what's gotten into me..

was it the pms or was it other things..
been feeling moody...prefer to coop up at home than go out and meet friends, in this way i can choose not to talk when i don't feel like it, there's no need to patronise anybody in particular.

yes, the talkative drea can get lazy to talk at times too.

maybe i over-reacted today..

The same old saying goes, do not unto others what you don't want onto yourself. (ok i'm quite sure i got the phrase wrong somehow but who cares?)

getting sick and sian of life all over again...with work, with money, with the car with life overall.

something needs to be changed, i need to get out from the current situation.

Tweet...Twwweeetttiiieeee Tweets....

oh yeah twitter..i'm on twitter...figuring out how to use this thingy...
just ya, thought it's pretty fun using it to chat and touch base with friends on the bo liaoz stuffs..so..

add me if you have a twitter a.c ya. it's andrea_lyq
cya on twitter..hehz

lil little pressies....

haiz..clumsy me...look what happened to the "couple" cup i'd with BFF...

From 1 become 2 pieces..=____________=
Uncle Des aka 怪叔叔 promised to buy me a new one..but but but..IT's NOT DE SAME!! it's de first pressie he bought for me...and i'd a matching set with BBF....*Wails..**

On a lighter note, my boss got me this~!!

a cute little piggy that goes *oink oink* when u press the tummy..hehez..a good perk-me-up at work when you try to get on your colleagues' nerves..muahahaha...



and i'd a mega version at Uncle Des's house..

tadah..my cute little zhu zhu..who will stay there and keep and eye on uncle des when i'm not around..*evil laughs**


and oh a little gift from zhuvan...customised pen with my name with pink thread! heee

brought it to office to use....thank you zhuvan...
i've received the card too! can't say it's bday card cos it's not supposed to be i guess...=p



And oh wow check this out, mama cooked this the other night....

It's BIRD NEST!! NONononnoononoo..wait..
it's UBER THICK BIRD NEST! ahaha...yummy...women must take care ma...that's alot of collagen in a tiny bowl i guess...

the key to looking YOUNG!!! Wootzzzz

Better....much much better.

Things were getting on better..we’re slowly getting to used to just Mama & I in de house without PaPa…

Of cos, Drea is extremely thankful to de ppl who has been by my side…like De zhus & not forgetting 怪叔叔 who has been with me all these while..

He is no doubt the Best Boyfriend one can have, being by my side, helping out thru out the funeral & thereafter, coming over to my place for dinner so that we can both keep Mama company…time has been spent at home instead of par-tor-ing elsewhere or going to the movies.

I’m sure PaPa probably knew that and is relieved that his daughter is in good hands, hence he chose to leave in peace with no more worries on earth.

Even though I’ve been a nua tang who loved to stay at home all along, a lot more time has been spent and catered at home. I’ll try not to leave mama alone at home and keep her company for dinner & because I’ve such a wonderful bf, he joined me in keeping mama company.

a lot of time was spent with de family & of cos, that includes BB Zavier!! he's at 4 mths now..lil boy knows how to flip and is making attempts to crawl already!

Not many men that I know of are willing to do such things, you’ve impressed my family & others very well. Especially when you brought the fruits upstairs to cut for everyone at the funeral.

I guess I would have shut myself from the rest of the world if it’s not for your presence, thank you once again for all that you’ve done. I’m truly appreciative to each and every action.

Being such a wonderful bf, how can怪叔叔 not have a bday surprise that he well deserved? Even though he doesn’t celebrate his bday I still think that he deserved a little surprise, even though it might not be convenient for a real celebration at this point of time. (I’m still in mourning, you see…)

Hence, Drea thought of this little idea…to decorate my car boot with happy bday and to place some simple gifts and his favourite cheesecake in it too.

The plan goes like this “ Drea shall ask怪叔叔 to help her take her bag from the car boot, so he can open up the car boot & voila! Lovely surprise”

this is how the lil surprise looks like...hehz..(to think he didn't notice when he first open de boot..=_________=)

And thereafter we went for a lovely crabby feast together with De zhus~!!!

De zhus were so lovely, they even helped to get a small cake since it's his actual day..

Tadah! Lovely, with our new addition of Xiao Zhu Zhu! lolx




And Check this out la!




