hoho, tmr will be the last day of nov! finally! officially counting down to the festive season!!

well, nov seemed to be a much much faster month than oct. maybe cuz it was a super busy month at work. what to do.. from a strength of 5pax to 3pax and on some days, even 2 pax! WTF. 

anyway, will soon be going on a small trip to bintan to celebrate hubb's bday. 

looking forward. 2nd trip with the rayous and parents-in-law. 

my only fear is the 1hr ferry ride followed by the 1hr bus ride to the resort. 

hohohoo. 

goodie luck! 

MIL's BdaY

it's MIL's bday next sat. celebrated with her tdy at Yan Palace @ Hong Lim Complex

the food really quite average. quite disappointing, coming from a long-time restaurant like this. 

happy birthday MIL! 

really really thankful to her, for helping to take care of rayous. it's not easy. but she has always been so accommodating and kind. nothing i say or do can express my gratitude to her. really got to be extra nice to her. 

wishing her good health, longevity and happiness. 

i should be super emo and distraught the same time last yr. cuz in a few days time, i'll be back to work after a good 4mths maternity. hahaha. yep, i went back to work on 17.11.2015. so fast, coming to 1yr liao! 

hohohoho.

back to work 1yr. nothing much has changed. except for my mentality, maybe. why work so hard when everyone else is slacking their way off? 

很多东西，看不顺眼，也看不过去。很气愤， 但也知道孤军作战是没有用的。 

if you cant beat them, join them. 

yeah.

being in such an environment really de-motivates me. it really really makes me wonder why i should work so hard. it makes me feel stupid. really.

so now, i also stop being a stick in the mud liao. 

just do what i deem fit. of cuz i wont totally slack off. that will not do me any personal good either. i want to improve myself, not becoming lazier and lazier (though such an environment really encourages that. lucky 我还算出污泥而不染. LOL) and i want to be a good example to rayous. 

and must really learn how to let go. 人家是人家的事。顾好自己就好了。

i will really go mad if i were to keep bothering myself w other pple's actions and doings. 

看开一点总是好的. 

加油!!

And so, Donald Trump won the presidential election.

For the better? For the worse? 

Oh. Yeah.

Whatever.

SubaRu ChalleNge 2016

haha, the annual subaru challenge is ongoing now. 

went to kpo yesterday... 

30 hours down.. and many contestants still surviving...

and the father and son decided to have a try too. LOL

seriously, at the side, there is 'mini' competition going on. stand and hold for minimum 15mins will get a gift... the longer, the supposed better gifts. but really, the gifts are so crappy that they really dont worth the efforts la, unless u just want to have a taste ot the challenge itself. the gifts are what.. wiper la, umbrella la, seat organiser la.. crappy..

anyway, we revisited the competitors again just now. 50+ hours down and surprisingly still got quite a number of contestants surviving. 

really cannot imagine that while we are sleeping, working, lunching etc etc... those guys are there stuck standing and doing nothing. really OMG.

ok, we r contemplating to visit the competition again tmr lunch time. by then, should be very few contestants left and the winner should emerge anytime le ba? hahaha. we really v free and bo liao hor? LOL. 

yep. shall see who's the survivor for this yr. fighting!

woohoooo!

hahhahaha, chu a stunt yesterday. 

bought an iphone 7plus... and sold it on the same day! 

earned a good $498 just like that! 

LOL

long heard of such stunt, but never really gave a hoot.. mainly due to the fear of not having a line to sign for a new phone in the event the current phone spoils. 

also... not worth the hassle to go to the telco shop just to earn that few hundreds bucks. yes, to me, going to a telco shop is a nightmare.. cuz it's always soooo long q (at least for the starhub shop at PS!). and i really know nuts about the different telco plans etc. yeah, so long the current phone doesnt give me problem, i will just want to maintain status quo, even though im already way out of the contract period. 

but ytd, there was a company promotion and the starhub roadshow was just below my office! then after hearing what my colleague did.. i tot, i should have just done the same! 

and so, yes! earned a decent $498, and got some perks from the re-contracting. and in the event my current phone spoils, i shall just spend some money to buy some basic phone off the shelf. anyway, im never in need of a savvy phone. so long can let me call, sms, take pictures, take videos, do basic surfing will do. nett nett, i should still profit from it. 

best will be that my current phone dont spoil in the next 2yrs la. LOL. 

and today, hubb did the exact same stunt as me! kekekeke. 

yeah, we are both desperate for money now. have to resort to such method to earn additional money. 

kekekeke. 

