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MoN aMOuR et mA Vie
vendredi 31 juillet 2009

Another saddening event...

After my last day of work today, tomorrow is the day where my bro, my SIL and my lovely nieces will be shifting out of my humble home to their very own home.. *sniff-sniff*..Come to think of it, they have stayed with dar dar and me for 1 year 4 days as at today..

Flashback to about a year ago, the babies were born and the family needed a bigger space and environment for the kiddos and maid.. So cool cool jess and cool snag vince gave them the option to stay over at their place (which seemed all wrong in the eyes of Papa Chua and some relatives).. I know where his anger is coming from but when you look at the big picture, it ain't that serious afterall.. Anyways, we didn't care and everything just fell into place nicely and slowly and Papa Chua also came by to visit the kiddos after a number of months..

The initial plan was that they will stay with us for a number of years till the kiddos are older but I guess time and $$ waits for no man! Given the income restriction placed by HDB, they need to find a place of their own as soon as possible and so they did. They found a nice move-in condition unit which they recently completed the renovation of the place to their liking and style... not bad..

Those who knows me knows that I always try to help (and expects nothing in return except being appreciated at the least which I always think ppl do cos 每个人都是好人). But I know that in the midst of trying to help, there's a thin line between being helpful and "kaypoh" so I try to hold my horses these days. It's tough for me, you know, cos I dunno how to do a bit and not do that bit, still at the learning stage..haha.. But with my bro and SIL not mentioning much or initiating anything (I suppose they wanted to handle everything themselves or cos of something unpleasant that happened sometime back)... it made it easier for me to hold back..

Thus, I wasn't very involved with the renov cum shifting process until last Sunday and kanna some suaning.. haha.. 人是 犯贱的啦! (in my context.. heehee...).. C'mon we are family, so what can one expect me to do?!.. So I made my stand and went ahead with my decision *brave gal yeah* haha... Within the week, I helped them shift some of their stuffs over to their new place which was fun! ..heehee..

"Where there's fun, there's Jess! Where there's scolding, there's also Jess and she will be the one who will kanna".. haha.. sometimes dunno to laugh or cry.. that's life ba.. *苦笑*

I'm really gonna miss the kiddos alot alot alot alot!!!!!!!!!!!! I will see them so less often and seriously nothing beats staying together. So I was determined to take many many photos with them before they move out.. *silly gal*.. When they are older, I hope I will get a chance to bring them out and babysit them whatever... haha..

Elsie, me and Mr Reindeer..

"Chloe, strike a pose!"
Chloe says, "Yeah, you!"
(Pointing at the camera with her 'salivanised' fore-finger.. Eee..)
Two "stunned" toddlers
(Elsie mimic Chloe's fav stunned stance, not very convincing though but she tried..)

Chloe, " You think I gong-gong har.. hmm.. you wish..
I act act only! 骗到你们了,哈哈!"..


Their usual happy self..
(Recalled the time we took photo of the girls when they
first moved over, they just laid on the soccer-ball-bean-bag
for us to take photos, see the change now?
You can refer to past blog entry for a comparison..)

Cool cool Jess with E&C

Again..

Me, Calz with E&C
(see how happy Calz is.. could it be bcos it's the
first time she's carrying and holding the bb like that..)

Moi avec Elsie encore..

Moi avec Chloe encore..


Dar dar avec Elsie, "It must be you! Yes, you!"


Dar dar avec Chloe..

(Psst! To the Daddy and Mummy of E&C -
"Paiseh ah! I grabbed every chance I'm home for
the past week to take pics of them
and with them without your permission..
Hope you guys don't mind.. heehee.. )



Me want kiddos' porridge!
Wun get to 偷吃 and 不知不觉地 finish it
when I come home after work..
"Please save a bowl of their leftover porridge for me can?"
hehe.. just kidding lah..


Last but not least, dar dar and I bought a set of clothes for each of them too, Singapore sale mah.. (will post the pic of the clothes another time)..
I hope that they had a fun time in the garden"(just like the caption stated on the clothes)! But I know that they most probably won't remember that they have been to the "garden".. :).. I'm just kidding myself.. for as long as it can last..
jeudi 30 juillet 2009

Farewell treat & pressies..

