Sunday, December 30

Cass turned 36!

Check out the birdday girl kenna molested by the ever bian tai ZY!


The most impt person other than the birdday girl is not in the pic.

No prize for guessing the no. of candles on the cake ... the hint is not less than 35 lor.

I tink next year we need a bigger cake leow!


23 Dec is a small day for mankind but a big day for Cassandra. Today is the day she turned 36 lor. I have to admit she look onli 33. Cannot really tell she is already 36 leow. Beside the usual throwing her into the water, we (I mean me lor) bought her a cake to celebrate her 36th birdday. Told CT to get ready the cake while we tried to stall for time but as usual we can neber rely on CT not to fail us lor. He onli took 5 hrs instead of the usual 98 hrs to get 1 cake & 36 candles ready. I can see tears forming in Cass's eyes when she saw the cake. Many of them said is becuz she is touch but I tink she was juz afriad the fire formed by the 36 candles on the cake might accidentally burnt her lor. Happy 36th Birdday Cass!!!



Saturday, December 22

I, Lackie



Yo yo yo, check it out! Uh-huh uh-huh...



Haro, my name is Lackie Gan and I am 2.5 years old. You may remember me from Ah Um's earlier posts. Well, I decided that age shall no longer be a barrier to enjoying the online activities that Ah Um and Ah Pek are so into. Enough of climbing onto Ah Um's lap and ordering her to scroll up and down and read to me liao. I am taking matters into my own hands now, nevermind if they're really small hands. I don't want to miss out on a single thing just because I'm small. *happy waves* :)



I have so many names. Lesser kids would be hopelessly confused, but not me. No siree, I know exactly what to answer to. I am Jermaine or Baby to Daddy and Mummy, Jiaxuan to Yeh Yeh and Nai Nai, Lackie or See Tua Pui to Ah Pek and Ah Um. Sat boh?

Let's be buay paiseh here lah. People often think I'm a little genius, and I do admit that I am super high IQ and quite the damn smart. My favorite thing is telling Ah Um I'm a princess and she's a see tua pui, but when I want that packet of Chickadee in her hands, I will tell her what she wants to hear...that she's the princess and I'm the see tua pui. Kiang boh? If I do say so myself lor...kekekeke. :p



Here I am posing with my greatest likeness. Can't tell us apart, can you? Didn't think so. ;) That's my ever-suffering Daddy in the background.

These are some of my favorite things in the whole wide world...

1) My stinky pink pillow (affectionately known as Zai Zai). I have come to rely on Zai Zai so much as my source of comfort that I cannot sleep without sniffing him. Never mind that his smell enough is alone to send everyone, especially Ah Um *evil grin* running in the opposite direction.

2) The thingy I always have stuffed into my mouth. That is known as my Du Du. I also have to have it to sleep, otherwise I'll be a cranky little spawn of Satan.



3) Barney (I love you, you love me. We're a happy family. With a great big hug,
and a kiss from me to you, won't you say you love me TOO!)...this should be the universal love song...ooh-weee!! I love Barney. Barney is my hero!



4) Xiao Ding Dang. Along with Barney, these are the two cartoons I have to force my beloved Ah Pek to watch with me over and over and over again. Like, I already know exactly when Barney is going to fall down or what Xiao Ding Dang will say next, but I still have to watch them again and again. I know Ah Pek thinks I'm torturing him, but I have no choice when Ah Um won't entertain me lor. :(

5) Ribena. One of my favorite drinks in the world. Especially when I am drinking it while walking. Most of the time I just spill it all over the floor and kena yelled by Yeh Yeh. *wicked grin*

6) Yakult. Another one of my favorite drinks in the world. I would finish all 5 if I could have it my way, but I can't, so... :(

7) Mum mum. I luuuuurrrrve to eat *slurp*. Even when I've already had my zhou and my milk-milk, I still have to stuff myself with another biscuit, another potato chip, another ice-cream, another Pocky...'nuff said! I spot food only I super lao nua...wah biang aye, sometimes I even have to catch myself in time and wipe some nua off with my sleeve...hahaha. I am the original Di Di Jiak...and no one can come close to beating me in yau kwee lor. If you want to be my best friend-friend, you only need to dangle food in my face and I will follow you, follow you wherever you may goooo......

Careful you can't shake me off after that though...kekekekeke! You know what they say about hungry ghosts. :p




8) Orh-orh. Here's me during Slumbertime. Don't I look absolutely to-die-for cuuute? Check out those porky lips and fat porky cheeks.

