Saturday, December 25, 2010

Ah Ma’s Funeral Day 2

today early morning at 8am, we reached the funeral parlour. we were told to reach ard this timing as the ritual to move out starts at 830am. shortly after we reached there, we had our breakfast and after which the ritual started. more friends and relatives arrived to pay their last respects to my grandma b4 the final hour to move off. the ritual ended ard 930am. oh ya, 4gt to mention, there were photo taking during the funeral. baby and me were puzzled as to why there were photo taking, could be for memory sake. no idea too, 1st time i see this type of thing happening. :\

ard 1000am, we set off to the cremation place by 3 private buses. the ritual at the cremation place lasted about an hour. all of us were very very sad when my grandma was peacefully sent off to be cremated. haiz, hope my grandma can leave in peace… after that, we did the ritual to clean off all the ‘dust and dirt’ by washing our hands and faces, eating a fruit and taking an ang bao. we also changed our clothes from white/black to red, this is to make sure that we don’t bring the bad luck back to our place.

after all these final stuffs, we went off to have lunch at a nearby restaurant. it was a 8 course lunch if i never remembered wrongly. the food there was quite nice, luckily we didn’t skip the lunch, haha… (initially baby wanted to skip the lunch by driving there in our car. :\) lunch was over very quickly, roughly in less than an hour as the food were served quite fast. we didnt even had enough ppl to fit into the 13 tables, so in the end, we split up to 7 persons per table, haha… eat finish liao is quite full de loh. :P

ard 1pm, we left the eatery place and went back to the funeral parlour. shortly after final checks on our stuff, we set off for home le. i was requested by my cousin to help ferry his mother and sister back to singapore as they were not leaving today, so i did him this favour. :) along the way, we so seriously wanted to find the a & w until we came across this brand, e & w and baby told me it was a & w. we were all mistaken by that e & w, haha… even though we thought that the a & w was supposed to be quite near to KL, n we also assumed that we came bck frm a different way n missed it, i was still determined to check out all the stopovers, haha… finally we were paid off when we came across a & w ard 1hr 30mins of drive! we quickly stopped over and bought 2x root beer double floats, 2x curly fries and 2x nuggets. (they were in fact 2 sets, lol…) n so after buying, we set off all the way straight towards singapore without stopping, except to pump petrol in johor. by the time we reached singapore / home, it was already 730pm. :) finally we were home!

Friday, December 24, 2010

Ah Ma’s Funeral Day 1

we (baby and me) set off early at 7am in the morning, with my cousin’s bf (eric) to my grandma’s funeral in malaysia. had our early breakfast by ordering mac at drive thru. then off we went to malaysia. the whole journey took abt 4hrs+ from johor to kuala lumpur. however, when we reached the outskirts of KL, we decided dat we should go straight to the funeral place, instead of gg to my auntie’s house first. n so, we tried our luck using our gps and road signs to get there. we had a difficult time while trying to locate and drive to our destination as the signboards weren’t very informative. luckily along the way, we discovered that gps has a location detection function, can tell us where we are now. so we followed the road on the gps. finally reached the funeral place at ard 1230pm.

when we reached there, we had our lunch. also talked to my mom and learnt about my grandma’s last few moments of her life. we were all very sad about my grandma passing away… all of us didnt had a chance to see her the last time, so cfm will be very sad de lor… haiz… but from wad i tink, it would be better for my grandma to leave rather than stay on and suffer. i believe it would be a better choice for her. anyway, after paying our respect to my grandma, we went out on my cousin’s car to a shopping centre to get our toothbrushes. yes, u didnt see wrongly, toothbrushes… we only realised that we didnt bring our toothbrushes when we reached there. :\ we went to the times square to have baby’s lunch and to walk. eventually, we spent most of our time to eat rather than walk, haha… below are the photos of the food that we had at room 18.

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soon after baby’s lunch, my cousin came back to fetch us liao, n so we left at ard 4pm. at nite was the 3 interval ritual as wad my mom briefed me. finally was the burning of the stuffs for my grandma. the whole ritual at nite lasted from 730pm to 11pm. it was a long nite for all of us and we all sure feel very tired. my parents stayed and slpt at the funeral parlour while baby and me went to my cousin’s house to rest for the nite.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Niu Niu’s Day

niu niu went for her specialised checkup today at kk hospital. as she failed her hearing test 2 mths ago at the polyclinic, she had to be referred to kk hospital for the specialised checkup loh. but to our blessings, niu niu passed her hearing test! we all knew that it muz be she is not responsive and not becos her hearing gt problem de! i knew it! so after the checkup, we went down to taka for a pre-christmas celebration! supposed to go to some other place for celebration de, but too bad their hi-tea set already no more, so moved ard to search for one and found taka’s borders :) nonetheless, their hi-tea set also quite nice de wor. u can see below the photos taken during the hi-tea. also, niu niu looked very happy today!

