Another bad news of the week, Mr Love had confirmed he is unable to apply leave in March. So we will have to push back our trip to Seoul. Hehe The good thing is, he is still agreeable to going to Seoul. Phew. Then again you never know till air tickets are confirmed.
I was disappointed since we always travel during my birthday and our ROM anniversary for the past few years. But work is work, there is nothing we can do. Moreover, Mr Love is sill under probation.
And so I cannot get the new CNBLUE CD that I was intending to buy there. Think they will launch on 2nd March and since I planned to be there on 12th March, am just in time to get 1 for partner and myself.
On a brighter note, it gives me more time to fine tune my planning. Not sure I am well prepared enough to make the trip. I was still gearing up to do more research and guess I should be able to do it at a more comfortable pace.
But but but I still wanna go on a trip on my birthday week. How?
Daisypath Anniversary tickers
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Killer waves
It's official, the killer wave in office "killed" 7 of my colleagues.
It was not a good thing to witness at all though my whole department survived the attack.
To watch them pack up while continue to work and pretend everything is ok really sucks.
1 of the victim told me life still goes on.
While I am glad I survived but I cannot help but feel affected by it.
After all who knows when will be my turn?
All the best to the 7 victims. May you all managed to find new jobs quickly and hopefully we are really safe after this round.
It was not a good thing to witness at all though my whole department survived the attack.
To watch them pack up while continue to work and pretend everything is ok really sucks.
1 of the victim told me life still goes on.
While I am glad I survived but I cannot help but feel affected by it.
After all who knows when will be my turn?
All the best to the 7 victims. May you all managed to find new jobs quickly and hopefully we are really safe after this round.
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Iron man vs superheros
Was discussing various superheros last night with Mr Love and suddenly an idea came up.
Me: " 老公,why not you be Iron man? "
He ponders for a moment and replied " Don't want, later I must iron the clothes of all superheros."
Haha. Turns out my idea back fired since he confessed in seeing a similar joke on FB.
I had not, but I was thinking to trick him into being the iron man who will do the weekly ironing and thus relieve me of the duties.
Guess I am struck in the iron lady position for the time being till I think of a better way to trick him.
Saturday, 22 February 2014
Mee Hoon Kuay(面粉粿)
Had wanted to cook this for the longest time since it is one of my favourite food during younger days and we have our own family recipe. Hur hur
Of course, I would need to check whether the husband is agreeable or not and so I got my approval and happily went to buy the ingredients required.
My family recipe is a bit different from the versions we see outside. Ours is totally plain. Mummy used to say this is 1 of the most thrifty dish to prepared. 1kg of flour and some ikan bills and viola, she can feed the 3 of us till full full. Haha.
I grew up disliking my mee hoon kuay to have anything added aside from fried ikan bilis. Even till now when I ordered outside, I would sometime request not to put meat but give me extra ikan bilis.
But Mr Love did not grow up eating our family version so I made some changes for fear that he find it too plain for his liking.
Ingredients( serves 3 or 4):
500g of flour
1 egg (Beaten)
200ml of plain water
150g of ikan bilis (for stock)
100g of minced meat
4 shiitake (soaked in water to soften it)
1 bunch of chinese spinach (苋菜）
Making the dough
Mix the flour and egg in a big bowl
While kneading, add water gradually, the dough will slowly stick together and you will get a big dough.
I spend a good 15min kneading and even after I have successfully got a dough, I continued for a while to make sure it is well kneaded.
Then I separate them into smaller doughs and place them in a plate to wait for it to "rise" as what I remembered my mummy did. It will be easier to cook later with smaller doughs.
Ikan Bilis stock
Wash and rinse 100g of Ikan bilis.
Heat up 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and fry the ikan bilis till it turns golden brown.
Mummy had taught me before that by frying the ikan bilis, it would made the stock tastier. This can be skipped if you are too lazy. Just throw in the ikan bilis and boil.
With 2.5litres of water in a pot, add in the fried ikan bilis and bring to boil.
Lower the heat and let it simmer for 2 more hours.
Sieve away the excessive oil every now and then.
Meat and shiitake
This was originally not in my mummy's recipe and I search online and saw someone using this method.
I added 1 tsp of sesame oil, dark soy sauce and light soy sauce and some pepper to mix well with the minced meat. Then, I leave it in the fridge for 2hours for the seasoning to seep in.
Shiitake mushrooms was sliced and set aside.
With 1 tbsp of olive oil heated, I stir fry the meat and mushroom together till well cook and set aside.
Mr Love commented that I could have just throw in the meat and mushroom while cooking the mee hoon kuay but I reckon that the meat would be pretty bland, so I took the more troublesome steps instead.
Deep fried Ikan bilis
What is mee hoon kuay without deep fried ikan bilis? Even when young, I would pester mummy to deep fry some for me to eat along with the mee hoon kuay. Many a times she would reject as it is too troublesome to deep fry. I deep fried much more today as I wanna keep some for snacking. Hehe
When ready to serve
I used a separate small pot to cook individual portions during serving. This is to ensure that the mee hoon kuay will not be over cooked.
Bring the stock to boil after transferring to the smaller pot and lower the heat while you tear out the dough. Try to make it as thin as possible. But this would require much practising. Haha I realised I lost touch but am still able to produce some really thin ones. Hehe
After putting in the required dough, turn up the heat and add in the veggies. Let it boil for a while and it is ready to served. I then added the shiitake and minced meat on top.
Verdict:
Mr Love like it well enough not to criticise and I take it as a success. Though it doesn't have the same taste as what mummy had cooked for me when I was young but I would say it has 70% similarity since I followed what I remembered from her recipe though adding in the meat and shiitake.
Mummy called at 7pm and told me she wanted to come and have a bowl too. Since I have left over I told her to come if she don't mind eating my 1st try mee hoon kuay. I didn't invite her today as I did not know I can make it successfully or not.
She told me the dough was pretty well knead (yeah) and finished a big bowl. I take it that she passed my cooking this time.
Of course, I would need to check whether the husband is agreeable or not and so I got my approval and happily went to buy the ingredients required.
My family recipe is a bit different from the versions we see outside. Ours is totally plain. Mummy used to say this is 1 of the most thrifty dish to prepared. 1kg of flour and some ikan bills and viola, she can feed the 3 of us till full full. Haha.
I grew up disliking my mee hoon kuay to have anything added aside from fried ikan bilis. Even till now when I ordered outside, I would sometime request not to put meat but give me extra ikan bilis.
But Mr Love did not grow up eating our family version so I made some changes for fear that he find it too plain for his liking.
Ingredients( serves 3 or 4):
500g of flour
1 egg (Beaten)
200ml of plain water
150g of ikan bilis (for stock)
100g of minced meat
4 shiitake (soaked in water to soften it)
1 bunch of chinese spinach (苋菜）
Making the dough
Mix the flour and egg in a big bowl
While kneading, add water gradually, the dough will slowly stick together and you will get a big dough.
