New found love : Earl Grey tea!

Due to the TCM medicine that my Sinseh gave me, I've been having constipation for several days. Today it aggravated into diarrhea (I'm thinking maybe my body doesn't have any more space for all these shit). Stomach bloated full of air, temperature up till 37.8 degrees. Took panadol and went to sleep before going to the doctor for some medicine and MC.

Had my lunch and a cup of Earl Grey tea (no milk~ no sugar~). Surprise surprise! The stomach is no longer bloated! Ok, I'm still diarrhea-ing but at least it's not painful from the air inside. Went to do some searches and found that Earl Grey, was infused with Bergamot oil, which is actually a good medicinal tea to reduce fever and intestinal problems! So other than being tasty (Love Gong Cha's Earl Grey Milk Tea with herbal jelly), it can also be good for health too! ;))

Of Birthday, Cheer Chen and Hot pot Culture

Ok~ Its now April 29th... nearly May and I am still blogging about my birthday in Mar (lolx~~~!)

These photos been uploaded since Mar and I haven't touched on them... thats the 魅力of 康熙来了which I've been chasing and watching. They made my day, making me laugh at 小S's actions and jokes though at the expense of other artistes.

My computer 复活了~~~!!! Yeah! Thanks to Ixpert Solution at Sim Lim (ok~ he's Yif's husband- Jeff) my computer revived and will continue to be under my violent use. However, my vista cannot be downgraded (upgraded in my point of view) due to its version. (Shucks~) But the auto update was turned off and I vowed to back up each and every one of my Cheer Chen's photos and music files.

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Birthday cakes .. from my Dar at 12am of 6th Mar and of course the yearly ritual bouquet of Sunflowers to make my day ;D 

Been tired from travelling to/from work and work itself. Arrived at home about 11 + and was damn happy to see the flowers and Dar of course~

Thanks Dar, despite his embarressment in buying flowers (though I don't understand why) he managed to get a bouquet for me.

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Mar 8 Cheer Chen's 签唱会

Was at Bugis Mrt station waiting for Claire when

Claire called and spoke in a secretive whisper ... '.... 买porn.... "

and I was like "HUH??? *whisper* porn?"

Claire: ".... porn ... porn.... PORN..."

and I was like "..."

Claire: "Ok~ stay put! I'll come and look for you"

the moment she reached, she walked past me right into the 7-Eleven look for ..... "STORM" the brand of sweets that will make us entitled to sign up as one of the 30 lucky ones to get priority positions at the 签唱会and of course the first 30 persons to go up on stage for her signature and handshakes... and ALSO, lucky draws with chances to win a pair of her concert tickets~~

(which Claire won!!!) *oops too much information?*

She is not very popular in Singapore though. As alot of people actually goes for more commercialized songs and actually found her voice to be too 猫 (as in not stingy but sounds too sharp). Since tastes in songs depends on each individual, it doesn't mean I don't like "house" so "house" is bad so as long as I love her songs, I don't really bother so much.

No photographs of her though since Liyi mentioned for us not to take photos and videos and I would really like to hear her sing live.

This will be the first time I bought such expensive tickets for concerts and I am really looking very very very forward to her concert which was themed on her new album "The Sun". Very seldom can you get such good song writers who write on non-commercialised songs for interest. Though her vocals may not be very good but her non-chalent way of insisting on singing according to what/how she wants really appealed to me.

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Hotpot Culture ... forgot which day we went there... but we had a colleague who is a super duper steamboat friend .. normally our conversation will be like thie :

Me: "WS, want to go KTV today?"

WS: "I can't my mum cooked"

Me + Claire: "Then maybe we go steam boat dinner ba"

WS:"Ok~ I'll call my mum and ask her not to cook mine"

Me + Claire : *flat faced*

Lolx~ So here's our trip to the Hotpot culture.

Even though it was a weekday but the place was quite packed. We were urshered to a small corner of the place and the person took our order. There were cooked food to be chose from together with raw food and also the raw food counter for the steamboat.

Many of the cooked food were Malay or Indonesian style with things like Tauhu Goreng, Tauhu Telu, Sambal prawns, Sambal Kangkong and many of them were spicy.

Drinks not included, not even plain water and the most peeved was of course Claire. I went again recently and found the lime juice to be quite delicious though expensive.

And oops I accidentally delete the photo showing the variety of food stuffs they had. So too bad. Please do look at it at Yebber though.

