September / October Update - it's difficult to come up with catchy phrases all

My dear ardent ones,

Harlows. Come to think of it, I never started writing as if this was a letter before - and I am not going to begin doing so! Hahaa!

It has been rather challenging time for me (at work) - suffice it is to say that I don't quite recall a time as intense as this. What can i say? God has an interesting way of answering our prayers! But for those who are worried - dont be! I have been surprisingly good - my spirit most high, I am laughing half the time (the other half I am panicking) - I have to thank my crazy colleagues and God - talk about the joy of the Lord man..

But it's boring for you all to read this, when I can't give any particulars of what I am busy with at work rite?

yes yes, I know my audience - shall move on to my interesting stuff - like photos.



1. Hong Kong Cafe


It's been some time, but my lovely HS and I discovered the HK cafe - it rocks man! I mean, they serve all the HK style food - as for me, I am very pleased to have maggi mee served with my luncheon meat... Talk about being crazy..

I mean check out the soup all! It must be crazy to pay 6 bucks for maggi mee - but heck larh.. 开心就好 - allow me to indulge myself.

And here is my lovely HS - as WH puts it, with the most characterful face.. i oso say.. chioh too.. :)

She went to China for a work trip, and brought back peaches! the real kind! super sweet it was - I am more captivated by the colour and look of it. And check out the happening cheena plates - at first I was most excited to see it - old school plates! But I realized it was a faux - is plastic lorh.. =_=

2. No more WWH

Sob!

My bestest WWH has left for London - possibly for good! (crys mad tears) I is most sad! And he hasnt replied to my emails =_=

As many would know, WWH is most dear to me and now he is going to be out-stationed ! Who is going to whine and dine with me now?! So this is us before he left - I wanted to buy him dinner, but ended up he got the bill first.. drinks was on me tho..

This is JF who joined us - he insisted on me taking this picture of him attempting to look effeminate - i think cannot make it larh - he look so man how to be ahem..

But seriously, this is a great loss to me, WWH going away that is... and I meant to see him off at the airport but I overslept. =_= but okay larh.. WWH called me before he went in..

Huang! If you are readin this, you better reply to me emails! Soon!!

3. KL Trip

I went up with the Trybe! ppl to KL, to explore the possibility of setting up Trybe! there. It was a road trip - Rach drove.

I lurve Malaysian road signs - it's like super vintage. Anyhows, the ppl in the car were calling out to me when they saw this one.. so famous I am.. haha

It was a short trip, but good.. so much food! We went to this nice Penang-style Kopitiam. I mean, the decor was very old school, the marble top table and wooden chairs and tiled floors (i like!).. but it was like clean and aircon..

Most importantly, the food is sooooooooooooooooo good!

This is a picture of the coconut I had there - which is one of a kind. It came with this white thingy - they managed to prepare the coconut by shaving its head off and just covering it with the sticky food film - so all you had to do was just peel it off and WAHLA! COCONUT FLESH!

i think Malaysian food just tastes better.. like even any old road side stall also can make it. this was like penang coffee, Curry chicken noodle (the ppl in malaysia have real JELAT tastebuds man.. the uncle was askin me if i wanted my curry noodle served with roast pork (shao rou).. SO JELAT... of cuz i violently refused him) ..

Okay. the truth of the matter is that I really took time to go up to Malaysia (take leave all) because I wanted to spend time with two very special people... Pastor Victor and Pastor Kelly!!! This very lovely couple were SUCH a blessing to me in their time in Singapore - i managed to spend one night at their place, Ps Kelly and I chatted till 5 am (so siao.. hahah)..

pastor Vic insisted on sticking a finger into each of the pictures I took =_=

watever.. u see him here, or rather, his finger..

(okay this is an interruption. whilst waiting for pastor victor to finish his meeting, pastor kelly and i went shopping - CHECK OUT THE SHOES!!! ay.. i din buy any okays.. such a good girl i am :) )

So i wanted to eat durians but in the end no time, so the pastors brought me to this place .. the local food was soooooooooooooooooooo good! (check out pastor vic's finger)

But i think the best of the food in Malaysia is the CLAYPOT PEI TAI MAK.. initially when it came i was like.. whats this man.... until you taste it.. SO YUMMY!!

4. the Parents

Um. I dont have much to say about the parents actually. Except that I think this picture I took of them whilst i brought them out for dinner is MOST endearing - they are possibly the most loving couple I know.. i think it comes with the age gap.. hahaa..

