29-Feb-2012

two of my favorite boys at the moment. heh. J

I kinda enjoyed the evening with Momo and Nono over simple hainanese dishes, and a little coffee club time. Sipping our latte, smoothie and soda, sharing what was seen and heard - an occassional thought, some observations, a random question and some history and maths. Even over some moments of simple silence. I count it blessing to still have company to hang and chill out with like that.  

kuru toga inside!

What's more, I get a little bonus, and my heart got glazed with sugar as I receive a gift of what I think is a super expensive pencil from Momo. As a matter of fact, I probably will never spend more than a few dollars on a pencil, nevermind whatever mechanics it has within. It did not hurt also to hear sweet compliments that I looked better than the hot party babes in  Nono's phone, nevermind I had to scare myself in the mirror at the restroom later.  

As I listened to the wide-eyed innocent replies from Nono affirming himself as a nice person, it is interesting I was observing that he looked so dangerously sincere. I was almost sold! But it does feel peachy, at least tonight - that feeling I am in comfortable and good company. Nevermind I was probably boring Nono silly as he yawns away without the alcohol. 

I hope I had not been too much of an intrusion to the boys though.     

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Rubric >> Momo: The poor student with rich aspirations >> Nono: The party boy
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27-Feb-2012

The new 24" LED monitor! 
My eyes are certainly grateful for the upgrade from the old 17"! J

24-Feb-2012

the really nice janitor auntie at MBS who found JJ's birthday prezzie.

It was my gift for baby Jarrett's first birthday, and Hong said she liked the gift very much. But she lost it in the restroom and we only realised that when we were in the theatre, and WICKED was about to start. I felt bad that Hong was so apologetic over the loss, she kept saying sorry and that she will buy JJ a similar toy.

At the intermission, we ran back to the restroom, and found nothing. There was a note at the entrance of the male toilet saying there is a female janitor washing the toilet and we had hoped it might be the same one who cleaned the female toilet and could have picked up the toy (surely, the atas crowd at MBS will not fancy some kiddy toy!) , but we could not get into the male toilet. We stood outside the male toilet for a good few minutes, to the amusement of the men going in and out of the toilet. No janitor was not in sight.

Hong wanted to just ask some random man to help go into the toilet to ask the janitor out, but it was difficult to explain the situation, and we were running late for the second half of the show.

Just as we were feeling dejected, I noticed a janitor making her rounds outside the shops collecting thrash, and Hong raced after her to try our luck.

How delighted were we when she said she was the one who cleaned the female toilet, and had picked up the toy. She returned the set to us with a smile. I think she was happy to have placated two amusing ladies flustered over a toy. And we are definitely happy we met her.

I hope JJ will like the music set his mommy went lengths to recover, and make lotsa beautiful melodies in his life...

Today, I am also thankful for all the talent in theatre. Wicked was wickedly good!

I enjoyed the show.

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Rubric >> Hong: The BFF >> JJ: Hong's little love

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23-Feb-2012

the ability to buy myself a pretty present. As I took a photo of the pretty box delivered at the door, mum asked me if I needed to send someone a thank you note. I said, "Yeah, a thank you to myself for the pretty gift."

Thank God for giving me the means to do so. And thank God for the thoughtfulness of the people who packed the delivery. This may sound super bimbo, but I guess anybody will be happy to receive a box looking like this from anyone.

21-Feb-2012

Colleague's sweet hubby. He asked her to call me in the morning to offer to give me a lift when the skies looked like it was gonna to pour. It did not rain until we reached the office, but I am thankful all the same for the ride.

19-Feb-2012

The "Rainbow" boys.

Was not feeling the best today, and the guys definitely didn't know, but they put a little cheer in my afternoon just being a company.

It's a wonder the people who come our way.

17-Feb-2012

The split-second smile.

There is this girl with special needs whom I will meet once in a while on the bus. Everytime I see her, she will be staring intently at me, making the already insecure me real uneasy. I never knew how to react, and I will avoid any possible eye contacts with her. It happened again this morning.

In the crowded bus, she looked my way again. She caught my eyes, and I gave her a quick, awkward smile. She smiled back. It all happened within the count of a few seconds before the mob pushed me past her, and further into the rear of the bus. I believe even my colleague right behind me did not notice our exchange.

But I guess I now know what to do when I next see her on the bus again. =)

15-Feb-2012

The company to watch "The Billionaire", nevermind it was spur of the moment and last minute... We shared the theatre probably with only less than ten other persons, and the show wasn't that bad at all!

Plus, I get to satisfy a sudden little craving for subway sandwich.... heh.

14-Feb-2012

the red rose, the pretty chocolate boxes and the 2004 château de mallere.... plus Momo's aptly labelled “老伴" beancurd to complete the day ear-marked for all things lovely... what sweet thoughts!

I think I have never had such a complete set in the decades of V-days I've had.

I'll gladly eat my porridge dinner tonight. Nothing to complain!

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Rubric >> Momo: The poor student with rich aspirations 
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13-Feb-2012

Chivalrous colleague who offered help to lug my notebook to work in the morning. Maybe I should also be thankful to that bus driver who drove away without waiting for me to muster enough breath to conquer that split few more steps...  so that I can be late enough to meet help... life's weird sometimes in that sense...

12-Feb-2012

The beautiful blue sky and the fluffy white cotton clouds. The colours made me happy as I looked up. A beautiful Sunday it is.

10-Feb-2012

the joy of afternoon snack.... they didn't taste the best, but still a good excuse to pump in a little sugar on a friday afternoon.

07-Feb-2012

the yummilicious carrot cake breakfast today.

The one with tuna bits was surprisingly good.

06-Feb-2012

a time to sing.

Been some time since i took out the hymnal. I'm glad i had some time to myself in the evening, just singing some hymns. H* happened to WA me, and when I told her I am happy singing hymns, her text response was "Are you sad?"

No, I am not. And I'm glad I need not be sad to be happy. Singing the hymns just made me happier. Even though my tunes and sometimes off-keys may not have made my neighbours so..

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Rubric >> H*: The cat loving secondary school friend
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03-Feb-2012

Picture from http://pangdemonium.com/

Hong's colleague who went to JB on her behalf..... so that we can go shop, dine, shop and watch Spring Awakening on a Friday evening.  
(cannot quite decide if I like the musical or not though....)



 






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Rubric >> Hong: The BFF
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02-Feb-2012

the char siew bao from Canto Paradise. This not very pretty little bao is actually quite a delight. Especially at tea time. Nom! Nom!

01-Feb-2012

The start of a new month. January was not that bad.