Cherelle n Her Animal Sounds
This cutest kid of all time learn things at an amazing speed.
At barely a year plus old, she's now able to recite the National Pledge, tell stories from "One Day" until "The End", sing the chorus of the hokkien opening song of the weekend "Love" drama on channel 8 and, make animal sounds.
"Cherelle, tell yiyi what sounds does a dog make."
Woh Woh.
"How about a cat?"
Miao Miao.
"So clever, a duck?"
Quack Quack.
"A hen?"
Cokcokgei!
"Wah.. and a horse?"
CHIKOBEIBEI!
Saturday, July 04, 2009
To laugh or to cry?
At AhMa's house 1 day in my usual visits to play with dearie Cherelle.
It was her feeding time and she's throwing tantrums about drinking the milk. I tried to coax her by pouring the milk into a cup and asking her to drink from it. It worked. All kids like to act grown up. Drinking from the cup gave her a sense of achievement, albeit the fact that her hands were still very unsteady.
When my concentration flicked for a sec, the cup pingpianged to the floor with a wondrous splash of the while coloured drink onto the floor, the sides of the sofa, my wallet sticking out of my bag and the outsides of my bag.
AhMa: ORH see la see la! ah ni pai si!
Cherelle looked at me with her innocent big eyes, glinting with a mixture of gulit, horror and amazement of a baby kid.
As I raced through my mind in those milliseconds thinking of ways to pacify her, this little tot cooed: IT OK, NEBER MINE NEBER MINE. IT OK", all the while waving her tiny hands at me.
She.Was.Pacifying.Me.
I laughed til I cried.
At AhMa's house 1 day in my usual visits to play with dearie Cherelle.
It was her feeding time and she's throwing tantrums about drinking the milk. I tried to coax her by pouring the milk into a cup and asking her to drink from it. It worked. All kids like to act grown up. Drinking from the cup gave her a sense of achievement, albeit the fact that her hands were still very unsteady.
When my concentration flicked for a sec, the cup pingpianged to the floor with a wondrous splash of the while coloured drink onto the floor, the sides of the sofa, my wallet sticking out of my bag and the outsides of my bag.
AhMa: ORH see la see la! ah ni pai si!
Cherelle looked at me with her innocent big eyes, glinting with a mixture of gulit, horror and amazement of a baby kid.
As I raced through my mind in those milliseconds thinking of ways to pacify her, this little tot cooed: IT OK, NEBER MINE NEBER MINE. IT OK", all the while waving her tiny hands at me.
She.Was.Pacifying.Me.
I laughed til I cried.
On MSN last week w Pumpkin
PK: Hey when are you coming back?
Me: 1 July lor.
PK: See, I told Mama. She say u coming back 29 June.
Me: no la, 1 July afternoon flight reach.
PK: Actually where are u now?
Me: Vietnam.
PK: See i told Dajie u in Vietnam, she insists u are in Indonesia.
the conversations at home must have been very interesting..ke. credits to Pumpkin for her good memory. maybe teachers need this prowess to rem all the names of their students..ha.
PK: Hey when are you coming back?
Me: 1 July lor.
PK: See, I told Mama. She say u coming back 29 June.
Me: no la, 1 July afternoon flight reach.
PK: Actually where are u now?
Me: Vietnam.
PK: See i told Dajie u in Vietnam, she insists u are in Indonesia.
the conversations at home must have been very interesting..ke. credits to Pumpkin for her good memory. maybe teachers need this prowess to rem all the names of their students..ha.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
How Old Are You?
While watching TV this evening, Pa sauntered over to dajie's side.
Ma took the lead: "Your papa asking how old you all are already. He cant wait for you all to get married already."
Pa to Dajie: "How old are you ah?"
Silence.
Pa again: "29 ah"
It worked. Dajie: "28 hor!"
Ma:" I told papa to ask you all himself. He say why so old still not getting married. He see other people's daughters getting married he cant wait already."
It was a precarious situation.
When my mind was mapping the escapte route - go drink water? go throw rubbish? go pee? - "How old are you ah?" Too late. Pa's attention was on me.
Silent. I pretended to be very tired and didnt bother to reply. It worked. Since I am indeed officially on MC at home.
Crisis solved.
