Please do something about it!!!

Before i moved here, i thought it is a very well organized place..forget about the chaos, forget about the nasty people, forget about robbery etc...well, i guess no one can be perfect.

last time when i lived in HK, I had a lot of dramatic experiences...which spiced up my life soooo much...and once in a while, you encounter someone committing suicide right in front of your eyes; sometimes you see movie stars filming or just doing casual shopping or eating; sometimes you get fire fighters in your building because your neighbours almost burn your house; sometimes you get such severe cyclone that you are either stuck at work or don't have to go to work; sometimes you get sent to hospital via local ambulance; and sometimes, your transportation just breaks down....

Well, after counting the number of drama in HK, i suddenly think my life in Shanghai and Singapore so far is normal. hahaha...

I remember when i first came in Mid June, my colleague told me to be careful of the transportation in singapore because it breaks down all the time... i didn't think too much of it. i just thought this wouldn't happen to me...guess what, after he said it, that weekend, i encountered some issue with the MRT...it was stopping and braking every 2 seconds...i was secretly praying that it would reach the next stop coz i didnt want to be stuck in the tunnel! luckily it went back to normal... then the second week, when i was about to take bus...the bus was quite crowded and i saw a lady getting off, saying angrily to the driver that he should not be picking passengers anymore! wow, i thought singaporean like to complain, but asking driver not to pick up passengers because of a crowded bus? to me, that bus was not even crowded by my standard. I had seen worst in China & India! nevertheless, i got in because i didnt think the lady had the right to ask me not to take bus...stood there for 30 seconds...why the bus not moving?! turned out the bus' AC was not working. it was like an oven inside.... oh, so the lady was talking about the broken AC...not the crowd. so we got off the bus and waited for another one.

just two weeks ago, i spent about 1 hour going to work...well, it was because i was waiting for my bus at the bus stop and each and every bus that came, were FULL! why so many people taking bus that day? It didnt come to my mind that the MRT was broken...so i waited for 4 buses..each took 10-15 mins to come. Someone human has this habit...i kept thinking the next one would not be full...then the next one came, i would still think the next one would not be full...after 4th time, i figured something must be wrong, so i walked a bit to another bus stop to take another bus... turned out that bus was quite full too, but not full enough that i couldnt get on. I overheard someone saying the MRT broke down! Darn. they should have arranged more shuttle buses as contingency plan mah...look at HK, they are so fast.

then today, coz i was bringing my champagne to office...i have to rush because i have to make sure it is in good condition, so i purposely walked to the main station near my place...guess what, the MRT was down again this morning...the good thing is, the line that is broken is not as crowded...so i still managed to take buses...FOR FREE~~~ saved SGD$1...well...that makes me happier than last time coz i could get to work on time and for free...hehe

In my opinion, first time is accident, second time is coincident, third time is maintenance problem, more that that is it needs attention!

well, i've moved here for slightly more than 3 months but actually in town for 1.5 months and 4 maintenance issues already? am i lucky or the someone should do something abt it!

Isn't him cute?

I miss YY so much! every time when i look at his pictures or videos, a bright smile will automatically appear on my face :) YY has such a HUGE attraction to everyone. Everyone just Loves him. My sister got so much benefits from people because of YY. I'm sure my sister would argue that she has her own charm too...hehehe :)

YY is only 8 months old when we took the video...he is still learning on a lot of things. i remember when he was in Kuching & Singapore back in August, at that time, he was only 5-6 months old, he was already eager to learn to crawl, speak and stand! he likes people to mimic him...

my mum screamed with joy and he also screamed with joy...every now and then...hahaha..and before he slept at night, he screamed as loud as possible as if to find out how loud he could go. we think he found a new function. Then when he saw us walking and standing up, he also wanted to do the same. I remember seeing him wanted to get a toy so badly that he kept focusing his eyes on the toy while trying to crawl...but of coz at that time he couldn't do it properly...so he stood with his arms and legs, still looking at the target, then moved a bit of hand and leg, then jumped a bit with 4 hands & legs...in less than 5 mins, he got the toy. he was so happy and a determined baby!

He had a lot of toys in his room..but none in the kitchen...we tried to train him to do something whenever possible. Heard from experts that it is better to let babies do things freely and crawl as much as possible in order to develop their brain. I have a friend who didn't have the privilege to crawl at all...guess what? now she is not good in sports, not good in hand-leg coordination, no sense of direction and sometimes she falls down without any reasons. So, the conclusion is, don't restrict babies!

Second day in paris, i actually bought a nice pack of cranberries from the supermarket. The berries looked so delicious...and honestly, i only drank cranberry juice and ate dried cranberries before but never tasted the fresh cranberries...the cranberries were so red and cute that they were practically screaming for me to pick them up, so i bought a pack to try...cost me EUR2.50.... happily going home and took one...gosh, it was SOOOOOoooo sour! it was just not possible to eat it fresh! gosh, now i realized how much sugar has been used to make cranberry products! instead of letting EUR2.50 went to waste, we let YY have it as a toy.

See what he could do with cranberry! he is soooooo adorable!!!!

While yy is eager to grow up, we all feel happy that he is such a bright baby and feel proud of him at the same time...however, it could be such a dilemma to see him grow up so fast too. 