LasT DaY oF OcT

last day of oct! and my 1st and only post in oct. v unproductive these days.

hahaha. 

oct seemed like an extremely long month.. maybe cuz got 31st?

finally coming to an end and nov tmr! woohoo! 

officially counting down to the yr-end! 

some happenings in oct.. 

attended ivan and ele's wedding at qian xi farrer park. 

been one whole yr since i last attended a wedding. the last one should be last nov, at nich and cheryl's wedding. i do like to attend wedding banquets. yay, so though is a red bomb, am still quite happy to receive it. LOL.

ivan and ele are my colleagues from my v 1st dept. ivan was already there when i joined. while ele joined slightly later than me. initially we already tried to make them into a couple, but both were 扭扭捏捏. subsequently they got together and finally tied the knot on 29oct. really very very happy for them. 

and the best thing abt the wedding was, the round-table photos can be taken immediately!! dammnn cool lah. really the 1st wedding that i got back the round-table photo on the same day! hhahaha. niceeeee! 

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oct also the bday month for jas and ah yan.

had dinner at lenas at paya lebar square and then a visit to yan's husband's new ice-cream shop at paya lebar square level 1. 

yummy yummmy ice-creaam ~ 

also met up w the gals to celebrate yan's bday. dinner at bugis junction nando's followed by dessert at ah chew.

yup.. counting down to year-end! 

hopefully for the better!

whooohooo!! 

Happy BirThDay AgaiN!

happy bday again!

yh and me.. the sept babies. xh wasnt able to make it that day though..

blowwwww.. may all our wishes come true! 

@ imperial treasures @ raffles city 

and also celebrated w the gals at papparich plaza sing

blessed! 

HaPPy BirThDAy To Me!

happy birthday to me!!!

a visit to the zoo! 

alamak, how come....? shouldnt i be celebrating at some atas hotel drinking some champagn red wine enjoying good food?! 

yeah. accept it. life before and after parenthood.... IS JUST NOT THE SAME.

anyway, it's rayous's 1st visit to the zoo! hahaha. 

if you could just spot the lion and the lioness at the back...

and the main thing was to bring him to play here! always only play at babyspa.. time to let him try something new and maybe interact with some other kids.. haha 

as usual, he's quite apprehensive at the beginning. got better afterwards but can see that he's still kind of scare.. little scardy cat... 

not bad, good start. at least we tried something new. 

after that, rayous got super tired that he almost immediately fell asleep after we bath and fed him. and then i got superrrrr tired too, that we decided to go home rest. 

cake-cutting at home =) 

happy birthday to me!

blessed. 

Starting the process all over again........

OMG x 100

Good luck to me.

alamak

Just when I tot life is finally getting easier.........

Alas!

即来之,则安之。

加油!!!!!!!

Happy 2nd AnniVersaRy

our 2nd wedding anniversary!! hoho!

spent the day at JB KSL mall. 

long long loooong time since we last drove in to JB. at least 2yrs liao i think. 

causeway was a little jam that day.

jap food for lunch

and with the exchange rate of about 1:3, things really are cheaper in JB especially food!! i think the food there almost half price of ours!! v happy! hahahah 

and baby milk powder is half price!! really!!! here one tin about S$45. there, after conversion, about S$25 only!! believe it or not! 

but of cuz, we din buy lah. though the country of origin appears to be the same..well... dont risk it lah. 

bought quite a number of shirts, socks and shoes for rayous though. cheap cheap. LOL 

and then we went for a 1.5hr full body thai massage. shiook!

loveee thai massage! 

slightly cheaper than in sg, but this massage parlour- thai odyssey- is supposed to be the more atas kind, so the charges still quite high. if go to the normal ones, sure much cheaper than in sg. 

the original plan was to spend the night in msia, till we got to know that the annual 7th-month dinner was also on the same night! as said, it's an annual event, how to miss it leh? so in the end, we din stay the night there, but rushed back at night to attend the dinner. ha.

and managed to biao a radio! v happy! i've already had the intention to buy one long ago, so might as well biao it from the event. heng heng huat huat ahh! 

and know what? the next day, we decided to visit msia again! too enticed by the cheap cheap stuff. we went to city square 1st, but the carpark was a nightmare! even the carpark can jam, can u believe it??! we were stuck inside for almost half hr but still could not find a lot! kaoz. 

in the end, we went back to KSL again. diaoo. 

and tried out the virtual reality ride. quite crappy actually. the 1st time the capsule sort of faulty, din really move until the later part. then they gave me another ride for free.

yep. next time will go visit city sq. but probably will not drive in liao. will park at woodlands then walk in. 

haha

happy 2nd anniversary! 

