Just before the CNY mood sets in, it was the LOVE-IS-IN-THE-AIR day. Yes, u're rite, Valentine's Day. And for us, we nv tk tis day jus lik a normal day. Coz i would believe that there's always time that couples do take one another for granted and i dun believe that it is everyday a swt day for all the couples out der. Though to me Valentine's Day doesn't mean that it is a day for u to treat ur loved one extremely well, but it is a day for me to appreciate and remember all the gd tings about my gf and of coz to feel blessed to have her wif me till now. As it was a working day, so the day time was nothing much of a diff than a normal wkday. I got ppl to deliver flowers to her house but she was out! So i gotta get her sis to collect the bouquet on behalf instead.
After work, we met up and hv dinner at Chijmes, Esmirada. I guess we didn't really like the kinda food they served. The ambience and service was fantastic. I would say that overall was still ok.
CNY eve
I had my reunion dinner at Owen Seafood Restaurant at Turf City. The food was fantastic! In fact none of the dish in the menu was dissapointing. The salted egg crab is their famous dish and it live to the name! You jus can't stop putting one more in ur mouth... Thinking abt it mks me drool. and after dinner was the same yearly routine to the temple at Waterloo street to pray for luck, health and everyting gd for the coming new year.
CNY Day 1
Every year we would get up of bed early in the morning to bai nian wif my parents. And in return we got our Ang baos! Then we will set off as a family to my Nai Nai house as the 1st stop of the day. Collect more more ang baos! Snack abit, comparing the pineapple tarts that my mum and my aunt made. Its weird that they dun really taste the same though they used the same receipe.. After all the snacking we will head down to the temple where my Ye Ye is "staying" to pray again. He has passed away since i was 16 and this practice has been goin on sinz den. So usually it wil take 1hr plus before to set off for the 2nd stop, which will be my grandma house (Mother's side). Its alwaz a love and hate feeling when i hv to go der every yr. And the onli ting gd is that il get more ang baos there. Other than that, its really quite torturing to stay there. Coz all the Aunties and even my grandma will jus start their yearly question... "How come no bf?!" So il jus smile in silence. And my cousins will just smile at me cheekily. So once i manage to escape from all those nosey aunties, i would join my cousins for lunch and then it wil b another question. "Hows you and your gf?". Ok at least ders someting for me to answer...
CNY Day 2
Finally i can meet my gf and we went over to Darren house for a mini reunion dinner. She prepared lotsa food and we had a sumptous steamboat and "Loh Hei"!! I love to loh hei!
23-02-07 (Friday)
Rite after work i took a bus bk to Balestier to have a gathering wif my Primary Sch frens. I missed 1 bus and i waited for 30 mins for the next one to come!!! And when the bus came to Orchard, that is when it drove me crazy. The traffic was practically stagnant for at least 15mins when it came to Ngee Ann City. I decided to tk a short nap sinz the traffic is not moving. Den when i woke up, guess wat? Im still at Ngee Ann City!! The exact same location. Wa lau! Really nv even move an inch loh! In the end it took me abt 1hr30mins to rch balestier! GOSH!
We has the famous Yu Tou Lu at Whampoa market. Haha! I dun really fancy it but its the catching up part that is impt. It was so noisy at the market wif some new yr singing machiam Qi Yue Ge Tai loh. So we decided to head down to Quality Hotel as Lijun was saying that the Lounge was gd. It turn out so so to me onli thou. Went over to my colleague's house for "Black Jack". And turn out i lost a few $. But i guess its still quite ok, its CNY man! Hw can dun gamble?!
24-02-07 (Saturday)
I woke up at 5.45am! Yes it is 5.45am!! Darren and Evon came over to fetch me to bugis for the fortune telling. Darling came down shortly after we reach. I would say she's really accurate and waking up that early was all worthwhile. Its not too convinient to reveal the details here. All i could say is that to be weary of the ppl who seems to care for you most at work. Coz they mite turn out to be the greattest back stabber of all. I guess its going to be a tough route ahead at work and yet i can't give up. I really wish im a real jing gang man! After that we went bk home to sleep.
Headed down to marina sqr wif my gf after our beauty slp. We had dinner at this Jap restaurant, Ministry of Food. wahahaha!! The food was good! The ramen was tasty! As it was our 3yr 7mth Anniversary (Darling u forget rite!), we decided to hv a lomantic nite. haha! The Atrium at Marina Mandarin. The vocalist was damn power loh. The 2 violinist and the pianist turn out to be the man's, who played the double bass, daughters. ISn't this cool?! To perform in a family? They played really well and its really worth spending a few hrs there relaxing, listening to soothing music that will really calm ur heart.
