Return of crazy week

Its the return of crazy work week..agggrrrr...Being a short month and with CNY holidays falling in this month, our working days are cut short. Not that I am complaining, but time is realli not on our side, luck isnt too.

My IT programmer who is employed help to sovle the system problems tat occurs after splitting of data from our sister company is not able to solve the problems. Results of this? I have to do manual data entry. Which means, I try to download whatever I can and pluck into the report format than go thru the entries 1 by 1 to fill in the empty details by referring back to our accounting system, you guess it 1 by 1 too.

How time consuming can it get? On top of it, I rushing out the payroll and taxes of Msian crews which are essential for their payroll. The worst thing is, there is alot of transferring of staff in between vessels and I need to ensure I pay the correct amount to them in 1 account as it makes no sense to pay to same account twice for different vessels.

The coordination, the amendments, the finalising took a long time. I was tired out by the whole thing.In view of my up coming vacation, I would need to rush to clear as much work as I can to ensure my back log would not flood me to death when I come back.

Aggrrr..headache as I type out this post. 1 more day to my NZ GST deadline...

Chinese New Year Day 14

It has been a busy Chinese New Year this year, all those visiting, eating, gathering, catching up. So much so that I haven found time to visit my newly born god son..Bleah...

Anyways, yest was our ex STE kakis annual gathering, it was the smallest of all year this time, with Chris calling in sick (dun wanna to spread to the kids), Xiong last min pull out with no reason (hmmmffff) and Shu Shu's lack of interest to attend due to a misunderstanding. Its is down to Jie Jie and me to go down to Didi's hse..

Was not happie with the attendance at all, especially didi & Aud woke up at 6.30am to do marketing, cracking their heads over what to buy, its a let down to the hosts, not to mentioned rude by pulling out at the eleventh hour.

Nevertheless, we went ahead with the plans, not wanting to spoil the mood. Arrived at 4pm since Didi asked me to babysit his son so that he & Aud can rest abit. Jie Jie aso reached early as she have to leave at 6.30pm for a 2nd round.

My cute Nephew-Isaiah

Man, my nephew is cute to the max!!! At 5 months, he can goo goo ahh ahh when I talked to him, many a times, he would rest his head on my breasts as in wanting milk(haha), or when I carried him in a upright position, he would place his hands on my breasts and pinching/squeezing it abit..

See his glance-迷死人！！

His mum was horrified by his actions, whahah saying that he took after his father..

In contrast of the scary stories I heard bout him being grumpy, he was a gem throughout my whole visit. He dun mind we taking turns to carrying him, looking at us intently with his big round eyes as we tok, making noise occasionally when he wanted attention. Even fell aslp twice as he was tired from waking up early.

We had our little hot pot gathering in peace as he was sleeping half the time or sitting with us quietly as we chatted over dinner.

Looking curiously into the basket of veggies

Still looking

Due to the absence of the guys, there were quite a lot of food left, doesnt help that Jie Jie is a small eater, luckily, Didi had a guy fwen over who helped to clear quite a bit of the food but still I heard, there was half left in the fridge. Even I was paiseh as I had initiated this gathering but the attendance was disappointing.

Our improvised hotpot- A rice cooker

I stayed on to help pull the little guy to sleep while didi chat with his fwen. Had a long chat with Aud on my miscariage, her miscarriages, challenges to adapt to motherhood and of cuz complaints about our hubs.It was as goood 2hrs chat, hoped that I helped to clear some of her issues too. Its never easy to be a wife, mother and daughter in law at the same time but I think she did a good job.

His mum trying to make him show fingers to the 2 uncles who pangseh us..

Huh?

GONG XI GONG XI GONG XI NI..

Went home ard 10pm when Mr Love picked me up after his gathering at Boon's place. Was tired and aching all over from carrying the little 1 for prolonged hours. Till the next time then. I oredi miss my little nephew. hee.

Bath time!!

Spring I love you Best.

Another song from "A Gentlemen's diginity" from Big Baby driver..Love her singing!

