Blame FB for my not updating my blog. Lets see now since the move to the new office...

Okay had a christmas party for the kids' friens which turned out to be a huge success. We had about 50 teens (some older) in & out of the the house that Saturday afternoon. The food they went through was amazing ! I had to rig up more food & thank goodness I had 4 pizzas in the freezer LOL. It was vert nice to see all the food go.

And then at the office, I moved again, to another section with a larger space. Better. But my assistant was transferred & I am now flying solo again. Its been manageable so far. Only the administrative stuff like filing & clippings I've left undone cos I have no time for that with other more important things to do. Ah well, if unmanageable I am able to get help.

We didn't go away this CNY but hubby went to Perth for a fishing trip & was back before CNY. It was a lousy trip

Mum spent CNY at our place cos Bro & Sis-in-law went away. It was a fairly quiet CNY day as other members of our extended family were also away. But the first weekend was busy & that was when we had friends & family over. I think we had about 50 in & out. Mini IR started that weekend LOL. One mahjong corner, blackjack at living room & another BJ at the dining table. Our old friends made time to come over & that was nice ! Sarah & Ryan's friends came by too. Party started from 3pm & didn't end till probably 1am. The menu was not very diff from Christmas; shepherd's pie (very popular, couldn't not do it), ordered satay which was pretty good, chicken curry with prata & french loaf, lasagne, apple crumble & my cousin's yummy walnut cake.

The next day, Sarah's church leaders had their gathering at our place so it was another round. But they brought food, lots of it !

Then the next weekend it was at my godparents place. Would have had another party at my uncle's but Sarah had her school charity fashion show of which she was handling publicity. I went with Anth & the best part of the day was meeting some schoolmates whom I have not seen since I left the school ! For some reason or other I don't bump into ex schoolmates when I attend any events at the school. Till now. And we are keeping in touch. That was truly a highlight. I brought my camera & in my excitement (and old age) forget to take pics. What the heck ???!!!! Nevermind, we are getting together again so there will be pics.

After the CNY hols had biz visitors from the Middle East to take care of. Visit to doc as a follow up from my op. It went fine & there are no more follow up visits unless something pops up & I need to see her again.

Took Sarah to the specialist cos of her arm. Its tendonitis. 3 tendons rubbing against her bone & are all inflammed. Physio is needed; heat treament & exercises. I'll go for the first with her to see what is being done so that it can be repeated at home. Doc says she needs to take care & do the exercises vigilantly & not do other exercises that would make it worse. Two months excuse from bowling & PE. The latter from exercises that involves the arm.

Busy at work because I am working on a branding exercise for our new projects in the middle east. May travel up there for presentations in late March. Other than that, some exciting projects coming up.

Well yippee for the nation playing host to the Youth Olympics. Its a great achievement. But a big boo with expletives for the increased number of gantries & increase in taxi fare. ERP gantries to go home ?? WTF is that ? I fully agree with the gantries heading towards town during morning peak hours but when heading home after work, why TF should we pay ? So what f I am stuck in traffic going home ? I don't give a shit...I am going home & it doesn't matter if I am late. Its all crap. The ones in the housing estates are the most ridiculous. So its really pay and pay...waaaah lau.

Moved to new office & settled down. Quite a small corner for both of us. Old office was more spacious but what to do, lack of space in the new place. Neighbours are a fitness centre & hair salon. And the music they play are annoying. They compete with each other on loudness & we suffer. Sigh...So I bring the ipod lor.

Have finally confirmed my Christmas menus. Christmas eve dinner just for us the family, Christmas day we will have visitors because mum-in-law is with us & then on 28th when kids friends come over.

Chicken pies, shepherd's pie, devils curry, sugee cake, apple crumble, roast chicken etc...I'm gonna be sick of this food & probably not want to see it till next Christmas.

Ryan is re-considering the drum set. He was wanting to buy a set but now thinks (and we agree) that the money he is saving for the drums would have other better uses.

He is happy with his sec 1 school posting, first choice anderson. We have heard many good things about the school & how it is very academically strong. Friend said alot of the students may speak mandarin there too although their english language is just as good. So this will be useful for ryan to boost his 2nd language.

Sarah is doing through train & she is thrilled. Doing her Eng O'levels next year & my friend who is an english tutor is teaching her to help her catch up for the lost 6 months. I still think the school screwed up big time on this one !!!!!

hah ! I have been neglecting this blog alot. LOL bladdy FB has me hooked. I like the interaction with friends laaaah. Blog no interaction. Its just me muttering rubbish LOL.

Well, back to work after the two weeks of hospitalisation leave. Was experiencing some discomfort for the first week at work but has settled down now. Don't even remember that I had an operation lol.

