I LOVE Chinese New Year. 虎年快快來.....

I LOVE Chinese New Year and every year I always look forward to Chinese New Year during the month of January / February.

Hard to explain why I love Chinese New Year but I think is because .......

• Spring Cleaning (年廿八 - 洗邋遢)
• CNY Goodies (年糕, 瓜子, 柑, 沙田柚, 鸡蛋卷, 梨鳳酥)
  
• CNY Decoration (桃花, 銀柳, 對联)
• New Clothes and New Shoes
  
• Reunion Dinner (团元飯 - Started with 1. Now got 3 and the most memorable reunion dinner is in Year 2000)
• Shou Sui (守歲)
• BIG "Ang Pao" (利事)

This year I'm going to 作東 and have an early steamboat reunion dinner on 12-Feb-2010 and in order to get ready for this coming reunion dinner, I got a electric steamboat and 2 drainer:

17-Jan-2010
Looks quite crony hor.... like "AT" brand





and talking about Chinese New year, my friend bought this Hokkaido Tarabakani たらばかに King Crab at Isetan Orchard last year (2009):

17-Jan-2009 (Isetan Orchard)
Hard to believe but this king crab is bigger than my face and of cos not cheap.

Happy Birthday "咩咩" 羊.....

We have 2 colleagues born in the month of the "咩咩" 羊 and they are supposed to be:

• practical and down-to-earth,
• committed to their work and full of self confidence,
• very passionate about home life and a family,
• disciplined, patient and careful,
• humorous and yet reserved,

and the lists go on and on but how accurate isit huh????

We celebrated their birthday at a wonderful restaurant - "BLO-OIE's". Althogether 13 of us and include a long time no see special guest.

Well to be honest we have chosen this place because Christmas just over and all of us still quite broke therefore we go for a "1 for 1 FREE" lunch deal. Haaa.... No lah... Juzt kidding. The food there really not bad and highly recommended one.

14-Jan-2010 (BLO-OIE'S)



Billiard table and the wall full of photographs


Bar Counter and Liquor/Wine Menu List



Printed Paper Napkins



We have to combine 4 tables together and each table has a BIG sauce basket so ended up, we have 4 BIG sauce baskets


My delicious mushroom burger (looks like some meat burger rite??) with my all time favourite french fries ...



and a shared Hawaiian Pizza put on the centre of the 4 tables


Once again, Happy Birthday and Best Wishes.

How do "THEY" decide???

I always like to watch the news on TV... and guess what.....

I was home early today (12-Jan-2010) and I managed to watch the 9pm,10pm and 11pm news on TV but it suddenly strike my mind and I wonder how "THEY" choose the type of important local/overseas news to share with our TV viewers within the short 30 minutes???

I asked because when I checked the C-N-A website, I happened to see some important news that were not highlighted on the TV today:


Then I realized, MUST be either:

• that 3 minutes toilet break that I went today during the news telecast or
• that Monday (11-Jan-2010) blues again. Make me sleep early yesterday
  

and missed out this piece of important news during the 30 minutes highlight on TV.

Para Para Ichi-ban. Bye Mi-Mi....

It is time to say Good Bye.....

We had a farewell lunch for MiMi at Ichi-ban Parkway Parade on 19-Dec-2008 and after which she will be flying back home on 21-Dec-2008 (if I remember correctly).

Home sweet home and enjoy a long Christmas Break. Para Para Ichi-ban........

19-Dec-2008 (Ichi-Ban)
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and despite all the crab, fish and sotong, I ordered =>

Rare Christ-maz Party at Project site

We hardly have Christ-maz Party at our project site. During my 2+ years here, only this once on 18-Dec-2008. Before that don't have and after that also don't have. Not sure is it because:

• no $budget$ or
  
• bosses not around so nobody wants to do it cos cannot score points or
  
• our customers cannot join in the party so no point having it

Anyway, let's just enjoy the Christmas Party

18-Dec-2008
Gift Exchange




Log Cakes




and not forgetting my favourite bee hoon

My first blog..... FINALLY.....

After such a long long wait... I FINALLY manage to setup my own blog. Haa.. to be honest, I think I'm really super lazy but in order not to let my supporters to be disappointed again, let me start off by first posting these few pictures I took with my Canon Ixus 870IS (almost 1+ yrs ago). Will try to blog more really soon.....(to test water first lah)

11-Dec-2008 (Lunch at IKEA with my colleauges)



and trying to amaze my colleauges with the colour swap functionality of my super duper camera. Haa..