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| Egg and flour |
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| Ta-dah! Dough created |
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| Smaller doughs set aside |
Wash and rinse 100g of Ikan bilis.
Heat up 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and fry the ikan bilis till it turns golden brown.
Mummy had taught me before that by frying the ikan bilis, it would made the stock tastier. This can be skipped if you are too lazy. Just throw in the ikan bilis and boil.
With 2.5litres of water in a pot, add in the fried ikan bilis and bring to boil.
Lower the heat and let it simmer for 2 more hours.
Sieve away the excessive oil every now and then.
Meat and shiitake
This was originally not in my mummy's recipe and I search online and saw someone using this method.
I added 1 tsp of sesame oil, dark soy sauce and light soy sauce and some pepper to mix well with the minced meat. Then, I leave it in the fridge for 2hours for the seasoning to seep in.
Shiitake mushrooms was sliced and set aside.
With 1 tbsp of olive oil heated, I stir fry the meat and mushroom together till well cook and set aside.
Mr Love commented that I could have just throw in the meat and mushroom while cooking the mee hoon kuay but I reckon that the meat would be pretty bland, so I took the more troublesome steps instead.
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| Stir-fried minced meat and shiitake mushroom |
What is mee hoon kuay without deep fried ikan bilis? Even when young, I would pester mummy to deep fry some for me to eat along with the mee hoon kuay. Many a times she would reject as it is too troublesome to deep fry. I deep fried much more today as I wanna keep some for snacking. Hehe
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| My favourite deep fried ikan bilis |
I used a separate small pot to cook individual portions during serving. This is to ensure that the mee hoon kuay will not be over cooked.
Bring the stock to boil after transferring to the smaller pot and lower the heat while you tear out the dough. Try to make it as thin as possible. But this would require much practising. Haha I realised I lost touch but am still able to produce some really thin ones. Hehe
After putting in the required dough, turn up the heat and add in the veggies. Let it boil for a while and it is ready to served. I then added the shiitake and minced meat on top.
Verdict:
Mr Love like it well enough not to criticise and I take it as a success. Though it doesn't have the same taste as what mummy had cooked for me when I was young but I would say it has 70% similarity since I followed what I remembered from her recipe though adding in the meat and shiitake.
Mummy called at 7pm and told me she wanted to come and have a bowl too. Since I have left over I told her to come if she don't mind eating my 1st try mee hoon kuay. I didn't invite her today as I did not know I can make it successfully or not.
She told me the dough was pretty well knead (yeah) and finished a big bowl. I take it that she passed my cooking this time.
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| End product |
Domino effect
The other morning while walking towards the MRT station, we noticed that a train for Mr Love's direction stopped on the tracks just before the station.
Told Mr Love to be prepared as I reckon there might be a train/track fault this morning. Then he pointed out the screen that my direction train seems to be slower today too with 5 minutes interval.
True enough when I reached the platform, there was a long queue of passengers waiting for the train. As time passes the queue got so long that it stretches to the platform doors of the other direction. Even the train finally arrives 5 minutes later it was so packed that only the 1st 2 person in the queue manages to squeeze in but with much difficulty. You can literally see their faces squashed against the train door as it closes.
The same thing happens for the next 2 trains that arrives 5minutes apart later, all packed to the brim. I am only able to board the 4th train that comes though its also by squeezing my way in. When it reached the next station, the platforms are threatening to burst with passengers as this station serves 3 areas' residents namely Choa Chu Kang, Teck Whye and Bukit Panjang.
As we pulled away from the station, you can see the frustrated faces of those who are not able to board. The thing is, there is no announcement at the stations on why the train frequencies are much slower this morning. It is as if that every thing is working normally though you can see a huge crowd forming on the platform.
The thing about the train operators? I think they do not respond fast enough when something happens. They usually wait for the situation to get out of control before starting to give a bit of information here and there.
But it is just not good enough for the thousands who are rushing to work. Some of them might have trouble explaining to their bosses why they are late for work, while some might have their pay deducted(think Japanese companies). In my humble opinion, it's like the train operators do not give a damn on the inconvenience they have caused and conveniently wanna increase the fares every now and then.
One might argued that 5minutes delay on the train is nothing. But only those who are taking the transport can feel the effect.
A 5minute delay means that those who are planning to take the train say 3minutes before me are struck on the platform. Which will effectively puts me at the 5th or 6th position in the queue instead of 1st or 2nd position like I always take at the same timing. And this is the same for every station that the train stops before and after my stop.
For stations before me when the train is emptier, it would mean more passengers can board the train thus making it fully pack when it stops at my station. Since ours is a residential area, there are not much passengers getting off the train and hence not much space is free up for boarding. Only the 1st 2 in the queue at both sides of the door gets to board.
And you think this is it? Nope, the trains get struck at the station for a longer time too since many are trying to squeeze in and the train driver have a hard time trying to get clearance for closing the doors. This will lead to a even longer time for the train to move on to the next station.
I also noticed that when the train are more packed than usual, it tends to move slower (duh!) and again this adds on some more to our already longer travelling time.
Just as you reached your destination, you think all is over? Nope, this is only the start of another rat race. The queue at the exit will of course be longer since more are packed into this train. You take a longer time to exit the station. The walkway will be more crowded than usual and it takes a longer time for you to walk through the crowd.
Not to mention if you have to transfer to another bus (in my case) to your office, the queue will of course be longer since the previous buses had all left (with a lesser load). Then you go through another round of queuing up to see whether you can get on the 1st bus or not.
This is what happen to me when the trains frequencies drop to 5minutes on that fateful morning with no explanation given. Given that I only need 30minutes to reach office every morning, it took me around 50minutes on that morning. And my office is only 4 stations away from our house. I cannot imagine how I am going to continue the journey towards town should I worked there.
Imagined my fury when I read the news that every morning that my transport minister makes a comment that we must accept that the train breaks down once in a while since it is aging. Dude, so what are the maintenance team for? Aging is not an excuse, this is why maintenance is crucial.
I can accept if this happens once in a while. But to have it as frequent or even more frequent as my period is just unacceptable. To add salt on the wound, our fares will be raise from April onwards and you hope that we can live with the poor service with the fare increase and keep quiet. How nice.
Do not tell us how you feel our frustrations till you need to take the transport like us daily. Consumers do have a right to request for better service for what they pay for don't they? They do not pay more HOPING that a better service will be delivered (Didn't happen with the past few increase).
Told Mr Love to be prepared as I reckon there might be a train/track fault this morning. Then he pointed out the screen that my direction train seems to be slower today too with 5 minutes interval.
