So this pic is taken when its oni half full.. cuz i m too thirsty after waiting so long, and of cuz.. becuz Chris's otah is spicy!!!!

Hmm.. taste authentic enuff.... and its FOC cuz we DIY!!!!! if go outside buy.. a cup will cost ard USD3..... hahaa

White Christmas 2008 - Flagstaff

2009-01-04T18:41:00.022+08:00

Day 1 - Sedona and Somewhere in Flagstaff

Yeah! Right after Xmas Eve dinner at Juliet's house, the following day aka Christmas Day, we travelled towards our White Christmas with the rest of EI trade! Total of 17pax!!!!! Wow!!!

We all gathered at Jack-In-The-Box for breakfast before setting off.... 17 pax, 5 cars, 3days and 2 nights...

We stopped our first point in the itinerary at Sedona (again). It was raining and the parks are not opened on Xmas day... so we took pics and go... head to their town and had our "picnic". Polly prepared alot of sandwiches and I cooked some luncheon meat and fry egg (i beri nice right, after xmas dinner so late and tired till prepare the dishes till so late)... we were eating in the cold but its a good thing we are well prepared cuz alot of shops and restaurants are not opened..

Then i slept abit in his little wife while travelling from Sedona to Flagstaff... when i opened my eyes... i realised it was snowing! OMG! first time seeing snow (though i already lived for a few decades, not too many decades la...)!!!! the scenary on the way was so nice... tat i can't bear to sleep anymore....

Took this pic outside our hotel (Rodeways Inn & Suites), thanks kok mun for booking all the rooms for all of us..

My first encounter with snow.... see i m so puffed up! The red hat was bought on our way to Sedona just now, forgot to buy ear muffers... hahaa... The white thick jacket and gloves was bought on Xmas eve (after church and before Juliet's dinner).. all so last min! I noe i look round... but its because i wore 4layers of tops and 3layers of bottoms! Thats exclusive of hat, gloves and boots! Btw, my legs are hidden in the snow already..

Top - Thermalwear, Long Sleve Tee, Black coat, White Jacket

Bottom - Thermalwear, Jeans, Snowpants (in later pics)

After checking in, i faster put on my snowpants, else when the jeans are wet by the snow... my fatty legs will freeze.... we went to dunno where to play with snow... its freaking cold! Its not only snowing, but strong wind blowing oso! Our face was frozen and stiff.....just like having alot of botox jabs.... cannot have too many expressions... so cold!

Kok mun buai tahan our romantic pose.. haha

This snowman is build by dunno who.. but its really slim... got hourglass figure sia... poor issac, he so cold until he cannot do his "zhao pai dong zhuo" (say cheese with his index finger on his cheek)

We didn't sleigh... its so cold.. so we just pose for pic.. haha... i remember the jap Hana Yori Dango got Dao Ming Si looking for Shan Cai in the snow.... i was looking for him oso..haha
I had to followed monkey's footstep everywhere.. cuz my legs will get "swallowed" by the snow every step i made... haa

Posing with Polly's daughter- Annabelle. The pic says 2 bak zhangs.

It was really cold when the wind blows the snow to us. Because of the coldness, we need more fats and energy to keep us warm... so we went for a Mandarin Buffet dinner... beri sumptous meal and cheap.... but we got so many pple until we all have to be seated in 2rows of table...

After whole day of playing... we still not tired... we proceed to Polly's room for Ban Luck... see issac so cute for his shake leg pose.

Day 2 - Somewhere near hotel

I didn't had a good sleep. Had die-real, migraine over the night... the hotel even got blackouts becuz of the stormy snow... i had to use my hp torchlight to go toilet.. so scary... and the crosswind was blowing towards our glasswindow panel so strong tat it makes so much noise.. so scare that it will break.. ooops.... but i think too much.. nothing happen.... i woke up with a neck strain (didn't sleep properly), chest pain and hard to breathe.... its quite common cuz the air is very thin and the elevation is high... my body had not adapt to it yet so i felt quite sick and uncomfortable.

Too bad, so we didn't go out with them, monkey stayed in the hotel with me cuz he oso dun wan to go skiing... i scare i go out further i will need oxygen tank.. haha.. nv felt so out of breath before...

Called the hotel caterers to deliver lunch to us... so nice to stay in while its freaking cold out there...

Monkey took pic of his little wife after leaving it exposed to the snow overnight.. the guys had to spend 1hr everymorning to shove the ice away and warm up the car before driving... Lucky we went in grps... they brought like spades and dunno wad equipments to shove ice.... but 1hr leh!!! wabiang.. snow is power!

Finally felt better after enuff rest.... so we went out to meet the rest for dinner together at Village Inn. But i scare to walk on the ice to the restaurant's door... cuz its REALLY SLIPPERY!!! i rather let my legs be burried in the soft cushy snow...

At night... the same old rules... ban luck! haha.. but i really felt better le as my body had started to adapt... every time take pic, kok mun will show the cam his cards and he everytime heng heng got beri good cards when take pic... haha

Day 3 - Grand Canyon

Self Taken pic at hotel's balcony before checking out.

Group photo at hotel's parking lot before setting off....

This is so winter sonata...

Our nx point before home is one of the 7 world wonders- Grand Canyon!!!

On the way, i spotted many dreamy cottages tat i saw on movies... see their roof coated with thick layer of snow.. just like heaven sprinkled alot of icing sugar on it... yummy.. hehee

I also see many Xmas trees... real one i mean..

And if u notice clearly.... its oso coated with snow... just like alot of cotton wool as decorations... its so nice tat it dun need any other ornaments... real and nature is beauty! :)

Reached the phototaking point before going in....

Yes, we are all here!

The fees are not cheap though... lucky its by per car basis..

But its really worth it for such magnificant view!!!!!!!!!

I am really walking into a winter wonderland.... made a little snowball... i think i miss ice-kachang too much.... forgot to bring red beans and syrup... haha

Is monkey trying to push me down the cliff?

The snow is so thick but the tree remains stong... wow..

Reached the Rim Trail at forgot which part of Grand Canyon.... there is a little hut that tells us abt the layers of rocks and its nature... how its formed and the Corolado River... wow...

Of cuz we went hiding in the hut! Cuz its too cold outside!!!!

Aden, i saw ur hand!

Compare my outfit with monkey's... he thinks his skin beri thick.... but anyway... look at the background.. beri nice... half the mountain is covered with snow and half is not.... awww... if only i m a professional photographer...

We lost half the grp cuz they parked their car elsewhere and didn't find the little hut which is our meeting point... but they had their own interesting adventures..

As its running later... we all meet up at Wendy's for dinner and proceed back home....

The little snowman tat Edmund made on top of his car for flagship had melted along the way when we left for home.. hahaa