Don’t ever have Chrysanthemum Green Tea (with Lemon and Honey)!
I don’t even know if it taste like
- Chrysanthemum Tea
- Green Tea
- Honey Tea
- Lemon Tea
Damn rojak tasting. I think my tongue is confused.
I bought myself a birthday present today.
I have been thinking about it for many many months.
Because of its limited stock, it’s pretty rare to even see it on the shelves. The last time, I held it for a while in the shop but was too rational to buy it. Next day, it was sold out.
Co saw it this morning. I called the shop and was told the stock came in this morning.
I thought about it for the whole day, and with KL’s blessing, I went to the shop, 10 mins before it was closed.
There was so many reasons/excuses why I bought it. In my 31 years, I have never bought anything so expensive before.
No, I did not strike toto.
Its not an act of impulse.
I love you - Chanel Timeless lambskin Black Clutch.
Love love, much much.
I can see my arms toning.
I see muscles.
KL says, “please don’t beat me!”
I managed to avoid going out with the out-laws today. Instead, I went out alone to meet Co to do some shopping. Of course, I only went out after my chores are done. Thats me and my boots in the tram.
My favourite bag at the moment.
Oh, I bought a scratch card for KL on Friday because he told me that he dreamt he won $1Million in a scratchie. Then I saw this:
The duckie reminds me of the duck shorts Co got me for my birthday so I got it for her. Guess what, she won $3. And that idiot didn’t even give me back my $1. Dad warned me before. He said what if she won the top prize? Would I be okay with it? I think I would. Maybe its meant to be. But I sure expect a big meal or even some commission, don’t you think?
Anyway, we were not inspired shopping so we went KokoBlack for ice cream instead.
Thats me reading my magazine while waiting for our ice cream. Nice jacket or not?
Co wasted her $3 on ONE scratchie. She wasted the money literally. I can’t believe I was seen sitting with a gambler.
We even indulged in a little caffeine with our food.
This is our dinner for that day. Chocolate ice cream with Chocolate sauce and deco. YUMS! It always make me happy.
Mum’s birthday today. 2 weeks ago, I sent her 2 lacy leggings. Just in time. Coincidentally.
Almost one week after my birthday, I received this.
WAH LAU!!!
Meet Mei-Zhu, our piggy bank. KL named it. He thinks people with the name Bee Zhu is damn funny.
Our next piggy bank, we’ll name it ‘Maling’. After ‘Maling Luncheon Meat’.
This morning while fighting in the car, we saw many police car zooming pass us.
I arrived at work and rushed to a meeting straight away only to return back to my desk after 9.30.
Waiting in my inbox was this internal email:
Shooting in Melly CBD
News has just come through of a triple shooting in the CBD this morning. The incident took place near the corner of William Street and Flinders Lane and the perpetrator/s have not yet been detained.
All Partners and staff are advised to stay clear of that area until further notice and note that traffic will be totally blocked in the immediate area of the incident.
We will provide more detail as it comes to hand.
What a commotion! Shortly after, dad called me to tell me about it. Its on CNN.
The morning of my birthday…. we were still asleep. Hahaa… So the afternoon of my birthday we went out to Globe Cafe.
I had my favourite “Chicken Caesar Salad”. I had the same thing last birthday too. In fact, I order it everytime we go there. Which is every weekend.
We had a relaxing afternoon and I bought 2 black dresses. I needed new black dresses - all my LBDs are too small for me. I’M FAT!!!!
To make me even fatter, we were out for dinner with Gary and Co at Belgium Beer Cafe. Here is what we ordered to share.
Flemish Carbonnade of Beef. Basically its beef stew. Not bad except its a little too dry.
Steak Frites. The steak was overcooked but the sauce was damn nice.
Vis en Frites - Stella Artois beer battered fried fish. We ordered this because we were tempted by the fries.
Mussel Pot - steamed black bay mussels steamed with chilli, lemongrass and coconut cream. This is the most awesome dish. The watery curry-like soup damn shiok. Especially with bread. The mussel looks like *ahem. BS, this picture is dedicated to you.
Then Gary gave me my present first.
He bought me the perfect tea mug for the office. He said its for my Pearly trip. So sweet for a guy who I only met 2 weeks ago.
Then its Co’s turn. I had to lay the 3 presents on the table in order of numbers and then read the instructions.
