This year marks the first time in my entire life that I spent my Chu Xi in Singapore. Hubby and myself made a pact last year that we will spend Chinese New Year's eve at each other's house alternate year. This year is his turn.
Naturally I feel different, a pang of sadness that I cried a bit when I called my mom in the afternoon. I miss spending this day with my family.. my family is a bit different cos we're a very very noisy bunch and everyone will try to stall our time at the dinner table the longest possible cos dad always say, whoever gets up first will not get ang pow from him...hahaha
We had steamboat for dinner this year, something I am so not used to cos we had steamboat at normal day as well, so it was nothing special but... Zach was in good mood cos the weather was good and windy, thank God for that else we will have a hard time enjoying dinner.
By 9.30pm, I am sitting in my living room, munching on pineapple tarts and watching TV and if I am back home, I would be munching it with my family members and joking and talking nonsense.. Zach spent the night with us, manages to stay awake past 12midnight for the countdown. Back home, we would be having our prayers and if we're up to it, wil even go to the temple for annual offerings and then we will eat something sweet, like desserts to signify sweetness in our life for the new year. In SG, I was asleep by 12.30am! Zzzz.....boring
I am happy that I can go back to Klang on 2nd day of CNY..nothing beats the warmth of home and tasting mom's best cooked meal. Too bad we will miss the prayers again on 9th day of CNY but next year I will make sure I am in Klang for it...
Next year will be a better Chu Xi for me and Zach!! Looking forward to it now..
Internet World
I admit that I am such an Internet junkie that I do not know if I can live a single day without internet connection!!
Internet has really made my life easy, be it surfing on the workstation, laptop, netbook and even on my iPhone! I surf alot..mainly online shopping (see next para), searching for information i.e. food, directions, research article for my work purposes, dictionary, news, etc etc etc.. sites that I use everyday without fail, Google be it the search engine or maps! Swear by it.. it's good! Better than Bing.
Now, online shopping really made my day. I can practically buy everything online not having to step out of the house. That's where the main problem lies.. I buy online and offline. How can that be? Hmm.. the shopaholic in me just can't stop! Sigh...
I found this great site http://www.acmamall.com/. I bought their Dermalogica products recently and found that their prices are definitely cheaper than those sold in the salon. I immediately ordered a few of my essential items and the good thing is it's free shipping! I save a total of $90 for 4 items ordered..the amount which I can use to buy another bottle of cleanser!
My goods are delivered in 4 diff boxes
Essential Cleanser, Sun Protection Booster SPF30, Multivitamin Power Recovery Mask (a very very good mask I've come across) and SKII Miracle Water
Impulsive and Compulsive
My 2010 resolution seems to be materialising..well, not exactly all of them but at least for the more bags and more shoes part it is! Maybe I should add one more, more books?
A moment of impulse today burnt a serious hole to my next month's financial standing. Luckily it is CNY and that means it is February, a relatively short month..so I will see my salary coming in earlier..hehe.
It also seems that I have been to Borders almost every month if not alt month with a buddy. Usually we will go if there is a good promo for members. This time round we have 30% + 10% for members and it is a good bargain. Grabbed 8 books in total and paid about $85 for all of them. Average out about $10 per book.. what a steal!
Can't seem to rotate the above pix. As you can see, I bought 2 cooking books.. one to cook more tasty rice & pasta for Zach and another for my breakfast..hehe
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