for Meowly

left a family who loves her alot at 11.30am, 26th of February.
she was a strong cat who did fight her cancer bravely.
a cat that always make me scream, shocked, tripped, jumped, annoyed, bullied, but she did bring me fond memories and i will miss her.

Gerald:

Our Cat Meowly,

named after a shoe shop, started to live with us from Dec 1995 when my dad picked her up from the streets in our neighbourhood and brought her home to become our pet. She was almost instantly rejected by my mum who did not like the idea of having a cat around the house cos of her fur and the inconvenience of having her poo and pee all over the house.

Twice meowly ran out of the house but twice she returned abused and battered. Our hearts sank when we saw her condition and my mum also relented cos she pitied the poor little creature which had been abused. In the end, it was mostly mum who nursed meowly back to the pink of health. The most amazing thing that happened that persuaded my mum that we can keep her was when meowly started to do her biz in the toilet. By some miracle she toilet trained herself and we need not worry that she would poo or pee all over the place.

From then on, meowly became our pet and slowly she became more of a family member than just a pet (i renamed her tan meowly much later, forcing her to adopt our family surname). Meowly brought lots of joy and companionship to our family especially to my sister who was often left alone at home with meowly. She was clever and adorable .. yet naughty and mischievous most of the time. She would bite and scratch my mum and sis but would go hide whenever my dad or i appear.

i was the disciplinarian when it came to meowly matters at home. i am the one who will cane meowly or slap her on the thigh when she misbehaved. but disciplining her does not make me love her less.

after 11 years, we finally have to let her go. it was unbearable for all of us cos this cat has changed so much of our lives and has gone through so much with us through the years. i still believe that meowly has brought us luck so much so that our lives have been smooth sailing and we have upgraded along the way.

we all love meowly for all she was ... we wonder where she has gone and hope that she has found the freedom she has lost 11 years ago when she was brought to our home. we miss her dearly and we have decided that she would be the one and only cat that our family would ever have.

goodbye meowly

endless...fright

back to work ... piled up on my desk are work that accumulated from 3 days of mc..not too bad i did almost everything... not that much but bcos including todae's work then i still have boxes not cut yet. some kidos in my class are super nice they are sweet. some actually can say heartless. but lucky not all like that.

received gerald's msg about family cat not making it... yes we expected it cos she not been eating... past few nites i did say my goodbyes to her. glad i did it cos i was so afraid that it would happen when i am not home. not really fond of cats but i know this cat since i know him. grow to have feelings although she always frighten, shock me and make me jump. endless stunts from her. will always rush to the door when someone press doorbell and i will sometimes trip or walk behind her. the whole year has been she and me for many nites esp after tuition and when gerald is working afternoon shift. now it will only be me... sad when i got the msg teared but moved on with work 1st and i knew i will break down when home esp worried dun know how my mother-in-law was ...

but 12pm sis msg say mum in hospital. endless ... got to a&e to check the heart as she had chest pain... worried. after school it had to rained! fed up! y at the time when we are to go home! mum called asking me not to go down cos she had another test and will take long time. so i went to guanyin temple @ simalu to pray. went to see her after that. although she say dun need to go i know she was glad i was there. results were good that its jus muscle cramps and not heart attacks. so glad.

went home and i went to the room to cry. i do miss meowly.

miserable

it has been very negative since cny started.
my hp is spoilt. yes declaring it ended its contract with me today.
sick. moody. now very frustrated and i can't vent it anywhere.
whatever is important? why so weird? everything is spolit! i am finding fault? i am not!
i am being harsh but its for reality and why should it be like that? i can understand but its not an excuse! its should be sadness not anger. it was a choice made. y not jus let it out then bottled it.
i am tired emotionally, mentally, physically... am not strong to keep getting it for my actions that is not wrong. how about my feelings and i am concern. i am not wrong.
please dun guesses or ask. i had enough till now and more to come and i jus wana throw it out. i dun wana add onto my problem. i am strained. my marriage is good. life is jus not smooth. jus hope i won't get into trouble tomolo.

better?

