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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Chinese New Year visitation is finally over, loads of ang paos collected and i'm 1 happy person at the start of the new year. Surprisingly, i had more fun than expected during the past few days.

So, let's re-track to a few days back.
Chinese New Year Eve - 28th January 2006, Saturday
My family and i went to my grandma's house, together with my dad's eldest sister (a.k.a. my da gu ma) and family, we had reunion dinner. Seriously, what is Chinese New Year without steamboat? Had reunion dinner at my grandma's house was so because my grandma just moved in like a month and she's all alone so we decided to join her. I ate quite abit, especially chicken wings which i kept grilling them on the side pan and of course the prawn was quite nice too, but a bit too small for my liking. After dinner, all of us watched Godzilla before going home.

Chinese New Year Day 1 - 29th January 2006, Sunday
As always, 1st day of Chinese New Year will always be on my mum's side. Went to my grandparents' house at around 11+am then at around 12.15pm we left for Mirama Hotel for buffet lunch, as always. Of course if you go to Mirama Hotel for buffet, MUST at least have 2 bowls of shark's fin soup and of course i'll go for the satays and a bit of this and that and lastly, the ice cream is a must-must.
After lunch, went to my great aunties place at Tiong Barhu, to what i know my great grandparents used to stay there so you can imagine how old that place is. I used to feel quite bored there but it was a bit better this year. It's so as there was a bit of entertainment - for example, my bro fought with my cousin and my cousin kind of cried..they were kind of squeezed together in a chair and i think because there was not enough space then they started to get frustrated and none of them wanted to get up and move elsewhere so they started hitting each other. After that we went back home and around 5.30pm we went out again to church for the evening service as we did not attend church in the morning, as usual, my sis didn't go.

Chinese New Year Day 2 - 30th January 2006, Monday
Today is a visit to my grandma's house again. Had lunch and watch some gambling cantonese movie which i found quite interesting so i watched til the end. After that had nothing to do so my brother and i went to the arcade to play. The arcade's quite cheap compared to the 1 at TM - 50 cents for 1 token and each game only require 1 token. My brother and i played off $5 each and it actually last us around 1 hr, compared to the arcade at TM, i can only last maybe the most 1/2 hr there. After that we went back and my cousin and her husband had already came so received another ang pao...actually the 1st ang pao i received from her since she got married and now she's like pregnant..ooo..so excited. Then, after that went to watch my grandma, dad, aunty and uncle play majong. This year my grandma house quite quiet cuz 3 of my aunties didn't come. 1 of my cousins brought a game called 'BANG!' and it required at least 4 players so 3 of my cousins, my cousin-in-law, my bro and i played like 3 rounds and it's very fun and those 3 rounds actually took us nearly 2hrs, you guys should go find the game and play it. Then, around 6pm like that we all went home.

Chinese New Year Day 3 - 31st January 2006, Tuesday
Today was my church's 5 elders open house. Since we've visited all the relatives already and today was just an extra holiday to make for Sunday, so my parents, bro and i went to 3 of the open house and as usual my sis doesn't want to have anything to do with church anymore so she didn't go.
First we visited Uncle Eric's house. When we reached there, there were like nobody there and we were the only ones around until some time later then others started arriving and we had a group pic together.

Our second stop was at Uncle William's place. There were more people there and it was like more lively. Had a couple of drinks, sandwich, mini ice cream and cakes and watched tv all the way until we left.

As it was quite late already - around 3.30pm, our final destination was to Uncle Adrian's house. Btw, for your info, Uncle Adrian is the national swimmer Nicolette Teo's dad. There wasn't really anybody around as they'd left to visit the other church member's house. Only Charles and Justina were there with their 10 mth old son Aiden. It's like quite quiet because both Uncle Adrian's children are in the US - Nicolette's studying there and her brother Christopher is married there to an American and his new born son is so cute!! How cool is that?!? I had loads of fun there because cute little Aiden is just so cute! He's like the happiest baby i've ever seen. He kept grabbing sweets on the table and laughing at them, crawl under the table and bump his head so many times and still can come out laughing...omg...i wished he is my son if i ever have 1. Had an interesting conversation with Charles, Justina, Uncle Adrian and Aunty Doreen and of course cute little Aiden was quite an entertainment too. This has been my most favourite visit so far and i hope i can come to Uncle Adrian's house again next year.

Interestingly, alot of ppl asked where was my sis, then because my mum didn't want to talk abt her, she just told them that she flew away with a malay guy..lol. So, after that we went to Lau Pa Sat for an early dinner then we went home.

Anyway, i know this post is quite long, so sorry to all who find this a bit too long, but this has been 1 of my best Chinese New Year in my 18 years of celebrating it and it's to make up for then next few days that i'll prob not be posting entries. I think last year's economy was quite good because surprisingly, i received more than 1.5 times more money this year than the past few years. Usually i don't receive more than $150, but considering i've not received ang paos from 3 of my aunties and did not collect as much at my grand aunties' house, i've almost reached the $230 mark and having more fun was a bonus too and thank god for it all if not this year will be celebrating another boring new year. So i'll end here if not everybody will start asking me to shut up and end it. So Happy Chinese New Year to all and hope you all receive somemore ang paos in the days to come.

joce blog dusted at 9:11 pm -

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Haven't updated in like almost 2 weeks...so..updating in progress...

I just wonder why this month been passing so slowly...still gotta wait until the end of the week before Chinese New Year is here and there will be $$ rolling into my bank YAY!! *KACHING KACHING*.
So, Yun Xin came over to my place to use my com on Sat to do her Java thingy then she downloaded the conqueronline game on my com..the game was pretty fun though..then at night went to TP with Yun Xin and Ain to the Jam & Hop thingy...kind of boring though, except the part where FD came up with this hilarious programme, i think that was the most interesting part and it finished exactly at 10pm then i went home if not my mum would have started nagging and nagging cuz the nxt morn i had to wake early for church..lol.

