Many happy days on 14th February 2016

Happy Valentine's and Happy Birthday! 14th February 2016

Many happy days? Yeah! First of all, Happy Valentine's Day for anyone who celebrated, especially those who were in love with their loved ones. It could be their boyfriend/ girlfriend, spouse, parents, best friends, friends, etc.

The best gift on earth - nature :)

It's a great earning's day for flower seller (especially roses) on that special day too as flower symbolised their love feeling towards their loved ones. Did I get any? Yeah, from nature surrounding me ;)

Second, it fell on 7th day of lunar calender, which for Chinese, it signified everyone's Birthday or they called it "Ren Ri" 人日. So, Happy Birthday everyone! ^^

Toss prosperity dish with besties :)

It's the day where we ate 7 types of vegetables and sometimes it's the day where we would toss the prosperity dishes called Yu Sheng 鱼生 or Lo Hei 捞起 in Cantonese. While tossing it, many good words (in Chinese) were shouted as it increased our confidence and believe that thing would follow accordingly, such as: 身体健康 (shen ti jian kang) wish for good health, 万事如意 (wan shi ru yi) wish for good luck, 年年有余 (nian nian you yu) abundance throughout the year, 天天秘密 (tian tian mi mi) sweet days everyday, and so on.

Our ritual CNY reunion dinner at home sweet home :)

Apart from the two happy days above, we also entered the 5th year staying at our house. Time indeed flew. Still remember the night when my hubby and I went and return for so many times to transfer our goods from the old house. It was such an exercise but we were happy and exciting for finally moving in. It's still a great place to stay, a simple and humble place where I could find my peace and serenity :)

Joy and tears altogether :D

And last but not least, it also marked our 1st month Anniversary working in this company (me and my colleague) ^^ It wasn't easy time to go through but we finally went over our first month end closing. From missing the bus to stay over  midnight. From messaging the wrong person to entering the wrong door. We had our laughter and tears in such a short month! The pain that we had to go through, it's worth it though. And it's not ended yet! Still more months to come!

Have a blessed Monkey year ahead! :)

I wish things will go smoothly this year. Wish everyone's dreams and hopes will come true. And people will live in peace and harmony, blessed with abundance of love and happiness! Wish all of you have a wonderful journey! All the best! ^^

Happy Valentine's Day :)

It's not just a day

it's everyday.

How we love each other,

how we complete each other.

No matter where we are,

no matter how far the distance are,

 you are always in my heart, 

as I'll always in your heart. 

People say you are too simple,

but what I love is simple.

I love you just the way you are. 

Your kindness, 

your love, 

your care, 

your gentle kiss on my cheek,
when I was still on my sleep. 

Thank you SB for letting us be together in this life. 

Thank you, thank you, and thank you! 

And thank you for your love,

my dear

Always....

:)

Just to drop by and wish everyone Happy Valentine's Day!!! Wish you have a wonderful time with your loved ones!!! :) 

Blind Date With A Book - Sengkang Library

Our visit to Sengkang Library this afternoon was rather special as we found the signage below.

Blind date with a book by Sengkang Library

There were books underneath wrapped with a beautiful gift wrapper and there was a hint on top of the wrapper to tell what kind of story the book inside filled with. It could be romance, thriller, horror, mystery, sci-fi, or fantasy.

Pick me up!!! - Blind date with a book! :)

These were what being written on the board:

"Feeling adventurous this Valentine's Day? 
Check out our new display full of wrapped 'presents' and go on a blind date with a new book! 

1. Pick the mystery 'present' that appeals to you! 
2. Borrow it (still wrapped) as usual at our borrowing stations. 
3. Unwrap and see what adult fiction novel it contains. 
4. Enjoy your blind date! :*)
5. Return via the bookdrop as usual"

Haha... It's interesting and creative, wasn't it? Very great idea!! I picked two books that I was curious about while my son followed me picking one ;)

Before :)

After!!! My blind dates for Valentine's Day ;)

Dadadada.... There they are!!! Well, let's see! Just hope that they won't disappoint me!!! ;)

Beautiful and lovely present from my loved one :)

Thank you Baobei :)

It was made of a simple A4 paper but I could feel the warmthness of his love and care towards me :)

Yes, that's my beautiful and lovely Valentine's present from my dear son :)

Almost every year he would give me his handmade card on special occasion, such as: Mother's day card, Birthday card, and this time, Valentine's Day card. I didn't expect he would give me one this year. Thank you Baobei! Thank you, thank you and thank you!

