hectic life...

but not forgetting to pause and enjoy life...then it's life...

photo taken from the behind of the toilet door at guangzhou baiyun airport...to remind people to flush after use...hectic life but dun forget to flush the toilet too...

malacca to sushi king...

on 9 july...we rushed back from malacca after the perak rafting trip...with stopover at JB city square for sean's pantry's shopping and lunch at sushi king...the international youth hostel in malacca costs RM 30 for one night and has 3 beds...clean and huge room with attached bathroom...had wanton mee for breakfast and took the public bus 17 near the hostel to the malacca bus station...it was the first time i took the local feeder bus in malaysia...we made in time to send our austrian and swiss frenz off to brisbane and zurich respectively... 

hair for hope...

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宋家皇朝。。。

watched the soong sisters on tv last sat nite..though i had watched at the movie theatre before...that was many years back and i remembered i watched it with lifang...and i also remembered i teared at some scenes...it was a good movie...that's y i decided to stay up to watch it again...usually i would fall asleep halfway while watching tv....but amazingly i managed to stay up til 1.30am without missing any part....the movie gave me a good recap of the history of china after qing dynasty was overthrown....about the revolution...and how the nationalist and communist parties came about...the touching scenes are that of the kinship between the sisters and between the sisters and their parents....still brought me to tears....i dun mind watching it again and again....

still have a lot of dvds and vcds about the historical events like korean war, vietnam war, WWII, cultural revolution....all china import which i haf yet to haf time to watch....been hearing so much about the cultural revolution in china too...hope i can have time to watch the cultural revolution vcd soon....may be 2 years later???

during my lower sec history class...i was never so interested in history...but now i m very keen to know wat had happened in the past to shape wat is happening todae and wat is going to happen tmlo....

when i was in harbin last winter, i visited one historial site despite the cold...it was -12 degrees at least and i braved the cold to go find the historical site...is called 731部队。。。at 平房。。。about 45mins bus ride from harbin...i almost froze during the bus ride...my feet was numb while on the bus cos there was an opening and cold wind was blowing at my feet....managed to find the place after some directions from the locals and walking around in the cold....i went there alone but luckily there was a chinese group who was already there and i followed the group and the guide which gave explanations of the exhibits....else it could be quite a scary experience viewing the exhibits alone....the place is actuallie a germ warfare research centre which the japanese set up during WWII and they used life humans as research samples...it was really cruel....many chinese had suffered and died in the that place unnaturally.....hearing about the cruelty and being at the place where the cruel acts were being carried out really made my hair stands....luckily i had the company of the chinese group....after the visit the whole chinese group boarded the same tour bus except me....think then they realized i was not part of their group...but i appreciate their company...after that i went back to harbin alone the cold...there wasn't anything much to explore in 平房。。。but i was glad to see a school nearby and i stood there watching the children learning how to ice skate though it was freezing cold....i took a bus back to harbin soon after cos the sky would turn dark at 4.30pm...

back from jog by the river...

after much hesitation...i finallie decided to go for a jog after work todae cos i was feeling FAT　ａｆｔｅｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ...was jogging alone...and i saw my ex-colleague from imc shipping...i was surprised that he still can remember me...cos i tink i haf changed much since i left imc...

was wondering how come pple can still remember my face after many many years...though i change my hairstyle, my specs, put on braces, remove braces...i was at the bus stop one day and my sec school girl guide junior can spot me...and my pri 3 long lost classmate can spot me from friendster...难道化成灰也认得出吗？？？。。。or actuallie i din change much at all....

saw stacy and joan jogging at esplanade todae too...hehehe...pleasant surprise...got more jogging khakis now...jio me jio me...

