About CNY

Whoo! It was a busy 4 days!

The night before Reunion Dinner, we went to River Ang Pao. Before that, we had NYNY for dinner.

Nothing much, snapped some pictures and off we went to Marina Square then back home.











Reunion Dinner as usual. Lotsa food and gambling till 5am! Hehehe, I lost a lil on both blackjack and mahjong.

My poor baby waited for us till we got home at about 6am! She could barely hold her eyelid when she finally laid in her bed.



After 3hours of sleep, we woke up and prepared to head to Chris' godparent's place, to collect the 'YuSheng' as well as to 'Pai Nian'.

Take 1 - OpS!

Take 2 - Better




Came back home to place the 'YuSheng' into the refridgerator before rushing out again. Naughty girl trying to make us play with her.




Can't bear to let us go out again

Let me introduce you my very cute nephew. Issac the Tiger!





As it's also Vday, after visiting my Uncle's place, the 4 of us headed down to town to catch Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief, 'Kiap' a soft toy and had dinner @ Xin Wang HK Cafe.




Got home at about 1am and was dead tired.

On the second day of CNY, woke up around noon and head off from Sengkang to Bukit Batok to pay my God-family a visit. They were my doting babysitters since young till about 5years old.



Evening was spent at my Aunt's place. We Wii-ed and blackjack-ed and mahjong-ed. I was winning on mahjong during the first half, until my grandma kept winning 5 consecutive rounds just before the end of the game! I told myselft I had to at least get back my $$ and so I aim-ed for a 'Yi Se' (full colour) and I did it! With an extra flower! Muahahahaha! Got back mroe than what I asked for.




Thrid day of CNY, went over to Chris' parent's place for 'Lou Hei' and off we went to town! And look what I've got!




So busy that my laundry basket was over flowing, dust and fur and hair all over the floor. Glad I didn't agreed to start tuition today else I won't be able to do anything till thursday.

Huat ah!
michelle

Shoes and stuffs

Who doesnt love shoes?

Hehe, lazing around in the afternoon with nothing to do, decided to take out my untouched camera and snap away. So, let me show you the 3 pairs of shoes we've gotten.

Yeap, you might have noticed I'm definitely not a heels lover. :P

Went to Far East the day before and I've gotten some really cheap accessories! So happy neh!


Here's little Humpty on her time out in her running ball! I was cleaning her tank and she was Kaypo-ing around until she found a corner to sleep. Haha





She's getting cuter and cuter lah! But still very shy, only come out to run the wheel in the middle of the night when no one can see her. LOL

Heart itching for another one, but the house got no more space. :(

Shop and shopped!

Finally, I've bought all my stuffs for CNY after a trip to JB yesterday and to Marina this afternoon.

Let's see what we each got.

My list:

in JB,
1 Padini dress
1 Padini shirt
1 Everlast shoe
1 Etude House lip gloss
1 chapalang eye shadow
1 Nightie

Marina Square,
1 Puma shoe
1 Dorothy Perkin's belt
1 box of Liese hair dye
1 box of Fruity Lite drink


Chris' List:

JB,
3 pieces Etude House Face Mask
3 pairs of B.U.M socks
1 box of CNY Cashew Nut Cookie

Marina,
1 pair of Beetle Bug shoe (very nice!!)

Hehe, I never bully him hoh! He's got most of his new jeans and tops when he was in USA. He prolly need just another belt and he's good to go.



Humpty has got 3 packets of Vitakraft food and a see-saw toy. Brownie got 2 packets of her favourite Donut treats.

Sundae leh?! Wanted to buy the Yogi Nano Sliver pee tray but! PLC selling at $48++ !! Chop head loh!! Saw online a lot cheaper, prolly gonna get it within this week. :D No more stained paw paw and pee stained pawprints on the tiles.

School tomorrow, gotta sleep early cos I'm damn tired.

Nighty!
Michelle

CNY is approaching

And guess what have I been up to?

No! Not shopping for new clothes BUT cleaning the freaking house!

Last week I changed the curtains and tidied up the kitchen with lotsa junk being thrown out.

Today, I hand-washed the cushion covers + 3 carpets cleaned out the whole blardy kitchen off it's dust, dirt and grease! And here she goes again, frying up some china type of dumplings.

The walls are gonna get greasy again, and not to mention, the stinking and suffocating smell of oil! It doesn't help when she only wash up the pots and pans, leaving the stove area unwiped!

I tried to be nice when she asked if I wanted to have a try at her culinary skills, and so I accepted a piece. Sundae, the ever hungry and greedy dog, knew I wouldn't give her food off the dining table, and she lingered around the tenant.

And the tenant so happily offered her the skin of the dumpling. Then! Without me looking, both of them went into the kitchen and as I turned around, she was giving Sundaae HALF a blardy dumpling.