True enough when I reached the platform, there was a long queue of passengers waiting for the train. As time passes the queue got so long that it stretches to the platform doors of the other direction. Even the train finally arrives 5 minutes later it was so packed that only the 1st 2 person in the queue manages to squeeze in but with much difficulty. You can literally see their faces squashed against the train door as it closes.
The same thing happens for the next 2 trains that arrives 5minutes apart later, all packed to the brim. I am only able to board the 4th train that comes though its also by squeezing my way in. When it reached the next station, the platforms are threatening to burst with passengers as this station serves 3 areas' residents namely Choa Chu Kang, Teck Whye and Bukit Panjang.
As we pulled away from the station, you can see the frustrated faces of those who are not able to board. The thing is, there is no announcement at the stations on why the train frequencies are much slower this morning. It is as if that every thing is working normally though you can see a huge crowd forming on the platform.
The thing about the train operators? I think they do not respond fast enough when something happens. They usually wait for the situation to get out of control before starting to give a bit of information here and there.
But it is just not good enough for the thousands who are rushing to work. Some of them might have trouble explaining to their bosses why they are late for work, while some might have their pay deducted(think Japanese companies). In my humble opinion, it's like the train operators do not give a damn on the inconvenience they have caused and conveniently wanna increase the fares every now and then.
One might argued that 5minutes delay on the train is nothing. But only those who are taking the transport can feel the effect.
A 5minute delay means that those who are planning to take the train say 3minutes before me are struck on the platform. Which will effectively puts me at the 5th or 6th position in the queue instead of 1st or 2nd position like I always take at the same timing. And this is the same for every station that the train stops before and after my stop.
For stations before me when the train is emptier, it would mean more passengers can board the train thus making it fully pack when it stops at my station. Since ours is a residential area, there are not much passengers getting off the train and hence not much space is free up for boarding. Only the 1st 2 in the queue at both sides of the door gets to board.
And you think this is it? Nope, the trains get struck at the station for a longer time too since many are trying to squeeze in and the train driver have a hard time trying to get clearance for closing the doors. This will lead to a even longer time for the train to move on to the next station.
I also noticed that when the train are more packed than usual, it tends to move slower (duh!) and again this adds on some more to our already longer travelling time.
Just as you reached your destination, you think all is over? Nope, this is only the start of another rat race. The queue at the exit will of course be longer since more are packed into this train. You take a longer time to exit the station. The walkway will be more crowded than usual and it takes a longer time for you to walk through the crowd.
Not to mention if you have to transfer to another bus (in my case) to your office, the queue will of course be longer since the previous buses had all left (with a lesser load). Then you go through another round of queuing up to see whether you can get on the 1st bus or not.
This is what happen to me when the trains frequencies drop to 5minutes on that fateful morning with no explanation given. Given that I only need 30minutes to reach office every morning, it took me around 50minutes on that morning. And my office is only 4 stations away from our house. I cannot imagine how I am going to continue the journey towards town should I worked there.
Imagined my fury when I read the news that every morning that my transport minister makes a comment that we must accept that the train breaks down once in a while since it is aging. Dude, so what are the maintenance team for? Aging is not an excuse, this is why maintenance is crucial.
I can accept if this happens once in a while. But to have it as frequent or even more frequent as my period is just unacceptable. To add salt on the wound, our fares will be raise from April onwards and you hope that we can live with the poor service with the fare increase and keep quiet. How nice.
Do not tell us how you feel our frustrations till you need to take the transport like us daily. Consumers do have a right to request for better service for what they pay for don't they? They do not pay more HOPING that a better service will be delivered (Didn't happen with the past few increase).
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Research in Progress-Naver Map
It seems that researching for Korea trip is much tougher than I though. Breezing through the Taiwan researchs, I had underestimate this time round. Simply cannot find the directions by entering in English or Chinese!! While Google map was a god sent for Taiwan research, the same cannot be said for Korea.
Nearly smashed my PC while trying to find my way to 1 particular place. And so, I read that Naver Map was gives more accurate directions than Google. The only drawback is, it is all in Korean. Faints.
And so armed with Google translate, I proceed to translate every word on the app so that I can familiarise myself with the app. It took me a good half an hour to find the directions from A to B.
If you need more options, click on the 9-green sqaure icon where the options will be expanded.
Here, you can select different mode of transport i.e Driving, bus, train.
After entering the address, the location will be shown on the map.
There are options to select this as Departure (Destination) or as Arrival.
There is also a "More" where you can see the bus services to the destination and the nearest Mrt station.
By selecting "Arrival"(Do Chag), a screen will appear with the address at the destination(bottom) field. Then enter the staring point (in Korean)
By setting as "Departure" (Chul Bal), a screen will appear with the address at the starting point (top) field. Then enter the destination in the bottom field.
Once both starting point and destination are entered, if the addresses are valid, there will be selection for train, driving, cycle or walking routes to select.
Since I have entered starting point from a MRT station, I choose the walking route.
Nearly smashed my PC while trying to find my way to 1 particular place. And so, I read that Naver Map was gives more accurate directions than Google. The only drawback is, it is all in Korean. Faints.
And so armed with Google translate, I proceed to translate every word on the app so that I can familiarise myself with the app. It took me a good half an hour to find the directions from A to B.
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| To enter the address |
Here, you can select different mode of transport i.e Driving, bus, train.
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| Selection of options |
There are options to select this as Departure (Destination) or as Arrival.
There is also a "More" where you can see the bus services to the destination and the nearest Mrt station.
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| Search results |
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| By selecting "More" |
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| Select as destination |
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| Set as starting point |
Since I have entered starting point from a MRT station, I choose the walking route.
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| Search results |
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| Walking route |
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| Walking instructions |
Monday, 17 February 2014
Prawn Noodle Soup with Porkribs (排骨虾面汤）
Was asking Mr Love how he wants the prawns I brought for CNY to be cooked and he suggested prawn noodles.
So Prawn noodles it is.
Here my version :
Ingredients
12 Tiger prawns (deshell and devein)
350g of pork ribs
2 small packets of egg noodles
2 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon of olive oil
3 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
3 tablespoon of light soy sauce
5pieces of rock sugar
2.5litres of water
30g ikan bills (dried anchovies)
Black pepper
Save the prawn heads and shells from the tiger prawns. Additionally, I used the heads and shells of another 12 small grey prawns (but I freeze the prawn for next cooking). These are for cooking the broth.
Cooking methods:
Heat up the pan with 1 tablespoon of Olive oil, add in garlic slices and fry till fragrant. Then add in the heads and shells and stir fry till the head and shells turn into a deep shade of red. Add in the rock sugar in between frying. We added in a bit of grind black pepper to stir fry.
Blanched the pork ribs and place it under running cold water to wash away the blood clots and dirt.