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IMG_0020 IMG_0021 niu niu is very lively and doesn’t at all seem tired even after waking up so early today. :)
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Lego Grand Emporium

my dear baby bought me the grand emporium as my christmas present! actually she wanted to get me the imperial ship de, haha… but then the grand emporium would match more to the sets that we already have. so in the end she got that. :P i will buy the imperial ship nx year ard june timing when my nx bonus is here, hehe… anyway, i couldn’t take the photo of the emporium as it was wrapped up to signify as a present to me, lol… wait till i opened liao, then i will take photo of it! (most likely 2years later? lol!!!)

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

My Maternal Grandmother Passed Away

my beloved maternal grandma passed away on tis day in malaysia. she was at her ripe old age of 91. haiz… didnt had any chance to go in to see her b4 her last breath… i will cfm miss her de, especially when tinking of her playing the ‘car horse cannon’ card game. n that was the last and only chance we had played wif her. ever since the nx visit into malaysia, she couldn’t play anymore. for all her last few mths, she was suffering from illnesses up to an extent that she had to amputate one of her lower legs… haiz… the last time to see her was when she had her leg amputated… really feel sad for her and most probably, the best blessing for her is to move on to the next world… no matter wad, she will still fill up one of the slot in my memory and will stick wif me forever till the last breath. hope she will rest in peace and find tranquillity in the next world. i love and miss u ah ma!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Universal Studio Trip

our first trip to universal studio after it opened quite long time ago, haha… the tickets were bought at a discounted price of 50% and of wkday price. company’s offer to celebrate christmas, lol… but it was incredibly cheap and i gotten 5 of the tickets. (for baby’s family side, my family didnt wan to go as my parents had went b4 and my bro is in brunei during the period. so that’s why i gotten 5 onli.)

well anyway, we set off at 1015am to have our breakfast at the coffee shop below, 11am we set off for universal studio! by the time we reached there, it was already 1130am, wad a long journey, haha… by the time we reached USS, niu niu already aslp… :\ lets not talk so much about the whole journey, will post the photos below for u to see!

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the big ball at the entrance of USS! my little girl aslp in her grandpa’s arms…
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baby and family waiting under the tree, for something? baby posing for photo taking!
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angry look on my little girl… better not provoke her :P dinosaurs!
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little girl wif mummy playing water~ so happy!
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this was the rollercoaster that i was looking forward to, but it was closed down until first half of 2011… wad a pity… i am helping out wif construction works in USS :P
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christmas carol in USS. street performance during our lunch~
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another street performance during our lunch too~ final show of the day, the water world!


there are a lot more photos taken during the trip, but there are just too many to upload. so if you wish to see those other photos, do go to my facebook account to see. :P just to update a few more stuff on wad i did in USS.

baby bought herself 2 bags! the designs were quite nice and they were of the betty boop’s brand. (dunno whether that’s a brand or nt :P) 1 big bag and 1 smaller handbag. we gotten niu niu 5 clothings too, 2 neon shirts (buy 2 get 1 free), 2 normal ones and 1 dress. the other 1 shirt that we bought was for baby’s cousin de. so in total there were 6 clothes. finally, we bought some chocolate candies which were v cheap if compared to buying separately outside. of course all of the above were bought using the 5x $5 vouchers.

apart from shopping, we also went to some rides. 4d show at far far away land, steven spielberg’s special effects studio as well as the water world. we skipped the rapid fall as we had to queue 50mins for it, as well as the egypt’s rollercoaster as baby was too afraid to sit, haha…

overall, our experience in the USS was fun and i hope that the next time we go in, the galactica rollercoaster would be ready!

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Lung Fei’s Wedding

today is our beloved fren, lung fei’s wedding. he held his wedding  dinner at oriental mandarin hotel in orchard, sommerset. n also happened that during the same day, i was having my company event for the whole afternoon at singapore flyer and marina square. i had to rush back home to fetch my little girl and baby to the wedding. by the time we reached the hotel, it was already 830pm. n also, we couldn’t get into the carpark as it was full. we had to wait until around 9pm b4 we could get in.

