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阿嬷的温暖

早上在等待巴士的期间, 听到了一对婆孙的对话.

孙女：阿嬷，我头好痛, 好不舒服。

阿嬷：昨天都叫你别吃汉堡包, 你不听. 天气热, 应该吃粥。

孙女：。。。。。。

阿嬷：很痛吗？

孙女：嗯。可以不去上课吗？

阿嬷：。。。。

阿嬷：那回家吧。

曾几何时，我也像这孙女一样撒娇. 明明不是病得很严重，纯粹就是不想上课而已. 这让我想起了我的阿嬷。小时侯, 阿嬷总是骑着她的老爷脚踏车, 带着我去看医生。看完了医生，她就会带我去书局买漫画. 因为病了嘛，拿了病假, 就躲在家里看漫画囖！嘻嘻！当我生病时, 阿嬷总会煮粥，难怪我这么爱吃粥。

上了大学后，我和阿嬷的感情开始疏远了, 我了解我该陪陪她的, 但就是心有余而力不足，结果代沟也越来越深。

就是这一对婆孙提醒了我, 提醒我该回家陪陪她老人家了，该好好孝敬她。

Looking back on 2008 | 回顾2008

台湾游
夏秋的旅行。 一起同游的有老妈子，OSK 和她的大姨。老妈子的第一次出国旅行，第一次乘撘飞机。尝过了臭豆腐，依稀还记得它的臭味 =_=''' 到访了台北101大厦，看到了台北城市。尝试了露天泡汤，差点把自己蒸熟了=P 下榻于Shangrila Leisure Resort，享受一个与众不同的环境， 享受一次宁静的夜晚。参观了好多的名胜地，游览了台湾夜市。


新笔记电脑
跟随我的NEC笔记电脑宣告退休，也给自己理由来换个新电脑。哈！

Calefare初体验
参与了新加坡电视连续剧的临时演员，也是第一次和剧中人和照。超开心的。兴奋又辛苦的演出工作，连续坐着好几个小时，也同一个动作做了好几次。


姐妹
第一次在朋友的婚礼上扮演姐妹的角色，好兴奋！第一次可以光明正大地欺负男方，无需考虑地‘虐待’男方，哈哈！


澳门游
约好了好友去澳门旅行。在全世界的经济开始衰退的当儿，我们还是朝着我们的目的地前去，证明了我们是多么的。。。贪玩. =P 吃遍了澳门美食，一天内游览了澳门名胜地。

香港游
从澳门，我们来到了香港，也开始了我们的背包旅行。在这秋冬的季节里，4天内都以脚待步，每晚脚都喊救命*夸张了点啦* 在香港吃了2 次的麦当劳，只因为猪肉在此销售，哈哈！在山顶"抱"过了无数的'大明星'，也吹尽了冷风。抢购了各饼家的手信。在这一次的背包旅行中，也对方向有了一定的了解，好开心！原来我也会看地图的。=P


第一次在新城唱K
已半年多没开唱了，终于这次集合了几个同事在Marina Square K Box 痛痛快快地唱一番，也是我第一次在新加坡唱K。

再见，智慧牙
为了能尝更多的美食，我把那隐隐作痛的智慧牙给拔掉了。想不到这蛀掉的智慧牙也把它隔壁的那颗给蛀了，T_T 我在一年里没了两颗牙。

迎接2009希望世界经济可以从低谷中走出，让我可以有更多机会出国旅行。=P 让我可以再次带老妈子去旅行。*怎么都离不开旅行啊=P* 希望我梦想成真，呵呵！^_^

Greeting from Taiwan

Although it was a bit late when I received this greeting card..

but I really appreciate what you did..

Thanks to my dear friend TS..

This card is soooooo lovely...

Give you a big hug.. *Mucks* :">

Finally KBox!

Went to K Box (Marina Square) with colleagues. I didn't touch the mic for more than half year. I nearly forgot how the microphone looks like. ;P Yeah! Today finally I can sing as many as I could. Wahahaha! because not many of them like to sing. They just came to support me (joking). =P Actually this is our small gathering in non-working-hour.

We choose K lunch package, from 11am - 2pm (3 hours). This covers 1 set lunch and 1 soft or hot drink. My Fish fillet set lunch:

Some busy chatting. Some singing. Some staring on screen. Some always get ready for photo shooting. =P

Lee's Christmas Party

Lee invited us to his Christmas party. Her wife prepared us their hometown cooking. First time I have chance to try out Philippine cuisine. Normally we can find various kind of meat in Philippine cuisine, from chicken, pork to fish. Since now is Christmas season, they never forget to prepare us turkey meat as well. I admit that I'm not interested in Pasta at all, but I ate 2 plates of pasta that night! Why? Because it's really delicious!! I should give her wife a kiss because she prepared us a special dessert - sticky rice. She spent a lot of time and energy on it.

