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.

My banner

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

生活上的导师

2006-02-21T22:46:00.000-08:00

人的一生中会遇到许多导师。儿时的导师是父母，上学时的导师是教师们而踏入社会遇到的是同事与上司。当中朋友也扮演着导师的角色，伴我们一路同行。

“最初”，还记得吗？你常挂在嘴边的“最初”。每当你提起最初时，它都会在我思绪里打转。但对我这并非是种困扰，相反的它起了很好的提醒作用。最初所设定的目标也许是单纯的,但历经过程后它也许会变得很复杂而陷入迷失状态。假设目标是单纯的快乐，在追求快乐的过程中可曾因诱惑而导致不必要的障碍？历尽风雨后如果迷失了自我那就回到最初吧！回到最初想想当初所作的决定，想想最初的出发点与现在有何差异? 往往最初的决定会因道路的崎岖而迷失了方向盘. 一旦方向偏了, 就算得到了莫些成果也未必是自己最初想要的.

这一路走来你变成了我最好的“导师”，导致我在思想上变成熟许多。我心目中的导师不需具备着崇高的品德和拥有完美的人生观。问世间能有几人是真正的十全十美？又能有几人敢站出来引导如何迈向完美的康庄大道？曾看过一则理论说着：人无需亲生历经惨痛去体会什么是错的，人可以在他人惨痛的经历中学习对错。当你在与我分享着生活中的点点滴滴时，每个细节都会导致我发挥莫大的思考空间而从中领悟到其中的道理及摄取精华。在有些故事中我得到了启发，有些则是包含着反面教材。每个故事都有学习的空间，获益良多。也许是多年的磨练吧，我已经习惯性的去思考与学习你的每一段故事。

你花心吗？

2006-02-20T17:09:00.000-08:00

前阵子老公对我说他经过了一项测试得知他的花心程度，听了他的讲解我觉得测试结果还挺准的。所以我也试了一试，以下是我的测试结果：

我周朝的男性朋友们，小心哦！不要对我太好，要不然我会绘错意哦。

Negative thoughts are harmful

2006-02-20T01:19:00.000-08:00

I was reading up on depressions and found this particular one that I would like to share. The Cognitive Distortions and Cognitive Therapy :

"In many, many cases depression actually is the result of negative thoughts. When bad things happen, we begin chastising ourselves with such thoughts as: "I'm no good."; "I'm a total failure."; or "Nothing ever goes my way." These thoughts can send us spiraling right down into a deep depression. You see, we are what we think."

"We depressives are masters at taking the good in a situation and turning it to a negative. Part of this comes from a tendency to low self-esteem. We feel like we just don't deserve it. How to turn this around is actually very simple. Next time someone compliments you resist that little voice inside that says you don't deserve it. Just say "thank you" and smile. The more you do this the easier it will become."

"We are victim to our own insecurities. We expect the worst and begin preparing early for the disappointment. By the time we find out that all our fears were unfounded we've worked ourselves into a frenzy and for what? Next time do this: give them the benefit of the doubt. You'll save yourself a lot of unnecessary worry. If your fears have some basis in reality, however, drop that person from your life like a hot potato."

"If we think something often enough, we begin to believe it's true. To conquer depression, we must stop those automatic thoughts and replace them with more positive, truthful ones. By nipping these thoughts in the bud, we can put a halt to depression before it even starts."

More could be found here:

http://depression.about.com/cs/psychotherapy/a/cognitive_2.htm

My Saturday and Sunday

2006-02-19T21:31:00.000-08:00

The weekend was busy yet fulfilling. We started Saturday with our monthly gardening at IMH watering and weeding. The weeds seemed to start conquering fast snatching nutrients from plants, we removed quite a lot but didn't manage to finish all. We left shortly after hubby got hit by the flying stone from grass-cutting. As usual, we went to nearby market for lunch and bought some groceries. In the afternoon, we attended a baby full month celebration. We had a hard time searching for the hosts when we arrived their house, it was packed with their friends and relatives. A bit shocked to see so many strangers but it was quite ok after awhile. In the late afternoon, I started preparing dinner while hubby walked our boys. It was the first time I cooked four dishes for a no-occasion day, quite an achievement I would say. We also went to shopping mall to get boy's food and ingredients for durian cake. We ended our Saturday with a local movie "One More Chance".

I woke up quite early on Sunday, 9am! Hehehe... normally I don't wake up till 11-12 noon. We walked our boys to coffee shop for breakfast and when returned I started to bake a durian cake. In total it took me 30 minutes for preparation and an hour to bake. It turned out nicely baked but the durian taste was not strong, I don't like this recipe. Will try others next round. I packed the cake and went to in-law's house. The rest of the siblings were there before us, hubby played Singapore Monopoly for awhile to humor our niece and we had KFC for tea break. It was a treat from brother-in-law's girlfriend celebrating her winning of 4-digits. The highlight of the day was watching "The Maid" inside the bedroom with everyone squeezing onto a bed and every slight noise will trigger scream or laughter. My mother-in-law added a lot of effects to our show, she would pop her head in to check on us every now and then, woo...so scary! When the movie ended, I fried some shrimp eggs and boom boom (bike) our way to nursing home. Grandma enjoyed the eggs and durian we bought for her, she even shared among her friends. We planned nicely to reach home before my favorite 7pm drama and had some noodles after that. At around 10pm, we walked our boys again.

Anti-depression

2006-02-15T21:41:00.000-08:00

This topic has been pretty active lately, I saw from the newspapers and heard from radio too. It was mentioned that intake of omega 3 will help in anti-depression. It will make you happier! Omega could be found in deep sea fish oil, flaxseed oil, etc. An article even pointed out that taking sufficent of omega 3 during prenancy will give birth to a smarter baby. Do you believe that? My mom must had taken plentiful of omega 3 when she was having me, see how smart I am now! Hahaha...

Shouldn't it be in the state of mind to control our mood? When has it channelled to the food cause? Anyway its good to give it a try if you are suffering from depression. If the supplement is able to improve the condition, is definately better than taking chemically-processed medicines.

Surprise, surprise and surprise...

2006-02-14T16:57:00.000-08:00

It was a stayed-home celebration and hubby had agreed to whip up a candle light dinner after my dance lesson. I knew about the menu as we went marketing together during the weekend, just wondering whether hubby would be able to handle it. I popby Breadtalk to grab a small cake before I went home. The moment I reached home I saw hubby waiting for me in the living room, the steak were not ready yet he told me. The next moment he went into the kitchen and got busy cooking again.

