Monday, January 31, 2011

CNY clothes for Snoopi!






just bathed my boy and repacked my comics again...
dad just had to pack for me and disturb my arrangement when I already sorted the books out
my boy looking smart in his new clothes :))
it's 2 for $40
still cheaper than retail stores.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Spring cleaning weekend

Sat 29th Jan

Dear took bus and came over at 11+ in the morning woh
He brought over more goodies!
There were two more containers of CNY tarts, some dried fruits, sharkfin and also abalone~

I packed my comics cupboard and cleared out MOST of my comics..
trying to sell/give away
Packed my wardrobe too and my nailart collection
My artncraft stash also came down from 2 boxes to 1 box.

Went fishing with dear in late afternoon at Jurong Lake.
I was his personal "umbrella holder" lol
He almost landed a peacock bass!

Fished till 6+ before packing chicken rice back home
Too tired.. slept before 10pm

Sun 30th Jan


Went breakfast with dear outside at the market.. the wet market was a battlezone ah..

Went back home and came out again around 2+ to catch SHAOLIN at Jurong Point.
Dear treated me dinner at NEW YORK NEW YORK~
I had my favourite PENNE again
Dear had chicken chop baked rice..
We agreed that the two dishes are the nicer ones around

Went FAIRPRICE supermarket.. BATTLEZONE AH..had to do some marketing for mum, dear also bought stuff back home to cook. We always enjoy grocery shopping together :)

I took bus back while dear continued his journey home..

A lazy and mostly stay-home weekend
but all tat matters was the company :)

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giving away

giving away

giving away

$10/set

$20/set

giving away

$10/set


$15/set


$25/set

ask me for details

these are from two shelves only.. I kept another shelf of books

Giving away


random pic of my nailpolish collection, after throwing the dried up ones away
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lastly, what my mum has been busy with for these few weeks


homemade pineapple tarts, from the golden pineapple filling to the buttery tarts
all made with love :)

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Before I knew it

I've gotten 3 dresses for CNY..(1 with dear at Isetan, 2 online) and 2 CNY costume for Snoopi LOL

I'm lovin the two dresses.. now waiting for the last online item :)
Hopefully I dont look too tan in the colours
Also waiting for snoopi's costumes and hopefully my fat boy can wear -_-

Oh! And I saw NEW LONGCHAMPS!!Craze for Longchamps.. I feel like adding onto my longchamps collection ><




I conquered my fear

of PUBLIC SPEAKING

The last time I gave a public speech was during poly days when I had to give a presentation during an inter-poly competition, in a lecture full of people and judges.

Today, I gave a presentation of my work and facility to a WHOLE lecture of undergrads.
THough not sure whether they understand what I was saying or not.. I am still glad that I calmed myself and made it true the 1hr.

:D

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Sharon's birthday weekend and end of course

Fri 21st Jan

My course ended last friday and I went to find dear after that. We went in Malaysia to pick up his car from the car workshop after servicing. Had dinner with his relatives before heading back dear's place and crashed in for the night.. so tiring..

during my course, this very nice Prof from the US

group pic!

Dinner in Malaysia

Sat 22nd Jan

Went breakfast with dear's family at Maxwell market.
Had dessert in the afternoon cause it was too hot before we headed north!
Went to stock up on CNY goods and we bought some back for our families~
Maxwell

The Canopy

one of the biggest scallops i've seen :D

Sun 23rd Jan

Dear fetched me back home first before he fetched my family to paternal Grandpa's place (cck) then to maternal grandpa's place (toapayoh) then to drop mum at Vivo before we finally went Marina square to meet the rest to celebrate Sharon's birthday.
Poor dear, drove whole day just to bring us around, thankful for his help:)
We watched Burlesque! darn good vocals~ I seldom watch musical but this movie is really enticing
Treated Sharon to dinner at Tony ROmas and gotten her a bag before we headed to Macafe for cake.

Dear fetched me back again before he headed home.
dear gave this to grandpa, i gave angpow instead :)

Sharon's birthday

MM Lee says students' background plays a role

SINGAPORE : Students from families with at least one or both parents being university graduates are likely to have a better learning environment.

The correlation was evident in statistics released when Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew visited Dunman High School on Monday.

Mr Lee also assured non-Chinese students that promoting the learning of the Chinese Language well was not meant to harm them.

The minister mentor has been visiting schools recently to gauge for himself the quality of Singapore's education and whether Singapore is fair to everyone.

His first conclusion was that neighbourhood schools are as well-equipped with physical resources as "brand name" schools.

Secondly, he found that teachers are competent - even though the better ones may gravitate towards "brand name" schools.

Mr Lee said: "Of course, the better teachers gravitate to the 'brand name' schools because the status is higher and the principals scout out the better teachers, but in the neighbourhood schools they are equally competent."

However, he commented on one area of difference - referring in particular to the educational background of parents.

He said: ""If both or at least one parent is university educated, the chances of the home background would be more favourably supportive, with books and all the paraphernalia that makes for a learning child.