Bring to boil the water with the fried prawn heads and shells, blanched pork ribs and ikan bills. Lower and the heat and allow it to simmer for 3hours. In between, I skim off the floating form occasionally.
When ready to serve :
Bring a pot of water to boil, cook the egg noodles for 3 minutes and drain off the water. Place the noodles under cold running water. Divide the noodles to desirable portions into bowls.
Remove the prawn heads, shells, ikan bills and pork ribs from the broth. Set aside the pork ribs for serving later.
Turn up the heat to boil the broth and add in the dark soy sauce and light soy sauce to taste.
Add in the tiger prawns to cook for 3mins. Set aside the prawns for serving later.
Add the broth to the noodles and add in the pork ribs and prawns for serving.
Verdict:
The broth was thick and good and because I went easy on the the soy sauces, Mr Love commented that it was not salty. Pork ribs was over cooked or rather the pork was over cooked. And we forgot to buy lean mean to add in.
Overall, it was consider a success. But don't think we will be cooking on regular basis as this is a sinful dish and is high in cholesterol.
So Prawn noodles it is.
Here my version :
Ingredients
12 Tiger prawns (deshell and devein)
350g of pork ribs
2 small packets of egg noodles
2 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon of olive oil
3 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
3 tablespoon of light soy sauce
5pieces of rock sugar
2.5litres of water
30g ikan bills (dried anchovies)
Black pepper
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| My deshell, devein tiger prawns |
Save the prawn heads and shells from the tiger prawns. Additionally, I used the heads and shells of another 12 small grey prawns (but I freeze the prawn for next cooking). These are for cooking the broth.
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| Prawn heads and shells for the broth |
Heat up the pan with 1 tablespoon of Olive oil, add in garlic slices and fry till fragrant. Then add in the heads and shells and stir fry till the head and shells turn into a deep shade of red. Add in the rock sugar in between frying. We added in a bit of grind black pepper to stir fry.
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| Frying prawn shells and heads |
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| Blanched pork ribs |
When ready to serve :
Bring a pot of water to boil, cook the egg noodles for 3 minutes and drain off the water. Place the noodles under cold running water. Divide the noodles to desirable portions into bowls.
Remove the prawn heads, shells, ikan bills and pork ribs from the broth. Set aside the pork ribs for serving later.
Turn up the heat to boil the broth and add in the dark soy sauce and light soy sauce to taste.
Add in the tiger prawns to cook for 3mins. Set aside the prawns for serving later.
Add the broth to the noodles and add in the pork ribs and prawns for serving.
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| End product |
The broth was thick and good and because I went easy on the the soy sauces, Mr Love commented that it was not salty. Pork ribs was over cooked or rather the pork was over cooked. And we forgot to buy lean mean to add in.
Overall, it was consider a success. But don't think we will be cooking on regular basis as this is a sinful dish and is high in cholesterol.
Friday, 14 February 2014
Envy and you will lose(羡慕,你就输了）
I learn this phase while watching Cheongdamdong 111 haha and found it quite apt for today. Hehe.
Everyone in office was discussing how to celebrate V-day and conclusion is, no one is celebrating today. Hurhur.
In fact the women are comparing whose husband is the worse among us, no winner it seems as everyone's hubby is not doing anything today. Ditto for the male colleagues who didn't have any plans to surprise their wife either.
For my case, Mr Love made an effort to get off work early today and for the 1st time in 4months, we had our weekday dinner.
No flowers, no gifts and in fact we went to a coffee shop for our dinner as we reckon restaurant will be too full today and it's impossible to get a place without a booking.
Though there is no big celebrations for today (as usual) I felt happy that I finally get to eat dinner with Mr Love today.
Envy those with flowers and gifts? You will lose. Haha.
Happy Valentine's Day People!!
Everyone in office was discussing how to celebrate V-day and conclusion is, no one is celebrating today. Hurhur.
In fact the women are comparing whose husband is the worse among us, no winner it seems as everyone's hubby is not doing anything today. Ditto for the male colleagues who didn't have any plans to surprise their wife either.
For my case, Mr Love made an effort to get off work early today and for the 1st time in 4months, we had our weekday dinner.
No flowers, no gifts and in fact we went to a coffee shop for our dinner as we reckon restaurant will be too full today and it's impossible to get a place without a booking.
Though there is no big celebrations for today (as usual) I felt happy that I finally get to eat dinner with Mr Love today.
Envy those with flowers and gifts? You will lose. Haha.
Happy Valentine's Day People!!
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Happie Horse Year Day 12- Friends from Taiwan
Caught up with mummy's Taiwanese friends on Day 12 and had steamboat together. It's funny whEN we all became friends. Mummy cleans the house of the husband and befriended his wife who stayed here for a while.
I guess mummy mentioned too much about me in front of them and they sort of know me well. So it wasn't awkward when I was introduced to them 2 years back and they treated me like their little sister. So much so that when Mr Love and I went to Taiwan last year, the wife took time off her busy teaching schedule to bring us around Taichung.
It was their great hospitality that rubs on to me and I make it a point to arrange to meet them when the wife is in town. This will be our last meeting in Singapore as her husband is gonna be relocated back to Taiwan.
Had a great dinner catching up and making me promised that I will leave at least 2 days for them for my next Taiwan visit. Haha. And there the wife is, trying to discourage me to visit Korea this year and go back to Taiwan again. Haha
I might though, since Mr Love is more comfortable with Taiwan and there are still lots of places that we have not visit but nothing is confirmed at this point of time. Hehe
Happy New Year to 光宇哥 & 姗姗姐. All the best to both of you in Taiwan and see ya soon:)
I guess mummy mentioned too much about me in front of them and they sort of know me well. So it wasn't awkward when I was introduced to them 2 years back and they treated me like their little sister. So much so that when Mr Love and I went to Taiwan last year, the wife took time off her busy teaching schedule to bring us around Taichung.
It was their great hospitality that rubs on to me and I make it a point to arrange to meet them when the wife is in town. This will be our last meeting in Singapore as her husband is gonna be relocated back to Taiwan.
Had a great dinner catching up and making me promised that I will leave at least 2 days for them for my next Taiwan visit. Haha. And there the wife is, trying to discourage me to visit Korea this year and go back to Taiwan again. Haha
I might though, since Mr Love is more comfortable with Taiwan and there are still lots of places that we have not visit but nothing is confirmed at this point of time. Hehe
Happy New Year to 光宇哥 & 姗姗姐. All the best to both of you in Taiwan and see ya soon:)
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
I love Singlish
Working in a MNC, we have quite a huge presence of foreign colleagues and sometimes in midst of our conversation, we will use Singlish unknowingly.
Contrary to believe, many of the foreigners I came across were interested in our "language".