I passed by the dining area and to my surprise there was a stalk of rose in a sleek vase :O I haven't been recieving flowers from hubby for quite sometimes and this really took me by surprise. Besides the rose, hubby also set the table nicely with tealight candles, wine glasses and napkins. Love songs were played and the entire atmosphere was so romantic. I enjoyed the feel for awhile and went into the bedroom for changing. The second surprise came up, more roses were found on the bedside table :O 3 red roses inside a vase tied with golden ribbon standing besides our heart-shaped bears! I quickly ran into the kitchen and announced to hubby that I got 3 more! With an uplifted mood, I went to my bedroom loo and I really couldn't believe what I saw. Roses again!!! 5 roses beautifully arranged and smiling cheerfully at me when I stepped into the loo. Oh I couldn't take it anymore, so much surprises within a day, I was getting spoilt. I dashed into the kitchen to thank hubby for everything and asked him "That were all its going to be, right?! Will I see more roses inside the toilet bowl?" Hahaha...

The dinner was fantastic, with the classic cream of mushroom, striploin steak and grape champage juice. We finished every bits and could hardly moved, caught our favourite Hongkong drama and brought our boys to garden for their regular walk. After some rest, it was time to eat again. Our cake were waiting inside the fridge, we took it together with the new peach fruitty tea that I bought for hubby. Gosh, we lugged our bloated stomach to bed. So full! So unhealthy! But so sweet :)

Thank you hubby, it was a very special Valentine's Day to me!

Happy Valentine's Day

2006-02-14T00:20:00.000-08:00

We could never measure our wealth by money but by our friends.
I'm sure our friendship has made me rich!!!

Tiny but wonderful seeds of blessings are sprinkled on earth each day...
and I just caught one that's so nice and true... And it's you!

testing picture

2006-02-13T18:21:00.000-08:00

The V. Day

2006-02-12T21:13:00.000-08:00

I overheard the radio broadcasting while I was on my bus journey to office this morning. It was about the Valentine's Day celebration and listeners were encouraged to dial sharing their thoughts...

DJ: Good morning! How are you going to celebrate you V.day?

Guy: We don't specially celebrate on V.day. To me everyday can be V.day, why spend on this particular day?

DJ: But do you buy gift for your girlfriend?

Guy: None.

DJ: How about any celebration?

Guy: None too.

DJ: Is your girlfriend happy about that?

Guy: Happy about what?

DJ: Is your girlfriend happy about getting nothing on V.day?

Guy: Nope, she is not happy.

DJ: You see, you see. Then you should do something to make her happy.

Guy giggling away...

The DJ pointed out something which I believe is the root of all cause. "Are you happy?" If both parties are happy with not celebrating V.day then of course it is absolutely fine not to do so. However if one party is expecting something but was not fulfilled then it arises dissapointment. Normally the girls expect the guys to "do something" on these occassions without having to tell them what to do. But guys might interpret it as girls "don't need anything" since they don't even mention...hahaha...

My girlfriend just told me this:

Hubby and I didn't go anywhere for our wedding anniversary because I was kind of tired to go out. But I was expecting the "door bell 2 go ding dong" anytime that day for any flower, gifts delivery etc....

Where are you, JL?

2006-02-09T19:00:00.000-08:00

JL, you stood me up. You are the first person who did that to me, how daring!

I queued for a year to date you out, with excitement and present I showed up at our meeting place on time. I waited for more than an hour in Orchard hoping that you will eventually show up but you didn't. I checked on every passerby in hope to spot a familiar face but none fits the bill. I wanted so much to call you but I realized that somehow your contact in my new mobile was lost. What kind of luck was that? I couldn't think of whatelse I could probably do, so I went home.

I emailed you the next day but I receive no reply. Just where on earth are you now, JL?

Teenage hero

2006-02-08T20:52:00.000-08:00

Finally... his turn has came, we have been waiting for his good news. It came to me via a short message on my handphone checking my availability. I was so glad, replied "YES" without hesitation although we have lost contact for many years. We used to hang out in a group during teenage days. We have never seen the bride before but I could pictured her as a sweet bride standing besides AFu. Not long after, the invitation card was delivered to my mailbox. All these brought smiles to me, I didn't understand the rational behind but I concluded myself being happy for AFu when he found his happiness. If at this point you thought I had been carrying the torch for AFu, I am not :)

We turned up at his wedding dinner and were received by AFu and his wife immediately. Just as expected, they look so compatible. AFu hadn't changed much, still so friendly and warming. Whenever the his name came upon, an unforgettable incident will surfaced without fail. We always remember AFu for his wittiness, how he responsed and rescued us when we were ambushed by a big group of gangsters. Obviously we were outnumbered but he saved us that night, we couldn't imagine the outcome if not for him. We owed him for that, couldn't thank him enough. Since then, he becomes our hero.

Sincerely, truely wishing him a blissful marriage... our teenage hero - AFu.

韩国重温片段

2006-01-31T19:24:00.000-08:00

季节花院里的郁金香
观赏韩国传统的舞蹈

穿上韩国传统服装，似模似样吧？
春节盛开的櫻花

风观明媚的济州岛
石头锅-好吃!

在传统的拉船上做苦力
寺庙里清凉的井水

韩国重温篇

2006-01-26T19:00:00.000-08:00

每当翻开相簿时，韩国的一幕幕就会重现眼帘。韩剧看得多了，真会让人向往剧中风观明媚的名胜古迹。就在櫻花即将盛开，春风陣陣的季节我到了韩国一趟去目睹剧中般的美丽憬色。也可顺便探望我亲爱的裴勇俊，崔智友，李英爱...哈哈哈...我来喽，要好好的宽待我哦！

等待已久的那一天终于到来，一走出机场大家便兴奋不已的蹦向韩国著名的大型游乐园Everland。游乐园比我们想象中的还要大好多，五彩彬纷的建柱与设施令人不禁回到童年的快乐时光。游乐园里有一个季节花院，四季开着不同的花种令人眼前一亮。喜欢照相得我们拚命的谋杀菲林想把这片美丽的记意保存下来。游缆了一整天后，我们便起程到济州岛Jeju。铭名为蜜月之岛，居民们都过着简单朴实的生活，与首尔Seoul比较起来截然不同。导游带着我团并一一介绍了好多当地的文化民俗，让大家顿时有了更深一层的了解。接下来的好几天我们还游缆了韩国各地，尝尽道地的美食，尽情享乐把烦恼都抛到九霄云外。

回顾比较难忘的经历算是泡温泉那一次吧，要一丝不挂的展露自个的“傲人”身材还真是难为情啊！但千里迢迢来到这我们都不想带着遗憾离去，所以都豁出去了，露就露吧！我可贵的三点就这样献给了韩国。其实也并没有想象中的恐怖与难堪，只要跨出第一步就好了。接下来我们都泡的尽兴但目光却不断的瞄着赤裸的韩国妇女们，打量着比此的差异。哈哈我并非好色哦，毕竟这是个难得的机会嘛，在新加坡哪有这般良机啊？

时光就像流星划过长空一般，八天一转眼就过了而我们也带着不舍的心情离开异国土壤。到韩国这一趟果然不枉此行，我想如有机会的话我还会到韩国走第二趟。

网络相簿:

http://codyukie.multiply.com/photos

There goes my chat-pal

2006-01-23T18:58:00.000-08:00

One of my chat-pals has just left her current workplace and embarks on the most challenging career - an insurance agent. A dynamic path filled with uncertainties and the initial stage is going to be very tough from the turn-downs. Her courage is most admirable and encouraging. From today onwards, she won't be available on-line to chat with me as often. But that's okay, I have to adjust my chat-life without her. What matters most is she knows what she wants and is working towards it.

