Healthy Start For Ah Sze

Just went for a jog at the park near my house~ think this was the 3rd time I jogged at the park and the previous two times happened like 10 years ago before I applied for a position in my present job.

Hehe, since this is a startup to train up my stamina, I started out by walking one round (must recee first mah), jogged one round, walked another round cos the 1st jog was too fast (too excited I guess *haha*) and finally jogged another round before I jogged back home (although initial plan was to head back home after the 2nd walk *hehe* but I perservere)

Good start for Ah Sze... hope I will continue to jog so that the annual 2.4km run is not so scary and breathless for me *hehe* old liao leh~

A New Chapter

I had just gone to see Shirlene off at Changi Airport Terminal 1 with Baoli, who has to be there in case Shirlene nagged at her for being heartless *haha* which may last for years...

Shirlene's gonna be taking her final year Degree at UWA in Perth, which commences in Feb 09 til Nov 09. Anyway I'll visit her during her holidays in June (I haven't been to Perth yet *hehe*) and then she'll come back S'pore in July to whack our local gourmet and catch up with her friends and family before she return back to Perth again for another semester in the same month or Aug (can't remember)... so dun forget to "book" her in advance.

10 Feb 09 marks the beginning of a new chapter~

Discipline, independence, finance and the list of challenges goes on~

Please take care of yourself and all the best in whatever you do!!
(See ya in MSN *haha*)

Happy 23rd Birthday to Shirlene!!

18th November 2008 = Shirlene's 23rd Birthday~

Shirlene said 23 years old is considered old liao... maybe she forgot that the person she's talking to is already 30 bah... hmm... wonder if that's a compliment to me *haha*

Anyway, we went to Ritz Carlton to have buffet dinner earlier to celebrate her birthday. Yes, it's my treat but don't say I'm rich wor~but their buffet is really good. Didn't know that tonight's theme was Oyster's Nite, but usually they serve good oysters and other seafood.

There were 5 different types of oysters from different countries, and I tried them all!! I read the description tags but I can't seem to remember the exact contents, so I can only provide a super brief description and my after taste thoughts.

Oyster 1 = from New Zealand, stated as the most nutritious oyster. Due to its big size, it has a thicker and creamy taste compared to the other oysters. No wonder they say it is very nutritious~

Oyster 2 = from France, stated as a fine oyster. This oyster is the thinnest among all, can eat more and the "oyster taste" is not that strong... newbies can eat this for a start but I dunno where else got sell.

Oyster 3 = from dunno which country but I think I saw the word "Irish". Anyway, this oyster has a natural salty taste to it due to the place it's from.

Oyster 4 = from France also, has a more rounded shell and smaller compared to the others. Although it's small in size, the "oyster taste" is stronger wor...

Oyster 5 = can be found in three places but I forgot where liao *haha old age lah* this type of oysters is what we usually eat (I think so cos they are placed at the same place in abundance). This is also what attracted me to the buffet dinner specifically at Ritz Carlton. Anyway I wonder why I suddenly feel sleepy after eating the 5 types of oysters wor~ cos after that I slowed down in my other food consumption liao... maybe too nutritious?

Ok enough of oysters' talk... Let's talk about the complimentary birthday cake that the restaurant had prepared for us.

One coffee flavoured cake + birthday song sang by the restaurant staff + background birthday music by the band (not rubber band leh, it's those who play the violin, piano, cello etc). Oh, and it was me who notified the staff when I called to make the dinner reservation *ahem* good hor?

Gathering on 18 Oct 08

Been meeting up with friends for consecutively two nights... but I love the gatherings, even though I am a listener most of the times *hehe* cos I simply love their company!!

Went to meet up with Shirlene's Secondary School classmates who are also my friends at City Hall earlier... seen them grow up since 8 years ago k? There's Cynthia, Grace and Yoke Yip (other people call her Jade lah, but I want to call her Yoke Yip *hehe*). Karen (our favourite CNN newscaster) can't make it cos of some personal reason and THAT Shiqi needs to celebrate her anniversary with her *honey*~ The last time Shirlene and I met up with Cynthia, Grace and Shiqi was like at least 1.5 years ago... Yoke Yip was even longer... and now she has become such a pretty (and sporty as usual) lady *haha* (erm... ok the rest of the girls also pretty actually *Ah Sze is always fair*)

Anyway, we had dinner at Shokudo (Japanese style Marche) and that was recommended by Yoke Yip. 1st time there for me... not a bad place for makan and gathering~ Here are some photos taken at Shokudo >>>

The "late for 2 hours" Cynthia and her dinner set

The Grown-Up Theresians

The sweet look

The happier look (after some motivations from me *hehe)

Shirlene killing the Green Tea ice-cream

After that we went to Starbucks to continue chatting... I had fun listening to them recalling about their school memories and we can laugh until the tears come out lor~ starting from Grace as usual... Here are some photos taken at Starbucks>>>

The Theresians again

We are the Mao Family (not the China one)

So nice to be hanging out together
(but dunno where Cynthia is looking lor)

After that we went to take more photos at Raffles City (these two nights I've been busy taking photos lor~) >>>

Timer shot which I had re-adjusted the brightness of the pic

Ahem... the thorn among the roses?

