Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Today i had a tiny little shock. Well, it's more of a surprise actually.. nothing nasty. :)
My net fren/ primary school classmate, David (Dave), is going to get married. After only barely two months of dating, he is ready to take the wedding vows. I guess the feeling is right for him and he feels tat he has found his "true love" and "the perfect one" (in his own words). As Dave said, he feels tat life is short and the feeling's right so why not.

I felt tat he muz really love the gal very much to be willing to commit and settle down so readily. And i also think tat the gal is very very lucky to find Dave becos he is such a sweet, caring, down-to-earth person and extremely gentlemenly. He definitely pampers and cherishs his gal. Not to mention tat he is a good catch. I think he makes very good husband material. He told me: "yup i am happy... it's a sweetness i never tot i would find... now tat i have... i will treasure and let nothing and noone destroy it".
Now ain't tat sweet? I hope the gal knows wat a treasure she has found.
I told Dave tat tat's the way all men should think and feel and tat i'm proud of him. hehe ;)

Life or fate is reali unpredictable. Although Dave and i just met up not long ago, we did clicked well. And i could tell tat he rather like me alot. haha.. If i had not found A before i met Dave, and not left for US, things would probably develop along a different line. As Dave said to me, if i dint go to the US for 3 weeks, it might have been me. It's reali a twist of fate. Well, everything has its place and destiny i think. Dunno if it's lucky for A, for me, for Dave or for the gal. heheh. Fate works in wonderous and weird ways i suppose. Anyway i am genuinely very happy for Dave tat he found his happiness. :)

My sweetheart, baby, did u know tat i missed a good catch and sweet guy becos of u? :) But my baby is very sweet too, of cos. :)

Two primary schoolmates. One is getting married so fast and the other has no plans for marriage. =p


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Wow...... more wining and eating places......

Today i met up with Raymond to have dinner. We went to have Samy's curry. I decided to turn into Dempsy Road by Minden Road for a change. Who knows i got lost inside.. haha.. well it was pretty dark and the shops selling antique furnitures in the old buildings were mostly closed. I finally managed to make my way out and into Dempsy Road anyway. But the "tour" of the place let me discover more eating/ wining joints. I passed by a Dempsy Hut and Cafe, and a Highwood winery, bakery and deli, and a PS Cafe, and of cos The Wine Co and one other tat i couldnt remember the name. So many wining/ eating joints in tat one small area!! Have got to get Ivy to check the whole place out with me one weekend. :)

Today i sent a surprise parcel to A. haha. Actually it's just some paper lanterns, candles and card for Mid Authmn Festival. haha. Cos i jus wana make him laugh and i'm sure he'll laugh when he sees tat i sent him paper lanterns to play with. :P
My sweetheart has a very tough time in his job, it's good if he gets a sweet surprise and hearty laughter now and then. :)
I've also included a small packet of airtight-sealed bak kwa (his fav) in the parcel... haha. Hope the postman dun open my parcel to check. :P

"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own." :)


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True love doesn't have a happy ending. True love doesn't have an ending.

Today i saw an old seventy plus year old man tenderly holding his mate's hand and leading her across the road, even though it was at a "green man" traffic cossing. In his other hand, he held some plastic bags of vegetables and stuff. The old lady was similarly holding some plastic bags of vegetables and stuff. Obviously, they had just gone to the supermarket and are on the way home. After crossing the road, they did not continue to hold hands but i think only becos they were carrying so many bags and had to distribute them on both hands. They talked tenderly to each other and looked out for each other all the time they were walking.

I was filled with warmth at the sight. How difficult it is to walk through life with your partner and arrive at the end of the journey still loving each other deeply, still cherishing each other, still caring for each other, still there for each other. I hope tat i am blessed enough to be able to do the same and enjoy the same with my sweetheart.

"No matter what life brings, I'm with you..." :)

"The most beautiful view is the one I share with you. " :)


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Light A Million Candles

I had this email from a friend, without any hestitation, I immediately did what I think is the right thing, light a candle...


