Post Op

Went to get Junior after his dental surgery yesterday ard 6.30pm cos my classes were cancelled and I was anxious to see my baby boy.

I went with Rina and the 3 kids to Toy r us to get swimming boards for the children then we went to the vet at Jalan Kayu.

The nurse carried junior out and he was awake and quite alert..... He was happy to see us but he couldn't control his bladder properly and he peed into the blanket that we brought to wrap him in. he couldn't open his mouth or bark or lick us but his tail was wagging. Nanny carried him but he wanted me to carry and fidgited ard towards me. So I carried him and he was quiet.

His whole mouth was swollen and so I asked for anti-swelling medication and was also given a spray to prevent tar tar build up in his mouth. Then he started whining. So I had to ask the doc if she could give us some pain killers as well. Initially the nurse didnt even bother asking the doc but I stopped the doc and asked her myself.....

Kenji came along to visit his sonny and junior was happy to see him..... daddy sayang and kissed his baby boy and junior was being manja....

After settling the total damage of $216.65, we left for bradel.

Junior didnt wan to rest so he walked around. He walked funny cos I think the effect of the GA still not faded totally yet. His hind legs will cave in when he stopped. He also kept whining periodically.

I fed him dinner and he was quite happy to finish his food. But I woke up at 2am to find him begging for food from D and jakes..... greedy boy.....

This morn he was the same old junior - he even licked me and kissed me...... :)

TEETH EXTRACTION

I couldn't sleep last nite. Cos I was anxious about Junior's surgery today. I woke up like every 1 or 2 hours..... partially due to my headache and my bad throat also, but it felt good to have the little warm ball of fur beside me....

This morn I went with Mummy, Jared, Damon & Ryan to the vet at Jalan Kayu at 9.30am to register him for dental scaling and microchipping. Junior was soooooo happy cos he tot he was going out - I swear the next time I call him to go out he wun wag his tail and come with me.....

He met a dalmation and a golden retriever and a maltese mixed. He was happily peeing ard the clinic when the doc called his name. His tail immediately fell between his legs and he kept crawling to me on the examination table.

The vet said that 2 of his milk teeth didnt fall out when he was young so they need to be extracted or else the tar tar on them will cause the permanent ones to rot...... So I had a choice to take them out or not. I called his daddy. I discussed with nanny. Nanny didnt wan to take out cos she said it would be painful. But I went ahead and asked for the extraction, I jus hope junior wun blame me cos if not taken out, the teeth will cause him more problems in future....

So they jus took junior away from me like tat...... to prepare him for surgery..... they going to put him to sleep and then do his scaling and extraction and micro chip. I feel so empty when I came back, no black furry ball coming to greet me and crawl up my legs telling me he's happy to see his mummy.....

I have to pick him at 7.30pm and he will be expected to be groggy and could be in pain...... sigh.....I already feel heart pain. And his daddy is not free to be there for his son...... so mummy gotta be here for him lor..... luckily nanny also here....

Actually I wanted to go home and let him rest but since nanny got some experience with cat surgery, I decided to let him stay at bradel so that nanny can watch him and take care of him..... I think Junior will be happy anywhere as long as mummy goes with him.....

Junior's new wife - JEWEL + Random posts

We wanted to adopt another puppy wife for junior so we went to SPCA to see if there are abandoned dogs, then we went to almost all of the dog farms at Pasir Ris. After 2 hours, we followed John to his place to see his new daughter - Jewel aka Monkey.....

And I think Junior is very fickle-minded cos he fell in love with Jewel. He was trying to snift her out the whole time...... and this jewel is very clumsy. She is sooooooo cute and soooooo small and she likes to go into drains (heehee)........ She responds when you call her and she is really a happy puppy......

She is only 1 mth 1 week old only...... and she is smaller than junior but we all expected her to grow bigger.....






Then I wanted mummy to do the smoky eye make up for me and this is wat she did -

I added the banana in my mouth for special effect....... dun I look like beaten by her????

Sunday & Monday Adventure

SUNDAY 26.08.07



Went to lunch with 2 of my sunday students after class. Went to have Hans at Novena and then Haagen Daaz there too..... yummy....

Brought Junior to watch Getai at Bukit Batok with my mum and my aunts...... heehee..... I think he was quite curious and amused with the crowd there and the loud sounds and the different languages that he didnt understand...... and of cos he was the centre of attention lor...... where got people bring "BLACK DOG" there one..... not scared he can see "good brothers" and bark at them ah????? Hahahaha.... junior didnt bark.... he was jus feeling hot in his bag so he crawled out and had fresh air and Kaypoh around.....

MONDAY 27.08.07

The whole devadason family brought Pa out for lunch at Muthu Curry and a walk and we decided to go for Upper Thomson Rd where the Pierce Reservior was...... and we had an agenda in mind - WE WAN TO FEED THE MONKEYS.... luckily junior didnt join us or else the monkeys might snatch him away thinking he's one of them.....

So armed with a french loaf and biscuits, we went to feed the monkeys....

Jakes and D actually dared to let the monkeys take food from their hands..... and I nearly caused a huge commotion when I dropped my phone and in my haste to pick it up, I startled a monkey and he nearly wanted to lunge forward and attack me and Ryan, but luckily he was not as brave la, so he ran back to the trees....

Michael & Junior's BD Celebration

SATURDAY 25.08,07

Its Junior's actual birthday today... So he got a special treat by celebrating it with TFT member Mr Michael......

The 2 most important persons of the day...

Another important person - Love of his life - Ms Shu lin

All the guys together.....

And the thorn amongst the roses.... All the gals....

All the brothers together....

Jokers in the group..... "Techno Chee Ko Peh"

Marketing at NTUC.....

My Friday Adventure

FRIDAY 24.08.07

Nothing much in particular. Tot it would be an exciting day and full of drama but apparently, NO. So boring. Gave the old maid a huge surprise by bundling her up and sending her to the airport to send her back to her hometown in sri lanka but she didnt act in a drama like we predicted she would. So it is boring lor.....


But I sent tortilla back to the shop cos he was still squeaking. And true enough, the stopper was not hard enought o prevent tortilla from squeaking..... so we fitted in 2 stoppers and tortilla totally stopped squeaking..... YEAH....

Dun misunderstand.... This is NOT tortilla..... my tortilla is nice and black ok....

This is my tortilla undergoing major construction....... see poor tortilla.... it made my heart pain and caused a hole in my pocket....

And the children got bored.... so they sat on tortilla's wheels....

My Thursday Adventures

THURSDAY (23.08.07)

Last Thu, I went with Mummy, D, Jared, Damon, Ryan and John to St Gabriel's Primary for Jared'a balloting for Primary 1.

The votes are supposed to be put into the fish tank you see there in the centre.

I was quite worried that they wun announce the names of the children for the balloting. But they were very transparent. They read out every child's name who was participating in the balloting exercise and even showed the slip of balloting paper on the projector.

Then the anxiety started. The indian lady next to me had her child picked for a place so I asked her to go pick a ballot paper and told her to go pick Jared. AND SHE DID!!!! She picked Jared..... There were 35 people balloting for 21 places.... luckily Jared got in....

Jared got in with number 167, which was in 5th place.

My 2 handsome boys Ryan & Jared

And apparently, the children found tortilla very amusing to them cos they started to take photos with tortilla....

After sending them back home, I went KTV with Jess & cadrina..... Hougang K-box..... Sang till 1plus am....

Fortune Telling Address

For my readers who like to go for the fortune telling that I went to. I think its quite good..... Can consult about anything.... those her can tell you, he will say it. If not, he will use the best way to explain to you without revealing the secrets of the heaven.....

Address: No 5 Geylang Lor 9, singapore 388753
Consultation Time: 1100 to 1800hours (Closed on Mon)
For enquiries: Call (65) 6741 1803 (Look for Aaron Ho, say wan to consult Master Edmund)

PS: Need to call up in advance to check if he is going out on house call or not....

They specialise in residential, office shop, buildign and industrial geomancy....
Selection of auspicios Date for Wedding and other occassions.....
Personal Life Analysis......

Being self righteous

Adapted from Bar Advice.

Being self righteous

It is possible to be just a little self-righteous and therefore not cause much offense to anyone, people who are too self-righteous may:

Be quick to judge others
Belittle those around them
Be smug
Act condescending
Be narrow-minded
Be intolerant of other people’s faults
Believe that they have the answer for everyone else’s problems
And more...

Meanwhile, self righteous people often have a very hard time being empathetic. They only view the world through their own eyes, and cannot even fathom walking in someone else’s shoes. People who are too self righteous are also too sure of their own opinions. They will stick to them at any cost, and often refuse to hear opposing arguments. They will also never change their opinions based on new information they have received. They also hate to take people's advice.

