My siamese twin Guppies

Cool right? How often do you get siamese twins?!

Am giving them special attention and hoping they will grow into adults! That would be one great accomplishment!

Presenting... My New WIG~ hahahahaha



A little conversation with my niece after the hair transformation.

Wenqi: Mandy 舅母, u cut hair ah?

Me: yup... nice?

Wenqi: No~ (and she didnt even paused to think!!!)

Me: Wah... Wenqi.. u so honest ah?

Wenqi: ....

hahahahaha... Kids give the most honest answers~

Well.. this is only step one of the entire transformation. Will be coloring it 2 weeks later.

So, just bear with my wig for awhile hor~ hahaha...

Am watching 'Don't Forget Your Lyrics' the mandarin version...

Super angry cos cannot tahan the contestants!!! Why Mediacorp don't ask me to go!!!???

I could have easily won $1000 or $2000!!! and without using the helplines lor! wah piang!

And most of them cant sing lor!!! hurting my ears man~

Ok... just let me whine about sour grapes for awhile~

Having my all time favorite prata!

Yum yum!

Taipei Day 2

Day 2:

We went to Taipei zoo~ Cos we wanted to see the pandas and the gorillas~


Managed to see the pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, closed-up~ Cant see this in mandai zoo leh~ Or cos have to go catch a glimpse of them no matter what...

Next we proceeded to the Gorilla enclosure~ It was 12noon and the sun was killing. We had to walk 15mins, without shade, before we reached. And the bloody Gorillas were hiding in the 'caves'~~~!!! Wah piang!

There was one awake and saw us but did not bother to get out of his shady caves. And guess what Matt did?? He pounded his chest and the Gorilla actually walked out of his hiding place. It almost felt like he was threatened! haha so the gorilla walked over.. and sat in front of us with his back facing us~



Then Wenqi said: "The Gorilla so rude hor???" hahahahahahahaha~

After Zoo, we went to try their favourite Pork chop & Chicken Drumstick rice~


Not fantastic but the portion was value for money~ (It was a full drumstick but I only remember to take pic of it halfway through eating haha) It was only $4.50 for a whole drumstick~ no way you can get this in Singapore~

After that, we went back to the hotel to rest. While waiting for dinner time, we decided to go to the Aquarium street in Taipei. Well, Matt wanted to go there lah~ So I had to tag along while the rest went shopping in Ximending again.

Our dear friend, Jianhua, bought me 'Tian Zhong Jia' cream puffs cos I did mentioned to him during lunch.

Forgot to take pic of the cream puffs. Haha... Always forget to take pic cos too eager to eat. It at least 3 times the size of normal cream puffs and comes in alot of flavours. He bought 4 and I had them for breakfast everyday! Can't say that they are fantastic but good enough for my liking.

So back to fish... went to a few shops but Matt couldnt find anything of his liking. I saw a shop selling baby sharks! Cool man! But can't bring them back to Singapore...



Next we had 'Kuai Chao' for dinner. Its something like 'Zi Char' in Singapore but they serve in small portions and they all go well with Beer. Doug! You will like this hahaha

As usual, forgot to take pic again.. Only managed to take photos of the empty plates. haha




After dinner, we went for dessert~ No mango ice cos all the mango farms were destryed by the typhoon.. So sad! had yam ice instead.


I'm not a huge fan of yam, but still I did enjoy the dessert. Especially the yam and sweet potato balls~

How can we not ktv in the land of Singers! hahaha... went to partyworld. A huge one~! It was 8 storeys high and all owned by partyworld!!!! Crazy!




All rooms came with en-suite bathrooms. But they had a funny rule whereby kids below 18 were to leave the premises by 11.45pm. Crazy~ So poor wenqi had to be brought back by her parents earlier. While Matt and me continued on with Jianhua and his gf. Wasnt too impressed with the ktv. I still think that our local partyworld are better. In terms of song choices, prices (taipei ktv is super ex~) and the rooms.

Taipei Day 1

I'm back from Taipei and I'm definitely missing the food~ It was shopping and food and nothing much besides that hahaha~ I think I'm at least 3 kgs heavier!!!

Let's have a recap of what we ate and did!

Day 1:
We reached Taipei at around 1pm and by the time we checked into our hotel rooms, it was already 3pm. Was starving and so we decided to try out the nearby Beef noodles recommended by sis-in-law's colleague.


First meal in Taipei... And I must say the beef in taipei is superb~ yummy!