n so we got to the wedding ard 915pm, luckily it was only the 2nd dish, still gt food to eat, haha… oh ya, the layout of the wedding area was quite special as there were 3 layers of platforms of tables. we were sitted on the 3rd layer. the whole wedding was ok loh, food nt too bad, quite nice. also something special is that the camera man, could take our photos, transfer back to the central laptops, print on the spot and pass to us! we were all so fascinated, haha… quite surprised that we could get our photos on the spot so quickly. so we gotten quite a few photos for ourselves, haha.

the whole event ended at ard 12+am at his hotel room. oh, niu niu had to have her meal, so went up to feed her altogether, lol… we left after her meal. wad a tiring nite, lol…

Friday, December 17, 2010

Tron Legacy

i give tis movie at 4/5 rating. actually when i first saw the trailer, i didnt know what was it talking abt as the trailer was v vague. until i watched the movie, then i know what they are talking about. it is abt the male lead’s father who hacked into the grid and began creating a perfect digital world where ppl could come and go as they please. but nt long into the creation, there were some problems that caused him not able to go bck to the real world. in the end, the son was left fatherless for years. until some day, the son somehow managed to get into the grid and reconciled wif the father. but as they tried to get out of the grid, the father sacrificed himself to save both his son and his found fren from grid. so yah, the story is some what like this. if you would like to know more, watch the movie. :)

ST Electronics Christmas Celebration

today was almost a 2/3 day off from office as our department had prepared a christmas celebration at singapore flyer. it was a buffet lunch at O’learys sports bar and grill. the food there was quite ok onli la, nt really tantalising. wad was good out of the food i had was turkey meat, mutton, tiramisu, corn and the best was the chicken ham, lol… the whole buffet lasted for abt 2hrs, from 1130am to 130pm.

After the buffet, we went to have a walk at marina square and i bought a box of chocolates. it is called ferrero gardens. i bought it at $10 while baby bought the other box at marina bay sands for $18. maybe is becos i bought it at a discount rate ba. :\ anyway, after our shopping, we went to have our another event, to watch movie called ‘Tron Legacy’. i will pen down the rating in the next post. this movie lasted for 2hrs and by the time we finished watching, it is almost 6pm! i had to rush bck n get prepared for the nite event at my fren’s wedding at meritius mandarin hotel in orchard… oh dear… wad a rush today, lol…

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Rapunzel: A Tangled Tale

this animated movie is nice, it is interesting and only from this movie did i know that rapunzel’s hair actually is magical. :P the whole movie’s best entertainer is the hourse, maximus, haha… the expressions on him is hilarious. especially when he is fighting or interacting wif the male lead, erm… i 4gt the name. :P anyway, this animated movie is a must catch for all disney fans. i give it a 4/5 rating. :)

Friday, November 19, 2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

watched this movie wif ug, jing jing, kris, chinyao and baby. this movie still lives up to its name even when it is the 7th series of the saga. n finally the story is about to end, haha… luckily i managed to catch all the previous 6 series, else i wont be able to know wth they were trying to do in this episode. if u r a fan of harry potter, u shld not miss this movie. i would give it a close to 4.5/5 rating for this movie. there were some funny n some touching scenes in this movie. some ppl will die in this final and the next part, which is for sure. so do not be emotionalized by the movie, haha… happy watching it. :)

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Gathering with ST Friends

today we had a short gathering wif the team and some of the ‘exiled’ members of the team, haha…. we gathered at santouka at cuppage to have our once in a while team dinner. santouka is actually a japanese restaurant that sells mostly their best dishes, ramen. they do also, sell other types of main dishes that are commonly found in other restaurants. apart from the main dishes, they sell side dishes and desserts. i didnt order any side dishes or desserts, i only ordered the main dish set that my fren recommended. the ramen was ok, not too salty, but the meat (pork cheek) was quite salty. so made the overall taste not very good. hmmm, if u cant take salty food, this place is definitely a no for u. after we finished our dinner, i didnt get to follow them to other places as i am heading home, so i ended my gathering wif them right after dinner.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Sammi Zheng Concert

my 2nd concert in as many years! also went to watch together wif baby~ tis time rd, the concert is onli facing 3 direction as compared to aaron kwok’s all directions. even so, the concert is still as outstanding as aaron kwok’s one. there were many different types of songs to keep the spectators moving. from fast flowing techno, to slow moving romance songs. she sang 3 different languages, english, chinese and cantonese. although most of the cantonese songs i dun understand, lol… i still able to comprehend at least the tune. :P i have totally enjoyed the whole concert too. i realised that seats facing the stage, cannot sit too far, else cannot see much de. but if from the side and nearer to the stage, can see clearer sia. nx time we will take note of these types of 1 side facing stage, to book on the side seatings. :) below are some photos that i have taken during the nite, nt very clear but still see-able, lol…

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