Reunion dinner day !

We had sumptuous dinner at a Changi seafood restaurant :)
After that, we went over to Ray's new place.
They moved in to a condominium at Marine Parade and the view is quite beautiful except that the apartment is a little small.

Was waiting for my dad to get ready

At the restaurant waiting to lau yu sheng

It gets very messy with so many hands

Ray's place
See that basket full of small madarin oranges ?
They are really nice to eat :)

Aunty Stacy with my sis at the balcony

My sis, me, Ray and Aunty Stacy

Jace, Clarissa and my sis

My sis can't resist to take photo with Ray's phone and she flooded his phone with our pictures, haha.
My sis, me, Aunty Stacy and Nigel

We have the same smile, don't we ?

My sis took this

My mum and Aunty Stacy
The funniest and hip mums I've known so far :)

Never gets bored with his phone

Now, she added frames!

Alright, that's all.
Will be working later so I have to skip school.
Got no choice, I have to have this 3 consecutive days training.
If I pushed it to later weeks, I can't work already.
Exam is coming, attachment follows after that.
Oh well, I may feel guilty but there's no other way.

Hope you guys have a wonderful weekend ahead :)

You're like an Indian summer in the middle of the winter
Like a hard candy with a surprise center

29th January 2009 : HuiHong's 19th birthday ! :D

We had steamboat for dinner and brownie cake for her :)
Well, I hope she enjoyed this little celebration :)

This is taken randomly by Carrie using my camera.
She brought hers but it's low batt after charging.
Haha, it was two third full before she charged.

A round of blackjack
I got super lucky when I had this triple sevens :)
Carrie, who was beside me, got blackjack for the same round :)

Taking down the moment of joy :D

After JT arrived at HH's place, steamboat starts!

With the birthday girl :)
Max took this pic

Her mum and her

Max kpo and then he looked up
and this is what you get

Brownie cake for HH :D

Happy 19th !

Let's back track a bit.

27th January 2009 : 2nd Day of CNY

Denson came to bai nian with us :D
I miss him so much !
Now he's a few months older and starts to crawl already :)

His smile never fails to melt my heart :):):)

JT and my relatives came to bai nian in the early afternoon.
After that, JT and I went all the way to his place to bai nian.
And then to Ray's place.
Had rounds of blackjack and I was really lucky to be a banker :)
JT and I were the only winners for that night, haha.

Well, those rounds of game were really fun 'cause there are so many funny things that happened.
Ray's place have this very sweet small mandarin oranges and my mum really likes it alot.
During the games, JT placed an orange at the table so that he can win some money.
I followed suit - I placed 2 small mandarin oranges hopefully they will bring me luck.
I was too engrossed with the game and I didn't notice one of the small oranges was gone.
Guess what ? My mum ate it !
She didn't tell me and sit there eating it silently.

26th January 2009 : 1st Day of CNY

Went to Grandma's place to bai nian

Steamboat for dinner~
All of us faster cook the scallop
Haha, I know. It's very typical of S'porean.

My cousins

My sis and nephew :)

I want to play twister !

My sister and I :)

I'll update the reunion dinner part in the next post.
Anyway, I haven't been blogging recently 'cause I am really busy with CNY and schoolwork.
School had been keeping us really busy with projects and assignments and yes, tests! Argh :(

It's the 25th today which spells the day for reunion dinner!
I'm sure there'll be good food later on :D
This year, Uncle Johnson and family will be joining us for dinner which they haven't do so for the past few years when they are in Australia. And I can see how ang moh my cousins have become.

Two days ago, JT, my sister and I went for Muay Thai trial training.
I've learnt quite a lot of new techniques and the training was really fat-burning!
I cannot explain how sore my muscles are right now.
I can't walk properly, I can't laugh, I have difficulties standing up after sitting, I can't lift my arms up well due to serious muscle ache.
Haha, but I think it's all worthwhile :)
I can't disgrace my birth country since Muay thai is originated from Thailand.
Even my mum learnt Muay thai before.
However I can only start the actual training in April.
Let's just see about that :)

Anyway, hope you guys have a fantastic reunion dinner later on :):):)
Gong Xi Fa Cai !

I couldn't explain how turn-off I'll feel whenever I need to do assignment nowadays :(
The studious side haven't get the best out of me, yet.
Every now and then, I will just force myself to concentrate and do whatever I need to.
Let's hope this doesn't prolong, if not I've got to kill myself for not studying hard to reach my goal for this semester.

