Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Didn't blog for a very long time. Don't really know what I busy with. Maybe I am just too lazy to write anything or maybe I've got too many things I don't know what to write.
Life being a wife isn't much different from being a girl friend. I don't feel myself 'married'. The one obvious thing that's different, I have to address R's parents 'father' and 'mother'. I am still trying to get used to it.

这几个星期工作压力非常非常的大。什么乱七八糟的东西都排山倒海而来。工作量好像是过去一年的分量。
再过几天就可以暂时抛开这一切放假去了,但是想到回来后必须面对更多的工作,心情不免受影响。哎,加油!!

马维斯要离队了。虽然在她离开前还必须要跟我们一样把很多乱七八糟, 来自电话簿里面的垃圾全部清理干净,但是我想至少她很快就可以不必再面对这些有的没的了。希望她喜欢她以后的工作。 希望我可以喜欢我的工作。。。

Friday, October 2, 2009

计划??

忙完了很多东西之后有一种失落感。
工作时想偷懒surf net一下, 也不知道要surf些什么。

是时候好好计划接下来要做的事了。
学车? 渡蜜月?读书? 转业?

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

不知道是不是每个女人都像我一样喜欢钻石。虽然明明知道它没有收藏的价值, 但是就是喜欢。(哈哈哈, 现实鬼)

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Haven't posted anything for 2 months already. Have been busy with many things and I would rather take a nap, watch tv, read magazine, or just nonbiri suru whenever I have time.

Just came back from Taiwan and I can't say it's an joyful trip.

It's a wrong time to travel to taiwan. The weather was so hot and humid I could feel sweat five minutes after we walked out from our hotel. Drinking water was never enough. Everything seemed so far whenever walking required. Though there's typhoon alert and we expected rain, there's only drizzle. Though it's better to travel under sun than rain, how I hope the weather would be just a little bit more cooling.
Finally, the weather became windy one afternoon. But it's the afternoon we were leaving Taipei. We went up to 91st floor of 101 but couldn't go out to enjoy the scene because the wind was too strong and it's too dangerous for human at such high latitude.

Father ever told me taiwanese food are good to see but not good to eat. I thought as father is very health conscious, I might have different opinion on that. It turned out father's right. On our flight back and we recalled our trip, we couldn't recall one single meal or food that we will miss when we came back. I don't really like Singapore's food but now, I will learn to appreciate them all. I ate whole packet of Hainanese chicken rice the second day we reached Singapore (R couldn't finish his portion).

Well, I think I need to at least say some good things about Taiwan. I think Taiwanese people are very friendly, helpful and considerate. Either it's hotel staff, commuters on trains or strangers on street, we didn't encounter anyone who disgusted us.

Anyway, I don't think I will want to return to Taiwan in near future...

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

谢谢

像我这种Foreign Worker,一辈子不知道要搬几次家。
R的弟弟要把屋子正式租给别人, 我也必须要正式般到R的家。

在这里十年了, 累计的‘家产’实在不少。
每次搬家都会把很多旧的东西都搬出来看,然后决定是不是该丢了。

把旧东西搬出来的时候找到了很多卡片和信件。是大学的时候我过生日, 失恋的时候,朋友给我的。

二十岁生日, 二十一岁生日, 好像已经离我很远很远。 失恋的日子, 也已经变成模糊的记忆。

一张张打开来
陌生的名字-- 从前曾经在一起相处, 曾经很要好的人,如今已经断了联系。
熟悉的名字-- 庆幸我们还偶尔联络, 偶尔见面。


无论现在, 将来变成怎样,而我又需要搬几次家,我想这些信件和卡片,都不会沦为‘该丢掉’的东西。
感谢里面的每一个名字, 每一个祝福,在我得意, 失意的时候陪我度过。


P/S
Miss Bong, PS, SH不知道你们还记不记得谁是大姐大, 谁是大姐大大? 哈哈哈...

Friday, April 10, 2009

爸爸的NT

我不是NT的毕业生,我对NT没有了解。 对NT的记忆是大学时有一年在NY House 的中秋晚会, 和跟PS, SH在PS哥哥的宿舍看曼联球赛的一个晚上。还有就是NT的旧牌坊就在R家附近。

我知道爸爸对NT有很多的回忆。偶尔在家,他还会聊起他在NT的日子。但是,都是轻描淡写。最近也很少提起了。

两个星期前,我很庆幸有机会跟爸爸,还有他的一群老朋友 (都差不多70多岁了)重游了NT。

爸爸自NT毕业已经50年了。这次是他跟同学50周年的聚会。

第一天晚上,我陪爸爸参加了晚会, 开始认识他的朋友。很惊讶也很开心他们大多数都很健康活泼。阿姨们还准备了余兴节目,表演了几段舞蹈。

第二天,重游NT。
巴士一驶入NT, 我就问爸爸 “还一样吗?” 爸爸遥遥头。

NT方面安排了一个男生为大家讲解,介绍。
男生边讲,一旁的叔叔阿姨,就在一旁纠正,场面尴尬,却有趣。
男生让他们在一个置放现在NT校园模型的地方下车,大家看着模型开始寻找属于他们的记忆。
后来,大家都集中在了一个地点。原来,原本的校园虽然比现有的大上好多,但是当年大家一起读书,游戏,的地方就集中在那里。原来,为了这所学校,他们曾到处筹款,甚至于当时的草木,池塘,都是他们用汗水栽种,挖掘出来的。
他们每一个人都是建校的一份子。
从它的开始到它的关闭,结束,再出发,他们都身在其中。如今面对眼前陌生的一切,他们的心情,我想即使没有人说出口,彼此也能够了解。

