Happy 18th Bday char!!! :)

HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY CHARMAINE!!! :) HUGS*

haha it was a fine sunny morning! I crawled up of my bed at 715am, did my quiet and quickly get dressed for the day!! haha It was a picnic @ Botanic Garden!! wohooo!!! i haven't go to Botanic Garden for at least 10++++ years or maybe..i actually haven't been there before. i don't remember! Anyway..I went to meet Kelly and supposingly Sandra.. LOL. shall elaborate later.

At 10am, Kelly and i were the first 2 person to reach. Yanghong called, "Heys Myrna, where are you all???" And i told him to go this place to meet us. We heading towards each other. I waved vigorously to Yanghong THRICE and he didnt' see us!! and hello??! It was like less than 30m can! haha

Me: "Kelly! let's pretend to look at the board over here, see if he will walk pass us"

Kelly: "sure or not?? or he pretend not to see us!"

Then we peeped at our back. HE REALLY WALKED PASSED US lo! roars!! lol..

Here's the food for picnic!!! :)

The early birds!! Bday princess Charmaine, Germaine, Kelly and Nicole - char's jc friend

My little sister!

Us at picnic!

Chris, Mich and Daniel who's just back from Hongkong! he spent his CNY there!

Liangwei, Germaine, sandra and Kelly!

Back to sandra LOL. After few calls and sms at buno vista station where we're supposed to meet, no reply. lOL.. i sent an sms, "Heys sandra, we highly suspect that you overslept. we go first, see you later ok!"

After a while, i decided to call her house..And i told kelly and sandra about it when sandra came to join us later.

Me: Hello Aunty, are you aunty???

Aunty (sandra's mum): Helloo

Me: Hello Auntry, are you aunty???( i just wanna make sure it's not sarah or sandra!)

hahaha then Kelly was like: "Myrna!! why did you make sandra's mum admit she's aunty! maybe she don't want say she's aunty and you ask her if she's aunty!! she has no choice but to say she's aunty!!" LOL

Me: Myrna here!

Auntry: Oh Myrna!! wait ah!

And then, i heard sandra's sexy voice. she just woke up! lol roars!

Char and the our presents to her!!! we bought her DKNY perfume, body lotion, lip gloss and Flesh Imp Tshirt! I took such a long time to choose the Tshirt. Initially wanted to buy her this colourful white based shirt from the same shop, but didn't coz it's the last piece and abit soiled. hahaha..and the thing is...Yanghong is wearing exactly the same shirt!!! =D wahahah! Great minds think alike!

The JC friends!

Yesterday at Mich's bday dinner, she asked me to lead the group into a time of introduction! (as many ppl don't know one another) I was like, "woah! just like cell group??" and some of them tell me, it's very cg! lol..

then today, at char's party, she asked me to lead introduction and games! End up..it's very CG also! lol..Germaine and Yanghong each taught us a game! I wanted to sabo people, end up i'm being forfeited in both games!

Forfeit 1; dance. random =P and forfeit 2; i'm to ask a guy who's playing frisbee to come all the way to us (he's around 150m away from us, quite far!) and shout "HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARMAINE! across!! Thankfully, he's very sporty! haha he's ex nus student and said he used to do these also.

Oh yeahhhh!

Wellll...!!

We're to take some emo photos but it didn't turn out right!! hahaha nathan looks like he's sleeping!! LOL

And..He's still sleeping!!! HAHAA WAKE UP!!

Some father and son photo??!

Us emoing..but what is matthew doing??! hahaha

hahaha that's great, matthew! He's char's brother and he's really full of energy and very playful as well!

All the nicer pictures are with sandra and the rest! shall upload them soon!! =D

Lastly, the gang; daniel, Michelle, Char, me, Germaine, kelly, sandra, yanghong, Daniel, Chris, Liangwei and Nathan (who's not here yet!)

Really enjoyed today!! haha i have been to many bday parties but this is the first bday party that is so energy consuming! haha i bet many of u who were there will agree with me! And so sorry Yuanyu and Chihsien for being unable to make it for the pai nian today! :)

Happy 21st Bday Mich!!! =D

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY MICHELLE!!! MUACKSS!!!

