Indulgence...

My yesterday's lunch.............

Cost: S$16.00 (rounded to the nearest dollar)



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Okay - Now for the story for my Indulgence.



Cheapolina came back to work after being on MC for 2 days. She had said that if she's feeling ok, she will come in. And she be taking leave perhaps whole of next week, namely, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday...



She claimed that she was having gastric flu and gotten the virus from her kids (who were passing around to each other)..



Cheapolina came in the morning, and then started to blah blah blah about how "sick" she was:-

• I walk a few steps, my head like wanna burst (headache so bad like got needles poking


• I was bedridden for 2 days


• I had to have my husband feed me


• My whole body was aching


• I took 6 panadols

I was PISSED. Not coz I had to cover her duties (and I did much more than she'll do for me).

Then she asked another colleague to buy lunch for her. She also asked where I going for lunch coz she wanted me to buy for her. I told her that I'm not sure where would I be going.

Then last minute, the other colleague called me and asked me to help Cheapolina with her lunch. I told her the same thing, that I don't know where I'm going.

See, it's not that I want to be mean and not buy for Cheapolina. BUT!!! But... She was OKAY!! She's not sick at all. How do I know?? Well, the only signs that showed she was sick was:-

1. She didn't wear her glasses (coz she supposedly have a headache, right?)


2. She didn't put on make up (but what's the use when she has to wash her face before prayers everyday??)

Oooohhh.. Not forgetting that, she was busy CHATTING away on the phone!!! I told my other colleague that she's busy chatting on the phone. So, let her go settle her own lunch!! I don't give a f**k if she tells Cheapolina what I said, coz, I'm not the guilty one..

What kind of sickness is that?? Can still claim that she's not recovered, still weak. To think that she could even tell her boss that.. And you know what?? Sometimes my OWN boss would also ask me to learn from her.. Learn what??????????????? To curry flavour??? Work wise, she's lousy. But she covers her f**king arse very well, hence, my OWN boss and her boss, would sometimes think well of her.. POOI!!!!

What can I say?? I'm not an OFFICE BITCH. And I don't want to try to be one anytime at all.

And soooo... I went off to Raffles City. I walked around, window shopping and bought myself a nice and filling meal..

Cappacino from Gloria Jeans and Fried Beef Kway Teow from Thai Express...

Oh yah.. And I stayed away from my desk for most part of the office day coz the more I sit at my desk (idling away), listening to her ABSOLUTE crap, and phone chatting entics, I'll HATE her more.............

Till then, have a WONDERFUL weekend my friends!!

And Happy New 2007!!

More of Little...

My Receptionist came back from her Holiday to Bali 3 days ago. And she gave me these handmade crafts.

The date stamp is new and is actually bigger and brighter than the one she previously gave. So, she asked me to exchange it and wrap the old one up on plastic so that she could give it to someone else!! Hahaha.. Naughty Naughty...........



As for the test tube vase, she said that since I always looking for vases and loves flowers and have such good taste for them, she bought me this..



Sigh.. So touched when she said that... I hugged her!!

My Running Shoes...

There are times when I wanna run. Run and escape. Run and escape to another place, another time, another air.

I tend to get this every now and then. Why? Why? Why? Why? I’ve asked myself plenty of times. Yet, it boils down to 1 answer. A test.

A test of what? A test of strength, I suppose. I dunno. Actually there are a lot of things whereby I do not know of. It could be why am I here/why am I still here/what am I doing here???

I do not think about what goes on tomorrow. How would I feel later. What is it that I need the next second. I just play by the ear, eyes, hands and feet.

Sometimes I wonder when would I, would I be famous?? Hahaa.. Okie, I’m definitely kidding here.. Well, I sometimes wonder when would things be proceeded on a smoother basis. Today? Next week? In 3 years to come? When?? Year after year, day after hour, age after seconds. It’s just a big SIGH..

Could I just head to bed and drift off? Drift off to another place, another time, another air…..

The Candle...

If I was one thing, I'd be a candle

Lighting the way so you can handle

Your life easier without woes

Not having to fight with your foes.

I'd help keep you from stumbling over

Things locking your path to an open door.

If I light your path, life is easier,

Even strong winds, my light will not deter.

