It's been some time since I did a decent blog..
Some updates.. on past events..

XXX RAJAH INN STEAMBOAT XXX
Finally brought Grumpy to this restaurant. Been talking about it for ages!! The food's nice and you can either order it by set, ala carte, or buffet, then cook the food in their mini pot, one for each person. Quite cool.



We ordered a chicken soup set & a fish soup set. Fish one tastes nicer!


Grumpy enjoying the food.


**** 2nd Event ****
XXX CLARISSE 1ST BIRTHDAY XXX

24 June 2006 is an important day. It's Lynn's birthday, it's the wedding of Joseph & Charlene, and it's the 1st birthday celebration for Baby Clarisse! But then, actual day is 29 lah...

Introducing... Baby Clarisse, who have taken to Grumpy so much, she lay on his chest A LONG WHILE, while holding her beloved red-toy-telephone.. Paternal instinct kicks in.. =) Hopefully, by the next World Cup. Hee hee! Baby Lucas!



And of course, the $140 custom-made novelty cake can't be missed.




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Close-up shot, it's not everyday that one get to see a $140 icing cake. If u think it's big, it's not. It's diameter is only 25cm lor... but it's 2-tier. The top tier was carrot cake (Yum! very nice!) and the bottom was chocolate, resembling the Sara Lee's wet choco-cake. Heaven~

The whole cake was covered with icing, right down to the butterflies & flowers. I ate a few butterflies, then ate many little flowers so that the butterflies need not go hungry. Heh.


XXX DING TAI FENG XXX

Finally, after so much gushing from mel. We went.. and was TOTALLY BLOWN OVER!!! How did they do that!? Why the bao inside have soup one!? Price is not as steep as we thought. Both of us, the bill only came up to be $31+.. Sooo totally worth it. *rub tummy, satisfied*

Grumpy enjoying his tea, while waiting excitingly for the Xiao Long Bao...

<-- half eaten xiao long bao.. *drool*

This was what I ordered. Prawn dumpling noodles. Heavenly, in my standard. The prawn was big, crunchy & juicy!! Definitely will be going back! Planned to bring my mum there next Tuesday, and I'm drooling at the thought of it.. =)

So much happening. But just couldn't pen it down. Now that I finally did. It feels good!

6/28/2006 03:22:00 PM
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The office is in a mess now. With the sales team's space taken to stock on the boxes, everybody couldn't work smoothly.

And I didnt know I had accumulated so much stuff during a short 2+ year!

Thinking back, time had passed really fast, and I'm in the 3rd year in this company -- Strategic Partners. So many thing had changed, yet certain things remain the same. For one, 2 downline gone, many managers promoted/demoted. Agents come & go.. Yet, the office remained the same, the environment remained the same. So is the stuff I'm doing day in day out. Sometimes it's suffocating, sometimes, it provided comfort & assurance. Knowing I'm in my field, doing stuff which I'm sure of.

The only thing different is my feelings. Feelings of my job, feelings about the people in the company. It's amazed how time can allow one's true colour to be shown.

Well well, will be moving this friday, following by one week of bi-operation. I'm only working for 2.5days! the resume work at new office on 10th July. Will provide some pictures then.. 6/27/2006 09:54:00 AM
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Since the office is in chaos, there isn't much to do. Besides waiting for the official moving date..
I was surfing the net, & decided to browse some old time pictures...

Then... Our poly days...
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NOW. See the difference? We have aged.. =(

Another more kua zhang one..

Then.. at Newton circles.. Guy 22 Girl 18
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Guy 26 Girl 22

I have absolutely nothing to say..
-hide in blanket- 6/20/2006 08:18:00 PM
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It just looked too magical!! And everyone looked happy. =)
6/19/2006 05:38:00 PM
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As I sat there in the darkness, with a statue of Lord Buddha in my mind, his face, claded in gold so shiny.. and in great detail.. hold a smile... He was sitting on his lotus, gesturing for me to go to him. I shook my head, but smile back... I'm afraid.

Then two monks appeared on his side, gesturing to me too. They were smiling, asking me to follow them. Sensing their insistence, I unfolded my legs and stood up, walking towards them.

Slowly, he started to transform...
The gold started to fade in many places.. leaving only the straps of his clothing still in gold. he had a golden head-band. And he became shiny white, just like a smooth porcelain. His smile had became warmer, and he had a loving look on his face. He walked with me, side by side... but we were walking into nothing-ness, everything was just plain white & shiny... and abit smoky...

As we walked on, the smoke cleared & I found myself in a huge glass castle, the roof was entirely made of glass.. I sensed there were other people around, and saw a Lady in white with flowing long hair walked past us. She was going around in circles... There's a sunset just outside of the window, casting the whole castle golden.. in shades of pink in between.. Lord Buddha (still in the porcelain form) was standing beside me, and we were standing by the window, I saw I was in a white robe myself, which reflected the sun's ray. Lord Buddha was smiling & talking, while pointing outside the window, I followed his direction & saw a vast greenland, full of life, with the gentle sunshine shiny on the whole field. He asked me if I like the place, I noded my head, enchanted by what was laid before me. Lord Buddha followed by saying when people were cleanse of their sins, this was the place they would go, he asked if I'd like to stay here, together with him & many many others. I nod my head again... looking at his face so white & smooth, with a golden head-band on the forehead. He looked like a prince from the ancient India epics.

