about 郑嘉颖

Ahmad unveiled an unbelieveable truth yesterday. babu, maria and siti san dropped our jaws in shock. We were chatting about 郑嘉颖 and talking about how boyish he looked. And ahmad told us he is almost 40 years old! omg. 40 years old. how can that be?!

Thanks to the advanced technology..we quickly googled using maria's blackberry..and yes, he's born on 15 Aug 1969. He's 39. Wth.. life's unfair. We just have to live it.



~ Looks so good even in exasperation..check out his hot bod!! okay..arms here. but he has a hot bod!~

~looks so good even when panicking~

~ looks good when in a drunken stupor..~

~looks good even when staring into the sky in a pensive mood~

~faintz~

Potluck Potato Casserole

made this potato casserole for potluck at pam's place. improvised abit by adding ES's fave chicken sausage into the high carbo dish. I didn't keep strictly to the recipe as it might result in wastage if I can't finish the ingredients. So I adjusted the proportion of ingredients. The harshbrowns were tasty in itself so it makes things easier.

It was so super easy to make, filling, cheesy and yummy. Great for potlucks! We were so hungry that I missed the most important part of the potluck... taking pics of the food!! sigh. so here goes the recipe.........without a pic. SIGH. really hate it.


Potluck Potato Casserole - improvised from cooking light

1 1/2 cups fat-free sour cream
140g shredded reduced-fat sharp cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons minced fresh onion
5 teaspoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
850g frozen hash browns, thawed (about 12 pieces)
300g cream of chicken soup (make the soup as per campbell's instructions)
1 pack of chicken franks or sausage (other suggestions: bacon, ham etc)
1 cup coarsely crushed cornflakes
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
Combine first 10 ingredients in a large bowl; spread evenly into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle cornflakes over potato mixture.
Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until bubbly. Sprinkle with fresh parsley.

Yield: 10 servings

merry クリスマス！

had my office xmas party yesterday. found a team of photography enthusiasts among my colleagues! haha. cool.

~chk out who's behind the door!~

~me and santa~

~department pic~

~free modelling service.. faisal showing off the powers of his new D90..~

~chk out my camera...better than yours k....$2K DSLR with HD video recording..first in SLR history..~

~ho ho ho..merry xmas!~

与敌同行 last man standing

spent a relatively slack but fruitful day today. Had my share of exercise, completed my most hated chore - ironing, spent 6 hrs and completed 与敌同行.. it's a super good show man.. got me and my okasan clenching our fists, can't wait to hum tum the bad guy 郭晋安（阿言）.

On the other hand, super handsome and hoh man 郑嘉颖 (阿希hei)'s superb acting caught me by surprise this time. I never really thought much of him except as an actor who is just a pretty boy. He made me want to clench my fist in the urge to uphold justice and the bad guys who kept foiling up his plans to uncover the truth made my heart go all out for him.

great show. and judging from the way it ended, with 阿言sinisterly implying revenge while lying on his prison bed, I can foresee a part 2 coming up. yum.

Ah hei is so so so cute.

back to school and exercise

Was recommended to take up a graduate diploma course on psychology!! With matt san.. Yeah..fully paid by my company. I like free stuff especially courses for self development. Heh. but depending on when it starts, will be super busy next year. Hopefully it starts later half of the year though.

Been always interested in psychology but thanks to the balloting system in NUS and my lousy luck, I missed the chance of taking social psychology. Nothing’s confirmed yet but am definitely looking forward to it.

I have been exercising fervently these 2 weeks, hitting the gym twice a week plus kickboxing and badminton during weekends. feeling more hungry lately also. The benefits from exercise, duly negated by my insatiable appetite.

just back from zumba fitness class in california. very fun! it's mix of latino, hip hop and bits of salsa...fun dance!! didn't really follow the steps and just grooved to the music..super cool! Went to the Novena branch today and liked it much better than the orchard one. It's less crowded and not full of people showing off their bods and cool dance steps. It's more relaxed and people there are not all out to show they can execute a certain move perfectly.

nearly hyperventilated in the steam room. aisah couldn't tahan and left in 20 sec while me and ann tahan 1 min more before we evacuated. I think the steam machine must be spoilt, spouting excessive scorching hot steam. we were lucky to escape unscathed.

it's thurs tomorrow. Sat's badminton and sunday's kickboxing! hooHaa!

