Horoscope Anybody?

Scorpio
oct 24 - nov 22

Those born under the sign
of Scorpio are determined, intuitive
and subtly forceful. They are also
generous, passionate and magnetic. On the
dark side, they are prone to
jealousy and resentment. They like to keep secrets
and are very vengeful and
possessive. A cold and impassive exterior hides
turbulent
feelings

If it's your birthday

It's fortunate that Mercury, a planet so
important to your
well-being, is so favourably placed, preparing the way for
your next batch of
offers and invitations. Yet any excess zeal or
over-confidence is likely to be
thoroughly misplaced. It's a time for
clarity of thought, sensible decisions and
cautious pronouncements!

Ahh.... I still haven't figure out what it says about my future... Good or bad? Sounds like a little bit of good stuff mixed with more potential bad stuff! Anyway it's just mumbo jumbo right?

My Most Memorable Birthday!

The 25th of October is my birthday and for the past decade or so, this day is always in the period when we have exams, tests. THIS… is the first year I am a free soul… no more exams, I am a graduate! Of course, now we have to work (so sad). Unfazed, I still invited all of my good pals to join me for a simple meal at Bukit Timah's Five Star Hainanese Cuisine but on a nice Sunday (23rd of October) instead.

True enough almost all of them turned up! And we have a nice little group of eleven for dinner. The dinner was simple (I am still poor!) but it was really good and "value-for-money"! We had roasted chicken, steamed chicken, fried egg, fried "you-tiao", fried cereal prawns, "gu lu" style pork and sambal kangkong vegetables… not too bad. Even the bill was an auspicious $88.80!

After dinner, we went for a karaoke session at Lot 1's KBox. Wow… We were treated to rare performances by our very own Emil Chau (Boon), our suave Bao Tak Wah (Mr Bao) and our sentimental Kimura Takuya look-alike, Weijie! We also heard for the first time, the nice singing of Li Qing… wow!

The surprise of the night was the Birthday Cake! This was really the first time in my life that I was surprised with a birthday cake! This was really a pleasant surprise… it really made this day very special to me. Really have to say a BIG Thank You for you guys! I think I can feel a drop of tear in my heart haha!

I think I will sleep with a smile on my face tonight… what a memorable birthday celebration!


*Me... feeling so excited to blow out the candles!*

End Of My Motorcycling Days?

Finally 'sold off' one of my untouchables today… my valuable assets that are classified as untouchables is my motorcycle and one of my guitars ( I got three guitars by the way!). Today, I went over to LTA with a friend and did a change of ownership of my motorcycle officially. Earlier in the afternoon, I rode out my Phantom for the last time together with all the motorcycle accessories I have to find my friend.

As I took the public transport (MRT) back home alone… I can’t help feeling that this is the sort of scenario that you would have dropped a few tears… Unfortunately, I didn’t… I didn't feel that sad… a motorcycle is just a motorcycle. So it is just a normal lonely train ride back home haha!

And so could this signal the end of my motorcycling days? When I was young, we all think that motorcycling is super cool and you can always find willing girls to cruise around. Unfortunately, throughout my four years of motorcycling, I didn’t find a single girlfriend… and so this myth is dispelled! There even was a girl that I liked a lot who hated motorcycles! To add to this sad fact, I had to endure four years of bad hair days ( I bet nobody knows that the helmet wear makes your hair so FLAT that it cannot be restyled with just some water and a comb!!!). Of course, you will have to deal with getting hurt ( I am okay with this… a man should be able to take some pain)

*One last look at my phantom...*

Aside from all these… motorcycling is really quite fun! I remembered one very nice day when I rode out my motorcycle on a nice Sunday morning to East Coast Park via the East Coast Park Expressway (ECP) to roller blade with a friend of mine. The feeling is so 'zen'… not much cars on the road… the soft breeze blowing… the spectacular sight of the business towers of Shenton Way … the Sheares bridge… This is motorcycling and you just don’t get this feeling in a mini environment of a car.

Anyway for the time being, my motorcycling days are over. Who knows… maybe 18 months later I might get a new bike again… For now I can just hug my guitar and sleep!


