Day 9 Blog Challenge - A picture of myself last year

the last blog challenge i did was in March... which mean i had alot of things from then to now to blog about till i dun need a blog challenge to have a blog entry... but this also mean that now i m damn bored and had run out of things to blog about la... =(

as usual, A picture is never enough for my blog... hee.... so went to this computer archive and found that i have photos dated back to 2006.... that's 5 years ago oh... so tatatata.....

December 2006 - in my very first month of braces

with a super oily face which i always say, i could fry an egg on it if it's hot enough.... hahahha....so gross... =)

August 2007 - Bintan with Mab & Laurice

before i did my lasik, cut my hair and was still in braces... in first year of trained teaching...

December 2008 - Bangkok with Chun Yang, Ailing & Joycelyn

did lasik, cut hair...braces still on...enjoying my big bowl of sharkfin... =)

June 2009 - Pengarang with a lot of people

braces finally off... =).... and was still able to cycle for 1-2 hours in one stretch

December 2010 - Vietnam with Joycelyn

me a year ago.... ... =)

realised that i only have individual photos when i travel... hee... and looking at these photos, i m CONVINCE that i din age much... at least din age by 5 years... wahahaha...

Anthony & Friendster

it was anthony's 6th death anniversary on 11th July 2011... met up with yuan and xiuting to pay anthony a visit at Mandai crematorium.... as usual, chitchatted and hope that anthony can hear all our updates.... so fast 6 years liao.... still miss him... still think of him every now and then... even still has his hp number in my phone list.... still would wonder what actually happened on that faithful night...wonder how would our life turn out to be if the incident did not happen... alot alot of what if...

remembered that i had blog about this incident in my previous blog with friendster... so went to look for it and to my horror of all horror... the page is NO longer available.... what SHIT.... went google to try to find out what had happened...

From wiki:

"In June 2011, Friendster shifted from social networking site to a social entertainment site which focus on gaming and music. The accounts are unchanged and still existing. However, all the photos, messages, comments, testimonials, shoutouts, blogs, forums and groups that the users may have had in the past may no longer be part of their Friendster account by 31st May 2011."

what shit lo...really is shit lo...how can they do this to all its members??? i'm like 2 months late and i lost EVERYTHING in there.... most heartache is my blog posts la... followed by my testimonials..... argh..... friendster is really a heartless piece of shit la... 

angry to the max....argh.....

Pups @ home

snowy on the left and brownie on the right (lala behind)... hahaha

It's weird how one decision will lead to the other decision and so on and so fro till it ended up with 2 maltese pups in our home sweet home...

Today is Youth Day. The Youth Day in 2009 was our first date...

http://tangtang-land.blogspot.com/2010/05/chapter-2-between-day-we-met-day-we_20.html

initially, planned to go universal studio to celebrate Mr Ang's birthday + Angela's birthday + our first date anniversary all together...

We had planned to reach there only in the late afternoon as me dun wanna to be in the sun for too long ... no likey the hot hot sticky sticky feeling.... hahaha... just wanna go there look see look see then take photos can liao... not planning to take any rides....hahaha.... i know...waste money to go since i dun take rides... but the rides are either too scary or too kiddy isnt it??? and almost everybody had went le so i must also go la... dosen matter that i dun like theme park rides but i do like theme park deco to take photos ah... =)

anyway, Mr Ang's tuition kids (2 of them) for last week (because of all sort of reasons) had to have tuition this morning.... seeing his schedule like that, i also cancelled one of yesterday's lesson to this morning.... resulting in me reaching home at 4+pm yesterday....

we have been talking abt buying puppy, especially after baby died... but never get about doing it... cos who to look after them leh??? Mr Ang and I are not at home in the day time, puppy will be very lonely de wor... then Mr Ang say: we buy two puppies lo... they can keep each other company when we are not around lo....

wor...not one, but 2 puppies leh.... luv luv... so went online to check out some doggy adoption websites... all the dogs were either young and big (not suitable for our 4 room flat) or small and old (think will be difficult to train)... so we decided to just head to my Julius's pet shop lo.... BENJI at Jalan Kembagan... and all these decisions were made within 1 hour... hahahaha... but that dosen mean that we cant be good dog owners oh...

but we will see how it goes bah... so far enjoyed our first day as 狗爸爸狗妈妈...had fun watching Mr Ang as he tried to toilet train them with his lecturing (in hokkien)...wahaha... had fun waiting (for an hour) for them to pee after their dinner before letting them out to play ... they are so small and furry and cuddly...mad love for them lo... we are like so happy when they finally pee... hahaha.... it means it's time for us to play with them too... hahahaha....

and since posted about the pups in facebook... i machiam having second round of house warming lo... hahaha.... so far, got 3 groups of friends on my side that are planning to make another visit to home sweet home to visit the pups and some of Mr Ang's friends are also making arrangement.... hahaha....