I wish I had someone who suddenly arrive
And show me how the flowers grow and come out in winter field
I wish I had someone new tender to my heart
Someone who will share me precious time

Someday you will find me in the hands of wind
Somehow you will lead me to the warmer nights
Someday you will find me in the hands of wind
Somehow you will lead me to the warmer nights

If I had pretty spring at the corner of my heart
I will say goodbye to winter land, you so cruel the winter wind
and I will check the through the phone, the number is 131
Don’t you know the truth is in fine weather

(I love you best)
(I love you best)
Someday you (I love you best) will find me in the hands of wind
Somehow you (I love you best) will lead me to the warmer nights
Someday you (I love you best) will find me in the hands of wind
Somehow you (I love you best) will lead me to the warmer nights

Young or Old?

Yest was V-day and we didnt have any celebrations, past the dating stages, long into the married life, so ya, no more celebration..No really a bad thing though, still remember our early dating years, when we will go for a celebration only to find ourselves squeezing/fightin with other couples for a place to eat.

Since we take dinner almost daily together, there is no difference between V-day dinner or normal dinner.

 Anyways, mummy told me a joke yest. She went dinner with my old bean (daddy) and saw a handful of gals holding flowers on the way. She told old bean tat hubs & I would be somewhere celebrating V-day(wrong!) and he would have given me flowers(wrong again!). She was whinning that she got nothing on V-day (hur hur).

Then they past a florist in Lot 1 after dinner. Remembering her words, my old bean went up to enquire the price of a bear holding 1 stalk of rose. He pointed to it and asked the sales girl "How much". The sales girl then took a look at him, ignored him and went to serve another customer.

Mummy nearly died of luffing there, she gotta pulled my old bean away before he flew into a rage at the sales who ignored him.

Mummy exact words to him is" she see u this old man asking, sure noe u ask for fun 1. Thats y ignored u lo.."I tink my old bean will neber attempt to buy flowers again..whahah

Ah Boys to Men...

I muz admit, I dun usually watch chinese movies in cinemas, will choose a Hollywood blockbuster over it any day, much less a local movie. Since hubs had heard very good reviews on this show, we decided to catch part 1..

It didnt disappoint us though, the show was hilarious and since its about the army, hubs can relate to the show better having serve in commando years back during active.

Part 1 was more about how the kid in the show feels about going for his national service and how he tried means and ways to get out of it, or serve with the least effort. They aso showed how the army was being run in the 1970s.Which is a far cry from the standards now.

Looking at this, hubs was neber angry at the fact that he needs to serve our army for 2yrs2mths, in fact I can still rememeber him being excited of being selected for commando unit. He was looking forward to serving..

Caught part 2 yesterday, in this sequel, they shed more lights on the training of modern days. How the soldiers deal with their training, get along with 1 another,how plp from all walks of life learnt to work as a team...

Looking at the part when 1 guy got dumped by his gf while in army makes me recall our dating days. Hubs was especially sticky to me. From the minute he booked out, right up to the minute he booked in, he wanted to stay close to me. Thus, typically my sat starts with staring into space in either Pasir Ris or Tampines library for hours while waitin for him to book out, make the journey back to his home with him, stayed at his place till sun and then travel to pasir ris with him again when he book in before returning home.

Never once in a wk, I skipped this routine. On wkday nights, he would called me on whatever little time he is allowed to make calls..Sometimes, he would have nothing much to tell me, but still I think its a relieve/assurance to him that I will be at the other end of the line, toking/listening to him..

2yrs n 2 mths passed juz like tat, looking back, it was a tiring period and I can feel how helpless he is about our relationship while in the army as there is only so much time he can spend with me. On the other hand, I can also sense that he is trying hard to get use to army life. Not known to be a sociable person, he now have to get use to stay together with total strangers 5 1/2 days per week. Learn with them, eat with them, shit with them, sleep with them, get scolding with them etc etc.

Its a sressful period for him too, trying to adjust to life inside and especially inside a commando camp no less. I can feel his sense of accomplishment on the day he got presented with his red beret, making him a full trained commando. Months of training, hundreds if not thousands of tots of giving up, he preserved till the end though his physical fitness is 1 of the poorer 1, he is still considered 1 of the weaker links till now..

I can still rememebered his commander's speech during his red beret ceremory, thanking his family members for their support and not forgetting the girlfriends who sticked with them during the training months. How true it is, for hubs had seen cases of breaking up during their training period, and every1 feared when would be their turn, no matter how confident you are in the relationship.To make things worst, their usual punishment during initial training stage is to book out late and book in early so that you will learnt to do your things well if you wan the extra time outside.