All the best, my chat-pal!

Shake and shimmy

2006-01-19T23:43:00.000-08:00

Shake and shimmy your way to a firmer body?

'Belly Bhangra' caught our attention from the list of fitness courses introduced by the gym. A workout which combines traditional Indian folk dance steps with belly moves, aerobics, hip hop and salsa. I hope we are not expecting too much out of this. After all, a trimmed belly is every woman's dream, so we decided to take up the 10-session course but we are keeping our expectation the lowest - the fun of laughing at each others.

From the demo session we saw the instructress in her sexy wear, we were not the least convinced by her figure but have to admit that her moves are really beautiful and alluring. We misbehaved by gossiping in a corner, well we were really good at that!

Our first lesson started and true enough, we had so much fun laughing at our robotic moves. Basically we shake and shimmy throughout the entire one hour. Our bodies were stiff and having uncoordinated moves although we strived to move beautifully. Looking at our reflections from the mirror, we had a hard time trying not to laugh.

幸福的定义

2006-01-17T00:15:00.000-08:00

幸福的定义是什么？有个朋友告识我她在一本书中得到了答案，她领悟到了书中的含意而导致生活上有了重大的起伏。

“幸福的定义是做自己喜欢做的事而从中得到自我肯定”

朋友因此放弃了专业文凭所领取的高薪职位，专心投入自己喜欢做的工作。一份附有义意而神圣的工作。新金虽然微薄不堪，但她是快乐的。工作虽然艰辛万分，但她是满足的。凭着一份不可动摇的信念, 不断努力的付出，加上种种的牺牲所换来的快乐与满足感是多么的可贵啊! 她得到了不只是自我的肯定，而是病患的感激，众人的喝彩。身为她的朋友，我为她感到无比的骄傲。在一旁看着她努力的成长，我觉得好感动哦。

朋友，你得到你想要的幸福了吗？

常有人说幸福就在你手里，你掌握到了吗？当敞开双手时，能清楚的看到它吗？把手放开时，幸福就会轻易的溜掉吗？如此说来想掌握幸福却非容易。但我想即使没有大大的幸福，我们也能从生活中找到一些小幸福，这也是值得庆幸的吧？

朋友，你得到你想要的幸福了吗？
你一定要幸福！加油！加油！加油！

The seventh year

2006-01-15T18:32:00.000-08:00

"Any itch?" we asked each others and jokingly the answers are unanimously "Yes". Deep down I know that I was just pulling your leg by saying the opposite. There's a saying that marriage will reach a changing point when it comes to the seventh year, the itch of ending it may surface.

It had been seven years since we vowed to be truthful and faithful to each others. How time flies? It was just like yesterday where we said "I do"...

This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with,
live for, dream with,
and love...

Life is never a dull moment, there were roller-coaster thrills in between but I must admit that we did have a good seven years. Every day is blessed with fun and laughter, when I count my blessings I counted you twice. I truely wish for many more seven years with you to come. Be loved and to love, as we grow old we continue to hold our hands, faith and love togther. Yes togther, we'll never walk alone. You know how much I hated lonesome, so please hold me tight as we walk along the path together.

If I am given a choice, I will choose you still. I will choose you, over all others, every day for all the days of my life.

One & only left

2006-01-11T21:17:00.000-08:00

I love to look at photo albums, they bring back lovely memories. My collection of photos started from primary six, anything younger belongs to my mum. The sad thing is we lost our childhood albums when we shifting house. Guess mum felt the worst as those are really very precious photos.

Recently I was flipping through my collection again and I acciendentally spotted a childhood photo of mine, I believed I must have stole/borrowed/whatever from my mum's collection. Wow! It was like discovering a treasure after buried for long, immediately the memories took me back to those days.

The photo was taken when I was around eight or nine. Look at me, I got curly hair! I hate it, mum always bring me to hair salon for a perm during those days. I don't know why she loves me in permed hair? Maybe she wanted us to look alike as people always said I look like my mum. But the whole world was laughing at how "ah soh" I looked. Although I hate it, I couldn't say no to mum. She only gave me 2 choices, either a canning session or a hair perm. I chose the latter as my skin was too thin to endure any canning. To me, canning was more horrifying than perming. Hence, I always have permed hair till secondary one. Some classmates thought I was having natural curls :(

Did you see two bamboo sticking out from my sleeves? Hehe...that's me, skinny me. Have been so skinny after kindergarden, study life must have been hard for me I guess. Actually I was kind of feeling inferior for being so skinny, I didn't look normal. Most of the times, I would look at my feet while walking so that I could avoid eyes of curiousity.

I still remember how I got those dolls. Toys are not common when living in poverty. The biggest doll was my first doll and it was a gift from my elder siblings. They saved up four dollars and bought me that. I love the long blonde hair so that I can style it in different ways. We had to lie to mum saying we spent 20 cents playing "ti-gum" and won this big prize! We were very lucky! I didn't know whether mum believed us but I didn't care, I had the doll.

As for my first christmas gift, it was the small doll with dark hair that I was holding. Christmas was just round the corner and I sewed up a stocking from scraps, in hope to receive gift from Santas. I knew where was no Santas in real world but I still sewed to hold a tiny hope in my heart. I told my mum that it will be a pocket for my gifts if any. Days later while we were passing-by a shop during marketing, I kept staring at this small doll with dark hair. I couldn't recall what was so fasinating about that doll but I knew I liked it. And surprisely mum bought it for me by paying a dollar. I was so happy and the moment I reached home, I placed the doll inside the stocking and kept admiring it from the opening. On Christmas Day I took it out to play :) Mum was wondering why I wasn't playing with it earlier on ;)

Somehow, I can still feel how I felt during those days by looking at the photo.

What is VINTAGE?

2006-01-10T22:22:00.000-08:00

Is kind of interesting to relook into a dictionary for a particular word. This time, I searched for the word "vintage" and these are the findings:

Definitions:
1. good for wine: produced from or characterized by a good harvest of grapes for wine-making, so that the wine does not have to be improved by blending with wine from another harvesta vintage year
2. of best: representing what is best or most characteristic of somebody or somethinga vintage performance
3. classic: recognized as being of high quality and lasting appeala series of vintage Laurel and Hardy comedies
4. out of date: no longer fashionable or modern

All these while, I only recognised defination no.4 for the meaning. And looking at the recent stuffs hubby and I bought, we seems to be captivated by all these old time beauties. There was once my brother-in-law teased us, he said to me "How lucky?! Your hubby likes vintage, then you will have no worries when you grow old". Instantly I stared at him and he quickly ran away with a cheeky smile.

So after 30 years later, can I label myself as vintage? A no longer fashionable or modern woman... something to ponder about.

