Friday, April 28, 2023

Blessings in April

28th April (Friday)
luv from joanne... 😍😍😍

just when i got better and was looking forward to the eventful long weekend, the powerful flu bug got to my date night, game night kakis 们... 

so, happy yummy comfy food to the rescue to kickstart this restful long weekend... 😍😍😍



27th April (Thursday)
a meet up filled with one happy news after another happy news... 😍😍😍 

dinner @ Yun Nans, Ion... this exclusive menu made me wanna catch this highly recommended C-drama too... heee


these lychee prawn balls are so cute and prettily plated... but tasted meh only... while the other 4 dishes tasted heavenly despite looking meh... is a case of 菜不可貌相... 😂😂😂



luvlies from Vivian's sakura trip... 😍😍😍


26th April (Wednesday)
😍😍😍



25th April (Tues)
爱心便当 from Julia for lunch on a non-stop 7.15 to 12.30 then 1.15 to 3.45 day.... 11 more of such crazy days left... counting down!!! 😡



24th April (Mon)
wasn't feeling optimal since last weekend but still plough through work for all 5 days this week... body finally gave way on Friday afternoon after work... and big aunt just had to come and 'chap ji ka'... 😩😩😩
meal of the day for 2 out of the 3 days of this wasted long weekend... 

care pack from mx... the bread saved my tummy on a day where i didnt even have the energy to heat up the porridge... 


18th April (Tues)

blessed to be able to leave work at 12.45pm to have yummilicious 台湾卤肉饭 & 爱玉冰 for lunch... and to come home to have a fluffy 小老太婆 to cuddle with... 😍😍😍



16th April (Sun)

生日快乐三土豆 ,张哥 😁



15th April (Sat)

luv from Joyce's Japan trip... wooo, i'm so special... 😍😍😍



14th April (Fri)

thankful for this oh so pretty yummy comfy food @ Tamago-EN, nex to the rescue on a not fantastic Friday @ work... Weekend Weekend Weekend's here!!! Yeah!!!




12th April (Wed)

Happi 100th day anniversary token from Mr Yap... 😍


9th April (Sun)



walk walk @ Yishun Pond Park



breakfast @ Slow Bakes... luv the soft boil eggs while the toast & tea are meh... 



8th April (Sat)


day 2 of friendship duty @ Sage Artelier with a 10 year old pokemon enthusiast to create an original hybrid 


lunch with claire then

又跑到 mx's 家去蹭 atas 的 don-don-donki steamboat for dinner

还拿礼物回家... wahahahaha....

blessed to be surrounded by friends who always feed me yummilicious food and shower me with presents and luv... 有你(们), 我一点都不孤单...  😍😍😍


7th April (Fri)

day 1 of friendship duty @ Sage Artelier for a group of eight 6 years old... 


Chuas' dinner @ A-One Claypot House and a very delightful 蔡妈咪 with her new bag... 😍😍😍



6th April (Thurs)

told to submit my CV today... had to ask for a sample cos i thought i didnt have one and didn't know how to start on one... realised that i didn't even remember the exact title of my degree... 😅😅😅


but thankfully, i'm a super organised person who kept all my certs, testimonials, transcripts neatly in a folder in chronological order... surprised to see a copy of a cv that i did back in 2014 when i requested for open posting... totally forgot about it... proud to be reminded of all my outstanding contributions and awards in my high profile years back in JPS... also in the folder was my 棒棒 testimonial from SL citing that i was an outstanding branch deputy director and head of department for curriculum & sales... 😂😂😂 


i tried to imagine how life will be like if i had continued my chiong-ness at work... i think i should be a hod by now given that the position was kept vacant for the years when i was heading the aesthetics department unofficially and very unwillingly ... wahahaha... minimum a S2, given that even without any key position, i gotten my G5 eight years ago... but i can also imagine that my life would be very very 的 miserable... one that is just work & work & work & work & work and clearing nonsensES from adults... i would be complaining & complaining & complaining... 


on hindsight, there's also a super high chance that i would have gotten sacked in my first few years of KP-ing given my super low tolerance to paper work & nonsensES from adults and my inability at keeping a straight face without rolling my eyes with things that i dont see eye to eye with... i dont have the social skills of being up there, neither do i want to pretend that i have them... 

slap back to reality.... wahahahaha


blessed that there's so much to love in my reality... blessed that i got out of the rat race, mastered the art to say no to these and those and was able to prioritise what and how i should spend my time and energy on since my early thirties... blessed that i have been enjoying my retirement since 2016... =P 



5th April (Wed)

supposed to be a restful day with 1 teaching class + 1 assisted class yet used up all the between periods to talk to this one, talk to that one and even 出动 :


<<三字经>>
Three Character Classic

人之初,性本善。
rén zhī chū , xìnɡ běn shàn 。

性相近,习相远。
xìnɡ xiānɡ jìn , xí xiānɡ yuǎn 。

Men at birth, are naturally good.
Their natures are similar; their habits become different.

人生下来的时候都是好的,只是由于成长过程中,后天的学习环境不一样,性情也就有了好与坏的差别。



苟不教,性乃迁。
ɡǒu bù jiāo , xìnɡ nǎi qiān 。

教之道,贵以专。
jiāo zhī dào , ɡuì yǐ zhuān 。

If, negligently, not taught, their nature deteriorate.
The right way to teach, is with absolute thoroughness.

如果从小不好好教育,善良的本性就会变坏。为了使人不变坏,最重要的方法就是要专心一致地去教育孩子。


blessed is that these meanies only made up less than 1% of the 过客s @ work


 blessed is also that 99% of work is among nice nice sweet sweet people like vp who taught me how to response to an entitled disaster and Ai Rin who gave me this cute postcard with this message after seeing me 气上气下 the whole morning... 

blessed is also that i could still leave work on time to pacify myself further with my favourite buttermilk crispy chicken burger for lunch... 😍😍😍

before going for a 2hr yum cha session by 海洋 on investments and unit trust... 😅😅😅... first step into dividends after hearing about them from xt & reuben on our 贼船之旅 more than 2 years ago... 



 3rd April (Mon)

blessed to be back on my work life harmony schedule starting this week... one where i leave work on time and have time to do my thing or nothing... wahahahaha... 😍


nowadays, my thing includes an hour of walk walk on most work-day evenings + up to two hours of Brownie time!!! brownie is so old so old so very de old that she has became very much toothless and has difficulty eating kibbles and even wet food... she needs help to constantly stir the wet food into little mountains so that she can 'scoop' it with her tongue more easily and she takes at least 45 minutes to finish every meal !!! 

See the mess she creates to her dinning area and on HERSELF while she nom nom noms !!! so not only do i have to clean her whole dinning area, a bath after every wet food meal is a MUST too !!!... really is a Oh My 天 !!!... getting a maid for her abit 奢侈 hor?!?!?! 😅😅😅

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