I would say this place is quite valued for money. Having the large variety of food to choose from, the dark chocolate fondue (YUM~~) after the steamboat dinner was a plus point though the variety of fruits and ingredients to go with the fondue was limited and the ice-cream tasted bad. Would have liked the soup to be less salty so that we can eat more things without feeling 腻though. In yebber, I also mentioned that the fuel for the personal steamboat smells too strong and greatly reduced my appetite. I went back like 3 days ago and gladly noted that they had changed the fuel type and although the strength of the fire could not be adjusted, the vomit-inducing smell of fuel was gone. A restaurant that is willing to take the views of customers and review it will go a long way. For people who love steamboat or is looking for a cosy place for family dinner or outing, this place is good though  I would say reservations recommended for big groups since they do have limited spaces for big groups.

Btw, I've just joined as a member where there will be refills of drinks for Ala Carte buffet, birthday treats and entitlement to other discounts, special promotions. You can refer to their website.

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Mar 28 Foster's

For celebration of Phil and my birthdays. 

2 special cakes especially customized for us at Breadtalk - The Icing Room, a specialty cake shop being new addition to the breadtalk line.

Dar always don't look too happy talking photos with me yeah?

Coming up next will be Cheer Chen's concert.

I"m so lucky

Friday 11pm and I've just reached home from a long day of work and lesson at Somerset. Had been feeling like crying since morning when I woke up. 1 whole week of lacking of sleep due to those overweight elephants living upstairs + 3 whole months of accumulated stress.


Reached home and just sat on the sofa. Accumulated stress and tiredness came crashing down. Even though Dar kept talking to me but I didn't want to reply . I just sat there and closed my eyes. Tears just roll down my cheeks. Dar had a fright that I can just cry like that.


He lends me his shoulder and I just cry and cry... silent tears.... he kept asking me what happened but I didn't say. Not that I don't want to tell him. Not that there is nothing to say. I'm just scared that the moment I say it out, my tiredness and stress will become even more real.


He finally managed to drag me away from the sofa and into the room to our red bean bag. I just sat there and didn't want to move. Dar keep asking me, want to bathe? Want to eat? Want to change into comfortable home clothing? I just keep shaking and nodding my head but still unwilling to move away from the bean bag.


I can see Dar was trying to calm me down and was scared that my asthma attack will come again. But I just didn't want to move from my comfort zone even though I've stopped crying. I told Dar and said if I move, my comfort zone will vanish and I won't find such a comfortable position on the bean bag anymore. He promised me he will maintain the shape of the bean bag so that it's still comfortable. I guess I just want to say that I am too tired; I don't want to move, talk or do anything. But when I look at his face and the effort he put into encouraging me "Jia you~" when I'm on my way to class. And I've said something 过份when I replied him that even "Jia you" will not ease my tiredness, stress and unhappiness. I decided to relent but I still can't bring myself to stand up.


Dar proceeded to carry me to our master bedroom. (And I'm not light at all~!) while he carried me, tears just flow out again. He was shocked when he saw that I was in tears again he said "I thought you stopped~~ don't cry anymore, your eyes are red and you got nose block". So I just said "I'm tired..." and just started wailing like a little kid. He didn't say much but just hugged me and say "I know"... all the while patting me on my back. It feels great to be treated like a child. Sitting there while he waits on me hand and feet. (Guilty~~*)


I'm glad he is here. I'm lucky he stood by me and took my bad temper and mean words while giving me the support I needed. (Now he is trying to look over my shoulder to read what I am writing about him ;D)


I hope I can jia you. I hope I can be strong enough to go through next 2 months which are the toughest for me at work and at school. Can I do it? Numerous times I've mention that I feel like quitting and becoming a housewife but yet felt glad that from someone who had never touched or studied accounting cept my current course, I can take up this job. Its an achievement for me.


Dilemma, Stress, Tiredness, Uncertainty, Achievement, Luckiness


How complicated it can be?

Baby things~~!

Isn't this the cutest pair of shoes? b4uing1 It makes the best baby gift for babies especially those who have the horoscope of "Leo". Any baby/kids will look absolutely adorable in this pair~! It will be the kind of shoes I will buy for our kids when we have our own.

Having headaches about buying gifts for your friends' babies? Giving money may seem practical but taking the effort to get some presents for the baby seems more sincere. Babythings4u is an incredible site selling baby stuffs like the cutest shoes, baby pushchairs, highchairs to help the mother feed their kids and travel cots that will come into good use when the whole family goes abroad. I've been aiming at that travel cot (cute pink Minnie Mouse~!) as we need to travel to KL every few months. Having a comfortable cot for the baby will help them to calm down which makes being abroad more enjoyable. Not to mention the reasonable pricing and safe method of payment. Items on sale include reliable brands like Samsonite, Fisher-Price and Disney hence consumers can be more at ease when shopping at Babythings4u. I'm trying to stop myself from buying items or exclaiming at the extremely cute stuffs!

Wedding photos~ The actual day. *super long post*

So sorry for the super late post. U must know that its damn tiring up loading the photos.

