Back from 'Long' Trip

oh...it's almost end of April and i was reminded by Mr Mok that i have not update my blog for quite some time liao :p

I spent my first 2 weeks of April in US...yes...this is one location that i've planned to visit since many years ago.... finally, 1 wish close... :) Visited LV, SF and LA this time....

Hmm..... loved Grand Canyon and Yosemite park... really beautiful... I even see real snow at Grand Canyon....it was freezing cold and we were not prepared as the snow fall was unexpected...grr.... Luckily after snow/fog clear for a while, we were still able to see most of the canyon...how to describe....非常壮观.... I was speechless standing at Angel's Lodge, overlooking the GrandCanyon.... For Yosemite...the 4 hrs bus trip 1 way from SF was worth it... This national park has the world's 5th highest waterfall.... a beautiful river was running along most of the way that our bus took from the entrance of the park.... plain beautiful..... and with the very good weather...it was a waste that we did not manage to stay longer or cycle to cover more of the park..:s...

As for LV, well, it's a typical 赌城... there're casinos in almost all building. Loved the musical fountain at The Bellagio... Oh yes...enjoyed shopping at the 2 shopping outlets, although we controlled purchasing as we are not too sure of luggage weigh limit for domestic flight. Finally we spent most of our money in LA factory outlet as that was our last stop of the trip :p

I was very dissapointed with Universal studio in LA..it was much smaller than what i expected..and i think most of the 'attractions' are not really up-to-date....the whole place looked very tired.... really regretted not going to Disneyland instead...

For SF, the place we stayed is practically a tourist area...and due to warnings that streets are not very safe especially after dark, we didn't really wander too far away from the beach/wharf area.... the dungress crab was good though it's expensive....cost about USD30 per crab :p

After this trip, both hubby and me are really broke liao...have to save money......

New Toy !

i'm so excited with my new toy.....

Bought a netbook last week at IT show...

Cost me S$699 => 10.1" screen, 2gb ram, 250gb memory, 6 cell batt, mouse, speaker, earpiece, bag.... think it was a good deal.

Hopefully i will update my facebook and blog more often, and add in more features...

Love....

The other day my son told me "Mommy, although you always scold me, but I still love you..."

Wow.....can't help but hug him after that.....

I love him so much too... :)

Change.....

Yes...... I am greatly affected by the demise of our friend...

It has also triggered a lot of thinking about pple around me, and somehow it has changed the way i perceive certain things in life...

I have gladly taken things for granted very often...especially of the pple around me...

Like...hubby will always be there to support me...
...kids will always be around...
... MIL will always be glad to take care of the kids when me n hubby is not available...
...parents will always be there...especially during weekends when we have our weekly family gathering....
...jobs/income will be there.....

These days...i hug my kids more often...less scolding too i guess....
I have more patience with hubby......less fussy with how MIL do things around the hse....
Help around more in parents' hse on weekends...
I hope to be able to get around to contact more old friends rather than getting updates thru facebook :p

I am beginning to think seriously about the question : "If I know that THE DAY will come soon, what would i do....."
Insurance? Education? Financial security for the family..... lots of lots of items.....

I also hope that I will have the same strength Yanmei has when the day come.......

14 February 2009

Today is Valentine's Day...... it's also the day I lost a friend, Mr Wong Teck Chin....

Wong was once my 'small' boss...somekind of leader in our small drafting team....
That was > 10 years ago...

We got married on the same day 10 years ago and our colleagues were so torn as they cannot decide whose wedding to attend.....
We even went for our honeymoon together to Australia....that was fun....
We also say 10 years later we should go for our 2nd honeymooon together...but that day will never come now.... :'(

I will always remember him as someone who is intelligent, brave, fun, positive, understanding...and so much more.......yes...sacastic at times too :p....

Like what Yanmei has say....these are things that is beyond our control....and I hope and pray for the best for his Wife and 2 little girls...

May You Rest in Peace......

HDB

Very frustrated that we cannot buy new HDB.....due to the stupid ceiling stuff...

The income ceiling has been there for almost 14 years liao!!!!
What are all these govt/HDB pple doing???
Cost of public housing has increased by so much since 14 years ago...

Couple earning S$8000 and less can afford to finance a flat that is costing around S$700,000 meh???? Unless they have very good papa bank or mama bank to help.....

Pple like us in the middle income group is like 不上不下... cannot buy new flat, and cannot afford pre-owned flat due to the very high price above valuation.... unless we want to settle for those ulu ulu 鸟不生蛋 area like Juring extension, etc...arrrrgh.....

And the govt was assuming that we should be able to buy pte housing...which has total area of 98m2, and is selling at 1 million dollars...arrrgh......

为什么不让我们中多多....... arrrgh.......

Think is the the general feelings of the middle income family..... :'(

恭喜发财! Happy 牛 Year!

Here's wishing everybody a Happy 牛 Year!

Today is the first day of work for me after CNY, and chu8 is supposed to be a good day to start work...

Was reading in the newspaper this morning, which mentioned that the last time market situation was bad was in 1997...12 years ago......and was also supposed to be a Happy 牛 Year!

This 牛 year started off with various companies across the world announcing retrenchment, brankrupcy, and Qimonda has also announce for insolvency..which has turned in bankruptcy too today.....

According to the astrology book that i bought, this is supposed to be a good year for me...and that i'll travel a lot this year. If this is true, then i'm really looking for ward to it....but that would also means that there'll be a big hole in my pcoket.....

My DS and DD are supposed to 犯太岁 this year.... hopefully the year won't be too bad for them this year....

Well....I can only hope for the best for everybody, to have good health, and be 开开心心 this year..

HUAT AH!! .... aka.... 发啊!