Was trying to explain certain Singlish words to a foreign colleague recently and realized we have quite an array of words.
Here are some I tried explaining and it might not be the most correct way:
1). Ah-Bu-Den (If not what?)
This is used when you are asking someone an obvious question and if you get this as an answer, then the person is asking you, else what do you think? Similar to duh.
2). Or-Bi-Good (Serve you right)
This is commonly used when we were kids and complete with flapping your upper arms to outline how happy we are for the person to be in the undesirable situation.
3). Pai-Jiao aka Shoot bird(crossed eye)
This is to describe someone who did not take aim properly usually during games where you need take aim and missed.
4).CMI
Short form of Cannot Make It. As the word suggest, it is to describe someone who cannot meet the mark in a negative way.
5). Arrow
This is commonly used at workplace where we describe someone getting unfavorable tasks.
6). Eat Snake
To skive
7). Pattern more than badminton
It essentially describes someone who has a lot of actions while performing some work or task(in Singapore/ Malaysia we refer actions as patterns). "More than badminton" is added as it rhymes with "Pattern". Pattern can also be used to describe the way one carries him or her self.
8). Fly Aeroplane / Pilot
Fly aeroplane refers to one backing out of a meeting/gathering at last minute. A pilot is the person who backs out of the meeting/gathering (one who flies aeroplane).
These are the few Singlish words I taught my foreign counterpart who were more than happy to learn and apply it the 1st chance they had.
Welcome to Singapore.
Contrary to believe, many of the foreigners I came across were interested in our "language".
Was trying to explain certain Singlish words to a foreign colleague recently and realized we have quite an array of words.
Here are some I tried explaining and it might not be the most correct way:
1). Ah-Bu-Den (If not what?)
This is used when you are asking someone an obvious question and if you get this as an answer, then the person is asking you, else what do you think? Similar to duh.
2). Or-Bi-Good (Serve you right)
This is commonly used when we were kids and complete with flapping your upper arms to outline how happy we are for the person to be in the undesirable situation.
3). Pai-Jiao aka Shoot bird(crossed eye)
This is to describe someone who did not take aim properly usually during games where you need take aim and missed.
4).CMI
Short form of Cannot Make It. As the word suggest, it is to describe someone who cannot meet the mark in a negative way.
5). Arrow
This is commonly used at workplace where we describe someone getting unfavorable tasks.
6). Eat Snake
To skive
7). Pattern more than badminton
It essentially describes someone who has a lot of actions while performing some work or task(in Singapore/ Malaysia we refer actions as patterns). "More than badminton" is added as it rhymes with "Pattern". Pattern can also be used to describe the way one carries him or her self.
8). Fly Aeroplane / Pilot
Fly aeroplane refers to one backing out of a meeting/gathering at last minute. A pilot is the person who backs out of the meeting/gathering (one who flies aeroplane).
These are the few Singlish words I taught my foreign counterpart who were more than happy to learn and apply it the 1st chance they had.
Welcome to Singapore.
Monday, 10 February 2014
Safe trip back..
In a blink of eyes, Bestie is going back to Glasgow with her baker and my god son. Feels weird to wish her a safe trip home since her home is here. Haha.
So I shall wish you all a safe trip back! Be safe and take care there. Hoping to have you all back at year end.
So sorry that I missed god son's 1st Bday party, I promised I will take another day off to accompany him on your next trip back and make up for my absence the other day.
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Till then baby and Bestie, remember to train him to call "干妈"
So I shall wish you all a safe trip back! Be safe and take care there. Hoping to have you all back at year end.
So sorry that I missed god son's 1st Bday party, I promised I will take another day off to accompany him on your next trip back and make up for my absence the other day.
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Till then baby and Bestie, remember to train him to call "干妈"
Sunday, 9 February 2014
Happie Horse Year Day 9- Gathering @ Mr Love's ex-colleague house
Mr Love's ex colleague was nice enough to invite us to their CNY gathering and he had a great time catching up with them
I had a good time too, eating and chatting with the kids. Haha
I had a good time too, eating and chatting with the kids. Haha
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| Group photo |
Saturday, 8 February 2014
The Perfect Husband/wife
The other day Mr Love was telling me that when his colleague learnt that he didn't celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary and instead worked OT, she commented that " You all Singaporean Men are all the same, lucky your wife is a Malaysian". Haha That pisses Mr Love off a bit.
He didn't bother to explain to her(a Malaysian) that 1). His wife me, is a true blue Singaporean. My mum WAS a Malaysian who took up our citizenship. 2). His Singaporean wife is equally bad since she forgot about the date and happily agreed to meeting her sisters when they suggested this date. 3). We totally never had any plans to celebrate, we were more into our ROM anniversary where it marks the day we legally became husband and wife.
It brought us to the topic of finding the perfect man or woman to spend your lifetime with. Often many would associate Singaporean man to unromantic, stingy, not sensitive to women's feeling while Singaporean women are often labelled as materialistic.
But I do see a lot of cases around me that couple who are both Singaporean got married and lived happily. In fact, most of the divorced cases around me arises from 1 partner coming from another country.
For example in my case, I do have a outline of what my dream man is. But in reality, the guy I chose to spend my life with is no where near my perfect man.
1). I always hoped to find someone to love reading as much as me. We do not need to like the same genre. Thus the bookshop is 1 of my favourite haunts. Contrary to me, Mr Love hates reading. He would look like I brought him to a grave yard whenever I wanna go shop at a bookshop. This explains why I have never been to the famous 24 hrs Eslite Bookshop in Taipei though we have been to Taipei thrice.
2). I adore Chinese, Japanese and Korea cuisine but Mr Love is more into western food or anything fried for that matter. Thus when we go for meals, we struggled to find a balancing point sometime. Many a time, it ended up 1 party giving in to the other party's craving.
3). I love watching TV Serials, listening to music. My man only watches Discovery channel which puts me to sleep. Thank god for Hp apps, he can hogged the tv while I watch running man on my phone. He didn't figure out why I love watching Korean Tv serials while I cannot understand the language. I didn't bother to explain it too.
4). I always thought Mr Love was a god sent angel for shopping. He would (before marriage) shop with me, give constructive ideas on the items I wanna buy. After marriage however, everything changed. He now would park himself somewhere in the shop all the while looking at his HP and not bother with what I chose. I think he would be upgrading to standing outside the shop soon (which pisses me off big time). So now either I don't do my clothes shopping with him or I would shop if something really catches my attention. Thanks to him, I am a super fast shopper now but I am not an indecisive shopper to start with either.