todae mc again... still feel weak. tummy better but yesterday night headache was killing me. dap msg me this morning say snake this year no good in health... her yoga tcher say one... HELP! went to doc he say take 4 packets stronger dosage ... hope it works. tomolo is uncle k house...twins house. everytime i visit over the last 3 days only gx and my mum know i unwell. i seem fine as i dun wana look dead at people's house but i gave all a scare on the 3rd day as i wanted to go home as i felt sick. all of them worried. so having more med on hand is good for me...please stop and go away... i wana be healthy. gerald say tonight gog for walk... hopefully i b fine. after doctor it rained too heavy for me to go home so i sheltered doing pedi cos the skin under my sole is killing me. glad its gone as it hurts badly when i walk around the house. when i was ready to go rain stop... hopefully my pain will go away. dun know how to face my tcher. hope she understand. its porridge time i am hungry.

i feel sad

i am so trapped the situation is not getting better. the new med i took reduce the number of times but thats oso bcos i ate less i ate 2 meals only compared to being at mums trying out cookies, steamboat, desserts and yusheng.

doc said that if i dun stop i have to see her again and prob go hospital. i am afraid. i wanna find out wats wrong with me allergy? somewhere not good? or i jus need time and rest to recover... but so afraid they ask me to stay. 5times yesterday. 2hours after meals its starts.
funny thing is there is not much pain jus drained. gerald say go pray later. i fan tai sui this year. wanted to invite friends over but i am so sick. so pale. my tummy no good! errrrr....

CNY 2007

1st day : gerald working morning shift... his 1st uncle's house. then went off to see my grandpa. no lion dance this year but whole house filled with flowers! went home with a pot of ba kut teh cos i was on vergetarian and had early breakfast at 1am went to bed around 2+am. stomach has not been well yet.





2nd day : open day today @ uncle J house. had lunch and had to go to his cousin housewarming. then rushed home to prepare food for party @ 34 for mum'in'law (MIL) bros & sis. with my sis-in-law (SIL) we prepared wantans and yusheng. the cookied i brought had good reviews. prob gog to order them this MAY for nx year new year! the hazelnut cookies are the best. my side organised a midnite show gathering. we went to watch jack neo movie "just follow law". my mum 1st midnight in ages! there were like 20+ of us!


the angbao @ uncle J is really big! love the pic that gerald was actually talking to his cousin of cos i only take him with the pig on the wall! my MIL big family! my second yusheng!



3rd day: see MIL bro then we went mum's and we played the dice game i bought. its very fun when i play with my uncles and cousins! of cos mu mum's yusheng. and my in-laws joined in too! but again i ls badly 8 times straight since dinner and when i got home it was bad. i am so drained!

today : mc went to see doc ... she said i look colourless... jus had med and gog to rest nap till gerald comes home i need to take med again.

Year of the Piggies!

its been a very busy end to the doggy year and misty start to year of piggies! the street now sound so quiet and peaceful @ 8am. Y? i woke up so early... gerald went to work and i had alot of rest yesterday. was very sick yesterday on the eve... bad tummy since morning and then headache that last till nitetime. now feeling better but hopefully... no more today!

thurs had reniuon dinner with my family. went home to help mum prepare ... every year my mum will be tireout as there are tons 101 things she need to prepare for cny. mostly food! but thats the best part too. our dinner grew from our family to aunt k and uncle k families cos they popped by with cny goodies. they were in luck! my family tradition streamboat was even out ... charcoal love that smell i always think tat they taste better but its slower and smaller thou! the twins are getting so active always on the move! love the way they do gong xi gong xi!

fri @ sas was cny celebrations but instead of lion dance we had dragon dance. the guys were sort of lazy the dragon looks like it was sleeping! but the children enjoyed but kept asking how come no lion dance! too bad! tot this year my uncle m will have lion dance but apprantly no having again this year...

nite went home to mums and we bith ate streamboat by ourselves. then went to flower market at jalan kayu with her and aunt s. its was JAMmed. small lane and everyone wants to park nearest to the gate! horns go off but we jus stroll in! not much of choice... i got mum to get orchids in the end! aunt & me carried each a pot out and lucky we got cabby. immediately we transfered the 2 into a big pot. glad we finished it b4 gerald came for me! miss being at home with mum.