*If you noticed, there's a very boliao photog squatting in the reflection!*

Rooms In My Heart...

I am not a very romantic person… so I do not believe that one person can occupy the whole space in my heart (big space maybe, but not all)…

I like to describe my heart as a very BIG space… some of the space is occupied and each person who is important to me occupies a room in my heart…

Of course there are a few rooms now in my heart; a very good friend occupies one such room… (btw it is a 'he', and no, I am straight!)… he is one guy I will never forget… so he is staying in one of the rooms, together with all the funny memories I have of him…

All my good friends have their rooms in my heart (ask me and I might tell you if you have a room!)… but there is still a lot of space left!

On a side note… "Pride" just ended its run on Tuesday (11th October). I am so inspired by the show!!! And I found out that some of my friends liked it a lot too! … I wish to become a better person than I am now… I wish to be able to see snow falling down on me… I wish to ice skate again, in a big frozen outdoor space… can I achieve every of these by this year? Hopefully……

Sentimental Me......

On Wednesday (5th October), I finally got around to move the furniture in my room again…. I have been thinking about this thing for years but my lazy bone refused to move each time. Maybe because of the poor fengshui due to the poor bed position, my love life and my study life is not as smooth haha!

Anyway, my mom moved me to action, and together, we shifted my bed. Now I can finally lie down on my bed and watch those "Pride" episodes! (courtesy of Syindee… thanx Syindee!!). And finally, the bedside lamp of my room can be put to use! (this is really surprising… lamp actually worked despite ten, twenty years of disuse!).


*Cute lamp... sentimental me......*

As a final note, the photography bug struck me on Thursday night when I could not sleep… I took some photos of me in my room with the little bedside lamp on…. am I feeling romantic or sentimental? haha =)

Beautiful Smile~

Takeuchi Yuko - she really have a beautiful smile!

This is Takeuchi Yuko who is starring as Aki in "Pride". The dorama is ending next week... be sure to catch the last two episodes on Monday and Tuesday, Channel U, 7.30pm!

Food Review: Teahouse at China Square

As I am starting on this food review… I had a flashback of the time when I was in secondary school. In my small little neighborhood school, most of us were just a little bit poor in our English… that's because we almost totally spoke Mandarin in school and even at home. So we have this interesting spontaneous writing class every morning. Some days we write in Chinese… some days in English. Imagine trying to think of something very interesting to write everyday… after a while you will begin every little essay the same… something like:

Last Sunday was a nice and sunny day…. yada yada yada

Now back to the real deal… last Sunday (2th October) was still a nice and sunny day.
We decided to go for dim sum for a change and went to Tung Lok's Teahouse at China Square.

*Teahouse at China Square*

Sundays in the CBD is really very peaceful… you can feel none of the usual morning rush of the office crowd; everyone is probably catching up on their sleep at home. We easily found our table in the restaurant (no waiting) despite not making any reservations. Strangely… we did not seem like we are here for some relaxed yum cha session… We were famished when we reached there and so we ransacked the first trolley that came our way… and I was full in 15mins…

*Our towkay on the left and a couple on the right!*

Stuff we ate include (I will try to recall): Prawn dumplings, Siew Mai, Char Siew buns, Crystal dumplings, Guo Tie, Prawn Cheong Fun, some steamed pork ribs, Hay Zor, You Tiao, Niang Doufu, Soy sauce chicken, some spring roll, Century egg porridge, Seafood porridge, mango pudding and Guilin Gao.

*Me with future Captain Koi*

I thought the dim sum was good but not spectacular… the usual standards you will get in Chinese restaurants. The only dish I would pick for special mention is the prawn dumplings (Ha Kau)… The prawn fillings are very fresh and the dumpings taste very sweet and Q… my 'dish of the day'. Of course if only I could get my hands on the Shark's Fin Braised With Superior Stock… that would surely make my 'dish of the day'

Of course no yum char session is complete without some gossip and lastest news is our very own GLD is attached again… I am not naming any names here! … and I realized Xiong makes a very good impersonation of a cow eating grass! I think we should go for more regular yum cha outings!!

*The boyfriend insisted on privacy and wants mosaic on their faces… to cover his yantao face! (omg)*