Two new additions to my house, limited collection of vintage signages:

生日快乐，王尤其

2006-01-03T01:09:00.000-08:00

尤其，尤其,
尤其是你，在我们心中种下了一份难以磨灭的情感。
就因如此，型成了你的华文名'尤其'。
再加上我们的姓氏'王'，好让你有份归属感。你就是我们亲爱的王尤其。

我想处了爱狗之人，不会有人可以体会我们对尤其的爱于宠。
对我们而言，狗儿不是我们的全部。
但对狗儿而言，我们却是它的全部。
他将一生的幸福托付于主人。
如此一来，你能不疼爱它吗？能不给它一个幸福的家吗？

尤其，尤其，
尤其是你,在无行中带给我们无比的欢乐。
无时无刻不忘演出你独具一格的搞笑行动。
自从你的到来，让我们学会与体会到了无条件的付出。
对于如此呵户我们的你，除了疼爱，我再也想不出还能为你做什么。

谢谢你，尤其。
祝你生日快乐，永远快乐！

我们的王尤其。

心爱的蛋蛋*着急的尤其不时查探*静座博取同情*

此刻的心憬

2006-01-02T18:43:00.000-08:00

好冷，又是一把鼻涕一把沙哑的声音。
不定，一会儿晴一会儿阴真令人难以捉莫的天气。
安静，过年过节我这儿尽是荒凉一片。
可恶，病菌从来不曾怜惜我病痛时的疲惫。

不能！我不能自怜！我不要变成一只程天报怨的可怜虫！

我要，
打倒病菌！
好好振作！
当个常胜军，主栽自个儿的健康！

在这崭新的一年里，希望健康与我们长在。

Goodbye to 2005

2005-12-29T18:57:00.000-08:00

Christmas is over and very soon we will say goodbye to the year 2005. Another year is about to begin, and it seems to be a trend for many to set their new year resolutions. This is not a usual practice for me. I do not have a life goal or target to work towards with, my mind will always go blank whenever I questioned myself what I want in life? Sometimes I will ask my friends the same question just to check how adnormal I am but seems like some are sharing the same lossness as me.

Since I have yet to establish any life goal so the next closest will be short-term goals. Firstly I want to abolish my laziness gradually, with that I hope I can care more, exercise more, cook more, eat more, etc etc, more and more.

The next of my list would probably be less sensitive especially towards negative comments. Often I take things too personal. People maybe passing casual remarks but the first thing that came to my mind is always "Is he/she hinting me something? Did I make any mistake?" and my heart starts to race faster. This came especially true when they are from my closed ones, eg hubby. I have absolutely no idea since when this self-doubting behaviour developed? But well, is always never too late to realise I have a problem here. I am going to try Solution A "ASK". Communication plays an important role in anywhere, to avoid misunderstanding and self-doubting I am going to ask rather than keep questioning myself in slience. I have been unfair to myself, I took all self-declared blames and made me unhappy. Come to think about it, I am very foolish. Things could be very simple yet I complicate them. Ok, this "over-sensitivity" has to GO!

Be more tactful in speech? I thought I was pretty cool being tactless?! Hahaha, but this will often hurt people I love although I don't mean it. Maybe I should go slow, talk slower rather than blah out some not so nice phrases. This requires lot of practices and challenging for a kancheong girl like me. But I will try, at least to improve rather than being perfect.

Ok, one year later I will return to this post and review my performance. Hopefully I still remember the existence of such issue ;)

Idle mind

2005-12-29T17:06:00.000-08:00

An idle mind is the devil's workshop.
And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!

Out of stock

2005-12-27T18:50:00.000-08:00

Guess what?

Yesterday I went to company clinic to get some flu/cold medicines and the counter nurse said "Its out of stock". Hahaha, thats a funny one! Is that a joke? My goodness, are there that many fall ill? So scary!

The Art of Gift Appreciation

2005-12-26T19:04:00.000-08:00

Over the past few christmas parties I managed to discover a new trend. The art of gift appreciation no longer exist. Maybe we are too busy to appreciate? Or we are too pampered with overwhelming gifts? Or we no longer in need of gifts to perk us up? I mean we no longer live in those days whereby gifts are hard to comeby. Therefore, we have forgotten how to appreciate a gift. Nowsaday kids get gifts anytime, they will be surprised if suddenly no one give them a gift. Some conversations I heard during my parties:

GG: I want to go home now.

PP: But we have yet to exchange gifts.

GG: Do without me then. I have too much gifts already, you folks go ahead.

Boy: Let me count how many xmas presents I have received.

Mum smiled: How many?

Boy shouted: 5 only, let me see which aunties haven't give me gift yet!

Mum fainted. Dad quickly grabbed the boy to a corner and lectured him.

I have learnt something from the above. They serve as a good reminder to me, to "appreciate". No matter what gift I receive, is the thought that counts.

A GIFT REPRESENTS FRIENDSHIP... a friend who bothers to make an effort to source, buy, wrap and deliver the GIFT to me! Only friend does that. Count my blessings, is my fortune to be surrounded by friends.

Festive Family Party

2005-12-26T01:59:00.000-08:00

The date was near, we couldn't wait. We were filled with excitment upon the family party that took place on Xmas Day. We decorated the house with balloons, hanged the xmas stockings and got ready all the presents. It was a pot-luck party whereby each couple would bring a dish for dinner. Unfortuntely we fell sick the day before Xmas and were feeling rather lagtheric but still it didn't dampen the spirit of the festive joy. I prepared a entree platter for the families as they arrived in the afternoon which comprises smoke salmon cocktail, potato salad & cranberry cake slices. The latter was a gift from colleagues so all I did was to slice the cake. The platter was a great hit & almost everything were gone before dinner. So glad that I made that.

Axel baby was most popular among the crowd, his cute little actions brought joy to the family. He is very active and his family has to guard him at all time. He would simply laughed hard and flipped backwards, always needed someone to standby catching hold of him. Axel brought us present too, his poo....haha... Dana is another sweet one, especially when she got excited over our present for her. We bought her a big Chicken Little decal and hubby drew a few cartoon characters inside a sketchbook where she jumped up and down upon seeing it.

Youngest brother and his girlfriend were very cute. They had their own camera and acted like tourists going around my house to snap at any spots that were interesting to them. They liked our bed best, the girlfriend was posing on our bed and had a lot of close-up nice shots. What a unique couple...hahaha...

The dinner was great after having to wait an hour for baking my stuffed roasted chicken. We had porkchop, ceral prawns, sweet & sour prawn, fruit salad in addtional to the big roasted chicken. Our dining table is abit small so everyone had to squeeze in for the food. The dinner was completed with sparkling juice and coffee wine. Hmm, really a bad choice to buy the coffee wine, too sweet to our likings.

After dinner, dessert was served. A xmas logcake from youngest brother and his girlfriend, we even sang xmas song before cutting of cake, pretty funny. As usual we had a gift-exchange session, some were happy with their gifts and some were complaining. But it was a fun scene to hear about the complaints.

