Chinese New Year 2009

This year reunion dinner was different. Instead of homecooked steamboat and BBQ we ordered food and had yu-sheng for starters. YUMMY!!!! Cousin bought it from the hotel her bf is working at. Lots of fish!!!!

me loves!!

dinner

family with newly arrived maid

First day of CNY, we went T3 for a tour.

Bought dark chocolate Ferrero for my beloved brother. He like it, and we saw the 24-pcs per box.

It was one of the best CNY I spent in recent years. Especially compared to last two years. 2 years ago was because of zk, last year was because of family thingy. This year was good. =)

Second day of CNY was busy, going dar's place, then 2 relative house, to my house and followed by dar's grandma place. Busy busy day...

11 Jan 09 went Raffles City Convention Centre with mum, aunt, cousin and mum's colleagues for a Reunion Lunch organized by Lian He Zhao Bao, $68 per pax.

Yes, its really blueberry sauce that we are using for the Yu-Sheng. Sounds weird right? I still cannot believe it. But then, you cant really taste the blueberry, but just sweetness. So its not so weird. And in case you didnt know, I'm a BIG FAN of Yu-Sheng. I LOVE it to bits! I can actually eat alot of this. But sad that this is only available during CNY. Cant wait to eat it again during CNY.

Braised cabbage with oyster and some weird fin thingy. This is good. The sauce will goes damn well with rice. Cabbage is very soft too. Pure goodness.

In subsitution of Shark Fin, we have a bowl of shark-fin-alike soup. Theres a weird strong taste to it that taste like mega thick soup based. Nice, but a bit too salty and favourful for me.

Crispy chicken with spicy sauce. But the sauce is not spicy at all! -_- But its juicy still..

Lotus leaf rice. Too sticky! And the taste get worst with the eating. They should have added more stuffs in.

Nice!!! Love this.

Yes. We had LOTS of wine. 2 white and 3 red. A total of 5 wines in a period of 2hours plus. But I only take a few sips for each. I dont wanna turn red there! But all of all, its the last wine that I like. The color is much lighter and clearer too, as compared to others. And hence, a lighter taste. The whites they serve is abit dry.

Overall, lack the 'wow' factor.

Im really overdue in posting lots of photos here! Finally transferred the photos from my digi cam to thumbdrive.

The whole family had a new found love of zi-cai at Commonwealth Cres Blk116. Its opened by 2 resturant chefs and within 3 weeks we already went there 2 times for dinner. But somehow I dont find it so nice the 2nd time we went..

stir-fried kang kong with sambal - abit salty

this is heavenly! thicker than the normal ones you get

butter spare ribs - highly recommended

QQ

stir-fried

Asam seafood pot

Sliced Fish Head Claypot

Mum love this place to bits. But its so-so to me. Bro wanna explore more of their dishes. The place is PACK during dinner time!

I foresee somemore trips to this place again.

Was it a week or longer since I blogged?

This week seems extremely long with my degree course starting. Orentiation was on Monday and I had been having classes for the last 3 days non-stop. Finally a break from school tomorrow.

Attended two modules and 'wow', this issn't something I can pass without studying and revising.

Environmental Control Practice
- understanding about pollutions, the causes and the preventions/ cures for it. and of course, how it impact the environment (humans, animals and plants)
- assignment is to write a proposal of 2000 words on the environment impact of your organization. however, the organization i'm being posted to has already have all the prevention in place, thus I need to discuss with my lecture before proceeding with it. already had some idea what to discuss on, but the information are hard to get! seriously. its not like you can get the answer off the net or flip open any books for it.

OHS Practice
- understanding the health and safety issue in a working environment. e.g. usage of PPE, risks, hazards, risk assessment, risk management
- one group assignment on any chosen OHS related areas, which is a very wide range to choose from
- one individual worksite visit report

Personally I find it time consuming to digest all the stuffs taught in class. Luckily this time round the lectures will be posted online too. So I will be able to revise with the videos uploaded by PSB. Should do this this weekend.

And its also time consuming to actually dig out and organize the information required for my assignments. But I guess I would need to start digging. Otherwise I might be cramp with lots of school stuffs in March.

p.s. im actually blogging while on my way home from school. all thanks to the max mobile bf wanna me to apply. =)

Shall blog next time about other stuffs. Im too overweighted with school currently.

I miss holidays.

Had a fight with bf yesterday. Yes. A rare one. One that really make me re-consider. Dar, please don't repeat the same thing again k? You promised.

All is well. =)

Had KFC for dinner yesterday since its the most likely food I will finish my share of. Hadn't been eating my meals well yet. But in order to balance out the unhealthy side of KFC, bf and I popped by FairPrice Xtra and got some organic veges to wrap the chicken with. Its a good idea you know? We share 2 baby butterhead between. But I suspect bf let me have most of the veges.

