At home

Just having a really good time by myself eating warm pizza and watching Bleach on Animax. My family has already eaten their share and left for work. It's my off day yay!

Post mahjong recuperation day

We had a eight-hour mahjong session which ended at 6am this morning. Fell into my smooth warm bed gratefully. Then my body decided to wake up at 10am.

We played small money- 10/20 cents. Lost $15.50. =( I was distracted by the exciting drama on TV, then won some while a commercial went on. Then proceeded to miss opportunities again haha. 

Already had lunch of leftover food from yesterday. There are lots of food every Chinese New Year, when we prepared too much and also have more raw ingredient in the freezer or fridge, that can last us a good week or more.

Since I've had only about four hours of sleep, I'm pretty sure a nap later is in order!

Food network is on TV. I am not really watching, just like the colourful images of cooking flashing about. BBQ in Texas uses so much seasoning I wonder do they still taste the meat? They do look so yummy!

I have millions of photos of stuff and places from last year that perhaps I will post them here later, somehow.

Okay, Keroro is on Animax now. My favourite frog is the bad tempered red one- Giroro.

Cheers! *clink*

I woke up at six again. I don't even have to go to work until the 16th!

I expect to sleep a lot after yesterday which we were hosting a visitor who is in Singapore.

We went for lunch at Swenson, watch a hilarious local chinese movie. Of course, the english sub was enough to make them laugh their ass off! Came back to our apartment for a rest (tv), then proceeded to eat a lot of seafood and drink a lot of beer at the east coast beach "food village". Gan-bei!!!

We decided to head back to home when everybody was chatting with half closed lids. As usual, after a nice shower, we all woke up and started chatting, watching tv and looking at photos on Facebook. Quite relaxing. Unfortunately, our visitor had to leave at 5am to return to his vessel for work on the other side of Singapore.

The vessel sailed from the US and they will be leaving Singapore waters next week.

I think he might be visiting us again with another two friends later this weekend.

It is Chinese New Year eve (reunion dinner) and CNY 1st day. So I dunno, nothing is confirmed yet.

Moodboard: Beautiful home

These are photos I've stolen from all over the internet for my inspiration. ^^ My house look a little some of them, but since my mom is living with me, there is limitation to what I can do. Nevertheless, I hope to one day achieve a really beautiful home complete with nice outdoor living.

Got a 3 feet width of space?

Love the backsplash

Mismatch chairs from everywhere

Go to rootsimple.com for the method of building.

Initial

I like this! Possible with half the platform height.

I wonder if I can do this at a rainy place?

overlapping curtains

Outdoor living

We can install some poles and sticks for turning & roasting a chicken!

Expensive to build but we can make a simpler style for outdoor.

Waking up late to couple of news

Just woke up so late from a fucking weird dream involving a number of unattractive young men. Not what I like in a dream.

It's already 6.30pm! I've wasted so much of my offday! Then I saw that I've 4 missed call from husband and 6 msges from people.

Cindy had an emergency C-sect 10 days ago. We were just texting on 15th and 5 days later it happened.

I don't know if I've got the chance to visit her before she returns to Beijing where her husband works. Depends on timing.

Man I feel so groggy I don't know if I should cook, or get food from the shops.

Zzzzz.

老伴豆花 Lao Ban Dou Hua

My chilled bowl of sweet, silky smooth soya beancurd dessert from the Lao Ban @ Kallang Old Airport Rd food centre.

Mmmm yum!

My favourite dog shaming photo.

It's Thursday but...

Empress of Lounging didn't take care of the half painted gate. Tomorrow please.

Good news is my glossy white shoe cabinet got delivered this afternoon and a few items I ordered online arrived in the mail too. Yay.

This white glossy design but 2 doors instead of 3, that cost me $360+.

My new portable phone charger. For both iphone and samsung phone.

My new hair iron.

Yesterday morning after knocking off from my night shift, we went to lunch at one of the restaurants at east coast park. I was trying to enjoy my lunch with half closed eyes.

Before the lunch we had an hour to spare so we sat a a beach front gazebo and had a short discussion of saving money for a tiny retirement property in few years time. I mean purchasing in few years time, not retire in few years time. I wish! Haha. We are thinking of a small little house in his hometown with a little porch and little garden. I am still going to maintain my property in Singapore no matter where I retire to though.

So it means that this cabinet is my last major purchase and less restaurant visits.

Indulging ourselves for putting in long work hours

hot soup

Okay I am continuing watching 2 Broke Girls Season 2. The more I watch this show the more I like actress Jennifer Coolidge. She totally nailed it as the two broke girls' Polish upstairs neighbor who owns a cleaning business. She is the epitome of 'sexy mama' and so FUNNY. I like how slowly she speaks and how every time she wants to end a conversation she says "okay buh-bye".