The dumpling was coated more with oil than any other stuffs. I just hope Sundae doesn't have a tummy upset tonight.



Humpty's been feeling a lil moody from what I see. She wouldn't finish her normal serving of fresh veges and doesn't sweep up the dried mix from the food bowl. More often than not, I see her lying flatly on the bedding and stare into space or on the wheel.

Probably she just misses Dumpty, but we'll never know cos she can't speak! Hah!

But I can see that without Dumpty around her, she's seemed to be more relaxed and out-going. But she's still very timid and shy. i do hope when she becomes a Mommy, she has the means to take care of her litter.


Back to CNY, I have not found anything I liked to buy! BIG SIGH! AND I guess his new wife would not be keen to pass me money for shopping.

I've observed her, and she's made quite a big change. From the 'oh-so-generous' lady who 'oh-so-cared' for us had turned into 'oh-so-what-do-you-want-again-this-time' step mom.

I would not exactly say she's my step mom, afterall, she's not my main care giver. I don't see the need to address her as "Ah-yi", I call her by her name.


But I guess I'd not try to even ask Dad for the money. He might then give me a bigger red packet? Wishful thought!

I remembered whenever my elder step sister visited us at our home when I was younger, Dad would be so generous with his red packet. I think one record high was $500 for CNY.

I wondered, when were the times Dad actually splurged on me? only on my 21st birthday with the celebration expenses and the Gucci bag and when I topped the class and he finally gave into my pleas for an Sony MD player.


It's so obvious that Dad always favoured my younger sister more, and now that we've grown up, my younger brother is being favoured the most. You know what I mean, Dad and sons. I've always felt that I was the unwanted child. Hah, it's perfectly fine if I wasn't the most loved or favoured, but I think Dad sometimes has to and HAVE to carry himself as a 'normal' father instead of one who does/doesn't listen and one who definitely doesn't talk at all.

Why do I say that?

He talks only when he feels like it. Sometimes we would pass a sentence, awaiting for his comment, but nothing comes out. Or, we would asked him a simple/general question, he'd just look at you, then go back to whatever he's doing.

And if he had been listening? You can't tell for sure because he doesn't reply!!!!

This is what IRKS me the most.

Ok, I'm getting drifted away from my main topic. But my fingers can't stop. Can't stop thinking through what his wife said to me last weekend when I went over for dinner. Can't stop thinking why she left the apartment sneakily when me & sis weren't aware.

It's just weird isn't it? Sneaking out of the house without informing.

The fox's tail under the sheep's coat is soon gonna be exposed.

I hope by then I would have the courage to defend myself and my sister. Bro has nothing going against him as she favoured boys, and he was seldom home due to NS.

I've also noticed that before she was here, Dad and Sis often goes to the supermarket together and from what my sis told me, I felt that they had it good each time they went out to stock up the fridge, or to get stuffs to cook up a storm.

But it all changed. Once I asked my sister if she had been going out to the supermarket with Dad cos I noticed the fridge was quite empty. She replied me saying "why should I go? got her already and they only go to the wet market nowadays."

It's so saddening to hear this. It's like the only bonding activity between a father and daughter was robbed away by the wife.

I don't blame her entirely. She's young, too young, in my opinion.

Such a long post, I doubt anyone would read to the end.

There's more to write, but I'm a lil apprehensive to pen it down. It'll be more wise to leave it to a later date.

Meanwhile, I shall spend more good quality time with my sister, I certainly hope she does not change for the worst with all the broken pieces of our family slashing on her from all directions.


Anyways, on a consolation, Chris is coming back home soon and I'm sure we're gonna have a blast this CNY yet again and I'm surely looking forward to our Bangkok trip in April!


michelle





after the phonecall, I'm feeling worst than ever. It's not that I don't want to care, but it might be because I don't know how. And you can't blame me, I've already told you right from the start of the rs.

I'll miss you Dumpty

Mama's sorry, so very sorry for what happened last night.

Dumpty, you've escaped twice from the tank.
Both times in the night when you were out of Sundae's reach.
You looked so cute with your half opened eyes looking up at me,
thinking what's going on as I scooped you up from behind the cabinet's door where you were hiding

Mama's sorry because she stayed out late after school.

Mama's sorry because the lids that she covered the tank with were insufficient to prevent you from escaping yet again.

Mama's sorry because mama didn't had the courage to go near you when you were lying there, motionless on the floor.

Mama's sorry because all she did was to cry, in sadness and in fear of what she saw.

She was horrified by the scene she had to face as you were covered in a bloody mess.

Mama's sorry because she belittled you.

If it wasn't Mama's fault, you wouldn't had passed away in such a way.


You could have been enjoying a good life for another year or so.
You could have been running wildly on your most beloved wheel.
You could have continued having a life most abandoned hamsters would want.
So loved by both Mama and Dada.