Went town myself yesterday to get a pair of Adidas using the voucher my polymates gave me on my birthday. Wanted to buy New Moon from Times too, but out of stock from supplier. Sucks. Wanted to read that before school reopen! But never mind, went into Daiso and bought some material to do my own recipe book. Time to reorganize my pile of recipes!

Bought a organizer from Popular too.

Now I'm considering to get a DS or not. It would be a good company and entertainment. But getting it would mean spending like $200? Hmm..

Wii would have to be on the hold. Too expensive.

From Monday onwards got to concentrate on school and work. JIA YOU!!!!!!!! Ni Ke Yi De!!!!

Its already 2009.

Like last year, I spent the last second of 2008 with Darren, and also the first second of 2009 with Darren.

Just a simple celebration. Not much of a celebration actually. Unless you count me staying up late and wishing bf 'Happy New Year'. No one has the mood to leave the house.

Arrangement had to be made that someone is looking after grandma before we leave the house or go to some part of the house to concentrate on a particular task, e.g. bathing.

But good thing shes back at the comfort of her own house and bed. =)

Watched Wild Rose just now with mum. A very nice musical. Enjoyed the songs. A good break for both of us. But its was also because the tickets were bought before my grandma hospitalization, otherwise I doubt we will be going too. I almost forgotten to collect the tickets! kns... $120 le.. If forgotten I would have waste that money.

Taking a break from work tomorrow. Previously was taking the leave to spend time with bf. But now, its to look after grandma. Will also take the time to tidy up some stuffs, reorganize my stuffs and time.

After these few days, my views of others really change greatly. I really saw the dark side of human. Horrible terrible. Worthless of respect.

I'm glad my mum taught me well of values and manners.

Spent the whole of Sunday in NUH with grandma. Drifting in and out of sleep as she didnt get much sleep the night before. Was told she woke up in the middle of the night and walk around the ward. The nurses were so afraid that she might fall. I guess thats why she's so sleepy.

Wheeled her down and bought soya ice cream for her. She needs all these healthy food. Not drinking much water isn't helping with the situation.

Told my mum its time to look for a maid to look after grandma. None of us will be able to wake up at 3am to look after her and go to work at 8am. And she agreed with me.

I couldn't sleep yesterday night..

Its just so damn frustrating to see others not feeling anything seeing her being hospitalized. Whats wrong with accompanying her into the toilet? If she can pass motion easily I will be so damn happy. And not worry about the smell. Its really heartbreaking for my family to see her yesterday. And the way she keep saying she wanna go home with us. Her face is full with question marks as to why we are not bringing her home.

Please think of how to take care of her. Learn to appreciate her.

where on earth are you when i need you today.
i was trying so hard not to show a single sign of breaking down today.
was looking forward to some comfort or something warming from you.
yet i cant find you for the whole day.
i feel so dishearted.
i dont know what to say.
i dont know what to feel.
i really dont.

2 main items..

Firstly, my grandma got hospitalized early this morning. She had a fall in the room which I shared with her. To ensure she's really ok, we decided to send for a ambulance. After the hours of waiting, finally got to meet grandma in the ward. Few of us came home for a rest first after ensuring she is more or less ok. So far the results from her tests and check ups are ok. Given her some medicine and mum said she ate quite alot of stuffs.

I was so terrified when I heard her fall. Something tell me I had to wake up. And the first thing I do was to look for my grandma...

Its the first time that I realized its a good thing that she's sharing the room with me and not sleeping alone. I still remember when I was still in Primary School, I threw my temper at her for sleeping on my bed with me and not letting me sleep alone.. But she's always so forgiving towards us.

Please let her be ok..


Secondly..

Yes. I gotten my last sem results. Passed all, but just a tiny bit of disappointment. Was expected to get at least two HDs, for my commerical law and investment and planning techniques. But nevertheless, I'm happy that I pass everything and moving on to my degree programme next year.

im gonna come home more often for dinner.. she loves it when im home for dinner..

My results will be out tomorrow afternoon! *gosh* Kind of nervous about it.

Pop-ed by bf's yesterday and today for awhile just to see him for awhile.

Work was ok today. Kept myself busy for the whole day. =)

Dar, thanks for letting me do what I like and what I want. You had never pressure me to do anything I don't wish to. I really appreciate it. The freedom you gave me. Thanks so much..


Cant wait for tomorrow!

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!!!

Ok. I'm not one to celebrate just a day. Its another public holiday to me, which means no need to wake up at 7am to drag myself to work. At the same time, it means I have the time to try my hands on new easy peasy recipes.

Managed to bake a new muffin recipe yesterday night (hardworking ya?) while bf was partying away. I'm really happy with the outcome! Though I think the recipe is more like a bread recipe than a muffin. Tried this on my newly bought non-stick mini muffin tray. Its so easy to use! I just need to over open the tray to 'pour' my cute muffin/bread out. Wonderful! Should have bought this earlier.