sat was not good at all! went isetan to get salmon early @ 10am jus after i got the salmon i had bad ls. rushed home to rest. after i woke up bad headache then threw up and then it didnt go away but i struggle to finish all the task left. clear room, clean the floor, i even clean kitchen, arrange the goodies, fold all clothes, change bedsheet! we had late dinner as gerald was on afternoon shift, pretty hungry as i had no food in my stomach so i officially opened my 1st bottled cookies i bought! the love letters was nice! the coconut taste was strong and not too sweet! love it... ate 3 in a roll! he came home @ 10.30pm, i had no appetiate... i had rice with soup. we then watched the almost 10 mins fireworks! pretty. had a big angbao from my in-laws! althou tired very muscle-aching i stayed awake to do the angbaos with gerald. slept @ 2+am... now feel like sleeping... later got long day ahead visit-hoping to 3 places later.

sick but still got mood for artisitic shots...

VD @ SAS

the heart-shaped sweets have messages on it and yes i got 2 stalks of chrysanthemum in my bouquet! dun tink they know...

Happy Valentines!

lovely! the kidos are excited as usual cos theres party today! we all exchange letters, cards some attached candies & chocolates to it! each kido brought 1 stalk of flower for my Tcher and me. a parent bundle them up as a bouquet. a sweet korean mum got godiva chocs... gerald is happy cos he doesnt need to pamper me with these gifts. life is sweet buttery! loads of lollys, chocs and 5 large butter heart-shaped cookies for dinner!

2007 valentines' day

today's 13th but we had our VD dinner today bcos dear has to work afternoon shift tommorrow.

we went sushi tei as i had always wanted to get more of the prawns i ate at my aunt's xmas party. lucky we were early we reach there around 6+ and we ordered things we had not tried before as i wanted it special... only the sushi set $10 was the safe choice thats to fill us up as we didnt order any rice or noodles.

all was nice except the crab curatin $5 ... expected more craby but its macaroni cheese in crab shell with little actually was there any crab? had dobinmushi - $6 its soup in teapot. the teacup was on the top of the teapot and we had to squeeze lime into the soup... i like it its light and tasty not sour but u can smell the refreshing lime. theres straw mushroom, crabmeat, meat, fishcake. nice.

the beef smells so good but i cannot eat but the sizzling and the smell really makes me drool...its was fun too like a slightly bigger burner sized and cooking was fun ... too bad its beef! Gyu Miso Yaki $13.those who loves beef can try this! Hotate Miso Mayo- $8 cheesy scallops its yummy. not too small its bigger than 50cents.
had to wait 20mins for them to grill what i was there for! Ebi Mentai - $15 for 2 prawns . this is good! but we didnt wait long cos cos the dishes came so fast that we even have dishes untouched it jus kept coming i felt that its too fast! when we get to eat it its not as hot thou.

i insisted trying at least one dessert! no way was i gog to miss it! picked a watermelon sorbet and it came in this green plastic container that of cos looks like watermelon. the taste its quite bubble gummy. its $2.80.
went to get some cookies and heartshape sweets for my kidos just now for tomolo VD at school. tomolo will have valentine day party at school!

CROCS

i love my new crocs athens - comfy! mines lime green & fushia pinky!
Not all mine lah! the last time round got time limit so didnt get to inform all friends.

if you are interested in getting i can get the lobang and gog to organise another buy soon after CNY! my aunts, uncles asking me to get! i wana get another athens too! but note not all models thou... i will have to check the models again.

http://shop.crocs.com/c-4-Footwear.aspx?reqid=4&reqProdTypeId=4&subsectionname=footwear

30

while Gerald went for his wedding dinner @ rasa sentosa, i went for my twin frens 30th bade party. known them since primary 4. check out this place... http://www.cafedelmar.com.sg/main/ on the silosa beach. place filled with cane daybeds on sand, platfoam outdoor sitting area but we got seats inside. its got a big, almost king-size bed for sitting and few cane stools infront of the bed. gota book early for outdoor. like the music.
the gals had many different groups of frens so i talk to Gam and their fren chamaine. err bcos on medication i didnt drink! xianz had margaritta-strawberry : dun like. then there were 2 bottles of champagne and a bottle of vodka... starters only cos it was only 10+pm... torture for someone who likes to drink. most waitresses are in bikini and shorts. but we got one who is much bigger than me in a short sleeve tee... gam was giving an excuse that we were indoors with aircon but just then the other bed behind us had a slim bikini gal ... too bad!

when gerald was ready to go chamaine offered to walk with me and gam was to accompany her bac. we walked by the back but gerald took the sandy beach way... he had to walk back ... he couldnt call cos my hp no batt! bcos gerald fren was drunk i couldnt stay longer! dun get it wrong fren didnt drink much, cos he can't drink but its good he's trying thou tink guys somehow must learn to drink! but wished he didnt last nite then i can stay awhile longer... wanted gerald to see the place.
i hope they will like the necklaces... forgot to take pic of theirs ... heres mine.