5. New Place

I recently chanced upon this ultra ulu place in the East. i think it rocks, especially for the time when i own my own yatches! You recall how I like to spend time in nature, hence the Bintan fishing village trips all (which you can read about here).. this place just faces the open sea! Shiok man (minus the Cheena music)

Next time I need a break, I dont have to go so far liao.. but having said that I prob still would.. i lurve that Indon fishing village.

6. Lovely Anna

So at church last Sunday, little anna was struggling to open a bag of chips. After observing her attempts for awhile, as well as her contemporaneous shouts to nobody in particular of "open for me!!", i offered my services...

Anna: Open for me! Open for me!

Me: Come, I open for you. (takes bag from her). What must you say?

Anna: Can you please open for me?

Me: Can who please open for you?

Anna: Can you please open for me, Auntie Jasmine? (she stares at me for awhile) Auntie Pretty?

Me: LOL!!!

So cute!!! I didnt even teach her to say that! What to do - kids dont lie.. lol.. Needless to say, I definitely opened the bag of chips for her larh - most promptly too.. hahha..

Sixteen going on 17

You've guessed it.


I cut my hair!

Well, I always wanted a bob.. so on Saturday morning I woke up and decided I was tired of being goldilocks and TADAH! I wanted to dye it black with blue streaks but I figure after that I cant go to Court, so.. had to be satisfied with VERY BLACK hair.

How many years younger do i look??

Thereafter I met some of the molihualets, and they took me to take neo print! I feel young already! Did you know that Neoprint machines these days actually ALLOW you to decorate and photoshop and a la, customize your prints?

SUPER fascinating larh!




See their handicraft!



Sunday was dinner time with Spiderman (dont you think Lirong looks like Spiderman) and Nic..

and we stuff our faces at NYDC.

But I think I have had enough of stuffing faces - recently have had this unexplainable chest pains. Went to see the doc today who gave me an ECG. Turns out I am fine, and God willing, will not drop dead suddenly (not because of heart failure anyway).

Yup. That's my ECG results. *gaddd*

I am still thinking about last Sunday's sermon was on the issue of discipline - we can overcome the problem of ill discipline when we remember the 3 Ps.

Possession: whose we are;

Purpose: what are we hearing for;

Partnership: we dont have to do it alone.

The message was actually preached in the context of having the discipline to lead a healthy lifestyle - something ALOT of Singaporeans (myself super included) struggle with. But this perennial problem of discipline, for me, is more than just eating right and etc - it's this whole idea of stewardship - which is too serious for me to post here.. hahaa. I think if we were more disciplined and focused (generally), we would probably accomplished much much more in life, dont you think? (Yuarh WWH doesnt like me to make sweeping statements like that, but he is going away.. to London. Sob.)

O well, suffice it is to say, bottoms up (fill it with some healthy drink!) to a healthier me!

Dangerous moods

I am IN the mood to shop. Like seriously - serious shopping.

For the ignorant out there, i dont shop ALL the time okays, and people DO feel like shopping some occasions more than others, especially if you are high on visual spatial like yours truly..

ANYHOWS. this is a dangerous mood to be in.

I have not been feeling like going home early of late, so yesterday met YJJ for dinner - felt like stuffing our faces so we went to Siam-dunno-what for the buffet..

The food was so so. Before the main course came we had already stuffed ourselves silly with keropok, which promptly expanded when met with our swift consumption of the free flow ice lemon tea. By the time the real food came, nobody's tummy had any more space..

early early say then we just tapao keropok and can beer and just eat at home right.. save money somemore..

OKAY. It is official.

[dramatic pause for dramatic announcement]

My love language is food.

Happy - Eat.
Not happy - Eat.
Cause to celebrate - Eat.
Hungry - Eat.
Nothing better to do - Eat.

Maybe the next question should be, eat what? But that's for another post. Maybe i should do a post of my favoritest food - but that would be difficult since i like alot of things.

So i was saying.. we were eating. I think I am very blessed and loved girl - i realized recently that in the event that i REALLY, supposing i HAD TO, leave home, i have at least 7 homes that are open for me to stay / visit (excluding family). Blessed indeed i am.

So we were wondering along the streets of Bugis when we came across this pet shop.. THE HAMSTER SO CUTE!!!

Not that i am a hamster fan at all, but this particular chappie was so garang! He KEPT running in the wheel at a pace MUCH faster than he was capable of mustering with all 4 feet and he was constantly being THROWN OUT of the wheel! Imagine!

