Last Day of 2009

Year 2009 has been an eventful year!Looking back, I have had quite an exciting year!



Since I got back to SingTel last year in July, the journey has been great! Though we went into recession and many people were out of job, the Company has been good to us. I am still doing pretty well with my job and so far, I am still hitting target!



Met quite a few people this year, both locally and overseas! Some of the friends have become very closed friends and I want to thank them for the wonderful memories! There is 1 who I spent a lot of time with and I am grateful to him!



The Thais and the Taiwanese moved into new apartments recently and I am looking forward to visit them! Free accommodation! Hooray! Win got his scholarship to Denmark! Congrats! Poor Daddy!



The 2 god brothers in KL have moved out separately and are doing ok on their own. Glad to know that! Was worried for them...not my worries are now unfounded!



I am thankful to my family and friends for their support and encouragement...... I have some plans for 2010.... and may proceed with those plans......





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Last Week of the Year

Colleagues on leave and MC...so much to do, so few people!

Caught up with Cheryl for dinner. Been a long while since we last met! Always fun to catch up with old friend!

Ming Ge again on Tuesday but the 'rich guy' singer was not there! The stand-in singer was quite good, in fact....better! Surprised to see the guitarist on the keyboard! He is so talented! Refreshing to see changes! He even surprised us with a song! 1st time to hear him sing! This time round, we had Small Ben and Andrew as well! We even bought cookies for the singers!

Mum got admitted to the hospital this afternoon. Supposed to be admitted next week but had to bring forward. Had to make some last minutes arrangement and to sort out the maid as well. Thank goodness, my brothers helped out.

2009 has been an eventful year! Met a lot of new friends....and some became very close friends! Managed to meet up with the overseas families....both in overseas and in Singapore!

Work has been great and so far...so good! Love life ...well........

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Christmas Period

23 Dec

Met up with Alan after work. He was trying to shop for a jacket for his trip. $200! Rich man! Went to the money exchange at Chinatown....popular place for many. After that, went to the usual steamed fish head restaurant for dinner. Managed to make Alan pay for dinner! Yes!

24 Dec

Half Day at work and at 1pm, hooray! No more calls coming in!

Went to meet up with Small Ben for lunch and movie at Ang Mo Kio. The queue was terrible! Gave up and ended up just dinner and some last minute shopping.

Met up with Albert, Raymond and Andrew for dinner at Katong,. It was at the Korea BBQ restaurant. The buffet served 3 different types of pork, 1 type of chicken, and lots of side dishes! The cuts were big, just limited in variety. Dinner was great and the company was fun!

Went over to Wong's new condo. Still not ready but they have moved in. The unit was at a good location...very cosy ambiance.

Manged to get to the pub before the countdown and met quite a few old friends.

25 Dec

Met up with Raymond for lunch as I need to go to TBP to do some shopping. Jeff came over to help me install my PC's o/s. Took a while to get it done and then we had to go over to Gerald's place for dinner. We had food & wine.... and TV program entertainment!

Finally decided to go K after dinner and managed to get a room at AMK. The group had fun singing, screaming till 2+ in the morning! Poor me~~~~~

26 Dec

Supposed to prepared desserts for family dinner....too lazy! Hahahaha! Went to get presents for the family (after Christmas?) and also fruits for the dinner. It rained just when I was about to go home and I had to catch a bus from Anchorpoint to Red hill mrt, took the mrt to Commonwealth and then a bus back to Stirling road...without getting wet!

Family dinner at Steve's place. Where's the Christmas tree? Yet to put it up! As usual, lots of food! We had braised pork with bun, curry chicken, crab, ham, vege, salad, bee hoon, chicken wing, etc.....

Best time of the night was giving out and receiving presents! We also had our gift exchange! It was really fun! I got a box of expensive looking chocolate! Also celebrated mum' s birthday!

Caught up with Winson from Penang at Woodlands. I was so forgetful that I left my wallet at Mac's. The manager called me and returned the wallet! So grateful! Ray and Andrew came to join us after their marathon of movies!

Few more days to go........for year 2009!

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Paying Respect

Dad passed away on 25 Jan 2001. Today, the family went to pay our respect at Choa Chu Kang Christian Cemetery.

Though it has been 9 years already, we would still diligently go and pay our respect a few time a year.

Dad was a wonderful father. He did not want anything for himself. His family was his everything.

He lives in our hearts, always!


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Smiley - Piggy Bank

This is my Piggy Bank... I have this for the last 4 - 5 years!

Every year around Christmas, my niece will help me to 'unload' the coins that are inside the Smiley. Whatever the amount would become the value of the Christmas presents! When I 1st started, I only had S$100+. Now, with so many 'kids' (including my best friend's children), I have to save more....... at least S$200+

Tonight, I am happy to say that I broke my last year's record! Hahahahaha!

My sympathy goes to the manager at Popular... he would have to count my coins again!

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Going Away

How I wish! Actually planned to go away but due to some commitments, I had to shelve my plans.

Many friends going away.... Gerald is away in KL. Invited me to join him but I could not. Should be back tomorrow..

