CNY

this CNY was kinda short with only 2 days..BUT..it was fruitful still....

Day 1: as routine..we went to the temples and then to yi ma house to meet with all my mum's relatives....than it was on to Davine's house...my first time there!!

Day 2: surprise visitor at 10am in the morning!!! than it was kai nian fan and my dad's relatives started coming in...

It was nice seeing all my relatives and I believe some of them also feel that gathering once a year is too little...so I told them there will be 1 more this year...my wedding..haha...

some pictures at davine's house.....though I am suppose to be faking amnesia that we even contacted....

Amy with baby Christine - this photo looks so photoshop-ed or its like taken in the studio!!!!


All the cousins....I need to loose the flab on my arm..hahahaha

Ma with Christine.....

All the attn was on Christine..but...mine was on the 3 doggies...Sheila, Di Di and eh...i keep forgetting the last one..i think I am getting old...ahhaha...aren't they cute???

hearing problem??

last night...Michelle was asking me a qn about her laptop....this is what i heard:

' jie, do you think i should change my laptop after you die or when i go poly?'

i was horrified...why need to change after i DIE??

what she actually said:

' jie, do you think i should change my laptop after it dies or when i go poly?'

hahahaha...joke of the day....
i think it was something like that la..but the meaning is there....
she mumbles her words so much that I have difficulty understanding what she's expressing...and I don't think its only me...haha...

lim chee guan saga...

every chinese new year since 6 years back..I will go down to chinatown and queue for the famous lim chee guan bak gua...well..its a way to show my filial peity to my mum since I cannot afford much...the funny thing is..the queue always gets longer and never shorter despite ppl saying things like..oh mei zhen xiang or xiang wei bak gua tastes better...

this year will probably be the last year i'll be queuing and since i started my blog...i just want to share the 'experience'...

1st...don't queue if you are not prepared to wait for more than 4 hours..usually the waiting time is that long...

2nd..you must be mentally prepared to be treated like animals in the zoo...pedestrians will walk pass and say siao ah or they will take pictures or even videos of the queue (which includes you)

3rd..be prepared for the sun, rain and wind..hahaha..this year was so windy that I was so cold and had to wear a jacket..yep..jacket!

4th..be weary of queue-cutters...yea..it happens and also of people asking you to help them buy...my view is..since i need to get why not help them but of coz at a small profit right??hahaha...

5th..if you are lucky...you will see reporters!! none this year though...

6th..there are 2 lim chee guan...directly opposite each other..i feel that there's a difference in bak gua..so you decide...

7th...if you see bangla in front..beware!!! these are the people that buys in 20kgs for their bosses!!of coz this will add to your waiting time...oh..each person can buy 25kg by the way....

8th..shop opens at 9am sharp...queue starts forming at 6 i think..i arrived at 8 and the queue was already very long (!#!(%R!@_!*)

9th...go with someone..coz u need a runner..to get you drinks, food, papers, jacket etc..never NEVER go alone....

10th...if you can avoid queuing...JUST AVOID IT...ahahhahahaha...joking...


If you have any other questions about queuing to buy their bak gua..feel free to ask...
If you must know..we arrived at 8am and only got our bakgua at 1245pm or so...

MICHELLE..its ur turn next year!!!

Updates on buffy: she went to the vet AGAIN on Sat...finally her stitches were removed..I see a little of the tumor growing back but her wound is healing...so that's good....=)

pissed and upset...

well...we didn't close the deal on the flat at blk 12...reason? the owner now wanted 10k COV...=P yeap! initially the post was for 7k COV..so we offered 8k hoping to close the deal right? no.....their agent's manager came and than said that the previous offer was 10k and the owner now wanted 10k too..i know that it may not be alot of commission for the agent and I don't really blame the agent but its the owner that I am pissed at...since he think he can sell at 10k...ok..i wish him luck...not like it'll be difficult la..but anyway, its over le..so back to the drawing table for yong and me.....

headache....

yesterday, uncle elvin, yong and I went flat viewing around the Upper Boon Keng area...found a flat that I really liked...but its giving me a lot of headache....