Mich invited us to Shin Kushiya @ Suntec for her 21st bday dinner! Her real 21st bday is in June but she will be in australia!! Hence, she had an early one! I tell you..this is the MOST FILLING DINNER EVER!! roars!! When this is compared to buffet, buffet is really considered nothing!! haha i seldom never finish up my food, unless in some special circumstances, but this time, i really finish half of what is given to me! it's TOO MUCH FOOD! hahaha! but i've to say, the sashimi is really fresh!!

This is the personalized badge done by Mich!! There got the words to us & our names!

Germaine's, Charmaine's and mine!

3 of us met up earlier!! haha or just on time???

Uncle Benz and Aunty treaz!! They're one of the most lovely couple!! haha and they're so generous! I get to know them as they're my SOT team mates! Aunt treaz sponsored me to go for batam mission trip + additional financial blessings and she gave me a fat hongbao for my 21st bday last year!! And she always hugs me when she sees me as well!! i guess that's why mich 'inherited' that habit to hug me when she sees me! lol.

And the cousins + pretty bday girl! MICHELLE!
There are around 20 of us present! With mich's JC, secondary and childhood friends!


Us girls! MUACKS!!

DNT!


haahaha germaine!! so cute!

And dearie charmaine!!

Mich and Julian Hee! Oppss! i mean chris!
Us with our badge!! haha we really pin it on our hair k!



And lastly....100% Princess and me!



All the best mich!! You're one darling to me :) I remembered when u first came to join our cg and i was a new helper then, i didnt' dare to really talk to u! haha! coz u looked like a "qian jin xiao jie". lol..but over the months and years, we grow to love each other and i thank God for you. Shall go fishing again when Bedok Jetty is done with the renovation =D Thank you for being so open & honest to me to share with me the things in ur heart. Keep on shining for Jesus! You will go very far!

HUGS!

Hk!

Yeah!! i got my first present from my brother in Hongkong!! hahaha b4 my bro flew off, i keep telling that he gotta buy me presents from there every single month. And just now, we all had a video call and he showed me the present that he got for me! A pair of boots! woosh! And he says it's expensive to ship it back, hence he's going to collect the 6 presents and bring it back to give me by June! whheee!!! And not to forget my bday present as well! :)

come back soon kor kor!!

Random!

It's the 3rd day of Chinese new year and i'm back to biz library!! I'm going to start preparing for exams!! Hear me right!! I'm going to start preparing for examssssss!! roarrrsss!! Okie. relax.

haha this is my most crucial semester and i'm just going to chiong.

There's a lot of friends' bday coming up this week!! Daniel, Alvin, Charamine, Don and Mich(early)! And i'm going for mich's 21st and char's 18th bday party! Mich is the super pretty girl in my cg! haha she's so sweet (appearance and character) can and she always always always give me hugs whenever she sees me!

And..haha i'm really looking forward to char's 18th birthday picnic at botanic garden! Firstly, i haven't been to botanic for more like 14,15 years i think! and secondly, we're going to take lotsa pictures with the flowers and butterflies!! and thirdly, we're going to mix around with a lot of young people. Well..maybe their youthfulness can diffuse to us!

:)

I'm going back to library to mug the whole day tml! Here i am!! rarrrss!

My DNA!

This is the 2nd day of Chinese New Year! As usual, 2nd day of CNY would have meant that my family and i will be going back to Malaysia, Kluang to visit my granny! Blame it on my stubborn-ness to sleep early last night, i had a great time struggling with sleepiness for the entire trip! Leaving my house at 6am, and catching a coach at Larkin @ 7am, i fall asleep almost immediately after i settle down in bus. Reaching my granny's hse at 845am and talking to my uncles and granny for a while. I fell asleep on the sofa..=( It was an unsightly scene! Like what i told titus last night about the drowsy spell, it happened once again.

Mum: "Meimei! ask you come here is not to sleep! and it's so unglam to sleep here, and people are walking around..!"

Me: "Mummy, i really very tired..can i sleep in the room! just for 1 hour, pls!"