The innocent victims of Internet child abuse cannot speak for themselves.

But you can.

With your help, we can eradicate this evil trade.
We do not need your money.
We need you to light a candle of support .
We're aiming to light at least One Million Candles by December 31, 2006.

This petition will be used to encourage governments, politicians, financial institutions, payment organisations, Internet service providers, technology companies and law enforcement agencies to eradicate the commercial viability of online child abuse.

They have the power to work together. You have the power to get them to take action.

Please light your candle at lightamillioncandles.com or send an email of support to light@lightamillioncandles.com.

Together, we can destroy the commercial viability of Internet child abuse sites that are destroying the lives of innocent children.

http://www.vachss.com/av_dispatches/parade_021906.html

Just imagine your own child cld be the next victim...it really sends shivers down my spine...

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Learning to skate

Hands up!! for those who had painful falls on yr buttocks when u slipped and fell off your legs, while skating....

I am so fed-up with the fear of landing on my bums that I stayed away from skating, a really nice & relaxing sport...therefore....I had since then, made up my mind to learn from the Pro... :)

Had my 1st lesson last Sun at East Coast Park. It was really terrifying once I put on the skates, the phobia of falling creeped up to me, even with all the possible protection available (wrist guards, knee guards, elbow guards) except for The Butt hahaha...we already have natural cushion ;)

Learning from the professional somehow seemed to be more assuring than trying to balance and skate on my own. Best of all, we learnt how to fall properly, on all fours :D hahaha....we learnt the few basic positions like V stand(at ease position), Roll stand (ready to roll!) and how to combine both into a skating motion. I realised that I had it easier than the rest as I had ice-skated before, that's what my instructor told me.

True enough, I was overtaking most of the others at the class with my little attempt to mimick skating with the 2 basics. Glad to say that I never fell, not even once, maybe that's just the beginning, who knows?

I am looking forward to the 2nd lesson this week whereby we will be taught how to stop and skate smoothly instead of intermittently. It's pretty scary that we can't stop at speed.

Wish me luck that I dun fall too many times ;)

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Make choices, not judgements.

My dear gal pal msn me today. We chatted about tat anonymous and she agrees tat he/ she made a mean as well as stupid comment about the maid issue. Anyway, there has been no response from tat anonymous so it's a CLASSIC case of some STRANGER wandering into your blog, leaves some STUPID and horrendous remarks and disappears into the internet masses. Worse still are those tat make some kinda self-judgement on the blogger, like tat anonymous.

I say: Make choices, not judgements.

Ppl, just leave my blog if u dun like wat u're reading here. I am only judged by god in heaven.


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To Anonymous

Someone anonymous had post a comment on my last post.

Anonymous had commented tat i shouldnt "tok about people" (the maid issue) and tat "it's their rights and their life". Well, here's my reply to anonymous: It's their life but not their right to behave tat way when they are employed as maids, becos wat they do JEOPADIZE their employers' life and security, not to mention money deposits and legal issues etc tat can arise. And sure, do watever u wan with ur life... as long as u dun drag someone down with u! And finally, are u reali sympathising with the maid and thereby condones her behaviour or ?????????

I have deleted the comment from anonymous becos it's mean and i dun welcome meanies in my blog.

But i would have left the comment there and replied to the comment if the person is open and brave enough to leave the comment in his/ her own name and not hide behind an anonymous name. At least i'm open and frank about MY views on MY blog. Readers know who I am.


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Our maid........

The whole family had a shock last week. We had known the maid strayed but dint know the true nature of the maid until now. At an outing last week, my mom's maid talked to my grandmom's maid. After the outing, my grandmom's maid, who is quite obedient, told my aunt tat my mom's maid tried to "teach her bad".