1. Agent of Dennis Wee - kept telling us that there were xx number of offers and going to close soon etc etc..

2. Uncle Elvin tried calling him over and over again with no response...@#!^!^@#^

Apparently, flat owner is asking for $7k COV which we are fine with..now we need to secure our loan with HDB which might be rejected...nvm....so we want to secure the flat right? we need to put a deposit and sign an option to exercise but the stupid agent just didn't want to answer...so finally the manager called back...said $8k and he'll hold the flat for the next 2 weeks...now i need a cheque, an option to purchase and HDB please approve the loan!!!!! I really love the location and the flat itself...

tomorrow we will be going to sign the option to purchase so now i pray that the loan at hdb's end goes through..that's all I am praying..this way I can have my own flat and have buffy living with me...those that read this post...pls pray for me and yong as well..thanks!!

CNY...

This is probably the last CNY that I will be spending in my mom's hse...so..to make it a little more memorable and special...I've asked Beth to teach me to make pineapple tarts...she threw in the lesson for making sugee..not bad eh??

Yest, Ami and I arrived her hse at about 12...we slogged in the kitchen all the way till about 8pm before finally sealing off the last bottle of tarts...though everyone was really tired..the tarts really tasted very good..thanks to Beth and her recipes!!oh..the pineapple tarts were from her sister and she used to sell both tart and sugee..so quoting her - must have some standards one....hahah..Elvin said she lost her touch for the tarts but I find that it tasted really good....some pictures:

ps: no human beings were photographed becoz we were all not in that condition..hahah

Pineapple tarts on the tray and than in the oven..
Can you spot the flat tart?we have no idea why it became flat....but it was good!yum yum!


These are sugee...loads and loads of them...

Final products!!!

Update on Buffy: she went for her Sat appt with Dr Thiru...not good enough to remove the stitches so will have to wait 1 more week...more medication given...antibiotics and anti-swelling..she's much better now..very active and running around with her leg still bandaged...

Decisions, decisions, decisions.....

yeap...so much decisions - which house to buy, where to buy, how much budget, where to go for honeymoon, what to eat for dinner....hahah..these were some questions that Yong and me talked about this evening...so many many questions and decisions to make.....oh well..there won't be any answers soon...so slowly think...i told yong just tikam 1 country and go lor...hahaha....

1st weekend of 2009...

well...like the title says..my 1st weekend of 2009 was spent at 1degree15 at Sentosa Island..Yong, Beth, Elvin, Deb & family and Bee Chin & family...some swimming, board games..a very good laksa steamboat dinner....hehehe....some pictures:

The hill facing room...this is huge and the toilet is huge too...totally enjoyable.....

Some candid shots that yong thought of...hahaha....

Beth and Deb with Li Ern and Shi Ern.....

Li Ern's emo moment..think she was thinking of jumping into the tub just to play water...so....

We went to the pool....she went wild there!!!!they forgot her swimsuit and Deb drove all the way home to get it...

After dinner, Deb wanted to tire the kids out a little more so we went to the lounge to have some drinks and for them to run around...me carrying Li Ern along the bay area to see yatches parked there....

Sunday morning Breakfast time.....

This is Shi Ern....cute right?

Final shot in our room before checking out........

Yong has a wedding dinner to attend today..so he dropped me home and went off.... Diane (my cuz) was over asking us how our trip were and 'diggin' through our loots...haha...my mum's elder brother called asking us out for dinner so we all went....the last time I saw him was 08 CNY...well...we made a 'date' to meet for early reunion dinner on the 18th and I told him of my wedding date next year which he says he should be able to make it...