You were the cheeky little hamster. Each move of yours were so stunningly swift.
You loved snatching Humpty's food even when I gave the same portion to you both.


From a tiny hamster you were, you became a dominant female.

I had a sense of achievement when you were finally tamed and allowed us to hold you a little longer than usual.


I'll miss how you look at us with your big bright eyes
I'll miss how you get swung out of the wheel when you run too fast


Last but not least, I'll miss your cheeky self as you never fail to make me laugh with your silly antics.

Love,
Mama & Dada

Xmas' coming

It's near the end of the year again, and soon in 3 weeks time, I'm gonna turn 23(oh my gosh! did I just typed 23?! yikes!). Looking back, this year went well and I have no regrets with which ever path I had chose to take.

Xmas is the time of giving and although I've already spent quite a substantial amount off my bank account getting his birthday present just a month ago, I sacrificed a bit more just for a lil surprise on the 25th.

We kinda agreed on smaller presents this Christmas because of the above, and that he had also bought me a phone 2weeks back, I can't bring myself asking for more. But of cos, I still hope for a tiny surprise this weekend.

Gonna head into JB on Boxing Day with Mom + Aunt & family + Chris & siblings, it's like a family outing! I'm feeling so excited already just thinking about it! Gonna get more Wii games and accessories and try to stock up on some cheap grocery over there. Not forgetting cheap and nice seafood to end the day.



I'm feeling kinda upset right now. I guess it's time to let go.

My Fujitsu laptop of almost 4years is REALLY dying. I tried upgrading the ram from 512 to 1gb a few months ago and it went well, but now it starts up and shuts down really slowly and when I try to load a web page, it would take forever before it's fully loaded. And the moment I click on a link, the webpage hangs!

I'm currently using Chris' netbook to blog and do my stuffs, but it just doesn't feel the same. Sigh. He mentioned about getting me a desktop, as CPU performs better than a laptop. I wonder if I should, cos I hate the monitor and CPU collecting dust, and not to mention, the messy wires and it'll be taking up more space than a laptop. Moreover, it ain't portable.

But if it's gonna be a iMac, then I wont mind lah. It's like a all-in-1 you know. It it looks minimalistic and it's just great!

*hint*hint*

heehee...

michelle

Got the Iphone!

Cute? They love squishing during their sleep


Sometimes Dumpty likes being alone, but still, squished.

*laughs*

She sure likes to be in the weirdest sleeping position and unthnkable moves/stunts during play. Sundae and I am amused each time she's awake and active, but she doesn't like being handled, would siam and run super fast from our hands. Might be a marathon runner in the past. keke.

Humpty eats and sleeps all day, but she loves being handled by us. She tried grabbing and holding onto Chris' finger last night when hetried to stroke her. Then ended up carrying her, so fun!




Chris bought me the Iphone on Saturday. Queue isn't mad in Compass point, but I still had to wait for over 2hours before seeing the phone lah.

Got free X'mas mug from them, very nice loh, was tempted to ask them to give me another one, but decided I shouldn't, cos that'll make me look so Auntie! But the mug is really nice mah!

See...

They have the orange colour one too!


Went shopping for my Iphone's LEATHER FLIP CASING at Tampinese yesterday. Nubox damn expensive, so we just looked around. Headed to Tenchi, 1 @ $19.90, 2 @ $29.90.

Bought 2, cos Chris say standby for his Iphone which he might be getting 3 months later.

Luckily I tried the leather case outside the shop! The camera hole ain't aligned to the Iphone's camera! So I went back to change.

Opened one after another, tried one after another still the same! Sibei tulan and black face liao, especially those cover SCRATCHED my phone! WTH! I tried witholding my unhappiness after the sales girl cleaned them off with Zippo, but Chris said my face still looked very "chao tah".

The sales girl tried to psycho me to take the Silicon back casing, as the cam hole sure will be aligned on that. So BO PIAN, I chose a fake white Paul Frank silicon cover and walked out.

SUPER BO HUA LOH! Outside this type of silicon covers $10 only, max $12. Felt like I was cheated leh! And why didn't I asked for a refund? Idiot me!

And the best thing is? We went to Challenger after that AND! saw icoat (back cover + screen protector) at only $24 LAH!

Sian to the max! Totally no mood liao. Chris offered to buy me the icoat, but like waste double the money, so I tell him to get it when my white silicon case turns yellow.

Sigh!

Anyways, I'm having fun with the phone. But battery life is really damn short! I got it fully charged @ 11am yesterday, and by the time I slept @ 12midnight, it was 17%. And when I woke up this morning at 9plus, it was long gone!

Gotta get to the housework now, Chris applied had leave since thursday and housework had been neglected ever since then due to exams and shopping. :P

Tattaz!
michelle