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Mar 8th and we were on our way to KL for our wedding. AD on Mar 9th 2008. We decided to get the super luxurious bus with 5 stars tours and it sure was luxurious with 18 seats of which 12 were booked by us. Lots of leg spaces ... games and music to entertain us on our 5 hour long trip. The trip however, was delayed by 1 certain person whom is still at large.




Finally reached KL like 3 hours later than the time we were supposed to reach. And after switching rooms, packing and unpacking, we just have some time left to eat dinner, buy stuffs for the next day and bath before sleeping. Damn tired! Though I am a light sleeper, I fell asleep immediately when my head hit the pillow.


Had to wake up before 6am the next morning to prepare as my make up artiste will be coming at 630am.






and later Shaffiq my photographer for the day arrived with his (2) super pro cameras!



While I started on my make up and posing for the cam, my sisters started preparing the ingredients bought the previous night. Ginger, Colgate, Bitter Gourd, Raw vegetables and Oreos. Why all vegetables? Thats because Dar doesn't like to eat all those items (well... cept Oreos and who loves to EAT colgate?) Pyjamas to play with and etc.








Theme for the morning was white and pink. Coincidentally, they all decided to wear white. Which was fine with me as long as they were comfortable.



Since we were in a foreign country with only my parents as my family here, we naturally do not have any male kids to open the car door for the groom. So Phil was assigned the task since he is my "Ah Di", knows me the longest there and is unmarried (considered as a child). Extra ang bao for him!


Dar's "brothers" originally thought to be only 5 but suddenly increased to that many.

Look at his face!!!? what were they negotiating? Frankly speaking, I won't know since I was in the other room.

Cantonese custom? When the groom finally gets to come into my room we had to bow to each other before he can lift my veil.



And naively wanted to start the tea ceremony after that. But I sat down and said:

"and where is my bouquet?"

~he proceeded to hand me the flowers~

Me: "And so you are going to hand it to me while standing up?"



He got no choice but to kneel down~ Ho Ho Ho~!







Tea ceremony was very short as only my parents came. My brother still in Hong Kong and my sister under attachment in Singapore.









This photo looks like some advertisement for shopping paradise:
























Traditional Cantonese family, though my mother-in-law had done away with a lot of the customary practices, some remained and the most important part was of course the tea ceremony and the 3 bows of respect we gave to each and every senior we offered tea to.

And of course tea from kids younger (and unmarried) to us.




Finally the end of the tiring morning after countless of bows and offering of tea and countless of thank yous. Yes morning~ cause by the time we finished with the tea ceremony and photo taking, it was only a bit before 1pm


Faked throwing of flower bouquets to my "sisters" or should I say to Judy since she is going to get married soon. Not possible to throw it nicely and accurately so we had to stage a s~l~o~w motion "throwing" for the camera.





Time for lunch, removing my make up and some rest before the tiring evening arrive. By the time I finish removing make up and bath, it was already 3pm and my make up artiste will come at 430pm! Like such a "long" duration of rest I can have. (Partly attributes from my 45 mins bath and soaking in the bath tub hehe....)

Evening came and I specifically stated that I won't be at the entrance of the restaurant greeting arriving guest as that defeats the purpose of a walk in and there won't be any element of surprise anymore.











Look how grand! Because of that and this is mostly a happy post, I won't state about how unhappy I was with the restaurant. But just a word of advice. DO NOT go to the restaurant (Mandarin Palace Chinese Restaurant) to hold ANY of your events. Because the service quality sucks and the food was only average. But the cafe "The Verandah" serves absolutely wonderful food especially the delicious Nasi Lemak.









Leaving to change into the evening gown while the rest of the guests watch the photo montage prepared by the photographer. Click here to watch too.

(simply loved this photo)

(Interesting photo this is)

After sending out most of the guests, its time to go back into the restaurant to receive our "gift" from Dar's Sec school friends . . . . remember how drunk we were during the dinner in Oct in Singapore? His friends were determined to do that to us this round.



Failed miserably! Haha! In the end each of us only had half a glass of Martell.

The final photo taking before the end of the night and the event. Whepw! Finally the whole wedding saga is over.

ROM...... Dinner in Singapore and Customary in KL.... 结婚三步曲. . .






Note :

Photos used were mostly taken by Shaffiq we engaged from Ever After Wedding Sdn Bhd and some from my pinky cam. Photos used were in the lowest resolution and cannot stand for the quality of the original pictures. Photos put up were a fraction of what was taken (took around 1500 photos) of which we shared 200 online (do email me themuxicbox@gmail.com if you would like to view them. Flowers, car decorations and corsages from Ever After Wedding Sdn Bhd.