We are now packing at the office to move to new premises. Went to see my new office. My assistant & I have a very nice corner, with a view. At long last a proper office space. I have moved from one office spot to another 3 times in my 3 years plus at this workplace.

Unfortunately our joy was short lived. We were told some changes. There was a store for safes but we were told space not big enough & they will move two of us to the store area & build a store at what was our office. So they will knock down that storage space which is dammed freaking small to see if they can fit two of us in. If can, dunno where our cabinets are going. Very interesting. I dunno. I give up. No mood liao.

Christmas is a coming ! I am done with gifts for the family. Wrapped up too !

Now its the parties...on Chrstmas day when the family comes over to see MIL who is staying with us till end Dec. POssibly a party for the kids' friends on 28 Dec. Dunno if we will have friends over.

Problematic...have not figured out the menu for all the parties.

Geez...its been a while ! Been hooked on FB & pogo lol.

Got me new laptop. A nice Dell, but good enough cos I never get to use the ones at home. Hubby is on one & kids are on the other. I bring my office laptop home but think its better to do my personal stuff on my own notebook.

Now let me see...what have I missed on blogging....

Work sux...

Live the Dream sux...

The operation sux....

The pain from the op sux...

BUT being home on MC till 7 Nov is awesome !

My first experience at surgery...

First of all, my op was scheduled for 4pm but I had to check in at 2pm for the post op prep which took less than 10 mins. Then I had to wait. The nice thing was I had my own room, TV & toilet.

And so the time comes & the nurse walks me to the operating theatre waiting area. The doctor administering the GA comes to see me. An ang mo & he asks the list of questions & explains the procedure. I tell him I am nervous. We chat for a bit.

Then he goes into the operating theatre. I am sitting at the reception area waiting for my surgeon. Then the head nurse walks me into the theatre & the anaesthecian asks if my surgeon is coming. Head nurse says yes...he says from where...Jurong ?? hurhurhur

I am asked to hop onto the bed...they give me a stool & I jest that I need a higher one. They laugh. I talk alot...bladdy nervous lah. Ang Mo anaesthecian & his assistant chat with me while they are trying to find the spot in my vein on my left hand. Two nurses stick monitors on me, whole lot happening left, right & even at my feet. I am freezing & I tell them. So there is a heater under the bed & they even blow hot air under my sheet. Nice. Then an oxygen mask is placed over me & I breathe. Oh ya, they poke twice before they got my vein :p POOF I am gone.

When I awake I am in the room...cannot remember what happened in the recovery area. Hubby comes with Sarah & we wait till I am less woozy, change & go home. I get this whole bag of painkillers & now that the local anaesthesia on the operated area has worn off, I know why I need so much painkillers LOL.

Its the third day after the op & I still feel pain & discomfort. Puked big time just now & I still have this slight numbness at the tip of my tongue. Appetite is bad too.

MIL's birthday tea party today st sis-in-law's place. I've just finished baking chicken pies. And we are picking up some donuts to bring as well. Made extra pies for hubby & kids to try. Passed. Lol.

My diva at the office tried to tell me what to do...sigh...like I dun know what I am doing. Deep breathes, be patient. I was told that one afternoon, someone popped in to get something & she was sleeping lol. No wonder she hates it when I drop into the room to physically search for things myself. Break her afternoon nap lolol.

hahahaha just saw sarah's christmas wishlist.

Hey sarah & ryan...my wishlist...a new laptop so that I don't need to use my office one at home...how ? hahahahah

I'm on leave for two whole days. But one day has already flown by too quickly...that sux ! lol be nice if I could turn back time & start the weekend all over again lol.

Family dinner last night at tambuah mas for godpa's birthday. Before that, made a trip to donut factory to buy each family a box of donuts lol. The queue was about 20 mins...not too bad. Anything longer & I would have bought bak kwa...no queue maaah.

hmmmm sarah has a christmas wish list....maybe I should have one too !

Lament for the day...if only I could time travel back :p

Yes the results for the soloists are ABSURD as Ken said. WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!! Robert was sooooo sooooo good. I was hoping he or Fendi would make it to the last two for a really good fight. Now I hope Fendi will win cos the other two, sorry nothing personal, really cannot cannot make it ! This show now is a farce where the soloists are concerned.

hahaha here I go criticizing Live The Dream contestants. Robert & Fendi are good. The other two should have gone home long time ago...both boring & out of tune. There were a couple of soloists who were more deserving. I think rani was pretty good. For the groups, Cats In The Cradle are good. After the Rain is wah liao...quite jialat. By Definition & Revelina pretty ok too. Leave it to audience votes sure haywire. Same like singapore idol...sigh. I may not be able to sing but think I am discerning enough to know who can sing & who cannot. Shona is there cos she is cute...marketable. Unfortunately voice nothing to rave about.