Okay buh-bye.

Lazy people never have enough time

Okay, it just hit me that i have less than 3 weeks to get this old place look at least decent for Chinese New Year on Feb 10th.

I do have a job to go to too so that don't left me with much time to deal with my half fuck painted gate plus some other 101 tasks!

The reason it is half painted is because the can of Jotun rose white paint for wood and metal ran out and I must go get the same paint.

However, being the Empress of Lounging I didn't get to the shop this afternoon before it rained heavily. If I didn't go get the paint when it wasn't raining, do you think I will go when it rained that heavily outside, with me snuggled in my dry and warm cocoon of 2 blankets?

After some moment I had to go to the bathroom and might as well "wake up". Had a quick wash up, happily went to make myself some nice meal of pancakes, scramble and hash, and then totally layan myself in front of the TV. Entirely confident.

I even marinate some lamb chops at 9 pm.

Isn't it nice to do only the chores that I like?

But I am now realizing that.. BO SI GAN LIAO.

I shall be on work-mode (night shift) for the next few days, so in the coming week only Thursday is fully free to get the painting completed. My gate is now half brown half white.

 Gate, wait for me I will take care of you on Thursday k.

Random pics from this week

Thursday we went to CGH for a doc's review of Jig's post-surgery autopsy. Doctor closed and fully discharged him.

Our great plan of lunching at east coast park fell thru because of the untimely breakfast at the hospital. We felt extremely sleepy after the hospital visit which by the way cost $55 just to hear the doctor tell us it was nothing. 2 minutes.

So we went to the shops near our home for some shopping and a mid day meal @ Aston Express. Not bad. The bill was $18+ for these 2.

My sirloin steak

His grilled chicken

My desk got a new skin.

Him busy writing CNY greeting cards last night.

Did some painting of the main door and metal gate. Could not get the bottle of thinner to open. Nobody else at home. Yup.

Some purple wheat noodle for dinner. It's alright.

Gotta get going!

I should get more stuff done around the house instead relaxing all day long. I don't think that pot of tofu fish was any work at all.

Sitting in front of tv watching Clean House, ironically. Although my apartment is much neater, I wish I can do a mini apartment "yard sale".

I have got pretty good stuff in storage to let go. I just do not have that sort of space here to allow everything I own to function!

Cream colour curtains are soaking in the bleach. Going to see if I can get big transparent zip lock bags later at the shop.

Meeting my cousin for dinner after that. I was so blur I thought we are meeting next week!

Hopefully I can make it to the post office before it closes- I'm returning stuff I bought online last week.

End of restdays

I know that I hardly write in here, and highly possible staying that way.

Just to update whats going on recently.

If I have yet to mention, I now work 12 hours shift and have at least Thursday to Saturday off unless I am covering for colleague's shift. Things at work has been extremely slow-moving, not what I had expected when I first took this job. The admin ladies in my office range from immature, lack of work responsibility, to mean and nasty. Or a combination of all. It can be rather depressing to work in that sort of vibe, but I every time i feel bad, i try to sway my mind away to ignore it. I start work on every Sunday and so on every Saturday, I get some mild dread. However this bad feeling is so far cope-able.

Okay enough about work place.

I do not like my offdays to pass in vain. So on Friday evening, I dined well in one of my haunts, then watched a nice movie.

For the past few days my sleeping hours were pretty messed up. I am on morning duty tomorrow! I would sleep in the morning and wake up later in the afternoon.

Last night, i should say early wee hours of 3am, we went to the coffeeshop for noodles! Chatted until 5am then i chatted online with some people, slept at 8am and woke up at about 2pm.

Cooked some tofu tilapia miso soup and ate it with a little rice. Light but very satisfying. I had a McDonalds meal the other day and feeling unsatisfied, I had some chocolate too. I was stuffed, but I just couldn't feel satisfied. Why? Yet I get satisfied with a really simple fish soup i made myself. Amazing right.

Sigh. The Malay neighbour that just moved in on my left- not very quiet. It's just the way our flats were built. I can hear the man coughing in his own room! It is not that bad if Grandma wasn't yelling to people inside the flat from the corridor. Kids screaming. Oh noooooooooooo!

On my right is a local Indian family. They have grand kids too, but very sweet ones who don't scream for fun.

NOT having a good time now because of the recurring thought of the morning duty tomorrow. Ah I'm crazy.

I am working, but Merry Xmas.

Hello I'm on night duty. This is a picture of a cake my boss bought upon my demand.

Right now I am annoyed with the guy colleague playing Music without using a earphones and singing along.