Love, Me

I’m coughing, coughing and coughing like mad. I wish, I pray and I hope it goes away…

But still last Sat was my Cindy baby’s birthday, so of course I must be there at her birthday party. When Lina and I arrived as “early birds”, we realised WOW it was a true party!

Banners, balloons, party hats…
Lina and I had great fun decorating the venue for Cindy’s party!

Though not full strength, but we had fun meeting up again.

Cindy and her girlie dress. I lurve her pretty cake!!

No matter where we are, true friends always have lots to share.

Planned a birthday surprise for the Virgo boy, my bro-in-law, the GREAT chef: Steven. Ta da! I ordered this sinful but truly yummalicious chocolate cheesecake, and it was goooooooooood~

Birthday cake and booze for birthday boy.
Hey sis, who’s birthday is it huh?

Before I developed this crazy cough, I had my dosage of sweets, checked out this new place along Citilink: Marvellous Cream.

Strawberries cream and macaron ice-cream.

I’m going to sleep now, I hope and I hope when I wake up tomorrow morning, my depressing cough have gone away… … *sweet dreams*

这些日子以来的 “飘浮不定”
终于要告一段落了。
不免走了点 “冤枉路”，不免有点遗憾事，
但过程中得到的收获还是比较多的。
心态很重要，
我一直怀着一颗炙热的心，
积极面对人生前方的路，
不论有多累。
而我现在的心，像是从广阔的蓝天，
娓娓降落到温暖的土地上，
有种脚踏实地的安全感。
应该就是要这样，安稳的活着，
快乐的活着。

I can proudly say that 80% of my life, I work at getting things done efficiently and straight to the point. BUT when it comes to academic issues, sad to say I adopt escapism at times.

I should be rushing my tutorial now, and the DEADline is today at 12am, but thanks to my brother in law Steven who sent me this link (yes I’m pushing blame), I was busy matching my face to the different “old time looks”.

Hm, I kinda like myself in that straight long hair + turtleneck 1974-look:

(top L-R): hairspray bangs, 1960-look, cat eye glasses 1954-look
(centre L-R): 1984-look, mini skirts days 1964-look, 1974-look
(bottom L-R): bob hair 1966-look, 1950-look, 1962-look

So which image do you think suits me best? Try this out youself!
http://www.yearbookyourself.com

Ok enough of my escapism doings. Scrambling back to my tutorial… Argh this module, Contrastive Analysis of English and Chinese Languages is nerve-wrecking!

I hate to be ill, to be more accurate, I hate the feeling of being ill.

Since Saturday night when I was feverish and fluish, my body immune system seems to turn cranky. Sudden sharp pain in my throat, phelgm with blood and then it was shortage of breath… Ahhh~ my worst nightmare since young: ASTHMA attack!!!

Though I’ve learnt to take it easy over these 20 over years, the devil A does not freak me out anymore, in fact I’m pretty cool about it, but I hate the idea of using the inhaler and taking asthma medication because they contain steroids, and there are sayings that this will lead to weight gain.

OMGosh! Did I just say weight GAIN??!!

My doctor tried to explain to me that the weight gain problem will only occur if I’m on long term medication. *Phew* I hope she was not only trying to comfort the hysterical me.

My poor sister is also suffering from serious asthma attack, which started off with a cough followed by a very bad cough… She’s hospitalised now, but I think it’s a blessing in disguise as she can really get more quality rest while her health condition is being looked after by the medical professionals.

When I pop them into my mouth, I try to sing a lovely tune in my mind~
But in my heart, I hate them! *pui*

Yesterday my friend sent me some funny comic strips, and I find this one especially hilarious, or maybe because somehow I felt an affinity with this situation. Hmm… …

Recently, Hong Kong star Sammi Cheng said in an interview that she hopes to find a man who truly loves her, even as much when she’s makeup-less.
Well said! I thought.

Some changes surprise me.
I used to dislike coffee, in fact iced coffee upsets my stomach.
But now, I like coffee
Or I should say I’m addicted to coffee,
Two “dosages” daily perks me up.
I used to hate almond.
I think it tastes like cockroach
Dun ask me why, and I’ve never eaten cockroaches before.
But since last year, I fell in love with almond.
Almond jelly, almond milk, whatever almond desserts
I like~
I used to believe that old habits die hard
But now… …
So, some things do change afterall.
Still, there are more other things that I hang on to
And these, I firmly believe they won’t change.

你愿意用多长的时间等待爱情?
一个小时? 一个星期? 一个月?
真没耐性。
一年? 一个世纪? 一辈子?
真的吗?

或许你现在没有答案，不过当你遇上真爱，
你就能体会
一切等待，都是值得的。

First of all, I would like to wish eveyone a Merry Mid-Autumn Festival! Though too many mooncakes are bad for health (and fattening) and this year’s full moon will be blurry in the sky, but as long as you spend time with your family & friends, I think this is the true meaning of this joyous festival.

