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2 weeks of holidays flew past just like this. I know I was very thankful everyday for the love I received from family and friends and the quality spent with every one.

As Eug said the only thing I do is "MSN, Facebook, upload photos and blog" :D I shall write up something of my awesome 2 week back home.

First, it was meant to be a surprise for my family. It was intended to be for my mum-in-law too but things took a slight turn so she was kept in the loop of my return :P

and so you would've read in my previous post that the surprise was a huge success! I can genuinely feel my parents really happy that I'm home.

I met up with my close group of friends (which i realised there are alot! thank God for all these great pals :))) and spent alot of time with both of my family. It really made me appreciate all the things they have done (taking their time off to bring me around to eat and giving me real gourmet treats!) and I'm really very very blessed! :D

The highlights of my trip:

1. I love my family!!!


Part of my surprise worked beautifully was because I skyped with mum and dad every week and I managed to find out what they had planned to do during the 2 weeks I'm back!

So knowing that Mum took leave for her birthday, I planned my time to go shopping with her (which I know she misses), booked a nice birthday dinner at Shangri-La (thanks to bestie!) and a weekend stayover at Marina Bay Sands (thanks to Chewie!).

I went to Sunday service with mum-in-law and kevin & ser (can I say Ps Prince is awesome??!) and knowing that I missed durians so much, they bought me Mao Shan Wang to satiate my taste buds! I literally gulped down the flesh and almost wanted to swallow the seeds! HAHA

Had yum-cha twice with MIL too and I know she enjoys my company and dotes on me alot. I am veryv blessed to have such a generous and loving MIL :)))

I love my family!!

2. I love my SN Sistas!


What can I say? They're the bunch of girlfriends that I knew the longest and despite some of us being away overseas at different points in our lives, we always make an effort to catch up with one another. These are really the friends for life :)))))

3. I love my pals!


During my 2 weeks stay, I, :
- Met up with XP for PS Cafe truffle fries before she flew off to China for work
- Met up with hOi and B and had dinner with Andrea (Mellben crabs!)
- Juice and baby talk with Huimin at Starbucks
- Attended Yvonne's wedding and caught up with the Pw gang
- 4-hour chat/drink session with Eug's bestman, Shawn
- All day food hunting with Sin and dinner with NTU gang
- Had lunch with Geok at her work place
- Breakfast with cousin Tiffy

WOOHOO! i'm so happy I get to meet everyone! But there's still a couple I didn't get to meet due to their work schedule. but I'm more than thankful already :)))))

4. 20th Friendship anniversary with Bestie!

it's the 20th year since we knew each other (back in prep sch when were 6 yrs old!) so we decided to set a date to commemorate this special event in our lives and 20.10.2010 is the most apt! (lots of couples get married this day too :P)

so we had a sleepover at bestie's place, and transformed to 16 years old students the next day and went out to Orchard like some students playing truant! HAH! oops :P nobody caught us but we did get occasional stares from 'fellow students' but who cares! :P

We had brunch at Wild Honey (most ex brunch ever! but nice :P) and went to take silly photos at Kinokuniya (acting studious) and met our sec school chinese teacher! What are the odds to find someone from St. Nicks that day? Heh :P

and I suggested to take neoprints too! We can't even remember where to find those machines and had to call up for help! Turns out the ones at Heeren were closed and we managed to find it at Cineleisure for $12! Geez! But we had great fun!! it was so stressful trying to decorate our neoprints within the set time but it was really hilarious! :P


I still salivate when i see the pictures of these food!!

From top left: Truffle Fries from PS Cafe @ Palais Renaissance, Coffee @Papa Palheta, (3 pics from top row) Tonkotsu ramen & side dishes from Ippudo @ Mandarin Gallery, Mixed berries pancakes @ Food For Thought Queen St, Mao Shan Wang ice cream @ Udders Bt Timah, Cheese steak sliders @ Over Easy One Fullerton

From bottom left: Tunisian breakfast @ Wild Honey, Sweet desserts @ Honeymoon Dessert 313 Somerset, Mao Shan Wang durian @ random stall at Clementi and Baked eggs @ Hatched Evans Lodge

of course, there are the normal hawker food I missed so much such as chwee kway, chee cheong fun, prata, mee chiang kueh, goreng pisang, tau huey, vegeterian beehoon and many more!!!

6. my furry friends!
Can i just say she's the most adorable baby ever!!! (ok my future kids will be the CUTEST :P hahaha!)