Ahh...The memories it brought back while watching the shows..The stories hubs would tell me every wkend if not nitez, the various trainings he would describe, his fear of going to his air borne course, I would had to listen intently to his stories as I am the only listener he has, he dun even share the stories with his brother, let alone, parents..I'm glad that I was part of his story while he was serving our army, glad that I get to see his changes from student to army guy to working adult to husband and hopefully a father.

The NS stories that every Singaporean son has to share is the stories of  tears, sweat and an important learning journey for them. I'm proud to say that my hubby had once served the elite forces of the army and made it thru their training :)

You are everywhere..

Fell in love with this song after watching "A gentlemen's Dignity". Had not watched Kdramas for a long time, concentrating on HKdramas instead. This is a muz watch!! 

I know something’s gone awry but I feel like going on
I know I could be wrong but I also could be right
And I feel the earth is turning faster before I saw you there
I feel the sky is spinning lighter before I saw you there
And I see the things are not the same again
Cause you’re here cause you’re there cause you’re everywhere
Now I know how my times can be still in the way
Hope this could last until we find brighter days
I know how my times can be still in the way
I hoping this could last until we fade away
I know something’s gone awry but I feel like going on
I know I need to say good bye for I’m off for the brand new days with you

Old wives' tales..

Being chinese, I should say we cannot avoid some superstitious beliefs, especially with our mums nagging beside us. I had 2, my own and my hubs' who passed their beliefs to me, hoping I can follow the customs.


米桶 aka rice container

We believe that rice container should be full so as to ensure that we have abundant rice to eat throughout the year. As we do not do much cooking, so I filled it to 3/4 full, okie la, at least did fill up rite?

My 3/4full 米桶

冰箱 aka fridge

Actually there is no old wives' tale to fill up the fridge I think, but then we muz at least store fish (年年有余）, chickie, met & seafood...Not sure of the meaning behind them but then, I did as wat I was told. Woke up at 6.30am 1 fine sat morning to do the marketing. A funnie sight though, walking in the wet markets with all the aunties..Man, I am an auntie now aso rite?

Tupperwares filled with the food I brought

 蒜

Its some onion like looking veggie that has the same prounication with "算" which means count in mandarin. By hanging 5 stalks (at the insistent of my 2 mum) it means get to count in hokkien. I took quite a long time to figure out where to hand them in my kitchen..hur hur...

Can you count 5 stalks of them?

Wardrobe

No 1 told me this, and I came up with it myself. heee... I make sure I did all the ironing and filled my wardrobe to its brim. To me, this has the same theory as the rice container, tat is to ensure I have abundant of clothes to wear throughout the year. This is especially important to me..hehehe..So there, I have just added 1 more tale to the old wives' tales.

My bursting wardrobe

Spring is coming....

In a blink of eyes, CNY is juz around the corner. January had past and the worst is over. I seriously did not know how I manage to got thru January. Bonus and increment came, not as good as expected but nevertheless thankful for the extra cash I got to spend for the upcoming new year.

The stress of work put a strain on me, so much so that I dun even want to face the PC when I got home and that explains the lack of post and any interesting things to blog about as its all about work and more work.

Preparing for CNY during the wkend makes me even more tired than work days. Endless washing, cleaning, ironing, tidying..Man, this once in a year job took me 4wkends and I am still able to find someting I had not done every time I walked ard the hse.

But we are excited this year, as this is the 1st year we are having the whole hse to us ever since we shifted in 5years ago and I went crazy in the buying the CNY goodies cuz finally I can place in the living room...whahaha and the both us grew fatter by eating them even before new year is here. hur hur so much for running..

 On a happier note, tix and hotels for Taiwan trip is booked and confirmed. It will be a bday trip again and our 5th yr wedding anniversary. I am going to see my long waited calla lilies...had always wanted to see them but hubs wun visit during spring becuz of not so cool weather..bleahh...

Okie, back to my spring cleaning plans..Ironing the new clothes up next!

Crazy week

Finally got to Friday, it's a super crazy wk. .in fact crazy was an understatement..My brain is totally fried and I wonder how much brain cells I have left..

Rushed to settle the Indonesia crew tax at the start of wk as I struggle to communicate with my indo counterparts..The worst thing is, there is a deadline for the submission and we need to be agreeable on the final figures to be submitted. .

