One good 'deed' deserves another...surely?!

Did I mention that I'm helping a good friend's husband do most of his MBA assignments? Sssh...
I admit some topics do spur my interest and get me going on the internet and even reference books from the library.

So in the course of doing so, it does offer insights to my current job, as well as, general knowledge. To some extent, yes, it's also a teeny weeny bit of an ego trip. :D

I Am Sick

For the 2nd CNY in a row, I fell sick.

I asked for it this time - tempted to try out 'interesting looking' snacks and without hydrating myself enough after, the bugs got me. :(

I consider this a slight blessing though. According to superstitious colleagues who believe some calendar from an unknown source, it is stated that for those born in the Year of Tiger, it be 'best' to start work on Day 5 (counting from first day of Lunar New Year....it was only 'good' to start work on Day 4).

I was thinking -what's the worse that could happen by going with the flow? I could certainly do with extra blessings, not that life had been rough for the past year. My family and loved ones are breathing, alive and healthy, troops went through last year's final exams with flying colours, jobs intact, bonus decent, a neat roof to live under.

Count thy blessings!

Survival of the Fittest

Day 1-3
No change was observed in any of the seed.


Day 4




Ah! Signs of growth for one of them.







Day 5







Seedling emerges...












Day 6 (Pic 1)

















Day 6 (Pic 2)






....one seed has rot.







Day 7



Seed coat sheds.


Rotten seed removed.








Germination...
sorry to bore you. Just somewhere to upload these photos for my gal's Science Project.

Teh c...

....soothes the savage beast.

The best! Milk tea @ Victoria Peak Hong Kong with the fam in Nov 2011 :)

(Sun)...Moon....Star

People who know me well know I hate to shop.

Yes it's strange considering I'm female and living in a city since birth. I attribute this oddity to laziness. And what's to fault....Singapore is getting so expensive to live in!

Anyway I got this reasonably-priced-what-I-think-is-a-cute-enough-and-not-overboard-for-my-age pair of shoes last year and started wearing it on Fridays since Aug...so that makes it 20 Fridays.....only?! Looking at them again only today made me realise... ...

The 'moons' and 'stars' are dropping off bit by bit!

ARGH!

I'm Not Your Mother!

I have 2 kids at home. Why do I feel I have 8 more in the office?
I await with anticipation the 2 newcomers on 30 Jan but am apprehensive that I'm this hopeful.
Time to set a few rules and hope they work!

Is it gonna be a good Dragon Year for me?

Knock knock...who's there?

Wait. I just went to 'View Blog' and this blog has sprouted 10 members????!

LAZY is my middle name

I haven't cut my hair in 10 months.
I haven't cut my toe nails since 16 Dec.
I haven't cut my finger nails since...mid Dec too.
I'm getting way too lazy...and unashamed too :P

Juicy!

Lurve this! A nimm2 a day keeps the stress away!

Alive and Kicking

OMG.

I am!

Hello again....

Starters

What do you do when you have awoken much earlier than usual? And you know as the day progresses, you have to stifle some yawns, keep grouchiness at bay, control your urges to snap at the first person (usually from office) who irritates you?

Have a good breakfast.

Now I can safely tell you - T.G.I.F.!

Runny and Wet, Wet and Runny

"Lava is flowing out of the craters of the volcanoes". I quote T.

I am aware of T's creativity for a long time now. His fascination with building train tracks of differing courses, drawing out a manual for it, outlining maps of places which he's seen online or physically been to.

So you can imagine how taking this favourite

snack of his has also been made to be 'irregular'.

First he pours a teeny bit of the sauce on the teaspoon and let it drip. He would watch how it runs down the gentle slopes of the yolks, slowly spreading and meandering to the foot...thereafter seemingly satisfied, he would prod and finally puncturing the 'summit' to see the yolk ooze out- the yellow mix with the dark brown.

Then the eating begins.

The Pursuit of Happyness (again)

It pays to have more than one source of happiness.

On a cool Friday night when the troops were out with their gramps, M and I got restless especially knowing that the promotion period is still valid.



Aha!

x2 pints.

Longevity

The idea of longevity has never appealed to me. Not unless I have loads of money, health and the people I love are of similar state.

I didn't read the article yet but it caught my eye while I browsed in the lift today (as you may have noticed that was where I took this pic). I was keen on forwarding it to SC. Heh....

PS: "Collecting friends" in Facebook not counted hor!

Dept Gathering

I have acknowledged that my year-long intense 'affair' with this stall is over.


However, I took a trip down memory lane today because a really friendly and generous Malay staff volunteered to cook chicken rendang for the department. On top of that, another staff brought rice, a loaf of bread and some kueh. As their Manager, I feel compelled to show my enthusiam and generosity too, however small. So I offered to buy them teh tarik. 8 cups in total.

My following traits were put to a test:
Patience (The queue was looooong)

Dexterity (I have dropped a whole cup while holding onto IT - singular - before)

Endurance (I needed to pee!)

I made it back - the 8 cups + myself in one piece.

All were happy. :)

Let's hope for BBQ or pot-luck next!

Bird Talk

I'm talking about the real thing, not 鸟话 (niao3 hua4) which means 'nonsense', 'rubbish talk' among Singaporean Chinese.

On my way to work today, 3 mynah birds standing over something which looked like food were chirping loudly and continuously with beads wide open and I swore with menacing glares at one another. I stood there for some time to witness this amazing scene which bore semblance to office women bickering. :D

Bird A: I saw it first!
Bird B: Sayz who?
Bird C: Bah....just fuck off.

Heaven

...is a place on Earth...only when there is chocolate.

Never underestimate the pieces of endorphins.

PS: Straight from New Zealand.
From left, RJ's, mine (!!!) and SK's.

On Leave

I tell you the 2 things I love when I'm at home during weekdays.

When Mr Yeo drives off with Becks on the van and she waves and waves at me till completely out of sight.
When after his usual homework, T is enthusiastic to go out with his mom for a cup of tea (and him Milo).

House Rules

Kids with Asperger’s, she said, have senses we can’t even imagine. We filter out sounds and sights that are constantly barraging their brains which is why sometimes it seems like they are off in their own little world. They're not, she said. They’re in our world but they are more engaged in it than we’ll ever be.

I went home that day and I looked up plant death on the Internet. As it turned out, plants under stress emit ethylene gas and scientists in Germany have created a device that measures the energy of those molecules as vibrations – or sound.

Now I wonder if it gets tiring, bearing witness to the last gasp of nature. If it’s not only plants my son hears but the gnash of an angry ocean. A shy sunrise. A breaking heart.

- House Rules
By Jodi Picoult

Picoult's writing continues to take my breath away.... but I can't tell Jacob in the story that. He is an Aspie and wouldn't understand it.

Fun with Words

One fine afternoon when a wave of sudden craving for orange tic tacs hit me, it triggered a list of words in my head too!

tic tac

knick-knack

flip flop

kit kat

tim tam

zig zag

criss-cross

hobnob

nitwit

picnic

Boogie Woogie