He took this pic of me when we're fooling ard at Daiso, he says look like Chun GU!!! %$%#@%#$#. Should have made him wear the hat and take a pic too! hmmph

falling.....back

de feeling is back again...the same way i'd felt when papa was admitted...the same way i'd felt when papa first came home..

i lost interest in most things, avoided meeting up people...n slowly, i cut down on talking..

'are u ok?' some may ask....a smile covers it all..

either i'm lazy to get out and meet frens or i'm just plain avoiding..dun want to talk about it. ..and i dun like being asked if i am ok. who de hell will really tell u that he or she is not ok?

at times before i hit de pillow, i'd thought of papa....and then i'll sniffle myself to slp...

the house can get really quiet with just mama and me...i've to stay home as much as i can to keep her company..but...we can't really get the best of both worlds can we?

everyday start to be like any other day...and i'm starting to feel like a zombie yet again...

de Sudden Departure

all along we thought that papa was recovering and coping well.
but the bad news struck this morning, PaPa passed away peacefully in his sleep in the wee hours of the morning.

Wake will be held at my void deck for 5 days and cremation on Wednesday afternoon.

at least he no longer have to suffer...

Happy Chinese Valentines, Qi Xi Jie (Qi Qiao Jie)

I'm sure most of us weren't aware that today is our Chinese Valentine's Day. Also known also Qi Xi or Qi Qiao Jie.
You may not be familar with this festival, but the term 牛郎织女 will be familar to most of us right?

I didn't know that we celebrated this day on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. Now i'm starting to wonder why that 7th lunar month? ain't it supposed to be hungry ghost month? why allowing them to meet only in such a scary month of the so many 12 months to choose from??

They weren't even ghost to begin with, apparently both were fairies or rather in a different version, Zhi Nu is a fairy.
Did a search on this festival, apparently there were 2 versions of the stories.

Below story taken from XihaLife.com

History, version 1

According to the first version, the seven daughters of the Goddess of Heaven caught the eye of a Cowherd during one of their visits to earth. The daughters were bathing in a river and the Cowherd, Niu Lang, decided to have a bit of fun by running off with their clothing. It fell upon the prettiest daughter (who happened to be the seventh born), to ask him to return their clothes.

Since Niu Lang had seen the daughter, Zhi Nu, naked, they had to be married. The couple lived happily for several years. Eventually however, the Goddess of Heaven became fed up with her daughter's absence, and ordered her to return to heaven. However, the mother took pity on the couple and allowed them to be reunited once a year. Legend has it that on the seventh night of the seventh moon, magpies form a bridge with their wings for Zhi Nu to cross to meet her husband.

History, version 2

In the second version, Niu Lang and Zhi Nu were fairies living on opposite sides of the Milky Way. Feeling sorry for the two lonely sprites, the Jade Emperor of Heaven actively tried to bring them together. Unfortunately, he succeeded too well - Niu Lang and Zhi Nu became so enraptured with each other that they neglected their work. Annoyed, the Jade Emperor decreed that from that point on, the couple could only meet once a year - on the seventh night of the seventh moon. And so today, star gazers celebrate Qi Qiao Jie by gazing up at the star Vega, east of the Milky Way which represents Zhi Nu, and at the constellation Aquila, on the west side of the Milky Way, where Niu Lang waits for his lover to join him.

I remember Mama telling me the version 2 story before when i was young.
Whether it's true anot, well indeed it was a sad story, imagine being able to see your partner only once a year!!
and sorry, this absence will not make the heart fonder, it defnitely makes the heart WANDER!

So people, treasure your love ones~!!!
If you think your partner is getting sticky, think again! there are those who wished to be by their partner side and yet can't do so.

Count your blessings~!!
And for the kukus out there, sorry but on this Chinese Festival, Chinese do not do gifts exchange like the Western way~!

Apparently, girls used to make offerings to Zhi Nu on that day, and it's also a day for girls to exhibit their embroidery or sewing skills, but these days, i think no need la.
Hardly any girls i know can sew...(perhaps you can, but neat anot is a different story)

ok end of story. FULL STOP! ahahaha

Snippets @ Work

it's friday again! just sharing some funny snippets @ work.
as i've been collating research data from our kids manga publication - COCO! magazine, i've been opening the mails sent in.

that's how much "Fan Mails" we can get in a day, at least 30..