Last night, I attended and hosted the wedding of Xianglin & Sheng Yi at Meritus Mandarin, where almost 1,000 guests (100 tables) turned up *dropped jaw*! In spite of my serious sore throat and flu-in-development, I had a great time catching up with my friends and was sure fun emcee-ing with my “partner-of-the-night” Kong Soon (hi five! for our chemistry on stage yea).

KS happy with his script, while I was excited about my ang bao, hee~

The groom Xianglin. Congrats to you & Sheng Yi!

Wedding dinner is a good opportunity to gather with friends.

Guess what was served as the second last dish?
Mandarin hotel’s famous “Chatterbox” Chicken Rice!! We were thrilled…

Other than wedding, birthday is another happy occasion where friends can gather and spend treasured moments catching up with each other. Like last week, we celebrated SK’s birthday at SAFRA Tampines “Sakura”.

It’s amazing how our friendship stays close since the 2004 trip to Beijing…
Presenting to you, the men!

SK always takes great care of me & Jieying (if not our fathers will
slaughter him, haha~) Happy birthday SK!

We had a belated birthday celebration for Huihui & Dar last Sunday, where the four of us had coffee at TCC @ Citilink. Well the gang of eight became four, because two are currently posted overseas and the other two had to work, but anyway we still managed to talk and laugh our way through for hours!

Our colour combination is kinda matching huh.
(L-R) Me, Huihui, Diana & Jessie.

Guess who? Gosh we were so song piak piak…
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(top L) Me, (top R) Diana, (bottom L) Huihui & Jessie (bottom R).
How many did u guess correctly? Hehe…

Happy birthday Hui & Dar!

Not forgetting Liping in Shanghai…

Wrapper acting as birthday card for Liping to be air-mailed to her
(thanks to Hui’s creative idea).

For two consecutive days, Dar and I hung out at the TCC along Citilink, and we celebrated Mr. Yeo’s birthday. It was heart-warming meeting up with laoshi, and he never fails to “entertain” me with his witty comments. Every time I meet laoshi, I’ll think of shimu (Mrs Yeo), this lovely couple really took great care of us during our 6-month exchange programme at Hangzhou, China.

Happy birthday Mr. Yeo!

Felt like yesterday that the dadangs “combined power”, but actually it was 10 months ago. Two weeks before, we had an on-air reunion full of fun, laughter and “sourness” (of course I suan him lah), haha!!

《吃喝玩乐180》，招牌动作 YAY!

唇枪舌剑… … Suan-ing my dadang is my all-time hobby HA!

Maybe we should arrange an outing with listeners someday.
Any takers?

Another surprise. Yuhui 兄 (from previous news team) returned from Okinawa!

Aiyo Yuhui 兄 turned so dark… … Trying to be 阳光男孩 huh?

有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎~

Stay tuned to 883JiaFM 《周六快乐营》 this Saturday 13 September, 12pm to 4pm, while I bring you through a relaxing and HAPPY weekend!

Haven’t had time nor energy to keep my blog updated, very busy juggling my time with work, studies, hosting and very importantly, of course spending precious times with my loved ones. Feeling quite tired physically but life has been fulfilling for me.

I shall now use my “camera-whoring style” to capture my happenings these days…

One of the happiest thing is to watch him grow up, smile and yes
Matz is learning to talk (toddler-talk) nowadays.

And she’s my girl, Amerlyn aka Dora recently with her new hairstyle.

A gathering full of gossips & surprises with Kay, YY, Huat & Dadang.
Note: We had an unexpected good view of the fireworks on the
Fireworks Festival night, where we had dinner @Swissotel Kopitiam.
(Check out the squatting YY, she was REALLY eager to get a good view!)

(Clockwise) The must-try Fish Head Curry, tasty Brinjal with Shrimps,
appetising Tahu Goreng & my craving-for-the-night
Hainanese Chicken Rice @Swissotel Kopitiam.

My best team mates. My dear friends.

Gathering with old-time friends is always heartwarming.
(L-R) Zhong, La, Shawn, me & Kahyee had a good catch-up
@Raffles City Shokudo.

Though it was only for 2 months, but the moments spent with
my news gang are truly unforgettable.

(Clockwise) juicy Xiao Long Baos, tender Chicken Chop,
unique Red Bean with Bananas Pastries & slurpy La Mian from
Crystal Jade. Thanks Mei for the treat & Wilson for dabao-ing!

A great News Team led by the most POWERful Mei (centre), who is
forever hungry and hoping her clothes smell like sunshine. Haha!

The handsome News boys are Chor Hao, Matthew, Wilson, John
& Ryan. Who’s who? Drop me a comment here if u are interested in
any of the above & I’ll tell u who he is *wink*. And not forgetting,
my “neighbour” Liling (lady in white).

So as you can see, life has been really fulfilling for me, but what I need most now is some quality sleep, if not I’ll have to join the endangered species – the panda family. zzzZZ…~