5). You know girls who always say flowers are a waste of monies but secretly love receiving them? I belong to that category. Haha. I mean who will not love receiving flowers? But after receiving, you cannot help but feel the heartache of the cost of the flowers? Haha. Believe it or not. My dear husband gave me flowers on 4 occasion throughout our going 13 years of relationship. 1st time- 1st V-day we spent together. 2nd time- Our ROM bouquet. 3rd time- 1st V-day after our wedding. 4th time - The calla Lilies that I forced him to pay when we went up YMS in Taiwan. He keep repeating that I told him before flowers are a waste of monies. Nice, and I wonder how come he did not remember that I told him I love Miu Miu bags?
6). I always hope to watch the stars under the skies on board a cruise with my love one since I find it super nice and romantic when I watched it alone while we were on a family trip when I was young. Mr Love shot that idea down flatly by telling me that cruises are boring. N.I.C.E I guess he totally don't get the romantic part that I was telling him.
7). Who would not wish your partner would know you inside out? Know why you are angry/sad at the moment and say some comforting words to you? He always need me to tell him what is bothering him and if I say "nothing", he would really take my word for it though he knew something is definitely was wrong somewhere. I had given up the hope of him guessing my mood now and would tell him point blank where the problems lies. It does help that I am a bit of the frank side but of course I do hope he would make some effort sometimes. Oh well.
Despite him not fitting into any of my "dream criteria" (and me not fitting into many of his), I still feel that marrying him is one of the best decisions I ever made.
From the many years we had together, I realized there is no perfect man. It is how you tuned your expectations to either suit your partner or your partner make some changes to suit you. There is never right or wrong in love. There is only accepting each others flaw, seeing the better side of your partner, making the best out of the situation and adjusting yourself to suit it.
Of course it is easier said than done. Many a times, I do feel the strains and frustrations and would break but one trick that always make me calm down is I will always remind myself the reason why I chose him in the 1st place and all would be well at the end of the day.
He didn't bother to explain to her(a Malaysian) that 1). His wife me, is a true blue Singaporean. My mum WAS a Malaysian who took up our citizenship. 2). His Singaporean wife is equally bad since she forgot about the date and happily agreed to meeting her sisters when they suggested this date. 3). We totally never had any plans to celebrate, we were more into our ROM anniversary where it marks the day we legally became husband and wife.
It brought us to the topic of finding the perfect man or woman to spend your lifetime with. Often many would associate Singaporean man to unromantic, stingy, not sensitive to women's feeling while Singaporean women are often labelled as materialistic.
But I do see a lot of cases around me that couple who are both Singaporean got married and lived happily. In fact, most of the divorced cases around me arises from 1 partner coming from another country.
For example in my case, I do have a outline of what my dream man is. But in reality, the guy I chose to spend my life with is no where near my perfect man.
1). I always hoped to find someone to love reading as much as me. We do not need to like the same genre. Thus the bookshop is 1 of my favourite haunts. Contrary to me, Mr Love hates reading. He would look like I brought him to a grave yard whenever I wanna go shop at a bookshop. This explains why I have never been to the famous 24 hrs Eslite Bookshop in Taipei though we have been to Taipei thrice.
2). I adore Chinese, Japanese and Korea cuisine but Mr Love is more into western food or anything fried for that matter. Thus when we go for meals, we struggled to find a balancing point sometime. Many a time, it ended up 1 party giving in to the other party's craving.
3). I love watching TV Serials, listening to music. My man only watches Discovery channel which puts me to sleep. Thank god for Hp apps, he can hogged the tv while I watch running man on my phone. He didn't figure out why I love watching Korean Tv serials while I cannot understand the language. I didn't bother to explain it too.
4). I always thought Mr Love was a god sent angel for shopping. He would (before marriage) shop with me, give constructive ideas on the items I wanna buy. After marriage however, everything changed. He now would park himself somewhere in the shop all the while looking at his HP and not bother with what I chose. I think he would be upgrading to standing outside the shop soon (which pisses me off big time). So now either I don't do my clothes shopping with him or I would shop if something really catches my attention. Thanks to him, I am a super fast shopper now but I am not an indecisive shopper to start with either.
5). You know girls who always say flowers are a waste of monies but secretly love receiving them? I belong to that category. Haha. I mean who will not love receiving flowers? But after receiving, you cannot help but feel the heartache of the cost of the flowers? Haha. Believe it or not. My dear husband gave me flowers on 4 occasion throughout our going 13 years of relationship. 1st time- 1st V-day we spent together. 2nd time- Our ROM bouquet. 3rd time- 1st V-day after our wedding. 4th time - The calla Lilies that I forced him to pay when we went up YMS in Taiwan. He keep repeating that I told him before flowers are a waste of monies. Nice, and I wonder how come he did not remember that I told him I love Miu Miu bags?
6). I always hope to watch the stars under the skies on board a cruise with my love one since I find it super nice and romantic when I watched it alone while we were on a family trip when I was young. Mr Love shot that idea down flatly by telling me that cruises are boring. N.I.C.E I guess he totally don't get the romantic part that I was telling him.
7). Who would not wish your partner would know you inside out? Know why you are angry/sad at the moment and say some comforting words to you? He always need me to tell him what is bothering him and if I say "nothing", he would really take my word for it though he knew something is definitely was wrong somewhere. I had given up the hope of him guessing my mood now and would tell him point blank where the problems lies. It does help that I am a bit of the frank side but of course I do hope he would make some effort sometimes. Oh well.
Despite him not fitting into any of my "dream criteria" (and me not fitting into many of his), I still feel that marrying him is one of the best decisions I ever made.
From the many years we had together, I realized there is no perfect man. It is how you tuned your expectations to either suit your partner or your partner make some changes to suit you. There is never right or wrong in love. There is only accepting each others flaw, seeing the better side of your partner, making the best out of the situation and adjusting yourself to suit it.
Of course it is easier said than done. Many a times, I do feel the strains and frustrations and would break but one trick that always make me calm down is I will always remind myself the reason why I chose him in the 1st place and all would be well at the end of the day.
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Happie Horse Year 2014 Day 4- Day out with Bestie and god son
Bestie came back from Glasgow with her Baker & My god son for this CNY and we took the chance to arrange a day's out. Since she have only 10days here, we arranged way beforehand on my slot to meet up and luckily for both of us, my leave was approved.
And so after changing 300 times (what's new for Bestie), we finally meet up in West Gate. God son's reaction was not what I expected. He cried loudly when I greeted them. Faints. Later Bestie explained that he is crying from hunger and that makes me feel a little tad better.
After feeding him, we move on to walk around the mall till it is time for Bestie to go for her appointment. I find her amazingly braved. She is braved enough to consider leaving god son with me for no fear that her son would cry himself hoarse without seeing her.
We tried to get him to familiarize with me by having me pushing him around as we walked. It worked for a while till he sees him mum and start whining. Bestie practices "Out of sight, out of mind". It kinda work and Bestie slip off to her appointment, leaving me with God son.