Spoke to Albert today. He would be travelling to Taiwan coming Wednesday and back in the new year! Alan would be leaving on Thursday ( I think) and also back next year!

Had dinner with Derrick last Wednesday. He managed to sort out the trip finally only days before the trip! Leaving tomorrow night for Korea...... he asked me what we would have for dinner (last Wednesday) and I said "Let's have Korean!" Bet he would be having lots of that!

Went to JB today with Jeff and Raymond. There was a jam at Malaysia custom (2nd link) but once we crossed that , the road was rather smooth. Jeff went to buy new badminton racket and he got a very good deal for it! We went to our favourite Bak Kut Teh shop and, as usual, it was delicious ! Massage was next and it was also good! Went to Leisuremall's Giant to buy some grocery and Raymond got his stack of comics!

Managed to convince to have early dinner before going back and we went to Taman Gardens for seafood. We wanted our favourite Dragon Fruit drink but it was not available. We tried passionfriut and it was quite good! We had a sumptuous meal of stingray, fish, clam, veg & prawn!

Final stop at Lavender Bakery before coming back to Singapore!

One more person travelling.....Nickolas. Leaving tomorrow for Taiwan, as well!

My dear friends, a safe n enjoyable trip to all of you!

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December

Yesterday, I took out my Christmas tree and put it up. Time flies! This Christmas tree was last put up in December last year and now it's December again!

With Christmas, it would be New Year and 2010 is just around the corner! What have I done this year? When I look back, are there anything worth remembering? The resolutions set last year, have they been fulfilled?

With Christmas, it's that time of the year when I'll burn a big hole in my pockets! Christmas presents for family, colleagues and friends! Also, got to get my niece to open up my piggy bank to count the 'saving'!

I am not really ready for this Christmas.....Are you?


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Daddy's Trip

Daddy is back again!

Win has gone to Taiwan for seminar and Daddy has decided to visit Singapore!

Daddy arrived on Thursday afternoon, staying at Peninsula/Excelsior Hotel. Met up with Daddy for dinner at the famous Heng Wah restaurant next to Jalan Besar Plaza. Derrick, Andrew, Raymond and Small Ben joined in for dinner. The food was not too bad..followed by desserts neat Bugis.

Met up with Daddy and Kelvin at the hotel and then took MRT to Kranji station. Took the Causeway link bus into JB. Rather crowded and the traffic was quite bad. Finally cleared the JB custom and met up with Jason, James n Gilbert who took us to a new place for lunch. The meal was ok but I felt it was rather expensive. Foot reflex at my usual joint.....always enjoyed the session...

Daddy decided to have the evening to himself and I went to Vivocity to have dinner with Small Ben. We have the Chinese steamboat which was very popular. It was ok for me... the best part was....I paid for 1 adult and 1 student! Hahahaha! We went to Chinatown for 2 rounds of desserts before heading home!

This morning went to catch STORM WARRIORS 2....it was so so....did some shopping at OG Chinatown......

Dinner with Chartchai and Gerald at the Zhi Cha shop at Beatty road. Always enjoy the food there. Visited the new City Square Mall. Interesting! Small Ben came to join us for a drink.

Daddy flies back tomorrow...

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Another Trip to JB...

5 Dec

Meeting up with Jeff and Raymond at Eunos MRT....for our regular trip to JB. Jeff's friend (forgot his name) was to join us and we went to fetch him, stopping over at King's trying to buy the Kiwifruit Ice Cream that Jeff has been telling us. Still, 2nd attempt at the Factory with no luck! Long queue!

Traffic at Woodlands is always bad and we went via 2nd Link. The traffic was smooth and we got in quickly. 1st stop was to the car service centre. While the car was being serviced , we went to get some service as well - lunch! Had claypot rice, and some dishes. Not bad!

Then, went over to Leisuremall for some shopping. Raymond bought some comic books (big kid!) and we bought some stuff at Giant.

Massage on next on the list and we went to our regular joint. Jeff and I had foot reflex while the rest had body massage. The foot reflex was great!

Wanted to go to Jusco at Permas Jaya but due to missing the turn and with no U-Turn sign for a long stretch, we ended up at Danga Bay Mall....small.....boring

Wanted to had seafood for dinner but Jeff had to go back for Majong! Majong more important than having good food with friends! Hahahahha!

Went tback to SG and alighted at Woodlands MRT. Went to Causeway Point for dinner with Raymond and then followed by desserts at MacDonald's. Have a great time chatting with him..

The day ended well.

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SAFE!

5 Dec :
Had to go back to office to listen to a recording between customer and me. Customer accused me of commiting to an application which I remembered I did not.

Thank goodness all conversations were recorded!

Now, I could tell customer that I have the recording to prove I did not commit!

Customer is always right! When customer is wrong, he is WRONG! Hahahahaha!


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1st Dec

Happy Birthday, my Dear Friend!

It has been more than 10 years since we first met and fate has been kind to me the last few years, being able to met up a couple of times! Though we do not get to meet often, you have always been on my mind, especially in my heart!

I may not have the chance to celebrate your Birthday for you but at least every year I will make a note to send you Birthday greetings and well wishes. This year is no exception.

You are very special and dear to me and always will!

Luv You, Always!


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