New Year's Resolution

No seafood outside the comfort of my home.


"Simple, but saves me from food poisoning."

Happy 2009!

What a great way to usher in 2009, with diarrhea and vomiting and staying in the bed for most of the day. Luckily I am in time for the countdown, at home, that is.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!


"May your dreams come true."

A New Year is Beginning

I just get the same feelings and thoughts every year end -- it's going too fast! Time swooshed by with a blink of an eye. It's kind of scary.


"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."

X'mas Dinner at Our House

Feasting time


Food prepared by me and Hubby


White Christmas log cake, mango flavour

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1st row, from right: Carebear, Sue Min, Me, Hubby, X'mas tree

2nd row, from right: Su, 小妹

Last row: Charles

After dinner gaming

Football!

Thanks peeps for the X'mas and gifts. Hope you guys and gals enjoyed yourselves.

"How about a New Year party?"

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Ping and Pal!

And to everyone, have a wonderful holiday!


"I love Christmas!"

Which One??

SH-01A


P906i



F-01A

920SH

I can't believe that I'm wreaking my head over which keitai to buy amidst this economic downturn.

So, which one? I love them all :p

"Hello?"

Baby Visiting

Close up of Baby Ruth.


Hubby with Baby Ruth.


Me with Baby Ruth.

Haha she's not ours.

Awe... Baby Ruth is so cute. And surprisingly, Hubby is very good at carrying babies. I, on the other hand, sucked at it. Tiffany had been very "generous", letting us "practice" carrying Baby Ruth. We had originally wanted to do a short visiting, in the end, we stayed at Tiffany's for about 3 hours.

Can't wait for her to grow up!

"If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy?"

Right, We Speak Singlish

"Singaporeans can't speak English, they sound funny and strange" or "Singapore is not the right place to learn English because they are bad at it" or "They don't speak standard English" etc etc etc.

These were the inputs from some of my foreign colleagues. It is disheartening to hear these comments. But they are still picking up English from me. While I don't disagree with what they were saying, it has taken me years before I can learn to appreciate the "beauty" of speaking Singlish.

It is warm. And it is especially so when speaking it to a fellow Singaporean. It sort of closes up the gap with people. I seemed more approachable, not high and mighty and more familiar. And it is so easy to identify someone as a Singaporean when all he/she has to do is to speak the language, Singlish.

But it is still important to learn to speak the standard form. As for Singlish, no need to learn lah. It comes naturally.


"If we can't change it, flaunt it."

My Christmas Tree and LCD TV

That's Xuan Xuan on the screen.

Looking forward to Boxing Day, cos' that's the only day I get to celebrate X'mas. I will be working on X'mas Eve and X'mas. But then again, if the company decided to shutdown, I'll get to celebrate X'mas. That will be a sad one. 'Cos retrenchment will follow soon.

"Keeping my fingers crossed."

Babies of December...

Baby Ruth, 3rd December


Baby Yi Xuan, 2nd December

May both girls grow up to be healthy and strong.


"Love from your Auntie Angela."

Looking Forward...

... to my 40-inch LCD TV tomorrow.

Bought it at SITEX last friday, it's a steal at 1499SGD. Free gifts include a 7.5KG washing machine, a home theater system and a digital camera. Heh heh heh. 

The fridge and bean bags will also be delivered tomorrow. Can't wait. I'm TV-less, fridge-less and chairless for 4 days now. My living room emits an echo when I talk. Cool.

"The start of my cosy home."