My mom commented, "No wonder you love him so much although he wasn't performed great at school." Haha... Then she added, "Perhaps after this you will increase the amount of his pocket money." She continued laughing.

I answered her immediately, "No, no... It wasn't me who gave him a pocket money. It was his dad." 

But I could really feel his love towards me. These past weeks he always came to my room after we finished dinner. He told me, "I love staying at your room. The air-con is cold but isn't too cold. I love your big bed too, plus so many pillows over it. But most importantly, I love to accompany you..." 

Ssshhhh... it was his last sentence that melted my heart. He was obedient too lately when I asked him to leave his mobile phone inside my room instead of putting it inside his room. I asked him to do so since I caught him one time sleeping late and 'like' his friend's photo in Instagram - at about 11pm - where he bid me good night at 9.30pm.

As usual, he would come in and out of my room repeatedly to hug, say 'I love you Mummy', have 'our style' kisses, and say 'good night Mummy' before finally went back into his room and went to sleep.

P.S. To you who don't know what 'our style' kisses means: 'I kiss his two chubby cheeks, left and right, fast smack on his thick lips, then he kisses my chubby cheeks too, left and right, and a fast smack into my lips then we hug each other tightly.'

I don't know how long more he will do that to me as he grows up each and every day. But I choose to focus on present moment. To enjoy all this while he's still doing it :)

Me and dear Baobei - Love his chubby cheeks :)

Happy Valentine's to you too dear Baobei.... Mummy loves you so much!!! Muach....

Happy Yuan Xiao Jie and Valentine's Day :)

元宵和情人节快乐 Happy Lantern Festival and Valentines Day 14 Feb 2014 :)

The Lantern Festival or 元宵节 occurs on every 15th day of the first month of lunar calendar. It also marks the end of the Chinese New Year's day. This year it falls on Feb 14, 2014, which is today. 

Time flies, isn't it? So how was your Chinese New Year's days? Hope all of you enjoyed it to the fullest, seized the chance meeting up with family members, relatives, and dear friends. 

Typical questions during Chinese New Year gathering :)

Lolx! I think for those who attended the Chinese New Year gathering with relatives would find the above conversations sounded very familiar. Since its more often or not the once a year gathering, seemed that they needed to update their information and not to be the last to know.

I often heard my friends grumbling and there were some people even trying to find an excuse not to attend the gathering just to avoid such questions. It's pity no? It's supposed to be a happy family gathering rather than being bombarded and reminded of unhappy occasions, if any.

I'm not sure if you too face the same challenges when you attend the family (with relatives) gathering at your own country. In Indonesia, we would more or less face the same thing too. It might even worse as the words traveled very fast more than you could imagine. That was one of the reasons on why I prefer to live outside the country ^^

Happy Valentine's Day all my dear friends :)

Any plan for this year Valentine's Day?? :) Many people applied leave or day-off today as it falls on Friday ^^ People can have a great long weekend to celebrate this special day with their loved ones. 

As for me, my hubby always says, "Everyday is a Valentine's Day" hehe... Therefore, every day is a loving day for both of us. However, every year he would give me at least a stalk of rose, usually was hidden inside my cupboard (as he knew first thing I would do after reaching home was to take my clothes and take a bath), plus some small gifts to represent his love and care for me :) Anyway, I never expected to receive anything from him as everyday love and care was much more than enough for me. Thank you dear!

So, Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Hope you enjoy this special day and be happy always! Congratulations for those who managed successfully to propose someone as girlfriend or as a wife today, hope both of you can have a long journey together as a loving couple :) Have a wonderful day everyone!