Our pups are just too attractive lo... =)

Florence - Cinque Terre

Florence - Cinque Terre

as i m very sure that after 3 days of churches and domes and museums in rome, i would definitely not wan to visit any more churches and domes and museums in florence (if i have the choice of cos)... and was pretty glad that i really do have the choice.... =).... the alternative is a hiking trip in cinque terre .... yes yes yes... dun laugh.... i chose a hiking trip ...so unlike me.... i m too nua to opt for a hiking trip liao... but i did... and paid for S$150 per person for it somemore... i must be mad... that's wat churches + domes + museums did to me... =S

went online to look for some photos on the place.... so colourful buildings....pretty pretty hor.... dun know if they did photoshop anot lo... hope not...

Highlights of the trip:

Hiking trip to Cinque Terre from Florence
Spectacular coastal views along the Cinque Terre
Guaranteed to visit all 5 Cinque Terre villages
Lunch in a local restaurant overlooking the blue sea and hillsides covered with vineyards
Soak up the old-world atmosphere as you explore Cinque Terre villages on foot
40-minute boat ride along the Riviera (weather permitting)
Take a swim in the clear, blue water at Vernazza or Monterosso
Transport from Florence to Cinque Terre by air-conditioned coach


think my concentration was on the "clear, blue water" that i overlook "Guaranteed to visit all 5 Cinque Terre villages on foot"....how how how.... abit regret now leh as i type.... why did i choose to torture myself on my honeymoon??? confirm will get butt ache, tigh ache and everywhere ache one lo.... but paid US $230 for both of us liao leh...cannot say dun wanna go then dun go de leh... haix... think i better start to do some climbing ..... but from review and lily (Mr Ang's cousin), it's a place worth visiting.... keeping fingers crossed....

toothpaste matters

Toothpaste Matters

since dun know when, i already have the impression that couples do breakup and divorce each other over the use of toothpaste (and also the position of the toilet seat - whether to keep it up or down).... couples can end up quarrelling endlessly over where to squeeze the tube...one would have preferred squeezing it from the end so that he/she can push the toothpaste up slowly each day, while the other one could just squeeze it anywhere along the tube, mostly likely in the middle, as long as toothpaste erupts out....

went online to do some bo liao search and came across a few forums and articles on people sharing their frustrations on having spouses who squeeze the tube differently from them.... but seriously, how serious a problem can it be over the use of toothpaste???

well, i m the kind that would prefer to squeeze it from the bottom while Mr Ang is one that squeeze it at any point of the tube he likes.... we dun have a problem with each other, just that sometimes, only sometimes, i will smooth out the dent which he had created in the middle of the tube....doubt he even noticed it... but that's a small issue.... hahahaha....

and there are so many varieties of products that can help couples overcome this squeezing problem....in such cute and pretty packaging somemore... isn't buying one of these cheaper than going thru a divorce over the squeezing problem???

(1) TOOTHPASTE DISPENSER
available in automatic version where a decent amount of toothpaste will be dispensed when the toothbrush is placed at the opening or the manuel version when a button has to be pressed before the toothpaste will be dispensed

(2) TUBE SQUEEZER
this is the more common type.... i do see them every now and then... should be available in pasar malam or provision shops???

besides the difference in the way we squeeze our toothpaste tube, Mr Ang and I also prefer different brands of toothpaste, i m more of a darlie toothpaste supporter while he's a colgate supporter.... but since i have been using colgate for the 4 months i had lived in his place and his mum gave us 2 tubes of colgate for our new house then just use lo... =)

well, the one most annoying toothpaste habit of Mr Ang is that he uses alot of toothpaste each time he brushes his teeth... he is the typical type which must cover the whole toothbrush length with toothpaste.... the correct amount of toothpaste needed for an effective and efficient wash is the size of a pea or fingernail (according to the web)....