I'm so proud of Hoi for delivering B in 1hour and really inspired me to be a great mum next time. She breastfeeds her up to 6 times a day, bathe her, cuddles her, changes her diapers and did this with very little help.

and i'm sure she's very proud of herself too, for carrying B in her womb for 10months and finally holding a little baby in her arms. I can really feel all the bliss and happiness as a new mum. Jiayou hoi!!! muacks!


I'm really thankful for this trip home which God made it possible in every way: promo SQ airtix, all the love from family and friends, spending below budget even thought I bought 15 pieces of clothing (!!) and being able to sleep for almost 4 hours because there were empty seats beside me. Praise God! :)))))))

now it's less than 2 months to end of 2010 and Christmas, my favourite holiday :))))

Good luck everyone and let's make the remaining 2010 a fantastic one!

Cheers! ;)

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i have a sister-in-law!!! :))))))

Gor and Pam joined the rest of the 829 couples in Singapore to register their marriage on 10 October 2010.

I love to see the blissful grin on my brother's face and i'm very happy that he's found someone so endearing as my sis-in-law. Can't wait for their wedding reception next June :)))

Here's some pictures taken during the day (was distracted with Kenji *hehe*)

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i'm HOME :))))))

It was a surprise meant for my family and boy were they stoked to know I'm home :)

I had to suppress all urge to tell them about my homecoming trip whenever I Skype with them each week but I kept it a tight lipped secret, except for all my close friends who knew about my trip.

I was literally grinning from ear to ear when the plane made a landing and i could see luscious greens and vast landscape, the coast was lined with HDB flats (ahh HDB flats :P).

I smiled when the flight attendant made the announcement "To all Singaporeans and residents, a warm welcome home :)))" one of the many reasons why I love travelling home with SQ :)

Had to made some changes as mum got off work early and was going for dinner with my aunt so I called her at the airport. She was very surprised and thought it was a prank call and i could hear her all her excitement of having her precious daughter home. She had to call me again on my mobile to confirm. HAH my mum is too cute.

I took a cab home, a comfortable 10minutes ride to the familiar Punggol field. I rang the door bell and shouted "SURPRISE" to my daddy and he was pleasantly surprised too! :) What a success!!

I concussed early last night and overheard my Gor coming home and the first thing was "Where's Meimei?" and i sneaked a peek through my tired lids and saw him coming into mum's bedroom to confirm I was indeed home. HEH :)

The feeling of being home is really good. I really thank God for such smooth journey home and bringing me back to people whom I love dearly. :))))))

Exciting day tomorrow as we welcome a new member into our family, my sister-in-law!

I love being home :)))

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Exciteddd!!!

Mummy and Daddy are paying for the free and easy package to HK for our mini honeymoon!! :D:D

Can't wait to eat and shop non-stop!!

They're the best!! :D

*loved*

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feeling really loved for the following reasons:

- my MIL who's been so sweet and endearing. she fusses on our wedding preps and always want to lavish us the best she can provide. :)

- my very cute mummy and daddy whom I skyped home to every Sunday. we never fail to chat more than an hour and the things we talked about can be so ordinary that I still find it so interesting to hear about. :):)

- my very dear gfs, hoi, andrea and lala whom helped heaps with the wedding planning. their wonderful creative ideas to make our day the most special one for us. :):):)

- my dearest darling. i love him for him. :):):):)

- God. for showing me all the love the above people have lavished upon me whom i cannot stop to sing praise and give thanks. :D:D:D:D:D

1 Corinthians 13:6-7: Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

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I thought this picture of my Gor speaks very aptly of him: a Monkey!! HAHA

That's him during one of his training for the upcoming 100km HK Oxfam trail walk. Crazy huh?

He's been on an intensive year-long self-discovery (i would say) journey of finding back the good ol'self. He's joined more than 10 marathons (i think!) and this 100km trail walk is gotta be the highlight for him this year.

I'm proud of all his achievements and really happy to see him enjoying life like how it should be.

Although we don't talk much but i guess I can understand how he feels sometimes. :) I guess having the same gene and blood in us does have that REAL connection.

Happy Birthday! to my dearest brother who is always on the look out for me and will always be my guidance in life. :):):)

Good luck in your trail walk!!! Rahhhhh~~~~ :D

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i was about to praise ur photo then i realise maybe it isnt taken by you coz these people are obviously not you!!

hehehe. one day, shu. one day.

and yay ure back sooon! :) see you on 20th :)

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Received 2 parcels from dearest Serene and Huimin this week! (not to mention my mummy's birthday card last week too! :)

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Received this in my email this morning and I thought it was some kind of a forwarded email, only to realise it was written by my dear brother to my dad!