I'm such a pig I wouldn't wake up even if the room shook and caved in on me. Here's proof lor, check it out. Cheek kena pinch until blue-black still cannot wake up. Hai, sibeh jia lat wun me. :(



9) Bath-time with Ah Um. I don't usually like to pong pong, but Ah Um has me converted. Bath-time with her is fun and interactive...she actually teaches me how to scrub my armpits and between my toes. Plus she lets me play with bubbles and water...so shiok!!

I am usually dirty and grubby, but ever since Ah Um's lessons in bathing and hygiene...I have been very mindful about parking my filthy, unwashed ass where it doesn't belong, or anyhow touch or lean against dirty public places like I used to. I now know that the only time I am allowed on Ah Um's bed is when I'm clean and freshly bathed. Thank you for the lessons in cleanliness, Ah Um!



10) Terrorizing the entire Gan clan. I am known to fly off the handle when I'm cranky, and believe me, I am often cranky. These days, though, I am better behaved thanks to Ah Pek and Ah Um's strict discipline regime. All Ah Pek has to bark at me is, "I'm warning you ahh. 1...2..." and that alone would instill such terror in me I would stop pulling whatever stunt I'm pulling and shut the hell up. I wouldn't want to try him, man...I wouldn't know what shit will hit the ceiling once he gets to the count of 3.

Sianzzz. Cannot pull stunt with Ah Um either. I did try my darndest to ruffle her feathers by being as impossible as I could possibly be, and all it got me was such a tight slap my poor cheek smarted for the whole day after that. Baaad Ah Um. Now I know better than to try. :(

11) Hanging out with my favorite person in the world...my dearest Ah Pek. He's so cool and dotes on me so much. He has my deepest respect because we can be playmates, yet at the same time, he imparts much discipline and wisdom (which I so very much need!).



Heheh. Me and my Ah Pek are like soooo tight. Here's Ah Pek lying there unusually docile and quiet after I'm done ka-cheowing him the whole day. Can tell he super bushed hor? Ah Pek can't escape my evil clutches wun lah. I'm known to be the killer combination of super Energizer bunny and being utterly merciless lor *wicked evil grin*.



My m.o. in living...eat, fart and ka-cheow, for life is short. ;)



Flying kisses to all! Muaks!!

Stay tuned! ;)

Tuesday, November 13

BBQ

All of us

Cacy hard at work!

Cacy eating again!

Slave at work


No prize for guessing wat Cacy is doing! Haha

Lynn caught the DDC disease


The onli reason we had a bbq at downtown east is becuz Cacy wanted to eat bbq food. Lucky for us is not Portuguese egg tarts if not all of us got to fly to Macau leow. It is e usual bbq & the man (me & CT) doing all the work & serving the woman like they are king lor. Sometimes I really pity the girls’ cuz all of them are born without hands de. Whole nite juz sit there & gossip non stop waiting to be served. Wonder wat it feels like to be a handicapped? Tink I can apply for a handicapped pass so I can park at handicapped lot cuz I ferry Cacy ard a lot & she sure qualified as 1 of those underprivileged. Haha. It was a normal BBQ nite until CT decided to peek into ZY's HP. Mr Ow & I have absolutely nothing to do with it. ZY got so mad & speed off in anger. Shame on CT. Overall it was quite fun & can't wait for another opportunity for CT to peek.... ... opps I mean BBQ nite.

