CoDyUkIe 的一片天

Herbal Codfish

2006-07-31T02:07:00.000-07:00

My girlfriend and her hubby shared with me a wonderful recipe to steam codfish, it is so tasty. I love it till I have the craving to cook it weekly. But a bit expensive wor...

Ingredients:

Codfish

Seasoning - soya sauce, pepper, seasame oil, huatiow wine

Herbs - tang gui 2-3 slices, wolfberries, etc

Ginger - sliced/ shredded

Garlic - chopped

Spring onion - ganish

Methods:

Marinate the codfish with seasoning for few minutes. Add all other ingredients and steam till cooked. Yummy!!!

理想=零蛋

2006-06-28T00:37:00.000-07:00

“到维也纳深造？”，“哇好浪漫哦！”就像小说般的情节一样，男主角为了理想不顾一切地迈向音乐之都。在浪漫的都会里，拿起笛子吹出首首悦耳动听的曲子画面好美哦！音乐老师昨晚向我们提起了他即将要实行的维也纳计划，一刹那间我的思绪是复杂的。我一边玩闹地怪罪老师弃学生们不顾，一边羡慕着老师的决心。心想为何他能清楚地知道他所要追求的是什么？就那么勇敢的往理想前进。。。

而你呢，刘惠娥？你的理想又是什么？理想对我是那么陌生的字眼，似乎离我好远，遥不可及。你到这世上做了那些有意义的事了吗？或是为自个儿定下了那些奋斗目标？尤始至终我还没找到答案，我不知道自个儿的生存价值也没想到我究竟要往哪儿走。是这样吗，大多数的人都像我这样慢无目的活着吗？还是唯独我一人抱着'零'在慢步啊? 又或是生活太安稳了让我在闲暇之余开始为找寻“理想”而苦恼？这理想之谈是我太奢求了吗？

说到“理想与现实”，我们的上一代总是为三餐劳心力，付出几乎一生只求一份安饱。那是处在一个现实的社会与生存博斗。我们这一代呢？只要努力、不挑剔三餐于安乐窝并不成问题。那这理想之谈是出自于不满足现状吗？贪得无厌地寻求生活上的另一种挑战吗？再往后想的话，我们的下一代又会处在一个什么样的空间寻求些什么样的事与物？哈哈。。。这一代我都搞不清楚，还在为下一代操什么心啊？！

六月份即将告一段落，我是糊里糊涂地过了半个年头呢？还是安然无恙地度过与世无争的太平年？是心态吧？！往好的一方面想，我是过得好好的！往另一方面想的话，我还在拥抱着零蛋过日子。

现状：刘惠娥的理想是个大零蛋！

Saturday Night Fever

2006-06-22T01:42:00.000-07:00

I felt bad...

But at the same time, I was touched...
And deep down, I can feel the loving care...
So I am feeling good actually...

Last Friday I attended a wine appreciation class with colleague. Didn't have too much wine but probably a mixture of 5-6 different wine types and no proper dinner that led to a major malfunction the next day. I was sneezing and feeling feverish so I popped a panadol pill and rested on Saturday hopefully to get well by Father's Day. By afternoon my running nose didn't get better and I went to see a doctor. He gave me some pills for running nose only as I wasn't having a fever. But who knows my fever came back in the evening and got worst in the night time. My temperature shot high till hubby got very worried. He started to sponge my forehead with wet towel from 4.30am. All I could remember was him asking worriedly "Are you having chicken pox again, why are you having such high fever?" and I still made fun of him by poking his cheek while he was having his mouth full of bread. I could see that he got busy with sponging, checking my temperature, apply ointment, make sure I was comfortable enough.

Hubby finally managed to bring my temperature down after 2 hours of faithful sponging and I was feeling so much better without the hotness. I overheard telephone conversation about we couldn't make it to the Father's Day gathering. I felt so bad that we had to give it a miss. Hubby always values the chance of get-togethers.

I rested for another few days and when I was about to return to work on Wednesday I felt dizziness and nauseous that I wasn't confident that I could make my way to office. Therefore I decided to rest for another day. Hubby got worried again as I was home alone. He worried that I might faint any moment without people around to take care of me. He sms me to check my condition but at the same time he dared not keep messaging so as not to disturb my rest. Later during the night time he told me he actually thought of asking me to sms him hourly so that he knows I am alright. I laughed and replied him "So troublesome ah" and assured him that I am alright.

