View from our kitchen window

Ran for the camera when i happened to catch this view...

Ben's Wedding Dinner

Attended 小第 Ben's wedding dinner last night with PS. As expected, we sat with our juniors from the Student Council. It was kinda nice seeing everyone again, hearing about what some of them are doing, how everyone is moving on with life. It's been about 12 years since we left college and sometimes, it feels like not much has changed.

Oh yes, 2 of them are about to get their PHDs, 2 mothers, most are married and a few about to get married... But it was really good to see that the friendships are still there, the "kidding around with each other", "putting red dates on the other person's plate when she was away", "talking about silly things at the council room" etc etc.

One asked,"Why did we have so much energy last time?" To which i replied,"You were 10 years younger!" YIKES! The taboo phrase is finally out! But it's the truth! And none of you can complain since we are your seniors afterall!

I hope Ben survived last night, seeing how he was made to drink quite a bit. But I'm sure everyone's just happy for the lovely couple. To everlasting marital bliss Ben & Catherine! - jan

Book - Confessions of a Shopaholic

A girlie type of book... chick flick as many would call it. Surprisingly I rather enjoyed it. A little brainless but nevertheless, easy to read, doesn't take much effort. Probably because I have been reading such serious stuff recently that it was relaxing to just pick it up and not have to think too much about it. Will give the next book in the series a try too.

欠扁问题

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get it? hahahahaha :p

Yeah It's BD again - Part 2 - Presents

TRANSFORMERS !!! I also HAVE !!! It's one of my BD presents... for fun though !!

Still remember when I was young, I'm always punctual at the TV front waiting for the all time favourite cartoon "Transformers". When the movie came, I was thrilled to be able to watch this on big screen man... !!! Though it's may not be the best movie, but it certainly brought me back to my childhood days... :D And now I have a Transformer toy!!! ha ha :D

Transform !!! chi chi cho cho cho....!

Best part: My wife knows me best... although the Transformer DVD not out yet, my wife gave me a self-made "Voucher" for me to redeem the DVD when it's due to release in Nov 07. hee hee :D :D

Yeah It's BD again - Part 1 - Food

ha ha... went for our long waited breakfast at Cafe Cartel. Look at our breakfast... now you know why we have been wanting to go for their breakfast... :D Let me tell you; you can skip your lunch after this breakfast... we waited till 3pm before we had something again... :D

Up Next Dinner !!!

It's been a long time since I had Escagots... what yucks?? It's a Delicacy. It really mouth-watering and yummy!!! Should go try if you haven't. Hee :D

I always hear comments that Jack's Place Escagots are still the best... hmm... My sentiments too. Shiok man !!! still salivating over it while I'm blogging... :D

Life is really so unpredictable

Finally went to pick up my short cheongsum (it's been 1.5 years since our customary wedding!) from my bridal boutique - Amanda Lee Weddings. It's so good seeing Amanda and Joe again, just like catching up with old friends. They always make us feel so welcome. We have never ever regretted and would always highly recommend their services. Really "2" thumbs up!

But there was a piece of sad news. My make up artiste had just passed away in September due to some illness! We were quite taken aback. He was so young, and someone who is so talented and good at what he did. He did my hair and makeup so beautifully and effortlessly. And he was someone who was always so full of energy, always making jokes and always so full of life. Although we have only met him about 3 times, but he had already left that deep impression on us.

Life is really so unpredictable. This phrase sounds so cliche, but it is so so true....

Ah Heng is with me !!!

Yesterday went for my long pending IPPT for the year 06 to 07. I actually went with the intention of failing the IPPT and go for RT eventually. But I guess I was lucky when I was at the Chin-up station... managed to pull 5 chin-up (although 2 were done with my arms not fully straightened :D) Luckily the PTI "blan chan", else my 2 chin-up considered no count. So with the most terrifying station cleared, all the rest of the static stations not much of a problem. When it comes to 2.4km run, weather wasnt really good. Waited from 6pm to almost 7pm for the rain to stop, and the PTI not wanting to spoil our mood, decided to go ahead with the test despite Cat1 status (bad weather status). So again heng for the 2nd time, else wasted my effort on the static stations. Went for the run, and heng heng pass the 2.4km. So... got another year to play with or get downgrade before my next window closes again in year 08.