No matter what, I'm here for you

To cheer you up when you are blue.

Do not fret when times get tough,

If things look down or kind of rough.

Just remember, I'm always here,

In your heart, close and near.

I will help you out in every way,

Happiness and love in your heart will stay.

Don't blow me out, that's one request

Unless it's me you do detest.

I do not try to hurt anyone

That isn't good or any fun.

But one day you may leave me behind

You may no longer need my light to shine.

If that day comes, go on your way

And I will hope to see you again one day.

If one day, I don't appear,

Do not worry, do not fear

I may be gone, but in your heart

The light I gave you did not depart.

It will be there forever and a day

To always bring happiness and light your way.

Farewell, if I'm needed elsewhere

And If your path grows dark, in your heart, I'm there.

So I'm really not gone, just not seenm

I would not leavem I'm not that mean.

Only one simple request that I must say,

Please, never forget those who lit your way.

Pressies and such...

These are the lastest presents I received from my friends..

Wanna smell nice and be pampered?? Use Cabtree and Evelyn..

Wanna play with stakes of tequila shots?? Play Aeroplane...

Thank you, babes!

Saturday.. 23rd..

Ooops!! I know this one is supposed to be before the Christmas Eve entry, but, aiya.. What the heck, right??

Lunch Buffet at Siam's Kitchen..

Lovely Christmas Decorations from Soo Kee.. Can I just Pick 1 Diamond????????

This is the 2nd Saturday which I had spent with Guppy coz she's always working on Saturdays..

A much appreciated one, indeed!!

Christmas Eve..

This is my Chrismas Eve dinner, especially prepared by Guppy... A 3 course dinner (inclusive of Garlic Bread) for a table of 4, namely, Mummy, Brother, Guppy and Me!!

We then headed down to Indochine at Holland Village to meet up with our friends for exchange of gifts....

We wanted to go to Wala Wala.. But after standing in the que for like 30 mins, we gave up - Yes, we probably were impatient. But we didn't want it to end up standing there for another 30 mins or so..

Apologies to our friends - Lorr (the Christmas Baby) and Zee, Harry and Jo, Serena and Ross, for not turning up at Wala Wala 2nd floor. But we were really getting impatient and we didn't want to spoil the mood then.. Please forgive...

But we did enjoy at Indochine though.. :D

So, we had something sinful.. Desert from NYDC!!!

What's Your Seduction Style??

Come to me & I'll turn your stuff into GOLD......
(Don't forget to take a qeue number, okie??) Hahaha..

It's Christmas Eve!!

I awoke at 12pm this afternoon.

I had my Berries, Raisins and Rum Muffins with my Illy coffee for my lunch today.

Well, the taste is definately there. I tried a slightly different recipe and it was overmixed. Hence, the outcome tasted alot like a sponge cake. Oh well, I'll just have to improvise and improve and try and try again.

Anyways, the whole afternoon, I was busy in front of my computer checking surfing and writing and keying and listening to everything. It's such a cooling afternoon with the rain pouring outside - pitter patter pitter patter...

Guppy is busy in the kitchen, preparing, dicing, slicing, chopping, massaging and stuffing the chicken to be roasted and mixing the meatballs for a family xmas dinner this evening. We would be heading out later in the night to meet up with a couple of friends for some drinks and yes, countdown to Chirstmas Day!

Oh, I've not forgotten about ddesert - Home-Made Catherine's Fruit Cake!!

Yummieeeeeeeeeeee

What?? NOW??

Okay, I've been trying to upload some of my pictures of over in my blog in FRIENDSTER but am not able to do so simply because a pop up from them that says this,

"You have uploaded 57 photos this month. You have a limit of 50 photos per month. Upgrade your account to be able to upload more photos to your Friendster Blogs account."

No, I'm not trying to say that I should have unlimited uploading of photos, but, I've not even uploaded 57!!! So, how is it possible that I get this pop-up from them??

And does uploading of photos to MY PHOTOS have any effect on uploading photos to my FRIENDSTER BLOG?? If both share the limit of photos, then I'd definately not PASS it, for I don't change and upload photos 50 times in a bloody MONTH!