What often drives excess self righteousness is fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of losing control, fear of realizing you may have been wrong but if you release this fear to tap into your inner ability to let go of negative emotions, you will find that being more open-minded and less judgmental is actually freeing. The method to just shake off the fear and be at peace may also be helpful to your state and well being. To release the need to always be right can make you experience empathy and welcome the thoughts, ideas and opinions of those around you.

Bar advice. No one in the world is right all the time. You're only losing yourself in a world of denial. Anyway, who wants to be around someone like that. Think about it.

Healing Co-Dependent Relationships

Healing Co-Dependent Relationships

Relationship counsellors will tell you that the most common relationship dynamic they encounter is that of the co-dependent taker/caretaker.

Takers are people who tend to be self-centred, with an excessive need for attention and admiration. The taker attempts to control getting love, attention, approval or sex from others with anger, blame, violence, criticism, irritation, righteousness, neediness, invasive touch, invasive energy, incessant talking and/or emotional drama. In a relationship, takers operate from the belief that "you are responsible for my feelings of pain and joy. It is your job to make sure that I am okay".

Caretakers, conversely, operate from the belief that "I am responsible for your feelings. When I do it right, you will be happy and then I will receive the approval I need".Caretakers sacrifice their own needs and wants to take care of the needs and wants of others, even when others are capable of doing it themselves. Caretakers give to others from fear rather than love; in other words, they give to get.

Neither takers nor caretakers take responsibility for their own feelings and wellbeing. They often end up feeling angry, resentful, trapped, unappreciated, unseen, unloved, misunderstood, and/or unacknowledged. The problem is that takers and caretakers naturally find each other because of their need to feed on each others' weaknesses.

So if you're in a taker/caretaker relationship, what can you do to heal it?

Well, relationships heal when individuals heal. When each partner works on reducing their own selfish needs, their relationship system heals. When each person learns to take full personal responsibility for his or her own feelings of pain and joy, they stop pulling on each other and blaming each other. When each person learns to fill themselves with love and share that love with each other, instead of always trying to get love, the relationship heals.

Learning how to take responsibility for your own feelings is one of the essential ingredients in creating a healthy relationship. This means learning to be conscious of what you are feeling and being open to learning about what you are doing to create your own feelings, instead of being a victim and believing that others are causing your feelings. Your feelings come from how you treat yourself and others, from what you tell yourself and what you believe about yourself and others, rather than from others behaviour. Blaming others for your feelings will always lead to major relationship problems.

Why not start today by taking your eyes off your partner and putting them squarely on yourself? In reality, you are the only one you actually have control over. You are the only one you can change. Only when you change will the relationship get better.

A Slice of Life is written, produced and presented by Eugene Loh unless otherwise stated. If you wish to share the scripts with others, please credit it to 'Eugene Loh, A Slice of Life, 938LIVE, a station of MediaCorp Radio'.

Junior turned 2....

An entry from Junior's blog regarding his birthday.... he wishes to thank all who made his birthday possible and happening......

Woooopiiiiiiiii.... I jus turned 2 years old on sat!!! I am no longer the little puppy you use to know and I am now a MAN ok..... Treat me like a MAN.....





Happy Birthday to ME.
Happy Birthday to ME.
Happy Birthday to JUNIOR....
Happy Birthday to ME........



Mummy held my birthday party on Fri 24sep2007 at Aunty Hershey's place at 10pm. And mummy invited most of my friends!!! I am soooooooo happy......



Mummy and nanny went grocery shopping earlier on and bought soooooooo many stuff to cook for the adults while mummy was busy packing the goodie bags for all my friends... I also have a goodie bag as well!!!! YEAH.....



And Nanny cooked ......... Fries, Calamari Rings, Nuggets, Hotdogs with Cheese cubes, Otah Otah, Garlic Bread, Jelly.......

Mummy bought nice stuff from pet movers and pet mart and made goodie bags for my friends..... I think I have a cool mummy who wants the best for me..... I wuv you mummy....

Wonder why this pic is here? I also..... Dunno why these 2 jie jies prefer to take photo with my deedee but not the birthday boy ME????? Anyway, mummy tell me she is preparing a BIG BIG goodie bag for the jie jie on the left.... still waiting for her reply which flavour she prefer - beed lamb, chicken, seafood....

Mummy drove me to Aunty Hershey's place and we started the party..... YEAH..... 1stly, I would like to introduce my friends.......

Happy. This is the 1st time I saw him and he looks really handsome!!!This is Chivas and he came together with his daddy ken and mummy cindy..... I met him before, he used to be quite timid but he was quite fierce to me that day. Maybe I was barking quite alot and irritated him...... BUT I AM THE KING..... hahahaha I was excited ma.... sorry lor...

That's all my stupid mummy manage to take..... she didnt take pictures of ruby and deedee and toto and rusty.....

Then mummy prepared my birthday cake (thanks daddy who collected my cake for me cos mummy was really busy preparing the food)...... and everyone sang birthday song to me...... I was soooooooooooooo happy...... I feel really really happy........ so exciting......

After my birthday song, mummy helped me cut my cake and served to all my friends...... and I think all of them really loved the cake cos it was gone from their plates in like SECONDS......

I also received lotsa presents from the uncles and aunties and my friends.... You all have really cool mummies and daddies too cos they are so nice to me!!!!!! My 1st birthday present is from nanny and baba and jared and damon and ryan....... see my family is so good to me....... They gave me a wonderful tasting can food called addiction and I am really addicted to it...... Venison and Avocado..... YUMMY..... And the blue bowl is specially for me when I stay over at nanny's place in bradel..... YEAH.....

And I received a BIG BIG BIG bag of presents from all the uncles and aunties and my friends..... WOW..... Mummy carry already also say very heavy and she say if she put the bag on me, can flatten me...... and we opened the bag...... the things inside were AMAZING.....
It was so amazing that mummy decided to become a dog as well..... cos she said this bag of presents can save her from being bankrupt..... she can afford to feed me a long long long long time..... YEAH..... means I have FOOD..... YEAH!!!!

Last but not least, niu niu made my day..... I saw her on my actual birthday and we kissed..... so sweet of her to leave me lingering for her kiss again...... Mummy brought her goodie bag upstairs and let us spend some quality time together.... It seemed that niu niu's mummy also know uncle ken...... its a really small world.....


I wish to thank all the uncles and aunties and jie jies and Gor Gors and all my friends who turned up for my birthday party to make it possible and happening...... Thanks to Rina, D, Jared, Damon, Ryan, Mummy, Daddy Kenji, Dina, Dawn, Deedee, Toto, Rusty, kedrick, Albin, Mango, Jennifer, Weiming, Ruby, Terry, Happy, Ken, Cindy, Chivas, Anna, Wendy, Kerin, Nicole, Niu Niu....... Wuv you all lots......

Managing Conflict with Family & Friends

I'm very tired cos past few days not enough sleep and I am getting heaty again. Felt an ulcer grow at the opening of my throat..... if 1-2 weeks not healed i gonna go to the doc's..... Really tired but I was reading my emails when I came across this which I think is really good and true, so read on....

Managing Conflict with Family & Friends

Do you often feel the desire to lash out at your partner, family members and friends? Do you often find yourself questioning their love and concern for you?

When an upsetting event occurs - say a family member does something that you think is incredibly insensitive and stupid; or a friend says something you feel is hurtful - you have a choice of how you are going to explain it to yourself - what you are going to tell yourself about it. This will influence how angry, stressed, or upset you become over the event.

Because we take our family members and friends' affection for granted, we assume that they'll always see eye to eye with us or behave the way we expect them to behave. When we observe an action or remark that seems to contravene our expectations, we immediately suspect that they're trying to upset or disparage us.

Let's say your wife secretly buys you an LCD TV for your birthday. But because it cost so much money, you are displeased with her for not discussing it with you first. Besides you've always preferred plasma, it doesn't have the features you want, and so on. Your wife is left dumbfounded and you're fuming over why she would do something foolish like that. You've completely missed the point. You've ignored the wonderful motivation behind the gift and focused on the flaws.

Or say for example, you're having a beer with an old friend. The conversation turns to your success in life. Wanting to compliment you, your friend tells you how far you've come, how much of an inspiration you are to others, given your background with a dysfunctional family. But rather than seeing this as a compliment, you become offended, focusing on the fact that he brought up your family.

Learning to change what you tell yourself -your self-talk- can break the cycle of negativity that can often poison our minds when we get angry. We all have 'scripts' in our minds that tell us messages and stories about family members and how they behave.

