1st Day in Taiwan (20/12/07)

SQ 878 ETD Singapore 1225 ETA Taiwan 1655.

This flight will be landing at Taoyuan Airport. Yeah Taiwan here I come!!!! Once touched down, we went straight for our dinner. After dinner we went to Pei Tou Spring City Resort. What's in this resort??? HOT SPRING...I've been looking forward to try hot spring. Finally I get to try liao....

Taiwan Trip

20th December 2007 - 26th December 2007

Where did I go during that period??? TAIWAN....Yeah... that's the place I always wanted to go. I want to go there for their shopping and food (probably I saw too much Taiwan variety shows liao, always very curious about their local food and their night market).

In order to have more personal time of enjoyment, I've decided to leave RJ back in Sg with JW and Mary. But to tell you the truth, even though I had a good time shopping and eating but I really missed RJ very much. In fact I was counting down to go back to Singapore to see him, hug him and kiss him.

Will go through full details of my trip in the next posting!

HOME DECOR - DIY

I'm been a ardent fan of Channel 8's variety show Home Decor...my support always goes to Bryan Wong, he is a very talented person. I loves his DIY. Well I did DIY too in my home...FIXED up my towel holder in my bathroom...borrowed Helen's Black & Decker's Hammer Drill and fixed up the holder (of cos I have my maid to help me lah)...DIY may look simple and easy but it's not...next day I had muscle ache on my arms...

BOLLYWOOD NITE

Heritage Challenge 2007 falls on my birthday 13th Nov 2007 and this year's theme is Bollywood. Heehee...my and my colleague went to Little India to shop for sarees...here are some of the pictures that we took during the dinner.

MY 35th BIRTHDAY
1st Celebration with my University Friends in KL
8th Nov - I celebrated my 1st round of 35th birthday with my friends at my sister's place in USJ...we had a BBQ party. (photos to be updated later)...

2nd Celebration with family in Singapore
12th Nov - JW took me out for a dinner in Sizzlers at Toa Payoh without RJ. Then we later bought a few small cupcakes to celebrate with RJ at home...

3rd Celebration in my Office
13th Nov - My actual day...My colleagues celebrated my birthday in my office...they bought me a green tea cake (cos green tea is my favourite) and I also received a nice white bag from them.

My Immediate Boss's Birthday!!!

We celebrated Helen's birthday at Sun with Moon at Wheelock Place. We bought her a small love shape chocolate truffles as her birthday cake...Had a good meal and nice cute dessert. Hope she enjoys the food as much as we enjoyed it. Once again Happy Birthday Helen!!

Share some of the pictures we took at the restaurant.

Cottage Pie...

Based on Yvonne's recipe I tried making cottage pie. This is my second attempt...Would say taste not bad...sorry picture not so nice cos I didn't put cheese on top cos me dun like cheese....with cheese outlook better...

YEAH...COMPANY TRIP AGAIN (20th December - 26th December 2007)

Wow at 1st when they announce we are going Vietnam...all of us "sian qi pua" (half sian) cos in our mind, Vietnam is a 3rd world country sure not as interesting...I think partly because during mid of the year we received some news saying that we will be going to New Zealand....from NZ all the way to Vietnam...haiz....

Thank God, the management decided to change the place to Taiwan...I've been talking about going Taiwan for the past few year but never go...yeah, now finally can go...Am very excited and looking forward to it....thinking of the shopping, night market and snacks....drooling liao....

Hope that we will have a safe, smooth and enjoyable trip to Taiwan and back to Singapore! Will I'll definetely miss my Darling (heehee...I mean R.J), this will be the 2nd year I didn't spend Christmas with him...but not too bad at least this year RJ will be spending Christmas with papa cos JW is not going with me....

NASI LEMAK

Well, RJ was having heat rash all over, which means no kai kai for me too....so it will be cooking day for me...I fried Mee Tai Mak for lunch and cook Nasi Lemak with Ayam Masak Merah for dinner...I quite like my sambal, not too spicy, just nice!!!!Here are 2 pictures of my yummy Nasi Lemak!

4 of this, 4 of that...

Tagged by Sin Mei....

Four jobs I have held in my life:
1. Admin/HR
2. Admin/HR/PA
3. Admin/HR/PA/Operations/Trade Finance
4. part time one consider or not??? - Me part time teacher, part time clown

Four places I have lived:
1. Kuantan, Malaysia
2. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3. Old Airport Road, Singapore
4. Macpherson Estate (Circuit Road & Balam Road), Singapore

Four countries I have been to on vacation:
1. China (Shenzhen, Kunming, Dali, Lijiang & Shangarila)
2. Hong Kong
3. Australia (Perth)
4. Thailand (Phuket)

Four of my favourite foods: Aiyoh this one a bit diff cos i like food, that explain the size...heeheee
1. Seafood - yummy yummy crab
2.Dim sum (hong kong style)
2. Salmon (esp smoked)
3. Nasi briyani

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Korea
2. Taiwan
3. Europe
4. Malaysia

4 person I am going to tag next: A bit difficult cos mostly kena tagged liao
1. Mimi (Tricia's Mum)
2. Eunice (Ziv's Mum)
3. Fanny
4. aiyoh dun know who liao lah...

MOONCAKE Making Session at Phoon Huat

As mentioned earlier about the mooncake making session...well both Sandy and I went yesterday...Wow...super tired, stand for more than 1.5hrs and hand busy knead flour, weigh and mould...thank God they have someone to help us to do...we made 44 pieces of mooncake each. I made my favourite flavour - green tea and Sandy made lotus. I think worth going cos we go there buy their ingredient, use their mould and they provide manpower to help us...the best thing is that we don't have to clean up the mess after that...YIPEEEEE!!!

