Sunday, January 29, 2012
Because you'll never know what anticipation feels like. You won't understand the reason why.
Friday, January 27, 2012
have been contemplating for a long while on whether to update this blog space of mine. but i've got really loads of thoughts running through my mind this CNY, thus I've finally settled down to pen them down - in a random sequence.
CNY 2012 is the annual affair where we have 2 rounds of reunion dinner - 1 at home with the immediate family and the other at Grandma's where most of the 8 children of hers will gather.
Day 1 - Usual visitings to the paternal family. We used to visit 5 of the elder uncles' place when we were younger. Daddy is the youngest of the 13 children, so we had to visit most of the uncles' places as a form of respect. Unfortunately as the years past, we settled for only 2 of the uncles' place in the recent years. With 2 of my elder uncles passed away & 1 uncle moving to Malaysia, we have since lost contact with their families. Quite sad because we are not close to the paternal family to begin with and it was always during the CNY that we catch up with one another. With the reduce in number of houses we visit during CNY would mean totally not meeting the relatives at all.
But still, each year I'll always look forward to visiting 3rd uncle's place because that's where we enjoy Granny's descended Popiah, Ngoh Hiang and Curry Chicken. Since Granny's days, the popiah we ate are all hand-made - right from adding the sweet sauce, chilli, filling the vegetables and finally wrapping it. It has been the same tradition since 22 years ago.
Last stop of the day would be at maternal Grandma's place for dinner then hopping over to b's Grandma's place for some gambling. haha..
Day 2 - First stop would always be at my maternal Granduncle's place in Tai seng area. It has also been a yearly tradition where my maternal family will gather for lunch. All 40 will gather at the terrace for buffet and lou hei session. Then, only in the past year, I started the phototaking sessions after lunch. It has always been in my to-do list for the maternal family because it is such a big group and having to coordinate everyone's time to take a studio photo will be rather difficult. So this year too, we had our family portrait taken at the front yard of Granduncle's place. But each year, there are bound to be members missing in the portrait.
After that would be visiting my Great-grandma's niche at All Saints. I've never told anyone this before (because I think i'm just too emotional and vulnerable at times) - I never fail to fight against my tears whenever we visit Ah Chor's niche for the past 10 years. I don't know why, but whenever I'm there, tears just formed in my eyes and I have this sudden urge to cry. I was only 12 when she passed away and the memories I had of her was her in a wheelchair at the old folks' home. But I knew all of us cried bitterly during the last farewell at her funeral.
Then it'll be visiting to my Grandaunt's place at Ang Mo Kio and subsequently, the rest of my uncle's and aunts' houses. Because we are such a huge family travelling together and visiting the relatives, our 'practice' would be to reach the destinations first and 'chop' the seats available at the houses. Those who came later will have to stand around the house till 1 of us initiate the 'HUAT AR' - signaling to move on to the next destination. We might not see each other often now since most of the cousins have grown up. But whenever we meet, there's still this chemistry among us that keeps us so closely knitted. And because of this, I'm thankful for the full attendance turn out when I organised Grandpa's 80th birthday in December 2011.
Missing in picture - Jonathan Ong, Yvonne Pay
Last stop would be back to the HQ @ Grandma's. All of us would have our steamboat dinner there before mingling around.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
It's been a long while since I've last blogged.
Shall post some pics which I've enthusiastically decided to take just a while ago, though they are pretty belated by now. haha!
But at the back of my mind, I know I wanna pen this somewhere for keepsake, so before the year ends, shall share about the presents I've got for my 21st!
Heartfelt thanks to all presents + hongbaos received!
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xmas is round the corner, about a week more!
am tempted to get myself something good, we shall see!
oh ya! I've gotten about 3 sets of cny clothes ready!
left: Shoes, a pair of levi's jeans and more clothes!
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really like the new layout of blogger where I can enlarge the pictures!
till then, goodbye again!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
week after week passed by very fast this month. 9-6pm at works are packed with meetings after meetings and more work. Today is supposed to be one of the days that I've been looking forward to - because I'm bringing Daddy to watch the Hossan Leong Show at the Drama Centre in the evening.
Daddy listens to his radio shows every morning while driving and has hinted that he would want to catch the show. and I've never brought daddy out for a show/movie before, so i thought it'll be a good chance to display my filial piety. =)
But, sometimes, life's really a joke.