We talked about how you might be upset over your spouse's extravagant gift for you perhaps - you telling yourself things like "she has such poor judgment", "we don't need such a big TV", "there she goes again, spending money excessively", "why can't she ever do what I want her to do?", "why did I marry such a woman?"

Of course, none of these things make any sense to you once you cool down and became your rational self again. But, at the moment of anger explosion, your self-statements seem 100% true to you. If you engage excessively in them, you distance yourself from your loved ones who are baffled at your outbursts. Over time, you may even begin to believe in some of the damaging statements.

The next time anger threatens to spoil a family event, try these simple steps:

Step 1: Retreat and think things over. Never respond immediately to a family anger or stress trigger. Give your body and your mind a chance to calm down so you can think rationally. Research shows this may take at least 20 minutes.

Step 2: Examine the evidence. The most convincing way of disputing negative self-talk toward a family member is to show yourself it is factually incorrect. Do not lie to yourself, but-like a detective -simply and honestly look at all the evidence at hand.

For instance, when you allow yourself the time to calm down and look at things objectively, you'll realize that past experience proves that your spouse isn't extravagant with money, and is in fact usually frugal. You remember that she always has your best interests at heart.

Step 3: Find a more positive and useful way of interpreting the behaviour of family members. Learn to read the intention behind the behaviour instead of judging the action. Your loved one is only trying to show his or her love and support for you, not to cause you stress.

A Slice of Life is written, produced and presented by Eugene Loh unless otherwise stated. If you wish to share the scripts with others, please credit it to 'Eugene Loh, A Slice of Life, 938LIVE, a station of MediaCorp Radio'.

junior's birthday party

Junior's birthday party is going to be on Friday 10pm at hershey's place. Invited guests include Deedee, Toto, Rusty, Ruby, Chivas, Mango, Brandy, Coco and their parents. Already sent sms to their parents about the invitation. Wendy Jie jie and dino senior will be coming too......

Last year we celebrated Junior's birthday at East Coast, Junior had a fun time and many gifts from uncles and aunties..... this year I tot it would be fun to let him celebrate his birthday with his own kind and I'm sure it would be really exciting for him.

Sat i'll bring him to jimmy's place where michael and junior will celebrate their birthdays together.... heehee.... maybe ask junior give michael a birthday kiss.... a wet wet one..... yeah....

Rants AGAIN

Dunno wat this kenji said the last time...... now it got stuck on me..... something about me BEING ON TOP...... Wa kao...... Sad leh..... I prefer being at the bottom ok...... WAT YOU PEOPLE THINKING???? We toking about the stage where I like to sit at the bottom instead of being at the stage la....... :)

Jus came back from dinner with kenji and the colleagues from Kingston. Today his boss cum uncle's celebrating his birthday and the kingston colleagues giving him a treat at Hua You Yuan. Why hua you yuan again? Cos its nice la....

Sat with wendy at the table dunno why today she no mood to TAAAAAA with the boss leh. That day so gungho TAAAAAAA with alex...... hahahahaha...... and kenji as usual forcing the young children to drink.......

Very sian..... I better 积点口德 and shut up. People pls remind me..... I must make a pledge to say that even if I am PMS, I will 积点口德 and try my best to be on my best behaviour..... PLS REMIND ME my personal secretary Kerin and Wendy..... And mummy pls remind me that I need to watch my mouth.... i have been shooting my mouth off and its gonna get me into trouble some day.....

PS: You are so near yet so far.

Rants + Junior

Actually I typed out a very long entry that will surely piss people off (cos too many words to read liao hahahaha)...... Master said I need to 积点口德, so I deleted my LONG LONG entry. So watever that some people say now, I jus keep quiet. No point to talk so much when people dun see eye to eye with me on the problem. Actually its not much of a problem, jus a difference in opinions.

Bottom line is, as long as you are happy, jus be it. Time still runs, the world still spins. I jus wan to enjoy my life while I still can..... I am happy-go-lucky Ah ber queen lala monkey bull the 1st the last and the one and only......

As for now, i need to retreat cos my bull horns threaten to burst out already. I better go hibernate till they decided to go back in......

And I love my friends. I always do..... So if you are my friend, I love you. If you are my enermy, SHOO..... (actually I dun really have enermies la..... if you dun like me pls tell me ok, cos I dun mean to step on your toes one)....

Junior is very manja today. hahahahaha.... I got a new cat meowing ringtone from my bro... its actually like a real cat meowing... so junior got a bit worried that I have a new pet..... he kept sticking close to me and manja me and wan me to sayang him cos he is jealous.... hahahahaha....

Love & Friendship

Chatted with kenji over the phone for almost 2 hours. Had very nice feeling talking to someone you love about your ambitions, your goals, your relationship, friendship, and planning for the future.

Guess many things weigh me down. Kenji says if I am pregnant I will surely have pre and post natal blues..... we'll see..... And kenji promised to sweep me off my feet next year with his "ROMANTIC" ways...... we'll see again.....

Kenji is really an unpredictable person..... wish he can be more predictable, more romantic, more like a BF rather than 10year old hubby (老夫老妻). But I love you darling and I love you more today cos of the things you said....

We talked about friendship and I told him a dream I had about 1 of his friends. This friend used to take kenji's kindness as his weakness and thinks that it is rite to take advantage of kenji and take for granted his kindness will always be there.......

Wrong move. We can be nice and kind but we dun condone taking for granted of and taking advantage of people. Of cos this kind of people displaying such attitude is normally pampered and spoilt by us ourselves cos we allow them to do such things to us so often that we are actually the ones in the wrong for abetting them to do so.....

But things tat shouldn't be, shouldn't be there in the 1st place. We are trying to come to terms and acknowledge that we are in the wrong, we should not pamper, we should not spoil, we should not be soft hearted and give in, we should not allow such things to happen.

Being appreciated is an issue that these people should learn. They shouldn't think that nice people can be treated like fools and CAN be treated like silly clowns to be taken for granted. Where friendship is concerned, appreciating the value of the friend given to you is priceless.... when a friend adds value to your life, dun add shit into their lives and expect them to clean up after you.

Your friend doesn't deserve such shit no matter wat...... People who give shit need to learn that YOU DO NOT GIVE SHIT TO YOUR FRIENDS and that you should clean up your act and that you should put down your pride and admit your problem. Unfortunately, not many people willing to lower their pride, or say sorry or reflect or improve things. Some dun even think they are in the wrong....

So these kind of people, best thing is to let them be, because its up to them to change and not us interfering cos we cant change them..... They have to learn that friendship and the journey in life requires other people and not only they are the centre of attention and other people are as important as they are - they are not the most important ones.....

PS: Do unto others what you wan others to do unto you.... If you give shit to people and take people for granted, you will get same from them. If you treat others properly, they will return the favour.... If I am important, I'll hear from you....

I spent $1k today

Today I went to jalan Kayu in the morn cos it was raining and classes were cancelled again. Master was really rite..... career not very good in the end of the year cos of the rain I think (he didnt know that I was swimming coach).... usually when i was doing property, end of the year is a good time for me and I could make a bit more...... now switch career really he can tell the difference too....

I went to Golden Hill workshop again with the following complaints....1) steering wheel squeaks when I turn, 2) aircon got big rats inside making noise, 3) tortilla alarm hasn't been working well the past mth already.....

So since I was there, I changed the suspensions as well. Initially wanted to change only the 2 behind as they were squeaking the worst...... then uncle said that the front ones were breaking down too..... so I agreed to change all 4 of them..... took only about 3 hours.....

After changing the suspension, uncle found the rats inside my aircon (dun worry ms kerin, not real ones)...... actually I was the one who KEPT the rats inside...... cos I am damn scared of cold so I turned off the rite side of my aircon...... that caused the rats to squeak in the main centre ones..... uncle turned the rite side of my aircon on and he rats ran away.... for good.... no more rats inside my aircon even if you turn it on FULL blast.... YEAH....

As for my alarm, it was loose, uncle used some screwdrivers and stuff to fix it and TA DA..... tortilla can now CALL FOR HELP when someone breaks into him...... Uncle is really cool, he can find the problems very well..... really expert ok.... and uncle told me his son Junda can recognise Lena the last time she went to the workshop with me.....

Total damage: $500 for tortilla and another $500 for another idiotic issue (which is ME).....
Today I spent $1k..... I need to find a banker already..... or else my son and me will starve to death soon......

Hahahhaa...... I feel like a miser..... I feel like I am soooooo poor..... But I am working hard to find more money...... I will SELL everything except myself and junior.....