Just as I finish the taxes, I moved on to the portage bills of the various vessels..Need to close for 6 vessels and to adjust the project crew costs accordingly. .if time is on my side I can go thru slowly but this mth, I simply feel like throwing the files away. .

Then came the bomb of project costs adjustment for the whole year for the crew. Not a difficult task, but definitely time consuming. The stress comes from the manager who keep getting his staff to check with me now & then on the progress. Though he's not aggressive, you can sense his anxiety in this matter. Aside from this, I still have my daily duties, plus need to handle the vessels' enquries now & then, thus it is not easy to fully concentrate on amending the costs.

Took me 3 full days to finish and came the scare of the daily costs going up instead of down. I nearly fainted when they show me the stats. Luckily, being in this position for half a yr and fully incharge of the chargings, I am able to explain my way out. Turns out that they had generate the comparision report b4 I closed the Dec 12 bills and after all my adjustment, it would be a full year report. Now, we are waiting for the manager to give the final verdict for he is the 1 who can assess to the data..

I then realised, despite clearing all the invoices last wk, there came a full stack this wk awaiting my attention. I dun even have the time to go thru and pick up the more urgent 1 to give them the due attention. 

I had initially planned to clear the petty cash by this wk, but it seems that I can onli start on Mon afternoon after I have finish closing my portage bills which is required for my FM to submit the final figures to my London office.They had brought forward the request by 2wks and now, every 1 is rushing to input/amend the costs as accurate as we can. Most of the time, the job falls on the accounting team while other dept will onli have to give the instructions and expect the job to be done in a snap. 

Being in accounts for the past few yrs, I learnt that plp always have this tinking that all accounts have to do is to make payments, take in costs. Simple as ABC. But they did not realise that we are the last line of defence for all purchases/sales. Making sure all procedures are followed for purchases, values, quantities are correct, costs are allocated to the correct cost centres/projects. No under/over stated of figures etc etc. We do not do things blindly. Higher rank or not, if a discrepancy is detected, we have every right to question or hold the processing. This is accounting dept's duties, this is our call.

Its tiring no doubt, but theres a sense of accomplishment at least, though it is not the most appreciated dept in the company. 

After this nerve wrecking week,  I need to prepare for next wk which will be as if not equally busy. Now I know why my Jan leave is not approved. I think I would need to camp in office if I had go ahead with the leave. Either that or my colleague would be drown to death by covering me. 

Hope all this hard work is worth when I see this month's pay. Is still waiting for the bonus to come in..

Jogging

Went bak to jogging with hubs again after a long long break. Realli out of shape, in terms of body n mind.. Jog for 1 round onli (375m) I think I'm on the verge of collapsing oredi. Was realli out of breath that I walked for 1 round b4 jogging again.

The jog, stop, jog, stop went for till hubs finished his 2.4 km and then we proceed to the fitness corner for cool down.

While hubs is training on this pull up, I went and played on the equipments at the fitness corner. Quite fun and most importantly I can feel the strain of doing the excerises which hubs claim that my body is burning the fats out (or so I hoped).

Been realli slack the last yr due to foot injury and miscarriage, muz go bak to our routine joggin as I am seriously getting fatter and fatter. Dun wan to be not able to wear my beloved dresses.. hehehe

Or So I thought

In a blink of eyes, Jan 13 has come, we ushered into the new year with new hopes...

Was pretty busy at work, year end closing, while I was not realli involve in year end during my last job, onli need to ensure all costs are taken in, I was more involve in year end closing in this position.

Not neccesary a bad ting, it means that I am more involved in the higher operations now as compared to the last position. I didnt noe how I got thru the past wk, trying to take in as much expenses as I can for both vessels and office costs, dicussed and scheduled payments with the treasurer, rushing crew payroll(which is a huge thing as its festive seasons), preparing accurals, doing the long overdued GL reconcilation relating to vessels' costs. In between, looking into the high daily running cost and under reported project costs..It has been a fruitful wk.

But as I was looking at the calender planning the deadlines, I realised 28th Jan 13 is 4 wks away. It suddenly strikes me, had I not suffered from the miscarriage, XB would be dued in 4wks time, we would be excitedly counting down to his arrival. As soon as this tot strikes me, tears came to my eyes, I always tot I had moved forward, get numb to the pain, neber did I noe, I was still so affected even by looking at the ETD.