OKTOBERFEST 2007

What is Oktoberfest???


Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September and early October. It is one of the most famous events in the city and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year.

The festival is held on an area named the Theresienwiese (Field [or meadow] of Therese), often called "d’ Wiesn" for short. Beer plays a central role in the fair, with every festival beginning with a keg of beer tapped by the Mayor of Munich who declares "O'zapft is!" (Bavarian: "It’s tapped!"). A special Oktoberfest beer is brewed for the occasion, which is slightly darker and stronger, in both taste and alcohol. It is served in a one-liter-tankard called Maß. The first mass is served to the Bavarian Minister-President. Only local Munich breweries are allowed to serve this beer in a Bierzelt, a beer tent which is large enough for thousands. Note: the words 'stein' and 'lager' do not mean what many English speakers think they do so instead use 'Mass' or 'Helles' respectively
Visitors also consume large quantities of food, most of it traditional hearty fare such as sausage, hendl (chicken), käsespätzle (cheese noodles), and sauerkraut, along with such Bavarian delicacies as roast ox tails.


Am glad that I have a chance to attend Oktoberfest 2007 in Swiss Club, It's indeed an eye opening and fun event to attend. All thanks to my company's banker RZB for inviting me...We drank beer, eat a lot of meat and sausage...yummy yummy sausage...there's also a band playing song where people will form choo choo train and move about. A lot of people also stand on the table and dance....FUN, FUN, FUN

Held in a big tent in Swiss Club

My unfinished mug of beer

Hope to go again next year with more our own kakis so that we can party and dance along...

Kueh Dadar...

I'm in the mood of making snacks. Started of with Ang Ku Kueh, now Kueh Dadar. I also made Coconut Candy but too bad presentation not so nice so pai seh to show but taste not bad...heeee...next will try to make Snow Skin Mooncake. 17th Sept, going to Phoon Huat to learn how to make...Hope it will turn out ok cos I love snow skin mooncake.

My CREATION!!!

All a sudden in cooking mood, made some angku kueh in the morning and afternoon made cottage pies. Above are the pics for my angku kueh but din take any pics on the pies...

Thanks to my neighbour, Ms. Koh in helping me to make the fillings and also lending me the mould and scaling machine. Turn out quite ok but will try the recipe with sweet potato next time. For the recipe will update later...

REPRODUCTION

Baby Jin Wei

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Baby Bee Wah

Kid Jin Wei

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Kid Bee Wah

JIN WEI + BEE WAH (2 BECOME 1)

= ONE HAPPY RON JUN

Singapore National Day

Today is 8th August, the eve of Singapore National Day. My lady boss gave us a treat, we ordered pizza and drumlets. We also opened 3 bottles of wine, we had a great time eating and drinking...some of us got high and some almost near to drunk liao...Yeah the best thing is that we get to go back at 5pm (half an hour earlier)...better than nothing...

Here, would like to wish Singapore a "Happy 42nd Birthday"!

Below herewith are some of our "high" pictures

I'm sick...

Poor me after Segamat trip, came back with sore throat, dry cough and flu...could it be too much durian?? But doctor said it's not because of durian but more on common flu.

I had durian on Thurs (kiam siap me bought those 3 for $10), Friday (bought by Helen, Mao San Wang, 1 kg $15) and Saturday (famous Segamat durian). The durian in Segamat was good, I had Kasap Merah, Ang Hay and Kunyit. Bee Chin also bought yummy pineapple tarts for me.

The best of this trip is that I get to meet my family members, not so much on the food and durians. Mum and dad travelled all the way to Segamat to see me and RJ. Am so touched!

The part where we need to entertain RJ on the train ride really strecthed me and make me tired. I think this probably will be the last train ride at the present moment...don't think I want to go through another long journey ride...

Now I pray that I can recover fast and hope that I don't pass the virus to RJ...

Lunch at Il Lido Sentosa

My kind and generous boss gave us a treat at Il Lido, a nice Italian Restaurant at Sentosa Golf Club. Good food and nice scenery! Thank you boss!

Shepherds Retreat

Shepherds' Retreat (6th April 2007)

This year's Shepherds' Retreat was held in Malacca from 6th July 2007 till 8th July 2007. We stayed in the Century Mahkota (behind Mahkota Parade).

I brought RJ and Mary along for this trip. We shared an apartment with Wendy, Jaclyn and Cassandra.

Thank God RJ was quite cooperative throughout the trip. When we had our sharing session, Mary stayed in the apartment with him so that he won't disturb me. He has been a good boy. We had good sharing sessions.

On 7th April (Sat), Bee Lan and Daryl came and join us around 3pm. We went out for satay celup and chendol. In the evening, took RJ for a swim with Daryl and Bee Lan. All of us went out dinner together. Bee Lan and I discover that at Jonkers Street they have a night market which is very interesting. We took them there for makan and shopping...

On 8th April (Sat), Bee Lan took us to somewhere further for breakfast, it's somewhere near Bukit Cina. After that we went to Mahkota Parade to meet Bee Chin...however, both RJ and I didn't spent much time with Bee Chin cos we need to rushed back to check out from our apartment.

For 3 short days I had quite a fruitful trip, I get to taste Malacca Chendol, Chicken Rice ball, Satay Celup, buy Gula Melaka, had a good and cheap high tea in the hotel. Most important is that I had great time of fellowship with my fellow Children workers cum brothers and sisters in Christ (nothing forgetting I get to meet my family members).

CHINESE NEW YEAR

This are a few photos we took during CNY in our office. We started work on the 6th Day of CNY (23rd February), and a few of us decided to wear cheongsam on that day. We had fun taking pictures...

Helen, Fanny and I

Another group photo

Frank together with Fanny and Me

Standing tall

Yvonne & I