While uncle was fixing tortilla, I went next door to the vet... the apt for junior is fixed next thurs to have dental and micro chip implant..... dentist might have to pull out teeth if they are not good..... poor baby junior, you gonna suffer...... I am half-hearted to bring him there.... but its for his own good or else in future he will suffer more if his teeth rot...... Baby I wan the best for you....

SPECIAL PLACE + DINNER + KTV

Sunday....

Picked Kerin and Wendy up from tampines and went to Geylang to give someone business. Junior came along too.

Geylang Lor 9, No 5. There is this buddhist temple where a fortune teller and his son run their fortune teller + feng shui + astrology business. Kerin has always wanted to know her fortune, wan to know if she should change her name and how to improve her life. Me too. Wendy too. Last min cancellation by Ms Christine if not she will be interested too.

Waited for 45mins before we were able to see the master. We wanted to see the son, cos 1) he is handsome, 2) he was recommended by kerin's friend, 3) no one else seem to be seeing the father, 4) he can speak mandarin (dad might only speak teochew).....

We went in together....

I went 1st. Asked about my career, my love life, my health.....

My career
My career is ok. Except end of this year is not doing too good. I need to watch my students carefully, I need to watch myself carefully or else I will be in deep shit. I need to keep my mouth shut and earn some good merits for myself till the end of the year. The next few months career not doing too good, need to be careful, need to be alert.

My love life.
It is complicated. Master looked at my palm..... he said its complicated. My 姻缘 (fate) is ok.... but I am not suited to be married young. I need to marry later. And I am stubborn and I am hard. I tend to be in situations where I knock my partner and I knock myself.

Truly, this part my jaw jus dropped. A few other fortune tellers also said the same thing. That I am a stubborn and hard gal.

And I am again advised to keep my mouth shut, watch my words, dun bother about other things except work. Dun get involved in stuff (kaypoh stuff). Dun CHAP too much in things. Dun be busybody. Dun get personal, EARN SOME MERITS FOR MYSELF.

So pls tell me off if I venture too far, pls remind me I need to 积点口德 (earn merits for myself).
Actually I am quite upset by this. Cos my biological clock is ticking. And I dun wan to drag things. Actually I am eager and preparing for my future. But I am aware that if I am hasty, it will not end well too. So Kenji, can you wait? If you cannot wait, we need to discuss about things again.....

Master is rite when he said that both me and my partner will knock each other. We have been knocking each other. Sometimes I feel so demoralised by all these.....

My health...

Master said I am quite ok, no silent illness bothering me....


Then Wendy asked bout hers..... as for hers, i'll let her tell you if she wants to cos I respect her privacy. As for Kerin, its the same..... check out their bloggies on the rite column of my blog....

Kerin you better be nicer to me....


Ended up, we needed crystals.....


So I drove them down to Si Ma Lu (Guan Yin temple area) - Bencoolen court, to buy the crystals. We wanted to choose identical ones but certain ones dun have colour, certain ones dun have size..... so we ended up buying different ones. Kerin needed either purple or yellow crystals - she cannot make up her mind over 2 rings..... ended up she chose the round purple one..... BUT SHE REALLY LIKE THE HEART SHAPED ONE..... so kind souls out there if you can, pls buy her the PURPLE HEART SHAPED ring..... $25 only.....


Wendy could choose between pink, purple or yellow..... so she chose the pink ring....


For me, master said water blue crystal is good for me..... so I chose 1 ring that was really nice to me.....and it was jus calling out to me... "BUY ME" "BUY ME"...... the 1st ring I saw and I really liked it...... and I saw another water blue crystal ring at a good price.... so I bought that also.....

After our shoppin spree, we went to East Coast C-Nai Hong Kong Cafe for dinner. We were famished..... and me and wendy ordered the same dish that comes with Seafood, Pork Chop and Chicken Chop is different sauces with hers (spaghetti) and mine (rice) baked......

Kerin ordered something similiar but with seafood only cos she wan to eat her chocolate french toast.... so me and wendy and kerin shared 1 chocolate french toast and 1 peanut butter french toast.......

Me and Wendy also had hot 鸳鸯 (Tea wz Milk + Kopi wz Milk) and Kerin had 鸳鸯 FLOAT.....

After our dinner, we suddenly had the feeling for KTV, so we went to KTV at Loyang Point.... hahahahaa.... and I sneaked junior in as well...... but poor baby was so sleepy he wanted to sleep but was kept awake by 3 insane people singing weird songs......

We had to watch out for the waiters cos we didnt wan junior to be misunderstood as a big rat and chased out from the room and he kept shivering in the aircon room that the gals brought the aircon really high that they were sweating like as if they were in a sauna..... hahahahahaha.....

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SHE IS THE ZI-LIAN QUEEN - MS KERIN....

SHE IS THE ZI-LIAN QUEEN - MS KERIN....

PS: I dun care who is rite or who is wrong. I only know I care about you. There's jus a huge wave of emotions inside me threatening to break out and set things straight and iron the wrinkles out..... but I cant.... because I dunno how and where to start.... it takes 2 hands to clap. I am sorry.... it's killing me but......

There are so many things I wish to say, but I dunno how to and where to start. I can only let it be. I can only lock it up. I am caught inbetween my good and nasty side..... my emotions are having a wat inside me....

Fireworks

On Sat evening, I picked up my aunts from PS at 8pm and drove down to Marina Bay to find a carpark that still has a parking lot that can accomodate Tortilla. We drove for a few rounds and realised only raffles city carpark was still opened.... so we went in..... BUT, FULLY book, inside the carpark still got long queue.....

So sadly we left the place and went driving around when Ah ber decided to drive up to Benjamin Sheares' bridge to park there and watch the fireworks...... but hahaha, didnt make it there cos there were jams everywhere....... ended up, at 9.20pm, we were on the road that connects Suntec City, Marina Square and Raffles City when the fireworks started... so ah ber jus swerved to the left side, turned on my hazard lights and started watching the fireworks in the comfort of my car together with my 3 aunts and Junior..... So cool to be sitting in the aircon and not needing to squeeze with the crowd......

Kerin and Lena were around the area too but I guess the area too big, so we 3 didnt meet up at all. Kerin even tot tat I didnt go and I was lying lor..... so I sent her a pic of the firework I took and she realised I WAS THERE..... somewhere between suntec city, marina bay and raffles city lor......

NDP 2007 Fireworks (sorry not very clear cos my camera average and I was not very near)

And after the fireworks, she very very hao lian ask if I was very free to sms cos I must be stuck in the jam..... By that time, I was already in AMK lor...... cos once the fireworks finished, I zoomed towards nicoll highway and avoided the crowds and went to AMK to watch getai.....

Seriously my aunts wan to pay me $200 for the month to run the getai for them (meaning, fetch them to and fro getais - they are MAD). That AMK not as exciting as the one I saw on the 1st day of the lunar 7th month..... so I jus took junior for a walk.... then I met Jennifer..... wat a small world..... Chat abit, then the getai finished, so we went back home, I had to clean the room for 1 hour before junior can be comfortable cos we jus came back from a holiday from bradel for 2 weeks.....

Rain

Received an sms from Hersheys telling me of one of Mango's parents Ked's birthday celebration on 14sep. Hmmm. 15 sep is my darling kenji's birthday and I dunno when is he going to celebrate but I am sure I will be there for Ked's birthday cos junior's good friend mango is surely going to be there.....

Today morn I cancelled all my classes cos I tot I will be too sleepy to go class, but in the end, I wasn't. But classes were cancelled so its ok.... Then the rain made me cancel another 2 classes and I am still monitoring the weather. if weather still not too good maybe cancel again. If all cancel then I can join my aunts for dinner at Marina. Cos anyway I promised to go with them to watch the fireworks tonite at marina bay.... so if my classes are cancelled then I can have dinner with them as well.....

Then tmr I going somewhere special with Ms Kerin. We going to Geylang for some business..... not to do business, but to give business to someone there..... wan to know wat it is, stay tuned for more blog updates.....

PEOPLE

I think I am sensitive and at times, overly sensitive.... I have my fair share of phobias, fears, past experiences that haunt me. I can be straight-forward but at times, I learn to keep my mouth shut (although most of the time I fail to do so). I always say yes and dunno how to say no but I am really learning hard to say no.

People's concept of me is that I am stubborn and dun listen to advices except when they are slapped rite into my face and that I should learn from the hard way always by crashing into the wall.

I can be nice but I also have my temper. I am not a guillible young 3 year old who doesn't know how to tell rite from wrong. I may be stubborn but I have my soft side too. Why does people choose to see me from my tougher side and not spare a tot that I am a gal, jus like any other out there.... I think I am very average.