1. For the kid in you.
A Peter Alexander pajamas shorts. I once commented that the ducks look like the cartoons in the kids book I used to read when I was little.
2. For the you now.
Earrings I have been eyeing on for a week but didn’t have the guts to buy fearing that it might not be me. Tried it at home and love it.
3. For the future big bucks you.
Always wanted to buy this book coz I read it in a magazine that it’s a very intriguing book. Hahaa… who am I kidding? I’m just a bimbo!
For you information, I’m not 33 years old. Stupid Co thinks its damn funny to add more digits to my age. ARGH!
The dessert came after. Since we were so stuffed, we shared a chocolate pudding and a belgium waffles. I even pretended to cut my pudding.
We tram to the Casino to try our luck. Thinking that the birthday girl should be quite lucky. But I lost $5. Bugger!
Oh, I bought this bling earrings a week ago - present to myself. Cheap cheap! Nice?
My birthday celebration started today (eve) after work. Co and me skipped gym and went window shopping. Then we had chocolate ice cream at Koko Black. Ice cream is always good.
Then Seng met us and we waited for a table at LingNam. We had a great dinner. But after dinner, we didn’t know what to do or where to go. We wandered the streets in the foggy daze. Really foggy.
So in a foggy street, we wandered off to Crown. We wanted to show Gary the fireballs and we went shopping a little.Then 10 mins before the midnight, we got a table at Grecos. Here comes the embarrassing part - we ordered cakes and they put sparklers on it. They sang birthday song and we had people staring at us.
I enjoyed myself. It was probably one of the best and memorable birthday I ever had.
When I got home, I ripped open my present from GL and BS.
They got me grey pearls. Coz they wanted to get me that metal pearl thingy I like from Tiffany’s. Thanks guys! Strangely, the parcel came with lots of rubbish - BS’s unwanted junk mails. *tsk! Sorry about the photo, this is what happened when I got KL to help me take a picture of it when I went to shower. He didn’t take a close up of the pearls. Maybe I will do it again another day.
Then while I was in the toilet, KL walked in and gave me his present. I was somewhat surprised coz I haven’t gotten a present from him for a long time. Plus, we had lots of bills to pay lately, I didn’t think he had the money.
I wanted the Canon Ixus 850IS, but he got me the US version Canon PowerShot SD800IS.
Pearly wants me. Melly knows it. So, its asking a high price for me. Yes, they are still pimping me out.
Yesterday, I was told that Melly big boss told Pearly big boss that I’m too valuable to go for 3 months.
*Pui! Melly is playing hard to get.
Today, I heard that Melly is asking 3 times my worth. Have to see if Pearly wants me that badly or not.
Btw, I have a 10% pay increment. WHOO HOOOO!!!!
We decided to get away from the city on our wedding anniversary. So off to Sorrento we went. We stayed at Rockpool Villa, since we’ve stayed here before previously.
Last time we stayed in the first cottage, this time we asked for the inner one as it has more privacy.
Some pictures of how the inside of the cottage look like.
Balcony.
On our way there, there were many small seaside towns and at Rye, there was a market so we stopped to have a look.
Saw this and thought it was really funny.
Funnier part was, I saw this at the carpark near the pier the next day. Obviously, the stupid man was feeding the birds from his car. I saw a lot of birdshit on top of his car. Stupid!
Oh, at the market we saw this too. Pet food in all sorts of native animal. Kangaroo tail, etc.
Should have gotten this for Mumbles or Bailey, but thought it was pretty gross.
Okay, so we explored Sorrento town. Basically, we went shopping. Bought nothing though so we went to the pier to see people fishing for squids. Got back to the cottage, shower, got hungry and went to Smokehouse Sorrento for dinner. Didn’t expect it to be so damn crowded, so without a reservation, we sat at the counter near the window.
KL ordered this potatoes - Latin fries. YUMMY!!!
We ordered Seafood Pasta to share. It was not bad except that it need a lot of salt. Well, towards the bottom of the bowl, it got more ‘giam’ coz I should have mixed it well in the beginning.
KL ordered the smoked salmon with capers woodfired pizza. Also damn good.
Serving a little small so we had chocolate pudding for dessert. When back to the cottage and comatosed.
