Our New Friend

The newest addition to our family ......


Cute right? A bit retro though. I have been thinking of getting a Care Bear for weeks, inspired by WQ's little princess.

We have not named him. For the time being, we shall call him "Ah Boy". Stereotyping @ work again. Well, we have a Piglet and you are right, she's called "Ah Girl"!

In the Mood for .......

COOKING!

As a traditional woman (haha), I regard the job of the home-maker a highly sacred one (*hint hint*). Honestly, I feel very guilty for not being able to cook dinner since I resume the role of an OL. Not that I am a good cook but nothing beats eating home cooked stuff. At least you can safely say that your food intake is low in salt and oil content as the chef (that's me in this case) has absolute control of what to add!

Laziness has a big part to play for not cooking. On weekdays, I am too "tired" to cook after spending at least 10 hours in the office; on weekends...... I need a break and seriously, most of the time we are not at home. How to cook?

Therefore, on Monday, the first time I am on leave (when was the last time I applied for leave electronically?), I decided to step into the kitchen again. As you can tell, I have no new tricks. It's the SAME OLD STUFF that I am cooking. The products are not very innovative but the process was truly therapeutic! I really LOVE it! I should be a housewife! (*hint hint*)

The first dish was minced pork with beancurd (or should I say beancurd with minced pork?)


Next, steamed cod fish


Xiao Bai Cai, Tomatoes & Fishball Soup


Dessert was the tiger-skin strawberry roll which I bought at Great World City in the afternoon.


The cake was SUPERB! I love the tiger-skin!

After a hearty meal on Monday (plus massive washing of dishes), I decided to play chef again on Tuesday. Since I had to work, I can only cook something simple and it's none other than - instant noodles! Ok, expensive Japanese instant noodles which we bought from Meidi-ya.


I'm sorry that we had to eat instant noodles. If only I am a house wife......(it's SOOOOO obvious, it's not a hint anymore!) Hahahahaha!

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無聲的告別，除了留下回憶，還有我們無法彌補的遺憾。

原來繼續活著，是需要更大的勇氣的⋯⋯

為甚麼不給我們機會，讓我們把勇氣分一點給你？⋯⋯

Too Early for Christmas

Yeah, I am on leave today!

I didn't make any plans for today. Thought I would just go with my "gut feel" but the heavy downpour this morning has kind-of restricted my movement.

It feels so Christmas with the low temperature...... I am beginning to miss the long Dec hols....... it's probably the only good thing I can think of with regards to my previous job. I really miss the hols!

I might consider going back to being a HDB tai-tai! Hahahaha. Then I can have long hols all year round! Splendid!

Right now, all I can think of is holiday, holiday and more holidays! The next one will only be on 8 Dec..... still a long way to go!

Deadly Sneeze

It feels weird to be at home at this time of the day. It's been nearly 5 months since my HDB tai-tai days ended. I wish I am at home to revive my tai-tai days today but I am not.

Yesterday morning, I sneezed while bathing and after that, I was unable to stand straight for a while. Had to hold on to the wall and slowly straighten my back. Amazingly, I was able to recover and went to work. But as the day went by, the pain got worse. The sharp pain would come as and when it like and I would not be able to move at all. Ha, to think I was able to bear with the sudden bursts of pain till the evening! I decided to take a cab to the clinic near my house after work. As "diagnosed" by my colleague, the doctor confirmed that I had sprained my back. I could have pulled a muscle. Luckily, it wasn't a case of slipped disc! The doctor gave me a day off to rest. Feeling better now, maybe due to painkillers.

When I "crawled" home from the clinic last night, I felt that it was the second longest distance I've ever travelled. I wonder what the speed would be like if I had measured it. That short distance took me almost 30 minutes!

I didn't know a sneeze would be so deadly! I have been sneezing all my life!