I know its difficult to tell someone what you feel (whether good or bad) face to face. But all I ask is that chances are given and time to tell. I dun look at everyone in a hostile or judging way so I jus ask that people learn to do tat too.... And of cos people pls be automatic, dun step on others toes whenever you have a chance to do so or create havoc like nobody's business and disrupt the peace. Let's all strive to be the best we can be.

I am proactive cos I believe that if I am interested, I should play an active role and not jus be a taker waiting for people to give. I am not interested in people who are not interested. I can go miles for people who are interested and play an active role in my life. But I wun lift a finger for those who dun show interest in my life.

Fair rite? I rather invest my time with people who geniunely care for my interest because only like tat will they be interested in me and my life and care geniunely.....

There are differences in Boyfriend, Lover, Hubby. There are differences in besties, good friends, friends and acquaintances. Maybe I was blind before but now I see.... friends, people in relationships should build one and another and not create obstacles to block our path, to stop us from growing and moving on... these obstacles and huddles should be crossed over together and used as stepping stones for a better future and not barriers to trip or fall you.....

Along in the journey of life, there are bound to be stones, boulders, large rocks and maybe huge mountains that come into your path... you can either choose to throw them away, move them away to a better position so that they will not obstruct you or walk far away from the huge mountains you cannot move. These are jus some problems in life and the way you face them...

In life, there are also blooming flowers, beautiful animals and blue skies. These are your friends, family, people who come into your life..... so appreciate them. Dun take them for granted. They are not yours and if you dun appreciate them, they will also walk away to others who will appreciate them.

PS: I can be nice. But dun expect me to be nice forever. If I am not worth keeping, then dun force yourself to do so.....

Alex, Weixiang & Meifong BD celebration @ Hua You Yuan & Partyworld Shenton Way 170807

Alex, Weixiang & Meifong Birthday Celebration AUG 2007. Let's start from our dinner at Hua You Yuan @ Upper East Coast Rd near to Bayshore Rd..... We tried almost all new dishes and they were GREAT!!!! Our 9 course dinner included Lobster Cold Dish, Sharksfin soup, Chicken cooked with ham and mushroom, Garoupa steamed HK style, Steamed Prawns, Ketchup Chilli Crab with Buns, Longevity Noodles, Brocolli with Shitake mushrooms, Fruits (Did I miss out any dish????)

Lobster Cold dish... I would give this 9/10 cos I still prefer the mixed cold dish... but its LOBSTER!!!! YUMMY....

Our usual guest - Sharkfin Soup.... very very nice 9/10 too..... together with Gordon Bleu....

The new chicken dish we tried..... the chicken as usual, is very tender and tasty..... cooked together with ham and mushroom - the taste is simply DELICIOUS..... the gravy is YUMMY......

Sorry the rest I didnt take pictures cos busy eating and entertaining and I took for granted our other photographer Weixiang aka 1 of the birthday boy was taking the pictures.... So Sorry....

The head for Alex, the backside for Jerry...

Very nice decor hor????

Wendy & Ah Ber....

During Dinner, we already finished like 1 whole bottle of Gordon Bleu and 4 large bottles of fruity wine and some beer.... The most horrendous person yesterday nite I met was Ms wendy who came with a vengence. She started to "TA" with Alex the moment she saw him. And she really "TA" lor..... not a cheat like me who always say "BO TA BO L** P*".... And even Ms forest also drank till her face a very nice glowing red colour..... of cos cannot beat Mr Alex whose face is like a beetroot but everyone was happy.....

Angie and Ah Ber..... See we like 1 so fair, 1 so tanned..... so we decided to take a photo with more colours..... so......

We included Ms Forest in the photo and TA DA..... we have red, fair and tanned..... Cool rite....

After dinner at 11plus, we proceeded to Partyworld in Shenton Way. I went to pick Ms Dai Sai Queen Ms Kerin from Clarke Quay and we met up with the rest at Partyworld....

And we cut the birthday cake, had titbits, drank more, sang songs there.... kenji booked the S VIP room that can hold more than 20people.... I almost wanted to play catching there cos its sooooooooo huge......

Birthday Boy singing...

The Birthday Cake...

Birthday Boys and Gals (from left: Alex, Weixiang & Meifong).... Their birthday ages??? Everyone is 18 years old..... hahahahaha...

This is meifong holding her birthday cake.... finally seen her picture rite.... heehee.... Ivan's gf.... Ms Meifong!!! YEAH!!!!

Weixiang the Birthday Boy holding his birthday cake...

Alex the birthday boy holding his birthday cake.... See how wide his smile..... he must be happy after drinking the baileys Mandy brought specially for him.... hiak hiak hiak....

Then..... the blowing of candles..... thanks to the birthday boys and gal who posed for me a few times to capture the moments.....

Blowing of candles....

Cutting of Cake....

After cutting of cake and eating it, the people in the room started to get mad.....especially the gals... hahahaha..... they started to zi-lian and took lotsa photos especially YOU-KNOW-WHO...

Let's start with the couples 1st....

Ivan and his beloved Meifong....

Ah Black and Wife-To-Be Sandra....

Ah Ber & Kenji.....

MAD COUPLE - Wendy and Kerin....

ANOTHER CRAZY+MAD COUPLE - Ms Kerin & Ah ber.....

What would you get when you put Mad Wendy and Crazy Ah Ber together??? INSANE BER & WENDY couple......

Then I found out that actually Ms Sandra and Ms Kerin knew each other..... weird couple.... dunno how they knew each other also.... then they started to link up the family tree like who-know-who and who-know-who-and-WHEN....

Weird Couple Ms Kerin & Ms Sandra...

Also saw another "couple".... actually they look quite compatible rite....

Ms Mandy and Mr Kenji... heehee...

Out of so many people who came.... there was 1 very lovable guy whom I would love to hug if he really turned into......

Cos he really looked the same la.....

"Pooh Bear" sleeping after eating lotsa HUNNY.....

The 3 mad and crazy and insane gals.... (from left: Kerin the Dai sai queen, Wendy the siao char bo, Ah ber queen lala monkey bull the 1st the last and the one and only)

Now its time for my zi-lian photos.... after my zi-lian photos YOU have a choice not to scroll down. YOU have a choice to X the page and leave immediately. YOU have a choice to protect your eyes from dai sai queen....


LAST WARNING..... PLS EXIT NOW....

Mambo Nite @ Zouk 150807

Wed was Mambo nite..... It all started when my student cancelled her class cos she wasnt feeling too well so Ah ber wanted to date her darling kenji out, but didnt know where to go so ah ber just had the brilliant tot of MAMBO cos its MAMBO Wed Nite at Zouk......

In an instant, Jimmy and Forest signed up with Angie and Lisa. Wendy and Ivan took a bit of Coaxing, Convincing and finally come Conning by me before they fell into my evil trap..... and the best part was, Meifong (Ivan's official gf) came along too.....

We met at 9pm, but everyone was late..... hahahaha but anyway we couldn't go in as they had an NUS bash going on so we were only allowed in at 10.30pm. I tried to flash them my SIM student card and tried to tell them NTU's student card number but they didnt fall for my trick...... so, fine, ah ber had her dinner at the cafe there and finally went in with Meifong, Ivan, Wendy, Kenji..... The rest came later....

The pics only tell me something..... I need to change my makeup colour cos I am sooooooo tanned now it doesnt match my face and it makes me look like a GHOST.... like this...... (credit goes to Ms Lena who took this pic)..... dunno how she managed to capture my ghostly look here... hiak hiak hiak hiak.... BTW, that's me in the background wearing blood red cheongsam ok....

Notice no pic of meifong rite???? She is damn fierce ok..... she CHEONG to the dancefloor herself and boogied herself all nite long, then she met some friends and guess where she went...... she went to the platform to dance..... Fierce rite???? Platform leh..... Who dare dance on platform pls raise your hands.... I dun dare leh..... no matter how drunk I am.....

Concerts

My Sammi is coming to Singapore on 13.oct.2007, sat at 8pm at Singapore Indoor Stadium.... Who wan to sponsor me the $168 tickets??????? I will wuv you to bits if you buy me the tickets.... (1 ticket can liao cos I am independent enough to go on my own one.....)


