Photos from Evangeline's Birthday

Title: Photos from Evangeline's Birthday

Cute: Derek poses! Full of passion!















Think: Working hard on the card!















Card: Mel and Siu Wen with birthday card.














Smile: haha, Siu Wen's braces smile















All: family portrait!















Map: This is where we are!















Take a shot: yeah!

















Look: where are you all looking?














Camera-shy:" Jansen is there!"














Finally: Birthday Girl- Evangeline(仪范杰林)!

Jeff's Birthday

Title: Jeff's Birthday

18 Oct/Thursday

Headed to Jeffrey's house with Yida, Yong Qing. When we reached the bus-stop outside Jeff's house, we walked in with Jeff. haha. The night was filled mainly with the 3 of us chatting away whille Jeffrey who had many friends came, needed to serve food. Poor him, had to run around his house.

Birthday message to Jeffrey:
it has been cool to know you. Well, we barely know each other for less than a week and i have already attended your birthday party. That's amazing. POPCORN! I mean real popcorn, i must get to eat them when we go watch movie again. The popcorn must be either salty or mixed. If the popcorn really has to be purely sweet, make sure there is caramel. Enjoy the rest of the year and hope that our friendship will last!

Photos from Jeff's Birthday

Title: Photos from Jeff's Birthday


Definitely not PARANORMAL! - Just some green flashlight

Definitely not PARANORMAL - Just reflection from the green wall

Definitely not eating beehoon or vonning now - Just a friendly twist

Guan Zhu's Birthday

Title: Guan Zhu's Birthday

Met Guan Zhu, Han Xiang, Wei Ting, Cynthia and Michelle (孙女) for dinner to celebrate Guan Zhu's birthday. Although his birthday fell on the 15th, Guan Zhu wanted it to be held on tuesday, 16th. A pity Wei Ting could not join us for the dinner but at least she wrote her wishings for Guan Zhu on the super big birthday card. She claimed that her mother already cooked (已经煮). Well, Han Xiang rebutted her saying,"your mother only boiled the water not cooked the food (你妈煮开水了不是煮饭)." Anyway, seeing her carrying a bag of cup noodles and snacks, i called her auntie.

The place of celebration was the foodcentre near my place. We had fish head curry, sambal stingray, claypot tofu and sweet & sour pork. Then Michelle, Han Xiang and Guan Zhu started commenting when i was eating the fish head curry. The reason for their complaints was: A person with gastric problem still can eat fish head curry (有胃痛的人还可以吃fish head curry). Then Michelle added, "fish head curry is sour and spicy (fish head curry是又酸又辣)." I replied that if it is fish head curry, i can still eat it.

Right after the meal, we went to have dessert. Accidentally, i found Michelle's dislike - Chengteng. haha. That definitely was a funny way of discovering. So once in a blue moon, i ordered for all of them. The order was: dou suan for Cynthia, sweet potato soup for Michelle, ice jelly for both Han Xiang and Guan Zhu.

After getting the desserts all on the table, we began eating.

Here came the biggest joke for the day:

So Michelle asked, "This is sweet potato soup (这是sweet potato soup)?"

Me: Ya, as long as there is sweet potato in it, it is sweet potato soup, (里面有sweet potato就是). (in a state of disbelief)

Michelle then drumed her chest as she seemed annoyed and said,"让我锤心肛" . The next moment, Cynthia was laughing uncontrollably. I was still unclear what was wrong with the sweet potato soup. So i continued eating my favourite chengteng. Still, i wanted to get that mystery off my head so i went on asking again. I asked,"这里的甜品算好吃了，你为什么不喜欢?"

In the end, Cynthia laughed till she could not carry on eating and Michelle was particularly turned off (as if she wanted to faint). So Cynthia who managed to recover from all the laughters, told me there are different soup bases for sweet potato soup. Michelle did not like the soup with chengteng base. Ah, finally, i got enlightened.

Birthday message to Guan Zhu:
Happy Birthday! 哦my天, i have known you for 7 years. I still remember those times when we were wrongly acknowledged as brothers back in our secondary school's days. It can't be helped as our names were quite similar in their pronounciation. I am looking forward to playing soccer with you next year, i hope and i shall wish that you don't get injured so easily anymore. haha. Thanks alot for being my friend. haha. Follow me and say, " No more to Lonely birthday!" (abit lame though)

Photos from Guan Zhu's Birthday

Title: Photos from Guan Zhu's Birthday

Writing: The super big sized card for Guan Zhu...













Turn off:It is not Han Xiang's style to pose for a smile...














