I heart Taiwan No.3 Part 2

after a thousand years....part 2 continue...part 1 in case some of you have forgotten...
(p/s: pingping is coming over this month, I thought I better post this up before she is here)

Day 6
老娘's 1/4 century...


my darlings...


the cake, the important 25 mark


priceless pressie (earrings, necklace & bracelet) handmade by my darlings...so touched that I teared...

of coz, how can they passed the chances of sabotage...I sang live on stage, luckily most of the customers left, else 老板 will chase me out...

my trademark during bdays...






I'll stuff you with cake.... yumyum....

Day 7
Didn't do or travel around much, except that I started drinking during lunch and end the session at 4am. Imagine the amount of alcohol in my system...

We spent the whole day at Ping's hometown 竹山. Its a small town area in 南投. In case you didn't know, why the name 竹山, because they have a lot of bamboo over there. Those disposable chopsticks we used, its from there. Apparently they don't add preservatives in their chopsticks. It will turn mouldy after a while if you don't use them.

Lunch was at a local seafood restaurant


thereafter we went to sing K. The amount of beer we had...theres at least 60 over cans of them on the floor.

I love Heineken ! *burp*

Day 8
the booze from the previous night was a killer, I woke up like a zombie, but I can't contain the excitement as we are visiting Sun Moon Lake.



The view up there was spectacular, worth the long journey. I slept through the roadtrip. People in the car were entertained by my orchestra-like snoring.





remember to try the tea-leave egg at one of the pitstop. very yummy


I saw this thing on the floor, for a moment I thought I was at the camp of 日月神教 keekee...


Night fall and its time to bid farewell to 阿生 and 阿勇. Thanks to 阿生 who kept us companied the past fews days and its great to know 阿勇 and his lovely wife and kids. 阿勇 owns a carwash workshop and he has been in this business for the past 12 yrs. A down-to-earth, responsible husband and doting father to his 3 pretty daughters. Looking at how loving both he and his wife are, its such an envy.

We tongpang ping's colleague car to Taipei to meet up with Hilda

Day 9
Met up with another frd of ping, Peiru. We are going to 九份老街. But before that, how can I miss having my favourite 三明治.

I had this almost everyday. When I retire (aka get married, hmmm.... I think I'll scare The Man off.... ok lets just say when I save up enuff $$$ to get out of the rat race), I want to sell this in Spore. Bring yummy breakfast to every white collar, bring sunshine to them to start a brand new day :)

we took public transport

九份老街 is a food galore






a famous must-try stall at 九份老街



Look at the long Q starting from the counter and leads all the away to the bottom of the stairway......all waiting patiently for this bowl of yam balls

I'm not a big fan of sweet stuff, so dun really know how to appreciate... but the view while have this was nice as the stall is located at the peak of 九份老街, so one is able to admire the view of the old street.

We did some shopping at 五分浦 and met up with the rest of the girls who drove up from 台中 for all night sing K session - the last booze session before I head back to Lion City.

They taught me the super trendy 花朵舞 from 伍佰's 你是我的花朵

俗又有力 经典台妹 for the night!

orinial MV


countless booze and whole drainful of pukes contributed from all of us at 6am. keekee...

Day 10
Nap for 3 hrs before checking out and went out for lunch. Ava brought us to this place and I swear from my past 3 trips to Taiwan, this is the most yummylicious 蚝仔面线 I ever had...the famous stall 西门町 can't even compare to this.

Look at the oyster!!!! *unbelivable scream*


This is a must visit. No regrets!


The side kick is the nice Taiwanese sausages

I had countless of them during my 10 days stay.

Time to bid farewell to my gfs... they missed me...


I is good girl only came back with the same luggage and 4 hand carry :)
Taiwan till I come again.
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Probably in a little while more...I need to stop the routin of visiting every 1/2 yearly :)

Popcorn Party

Our supplier loan us a popcorn maker for our upcoming campaign. The maker got all the girls all excited...

Filling the kernels...


Pouring the kernels into the the maker...


Hot air running through the maker...