Haha.... jus joking la.... I will buy my own ticket but who wants to go with me? Although its cool to have 1-to-1 time with my Sammi, but it would be cool to have a friend beside me cos I cannot hug or talk or look eye-to-eye with Sammi..... $168, 138, 118, 88.....


http://www.sistic.com.sg/cms/events/index.html?content=1125





I have a feeling that I will be very poor for these 2 months. Road Tax is expiring, and I tot of getting new suspensions for tortilla...... now Sammi is coming..... and I wanted to be fillial to my mum and my aunts....so I tot of getting them .......

http://www.sistic.com.sg/cms/events/index.html?content=1019

The 4 divas concert on 9.sep.2007, sun at 8pm at Singapore Indoor Stadium..... See whether still got the $168 tickets or not available... $168, 148, 128, 98, 68

so I am going to be very very poor this month..... if any of you free, got nothing to do, pls call me to treat me dinner or lunch pls..... :)

And I heard some of my friends intending to go for Ah Mei's concert.... 8.Nov.2007, thurs, 8pm at Singapore Indoor Stadium. $158, 138, 118, 88....

http://www.sistic.com.sg/cms/events/index.html?content=1106

Great, if I buy Ah Mei's tickets and go with them, I dun even have money for breakfast liao.... (but anyway I dun eat breakfast one...) Hiak Hiak Hiak......

So, it would be 1 concert a month.... how cool is that..... Sep, Oct, Nov 2007.....

And I still haven't figured out Wat To Do on Junior's birthday!!!! Shiat.....

I could have it at the Doggy cafe at Balestier, Pasir Ris Beach, East Coast beach..... HOW HOW HOW HOW???? I still haven't order his cake yet..... Shiat....

And so many people to invite..... Oh gosh..... how???? This sun I going to Pet movers to get stuff for goody bags for his friends...... My baby's birthday bash will be a special one....

Getai

Ah ber did an amazing thing yesterday evening and enjoyed myself so much that I didnt wan to leave the place. Where did Ah Ber go? Ah Ber went to the 1st 7th Month Getai for this year.....

I was preparing to coach at 7pm when my aunts called me and told me that the whole cast of 881 was going to be at this Getai at Ubi Ave 1. And the Getai name???? Li Xing Getai..... (for those who watched the movie, you know wat I am talking about)...

They got the information from Xin Min Wan Bao and there was also a coupon that we can fill in for a lucky draw... there are 10 prizes to be won.... and its at the field opposite Blk 344 Ubi Ave 1.... and it starts at 8.30pm.

So ah ber finished at 8pm, zipped down to pick my aunts and then went to Ubi Ave 1. The place was soooooo crowded that we only managed to get a parking place ard 9pm and it was only due to the inteligence of the monkey brain in me that I parked at the nearby industrial park cos the surrounding carparks were full and so jammed packed with cars trying their luck.....

So we ventured happily towards the getai and merged with the crowds that were already there....me and my aunts squeezed and squeezed to try to get a good spot. I finally found the lucky draw box after 1hr and squeezed my way to drop the coupon in....

And finally after waiting for sooooooo long, 881 cast finally came on stage.... and joked and talked and sang..... We didnt win any lucky draw but the atmosphere was high high high.....

And Ah ber jus knew they will sing some songs from the movie.....so I waited and waited..... and they finally did.... Ah ber captured, but pardon me for the poor video quality and the poor sound quality.... I only have my SE750i with me.... anyone wan to sponsor me any SE phones with good quality video and sound and pics???? Sorry for the poor quality but pls appreciate my hard work and tired arms trying to capture it ok....

LIVE version of 一人一半, taken by ah ber at the 1st 7th month getai at Li Xing Getai @ Ubi ave 1 yesterday (130807) evening...



We finally went back at 11.30pm....and only after I bought a Wang Lei VCD (3pcs in it) with all the nice hokkien songs and I LUV IT....
Sorry folks, this is the best I can do for you about Qi Yu Wu....

881 exclusive trailer

The exclusive trailer to the movie that I found on youtube.... check it out.... really nice.... and if you go see the movie, its even funnier....

Letting It Be

Letting It Be

One of the most difficult things to learn in life is acceptance - the ability to just let it be. Every day we encounter people and events that weigh on our peace of mind. Do we let them be? Or do we fret about them?

Now it's important to clarify that when I say "letting it be", I don't mean meekly swallowing all the bitter pills that are forced into your mouth. It's crucial that we understand what we can change and what we can't.

Worrying about your next sales deal is reasonable enough, and this is an instance when worrying can be beneficial. Worry can motivate you to sharpen your skills, put more effort into planning your presentation, and so on.

But vexing about the impossible traffic is plainly pointless. Whether you get upset about it or not, the traffic is going to move when it's going to move; there is nothing you can do to make it go any faster.

As someone once said, we should all wish for the wisdom to know the difference between what we can change and what we can't, and then have the serenity to accept the things we cannot change. We should all understand when we should be climbing over the wall instead of banging our heads against it.

Once we know that something is beyond our power, we should all do better to learn how to let it be. This kind of acceptance sees difficult times as lesson times. This kind of acceptance allows things to unfold naturally. This kind of acceptance learns the lesson, releases the negative emotions and moves on.

When problems threaten to break our peace of mind, most of us tend to focus on the problem, and not on the good things we still have. Consequently, some of us go on to destroy those good things because the problem we're preoccupied with augers a bleak future.

But the next time something or someone is getting you down, shift your focus to something else - your family, your spouse, your friends, your freedom, your health. Someone once shared with me a handy trick to instantly make yourself feel better when you're upset - simply visit a hospital. You'll realize just how insignificant your problems are when you're there. Seeing people who are ill, incapacitated, on their deathbeds, grieving relatives, despondent family members. How fortunate are you compared to them? You have your health, you can do things you love, you can eat whatever you want, you can see your loved ones and have a good time with them, show them how much they mean to you! How many people in the hospital wish they were in your shoes?

A Slice of Life is written, produced and presented by Eugene Loh unless otherwise stated. If you wish to share the scripts with others, please credit it to 'Eugene Loh, A Slice of Life, 938LIVE, a station of MediaCorp Radio'.

Hua Yew Wee with my aunts

Blunja (treated) my aunts to dinner yesterday evening. We went to Hua Yew Wee @ Upper East Coast Rd for dinner. They were craving for crabs so I brought them there. My aunt is quite a bit of a food critic so I had to be quite careful with my choices of food with them. I dun wan to hear bullshit for the whole evening from them. The whole meal cost me only $78.11..... cool rite...


So I brought them there when the famous AMK Blk 200+ coffeeshop had a long queue.


We had....

Beancurd with Thai Sauce.... 4.5/5.... The serving of cucumbers were huge.... great cos many restaurants dun believe in peeping and offering such huge amounts of vegetables.... (and lucky cos my aunts like lotsa vegetables....) The sauce was YUMMY.... The beancurd was so-so only....

Deer meat on hotplate..... 4.5/5..... The meat was tender and the taste was good.... except the spring onion stalks were HUGE.... my aunts didnt know how to eat them......

Stirred fried Spinach with garlic...... 4.5/5....... quite a big serving for $6 only.... tasted ok but it was good to have great servings of vegetables....

Ketchup Chilli Crab...... 4.5/5...... my aunts think that its not very chilli hot enough for them.... ?????? dun understand their taste buds leh... why wan to torture their tongues for food? To me I think its GREAT, cos I am not a very chilli hot person so I think its jus nice for me..... the gravy has lotsa crab eggs you know!!! I ate the shell and it was like heavenly....... the meat of the crabs were so full yet tender and easily removed..... fresh and good....

The buns that matched the chilli crab....to a perfect fit....

After dinner we went to Marine Parade for shopping..... and I bought a fishing rod for myself, complete with the reel and a roll of fishing line and hooks and artificial bait and all..... so cool rite..... I also bought wine, bought drinks, bought titbits and lotsa stuff...... it feels great to go shopping!!!!

Fun

Sunday was a fun day. Brought junior out for badminton with Rina, D, Melissa, Jared, Damon, Ryan and my 2 swimming students Emily and Jeremy.

We had a fun time with me and D winning ultimately of cos. Wat would you expect from 2 monkeys who joined teams together...... of cos we won la....

Some random pics from Plaza Singapura the other day with the children....

I also took some pics of my students with me in the water... They were so keen to take photos with me.... They wuv me!! So Happy......

The Simpsons at Vivocity.... So cool they came to singapore and had a new addition named Bala Letchmi (aka Berlala aka Lala Devadason).... heard from forest and Meifong that this movie is very funny.... no storyline but jus go in, sit down and LAUGH..... so cool rite....

Tired, grumpy, irritable COS OF MY ULCERS

These past few days very tired, grumpy, irritable, fed-up & battery flat.

I spent my Thursday morn sleeping in cos its been sooooooooo long since I ever slept into the afternoon...... But in the afternoon, my national day was full packed with action when I had to send Pa to TTSH A&E cos he had a problem with his urine bag. After finding and solving the problems he had (he had an infection so he was given antibiotics), we (Pa, D, Mum, jared, damon, ryan & ME) went for a feast at the kopitiam in TTSH cos Pa cannot walk very far or too much.