What's the use of a FRIENDSTER BLOG if there's a limit to uploading photos? Isn't Friendster supposed to be a place to make new friends and find your old friends, family and enemies??

I see my friends being able to upload any amount of photos anytime within a month. So, why do I not get this priviledge?? Is there a technical fault somewhere??

Who knows? The next pop-up window I get is,

"You have uploaded 570 entries this month. You have a limit of 500 entries per month. Upgrade your account to be able to upload more photos to your Friendster Blogs account."

The Curse...

Crysanthemums...... They are Everywhere!!

Unspeakable Secrets Are Hidden Within the Forbidden City.. Tang Dynasty China.. One King.. One Queen.. His Power.. Her Rebellion..

I finally managed to catch a movie today with Guppy (read: Glenda.. this new nickname is given by my buddy, Catherine.. Hahaha...) after like months and months and months of constant nagging..



See... The thing is, Guppy has to work on Saturdays and during the weekdays, she would only be able to get to town around 7.30pm earliest. If we were to watch a 9+pm movie, it would be too late as the next day is a working day. Not forgetting that we would have to fill our tummy's with some solid food. So, you get my drift..



Catching this movie was kinda impromptu and I was glad that we watched it. :D



The colours on the screen were nothing but gold and pink and blue and red and silver and and and.. Hahahaa.. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the movie... And that's the best part, right??



Gong Li was good and convincing in her role as the Queen... Her errrmmm chest was good too.. So was Chan (played by Li Man) - the palace maid in charge of the Queen's hourly Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig, chinese medicine.. Chow Yun Fat - the unscrupulous Emperor who sent his men to kill the whole family of his 1st wife - Jiang Shi (played by Chen Jin), and ordered the Imperial Doctor to have this Persian Black Fungus to be added to the Queen's mediation (a mere 2g of this daily would make a healthy person go half-wit in months...), all coz he found out that she was having an illict affair with his eldest son aka Crown Prince Wan (played by Liu Ye) (who's birth mother is Jiang Shi).. Now, Jiang Shi married his Imperial Doctor (played by Ni Dahong) coz he saved her life after she escaped from being killed.. Oooo...!!! Crown Prince Wan was having an affair with Chan - who is his Step-Sis!! INCEST!! The youngest son - Prince Yu (played by Qin JunJie), who was quiet and innocent turned out to be the one who killed Crown Prince Wan coz to him, his parents didn't give a hoot about him and his aspirations. And lastly, how can I forget JAY CHOU!!! Oh my................... He play's the filial 2nd son, Prince Jai. He's good la.. He was the filial son who grew worried about his mother's health and of course her obession with the golden flower... He came back into the palace after being punished for something he did 3 years ago and was sent out of the palace, helped his mother in her rebellion and he did it all for his mother although he knew that he was fighting a loosing battle... Sigh.. So filial...... And In the end?? I'm NOT revealing this part... Please go watch it, okay??

Okie, I've almost summarized the whole movie.. I can't help it.. My hands and mind just kept on typing and typing replaying the scenes over and over again in my mind.. Hahaa.. Hope I didn't spoil your curiousity..



I was cursed... Cursed to catch this movie....... And I simply love it!!

Back on the Side...

I've gotten my oven door changed on Wednesday and I'm back into my "sideline"..

I've just baked Berries and Raisins Muffins.....


They are for our friends, Grace and Trac... Some Rum was added into my mixture.. It's not strong, but at least I was able to taste a little of the Rum in there..


I hope they like it.. It's for them to share for Christmas...............


Eat Away!!

Interesting...

I was in Vivo City last night. And whilst walking along the isle of rows and shelves of japanese goods in Daiso, I came across this little cutie..

A plastic Water Dumb-Bell....!! The weight is only 1kg (awww.. can't they come up with a 2.5kg and a 5kg one?? Hmmm...


Anyways, I knew my Bro's girlfriend wanted a pair. And though it's not a cute one with cartoons printed on it, its cute enough for me to take notice of.. So, a call was made to little old Bro. And yes, I bought a pair..


Time for lifting weights now, babe!!

Catherine's Creation with Passion...

These are my orders from my buddy (from Primary School!!), Catherine..

Tada!!