Boh leow dialogue

i wanna cook says: need time to make e plague ma
黄药师 says: it is ok de. u can announce 1st. i can take e plaque later or u juz xcused me from paying for trainings for 1 yr oso can
黄药师 says: fyi. i prefer e latter.
i wanna cook says: cannot
i wanna cook says: liddat when i have e prize giving ceremony they say not fair
i wanna cook says: cos u no longer 100% liao
黄药师 says: it is ok. juz do it tis wk lor. e xcuse paying ting. no need plaque. haha
i wanna cook says: of cos cannot
i wanna cook says: if i make plague, it's my own money
黄药师 says: nvm. cannot make u pay de
i wanna cook says: if excuse u, everybody gotta pay more
i wanna cook says: they complain oso
黄药师 says: juz announce e no need pay tingy
黄药师 says: i am sure they dun mind de mah.
黄药师 says: u juz need to announce
i wanna cook says: cannot la.. everybody pay more leh
i wanna cook says: if not i jus announce lo
i wanna cook says: then since u r such a committed rower, sure dun mind pay double
黄药师 says: u mean every1 pay double to cover my cost? no need lah. every1 pay 5% more can leow
黄药师 says: but if u insist then ask every1 every mth give me additional $10 can leow lor
黄药师 says: dun give too much hor. i will pai seh de
i wanna cook says: wah.. no need paiseh
i wanna cook says: all of us will be happy tt u give us 10 bucks every month
i wanna cook says: thanks on behalf of the team, father of sultan of bRunei
黄药师 says: tink ur england not bery gd leh
黄药师 says: ur give me. or do giro oso can lor. i bring giro form for ur to fill up tis wkend
i wanna cook says: ya.. shud. more convenient for u
i wanna cook says: otherwise gotta carry stacks or 10 bucks...
黄药师 says: but if they want to pay me cash i oso dun mind lor
i wanna cook says: not up to ur standard
黄药师 says: u noe me de. bery easy de mah
i wanna cook says: rich and classy pp like u, wallet surely only have $50 notes
黄药师 says: but tell them i prefer 1 pc $10 notes hor. dun give me small change
黄药师 says: after ur each give me $10 then i will be ok lah. not rich but ok lor
黄药师 says: but thanks anyway
黄药师 says: it is a gd start
i wanna cook says: we surely dun mind $50 notes from u too
i wanna cook says: u beri humble leh
i wanna cook says: give us $50 each every week still say not rich
黄药师 says: $50 too much leow lah. i worried there will be pple like CT tat is bery stingy leh.
i wanna cook says: ya, good start
i wanna cook says: can slowly move on to give us $50 every day
黄药师 says: but since u insist so i wun undermine ur authority lor. $50 it should be lor
黄药师 says: thanks hor!
i wanna cook says: ya.. chungtai v greedy one
i wanna cook says: cannot give him too much at one shoot
黄药师 says: tink so he bery stingy oso
i wanna cook says: i shud thank u man
i wanna cook says: so generous of u
黄药师 says: but since u r e captain i am sure he dun mind de lah. or u juz kick him out lor
i wanna cook says: ... then it's every week or every day??
i wanna cook says: scared the rest too greedy la
黄药师 says: up to ur lor but i really pai seh leh
i wanna cook says: maybe to start off.. u can give me everyday
i wanna cook says: the rest every month
黄药师 says: get so much $ from ur
黄药师 says: u want to take e lead to give me everyday
黄药师 says: cannot lor
黄药师 says: how abt alternate day?
黄药师 says: dun want to be too hard on u
黄药师 says: but u dun eat much anyway so i dun tink it will be a prob oso. thanks hor

Monday, November 5

River Regatta

The race of the millenium is finally over. Despite being one of the hot favourites & top seed for the competition, we did not qualify for the 2nd round of the competition. This is our 2nd competition & we have always been able to maintain our high standard of kenna knock out in the 1st round. Hahahahaha. I have to say this SDBA is really a KNS organisation leh. Cancelled the break during the break resulting in teams scrambling all over the place to look for their rowers. We didn't even have a proper warm-up no thanks to them. Luckily, being the hot favourites, top seeded team, and the team to beat, we managed to do quite well for the 20 crew race. Came in last but our timing was ok. Finished neck to neck with all the tertiary teams. I also discovered there is a conspiracy against us! 1st was during SAVA Sprint when people accused us of fielding illegimate rower & now SDBA planned our 2 races back to back resulting in us not qualifying for the 2nd round of the 10 crew race. Overall the team did great & I can't wait for our next competition to come. Like promised, special thanks to our most faithful supporter, Xiao Mei, for attending all our races & hope she enjoyed drumming for us.

Thursday, October 11

Wrote this in Sec 3. Haha!

早以不记得是那一天的早上了,唯一还在记忆里的是那一天起得特别早。背着那沉重的书包独自踏上上学的路途。

刚到楼下,谁知天不作美竟下起大雨来! 正当我想上楼拿伞时,看见你手中拿了把伞朝我走了过来。你那对水汪汪的大眼睛和你那不是很长,但发尾和刘海看起来极富有弹性的短发深深地吸引了我。不知那来的勇气,我走向前和你搭讪问你是否能遮我到车站去。你爽快地答应了。在巴士上,我从你口中知道你就读的学校路途比较遥远所以需要那么早上学。

过后的几天,我天天都那么早在同样的车站傻傻地,痴痴地等。目的就只有一个,就是想多看你一眼。就这样朦朦胧胧过了几个星期,我终于鼓起勇气约你出去。你害羞地点了点头答应了。“啊!你害羞地样子好美,叫我这凡夫俗子这么能不动心呢!”