After which he would just climb back in and keep at it! Then the wheel would spin real fast and he would get FLIPPED upside down such that he would land on his back and 四脚朝天 in the wheel!


Or he would get like flipped over such and land in the wheel such that he would be facing and running in the opposite direction!

I mean the point is the TENACITY of that chappie.

I was very amused and took pictures - you know, with the best shot thingy with my camera so they catch like MANY shots back to back - you see him here.


Like movie horh.

But seriously . I guess the tenacity of that chappie - not something i wont wish to have. or mind building greater strength in.

*Nods head*

La da di. So tomorrow is another day, other things to face.


Here's my parting shot: interesting video from Huimei's blog. Enjoy!


cool stuff!!

Zhng It !

Hey'all!

I have been really swamped of late and cant post but I'm happy. Happily swamped.

First up. Check out what Nic Sit did to his car. It was a nice decent Mazda, till it became this!

The first thing I said was, WAH! So ah Beng!!

The second thing I said was, O. But I like leh.

Afterwhich I made him switch on the lights whilst I take pictures.

Come on come on. If I didnt do that, u guys wont be able to see it!

So the thing that fascinates me most about this car is it's multi-faceted light emitting capabilities - so many colours! Actually it had this SUPER COOL function where it will keep changing colours as the light moves from the front to the back of the car - SUPER AH BENG LARH! (But i like.. lol).

Second, the good old firm has taken to investing into our welfare and has now provided all lawyers with:

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ERGONOMIC chairs! *wolf whistle*

Not bad at all, you can adjust the back rest, head rest, arm rest and seat height! i like! (though it took me awhile to figure out how to do it larh. i think besides being a closet lian i MIGHT be a closet geek, i like gadety stuff. heh)

well, funky seat above replaces this one, the one we used to have:

(that's my colleague's chair .. super gross check out the stains on the seat of the chair, which she claims she is not responsible for.. lol)

And here's KXL posing in her new chair. =)

Third, FIREWORKS!

We had to work on Saturday (late) like after the fireworks at 2100 hours still carry on okays.. and i thought might as well go downstairs to take a look.. It was MILLING with people outside Fullerton larh!

urm, actually this was taken AFTER the fireworks cuz it was real smoky (yeah i went back to work after the fireworks.. =S )






actually it was quite farnee because for the duration of the fireworks, there were these huge SBS buses that were in the way sometimes, and you could hear everyone groaning when one of these monsters totally obstructed the view to the fireworks.








sigh. so pretty. i wish there were fireworks everyday. i remember praying before that when i go to heaven, i wish to see fireworks everyday, and whole harvest fileds of sparklers (u know the mini firework on sticks that kids (and jasmine) really really like?).

can u imagine, if instead of wheat, you have fields and fields of sparklers that never go out????

*stars in eyes*

yuarh.. i know i can dream on.. i did say i only realistically expect to see that in heaven!


Urm. I have also been stuffing my face. This was from the dessert shop at Tiong Bahru - corn and peanut ice kachang!!!!

Corn is like my favourite (is it a fruit or vegetable?) can? This was totally kick ass man.. like liquid peanut butter, but that doesnt even do it justice..


and we also had chocolate fruit fondue - one of the better ones i had. we were too eager to eat so i din get to take good pictures, but here's one..

not bad horh.. i edited it a lil on Picasa - see the celestial glow about it? ahhh.. heaven must be full of food and dessert!

I also went to watch 881 (support local production!) and really enjoyed it. Here's the song I cant get out of my head.. (and no, i dont understand hokkien but got subtitles)



The story line didnt require much thinking and certain scenes were, i felt unnecessarily homo, but I totally enjoyed the music, the costumes and the colour. Oh, and some parts quite farnee too.

Sometimes I wonder if I entered into the right profession. Some of you may know I never wanted to be a lawyer. Growing up, the occupation I remember really wanting to take up was that of a creative director - you know make ads for tv and stuff? But I didnt do well enough to get a scholarship to my then choice of university, New York Uni that is. And so law it was. And law it has become.

Yeah I enjoy my work now. But one cant quite help but wonder WHAT IF? I think that would probably be something I would have really enjoyed doing.

One life. One choice. No turning back.

Has the concept of time ever intrigued you? Like how it goes one way (forward) and is like two dimensional? (we seem to be going into metaphysics here.. too much for a Sunday night post!)

Well well. One life. One choice. No turning back.

Tough.