2 more days to New Year 2008

Wah... time flies... really fast!!! Another year has gone... In just two days, the year has changed into 2008. Calendar is changed... organizer is changed... Hmmhh...
Year 2007
It's been the year, in which I traveled most. I've fulfilled my wishes to have holidays in Japan, a country that I went before when I was only 11 year old.. then to Bangkok, the near country that I'd never been to before that... I also had been given a chance to have holiday w/ my both parents in ancient country, China, whereby we went to join the 13th time gathering for all people w/ Zhong clan, and I went to few places that I'd never been to before, such as Fu zhou, Mei zhou, Cong Qing, Wu Han, seen the Three Gorges Dam, and most importantly.. to the hometown of my ancestors.. from both parents' sides.. My grandfather's house from mother side and my great grandparents village from my father's side. I really want to thank God for all the chances given. And this year, I've even traveled to Hong Kong twice.. thanks for my 2nd sis who has allowed me to stay in her house and accompanied me during my whole stay there.. I also had a chance to Macao, the place I'd never been too.. wah.. so many places I'd gone this year.. I really love to see new place.. new country.. still few places in mind though... but no money, time and chance yet...
I've been changing job too this year.. and now going through hard time adapting w/ new job. I don't know if I can survive long in this line... Haiz.... Really 'xing ku'...
I'm sleepy now.. still can't think much.. but that's what I felt just now... Just want to thank God for what I've been given...
Btw, today it's my first time to go back to work on Saturday... 'cos we need to finish our works for month end report... And after that I met my hubby and son, then w/ all my kuku n cousins, also my cousins' friend and her sister at AMK MRT. We went to eat dinner.. steamboat.. yeahhhh.. hehehe.. So good.. The weather was cool too.. The place was so crowded.. so we had to sit separately into two groups.. so.. younger one sat together, while older one sat at one side.. hehehe... So great! I bought durian ice potong after that.. hahahhaa....
Otw to bus stop, we stopped by at Bossini.. They were having GREAT sale!!! The t-shirt is sold for only $6.40.. I bought 3 tshirts.. and it costs less that 20 bucks! What a great deal! My hubby also bought 2 shirts... They also bought some shirts.. hehehe..
Ok la.. gotta sleep now.. 12 am plus liao... Good nite.. Have a great weekend!!!

Merry X'mas 2007

Yeyyy!!! Merry Christmas everyone!!!!
I had a great time on X'mas eve.. together w/ my ex-colleagues who are currently still working at my previous working place. Before that.. at work.. we had lunch @Finance office.. They prepared pizza n pasta from California Pizza Kitchen, sandwiches from Subway, and turkey from the goodies' house. We ate until very full.... Then exchange gift began.. followed w/ choosing the Best Performance Staff for Quarter 4, and the welfare coordinator for 2008. Don't worry, I was not listed a single name... hehehe.. but my 2 colleagues did... The FC and Accountant gave us X'mas present, and so did my CC.. nice pin.. right for my hair.. hehehe... Thanks all!
We finished at 2.30pm and I went back home at 3pm. Then packed my bag, went out again... this time to Fairmont Singapore, previously Raffles The Plaza. I met my friends in the room. Nice view, high floor... but too bad.. no fireworks at all... Haiz..... We chit chat while waiting for other 2 friends. We went down to Marketplace buying some food for our dinner.. 4 different soups from Soup Spoon, Bratwurst, sushi, salad, etc. We ate inside the room. Just nice, the 2 friends came so we had our dinner together... followed by photo session.. gift exchange.. played cards... drink session.. and countdown... but no fireworks lor.. too bad...

Enjoy some pics below...

















One of friends shared her feelings w/ us related to Christmas.. a bit sad though... then... at 2am, half friends went back home.. I 'tumpang' staying in the room.. left 3 of us... Watched the Mission Impossible 3 from HBO before sleeping.. while my friend had a bath tub at 2.30am in the morning!!! Hahaha.... We slept at about 3.30am and woke up this morning at 9. Then my turn to have a bath tub.. hahaha... We had breakfast at Din Tai Fung at 11am and checked out at 12pm.
Now I'm at home. In a while, I'm going to Bishan to meet my relatives who are coming from Jakarta... Well.. gotta prepare myself soon... Merry X'mas everyoneeee....

