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So excited & happy as Christopher is on his way homefrom UK :)
Miss him so much, haven't see him for some time. Wonder how he looks like??

Recall back, we had so much fun working together in UTAR... Not forgetting his lame joke & how Audrey & I ended his conversations with "whatever".
Time flies, I made a big bunch of good friends in UTAR. Hope to meet up someday & have a good laugh again.

Chris, my mum is on standby to cook you a "porky" dinner!!

My FAMILY Business

Last weekends, I went back K.L. Not because of Agung's birthday but to help up & witness the opening of my parents' tea shop on Saturday, 7th June 2008.

For your information, my parents are selling chinese tea, not the coffee shop that some of you might thought of. My mum is a great cook, but she will not have her own restaurant cause she only enjoy cooking for her family & friends.

It is a small business; only half a shoplot without any fancy renovation. I was incharged of the sales/cashier that day, while Bernard is busy serving tea. The shop was packed with relatives & friends till we have no time to take any pictures. Too bad, Brendon can't make it home...

More foooooooood

Last weekends, we when Out of the Pan @ City Hall for lunch. Initially we wanted to have Soup Spoon, my favourite tomato soup. We wanted to try something new... Starter 1: Green with olive oil & balsamic vinegar
*not enough dressing

Starter 2: Potata Salad with mustard

*the potatoes are so soft & the taste of mustad not too strong - great!

Main Course 1: Seafood Jungle Crepes

*lots of crunchy & huge prawns + fresh & juicy scallops + crab sticks -- yummy!Main Course 2: Herbs Lamb Crepes

*tender lambs, soft black fungus & nice thick herb gravy

The set meal (i.e. stater + main course + drink) cost S$20+, not bad indeed. Hubby & I regretted orderring 2 main courses cause out tummy left no space for the mouth watering deserts. I guess we will be back for the deserts....

~~~ END OF PART 1a~~~

After that hubby brought me to the nearby Ben & Jerry's. Believe it or not, this is my fisrt time trying. Since both of ur were extremely full, we share a regular cup. So loving hor?! I chose the sinful rich chocolate flavour while hubby picked the pineapple+passion fruit sorbet.

Guess what?! I found a fish in my chocolate ice-creamMore fishes....

~~~ END OF PART 1b ~~~

2 weeks ago, 2 of my year/form 6 best friends, Kenneth & Josephine came to visit me. I accompanied them to shop around Orchard on Sunday (25th May 2008) as I was busy with the Singapore International Mathematics Challenge. Everywhere was packed with human as the Great Singapore Sales just started on that Friday. They didn't manage to get lots of stuffs; while for me, window shopping is always tiring...do you agree?!

During tea time, their 'kampung mate', Adele & partner (Eugine) came to pick us up for a drink. I forgotten the name of that cool place, but I was glad that I can finally have a break from the crowd.

This is my drink -- Safe Sex on the Beach (non-alcoholic drink). I was attracted by the name, but I still reckoned Sex on the Beach taste better (not so sweet)

~~~ END OF PART 2a~~~

We continued shopping after the short break. As for dinner, we went Geylang to have the very famous frog porridge, beef noodles, Singapore style fried mihun & fried oyster with egg. Sorry to say that, it wasn't that good, is just normal to me :(

~~~ END OF PART 2b~~~

Yummy Food...

I will be going back home to Kuala Lumpur this weekends, it was a very last minute decision. Although is school holiday, I'm busy preparing the teaching materials for next semester + preparing the year 4 &5 students to meet up with professors to discuss about their final year research project.

The main reason of this trip is to witness the opening of my parents' tea shop. Hopefully by then Yoke Ting's (my university best mate) baby has decided to face the world.

Suddenly think of the delicious yet affordable meals my parents-in-law treated us during the Vesak long weekends.

A very very old restorant

Hubby said it used to be very grand & famous
Delicious pork ribs
*sorry, muslim readers

Steam fish

A bit dissapointed, the sauce not up to my standard

some fishy taste too!!