Next morning, we grilled our bacon and eggs for breakfast in the balcony with our portable gas stove and ikea frying pan. And went out exploring.
Thats KL trying to take pictures of the cliffs near the sea.
There were lots of starfish like this all over the beach. Had to be really careful not to step on them.
And KL on top of the cliff posing for me. Might use this for my office wallpaper.
Anyway, after our exploration, we went back to the town trying to get a proper fishing gear for squid-ing (fishing for squids), but didn’t find anything appropriate. So, we used our own fishing rod (yes, we brought it along) and headed to the pier again. The same Italian couple yesterday was there again today. We chatted with them yesterday and today. They caught almost 20 squids in that 1 and half hour they are there the day before. So, its our turn to try our luck.
As it got darker, we still didn’t catch anything, while the couple already caught about 14 squids. The nice chatty Italian lady took our bucket and gave us 2 squids before they left. She said, “My mama always said that if you didn’t share, you will choke to death.” Woah, serious man! She even gave us specific instructions not to eat them tonight. We had to fill the bucket with salt and water so that the “calamari” will double in size. We went back that night to began our experiment.
This picture was taken before the salt water experiment. We forgot to take a picture of the after. Yes, it did double the size. However, preparing to cook it on Tuesday night was a nightmare coz the sotongs were slimey. I think it could be the salt water treatment it had. Nevertheless, it was yummy. We grilled it and had it with salad.
The last night we decided not to go out for dinner, so we cooked instant noodles with egg, grilled sausages and ate it with canned tuna. I love it. Feels like camping but with proper tables and chairs.
Now, if only we can afford a holiday home there.
I’ve received news that our office in Pearly really wants me and has offered me a 3 months secondment to their office. Its great news because it would be good for my career.
The bad news is, they want me for the whole of the 3 months and my boss is really stressed about it. Because there is no one else to backfill for me here in Melly. In addition, my admin clerk is telling him that she is only part time and not going to do my work while I’m away.
KL is pretty supportive with it. I’m alright I guess. It’s work and really bo piang. But I think I will be able to come back every weekend or every other weekend. SHE told her boss that I have a husband in Melly and its not fair for me. She told me that her boss wants me so badly, this is probably one of his ploy to get me over, even if its temporary. In fact, he is insisting to get KL a job there based on his many contacts.
To top that, Sinny been telling my boss that I’m really good and boss is worried that they are trying to poach me too. It’s really great to know that everywhere wants a piece of me. Hehee…
I spoke to SHE’s boss yesterday and he “officially” offered me the secondment. He sounds like a nice person, jovial type. He said, ” What if I give you an offer too good to refused?” and laughed away. I wasn’t sure if he was joking so I laughed and said, “You haven’t even met me yet!”
I told KL about it, he said if the offer is really good, he would quit and go Pearly to be tai tai. KANASAI!!! That’s my dream! Co says that if they are buying me a house in Pearly, I should consider. SIAO! If they buy me a house, I go straight away.
Anyway, other than SHE and her boss in Pearly that is really happy I’m coming, my dad is also too. In fact, he has been looking into cheap airfare to join me there. I told him to shut up about my secondment in Pearly because I know my relatives (including, Sharon) would want to come along if they knew. Pearly is like a second home to my family. Really, you have no idea.
I don’t know if I would really be going Pearly. If it is confirmed, I would probably go pretty immediately. They basically need Okays from 3 person. Me, my boss and my boss’s boss. Apparently, my boss’s boss is negociating a price for me. Yes, KL says that Melly office is “pimping” me out. Boss says that if they offer me a good price to go Pearly, Melly office would actually earn money by “selling” me to Pearly office for 3 months. WHAT THE HELL???
So, that’s the story of my life. I would like to go for a short while. Just to see how is Pearly like. The last time I was there, I was only 16 years old. I think the weather would be warmer. It’s much closer to Sunnyland, which can be good and bad. It’s nice to know whereever I go, there will be a job for me. But I think at the end of the day, KL likes Melly, so I guess it is likely we’re staying poot (haha).
My psoriasis is getting worse. I went to the doctor’s and was given creams and oilments. The whole of my back is infected and I have to go shinning again.
Apparently, its winter and most psoriasis sufferers have it worse this time. There is very little sunlight, the air is dry and probably too hot long showers contribute to it.
ARGH! I hate psoriasis!