Yea another gathering

I miss the Ciba colleagues so much and it's great that we still managed to get together.

Hope that we will be able to keep this up!

Sunday Dinner

My hubby's first attempt at fried rice. And it was good :)

And i decided to add some watercress soup to the table too. Actually soup is really not a difficult dish to prepare. Just need to know what ingredients to include. With my mum's help with that, it was really simple :)

Sunday Lunch with Aussie ex colleague

Gathering at Karel's new home

Had a hard time trying to catch a pic of camera shy Darius.

Little Darius wants to play too!

Before we started...

After... ok lah, not that much of a mess actually :)

And finally a group pic! Thanks for a good time everyone!

CNY family photos

Book - The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Didn't enjoy the book as much as i thought I would. Cos I have always liked reading magical and fantasy stuff. Found this book to be a bit draggy, without as much focus on magical stuff as I would have liked. It seemed to be trying to to balance real life + magic, while trying to squeeze years of the story into a few short chapters.

And maybe because I have read Harry Porter and The Chronicles of Narnia, found this book to be quite similar to the previous 2.

*picture taken from http://www.amazon.com/

Enjoying a cup of ice blended mocha at starbucks

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CNY gathering

Let the steamboat begin!

All these were prepared by August! Homemade "lor bak", chicken and chicken soup.

And on to card games! After blackjack, we definitely had to play In-between, which was always so much fun and laughter. The above combination has jinxed ALL of us that night. Very very "xie men". Cos we have to pay double if the center card is the same as any of the other 2 cards. With this combination, we hit double almost every time!!!

七月雪 July Snow - 对错 MV

OMG, my cousin is in this MV. He's the one with the girl in the garden and gives her the bracelet!

Reunion Dinners CNY 2010

A young boy's hope

My nephew : Grandma, how old are you?
My mum : I am 67 years old.
My nephew : I hope you will live till 97 years old.
My mum : Why?
My nephew : Cos I want to have baby when I am 30 years old
My mum : You will be married by 30 years old?
My nephew : Yes, cos I will have girlfriend when I am 25 years old
My mum : Oh, but I may not be able to live till so old.
My nephew : I hope that you will, then you can have great grand children!

For those of you who do not know, my nephew just turned 7 years old two months ago :p

And the above conversation took place entirely in Cantonese...

Little improvements around the house

Our cabinets used to be lined with mahjong paper, which is something I've always wanted to replace. Now they are lined with the pretty and useful cabinet liners we bought from Daiso. Very happy with them :)

Localized 7 Eleven

Didn't realize that 7 Eleven sold these stuff too



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Occupation

Had to fill in a form today.

Occupation - ??

I was pondering on whether to put "Unemployed" or "Housewife".

Finally settled on "Homemaker". Sounds a little better? Who am I kidding? :p

Book - Starting Over by Tony Parsons

A simple story about realising your life prorities only after having a heart transplant.

This part of the book really caught my eye:

"Ever made one of those lists.... One of those bucket lists.... A list of all the things you want to do... before you kick the bucket....."

"The reason I never made one is that all the stuff I wanted was right in front of me... You know, the ordinary stuff. To watch my kids grow up. To grow old with my wife. To be a family until my children had families of their own."

Long overdue lunch

Yummy right! Finally went for our long overdue lunch at Sakuraya. Sorry KW! Promise to meet up more often from now on!!

Must be quite yummy?

My brother in law finished 2/3 of it in 10 mins!

Us in legoland

Downloaded this cute app from iTunes

No i am not a tai tai

For the past few days, I have received smses from friends asking me how I am enjoying my life as a tai tai.

Actually I am no tai tai, I'm beginning to feel more like an auntie instead! I have made 3 trips to NTUC in the last 3 days, have done so much packing and throwing things at home (manically re-arranging things), and have put the kitchen to better use than just boiling water... and actually feeling quite satisfied doing all these!

And just because I received a package, it doesn't mean I can go round enjoying high teas and jetting off for holidays either... get it?

爱心面包

Used to only do this once in awhile, cos too rush in the morning.

Now can afford to do this more often for my hubby :)

Macaroni for lunch

Lunch - it was not bad, quite tasty. Not bad for my first try...

Another success by my standards :p

Honey Cornflakes

Just a little too sweet, need to tweak the recipe. So i consider this a partial success :)

Moving on...

Last Friday, 29 Jan, marked the end of my 7 years plus career in Ciba. It was a very emotional day as tears were flowing everywhere in the office. It's hard to leave this place, knowing that i will probably never find another working environment like this, great culture and great colleagues.

Today, 1 Feb, marks the start of a new journey for me. And yes, i have officially received the stamp of approval from hubby to stop work for a year. There are so many things i want to do, just simple every day stuff like wanting to learn to cook, tidying the house etc etc. Hmmm, maybe i am suited to be a 小女人! Hahaha!

Hoping to cook something simple for lunch tomorrow and maybe even make some snacks. Check back tomorrow to see if i have succeeded or failed.

Bye for now!