And immediately after that, I had this~~~ Ah Zhong Mian Xian~


Was looking forward to it before the trip and I must say that I'm not disappointed at all~ It was yummy! And I had a pleasant surprise cos I've always thought it was oyster mian xian but instead, it came with pig's intestine and I happened to love that as well!

Next we shopped around in Ximending and proceed to East District for steamboat buffet~ Yummy and I cant remember how much beef I had! Best thing was the dessert! They served Haagen Daaz ice-cream! Free flow! Can you believe it!

Forgot to take picture cos was too busy eating. The restaurant name is 'Man3 Tang2 Hong2'. Those going to Taipei should try this. I was told that alot of celebrities go there too! And indeed! I saw Guo Ping Chao.... but don't really fancy him lah~ haha

My first time watching getai. Haha

Super suaku!

Can't help but start giving comments about their singing in my head...

Echo super high... Bass also... Very nasal... Blah blah...
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I was on my way walking towards LWSSOM to meet up with Ashley for dinner and guess who I saw?!?!


Stephanie Sun!!!

Couldn't believe at first. Thought it might be someone who looks like her. I walk past her, smiled and she smiled back!! Haha super happy!

Went into LWSSOM and asked Ashley if it was really her but he didn't know. So while waiting for him to get ready, I went out to see if she was still there. But, nope she wasn't.

Went back in, Ashley still not ready. So went out again and saw Stephanie chatting with Sisong. Confirmed her liao lor!

Then she walked into the school's studio. While still waiting for Ashley, I could hear her singing! Must be her new song! Nice!

Ashley kept asking if I wanted to go take a photo with her but I shy leh. Am contented with the smile.

Can't wait for her new album but I guess it won't be soon cos Ashley says she's still choosing songs.

Happy day!

We spent 200ringgit on fireworks~

My first time doing this~ And its damn fun!



Try this link if it doesn't load..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpMkKZOJah0

There's a lot of mudskippers when the tide is low. Makes me wanna sing the Chinese song...

Chi Tang De Shui Man Liao~
Yu Ye Ting Liao~
Tian Bian De Xi Li Li~
Dao Chu Shi Ni Qiu~
Tian Tian Wo Gen Zhe Ni~
Gen Zhe Ni Zhuo Ni Qiu~
Da Ge Ge Hao Bu Hao~
Zha Meng Qu Zhuo Ni Qiu~

Haiiiz how come mediacorp dun ask me to go??

Our bbq dinner. Looks yummy...

The best thing is... We don't need to do the bbq-ing ourselves!

I can see the sun set from here. Nice~

This is what I see when I walk out of our resort.

Finally reached after jams and more jams at the immigration.

Just had seafood lunch. Super hungry so the food tastes good haha

Now is rest and relax time. Most likely will be casino time.

Matt playing with the DS Lite while on our way to Kukup with 34 other relatives.

Biggest family trip ever!

Never been there before. Heard mixed reviews about the place. Will update again soon on my experience there.

Its all the dice fault that we get so "high"!

Its been a long since I felt this way. I can't believe that I am still sober enough to blog this!

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Doug was invited to perform for a SOKA event. He decided to ask me along so that we can sing a duet. We've been singing together in ktvs for years but this is our first time performing together.

Was rather relax but kinda sleepy cos we were there at 9am~ Crazy~ Imagine us drinking beer to warm up our vocals at 10am!!! haha... steady pom pi pi~

The performance went well given that we didnt rehearse much.. or should I say.. we only rehearse once~ haha... I must say that the chemistry between us are very very strong liao~ no need to practice lah~ hahaha yaya papaya~

Anyway, some pictures taken while waiting backstage..


This is taken with my phone... super louse quality~ 3.2 mega pixel only~


This is pretty 'mei mei' me~ taken with doug's phone~ 5 mega pixel~ can see the difference?

I like this pic.. cos I think I look skinny hahahahha~ bluffing myself~

Just watched Sing Dollar. Had a great laugh. Impressed at how daring they were with their speech and lyric.

Love the smooth criminal part. Haha Hossan was good.
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I've just finished reading the book. And i'm still sobbing...

Sure cry when watching the movie. Haizzz.

Jie, where is the next book? I wanna continue reading.

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I'm well liao~ hehe..

But still coughing. Sianz... but nvm~ At least I can sing liao hahahaha~

Tomorrow got ktv session~ Cos got to rehearse...