I've tried the cupcakes already. The Chocolate Heart Ones are nice - The Chocolate is thick enough, yet not too thick nor thin. The Buttercream Ones are nice too - The Buttercream is not too sweet (hmmm.. maybe it's because I love sweet things..) LOL...

As for the Fruit Cake, I'm keeping it till Christmas Eve whereby I'll be sitting down and having it together with my Mummy, my Brother and of course, my Glenda.... I'm sure the Fruit Cake would make us all DRUNK!! Imagine the amount of Brandy that was fed into it.. Hahaa...

Till then, enjoy!!

The Time for Receiving...

I just received these presents today....

The candle is hand-made by one of my colleague, who's also making them to sell.

The little bear in the mug, is from my boss' personal trainer.

The sweets??

They're from Korea... Given by a friend..

More Pressies to Come??

Frosty the Oven!!

I was happily preparing the stuff for baking Maple Walnut Raisin Cake Bread yesterday with the help of partner.

After preheating the oven and having the walnuts roasted, it was cooled for a while, while we started manually, whisking and and adding and whisking again. After pouring the mixture into the almuminium trays, off they went into the oven to be baked.

In approximately, 10 mins later, a loud BOMB was heard. I looked everywhere and finally at my oven. And what a shock I had!! The glass panel of the oven door was cracking!!!!!!!!

I could hear the cracks crickling.............

I grabbed my Baby (who was standing only a meter away from the oven), and off I ran into the living room while partner proceeded to turn off the main switch of the plug to my oven. Glendan and I were only standing a feet away from the oven and Baby was the closest to it!

Can you imagine, if any of us, especially Baby were hurt???

Luckily, the middle glass cracked. But surely, if we were to open it again, the outer layer glass would come crashing down, "beautifully"....

I told my partner that my cake bread is definately GONE and we would have to throw it away. So, 10 mins later, Glendan proceeded with utmost care to open the cover and brought out the 2 trays of cake bread. And guess what?? It was then that Glendan noticed that the inner glass hadn't broken and the cake bread were safe and sound.

We then proceeded to preheat my microwave oven and continued baking it in there.

Well, I'm glad to say that the final verdict was good. Hey, I used 100% Pure Canadian Syrup, you know..

We brought a couple of slices to our friend's party at Bayshore in the evening, and they all said that it's yummy...... My Mum also said that it's yummy. But bro said no taste.. Well, it's individual's preference..........

The technicans would be here on Wednesday, to fix up the damage (obviously the manufacturer's fault)... And if they were to so ask to be paid, they'll get HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So for now, I'm taking a short Xmas break.. Heh!

And the Chickens came Out to Crow...

Ok, I'm talking about my brother again. But nope, I'm not complaining. I just want to let you all in on what he did. Heeheee..

He cooked chicken soup with noodles in the wee hours of Saturday monring. He actually finished boiling the soup at about 2am. He brought some for his girlfriend to eat in the monring and he left home at 7+am.

The whole pot of soup with 3 kinds of noodles were to be shared amongst the 5 of us for dinner.

My partner and I left home early on Saturday morning and headed down to Chinatown Plaza for a visit to the dentist. As most of you would have read the experience from her blog, I needn't have to repeat over here.

Anyways, back to the chicken soup. It's sooo TASTY!!!!!!!!!

Good Job! Well Done!!

After the visit to the Dr. Lok, we had our late breakfast cum early lunch at Maxwell Market. And proceeded to CK Tang thereafter. We shopped and shopped and walked and walked, ONLY in CK Tang, till my Glendan was crying out for FOOD. She's hungry... So, we headed to Island Cafe. She had Crab Bisque, Cafe Latte while I had Brownie Delight and Cappacino..

After our break, we headed over to Far East Plaza for our hair-cut. Okay, I have to give a thumbs up to Glendan coz she (the Miss Impatient) waited together with me for 3 hours, since 4pm to have our hair cut.