CNY shopping and bugged again!

its spending money season! my cny clothes settled las yr end, so whats there to shop? goodies! i bought $100 worth of sweets and little treats... i went to bugis to a jap tidbits fair and ordered a carton or 12 packs jap chesse crackers with a whole almond. and bought lox others stuff all jap goodies. the one i wanna try most is the little fishes with cheesecake filling woh! sinful.

then i walked from bugis to a shop call le cafe confectionary diagonally opp peace ctr... i wanted to get pineapple tarts but its all ordered on reserved... the orders were made last MAY! i brought other stuff ended up with 9 botttles each for my mum and my mum-in-law and totaled to about $230. YES 9 bottles each of love letters, kueh bangit, all sort of nuts cookies - pistashchio, almond, hazelnut and peanut! and others! its DONE! the only haha the list still goes on! how can i be doned! i still have to get kueh lapis... tot of gog to polar! any recomendations? lazy to take pics so i will update when i get to try them on cny! if its nice i will let you know... my verdict!

yes bugged again! i dun wanna sat flu anymore they are now worse than jus flu they are bugs they keep invading me! around it goes and its my turn again! my students 2 of them are still out! what the bug! i bot a bottle of orange cod liver oil... YES orange one not the liquid paper white one cos i hate the smell and taste althou heard its not as yulky as the 80s... but no way. its unbearable tot. to build my immune system and yes we ole folks can have it too as it labels adult 1 tablespoom 3 times a day. i got multivits, vit c too! mum got this ready-packed soup base from medical hall in chinatown suppose to improve blood circulation and stuff ... its tasty cos i told mum that if she put a littls small fins in there will taste like some high-end soup like buddha jump over wall... theres abalone slices in this soup loh thats y its like clear high end soup. the slices comes in the pack not seperately added. yums. miss her soup most. used to have it everyday.

my childhood frens the twins are gog to celebrate their big 30s this wkend! i got me tinking what i wan, need and did! came out with a list! ... soon 30s...

booked!

better note is that we have been busy surfing and comparing price finally got everything booked. Hopefully everythng goes smoothly! we are gog HK finally. am happy that we will be travelling but hopefully then the world will be stablise with all the birdflu, bad weather and return as a safe planet to live in!

next we gota settle one more thing... macau accomodation. then cny goodies shopping. haven bought any cny biscuits yet and this year not making pineapple tarts. any recommendations! i am fussy thou for pineapple tarts its has to be the creamist butterish tart with little pineapple! haha! gog to pop by crystal jade and polar later to check out the cookies. Oso looking for kueh lapis.

cny clothes were settled in dec and jan shopping. we are still reading the info brought back but Mic & gf... so much thanks as its tons! they carried all the way bac and its usefuk for us to plan our iternery. dun really enjoy reading from internet! oldish me! they recommend reading a chinese website but my china not very good... so looking forward... getting there!

HDB : Hate dumb blocks!

really hate them was so mad yesterday after rushing down to hdb hub then gerald tells me our q no. is 3000+ its 3pm when he got there... i was asking who let teh cat outa bag! must be someone who did that if not how come people q the last time round when there was a walk-in! and the wo bao also reported it on newspaper that people started queuing 2 days ago.

hate it! never play fair those who q should be penalised! they should! i will never get a new flat in toa payoh near my in-laws cos we are no frens with anybody at hdb hub! and they should stop acceptingcos wasting paper getting us to fill form, people's time play dirty and make people hope for nothing! get us to write in and queue and inform lah xianz! stupid systems q & Q & q this is our 4th time 2 times walk-in 2 times ballot. resale is really expensive. I am jus so pissed.

there are only 500 units and for toa payoh there are only 3 or lessunits available for chinese.