Poking for some thoughts: what are you thinking of, 孙女?














Dummies: don't the guys look faked?













JIT: Just in time for some bullying...














哦my天: Han Xiang is shorter than Michelle...

姐姐: Cynthia...

Birthday Boy: Guan Zhu...

Ice Skating

Title: Ice Skating

8 Oct/Mon
I had an ice-skating outing with Derek, Zarra, Melise, Maureen, Gerry, Yi Da, Wen Jie, Tony and Hui Wen. After having a short meal at a fast food restaurant, we headed to the rink. I was not any ice-skating expert who could spin as and when i liked it. I think only Melise, Gerry, Yi Da and me were not frequent skaters. All the others were so good. I managed to see a young boy around the age of 4 receiving a skating lesson. Well, he looked really cute. Even the hardest fall that he made was so gentle.

We even had a mini 'train ride' in the rink. The train was basically formed with a single file with each person placing their hand on the person before him/her. So the train would start operating when the first person started the ride by moving forward. So the first person was also the one controlling the speed of ride. It was thrilling. However, we stopped shortly as we were all warned the risk of falling on our chins.

I ended skating early with Melise, Wen Jie and Yi Da. After skating, we went to look for Shu Ting as she working there. Derek was the customer ordering from her while i took down the video. Derek even commended Shu Ting before her superior.

We settled our dinner at the foodcourt, IMM as it was nearby. Before dinner, we - Maureen, Hui Wen, Derek and me - were playing the digital game that was screened on the ground and needed us to move legs to move the digital objects in the games in the mall. For example, we had a short soccer game with the conventional applied - put the ball behind the net. I teamed up with Maureen but we played 2 times and were thrashed twice, 3-0 and 3-1. The others - Melise, Tony and Gerry - were standing still and seeing the big kids playing.

I learnt the phrase - oh my tian (哦my天) from Hui Wen. haha. What a cool phrase! I am influenced and addicted to using that phrase.

Then we went to a Japanese store. I particularly like the picture that WenJie and the rest wearing the specs. They truly looked old. Perhaps a few wrinkles on them would have made them a complete senior citizens. haha.哦my天!!

Photos from Ice Skating....

Title: Photos from Ice Skating....

Hi, (from left) Maureen, Zarra, Melise















Wen Jie... Decent SMILE!
















哦my天! what is this? some dancing lesson?
















Derek.... The big monster. Bye bye, Maureen














Mel, the 'fish' guide! So many 'fishes' ...














Back is prettier!














Engulf you!














Group Photo, Gerry's the tallest














Hui Wen (Queen of 哦my天) and Tony














Aunties, Uncles.... My favorite picture of all














Watch it, Uncle Wen Jie!















Sorry but you really looked old with the glasses...

9th Anniversary

Title: 9th Anniversary

After seeing the scene, he did not feel anything at all. Soon, he together with young cousins, was instructed to leave the room. There, they were all in their grandmother's bedroom with the door closed. 7 cousins were all together, including him. Meanwhile, the living room and that room were filled with adults only. The initial neutral feeling changed as they all lay down on the mattresses and bed. He broke into tears and sadness, after all, settled down in the bedroom. So all the little cousins with age gap of 1-2 years between themselves recalled, so did he. For him, he could remember how his paternal grandfather (aka Ah Gong) had doted him. Ah Gong had the habit of taking him and cousins to the nearby coffeehouse for some simple meals. Chee-cheong fun would be a regular dish ordered. There would be frequent mahjong sessions on weekends when he witnessed his Ah Gong playing, and once he remembered, his back was facing him. To him, it was all too familiar and that could happen again if only time could be reversed. In his deepest memory, he would keep in his mind. As emotions built up, he could feel the pain of loss as they all experienced it together by crying it out and loud for their dearest.

9 years on, 13 oct was the date for Ah Gong's anniversary. The feeling came back. It was as though he experienced some bits of the past. The weather of yesterday seemed to have a little consensus with his feeling. It started raining in the morning briefly. On top of that, the gloom was compounded by recent events that had confronted him the night before.

He then made his prayer to Ah Gong. He told his senior what he felt and hoped for a clear direction. Moreover, he donated $2 for a joss paper, on behalf of his mother - a routine done by his mother when she visited.

After that, he left and departed with his relatives at one of the local MRT stations. When one was alone, he had all the thoughts in the world for him to reminisce of happenings related to his Ah Gong. To enhance his gloomy mood, he decided to listen to some sad songs that suited very much to the emotions he had. At the platform, he decided not to board a train and instead walk slowly past each door. In a few seconds, the train was departing. He was still walking in the similar direction the train was in as the train outpaced him. Sometimes, there was wind howling into the platforms through the big gaps as spotted:



Then a thought came by. It was a premonition experienced 3 years back.