我們的年代～

剛剛看了一個節目，說大都市的人怎麼不了解小鎮的情況，問一堆有的沒的。原來在台灣這麼繁華和小的地方，大家對台北以外的世界也是那麼的不理解～ 有一段剛好講到那個縣是否有百貨公司。忽然我的腦海中就出現小時候的百貨公司的情景。現在的百貨公司都是超級無敵大。讓人眼花撩亂。那些小小的百貨已經OUT了。

跟著時間的流逝，很多人事物都在改變。印象最深刻的是靠近家裡的頂好百貨和砂勞越大廈。那時候砂勞越大廈已經算是很大的百貨公司了。

不過我還是對頂好印象比較深刻。也許已經喜歡的卡通人物在那裡有賣。還有砂勞越大廈的Garfield店。現在回想回去還是覺得很溫馨。不知道是不是只有我。我發現以前大家比較容易被滿足。現在大家都在比名牌比名氣。這些local百貨早已開始慢慢被淘汰了。

今天中午吃飯，我和同事忽然也聊起了以前上班的日子。以前科技還沒這麼發達的時候，我們都可以安安心心的休假。因為我們很肯定，只要我們不在公司，肯定做不了任何事情。結果現在有了電腦，甚至電話也可以查mail，現在還有VPN功能讓我們「輕鬆」上公司網路，反而生活過得更壓力。我們有個90後的小朋友，我們嘲笑她說他是不會懂我們的感受滴～

A trip to my dream world~~

We went to a small town near paris last week called CHAMPAGNE~~ from the name, i think it's quite straight forward that it's a town that produces Champagne. well, i do not know much about champagne but i sure like the taste of it. The famous MOET is there too. We were told that MOET has a factory just tourists. You pay something like EUR 25, maybe get two classes of MOET champagne and you will be introduced the production process...well, luckily my brother-in-law knows someone who can show us for free! thank god! 

The scenery on the way to Champagne looks just like the postcard or movie scenes we see on TV or magazine...both sides are full of nice color trees and grassland with blue sky~~~ sometimes they plant veggies on the land which makes the land looks colorful...it's so nice and the weather is good too. as we approached the small town, it kinda felt like we went back to the medieval time. looks so ancient and i was imagining that there might be horse carts coming, people dressed in Victorian style having afternoon tea in the garden, gossiping about something. 

the town is full of rich people...apparently the people who live there are mostly champagne producer and each house has a huge underground cellar. you have no idea how BIG the cellar is! we visited the friend's underground cellar...i am impressed! they even do champagne tasting underground with a mini bar! And you should see their collection! gosh, it's worth a lot of money~~

we paid nothing for the introduction, we got to see how they make champagne for free, we got to see the huge underground mansion & the collection and the best thing was, we enjoyed two bottles of really good champagne for free! gosh, this is heaven....i wish we could stay longer~~

Korean Mask

I organized a farewell dinner for my boss sometime in April this year and invited the other controllers from other countries to attend in Shanghai. Before that, I asked them to prepare a farewell gift for him...something that will remind him of them....so, they all got something special from their country. 

The controller from Korea decided to get a traditional Korean mask for him so that he could hang on his wall. My boss likes unique things and he puts them in his office. So i thought that was a good idea. So that day, the korean controller brought the mask...which was nicely wrapped in a box and a nice bag. such a big box! When he handed the gift to the boss, he said to the boss: "Here's a gift for you. It's Korean mask". I saw an awkward look from our boss but he thanked him anyway. 

We had dinner for about 2 hours and when we left..the guys were all smoking at the lobby...and suddenly something hit my boss and he said to the Korean controller: "oh, it is a traditional Korean mask right? i thought you gave me a big box of Korean mask for my face. I was thinking why i need such a big box of mask for my face!" haha, we all laughed out loud...no wonder the awkward look when he received the gift. It is easy to misinterpret since Korean mask is so popular!

是护照还是我的问题？

那天从上海回新加坡，在海关那里竟然被怀疑护照上的那个人不是我？！

去年三月份，因为刚好在新加坡开会，所以趁此机会回家一趟。也刚好护照页面要用完了，就想顺便在这短短几天内弄好。因为如果在上海弄的话，就无法拿到有chip的新护照了。

听说马来西亚刚刚该护照系统。照片已经更改为黑白照了。因為時間緊湊的關係，來不及去相館拍，就到那裡隨便找人拍。照片本身看起來還好，就是胖了點，還有雙下巴的說。不管了，為了在第二天拿到護照，我也不理這麼多了。第二天，沖去拿護照～

我的媽啊～ 不知是護照問題還是照片問題，我的黑白大頭照看起來好詭異。原本有顏色的照片裡看上去還可以，一旦變成了黑白照，我的下半臉怎麼這麼腫啊？整個人明顯大了幾圈～ 唉，這個護照還得用上五年呢 (-_-)

剛開始用時，上海海關就皺眉了要幾次。去台灣也有碰到海關跟我說我變瘦了。最慘是近期出差的時候。上禮拜在上海，剛好碰到一位嚴格的海關。他拿著我的護照，看了又看好幾遍，質疑護照到底是不是我的。他說護照不像我，後來還叫他另外一位同事過來查。我拿出新加坡的身分證說，這是我啦，他才讓我過關。昨晚來巴黎的時候也是。新加坡海關一直拿著我的護照，左看右看上看下看，看我的護照是否真的，還用很懷疑的眼神看著我。問我要去巴黎多久，結婚沒，有沒有打算回來。他以為我要跳飛機啊～

唉～