The day has come for me to leave, not that I have found my passion in life..

I'm still cool with the nature of my current work.. It's the working environment that showed me the way outta here.. No hard feelings at all.. It's also because of someone who changed the synergies in this working environment... sigh... the someone caused alot of changes and unnecessary politics, knowingly or unknowingly, I dunno. It's an attitude that should not have existed in the first place.. We used to be one big happy family and the friendship we had was really cool!... I'm certainly disappointed and there's nothing no one can say or do to resolve this..

Ever heard before, 解铃总需系铃人?

Fortunately, I think my "usefulness" probably saved me from experiencing the attitude.. *phew*.. That tells something about this someone also.. Oh well, who cares.. hope the someone will 早日了解 <<己所不欲,勿施于人>> 这句话的道理! 每个人都有爸爸妈妈的...

Gonna leave all these behind.. except some important stuffs...

nice and neat workstation?..

But gonna take this away with me.. the useful farewell gifts from my friends/colleagues.. and the friendship..


Thanks peeps! Loved the stuffs! They will certainly come in handy..

Today as I walk out of my coy with the last bit of stuffs before the Day.. I felt "something", 5 years of feelings.. but mustn't let the emotional part of me get the better of me.. We'll meet again.. this is not farewell, mes amis!

vendredi 24 juillet 2009

Empire State

Where is Empire State? New York? Paris? Nay.. it's at Iluma in Singapore.. haha..

Had wanted to pop by this new shopping mall since dunno when and finally we did it yesterday..

We went there for dinner and Empire State is the name of a restaurant located at Iluma. The concept is very much like New York New York and it's all American! We were contemplating between Empire State and this other Japanese restaurant! The latter was kinda crowded so we shall check it out next time then.. cute menu and decor at Empire State..




In my opinion of Iluma,
Shopping **
Eating ***
Entertainment ***

Gonna check out the other new malls slowly but surely..

mercredi 22 juillet 2009

Durians again..

Wooh-ooh-ooh! We had durians again!

We couldn't help it! The thought of durian makes us drool so we went to buy some home to eat again! It was yummy! Next time shall go for the mid-range ones cos they taste good as well and takes care of our pocket! hehe..



This is like the third time I opened and eat the durians with family and friends, at my humble home, after having stayed there for 5 years so far..
dimanche 19 juillet 2009

Papa Chua's birthday..

Papa Chua's birthday just passed! The kiddos brought him out for dinner at Turf City seafood restaurant.. Haha.. a place that I frequent lately.. Chose this place again for convenience and the discounts off seafood and mainly because Papa Chua enjoys seafood! Papa Chua missed it the last round we went to celeb my youngest bro's birthday!

Papa Chua enjoyed himself lots because the whole family was present but his joy mainly came from being able to help around and play with his grandchildren! The seafood was not the reason.. Oh well, I guess for many parents, grandchildren are such joy for them no matter what.

I'm happy to see that he's happy! Life is short, should make it as happy as it can be.. no tension, less worries and all..

His grandchildren can walk now and they just keep walking around the restaurant non-stop.. so cute! They fell a few times (on carpeted floor) but stood up again and continued walking...

"As we walk to the left and we walk to the right, as we walk, as we walk, as we walk all night, with a heel and a toe and a half turnaround, with a heel and a toe and a new friend found!"...

A song that I sang to cheer them on as they were learning to walk and surprisingly they liked the tune! It was also a dance I enjoyed at a square dance with friends, many years ago!

Oh yes, this was not all for the dinner! Since it's durian season now and it's also a fruit that Papa Chua enjoys, we went to buy some durians home to eat! 一分钱一份货.. 总的来说, 还不错!
lundi 13 juillet 2009

能者多劳。。

我不是再说自己,而是想说这是一个司空见惯的现象在多数公司里吧!