Kids are really cute that simple things they does can just brighten up your day, other then reading the funny comments they make or surprising you with weird items they'd include in the envelop such as a nicely folded PLASTIC BAG! that made me burst out laughing or a stapled newspaper cut out to protect their form. lolx...


This 11 year old boy, actually wrote a composition in too, sharing with us how he spent his National Day. and his composition is hilarious la!
the naiveness and directness from a kid.




He even made an effort to decorate it with stickers! what a detailed composition of what he did the whole day from making a call to his cousin to the eating tidbits after playing play station and 'happily littering' around.
I'm glad he had fun littering about at home, lets hope that he didn't kena from his mum later the day.

and this part when i read out loud, all of my colleagues were laughing!

"because the cake is like two A4 size paper! lolx...our writer replied '2 A4 size paper makes it an A3 my dear" ahahhaahah...

Kids never failed to amuse and amaze me.

At the end of his composition, he was writing about how badly he really like one of the lucky draw prizes and asked if he could have them.

For being such a polite kid that brighten up our day, Yes boy, you'll get the prize you really wanted. =)

The Long Weekend = Coin Dozer!

LOLx, somehow i got pretty hooked on this game, trying to hit the 10k score...so i spent most of my national day evening playing on this game that Mr. Bf has to asked me to STOP! ahahh..

Not sure if the game platform wasn't catered to you achieving more than 4 digits coins hence corner of the figures were being cut off. so yea i managed to up my score from 4k to 7k and then to a 8k and finall 10k!! Wootzz.....

Many were asking how i managed to do it? simple!!
Just play loh! lol de more u play, the more rewards were being unlocked and there's how you get to get more coins! especially with the extra coins in coin shower!!


All my long weekend was catered for Mr. Bf.....didn't do much other than catching "Inception" - yes i know very late lah! but the tickets were selling like hot cakes before!!
so we head on down to Film Garde @ Kallang to catch the show!

it's gonna be our next hang out i guess, given the fact that it's so much less crowded there!
and actually also cos there's this hobbyist shop that sells animes figurines, they have tons n tons of collection man!

Well, don't have to further explain why were we there lah hor...???

Lovely, simple long weekend, but it's enough to keep Drea happy!



Furthermore, it was also our........

First month together! hehz...even though it's only a month, but it felt as if we've been together for a while. wonder if that's a good or bad thing.

Nevertheless, Drea loves the stability feeling from it....& she loves how comfy she felt with Mr. Bf...not to mentioned how pampered Drea gets when she's with him.
Snacks, food and drinks all served right up to below my nose, all Drea got to do was...."can i have my cold cold ribena please???? "
and VOILA! cold cold ribena appears in front of me within a minute! Hahaha
MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok now i know why there's this song called Love Like Magic! lolx...

Dinner @ Lei Garden, Chjimes

I've never been to Lei Garden @ Chjimes, it's really quite an Atas place, if it's not for our Japanese Boss who's in town, i'd probably not know of this place at all..hehz..

The decos are so nice, it's very much like a Chinese food served in a westernised size.
Most of the customers were all business people with like more than 50% non locals, lots of Japanese there, it was a no wonder they added ingredients like Wagyu Beef and Japanese canopies in their dishes.


And the food there is superb! very very nice!! almost everything we'd ordered is yummy.
The sharks fin alone is "Power" enough. you get to see the actual fins in your bowl and there's chunks of REAL crab meat inside too! not crabsticks hor.

and the best part of it was, there's a bottle of red wine that comes complimentary with the $198 10 course dinner that we'd ordered.
Didn't get to see a bottle of the wine though but it's uber smooth.

The dessert was some hawaiin papaya stewed in duno what, you can see in the bottom right pic above, it very much tasted like sweet potato though, can't tell that it's papaya at all.

Sorry didn't managed to snap pics on all the dishes, reckon not very nice la with boss around so i just took a few shots discreetly.

For those looking at a nice chinese restaurant with good ambience to bring your overseas friend to, i'd highly recommend Lei Garden @ Chjmes!

THe minus point is the car park charges @ $10 per entry though.ZZzzz =_____=