最后,男生带大家到最初NT校门的地点,也就是R家附近那个牌坊的所在地。
牌坊现在成了公园的一部分。
叔叔阿姨个个抬头看,都不相信那是最初的那个大门。
“不一样了” ,“不像” 大家都说。
为什么呢?
回去酒店过后,我翻了翻一本关于NT历史的书,找到了答案。
牌坊上大学的名字曾经被换上了公园的名字。过后,不知道是不是由于民众的反对而又换回了原来的名字。
R也证实了这件事。他记得牌坊上的字曾被换过。原来,他也是见证这一部分历史的一份子。

这次没有离开这岛国的旅行,除了一各某位叔叔的孙女外,我在一群叔叔阿姨中,是唯一一个年轻人。(在他们之中,我算很年轻了)
虽然我不认为他们会记得我,我也不知道以后再见到他们我是不是还认得他们。 但是我感到很荣幸可以参与这一次的旅行。庆幸自己有机会,跟一群亲生经历重要历史的长辈,一起追寻他们的回忆....


P/S
人生,能有多少个50年?
50年后我会不会有一群与我共享福,共患难的朋友跟我一起话单年?

祝大家 健康

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

临时动议

一直没有在我的计划里面,但是现在却真的决定了。
这个夏天, 我要去台湾。
虽然因为工作的关系,我对台湾的政治可以说时相当了解, 但是对于台湾的观光胜地,实在没有什么认识。
一个星期前开始认真做搜索, 才知道原来台北在番薯的哪个部分,跟桃园原来这么接近,‘流浪到淡水’的淡水原来长这个样子。
R说过旅行不要做太详细的策划,一路上才会充满惊喜。我想这次的就听他的。让我们进行一次新奇之旅。

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

很烦。
好像很多事情要做, 却不知道怎么开始。
R说我三心二意,或许是吧。我今天坚持这样, 明天又会觉得那样比较好。

怎么办?好烦!

Monday, February 16, 2009

New Member of the Family!!!

This morning, a new member arrived in R's family.
She's a baby....

R's mum got this black retriever puppy from the neighbour.
Immediately, she's given the name 'Lucky'.
According to R, the name 'Lucky' has been passed down from many generations. So I didn't have the honour to name the pup. Hahahah...
I played with Lucky during lunch just now and she's quite a good girl.
Hope she can bring more laughter to the household :)

V Day

Happy Valentine's Day!
Though it reached me days before Valentine's day, it came as a surprise and made me happy. Hahaha..
Though there wasn't any special celebration, it's heart warming.

有感而发:
情人节好像只属于年轻人。
情人节的晚上,看到餐厅里送花,收礼物的,大多数都是十几二十岁的人。
或许年纪大了,不需要浪漫的情人节,只要身边有一个可以依靠,分享生活的人,就是最浪漫的事了。

Friday, February 6, 2009

过年前家里添了一个新成员。他是Wilbert, 三姐的儿子。
三姐因为生产的关系, 不能回家过年。

由于是新手妈妈,又是第一次不在家里过年,她天天都打电话回家, 谈的都是想家的心情和做妈妈的辛苦。

我想,可以回家过年,真好。

R在过年的第三天来拜访,我把鞭炮拿出来给他看, 他竟然说‘鞭炮是这样的吗?’

哈哈,新加坡人可能一辈子也不知道鞭炮长什么样子。

可以回家过年,真好。
p/s 希望小Wilbert乖乖的不要给姐姐太多麻烦

Thursday, January 22, 2009

春节的花

R的妈妈没有在新加坡过年,却很有喜欢做新年的装饰。
最近用泥土填掉的小池塘变成了花圃, 种(其实也不算种,花都是买来的)了不少花,很有春节的气氛。








Last but not least...这是我种的茄子, 只结了一个果。哈哈...

Monday, January 19, 2009

Happy Chinese 牛 Year

再过几天就是农历新年了。 真的忙得差点忘了时间。忙工作, 忙抱怨, 忙看惨淡的市道。
今年的过年真的好冷。去逛街,去吃饭,都看不到很多的人群。
我不是一个很喜欢热闹的人,但是这种现象让人看了不尽让让觉得‘真的很糟’。

哎,写这么认真的东西好像不太像我的作风。语无伦次

在此希望大家暂时忘了这个不景气,好好的享受短短的假期和家人和朋友聚一聚。
农历新年快乐!

Friday, January 9, 2009

Freeze-ing COLD

It came first thing in the morning when I went back to office for my annual reviews.
It was the first email in my inbox.
SALARY INCREMENT FREEZE.

WTH!!!! Totally demoralizing. Whole year of effort down the drain.
I didn't have any increment last year because I joined the group at Nov2007. They adjusted my pathetic pay slightly before new year 2008.
With this freeze-ing practise, it means I will have to see the same figures printed on my pay slip for another 12 months.

Anthony Kay Pong sent and email and said that he is glad he is still here. Of course he is happy. His one month pay is probably our whole year pay.
In some companies, the top management executives have volunteered to have pay cut. Why won't those Big XXXX in this company do the same thing???!!! Why you-know-who can still have her 'excluvie' fan on in this cold office environment and enjoy her good pay???!!!

Ok, maybe I should count my blessing because I still can keep my rice bowl while many people have lost their jobs in this downturn, but I AM JUST SO.... SO... P*....