P/s: guess what. pass with incentive some more!! hee :D - Ant

Yet another sweat out session!!!

We had another round of badminton yesterday... and guess what... I strained my back again... BUT not due to the badminton session huh... no no... It was due to the "Boxing" Game from Nintendo Wii. Right after the session, we went for our dinner (this round simple affair, not sinful hee:D). And after dinner we went to one of our friend's place to play this nintendo thingie. It was really fun and entertaining. All of us got so excited about the game and started to play like crazy, especially with the boxing game... with each couple battling against each other... ;-) u know la... whatever complaints you may have on the husband or wife... you can settled them with this Boxing Game.. :-D so you can imagine.. all the husbands trying to box the wifes and vice versa... it was really hilarious... :-D

Actually we have tried this Wii at KW's place... some of the games are really entertaining. I've even heard some of the therapy centres in town actually provide this for their patients. We had thought of getting one for ourselves. But well.. this console is not cheap at all. I guess it cost about $ 600 or so. hmm.. so let's see. :D

Anyway, whether it's badminton or Wii, it was really enjoyable when you get to sweat out after a week of "hard" work, while hanging out with a bunch of good friends... - Ant :)

2005 Miami U. Cheezies a cappella: Facebook Song

To all you Facebook addicts out there, enjoy! Hahahaha :D

No more mushrooms for me :(

I've eaten mushrooms all my live.
I've loved mushrooms all my live.

But I've developed a sudden allergy to them.
Gives me rashes all over my body.
And i heard from another 2 friends that they have also recently just developed allergies too, one to raisins and one to prawns. Things they have always been eating.

One of their doctor friends say it's not possible to develop allergies at this age. It could be due to the preservatives used in the food instead.

Whatever it is... seems like I have to avoid mushrooms... at least for the time being - jan :(

Agnosticism - a new religion?

I came across this term today went someone indicated "Agnostic" as his religion. Out of curiosity, i went to search the net for more information.

One of the websites states that Agnosticism is "a concept, not a full religion. It is a belief related to the existence or non-existence of God." - http://www.religioustolerance.org/agnostic.htm

Hmm... you learn something new every day! - jan

Live Today!

Not another number added to my age!

It's that time of the year again, when you think back - Hey I used to look forward to my birthdays! Now i only start to feel old... Not another number added to my age! Welcome to the club!

My hubby bought my current favourite drink for me. The avacado drink you say? Yup that's the one! "Nuahed" at home most of the day till we went out to Spizza for dinner. Close your eyes, my hubby said, and imagine eating this pizza while in Venice... mmmmm.....

He remembered that I asked for Lana Cake for my birthday many months back. Yummy! Still one of the best around.... chocolatey but light and soft, not too heavy.. just nice!

It was a simple dinner and a simple day. But all that matters is spending the day with the one I love most, not just on my birthday, but every day for the rest of our lives together - jan

M1-Indian Restaurant Ad

I love this ad! Damn funny!!!

2 scoops please! For each of us!

Met Liz for my birthday dinner. Went to Aerins at the City Hall basement. The food was pretty nice but the highlight of the evening was definitely BEN & JERRY'S ICE CREAM! And we agreed, you can't go wrong no matter which flavour you choose.

strawberry cheesecake? chocolate chip cookie dough? chunky monkey? mint chocolate chunk? berry berry extraordinary?

Bring it on!!! - jan

Shark Shark Shark !!! Yummy...

hee:D it's sharks fin i meant.

it's our birthday month again... instead of going for traditional special dinners, we decided to treat ourselves to something different this year... :D

We went for the famous Thai Village Sharks Fin... which cost $60 a bowl...!

I must say... it was truly an enjoyment that is too good to not try it... anyone who tried that, would definitely be addicted to their very special sharks fin... right after I had that delicious bowl of sinful stuff, I immediately start thinking of when I would like to go back for more... :D

Book - The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

I'm probably one of the last people around me to read this book. This book talks about following your destiny. You would like this if you are into philosophical books. Although the book is quite thin, i took a long time to read it as there are many hidden meanings in the dialogues. I still could not catch some of the meanings but i have every intention of reading it again.

One thing that i really took away from this book is that everything happens for a reason. Road blocks often occur that would discourage you when are on the path to completing anything. You can either choose to emerge stronger by overcoming it, or you can choose to give up your dream. It's all about choices - jan