"That is the situation we face - to get the lesser educated parents to understand that at an early stage, they must try to get their children accustomed to go to the library, reading, trying to get used to acquiring knowledge by themselves, and not being spoon-fed by the teachers."

Mr Lee also released a table which showed the proportion of students who have graduate parents in some of Singapore's leading and neighbourhood schools.

For "brand names" schools like ACS Independent, it is nearly 72 per cent; Dunman High 42 per cent and Raffles Institution 55 per cent.

At schools like Crescent Girls, the figure is about 50 per cent; and Victoria School 45 per cent.

On the other hand, for neighbourhood schools, the percentage of one or both parents being graduates ranged from 7 to 13 per cent.

During his visit to Dunman High, Mr Lee spent much of his time interacting with the students, finding out their family background, the language they spoke at home as well as among friends in and outside schools.

"What programmes do you watch on television or radio?" Mr Lee asked a student, who replied: "I watch mainly Channel 8 programmes with my family."

Mr Lee has spent time over the years, emphasising that students need to do well in English - even as Singapore embraced a bilingual policy.

He said: "At the same time, we want to keep as much, as high a level of our mother tongue as possible. And in the case of the Chinese, it is an advantage because if you are proficient in Chinese, later on doing business in China is easier.

"But to juggle the two languages is no easy matter. But I emphasise English because I want the non-Chinese parents to understand that their children are not losing (out) when we say improve higher standards in Chinese. We are still an English-speaking, English-working society."

More school visits have been planned for the minister mentor.

- CNA/al

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1106597/1/.html

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parents can give their kids a headstart, but it DOES NOT gurantee success for them..
it still boils down to their kids' capabilities..

that is what I believe.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

CNY gift

For dear's family'11
Brought it over last week and glad that they liked it.



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Been attending course these few days since last friday... tiring!
It's been EONS since I've done wet lab -_-

AND I went over dear's place last night to accompany him
then dear accompanied me to course venue this morning :P

Will meet dear again this friday :))

Oh something interesting, saw this last weekend.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Woken up

by wedding entourage at 7am in the morning lol

Out of the numerous I've seen, this is the smallest scale with just two "best men"
though grumpy that I've been woken up abruptly, when I saw the wedding entourage, it turns to joy for the wedding couple

BUT..*sigh*
oh well

I cannot accomplish the things that I am aiming for..yet.
Testing my endurance and patience...

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Midweek

Went grocery shopping after work, bought cereals and biscuits for my office, in case I've irregular lunch again..

Dear's going for a short holiday with his family from today till friday~
sigh.. I gotta work and go for course..

But then again, I'm going for a week's course from this friday till next friday and will be meeting fellow people that's in my line of work

hope it'll be a good experience :)

oh, and I've gotten the CNY stuff for dear's family already, hopefully they'll like my gifts when I go over to find dear this Sunday.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Ramblings

I want to...

  1. cut my hair, rebond maybe (damn, it's so frizzy)
  2. buy new dresses for CNY
  3. buy CNY gifts
  4. meet friends
  5. paint my nails
  6. bring snoopi for walks, trim his fur
  7. lose weight!

Crossroads again

they have totally different views.
one is ambitious, the other one is not
one says must climb high, try out other things, get a pay rise
the other one says must stay put and be happy with what I have..
especially with the job I have..which the latter deems to be "so easy" cause I do not need to OT much and such..says I am earning high enough already..

I think I rather not consult anyone on this issue already.

I should follow what I want to do.

If not why did I Study so hard for? Why did I spent more than 20K of my hard-earned money for?
Amid working too and balancing all my other duties or obligations

Monday, January 10, 2011

CNY Gift'11

9th Jan'11

We battled the crowds on Sunday to get this!






from dear and myself, for my family :))

NEW TV for the living room!
40" SHARP AQUOS
, 4 colours
We had been using an old tv from dear's house and now, that was also spoilt and showing in black/white only, thus we decided to get a new TV

We survived the stampede in SUNTEC during the CNY Furniture and Electronics fair on Sunday to get our hands on this TV~!

really thankful to dear for helping to "snatch" and carry back, even install for us :))

IKEA ! amd Family Outing to NEX

7th Jan 2011

IKEA~ met dear at Alexandra Ikea after work
surprising, it took only 45min for me to reach there from work :P

entrance of IKEA building

meatball spag~

rabbit ornaments~


famous hotdog and soft serve icecream~]

i had the soft serve~ milky and creamy~


surprising, Ikea sell these too!
the "zhuan yun zhu"

dear then came back my place with me

8th Jan 2011

Went Plaza Singapura first to terminate our free trial SCV and to return the set-up box before having lunch at Manhanttan Fish Market.
Treated them to lunch :)
Mum's first time there and glad that she likes it.




AT NEX
the children's playground at the rooftop

K9 Park just beside


then mum and sis went back while I went Dear's place.
Dear and I had a battle to fight on sunday!