According the her, our maid told her to wave at men when she goes out or wave to them from the window of the flat if she sees men downstairs! Tat is wat our maid has been doing! And the maid even told my grandmom's maid tat she's very free at home cos everyone's out working and my mom only reaches home around 8 plus at nite. And when she goes supermarket or downstairs to buy things, she will look up the Indian/ Sir Lankan men and go strolling or shopping together hand in hand. WAT!! And she's married with kids!??! She even told my grandmom's maid tat she will bring her out during the Malay New Year. ??!!

HA! She had no idea we're sending her back, she tot we had forgiven her for her audacity and behaviour. And even if we're keeping her, she's not entitled to off days even for the Malay New Year.. yet she wants to go out! My goodness! It's not as if she's a good maid or anything. How would we dare to let her out after everything tat happened??

We all got the shock of our life hearing all these. I told my mom tat we reali shd have sent her back IMMEDIATELY instead of waiting for the new replacement maid to arrive.


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The devil wears Prada.

Went to watch 'The devil wears Prada' with Ivy. Quite a nice story, but i only have one summary for the show. Loved the clothes, loved the shoes, loved the bags, loved the Brands!!! hahaha :P

Read the book la. According to Ivy, it's better.

My thought of the day: There is always a choice in everything. YOU make your choices.

The movie reflects upon this too.....


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Dalai Lama

My sweetheart, A , has just attended Dalai Lama's lecture in New York State and i asked him wat the talk was about. A said tat basically, everyone shd have a compassionate heart regardless of religion, culture, ethnicity, nationality, race etc. When one has a compassionate heart, one will be able to attain his inner peace of mind. And when one is genuinely kind and helps others or gives of oneself genuinely, one will receive goodness and happiness in return. And tat kind of happiness is unmeasurable and unattainable by material possessions or acheivements.

I do agree with wat Dalai Lama said. It's like the incident i relate the other day. I merely helped someone hold open a glass door but the thanks and wishes make my heart profusely glad in return.

U think different ppl may learn less or more things or different things from Dalai Lama's talk, depending on their enlightenment? Or the purpose of the talk is to enlighten all anyway? hmmm..


"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity blossom into smiles."


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Divers united.. in their passion.. Welcome to the deep blue sea!

Yday i went with Ivy to a fren's divers gathering. The fren, Roysten, is an avid diver and had invite ppl on their divers' forum to a small private gathering at his roof garden above his office. The new found frens tat we met there are all enthusiastic divers, very "onz" and passionate about diving. They've logged like 70 to 100-200 dives etc. And Ivy and me are like.. we've logged less than 10 dives, only go diving once a year or two years! We both have to take a refresher course everytime we decide to dive. hahahaha

I do like diving and have been in the sport about 8 years and Ivy about 3 years. But i guess we like it but we're not very passionate about it. When u're passionate about something, it turns into an expensive hobby. hahaha
All the trips to go to, equipments to buy... :P
It's the same with all interests: golf, boating, fishing or anything else.

But i'm glad i went to the gathering becos i had a very relaxing evening and met some reali nice ppl. There were nice champagne and pizza as well. Everyone had light chit chats, lots of laughs and basically had a great time. And we saw some dive pics and videos of their recent dive trips! The sealife.... is AMAZING. Kindles me and Ivy's longings to go diving again soon... hahaha
And also, Roysten had engaged two sexy dancers to dance and entertain and a barmaid to pour the champagne, so the mood was enliven til everyone was sufficiently intoxicated.. hahaha
I dint drink much of cos.. jus some sips throughout.. :)

We all left home with promises of emails, catch ups, coffees and dive trips soon.
Great evening.


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Mentally, Emotionally, Physically Exhausted...

Not sure what am I gonna post here today, I guess nothing much. Had a terrible headache when I woke up this morning, din slept well last night, had many dreams but nothing that I can rem. been zombie like the whole day. The headache got slightly better after lunch but now it's coming back again.