Xmas Gathering 22 Dec 05

2005-12-22T22:25:00.000-08:00

Dedicated to Esther & William...

Last night we were warmly ushered into the Christmas of 2005 by Esther & William. We held a Xmas celebration at their new home, the weather was so cold but our hearts were warmed by their hospitality.

The whole night event was captured by Evie in her blog (http://evielow.blogspot.com/2005/12/xmas-dinner-22nd-dec.html) therefore I shall not repeat the story. Will focus on some fun acts whereby Evie had no space to add in her blog ;)

The house was tastefully decorated with their love. I declared the most interesting part of the house would be the "erotic" washrooms whereby no lock was installed, ready for surprise anytime!

What is Christmas without turkey's cousin (chicken little)? We had chickens, sushi, salad, sausages, log cake and red wine... Joyce's sister labeled us as PIGS!!! We are not, we left 1 chicken untouched for the hosts as next day's breakfast :) We had a fantastic time laughing our heads off over every single jokes, we can practically make jokes out of everything...so capable :P

Caught Joyce under the big cushion from the comfortable sofa! Wonder what was she hiding from us??? Food?

From a chicken's view "对面的女孩看过来", oops Evie saw me! And here came Evie the back-stabber!

Esther was so touched by Joyce's gift, a set of hand & nail care hamper. She instantly tried the hand cream, probably her hands have been suffering from the renovation works for long. Poor girl. And I was overjoyed upon receiving gift from Jasmine, xmas hand-towels just in time for my festive home deco.

Guess everyone were abit high after some wine, Joyce stood up to parade her shawl & accessories given by Esther while Evie proudly presented her blink blink dangling earrings.

Jasmine got herself a doggie doorstopper while Lye Soon received a set of his favourite Addidas socks from 知音 Evie.

Smilie William got our Xmas CDs which happened to be Esther's lemming. Think the wife will confiscate the gift...hahaha... Everbody were happy with the gifts! PERFECT!

我终于成功了

2005-12-22T01:33:00.000-08:00

好不容易才可以使用中文输入，真是费了一番工夫。由于我的汉语拼音一向非常烂，输入对我而言简直是困难重重。这篇文章可是坡天荒的处女著. 就这样不可以再写了, 因为我会的只有这些些. 失败的我太对不起中文教学, 真是没脸见人我想我还是比较喜爱于适和阅读吧?

以上算是篇文章吗? 太不像样了! 刊登出来(blog)可是篇笑话:(

Its time of the year

2005-12-21T22:54:00.000-08:00

Every year, without fail I will receive an eCard for my ex-ex-boss. It is so heart-warming to receive his greetings even after I left the company for almost 4 years. During my 3 years stay in that company, I can't say we were very close-working colleagues. Just normal boss and subordinate working relationship. Only talk when neccessary kind of thingy.

Although I know he wouldn't need to lay a finger to do such mail, all being well taken care by the Secretary but I still feel the warm when received it. A feel of not being forgotten. So good...

"You've just received an eCard from XYZ, Director.....blah blah blah....."

Those Were The Quiet Days

2005-12-21T22:17:00.000-08:00

I realised something lately, I do talk a lot. Especially to closer friends, I will share my stories with them. Not only that, I am very crabby. Keep talking nonsense and laughing over my own jokes. I can sense that I have upgraded to a chatterbox, unlike in the past when I was quieter. Kept more things to myself where there were no answers. I wonder what happened these while that attribute to the change in me? But few things I am sure are I am happier, open up more.

P.S. Happier? Maybe my friends are suffering from it...hahaha... Nevermind, they will understand that their sacrifices are very worthy :P

On-line recipes

2005-12-21T01:35:00.000-08:00

Today I discovered 2 on-line recipe sites :)
http://allrecipes.com/
http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/
Will be trying some of the recipes...hopefully turns out NICE!!!

The October Feast

2005-12-20T00:09:00.000-08:00

I nearly forgotten about this feast till I saw the photos from Evie's website. The gathering was initiated by some greedy girls after hearing that Evie had cooked a nice "curry" crab dinner for her family. We never tried "curry" crabs before therefore kept pestering her to cook for us. So I volunteered my place and we held the feast on 15 Oct. Each of us will cook a dish and we ordered tiramisu *BIG YUM for this*. Evie reached my place first to prepare for the killing. Not bad for a novice I must say, she did it well and clean, merciless of course...hehehe... I was inside the kitchen watching the whole cene and suddenly this girl took out a pack of "chilli" crab sauce. She is a big sotong, kept telling us "curry" crab...hahaha... Esther can step down from her sotong throne already, Evie will be a better choice to lead the sotong clan. I made some party sticks, don't know what were those called...hehehe... Joyce as usual arrived with her speciality - fried meehoon. We were very busy eating and checking out the kids as one of them turned violent. He is no other but my Yukie (notti boy behind the bars) kept chasing after Mickey and Moscow donating love-bites. See poor Mickey (black boy with tee) and Moscow (golden head) layed flat on the floor, must be very exhausted from the chase. No more friends for Yukie!

Sheet End

2005-12-18T17:58:00.000-08:00

Machines are afterall machines, you just have to pray for a working one. It was just our luck to waste $4 on a machine that ran out of paper yesterday. It is one of those Neo-print machines whereby you can posed for a series of pictures printed out as stickers. 7 of us were happily posing for the 16-in-1 stickers and who knows there was no print at the end of it. We waited for quite awhile but still nothing came out. Coins were unrefundable and no one responsed to the hotline. We walked off feeling cheated but guess we just have to take it that machines are not 100% reliable...haiz...

P.S. Guess which one is me?

So sticky

2005-12-18T17:29:00.000-08:00

Laundry is not my household routine, hubby does it...hehehe... But check out this picture, I was washing my credit cards & NRIC!!! An unusual task, isn't it?! All thanks to a wallet I bought from JB with pocket linings not stitched on. They were glued...errgghhh... And since then all my cards suffered the fate of being sticky.

However due to the stickiness, it added some spices into my daily marketing. Whenever I make payments using NETS/ credit cards, the cashiers will tend to have a ?-look. They must be wondering why the cards were sticky... yucks! The most interesting part will be they avoided touching the sticky parts and hold the card in awkward position while sweeping on the machine. Some of them will take a look at the owner of the sticky card, although I felt embarrassed but I do enjoyed observing their reactions. There was once my facial therapist asked about the stickiness of my card worrying that I melted a candy inside my wallet. Told her, nuhz it was my wallet's fault...hahaha...

My cards have been sticky for more than 6 months I guessed, finally I bought a new wallet and that will be the end of all sticky stories ;)

About me

2005-12-15T00:12:00.000-08:00

So bored, what a boring Thursday...

Although not many people know about my blog but for those who happen to spot this entry, care to answer these:

Q1) What is your first impression of me?
Q2) After knowing me for awhile, any differences from the first impression?
Q3) What is the top thingy that you think I should improve on?