Read on! (it's hilarious and touching at the same time :P)

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Pa,

I observe that you are getting a bit fatter already. Haha, think you haven been going exercising for a while.

Will get lethargic and high inertia to move out of the house once a person gets fat, heavier to move around ma.

This year you will be turning 60years old le. I personally think that turning 60 is a new 20 years old. Cos you still have another 20 years ahead of you at least.

Hence I hope before you turn 60 can put kick some bad habits and cultivate some good ones.

1. Don’t eat bread, biscuits, milo etc all the carbo food after 8pm, they make you grow fat
2. Do eat your dinner at 7pm even when mom is not cooking, go out and buy la
3. Do take the bicycle out to cycle around punggol (to the punggol beach maybe?) once in a while, if not change the tyres for wat?
4. Do go downstairs to the open space to exercise a bit, if not we move from AMK to Punggol for wat?
5. Do cycle to sengkang sport hall to swim or gym once in a while since it’s newly open and it’s so near our house
6. Do not lye on the couch so often, because after a while you won’t want to do any of the above 2-5 except for 1 when you are hungry..

I play badminton quite often now, next time we can go tog so you can exercise abit.

Haha the email turns out to be a big lengthy, I also cc to sis so that she can nag u a bit after she comes back. Hope you can loose some weight, stay healthy, so that you can prepare for your next 20 years when you step in to 60!

Courage: 20 years from now, you'll be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Dare. Discover. Dream. Live no regrets.

Your Son

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My brother can be such a funny guy sometimes!!!! HAHAHA

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time flies~ it has been 2 weeks into my christmas break and the last day of my parent's holiday visit.

There are times when irritation and tempers flew because of differences but at the end of the day, i'm really grateful and appreciative of their love and care and that they flew over to spend this festive season with us :)

Over the past 2 weeks, we went to many different parts of Brisbane, some of which were our favourite hang out places and some were new area which we probably would not have ventured if not for their visit.

~Eumundi Markets~

I always love this market for the vibrant culture displayed and the nooks and crannies you can find!

~Yandina Nutworks & Ginger Beer Factory~

A tourist area for some souvenirs back home :)
~Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary~

Brought them to see the national icons, Koalas and Kangaroos but was a disappointment as most of them were hiding away probably due to the hot weather.

Do what the Aussies do! :P

~Mount Coot-tha Lookout~

Here you can see the entire view of Brisbane CBD and the inner city suburbs (gosh my cherubic face! :/:/:/)

~Sunnybank~

Our favourite place to eat for Asian food! The food maybe pricey but it's really good :)

~Harbourtown~

A car boot full of shopping stash! I think between the 4 of us we spent almost $400!

~Surfer's Paradise~

We only got down to take a snapshot of the beach to prove that we came here. The crowd on NYE was crazy. People don't look where they're walking and it was absolutely precarious to drive down the roads at Surfer's. I still prefer Sunshine Coast :)


~Brisbane City~

Yes they were still buying when we went to the city!! (hah actually that bag was my shoe from Nine West!)

~Southbank Natural History Museum~

it's free entry!

~Southbank Gallery of Modern Art~

FREE as well. We went to see the contemporary art and the theme was Optimism. A wonderful display of colours and attiude :)

~ my apartment~

The folks want to take a photo outside our apartment.


and all of us went to Movie World, which, in my truthful opinion, uncomparable to Tokyo Disneyland :/

We spent so much time queuing up for rides that lasted for less than 2 minutes; souvenir stores that sell substandard stuffs; snacks that were double the price outside and the parade (according to my dad) was lacklustre. *bleahhhh~~~* and it cost us $69 for entry!


We only managed to go on a few rides coz the average waiting time was 45min! -_-"

Nonetheless, the highlight was our impromptu bushwalking at the Gold Coast hinterland at Springbrook National Park.

The drive up north was 2 full hours with about 1hour spent on windy roads up the mountains where Tallanbana picnic area was to begin our walk.

We took the 4km route and took about 3.5 hours to complete because we stopped to admire the awesome rainforest, rock formations and magnificent waterfalls :)

I'll let the pictures do the talking :)














It was a wonderful experience bushwalking and the folks were really great (although they concussed when we got home).

There are many more nature parks in various parts of Queensland and of course wineries and bed & breakfast farm stays too! More weekend trips to come~~ :)

Happy New Year folks! I hope it has been an awesome 2008 for you guys and the new year will be a year of favours from the Lord! :)

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