Seeing how kelian i am, she allows me to go into the room. Instead of the 1hr, i KO for the next 3 hrs and i woke up right before reunion lunch. Theoretically speaking, my existence in my granny's house only starts from 1pm to 4pm, after which we left.LOl

The house that my granny and uncles stayed in are about half a century old :) It has been there since a long time but the thing is..after 50 years..its condition deteroriated. It's a one storey house and has about 7 rooms. The kitchen and toilet are the sub-house built by my uncles and grandpa in the earlier days!

My granny has dementia and her memory is failing. She would ask me the same set of questions over 20 times..

Granny: "Who are you..??"

Me: "Popo, i'm Huixian!"

Granny: "Ohhh! Huixian ahh!! how come you're here? Who came with you?? Where are you studying now? How old are you? Who is ur father and mother?? What is their names??"

And she will repeat again and again.

but i would just patiently answer all her repeated questions. Hold her hands, touch her face, stroke her hair and all :) I guess..she can forget all about the past, but one thing she never forget is that she always thank God :)

My granny is a Christian for about..65 years?? (ever since she married my grandpa when she's 18 years old). She's the one who taught me how to read a bible when i was 8,9 years old.The first 2 book she ever read to me was Genesis and the Book of Ruth. :) I used to go back to visit her a few times in a year; especially during holidays in primary and secondary days. I would spent a few days there. And every morning when i wake up, i would hear granny singing hymns and reading the bible aloud. It was so soothing to the ears. Granny also taught me how to knit when i was 6 years old. And i knitted my own belt when i was 6 as well! (even tho it's quite uneven and untidy) Lol..

Honestly, it was quite saddening to see her condition getting from bad to worst. But God is good, Granny is still very jovial and happy with what she has now!

And while i was on bus back to singapore, ( it was a 2 hours journey), i closed my eyes, plugged my ipod ear piece into my ear and i started to just reflect on granny. I talked to God.

i realised..that the DNA of a family really carries on. Not to say biologically, but spiritually :) My great-grandfather is a pastor and currently, my uncles are pastor and elders of the local church.
My grandfather is teacher and they have 9 children in total. My mum is the youngest child in the family :) however..my granny has been a widow for abt 40 years. She has single handedly rise up 9 kids!! Just imagine..9 kids!! She really devoted her whole life to her family and i would proudly say that my granny is a strong woman. She lost my grandpa when she was like 40+?? and that time my uncles and all are still young...yet she has the resilience to stand up and be the head of the family :) Though life was not easy then, every single one of my uncles and aunty are brought up well and live a down-to-earth life. Even though they're not like rich, but the following generation is entirely blessed. Almost all of my cousins are university graduates or undergraduates. Some are PHD students, masters grad, 1st class honours grad and all. I started counting in the bus. yes..around 13 of us, including my bro and i are uni grads..Most of them studied in malaysia while some went overseas, Singapore, Taiwan, England..
Our family is quite musically inclined as well. But sadly..i can't sing well. roars...lol..anyway.. 6 of us learned piano till advanced level and 2 of my cousins went to study music full time. My eldest cousin sister got her Master's in Music. She used to teach me piano till i'm grade 5. While another of my cousin sis went taiwan to study music in the local uni.

But please please don't get me wrong, not trying to brag or anything. but i just wanna share the facts so that we can see the trend. :)

In the bus..I was like, "hey God..that's quite cool ah! i could trace the DNA of our family! My great grandfather is a pastor, and then, my uncles are pastor and elders. My grandfather is a teacher, hence most of us like to study and 2 of my cousins are teachers as well!"

But i can see the trend. There's a jump in the generation. lol

COOL!

I guess, it doesn't matter whether you and i come from a humble background. I come from a humble background too. But because we love God, we love the people around us, our lives and our future generation will be blessed!

I love my granny :) I love the way she treats us. I love the way she cares for each other of us. I love the way she encourages us.

I love her.