Secretly hoping that I can keep to this regime for the next 20 years of my life. dreams are free.

badminton weekend

spent saturday meeting up with supei, zhen and becca san. zhen homemade some yummy pancakes and waffles with bacon complete with healthy mixed fruit salad. becca's tummy with bb growing nice and healthy. supei looks the same and we did some catching up. haven't seen her for 3 years since she went UK to pursue her fashion design studies and career.

christmas is the perfect season for gatherings isn't it? it gives people a reason to come together, bond and update each other on recent happenings. It's really nice.

met up with shan for yummy ikea chicken wings and swedish meatballs! yummy. oops. that wasn't really our real intention for going ikea though. We ended up not buying anything but spent our bucks in the cafe. haha.

completed our retail therapy at bishan. Junction 8 is really like a mini orchard minus the crowd. There're so many food places and cool retail shops which we usually frequent in town. love that place. Manhatten fish market is opening soon at J8. another reason to nua and pig out there.
We got a real 1-for-1 DBS premium plate deal at sakae sushi! so cool..so we had the premium sushis and lobster salads.. it's so totally worth it. but sorry, the offer ends.....today.

today was a sporty day with sharon san. after our kickboxing, we did an hour of badminton. sherri joined us for badminton and it turned out so fun. badminton is like such old skool game. it's like so cool if you tell people you play badminton or have it as your CCA in pri or sec school and who doesn't know badminton is really mountain tortoise lor.

brought my cam to play around with the modes... not good shots but I'm sure I'll get better with more practice!

~ make public transport a choice mode.....!! ~

DSLR - Canon E450D

bought my new toy..canon E450D. my very first digital SLR! reason being I finally got to signing a photography course to get my hobby going. jio eric to join the course with me and hopefully can ignit my enthusiasm for photography. Of coz, there comes the investment to be made along with this learning. SLR.

Anyhows, from a couple of my friend's recommendations (Em!! same cam as u! ) and the shopowner's persuasive marketing of this model, I bought it. Mainly because this is one of the cheaper and newer DSLR with the not bad specifications, suitable for amateurs perhaps. Came with free 8GB SD card, camera bag and extra battery and I paid $1180 for it. Within my budget but still a hefty amount to swipe on my card.

Quite happy with the shots i tested just now around my house.. need to play around with the functions more to familarise myself. Ahmad has gladly volunteered to be my model, without me broaching the subject. You'll probably find me with the cam these days having fun with it. Well, pls put up with me as my enthusiasm might not last. haha.

~some TV mode I used.. got nice effect eh?~

~locked up in my home sweet home~

~ the date I got my camera!~

~my fave sports shoes so far. the design, color and alls..just how I like it.~

~night view..must rest on railings la..if not not so sharp..~

~ love this brand of milk!~

~ mochi san on her way to top notch photographer..Yay...wait long long..~

~my new toy!~

botanic gardens and my sunday

my dearest okasan cooked crabs today! probably knew that naz was here and of coz, he was as happy was a lark when he saw the chilli crabs out of the wok. yummy. eased abit of my guilt at the thought that I went for kickboxing this morning.

Speaking of which, the replacement instructor was hilarious. she was so dupa energetic, screaming and doing constant war cries.

"Come on, hood ah! (meaning whack or punch) hood ah!! you all never eat rice ah! harder! whack liao la!"

"punch punch punch...then siam siam siam..ya la! can do more stylo not?? punch liao must siam! siam also must stylo understand!! "

Really brightened up the sunday abit. haha. and the cool down push ups and crunches really got our abs working hard.

That was to pave the way for my crabalicious meal. slurp.

Oooh. hung out with naz and his gang at the botanic gardens yesterday. sacrificed a frisbee to the lily pond...allelujah. nice place to picnic minus the drizzle.