Oil painting

2005-12-14T23:43:00.000-08:00

Hubby used graphic editing to create this oil painting for me.

I like it, find that is nicely done!

A better person

2005-12-13T00:32:00.000-08:00

Striving to be a better person... or a better chef? Or a better wife?

I cook more nowsaday and begining to enjoy it. No longer feel the intense and sweating over a few dishes. Don't know why I got so tensed up in the past over cookery. Very satisfied with my performance lately, I cook at least once during the weekend trying all new dishes which I never cook before. Let's see how I fare:

1) Spring onion & ginger pork

2) Spare ribs with bitter gourd

3) Teochew style steamed fish

4) Portugese spicy steamed fish

5) Prawns in XO scallop sauce

6) Black pepper steamed crab

7) Liu wei soup

8) Sweet corn soup

9) Lotus soup

10) Green radish soup

11) Craypot rice - FAILED, too much water

12) Yong Tou Fu with wine prawn broth

13) Pancake - FAILED, don't know why still

14) Breaded chicken chop

15) Curry chicken

16) Baked chicken/fish in unagi sauce

17) Mushroom ham pasta in cream sauce

Hmm, not bad. I must keep trying new dishes...hehehe...

Sun-kissed wall

2005-12-12T19:20:00.000-08:00

Just re-painted my study room, had one of the walls in sun-kissed colour! Is pretty refreshing as it resembles sunkist orange..hahaha... Rearranged the table to face the sunkist (yummy) wall too, it made the room more spacious. The shelves from Ikea were installed by hubby, how skillful he is to install them without my help. Should give him a pat on his shoulder.

This morning hubby told me that one shelve dropped and created a loud bang last night. My dog and him ran to check out the damages while a pig was still sleeping soundly on the bed. Luckily no damage done as the computers were not positioned directly under the shelves.

I am not a carnivore

2005-12-12T17:08:00.000-08:00

I always labeled myself as a meat-lover beacuse I take in lesser vegetables as compared to meat. And whenever I am questioned about that, my childhood incidents of choking on vegetables will always surfaced. But lately I start to eat more vegetables and fruits after learning the fact that my liver is very overloaded with all the meaty stuffs.

My ex-colleagues organised a birthday gathering yesterday at one of the CHIMJES restaurants, Carnivore. The name of the restaurant sounds very meaty to me but I don't mind to try new stuffs. It is barbecue Brazilian style and the meat is served on skewers hot off the grill. We rushed and managed to be seated before 7pm in order to enjoy a better deal at $29.90 per pax. The waiter distributed coaster to each guests and explained how the 2-sided coaster works. One side being "Yes, please" while the other is "No, thanks". By flipping the coaster and the staffs will take the cue to serve accordingly. Pretty interesting concept. However, we realised they kept serving us despite our coasters were displaying otherwise. They didn't go by the rules. But that is understandable as any leftover will be disposed, no such thing as to reheat and serve again I guess.

Overall I am not impressed by the food. They are too saltish to my taste. I wonder is Brazilian cusine more towards the salty side? And the concept of carnivore is too meaty for me, the thought of having so much meat in a single meal is actually quite scary. But I am glad that I am not a carnivore afterall, I still love to have a balanced diet *phew*.

Long-awaiting kopi table

2005-12-11T21:15:00.000-08:00

The only furniture that was lacking from my house is probably a coffee table. We shifted into this current flat since 2002 and we couldn't find a suitable table for the living room. Are we too fussy? Or simply lazy to search? Perhaps both. And since we could live without it for so many years, is no longer a rush for us to source for one.

But ever since we gotten our new sofa, the urge to get a complementing coffee table gets stronger. Maybe is like a jig-saw puzzle situation, we want to fit in the last piece. To complete a home.

We were waiting anxiously for the stock to arrive from Ikea and finally last Friday I received good news. We made our way down to pick up the table immediately and brought some other stuffs of course. I never fail to leave Ikea empty-handed, no wonder Ikea is so popular over here. As fengshui consultant advised more warm colours & lightings will be favourable to my hubby, we bought an orange table runner and some tealight holders for decoration.

The TCM Approach

2005-12-05T23:31:00.000-08:00

It has been quite awhile since I wanted to try chinese medication for my skin problem. All these while I have been taking pills from skin specialist but I don't like the idea of consuming long-term drugs. Still I hesitated for long worrying the hassle to brew chinese herbs and the horrifying taste, these will put me off.

Hubby persued and accompanied me to a free chinese clinic near my place. I registered and was immediately attended by an old physician. He felt my pulse from both hands and didn't find anything unusual. I told him my problem was probably triggered from my chicken pox atteck last year. He suspected my body toxin was not fully dispel during that time resulting my skin problem. After prescibing detox pills for me, he also advised me to take in more vegetables, fruits, water but lesser meat especially frying food.

I paid $2.20 for the medicines and left the clinic. So far, my impression of TCM is alright, not as bad as I thought. I was given pills and syrup ready to consume, no brewing or bitter taste at all...hahaha.... Guess I watched too much ancient chinese drama :P

Really hope that this approach is going to work for my skin. So tired of taking drugs to relieve the itch...

My Crabby Recipe

2005-12-04T23:24:00.000-08:00

I bought 4 small live crabs but I didn't get any special sauce for marination. Therefore I decided to use whatever I could find in my kitchen and came up with my very own version of recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

4 live crabs

SEASONINGS:

Rice wine

Ginger

Spring onions

Garlic

Hua Tiow Jiu (chinese wine)

Sesame Oil

Soya sauce

Sugar

Pepper

Peppercorn

METHOD:

1) Kill the crabs which I can't do it. Therefore I choose to drunk them with rice wine & throw inside the freezer for few hours before I chop them into pieces.

2) Marinate the crabs with seasoning stated above. My kitchen actually got quite alot of stuffs...surprisingly...hahaha...

3) Heat up the wok, pour some oil and throw in the crabs. Stir fry for awhile, add some water and cover lid to steam till fully cook.

4) Ready to serve.

A crabby weekend

2005-12-04T19:10:00.000-08:00

Last Friday I purposely made a trip to cold storage before heading home. Had a strong crave for crabs and I was in luck, live crabs were available at 4 for $10. After much struggles to squeeze the crabs into a small plastic bag provided, I went home happily thinking of how surprise hubby will be. Before I managed to reach home, hubby ringed me asking why am I so late? Dinner was getting cold. Strange... I wasn't late... He realised he made a mistake, he cooked too early...hahaha...

When I reached home I passed him the bag of crabs and warned him to watch out for the claws. His expression was curious and asked me why I buy crabs? Before I could answered him, I walked passed my dining table and saw a plate of crabs :O My hubby cooked crabs for me!!! So touched, what a coincidence?!

Hmm, I should have called him to check first. We always buy the same thing at the same time resulting duplicates. Same magazine, same book, same food, etc...