:)

Anyway.. I was so enlightened in a way today! haha! Revelation of my DNA :) Trace back ur DNA too!! :)

Happy CNY!! =D

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! :)

It's another year and the truth is, i'm going to be 22!! roars!! Even tho i always say so, but i can't believe i'm 22!! ahhh! This year seems a bit quieter in a way! i guess it's because for the past many years, all my relatives will come to my house in Day 1. My house then will be filled with the aroma of the dishes. My parents will then be so busy cooking for 25-30 people, with 8-9 dishes! And my little cousins will be running all around in the house; my room and all. However, this year, due to some circumstances, my father decided not to hold it in our hse, so we all went to my aunt's house instead! hee. it's good in a way too. I don't need to springclean & tidy up my room so much. Oppss! I think i really must hired a maid next time when i'm married. roars. i really don't like housework! =( And..Even tho my parents didn't buy much new year goodies, end up there's a lot in my hse now!! My relatives gave us lotsa pineapples tarts and chocs and all! We used to buy a mountain of goodies as my whole extended family would come to my house. But this year, all the goodies would be gobble up my me alone. My brother is not here (he eats a lot too!), my mum is dieting and my father doesn't like these goodies. So..i shall do the honour =D

haha seeing my cousins running about makes me realize that there's really a huge gap between us. I bet twinniez will agree with me. We talked about it and realize that both of us cannot really connect well with kids. I mean we love kids :) For me, I like to hug them and carry them (if they let me!) But i feel i just don't know how to play with them haha! i shall learn then!

Anyway, really praise the Lord, my mum decided to increase my monthly pocket money!! woohooo!!

One of my resolutions this year is really to study hard and to start studying early. Debiao and I were just talking and what he said really make sense and "pushed" me forward in a way :) Thanks bro! And..he appeared in the Straits Times in an advertisement for PSC scholarship! haha

Friends, enjoy ur 2nd day of CNY!! wohoo!!

Excursions!!

Here come the pictures!! =D

SCIENCE CENTRE wohoo!!!

Let the pics do all the talking!!!

haha reflections!!

And again!!

Looks like time machine or some kind!!
hahah the virusss!!!

Choose one!
Wah this is cool can! perhaps hollywood wanna invite us to act in the Matrix or sth!

Let's be rich tai tais!!

Stop it sean!! stop it!!!! lol

hahah the happy friends!!!

the random friends!! one reading one dreaming!

We can pole dance!!!

Yes, i told you, we can!! heh heh!

Mr Man Hunt 2009!!! SEAN TAN!!
The sisters!!

This is when the emo-ing starts......

hahah emoing was quite good ya! And here comes the kiddy part!
Sean and I were so hungry that we keep asking when can we have our dinner!! We're more concerned abt food than the development of science i think! =P

In the "gobal warming room"

reflections!

hahaha this is nice!! looks as if it's taken in some clubs!

Look at the kids in the back ground!! haha there were abt 6,7 of them. they were running towards us! We heard the stomping of the feets and we turned. They saw us posing, and they were shocked and froze for the moment! lol.

In the middle of nowhere in the centre!

haha char looks so energetic among the guys!

Okie! this is cool. the balls on the screen can react to my hand's "pushing"

Evidence of us here!!

Next stop!! NIGHT SAFARI!!!

The peacocks!The randoms!!

You know it when we're angry =P roarrss!!

Then, when yanghong came to join us, we went for the game show!! but the animals seemed fulled. They were not tempted by the food, hence they didn't perform like what they normally do. There's quite a bit of waiting here and there. and the thing is, after the waiting, no performance by the animals. heh. A bit disappointing but overall the atmosphere is still quite okie =D After which, we're going to take a tram..and we found out...!!!

AAHHH!!!!

HELP!!!

DWAYNE!! u must do counselling!!

And this!!! AHH!!

On tram!! haha why yanghong got this yin2 xiao4 LOL!

And 3 of us at the back!! Sean is trying to squeeze me out of the tram while the tram is moving can!! evil! and poor charmaine is being squeezed by the both of us!

We alighted the tram at the mid stop and we went for a walk in the trail. it was good! saw various animals:) Then...at last...when we're done....

Here we are!!

Taking a break!

You guys rocks!!! you caught a crocodile!! And poor charmaine is the offering LOL

I felt like a heroine for not saving lw from the croc! Sean! what are you doing? LOl

Lastly!! us all!!

Last pose for the day!!! YEAH!

Introducing you the church gang that i love to hang out with!! Sean, Char, Yanghong and Liangwei!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR PEEPSS!!! :) hahaa