The tot gets too unbearable that I went to ladies to calm myself down, dun wanna scared the colleagues if I cannot control and burst into tears, afterall, all of them tot I had walked out of the pain. I then went bak to office after calming down and forced myself to concentrate on the work. It was not easy as I keep stealing looks at the calender, looking at 28th Jan.

I noe there is nothing I can do to turn back time, to bring bak XB, the onli sensible thing to do is to move on, but I realli didnt noe, it is juz so difficult to move on, I wonder am I being stubborn or every woman who sufferes a miscarriage is facing the same situation as me?

Ending 2012

We survived the so called "end of world" on 21/12/12 and came close to end of 2012. It has been an eventful year for me.

Finally got down to our asses to renovate our hse this yr after 4 yrs of staying in the run down state.

Got a new job by chance when the HR called me up for an interview 1yr after I send in my CV, of cuz with a healthy pay rise.

Tried staying with my in laws for the 1st time after 4yrs of marriage and am secretly glad that I do have my own hse afterall. Its not they are not good, lets juz say every 1 has their own habits and I am not exactly the most submissive daughter in law in the world. Its best to go hm weekly for chit chat sessions.

Found out I was pregnant  in the midst of renovating my hse and during my probation.

My bestie was aso pregnant ard the same time with me, so double the joy!!

Our world came crashing down when my water bag broke for no reason 14wks into my pregnancy and gyne advised us to let bb go.

Found a new connection to Mr Love during my recovery for miscarriage.

Took 3 wks off work to mourn for my loss, though no longer mourning, I can sometimes feel the pain. I guess there is no way I can forget this 1st child of mine which I neber got the chance(and badly) wan to meet.

For 1st time in our 4yrs married life, we need to run the whole household, which means we need to gorceries shop for household items for the whole hse, but not 1 room. We need to clean up the whole hse too, previously its only a room. But it aso meant that we have more space for oursleves. Living room, kitchen, study room etc. I get to decorate my hse the way 1 want, yayyyyy...

I went to a chinese sinseh for the 1st time in my life and took chinese medicine dilligently for 4mths in hope of getting my body back in good health.

The above pretty much sums up my 2012. Though its not a great year for me, I thank god for blessing us with XB for the short 4 mths, brought out the loving and caring side of hubs that I neber noe which in turns bring us closer. BB or not, we are more loving than before. I thank god for blessing my family members, keeping them safe and sound. I thank god for blesssing me with a job with good colleagues, who had beeen every supportive throughout my most darkest time. I thank god for letting me noe those who care and those who doesnt, letting me noe who I should cherish and love. I thank god for letting me noe how difficult it is for a woman to br a mum and makes me treasure my mum more. Lastly, I thank god for not ending the world on 21/12/12 thus giving me a chance to able to continue to enjoy my life and live it to the fullest.

Looking forward to 2013, may it be a good yr. Cheers.

一起去旅行的伴

My initial plan of doing to Taiwan in Jan13 has been delayed due to non approval of leave as mentioned previously.Thus, we decided to postpone to Mar which coincides with my bday and our ROM anniversary.

And recently, we found out that 2013's March holidays has been pushed back by 1 wk, starting from 16th. Wonderful news, it means that I get to travel during my bday instead of having to wait 1 more wk. We try not to travel during sch holidays as it will equate to higher air and hotel costs.

To visit Taiwan in March is not wat we want initially as it will be warmer as compared to Jan. But then there's a good ting about Mar which is spring and the flowers will be in blossom. Also though not as cold, the weather should be cooling.

I will also get to see calla lilies finally. They will be in full blossom frm Mar to May. I have always wanted to see them but then hubs is not keen to go in Mar if given a choice, if not for the non approval, we would have gone there in Jan.

This marks our 3rd trip to Taiwan, the 1st 2, we onli venture ard Taipei. This time, I'm getting bolder, planning to visit Tai Chung and Yilan. Had already started planning for the trip as it takes time to research due as its a free & easy trip. Hubs would totally rely on  me for the directions.

Despite going there twice oredi, I found that we have not covered most of Taipei and this time, I will put in the places that we have not visit. Its not easy planning as I have to take into account the travel routes and also the different hotel costs for different timing.