Freshly popped popcorn from this 90s theater style popcorn machine..


wala! a bowl of popcorn *yummy*

Top with your favourite topping such as salt,butter,caramel, worcestershire sauce etc... We had margarine, honey and salt :) nice nice


Now you can enjoy freshly popped porcorn to snack on watching movie at home, listening to music, for your kids party, or tea party with friends...

爱心午餐

in case you are wondering if I was adduct by the love bug, I was busy with sch assignments, and... yeah I was busy par tor-ing with The Man.

The Man brought this to my office for lunch...



Colleague "We have N of people in the office, next time ask him to pack for everyone hor."

I'm enjoying the love that The Man showers me everyday, I treasure every moment we spend together, and want to shower him with abundance love, care and conern. :)

花花 no. 2

the second bouquet in a week...

The Man wanted to cheer me up knowing that I encounted some unfair treatment at work... the flowers definitely chased away the unhappiness away :)

*love*

smile :) keekee....

the likes and dislikes

The Man and I went on our first official dinner date.

"Baby, what would you like to have?"

"Hmm...I'll juz eat whatever you buy *smile* "

He came back with Fish&Chips, 2 chicken wings, sweddish meatballs, diet coke, green tea and a slice of chocolate cake for me. (F&C, wings and diet coke - bingo)

The usual lovey-dovey feeding each other, which definitely caught the eyes of the 3-gen family seated beside us.

Until...the Man fed me with the chocolate cake

"Baby, I don't take sweet stuff... "

The father from the table beside us gave him a surprised look...must be thinking how come the bf doesn't know the eating habits of the gf...

Well can't blame the Man, its only a few hrs after he asked me to be his gf

Its through interaction and communication that we learnt more of each other...

Like I only found out he doesn't like lime until I squeeze hell lot of it on the fried prawn noodles.... I only found out after he finished everything :)

being in love

... your heart beats faster and slower at the same time *sweet*

Can I have some?

wonder how it would taste. Must add water? hmmm....

I'm...

enuff said :)

hideout of an angel: exam exam

hideout of an angel: exam exam

results out....2 credits! Final term start as of yesterday. Aiming for higher distinction or a dinstinction.

If I dun tabao, in 3 months time, I'll be hearing the 四方帽 yea!

Chicken Wings Party

we got new addition to the office pantry - Oven
its a sponsorship that we beg/steal/borrow from the supplier :)

and so we had yummy chicken wings for lunch....



notice that the oven is pretty shinning, well its new,

ZZZzzzzzZZZZZ to the attack now....*yawn*

HR Policy

To all Employees: Effective January 2008,
Dress Code
1. It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary. If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we assume you are doing well financially and therefore do not need a pay raise.
2. If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better, so that you may buy nicer clothes, and therefore you do not need a pay raise.
3. If you dress just right, you are right where you need to be and therefore you do not need a pay raise.

Sick Days
We will no longer accept a doctor's certificate as proof of sickness. If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.

Holiday Days
Each employee will receive 104 personal days a year. They are called Saturday & Sunday. Compassionate Leave This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for dead friends, relatives or co-workers. Every effort should be made to have non-employees attend to the arrangements. In rare cases where employee involvement is necessary, the funeral should be scheduled in the late afternoon. We will be glad to allow you to work through your lunch hour and subsequently leave one hour early.

Toilet Use
1. Entirely too much time is being spent in the toilet. There is now a strict three-minute time limit in the cubicles.
2. At the end of three minutes, an alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll will retract, the cubicle door will open, and your picture will be taken.
3. After your second offence, your picture will be posted on the company notice board under the "Chronic Offenders" category.
4. Anyone caught smiling in the picture will be sanctioned under the company's mental health policy.

Lunch Break
1. Skinny people get 30 minutes for lunch, as they need to eat more so that they can look healthy.
2. Normal size people get 15 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to maintain their average figure.
3. Chubby people get 5 minutes for lunch, because that's all the time needed to drink a Slim-Fast.