~ onlookers were just waiting to capture the candid moment of desmond dropping into the pool of lilies. disappointed them coz we managed to retrieve the frisbee. but sacrificed it again while naz challenged himself to throw it across the pond to jeremy... RIP.~

vision of a moment

learnt a new phrase today. Vision of a moment - moments imprinted in your mind which you cherish and fondly reminisce. These moments need not be glamourous or occasion related. They can be simple yet unforgettable.



It was interesting as I called up dormant memories residing at the back of my head, visions of times I enjoy and cherish.


These were some of the things I wrote as I went through memories I had with important people in my life:

• Vision of me and my okasan sitting 10 hours each day over 2 days watching Tang Xin Feng Bao. We breaked only for lunch, dinner and toilet. We didn't talk much but shared the tears and laughter as we savoured every moment of the drama.


• Vision of me and sharon san talking on the phone and msn, web camming when she was studying in sydney. Then the vision of us sobbing at the airport when I left sydney after my visit,


• Vision of how I started with ES. How I coincidentally became his mentor in OC, then he was assigned the night shift which gave him the chance to email me and asked me out for late movie after work. I had to sneak around to avoid suspicion by my fellow OCians. haha.


• Vision of my otosan who ferries me to and fo doc when I'm ill and when I had my wisdom tooth surgery.


• Vision of me and my bro when we laughed hard at the lamest stephen chow movie together.


• Vision of me, babu, maria, ahmad relaxing and gossiping at the jacuzzi and steamroom.


• Vision of how my kids hugged me and cried when they knew I was leaving teaching.


• Vision of what one of the kid's mum told me how his son who is slow in learning, told her that he loved chinese coz of zhou laoshi. Though I've left teaching, i'll never forget how he enthusiastically held my hand so tightly whenever he stands in the queue

The list goes on.

Vision moments like these keeps me going and makes me grateful for what I have.

C'est La Vie!

Putri's Wedding 30 Nov 2008

Putri's wedding was held at Sembawang CC. It was really a birds dun lay eggs place. Was forewarned by babu about the ulu-ness of the place but din hit me till i was a victim. Didn't help that the cabby didn't know the place. It was scary watching the meter escalating as the cabby went round and round searching for the place. spent a good whole additional 10 bucks searching!! ouch.

I was pissed with the cabby until Jesse pointed out the map on the invitation card. #%$&@#! Yep, I didn't notice that and I got pissed with myself after that! haha. anyway, happy occasion.. pics galore!

Congrats Putri! you looked gorgeous!! Chilled out with OC gang after that at our fave TCC.. cheers to the new year buddies!

They have KPIs to meet too

read about the mumbai news.. yup. for once i'm updated with news. that's coz my bro was dictating the incident out aloud from the living room after he read the papers.

"She was loved by everyone". That was how the new paper described the unfortunate lawyer who was one of the victims. It's not difficult to notice that most of the innocent victims of unfortunate events are usually nice, studious, and well liked by all.

Good peeps die young? Nice people finish last. Maybe these phrases exist for a reason.

Was just crapping with OC gang that perhaps terroists are probably stressed like us and have KPIs to meet which would contribute to their yearly performance appraisal and bonus. Egs of their KPIs would be the height of the buildings they bring down, the number of casualties, the range of the nationalities of the victims, the amount of media and news coverage they get ..etc. For those who fail to meet the KPIs, they would be the next in line to be sacrificed in their next operation.

They obviously have too much time on hand. They should take up hobbies like collecting stamps, play online scrabble, or sing ktv.

re-energised mochi

it's saturday! glad to see that zhe san looks good and cheery now coz she's feeling better! we met up for dinner at Food Republic Wisma.. the food there is really not bad.. I had my fave sinful prata with teh tarik. heh.

Did some shopping at taka where sharon san bought herself a burberry's wallet! woohooo. surprisingly I managed to stay purchase-free. kudos!

Feel pretty re-energised now.. a very rare physical state I'm experiencing. haha.

gonna catch a couple of survivor's law and meet babu and gang laterz..

happy weekend everyone!

@@@ Permed mochi...@@@

mochi is permed! hope my new volumous hair would bring me great fortune for the new year!! huat ah!

It's mid week!! woohoOooo!