Lament for the day...oh here we go again !

Dinner last night was at Lau Par Sat. Wanted to have satay & heard that stall no 1, fatman satay was there & good.

It was nice but I was a little disappointed, not as good as I'd expected. Infact, I think the one which used to be outside Sembawang Shopping Centre (until the centre closed) was the best I'd had. Oh well...

Finally watched ratatouille & it was a nice fun movie. Enjoyed it. Have been a little sceptical of animations since Madagascar which was lousy. My fave new animated movies would be Lion King 1, Shrek 1 & Finding Nemo. This is excluding the original disney animations like snow white, cinderella, pinnochio etc etc.

Dinner tonite was at Lavendar street food court....the wanton mee. Shiok ! Today's queue was long as usual but service was really really slow cos there were only two of them today. Usually there are 3 of them. Wonder why they don't get help.

Oh, donut factory & munchy's taste not much different, just diff flavours. I like different flavours from the two...chocolate mint from df & oreo's from munchy's.

Lament for the day...think I will get sick of donuts soon.

Yesterday we had donuts from munchy's. It was pretty good. Think J Co is better. Sarah says donut factory better but I wouldn't know.

Kids out at church studying...well at least I hope they are.

I need to colour my hair...sigh...the whites are showing arrrrghhhhh ! If got time, will go tomorrow.

Haven't used any of the vouchers I changed from my credit card points...some shopping due tomorrow perhaps ?

Another gantry on CTE from town back home. WTF ? If you want to reduce the traffic, don't fucking issue so many COEs lah & make cars so affordable. Go home kena one gantry never mind, now two ! We re going home for goodness sakes ! And wtf timing may be extended some more. Ya lah, the intention is to get us to take public transport and I don't mean taxis, take bus or mrt. So that can faster cover cost for new lines & make more money & oh, not forgetting covering the wage increases.

Didn't surprise me when gst went up after the elections & now all these policies. We have to work until we dieeeeee with the amount of money that we have to fork out. I reckon my generation will barely smell our CPF...sigh. At the last elections, if I remember right, one of the speeches indicated that their win was a clear signal of the citizen's support for the pap. But err...in the last few elections, got more & more people voting for opposition leh.,,,si mi signal hah ?? In this next election, we shall see what sort of signal lor. My parents' generation have always supported the pap because of how they built the country up but this generation is slowly dying off. I was a supporter too. It will hardly be surprising to see support & confidence wane.

Aiya, simply put... don't fuck up what you have taken so long & hard to build.

Lament for the day...dunno can smell or not...sigh. May only be given enough to buy walker, dentures & adult diapers...

Ahhh I now know where the donuts our neighbour gave us are from. J.Co Donuts from Jakarta. They are really very good ! Sarah says that The Donut Factory is awesome but just thinking of the queues...quite a put off. I hear that Munchy Donuts are good too. There is one opposite Ryan's school...need I say more lolol.

Donut factory is opening up in Novena Square, Munchy's is opening one at cineleisure & when browsing the J Co website, see that its coming here soon.

There are donuts stores sprouting up everywhere. Wonder if this is like the bubble tea or rotiboy or even the strudel fads ? Dunkin Donuts didn't do well but then the donuts are nothing compared to the ones I just mentioned. Not tried DF or Munchy's yet but J Co donuts is, to me, wicked good !

Wonder why Krispy Kreme donuts have not made it here ??? Must be franchise very high.

I had rotiboy in JB long before it made it here. I wondered then why no one brought it in. Lo & behold ! It came & went ! Competitors began to sprout up too. And then they all died a natural death. I guess the difference with rotiboy & the donut shops is that the latter has alot more flavours. Rotiboy is just the one. So the donut fad will last, at least for a longer term than the rotiboys, paparoti, mamaroti & whatever else roti.

The only roti that has lasted for eons & will continue outlast all is the mother of all rotis...Roti Prata lolol ! I also love my yu char kuay, ain't a fad that would fade too...best dipped in coffee !

Lament for the day...indulge & I'll look like a stuffed donut.

How terrible, two earthquakes in Indonesia. Fortunately a tsunami did not follow in its wake. Cora felt the tremors from the second quake while watching tv in the living room. I was upstairs in the bathroom & felt nothing.

Have been having off & on headaches today, even right now. And feeling very tired. Perhaps its the weather.

Army guy with the gun & bullets should be charged & punished accordingly. Lets not spare the rod....I believe it was 18 strokes. And the family kicking the press...well duh...they shoulda known that it would have been caught on at least one camera.

Another colleague is leaving the company...another HOD....sigh. wtf.

Ryan did fairly well for prelims. Quite happy he didn't get a U grade for chinese. Not a bad accomplishment.