The onli regretful for the change of departure time is that the scarf that I have knitted will nt come in handy in Mar due to the warm weather. I do hope that someday, we will visit countries during winter and get to don on the matching scarf that I have took so much effort to knit.

Back to my research now :)

Reunion

Attended wedding of hubs' cousin in Hilton. Being closest to them, hubs was extra happie as we got prepared to go down. To him, its as good as seeing his sister getting married.

Usually, the cousins will onli come together during big events like CNY, birthdays or weddings. Though we did not get to see each other much, they will still pretty friendly towards us. As hubs is more reserved, they will usually tok and joke with me more.

His cousin had arranged to have a photograph booth there and let the guests to take some photos to keep as a memo. We took with her parents b4 going the banquet. Half way thru the banquet, the younger cousins told us to all gathe outside as they want to a photo with all cousins inside.

Some of them had arrived later than others, thus onli half way thru the dinner we were able to gather all together outside. It was funnie to see every 1 trying to squeeze together for the photo. The cousins gang had grown with some married and some with partners. We juz wan to keep a memo of the good memories we had at the wedding, reminding us that we were 1 big family.

Then it came to a time when they decided to take the female and males alone. I was the onli sister in law there while all the other gals were related cousins. Yet, they will happie to include me into the photo despite me joining their family 4yrs ago onli. Most of them called me jie jie instead of sao sao, guess they are not use or dunno the correct way of addressing me.

I dun mind though, as I can truly felt their acceptance of me. They even arranged to go for a mid night movie after the dinner but hubs & I gave it a pass as we had oredi watched it.

It was a happie catching up with them, seeing some that we had not seen for a long time. Till the next time all, it will be CNY and this yr, you kids will have 1 more angbao to give while I will have 1 ang bao less to give..whahahah...

The boys &gals gang indiviually

The cousins trying our best to squeeze in for the photo

Close to heart

I was randomly reading news on yahoo on Tue evening when I came across the news of a Navy serviceman injuried while onboard a ship. The name looks familar and the age and unit matches a poly coursemate of mine.

Wanting to confirm further, I went and checked his FB profile and confirmed his dialet name which I didnt noe.My worst fear came true. It was indeed my coursemate. I immediately posted the news to FB to get the other coursemates' attention, hoping someone will be able to give us updates and aso to help pray for his well being.

24hrs went past b4 the others picked up this news 1 by 1. Updates from the official channel were slow, we did not have many details and we were pretty anxious to know his condition. The next time when I saw the updates were, he lost both legs and an arm, though managed to save his right arms, 3 fingers were gone too.

I was in shocked, how can this happen to him? There were no answers, the official statement issued by the Navy states that investigations are on going and it would take ard a month for it to be complete.

You know when we usually see this kind of news, its always someone else's fwen, colleague, classmates,relative,kins etc etc?

I neber 1 day expect to see this kind of news and recognised the name to be some1 I know. The feeling of it is so awful, what is even more awful is, we have totally no details of the whole incident and there is onli so little we can do for him while he awaits for his fate.

Thinking back, we were not even close back in sch. Attending the same lecture, we werent even in the same class throughout our poly time. But still, he is part of the wonderful memories I had during my poly years. We do have common fwens who we will hang out together before or after lecture. Coming from different classes, we do exchange/swap tips and notes on n off. Its realli hit me hard to see him in this state, suffering from the wrost injury that any 1 could imagine.

News later came out with the appeal of blood donation for his blood type, O+ which I do not belong to. The onli thing our coursemates can do, is to spread the news ard, hoping some kind soul would donate their blood to him.

Meanwhile, we aso kept him in our prayers, hoping that he would be able to pull through this tough time.Though its easier said than done, I sincerely hope that you will be able to face this difficult times bravely Jason. Somewhere here, all our coursemates will be praying for your well being. We will be rallying behind you till you are able to receive visitors. Hang in strong there pal, be strong.

人算不如天算

We've been planning to go on a short getaway ever since our loss of XB. Hubs had used all up his leave for this yr while taking of me back then and the nearest we can go is in Jan 13.

I have been actively researching for this trip as we wanted to visit other parts of Taiwan instead of north area onli.

The thing is when I tried to apply for leave, my superior told me that Jan is year end closing and hoped that I can consider  pushing back my trip.

Since she had oredi requested, there is no way I can go against her, I mean, this is nt an urgent trip, can be done anytime, thus we decided to push to March.