我猜想是因为人们往往希望自己是能者,被中用。同一个当儿,人也有个坏习惯,就是爱比来比去。结果不知不觉通过埋怨等影响了自己的情绪,想法。。

何止啊,人也是懒惰的!所以有些人就不太喜欢沟通或教人。。但是如果每个人都是如此,怎么会有能者呢!就因此,许多事物便落在能者手里!

可怜的能者啊!说真的,一个人的学习能力不如他人,并不代表他/她不想学。他/她可能在等待一个学习的机会嘛,当然这不能少了一个好的领导。。

所以我在想到底是‘能者’还是‘忍者’多劳?。。哈哈。。还是应该说,本来是能者,忍久了就变成忍者,忍无可忍就。。你知道啦。。

dimanche 12 juillet 2009

It's about time...

It's about time we meet up with all of them, including the juniors.

It's so cute to go for meals with kiddos cos you will be welcomed with a table set up with those colourful kiddy cutlery..


We went karaoke after the meal and the room was like a little living room for the kiddos.. for them to nap, run and jump around! It's simply entertaining looking at them play.. Cherise sang too, her fav or only song, "Wei wei bu yao pa, ni shi hao wa wa... zi ji die dao, zi ji pa".. Clarisse had longer hair now, looks different... nice!

Both of them have grown taller, prettier and learnt new words.. Well done!

And soon and I mean real soon, both of them will have a younger sister to play with.. which I think is good cos they will learn to share and take care of the younger ones..

vendredi 10 juillet 2009

Brotzeit, German Bier Bar & Restaurant

I'm not a porky kind of person or someone into losta meat, so I hesitate when it comes to German Cuisine..

Recently, one my gfs told us that the food at this restaurant, Brotzeit was nice! The pork knuckles, especially... And so we arranged to pop by the place for dinner last night and it was a pretty sumptuous spread!




Garden salad


Juicy pork shank


Curry sausage served with wedges

The last pic was the pork knuckle but we requested it to be sliced so you cannot see the whole knuckle..

mercredi 8 juillet 2009

I miss him...

... not that I am a fan of his but because his music accompanied me thru' part of my teenage years and I think he was incredible! It brings back memories... At times I couldn't appreciate certain dance moves of his but those were the moves that perfected his every song and gave him the unique identity...

After he departed and from viewing the various interviews and tv programmes of MJ, I can't help thinking that his natural beauty and colour was charming enough though it has been altered in some way that he does look kinda odd now.. but it's his choice which we should all respect.. Afterall, outlook fades so who cares?! To me, internal beauty carries more weight and he seemed like a kid, so childlike, kind and talented! As he was also a perfectionist and performer, his untimely death could be caused by the silent killer 'stress' as he was going to have a concert real soon but sadly, he didn't make it.. :(...

Nonetheless, I wanna say, he's not gay, not ugly and unkind like what reports made him out to be.. he's the simple Michael Jackson deep under and his pop music is here to stay for good.. ;)..

......"Michael Jackson, R.I.P.
mardi 7 juillet 2009

Gold Class again...

Went to catch the movie Transformers at Gold Class tonight! Enjoyed the comfy seats and the movie lots! Before I went for the movie, I read bad reviews about the show which I beg to differ. It was a good show!..

Really missed the cartoons, if only I can find a place which allows rental for such cartoons, you know what I will do next? Anyone knows of such a place, please tell me..
samedi 4 juillet 2009

It's such a joy...

It's such a joy to see my nieces taking their first steps and walking the distance.. I should consider myself lucky to be able to see them achieve their various milestones during their stay at my humble home..

..but all these will soon end as they will be moving out soon... Sad I must say but good as it is a new beginning for them as the kiddos will have their own bedroom, playroom and my bro and SIL will have a place to call their own after a few years after their marriage.. of course all thee comes with a cost and sacrifices one will have to make.. from marriage to finding a place of your own and setting up a family blah, blah, blah...

Hats off to all those couples out there going thru these phases though I can never convince myself to do it.. There's still a long way to go, dudes and dudads, jiayou oh!
vendredi 3 juillet 2009

Mixed feelings..

It's over, whatever needs to be done is done... and mixed emotions set in.. It's always like that when the time comes and as the end draws near...








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