Happy & Busy Week

Before i say to 2007, i splurge and brought a little present for myself after much persuasion from my friend...you know who you are since you are the one who introduce this website to me and start persuading to go ahead.

After waiting for weeks, my present actually arrived together with the orders from my friend. So here we go:

The box

My reward together with the orders frm my friends. By doing so, we split the shipping cost.

Unwrapping my present

So here it is. I am still very satisfied with my purchase.

Though it is a design from a few season back and too many it is a real gd buy, but to me it is still a splurge. So this is my first branded bag. Being someone who is very kiasu, i will be bringing it to a 2nd hand shop to make sure it is authentic even though it is stated in the website that This Prada comes complete with a 100% satisfaction, money-back guarantee and a guarantee of authenticity. Will update the outcome soon.

Other than receiving my present, i also attended my first wedding in 2008. It is the wedding of my ex-colleagues: Christine and hubby Honson. Really saluate the bride as she actually completed 3 outfit and hairstyle change during the dinner. Anyway congratulations to her and i have a great time seeing people who i worked with in the past.

The 2 beautiful mummy to be. Black is due in Feb while Pink is due in May. They are so radience hor.

The mummies with my ex-lunch kaki. She felt ill in the middle of the dinner. poor thing :-(

Her is me with my other ex-colleague.

Last update is that my family tradition of preparing homemade cookies for Chinese new year has started. So i was actually baking away yesterday from 11am to 5pm. I am dog tired nw. There could be a 2nd round next week since there might not be sufficient to go around. Look at my creation....peanut cookies.

Update on my godchildren

If you have been a keen follower of my blog, i have promise to have updates on my 2 god childrens this year in Feb and May if they are on schedule. So here we go:

Nick: BB and name for the time being is Josh

Update:

It is now countdown to the final 5 weeks. However, we are hoping that it will arrive abt a week earlier in time for Chinese New Year and if we are real lucky then he might be the first baby for the lunar year....wishful thinking by the godma. Waiting for gynae to inform that BB is lock in position and then it is real countdown. So excited for the arrival of my 1st godson. Hopefully, he will be familar to me.

Nick: Minnie

Update:

As predicted by Godma krissy, it is realli a girl. haha. maybe i should realli change job since i have currently 100% accuracy at the predictions of the baby sex till date. Anyway, Minnie has been real active...kicking at mummy's tummy. Not to forget mummy also has a gd appetite so i bet Minnie will be an active and chubby baby. Anyway the new mum and dad has just decided on the name so let's all say hi to Clara Lee. Will start talking to Clara so she will be familar to me as well.

Real glad that i have a pair of godchildren all arriving this year and it help form a 好字. So if i really dun get married this lifetime at least i have this 2 godchildren to fuss around. haha

First Midnight Movie

Being brought up as cinderalla...not that i am pretty or have to slog at home with the housework but more clearly is that having protective mum means that i have to reach home before 12 midnight during my younger days. It is only starting from the past few years back, my protective mum finally remove the curfew though she still do call and nag at us when it reaches 11+.

As per my previous post, i have been hanging out lately with my ex-P&Gers and everytime it lasted overnight or till early next morning. Hence, our gathering ended the same yesterday with me watching my first ever midnight movie (American Gangster)...quite surprise hor to watch the first mignight only at the age of 27.

Storyline:

Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Brain Grazer, Steven Zaillian and Ridley Scott team to tell the true juggernaut success story of a cult figure from the streets of 1970s Harlem in Amercian Gangster.

Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas (Oscar winner Washington), the quiet driver to one of the inner city’s leading black crime bosses. Bt when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city’s mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars.

Richie Roberts (Oscar winner Crowe) is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of conrol in the drug underworld. Roberts believes some is climbing the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men will become intertwined as they approach a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.

After Thoughts:

Considering I watch this movie at 1145pm and this show lasted a whole 2 hr 27 mins, it is still a good and straight-forward movie. Though i will say that at the middle, it was kind of slow for me. Certain scences is very like the Hong kong Movie - 门徒 so if you like 门徒 or like me enjoy those movie based on true story, American Gangster is one you should'nt missed.

For more information on the real story of Frank Lucas, visit http://nymag.com/nymag/features/3649/.

Look out for more updates from our next gathering which is happening next friday at Dempsey Hill.

Review The Past & Look Foward for 2008

Started my first entry on December 4 2006 and now it’s been more than a year already. How times flies. So as usual it’s a time for review the past and set my goals for 2008.

Let’s goes down memory lane and remind myself of my key activities and accomplishments, if ever there is any.

January:
* A very sad month for a start with hopes raised of a potential job change thereafter having this dream crashed to bits and pieces.
February:
* Back to childhood by having our first ever monopoly challenge.
* Make Peanut cookies for my family and friends
March:
* Have a very interesting BBQ under lots of rain and thunder with my fellow Artwork Planners.
April:
* Went for our 1st Family Trip - Shanghai.
May:
* My dearest girlfriend got married.
* I watch my first musical - Phantom of the Opera.
June:
* Discover my dear friend is pregnant and I can be a godma next year.
July:
* Went Guangzhou for work.
August:
* Won an award at my department offsite.
September:
* Make my first mooncake & chocolate fondant.
October:
* Farewell to P&G.
November:
* Started a new job.
* Discover my close friend is also pregnant making 2 most awaited babies next year.
December
* 2 sleepless night hanging out with my ex-colleagues playing games, hanging out and walking from Arab Street all the way to Mustafa at 2am.

After this journey down memory lane, let's take a look at how well did i fare against the goals i set in 2007. Here we go.....

After all the lengthy review and looking back, it's now time to set some directions for myself next year. To be frank, after the roller coaster ride in 2007 and finally able to see some light at the end of my tunnel, i am a bit lost now to decide what will be my focus for 2008 and at the same time afraid that i will lose what i have accomplish in 2007. So below will be same simple resolutions and directions for 2008:

1. Career - To continue pursuring my marketing dream and hopefully see some progress in my career path.
2. Family - To learn the art of patience with my family. Not to always think from my point but also evaluate from other's stand. Plus of cos spend time with them. Though a family trip is not so possible for 2008 but there can be hundred and one ways to stay connected and bond.
3. Lifestyle - Really need to maintain my weight and pay a consicious effort in maintaining my health. Hopefully after my friend give birth, she can continue to motivate me with the exercise routine and make it a bonding session with my godson too.
4. Financial - Continue with wealth growing programmes and not lose control under the shopping pressure especially since when job stress goes up.
5. Passing Forward - Continue 2007 effort in doing my parts for the less fortunate and as a way of returning back to the community.
6. Self - 2007 travel has been more for family and work so may 2008 travel be more for myself in terms of understanding the various culture . Fulfill my little dream of visiting my dream country.
7. Lastly, not forgetting is also continue this means of self -talk (Blogging) ...Recording all the bits and pieces of my lifestory. Above all, it has helped to improve my writing style indirectly.

I guess the key for me in 2008 is really to learn to be contented in whatever i have and not lose myself in this competitive world. Hence, let's my 2008 Lifestory be as exciting and enriching as 2007.

P.s. sorry for yet another lengthy entry as you all will know i am such a nagging person. Hopefully u can also appreciate this entry as it really took a lot of time and effort on my end. Thanks for your interest in the lifestory of a boring and nagging person....see hw nagging i can be. Haha.