Thank you for your loyalty to our company. Remember we are an employer of choice and we are here to provide a positive employment experience. Therefore, all questions, comments, concerns, complaints, frustrations, irritations, aggravations, insinuations, allegations, accusations, contemplations, consternation and input should be directed elsewhere.

Regards, HR Department

If this is happening at my workplace, I'll burn the company down...

first kiss

do you remember yours?
the one that sent tingles down your spine?
the one which makes your heart beat faster and slower at the same time?

I remembered mine...
with my first boyfriend (or so they call stead back in those days) when I was 14.
the one which happened in my room,
the one which we were supposed to be revising for exams, but it ended up with both of us gazing at each other, the right moment, bringing the relationship to the next level, leaned forward, and a light touch on our lips :)

first love, hate it or love it, it was the sweetest memories you had :)

first attack in 2008

I invited some friends over this weekend for CNY gathering. But hor, today is the 15th day... -_-

棒棒糖阿本，可爱

看了几集Channel V 模范棒棒糖，阿本是超可爱的不行!!!
我喜欢的小眼睛，看到他，有种莫名想保护他的感决。
幸好他跟我同龄，不然我就背上恋童癖嫌疑了哦

exam exam

wish me luck...

加油! 加油! 加油!

go to school

"go party" her term of going to school.

I suspect that there is a boy intersted in Princess. He came to the door, held her hands and walk her in into the class. How?

mugging...and random...

*sigh*

this quarterly mugging session is doing me no good...

pimples waiting to erupt all over my face, and my voice... damn must be the sing K session with couz during CNY Day 2.

caught Ah Long Pte Ltd, which is a crap show. Just Follow Law was wayyyy much better. Good news is I'm getting free tix to Kungfu Dunk *smile* not that I'm a big fan, but Chen BoLin looks kinda cute *blush*

Talking about freebies, lately I have "free" channels to watch on cables. Apparently on the box set at mama's room has free channels. The one at kor's room can't access at all. I hope I dun see extra charges during month end....

chat up with friends over msn this afternoon, and of coz my poor couz with his pathetic life over an exchange program at Vancouver. Huh? I thought I should be mugging hard? *shite*

I've been reading/seeing pix on the recent saga with Edison and his chicks, Damn Juicy. Picture speaks a thousand words...you only see ones true self on bed...and of coz the image that some pple work hard to portray goes down the drain without a word....

Saw IRAS letter to Daddy and yes its time of the year to file for income tax. And yah, I've been with the company for almost 2 years. I think its time for me to look for a greener field. The current one looks kinda bald, I ate up most of the grass...
Perhaps I should be like kor, slag at home for a good 2 whole month, of coz that also means that he gave up a fat bonus...its a good time for me to tidy up my room. sweep out the rots underneath my bed.

leaving for Bangkok month end, not particularly excited, but oh well, at least its not Taiwan again... the last that I went Bangkok was like 5 yrs back. It must have changed a lot. so pple, if you have nice place to recommend, please drop a msg. Can forget about clubbing. I'm going with Daddy, mama, and Princess. How to party?

VDay is round the corner and thats the worst "holiday" for singles like us *hate* CNY Day 1 morning when Daddy gave me the ang bao, he said to me "拿了这个红包，今年你最好嫁出去" Die! I thought the last that he wants me off the rack, he was kidding. This time he meant what he said! Luckily mama came to my rescue and said that I should be finding a good one. Not any Tom, Dick and Harry I also take. How can I be spared with the famous aunties attack during CNY visitng...

老天爷，你就行行好，赐我一个好男人吧!

....a recent pix of me, sing K on CNY Day 2 with couz...Its such a miracle that I wore a dress on Day 1 and a ultra short mini on Day 2. no choice, last min buys on CNY Eve...

say I'm chio

the shoe

a pair that walks miles vs. the young and adventurous pair...

cooking

the other day I had the whole kitchen to myself, so I decided to cook wanton mee. The authentic House of Lam Wanton Mee.