Olympics 2016

and so the 2016 Rio Olympics had come to an end. 

this yr, without the live coverage, honestly i felt the whole SG wasnt that involved. i myself did not catch any match. it was like we dont even know Olympics was being carried out in the other side of the globe.

that was of cuz, until joseph schooling made a big hoo-haa by winning our very 1st gold medal!

woohoo! 

referring to my blog post in 2008 when SG table tennis team won the silver medal, i was saying it took us a good 48yrs b4 we won something again and was thinking will it take us another 48yrs to obtain the next medal. 

and so...

uh huh! 

we did not have to wait thaaaaaat long huh! 

at least, my same old blog is still here. and the same old me is still blogging!! 

hahahaaa!!

and in that post, i was saying dont know how many yrs b4 we can have singapore-born sportsmen winning medals for us, becuz the priority here is education and not sports. and i was quite sure no SG parents will want to put their children through such tough training blah blah. 

and so.. schooling and family kind of prove me wrong! hahahaha. 

no lah, i still think i am right lah. schooling and family is definitely the very very rare few. 

and they definitely deserve all the glory that they are enjoying now after all that they had gone thru. spending the time and money grooming the son, parting with the son, and not to mention the gruelling training the boy had to go thru. winning phelps and getting the gold medal was no easy feat! 

let's see how he'll perform in the next olympic which will be in 2020 tokyo!

四年后见!!

ND Rally 2016

ok, so the summary for the ND rally this yr, in the simplest point blank form - there is no benefit for us.

 uh-oh.

and honestly, the issues brought up were so dry that i almost dozed off while holding a half-asleep rayous in my arm who was happily bf-ing.

and then rayous woke up and that kind of woke me up from the dozing mode. and that was how i managed to catch the moment when PM Lee went silent and his expression changed to a struggling one and the camera went focusing elsewhere. then the rally was suspended for a good one hr plus before he resumed and ended briefly. 

what a scare man!

like so sudden.. what happened xia. 

lucky he's ok. i do like him alot. very charismatic. haha. 

and.. always proud to have had taken a pic with him way back in 2007.... 

LOL

Day 5 - MaCau - 14/7/16

day 5 of our trip was still in macau.

started off with the famous portuguese egg tarts!! yummy!

if you have been to macau, u will know the most famous bakery brand there will be koi kee. and there's really a reason behind it. the 2 bakery shops (koi kee vs another brand) were there side by side (in venetian), and we tried the tarts from both shops. and i tell u, koi kee's tarts really won big time. much tastier than the other brand. 

and as usual, at macau, the landmark and must-visit place - st paul's church

if i may just bring u down the memory lane.... to see how many times we have visited macau..

2010....omg, how young 

2011......

and 2013... hahaha

ok, back to 2016.

as usual, the whole area was superrrr packed w pple

it is here that u will see how famous the koi kee brand is. almost 1 shop in every 5 steps and all are equally crowded. then u will see pple carrying all the yellow bags of goodies from this brand. actually this brand also can be found in singapore liao, at chinatown. but they dont sell the egg tarts here. boohoo.

in the end we also bought alot of the goodies from this brand. ahhh. whyyyy?? whyyyy carry all the way from macau when it's all available in SG??? really horr... 

very diffcult to navigate the place w rayous and w soooooo many pple all around. somehow, the alley that sells my fav 'yong-tau-foo' alike food and bbt and stuff seemed to have disappeared. sadddz. 

then back to our hotel..

rested before we came out for dinner again. ha

the very very nice backdrop... 

just like the real venice...

yep. and the next day will be back to HK and back home liao. 

stay tuned. 

UnHappy Me =(

2 person resigning. one of them, being one of the most innocent among them. 

why?? one good soul down... and all the trash are still left behind. 

how???

why isint it my turn??? when is it my turn????? whennnnnnnn???

how to continue when u seemed to hate everyone around you?

howwwwwwww???

i am m.i.s.e.r.a.b.l.e

HappY NaTioNaL Day.. Again!

hhaha, this national day has been a fruitful one. 

had lunch at nihon mura, followed by a movie - skip trace - at shaw balestier. had never been to that mall before, and if not for the movie, we wouldnt have thought of visiting there either. quite an empty mall, not many shops in there. but got one large outlet of sportslink there and having discounts. so i took the opportunity to buy the swimming gears so that i can start swimming again. haha. 

anyway, after that, we went for a game of escape. the first time we played at the cathay. this time we played at orchard central. 

ok, the game we played today is definitely simpler and more straightforward than the one we played the other time. 

honestly, i think we would have solved it, if not for the one big blunder that the crew did - they left out 1 prop!!!! literally! 

unbelievable lah! how could they??! seriously.... im still thinking if i should lodge a complaint.

yeh, and so, we failed the mission. grrrrrr

after that was to imm for dinner with in-laws.

not bad huh, did so many things in 1 day. very happy! LOL 

last yr national day, i just finished my confinement. really soo soo fast lah. one yr passed just like that. 

yeah, so .. happy national day... once again!