During our wait, this gay came in, stood at the counter for a full 10 mins, before he raised his voice and called out for my hairstylist, James. He was so darned pissed in having to be kept waiting, since 5pm (the time was then 5.40pm). James was utterly busy. And obviously he wasn't stern enough to tell his customers off for not turning up for their appointments on time. So, Mr Pisser was arguing with James on having to be kept waiting, how he's supposed to attend his D&D later, how he had called to have this appointment fixed some 3 days ago... Blah Blah Blah... Nah Nah Nah...

Let me just say this - I had made this appointment some 5 days ago (2 days ahead of Mr Pisser) and our appointment was at 4pm. And we have not even uttered a single word!! Urghhhhh!!! Hahaa.. Glendan and I could even make fun of Mr Pisser and imitating him and his actions. Dah Dah Dah...

We even bought James a BK Grilled Chicken Meal, knowing he hasn't eaten a single thing since morning.

So, after our haircut, which was around 8pm, we headed over to Isetan Scotts and straight to the Supermarket to get 2 bottles of red wine. And then, hurried off to CK Tang again, to buy Glendan's Xmas Pressie..

And finally, OFF we headed home, to our home-cooked chicken soup...................

Phew!!

Thank you, Sweets!!

It's Blue...

A box of blue cheese mosse cake from Jasmine (my brother's girlfriend).

Cut in small pieces, it's not sweet and it's tasty.. Nice........................


Thanks, Babe!!

Arty Farty...

Recently, I took a fancy to walking past and into a art gallery in Raffles City whenever I'm there. The thing that struck me were the Red Boys. They are the sculptures created by sculptor Chen Wenliang.

Something about Chen Wenliang:-

Born in Anxi, Fujian China 1969. Graduated from Xiamen academy of Art and completed study in Sculpture Dept, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing China.

Exhibitions include:

• 2005 "grounding reality" Chinese Contemporary art exhibition, Seoul Korea
• 2005 Second China Art Triennial, Nanjing
• 2004 10th National Art exhibition, Changchun
• 2005 China-Belgium Contemporary Sculptuare Exhibition, Antwerpen, Belgium
• 2003 Chinese sculpture masterpiece exhibition of the Beijing International Biennale
• 2002 China Art Triennial, Guangzhou art Museum, Guangdong
• 2001 Sculpture Show, Shanghai Young Artists’ exhibition

About

Chen Wenling is a famous young sculptor working in China. His works the RED BOYS is a series of boys portrayed in scarlet.

Red is the colour in fashion . From the Red Devil Cheer Team in South korea to the unusal red uniforms of the European football teams and to the various red symbols in China.

Throughout Chinese history, red has been a symbolic and auspicious colour . Chen wants to express the tension of money, power , anxiety, fear and cruelty in the adult world. In this RED BOYS series, he wants to express the dream and the wish deep down in every human – the rememberance and the nostalgia of our innocent childhood and a questioning of our adult human culture.

The Red Boys are innocent and not evil, healthy and not sick. It is well known that the visual arts of the late twentieth century, whether in art, movie and three-dimension cartoon pictures of computer games are full of violence and self doubt and pity. Chen’s Red Boy look like a lotus growing out of mud, satisfying viewers cravings for a new trend of avant garde art, ie. to make a vehicle of the construction of human nature rather than the weapon of criticism of human nature.

His works attracted outsiders, insiders, academics and avant-garde critics alike to appreciate them from their own perspectives.

Chen series works of the Red Boys entitled the Red Memory, which have various meanings for different modern art viewers. They may be reminded of a newly born baby (red boy) which symbolizes the innocence of human heart in classical culture, without a feeling of ordinariness. They may relate the works to the Red Boy of one of the Chinese great novels the JOURNEY to the West, (XI YOU JI) without a feeling of an evil spirit. They may be reminded of the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution, without a feeling of cruelty. They may be reminded of the war fires in the past in this strategically important China, without any feelings of fear. Those who know Chen may link the Red boys with one of his unusual experience.IN 1996, there was an astonishing report on the newspaper of the Xiamen daily , entitled “RARE AND COURAGEOUS SELF DEFENSE” . It was report that a couple were robbed at the beach. The man courageously defended himself and the woman and was stabbed dozen of times. Two main arteries of his body wrists were cut open, His body was soaked with blood. It was the bloodiest case in the local criminal history. The article described the heroic action of the young man in detail and the hero was no other than Mr Chen wenling, who luckily survived the attack. Despite of this, Chen shows no trace of hatred in his Red Memory.

