THERE! IS! JUSTICE! In The World After All!

Cos even after getting married last year, I still received

FOUR ang pows this Chinese New Year! YESSSS!!!!

*fist pump x 7,192,284*

2 out of the 4 ang pows I received this year.

Better than getting none at all, right? :-/

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SINGLE PEOPLE, APPRECIATE YOUR SINGLEHOOD! It means that you still get FREE money from people without having to do anything at all!! Those days are good days that don't last very long. (Unless you're doomed to a lifetime of bachelorhood / spinsterhood lah. @_@ CHOI!) After marriage? YOU GIVE! And you keep giving and giving and giving and giving until...

Aiyah, die also cannot give finish wan lah. -_-'''

When Two Or Three Are Gathered...

...girls talk.

Yes, we do. Whether we're friends or acquaintances; whether we're single, married or mummy-fied (harhar) we talk. And to be honest with you, I've never really felt a disconnect between me and my single friends or my friends who are married with kids, whether before I got married, or after I got married myself. But a mummy-fied friend of mine said something today that made me think.

You see, we were comparing notes

about ang pow-giving systems when this

popped into my conversation thread:

Really? :-/

Because I personally think that my single friends and I still talk just fine. Sure, I may not have all the time in the world to chill and hang out like I used to because, hey, I'm married and I've got a significant other to spend time with, care for and go home to. BUT... in terms of topics of conversation, there are still many to pick from whenever my single friends and I meet.


The bond that is built from having common interests, shared pastimes and having once walked the beaten path together is far stronger than the differences we have when it comes to marital status, no? Or am I just kidding myself by thinking that everything's the same when it's not? :-/ I thought it was only strangers that needed paperwork similarities to bond over; not true friends.

First Day Back At MCKL

...and feelin' like a new girl on the old block.

Sunburnt To The Max

Spent one measly hour in direct

mid-morning sun last Friday and...

 

...skin now itchy like hell
and peeling like shit. ARGH!

p/s: Tell you why later. =)

Go With Your Gut

"Follow your gut. It may be wrong, but you won’t regret it

if you fail. You’ll regret it if you ignore your gut and fail."

– Sarah Lacy, CEO of PandoDaily in
15 Things Successful CEOs Want You To Know

Freshly Picked Baby Hats By Delia Creates

I can't for the life of me understand how a heavily pregnant mother with two growing boys outside her belly, has the time and energy to sew a DIY baby hat... much less whip up THREE insanely adorable ones that look like these:

DIY Apple, Pineapple and Strawberry Baby Hats via Delia Creates.

OMG, they're so cute I could die!

I wonder if I'll have the strength and motivation to come up with cute stuff like this for my kid when I'm preggers next time. :-/ But who knows... Maybe those nesting instincts pregnant mothers always talk about will help. Haha. Nest, nest, nest; sew, sew, sew! =p

CNY 2012: Reunion #2

What happened to Reunion #1, you ask? Well, I only made it in time for dessert when it came to that one so... there's nothing much that's bloggable there. Haha. I didn't even take any pictures! #failedblogger It was the immediate-extended (oxymoron much?) dinner for those in Mee's side of the family. Meaning, only those of us who were born of my Kong Kong's (i.e. my maternal grandfather's) bloodline onwards. That effectively consisted of just five of us – me included – minus the other four who were either sick, busy, or in other countries. :-/

Reunion #2, on the other hand was an even cosier affair

with just Dee, Mee, The Husband and I in attendance.

Picture taken after brunch at CRC Chinese Restaurant.

This year, we had our very first self-hosted Song reunion! =) (FYI, Dee and Mee still attended the major Song reunion with the extended family on the Eve of CNY, of course.) We decided to go to CRC Chinese Restaurant for brunch in hopes of ordering my our favourite dishes to celebrate the Lunar New Year but, unfortunately, they were only preparing a specific CNY menu so... bleh. Food not great. Not worth taking pictures.

Now, let me tell you about something else...

Seeing that this was my first year "Sang-ing Ni" to my parents, I decided to ditch most of the traditional stuff like mandarin oranges, kuih kapit and peanut biscuits. Instead, I went borderline unconventional by swapping the regular tong chiang stuff I knew they wouldn't appreciate for other stuff that I knew for sure they'd enjoy tucking into.

Premium New Zealand Cherries in place of Mandarin Oranges!

Still fruit ma. Kira lah, kan? Summore they're RED! Auspicious colour! =p

 

Sweetheart Cherries from McIntosh Orchard, bought from

a wholesaler in Penang, hence the massive 2kg stash.

 Kit Kat, Lay's Stax Original, Macadamia Nut Chocolates,

Bird's Nest, Bak Kua (not shown) and the NZ cherries (top-right).

I think I did alright. Kit Kat also red packaging wat. AND... I even included some RED Bird's Nest (super traditional) and some Bee Cheng Hiang Bak Kua (also si pek traditional lah)! Oh, and not forgetting the most important of the lot:

 Ang pows for Mee and Dee.

So, yes. That was Reunion #2

– our very first one with Dee and Mee. =)

 From L-R: Yours Truly, The Husband: Pixelated, Dee and Mee.


More CNY stories coming up. Stay tuned! =D

Sushi Zanmai, 1 Mont Kiara

Before I fully embark on my CNY 2012 series, I thought it best to finish up whatever I wanted to say before starting on something I'm pretty sure I'll never finish. HAHA. So here's a quick post on what I had for lunch two Wednesdays earlier – the Wednesday that came the day before The Husband and I returned to our hometown and sunny, little island up North.


It was the very day that I lost myself along the colourful aisles of TOKUTOKUYA, 1MK and went home with equally as colourful dish washing sponges. I was tired of having leftover food, bread or Maggi Mee with egg for lunch so I decided to head out to "town" (if you can even call Mont Kiara a town to begin with -_-'''), and splurge on some yummy Japanese delights to keep solo me happy.

Miso Shiru.

Soft Shell Crab Temaki.

Soft Shell Crab Maki.

Yes, as you can see, I love my miso with mini mushrooms and a good dose of soft shell crab. Haha. The temaki and maki both go great with Wasabi in sauce and a hot (or cold) cup of Ocha, if you ask me. =p

Wasabi in sauce. I doubled the dose of Wasabi after snapping

this picture and putting the mix through a quick taste test.

This batch of Wasabi was surprisingly mild! Totally no feel.

The 1MK Sushi Zanmai branch was very nice and quiet. Quiet enough to sit there and work. But then again, it could have been because I was there at an odd hour. Haha. Food was just as good as all their other outlets if not better. (I dunno if psychological or not lah, but I felt it was better. @_@ Got a lot of Japanese eat also. Good sign, right?)


I wouldn't mind going back there again for another solo meal if my time alone calls for more self tummy pampering. Haha. It would have been better if the service staff were a little more attentive though. But... kira ok already lah. At least they were polite. Overall? Good call, Pam Song! Good call. Can go again. =p