While watching TV this evening, Pa sauntered over to dajie's side.
Ma took the lead: "Your papa asking how old you all are already. He cant wait for you all to get married already."
Pa to Dajie: "How old are you ah?"
Silence.
Pa again: "29 ah"
It worked. Dajie: "28 hor!"
Ma:" I told papa to ask you all himself. He say why so old still not getting married. He see other people's daughters getting married he cant wait already."
It was a precarious situation.
When my mind was mapping the escapte route - go drink water? go throw rubbish? go pee? - "How old are you ah?" Too late. Pa's attention was on me.
Silent. I pretended to be very tired and didnt bother to reply. It worked. Since I am indeed officially on MC at home.
Crisis solved.
Mum was dozing off watching TV. I see her striving hard to lift her head and open her eyes, like waiting for a particular show that she cant miss.
When she nodded her head for the umpteenth time, she finally gave up.
"I am too sleepy. Help me record the 10.30pm show" she said, as usual referring to our competent recording feature the the Hubstation.
As I was still figuring out what show it is, she said:" The one on Michael Jackson."
We are all indeed from the MJ Era.
Wow.
When she nodded her head for the umpteenth time, she finally gave up.
"I am too sleepy. Help me record the 10.30pm show" she said, as usual referring to our competent recording feature the the Hubstation.
As I was still figuring out what show it is, she said:" The one on Michael Jackson."
We are all indeed from the MJ Era.
Wow.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Are u lost?
I know it's weird but getting the news first thing today when i woke up marred my spirits. I feel kinda.. lost. hm. not that I know what songs there were in the best-seller Thriller, but i know a few lyrics of Heal The World, okay.
We all grew up in his era. He is a pervasive culture. Just like MacD.
if u wake up 1 day with news that MacD has gone bankrupt, and closed down overnight, taking away all the secret-reciped french fries and nuggets, how'd u feel?
Lost, right? Ya lor..
I know it's weird but getting the news first thing today when i woke up marred my spirits. I feel kinda.. lost. hm. not that I know what songs there were in the best-seller Thriller, but i know a few lyrics of Heal The World, okay.
We all grew up in his era. He is a pervasive culture. Just like MacD.
if u wake up 1 day with news that MacD has gone bankrupt, and closed down overnight, taking away all the secret-reciped french fries and nuggets, how'd u feel?
Lost, right? Ya lor..
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
i find that i can sit in front of my lappie for 6 hours straight just replying emails, scanning facebook, scrolling down the msn contact list, replying a random chat, checking my inbox again, scanning facebook, scrolling down msn, replying randomly...
woah. i'm a nerd or wat.
n it's wed night.
in vietnam.
sigh.
woah. i'm a nerd or wat.
n it's wed night.
in vietnam.
sigh.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
From Dusk til Dawn
It has been a tumultuous journey with Edward and Bella.
From Twilight to New Moon to Eclipse to Breaking Dawn. It does help tremendously my imagination fitting the images of the beautiful on-screen leads with those in my books, especially - as if timed perfectly - I saw the poster for New Moon the week I began the book on this 2nd installment of the series outside Lido. And I visit Orchard perhaps 3 times a year. Or lesser.
I started to wonder how long more the story can have my attention as I ventured into the 2nd book. The focal injection of Jacob Black ( the name always reminds me of Joe Black dunno why ), whose on-screen persona I had imagined can be more delicious (contrary to reviews), had certainly upped the entertainment value of the series.
Like the usual story-telling gimmicks, New Moon was a tad boring as compared to the other 3. It was meant to be a build up. Think Harry Potter episode 4.
But once you get through it, expect a whirlwind.
Bella continuous humanly cockups get you frustrated. Her discovery of the love for Jacob makes you perplexed. The involvement of the Volturi sends chills down your spine. The reveal of Alice’s, Jasper’s and Rosalie’s backgrounds opens your eyes. The relentless pursuit from Victoria causes u anxiety.
And then, the annihilation of Victoria brings relief. The warming up of Rosalie to Bella stirred feelings of affection. The engagement of Edward and Bella sends love.
Reading becomes unstoppable.
