Growing up

Was chatting with the girls about how times have evolved and were glad that we have live through the era of no internet, stamping date dues on library books, transistor radio, typewriter, blackboard, thin and flimsy 8" floppy disk, 3 1/2" mini disk and now thumbdrive. From the bytes to megabtye to giga to tretra and what we have.

The familiar path that I walked through for the past 30 over years, still the same but mini changes have crept in quietly and sub-consciously over the period that if we dun pause and take a notice, we might not even be knowing the change. It's so amazing. The India mama shop below my home and the block opposite ours were gone. How I love to cajole mummy and granny to get me my favourite tibits, kaka, mamee, cheese balls or chocolate waffle. How grandmother will buy us the sticky green stuff to blow into balloons.

Picture Source : Victor Koo Blog

The slower pace in life because of time or because we were young. The carefree days of playing "touch-me-not" with mimosa while waiting for the school bus with twinny and granny. The games we played, the love we grow up on, it's never change. It still there.

I love my life, I love my family, I love you all.

Looking back

Buttercup just became Mrs Gian and we got invited to the lovely Mr & Mrs Gian's abode. As we sat in the cosy room and reminisce over the paths we have walked through over for so many years and how this blog has come to its 4th anniversary from its first post. Time really flies and we wonder how we have ever survive over all these years.

As the person in it, we never notice how much we have changed until we step back and look at ourselves from outside. The many ups and the downs and the supposed path A become B etc. And the 3 of us (Buttercup, Bubbles and Moi), the embracer of singlehood ladies move to another stage...and so will Sumiko Tan.

It's not that we are worry about the time-bomb or concern about loneliness. Till now, I never stopped myself from going some place by myself, traveling alone without the man, going late nights with the girls, went out drinks myself, doing things just by myself.... of course with the new relationship, there is compromise, there is definitely changes but nothing still left moi wanted to keep that ME, MYSELF and MY SPACE all to myself and I am still myself.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Happy Birthday ...
Happy Birthday to you .... woof!

Transition

I am in the midst of transiting... It's really a very confusing and "draining" feeling - mixture of happiness, anticipation, sadness, emptiness and fear. Yes!! Fear!! Fear of the coming out from my too comfort circle, fear of the unknown future and yet the excitement of facing the new future and life with my new "coaster". I even crafted a few notebooks and a lanyard for my new job. And had booked my lunch appointments with friends next month at my new place. Well it's may sounds a little exaggerating but I was that EXCITED!!!

But first let me get my office portable harddisk fixed... and no thanks to Uncle SuSe who commented that I was being such a chor lor to broke the USB point. Anyway I am going to fix it up ALL MYSELF by hook or crook!! SNORT!!

AND CLEAR my MOUNTAIN OF WORK Before my EXIT. * Heaved BIG Sigh! *

Post Edit
Managed to change the casing BUT I cant get my office laptop to "detect" it!! GRRR!! So now I am opening my ibook and to share the harddisk with my office laptop as I dun have some of the applications on my ibook. GRRRRRRRRRR!! Irritating!!

Memories

Thanks for loving me with all your heart, unconditionally and wholeheartedly for 5+ years....

I love you too.. and miss you very, very, very much.










came end 2003 and left 26th January 2009

Picking Memories

Spring cleaning is a time for "picking" memories... I got tonnes....

Miss Gong

Bell recommended this vegetarian eatery that is really nice at Joo Chiat Place.... of course, it's double nicey that Auntie Wonderland is there. *wink* ANYWHERE, Ping, we are going to send you the BILL for your MIA that day. =P The food was simply marvellous. The dishes were not too oily and the eatery used vegetable more instead of those vegetarian mock stuff that were usually served. All of us enjoyed so much!!! Ambience was nice and service was simply wonderful. A good place for family gatherings.

Stir fry broccoli with fish and lily bub

This is such a simple dish but the tofu is so crispy..... really mouth-watering. Though the golden mushrooms is the most oily dish, it's still very very yummy. Cant stop eating.

Fried beancurd with oat


Deep fried golden mushrooms


Seafood bee hoon


Crispy seafood noodles

Was reminiscing about our childhood days and Moi and Twinny couldn't help stop laughing at HOW Ah Gong we were when we were kids. Hahahaha! For our 6 years in primary school, I would have my kway teow soup and Twinny would have her bee hoon soup every recess without fail. After eating during recess, despite being in the same school, Moi and Twinny would not stay behind to chit-chat. We were obediently went to line up in our positions to wait for the recess bell to go off and march back to class. Amazing, right? hahahahaha! Then during secondary school, for the 4 years, be it recess or lunch, we would have chicken lor mee without fail.... ocassionally treating ourselves with a fried fishball or fried wanton. Hahahahha! How uncreative and robotic we were. And the most amazing part is that we were such "loners" that we dun take lunch or recess with anyone. Not even for me with twin or twin with me. We had such a good laugh and even now I couldn't really figure out the reason for our peculiar behaviour. kekekeke!

