2013 Taiwan Trip video : May-14

After our Taiwan trip, I had wanted to produce this video but just did not manage to have that drive and time. So finally, I took a day off and determined to create this clip where everyone enjoyed the holiday so much. Maybe we should start planning for another soon... :P

Lion dance competition at Johor Bahru : May-14

Lion dancing had always been a passion within myself.  While i had not been actively participating in any event recently, it was always fun to watch and enjoy the dancing and drumming.  After NYJC Alumni pugilistic society was disbanded, Adrian and team had setup two new clubs to continue our passion, 新洋 and 勇洋.  They had developed the teams well, achieved remarkable results and gained good popularity through their diligence.

As the team leader, Adrian had never stopped engaging the older Alumni members like us.  He would consistently update us on their events and progress, a virtue i found pretty admirable, especially among younger generation nowadays.

This May, 新洋 was scheduled to have a competition in JB and Adrian invited us to join them as usual.  Bee Seng, Daniel and myself went and supported them and also took this rare opportunity to catch up.  For myself, it was 'double' happiness, as I also took along my DSLR along and practice on my photography skills.  It was a long competition event with 30 teams from Malaysia and Singapore participating.  We did not managed to stay through the event but 新洋 did very well to emerge 9 out of the 30 teams and 2nd among the Singapore teams!  Great results, great fun.

Simple Sunday morning fun : May-14

On a Sunday morning, Macdonalds breakfast -> Playground... :-) Swings are such great lasting invention with great fun for all ages.

Ally is 1 : May-14

This month, my dearest niece, Ally, turns ONE!  We are invited to her birthday party at papa's place where Dor and Hong prepare a sumptuous BBQ dinner full of beautiful decorations.  On this joyous occasion, I also grab the opportunity and happily utilize my two DSLR, taking shoots continuously.  It is always encouraging when there are nice pictures taken and there are people appreciating them, the memories captured are also priceless.

The party is filled with great food, hardworking cooks, fun games and generous prizes by Dor too (we emerged the 1st).  Most importantly, the weather 'cooperates' and stops raining during the party.  Everyone including the dogs enjoy themselves!

Mother's Day 2014 : May'14

For the second year in a row, En was the most excited about this special Sunday known as Mother's Day. 

My first Mother's Day gift came from laogong. Upon my request, he bought me a set of 3 Corelli casserole dishes from OG. (^^)

This year En did not draw me so many pictures or cards but she did give me an A4 sheet of paper with her drawings and a paper holder; she said it's a folder for me to put my documents!! On top of that, she also gave me a star with ribbons hanging; she said it's a keychain!! (: And a bangle.. actually she's got two of them, one in black and the other turquoise, and she's asked me to choose; when I selected the turquoise one, she had insisted i should take the black one as it's more mature!!? She also gave me a Minion wallet which she did not want.. (^_^"')

I had thought only En would give me gifts for the day so I was pleasantly surprised when Xuan also drew me a card in the evening.. 

Well, Happy Mother's Day!!

Near Accident @home : May'14

It's a typical school Monday. Feeling lethargic from the weekend, I was lookin forward to be perked up in my zumba class. That mornin, I had resolved to be punctual! In order to do that, I have to get En to be cooperative..

Surprisingly, En woke up on her own and walked into the kitchen whilst I was preparing her breakfast. She remembered the seaweed tidbit she missed eating last night because she has brushed her teeth and was determined to eat some that day! So she asked me to pack her a lunch box for her recess and to put the seaweed in. In addition, she wanted a hard boiled egg and some digestives.

Easy peasy, I thought. I could easily get that done and still be in time for my class! I went to put an egg in my favourite stainless steel container and proceeded to help En wash up.

Aiyah.. still 5 minutes late for my zumba! And I forgot to bring the birds out..

When I returned from zumba, En was expectedly at her ah mah's place. Our corridor looked unusually foggy, I thought.. it's actually smoky because there was a unfamiliar foul smell in the air. Not sensing anything amiss, I juz opened my door and was surprised to find my living door very smoky too, even more so than the corridor.. Then it dawned upon me!! I HAD NOT TURNED OFF THE FIRE FROM COOKING MY EGG!!!

I dashed into the kitchen and the stove fire was still on.. My pot had turned pitch black.. I immediately turned off the fire. I was so so so relieved that there was no explosion and nothing caught fire!! PHEW..

For the first time in a long time, I opened up all the windows in the house and turned on all the fans.. Gotta get rid of the stench!! 

I could still keep the incident under wraps if not for the lingering odour.. In the end I confessed to the whole world on fb.

Qi's Vesak Day Bake : May'14

Qi has always been an avid baker.. she bakes when there's occasion, she bakes when there's none, she bakes after exams, she even bakes in the midst of one!! Yup, this time round, she baked right in the midst of her exam period albeit on a public holiday. She has been bugging me to get her cake flour, so we bought some as well as a gigantic 1-kg bottle Nutella at ntuc this afternoon, she wasted no time in putting together her 3-ingredient cupcakes together!! She's gotten the recipe from her BFF Bernice..

These mini Nutella cupcakes are butter-free!! That means Victor can enjoy these to his heart's content too!! And he definitely did.. as he walked in and out of the kitchen countless times that night. Qi was rather mad when she saw her cupcakes reduced by so many and thought En was the culprit!!? Hahahaa..

The next day, the girls had these delicious cupcakes to bring to school.. I had them for breakfast too.. (^_^)