Just 1 hour before knocking off, the mood-dampening thing happened.
The rebate calculation that I did manually was all wrong. It might lead to serious consequences, and 我已经做了最坏的打算. I really don't know what to expect from my boss tomorrow, when he returns from Thailand.
While typing the email to him, explaining to him what happened, I really felt like I could kiss goodbye to my promotion. (so much for exclaiming out loud in my previous post - hao liao la.)
也好吧,如果工作真的没了,只好回去当个学生. 再也不用为事业和学业烦了.
never felt so emo in my life before lor.
"whether you're feeling sad or happy, time will still past and life goes on"
i've been trying hard to console myself with the above phrase, hoping I can have at least a good night's rest but then, sometimes the mind rules the heart too much.
there were times I have doubts about myself if i was really ready to take up the additional responsibilities as a team leader. but at times, i felt so driven and motivated to bring the entire company to the next level.
alright, probably gonna cry myself to sleep tonight.
Somehow, vulnerability rules this month. ahhh..
but still, wanna thank Hossan Leong for making me laugh so hard during the 2 hours and forgetting all the unhappiness that happened before the show.
Labels: 我已经尽了全力
Monday, September 12, 2011
Me being me, i've started to look out for next year's Chinese New Year clothes.
Super kiasu as usual - it's actually called PLANNING btw. haha! but come to think of it, it's only 3 months down and I don't wanna be caught in the situation where I have to rush through & get something that is mehmeh which I do not really like.
And so, items at the spree ordered! just hope none goes out of stock so I can receive my pretty pieces for CNY!
Oh, btw I've also gotten my bag - picked a clutch that I super ♥ at the Charles & Keith Sales last weekend!
Was grumbling about the guys wasting time for wanting to head to the Pedro sales. In the end, it was us - the girls that came out with 3 paperbags filled. super pai seh, had to hide my face behind my huge paperbag when we left the place to meet up with the guys downstairs. hahaha!
I don't know if I'm making up reasons for the amount of $ I'm spending (close to $400 for 1 weekend!) or am I really happy to share the news - I've officially promoted!
I realised I've got nothing to blog about suddenly. haha! so i'm gonna end the post here. Abruptly.
bye!
Labels: counting down to CNY in 3 mths
Sunday, August 21, 2011
It's been a month since I've turned 21 and yup, i've been contemplating to blog because of laziness! and bcos i'm back to living in my routine work life. spell B-O-R-I-N-G! but then, that's where the ka-ching comes! hehehe.
So before the laziness overwhelms my decision to pen my 21st party down, here it goes!
pictures are kept to minimum because loads of them to upload! they're all in my fb album anyway.
the birthday party that i began planning long ago, about 1 year before my actual birthday!
so much planning to do...
I booked the venue in February, damn kiasu! hahaha. but what's a party without a good venue right.. and given the no. of ppl i was inviting, i need to ensure the space is enough.
with the help of Casper & Angeline, I booked the NSRCC Bungalow at the country club's member price!
and the planning from the food (BBQ + Catering), to the main item - cake, it took me about 2 months. And because there was the BKK trip just a week before the party, i had to ensure all things are settled before i jet away for my shopping trip.
No doubt, July was my most expensive month of the year!
beloved family! ♥
the brother who never fail to give me his advise whenever i ask:
"kor, do i look weird like this?"
"kor, is this nice?"
"kor, does this match?"
the mommy who went through so much to bring me up; to wake me up every morning; to take care of the household chores so I could concentrate on my studies & work.
the daddy who never rejects me whenever I asked for a shoulder massage; to fetch me to work if he is around the area; to brew herbal tea for the family frequently.
the girls at the party!
the boys!
the cuzzies!
熊帮
Labels: my pastel 21st
Friday, July 22, 2011
i'm officially 21!
today is the day i've been planning for the past few months.
and i seriously hate planning now. somehow i'm damn particular on everything to be perfect and it's causing me even more stress than ever.
i just hope the celebration later turns out good and not screw up! =)
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ps: i do miss the time when i told you on msn that i was hungry and you left a bowl of 7-11 whipped potato at my door.
Labels: i'm 21
