My birthday gift from Jiun & Florence : Dec-08

It was slightly more than an hour before my birthday arrived but Jiun & Florence couldn't wait to give me my birthday present. They kept us waiting in suspense for a while before inviting everyone into the room to present me my birthday gift! I was actually wondering what kinda of tricks they would be coming out with and was mentally preparing myself... however, hidden under the blanket, were 5 T-shirts for Shin Yang, Qiqi, Xuanxuan, Enen & myself... every T-shirt is specially designed with a cartoon character for each of our family member & printed in front and a cartoon of our entire family printed at the back! I was so impressed with the artworks and needless to say, overjoyed in receiving these gifts. Florence told us that she had asked a friend to design these cartoons via viewing our blog. Whoever the artist is, if he/she visits this blog again, here is a big "THANK YOU" to you! Another big "THANK YOU" to Jiun & Florence for their nice pleasant surprise, one of best gift i'd ever received.

PaPa's Birthday : Dec-08

Every year we will start a year's of events with papa-in-law birthday and wrap up a years' of events well with papa's birthday. This year is papa's 62th birthday. We went to a buffet dinner at Imperial Court restaurant@AMK ave 8 and then came back to cut the cake. En'en is starting to enjoy every birthday event we have in the family.

2008 - Yeye's birthday : Dec-2008

 This was nice that these moments were captured.

"Life Transformer" Program for Qiqi & Xuanxuan : Dec-08

One of the things we started doing this December is Spring Cleaning and one big nightmare is the gals' room. It is unbelievably messy, totally lack of discipline in cleaning up. So happen that there's this program showing in Channel8, "Life Transformer" which helps people in cleaning up their houses so that they could lead a better life, I relate this spring cleaning event of ours pretty similar to the program... :P

Update on PD Anniversary's Horsey : Dec-08

Remember the dear Horsey we created who majestically stood on the cake of our 15th Primary Division Anniversary celebration?

Well, with Aunty Nancy's help, he now stands proudly in the reception lobby of our HQ and has a new mission.. to usher in a Victorious 2009!

On Dec 7, 2008 (then)


On Dec 29, 2008 (now!)

En'en opening her first X'mas gifts : Dec-08

Last year X'mas, En'en was only 5 months old and too young to open up her presents... This year, she is old enough to enjoy receiving, opening and appreciating her presents.

Trey's Propose-To-Dorothy Project : Dec-08

Our dearest brother has finally decided that he wants to settle down, now he needs to persuade his sweetheart to settle down with him. To do that, he has embarked on a 'big-scale' project.


Take a look at what he did to get Dorothy to say yes.. ;)

Tung Tung, Our Little Friend from Hong Kong : Dec-08

If Cannes is akin to mummy's god-daughter, then Tungtung will be my god-niece and my girls' god-cousin if indeed there's such terminologies!! Tungtung came Singapore to visit with her parents and grandmother. How time flies, she is such a big girl now! The last time we met up was almost two and a half years ago.. but Qiqi and Xuanxuan wasted little time to re-acquaint themselves with an old friend. In a very short while, they were playing like they have been playing together all their lives! ;)

(2003 - Gals met up in Singapore) (2006 - Gals met up in Hong Kong) (2008 - Gals met up in Singapore)

Victor's Omamori Gohonzon Conferment : Dec-08

Victor has always had the good fortune to have a Gohonzon in his home since he was very young - his mum's and subsequently mine. Having become a district leader, he is now eligible to receive a pendant Gohonzon, and the opportunity to go through the Gohonzon conferment ceremony.

On December 21, Qiqi, Xuanxuan and I accompanied Victor to the Senja kaikan to receive his GHZ. That day happened to be also Ah Jia's angmoh birthday; she would have been 90 years old if she is still around. Ya, we went to sing Ah Jia a birthday song before we proceeded to the main hall for the ceremony.

Presenting you Victor receiving his GHZ.. :)

Hougang Sunshine Aunties Annual Pot Luck Party : Dec-08

Isn't this a wonderful spread? Sushi, fried chicken wings, popiah, fried beehoon, party sausages, curry chicken, roasted duck, otah, turkey, yam cake, grapes.. these were but the beginning of our feast! They were later joined by kelly's baked rice, yoon lee's special chilli bbq seafood, and sharon's swenson ice-cream cake and bird's nest longan almond jelly!! Unlimited flow of soft drinks and red wine too.. Mere reminiscing also caused me to salivate! Victor claimed to always look forward to this once-a-year gathering because the food is always very very yummy!! ;)

This is the Hougang SAs' annual family get-together at Aunty Kristie's house. According to Kristie, we had over 40 adults and more than 30 children dining and running around in her house! Fortunately for Kristie's very sound-proof walls, our din was very well-contained. Oh ya, something unexpected happened - a blackout! But all was under control and Uncle Poh Lai had the house lit up again pretty shortly.



What used to be purely a Hougang SA thingy has evolved tremendously over the last two years - formerly Hougang SAs have spread their wings to Serangoon and Ang Mo Kio while Hougang has continued to welcome new SAs. While our dear mother-hen Huili is now vice PD chief, and Kristie, Betty and Pauline continue to take care of the Hougang and Serangoon SAs, Kelly and Joanne who have shifted far from Hougang quite a while back have also decided to continue their PD dedication in Bukit Batok and Toa Payoh respectively. Furthermore, three veteran SAs have graduated this year - Yoon Lee, Agnes and Yean Fong.

Agnes and Yean Fong have graduated from PD together with their P6 lion cubs to become FD auntys; Yoon Lee will now fully focus her time & attention on her 4-division district as well as her two young boys.

Nevertheless, I am sure Kristie will invite all again to this gathering a year from now, and she will have no qualms about getting a bigger house even if it is merely to host this once-a-year get-together for all of us! ;)