Food Entry

It was Easter Weekend and we went down to the newly opened Tampines 1. It was so crowded that we found it impossible to walk along the narrow pathway. We gave up initially and found ourselves at Fish by Fish & Co for dinner.

Eileen & Nicole

Me & Nicole

Nicole's kids meal - three piece drumlets and fries

Eileen's delectable white fish

My Baked Seafood Pasta

Nice!

Dearie's Spicy Chicken Chop

It was too spicy but the hungry him whipped up everything!

Congrats to Uniqvoices!

My school choir has attained a Silver award for this year's SYF choral competition. It has been tough and long journey for them. With focused minds, they sang well for the set piece. However when they sang the first choice piece, This little babes by Benjamin Britten, they sounded rather sharp. The conductor tried his best to direct them using his hands to remind them to sing with support, but they failed. The second choice piece, Ma Yi La, (pretty maiden) was ok and sounded sweet. We waited for the results to be announced at 5.15pm. There were a number of choirs attaining bronze and certificate of participation. Our hearts sank. Finally, when our school's name was called and the most awaited word 'Silver' was announced, our choir screamed with joy.

Congrats once again...Uniqvoices have done a great job! Well done!

On a lighter note...

My Sec 3e6 EL class...

The sweet & lovable bunch!

When everything seemed bleak...

The title of this post says it all...everything seemed bleak and dark to me this particular month.

Things happened. I know and I should be grateful it did not happen to me...but still, I am saddened when I think about it.

To protect his identity, I will not post his pictures or name him.

He got married in November 2008 and lived happily together with his wife and parents. He began to live a healthier lifestyle, go for regular jogs with his wife and all. It was just yesterday, he went jogging alone, went home feeling exhausted, slumped into his massage chair in the living room and then went unconscious. His wife found him not responding to her calls and the ambulance was called, but it was too late. His heart stopped on the way to the hospital.

My heart goes out to her and his family. I know it is going to be a difficult time for them. I pray that God will bless his family and protect his family members.

I am attending the wake later in the evening.

Till then...

Picnic @ Labrador Park

The following pictures were taken during New Year's Day at the beginning of the year. My family and Eileen decided to have a picnic at labrador park that evening. I cooked pasta, fried chicken bits and teriyaki chicken while Eileen prepared sandwiches. It was a satisfying and fulfilling meal. We then gathered to take pictures of the beautiful scenery...

Beautiful Sunset

Dearie with the pram at the far end

We see people bringing their pets out for a walk.



Dearie & I

Lil Nicole with her new haircut

Plastic Bottles Needed!!!

Picture taken from:http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/media/image/5/9/lots_of_plastic_bottles_(o).JPG

I am collecting plastic bottles of any kind, soft drinks, mineral water, soya sauce, 1.5 ltr pet bottles, shampoo bottles etc for a recycling project in school. I must collect as many as possible to clog up CIP hours. 25 bottles for 1 CIP hour. So the next time you drink from a soft drink bottle, think of me and keep that bottle of yours!

Will appreciate if you could kindly pass me the washed and cleaned plastic bottles to me by 15 March. Thanking you in advance peeps!

Accepting Reality

I have learnt to accept reality and taken a step to embrace the changes. It's been tough but I am learning to be more prudent in my spending. I don't wish to spend on anything unnecessary and I don't wanna be overwhelmed with credit card bills at the end of each month.

With the on-going economic crisis, more workers are being laid off and the worst is yet to come. Although PM has briefly asked SPH not to over-emphasise on the situation on cases of lay-offs, I believe that there will be at least one or two workers being asked to leave their jobs a day. Imagine in the U.S, in every minute there will be at least one person declaring himself a bankrupt. This is how harsh the situation is and it is hitting at us in a way or another.

Nevertheless, I wish to thank your words of encouragement as well as your prayers for my family. I also wanna thank God for keeping my family together in this bad times. (I have heard of a sad case from a friend) I hope God will work his miracles again...