Update on Princess Clara

Took time off yesterday afternoon to visit the little princess since mummy will be heading back to work next week and not to forget that she has now make great progress in her size....she is now 4kg...so proud of her and her mummy for taking such great care of her that include her insistence and perseverance with breast feeding.

Clara at 5 weeks old in her new pram and we also brought her out for dinner. As usual she is a good girl who slept through quietly as we ate our dinner.

Since mummy and daddy got her a new pram, we can't forget camwhoring with the princess and the new pram.

Auntie Joann, Godmum & princess.

The new group photo and of cos princess clara lee xuan le is the new member.

Filmstrop of the various shots of clara i took yesterday.

She seem to like to stuck out her tougue yesterday so this is a pretty comical look of her.

Notice her progress in her weight.

Actually she look a bit like her cousin who is a pretty girl now so i can conclude that our little princess has inherited the pretty genes from her mummy.

A "scary" new neighbour

Actually for the past weeks, i have always wanted to do some update on my blog but was just lazy and so i just procrastinate and that also include preparing the photo book for my Taiwan trip. haiz..not so good attitude right?

Anyway, there is this important new that i need to update. There is a new member to my neighbour's place that make me so afraid to step out of my house or go back home after work. If you are close to me you will know that i have quite a huge fear for certain animals and that will include the usual pets - cats and dogs. For the past 27 years of my life, i am very fortunate that my direct neighbours have never kept any of such pets. However, this has all came to an end for now.

As my neighbour's daughter's family decided to move over and rent out their current place for some extra cash. In her family, apart from her husband and daughter, it also include a 4yr old Maltese and 5 rabbits. OMG!

Though the Maltese is a cute girly puppy always with a ribbon on her head, i just can't overcome my fear as she always barking at everyone who walk past her door and that will include the poor me. :-( I know she mean no harm but those bark really make me to speed up my walking speed and walk direct to my door and lock them up. To make things worst, my neighbour don't really like to close their grill so they only have a wooden plank to block off the entrance. So i have this constant fear that one of these days she will actually jump over the plank and come charging out at me as when i walk pass she will always run to the entrance & bark at me. finger cross... Not forgetting my parents are used to opening the grill when they go out to water the plants, i now fear that the dog will follow the neighbour out when she is talking to my mum and in to my house. If it ever happen, i bet i will be screaming my lungs out. Trust me if it ever happens, it will definitely be in my blog.

My parents have been telling me to let her smell me and so she will be familiar with me but i just can't do it. I know my neighbour is also trying to help me overcome my fear by carrying her over my house so she wldn't bark at me so often but i just can't do. Maybe one day i might but i don't think it will be anytime soon. Or it will happen only when she stop barking and ignore me then i might be able to start bond with her.

My First Spirtual Trip

I wldn't say i am a very holy person but since young, i have been brought up with a faith which i have been practising as far as possible. When we told late last year that they will be organising a trip to Taiwan where we will visit the HQ as well as further explore on our faith, i was very reluctant to go and actually tried finding various excuse to not join the trip. However, when my mum who i can tell really wants to go say that if anyone of us is not to join she will not join the trip as she will be worried that we are alone at home....that's how protective my mum is. So i knew i have no more excuse but join them on this journey since it is not always that we have a chance to visit the Taiwan operations and my parents are not that young either so i don't want them to have any regrets in their life.

So i started this journey with no expections or should i say i actually prepared that it is going to be a very bad and boring trip for me. However, i ended with much more understanding of my faith in God as well as it was indeed an eye opening experience for me to see how huge an operation we have in Taiwan.

This trip i actually took a lot of scenric picture so below are some snapshots of me and my spiritual journey:

We started Day 2 with a tour of the whole site at 神威, our biggest temple located at 高雄. The weather was very hot so they actually helped prepared hundreds of such hats for everyone so here is a shot of me with a very 老土 hat but it is definetly better than being heat stroke.

Our family with a four faced 济公活佛.

We ended the night early so my sister and i tour the little garden located outside our hostel and took pictures with the 小沙妮 which is so cute. I actually have a series of pictures of all the 小沙妮.

Before we started our journey to the BBQ gathering, i took this picture at the lotus pond. All the lotus actually bloom by our 3rd day so i guess we are pretty lucky.

Me and the BBQ food that all the taiwan folks have prepared for us. They actually went through the effort to prepare all the food for a total of close to 400 people. Believe me, there was really a lot of food for everyone and this BBQ is actually at a hilltop so they have to carry all the equipment including a bubble tea machine and food up the hill which the car can only reach the bottom of the hill.

This is the route that we took to reach the BBQ site. The whole journey took us around 20 mins but is really good workout for people like us.

My mum and i on our next stop - 佛山 where we spend a 1.5 day. The red building behind is our hostel as well as temple.

Apart from the temple visit, they also arrange for a boat ride at sun moon lake which is actually very pretty. See how clear the water is.

During the boat ride, there is this stop over where we get the chance to take picture with our horoscope.

On the last day, we actually took picture with the lady in the centre. This lady is very important as she is the one who introduce this faith to my mum.

I will end my post today with the sunset that we took on our flight back to Singapore.

Meaningful paragraph

We just recently replaced our temporary staff with an intern from NTU. This guy is actually quite a slacker but is very street smart in my view. The funny thing is he is really into literature and i guess this is due to his dreamy character. Anyway he send us this meaningful paragraph below:

Title: Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

I am still in midst of storting through all my photos so i need some time before i can share with you and conisdering my speed, i think you have to wait for a long while.

I am back!

After a week with my family from our spiritual journey in Tainan, i am back to our sunshine home: Singapore.

The trip isn't as bad as i think it will be.

So please give me some time to sort through all the photos before i post it for everyone.

Ciao....