就在那个周末,我们俩倒海边渡过了我这一生最快乐的一天。开心的时候,时间总是过的比较快。不知何时,太阳已经近悄悄地下山了。我俩就同坐在沙滩上看着太阳慢慢被大海吞噬,燃红了海面,也燃烧了我那十八岁的青春。这时的我才发现海原来是那么的美, 那么的宁静。时间仿佛停止,就只听见你我的心跳声。

过后的许许多多多个周末,我俩都在海边度过,写下了数不清的故事,也包括了你我的故事。就在我们相识一年后,你突然告诉我你父亲决定要移民到国外去。

这天,我俩又来到了海边,坐在那相同的角落看那同样的日落。你靠着我的肩膀,我紧紧的抱着你,仿佛一旦松手,你就会离我而去。时间再次静止,不过这次隐隐约约只听到你 一人的心跳声。这时的我才知道心死的感觉。

记得从前有人说过,“不在乎天长地久,只在乎曾经拥有。”但我却认为,“若非天长地久,但愿从不拥有。”这一天是我们最后一次见面。你答应过会写信但我却迟迟未曾收过你的来信。曾经告诉过自己,或许你还没安定下来,或许信件遗失了,但更可能的是或许我只是你记忆里的一个过客。

这天,又来到了海边。天又不作美下起了大雨让我再次想起了你。雨下得不大,但却是我心中下得最大的一场雨。

Tuesday, October 2

A Pig's Wedding

25th Sept 2007 was the date of the pig's wedding cum his birdday cum his in laws anniversary cum his anniversary with his wife. How freaky is tat! The day begun with all the bros (PZ, Mark, Ruiqing, YB & me) meeting at his place at 545am. Can't belive my eyes when I saw the pig was actually ready. He even went to buy Chong Pang nasi lemak for us at 5am. For a moment I thought I was dreaming. Finally once in his life that he is not late! Reached the bride's place by 7am, went through the usual tekan session. I have to say what a bunch of amateur sisters! It was a piece of cake. No challenge at all. Nothing much happened throughout the day & nite other than the usual stuff. The wedding coordinator who is me did a great job to ensure everyting fall in place. Only fun ting is the pig got drunk & start puking everywhere. Haha! Can tell Mr & Mrs Pig was really happy. Now the pig is finally Mr Chew Ong Kien Peng leow. Hehe.

Ah Pui's take
You mean Mr Chew Kien Peng...he where got the right to retain his own surname wun? Don't forget leh, pig has no authority over his master. The only reason he wasn't late on his wedding day was because if he dare late, he'd be left on the shelf liao lor. The bride already very wei da and self-sacrificing to marry another specie...haha! The pig really kio dio.

But I must say the pig is really sporting. Whatever he kena tekan to do, he still do. But I think that is the nature of a pig...duno how or when to say no wun, esp when it comes to snorting down food. Haha! I couldn't believe he actually ate that huge piece of birdday cake after gulping down like 10,000 glasses of sibeh er xin wine+beer+vinegar+chili padi+soya sauce+don't know what else mixtures.

Ahh well, but ultimately all's well ends well...the Chews are glowing with the glory of lurve and we, the Smerri Babis, wish them all the luck in the world and hope to hear the pitter-patter of little piglet trotters soon. :)

Thursday, September 20

Message In A Wuff

Ok, this is Ah Pui's current state. Humbled and very much missing her smerriest Babi.

As a result of acting like a stubborn ass...

Babi is damn pissed.

Ah Pui pats Babi and wheedles many times...

But Babi is still pissed.

So Ah Pui has this to say to Babi...

我知道错了. Forgive Ah Pui?
...please?
I may be many things but good. In fact, most times I'm in the wrong...

But I do know this for sure, that...

Beri BERI much. From the bottom of my piggy heart.
So how about we call it a truce and continue our 24 tonight?
...sounds good to my Babi?

Sunday, September 16

4th is not good enough!