ｈａｄ　ｌｕｎｃｈｉｅ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｋｏｒｅａｎ　ｃｏｌｌｅａｇｕｅ，　monica　ａｎｄ　ｈｅｒ　ｋｏｒｅａｎ　husband，　ａｎｄｙ this afternoon．．．ａｎｄｙ　ｉｓ　ａｓ　ｆｕｎｎｙ　ａｓ　monica...wonder　ｉｆ　ｔｈｅｉｒ　ｓｏｎ，　ａｎｄｒｅｗ　ｉｓ　ｏｓｏ　ｆｕｎny...ｈａｈａｈａａ...ａｎｄｙ　ｓａｉｄ　ｔｈａｔ　during　their　ｔｉｍｅ...ｗｈｅｎ　ｔｈｅｙ　ｓｔａｒｔ　ｔｏ ｗｏｒｋ..ｔｈｅｙ　ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｇｉｖｅ　ａｌｌ their　ｓａｌａｒｙ　ｔｏ　ｔｈｅｉｒ　ｍｏｔｈｅｒｓ　ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅｉｒ　ｍｏｔｈｅｒｓ　would in turn give them　pocket　ｍｏｎｅｙ　ｅｖｅｒｙ　ｍｏｎｔｈ...ｔｈｅ　ｋｏｒｅａｎ　ｍｏｔｈｅｒｓ　are　ｔｈｅ　finance　ministers　ｈｅｌｐｉｎｇ　ｔｏ　ｍａｎａｇｅ　ｔｈｅ　finance of the family...ｗｈｅｎ　ｔｈｅｙ get married， the　money which the mothers helped to save　ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｂｅ　returned　ｔｏ　ｔｈｅｍ....ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅｙ　ａｃｔｕａｌｌｉｅ　can　ｈａｆ　ａ　ｗｉｎｄｆａｌｌ.....wow!!!amazing culture...but ｄｕｎ　ｔｉｎｋ　ｔｈａｔ　ｃａｎ　ever　ｈａｐｐｅｎ　ｉｎ　ｓｉｎｇａｐｏｒｅ...

perak white water rafting in april 2005...

 

perak caving and rafting...one and only...

the one and only photo i took from the caving and rafting trip in perak...hehehe....in the trip are dragonboat and steamboat people....we were surrounded by falling durians...

it was my 2nd time rafting in the kampar river...remembered i had a certificate from the first trip but this time no haf lehhh....but this time...the river has more water...so the raft can move faster and no need to paddle so much...hehehe...the previous trip..i had bought along francis's digital camera with casing..that's why took more photos as compared to this trip...lemme find back the old photos...been more than a year ago...fast!!!

Dutch family visits...

my dutch colleague, victorine's brother's family came to singapore for 3 weeks holiday...victorine was so excited prior to their arrival...she was telling me and counting down to their arrival...i also felt excited for her...it was finallie happening that her brother's family is coming to singapore...victorine brought them to the office...i was expecting them since morning...and thay reached office at 11.45am...together w the big double stroller which has some storage problem...so happy to meet the dutch family...and the children are reallie adorable...the second child likes monica very much...cheek to cheek when taking photos...hehehe.....

 

monica is so brave!!!

i must say my korean colleague, monica, is truly brave!!! and i witnessed her bravery one day...

one fine day after lunch...only monica and i were in office...suddenly monica came to my desk and looked at my desk..she grabbed the calendar on my desk and asked if that is mine, i told, "yes"..she asked if she can borrow it..i told, "sure"...then she grabbed the calendar and hurried back to her desk... i was a bit puzzled and went to take a look...to my horror...monica was trying to subdue a cockcoach...the cockcoach tried to escape and monica was v determined to give chase...i am v scared of cockcoach...so i did not go too near to the slaughter scene....instead i was standing 500 metres away looking at how brave monica was...my calendar proved useless and monica had thrown it one side already...instead she was armed with her new shoe which she bought from korea...it was a very farnie scene....farnie cos i was so scared of cockcoach and standing so far...and on the other hand...monica is so brave in the front line against the cockcoach...monica was armed w her shoe in one hand trying to fight it all out w the cockcoach...i can see that monica was scared too..may be scared is not the appropriate word..i tink she was more disgusted than scared by the creature...cos could tell from her face...and she was quite comical during the process of killing the cockcoach...the cockcoach tried to escape wor...but still it was not fast enough for monica's flying shoe!!!...in the end...monica's shoe went crushing on it...and phew!!!victory!!!monica was also brave enuff to 收尸。。。i was truly impressed!!!

only then i dared to go over to monica to congratulate her!!!cos she killed the cockcoach successfully...i kept telling monica that she was so brave...she is a brave woman...told her i was very scared of cockcoach...luckily she was in the office...she saved my life!!!monica shared that last time...before she was married...she was also very afraid of cockcoach...but after marriage when she became a mother...she has to be brave to kill the cockcoach as her son would eat the cockcoach when he saw them...she had no choice but to kill the cockcoach w her hands immediatley...cos very emergency...however she told that korean cockcoach is very small...unlike singaporean cockcoach...she told singaporean cockcoach is very big...never see before such big ones...