why do i find this annoying leh??? especially when it's a colgate tube.... go check out the diameter of the opening of a coglate tube and that of other brands of toothpaste.... the diameter of the opening of a coglate tube is way larger than other brands and it's not because colgate wants to facilitate the consumers' use of the toothpaste but instead it wants consumers to use more of the toothpaste each time.....argh....so cunning of them right????

many of you might be thinking how come i m so knowledgeable regarding this issue right??? hahahaha.... cos i had read about this in my marketing textbook when i was in uni.... it's was under the section on "thinking out of the box".... the article stated that the management team of colgate was having a meeting on how to increase sale... and after many many hours, all they could come up with were the usual marketing strategies such as advertsing, creating awareness etc etc...then in came the cleaner, someone posted the challenge to him....the cleaner thought for a while and said, "just make the hole bigger" ....tatatata..... with this sentence, the meeting was over....

sometimes, we really need to see different perspectives and seek difference opinions...maybe this will make all our so-called problem easier to be resolve... =)

Darolyn's birthday party

Darolyn is michelle's daughter... 2 years old ... is an amazing girl who can talk so well... she is able to tell you what she wants and what she don't want... it's just so amazing till i m even more determine to be a stay home mum if baby comes along...

there are like so many toddlers at the party...so cuteeeee...

this is kaen...claire's son...abit shy at first but warms up after i played the wind-up crocodile toy with him... he's so nice to hug cos he's not too active and dosen wriggle out when i hugged him... smells nice too... got those powdery powdery baby smell... likey...

Jaen....kaen's 11 month old sister... super shy... cried when i tried to carry her... so dun really dare to go near her.... but love her toothy laughter...

another toddler at the party .... has super beautiful eyes and dimples....

I have large eyes with double eye lids.... wonder if my baby will look this cute too.....

took this photo while waiting for laurice to pick me up ... been months since i put on make up and earrings lo.... weird that the eyelashes still cant been seen despite 2 layers of mascara..... =( ...but still ....make up does wonders.... michelle's mum commented that i look like a teenager.... wahahaha.....

notice how my pinky pops up???? few people actually notices this habit of mine....

so i was quite surprise how observance kids can be when my little wen xi asked me this question while i was eating a bowl of noodles during recess with the class...

"Mrs Ang, how come your pinky pops out when you eat?...so funny"....

Ice-cream buffet @ O'Divina

only S$15 each for a 2 hours ice-cream buffet...woohoo..... gotten this deal from outlet.com (go check it out).... my first experience in purchasing from this kind of group deals website ... =) ...it will be a birthday treat for Mr Ang for his birthday this coming tuesday...but we will only go after his exam on 18th may.... poor Mr Ang will be having his first exam paper on his birthday....

O'Divina is located at PoMo and they serve 60 gelato flavours of which 18 are unique flavours such as Vintage Chocolate, Lychee Martini, Lemon Wasabi & Kaya Toast...they even provide free flow of yoghurt, lime juice, cottage waffles, , chocolate dip, marshmallow, wafer cup cones and other toppings.

I think Mr Ang and I will have a super great time there.... yippy ya yo!!!

Contractor's Quotation

Contractor's Quotation

Hi Jan, this's for you.... hope you get to read this when you return for another read... =)




quotation is only for contractor's work and does not include carpentry work ...

the company is called "S and N renovation and furniture" and can be contacted at 96165195 (Mr Tok)

as for the carpentry work (kitchen cabinets, master bedroom cabinets & display area above bed, study table with shelves, 2 x toilet cabinets, tuition room shelves and storeroom door), it's done by my hubby's 8th uncle who is the boss of "Home Art Design & Contracts"...he din give us a quotation list and charged us $10k for everything... my friends say it's definitely "kin-ship" price... but u can still give him a call if you are interested to get a more detailed quotation....his name is alan and he can be contacted at 91719395... =)

我的三角恋

super 莫名奇妙地, i m involved in a 三角恋 leh.... hahahaha.... i m exaggerating la... cos to me to be considered as a homewreaker, i must be the 第三者 mah.... but how is that possible (at least for now) when Mr Ang and I are still so lovely dovy leh.... hahaha....