You want to know whether Jacob gets unrequited love (even tho u know the answer in your heart). You want to know whether Bella becomes a vampire (even tho it’s obvious the direction towards the middle of the 4th book). You want to know if the baby gets birthed (even tho you bite your teeth and shake your head on the torture Bella went through). You want to know whether the Volturi gets defeated (even when you had caught a glimpse of the last chapter that says Happily Ever After).
Now I just want to see how Carlisle and Esme and Jasper and Alice and Rosalie and Emmet and Sam and Emily and Leah and Seth and Aro and Jane and Alex and Tanya and Eleazar, AND RENESMEE (whose name I’ve tried mind-mouthing it to not very good success) look like. Cant wait.
It has been a tumultuous journey with Edward and Bella.
From Twilight to New Moon to Eclipse to Breaking Dawn. It does help tremendously my imagination fitting the images of the beautiful on-screen leads with those in my books, especially - as if timed perfectly - I saw the poster for New Moon the week I began the book on this 2nd installment of the series outside Lido. And I visit Orchard perhaps 3 times a year. Or lesser.
I started to wonder how long more the story can have my attention as I ventured into the 2nd book. The focal injection of Jacob Black ( the name always reminds me of Joe Black dunno why ), whose on-screen persona I had imagined can be more delicious (contrary to reviews), had certainly upped the entertainment value of the series.
Like the usual story-telling gimmicks, New Moon was a tad boring as compared to the other 3. It was meant to be a build up. Think Harry Potter episode 4.
But once you get through it, expect a whirlwind.
Bella continuous humanly cockups get you frustrated. Her discovery of the love for Jacob makes you perplexed. The involvement of the Volturi sends chills down your spine. The reveal of Alice’s, Jasper’s and Rosalie’s backgrounds opens your eyes. The relentless pursuit from Victoria causes u anxiety.
And then, the annihilation of Victoria brings relief. The warming up of Rosalie to Bella stirred feelings of affection. The engagement of Edward and Bella sends love.
Reading becomes unstoppable.
You want to know whether Jacob gets unrequited love (even tho u know the answer in your heart). You want to know whether Bella becomes a vampire (even tho it’s obvious the direction towards the middle of the 4th book). You want to know if the baby gets birthed (even tho you bite your teeth and shake your head on the torture Bella went through). You want to know whether the Volturi gets defeated (even when you had caught a glimpse of the last chapter that says Happily Ever After).
Now I just want to see how Carlisle and Esme and Jasper and Alice and Rosalie and Emmet and Sam and Emily and Leah and Seth and Aro and Jane and Alex and Tanya and Eleazar, AND RENESMEE (whose name I’ve tried mind-mouthing it to not very good success) look like. Cant wait.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
You see you see!
See la Chub! play fastest fingers first ah. first call first win ah. siao. so impatient for wat. dunno how to control ah. cause people to react so violently. cause people to lose 1 source of entertainment. even tho they say it's a blessing in disguise also dun think u've done a good deed lor. alamak. bleah. reflect!
See la Chub! play fastest fingers first ah. first call first win ah. siao. so impatient for wat. dunno how to control ah. cause people to react so violently. cause people to lose 1 source of entertainment. even tho they say it's a blessing in disguise also dun think u've done a good deed lor. alamak. bleah. reflect!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Only when it's gone
There was a sense of loss when the realization struck. Somethings you just don't realise it when it's there. you assumed it will always be there. i never thought i'll actually feel something.
5 years of proximity and interaction, i actually felt weird when CollA mentioned CollS' gone.
some people, some things, you'll realise only when it's gone..
There was a sense of loss when the realization struck. Somethings you just don't realise it when it's there. you assumed it will always be there. i never thought i'll actually feel something.
5 years of proximity and interaction, i actually felt weird when CollA mentioned CollS' gone.
some people, some things, you'll realise only when it's gone..
Monday, April 27, 2009
You read Nora Roberts' The Dream Trilogy?
I use the first 2 pages of a book to determine whether i'll carry on reading and NR's style of writing is so intricate it's very easy to follow. This Dream Trilogy appeals so much to me coz I have my own 3-in-a-clique gangs too. 2 in fact, with 1 member-overlap. venn diagram. ha.
