ethan in KAY-ELLE

say hi to our newest family member - ethan tang!

the WHOLE ng family went back to melaka the other day to meet this little guy. flown in from US with not a hint of bad mood / jet lag. awesome kid!

the family had been itching to meet him. just look at his chubby cheeks! don't ya feel like squeezing 'em? nyehehehe. he's as chubby in real life just as in pictures. we all took turns carrying him around. bet he loved the attention! oh and one thing! he likes to be carried by females. stretch out your arms and he'll go right to you! just like how carol used to be. just that it's the opposite sex of course. :)

he was only back for a week or so. 'ethan's asia fans tour' like how his dad / my cousin put it. missing this kid already! he's such a good boy. no bawling or shrieking throughout the whole time unlike SOME other kids. *ahhem* i mean, even an adult would complain over the longgg hours of sticking your butt on the plane seat and the transits and the delays and the what-not-s. that's nothing to this kid. beat us grown-ups hands down yo! 

wish my kid would be obedient like ethan. that would make parenthood slightly more appealing. :p 

happy rabbit year! :D

reunion dinner was the same old steamboat. it's becoming the chin family tradition. -.- mum proposed to have kfc for a change this year. *prices of everything rockets sky high during cny, but kfc prices are still the same - she said*  but our mr chin did not approve of it so, steamboat it is!

wishing everyone a blessed new year with good health, wealth, love and kindness for the next year. and also for me, to pass all my papers! praying hard for a smooth pass from december10 sitting. my heart can't take any more failures. :D

god bless everyone!

time for family, friends and HIM :D

i made a promise to myself. that i'd post all 2010 events in 2010! oh well, i'm no good in keeping promises apparently. even those for myself. tsk tsk.

christmas was the same as every year. morning service in chin woo stadium. christmas luncheon is to be skipped for family lunch at aunt's place in puchong. and dinner at another aunt's place in taman tun. a day full of singing, presents and of course ,wouldn't miss it for the world, MAKAN! :p

went to chinwoo early in the morning for band practice as i missed it when i was in thailand. got there around 7.30am i think. feeling awfully sleepy early in the morning. took sometime for the muscians and PA team to set up the place. started practice at about 8.30am. paul ng the clown manage to chase away my sleepiness with his lame and dorky-ness. :p regretted for leaving my slippers behind that morning. it'd make arranging the chairs easier. mind you, we had ROWS and ROWS of chairs to arrange. dusty chairs but we didn't have the energy to wipe each and every chair there was. so there you go.

christmas service was it's usual christmas-y self. about jesus, his birth, his mission to save mankind, his love and his passion for sinners. well, you get my drift. it was AFTER service where we had fun. pictures and presents and MORE pictures! adding fun to it all is the new dslr that makes people camwhore even more than usual. yeap, cmcckl-ers are born camwhorers. don't mess yo!

then it was makan time throughout the day. from lunch to dinner. 1 house to another. puchong to taman tun. non stop eating. i've gained pounds just in that one day! *nom nom nom* awesome!

1st stop - aunty mary's house! :D

AWESOME mash potato with bacons and sausage!

dessertssss!

sleeping with its head held up high. ego much!

the dog was eyeing my sis' mandarin orange. -.-

2nd stop - aunty jenny's aka 表姨妈 house. :D

i feel so hungry looking back at these. -.-

chocolate coated cherries. YUMMMY!

massage parade.

baby jaine cheeky as always.

baby jaide so cute with her tumbler! :D

the old cousins. still going strong.

a trip up north part 1 (2009)

THIS IS SO OVERDUE. like A YEAR overdue. i'm pathetically sorry! made a promise to myself that i'd post it up before i go to thailand this year aka 2010. so here it is. read this up while i brew my 2nd post on this year's thailand trip. it's FULL of words. i bet this would keep you company while i come up with the other one. :p


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went to thailand with the family on the 26th. we wanted to leave kl earlier but there were christmas service, family gatherings and stuff. so we could only leave after everything was settled.

my aunt's a thai and her family in nakhon built a new house there. so we all went there to check it out, with a little vacation for ourselves on the way. we started journey around 11am. my back was stiff for sitting so long and i couldn't sleep the whole journey because i had to make sure my dad wasn't sleepy. when we finally reached nakhon it was around 9pm. and when i saw the house, i was like 'omggggg, is this the right house?!!'. it was so cool. and to know that they built it all by themselves is even more impressing.

the house was bigger than i expected. with 2 toilets, 3 rooms, a kitchen and huge hall. they even have a driveway for goodness sake. so not your ordinary kampung house. and with the money my uncle gave them, it'd only be enough to build a small small house here in kl, but they manage to build a mini bungalow there. picture that.