today, i m going to share a drama... was initially very irritated by it ....and usually the more irritated i m, the more i will irritate the person who irritates me.... but leh... in the mist of irritating that irritant, i will cost more agony to a friend....so here i m lo...rattling with a non-sensical blog entry ....choose to do it here then to counter assult her on his facebook and make him feel worse.... argh.... trying to make it sound like i m damn nice lo...hahaha...why not, since this is my blog... =P

anyway, i have a teen-hood friend... not very close but once in a while will hang out together as a group... 15 years of friendship liao wor... let's call him Ben... and then, there's his beloved...let's call her Abagail.... hahahaha...so we have Ben with Abagail...

 

okay la...though my Ben is not as 帅 as this Ben, he's still maintain his looks and built rather well for his age lo... and he has a boyish face...plus plus.... but for Abagail mah.... in the same league as the character above lo.... drama seh.... hahahaha.....

anyway, the drama started when i shared with Ben this thinking of mine..."You need to love yourself first before you can learn to love others".... he gave me a feeling that he was not happy...he was confused.... he was being led in and out of a legal relationship during that period... why did i say that leh???? cos i chance upon some beach holidaying photos of abagail and her friends on facebook... she was even in 情侣装 with another guy lo... and he did share that he was going through a rough patch....

anyway, because of that one sentence, i kenna left right up down on facebook by her and was labelled as someone who wants to break up her marriage...hello.... who is the one who wants a separation yet regret her own decision one wor???.... you wanted to go steady, Ben agreed, you wanted to get married, Ben agreed, you wanted a separation, Ben struggled and finally agreed, then suddenly you want to stay married and Ben had to agree also.... such a nice guy where to find???

anyway also not i coined the phrase one lo...went google and found that there are like 6,380,000 articles on "You need to love yourself first before you can learn to love others".... so i scolded her ignorant on my facebook page.... hahahaha... =P....

and after that, for a period of time, i tried not to comment anything on his facebook lo...think got 10 months???? dun even dare to wish him happy hatchday on facebook but have to wait for him to be online lo.... but was in a super good mood on thursday till i forgot about crazy abagail .... made so many comments on other friend's status including Ben's.... i thought mine was rather harmless lo...he was complaining about having no starhub network the whole day...so i asked him to change to mio since he watches soccer too....then got scolded ignorant pig by abagail for praising singtel when singtel was the culprit who cut off starhub cable..... !!! 

initially was super TL la... but after a while, find her a joke... hahaha...how come got such funny ppl one... meany me kept imagining that if i retaliate in my usual manner, i confirm can drive her up the wall... but at the same time, may create even more unhappiness between them .... so no choice lo... is really call 哑巴吃黄连, 有苦说不出... not really 说不出 and also not really 苦, is more of want to scold cannot scold... !@#$%$##@!.... hahaha...but being a self centred person, how can i torture myself right??? so i shall keep my imagination here....

how high do u think she will jump if i reply on facebook the following for calling me a homewreaker??? 

1) Ben, i din know u r in love with me till ur wifey call me a homewreaker leh... 

2) Oh no, did ur wifey found out that i was in love with u that's y she's labelling me as a homewreaker??? 

3) Oh no, ur wifey found out about our affair that's y she's labelling me as a homewreaker.... 

4) Ben, did you forget to feed ur wifey medication??? 

5) Ben, where's the leash??? she's barking again... 

lousy me can only think of 5.... but for a pea brain like me... good enough liao la.... anyway, decided to delete this friend off my facebook.... so that i wun accidentally comment on his posts again.... most importantly wun give abagail another chance to disrupt my mood with her barkings....i just love myself too much to let any crazy ppl affects me... =P ....i know she will still be barking but as long as i cant hear her, i dun care also.... i m a typical 眼不见为净 kind of person.... 

anyway, not friends on facebook does not means not friends in real live what.... and over the years, friends also come and go...even family members come and go.... that's part and parcel of life and something that i have gotten quite use to liao....nothing is permanent..... oopx..... so just be thankful that we had it once and move on bah.... =)