So both Friday and Saturday we had crab feasts ;)

Such a little fellow

2005-12-01T23:40:00.000-08:00

Cody has been with us for two years plus, how time flies. Remember when I first saw him he was 7 weeks old by the name of Kato, sounded like a pair of "scissors" to me. Blackish tiny little furball, looked more like a rat. Frankly speaking, it wasn't love at the first sight but it was fate that we bought him as his birthday falls on the same date as hubby, the Perfect 10 (10 Oct)! We spent quite awhile choosing a name for him and finally settled for "CODY", it was derived from binary CODE (1010).

At two and a half months old, the home-breeder sent this little fellow to our house. We were very excited to welcome our new member. I applied for 2 weeks leave from work to settle him in, my boss was laughing at me. To prepare Yukie, I told him about his little brother but I guess he didn't understand what I said. When breeder let him out from the cage, we saw an angel! Gosh, he was such a cute little piglet with a so-called unique pig rim surrounding his muzzle. Must be a greedy piglet...hahaha... This little fellow barged into our house with no fear, checking out all places and was playing with Yukie's toys. I guess Yukie was very surprised to spot something new in the house, he didn't know how to react to this. But after awhile, Yukie started to learn that little fellow is going to stay for good and he began to worry that we no longer will love him as much. No matter how we assured Yukie he still could get over it. Being jealous, Yukie started teaching Cody "his" house rules. That was when little Cody started to fear Yukie and became more timid, therefore Cody formed the lowest ranking in the household.

Cody is a happy boy. He got excited very easily, be it time to eat/ walk/ meeting new friends, he will jump up and down whinning non-stop. He is very smart and time-conscious, he will remind us whenever it's time for his meals. And I love it especially when he comes to inform me that Daddy is preparing his food in the kitchen. He will do it in a way that he dashes happily to me, kisses me and quickly run back to the kitchen few times in a roll. He loves to kiss me (licking) but if anyone including me trying to kiss him back, he will turn his head away. Such an attitude baby! Loves to kiss but not being kissed. He loves to dig and hide himself under a towel/rug, maybe he is feeling more secured in the dark? But no matter where he hides, Yukie is able to hunt for him down. Picture on the right shows his lion style after ransacked our blanket.

Cody remains pretty small size unlike other male siblings whom are much bigger. Small is good, always a puppy in everyone's eyes and always entitled the compliment of being CUTE. He is such a lovable boy. A joy to have him. A treasure in the house. Our Little Cody!

Token

2005-12-01T22:51:00.000-08:00

Is just another normal working day for me until I discovered something on my working desk. Is a box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates with a tag written

"Dear codyukie, thank you for your effort to arrange for my blah blah blah...."

From:XXX

Although I am not really a big fan of Rocher but a gift on my desk is really a surprise! I don't expect it because I am just doing my job, not really something loud to shout about. And what really shocked me is who this token is from.... :P Anyway it made my day :)

Never try never know

2005-12-01T18:36:00.000-08:00

It was like any other Tuesday whereby I turned up for my flute lesson. And as usual my "F" is out of pitch at a high percentage of 8/10. Real bad player! Believe my teacher couldn't take it anymore when he stood in front of me and requested a continuation of "F" pitching. I did not get any better so he further request me to play a mis-pitch "F" once, followed by a correct "F". Upon hearing that, I questioned him "Hey, I didn't mis-pitch on purpose alright?! How could I be possibly mis-pitch if I can play the right pitch?". Teacher simply asked me to try. Well, since he asked for it so there I went trying.

To my surprise, I actually achieved what he asked for. A mis-pitch "F" and followed by a correct "F". After a repeatation of this practice, teacher asked me whether I could spot any difference between both. I nodded my head. I got it. I knew my own problem. He smiled and said next time you couldn't get something right, try the method ;) I guess if I didn't attempt to try his method, I will never know what went wrong. Never try never know :)

Doctor doctor here I come

2005-11-23T19:13:00.000-08:00

Was coughing away since last Thursday but I didn't consult a doctor as the cough seems to get better after I took a cough mixture from my fridge. Don't know how long it has been there. Anyway since getting better so I just keep consuming and wait patiencely for a full recovery. However I tend to cough more in the office, probably due to the air-conditioning.

This morning I coughed as usual and seemed that it was pretty alarming till my boss approached me and commanded me to consult doctor immediately. "Yes mummy" I replied. Guess now no choice, got to go and see my handsome doctor again! Doctor doctor here I come ;)

My Nursing Porridge

2005-11-20T18:46:00.000-08:00

Wasn't feeling well for the past three days and probably due to the virus I had poor appetite too. Whenever I am sick, I always miss the porridge my mum used to cook. With that, I could finished a big bowl and sometimes still asking for second helping.

Now that I am a big girl and staying away, I couldn't just ring my mum and ask her to cook me porridge. I decided to give it a try, actually is a simple recipe whereby I just have to dump all these ingredients into the pot and cook:

Ingredients:

1) grain

2) potatoes into large cubes

3) carrot into dices

4) marinated lean meat/ minced meat

5) salt, pepper, sesame oil to taste

Have to cook for quite awhile so that the potatoes and carrots will be soften but it was worth the wait. The taste is the same as what my mum did :) My nursing porridge! Actually felt happier after eating that, strange but it works.

The Embarrassing Virus

2005-11-20T18:15:00.000-08:00

I couldn't get to sleep last night, was not tired at all and was changing positions every now and then. Finally I fell aslept after an hour or so but was woke up by my cough. I hate this virus for the uncontrollable situation whereby I couldn't stop coughing away. It even woke up my hubby few times to check and made sure that I was alright. To make it worst, I had a nightmare after watching vampire show last night.

Monday morning, as usual I have to wake up at dawn to get ready to work. I took my cough syrup before I left home hoping that I will feel better for the day. My worst nightmare would be travelling to work with my cough virus. My throat was feeling ok for awhile during the MRT journey but before I could rejoice, the embarrassing virus started to come alive and kicking. I was coughing away, couldn't stop. I turned my face away from the passenger sitting besides me but I could sensed her uneasiness. I quickly popped a lozenge but still the cough was so bad that I continued for another couple of seconds. At that instance, I could sensed that everyone was looking at my direction. Really wish to dig a hole to hide but that was impossible. So the best I could do is to close my eyes and have some rest, guess that's the best a pig could do to salvage any embarrassing moments. Ostrich did a better job I think.

Is it just me who find uncontrollable coughing so embarrassing? Maybe is just me who is so self-conscious...

Indulgence

2005-11-16T17:37:00.000-08:00

Have you ever bought something and feel that you are indulging in luxuary after having it? I am feeling it now, after my new furnitures arrived. It totally changed the entire living room setting, its even more cozy now and having a tinge of vintage look. Yes that is what we wanted, modern-vintage theme.