If I didn't mentioned, our family had been selling wanton mee for the past 20 years. I'm so particular about my wanton mee that I seldom had them outside, coz all didn't pass the House of Lam standard.

and again if I didn't mentioned, the famous take Q no. wanton mee at Old Airport Rd hawker center is my relative. But of coz, still ours is better coz my aunty learn the ropes from them and improvise on the seasoning :)

so here I gonna show you how to cook wanton mee, and dun worry, I didn't burn down the kitchen, you people of little faith *tsk tsk*

the secret recipe of the seasoning...

its secret recipe....ok lah, since you are my dear friends, I shall reveal a little. Theres oyster sauce, dark soya sauce, soya sauce, sesame oil, pork lard, and the spicy chilli sauce.

When the water starts to boil, throw in the wanton like this...

and when its cooked, put it aside.

Next up is the noodles

our regular supplier for the past 20 years. The noodles are very Q.

When the water boils, throw in the noodles like this


stir it a little to wash away the alkaline (the yellowish gluey thingy)


Sieve out the noodle and give it a cold water bath. Thats how the noodle become Q

erm, actually you are supposed to prepare a bucket of cold water, but I'm too lazy so wash it directly from the tap also can do the job :)

Put it back to the pot and cook for another 1/2min, and its ready to be served

garnish it the wanton and green chilli (preserved by my uncle, not bought from the shelf).

In case you are wondering, how come I didn't mix it together with the seasoning, the traditional cantonese style wanton mee do not mix the seasoning when served.


Yummy wanton mee *slurp*

the wait

is finally over... at least I know I tried.

Pre CNY

postpostnote
I still didn't manage to keep the promise, I had yet another session last night with the House of Lam. This time I lagi clever win $$$ from the master. Oh~ by the way, my cousin compete in the recent MJ competition in SP and came in Fifth.

postnote...
just 3 hours that I declare no MJ, I had a session with Daddy, mama and kor... haha...I is clever, against the seniors, and still manage to keep my chips intact! :)

finally I'm done with my CNY roadshow and assignments are submitted, now its the big exam. Exam during the CNY period, how exciting can it get *puke*

so pple, for the 15 days of CNY, please don't date me out. No MJ, probably movies, or a nice dinner are welcome.

I'm still pretty excited with CNY every year, how not to when my home is transformed into a mini Chinatown festive market like last year, thanks to mama....

not much shopping done, except that I bought a pair of heels at $69.90 from C&K!!! Suffered the same shockness like the last pair when I was about the pay at the cashier. Whats with C&K? getting more upmarket... a blouse from Topshop at $59.90, which I think its overpriced after I paid... *duh* The happy thing is mama bought me a pair of heels from this new shop at CS... or I think I said "I'll paid her back = she sponsored" :)

the thing about CNY is the yummy food Lim Chee Guan Bak Kwa, Uncle William's pineapple tarts - Once you bite, the sweetness of pineapple come bursting out in your mouth *drool* my aunt CNY F&B package consist of "Spicy Hot Chicken Curry, crispy giong hiang, fried vegetarian bee hoon, this shishamu-like fish that we'll only eat during CNY period, Centuries favourite Salted Vegetable Duck Soup. Fwah! its like heaven spread over during the 2nd day of CNY!

how can I forgo such good spread, exam revision can start on the 3rd day :)

i is sick :(

no voice... stay from me Lim Chee Guan Bak kwa and Uncle William's pineapple tarts...

of work out and bulk tender

Lately, I've been thinking, maybe its time for me to be back in the mood of dance dance mania

we have got new tenant coming in offering dance class. Best thing its 2 units away from my office, obviously no reason for me not to exercise anymore.

please thank me for contributing to the GTO. *smile*

My boss realised that there are quite a handful of singles in the office. Seems like everyone is dying to get hitch. So, as and when we meet prospect tenants (mkt team), engineer, architect, landlord (ops team) or marcomm personnel (our dept) that we find suitable for our colleagues we will try to create opportunites for each other. e.g. getting subject X to sit in cross-dept meetings.

we run a full time center management office and part time match making agency. Theres even this suggestion to bulk tender all of us. Of coz the requirement and scope of work differs.