Yippee~

Yanzi was awesome man~

Her 'live' singing has improved alot since the last time I heard her sing live.

I'm looking forward to her new album!! She sang her new single at the concert and I'm loving it!!!

Sun Yanzi ah... dont make me wait too long lah~ Its been 2 years leh! Quick Quick! album come out~ And somemore I lost $250 because of you... haiizzz

I just realized I dropped all my cash at the concert. Must have dropped it while taking my huge phone out of the small little pouch.

Yanzi's concert costs me $250 more! Super suayz!?!?!

Time to invest in a bigger pouch.

My dearest matt just reimbursed me $100. hehe :p
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I'm here already! Can't wait for the concert to start!


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Just 3 hours after buying the ticket.....

I just received an offer of discounted tickets selling at $80 lor~!?!?!?!!?!?!
I bought the exact SAME category tickets at $131!?!?!??!?!?!

FAINTZ~

Just bought tickets for Yanzi's concert~ woohoo~ super happy~



Couldn't resist the temptation afterall. The same happened when she held her first concert. I also just bought the ticket the night before the concert. I'll be going alone just like that time~

Can't wait for tomorrow to come~ Stefanie Sun~ Wee~~

Am at the chinese sinseh, waiting for my turn to get my aching lower back fixed.

Look at how pro my hero is. He's got so many certs and i'm wondering how recognised those are. Well, as long as he can fix my back, I don't really care man.

Hero, faster lah. I am in pain lor...
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I have 9 days to finish this 607-page book before the movie screens.

Jie, how the hell you do it?
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Kena runny nose, sore throat, cough, bodyaches... WHOLE PACKAGE~
Sianz..

Don't jio me anywhere ah~ When I recover, I will inform the whole world then u jio me out.

Thank you very much.

Pigletz says 'peek-a-boo'!
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Just came back from the MillionStar Pk Challenge Finals. Legs are aching after standing for 4hrs~ Super tired man!

Was blown away by Aijia's 2nd performance especially when she's only 15!!! Super impressed! She definitely deserved to go represent us in Taiwan. I hope she'll be able to go far from there.

The first time I met her was at LWSSOM. We were there for rehearsals for a HDB event. That was early last year. She was singing 'Colours of the Wind' and I was already impressed at her vocals then. But today was a WOW~

Diya and Zhiyang both are joining Aijia to PK in taiwan. Diya is very confident and comfortable on stage while Zhiyang has really beautiful vocals. They should be able to do well in Taiwan.. I hope~

No news from Mediacorp~

No chance liao~

$500,000 fly away~ wee~

Having a major 'sour grapes' moment~

I went to facebook and saw the videos of those who made it to the top 20 of the millionstar PK challenge. Some of them are really...ummm... no comments~

Anyway, I hope the judges will choose only those who can do Singaporeans proud.

I'm third~ yeah~

Thanks to all who came to support~

Thanks to Doug for the supply of beer~

Thanks sis for the supply of clothes~

Yippee~

I'm in the finals~ It's tomorrow night~ hehe

And I'm finally singing the song that's been playing on my blog for ages~

I'm going to just enjoy myself and see how its goes.

There's only 3 gals out of a total 12 in the finals~ I just wish to be the best among the gals~

Got to go practice liao~

My semis is on sat~ yippee~ no need to take leave liao~

I suddenly remembered why I was so happy with my performance last week. I set a goal for myself and I achieved it~ Thats why~

I told myself (and WC too~) that if I am able to have everyone's eyes fixed on me instead of the tv while I'm performing, then it would be a great and successful performance. And I did it~ Well... not sure how true lah but at least the MC said so~

Anyway, no one has told me exactly what are my strengths in singing. The most common comment that I get from judges are '你唱歌让人觉得很舒服' and thats about it.

But I want to hear more leh~ don't always say the same thing la~ Say something to help me improve??

Finally, some excitement in my life. Joined a competition, went through audtions and quarters. Now going into semis.

But the dumb dumb semis will be on 29th & 30th May~ afternoon 2pm~ Siao boh?
29th is friday leh~ 2pm?? then got to take leave? wah piang~ cannot believe this.

Pray hard I kena saturday one~

And the worst thing is, the FINALS will be on 2nd June TUESDAY LOR~ haha..
If I really get into finals, got to take leave again~ SIAO BOH??

Anyway, see how first lah.. get into finals then decide.

Anyway, now it comes down to songs selection. I've got to submit songs for both semis and finals.

Do I want to do well and sing something that I've sang duno how many hundred times?