The reason we choose Jan in the 1st place is due to the cool weather. Hubs loved cool weather countries. It will still be cooling in March though no where comparable to Jan, but I guess it is still cooling.

The onli ting I am excited bout going in Mar is, it will be our 5th ROM anni, its my bday month and the flowers are in full blossom.

I had always wanted to see the calla lilies in full blossom and this will be my chance. Hopefully, the trip will go thru. I've checked, airtix and hotels are more ex in Mar and airtix have limited seats oredi.

But hopefully by mid Jan when I can start applyin for leave,the hotels I wanted will still have vacancies and the air tix will still be available.

Wish me luck!

My guide books

New deco

Found this off G-market, been toying with the idea of buying but neber got ard doing it while I was preggies as mummy say cannot anyhow stick things during preggies..After the miscarriage, I forgot bout this product till recently, I saw the offer for it and went ahead to buy not 1 but 3 stickers to decorate my beri empty looking walls.

Living room:

I have a pretty huge living room by today's standard and the walls are quite empty even with my 2 Mickey jigsaw, neber have the time or mood to complete the other 3  but then still cannot take up all the empty spaces. So I decided to paste some of the deco on the wall behind the sofa, which I initally wanted to apply a layer of those special wall paper.

The onli thing that stops me is the pricing.1.8K for 1 wall onli.OMG. Daylight robbery, I figured that I can think of other ways to deco the wall. Hehe this time, I brough a set of flowers with butterflies/insects sticker to paste on the wall. Complete with the pink painting I requested during renovations, it look like spring all year round now in my living room. Very girlish is hubs' comments but then he cannot do anyting bout it. I did wanted to paste my fav snow flakes but on 2nd tots it will onli suits the up coming X-mas and after which will makes it look like over-due deco, thus brought this flowery design.

Its Spring time all year round!!!!

 Kitchen door:

My kitchen has a glass door living room and kitchen, though under use, I am afraid 1 day, some 1 might walked straight into it without realising the door is pull out. The problem with glass door is, it is transparent.
Been searching for someting to paste on the door to make it more visible, even though you are sleeply. I do not want those aninmals prints/flowers or wat so ever themes. I wan something associated with food since this is the doorway to kitchen.

Found the perfect stickers this time with the various breads/muffins/coffees design as though as you are entering a cafe. This is the closest to the food theme I can find. But then application of these stickers are a killer man.

Unlike the previous flowers theme, these sticker had onli the outline of the items, making them flimsy. Thus during application, many a times, I need to pull out the stickers to re-apply to get the correct shape. Then again, I am afraid while pulling them out, I would tear up the stickers accidentally. Thus I had a hard time gettng the various shapes rite. Spent a good 2 hrs doing these up.

The end product, makes me have a sense of accomplishment. 2hrs not wasted!!

Coffee, tea or me?

Study room:

Lastly, I brough a world map. Found it interesting, I had always like the world map and the onli thing now is to decide where to stick it on. Had too many empty walls tat is..

After discussion with hubs, we decided to stick it up in the study room. Makes more sense as the kids will be using this room for studies next time, thus having something educational in this room fits the image.heheh...
Am pretty happie with the outcome, now I stared at it whenever I study in the room. hur hur..

Where is Singapore?

Hubs make me promised not to buy any more of the stickers as for now as he is afraid I would turn our hse in to a kindergarden look alike with all the pasting.

Okie, I shall stop of the time being as there are no more discounts oredi..Hehe if I ever see the discounts again, there is no promise what I will or will not do...:)

Of lions and lioness

While on our way home, we were toking bout some animals topic and hubs suddenly got reminded by a joke made by me thousands of years ago and started teasing me.

It started with an innocent trip to the zoo, back when I still have access to free zoo passes, it used to be 1 of our fav dating place..There was this once, while at the lion enclosure, hubs found me squatting down there trying hard to peep under the lions who were walking about.

Puzzled, he asked me wat I was doing, and I replied I was trying to differentiate between the male and female. He then started luffing so hard that he nearly rolled on the floor. In between his laughters, he asked me whether had I not learnt in school that the lion is distinguishable by its mane while lioness do not have it?

I pondered hard..Seriously I tink I didnt pick this up from sch, neither did mummy tell me or I read frm anywhere else. How was I to know?