Do It Yourself

2006-06-08T18:44:00.000-07:00

My TV console is in a dying stage. The clear glass panel got unremovable stains and the doors are having difficulties to close properly. Wood dusts are accumulating at corners for whatever the reason is, I no longer care to find out. My suggestion to change it was turned down by the house master :( Well, guess I have to live with the dying console for couple of months more before it finally RIP (rest in peace or rip itself off).

(before)

(after)

I bought a tinted black adhensive film from the hardware store and I planned to paste it on the stained glass. The film costed $17+ and based on the instructions stated it wasn't difficult to DIY. Initially I was pretty ambitious, I even thought of cutting out some pattern designs before pasting. But dropped the idea after realising that its not easy and might spoil the film if I don't have a pair of steady hands. Therefore, the final decision was just to paste the original film and it turned out nicely. And after pasting I discovered that the film is reflective, so it double up as a mirror for my boys. I am so happy and proud of my DIY job! After this, my confidence level is boost up, might take up more challenging tasks next. Wonder will hubby starts to worry our house is at my mercy???

馊主意

2006-05-30T20:41:00.000-07:00

我家可弟尤其(CODYUKIE)的爹啊，老爱有事没事的出一大堆馊主意。昨晚竟爬到我头上针对起我的博克网络。王老爹理直气壮的说着"CODYUKIE的一片天”名字取的不够贴切,应照着可弟尤其的特性来命名。听到这时，我瞄了他一眼等他把话说完。果然理由一说完，马上就得意洋洋地建议我改成“CODYUKIE的一片尿”。尿！你看吧，是不是馊主意？我就知道他不怀好意，纯粹只想取笑我的可弟尤其。我的“天”就在此刻变成了我的“尿”！让我家的宝贝们套上这等粗俗的字眼，你余心何忍啊？

Medical card

2006-05-29T02:07:00.000-07:00

Company HR officer finally issued me a replacement for my lost medical card. Without the card, medical bills were quite high. There was once I had to pay $50 for flu consultation :O Since then I better reapply for my medical card. But my health got so much better after my wedding in Jan 05. During that busy season I got sick easily, so unlike me. Remember my csp days, I never took a MC for 3 years but during my wedding preparation I fell ill almost monthly. Guess stress and busy are major triggers to my weak body system.

Our Mothers

2006-05-22T00:58:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day was over not long ago, we celebrated with two families on the same day but different timing. In the afternoon, we went to mother-in-law's place for 933 home delivery delicacies and a cake. All siblings came home for lunch and we had a good time gathering. We didn't give mother-in-law any gift, bought her a cake instead.

Around dinner time, we rushed to Chinatown as sister made a reservation at Spring Court. My mother always wanted her celebrated to be held on actual day at a restaurant. So that she could tell her friends about it. The dinner was expensive as usual on such occasion and we also bought mother a handphone. See how smiley she was :P

A long day but most importantly both mothers are happy.

A strange dream

2006-05-21T23:52:00.000-07:00

Had a hard time trying to get to sleep last night, most probably because of the afternoon nap I had earlier in the day. After much struggles, I managed to turn in but I had a dream...

I dreamt that I was about to deliver a baby. It was supposed to deliver naturally but due to some reasons, the anesthetic given knocked me out completely. And when I woke up after the anesthetic effect was gone, my hubby handed me a baby. I looked at the baby with no feeling. I was thinking "Is this mine?", "I didn't get to see myself delivered this baby, maybe is not mine". I asked hubby "Did he video-shoot the whole process so to prove that the baby is mine?"... Think there's also a part that I breast-fed the baby...hahaha...

Guess it must be very shocking for me as the dream woke me up around 5am wondering what's going on? Went to loo to release some stress and went back to sleep again...hahaha...What a strange and funny dream?!

The Maid?