Taking pics at Raffles City after closing hours

Yoke Yip trying to test our reflex during a sudden candid shot

Beauties and the Beast

Shirlene the Milk Maid to-be

Trying to be funny with the poor cow
(except for Grace)

Wonder if the cow is happy or sad to see us posing

A decent group photo with the cow

All of us treasure the moments that we share although none of us said it out during the meet-up... it was FATE that brought us all together regardless of where we come from or the difference in age (between me and them of cos)... Thanks for being my FRIENDS~~ you make me HAPPY~~

Gathering at K-Box

It's been a long time since we went to KTV together... too bad Liling can't make it... but thanks to Shufen who organised this gathering to celebrate Baoli and Lishan's birthday... cos I rejected being an organiser *haha bad Ah Sze*

All of us enjoyed the night and we were so busy taking photos with each other that the songs were not sung properly. Wonder if we booked a KTV room to take photos or to sing song actually... Anyway I'm so glad that we are still meeting up often and have been good friends for 16-17 years since Secondary School times (some even longer~ since Primary School lor...) Guess we're the only clique from our class who are meeting so often bah?

I love you all *hehe*

Glad we're still as close

The Result

The long-awaiting application result is out!!

Just got the confirmation from the sole winner earlier on...

Haha... heard from him, only 1 out of 37 got it, and I'm glad that the winner came from my department. Well, Zul is good and I think there's only one last stage before he's offically accepted bah - medical assessment *hehe* that one should pass easily lah~

Anyway, it's a good experience afterall, having the opportunity to talk to No.2 in the hierarchy and other people whom I had never seen before haha...

Next plan in life>>> save money

A Call For Papa

I just received a call at my house from an auntie... and she asked to speak to my father... who had passed away for almost 4 years liao!! I was kinda speechless cos I dunno how she'll react if I said "He die liao leh"... luckily my mum was home and she heard me said my dad's name quite loudly in surprise. So she came to take over the phone and I was laughing away when she told the auntie that my dad had passed away since Dec 2004. The auntie did not believe and still said that she had recently saw my dad and had now wanted to ask him to help her do some painting job cos my dad was a painter. Dun think she would really want my dad to help her do the painting now bah... *haha* scary wor~

Anyway, after my mum had so-called chatted with her over the phone about my dad (though she dun really know who she's talking to *typical anutie*), that unknown auntie was finally convinced that my dad had really passed on *hehe* wonder who else would call and look for my dad again.

Still Waiting...

I am still waiting for the photos taken on Adrian and Baoli's wedding since 10th September 2008 for uploading in my blog... can't wait to share the Big Day with the rest of the world, even though they might not be interested *haha* but at least there are a handful of MY readers wanting to see the beautiful bride and her handsome hubby, who had been smiling the most number of times in his life on that day and night~ cos usually he's camera shy.

Well, good things are worth waiting for mah... so I will continue to wait... and wait... and wait...

Happy Birthday to My Beloved Buddy!!

Happy Birthday to Baoli!!!

Gave her a dinner treat at Waraku Reastaurant - Novena Square 2 to celebrate her birthday earlier at 7pm since I have to work 24hrs later on. If not she can grumble for at least a year for not having the time to celebrate her birthday... As usual, the Fantastic 4 (Baoli, Adrian, Shirlene and I) were there *hehe*

Anyway, Shirlene and I gave Baoli a little surprise during the dinner - 2 slices of cakes bought from "Canele" cafe beside Shaw House, as her birthday cake and asked Waraku staff to keep it until we finished our food.


We sang the birthday song as usual but have to sing it softly cos we're old liao, so can't malu ourselves in public like youngsters do. After that Baoli made her wish (or wishes since she can be quite greedy sometimes *haha*)... just hope her wishes will come true soon~


I am quite proud of my N95 8GB handphone cos I took these photos with it... and also my photography skills not bad cos I press the button at the right timing *hehe*


Buddy ah... Hope you will be happy everyday and may good health stay with you always wor~ *genuine wishes, no guilty feelings involved cos you always dun trust my words leh*