What I did last weekend

haha. check out my new page design!! totally pleased with myself for making my blog more nihon! The flowers looked like from those nihon no gift wrapper ne! sorry penguins.

spent a leisurely 2 days...basically couching potato thru out my weekend. some stuff I did:

• watched 10 episodes of 律政新人王2
• ironed 2 baskets of clothes
• went for kickboxing class which started today
• sorted out 650 pics taken this year which i intend to develop...did some maths and it amount to about 200 bucks if each pic cost about 30cents. gotta spend more time filtering!! I'm old fashioned and prefer my pics in hard copies.. in a form which I can feel and flip thru whenever I want to see. The prob with digital camera is the convenience of being able to capture anything, anyone and in limitless quantity. irony isn't it.
• Repeatedly listening to mayday CD.
• Checking facebook
• Skipped my facial coz I feel totally nua.
• Chatting with poor sharon san who is sick and only has enough strength to call mochi san..the only hobby she can manage.
• missing ES who went KL... totally scrimped on his smses! he's back..going to "talk" to him later..
• enjoying some time to myself and with my family..just lazing around at home in the rainy weather. updating each other with our lives when we bump into each other in the kitchen near the fridge.

I want to buy jason mraz's new version of his album that comes with a dvd of his live performance. Sigh. really hate when artistes come out with different versions of their CDs!!

recession now leh. ganbatte mina san!

Nan Xiang Restaurant - Bugis Junction

celebrated a colleague's birthday at Nan2 Xiang2 shanghai restaurant. It is located at Bugis Junction level 2 where MOF and NYDC is. What I can say is pretty authentic shanghainese food but quite ex and they're are really stingy on the portion. 5 of us bought snacks after the meal as we were still hungry despite the number of dishes we ordered. good to go if you're not very hungry. but on the other hand, if you're not hungry, you won't want to spend so much on a meal. so. ....

~ rice cake.. i like the sticky texture.~

~ 5 of us gotta share the 2 pumpkin thingy.. nice also.reminds me of hum chee peng.~

~ crab roe xiao long bao... yummy..~

~ vege fried rice. portion good for only 1 pax!! and it cost like 8 bucks. we each had 2 spoonfuls~

~ one of my fave dish..salted egg yolk prawns.. think ES will love this dish! thinkin of trying out at home..seems pretty simple coz salted egg yolk is already tasty in itself~

~drunken chicken... okay la..not alcohol fan.~

~ cashew nuts pastry.. i din try this but heard from ann that it doesn't taste like cashew.~

gonna start my kickboxing class tomorrow! looking forward. heeee ha!

唱一首属于我们的歌

my fave song so far is still Ni bu shi zhen zheng de kuai le..the intro portion really makes me wanna wave my hands in the air... just like watching their concert! Xiao Wang Ge is a happy song that makes me happy! I love happy songs! Oh my GOd is really a fun song.. not in a poetic mood for chim songs recently. been connecting better with songs which potray more straight forward moods or feeelings.. easy listening. Brain doesn't seem to like working too hard. so...here's xiao wang ge!

笑忘歌 五月天

屋顶的天空是我们的
放学后夕阳也都会是我们的
不会再....更多了
唱一首属于我们的歌
让我们的伤都慢慢慢的愈合
明天我又会是全新的 OH~HO
青春是手牵手坐上了
都不回头的火车
总有一天我们都老了
不会遗憾就OK了
伤心的都忘记了
只记得这首笑忘歌
那一片天空很高风很清澈
从头到脚趾都快乐
我和你都约好了
要再唱这首笑忘歌
这一生只愿只要平凡快乐
谁说这样不伟大呢
自己和自己打一架了
想都想不通反正就是这样了
不会再流泪更多了
有多少错误重蹈覆辙
有多少苦痛还不是都过来了
想起来甚至还会笑呢 OH~HO
青春是人生的实验课
错也错得很值得
就算某天唱起这首歌
眼眶会有一点湿了

MOT Awards 10 Nov - Suntec City Convention

ahhh..tsukaremashita!!!
going to sleep. goodnight everyone..One down. 4 more to go this month.

~ koping the pretty horti from the stage!~

~ my colleagues who helped out at the event~

~ the working committe!! 4 months of preparation just waiting for this moment to pose for this finale pic.~