Belated Merry Christmas to all. My eve was spent at having a buffet dinner at Hilton then watched Australia at Vivo. I will strongly recommend you to catch that. Simply captivating!
Then on Christmas day, I brought my parents to have a nice Chinese food buffet in some restaurant I can’t reveal where, simply because I don’t want too many others to know of this place and wanted it to be “exclusive” for just the few of us who know of this place. It basically serves Cantonese food and has a museum right inside the restaurant. It would be convenient for those who drive becos the restaurant is high up on a slope and it can be quite dark when the night falls.
The manager is a very friendly hongkie who spend most of his time serving us and talking to my parents. I simply love the place because of its ambience and food. And the best part is if you like anything that is not found in the menu, you can request and the chef will whip you the dish you will like to have.
Their sharkfin soup is superb!! Thick boiled pumpkin soup base with chicken stock, ham and other meats that boils for 9 hours until everything melted. I simply love the soup and the steam prawns, and the wasabi prawns (yes, I am quite a prawn lover)! I am so glad my parents like the place and it is definitely another hideout I will be hanging out often.
Saturday was the “big project day” where I swopped room with bro. No doubt now my room becomes a little smaller but I am comfortable with it because it gets more cosy and less noisy.
Then Sunday was to have a mini gathering with Terence, Qixing and his gf at Marina Square before heading off to meet another friend to have a second round of chocolate fondue at Keppel Club. The ambience is very cosy and I will love to return there again, but probably with a better chirpy mood the next time.
Thank you Foo, for always being there.
Monday, December 29, 2008
What is happening?
The first night it happened, it felt like a thousand ants crawling on the side of my right lower leg, making my hair stand. These “little ants” started to slowly walk their way up to my thigh. I closed my eyes and ignored. Then it happened a second time, starting from the lower right leg to traveling up to my upper thigh. I was too tired to run out from the room with that creepy feeling and eventually dozed off till the next morning.
The next day, this time, a hunch told me not to close my bedroom door. Then something happened again. After talking to my friend on the phone, I closed my eyes and wanted to sleep.
Suddenly I felt a pressure on me. I struggled to open my eyes and barely saw a black hollow human figurine and a smaller one in grey on its right. It seems wanting to tell me something, I struggled and started moving my limbs a little, stretching out my right arm towards the door. My eyes were fixed towards my bedroom door and I struggled to make some noise, I managed to shout out a little, loud enough to get attention from my brother and mum. I am glad I did not close my door. Then my bedroom light was on and I see familiar faces…I was in daze and I told them what happened.
Mum asked me to bunk in with my brother. We swopped rooms the next day, which was something always in our plan to switch the rooms as advised by Master Pang.
The 1st night sleeping in the ‘new” room, nothing happened. Then this morning, around 4:30am, I woke up and was suddenly very wide awake. I tossed a little before falling back into sleep. This time, I dreamt.
In the dream, I saw mum wanting to ask some medium for help. I told her to hurry up, I am very frightened. Then thru the mirror in the living where we stood, I saw it. It was a tall lady dressed in a plain red cheong sam. She was walking towards my bedroom door (the newly swopped one) however it was closed. Then she turned her head and looked at us. Her face was pale with no emotion. Thin red lips and small black eyes. Then the next thing I knew was shouting ‘Go away go away!!”
Then I regain my conscious. But I refuse to open up my eyes and forced myself back to sleep as am afraid if I open my eyes, she may have really enter my room and standing next to my bed looking at me….
Maybe I am just not used to sleeping alone in the room? Last time when it happened, at least I have sis who will shake and wake me up.
Is it trying to tell me something or am I really too stress out? Can someone tell me what is happening??
The next day, this time, a hunch told me not to close my bedroom door. Then something happened again. After talking to my friend on the phone, I closed my eyes and wanted to sleep.
Suddenly I felt a pressure on me. I struggled to open my eyes and barely saw a black hollow human figurine and a smaller one in grey on its right. It seems wanting to tell me something, I struggled and started moving my limbs a little, stretching out my right arm towards the door. My eyes were fixed towards my bedroom door and I struggled to make some noise, I managed to shout out a little, loud enough to get attention from my brother and mum. I am glad I did not close my door. Then my bedroom light was on and I see familiar faces…I was in daze and I told them what happened.