I can identify with the 'friendship' structure' within. Each book follows 1 of the 3 main characters - Margo, Kate and Laura. It's a love story for each and every book ends with a proposal of a kind for the female lead. No i am not hinting, i'm way beyond that. i'm quite a sucker for romance novels la.
I can feel how they feel for one another. The sisterly love within. My dearies are really just like my own - and that gives me 6 sisters in all - except that because we started out as friends, we are a lot more cordial and expressively-loving than that within my own traditional family.
I like to talk about how I feel. I vent my anger. I show my frustration. I'm expressive. I feel a sense of balance from these 'internal' and 'external' sisterships.
I love them all.
I use the first 2 pages of a book to determine whether i'll carry on reading and NR's style of writing is so intricate it's very easy to follow. This Dream Trilogy appeals so much to me coz I have my own 3-in-a-clique gangs too. 2 in fact, with 1 member-overlap. venn diagram. ha.
I can identify with the 'friendship' structure' within. Each book follows 1 of the 3 main characters - Margo, Kate and Laura. It's a love story for each and every book ends with a proposal of a kind for the female lead. No i am not hinting, i'm way beyond that. i'm quite a sucker for romance novels la.
I can feel how they feel for one another. The sisterly love within. My dearies are really just like my own - and that gives me 6 sisters in all - except that because we started out as friends, we are a lot more cordial and expressively-loving than that within my own traditional family.
I like to talk about how I feel. I vent my anger. I show my frustration. I'm expressive. I feel a sense of balance from these 'internal' and 'external' sisterships.
I love them all.
Friday, April 24, 2009
A. WARE BEWARE NOWHERE!
Name me 1 person in Singapore who isnt A. WARE of the most popular drama playing out now? 24 hours, LIVE (hey i am sure they rehearse their responses/comments/spats/justifications/gungho-ism in their dreams k!) Reading through the daily reports - gives me a sense of home as they resemble the daily exchange of ideas (read:words) between my 2 cute office cleaning aunties - i cant help but recall my days back in Hall, spotlight JCRC.
Did it all seem so silly then to people watching us on the sidelines? As we argued red-faced which comm deserved to be Super Major? Which Major Comm Chair doesnt deserve the Major points? Whether Minor Secretarial Comm has done so much out of just taking minutes we might just wish to consider awarding Intermediate status?
Man.. saying the terms now makes me giggly.. hehehe..those were the days..ahhh..
Seriously, as I am fully A. WARE of my gender, I feel damn paisei. Are they actually A. WARE of the shame they are putting on themselves and how everyone who's A. WARE of this is making a joke out of it?
Did I actually hear someone being A. WARE of a DBS Executive?
And someone foruming that HE (as gender wasnt specified, i hope against hope there arent only bimbos) will stop using DBS issued credit cards and considering to stop banking at all with DBS?
Poor DBS. So poor thing.
Pardon my spelling above. This drama is so top-hot that I wish to avoid my blog turning up within the Golden Triangle on gOgE or TacKnowRaTee just by having someone searching for the major..i mean magic, word. Or does it actually help???Shit.
Name me 1 person in Singapore who isnt A. WARE of the most popular drama playing out now? 24 hours, LIVE (hey i am sure they rehearse their responses/comments/spats/justifications/gungho-ism in their dreams k!) Reading through the daily reports - gives me a sense of home as they resemble the daily exchange of ideas (read:words) between my 2 cute office cleaning aunties - i cant help but recall my days back in Hall, spotlight JCRC.
Did it all seem so silly then to people watching us on the sidelines? As we argued red-faced which comm deserved to be Super Major? Which Major Comm Chair doesnt deserve the Major points? Whether Minor Secretarial Comm has done so much out of just taking minutes we might just wish to consider awarding Intermediate status?
Man.. saying the terms now makes me giggly.. hehehe..those were the days..ahhh..
Seriously, as I am fully A. WARE of my gender, I feel damn paisei. Are they actually A. WARE of the shame they are putting on themselves and how everyone who's A. WARE of this is making a joke out of it?
Did I actually hear someone being A. WARE of a DBS Executive?
And someone foruming that HE (as gender wasnt specified, i hope against hope there arent only bimbos) will stop using DBS issued credit cards and considering to stop banking at all with DBS?
Poor DBS. So poor thing.
