1. saw my first Marfan's syndrome guy walking around in a yellow t-shirt in Tesco,Ipoh. I was blown away and actually stalked him for about two rows until i realised i was lost.
2. being able to spend time with my two Sing girls, Isabelle and Emilia. Actually it was more Isabelle because Emilia is currently quite cranky.
3. oh i didn't forget Miss Audrey Cheng, another cousin of mine. She's getting taller and more adultish at the moment. Her old po-po-like antics will keep you laughing the whole year through!
4.biscuits and cookies galore!!! This year saw another addition to the Chan biscuit list namely the Golden Pillows and Rolled-up Love Letters. The pillows were horrible and tasted like cheap cooking oil so i guess only the love letters will stay on for next year.
5. this is weird but i had the privilege of taking down and cleaning antique lamps in my Granpa's house. i was covered with dust but when it was finally done and the light was switched on, it was amazing the way the hall lit up.
6. Having South Indian Rice again! Its absolutely mouth watering and the only time i stopped eating was when my uncles started laughing at me.
7. Eating at Kok Thai. Did you know that they serve the best cod fish with soy souce? :) Its even better than what Passion Road serves.
8. Watching tv without my mom nagging me. Ha Ha because she's too busy swimming at the Mahjong table
9. Eating my grandaunt's vegetarian stew. Its absolutely mouth watering and you can actually finish one whole pot of rice with it!
10.Dressing up and wearing new clothes. Hee hee I actually find it very therapeutic and would recommend it to anyone who is attending an institution with an oppresive dress regulation.
2. being able to spend time with my two Sing girls, Isabelle and Emilia. Actually it was more Isabelle because Emilia is currently quite cranky.
3. oh i didn't forget Miss Audrey Cheng, another cousin of mine. She's getting taller and more adultish at the moment. Her old po-po-like antics will keep you laughing the whole year through!
4.biscuits and cookies galore!!! This year saw another addition to the Chan biscuit list namely the Golden Pillows and Rolled-up Love Letters. The pillows were horrible and tasted like cheap cooking oil so i guess only the love letters will stay on for next year.
5. this is weird but i had the privilege of taking down and cleaning antique lamps in my Granpa's house. i was covered with dust but when it was finally done and the light was switched on, it was amazing the way the hall lit up.
6. Having South Indian Rice again! Its absolutely mouth watering and the only time i stopped eating was when my uncles started laughing at me.
7. Eating at Kok Thai. Did you know that they serve the best cod fish with soy souce? :) Its even better than what Passion Road serves.
8. Watching tv without my mom nagging me. Ha Ha because she's too busy swimming at the Mahjong table
9. Eating my grandaunt's vegetarian stew. Its absolutely mouth watering and you can actually finish one whole pot of rice with it!
10.Dressing up and wearing new clothes. Hee hee I actually find it very therapeutic and would recommend it to anyone who is attending an institution with an oppresive dress regulation.
I have been an anti-shark fin consumer for 5 years now and I feel compelled to tell the story of a certain beast driven towards extinction by man's greed and mindless perception of luxury.
There are about 400 species of sharks still found in our oceans. The Blue, Hammerhead, Silky, Mako, Thresher and Great White are just some of the sharks serving the death roll. A total of 100 million sharks are murdered every year and this is just the figure of killings reported. Just imagine those that aren't. The victims we are talking about here are snatched from the ocean and their fins are hacked off. Mutated, mutilated and doomed, they are thrown back to drown in a watery grave which was once their home.
All is left are their fins of course but that we will also destroy through countless chinese dinners throughout the world. Hong Kong is the epitome of it all where shark fin is greedily sought after and traded senselessly . Most of us have fallen into a trap, believing in a man-made luxury at the expense of the existance of one of God's creation. Then you may argue that shark fin is nutricious bla bla bla but according to WildAid for CNN dated 4th of July 2001, the concentration of the heavy metal mercury is found in shark fin at levels 42 times of that which is safe to consume.
Mercury is a neurotoxin, a poison which targets the nervous system causing a wide range of presentation from gingivitis, mood swings, personality disorders, tremors, kidney failure, paralysis and death. Whether it comes from pollution or natural sources, microorganisms convert mercury into methylmercury which is deposited into ocean beings like sharks. So here we are having a jolly good time of celebrating over bowls of toxin which we perceive as luxurious and nutricous. However, I cannot deny that it is quite a luxurious method of poisoning ourselves.
Just imagine what it would feel like to have some idiot take hold of you, rip your legs off and dump you aside while they go on to have braise leg soup for dinner. Ask yourselves if you really have to have shark fin this chinese new year. Ask yourselves if you will die without shark fin because I know for certain that sharks can't live without them.