Just Greens Vegetarian Food
49 Joo Chiat Place
Tel : 6345 0069
Website : http://www.justgreensfood.com/

Opening hours
Daily 8am - 11pm

记忆

再给我两分钟　
让我把记忆结成冰
别融化了眼泪　
你妆都花了要我怎么记得

记得你叫我忘了吧　
记得你叫我忘了吧
你说你会哭
不是因为在乎



Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g85vSamfsYs

蒲公英的约定

一起長大的約定　
那樣真心　
與妳聊不完的曾經
而我已經分不清　
妳是友情　
還是錯過的愛情

雖我已無法准守
我們之間的約定
但我會永遠記得
你為我編織的夢



Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOpbB31yWzM

Death

When death came smack into your face...

Right into your face....

Like a tape recorder on replay mode playing inside your head....

How would you feel?

Nuts?

What will my Eulogy be like?

I wonder.

Wake Up

Again....

It's disturbing me...

Kept me thinking again....

Life is so fragile.. so precious...

It reminds me to focus on present....

Letting go of hurt, disappointments, grudges....

Treasure tender moments with loved ones...

Understanding the value of time and to remember that Time waits for no one.

We like to give ourselves big plan, big goals,... i am not say that such plan and goals are not good. It's necessary but if you are to died tomorrow, is your next 3 years plan to get a condo more important or spending time with your family more important? Such things will seem trivial in comparison.

You never know if you will sleep through a night and never to wake up.

You never know if you will be sweep off the ground and never open your eyes again the very next moment.

You never know....

So do you know what are your real priorities or spending time with family can wait till you get your car and condo?

Don't regret only after you received your "wake-up call".

Time waits for no one...

给朋友 - 张学友

张学友：“与其说这是写来怀念朋友，不如说是借歌安慰自己。写歌是为自己找一个出路，发泄一下情绪。”

Happy Birthday, Anita.....



Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk9UZiHP0w8

Nostalgia of the Little Red Dot

The little red dot left a very big impact on Moi's life and still has a lot of influence. In fact what I am now is greatly greatly because of my experience in the island of the little red dot. As I was reading Supermodel's blog on her trippy at the little red dot, it brought back fond memories that Moi had have over there. The friendship I fostered, the good and bad experiences i had there, the laughters I had, the tears I shed. It's too many.

Re-called the days, where Moi and twinny (2 little girls) all alone adventuring into kansai, travelling between Kyoto and Osaka, and even landed ourselves in Love hotel. Hohohohoho!!! Love hotel is those hourly hotel that couples just checked in for 1-2 hours of pleasure and then left. I was too overjoyed to find such a cheap hotel to realise that it's a love hotel... and was sharing with my friends why was the whole room in RED yucking looking bedsheets. Kekekeke! I can't recall how many a times I got myself lost in the complicated subway system till I was so good that I could give directions to the Locals. ^_-) How I trained myself to do the 1 minute dash from Platform 3 to Platform 6 to get to the next connecting train in time. How I learnt to get out of the way of the rush hour and squeeze inside the sardine packed trains.

I still remember the funny time when Moi and Twinny spent all our money on the way back from Sapporo to Tokyo and my pitiful stare at the cheapest Bento set at the train station softened the shop owner's heart to let me have it at the amount I could afford and how dearly both of us shared that little Bento together on the train back to Tokyo. How I mischievously "cheated" the train fare and tried to escape from the train master.

The land of convenience where one can easily get nearly all sorts of things from the vending machines even clothes, shoes, bags, flowers, porno, pleasure items .... convenience or open culture? I leave the answers to you. I still recall my first trip to the pub when I was 20 and the whole gang kept asking me if I was underage that why I wasn't drinking or smoking. Comeon, in Singapore, the legal age is 18 and I was already 20. But I refused to budge. And the cute Dude that sat beside me and asked me in his Japanese-accent english if I was still a V****n. Culture shock!! The crazy girl that got drunk and told me she was worried sick that she might had AIDS from her boyfriend whom she knew was sleeping around. In the night-hours, after a few cans of alcohol, everyone seems to go crazy. It's not uncommon to spot pretty ladies in their prink and proper one piece, suddenly squat down at the corner of the train station, pulling out her cute little panties to pee. Yup. It's common for a lady thus not least a man. YEEKS!!!?

It's an eye opening experience. One can never experience such open culture and behaviour in our Sunny island. Definitely a NO NO. We even had cameras installed inside the lift to watch you pee har. The ironical part is despite all these openess, the basic culture is still very conservative and restrictive. Like bowing, exchanging of gifts in business, wearing proper for office, the standard loooooooooong japanese phrases that one has to memorise by heart to get your way through. Yup...it's a crazy place. But those were the days....

Yup. I so missed it and I can't wait to back-pack there alone again.

Mata Aeru..