The SAVA SPRINT INTERNATIONAL III did not go as well as anticipated. We came in 6th (which is last) in the 500m Final & missed the 200m Finals by 0.3s. So near & yet so far. One stupid incident happened which once again proved that there are more assholes in this world than I thought possible. Some asshole actually complained to the race organiser we got SAFRA rowers to row for us which is total bullshit! 1 ting I really hate about Dragonboat is there are some assholes in the circuit which are really KNS 1. Keep going around complaining about this & that. Damn boh leow de! Despite that, I am sure everyone had fun and I am glad all of us agreed to stick together for River Regatta instead of moving to the Paya Lebar Team. I would like to thank every1 for coming down and putting in their best especially our Captain, ZY. She keeps complaining I have not praised her enough in my blog so now I should tell the whole world wat a wonderful job she has done for the past few months. Hahaha. I decided to nominate her for the Coach of the Year award leow. Must also thank our one & only & biggest fan, Xiao Mei who came down to support us for the 2 race days. The girls in the team were great! Can tell they really put in a lot of effort. Cass nearly fainted! Hehe. Last by not least, finally a real race with friends as promised. Hope to do better next time!

Wednesday, September 12

SAVA SPRINT INTERNATIONAL III

The draw for the ultimate WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP is done & we are in the finals!!! We have made it to the Finals!!! In case u r wondering wat I am writing about, it is actually the SAVA SPRINT INTERNATIONAL III (something like the World Cup for Dragon Boat). Our newly formed team qualifies for the Final of the 500m race. If u r wondering again how the hell we made it into the Finals, let lim pei enlighten u. Hehe. I deduce that there could onli be 2 reasons for it after many rounds of scientific analyzing, means testing, public polls, research and focus groups discussions. The 1st is many world established teams (Like Brazil, England, and Italy) withdraw after learning we are taking part. No point racing for 2nd place mah. The 2nd is the organizer finally woke up their idea & discover it is a pure waste of time for us to participate in the Heats cuz we will surely make it to the final 1 mah. Hahaha. Jokes aside, I am really glad that I am able to row in a real race with friends. It would be so fun!!! One of the ‘STRONGEST’ rower in the team, CT (FYI; he benched around 200kg and can run a full marathon in less than 45 mins) has already prepared his winning speech, booked the open top bus for the team to tour the city with the trophy and of cuz booked the Indian restaurant at Esplanade for the gala dinner leow. Can't wait for the weekend to cum!

Monday, August 27

Wat a fuck up world!

Went to Womad with CT, ZY & Cacy & discovered it is actually a mass gathering for expatriats, foreign students, Singaporeans who lived or studied overseas & any other person who speaks with some funny accent. Hahahaha. There were some Heineken ladies walking around inviting all the ang mos & everyone else to some private party EXCEPT the locals. How fucked up can it be! Can't stand the place & left after an hour.

After Womad, the 4 of us decided to have dinner near Bugis. Women being women (including CT) can never make up their mind. At 1st, it was Thai food but the place didn't accept credit card nor Nets and the 4 of us had a combined total of $50, which CT claimed it wasn't enough cuz he was going to eat like a pig as he was super hungry lor. So we changed our mind and decided to have steamboat at the 7th storey. Was surprised that there was no crowd. In the end it turned out it was becuz the steamboat sold out leow. Then we decided to eat ‘look back grass’ which is the Thai food, but still we have no cash. Me being the ever super nice me volunteered to go withdraw $ at Bugis Junction. The stupid ATM on the ground floor closed at 10pm, so I had to go down to the basement to withdraw $. When I came back, my 3 good buddies changed their mind & decided to eat buffet ma la steamboat instead & the best thing is the place they are in take credit card! Damm KNS! Wasted trip but still ok cuz me bery de nice one. The 4 of us happily sat down for 30 mins before plates & bowls were laid for us. NVM cuz we bery magnanimous de. Started ordering food & after 3 rds we discovered someting really weird. Nothing much came except plenty of cabbage & mushroom. Asked the waiter wat happened & he said never cum means dun have leow lor. Damm TL! ‘Politely’ tok to the waiter & requested to speak to the Manager. Took the asshole forever to cum & she brought with her some of the claimed "Dun Have Leow" food. Blood was boiling but still managed to maintain my cool & spoke to the Manager ‘politely’ about their fucked up service! Dinner was totally ruined for me but my 3 companions were still happily eating their food. We ended the nite with a tour of Geylang. Hehehe. Let CT off near Kallang MRT station & I bet he walked back to Lorong 10 for 'Tao Huay'. Hehe.