Europe Accomodation, florence - athens

Accommodation in Florence, Italy - Hotel Aurora

Address: Via Luigi Alamannni, 5, Florence, 50123, Italy
Phone : +39 055210283
Email : info@hotelaurora.info
Enquiry call from singapore : 800-1205159 (English)
Check in – 2pm, Check out – 11am
Free wifi, air con and private toilet

It freaking difficult to find a B&B in florence with a private toilet....had a few discussion with Mr Ang if we are really okay with shared toilet and no we are NOT okay.... think we are just not that kind of super friendly + backpacker style of travellers bah...

took me a few days before i found this hotel that has a private toilet in each room and yet still consider affordable to us (€386 for 5 nights).... and damn... accomodation in rome and florence is damn freaking expensive la.... i know i had complained it endless time liao...so all the more it dosen matter if i complained about it again here lo... hahaha....

Accommodation in Venice, Italy - Hotel Riviera

Address: Miraflores, 106 – Centro, Santiago, Chile
Phone : +39 055210283
Email : gerencia@rivierahotel.cl
Enquiry call from singapore : 800-1205159 (English)
Check in – 2pm, Check out – 1pm
Free wifi, air con, private toilet and continental breakfast,

description from booking.com:

"Hotel Riviera is housed in a historic palace and features a panoramic, strategic location in front of the lagoon and the waterbus stop, within quick reach of Venice’s historic center. From the waterbus stop located just outside the hotel you can reach St. Mark’s Square, in Venice, in about 10 minutes.

The waterbus stop offers regular service to Marco Polo Airport (where i need to travel to to take a flight to Greece), Piazzale Roma Bus Terminal and Venezia Santa Lucia Train Station as well. The seaside resort has also attractions of its own, including the beach (the hotel can arrange beach chairs and sun umbrellas on request). The hotel offers charming views of the lagoon and unforgettable sunsets.

A health club is available with sauna and whirlpool. Guest rooms are clean, comfortable and equipped with all conveniences."

this hotel cost us €120 for 3 nights....and from the above description, i can conclude that i need to go to St. Mark’s Square and must take the water bus...hahaha.... will need to find out more....

Accommodation in Athens, Greece - Phidias Piraeus Hotel

Address: 189, Kountouriotou, Piraeus, 185 35, Greece
Phone : +302104296480
Email : phidiasgr@otenet.gr
Check in – 2pm, Check out – 12nn
Free wifi, air con, private toilet

this is like the prettiest accomodation that we will be staying in for the whole europe trip (based on photos that i saw online)... hahaha.... check out its website http://www.hotelphidias.gr/index.html for more photos lo.... it's like a brand new hotel in super bright colours.... likey.... and it only cost us €90 for 3 nights.... oh ya...and they provide transfer to and from the port where we need to catch the ferry to santorini early in the morning at 7am....heee....

Accommodation in Santorini, Greece - Mary Rooms

Address: Perivolos, Perivolos, 84703, Greece

Phone : +302286082246

Email : info@roomsmary-perivolos.com
Check in – 130pm, Check out – 11am
Free wifi, air con

cost us only €54 for 2 nights... the cheapest accomodation for the whole trip liao... wahahaha... also got free transfer from the airport = no need to plan transport again...woohoo....and also super duper good reviews about this hotel from booking.com...link below....

http://www.booking.com/hotel/gr/mary.html?aid=309842;label=hotel-280594;sid=9a85ecba699cecdb06c8b9f09217da08


santorini is the place where lewei took her wedding photo (if i din remember wrongly).... and it's a beachy place....from what i assume.....hahaha.... hope it's the type of beachy place i always like... so miss the langkawi trip with Mr Ang a year back lo.....

conclusion: accommodation is so much prettier and cheaper in greece than in italy

by the way, we (more to me) gave up searching on what we should do in europe liao... hahaha... we (I) have decided to just ask the B&B owners what is the suggested itinery .... hahaha.... anyway, i don't know anything about the places that we will be visiting...so i confirm wun regret not visiting any place...

actually got abit la... should have stay in santorini for one more day and one less day in athens.... santorini seems more interesting with its volcano theme than the usual dome & museum & church theme in athens.... as if there's isnt enough domes & museums & churches in rome & florence.... =P ...i m really hoping i dun regret choosing europe as honey moony place lo.... oopx....