Our New Baby

Yeah! We finally got our baby!!

She came to us on 13th of July. It was almost love at first sight.

She's dark, or rather black in fact.

She can run really fast if she wants to, though we prefer to control her.

She is quite a noisy baby but we will be doing something about the noise.

She is maintenance -friendly and easy on consumption.

We are now in the midst of shopping accesorries for her. We love to shop for her and dress her up..We take pride in her looks and ensure she is clean and shiny all day..

She is our new pride of joy.

A Black Honda Intergra.

Taking it for granted

We tend to take many things for granted.
Family, friends, health , job etc etc...

Recently, someone close to us discovered she has stage 3 cancer.
It was unexpected. She is young, active and a happy-go-lucky person.
Of course, we are all sure that she will fight it with a brave heart and win it hands down。

And it dawned on me that throughout all this while, I have been complaining of many things in life.
The many mundane and insignificant things in life.

And i have been taking my health for granted all the time, at times abusing my body with unhealthy stuff.

I don't wish to stop only when something bad happens, and i wish you won't too. Let's stop taking it for granted. Treasure whatever you have now because you can lose it anytime.

happy meal

remember how a trip to Mac will brighten up your day when you was just a child?

food, i thought is always something comforting to a otherwise dull day.
Isn't thats why we love chocolates so much?

the sight of your fav dish, the smell of the fragrance, the taste of the freshest ingredients, as u dig your teeth into every mouthful, do you actually feel much better after a good happy meal?

I used to. In fact, whenever i feel down, i just try to compensate it with a happy breakfast or lunch so that i will have a better day.

However, I no longer can now.

I wonder why.
These few days, I have been arguing a lot with Greg. I have distant myself from everyone around me. I am no longer funny nor happy.

I often try to self-medicate by indulging myself in that sinful large chunk of chocolate cake, or by eating my favourite food.
But yet, nowadays i still can't derive pleasure or feel happy after a happy meal.

I wish I am not like this too. I have been feeling so down that even I hate myself now. I hate myself for being such kind of a person. I hate myself for not trying hard enough to change for the better. I hate myself that after these few years, I am still the same old me.

Bad habits never die. Its so true for me.

我的雨天。

今天的我，非常不开心。
我尝试让自己开心起来，但心里总是觉得酸酸的。好像在跟可恶的怪兽作战。

我今天特别船牛角尖。把每一句话，都看得很严重。

突然，我觉得好陌生。在这个繁忙的都市里，我好孤单。也很寂寞。
完全是心灵的感觉。

我看见了笑容。听到了欢笑。但我觉得好虚伪。

好想拿半天假，一个人坐在一间小小间的咖啡厅。好好的思考一下。
或者，设么也不去像好好的享受咖啡的芳香.
但最后，我还是没有。

午餐时间， 我去剪了头发。
似乎好像要剪掉所有的不开心。

你能体量我的雨天吗？

adding a new member to the family

ashley is born.

javier is born.

looking at them, i am starting to have some motherly instincts. :P

i can only say i am more or less ready for one.
though i still need to overcome the fear of labour pain.. hahaha...

a beery fun afternoon

One of our fav hangouts on a lazy sat afternoon.

Having beer @ Brewerkz..
The cool breeze, the warm sun, the cold beer.
The thought-provoking conversations, the bitching of mundane work, the lame jokes.
The joy of having good friends around.

picture provided is courtesy of Mr Joseph Lim.

The Good Friday Long Weekend

Suddenly felt like having a blog of our own too. After Joseph and Jolene. :)

Having married now for almost 6 months, i thought it will be cool if our families can check out this blog to know what our daily lives and weekends are like. who we spent it with, what did we do and so on... :)

This weekend is the Good Friday Long weekend.

On Thurs night, I had a good chat with Claudia after work at Superfamous. On work of course. But nonetheless, enjoyed talking to her and ranting about some of the irks we face at work.
Then, rushed home to cook a simple dinner for Mr Tham and Jolene. Joelene contributed 2 nice bottles of Pinot Noir and Merlot.
We watched The Mist and 1408 while muching the one of its kind's linda's famous chicken wings and baked potatos.

and as usual, i zonked out on the sofa just before the 2 Jos left.

Wanted to go to Red Star to eat dim sum with Mr Tham and Esther on Fri for brunch, but the Queue was not worth the wait. So sad. :(

I think its rather surreal.. the place. A very old block of flats. A tinge of urine smell around the lift landings and stairways. Yet you walk past quite a number of people among the quiet estate. Families, couples, children.. You just know that they are also going for Red Star.

Dinner was at Oji by Hanabi @ Vivo with the Jos again.
Food Rating: 3 stars
Service Rating: 1 star
Ambience: 4 star
Dinner Buffet is $50 per pax for weekends.
p.s: Worth trying if you have a serious craving for Jap food only. :P

We decided to drive to Keppel Bridge , The Prive.
It spells AWESOME.
The dockyards, the private yachts, the apartments @ Carribean, the sound of sea waves, the lighted sky, the number of expensive cars we passed that night.

and the gap between the very very rich and the poor widens more by each minute.