Busy days

Have been busy recently... Hm.. continuing from 19th Dec... After work... purchasing and CC staffs went out together - actually we 'tumpang' the purchasing manager's car - to Downtown East. The multi-storey car park has been done and it really changes the Downtown East's appearance from outside. If you've not been there for quite some time.. you might not be able to recognize the place anymore... They're going to build the cinema too beside the area...
We reached there at about 7pm 'cos the PM has turned to the wrong exit so he has to go another way round to reach the place. They rented 2 rooms and both were located at 2nd floor. We put our bags there and went down looking for food as we were quite hungry liao... They also catered some food from catering provider beside having the BBQ stuffs. We ate the food from catering and at the same time eating the chicken wing, bbq shrimp, fish ball, cheese sausages, sotong w/ chilli, fish w/ chilli, sweet potatoes, satay, etc. The shrimps were very fresh and nice.. I ate quite lots of it... Chicken wing was also nice... waah... I didn't know how much I've eaten liao... plus 2 cans of Carlsberg. Then I helped up bbq-ing the food lorrr... took turn mah... at the same time I got to know some other staffs from finance and catering sales. The weather was cooling.. and in the middle of the session, it was raining too.. so we moved out to the sheltered area temporarily until it stopped then continuing our makan and chit chat session again. Someone brought the Absolute Pears too.. so I took 2 cups of it mixed lil' bit w/ Sprite.. hm..... hehehehhee....
I went back at 10.30pm, not too late.. and reached home about 11.30pm. Not bad la... at least I can get to know some people closer.

20th Dec, Hari Raya Haji. It's a public holiday in Singapore.. I was at home and went out at 2pm. Like what I wrote in previous blog, I met my friend. But instead of meeting him in the hospital or his rented apartment, we met up at the Centre Point, Orchard. He said his parents and parents-in-law were going to buy some presents for the doctors.. so we met up there lor... My friend, Yenti, also came together w/ her sister. We chat for a while before going back home...

Friday.. work like usual... After work, I went to AMK Hub to walk around before went back home. Oh ya.. I had lunch on Friday w/ Shelly. She was calling me and saying that she'd go to Orchard and just nice.. we were having our lunch @Subway in my working place area. We chat while eating and she passed me a ginger bread man chocolate and x'mas tree chocolate for Reever.. Thanks, Shelly... And I told her that I would like to go to Batam in January and want to have facial there.. then she offered to do facial for me as she has learnt on how to do it some times ago.. So... yesterday, she came to my house and did the facial to me using the all things brought by her.. wow... it was really comfortable. She took out the dead skin from my face. Cleaned all over my face. She mixed the ingredients for mask and did it on my face.. Kinda interesting that making me want to learn.. but after she took out sooo many stuffs from her bag... I think twice.. hahahahhahaa....... 'cos I'm not that passionate and lazy too.... hahahahaha.... After facial, we went out to Bugis to pray @Kwan Im temple, then having a walk at OG. My son was having his good time browsing around all his favourite toys. Shelly walked around by herself. Once she's done, she met us around.. and not long after that she went back home to meet her hubby... Again, thanks Shelly!

My son and I had dinner after that. At first, I was craving for my char kway teow.. and we went to the nearby hawker center, hoping that there will be char kway teow shops opened. Later, I found out that one shop was not opened, while the other shop.. we had to wait for half an hour for ordering it.. so.. forget it... we went to Malay shop then.. I had soto beehoon while my son was having Malay chicken rice.

We walked again to Bugis Junction. We went up to toys department. He looked at his stuffs, and I looked at my stuffs... We went down to B1... to see the new look of it.. They renovated the B1 area some time ago.. and once we went out from the lift.. I almost couldn't recognize the place... Must take some time to adapt w/ the place... really big change. The Crystal Jade restaurant and bakery was not there anymore and has been replaced w/ Popular book shop. Kinda weird though... The Jollybean has moved out and been replaced w/ CDs shop. Many changes la..... More restaurants and new food stalls...
We browsed around until 9pm then took bus home...