And so we begin our bonding time which essentially is me pushing him around the whole level while he takes in the sights along the way. Poor baby, he was so tired that he fell asleep resting his head on the handle. I didn't realized initially but later I confirmed he fell asleep by checking his reflection. Haha
I didn't dare to stop even though he fell sleep and so continued walking round the level while waiting for Bestie. She returned after 45min and we moved on to lunch. Luckily for us, baby sleep all the way while we were having lunch, catching up. It was only after our lunch then he woke up. Good boy indeed.
Baby woke up in a good mood and we moved on to find a place for him to have lunch. After which, he look happy enough to allow me to carry and pose with me. So happy!! He was quite a worm though, had a hard time trying to contain him. Haha But the last time I carried him, he was still 6months old and only rests his head on my shoulder. Now, it is difficult to get a clear shot of him not to mention resting on my shoulder. Haha.
We then took the train to Bugis to do some shopping. The talkative boy was chatting up ladies on his way to town. Haha You can feel his good mood after a nap and meal plus going out. Perhaps Glasgow is not as crowded as Singapore and thus god son had a field day trying to take in every thing that comes into his sight.
After shopping, we settled down for coffee and god son was cranky again. No matter how I tired to pacify him, he is still cranky. Haha Bestie said he is sleepy again and I suggested to use the old way.to make him sleep. I ended up pushing him around the level again and he fell asleep son after giving time for Bestie and I to chat again.
Am so glad that we managed to spend some quality time together. Though we still keep in touch via whatsapp and skype but it is not the same as seeing each other physically. Of course, I am happy to have my god son undivided attention for a few hours. Hopefully when he returns from UK during year end, he would be able to greet me "Godma" :)
And so after changing 300 times (what's new for Bestie), we finally meet up in West Gate. God son's reaction was not what I expected. He cried loudly when I greeted them. Faints. Later Bestie explained that he is crying from hunger and that makes me feel a little tad better.
After feeding him, we move on to walk around the mall till it is time for Bestie to go for her appointment. I find her amazingly braved. She is braved enough to consider leaving god son with me for no fear that her son would cry himself hoarse without seeing her.
We tried to get him to familiarize with me by having me pushing him around as we walked. It worked for a while till he sees him mum and start whining. Bestie practices "Out of sight, out of mind". It kinda work and Bestie slip off to her appointment, leaving me with God son.
And so we begin our bonding time which essentially is me pushing him around the whole level while he takes in the sights along the way. Poor baby, he was so tired that he fell asleep resting his head on the handle. I didn't realized initially but later I confirmed he fell asleep by checking his reflection. Haha
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| Fell sleep on the handle |
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| Still looking for mummy while falling sleeping |
Baby woke up in a good mood and we moved on to find a place for him to have lunch. After which, he look happy enough to allow me to carry and pose with me. So happy!! He was quite a worm though, had a hard time trying to contain him. Haha But the last time I carried him, he was still 6months old and only rests his head on my shoulder. Now, it is difficult to get a clear shot of him not to mention resting on my shoulder. Haha.
We then took the train to Bugis to do some shopping. The talkative boy was chatting up ladies on his way to town. Haha You can feel his good mood after a nap and meal plus going out. Perhaps Glasgow is not as crowded as Singapore and thus god son had a field day trying to take in every thing that comes into his sight.
After shopping, we settled down for coffee and god son was cranky again. No matter how I tired to pacify him, he is still cranky. Haha Bestie said he is sleepy again and I suggested to use the old way.to make him sleep. I ended up pushing him around the level again and he fell asleep son after giving time for Bestie and I to chat again.
Am so glad that we managed to spend some quality time together. Though we still keep in touch via whatsapp and skype but it is not the same as seeing each other physically. Of course, I am happy to have my god son undivided attention for a few hours. Hopefully when he returns from UK during year end, he would be able to greet me "Godma" :)
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Perspective
You know when people say marriage isn't about you marrying the person you love, it's marrying into their whole extended family, culture, flaws and many more which comes as a "whole package"? I wasn't sure what was it about till I got married.
Actually I wasn't even convinced I should accept the whole package. Afterall, it is even difficult to adapt to coping with one person's (your spouse) different culture. What's more with the whole family. And so I learn and tried my best to fit in. Like my blog title suggest, marriage is the beginning of a long long learning journey, there seems to be a new thing to learn now and then.
For example this morning, we received a call from Mr Love's side asking whether did we gave the wrong ang bao without mentioning which ang bao it is. Immediately, Mr Love got scared and woke me up and asked. I tried my best to recall whether did I mixed up while giving out the ang baos. But I am pretty sure I didn't since I segregate the ang baos amount according to different ang baos designs.
He called and checked and was told that the person in question is puzzled why the ang bao value is substantially smaller this year. I was like "Huh? This kind of things you can ask de ar?" My mummy had taught me to accept what is given to me no matter the amount. Here we are, having someone questioning us upfront no less about the decrease in the amount.
Wah Seh. I AM IMPRESSED.
My cute hubby still turned and asked me on the amount which I replied and not forgetting to remind him that it was HIM who told me to prepare this amount when I checked with him during the preparations. So there, it is the correct amount as least to my understanding.
Of course he had his reasons in doing so. The recipient had stepped into the workforce last year and thus we agreed that can cut on the ang bao. Furthermore, I don't think we are obliged to give BIG amount every year.
Have it occured to you that Mr Love & I did not received any bonus for this new year and all the ang bao money, CNY goodies and including whatever we need for our household came entirely from our own savings?
I was actually pretty outrage by the questioning especially at 9am on 3rd day of CNY. Whatever happen to the teachings we have? Even when Mr Love was trying to console me that they were merely "just asking". I can see even he was not convinced and was upset on the whole issue. Thank you for just making our day bad.
I was never a believer of not giving too much so that people would not expect much more in future. I believe in giving within our means. If I can afford more this year yes, I would give more. But if it is not a good year for me, then I would have to work within my means.
In this case, it all seems to me that we cannot drop the value and only can increase which is of totally no senses to me. Seriously, even if you are just curious about it, you should have keep within yourselevs and gossip behind our back. I wouldn't mind since I wouldn't know too.
But to question us at 9am is outright RUDE. Even it is just asking or curious or whatever god damn reasons you have. Even I have given the wrong ang bao, do you expect me to exchange? What if I have accidentally give to the wrong person?
This is definitely one of the most exasperating time I had after 6years of marriage. It makes me look at things differently from now on and you cannot blame me for it.
Actually I wasn't even convinced I should accept the whole package. Afterall, it is even difficult to adapt to coping with one person's (your spouse) different culture. What's more with the whole family. And so I learn and tried my best to fit in. Like my blog title suggest, marriage is the beginning of a long long learning journey, there seems to be a new thing to learn now and then.
