Archive for 2009

ryan and my nokia 5800 xpm

These days whenever Ryan tells me, “Ah yi, I want to play piano!”, I know that he is referring to the Touch Screen Piano application that I had installed on my Nokia 5800 XPM.

So happy!
That keeps him entertained for 10 minutes or so. As someone who internally struggles to tolerate noise other than that [...]

Assorted Blah

cny ‘09 – drinking with the boys

I was a good girl in Batu Pahat. The only time I had beer was when I met up with the boys on the first night of CNY.

Kawaii!

Ah Seng wants you to see something

Charming!

Parties/ Events/ Fun

what’s your wake-me-up song?

Just curious, as I’m thinking of changing mine (on my phone, of course. I have a traditional alarm clock that runs on an AA battery and rings as loud as an injured bear, but I don’t use it any more). Previously it was The Killers’ Mr. Brightside, and currently it is Coldplay’s Viva La Vida. [...]

Assorted Blah

my i gong, ah ma, ah gong and popo

Since my paternal grandfather passed away many years ago, we’ve spent almost every first day of Chinese New Year at my maternal grandparents’ house. There’s no one to visit in my late paternal grandparents’ house; the only one living there is my uncle. Besides my dad is the eldest child in his family; a son [...]

Stories, Thoughts, Ramblings

ryan and the rose apples

We have a blossoming rose apple (aka jambu air) tree back home in Batu Pahat. My mom ‘feeds’ it with organic fertiliser (skins of papaya, carrots, whatever she’d saved while preparing meals) and my dad ties a lot of plastic bags around the growing fruits. I have no idea what that does; probably to stop [...]

Food, Food, Food