I realised that I have got the 2 best frens that I ever have in a lifetime. Thanks for standing by me all this while and being so concerned about my well-being. I know it wasn't easy for all of us to be going thru these and it broke my heart that things had gone to such a state. Nevertheless, I will treat it as a lesson learned.

Thank you gal and thank you, my true friend, u know who u r (if there is ever a chance that u read this blog). I love both of you, truely, from the bottom of my heart...

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B'day

I'm reali touched to receive b'day well wishes and greetings from all my frens. Sometimes i dun remember some of my frens' b'days and i feel reali guilty tat they remembered mine.

Edwin sms me first thing at midnite. Followed by Lawrence. So sweet and surprise.

Fred and Ivy sms me early this morning. Fred wanted to buy me dinner but i rejected as i aready have a dinner appointment with Eric. Eric's gonna treat me dinner since he couldnt make it for my BBQ. haha. Jean sms me too. Thanks gal! And celeste, etc etc.. Thanks to all my frens.

I think family, love ones and frens are reali the reasons for our existence.

"To live is like to love; all reason is against it and all healthy instinct for it."

Got a call from A. I feel so sweet after talking to him.. more reassured.
He doesnt know tat he has tat effect on me. :)
It's still 17th Sep over in US when he called. First time i have an over-lapping B'day with my sweetheart. :)


I've decided tat it's gonna be tedious and long to write about my trip to the States and Canada. Tat's probably gonna have to be a separate blog.. if it ever happens..
So just check out the photos.

http://sg.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/eneres_gal/album?.dir=/5ef7scd&.src=ph&.tok=ph9pNhFBFfeSQPDV
And the videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7iIQhADYkI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qeEtAy0rt0


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Wine Bar

On sat nite, after the BBQ ends, i received a call from Lawrence. Surprise! He hadnt called me for a long while... busy dating! Even more surprised tat he remembered my B'day... usually he and the guys don't remember it. Anyway, Lawrence, Andrew and Rob were at Wine Bar and asked me to join them to celebrate my B'day. (Actually it's an excuse. They jus wana make me drink.) I went down to Wine Bar and joined them. They ordered a flaming lamborgini for me. Rob drank one glass and i drank the other. After tat one drink, i was gone! All flushed and red and tipsy and giddy. Had to rest on the chair for rest of the nite. I did manage to drive home though. Becos i felt ok and capable of driving after a few hours.

Funnily, Lawrence and gang thot tat i got together with Frank. hahaha. Becos Frank and i click well, and we were in the same ECA in sec sch and we have many topics to talk about, so we meet up more often nowadays. hahaha. Guess tat's why they presume we got together. Well, they're the ones tat are too busy with their work and gfs etc to meet up often.. :P
They presume too much lah. haha

Chatted a bit with A when i got home on sat. He had received my present and like the music cds very much. But i was too tired after Wine Bar and dint chat long and went to sleep.


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B'day BBQ

On sat nite i had a BBQ in celebration of my birthday. I only invited two groups of my closest frens (Ivy, Jane, Huimei and partners and Leslie, Kym, Kah Lip and partners and frens). And of cos my family, grandmom, aunties, cousins etc. All in all, it was rather crowded with over thirty ppl. But the nite was cool and the food fabulous and i guess everyone had a good time. It was cloudy and thundering in the evening and i had worried tat the rain would spoil the event. But the weather cleared up after a tiny drizzle and the nite became cool becos of tat. I guess god loves me too! :)

I reali have to thank my aunt for everything. She prepared almost everything for me, from buying food, marination, cooking food, utensils, cups, paper etc etc. I only had to get the tables, chairs and icebox and buy the pits and charcoals. I had my frens bought ice, butter and fire-start on their way over, and the fires were started by a few of the guys. So, i reali dint have to do much for my BBQ! Only planning. Tat's management position!!! hahaha. But seriously, thanks everyone. I know i'm fortunate and well-loved. Not taking it for granted. :)

Ivy, Jane and Huimei prepared a cake for me too. So sweet.