He saw his Ah Gong and his great grandmother (still around) in his dreams. But they all looked very stern. He noticed that Ah Gong's hair was so much longer like those characters in periodical drama, without tying their pigtail and Ah Gong was in a white clothes like the ones that souls wore. There was so much mist in the air surrounding them and he was wondering what that stare could mean. Were they offended? Was he asked to do something? Right after, he was scared out of his dream. It was later found that he was one of the 2 relatives, who managed to see Ah Gong in their dreams. So he supposed to be considered lucky. His aunt who saw Ah Gong, was asked to burn more paper money for him as he was spotted shivering in another dimension. For his dream, he might be asked to do more than just buying paper notes.

For years, the meaning of them staring at him was not solved. The meaning was deciphered a few times. But those were only personal guesses and might not be accurate.

Passion Chalet 3

Title: Passion Chalet 3
Day 2/ 2 Oct Chalet

In between BBQ, i went out cycling with Wen Jie and Gerry. We completed cycling around the entire Pasir Ris Park before heading out of the chalet area, onto the streets. We started our way via the Pasir Ris CL. It joins with Pasir Ris Dr 6 which is a long stretch of road where we passed by Hai Sing Catholic School and Loyang Primary School. Soon when approaching the end of Dr 6, we made a right turn to Pasir Ris Dr 1. From there, we went to Pasir Ris Town Park. On the way back, Wen Jie experienced a few seconds of thrilled ride as a bus was hot on his heels when he was cycling on the road. He felt the real fun himself.

Night cycling was looming as time passed by. So we all started the trail by completing Pasir Ris Park, before embarking on the actual route to Changi Village. At Pasir Ris Park, Hui Wen was rowdy. At first she was playing with Ee Ren while on the bike, by raising her foot from side and threatening to kick Ee Ren's bike. Then she tried that on me. I think Feng Kai and Karen were ones of those who used the most energy in cycling. Because he was cycling a double bike with Karen and to top that, Karen was carrying a bag containing two 1.5litres mineral water. Thanks. The route was well remembered at the back of my head.

When we were at Changi Village, we then met with a problem. Foong Ling, unfortunately hurt her hand while on the way to OCH. Hopefully she can recover soon.

Day 3/ 3 Oct Chalet

We all cycled back to chalet right after. Xiao Ting, Feng Kai, Karen, Yong Qing, Gerry, Melise, Daniel and i went to watch sunrise. I had asked them to walk towards the end of the Pasir Ris Park where it was near to Aloha Loyang chalet. I was 100% sure that was where the sun would wake up from. What i had witnessed, firstly, the sky was dark. Soon, it became purple with gradient effect. The lighter color of the sky came from the direction where i claimed the sun would rise from while the other side where the others kept grumbling to be the side the sun should rise, was apparently still in the color of yesterday - black. Clearly, i could witness the whitening effect on the side i was in favour of, starting first. Unfortunately, for me, i could not prove that i was right as the weather was not in the correct mood. Instead, they blamed me for not catching a glimpse of sunrise. Well, i could only say i was wrongly accused, anyway, that was only a small matter. I let them off. Hope they see the true light in the direction that the sun would rise when they next visit the place themselves for sunrise.

Back in chalet after sunrise, Feng Kai, Gerry and i did the unthinkable. We plunged into the swimming pool with our pants and the swimming pool was also closed. What a crazy idea! The first contact with the water in the pool was definitely refreshing. It was cool, thanks Feng Kai for your suggestion. I would never do it, if not for Feng Kai's insistence. I think we swam for 15mins and even with onlookers around, we just took it nothing happened. Gerry even suggested us saying if questioned, we just say we never saw the no swimming sign as it was placed in a direction out of our sight. haha. However, fun always ends early when a security came.

The chalet then ended with a meal at White Sands.

Photos from Passion Chalet 2

Title: Photos from Passion Chalet 2

Sleeping MEL!















King and Queen of Losers! haha(no offence, purely joke)















Where did the light c0me from!















Ee Ren and Yvonne, Look here!













Hotdog Girl and Kelvin!















Again, Hotdog Girl with Leo!















Xiao Ting and Feng Kai, Caught YOU!













Daniel, hard working!













Evangeline, the only gal in the picture!













Do your JOB, Yvonne!