Pardon my spelling above. This drama is so top-hot that I wish to avoid my blog turning up within the Golden Triangle on gOgE or TacKnowRaTee just by having someone searching for the major..i mean magic, word. Or does it actually help???Shit.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Go Away.
Hope Baby Cousin gets well soon.
Hope Auntie don work it up again
Hope Uncle can accept the reality soon and god bless the family.
bad news came like a rush today when I finally return to my peaceful motherland that I have grown to really appreciate. Esp so after this trip to Incredible I.
All the bad things GO AWAY.
Hope Baby Cousin gets well soon.
Hope Auntie don work it up again
Hope Uncle can accept the reality soon and god bless the family.
bad news came like a rush today when I finally return to my peaceful motherland that I have grown to really appreciate. Esp so after this trip to Incredible I.
All the bad things GO AWAY.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Dread
No I don't think it's unfair. It's my job and there's my mantra.
But tomorrow (today in fact) is such a perfect harmony of public hol + Ma's off day + dj-has-a-car day, and I have to board a 7.30am flight.
It's late, i'm tired but I cant bear to go to bed. I watched tv. I lazed on the sofa. I bathed late. I washed the long overdue clothes. I folded clothes. I packed my luggage (finally). Only to realise I'm simply creating the illusion that I'm spending the holiday in Sg; i'm spending it at home. yay. bleah.
Alas, I'm missing out all the family fun and I dun like it one bit. It doesnt help tt i'm reminded of the 6 hours transit later on - I could have finished 3 pieces of prata w them, y am I wasting it in Mumbai? Argh. Bleah.
No I don't think it's unfair. It's my job and there's my mantra.
But tomorrow (today in fact) is such a perfect harmony of public hol + Ma's off day + dj-has-a-car day, and I have to board a 7.30am flight.
It's late, i'm tired but I cant bear to go to bed. I watched tv. I lazed on the sofa. I bathed late. I washed the long overdue clothes. I folded clothes. I packed my luggage (finally). Only to realise I'm simply creating the illusion that I'm spending the holiday in Sg; i'm spending it at home. yay. bleah.
Alas, I'm missing out all the family fun and I dun like it one bit. It doesnt help tt i'm reminded of the 6 hours transit later on - I could have finished 3 pieces of prata w them, y am I wasting it in Mumbai? Argh. Bleah.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
What else is there to do?
Blogging at this 3am because I had just finished the whole series of Kotboda Namja. In the 2nd last episode when Joon Pyo recalled Jandi, I teared. Ok wat's new for Chub right. But i just had to. Following this whole series starting from Vietnam - i chanced upon the 1st episode on the KBS channel in the unexpected city of Hanoi, recognised it as the F4 show within 2 secs and the rest is history. The show brought me on an emotional roller coaster ride, and now it's over.
i always lament towards the ending of my then-favourite show; while in the last pages of my then-favourite novel, that I will have nothing to do when i finish them. I always try to drag a little on purpose. Pause to go take that milo from the fridge; challenging myself to stand properly without my book for once on the train; willing myself to forget putting the book back into my bag before leaving the house to work. etc etc.
I finished Silent Sisters this afternoon. I completed KN series moments ago. Now, tell me where my heart can go. I have nothing else to do and I feel a little lonely.
Until the next one comes along that is.
Blogging at this 3am because I had just finished the whole series of Kotboda Namja. In the 2nd last episode when Joon Pyo recalled Jandi, I teared. Ok wat's new for Chub right. But i just had to. Following this whole series starting from Vietnam - i chanced upon the 1st episode on the KBS channel in the unexpected city of Hanoi, recognised it as the F4 show within 2 secs and the rest is history. The show brought me on an emotional roller coaster ride, and now it's over.
i always lament towards the ending of my then-favourite show; while in the last pages of my then-favourite novel, that I will have nothing to do when i finish them. I always try to drag a little on purpose. Pause to go take that milo from the fridge; challenging myself to stand properly without my book for once on the train; willing myself to forget putting the book back into my bag before leaving the house to work. etc etc.
I finished Silent Sisters this afternoon. I completed KN series moments ago. Now, tell me where my heart can go. I have nothing else to do and I feel a little lonely.
Until the next one comes along that is.
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