Here's to a Happy, Guiltless, Conscious-free Chinese New Year!!!
There are about 400 species of sharks still found in our oceans. The Blue, Hammerhead, Silky, Mako, Thresher and Great White are just some of the sharks serving the death roll. A total of 100 million sharks are murdered every year and this is just the figure of killings reported. Just imagine those that aren't. The victims we are talking about here are snatched from the ocean and their fins are hacked off. Mutated, mutilated and doomed, they are thrown back to drown in a watery grave which was once their home.
All is left are their fins of course but that we will also destroy through countless chinese dinners throughout the world. Hong Kong is the epitome of it all where shark fin is greedily sought after and traded senselessly . Most of us have fallen into a trap, believing in a man-made luxury at the expense of the existance of one of God's creation. Then you may argue that shark fin is nutricious bla bla bla but according to WildAid for CNN dated 4th of July 2001, the concentration of the heavy metal mercury is found in shark fin at levels 42 times of that which is safe to consume.
Mercury is a neurotoxin, a poison which targets the nervous system causing a wide range of presentation from gingivitis, mood swings, personality disorders, tremors, kidney failure, paralysis and death. Whether it comes from pollution or natural sources, microorganisms convert mercury into methylmercury which is deposited into ocean beings like sharks. So here we are having a jolly good time of celebrating over bowls of toxin which we perceive as luxurious and nutricous. However, I cannot deny that it is quite a luxurious method of poisoning ourselves.
Just imagine what it would feel like to have some idiot take hold of you, rip your legs off and dump you aside while they go on to have braise leg soup for dinner. Ask yourselves if you really have to have shark fin this chinese new year. Ask yourselves if you will die without shark fin because I know for certain that sharks can't live without them.
Here's to a Happy, Guiltless, Conscious-free Chinese New Year!!!
Yay!!! Here's the latest Starbucks BARISTA in town!!! I finally did it! One application and two interesting interviews was what it took for me to get a job at Starbucks! I'll finally learn my mochas from lattes but kopi and kopi o's will still have a special place in my heart ;)
Many of you may know that my new year jubilee was spent with much "glee" facing piles of notes, books and self-doubt as I prepared for what must be the toughest exam I've ever had to prepare for. With that over, I must share now the other experience which consumed just as much if not more, my attention, energy and already fragile emotions.
Everywhere on tv(not that I've been watching) and in the papers, I saw fireworks exploding and people cheering till dawn but for a small subset of us, 2005 ended with tears and 2006 started with more tears. My friend's dad passed away near the end of 2005 and a close family friend left us when 2006 was barely 3 days old.
I'm still not sure how to deal with it. Sure, the physical crying has stopped but the all of us who were left behind are reluctant to admit that the crying continues inside. There isn't a day when I wished I took time to call Aunty Kitty when she was back from Hong Kong or even emailed her. Now I wish I could tell her that penguin and the 2 bunnies(some of the soft toys she bought me when I was a kid) are still fine albeit a little dusty.
Suddenly, exams and studying seem so superficial and meaningless. New clothes and shoes appear so stupid. Hours wasted gathering those and days blown away with worrying about my own life and needs now lurk around as ghosts of the past, haunting and challenging me.
In all this, I'm just so grateful I have a God and I'm glad that those that left us shared Him too because He really is the last, remaining connection we have with those we have lost. I guess death in all its gloom and doom decided to give me a few new-year lessons starting with the purpose and meaning of my life. Heck, I already know the answer but I guess I needed a little reminding.
Everywhere on tv(not that I've been watching) and in the papers, I saw fireworks exploding and people cheering till dawn but for a small subset of us, 2005 ended with tears and 2006 started with more tears. My friend's dad passed away near the end of 2005 and a close family friend left us when 2006 was barely 3 days old.
I'm still not sure how to deal with it. Sure, the physical crying has stopped but the all of us who were left behind are reluctant to admit that the crying continues inside. There isn't a day when I wished I took time to call Aunty Kitty when she was back from Hong Kong or even emailed her. Now I wish I could tell her that penguin and the 2 bunnies(some of the soft toys she bought me when I was a kid) are still fine albeit a little dusty.
Suddenly, exams and studying seem so superficial and meaningless. New clothes and shoes appear so stupid. Hours wasted gathering those and days blown away with worrying about my own life and needs now lurk around as ghosts of the past, haunting and challenging me.
In all this, I'm just so grateful I have a God and I'm glad that those that left us shared Him too because He really is the last, remaining connection we have with those we have lost. I guess death in all its gloom and doom decided to give me a few new-year lessons starting with the purpose and meaning of my life. Heck, I already know the answer but I guess I needed a little reminding.
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