If you think tat is it for my fucked up world then you are so wrong. Was going to the movie with Pui Pui on Sunday at AMK. About to park my car when this KNN driver drove up so close to me that I was unable to reverse into my lot. Signal to him that I wanted to park but he simply ignored me. Went down & asked him ‘politely’ wat the fuck he wanted. He told me I did not switch on my parking light so he did not know I am going to park & he was not going to reverse for me, & insisted that I should move forward for him to exit 1st. Wat a KNNB CCB Asshole! Told him there is no such thing as the parking light cuz they are called hazard light. Stupid ass! Told him there was no way lim pei was going to move & I could wait for as long as he wanted. The SOB got no balls & decided to reverse for me to park in the lot. Justice finally prevails! Hahaha. Wat a fucked up world!

Saturday, August 18

Seeing Stars

Today for the 1st time in my life I nearly fainted! It was a usual day of me going to the gym to train my legs when out of nowhere I began seeing stars. I wobble to the toilet & juz laid on the dirty toilet floor. Forced myself to get up to try to vomit or shit so that I am able to shake that terrible feeling away. Was sweating like hell while shitting & still feel like blacking out. Luckily, the feeling went away after I was done with shitting. Hehe. Went back to the gym, packed my things & had a hot shower. Feeling really weak now. No idea what juz happened. Pui pui suspect I might have low blood pressure, cancer, diabetes & some other incurable dieases. Hahaha. Was wondering is it becuz of insufficient sugar intake & I used too much strength. Rule that out too cuz I had a really heavy breakfast. So freaking weird! Feeling better & still going for dragon boat training 2morrow. Another overloaded boat but that is a happy problem. Hope everyone enjoys the session as much as I do. Hehe.

Thursday, August 16

猪我生日快乐



This entry came 18 days late, no thanks to heavy procrastination + a persistent feeling of general illness since my fake dengue episode a few days before my birthday. Since then, it's been endless outbreaks of fever, sore throat, headaches, backaches, joint-aches, limb-aches and killer lethargy (boh pian, lao charbor is like that wun...here pain, there pain, everywhere oso pain). I think I probably need a wheelchair by the time I hit 40. Can die leh...I'm actually whining about my ailments on my birthday blog...sibeh typical of a naggy old hag.



So anyway, I blew out the candles of my birthday cake on 29th July, surrounded by closest family (no other way I'd have it). Dinner was Italian, at Valentino's located off Rifle Range Road. I enjoy the food there + ambience is homey and cozy + service is tiptop, but seems that I'm the only one who likes the food. We partook in seafood pizza, fried calamari, 2 different types of squid ink pasta, grilled lamb with rosemary and herbs, basted sea bream and tiramisu cake my Babi got from Tiramisutra (Valentino staff, not to be outdone, served me a complimentary tiramisu...which tasted nicely bittersweet). I had to hear a whole barrage of complaints about the food ("so-so only lah", "what's the big deal?", "I dunno how to enjoy Italian food lah", "you call that nice?") to character putdowns ("she's always like that wun lor, go for fashionable only, never quality", "typical of her to choose this kinda place"), but fair enough lah...one man's meat is another man's poison - only in this instance, one woman's meat is five other persons' poison. But hey, it's my birthday.



Here are my birthday presents from Babi...not 1, not 2, but 4 of em! Hehe! My favorite tiramisu cake (another favorite being rich chocolate flavor!). A bouquet of sunflowers (my favorite flowers, along with tulips!). A scuba diving Swatch which I've damaged since then (am going to get it repaired soon, but dunno when cuz I'm sooo lazy to venture downtown these days). And last but certainly not least, my Babi really nailed it with the super-adorable multicolored Kipling handbag with spade, heart, diamond and club prints...which I immediately fell in love with (and have been carrying it everywhere ever since)...it sure helps that there's the cutesy signature monkey attached to the bag lah). My Babi sure knows my taste (youngish and colorful).