The popiah there was quite good. I love the lamb chops too. We ordered like sooooo many things and I had every type of cuisine except the exotic ones & Indian food - we practically had chinese, western & malay food.....

After sending them home, I met up with Kenji and TFT at Vivocity for the movie 881 at 2110hours. We had Ben & Jerry's ice cream together and Jae bought like 24 donuts for all of us to share..... the donuts are quite nice...... can fight with dunkin donuts....

The movie is hilarious and at the same time, tugged at my heart's strings... quite emotional. Feel like crying at certain parts of the movie. Sitting 2 hours in the theatre was not very bad cos I like this movie and I am going to learn to sing most of the songs inside.....

Friday afternoon - I suddenly jus had the urge to cook. So lucky for me, I had the TFT audience who happily supported me in my campaign of cooking. I cooked spaghetti for them and according to them, it was quite good...... of cos good la, I have master in bradel you know.

Played mahjong till 4plus in the morn, then sent a friend back and finally reached my bed at 5plus..... slept till 6.15am then wake up and work...... very very very very stone...... my body is telling me its old already..... cannot 'don' nite liao......

Luckily got student cancel classes so today I had 2.5hours of extra sleep before lunch. Then nearly woke up late for my 1pm class, so rushed there without having lunch..... and bought a packet of bee hoon but it didnt have any taste, not even the beehoon taste.......

Jus came back from yishun cos I sent rina's mum back and went to get something there from yishun..... wanted to go KTV cos my friend jio me...... but really too tired and my 2 ulcers in my mouth is killing me......so sorry I fly your kite...... cos I am really very tired..... going to sleep now..... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Happy 42nd Birthday Singapore

Its 5.30am on NATIONAL DAY. Happy Birthday Singapore!!!

Came back ard 4am from early breakfast at Mac after our TFT mahjong game that ended at 3am. Couldn't sleep so I drafted a poem. Then I read something that made me boiling mad. So I deleted the poem that I wanted to post here.

And I decided to write another poem that made me feel better. But I wun post it here. But I still cannot sleep cos I am boiling mad. NVM. Poor junior sneaking ard me wanting me to go sleep and cuddle him, but baby, your mummy's really MAD.

But on 2nd tots, I better go get some sleep cos I have great plans for the day... Yippee!!! National day....

Previous years, I used to get very excited about national day cos I loved to see the national day parade. I could always feel the love for singapore come out from the performance. I used to sing the national day songs with my heart.

Now......

I feel excited cos I dun need to work today. I dun feel so enthu about the whole national day parade thingy.... NVM..... tmr meet up with some friends and have some fun and everything will be GREAT!!!!!

Junior's new wife

Junior has a new wife and met up with some new friends!!!! Check out his bloggie http://www.dinojuniorboy.blogspot.com/

MONKEYS

Ah ber went to bishan park with my 3 babies, mummy, D & Jakes on Mon 060807. There, the monkeys' (me and D's monkey tails) came out..... and we started to climb trees...

D Climbed up and sat up there....

I tried very hard to climb like he did..... But I jus couldn't reach the branch where he was sitting on..... This was the highest I ever climbed....

I tried another branch..... I tried to hoist myself up but I jus couldn't, you must pardon the OLD monkey ok.... So Ah Ber jus hung there and posed while they took this photo for me..... hahahahhaa...

Then we decided to test which child is the courageous and ended up, we had 3 GALS all along.... They didnt dare to climb high up and we had to coax, convince & CON them...... Then finally.....Damon went up 1st but he was soooooooooooo scared..... look at his face.....

Jared tried too and he was trying to act brave.......

Ryan was simply trying to hold on for dear life!!!!!

Then we had Junior the Spider dog too.....

There were more tree climbing.......

Damon being very brave and taking a nice photo....

Ryan was also very brave.....

Notice Jared not in this pose???? He was simply too afraid to pose up in the tree..... Ah ber had lotsa fun even though it was only half an hour there......

Are you really incompatible?

Are you really incompatible?
In today's global culture people have differences of opinion. Whether the topic is marriage, travel,politics, work, religion or even what type of car is the most reliable, different people feel differently but what about when you and your guy can't agree? Does it mean you're incompatible? For the most part, the answer is no.

What we tend to forget in our quest for the fairytale relationship, is that no one person can be all things to another. It just won't happen. So while you may have a certain way you like to spend your Saturday nights (hitting the latest hot spot for dinner or dancing) and your partner may have another idea of how to pass the evening (in front of the TV watching desperate housewives), there's no reason you can't still find fulfillment in each other. The key is, remembering to find it elsewhere, too!

The only area where differences of opinion definitely spell trouble is within the relationship itself. The lines of communication must always be open, even if it's uncomfortable, and this means in every aspect, but most importantly regarding your level of commitment. Sometimes it's better to make plans together in advance so both people can agree to what will they be doing together. It's a unity factor. Sometimes one has to give in to the other to make the relationship work but it has to be both side that give and take. Don't always make plans without involving the other or discussing if he/she wants to do this or go there.

Also, if one of you thinks it's serious while the other is still playing the field, things are bound to break down. If one of you wants to share everything and the other keeps everything secret, the chances of connecting are cut considerably. If either or both of you are disrespectful of or cruel to each other on a regular basis to the point where either of you is hurting, think about how you want to be treated and try to take a step back. Sit down and review plans of the communication between each other.

You must agree on honesty, kindness and respect. Your relationship won't work and you certainly won't be compatible if you don't tackle these issues. However, if you respect each other, maintain an open and honest rapport and are equally committed, anything is possible. Accepting that your partner has their own mindset, opinion and thoughts on whatever subject makes the relationship flow with intellectual stimulus that can be a major turn on as well.

Bar advice. Everybody has an opinion about most things. If adding your two cents worth helps your relationship by all means open your mouth. If not....

Adapted from Bar Advice.

Ah Ber is down

Ah ber is not feeling too good. I feel so heaty. My throat is bursting and my lips are cracking and my abdomen is killing me. I ate bread pudding yesterday and due to my greediness, I ate alot without considering the effect of the HUGE amount of milk that was used to make it. And that HUGE amount of milk was almost enough to kill me cos I am lactose intolerant.

Had a slight fever and tummy ache before I went to bed. Maybe the panadol I took helped to numb my tummy ache but I woke up at 5am with such a terrible tummy ache that I tot I could die on the spot.

I tried to sleep alot. But I am still irritable, I am still pms-ing, I am still feeling under the weather. Suddenly so many tots flooded my brain, it made me even more depressed. I suddenly have no idea wat the hell was wrong with me!!!

I went to sleep last nite feeling so alone cos junior didnt want to hug me. There's this draggy feeling inside me that I wan to get rid of but somehow i cannot.

Woke up this morn feeling much better but not really fantastic. The tot of national day coming up is perking me up. Another holiday. Not that I dun like to work (who likes to work anyway???) but I am not in top form for work. I still have a long way to go. I feel like getting out of this shitty place.

PS: I have been re-writing and re-phasing and deleting and re-doing this post. Feel like writing lotsa stuff here but dunno how to put it. Dunno wat to write. Bored. Think I go sleep somemore or watch some movies.

Still in PMS mood

2 days ago my shelf fell from the wall and crashed onto my lappy. Luckily junior was not at home but holidaying in bradel so he was safe and sound. My bro heard the crash and came to investigate. Luckily besides a few broken tiles from the keyboard, the rest are fine....

So I guess I gotta start saving for a new lappy soon cos my lappy is already at least 3-4years old and I need another one in case my old lappy decide to call it a day. Thank God junior was at bradel cos I think if the shelf falls and hit him or scared him, I will blame myself for putting the shelf there.

Fri evening
Was spent with Lena at La voz. I was still pms-ing and was pissed off with a group of teenagers who blocked the entrance and was very loud. I requested that they should not be put in the room next to us. BUT, they flooded out into the hallway to celebrate their friend's birthday and were really LOUD. But nvm la. I concluded the result that I was PMS-ing so I jus ignore it.

Sang songs and I am really pleased to find some songs that held deep memories for me. Wished I wouldn't stop singing them. Wished the KTV can go on and on and on.

Wondered if I walked into a KTV alone, would it be weird or would people think that I am a selfish bitch who didnt wan to share her mike with others? I think someday I will jus do tat cos I jus wan to be alone, absorbing the emotions around me while I am singing.

Sat Evening
Wendy, Kerin, Lena and me were supposed to go to JB. Lena gave me a surprise by saying she didnt wan go but turned up at the checkpoint with Jeff.