I asked, if I'm going to stay here, would I have my own place, or do I stay in this glass castle? He smiled & pointed outside the window again.. and I saw, far far away, a small outline of another castle. I couldn't see the details, as the sun beams fall in such an angle, the mountain's shadow was covering it. All I could see was that it was shiny as well. I told him it's too far away, he just smiled.

Then he walked further into the room, and seated on a grand, lotus throne. A monk appeared & I recognised him from one of the pictures I seen before. Only younger, healthier & he didn't need specs, he looked like in his late-twenties, he smiled at me & said something. I couldn't hear..

Kneeing down in front of Lord Buddha with the monk behind me, I asked for blessing. Lord Buddha placed his hand on my head, all the while smiling.. then he stroked my head. I asked for forgiveness for all I had done, both intentionally or not. He said what's past had past, and what matters most was the future. He would be here waiting.. I wept.. in self-pity, I didn't know why. I just threw myself on his feet & wept & wept.. he comforted me by stroking my shoulders. The monk still stood in his place, watching.

When I looked up again, the monk held my hands and lead me to the windows again. He spoke of something, I couldn't apprehend. All I know was I liked the feeling of him besides me, I sensed his fatherly love. I held his arms, and he turned older. I could feel the wrinkles of his skin on my hands. He looked over fifties. We stood by the windows, absorbing the sunset, I found the feelings awkwardly familiar, as if I had stood with him on the same position long, long times ago. I looked at his face, and was surprised when I felt him... as my father.

I asked him,
"why did my parents landed in their position now? What had they done, and what I could do?"
He smiled and and pointed out, saying something I couldn't hear.. Outside the window, gone was the grassland, a giant twirl had appeared, with many dirty-items twirling inside. I backed away, and sight vanished, the grassland appeared again. He smiled, this time, sympathetically.

He led me into the room, and the room transformed into empty space, we were flying. Many white clouds flew past us, I could see a forest below us. I was enjoying myself.. then we reached a village, and I saw a row of young monks in line, walking to a temple (I think), they held a plate in their hands, plates of offering. In it, there were candles & joss-sticks, flowers.. and a stalk of pink lotus.

I spotted a boy-monk, he looked restless & cheeky, following the line. He kept looking around, and tripped on a stone. The lotus dropped onto the dirt. He picked it up quickly, and put it onto the plate again.

The scene vanished again, and I found myself in another castle, a stone castle. I saw another porcelain Buddha, only it's bigger this time. In fact, it's gigantic. Just his head alone was like the size of a cable-car.. He's smiling too, and I felt very closed to this Buddha. He asked me to come to him, not only did I do so, I started to climb onto him. His face fascinated me so much, so I started to climb, trying to reach his face. I wanted to touch his face...

The scene vanished, and we were back in the glass castle. I heard grumpy's voice, stressed out. I told the monk that it was my husband's voice, and I needed to get to him. I asked the monk to blessed my marriage, he did my placing his hands on my head.

When I looked up again, I saw Grumpy standing in front of Lord buddha, and another monk was standing a short distance beside Grumpy, he was laughing at grumpy. I wanted to go to Grumpy, but my monk told me to hold back. There were certain issues grumpy needed to handle himself. I called out to Grumpy but it seems he couldn't hear me. I tried to touch him, but he was too far away...

I opened my eyes, and was shocked to find my eyes & whole face was very wet with my tears, and I was shivering like mad from nothing. I had really cried in my sleep. Everything was surreal as I found myself still in the room, with Grumpy besides me. I relaxed.. Everything had seems so real, and life-like I could still feel the sunset rays on my face. Strange thing was, I'm able to control my dreams, i could say whatever I want to, and move the way I want.

Such a strange dream, on a land far far away... 6/14/2006 10:50:00 AM
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Extreme mushy. Make sure you can stomach it before you click on this 6/05/2006 03:53:00 PM
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Well waiting for the guilt post (the pictues still not ready, don't ask why) Let me share 2 disturbing articles I saw in a day:



Va-choo~ This had been a long debated issue... Some say yes, some say no... Some say they are like hard to find.. Just like finding money on the floor.. And most of the time, when you really find one (I mean the virgins) One would rather leave it intact. (They are just NOT appealing. Heh)

But I seriously don't wish my daughter to think this way in future...

MEN. They say one thing, meant another... Here they go on & on about getting girls who have no hesitation when it comes to food. And when they find the said-type of girls, they marry them, and find them evolved into whales. Then they leave them at home, and seek greener (read: younger, sexier) pastures outside, who starved themselves silly to get that sexy figure.

a BIG FAT I.R.O.N.Y.

That's about it. If u think it ends adruptly, it is. Coz i'm knocking off soon. =)
-whistle to "sing your way home" tune-

6/01/2006 05:48:00 PM
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