in true teochew style

eu can cook so can you !

babyong

everyday i come home to heartwarming hugs.

she loves to follow me around when i am home and is always curious about my table top of skincare and makeup. she gives me big bear hugs, and hi-fives and asks me to cheers with the mobile phone.
so very adorable.

look at my beautiful family

my first roll of film from my golden-half.

ning ning

on the left is ning ning. she's waddles like a duck, goes in search of the dog & likes beer. that silly kid was all alone squatting in the kitchen attemping to drink that can of beer when i spotted her from the dining table. i just had to take the picture.

宝贝

宝贝 - 张悬

我的宝贝宝贝
给你一点甜甜
让你今夜都好眠
我的小鬼小鬼
逗逗你的眉眼
让你喜欢这世界
哇啦啦啦啦啦我的宝贝
倦的时候有个人陪
哎呀呀呀呀呀我的宝贝
要你知道你最美
让你今夜很好眠
逗逗你的小脸
让你喜欢整个明天
孤单时有人把你想念

this reminds me of ah ma.

阿嬷 (grandma) 是个温柔的女人。她在我家而见到我回家时，阿嬷会说“宝贝，你回来了啊” 。 有一次，她拿着我的书包说：“宝贝，你的书包很重嘞”。 ‘宝贝’这个名词中她的嘴巴说出，不是肉麻的。而是带来丝丝的温暖，让我觉得好爱这位温柔的女人。

三人游

the corporate stuff went by smoothly enough, the hard part now would be getting back to work and getting what the boss wants right.

But it was an excellent choice to extend the weekend to spend time with my cousin. the 3 of us, in her friend's super retro car, went around shopping.. eating.. chatting.. laughing. nothing elaborate but it felt like such a special weekend to me. felt really blessed and happy to link arms with my cousin and shopping, to have her friend who so graciously accompanied us and drove us girls around for yummy food and braving though KL's crazy traffic jam.

it would be so great if we wouldn't staying in different countries and that we can continue to hang out with each other like that.

blessing

it is a blessing to have a big rowdy extended family.

world's best

it has been quite some time since the last time i asked my brother about the prices of mp3 player selling at simlim as i was intending to replace my old cranky one as a present for myself on my 1st payday. i later decided against simlim and to wait for another month when i found out the comex fair is at the end of this month. i was all ready to brave the comex crowd to get it. but when i woke up this morning, i was pleasantly surprised with a new mp3 player hanging right on my door. this santa claus is none other than my brother.

it doesnt matter that its a 2G player, or that he was impatient and grunted when i thanked him, or even if he decides later to demand money back from me - it is still the *world's best mp3 player simply because he remembered.

*world's best is a hyperbole often used by goh binghui.

nemo

my little cousin oogling at nemo.
this generation of kids... i think they will never learn what's clownfish.
to them, there are just nemo.

ba chor mee break

its time to reward myself with...BA CHOR MEE break.

dad's bringing us to 85!

huat ah!

gong hei fatt choy la dai ga =)

whats there not to love about Chinese New Year when it involves new clothes, a lot of food, a lot of people, bak kwa, ang bao, gambling, gatherings???

the annual CNY visit at muar = enough ringgit for my field trip to malacca, enough car miles to make my butt ache, enough too much food. although my wisdom tooth gave me alot of problem which controlled my food intake and had me whining in pain.

五月天 is having their concert on April 26th at the indoor stadium. $168. OH my TIAN.

monster fish

dlb is gone. it was painful watching you go. goodbye.
im sorry they gave u such a horrible name.

the wallflower

after a failed attempt to make guacamole, asked if i am interested to be a telemarketer at the career fair, accused of plagiarism, and other downhills.... even an angry outburst don't last long. just too jaded with all the shit happening & shit people.

at some points in your life you subconsciously want to be at the center of attention, at others, a wallflower.

unnoticed,
watching the crowd go by.

home's the best sanctuary recently

总装着很有把握
不准爱渗入生活
才发现闯了祸
让你当真以为我的心上了锁
让你绝望地走
成全独立的我

好想捂住耳朵
不想不看不想听谁说
好想蹲在角落
把谴责的眼光都躲过

像个黑色漩涡
将我吞没
悔恨已逃不脱
我承认这都是我
感情事处理得不妥
从不说
我爱你
那么多

原来人可能脆弱
爱让我很难振作
我坐在最前座
人生第一次面对什么叫落寞
经历你这一走
最大傻瓜是我

好想捂住耳朵
不想不看不想听谁说
好想蹲在角落
把谴责的眼光都躲过

像个黑色漩涡
将我吞没
悔恨已逃不脱
我承认这都是我
感情事处理得不妥
从不说
我爱你

我不要谁好心帮我
每个人像在隔岸观火
看我犯错
提醒我说
都是我的错
提醒我说
逼你离开我
就算同情是条绳索
我也没办法伸出双手
拯救自己(除了你)
除非是你(拯救我)
肯回头(为了我)
扭转这个结果

孙燕姿-漩涡

i-cook-saturday

a phonecall from mum yesterday saying that she brought groceries and "tomorrow you are cooking for me". whoaa...

so after doing some additional grocery shopping for the meat & greens, i whipped up a lunch of cold soba noodles topped with minced meat along with a side of tofu salad. tres healthy. so now apparently, every saturday is going to be a i-cook-saturday.

some things i would like to try...
1) croquette
2) donburi

somehow recipes for Japanese food are easier to find.

我的妈 07

我的妈， 生日快乐！

"Mother support certain illusions about their children, and one of my illusions was that I liked who I was, because she did"
.... for one more day - Mitch Albom

I love you everyday

881

this is to commemorate a rare family visit to the cinema. yes, all 4 of us.

“一人一半，感情不散”
.... 881

tomorrow

You reminded me of my resolution, and pointed out how selfish and narrow minded I had been. all this while, I have just been showing my attitude and tantrums, and I realized I have never showed that I care enough to find out the reason why. I am the one doing all the accusing and jumping to the worse possibilities.

Thank God for tomorrows.
and never too lates.

work in progress

this is a work-in-progress

baby cousins

2 of my aunties are pregnant, so angel & tongtong will have an additional playmate in their house. Family gatherings will increase by several decibel. 11 children in the house!!!

....

Its the durian season now. just 1 particular day when we were eating durians at home, my mum asked me if times like these remind me of my ah gong (my maternal grandfather).

I LOVE durians and everyone in my family knows that. In the past, when I go back to Malaysia to visit, there would always a big sack of durians waiting for me. In Muar, ah gong would be the one who buys them back. Everyone would gather to eat and even after everyone have had their fair share of durians, I would still be at the kitchen polishing down the rest of it. My appetite for durians was insatiable then. And this story about me will still be brought up every once in a while during gatherings. My ah gong even used to bring in durian from Malaysia for me when he comes to visit.

Now that ah gong is no longer with us, little memories like these help me to remember him by. My brother has his own set of stories regarding him and ah gong.

Since then many things have changed. In the past, there was those in Singapore, 1 family in Segamat and the rest in Muar. CNY is when everyone gathered at Muar and where the boys will play with all the fire works/crackers. Now, most of them are staying JB and have their reunion dinner there. Only my mother's side in still in Muar so we go back there to have our reunion dinner and it gets rather boring for me now that it is very quiet compared to last time. people who know about my big maternal family are surprised that both grandmas + their children get along amiacably. I guess they just cant imagine since polygamy is rather foreign in our day & age and tv only shows conniving families fighting for the inheritance (hahaa!). To me, I appreciate the fact that uncles, aunties and cousins still come together despite having different mothers/grandmothers.