Modern art emphasizes the concepts in a work. It often creates a style of too many concepts, making viewers tired. In contrast, Chen works is simple and true. He does not deliberately create concepts. The naked bodies have nothing to hide. What is left, is a direct communication with the nature and a conversation between the society and the people. The facial and body expressions of the Red Boys are properly exaggerated to enhance the communicative effects. This series of works is a relief of too many concepts. It can also be viewed that there is a concept in the works to curtail the burden of concepts.

PENG DE

A famous Chinese art critic

Professor of Xian academy of Art

Published on ART & DESIGN, Volume 118,2003

Pigs.............

These 2 sculptures of pigs and plump humans are also on display at the art gallery. The piggies are soo adorable and they bought a smile to my face when I spotted them. No No, I'm not a piggy.. I'm a tigeress.... And I roarrr...

Well, don't you agree that they are sweet??

So, when you are down at Raffles City, why not take 10 mins to admire the works of the painters and sculptors?

Catch them all and more at Ode to Art, Raffles City Shopping Centre #01-36E/F, Singapore.

And nope, I'm not getting any commission out of this... Hahahaa..

Suck It & Drink It All Up..

Those were the days. When I was much much younger, I remember buying these frozen flavoured popies for 10 cents each. Though they were not my favourite, but for the times I did, I loved having cold cold flavoured water down my throat. Ahhh.... Ooooo... (Okie, Okie.. I know it sounds a little, ehhhh... Heeheheee.. But, what were you THINKING??!!)

Anyways, a packet of 10 sticks are in my freezer now. Compliments from my kid bro. He bought a packet of it from OG at Orchard for $1.00!! And according to him, individual sticks can be bought at neighourhood provision shops for 50 cents! Oh Boy!! Are they darned expensive!! Quick! Quick! Go grab them before they are all gone! Re-live those childhood days!!

Something Something...

My boss received this food and fern pot hamper from a friend...

And............................. There's Illy!! Who's now resting prettily on my dining table... Woo Yoo!!!

Tick Tock Ticky...

Do they have a replica of this wall clock??

I'd love to hang this at home!!!

A good Helper...

Recently I discovered that one of my friend's has got a massager. It's mobile because you would be able to carry it in your bag whenever you want a quick fix. And I often borrow it from her when I have aches on my back. Thing is, she got it from HongKong. She told me that she got it from one of those illegal vendors there. And after buying one, she decided that she should get another. But alas, the policemen came and all of the illegal vendors started pushing their carts and running away. She too, ran..... But she was running after the illegal vendor!!

Anyways, I borrowed it from her when she left for Korea last night. It's lying prettily in my locked drawer in the office.



Awwww.. Is it selling here in Singapore?? My back is aching now!!!

It Poured Inside...

I was watching this programme on Channel 8 @ 8:00pm, titled, A* Planners

This series is about helping individuals to surprise their loved ones by giving suggestions and bringing them to shops or taking up a hands-on crash course using their hands whereby they've never done before (ie. drawing), etc..

Well, tonight's episode was about Elder Bro and Younger Sis. Elder Bro would be leaving to further his studies in another country. And he wants to give Younger Sis a surprise. To show that she is not forgotten, that he appreciates the things Younger Sis has done for him (ie. washing the plates or mopping the floor..) and Elder Bro wants also to capture the feeling that they shared when they were young (playing, cycling, etc...).

I started to cry out while watching the episode. My tears couldn't stop flowing. Why??

It was because I was thinking of my own Brother.

I cried coz I was thinking of the times we spent together when we were young. I wasn't around since he left Primary 6. Cos he had to stay with my dad and his new family. I saw less and less of him. Blah Blah Blah.. And I recalled the earlier conversation I had with him on the phone. He wasn't rude. But it was more of what he said. Of course I know it is his hair and not mine. But I meant well. I really did. I merely gave him some suggestions. I didn't say no, cannot. All I said was to check with his girlfriend if there would be anymore free hair color sessios available. And if so, to get the student hairstylist to color the rest of his hair in the same color / to have some streaks here and there, instead of just the fringe. It's to blend and make him and his hair better looking.