Traffic was terrible. We got stuck in traffic for a whole 2 hours. But I really couldn't help it. Its not like I wanted it to have a traffic jam and WANTED to be in the jam. I dun mind the jam cos our agenda was exciting. We were going on the Euro Fun Fair Rides!!!

The last time we were too full to go onto the rides. So this time logically thinking, we didnt have our dinner. Of cos its really hungry to go without dinner till midnite, but it was worth it. We had a light snack (a hotdog and fries for the rest of them without me!!!). We went on the challenger and it was really cool!!!! The ferris wheel had a Loooooooooong queue so we forgo it.

We went on bumper cars like 4 times...... really fun!!!!! I kept banging Wendy and Kerin.

There was a long queue getting out of danga bay as well and i decided at the end of the day that if we wan to have fun, we have to take in the jams and the crowds as a package too. If no one flocks to the places at peak hours then the place is not worth going. If we cannot take the crowds and jams, we wun be able to enjoy ourselves at the rides too. Part of the enjoyment is to queue and absorb the atmosphere of the rides in front of us..... that makes the ride more thrilling and enjoying!!!!!

After 1 hour of fun, we went to have dinner at Taman Sentosa but alas we were too late, the fruit juice stall was closed already but nvm, can always go and drink another time, cos our main agenda was to go for the rides!!!! Having dinner ard midnite can be quite eerie with the rats around us heehee.....

Lena and jeff finished 1st and they left. Me, Kerin & Wendy continued with a free dessert that was absolutely fabulous!!!!!! It was a coconut pudding!!! Very nice!!! Usual price at RM6 per coconut, but we had it free cos they were promoting it. Uncle, dun need promote, we already decided to have it the next time me, kerin and wendy come back.....

After our dinner we went back to the pasar malam at danga bay. The crowds had lessen due to the wee hours like 1am...... but this round the pasar malam was not as fantastic as the previous ones that included stalls and stuff from thailand......

After shopping (ms wendy bought the most stuff!!!!!), we went cruising around then we went home...... sent the gals home and ended up in bed at 4.30am. Had a long talk with rina till almost 5plus then I finally drifted to sleep before jumping up this morn at 6.45am.

Sun Afternoon.
Brought junior for a walk and met up with his friends the female golden retriever and black and white shihtzu (or was it a peking dog???)...... Wanted to bring junior to my grandma's house to meet his new friends but my aunts were coming over to my place so I went to novena to pick them instead and am now typing my posts here... now going to play mahjong at jimmy's place after sending them back......

PS: I am still in PMS mood. My cramps came back with a vengence and I am menstrating clots. And I am still in irrritable mood and I can kill if I wan to. I have already slapped people back in their faces because I cannot bother to let them have their way. My aunty was one of these people cos she simply dun understand give and take and accomodating people's needs, to her everything is not good enough. If you are so good and we are so lousy, piss off. Dun come around and show your attitude. We dun need that.

Cool Stuff

Today I was feeling bit down due to some issues. So i decided to buy myself a bouquet of flowers and it certainly cheered me up cos it was soooooo pretty. Only $6 a bouquet like tat..... soooooo many different types of little flowers in it. I luv it to bits.....

Then Rina brought me my surprise and it was really a surprise.... suddenly my grey skies lifted and I saw sunshine again in my life. At 1st I was really excited.... then when I took the box out, I was like ????????? Why in the whole world would she give me a doll when I dun play with dolls cos I am terrified of getting chucky or his bride..... But........ She gave me specific instructions to look at the box carefully and so I did......

And I found out why this doll is so special..... cos this doll is named Belinda and I have a doll named after me!!!! How cool is that??? You know the coolest part???? It read "It will give you Infinite Pleasure"...... hahahahahaha...... Rina told me bout Terence's expression (his coy smile) when he read it..... PLS LA MUM.....

And today my dad is back from Cambodia!!! I have a gift from Cambodia from him.... YEAH!!! I love gifts and surprises and flowers and stuff (guess I am a typical gal rite..... heehee)...

His gift is a jewellery box in the shape of an elephant..... this box is really special..... for a whole 5 mins I figured with the box, but I couldn't open it..... then my dad told me I had to "unlock" a "key"..... then slide it out and then lift the centre part to HIDE my jewellery..... dad, sure you bought me a jewellery box and not a TREASURE BOX???? so many steps to open it..... got instructions or not??? :)

Last but not least, like to introduce you to my darling who just graduated from SMU.... with a PHD.....

Who said that SMU is Singapore Management University here? It stands for Singapore Mahjong Understanding..... And his PHD is in Mahjong Playing......

SCREW DRIVER

Sunday and Monday, Tortilla needed some fixing in his insides - here are some pics - check out the last one cos tortilla got SCREWED and the screw driver was left there (CAN YOU SPOT IT?)

Corroded Battery Head....

Spoilt Radiator...

Tortilla with his insides taken out.... (if you strike 4D pls count my share as well thanks)

Burst Water Pipe (the old tube was soooooooo damn HARD). The new one was really soft rubber....

Tortilla got SCREWED and the SCREW-DRIVER was left there..... it was caught in between his bonnet when I slammed the bonnet cover down..... I only realised it when I wanted to check if I got summon for parking.... hahahaha....

Jalan Besar CHAO TA BEE HOON

Sunday, Junior and me went to a special place. Wan to know more about a place for pet lovers & Good Food??? Check this out - Junior's Blog


After our lunch, we headed back to hougang for mahjong session and AH BER FINALLY WON!!!! I won $30 from all 3 players.... YEAH!!!!


After our mahjong session, we decided to have dinner..... I brought Lena, Jie fu and Wendy to Jalan Besar. This restaurant is at a coffeshop jus opposite Sim Lim Tower. It directly opposite the bus stop there and situated near the flea market at Sungei rd.... (sorry forgot to get address cos I wan too excited in going there to eat).


I was 1st introduced to this stall by Lao Beng aka Patrick, CEO of TFT.


Their famous dishes are now introduced by the lighted board at the back alley. Must try - SALAD PRAWN, ASAM FISH HEAD, PORK KNUCKLES, PRAWN ROLL, SEAFOOD TOFU, CHAO TA BEE HOON......


The bee hoon is FAMOUS. Its called Chao Ta Bee Hoon (Not MEE-TAAAA).....


The famous CHAO TA BEE HOON....


2nd MUST-HAVE dish - Prawn Salad... very nice....


This Asam Fish Head also very yummy.....



The TOFU is very soft and smooth - even non-tofu eaters like me also like this dish...


Prawn Rolls - so-so only when we ate that day.... something missing inside.... felt weird. Lena said they should put yam to make it taste like the real thing....

Becoming friends instead of lovers

Got this from Bar Advice (http://bar-advice.blogspot.com/). They linked me on their webby and this is one of the blogs I read daily. Will link them soon when I have the time.... Find this very interesting.....

Becoming friends instead of lovers
What happens when you fall into the "friends zone"? Guys tend to feel that after all the effort, feelings, money, time and so on that they put in that when she starts reacting to him more as a pal than a partner, it's a devastating blow.

So how did the relationship get poisoned into becoming a friendship in the first place? One reason may be that she he had gone out with her too often that she see him so much. This habit makes the other feel attached to the person without worry that other stirred feeling are happening. She doesn't want to be hurt so she feels safer in a friendship based relationship.

Sure there are exceptions where people have gone out with each other so much and so long, years even, and have got married but that is a minority group. My own sister is one such person. We are talking about the majority of people that fall into the friendship category because they have gone out more than four dates.

Why four? Well studies show that if by four dates you would pretty much figure out if you like the girl or not. It's different for women a little. For guys four is the magic key number. If you head into the fifth or sixth date, it's a amber light state. This could mean that she still likes you, not sure or she's comfortable going out with you but as a friend. Maybe she finds that she likes that you like the things she does, goes, eats and so on. Comfortable is not good in this instance. Why?

People trying to get to the phase of becoming a couple should be a little awkward, shy, apprehensive. When going out together with friends they should be more apart and hope to hold hands and such. Maybe a kiss at the end of the night. You don't go meeting someone on a date with a T-shirt and torn jeans with flip flops. That's a clear sign that she's only interested in being friends because she believes that you will understand and that she need not dress up for the date. If you're in that "comfort" situation and another guy comes along, be prepared to loose her.

At the end of the day you got to know if it's going to work out or not. It's more of the amount of energy in the date than the amount of dates itself. Working towards becoming a couple should be exciting. Once you get there, the friendship part will become part of it. The relationship is then merged with love, friendship and togetherness.

Bar advice. If you want the 'gal' don't make her your 'pal'.