Interested parties, please colletion tender documents at our office and drop off all bids at tender box "Find a Bf/GF" latest by 1 Feb 2008, 12noon. Bid will only be consider with full documents submitted, photo is an entry requirement.

p/s: test requirements include planned program on VDay. Chocolats & flowers will be a bonus.

yummy yummy 三明治

look at the ingredients...


I had this almost everyday in Taiwan...

*drool*

错过

因为倔强，而辜负了你，错过可能成为身边最美好的记忆

How do you measure your worth in a company???

I heart Taiwan No.3 part 1

alright... I'm too lazy to write...so some random pixs during my 10 days trip....

Day 1


Juz touched down, dinner at the famous Taiwanese cuisine

Day 2

The day before the removing of signage due to some stoopid political reason


Witnessing a street protest...very exciting...


Street busker


The finish product

at taipei 101 posting a postcard back to spore... spot the difference...


I almost dropped the postcard into the domestic box...luckily Andy saw it...see blur virus attack...

Day 3
At 六福村 Amusement Park...they were having porsche test drive event and I was invited......

...to the carpark watching the drifting actions behind the fences... -_-

六福村 is the place where 杉菜 invited 道明寺 to a double date in 流星花园 Part 1, if you can recall....


The signature ride from the theme park...


All of us were drenched... *cold*

Day 4
At 高雄


Dream Mall, the signature Sanrio Family themed Ferris Wheel....


the landmark - Love River
p/s pardon me, my camera skills do injustice to the scenery...

night came, our native chinese friend drove us to his village in 屏东 for BBQ. The food was gastronomically yummy...the temperature dropped to 11 degree, I had to wear 3 jackets and still shivering.

In the end they made Kambing soup. You could feel the warmth in your mouth, washed down your throat and finally the fuzzy feeling in your tummy...Heaven! Accompanied with super fatty wild boar meat bbq to its finest and beer....I'll die for good food!

Day 5

At 屏东




the tribal dance...


the bridge... kinda scary...

upcoming...part 2 :)

Happily ever after!

my dearest gf is finally married...

after all that she had been through...she deserved a good man...

no doubt that I'll loose a party kahki... but nonetheless, its a good man that she deserve...

Congrats! God bless the many happy days to come...

p/s: the victory hand was Daddy's hand, dun worry you are not seeing things...

blur blur blur

I invited 7 other friends to a movie thinking that I've 4 pairs of tickets. Not until when I was distributing the tickets, I realize that I only had 2 pairs -_-

But I got the date, time and venue right :)

start of a new year, the virus is still attacking strong....

Happy New Year folks!

super blurness!

as all might have known that your truely has got this thing called selective blurness, which can be explanined in the following situation...

having the car key in my hands and asked my friends to open the car door...

having all the passports on hand and asked my friend to check in...

asking my friend to open up the hotel room when the acess card is with me...

or worse...talking to my fiends for a good 5 mins which left everyone staring blank coz I dun even understand what I'm trying to tell them... haha

thankfully I dun carry these booboos to work.
You see thats the problem. When I'm with pple I can trust, I tend not to use my brain coz I know they will be making the decision, I'll juz have to follow. But at work, I know I have to be on top on things, can't afford to make mistakes. :)

yesterday my blurness top its chart!
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my whole family went up the bus without me.
I was left alone at the bus stop!

yummy

yummy xmas log cake/bday cake :)

This is beginning to be my trademark...I'll tell you why in the next post....

to be continued...

台客 yeah!

wait till I upload the dance move I learnt from the MV...haha...
this is what happen when you stay too long in Taiwan...
hoho

1/4 of a century

in taiwan....



postnotes>>>

Thanks folks for the bday wishes through phonecalls, emails, sms, msn, friendster/facebook msg and greeting cards!

And of course not forgetting the great bday party my darlings organized for me at Taiwan!

It was indeed an unforgettable and tear-wreaking party. Yes 老娘 shed tears at my bday party, 感动嘛! The presents the girls got for me is priceless! photos coming up...