According to Lee, they have to sing us a song or play guitar when guest visit their house. This is to show that they are welcoming us to their house for dinner.

Group picture of that night:

Patrick, Pat's wife, Agnes, Louis, Leren, Lee,

SW, Me, Thi Thi, Cynthia

My Christmas present from Lee's family. Thanks a lot! Thanks for such wonderful night that his family gave to me. Merry Christmas!

Dinner & Dance Night 2008

Company's annual dinner was held at Shangri-la Hotel, Sg. It is located at Orchard Road but not convenient to go by MRT. Therefore SW and I shared cab to attend dinner. This year's theme is "A Black & Gold Affair". Absolutely everyone has to wear in black and gold.

First time being served like a Queen. No need to take food myself. Waitress/waiter will always be there to serve you. =P Everyone deserves to have 2 glasses of wine or beer. Neither one I can drink, but I insisted to try wine and I gave another glass to my colleague. 2 Ferrero Rochers being given to each guest.

The ballroom is really really grand. 600 peoples gathered in this ballroom.

Some photos of that night:

Lee, his wife and SW

Team Lead, Song

Software Team members

Min Min, SW

Neo and I

Bock and I

Double-J, Jason W and Jason G

Ken, Rachel, HuiSi

Winner of "Got Talent" competition - Patrick

XRui, SHuih

Door gift - wind breaker.

Itinerary of Macau - Hong Kong trip

26 November 2008

• 630am flight to Macau from LCCT.
• Reach Macau Airport at 1015am.
• Check-in at Augusters Lodge (RM54 for 1 night).
• Senado Square -> Leal Senado Buiding -> Holy House of Mercy -> Ruins of St. Paul's -> A Ma Temple -> Macau Tower -> Statue of Kum Lam -> Venetian Macau -> Casino Lisboa
• Must eat: Portugese egg tart (Cafe e Nata) / 双皮奶 (义顺) / Pork Burger (大利茶餐廳) / Curry fish ball (恒友) / porridge (黄枝記)

27 November 2008

• Check out.
• Take ferry from Taipa Ferry Terminal to Sheung Wan.
• Check in at Dragon Inn Ah Shan Hostel (RM 151 for 4 nights).
• Central: Li Yuen Street East -> mid level escalators -> Soho -> Victoria Prison -> Lan Kwai Fong
• Tsim Sha Tsui: Avenue of Stars -> Symphony of Lights
• Mongkok: Ladies Market

28 November 2008

• Admiralty: Ocean park
• Wan Chai: Golden Bauhinia Square -> Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center
• The Peak -> Madame Tussauds -> Sky Terrace

29 November 2008

• Lantau Island: Ngong Ping 360 cable car -> Ngong Ping Tea House -> Ngong Ping market -> Giant Buddha -> Po Lin Monastery -> Wisdom path -> City Gate shopping
• Yau Ma Tei: Temple street night market
• Mongkok: Fa Yuen Street

30 November 2008

• Wong Tai Sin
• Take ferry from Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Terminal to Macao Ferry Terminal
• Transfer to Macau airport.

Souvenirs from Macao and HK

Macao:

Almond biscuit (凤城利来手信)

Pheonix egg roll with seaweed and shredded pork (咀香园)

Pheonix egg roll (钜记)

Hong Kong:

Poscard (buy 5 free 1)

HK scenery magnets + Panda magnet

Scarves

New Balance Shoes (CityGate Outlets)

Winter melon paste filling wife cake (荣华饼家)

Green Tea paste filling wife cake (荣华饼家)

Golden pork flake rolls (荣华饼家)

黑芝麻蛋卷 (奇华饼家)
金酥 (奇华饼家)

Jagabee Calbee

Poscard from HK...

Day 5 - Kowloon

30 November 2008 (Sunday)

E4, LCC, WCC and I woke up early to Wong Tai Sin. Before that, we had our breakfast at restaurant. I ordered french toast since heard that it is delicious and famous in HK.

We took MTR from Mongkok to Wong Tai Sin. A lot of people came to pray on weekend. We bought joss stick (HK$ 10). Since I already here, why not try to 求签? Hehe... We have to pay HK$20 for 解签.

12pm we checked out of hostel and headed back to Macao because we don't want to miss flight. We took ferry from Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Terminal to Macao Ferry Terminal. It took us 1 hour, but this time the weather is good and all of us fall sleep in the ferry. Once reached Macao, we headed to Macao airport. Simon's father and I stayed in airport to look after the luggages, and others went to Macao Island again to buy some biscuits or souvenirs for friends/relatives/family. I have asked E4 to buy me some biscuits again from there, so that I can bring back for my family + colleagues.

Outside Macao International Airport:

Inside Macao Airport:

Second time backpack to overseas. First time is when travelled to Singapore. =P This trip is tiring but meaningful. At least I ate what are famous in local. At least I have been visited to most of tourist attractions in HK and Macao. Bye Macao and HK!!