Well, I guess I was naggy and was trying to control him. Hey, I'm not that old. I'm only 10 years his senior. I had bleached my hair before - say sometime last year. And my hair color was like sooo LOUD!! Thank goodness my present boss and company isn't fussy on that.

I quoted my Brother the example of my previous bleached hair color. And I explained to him nicely. But...........

I'm not a old fashioned girl. I had been through what's he going through in terms of parents' understanding, our quarrels and arguments with our parents, relationships, friends, etc. And I brought and quoted him my real life examples. The do's and don'ts. I would even tell my parents of their faults as well as how they should have approached certain things or topics. When my Dad / Mum argues with my Brother, I would tell and explain and reason to all parties involved of their rights and wrongs to the topic in heat. I don't do sidings - I don't side blindly. I do reasoning.

I do not need my Brother to say that he loves me and adores me. I do not need my Brother to buy me presents for my birthday - He could just remember and wish me (I was so damn HAPPY that he and his girlfriend bought me 2 boxes of chocolates for my Birthday a couple of days ago..). All I ask is that he appreciates and listens to my suggestions. All I ask is that he think about the things that I've said to him.

I praise when praise is needed. He's overall a good boy, you know?? He doesn't smoke. He doesn't drink. He doesn't hang out at some shopping complex for hours doing nothing. He's also a quiet boy. Good and Bad. I would like him to be more outspoken (in the good way) - not to keep things to himself. To express his thoughts and his feelings and not bottle them up. He needs to be more exposed to people - different kinds of people (good and bad ones). So he would be able to judge who are the ones who are nice and who are the ones who are hypocrites. Blah Blah Blah..

Just a little thought - Would my Brother do something to touch my heart? Would my Brother ring tears of joy to me? No, I'm not mushy here. These heart-warming gestures do exist (other than Boyfriend and Girlfriend relationships (ie. Brother and Sister relationships, Parents and Children realationships, Teacher and Student relationships, Boss and their subordinate relationships).

Why.... Didn't any one of you notice how Happy I was when I wrote that he cooked me porridge when I was sick?

Home-Cooked Dinner...

My brother cooked dinner for us tonight.

Kong Bak with Eggs and Biscuit Prawns....

Such a darling, hor???!!!

Jack Skellington...

Glendan bought me a movable toy for our 7th month.

He is a Action Figure and has 12 Intrechangable Heads. He's 14 inches tall and has 19 points of articulation.

Now I can change his head every other week and imitate by making monkey faces at my partner and brother too!! Hahaa..

3rd December 2006...

Finally........

The Day on which my precious brother was brought to this earth and into the arms of the faithful nurses and doctor at KK Hospital in the year 1984. Which makes us 10 years apart. There's definately an age gap between us, yet, I do not turn him down whenever he needs my attention. I'll gladly listen to his rumbles, fumbles and grumbles about my dad (my parents are divorced..), my step-sisters (from my dad's 2nd marriage) and of course, not forgetting the "unforgetable" step-mother (oh.. she's getting there - always Nutty!!)

I've not bought him a Birthday Cake for some years now. And since he's temporary staying at my place and I have the time to spend with him (quality time...), I know for sure he'll love to have a Birthday Cake, all for himself. Well, daddy hasn't bought him one for years and I'm sure even though my dad would love to, there would be some hindrance..

My partner and I went to the market in the morning and she bought him a Chocolate Cake. I cooked curry chicken in the late afternoon for our dinner. And the 3 of us spent the next couple of hours at the Expo. We went to Sitex 2006, Big Boys Toyz, John Little's Mega Sale and the Branded Sale. It was quite a swell time we had although we had to be squashed and mashed and we pushed and we walked. :)

Dinner was of course, my home-made Curry Chicken and desert - Chocolate Birthday Cake!!

I hope my brother enjoyed himself through this little celebration we had for him. :)

Buttery Butter...

This is the Giantic cookie I baked for my Brother on the night of Saturday (2nd December 2006) whose 22nd Birthday fell on the 3rd December 2006!!

Before Baking....

After Baking....

And these are the rest of them!!

Happy Birthday Princeton!!