Oh ya.. if you ever read my blog few months ago, I ever mentioned my friend from Swiss, Maurizio and Vivian who came down to Singapore beginning of this year... He called me 2 days ago.. and u know wad? He told me that he has become a father.. wow... what a great and surprising news!!! 'cos when they were here.. we were still talking about it.. and she was not pregnant yet... then he told me that the baby was coming premature.. and weighed only 1.4 kg plus... and still have to stay inside incubator in the hospital for 6 weeks more. His wife got complications during her pregnancy and she has to stay in hospital for 2 months until the baby has to come out. There were critical moments too, according him, that they almost lost their baby, but finally everything has over and both mom and baby are fine. It's a baby boy... Congratulations for both of them!!! Really great news!!!
Well.. I really hope my friends and sisters can also get pregnant really soon... Hope everything will go smoothly...

*Little update from today (1st March 2008). Maurizio has sent me an email about two weeks ago and sent me his son's pic. Just want to share his happiness here... This is what he's written:

Greetings from Zurich!
We are proud to announce the birth of our son: Kai Benjamin Fritschi!
He was born on December 19th, weighing 1.45 kg (3.2 lbs) and measuring 37.5 cm (14.7 inches), After a one month stay in the hospital, we are
thrilled that he is doing great and is now home with us.

Warmest wishes to you,
Vivian and Maurizio

Tired

I'm very tired now.. Lack of sleep, I guess.. plus worked hard today.. kept looking at the invoice.. and.. the kopi ping I drank and Ferrero Rocher that I took as a snack... now my brain is very tired.. but can't sleep that type of feeling...
Tomorrow there will be X'mas celebration for Finance and Sales dept.. and will be held outside the hotel.. which is in Costa Sands Resort.. I guess.. hahaha... @Pasir Ris... after work.. Dun need to bring anything as all food and drink will be provided.. *wonder.. if there will be any alcoholic drink like we used to prepare in previous company... kekeke... From what I've seen these past 3 weeks.. the whole finance team is not as great as the one from my previous company. Seems like.. there were big barriers among the staffs.. like different groups under 1 department... haizzz..... Dunno leh.. I don't think they are as friendly as my previous colleagues... but maybe I just dunno about them yet.. who knows oh???
Before I forgot.. I just want to share here.. the conversation that I had w/ my son.. 2 days ago before both of us went to sleep... I had turned off the light.. and ready to sleep.. suddenly my son told me something... "Yi hou oh... wo jiu zhuo baba... Britney jiu zhuo mama.. xiang ni yi yang..." - translation in English... "Later oh.. I will become a father, and my friend, Britney, will become a mother, same like you..." I was stunned hearing what he said... then I asked him.. "Why did you say that??? Do you like her???" He said.. "Yes... I like her.." I asked him again.. "but, did she like you???" and he confidently replied.. "Yes... She likes to play w/ me.. always follows me wherever I go..." Then I remembered.. previously he drew a boy and a girl w/ a rainbow... I thought he drew me and him.. but when I asked, he said, it was him and Britney.. and he's going to give the picture to her... OMG!!! 5 years old boy has already the feeling of liking the opposite sex... ckckck... I really wonder how old will he get married one day.. hahahahahhaa......

Hah hah...

Smell my mouth??? Sooo smellyyy.. hahahaha.. 'cos I just ate 'petai', or 'chou dou' in Chinese... or.. smelly beans in English.. It's been some time since my mother-in-law cooked it.. She knows what my favourite foods are... smelly beans are one of them.. then.. tempeh cooked w/ chillies are another one.. hehehe.... But today.. she cooked smelly beans.. hm.. nyummy....
Guess wad? We had X'mas celebration in the hotel. The staff must bring the gift in order to be able to participate in gift exchange. I forgot that today is the day.. so my 2 colleagues and I went to buy the gift during lunch time. Three of us chose to buy chocolates and candies for the gift... And in return.. I got back a small box of Ferrero Rocher.. not bad la.. at least I got something that I like... hehehe... Then u know wad??? I got the lucky draw!!! 2 bottles of Jacob's Creek Chardonnay white wine.. hm.... delicious... and my other colleagues got 2 bottles of Jacob's Creek Cabernet Sauvignon red wine.. We plan to exchange a bottle so each of us would get a bottle of red and white wine... kekeke.... Lucky lucky... as both of us were considered new staffs there.. hehehe... *See pic below