On Sunday afternoon my dad's friend who's a contractor came to the house and did an assessment on my room just because i wanted everything changed and i've waited like 6 mths already for my parents to do something about my room. I'm just gonna get rid of the disgusting pink cupboard, table shelf and what-so-ever which had been here for the last 14 yrs since i moved in. I'm gonna get a sofa and a coffee table in my room..woohoo!! I'm so gonna make it look like a hotel. Walls will definitely be painted and Milo will get his very own doggy spot too..haha.

Yesterday had afternoon class til 5pm then meeted up with Phoebe and Candice at Tampines Mall at 6.30pm and had dinner at Macs. Then, Phoebs gave us our tix to her school's concert..5 bucks..not bad. At least it was much cheaper than the band concert the other time as it was like 12 bucks n i did not dare ask anibodi cuz i'd a feeling that nobody'll wanna go cuz it was so ex. Then after we walked around til about 8 lidat then we went back.

So...hmph..nothing to blog about anymore..so most prob the nxt i'll b updating it will be after Chinese New Year..so HAPPY NEW YEAR in advance to everyone.

joce blog dusted at 3:21 pm -

Friday, January 13, 2006

Feeling bored...so back blogging again. I don't think anybody'll come read my blog so...whatever. It's been 4 days since i'd turned 18 and it's boring cuz school, school and school and everybody knows that school is BORING! So, haven't sign up for driving yet cuz it cost around $160+- then must go down to the driving centre to hand in the documents and whatever, so my dad bought me the new high way code book and ask me to learn 1st, until i know very well already then go down to the centre to register to take the basic theory test. After that still must take the advance theory then can take practical...haiz...

So, as mentioned in my previous entry that i went to Billy Bomber for dinner right, after that they gave us 6 1 for 1 vouchers, i suppose it's for the burger only and i've em all with me and it expires end of Feb..so anybody wanna go lunch at Billy Bombers? Who wanna go pls msg mi...

joce blog dusted at 4:46 pm -

Monday, January 09, 2006

1st thing 1st...HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY TO ME!! I am definitely growing older and closer to death...haha. Wasn't really an exciting day for me. This is so as i've got like nothing to do today, my parents took leave today but my mum went for spa instead and my dad accompanied her so i was left at home with the maid and the dog and it was so boring. Didn't go out with anybody today cuz i guess everyone else are busy with school, projects and whatever up their sleeves.

So, today was craving Subway for lunch, went to airport as i thought the Subway was still there, BUT IT WASN'T! The Subway changed to Upper Crust and i was devastated...so went to Poppye instead and yes...by myself. Then, went to Tampines Mall and spent $4 in the arcade to play my favourite crazy taxi game, then there wasn't anything much so went home. I was desperately praying hard yest that it won't rain cuz i wanted to go to Night Safari to have some fun but it rain anyway, so the plan was cancelled. So, if anybody wants to pay a visit to Night Safari pls pls pls tell me then we'll set a day.

My parents gave me $200 and my grandma gave me $20 to buy any present that i want for my birthday but i guess it wasn't enough cuz i wanted to buy an ipod and it cost more than $320 and the better and bigger space 1s will be more than $500...so...haiz. So, we went out to Century Square to Billy Bombers for dinner, the food was ok and it cost $144.04 for 6 peeps, so it was quite reasonable as all of us walked with a super full and heavy tummies and could barely stand up straight and walk...lol. Then we went to Best to look around, went to look at the ipods but wasn't prepared to spend that much money, gotta save up to $600 to get a good 1, either Apple brand or Samsung brand, so i guess i've just got to wait until after Chinese New Year. So, instead i got 2 vcds - The Dukes of Hazzard; Brothers Grimm.

So, was waiting to sign up for driving, i couldn't sign up today as i was still counted as underage on my birthday, like wth, so i'm gonna sign up 1st thing in the morning tomorrow. So, announcement to all who come and read my blog, pls pls pls visit www.cesar.com.sg and vote for Milo as the dog of the month and tell all your friends to go and vote also so that i can win, currently there's only 1 vote for Milo and the current leading doggy has about 30 votes already, so please go and vote and get as many ppl as you can to go and vote, thank you. (Milo's picture is the one with the army cap and vest)

joce blog dusted at 11:25 pm -

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Hey folks, this is my first entry of Year 2006. Like everyone else, i've just started school and today's my 2nd day already and somehow i just can't get out of the holiday mood and i find the last two lessons kind of boring as it was revision on paper 3 and 4. I guess it won't be as boring tomorrow because it's paper 10 - Managing Finances and it is totally unrelated to the past papers that i took so i guess it'll be less boring.

So, last Sunday, 1st Jan 2006, went to my grandma's new house to celebrate her birthday after church, kind of like birthday celebration, house warming and new year celebration all in 1. It was kind of boring after a while so i brought my bro and my younger cousin to the arcade to play. We played until it rain so heavily that we couldn't make it back. Then, we called my mum to bring umbrellas down. In between, everybody felt thirsty so i got to run across to 7-11 and back to get some drinks and i was totally drenched and my hair was like so darn wet. Then my mum came then she saw me so wet and started nagging and nagging...lol.

For the last few days nothing much happened and it was so boring so nothing to blog about...and there's just this 1 thing i just cannot wait for, it's my birthday and it's on MONDAY!! I can't wait to register for driving and it's just 4 days away and gosh am i that excited and i'm waiting...and waiting...and waiting...and waiting...

joce blog dusted at 10:20 pm -

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