I was quite busy throughout the BBQ and dint eat much but i reali enjoyed the nite and am grateful for everyone tat showed up.

My aunt also helped me clear up and clean up the house after the BBQ. Thank goodness for tat. I wouldnt have known where to start! The house was quite dirty and messy indeed after the BBQ.


Check out the BBQ photos.
http://sg.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/eneres_gal/album?.dir=/e1ddscd&.src=ph&.tok=phN9MhFBArO5BbkB


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Friends are God's way of taking care of us...treasure it before it's gone

These few days was a blur, to me. Things happened so fast that I couldn't react or rather had reacted in a way that I wished I had not. And sad to say that it was the end of a chapter in my life, with a fren. Sigh....Mistakes were made and there is defintely no use crying over spilt milk.

Many people will walk in and out of your life,but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Indeed this is so true for me...


Specially dedicated to this fren of mine...

You are friendly, kind and caring
Sensitive, loyal and understanding
Humorous, fun, secure and true
Always there... yes that's you.
Special, accepting, exciting and wise
Confiding, forgiving, cheerful and bright
Yes that's you... not one bit of spite.
You're one of a kind, different from others
Generous, charming, but not one that smothers
Optimistic, thoughtful, happy and game
But not just another... in the long chain.
Appreciative, warm and precious like gold
You'll always be there, I know that is true
I'll always be here... always for you.

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones; as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.

I guess i have great passion for A becos i miss him so much and more and more so everyday! ;)
So much so that i am seriously planning to go visit again at year end. He did say that it wil be very sad if we're 10000 miles apart during Christmas and the holiday season.. is tat a hint? hehe
It's gonna be expensive to keep flying there.. but wat the heck.. i dun think i can wait til May (another 9 months!) to see him. Ppl can produce a baby in 9 months! haha
Having a BBQ today to celebrate my B'day in advance and i reali wish A can be here with me and to join in the fun and everything.

The previous day, my mom caught her maid kissing an indian man downstairs at the void deck of the flat!! The maid is new and is here barely one month! And, the maid is married back home with 3 kids!! Scary.. She may even bring the man home or go to a hotel with him if she has free time and my mom dint know.

I shudder at the whole episode. It's lucky my mom discover the relationship in its early stage before it gets out of hand and the maid gets pregnant or something.. She definitely has to send her back home. It's too dangerous to keep her and we do not dare trust her again.


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We sometimes take our love ones for granted, and we expect that they will be with us forever.

Yday when i met up with Aten, he told me that his pet dog, which is like a member of the family, passed away of heart attack. The day after the "funeral", his mother was so affected that she had a fall and fractured both her wrists. The whole chain of events actually shifted Aten's perspective and view of his life.

Aten is a workaholic. He works non-stop and has his mind on work most of the time. The sudden death of the "family member" and the mishap of his mother made him see how very little time he is spending with his family. And made him see the importance of his family and how sudden and unpredictable life can end and can be. He found tat he has been too selfish and too much of a workaholic, so much so that family and life in general may slip by without him realising it. Always, he has been telling himself tat he works hard to earn more money, and he earns more money for the sake of his family. Now he suddenly stops and realise tat, hey, actually his family don't need tat much money. They are comfortable! The basics needs being comfortably satisfied, now all they need is simply time to spend together, to sit down and have a meal etc. He has taken little little things for granted. Like his mother cooking everyday, washing the laundry, doing the housework.. suddenly his mum is unable to do all these and he realise how many things she does everyday and how precious she is to him.

Aten is subtly changing his lifestyle now to spend more time and focus on his family. Shouldnt we all? How many of us have simply taken our love ones for granted, thinking they will be around forever?

Why the fuss over a deceased dog u may ask. The point is, it could be ur love one, family or close fren.