2006-05-14T20:18:00.000-07:00

Isn't it great to have honest and sincere friends around us? My girlfriend was commented that my bedroom's ceiling lamp has two sharp edges that resembles two knives in fengshui study. I went home and had and careful look and indeed she was right. Next moment we were at Balestier checking out new lamps for the room. We passed by a shop display and saw these lamps, eeeee.....don't they just look like the local movie "The Maid"? Especially the red one at the extreme right bottom.... Maybe the shop owner also have same thought that's why they purposely didn't want to lit up the red one :P

Everytime we see this range of lamps, we will go "Eeeeee...who wants to buy? So scary!"

The Little Girl

2006-05-12T00:53:00.000-07:00

Me:"Hello baby"

Dana:"I am not a baby, I am a little girl"

Me:"Are you sure? I thought you are a pony?" As she was born in the year of horse, we always like to call her a pony.

Dana:"Yes, yes I am a pony and daddy is a pig" Everyone laughed by the way she answered and she is not trying to insult her dad because is a fact that her dad was born in year of pig.

My niece has grown up and no longer like us to labelled her as baby ;) She came to our house few weeks ago and we got her an origami set featuring pet house. Below is my favourite shot of her hiding and peeping through the door of pet house. Lovely!

She is very fun to play with but at times will throw tantrums, I guess that is pretty usual for kids of her age. She would cry and screams at high pitch if she doesn't get her way. We are at lost when she does that and everyone will move 3 steps further from her and let her mummy to deal with her :P I believe that by not interfering is the best we could help. My mother-in-law will always give in to grandchildren and buy them the toys that they want. Although is a form of love but on the other hand, it does contribute to some difficulties in discipline the youngs.

A Gift from Far Away Land

2006-05-12T00:33:00.000-07:00

My girlfriend went Vietnam for holiday and so nice of her to ask me whether I would like to get anything from there. During that season I was in the midst of changing home decorations and saw I asked her to get me some cushion covers if she happened to spot any nice and cheap ones there.

She returned from Vietnam. But no cushion covers for me, instead she got me something very nice and I was very touched. Not really touched by how beautiful the ornaments are but rather her effort to bring in such fragile and heavy stuffs. She got us a pair of dining sets, porcelain made! Thank you Evelyn, you are so thoughtful and sweet. For sure your new luber will lub you a lot ;)

Tagged by Kelly

2006-05-02T02:36:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged by Kelly, she suggested that I should update my blog...hehe

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4.
It's "Wine & Dine Singapore Top Restaurants 2000" and line 4 described ...the Dragon City Special Pork Ribs that come in a tasty tomato-based sauce...

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.
Touches my key cabinet

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
今晚哪里有问题？Taiwanese variety show hosted by SCV

4. Without looking, guess what time it is?
5.35pm

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
5.38pm

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Music station 93.3

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
10mins ago to visit office loo

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
Kelly's comment suggesting me to do this

9. What are you wearing?
Black top and jeans

10. Did you dream last night?
No

11. When did you last laugh?
Lunch time when I cracked jokes with my colleagues

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Posters, postcards, photo, keychains, memo, etc

13. Seen anything weird lately?
You mean my reflection on mirror? Hehe, no lah...

14. What do you think of this quiz?
Pretty long, am I half-way through?

15. What is the last film you saw?
Casanova

16. If you became a multimillionaire overnight, what would you buy?
Right now, a TV console is on my mind...

17. Tell me something about you that I dunno.
I love to sleep zzz

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
To end peril

19. Do you like to dance?
Yes

20. George Bush.
I rather not to comment

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Either Katie or Riana

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
............time up..........yet to think of one....

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
I rather not, I love my friends and families.

24.What do you want GOD to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
Oh my god, you are so pretty!
:P

I would like to tag Angela, Joyce, Esther & Evie ;)

Phrase for Tuesday

2006-05-02T02:27:00.000-07:00

Hardworking is mandatory,

Luck is what we need.

Quoted from movie PRIME

Starred by Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman and Bryan Greenberg

Is it time to buy TOTO? ;)

Hello Mickey, Minnie

2006-04-18T18:36:00.000-07:00

When Mickey and Minnie made their way to my home...