Anyway, Carrie lent me a book which I've asked from her long ago.
Yazuka Moon, memoirs of a gangter's daughter
This book illustrates the author's life since childhood.
Her life in the past was a tragedy
Along the way, she still finding her true self and learning from her mistakes
I really felt her pain as I read
Shoko Tendo, the author, describes very well in her memoir
A book that captivates me and I managed to finish it within a day or two.
Maybe you guys can check out this book :)

Happy 21st to RongMing :D
Bought him a bottle of chardonnay, hope he'll like it.
Anyway, it's just a simple celebration and we did a little catch-up with each other.
Well, it's been ages since I last saw him and for this time I've realised he slimmed down and becoming more tanned which makes him look better.

Ok, there were few photos taken.
Him and his giant birthday cake

I was so amused by the design of this cake!
Eat this cake and you'll go 'huat ah'

Took a photo with the birthday boy
Meimei, Rongming and I :)

Heard from Ray that his family and him will be moving in to their new apartment soon.
I really can't wait to see their place, I bet the view will be stunning 'cause it's at Marine Parade.

Lastly, I'd like to share this sentence with you :)

If you are angry with a person for a minute, you will lose 60 seconds of your happiness

A little update from the weekend :)

Friday, 9th Jan '09
Went down to Changi Airport for a job interview.
Meimei brought us there 'cause that's where her current job is.

As fast as we could, we rushed down to College West to accompany meimei to pay for her school fees and buy her school uniform 'cause I have lesson at 3pm.
Unfortunately, we all dumbdumb go take the wrong train and alight at the wrong stops.
This went on for about 30min -.-
Finally, we alighted at Expo and walked super long to reach the campus.
There goes 1 hour and we reached there at around 2pm.

At first, I thought it's just paying of fees and buying of uniform and then off we go.
However, meimei only got everything done by 4pm.
So, I couldn't make it to school.

Then we went back home and waited for Cam to finish her anniversary dinner so that we can go town and watch IP MAN!
IP MAN WAS FABULOUS :D:D:D
Eventhough I don't really admire fighting shows but this is so exceptional.
I even admire Ip Man himself. He's great :)

Photos up!

On our way to town
They couldn't get enough of HOT magazine

If only you can see the whole of her 10 fingernails.
Put them in a cup and they will look very much alike with corns.
Ya, she painted them yellow.

This is so candid! It never fails to bring smile to my face whenever I look at it :)

Ahh, you see! He everytime flex flex flex!

He's damn retard

The show starts at 10.45pm and we had like 1hr 45min to spare.
And so, we played in the arcade to kill time.
Haha, we had basketball tournament, and a game which requires you to use ball to hit the targets. It was very very fun!

See that fake angmoh

Saturday, 10th Jan '09

It was working day!
A lobang from Weimin to work at a carnival.
It wasn't that bad.
Nice people, nice pay :)

Sunday, 11th Jan '09

Trip down to the farm at Tampines :)
It was enjoyable!
And I've made quite a few discoveries.

Feeding the very greedy fish.

They will actually swim up close to you so that they can eat
Look for yourself

The water level are about less than the lower half of their bodies

This is the first time I see Koi fish being so agressive

This goose was sleeping with the head lying on its body and using only one leg to balance.
Isn't this goose amazing

Another goose companion

Ducks

Rabbits

Some of my discoveries really wow-ed my life today.
Firstly, I saw a humongous dog which weighs 70+kg and is only less than 3 years old.
Can you believe it ?
Secondly, another dog at the same farm is as gigantic as the first dog we spotted.
But this dog has longer fur and is fatter.
He is like a gentle giant :)
Thirdly, we went to a fish farm and discovered a monster!
Actually, it is a fish.
This Gar fish is actually the largest freshwater fish in the world.
They weigh up to a ton and grows to a size of 4.5m long.
You must see it for yourself. That thing freaked me out!
FYI, that one I've seen is only 1.6m long

After the trip to the farm, we went to Pasir Ris Park for a walk.
At first, we intended to walk but JT, my mum and I cycled instead.

Found this very nice 'kite' near the shore while cycling :)
Look at how big it is

A close-up

JT, this kiddy boy, wants to go to the play area and so there I am playing with him :D
My mum took this

Alright, I think I'm done here.

Gonna sleep already.
Goodnight!