It happened to me before. A dear uncle of mine passed away and it was too late to regret not spending enough time with him and auntie. Now i try to keep my auntie company whenever she requests it or when i'm free.

Cherish the time u have now with ur family and love ones.

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The Banquet

Today i attended a cocktail reception and movie premiere of (The Banquet) event organised by UOB with Aten. The whole event was very well organised and impressed me. There were light refreshments of tarts, pies and cakes and tea, coffee and wine. They had booked an entire hall at GV Grand for the event. When it was time to be seated, we entered and found that the hall they booked was one of the bigger ones with good size screen. When we were seated, servers came around with trays of free cokes, popcorns and nuts for the viewers to select and enjoy.

The critics had reviewed tat the movie plot is average and the movie is abit slow but otherwise everything else was good. My opinion: The movie is great! From storyline to pace to technical details. (The Banquet) is actually the chinese adaptation of Shakesphere's story of (Hamlet). This beautiful tragedic story was coupled with elaborate costumes, superb actings and photography and beautiful landscapes with vivid colors. And good stunts and effects. The music is hauntingly nice in a chinese way. It is truly a masterpiece of a movie to combine all the elements so flawlessly.

I would recommend the movie to everyone, esp if u enjoy (Hamlet).

All in all, i enjoyed the event and the movie tremendously. :)


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Kindness do not cost much. Kind words never blister the tongue or lips.

Yday i went to Satay Club at Lau Pat Sat to eat satays. Treat of my auntie again.. hmm.. if the treats keep coming tis way.. i better watch my waistline! :)

The satays are delicious. I'm reminded of A while eating. He said he likes satays and miss s'pore food.

While at the office yday, i saw someone pushing a trolley heavily ladden with goods and held the glass doors to the lift lobby open for him. He kept saying wat a nice person i am and thanking me. I feel good! So there u have it everyone.. do something nice or good or kind everyday and you wil feel good yourself. I think if u perk up someone's day, u perk up your day. Of cos i dint do it to make myself feel good. It's jus a thoughtless act tat ended up right in every way.

My beloved seems to be having a bad day becos of some unreasonable guest and his demands. :(
Reali hope it gets resolved and tat he doesnt have any more of such nonsense so he can concentrate on his studies.


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More crabs!!!

Haha...guess wat!!

My dear gal, not that I am going to give u a cholestrol attack but I am bringing crabs for the BBQ this sat!! :) It's not the Sri Lankan ones but the "flower" crabs, u noe what kind I meant la...super sweet one especially if it's fresh, just simple steaming will bring out the freshness of the meat...yummy ~ but we are going to see how's the crab supply on Sat morning itself, no promise cos' if not big or fresh enough, I wont buy hor...

look out gal, here we come...Crab attack!! hahaha...looking forward to the feast this Sat :D

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Crabs, crabs, crabs, crabs, crabs...!!!

Big bottle tree and auntie's cousin



Today i had dinner at bottletree village. It's a nice seaside restaurant i frequent sometimes.
I've only been back from my trip one week, nine days to be exact... and i've aready eaten crabs 5 times!!! Thrice at the same place!!! All treats by my relatives.. think i'm well-loved.. thank god for that.

While i do LOVE eating crabs.. i think i'm over the limit now.. 5 times a week is too much.. hehe
Hadnt had time to meet anybody, except relatives and Ivy, since i'm back! Manage to meet Frank when he joined me and Ivy for awhile but tat's all. But lucky there's a BBQ!! Tis sat.. so i'll be able to meet up with quite a lot of close frens then.

The BBQ is in celebration of my B'day.. Wish A could be here. Alas, of cos tat's not possible. But i'll make sure i take many pics and some videos for him to view. Maybe B'day wishes for him too! heheh :)


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Yummy :P~

I was cracking my head over where to eat last night when I stumbled upon a food webby that intro local foodfare. This restaurant at Ginza Plaza serves yummy fresh sashimi, fish lovers will definitely die for it :) The restaurant's highlight is raw fish and they even have a fresh fish market right beside the restaurant.