Mum asked me to bunk in with my brother. We swopped rooms the next day, which was something always in our plan to switch the rooms as advised by Master Pang.
The 1st night sleeping in the ‘new” room, nothing happened. Then this morning, around 4:30am, I woke up and was suddenly very wide awake. I tossed a little before falling back into sleep. This time, I dreamt.
In the dream, I saw mum wanting to ask some medium for help. I told her to hurry up, I am very frightened. Then thru the mirror in the living where we stood, I saw it. It was a tall lady dressed in a plain red cheong sam. She was walking towards my bedroom door (the newly swopped one) however it was closed. Then she turned her head and looked at us. Her face was pale with no emotion. Thin red lips and small black eyes. Then the next thing I knew was shouting ‘Go away go away!!”
Then I regain my conscious. But I refuse to open up my eyes and forced myself back to sleep as am afraid if I open my eyes, she may have really enter my room and standing next to my bed looking at me….
Maybe I am just not used to sleeping alone in the room? Last time when it happened, at least I have sis who will shake and wake me up.
Is it trying to tell me something or am I really too stress out? Can someone tell me what is happening??
Friday, December 19, 2008
In case you are confused - HASHIMA!
Extract from the web Wikipedia:
Hasma (or Harsmar) is a Chinese dessert ingredient made from the dried fallopian tubes of the Asiatic Grass Frog ('Oviductus Ranae'). Hasma is often mistakenly described as toad or frog fat, since it is sometimes referred to as "toad oil" (Chinese: 蛤蟆油; pinyin: há mǎ yóu).
Hasma (or Harsmar) is a Chinese dessert ingredient made from the dried fallopian tubes of the Asiatic Grass Frog ('Oviductus Ranae'). Hasma is often mistakenly described as toad or frog fat, since it is sometimes referred to as "toad oil" (Chinese: 蛤蟆油; pinyin: há mǎ yóu).
Progress thru changes
It was a surprise to see that he viewed my page and I took the courage to leave him a short message asking how he has been.
His reply assured me that the friendship never seem to have left us at all. Suddenly, I could picture us sitting at a café laughing, joking and making fun all over again. The next min, I am smiling unexpectedly and I feel that we should bury the hatchet with a big hug.
The next thing I knew was we started chatting on msn. We never talk about the past, but about what we been doing lately and what we will be doing next, the general stuff and all. I guess we both will agree that the past is not worth mentioning anymore since we have sort of gotten back this friendship after say about 2 or more years not contacting each other.
It suddenly seems like I dun know what I am angry about all these years….then I realized, I have forgotten and forgiven. And it is true that only if you let go of what the past is, then you will be able to face the future with an open heart and start a fresh chapter. I can face my future and accept new challenges, and maybe to treat the next person with a more tolerance heart.
And thanks to what I have experienced in the past, although those events isn’t a big deal after all now that I look back, I become more receptive of ppl’s mistake, the imperfection of others, being a little less judgmental now, and also, willing to be less perfectionist myself.
But still, my moral values never change, but maybe I can overlook on others who dun share or agree with what I believe in. I guess I have grown up, yet again, my dear readers.
His reply assured me that the friendship never seem to have left us at all. Suddenly, I could picture us sitting at a café laughing, joking and making fun all over again. The next min, I am smiling unexpectedly and I feel that we should bury the hatchet with a big hug.
The next thing I knew was we started chatting on msn. We never talk about the past, but about what we been doing lately and what we will be doing next, the general stuff and all. I guess we both will agree that the past is not worth mentioning anymore since we have sort of gotten back this friendship after say about 2 or more years not contacting each other.
It suddenly seems like I dun know what I am angry about all these years….then I realized, I have forgotten and forgiven. And it is true that only if you let go of what the past is, then you will be able to face the future with an open heart and start a fresh chapter. I can face my future and accept new challenges, and maybe to treat the next person with a more tolerance heart.
And thanks to what I have experienced in the past, although those events isn’t a big deal after all now that I look back, I become more receptive of ppl’s mistake, the imperfection of others, being a little less judgmental now, and also, willing to be less perfectionist myself.