For example this morning, we received a call from Mr Love's side asking whether did we gave the wrong ang bao without mentioning which ang bao it is. Immediately, Mr Love got scared and woke me up and asked. I tried my best to recall whether did I mixed up while giving out the ang baos. But I am pretty sure I didn't since I segregate the ang baos amount according to different ang baos designs.
He called and checked and was told that the person in question is puzzled why the ang bao value is substantially smaller this year. I was like "Huh? This kind of things you can ask de ar?" My mummy had taught me to accept what is given to me no matter the amount. Here we are, having someone questioning us upfront no less about the decrease in the amount.
Wah Seh. I AM IMPRESSED.
My cute hubby still turned and asked me on the amount which I replied and not forgetting to remind him that it was HIM who told me to prepare this amount when I checked with him during the preparations. So there, it is the correct amount as least to my understanding.
Of course he had his reasons in doing so. The recipient had stepped into the workforce last year and thus we agreed that can cut on the ang bao. Furthermore, I don't think we are obliged to give BIG amount every year.
Have it occured to you that Mr Love & I did not received any bonus for this new year and all the ang bao money, CNY goodies and including whatever we need for our household came entirely from our own savings?
I was actually pretty outrage by the questioning especially at 9am on 3rd day of CNY. Whatever happen to the teachings we have? Even when Mr Love was trying to console me that they were merely "just asking". I can see even he was not convinced and was upset on the whole issue. Thank you for just making our day bad.
I was never a believer of not giving too much so that people would not expect much more in future. I believe in giving within our means. If I can afford more this year yes, I would give more. But if it is not a good year for me, then I would have to work within my means.
In this case, it all seems to me that we cannot drop the value and only can increase which is of totally no senses to me. Seriously, even if you are just curious about it, you should have keep within yourselevs and gossip behind our back. I wouldn't mind since I wouldn't know too.
But to question us at 9am is outright RUDE. Even it is just asking or curious or whatever god damn reasons you have. Even I have given the wrong ang bao, do you expect me to exchange? What if I have accidentally give to the wrong person?
This is definitely one of the most exasperating time I had after 6years of marriage. It makes me look at things differently from now on and you cannot blame me for it.
Current Looping Song- Imagine by CNBLUE
V-day is around the corner and I found 1 song which is pretty apt for the occassion hence the looping of this song. Love the guitar part.
I am not sure whether the lyrics are true to the translation but then it's pretty difficult to translate totally from 1 language to another to reflect their original meanings isn't it? But even with these translations, the song itself is sweet so not knowing the exact meaning works perfectly fine for me.
Neol cheoum bon sungan kkumin geot gatasseo
I am not sure whether the lyrics are true to the translation but then it's pretty difficult to translate totally from 1 language to another to reflect their original meanings isn't it? But even with these translations, the song itself is sweet so not knowing the exact meaning works perfectly fine for me.
Neol cheoum bon sungan kkumin geot gatasseo
(The momeent I first saw you was like a dream)
Cheonsacheorum yebbun nae miso ddaemune
(Because your smile was so pretty like an angel)
Keureon naega naui sarangi dwimyun eoddeolkka
(How would it feel if you were to be my Love?)
Sangsangmaneurodo haengbokhae jinun geol
(Just imagine it makes me happy)
Hanjjokssik ieopon sai joke nanugo
(We would share each side of the earphone together)
Balgeun haessal badeumyeo barabomyeo na utgo
(You would smile at me with the bright sunshine shining on us)
Namdeul siseon ddawin singyeong kkeo na naman bogiedo sigan akkawo
(Not worrying about the glances from others, time is too precious to waste even if you are looking at me)
I’ll let you know
Naneun neoreul sangsanghae nareul bomyeo utneun
( I imagine you smiling at me)
Neoreul sangsanghae nae son jabajuneun neol Oh oh
(I imagine you holding my hand, Oh oh)
Mabeobeul georeo nae sarangi doegil
(I cast a spell on you, for you to be my love)
Neoreul sangsanghae nae pumeseo jamdeun
(I imagine you sleeping in my arms)
Neoreul sangsanghae naege kiseuhaneun neol Oh oh
(I imagine you kissing me, oh oh)
Dalkomhan sangsangeul hae
(What a sweet imagination)
Pureuneondeok wie hayan jibeul jitgo
(Building a white house on the green hill)
Noran geunereul taneun uri durui moseub Oh
(There we are playing on the yellow swings, Oh)
Moning keopireul jumyeo achimeul kkaeuneun neoreul
(Waking you up as I give you morning coffee)
Sangsangmaneurodo haengbokhae jineun geol
(Just imagine it makes me happy)
Naneun neoreul sangsanghae nareul bomyeo utneun
( I imagine you smiling at me)
Neoreul sangsanghae nae son jabajuneun neol Oh oh
(I imagine you holding my hand, Oh oh)
Mabeobeul georeo nae sarangi doegil
(I cast a spell on you, for you to be my love)
Neoreul sangsanghae nae pumeseo jamdeun
(I imagine you sleeping in my arms)
Neoreul sangsanghae naege kiseuhaneun neol Oh oh
(I imagine you kissing me, oh oh)
Dalkomhan sangsangeul hae
(What a sweet imagination)
Dalkomhan sangsangeul hae gureumeul geotneundaneun yuchihan sangsanggwaneun dalla
(A sweet imagination, it's different from corny ones like walking on the clouds)
Nae ne beonjjae songaragi naege malhane
(My fourth finger is telling me)
Hyeonsiriraneun ge kkumgata kkumi anin ge kkumgata
(The fact that this is reality is like a dream, this dream isn't like a dream)
Nega nae sarangiraneun ge nan neomu kkumgata
(The fact that I am loving you feels like a dream for me)
Maeil sangsanghae neowa hamkkehaneun
(Everyday I imagine being with you)
Nareul sangsanghae neoreul anajuneun nal Oh oh
(I imagine myself hugging you, oh oh)
(I imagine myself hugging you, oh oh)
Hwangholhan sangsangeul hae
(I imagine ecstatic things)
(I imagine ecstatic things)
Maeil urireul sangsanghae seoro banjjok doeneun
(I imagine us everyday being each other's half)
(I imagine us everyday being each other's half)
Urireul sangsanghae seoro darmaganeun geol Oh oh
(I imagine us resembling each other oh oh)
(I imagine us resembling each other oh oh)
Naui kkumdeuri irueojigireul
(Hoping that all my dreams will come true)
(Hoping that all my dreams will come true)
Naneun neoreul saranghae nae sarangi doeeojwo
(I love you, please be my love)
Neoreul saranghae yonggi nae gobaekhalge Oh oh
(I love you, I will confess to you with my courage oh oh)
You’re my imagine love yeah
Saturday, 1 February 2014
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