The best was my sashimi mori matsu platter ($43), a very satisfying selection of raw fish such as ohtoro (tuna belly), tai (seabream) and hamachi (yellowtail), as well as clam, prawn and squid. The fish was fresh and sliced thickly enough for you to savour the flavour.
Most of it came as four slices, except for the ohtoro, which only had two pieces. It was also the best, with the fragrant oil of the fatty slice of fish engulfing your palate as you chew on it.

I found that they are a bit weak in its deep-fried fare, like the agedashi tofu but the gyoza (pan-fried dumpling) is quite nice though. Loved the potato salad and the Oden soup (tapoica, egg, some un-recognisable ingredients but yummy). Of course, we din missed out the salmon sashimi, the thick slices praactically melted in the mouth...heavenly man....The price is quite reasonable for the freshness of the dishes as compared to the fancier and pricier counterparts downtown...I spent about 100bucks for the whole meal. Totally worth the price!

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The past may bring memories but in the future lies opportunities...

Been busy, busy ever since i got back. Tying up loose ends at work and trying to clinch more sales so i can have more money to save up for my dream!!! :)
So busy tat i've no time to post on blog, much lest write about my trip.. next week maybe..
Muz clear the important stuff first.

Yday received a sms from A in the middle of the day! Filled me up with sweetness for the rest of the day. :)
Becos of the time difference (12 hrs), we do have to make extra effort to be home if we wana talk on the phone, as it's expensive to talk on our handphones. Dint manage to talk on sunday and yday.. so it's reali sweet when he suddenly sms me yday. I was in a meeting then and couldn't help smiling when i read the msg. :)

Slowly but surely, step by one step, i'm gonna move toward and achieve my dream.. and to be with my sweetheart.


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Sept 11th - what it means to me....

Sept 11th...what does it remind u of? Today, it's the 12th year anniversary for me & my partner, quite an achievement ya? :) Prior to the 911 incident, it used to be a joyous occasion, not that it isn't anymore but it had, since then, been associated with sorrows, tears and anguish. Feel abit guilty to be celebrating it but still...life goes on...

Septh 11th, the 2nd thing that comes to my mind is: "who will I call?" With that, I mean in times of crisis and disaster, who is the person that comes to your mind?

One can never be too prepared for anything especially nowadays...I cld be like happily chatting with someone the day before, the next day, they cld just drop dead, be it heart attacks or watever hidden illnessess. it's simply too unpredictable, no one will ever expect such things to happen and boy, am I shocked or wat....

Thot for the day...who will you call....?

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Come on, let's shout....

I realised that shouting indeed helps to let out all the pent-up frustrations and de-stress a person. My fren & I did just this very act yesterday. We were on the way home after a rather uneventful nightout. We took the wrong turn and ended up travelling 1 big round on the expressway. Mt fren started singing senselessly to the song "Quando Quando" and got really abit too loud for my ears. I cldn't shut him up with anything that I said cos' his voice really drowned out mine. Just as we pull up to a halt at the traffic junction, I screamed, "SHUT UP!!..." I succeeded in getting him to clam up for a min, but unknowingly, we sort of attracted the attention of 2 motorists parked alongside us. One of them tot we were calling out to him and waved at us madly, grinning widely...we were totally bewildered...and tot that that guy was each other's fren but we have no idea who that was :D And yes, it felt so much better shouting and singing on top of our voices and cruising along PIE at breakneck speed :P We agreed that we shld 1 day go to the beach and shout to our hearts' content....

Today, I met up with an old fren for coffee. We've known each other for almost 11 years, well, we sort of liked each other back then but things din quite worked out. We had not met for almost 4 years. Neverthless, we had a good time catching up and checking out each others' life. I guess as we get older, it always nice to get in touch with frens, be it ex-lovers or even enemies hahaha. I hope that by continuing to do that, I wld nvr have any regrets on the day I die. Dun ever wait till it's too late to do the things that you always wanna do or be nice to your loved ones....