- chickens in nakhon sleeps on trees.

seriously. they're only slightly bigger than a dove and they'd fly up the tree to sleep around evening. crazy man. now who says chickens can't fly?

- the water there was freezing cold.

in nakhon, they use well waters for bathing and washing and everything. and boy i tell you the water is so colddddddddd. *shivers* i know you'd say i'm a spoiled brat with the luxury of hot water for my whole life but it's not about that. even my aunt went 'woohoooo' while she's in the shower. instant wake up call i tell you. the cold water here is nothing compared to that. nothing.

- the kids are really kids.

there's no internet connections or astro in nakhon. at least i think they don't. so the kids have to find their own entertainments. they'd be running around the house chasing after the dog or competing to see who's the fastest to climb up a pole or killing bugs and insects in the house. they're not the same with kids in the city. in kl, even an 8 year old has a facebook account. but these kids are really just kids, if you get my drift. they have all this innocence and passion. this their childhood. all this will become beautiful memories for them to look back upon. i kinda envy them.

- uncle onn's special pet.

1 of my aunt's brother, uncle onn/ohn/on (i never get the hang of thai names) owns a flying fox named han as a pet. still craving for hamsters as pet? pleaseeee lah. out of date dy. :p mum was terrified of it. she can't stand furry animals. don't know why though. han is kinda cute. it'd curl up into a ball and sleep on my hand. not sure it could fly though. looks more like a baby squirrel than a flying fox. but i've never seen a real flying fox. :p wished i could bring back a flying fox as a pet. mum would be FURIOUS.

i'm a dreamer

i had the weirdest dream last night. not just A dream, but 2 weird dreams. can't really remember what was it about already. but i remember telling myself that when i wake up i must blog about them. committed blogger yo!

so here i am blogging about the dreams that i've only pieces of what it was all about. this is called staying firm to my promises. even promises to myself. which is to blog about it. hahahah.

well i only remember 1 of my dreams. it was like this. in the dream my family was really poor. we were experiencing a financial crisis or some sort. and i was talking to my grandpa, asking him if our lives would turn for the better someday. he said something to comfort me that made me woke up crying, but i can't remember what he said. and then i fell back asleep.

they say dreams are direct opposites of what is to happen in reality. they say dreams are just our imagination. they say dreams are unreal.

i say dreams reflect what we want, need, hope and wish the most.


i miss you, grandpa.

a week of christmas

this is so overdue. everyone's doing their new year resolutions or recap of 2009 or some sort. and here i am posting about christmas. december has always been the craziest month of the bunch. too many things to do, too little time. albeit all the hassle for christmas, it always leaves me with the best memories. :D

1st stop: caroling!!

out of a sudden cmcckl decided to have a change this year. no more visiting 22 houses in 3 days like we did last year. it's 7 houses in 4 days this year. it was part of the church's plan to boost the attendees of parish groups.

everyone went to datuk tay's house the 1st night. and the remaining 3 days we were split into 2 groups. which means i only sang at 4 houses this year. 4 houses in 4 days. plus all the mad people weren't around to help bring the house down. rachel and peaypei were in australia. valerie and ben were in hongkong. the rest were just too old or busy for caroling. -.- kinda killed my christmas spirit to be honest.

despite it all, we still had a fun time forcing all the food down our throat and singing our hearts out (especially at the last house. last dy marr :P). i just hope next year's caroling will be back like usual. miss those times a lot.

2nd stop: christmas!!

church service was 10 am at chin woo stadium. dad was in charged of parking and mum had rehearsal. so we were there by 8.30am. sleepy sleepy.

valerie that woman wore a dress that day. hahahah. everyone was like 'WOWWWWWWW' and making a whole lot of unrecognizable noises when she walked in. centre of attention yo. ben asked me to wear all black for christmas. so sad right. like funeral only. i thought the stadium would be hot so i didn't. but the air cond was so cold. luckily there's ben, the heat generator. :P

as usual, camwhore camwhore and more camwhore. with dslr some more. woooooooooooot. but i can't seem to find those pictures anywhere. boon ho, upload!!!! :P the highlight of the day was definitely the carolers singing on stage. fun!! only at that moment i could really feel that 'this is christmas!'. kinda ironic isn't it. i could only feel christmas after the church service and caroling and everything.