Banana Apple Mini Muffin/Bread

The original recipe called for apple, but since I have some bananas at home, decided to add in some mush bananas and at the same time, cut down on the sugar. Its really very easy to wrap this out in like just 2hours. I ended up baking 3 trays so that took up nearly 1.5hours. And the butter usage is very little, only 50g. Which means you can actually take one muffin/bread and play in your hands without feeling any oiliness.

Good way to spend my night. *smile*

When bf came back from Penang last week, we had a Hi-Tea buffet at Jurong Point's Zhou Kitchen. Lucky mum passed me the $10 voucher. Otherwise I think this meal is totally not worth it. The selection is pretty limited and they stop refilling the items 1 hour before the end of the buffet! Horrible. Service isnt that great too. Bf was commenting their service throughout the whole meal, which was of no good comments.

But one thing I cannot deny, the prawns used are fresh and crunchy. And another thing worth commenting on is the desserts. Though the variety is pathetic, they serve the different kinds of flavours in small serving/ plastic cups. And there's this ice jelly that has ginger juice in it, which gives you a refreshing feeling and is really gentle on your stomach.

I dont mind going back to try their lunch or dinner for one time to give it a fair judgement. But bf is in no favour of doing so. He thinks this place is a no-no. He hardly give such a comment.

Anyway, so far of the three places I tried in the new Jurong Point was a disappointment. Either the food standard is not as good as compared to other similar theme place in the old JP and/or the service standard sucks. And the places I went charges that 10% service charge which is totally un-justifiable.

*waiting for my butter to melt to try another recipes. cake this time.

Monday BLUES~

Saturday was spent at home rotting. Great, I forgotten what I did that day.. I only remember I didnt meet bf. =X

Sunday rotted at bf's. Surfing blogs for recipes.

And a mega long and scary nightmare at night.

Mum going to teach me chiffon cake this weekend!! Though simple, but requires skills to produce good chiffon cakes. Which is why panda chiffon cost so much.

Just booked tickets for Wild Rose on 1st Jan. Going to watch with mum.

Think my bintan plan will not happen.. Bf wont be free to accompany too. Maybe bake that day? Since theres so many recipes that I wanna try my hands on. Once school reopens I wont have time for all these..

=)

dar.. faster ur finish your FYP.

i wanna go shopping!!

Bf's plane is touching down in slightly less than 2 hours!!!!

Love him so much. oops. is Miss him so much.

Not picking him up..

Just saw doctor today for my running nose and light-headed-ness.

Had been taking med myself since two days ago to 'tong' through this week as my colleague is going off and I need to take over his projects. The running nose med from the doc stated 'non-drowsiness' BUT I ko-ed for 3 whole hours in the afternoon and till now I'm still sleepy. kns.

If bf find out about this, he sure nag me to the end of earth.

=X

On mc tomorrow too.

Super hungry these few days. Falling sick always make me hungry...

Please please let all these sick feeling go away..

dar.. i love you. faster come back. i miss your hugs.

absence really makes the heart fonder.

what going to happen when you go NS?!

*sigh*

p.s. yet another person say we hv husband-wife face. hehe

Bf is away for 3D2N, school trip to Penang. I almost cried yesterday while sending him to MRT. Its the first time since we got together offically that he is going oversea. Miss him so much..

While he is away, I shall blog about our Sentosa trip on Sunday with his nephew, JunYi. Though drizzling the whole day, we manage to have some fun visiting the Underwater World and Dolphin Lagoon.

The last time we went to Sentosa was for CPG FM Family Day 2007, slightly more than a year ago...

The journey

Underwater World

Theres a touch pool at the entrance so that was our first stop. I manage to touched a puffer fish and star fish!!!! Bf is the one most familiar with the fishes, only Junyi and I were so excited to touch the sea creatures.

Decorative Crabs

Paper Seahorses

Tunnel

The tunnel was pretty mini! I was expecting something bigger and more amazing than this!!!!! Disappointed. But while, the main objective of the trip was to expose Junyi to such places. Not to amaze me.

PINK Dolphin Lagoon

It was drizzling pretty heavily when we reached dolphin lagoon. So worry that the show will be cancelled. But luckily, it wasnt.

dolphin saying bye-bye

Oscar with me.

End of Sentosa trip

The little boy doesnt like to take photos, so almost all the photos of him were burry! The momment he saw the camera pointing at him, he will start moving.

Was pretty tiring to take Junyi out for such a trip. I was so tired while on the way home. Didnt even have the energy to shop at Vivo after Sentosa.

Or rather, everyone was kind of tired.

There goes my beautiful Sunday.

Promised to bring him to the library next Sunday..

p.s. gotten my timetable for next yr. SUPER PACKED! kns.. I have school on every Sat! 2 to 5pm somemore. double kns.

p.p.s my next project is starting soon. im so excited.

p.p.p.s i went back TPO today because one of our colleague is leaving. had UNO beef house for lunch. super duper TASTY!

i really miss you.

i wish friday will be here soon.