But still, my moral values never change, but maybe I can overlook on others who dun share or agree with what I believe in. I guess I have grown up, yet again, my dear readers.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Changes
Many changes happened and are still happening in my dept. Our team managers are leaving one after another. The very senior ones whom we depend a lot in order to run our daily operations and whom we turn to for advice. These are the supportive managers whom have always been there to understand and support and defend. However, as changes are inevitable, their decision to leave the organization is something I expected.
I am not really that sadden by the breaking news nor worry about the future or present challenge that I will be facing. I dun know why. Probably because I have always been an independent worker, probably because I am numb to changes, probably because the change came too fast for me to even react.
Our Assoc Dean has also changed. The new one is a lady and bears some resemble to my ex boss. I guess it would be a drastic challenge for her without the support from the senior and experienced managers to support her. I guess it would become the blind leading the blind in my team for the next few months, until everyone gets the hand of everything and settle down with the work and roles we have to play.
I just hope this change and ripple effect with end soon so that we can operate as per normal all over again and just pray hard that the new managers taking up the lead will be understanding and are ppl whom we can talk to, almost anything under the sky….
I am not really that sadden by the breaking news nor worry about the future or present challenge that I will be facing. I dun know why. Probably because I have always been an independent worker, probably because I am numb to changes, probably because the change came too fast for me to even react.
Our Assoc Dean has also changed. The new one is a lady and bears some resemble to my ex boss. I guess it would be a drastic challenge for her without the support from the senior and experienced managers to support her. I guess it would become the blind leading the blind in my team for the next few months, until everyone gets the hand of everything and settle down with the work and roles we have to play.
I just hope this change and ripple effect with end soon so that we can operate as per normal all over again and just pray hard that the new managers taking up the lead will be understanding and are ppl whom we can talk to, almost anything under the sky….
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
The Big Day!
Yeah yeah, I know it’s been too long since I last blogged. There are actually many things to share, so much so that I am overwhelmed with many thoughts and unable to phrase them as quickly as my mind is running ahead. Beautiful scenes and touching moments are still fresh in my mind, the day when sis was happily married off. Thats what we have been busy with.
Planning for a wedding is no joke. It isn’t easy just by getting two people listed under the registry of marriage, or just by gathering everyone for a dinner. There are way too many things to be listed and confirmed and work/sort out. It is like a big project. If you are marrying for the 1st time, well, don’t pressure too much nor expect too much. However, because it is once in a life time event, no one can replay the celebration again a second time therefore I understand why sis wanted it to be a perfect wedding for herself. And it is really a team work. You can’t just do it all by yourself.
Every one of us has our own dream wedding. If you are a girl, you will nod your head to this statement I made, and we do want to work our way towards this dream.
There were many themes you will hope to use for your wedding. When you have decided on one theme, you hope to change to another and so on. The constant choosing and improving ideas which you will keep making until the wedding eve even. Of cos, the most complicated part of all is getting the guest list and table arrangement set and confirms the RSVPs nearer to the date of the actual day. Some last minute confirmation do gets on one’s nerves. There were of cos many unhappy moments, misunderstandings and arguments in the mid of planning. Simply because not everyone thinks alike. It is just like a team of workers in a company, working together to complete a project. There will be decisions, brain storming, planning, arguments, debates, agreements too, and of cos, many hilarious jokes and ideas. Planning a wedding is just like a big project. But the happiest moment is when you and your “team members” managed to persevere till the very end and seeing the final completion will definitely move anyone to tears.
Sis was not able to sleep the night before the big day. Good thing is she still manage to wake up on time at 4am, I was also woken up around that time. Dressed in her pink nightie waiting not very long, the stylist, Jac arrived timely too. Then the photographer, Kelvin came. Subsequently the sisters arrived. Planning the tricks they have for the groom’s men while keeping their stomach full with the big breakfast we have ordered.
The overwhelmed of all sorts of emotions came only when my parents veiled sis in the room. that moment even nearly teared the photographer who was holding back his tears too. I will skip the details with words but to show you pictures to continue the story of the wedding. More pictures will be loaded in his web when Kelvin (the professional photographer) sort out the pics .
Till then…
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