next day..monica showed me what she had written in her diary...
Today i killed a big cockcoach in office with my shoe. It was just behind me walking around without any fear.
I hate cockcoach. So i could not forgive it to walk around just behind my chair. Compared to korean cockcoach, S'pore's cockcoach is much bigger so it is disgusting. In fact, i can live with a lizard but i cannot live with a cockcoach. My husband chases away a cockcoach when he saw it. But i try to kill it. Sometimes i kill it but sometimes i cannot kill it because it moves so fast.
Tun Ling is scared of it. She said I am brave. She is single. If she gets married, she will become brave. She must protect her family and food from cockcoaches.

hahahahaaa.....ehhhhh....not too sure if i would be brave after marriage....hahhahhaaa.....
brown font to commemorate the death of the office cockcoach...RIP...*peace*

last mon...tue...wed...

on moday...

we had a 2f girls only gathering...sorta farewell for yanfen who is leaving for sydney to pursue her degree in nursing...gals present were lishan, yanli, yiping, yanfen, meili (so long neber see her..she got promoted to mother liao!!!), lifang and me...all the best to yanfen for her studies!!!

on tuesday...

went jogging with kezia and regina along esplanade area...actuallie it was a lovely place to jog but i admit i m not disciplined enuff to jog regularly...luckily haf some frenz working nearby to provide me with some reason to go jogging....though i haf a very valid reason to exercise...which is to lose weight and eat more....but sometimes i choose to ignore that....hehhee....hiak!!!....haf to jog more so that i can eat more and not risk becoming too huge for my existing clothes....

on wedneday...

went to little india...23 roberts lane...to meet up with an austrian couple whom haf reached singapore on tandem bicycle....anita and stefan haf been cycling on their double bicycles since September 2004...sean had met them in islamabad, pakistan in may 2005 during his cycling trip...they haf started from their home in austria and singapore is their 17th country...still going strong and no time frame of when to return home...so good to meet them and listen to their adventures....such cheerful and fun-loving couple....they are living my dream lahhh....and i am always happy to see people doing what i dreamt of doing....

outside the guesthouse in little india

from left : me, sean, stefan, anita and swee kian

international friendship week begins...

my dutch colleague, victorine and her french husband, sylvain, came to bedok reservoir on race day 1 to support...it was a very hot day....however when they arrived...the last race for the day was over....victorine confessed that she was sleeping and was not busy with housework and cleaning....

hey hey yo vic...u look great in tiny skirt!!!and u would look as great when u r twice ya age....never too old for anything lah.....dun worry....

besides supporters from europe...sean also brought rob to bedok reservoir....rob is a canadian cyclist whom have been cycling around the world for 4.5 years....sean had met him in kyrgyzstan...and he had cycled to singapore on his alloy steeds...amazing person...he has peddled to so many places and still peddling... he had cycled across russia in winter...with temperature of -40 degrees...even his can of coke froze and he tried to place the can of coke under his arm pit hoping that it could be defrozed....at the same time telling himself it was very fun in such madness...that's the spirit!!!....he had left singapore for batam then sumatra and other indonesia islands...then australia then new zealand....he wants to return home(canada) for christmas this year after spending 4 christmas-es away from home...hope he would reach home in time for christmas....have a safe journey back!!!!all the way!!!!

followed by jc steamboat gathering on fridae nite...

for the first time in many years since we graduated, we had new faces in our class gathering...who is shirley and jialing!!!...warmest welcome to them!!!and it has been a while since the no. of gals present in our jc class gathering out numbered the no. of guys...remembered in our last class gathering...i was the onli gal present...kanna dua...this time we had 5 gals and onli 2 guys...lawrence...u missed out on jialing and shirley this time...

after our steamboat dinner at new 7th storey hotel...we went to this cafe at liang seah street if i din remember wrongly...to haf a drink n some chit chat...hehehehehe...our next gathering would be 2 months later....bbq at east coast park...organised by cynthia....hehehe....looking forward to that....hope more new faces would come....

counting back the week...last fridae morning...

it all started with last fridae...when my holland colleague, victorine, decided that she wanted to buy cheese cake from coffee bean to celebrate fridae...hahahahha.....so at 11plus on a fridae...victorine, monica (my korean colleague) and i were "partying" away in office with cheesecake and cookie...we decided that we must have weekly fridae celebration...hahhahaa....

wat a busy week gone!!!

last race...

Life is Beautiful...

offering of alms to monks at Luang Prabang, Laos...

~ the beauty of giving ~

while at luang prabang...i sacrifice my beauty sleep n woke up at 5.15am to wait for this beautiful moment...the monks came out at 6.45am...it was all worth it though...