Or do I want to just enjoy and sing something that I've just mastered and wanna perform only?

Decisions... and I hate making them...

Been really lazy to blog or maybe its because there's nothing to blog also lah.

The wedding was a blast~ Cant help but be super impressed at myself for planning the entire thing and my timings were spot on! Thanks to all who attended and definitely to those who helped. Really appreciate you all.

The inspiration to blog today came from some events happening in the office. Lots of office politics, no.. shud be department politics. New head come, old head go. New staff outcasted by old staff. Yup, I'm one of the newbie but i'm glad there are more and more newbies like me coming into the picture.

But recently alot of turnovers in the department. The Head is 'banging into the wall' because of all these people. Hope everything turns out fine.

In the mean time, I'm just going to do my part of the job and leave the politics behind me~

Less than 4 days to go~ OMG~

I still havent collected my mass booklets~
My seating arrangements are not done yet~
And the final figure is~ 61 TABLES~ FAINTZ

On another issue, guess what I saw on the weather forecast???
Everyday SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM~ Wah piang~ Dont leh~

Ti Gong, I don't need super super good weather~ I just dont want the rain to come okie?? Scatter the rain to the west lah! THANKS AH!

Please po pi po pi me hor!

Everyone, please pray for me~

Rain rain go away, come again after friday~ Let the 'hor sin' rest one day~

Hello?? Am i the only one getting married??

I sourced and ordered the bedframe.
I went down myself to talk to the wedding card printer.
I went down myself to collect the wedding cards.
I bought the stamps.
I wrote all the invitation cards for your friendS.
I sent them all out.
I alone meet up with my own friends to pass them the invitation cards.
I had to ask your sister to contact your little niece and nephews to be my page boy and flower girls.
I had to go ask around to find flower baskets and ring pillows.
I had to ask your sister to contact your auntie for the church deco.
I went online to find the template of the mass booklet.
I went to meet your cousin myself to ask for her advise on the mass booklets.
I typed the mass booklet myself.
I went down to the printer and check the price. You said too ex.
I went down to Bras basah to check prices. Then you say printer cheaper.
I called the printer to get all the details.
I amended the template to the correct size and mail it back to the printer.
I presume I will going down to collect the booklets myself too.

I only want a simple rehearsal at the church. That's all. Is it so difficult?
You keep saying its very standard.
BUT I HAVE NEVER ATTENDED A CHURCH WEDDING IN MY WHOLE LIFE??
WHAT IS STANDARD?????

So what if you paid for everything?? SO WHAT??

Date : 28th Jan 2008 (43 days to go)

Called the invitation card printers at Excelsior this afternoon and asked for Connie. She is highly recommended in the singaporebrides.com forum for her excellent service. She told me that she was the only one working that day so she asked me to go down earlier. But the lazy me decided to laze around till later afternoon. By the time I reached, it was already 5pm. To my surprise, there was already 2 more customers there~ 1 was being served and the other one waiting for her turn. So I decided to walk around and went back in 15mins later. By the time i got back, there was another couple waiting at the door~ Don't understand why everyone have to go at the same time~

So after serving the 2 customers before me, this couple thought i was there later and cut my queue~ So i was like... okay lah, anyway i'm not rushing for time~ Connie kept apologising.. poor woman haha

So finally my turn came, I decided to choose the simplest form of printing. There were fanciful cards with ribbons, but the thought of having to tie them myself made me drop the design. Then it was between printing on the card directly or printing on another piece of paper then sticking it onto the card. The difference in cost was only $10~ And by paying the extra $10, i do not have to paste 350 pieces of paper on the 350 cards~
Of cos, I chose to pay lah~ Dont have time for this kind of arts and crafts.

So I paid the deposit and got the receipt~ OMG, the numbers were exactly the same 4 numbers as matt's grandma's new 'address' - 6287 ! Though my number was in random order - 6782 but i wouldnt have gotten it if that couple didnt cut my queue~!!

And i didnt realise this until i was chatting with my mom 2 days later~ which was friday! So I immediately smsed matt to buy 4D. and guess what~

WE STRIKE 4D YESTERDAY~ FIRST PRIZE HOR~

Thank you ah ma for your big big angpow~

Date : 21st Jan 2009 (50 days to go)
Went down to the hotel to pay deposit and got all the details i need to prepare. Eg, choice of food, food tasting date, invitation cards printing company.

