Countdown 2011

The last day of 2010. Me and Margaret would welcome the New Year in the comfort of our home. Out with the old, in with the new. New Year, new beginnings, new starts, new hopes and sweet surprises. May we leave things that didn't bring us joy behind and ring the New Year with good things in mind.The world grows a year older. Let's hope we'll have a beautiful and wonderful 2011 with perfect health and lasting prosperity. Cheers!

P.S. We would like to wish our Japanese friends 'kinga shinnen'.

2011 or CNY?

3 more days to New Year 2011. Understand from the News that people in the streets are more busy preparing for the Lunar New Year than the above mentioned. Whatever, we should celebrate what come first. Well, the buzz at Orchard Road will be shifted to Chinatown in a few days time.
The fish maw price has gone up by 20 to 30 %. Need I say more about the other CNY food delicacies such as abalone, shark fin, etc. Economy is doing well, so is everyone's income. Naturally inflation follows.
Okay, okay.... let's not get confused. No gongxi gongxi jingles yet. We should sing Aung Lang Syne instead. Thank you for the good times in 2010. Till then........

Buzzing year-end

It's Boxing Day and the last weekend of the year. We had lunch with our makan kakis after a 2 months lapse. The crazy weather makes me sick. I was feeling unwell in the evening. So is Margaret.... headache. On the other hand, I feel good after a long weekend break. Returning to work tomorrow and looking forward to the New Year 2011 next weekend. Well, I will probably cut my hair in the middle of next month to welcome the Year of the Rabbit next February. Meantime, Happy holidays everyone. Cheers!

X'mas 2010

The most wonderful time of the year is here. Christains and non-Christain alike celebrate this festive season. Christmas has become a Singapore festival rather than a religious one. My wife is a born Catholic and though I don't belong to her community, participating in her celebration is a part of my life. When my work is more relax, I would help her to shop for Christmas presents. During our younger days, we would have a Christmas tree decorated and lighted up at home too.

So long as she does not live beyond devotion, I am comfortable. Vice versa. May we have many more years of togetherness. Once again, Merry Christmas to all. God bless.

X'mas celebration @ Orchard Road

Dongzhi Festival

Wishing all Chinese 'Happy Winter Dongzhi Festival'.

It's time of the year to eat tong yuen again. The Chinese believe we are a year older after eating them. The rice gluton holding the balls together symbolized family togetherness.

Evening Edition
I have said many times before that this blog is not meant to be offensive. It's a bit harsh at times and I have already hold my punch. I gave up hope and decided not to be bothered or stressed by them be it at home or work. Everyone is responsible for their own action. Do not blame me when something goes wrong. I will carry on living my life happily and wish to remain cheerful for this X'mas and the coming New Year. Life is short, let's move on.

Negative

I am blowing hot and cold nowadays. My mood changes often especially at my workplace. Maybe the good fengshui has changed as we had shifted our office to the basement. Definitely more than six feet underground. There's yin all the way without yang. Negative, negative, negative. No wonder my Master gave me a medal without mentioning anything. Body language tells.
Will it affect our whole department? I won't know. My colleague and I felt betrayed by management drastic action to disadvantage us. I refuse to elaborate. Well, it may be a blessing in disguise that something good may surface out of this mess. The innocents will receive good blessings from above. Like what I always say, sometimes you win sometimes you lose. We have to learn to take it easy and let fate takes its place. Que sera sera.

Looking back 2010

One of the rare weekends where I can have both Saturday and Sunday off. We had our final overnight works of the year last night. What a year to end with so many surprises, excitements and happiness in-between. A very tiring year especially the last 6 months. Any disappointment? Guess not. My only regret is I couldn't bring my family for a vacation. Margaret is lucky to have joined her company organised trips to Hong Kong and Hokkaido. As for the children, they are doing okay in their studies. Fyn will most probably going to New Orleans (US) for her Uni Exchange Programme in the 2nd half of next year.
Just got in touch with my sister Jessie the other day. Understand that she is on a church mission to Thailand from 22 Dec 2010 to 29 Dec 2010. ( Hopefully I didn't get the country wrong ) Bon voyage and God bless!
Visited Roger last week and good to see him smiling and cheerful. Me and Margaret went to Redhill Hawker Centre after work to get him Hor Fun and Cheng Tng for his dinner. Hor Fun was what he requested. He ain't heavy, he's my brother. Time permits, we hope to visit him more often.

Lightning

They say lightning don't strike twice at the same place. Bullshit. This colleague of mine won the 4D 1st and 3rd prize consecutively within a week. Lady luck is smiling at him. I am not disclosing the amount he won. The feeling of going down to Singapore Pools to collect the prizes is................ need I say more. May his winning streak continues. Huat ah!!!

This poor engineer who worked 24 hours overtime yesterday felt betrayed and cheated when the management told him that he could claim 12 hrs of OT at most. That's daylight robbery and he has to accept it reluctantly. I wonder why these decent, honest and hardworking people are always bullied by the management everchanging policies. Are they really God? Sigh............... ces't la vie.

Crocodile rocks

Gosh! I don't believe my bravery. My friends invited me to Old Airport Road Market for a meal. Guess what they ordered? Fried bean sprouts with crocodile liver, crocodile meat double boiled soup and sweet & spicy crocodile fin with vegetable. I am not an exotic food lover and the thought of eating it................ I nearly threw out when I tasted the liver. Damn bloody horrible. As for the meat and soup, it was okay. The most expensive dish was the fin which was soft and tender. It's kind of weird after the meal. Will I try it again? It's a NO NO but when I checked the benefits of consuming it from the Web pages, I may consider. Let me share what I found. The benefits are:
a) Low in fat and cholesterol and high in protein b) Improves Metabolism c) Improves Blood Circulation d) Strengthening Immune System e) Relieving Asthma f) Relieving Arthritis g) Relieving Cough h) To Reduce Diabetic Level
Will you try it? Cheers to good health. Haha....

Topping up ceremony

What the hell am I busy at? Life at work is back to normal with 2 more overnight works to complete our shopping centre structure. Topping up ceremony will be on 24 Dec 2010. Ho, ho, ho!!! Christmas comes early for my colleague. He is leaving for the Philippines on the 16 Dec 2010 and will be back on 27 Dec 2010. Bon voyage!
Thank goodness that Fyn stays put in Singapore. Recent bombing at Mumbai killed quite a number of people and I understand that includes a few backpack tourists. Anyway, I am going to celebrate Christmas with Margaret before continuing the Phase 2 hotel project at work. Dare not think of Chinese New Year 2011 but to enjoy this relaxing moment I have. :)

Fully booked

We wanted to tour Vietnam both North and South but it's all fully booked for this month. I am more relax in my work during this festive season and to my surprise, so are the others. Alternatively, we were looking at Winter Zhangjiajie China and on second thought it's not favorable. It's too cold and the mountain scenery may not be as visible. However, the season short daylight discourage us too. So, that leave us to .......... celebrate Christmas and New Year 2011 in Singapore. Home sweet home.