Seize the day..Carpe Diem! my sec sch class motto :D

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Catching up...

Finally met up with my dear pal last night. We had to have hawker food cos she's so sick of western food back in Canada for straight 3 days of it hahaha, I can empathise with that cos' I was so sick of it when i was in states for 3 weeks for work in May earlier on.

After dinner of fried hokkien mee and satay, we went to Villa Bxxx for drinks. Such a great time we had chatting abt what happened to us for the last 3 weeks. For me, it was a relief to be able to off-load all my woes...practically pouring everything out...so much so that my dear pal thot that i am going through a REALLy bad patch of my life now...no worries gal, i just need someone to talk to, after that I will be fine.

As for my deal gal, i am really glad that she had truely enjoyed herself for this trip. Sky diving!! Way to go, gal!! I am gonna make sure I try that out as well :)

Hey, my dear, I wish you all the best. It's comforting to know that you already had a plan and has something to strive towards to for the next 2 years from on.

ps. we chatted till 1plus am that I cldn't wake up for work today and had to call in for half day leave :P nevertheless, it's worth it

hox 17

Tapping on other's network....

let's see...what am i doing here...guess wat? I am posting using my own PC!!! Not that my modem is working now..but I am tapping on my neighbour's network :P I was just trying my luck. My wireless network connection was set up in the sense to tap on any available network floating around within 10m, i guess...

free surfing! think i shld consider un-subscribing my internet subscription ; )

alright, what's this pic doing here, u may ask...this was taken when i fell asleep!! the culprit's gonna get it from me!! hahaha...hox 17

Snakes on a plane...

It was a nice sunny sunday....recovered from a slight fever the day before. Managed to clear some of my work in the morning and do the laundry...kinda happy that it was not that unproductive as it was for the usual sundays : )

After lunch, went to watch the movie, "Snakes on the Plane" with a fren. It was thrilling yet very funnie at certain parts of the movie. But the cinema was really so cold that my guy fren got cold feet and hands hahaha and had to borrow my shawl...

After the movie, we went over to East Coast Park. It was quite crowded as everyone is flocking to the food center. Still we managed to get a parking lot that was a distance away.

We only discovered that there was such a large seafood center nearby with the famous, "No Signbxxxd, Long Bxxch seafood, Little Redhouse S/F, etc when we walked further. There are so many restaurants to choose from that the patrons are really spoilt for choice. Definitely gonna be one of our options for the next family gathering :P

This was the 2nd outing with this guy fren of mine, quite a sweet and yet chatty guy. We agreed to go try wakeboarding and water skiing at the Cable ski park and Wild Wild wet this coming Oct or Nov :D

ps. only managed to post after such a long while using my bro's pc. my modem was spoilt since a week ago...so sianz...haven't manage to get it fixed...

hox 17

Moving towards my dream.

Well, i'm back!

A little bit jet lagged but reali fine otherwise. The airline misplaced one of my luggages! Hope i'll get it back by today or tmr.

It's been a wonderful trip. I've been to Niagara Falls, white water-rafting, sky-diving, travelled to Montreal and back to Toronto, sight-seeing. Yup it's great and fun!
And i have sweet, sweet memories of the times with A. :)
And............... we did decide tat we both couldnt let each other go without trying to make it work so............... we're still together! I am just so happy and relieved tat it turn out well and tat we reali liked each other soo much.

Although i cant see the future ahead but i'm damn gonna try to work it out. It's my dream now and i'm gonna move towards it and i wil bear any consequences, be it a fairytale ending or not. :)

Call me headstrong if u wan. Well, i know nothing's reali confirmed yet and we're still only trying to make things work... but, i dun reali care. I wana try, i wan to succeed in my dream, i wana do it my way. No regrets.


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