I am not a fan of Disney characters but my eyes were glued to the classiness of this pair. My pocket will always agree that such beautiful ornaments don't appear often so its either buy it now or miss it forever...hahaha... This pair cost me $40 over bucks and they were originated from Japan working on solar power to help in de-stress by swinging their heads sideward. Honestly I don't see how they can help to de-stress, nevertheless I still got them home. And they are now settling in very well inside my studyroom.

Have my say

2006-04-05T02:38:00.000-07:00

I am a bit confused about who I really am. I am called by my name Yukie, baby, boy boy, kor kor, doggie, dog dog, etc. I guess I do look different from my parents (owners). They don't walk with four legs like Cody and I. I am having fainting memories of my natural mother and I have no idea who my father is. After I outgrow my puppy stage, the memories faded and now I only have my current parents and a younger brother, Cody with me. Every evening I tend to meet more of my kind during our regular stroll in the garden. I am not very socialable to others. Playing with similar species is just not my cup of tea, I prefer to sniff for information and conquer as many territories as I could. That gives me great sense of accomplishment hence I can never get enough of my daily stroll. Weekends are the best, sometimes I get strolls twice a day. Perhaps is a reward for my well behavior? Must be.

Actually I don't really understand the need of having a younger brother, he seems to be sharing whatever was rightfully mine. And the word "cute" is always bestowed on him. Am I not cute? Who cares? What is cute anyway? Mummy will praise me for being beautiful, wonder what does that means? But from her gentle tone, I guess it should be something nice. I do have a hard to kick habit, whenever I don't understand what others want from me I will tilt my head sideway. I wonder do I look funny because mummy will always ask "Why? Baby, why?".

My brother Cody is such a baby, always pester me to play with him. Can't he grow up faster? He doesn't seem to understand an adult has much more to do besides playing. But strange, he doesn't grow anymore. His size and behavior remains stagnate, I highly suspect he is malnutrition. And he simply loves to vacuum the floor for crumbs, goodness gracious! Really don't know what to say about him, always a child, I give up! However, I do insist on discipline in the house, I don't allow him to get too childish. If I noticed he gets too much smooches from mummy, he will "get it" from me. What to do? I am the big brother here, I have to play the bad guy. Although daddy and mummy don't support my disciplinary acts, but one day they will appreciate that. It's just a matter of time for them to trust me fully.

If you ask me what I enjoy most? Of course food, massage and stroll! I am greedy, I admit I love all kind of food but my varieties are very limited. I seem to be having the same food everyday for weeks, months and even years but I still enjoy them a lot. I can sniff the different types of food that daddy and mummy are having and they eat many meals. Why Cody and I are having same food and only once a day? Is that a punishment for us? They don't tell me everything, maybe when I grow older they will. I just have to wait and see how things go. Hopefully I don't have to wait for long ;)

The Difference between Rich and Poor People

2006-03-30T23:46:00.000-08:00

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son,

"How was the trip?"

"It was great, Dad."

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what you learned from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

你好，立威廉王子！

2006-03-23T00:16:00.000-08:00

昨晚相约旧同事在餐馆聚餐，正聊得尽兴时有一位美男子走了进来。他就是我的白马王子，立威廉！买马票都没那么准，我竟然能在现实生活中遇见我的白马王子！这一定是爱神的眷顾...哈哈，想太多了。我的王子与戏（天国的嫁衣）中没两样，一样拥有着绅士般的气质与英俊的容貌。

嗨！初次见面你好，立威廉王子！

没有啦，我没有勇气走向前去和他打招呼。我只能默默的望着他的一举一动直到被人群淹没。我想我还是比较喜欢在家中欣赏银幕里的他，至少他永远都会是那么的完美。就让我做做美梦，保留一些少女对白马王子的崇憬吧。

Face Recognition

2006-03-21T21:53:00.000-08:00

I was having fun submitting my photographs for a face recognition on-line game to find out which celebrities look like me. The results are very funny, below are the matches:

Photo submitted->1st match (67%) ->2nd match (62%)->3rd match (57%)

->->->

The closest match is actress Kim Hee-Sun from Korea, hehe.. she is so pretty :P The second match won me popularities from colleagues who were fans of Michael Schmacher. I still don't understand why I look like the third match - Hong Jin Bao, a martial art actor?

http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/face_recognition.php?s=1&lang=EN

Blog Clock V.2

2006-03-19T21:16:00.000-08:00

An improved version of my blog clock, now personalised with Yukie's face and legs. More dialogues were added. And with a touch of our fave vintage feel.

