Fun-filled long weekend

Yes, yet again it passed by darn fast.. *roll eyes*...

Happy Vesak Day.. Workout at BRP, Mac breakfast, visit to Buddhist temple with Mummy Chua, my lovely nieces' 2 year old birthday celebration cum BBQ at their place till late.. it was a simple affair with close family and friends..I get to fly kite at the green green pasture nearby, I was hysterical! So going to fly kite again... ^o^..

Oops, I did it again! Didn't have sufficient rest over this long weekend (though it is long) cos I was too playful and lined up lotsa things... haha...

"Eat with your family" day..

What a special day to set aside.. does this mean that most peeps dun dine or dun have to dine with family since such a day is set for this purpose? Hmm.. and the next question I have is, I have two families so which one should I eat with?.. Hmm...

To me, on and off I will go back my mum's place for dinner, thus this day is just another day that wun make me feel guilty returning home early for dinner.. haha..

My mum has a green thumb like my MIL's.. nice..

Hot.. hot...

Dar said, "The weather is really hot!"

I said, "Yeah, welcome to Singapore!"

赚多一点钱是为了要花多一点钱还是要储蓄多一点钱？照理说应该是为储蓄吧。但是人往往是赚多花多的，不是吗？须要有定力跟知道自己的目标吧才做得到。。

如果是要花，我相信赚再多也不够用。

当然不能排除有些人是赚多存多的。这跟个人的价值观有关吧。

而你是哪一类呢？

我吃饱太有空，遗传到老爸的＂想太多＂行为。。不好不好。。

快去早开工啦！

The weekend passed by so fast.. gosh.. WTH did I do??

French lesson.. lunch.. settle ah girl's "Express Pedi and Mani".. settle ah boy's "healthcheck".. dinner with friends.. home to zzzZzz..

Gather-gather at ah peh's house for beloved Grandma's death anniversary.. been long since we all gather.. my lovely nieces were the centres of attention.. had brunch at the place I so so missed.. brought ah boy for "express facial".. caught 3 movies for the rest of the day.. 2 at home (From Paris with Love & Valentine's Day) and 1 at the cinema（Once a Gangster).. the last one was disappointing.. oh well.. home to rot and rest for a new work week..

Made simple pasta dinner for dar dar et moi, Ravioli with bacon in cream sauce, dessert was thousand layered cake from Penang with chocolate ice-cream..

Watched tv, read thru' some work, masked, blogged and going to sleep in ten mins from now.. *yawn*..,

Good night guys!!!

.....

...Swam
........Blogged
..............Masked
.......................Read
.............................Slept.........ZZzzzZZz

Who is that bitch?!

Couldn't agree better after hearing the comment, "Thyroid is really a bitch!" Tell me about it manz.. it really changed my world...

Starting to mask after a masked chat... haha...  

Penang 14-16 May 2010

Day 1 (ETA Singapore 7am ETD Penang 825am)

Landed in Penang ~ Beng Lay and CW welcomed us ~ snap-snap ~ Headed to a Hawker Centre (not sure the name) for our breakfast, Curry Mee, Prawn Noodles, Lor Mee, Singapore Popiah, Ja Wa Noodle ~ Next stop, Beng Lay's cosy place, before heading up, we checked out the fifth floor where the recreational area is, with BBQ pits, gym, cosy seating area, playground with SWINGS (my fav but didn't get to play.. sobs..), headed up and sat ourselves down on her cosy sofa, we chit-chatted, watched their wedding videos, took photos and drank homemade red bean soup brewed by Beng Lay then it was time for lunch (not that we are hungry but there's just lots of eating places to check out) ~ Went for famous Char Kway Tiao at Lorong Selamat which is a bit pricey than other stalls ~ Checked into our apartment ~ settled down for a while, freshened up and went to the Toy Museum, love the cool cool toys but we think it is high time they do some maintenance ~ Next, Hard Rock Cafe Hotel Penang ~ snap-snap ~ Went to try famous Teochew Chendol ~ Visiting of temples followed by dinner at the area near to Sunway Hotel, we had satay (oh it was damn good!), char-kuay-gak (aka carrot cake with bean sprouts), lor-bah (similar to ngoh hiang but much simpler and better), prawn mee, chee cheong fan with three types of sauce, fried oysters, roast duck, pig intestine porridge ~ Not knowing where else to go after we were all so full, we suddenly decided to go sing KTV and so we did, at Guerney Plaza... we took the opportunity to celebrate WJ's birthday and he received a tall yellow hat, courtesy of Redbox KTV ~ Last stop for the day, Guerney Hawker Centre for rojak and "ah pong" (like love letters) and headed back to our apartment to shower and sleep ~ WJ, Candy and I sat at the dining table and chatted for an hour before finally turning in ~ nice feel sitting there laughing and talking about anything, everything.. ;)