didn't stay back for christmas luncheon this year. had family gathering over at my aunt's in puchong and another dinner gathering at my cousin's in taman tun later at night. the day before that, christmas eve, we went to dad's old classmates house for a reunion sorta thing. so it's eat eat eat and more eating. i swear i've gained extra weight through the festive. but you must agree with me, what is christmas without turkeys, cheese cakes, shephard pies, salads, carbonara and omg the list is endless. and to think of it chinese new year is only 2 months away = MORE eating!! hahaha. this is part of our chinese culture. so embrace it people.

got loads of presents this year. THANK YOU, LOVES~~

p/s: pictures credit to val and tim.

in peace

i saw this old man while taking the lrt today. somehow he reminds me of my grandfather who passed away last year. i sorta got teary eyed while looking at him. i remembered the times i had with my grandpa.

him sneaking me into his room to give me extra money for school.

him buying my favourite 'paper-wrapped chicken'.

him telling us stories of his younger days.

him listening to the hakka radio channel that i don't understand a word of.

him after the heart surgery.

him giving up smoking.

his smiley face when we go visit.

his funeral.

i wasn't there when he was admitted into the hospital. he didn't get to see him until his last breath. i'll always feel a pang of guilt when i think of that. learn to appreciate what you have. it might be too late later.

miss you, grandpa.

beautifully imperfect

watch this.

imperfect are what makes us perfect. :D

i-dunno-how-to-title-this-post.. -____-

it's my dear cousin carol's birthday today

so..

Happy Birthday dear

love ya loads~~~ ♥

we had an early celebration at her house yesterday

took some pictures

but am super lazy to post it right now

i might post it later

or

i might not post it at all

depends on my mood

and mind you

i've been on a mood swing lately

so the possibility of you seeing the pictures

are actually quite feeble

yes i'm evil

wakakaka..

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i'm having my T2 exam this week

you know, the one that's really hard

and the one that cost me RM300 just to sit for it

and obviously the one that i can't possibly fail

or i might get some serious kicking from my mum

as you can see i'm freaked out

you would be too if you were in my shoes

=.=

yeah let's par-tayyyyyy.. part2

it's a few days late i know

so posting now lor~~~

read on..

as i've mentioned there was a party at my house last sunday

not really a big one

but somehow it snowballed into a pretty big crowd

guess who's fault that was *wakakaka*

invited a few of my kc girlfriends over

it's been quite awhile since our last meet up

and i'm pretty sure we won't be gathering much now that we're all busy with college and stuff

so who was here

erm..

wanying, tingfang, zimei, zhijie, ah li

joyce last minute bailed out on me

said she got dinner *sobs*

you better make it up to me girl!! :P

oh ya.. i invited jun liang also

he stays like a few houses away from us

so sure must invite right

later he complain much much *wakakaka*

then jun liang,  zimei and wanying played blackjack

and when jun liang started winning all their money

they don't wanna play with him dy *haha*

then poor guy was so bored that he suggested that we ask chee hou to come over

then chee hou brought over a friend also, wei yang whom i don't know until that day

so now you know why my house was packed full =D

imagine the level of noise

scary man... *haha*

after dinner they continued playing blackjack again

jun liang said his main purpose of coming over was to win money

no life lar that guy

gamble gamble only *tsk tsk tsk*

wanying suggested watching horror movies

luckily i stopped her in time

got class the next day

don't wanna stay awake whole night thinking something's under my bed

not good for health okayyyyyyy

and yeah i'm such a coward when it comes to horror movies =P

after that jun liang left

said his dad was home alone so he must balik early

then chee hou and wei yang ciao-ed too

that 2 got a few more friends houses to go

so nice of them to drop by on last minute notice

thanks~~ =)

walked the 3 of them back to jun liang's house

cuz they parked the car just opposite

then they drove me down to my house

@______@

that 2 sesat fellas

made me walk up with them and then drove me down again

lame people~~ *wakakaka*

overall it was a good day

very happy to see my friends again

we MUST have a gathering every month

i don't want us to just drift apart like that

it's just really sad

so....

next month who's house?

*wakakaka*

we're all using sony ericsson except jun liang with his motorolla

 

smiles from the family~~ =)

we took pictures of our handphones

but forgotten to take a group picture of our real self

real sesat la wei..

XD

阿嫲

最近开始想念她
可能是因为清明节的关系吧
不知不觉她不在我们的身边 已经差不多2年了吧

好想她
她走了以后 新年不再热闹
亲戚朋友 都很少来拜访了
没有一个老人家在 拜年也嫌麻烦了吧
也没有人买肉干给我们吃
红包也少了一份
今年 我们连倒茶的仪式 也省掉了
一切都不一样了

你好吗
我真的相信你在上面看着我们
虽然老土
但我愿意相信

好想 好想你