Lunch on Sunday with the family, someone kena 4D (sigh...not us leh) & treating. Shaslik here we come !!

Yesterday one of our neighbours gave us a box of deeeeleeeeecious donuts...different toppings on them. Looked online & there isn't a store here. Think they went KL & bought from there. Yummy ! Then today, other neighbour gave us homemade ngoh hiang. Lol...they all returning the favour from the fish we gave. Which really isn't necessary.

Lament for the day...still sux. Lol.

Haven't redeemed our credit card points in ages & did a check tonite. Had over 9000pts so redeemed $170 worth of vouchers for shopping & dining. Not bad at all. Now in midst of checking all other rewards programmes for our cable & mobile phones. For mobile phones we are using all 3 service providers lol.

Its that time of the month & I feel really crappy. So darned tired when this happens. Feel very drained...must be old age also ugggghhhhhh.

Quiet Saturday. Sarah went tanning at Sentosa but dunno what kind tan she got as it was raining this morning & then cloudy all day.

Am now reading Scarlett, sequel to Gone With The Wind. Not sure if I like it. Just a couple of chapters in.

Lament for the day ... it still sux !!

Sweet n sour fish all the way from Sabah for dinner lololol.

The verdict : Tastes good :> But can't get them into blocks. Dunno why....sigh. A few did come in pieces but the rest will have to eat with spoon lololol.

Met up with godma & an aunty whom I have not seen in years yesterday for lunch. Chatted & caught up till almost 4pm. It was a nice get-together. Then dinner with kids at botak jones (again!) cos the kids wanted. Bumped into my cousin, his wife & son. Baby sooooo cute !

Found the coconut candy recipe in an old recipe book from godma. Made it just & we shall see how it turns out lol. It looks & smells fine lol. Hope it tastes good. We shall see. Verdict later.

CSI Sundays !

Pace is picking up at work. I have a full next week. Will take my mind off why work is no longer as fun as before. I still like what I do but well...I have lamented why before. Not gonna go there again. Will get really agitated & visualise the face before me making me so want to puke & be downright rude (read : potty mouth). lol.

Lunch was a BLT sandwich with foccacia bread....haven't had that in a while. So it was good. In the evening, headed to arab street to get the baskets for press conf & then home as it was already past 5. I am looking for the old fashioned coconut candy in small blocks in colours of green, yellow, pink to put in the baskets as giveaways. Am told may still have in chinatown so must make a trip there. Maybe tmr for lunch though I should do it off my lunch break & definitely not on my personal time after work or on a weekend. I didn't think this way before & wasn't calculative. I'd go the extra mile & more. But now... screw it !

Lament for the day : Screw it !

Yep yep hubby came home with a shitload of fish ! The group caught an estimated 500kg. Got lots of Garoupa lah, coral trout, leather jacket lah. Gave away to our entire floor of neighbours & they were happy. Not the first time we give them fish fresh from the oceans. So much so that one of the neighbours bought us yummy swiss roll cakes from Kandahar Street. Gave each neighbour 2 or 3 fish, gave godparents some & we still got alot for ourselves. There was one 3kg muther kerisi bali & the bladdy head/tail stuck out of our freezer compartment door. This one hubby gave away to a friend, let him de-scale lah, de-gut lah & clean the fish LOL. Too much work lol.

Some huge ones & some table sized. There was a part of a chinaman fish (??????) hubby brought home...it was portioned out to share with his other fishing kakis. BUT one kaki called & warned that becos the fish eats coral, can have poisonous elements. So we were told to throw away lor.

Took leave yesterday & half day today. Did some errands, Cora's work permit extension etc, went to see a friend who was in hospital & had heart sugery to repair a leaking artery. His wound was all the way from below the throat down to the belly. Just like a bypass. But he is being discharged & looks well.

Oh watched Hairspray. John Travolta in drag was really funny. One huuuge mama ! The voice cannot run though. Fun movie. Enjoyed the music even though singers & the acting not so fantastic. No need to think so much, just sit back & relax type. Got a bit of morale in the story also.

Note to Lica : see...I don't just watch gory movies :p

Hubby is out of town fishing ! Back Sunday.

Work is still so-so & I do so want to get out. When opportunities arise & when the time is right, I will. The heart & passion has fizzled out all becos of one person. Oh trust me, it ain't petty. When integrity is questioned especially when one has not done any wrong, it farking sux ! As far as I am concerned, my integrity is intact with all the proof. I now know how others in the same boat feel. Actually the whole situation is ridiculous & smacks of desperation...the other party lah.

What is that phrase ? When you point one finger at someone, don't forget the other 3 fingers point back at yourself. The thumb doesn't work if you are wondering why only 3 fingers point back lol. The thumb is to stick up the ass lololol.

Lament for the day : Dunno who is playing games leh.