The past few days I have been gluing myself to the new sofa when I reached home, simply too comfortable and I refused to leave it alone. Help, I am struck! The best part about this sofa is the size. This is much bigger than the old one whereby me and hubby could sit or lie down comfortably without the squeezing feel. Shiok ah! And this leather sofa is more cooling than the synthetic sofa. Very happy with it. Hope we won't change it within the next five years *cross fingers*

Besides the sofa, we got a floor-standing lamp too. Is a simple one as budget constraint but nevertheless this a nice piece too. This particular one is chosen because of the activation (on/off) pull string, giving me a very vintage feel or rather like the olden days flushing wc feel....ROFL! You know, those wc whereby you have to squat to do business and stand up to pull the string to flush :P

Overall, I am indulging in my very own luxuary. In a state of Happiness!!! Although very very broke now...

The flute player part II

2005-11-15T19:05:00.000-08:00

Pretendious Version

Nice to look at but horrifying if hear she plays.

Imagine she even assembled the flute wrongly while taking this photo *shake head*.

Whenever I see this photo, I am amazed by my courage to bring along the flute for the photo-shoot. hiao-ness 2 d ultimate

The flute player

2005-11-15T00:12:00.000-08:00

I don't know why I picked up this hobby? Maybe is the elegant look that attracted me or rather the heavenly sound of it. Imagine me playing the silver flute producing heavenly tune....woo, what a beautiful sight...kakaka...

So one day I causually asked my best friend whether she would be keen to learn and without hesitation, she agreed because she likes flute too. Without further delay, I made a few calls to check on the schools that conduct flute lessons and bought our flute for hundreds. We started last year September if I remember correctly and initially I thought we would be able to play some christmas tunes by last Decemeber. But no.....we were struck at the fundamental stage, we simply could get it right. The positioning, pitching, breathing, fingering, tempo arrgghh... all got problems. Everytime we were asked to play and we will be very stressed. This is really AIYO!!! Definately not an easy instrument to master. Luckily our teacher is very patience and that encourages us to continue despite our laziness.

Now? After one year, still couldn't play a single tune well...hehehe, always make mistake here and there but of course is much better than the initial start :) Trying to make myself feel better...

Colleagues VS friends

2005-11-14T23:47:00.000-08:00

I used to think that all colleagues can become friends if we are in good terms. My good terms here meaning lunch frequently, able to chat, joke around and work with each others. But recently I realised this may not always be the case. When you are treating people well and they appear to be friendly doesn't mean they are genuine. They could be up to somethings just that you are kept in the dark. A smile behind an evil thought, so horrifying. Guess I was too navie to think everyone is kind by nature. When you don't harbour evil thought that is your business, it may not works both ways. In working society, everyone is protective and work towards their own welfare only. That is so-called colleagues.

Of course I do have some ex-colleagues which turned out to be very good friends of mine. Come to think of that, I am lucky at times ;)

One more day

2005-11-14T01:44:00.000-08:00

We went Ikea to order our dream sofa and to make full use of the delivery, we also purchased two computer chairs, a floor-standing lamp, a bed mozzie net too. A pity that the coffee table that we wanted was out of stock or my furniture will be more complete by then. They will be delivering the stuffs over tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow is the day!!! Finally arriving but I also burnt a big hole on my pocket, spent over two grands in view of AWS coming soon. Maybe for the coming few months I should stay at home admiring my new collection in order not to spend money going out. But for my character, very hard ah! Kekeke...

Tomorrow...tomorrow...tomorrow

When is your turn?

2005-11-13T21:53:00.000-08:00

This question is surrounding me for quite sometimes. But seriously I don't have the answer so is impossible for me to answer you. Whenever there is a gathering, friends or relatives will start to question "When is your turn to have baby?", "You are not young anymore", "You see XXX have 2 kids already", etc etc etc... Aiyo, all these are driving me nuts. How would I possibly know when will I have a baby? I do water, provide sunlight but if it doesn't bear fruit there is nothing I could do. Well, I don't dislike those who ask the question, they are being nice and concern about me but the repeatation of the question sometimes can be pretty disturbing. It seems to be pushing me and accusing me of not being able to bear fruit. My goodness!

When we were studying, "When is your turn to have a boyfriend?"

When we have boyfriends, "When is your turn to get married?"

When we were married, "When is your turn to have a baby?"

I wonder what is next? Retirement?

Seriously I don't need all these questionings to rush through my life. And I certainly don't wish the massive questionings to force me into decision-making.

I want!

2005-11-13T21:24:00.000-08:00

Chandelier!!! Have been seeing beautiful chandelier while browsing through home magazines. So elegant, classic, grand... I want! Where to get one that is cheap and beautiful??? I want! But my budget is tight :( Not complaining though, this is just another item I am going to put in my wish list. And hope that soon my wish will come true :) Christmas is just round the corner, can Santas grant me this wish? PLEASEEEE!!! I will be good, anyway I am always good ...hahaha...

If I am rich, very rich where everything is within my means... Guess I will no longer have A WISH. So sometimes, is afterall not a bad thing to long for something that is out of reach for the moment. This is how I see it ...

String along ...

2005-11-13T19:05:00.000-08:00

String curtains are getting popular lately whereby they are showcased in quite a number of interior shops. I always thought they were pretty cheap and could be purchased at places like Arab Street or Chinatown for couple of dollars but that wasn't the case. I discovered that it actually cost more than one hundred bucks for that :P However I still bought it, I wonder was that an impulse purchase? Anyway my next headache was how to put it up? Normally a rod is needed to suspend the curtain from the ceiling if I want this as a divider in between my door and living room. But I wanted something more unique than just a rod. A smart idea striked me to use florescent lamp as the rod and able to shine on the curtains to make it more lively. Hubby and I went around geylang to look for the suitable lamp and we managed to get one at quite a good price. The next challenging item lies on hubby as he is one and only handyman in the household...hahaha... But guess this is a piece of cake to him, he finished the task in no time and did it nicely. What am I suppose to do without him?

For the next few days I simply next very close to the string curtains to watch it dances whenever there's occassion breeze from the main door, such a graceful sight. I named my piece of deco - The Light Saber Dancing in Long Flowy Dress.

Old time beauty

2005-10-23T18:26:00.000-07:00

Our latest hobby is to check out the home furnishing stuffs and we headed to The Furniture Mall at Beach Road in hope to cover alot at one go. We planned to check out sofa, table and console. Indeed Furniture Mall has a wide variety, but the price are at steep side too especially those famous brands. After shopping for hours, we didn't manage to spot anything that attract us to ultimate but a small accessories that was laying at a corner inside the shop caught our attention. It was a small table clock, looked old. Quite unfair to describe it as old, should say its vintage....an old time beauty. We bought it after enquired the price, SDG39. We had no idea where to place it in our house but we just love to have it. We are spoilt in such a way. Love the velvet flowery fabric surrounding the clock face, love the wear off edges, love the handle's design. So small yet so lovely.

Sofa, so far...

2005-10-05T17:54:00.000-07:00

We spotted this particular sofa from Ikea and it was love at first sight, simply irresistable. We described it as modern vintage looking sofa. It has a very nice glow on the deep brown leather. We promised we will get it once budget is available. Till now, that sofa is still so far away from our reality. One day, one day it will be delivered to my HOME!