Tsunami Killer Waves 2004

The tsunami in 2004 took away more than 10 000 lives in India, Maldives, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sir Lanka, and many other smaller islands.

One year after the event, dreams are still shattered, homes are still destroyed, and hearts are still broken. Mother Nature, how cruel are you to us. We destroy Earth and you took away our human lives.

Video clips of the tsunami are shown on tv, interviews are conducted, families cried over again, 1 minute silence was observed in serveral countries, so, have we learn any lesson from this diaster?

It is disheartening to watch the after effect of the killer waves, heartbreaking to watch those tears fall down again from faces of the lost's kins, but it is more important to learn how to move on with life and make the best out of what we/they have now.

I had written a poem for the souls who left us, who was taken away by the killer waves, who reminded me how blessed i am to be sitting here, typing away.

This is for you

You may have left us, but you will be remembered

You may have been abandoned, but you will still be deeply loved.

Your soul will be prayed for, your courage will be honoured.

You cry to no one, yet your loved ones cry out to you.

You gave up your precious life, so that someone else could lived

You braved your only life, so that someone else could be saved

Your soul will be remembered, your name will be spoken of.

You bow to no one, not even the killer waves of nature

Your endurance is our admiration , Your sacrifice touches our hearts

Your bravery belittles the waves, Your strength lets the living lives.

Gone you may be, but forgotten you are not.

24th Dec Xmas eve!!! (part 2)

Last stop, KM's place.

No more dinner for me, i'm too fulled. we just had chips and beer, play xmas songs in the background and chat the entire night. Play some silly card games and guess what, i'm the winner, its called the worse case scenario game, so since i'm the winner, it means i'm caught in worse case scenario all the time.














KM's dog Bobby

24th Dec Xmas eve!!! (part 1)

What a joyful yet hectic xmas eve. running around places, feels like chinese new year.

I had made a food hamper for Johali for xmas, with biscults and chocolates, to my surprise, it was his birthday on xmas day, so i'm glad i went today and got him the hamper. He looks so much more cheerful now and he can sits up right. His right leg got amputated from knee onwards and he needs 2 more operation to go. He has a fighter spirit, i know he will overcome all these.



Next stop, Sally's place. She has done a fantastic job preparing all the food , decorating the house and tree and not to forget Philip's contribution in it. Its all very tradition English kind of setup. There's mulled wine, mince pies, chips, crackers with smoked salmon, vege sticks, nuts, Austrian schnapps (Phil's from Austria and man the schnapps taste shocking!!!)

It was great fun and nothing but fun.


A real pine tree.






Sally and the girls


Phil and the rest

Dong Zi

Today is Dong Zhi.
So what is Dong zhi? i only know i had to eat tung yuan(marble-shaped glutinous rice ball) on this day, so i did a bit of research and here it goes:

The DONG ZHI is based on the solar term of the solar calendar, which is in this case, the 22nd solar term known also as dong zhi. It coincides with December 22 of the Gregorian calendar. Dong Zhi is the thanksgiving of the Chinese calendar. "Dong Zhi" literally means "arrival of winter". Coinciding with the winter solstice, it is an occasion for the family to get together to celebrate the good year they have had. Tang Yuan is cooked and eaten to symbolise unity and harmony within the family. Dong Zhi occurs 6 weeks before Chinese New Year and would normally fall between 21st Dec and 23rd Dec.

Tung Yuan in chinese sounds like "reunion". Yuan, which means “round” or “a circle”, is also an auspicious word that suggests perfection.

There is also another saying that goes "Chi tang yuan, da yi nian (Eat tang yuan and grow older by a year).”

So here are my tung yuan that i ate today. pretty yummy.

tung yuan in peanut soup. its like a dessert.



Seseme filling

Peanut filling

christmas Deco completed!

Finally, the decoration is completed, not that best among others but definately the best on this floor (i believe)

Snowman is completed!!! with arms and scarf and a brooch!!



My cubical







My Desk deco theme is Snoopy at Christmas!! : ))


Done by gabriel, i printed the photos and he stick it on the picture. Just nice there's 8 reindeers and 8 of us.

Blade blade blade

Blade for 20km in 90mins today, good achievement for cardio, then have Macdonales for lunch :O

Oh well....one must learn to treat oneself after a good workout, besides i'm not on diet or what, i love my curves and being healthy. So a good healthy meal is 100% better than skipping meals or being on diet.

i'm exhuasted after such a long blading time, but i'm going for yoga!!! woohoo....havn't been to yoga for 2months!!!! Gosh......

...................too tired.................

Kelvin's back

Kelvin's back for christmas, good to see him again, seem like he has put on lot of muscles. Khim Mun is still the same old same old guy.

had a good time catching up, though kelvin has been trying to be mean and talking mean the whole night. Went to see his friend, Brandon perform at the Esplanade after dinner and it was a good band.




Our last stop, a drink at Harry's. Terrible frozen passionfruit margarita, taste like medicine.
Khin Mun can actually tie a knot using a cherry stem with his tongue!! :O




I finally got the shoes i wanted, spend some time hestiating here and there, oh well, there's a 20% off, so why not. a christmas present for myself.


And i finally got my breast cancer wristband from Kelvin, its sooooo big , i will drop off if i wear it on my wrist, no choice got to wear them up high on my arm.

Getting a reindeer headband !!!

I finally found it today in Beach road. this place is huge and full of Christmas deco.







This is the 1st one i found. don't like this one, with the ears. look how tired i am, had been working late hours, like 1AM!


Trying it out in the shop. Hmmm...i wonder is one is better...............damn i can't see the top of the reindeer.



looks ok..........but its not perfect.........hope Santa will let me see the perfect one........



Wore it in the office the whole afternoon and i had colleages teasing me................damn.........they are SOOOOO jealous..........: ))))

my manager took a nice picture of me and the snowman today.

Building my snowman

With the inspiration from gabriel's wife "cubical xmas competition", i have decided to decorate my cubical as well, starting with building a snowman, it wasn't easy, with others laughing and saying it looks ugly, but hey!!! i got a snowman and you have NONE!

got the body going..............

eyes and buttons .................

snowman is competed and stolen!!!!! (told you they are jealous)


See how pretty it is............


More pictures to come.............gabriel is going to make hands for the snowman...........