Saturday, December 27, 2008

Merry Xmas!

Even though the holidays are coming to an end soon, I still love December! Coz it’s a month of festive seasons which signify a month of gatherings and parties!! =)

Ending the last week of 2008, we hosted our first Xmas party! On the eve of Santa’s day, bear’s friends came over for a Notti Santa merrymaking! Thanks to my ah bu to save the cook-hopeless miffy’s guest!

And of coz our effort to M’sia to get the worth the $$ Secret Recipe!!! Cute baby Zhi en almost as big as the choco indulgence!

I also pop by to Jacko’s new place for a short celebration and their house is very pretty and cosy!! =) and of coz everyone is hooked by the Wii

Notti santa playing in progess… and our presents!!

And we had another round of Xmas party on the 25th itself =D with my frenz… but we had some family matters to attend to, so it was kinda party @ the Ang’s place w/o the Angs, think they had lots fun… so sad we cldnt join in the fun...

The mini IR has started at the Ang’s Place~ courtesy of Weiquan’s kim kim mahjong set and table =D

And choosing their presents from their secret santa(s)…

But we managed to come back for the Wii challenge! And this is how my hubby and drey look like when they are engrossed in the Wii wave~


I love parties!! i like the laughter and fun and i love my friends =D

Hope u had a Merry Xmas too hohoho~

Monday, December 22, 2008

Star Fish Story

This was the story tt was told to me when i first stepped into NIE...
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Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between the surf's edge and and the beach. Back and forth this person went. As the man approached he could see that there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural action of the tide.

The man was stuck by the the apparent futility of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to perish. As he approached the person continued the task of picking up starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf.

As he came up to the person he said, "You must be crazy. There are thousands of miles of beach covered with starfish. You can't possibly make a difference." The person looked at the man. He then stooped down and pick up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man and said, "It sure made a difference to that one!"

2.5 years into service, this is the first time that i celebrated xmas with my students! i attended my students' xmas gathering @ Clarke Quay on Saturday. It was so heartening to see so many of them turned up! It has been almost a year since i last saw them.

They are my very first batch of form class (27/06) - my angelic students :) And i was really close to them... Rem how i slowly get to know each of them as i laughed and yell @ them... How we survived the stressful 'A's together mugging/marking hard for the timed prac and exams... and how i hugged their farewell gift and cried the whole evening away in Oct and celebrated their joy of rainbow results in March...

Now my little starfish are all grown up... the girls in uni, so pretty and polished... the naughty boys no longer sleepy and lazy but serving the army and more matured... seeing them bickering around and catching up with one another's life really warmed my heart and opps ya i actually almost teared again but i held back coz i think its quite toopid to cry in front of them.. T_T

I guess this shall be the entry to remind me of the reason why i joined the profession and during times when i am tired and about to give up, i will look back and smile and carry on to do what i should continue to do even better :) for them...

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Life as Mrs Ang

Kiora! Back from our first jog @ sbw! Exploring the new neighbourhood... hmm~ very new... While i am cooling down, shall clean up the spider webs in my blog =D

We are back frm the land of kiwi and i still cant believe tt i am married!!! Gulp!!! settling down as Mr Ang's domesticated wife and Sbw house owner =)

Yeah... there is quite a lot of backlog for the wedding prep, but life has to go on... so here i am to share with u bits and pieces of the newly wed life thus far! the history will be unveil in due time hee~

I treasure the holidays now... waking up @ 9+ every morn... preparing omelete eggie or ham cheese sandwichie for breakfast and reading Straits Times Interactive. We haven't subscribe to the newspp as yet... so will just make do with the e-paper..

Then watch a few hours of Gem show or do a bit of house work before i start whopping up a simple uodn/noddle lunch for the hubb ard 1pm. Nothing fantastic, 'mdm cai' still learning to cook a sweet and yummilicous noodle soup but there's quite a bit of ingredients.. green vege, carrots, meatie, prawn wanton, golden mushroom... hiak hiak hiak~ even tho its v blend, but at least i think it looks deceivingly appetising haha~


Later in the afternoon, the other half will be dota-ing while i am either gem-ing or reading up my econs materials (but very very ineff...)

We usually dinn out in the evening - either settling it at our parents' home or meet up w frenz. otherwise its hubb's turn to cook real nice pasta! and not forgetting the nyonya show !

Life is simple and happy! Tho i miss home once a while... but they are just a phonecall and 15min mrt ride away! and my a bu and halulu will pop by every now and then! =D

Kk... time to go pong pong and we are hopping over to Northpt to shop! heard tt it has alr made over bout 80%... Gg stock up our groceries too!!

Till we meet again, have a good short wk ahead! tataz~