Taufu -- not bad

Must try -- Crispy duck

Sharing is Caring

Over the past few weeks, I have received tonnes of lovely stuffs from my beloved colleagues & students. Don't be jealous, you will get one soon. Also, need not worry that I might put on weight as I did share around...

Fried something (like nugget) from the very popular Old Chang Kee Strawberry stick fly all the way from JapanDoughnut coated with mint & chocolate

*sorry, I hate mint!!

All the above are from the very caring auntie (our staffroom cleaner). She is like my grandma, remind me to take care of myself & always feed me with healthy food. She is Ipoh Mali...

Chocolate

Lolly pop

These 2 are from my level head, Canice.

Chocolate full of Love is from Ms Sie (maths teacher)

*self claimed to be my Singapore's mum

Japanese ice-cream from Hock Chun.

Milk with red bean, yumyum!!

29th May 2008, 3.33pm

It was Giselle (Hilda's daughter) 1st birthday:)

Not forgetting, pau with various filling from Barnabas (my meetee)

Thank You very very much to every one

May my world full of LOVE & JOY all the time

of course, same to all of you:)

~ Dave Meurer ~

A great marriage is not when the

"perfect couple" comes together.

It is when an imperfect couple

learns to enjoy their differences.

I got the urge to share this after I read Liz's blog.
I always believe that in order for a relationship to work & last, the couple must share the same goal.

Under different circumstances, either party must sacrifice in order for a certain plan to work.
Communication & Honesty are very important too!!

Year 3 Outings

20th May 2008, Kallang River

Students were first "enjoying" the briefing & presentation by the YO Group on the important of clean water. Pictures of polluted area were showed as well.Next, students were given a pair of high quality gloves each, a few thongs & black bin bags. We cleaned up the designated area by picking up rubbish like cigaratte butts, bottle caps, food containers, wrappers etc etc. Ryan was in-charge of jotting down all the rubbish we found. We were amazed by the number of cigaratte butts we found. The most dedicated cleanner goes to.......KYLE. His white socks & shoes turned black. He told me that he enjoyed playing with mud:)We were all given bottles of NEWater. Taste okay for me, no funny smell...At the end of the day, all the students were smelly, sweaty, sticky & tired. They can't wait any longer for a refreshing shower. Well Done, Kids!!Mentor's remarks:

I picked up rubbish with my students. I'm angry with the public who didn't give us co-operation by chucking rubbish wherever they wish. After the activity, I enjoyed the air-cond & clean water so much. I took a cooling shower & panadol for my headache. It was a good experience:)

21st May 2008, East Coast Park

Students were so excited & energetic. After briefing, students were told to design a flag that represent their group/class. The pretty + cute lady like cartoon on the far left is me, their mentor; while the purple dinosour next to me is Barney. Both of us prefer & encourage the LOVE method when educate the next generation.

"I love you, you love me, we are happy family. With great big hug & a kiss from me to you. Won't you say you love me too...."Yu Jia & Tricia bought me a cup of tea:) Thank you very muchie!!The next task -- sand castle building. I'm so happy that everyone in my class contributed full-heartly to build the LOVE castle. M08307, wrong planning! We built the castle to near to the beach, high tide!! We need a 'strong' wall... However, the nature is stonger than us. We gave up after more than 30min:(
*Ivan, you are not doing your part!Sleeping beauty? Little mermaid?No! Zi Kai is tyring to save our castle by being the human wall!!

Our end product:) Can you feel the LOVE???Some other sand castles by other mentor groups.

Mentor's Remarks:

I really enjoyed playing sand & salty water with my kids. We have lots of fun although the weather was extremely hot. I'm now darker (still pretty) & whole body is aching (not because I'm too old), but is worth it!! I love you, M08307. M08305, M08306 & M08308 don't be jealous, cause I love you all too:)