We had a great weekend off, mostly tian mi mi staying in, eating out or watching movies. We're simple folks and that's how we enjoy life together...regardless birthday or not. Of course, in true time-honored tradition of the Gans, the birthday celebrant gets to be super pampered and doted on by the partner for the entire day...a right redeemable only on the actual birthdate. Babi was literally my slave for the day, waiting on me hand and foot. Of course I was loving it...when else can I abuse Babi by ordering him to make me a glass of perfect iced Milo, just the way I like it??? Kekekekeke...I'm sure he's already plotting his revenge on me for his next birthday. Ahhh welll, that's still a long way off, so wait long long lor. :p

Monday, August 13

881

一人一半,感情不散。I was never a big fan of Royston Tan but I really like his latest work, 881. Really like the whole setup of the Getai. I watched Getai before and I always felt it is a really old school form of entertainment from my parents' generation. Like the noise and excitement that cums with it but can never fully understand the full content as my hokkien sucks! Today, coincidentally is the 1st day of the 7th month when I watched the movie. I was kinda surprised a young director is able to shoot a movie that is so rich in the local content. I pray that my kids (if i ever have any) will get to see getai, enjoy the rich culture of the seventh month when they are growing up. Love the auction in Hokkien during the dinner! Sometimes I feel we are losing more as we move forward. Chinese New Year no longer feels the same as before. Zhong Yuan Jie is not as happening when compared to the 80s. I hope the evolving of our society stop robbing us of what we used to hold so dear to us. Guess I am an old school kind of guy.

Thursday, July 26

Damm Suay!

Injured my knee again while playing basketball. Loss count the no. of times I injured myself leow. I can tell this round it is quite serious as I could hear my knee popping in & out a few times. Freaking painful & disgusting! Out for at least a month. Damm TL & suay. Think it is abt time I consider retiring & trade my basketball shoes for a chess board leow. Dun even know whether I will make it for the Army Half Marathon leow.

Sunday, July 22

What Arnold Schwarzenneger Would Look Like If He Were A Dog


I can't help it. I just had to include this in our blog. Sibeh tok gong leh! I already thought my babi's newly emerging 6-pack already quite tok gong. Until I saw this musclebound chunk of doggy. Take a look at this kow. Don't believe what your eyes are seeing? Well, believe it. Cuz it's certainly not photoshopped. People mistake her for a pitbull with a pinhead, but Wendy the whippet is just one rare breed. This dog is aka Arnold Schwarzenegger, dog version. Wendy is 27kg pure rippling mass of muscle. Forget the much-reverred 6-pack sia. Wendy has a 24-pack. Try topping that! The muscles around her neck are so thick they look like a lion's ruff. Lean she may not be, but mean she certainly looks...but hey, she can be my watchdog anyday.

Sunday Morning 6am

Suppose to go for the Mizuno 10km run NOW but it is still raining heavily so I guess the run is off leow. Meeting CT & Yongjin at 7am just to collect goody bag cuz got running T. Bery cheap skate rite! Haha. Yesterday we had our 1st full boat training. A total of 11 pax turn up for the row and ZY double up as our coach cum cox. Although ZY is only semi pro but I have to say she is quite good. We oso did a race with the Standchart Team and we lose only by a tiny, winy, little bit. Not bad cuz we only trained 2 times mah. It was great fun & looking forward to the next training already.

Saturday, July 21

Lackie: A Pictorial

"You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762


"I neber take. I really neber take. Neh, see?"

Lackie showing what a huge fan she is of Ah Pek. She is so blown away. Literally.

Lackie giving her best rubber ducky impression. Actually she'd just sneezed onto my camera here. The unhygienic little cow.


Lackie playing peek-a-boo during the car ride to the zoo.


"I think. Therefore I am."

Yessh, Lackie, you've got us all convinced.

Lackie morphing into a piglet right before our very eyes.


Lackie trying her darndest to burst into tears, but obviously her usual Oscar-winning performance is a little sub-par here.


Here is when Satan just slipped into Lackie's chubby little body and hell's fury is about to be unleashed upon all of mankind.


"Ah Um, can I take a break from smiling puhleeaze? My face is so frozen liao."

Ah Pek: "Cmon Lackie. Say cheese!"
Lackie: "Nabeh, you so sart, you say yourself lor."

Ah Pek: "Smile, Lackie, smile!"
Lackie: "KNNCCB. Lim peh boh mood lah!"


"Cootchie cootchie coo. Smile, Ah Um, smile."


"Yaaaay! Bravo! I always knew that if I acted like a heinous little cow, Ah Pek would jump to my defence and there's absolutely nothing Ah Um can do about it."


Lackie mustering The Big Kiss.

Lackie demonstrating the fine art of being a lady, doing what she does best. Diggity digg!


"Har? What did you say, Ah Um? Did you just tell me to behave? Tia boh ah!"


Lackie looking mighty pleased with herself for accomplishing her usual feat of annoying the crap out of us.