japanese books

my buddy Ayumi arrived here from Tokyo, Japan and we picked her up at Changi Airport. she stayed at my place for 2 weeks. we played as her host. rec'd the lovely books from her - she expected me to learn new things on Japan stuffs like useful words and a lot of japanese photos of local stuffs in Japan when i am on my next trip to Japan... in these books, all the illustrators are amazed.

special visit from my ex-maid YATI

our dear maid Yati came to visit us at home as she is still working for other employer in serangoon area after she worked for us for 4 years and left for home 4 years ago. Yati was whelming with joys and love upon meeting 9-year-old Owen since she first took care of him when he was a year old. my kids love her -- the only and one.

chat with long-time buddy Karen

my long-time buddy Karen from Tasmansia, Australia came here for her vacation with her family (her father Kevin and step mom Tammy) from time to time when she can. she came to visit us and catch up with us - my family and old buddy Maureen. we chatted and chatted non-stop. my last holiday with her back in Tasmansia in nov 2007. really enjoyed a lot.

myself, Karen and Maureen in my living room

my fave wallet from ANIMAL arrived!

bought this ANIMAL wallet from UK via ebay.uk - it arrived today. excited to use but need to wait as my current ANIMAL wallet is going to "die" anytime as its my big fave.

What i did last time...

My mom used to make everything for us when we need... Now i have a little sewing machine which i bought last March and can do some simply tasks only.

Ash's bolster case tore up after too much worn out. I found some nice fabric material which is fannel and i made a copy of bolster to replace... and i am done here.

Ash complained that her pencil case too small for her stuffs. I made Amy Butler pencil case for her and she was much happy. But sadly she lost it at camping.

Another thing i wanted to create the color pencil roller for fun and i did.

A Happy news from Masano & Toshiko

Today i was surfing the net at home and checked my office emails... A strange email came up that i almost deleted cos the user name was in un-recallable but noticed subject - "A Happy news from Masano & Toshiko" that i know...

I immediately knew they sent us a photo of their lovely daughter named "Lynn"... Wish that i can carry her in my arm that i missed as my kids are no longer "babies".

Congrats on being newly-parents! And have a nice christmas and happy new year to you!

Mistook one for my Dad...

Today my kids and myself had dinner at 3-gu (aunt - sis of my mom) place before dropping Owen at my mom's during school holiday as usual.

Reaching Toa Payoh area, Owen protested that he don't want to spend 2 nights at my mom's... My mom jus back from Malaysia holiday and was having dinner with my sis Janet and dad at Toa Payoh Central as mom was tired to cook at home after "coach-lagging". There's huge "pasar malam" (malay word night market, is a street market that opens in the evening) nearby.

So we let the family take dinner while we browsed around the street market... My dad gave my kids $ and told them to take part in game, despite they know i was not allowed it as wasting $ for nothing... No choice but let them play two rounds.

After this, we want to go home as we are tired already and also dad does so. He walked off to his home while we walked slowly to bus stop, but paused to see one man wearing same shirt and behaved exactly like my dad. My little Owen waved at him and said HELLO GONG GONG to him but came to him and found mistake that he is other guy as a stranger... We laughed...

BATMAN prize for Owen

Owen was thrilled to receive the letter from YG magazine that he won the BATMAN stuff. He could not waited any longer and pressed me down for the collection but i could not get there as i have to work these days. Until friday (yesterday), i was on leave, so took Owen to TIMES centre to collect the toy - lucky me that i brought the carrier with me, otherwise, i would have to carry it with my hands.

Finally he showed off to his sis Ashley and dad upon his arrival at home.

Another Mystery?!?!?

While at work, a staff led me to front desk and pointed to the "huge" box which addressed to my name. I was puzzled who was this sender otherwise i was not told about this. Until i checked it out, it is from my "mean" buddy Kristof from Belgium... I know he would send me some cookies from his country but instead of coming with 8 bottles of beers that meant for my hubby. Cool!

Unpacked all, there are beers and cookies of various ones, stuffed wtih the fat of bubble packs to prevent the breaking but unfortunately, the beer box which was gift that he did not wrapped inside that led the breaking of free glass. I quickly msn-ed him about this and he said NOOOO... i laughed and said its ok.

a little christmas gift from YH

on morning sat, dashed down to meet up with YH for a breakfast... had a great time with her at bugis junction before she left for BKK at 3pm. really tiring for her to fly fro and back non-stop. what i rec'd the lovely gift from her is esprit top with nice floral print, comes with the "tiny" card which she wrote - "your gift this year will have no wrapper as this is my way of saving the mother EARTH." nicely and warm pinky ribbon. isnt it cute idea?

i love it once i wore to see if it fits me well and it did...

thank you, YH