The food served was not bad. There were crispy wonton, spring roll, fried beehoon, turkey w/ 'i forgot the sauce name', fried soft shell crab, turkey ham, various of cakes and fruits.. nyummy... I ate little bit each.. but made me feeling very full...
After work, I met up w/ Alice, my primary and elementary school friend who came to Singapore w/ her hubby. I asked Aileen to join us.. so.. four of us met together. We had dinner @Food Republic. But since I still felt quite full, so I just bought drink for myself. We chatted 'til 9pm then went back home.
Reached home, I saw the smelly beans on the table... Although I was still full.. I still scooped out the rice and ate my favourite food.. hahahaha.. plus a very nice soup, also made by my mother-in-law.. hehehe...
Btw.. today my friend called me.. saying that one of my elementary school friend is here.. His wife just gave birth to a boy.. but just few.. weeks? or days? after that.. doctor found out that there was something wrong w/ his heart.. so now they brought the baby to Singapore to get the operation and treatment. The whole family members are here.. and my friend told me that they look very stressful.. and she asked me to visit them to give the moral support to them.. Since Thursday is a public holiday, I've told her that we're going to visit them on that day lor.. I also asked one of my friend who knows him.. to visit the family... Well.. just hope the baby is strong enough and will be able to survive!!!
Other than that.. I also received a good news.. my high school friend, who just got married in Feb.. has given birth to twin babies.. both are girls.. wow.... She is exhausting now taking care both babies.. but really.. great luck to you friend!!! Wish you all the best.. hehehe... proud mom of twin babies..
Well.. going to sleep now.. it's 11pm right now... Good nite everyone.. hah hah.. *smell my mouth again.. hahahahahahhaha.....

Another dreams came true...

Hehehehehehehe.... Finally we've made it! We walked along the Orchard road yesterday nite.. Weather was cool.. a bit rain.. but it stopped after a while. Very crowded... and fun! :)

 

And after the walk, we had the Taiwanese shaved ice mango, strawberry, and kiwi completed w/ mango sorbet @Plaza Singapura. Hm.... very niceeeee..... U must try it too....



And today... I met up w/ my elementary school mates @Raffles city. Lili came from Jakarta for few days.. Yenti and Aileen spare their time to meet up..

After meeting them.. my hubby went meeting me after his work.. We went to Suntec lorrr.. buying my feather pillow @Muji.. hehehe... so starting tonight, my baobei won't fight w/ me over the pillow anymore.. hahaha..... Love you baobei.. muachhh.....

Beautiful Christmas @Orchard Road

I took bus from my working place to Dobhy Ghaut MRT after work.. It was 7.30pm at night. Lights have decorated the night along the Orchard Road. It was really beautiful and peaceful.. Really want to walk the whole stretch and take pictures in every beautiful view... ^^ Time will come.. and I will walk w/ my loved one... together...
IN MY DREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you ever loved someone so deeply??

Now watching Ch. 8 series at 9pm. Just now I heard the word asking.. have you ever loved someone so deeply? That you let yourself bruised badly while make the other party live happily??? Perhaps.. that's what people said what a real love is..

If you love someone.. u'd better let them free....

Just want to record what I feel about love...

Yihaaaaa...

Just checked the big sweep - bought by my father.. from his previous winning money.. and found out that he won 60 bucks this time.. again, the last 3 digits, but this time, 2 sets.. 111 and 888.. huahahhaa... actually my birthday were there too.. 239 and 978.. but too bad I didn't choose those numbers 'cos I don't believe if I have this type of luck...
Still happy 'cos normally I never won this type of bet.. haihiahiahiaia..

Working wise.. it's been 2nd week and exactly 8th day of working days.... kekeke... well.. still lots of things to do and catch up.. We still lack of people.. that's why we still can't catch so many things.. the -Mahakita- store uncle has gone MIA since Monday and my other colleague has to cover his post.. and now he is on course, and worst, tomorrow the receiving uncle will go on leave, left me and A to work.. and she has asked me to do the receiving!!! OMG!!! Can't imagine myself would be so nervous facing so many guys waiting for me... kekeke.... I can imagine myself sweating.. in the hot air.. hopefully tomorrow will rain too so that it won't be THAT hot.. hehehe..

I just can say two words to myself... JIA YOU!!!!