Update on Buffy: today was the day she was supposed to remove the dressing...so I did in the PM..the cone around her next did nothing to prevent her from licking her wound AND the antibiotic powder!! It was so frustrating...so I wrapped it up before we went for dinner so as to prevent her from licking...we had no dressing pads so I used the facial cotton to cover the stitching before wrapping with gauze...that was a real STUPID move....during dinner I went to get the alcohol swabs, non-stick dressing pads and adhesive guaze (amazing product by 3M)...immediately when we came home..I got Mic's help to hold buffy while I fed her her medi and than to change the dressing...of all my horrors!!!the facial cotton stuck to her wound!!!!I was so afraid..but...I had to remove all traces of the cotton that's stuck to her wound by using the alcohol swab to roll those stuck in the gaps.....SORRRY BUFFY!!!!! she was in so much pain...haiz...now...its all correct...with the antibiotic powder followed by the anti-stick dressing and than the adhesive guaze...to console her..we removed her cone and let her run like a JRT for about 3 minutes....hehehee...she totally enjoyed herself.....

Baking day.....

Today I was baking away half a day...made 2 types of cookies...rice krispies w choc chip and vanilla base cookie with pink royal icing...thinking of making cookies as additional wedding favours as it means something hand-made and sincere from me to thank all those attending my wedding..so these are my trial products....next week...pineapple tarts at Beth's house...

some pictures of my cookies...

rice krispies and choc chip cookies....cooling....

These are the vanilla based cookies with pink royal icing...planning to make some of these as favors for my wedding this year..so I need to perfect my skills....and decide on what kinda 'toppings' to make and/or what designs....

Being bottled...hehe....

Yesterday...as my previous post..I went shopping....Charles said he'll get me my Agnes B bag...I went to longchamp but there were only 4 colors left: red, black, khaki and brown...so I didn't get any...Went to Sephora and than realised they don't sell the Juicy Couture perfume in SG...what I got was this baby:

Yong is trying to get the Wii Mat for me..hohohoh.....I shall wait for that than.....

Update on Buffy: we went to see Dr Thiru today to remove her dressing...Buffy's able to walk well and run around so that's good...there's after surgery swelling but the bleeding has stopped...so now..I need to finish feeding her her medication, remove the dressing on Sunday and bring her back to remove her stitches next Sat...Now I pray the tumor won't come back....

Tomorrow: Going to Sentosa with Yong in the AM and spending the night at 1degree15 with Beth, BeeChin, Deb and their family....will update with photos...

Happy New Year!

nothing much to be happy about actually...there's inflation, economic downturn, subprime crisis etc etc....

anyway..some thoughts today...the green eyed monster is really a terrible thing...why is it that people like to compare?? So what if XX has a huge house or a new car?? I don't understand...why don't people look at what they have and be satisfied?? Isn't life treating you good enough that you have your loved ones by your side, a good and stable career etc?? Never heard of 'being satisfied'? At the end of the day, are all these things that impt that you can or are willing to trade in loved ones for??

next up...words...do they or do they not mean a thing?? For example, when the phrase ' I buy for you lo' loses it's meaning...is that taken for granted the person won't demand for it? Since you've said it anyway....why say it if you don't mean it right?? so...I'll be going on an all-expense paid shopping trip tmrw at Orchard...Reason? Yong said all the time he'll buy for me this and that...so I'm sticking to that....Tmrw i'll be getting:

1) Gucci Toufu Bag
2) Longchamp tote
3) Agnes B voyager tote
4) Wii Fitness Mat
5) Weekend stay at 1 degree 15

YES..this time I'm getting all these items since everytime he thinks that I won't take his words seriously..this time I WILL...I've given him a discount of a bigger diamond ring and a pair of diamond earrings...so I'll stick to the above 5 items ONLY...Feels like a great way to start off 2009....

update on buffy: she's trying to stand more..walk around more too...she knows that we are wrapping ther medication in bread and she's rejecting the bread now...hehe..need to think of a new way to feed her her medication....