Day 2

Dim Sum breakfast at this red teahouse (Shiok and cheap! RM 10 for that spread) ~ Went to Kek-Lok-Si ~ Had Penang Laksa for lunch, very different taste, you can add prawn paste to the gravy, CW said that the gravy was prepared with kum-mong fish which is supposedly "poisonous" for peeps recovering from wounds etc ~ As we walked to the car after our laksa lunch, we passed by the sugar cane stall and to our horror, there were countless houseflies crowding around the sugar canes, luckily I didn't order the drink.. hehe... ~ Next stop, yummy Lor-bah @ Kimberly Street (this one is really good!) and went to buy our must buy dao-sa-pia etc ~ The next place on our itinerary is the Peranakan Mansion, it was informative and the guide told us about the history, the purpose of the many rooms in the mansion and showed us the difference in the many generations I'm so sure, he lost some of us along the way *switched off* ~ Had Ice-Kacang with ice-cream, Cai-Kueh (aka soon-kueh) and durian mian-jian-kueh (darn good! it curbed Candy's and my craving for durians!) at New World Park ~ KLKK at New World Park for a while before heading off to our ferry ride to the Mainland, this ride was interesting as it was my first ride where we drove directly on board the ferry ~ we alighted once the car came to a stop, ferry started to disembark and sail away... we stood on the deck to enjoy the sea breeze and take in all the view and took a number of group photos, the bridge linking the Mainland to Penang was really long, 13.5km ~ Climbed onto the upper deck also, still as nice! ~ Reached the Mainland for Seafood dinner, was again "surprised" to see many houseflies flying around ~ As we walked into the eating place, we saw a plate of oysters with scotchtape on it and many houseflies r.i.p...OMG! oh well... we decided on a seat which seemed to attract less "friends" to share our food ~ The seafood was really fresh and cheap ~ Went to Auto City @ Butterworth to KLKK before driving back via the bridge to Penang Island, played "hide-and-seek" with WJ as we lost him for a while ~ Last stop for the second day, Almond tea drink with youtiao and four fruits tea (aka cheng-teng) ~ Back to our apartment to shower, rest and pack ~ Before we turned in, we popped the sparkling grape juice we brought back from the KTV and cheers to the end of the trip!

Day 3

Had brunch at Old Town White Coffee, the price is the same in Singapore but with the different currency exchange, it's cheap ~ 3-4 hours shopping at Queensbay Mall, the biggest shopping mall in Penang ~ arrived at the Penang airport, checked in and we were on our way back ~ Yes, yes, so happy we are coming back! (I just lied) ~ Before we know it....."Hi! Singapore!"..

Interesting facts.. the purchase price of an apartment will include the cost of an assigned carpark lot, which means you do not need to pay monthly season parking.. My friends' 7 seater which brought us everywhere costs RM50K, gosh! What a big difference! Apart from the hot and humid weather, the entire experience was wonderful! Really fortunate to have friends there, local knowledge is very important...;p.. I think it would be great to make this a yearly affair.. hehehe...

We became poor because we had you...

Read an article in The Straits Times yesterday, titled From Rich Dad to Poor Dad.. Interesting article but may incur the unhappiness of some peeps, very daring writer indeed.. Maybe it should be "We became less rich because we had you" since peeps these days are more educated, witty, cunning and resourceful..

So very tempted to ask papa Chua, if you hadn't had us, would you have been richer? But I held back. When I looked at him, I gathered he must be displeased with what he thought was his "investment", US.. And why is that so? Generation gap..

So I asked my mum, hehe, she said perhaps so but she continued, get married naturally will wanna have kids to complete the family, that way 你就有种精神寄托，有个伴这样。

也许吧，若你的精神不知该寄托在哪儿..或你能在现在这个社会里做个全职的家庭煮妇而没任何怨言。。

时代不同啦。。heehee.. ;)

Professeur de nouveaux

Il a été longtemps que j'ai changé mon professeur. Sans aucun doute, "lecons avec Le Roi Manu" me manque mais je crois un changement de professeur sera bon aussi!

Après ma première leçon avec le professeur de nouveau, je crois qu'elle n'a attiser ma motivation. Je me sens que j'ai besoin de passer plus de temps pour révision quand je suis chez moi.

Si je te dis que je ne suis pas libre et je préfère rester a la maison, je le faire..

Cherise and Cadee

Had an impromptu dinner gathering with gfs and their SOs at Yvonne and Eddie's cosy place at Duxton today.. The view at 44th floor is amazing, so open and free! Love the feel..;) I must say they did a great job in renovating the 95sqm unit that it doesn't feel the least cramp... So it's really how one does the reno that makes a difference.. With 7 adults and two kiddos hanging around the house, it still felt comfy and spacious..nice!

2 year plus Cherise took a while to warm up to the rest but she was excited to show one of the gfs her new room and toys.. Her room was sweet sweet pink all round!

I was really happy today cos 9 month old Cadee smiled when I teased her a few times! ;).. Well, this was worth mentioning cos baby Cadee whined during my first few encounters with her cos she's a bit more sensitive to unfamiliar faces..takes time, I guess..

We missed the opportunity to take a stroll at the cool cool sky garden on the 50th floor cos we were so hooked onto Laughing gor..haha.. Next time then.. By the way, the public can pay 5 bucks to get up there!

Gather-Gather

Had a sumptuous lunch at "gather gather" at POMO.. This was meant to be a farewell celeb for one of our colleagues who is leaving but in actual fact we were there to eat only.. Cos all were seated at separate tables with zero interaction with the person who is leaving..hmm.. Kinda awkward..