Today, he went 1 step further to probe :

He asked me, den why do I think there are lions with mane and some without? So I told him, I just assume some have more hair, others do not, why am I suppose to tink so much of the hair on the lion's head?

"So you mean some have hair, others are just customers of Bejing 101?" he asked again..

"Ya la, something like tat lo" I replied.

"Lucky for you that you've got me telling you this GK, else next time your children will suffer" he went on

"How so?"

Since he was so high on this subject, he went on to act out a scenario, assuming that I had taught our kid the wrong thing, 1 fine day the kid went n told his fwen bout what I taught him..

Kid saying to his fwens " But my mummy says can differentiate lions by lookin under them to see their reproductive organs"

Kid's Fwen:" You mean you dunno lion have mane while lioness dun?"

Kids" My mummy neber teach me wat.."

Kid's fwen started to luff at him.

Kid came running home tell me that its all my fault that he got teased in sch for not knowing lions have mane and he tot they just have more hair than the other lions.

He got so happie that this tot that he keep luffin at me on the way home, all the way making those noisy sound simitating a kid saying " my mummy neber teach me wat"

Then suddenly he stopped and look at me, "eh, you think your mummy knows about this or not? did you asked her before? scarily she aso dunno..."

Ok lo, since you so happie rite? Wait till I go ask my mummy infront of you, see whether you can luff so happily or not..HMMMFFFFFFFFFFF.......

Simple fare

Most will know by now that hubs is a much better cook den I though we both took home econs bak in sec sch...Eh, I tink mine is home econs, u noe the mandatory subject in sec 1& 2? I remember clownin in class, making my partner cook while I do clean up, chopping, reading instructions out loud etc.. I was however, especially good with handicraft like cross stitch, t-shirt designing...Nah..tat was years AGO....

Hub on the other hand, took a much sophisticated version of home econs known as Food & Nutrition in upper secondart years (luckily my sch did not have this option) and he did real cooking..Unlike me clowning ard in class, he told me he scored a decent B4 in the subject..Mine home econs is A1 if its of any consolation..(theory good, teacher did taste the food I cooked) hehhe...

Anyways, coming back to present, my hubs is the cook of the house, master of the kitchen while I happily pluck myself on the sofa waitin for food to be serve than helping to clear the table b4 going bak to the sofa again.heee.. All the while, things pretty much remains the same, till he got sick..

He was so weak that he cannot move much and of cuz had no appetite. Sick aso muz eat rite? Especially he have got a glutton wife...So I took the chance and told him that I will cook for a change. For an instance, he have me the "will you burn down my kitchen"look. Hey!!! I did some cooking b4 kk? Back when the hse was not renovated yet..没良心。。He forgot bout it le!!

I had not planned to cook any thing complicated, since he is sick. So, we sticked to porridge, steam cod fish, fried egg with sliver fish and my favourite 豆苗。。。Seriously I can do better, but I am just lazy and since he is wayyyyyyy better than me, why show off infront of the master?

I stick to the simple fare for a change, whahaha and satisfies my craving for a porridage and steam cod fish..Something he will not take if not for being sick..hehehe

Then on fri, I took leave to stay at home to mug, and being the lazy bum, I raid my fridge for anything that I can cook for lunch. The best thing bout having the hse back is, I can store lots of food in my fridge and can open and see what I wannna cook as n when I feel like it..Feels so damn good.

Found pork and sichuan veggie and decided to anyhow stir fry them..heheh Cooked porridge again and then lastly decided to fried an egg with sliver baits...Just like tat lunch is serve within 10mins...Such simple fare is the most suitable for lazy plp like me on lazy days where I juz wanna fill my tummy... 

 

Lack of updates #1651561

Weeeewww...Oct is over, I am so looking forward to my bonus which is coming in Jan 13..

Okie, a short post is all I can do now though I have a million things to update.

Been sick again (wats new), went for a poly classmate's weddin last nite with my sisters and met those who I dun wanna meet. Not exactly friendly (story on another day) but am glad to see my sistas and managed to arranged a gathering there...heheh

Been realli busy with work and hse and shopping (though neber buy anything)..

Gotta go off now as I am nursin a super bad sore throat which I tot it went away last wk..


Damn, why am I so weak? Shall be back with the posts when I am wel..till then