One of the little things that always delight me is my niece, well, not a thing, but still little…

They get very excited with birthday songs and blowing candles… This was a little birthday celebration for my sis after dinner last Wednesday… Kaley was awfully sweet…

This little doll, her linguistic skills surpasses our expectation.. Her grammar and vocab goes beyond what we have taught her, maybe all the telly she watches helps… We speak to her mainly in English and Mandarin, her Dad teaches her nuggets of Malay and Hakka, and she’s picked up bits and pieces of Hokkien and Cantonese from us.  It’s amazing how she uses the words/phrases she’s learnt.  The furthest she’s got to using a slang was ‘Oh shit’ which she pronounces as “Oh ship!”, since then I became more aware of the vocab I use when she’s around.

I shall try to take note of some of our conversations and put it down… I’m sure it’ll bring back fond memories when she grows up and reads this with me…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Congrats on joining the “tai-tai” club!  Looking forward to spend more time with you!!

Today’s the 31st of 2 friends who mean a lot to me.  My bro, Noel the Beng, we used to go to Sunday School together and now we go drinking together occasionally.  The other is my best-est friend during poly days, Cindy, otherwise Amanda.  Amanda, Jason and I are nicks we adopted those days, cuz we enjoyed reading the 8Day’s Last Page column by Jason Hahn, who shares an apartment with 2 bimbotic girls, Amanda & Saffy.  The column is still running today.

While I sent Noel my birthday greetings, I’m reminded of losing a friend in Amanda.  It’s been since 2003 we’ve ever spoke or met.

Amanda and I never fought when we were in school, we were always seen together in a group.  Skipping school, having long lunches in A&W at the zoo, sweeping birthday discounts in Giordano, totally into tanning, hanging out together with our boyfriends then.

It had been all a misunderstanding that started with me.  It was the phase were I was hanging out almost EVERY night cuz of an ‘interest’.  I wanted to hang out with the interest, so I always found excuses to NOT meet them, thus neglecting my friends. Amanda was the gel between me and the interest, he was bestie with her man then.

I was too absorbed into pursuing my interest and neglected all my friends, and that led to the misunderstanding I was on their side in hiding some dark secrets from her.

I should have never got involved with that interest, some guys are better kept as friends than lovers.  Eventually I did go out with the interest, but it was short-lived and it landed me in a financial rut that has been a burden to until recently.

One of those classic questions, “If you could, what would you want to re-do in your life?”.  I would say, I’ll like to re-live y life from New Year’s Day 2003.

I’m not sure if she’ll ever read this.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Girl!  It’s been so many years.  You made the better part of our days during and after poly.  What are fond memories without the people whom you can reminisce with, at least for me.

Happy Birthday Babe!

Yay! We’re same age now!  Woohooo!!  Hope you enjoyed the day!  Dress this way to work everyday… You look GOOD!  Must look our age, look youthful!

August 2008 has indeed been an eventful month.

9 August

Despite the tedious training schedule, I didn’t give in to the thought of backing out.  Something I had wanted to do before 30, and I DID IT!

22 August

Despite the party was on a Thursday night, most you stayed past midnight.  THANK YOU for all the wonderful pressies.  THANK YOU for being with me in the last hours of my 20s.  THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE. (photos here, here and here)

24 August

Despite the lack of training in the past 3 weeks, I achieved my personal best so far.  I clocked 80mins on my SportsTracker.

The early 20s was all about new experiences, getting bumped along the way.  The late 20s was trying to clean up my act, getting back on track.  I’m looking forward to what 30s will bring…

I’ll be on birthday leave!  I’ll be 30!

I’m excited about what’s to come in my 30s, but at the same time also nervous cuz it means the clock is ticking FAST.

Where the party at?  Wala’s of course!  For all these years I’ve been hanging out at Wala’s, I haven’t called for an actual birthday celebration there, small ones yes, but not in a scale that I’m expecting this year.  Kinda nervy actually…

For all of you reading this, YOU ARE ALL invited to this little drinks session.  I hope I wouldn’t need to do another saffyz-trip-and-fall episode like 2 years ago…  Heh!

Between now and tomorrow evening, I’ll think of my 3 birthday wishes!

It’s been a while since a big group of US has hang out together. With the excuse of B.Leong’s surprise birthday party, a large group of us convened at Singapore’s best chicken wing joint, Ice Cold Beer.

Linn was worried not many will turn up, but it was unfounded. The peeps started trooping in from 6.30pm onwards.

B.Leong was least unsuspecting of what was going on, even when he reached the doorsteps of ICB. Having bumped into Henrik and friend taking a breather outside, he didn’t smell a rat at all. “Oh, we’re here to meet some of SU3’s friends for drinks.”, he said to Henrik. *Hiak!*

It doesn’t require much to get B.Leong started, he’s naturally high anywayz! His loud clackering and the usual rowdiness made us the centre of attraction. Us sitting right on top of the staircase didn’t help too. So noisy that it can be heard from downstairs! 1 B.Leong can be louder than the rest of us, all 15 of us combined.

It’s definitely a fun evening. An interesting mix of people, with some odd behaviours… I leave the story to be told by the photos…