Next most important thing is the invitation cards. I need to get them printed by 21st Feb coz my mum will be going into Malaysia to pass the invitation cards to my relatives there. So I have less than a month to get everything printed! ARGH~ HELP~

I've confirmed my sisters entourage and I'm happy~ There will be 8 sisters and brothers if nothing goes wrong~

I'm still working on my guest list. Its more or less done on my side. Just having some headaches with my ex-colleagues list~ Hope I can work it out soonz~

Date : 19th Jan 2009 (52days to the wedding)
Today, me and matt went down to Orchard hotel to discuss our wedding package with the planner. Its lucky that their ballroom are available when Grand Copthorne's was not.

Orchard Hotel was our first choice actually but their ballrooms were not available on 26th dec.

So when I first knew that my wedding date has been changed, I called Grand Copthorne but their ballroom was not available. The next hotel in my mind was Orchard Hotel and I'm so glad that theirs were available.

I also like this wedding planner than that of Grand copthorne. She is much more friendly and easier to talk to. Anyway, we will need to go back down on wednesday to sign the contract and pay the deposit.

My package with Grand Copthorne Waterfront is available for transfer. So if you have a friend who's looking for wedding packages.. please feel free to contact me. The package is for 26th Dec 2009.

Though I didn't get my bowl of shark's fin soup, I still had fun performing the song. I do hope the couple liked it.

As the uncle says, its a dark dark performance...

Karen actually suggested that I keep a journal of current adventure...
Planning a wedding in 56 days...

So instead of starting a new blog, I would just incorporate this in my blog becoz I can foresee myself blogging alot about my wedding... so i might as well~

Date : 18th Jan 2009 (53 days to wedding)
My sis and mom accompanied me to the bridal studio to choose my gown today. I wasn't as excited as I expected myself to be but it was definitely fun changing in and out of the gowns. There were a few designs that I liked but it came down to 2 that I prefer. They are not the traditional satin with embroidery style that are so common nowadays. I really like one of it, it was simple and elegant... almost princessy but the gown didnt really compliment me much as the bottom makes me look abit rounder. My sis and mom prefer the other one but it was abit loose on the top and therefore I wasnt able to see the full potential of the gown. Guess I will choose again during my second fitting.

As for the evening gown, it was a really quick choice. I knew in my head the colour that I want and so I just need to try on gowns of that specific colour. I'm sure I will like it more after they amend it to my size.

Second fitting will be on 2/2/09 and our wedding shots will be taken on 5/2/09.

Its confirmed. 13th March 2009 will be the big day~

I have 56 days to plan a wedding!

GOD BLESS ME~

We went to the geomancer and ask him if we could still carry on with our wedding as planned.

He threw us a super big bomb. We only had 2 options.

1) Get married 2 years later which is year 2011 or,

2) Get married within 100 days! He gave us 2 dates.
13/3/2009(fri) or 24/2/2009(tues).

There goes my perfect wedding date.. sobz~

After checking with hotels and bridal shop, it is possible to get everything ready in 2 months and wed on 13/3/09.

I do feel that 2 months is super tied to get everything ready. Imagine having to choose my gowns, take the wedding photos, get the album done, give out invitations, inform the church, collect my wedding cert and everything in 2 months? Its crazy and going to be super stressful~!

His mom and sisters are all encouraging us to wed in march since we already have available hotel and bridal packages.

So now I'm faced with a huge dilemma~ Do I want to get married within 2 months or to wait 2 years?

I have no idea~ Don't ask me yet~

How would you feel having a stranger sing at your wedding?

Thanks to the uncle, I'm going to be the stranger~

A whole new experience for me... scary!

PS: I want my bowl of shark's fin soup.

Matt's grandma passed away on 3rd January. She was admitted to hospital on christmas day due to some infection on her back. As she had diabetes, these kinda infections are not small issues.

While she was in the hospital, she was looking very healthy and almost ready to be discharged. On the morning of 3rd Jan, matt's aunt visited her and even fed her lunch. And at 3plus, we received a call from the hospital, telling us to all go down to the hospital course grandma wasnt feeling too good.

So all of us rushed down and realised that his grandma's heartbeat had already stopped. Apparently, she passed on in her sleep. And the next five days, we were busy with her wake and funeral.

It was her wish for matt and me to go through a church wedding, but sadly she can't be physically there to attend it now. Of cos, we still go through a church wedding to fulfill her wish.

She's had a good life and I'm sure she is somewhere in heaven watching over the Lim family.