Please avoid clicking on his face, he screams loud.

If you think he will ever share his food with you,

DREAM ON

He will never!

Clock Creator: Yukie's daddy

The challenge

2006-03-10T00:01:00.000-08:00

We have been very slacked when it comes to practicing flute. Teacher always need to emphasize the importance of practicing daily in order to progress timely but we will entertain him with nonsense excuses. We feel sorry for teacher as he has to put up with two lazy fellows but we somehow enjoy the way things go. Finally teacher came up with an idea, he challenged us. He wanted one of us to practice daily for thirty minutes and the other don't. He wanted to show us the difference between the two. And naturally I was choosen to be the one who take up the challenge since I am less busy. So starting from today, I have to make it a point to practice daily without fail. Am I able to do it, so disciplined? Well, we shall see...

Check TIME out!

2006-03-09T17:39:00.000-08:00

Check it out, at the left-hand side of my page!

Now I have my own digital clock customised for my blog.

It was a creation from hubby...hehehe... so clever...

Mouse over your cursor to see what my dear dog has to say to you ;)

The Pledge

2006-03-07T21:52:00.000-08:00

My three years old niece saying the Singapore pledge :)

http://www.spoiltrottenpetz.com/jamesong/childpledge.html

重逢

2006-03-06T19:03:00.001-08:00

那晚怀着好玩的心情出席了南方二重唱的迷你演唱会。南方二重唱，一个久久不曾听到却又似曾相识的名字。对她们的印像模糊到连样子我也记不得了，是我健忘还是真的已经过了太久呢？好不容易才赶到演唱会地点，也就是‘弹唱人’的新弹唱天地。室内前座已经爆满了，想必一定是一批忠实的歌迷前来支持，而我们只好到户外物色几个好位子。位子锁定后没多久，当天的主角也粉墨登场了。为了暖场，大小南方不断的搞笑把大家都逗得很乐。说真的我不认得她们了，样子与说话的声音都是陌生的。说时慢那时快，就当我还在思索中寻找线索时，瞬间传来一把熟悉的歌声唱的'梦田'...

每个人心里一亩一亩田
每个人心里一个一个梦
一颗呀一颗种子是我心里的一亩田
用它来种什么用它来种什么
种桃种李种春风
开尽梨花春又来
那是我心里一亩一亩田
那是我心里一个不醒的梦

惊叹！我被吓到了！南方二重唱的歌声竟然那么的棒，一高一底的声线配合得天衣无缝。响亮而有力的大南方再配合小南方的轻柔伴唱，两把吉他随心所欲的伴奏着一首首悦耳动听的民歌。好棒哦，我真觉得庆幸能到现场感受如此附有感染力的演唱，仿佛看到在跳动的音符沐浴在热忱美妙的歌曲令人感动不已。

我不认得她们，但她们的歌声竟能穿梭时空岁月的变迁与我重逢，好奇妙的感觉啊!就是这样的好音乐不会随着时间而变质，它将与岁月共进退散播到世界每一个角落与知音重逢。一把来自南方的好歌声 '南方二重唱'.

弹唱人
http://tcr-music.com.sg

南方二重唱专集
http://www.1ting.com/Albumlist/7071ting.htm

Emotion-mix

2006-03-02T00:06:00.000-08:00

I was feeling great today, just like any other days. And I was about to go for a double date this evening, was really looking forward to it. It was busy day in the office but I managed to accomplished most of the tasks so it was pretty fulfilling until I heard an unpleasant news. Although the news have been floating around for couple of months but no announcement was made yet. Today is the day whereby I was alerted of the bad situation and was warned to be mentally-prepared. It don't feel good at all, my heart sank and suddenly my thoughts went negative...

However I am alright, have decided to carry on like normal until it strikes, then I will react (按兵不动政策). No point worrying for the unhappened, it may not even happen.

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2006-03-01T21:44:00.000-08:00