Happy New Year

Looking at 2009 calendar, I wonder what I have done this year. Do all my resolutions set last New Year come true? Do I happy with what I have achieved so far? What have I learnt so far?

Looking back, certainly, there were something I gained and lost at the same time. I am proud to make my study dream come true in oversea. I treasured the experience spent in Sydney and I am blessed to get to know a few good friends there.

On the other hand, of course, I lost my few years savings into study =( but I keep telling myself ….IT’s AN INVESTMENT FOR MY OWN GOOD SAKE! And this is quite powerful to comfort myself though I am still broke =D. As the old saying goes, no pain no gain. Besides, I missed many festive celebrations with family especially Chinese New Year and I am gonna miss it again in 2010 =( Definitely, I gotta start my new career from all over again.

I came through hardship too after my graduation. I struggled hard in job hunting and making critical decisions for my future. I gave up certain things reluctantly and unwillingly. However, with supports and loves from family and friends, I managed to come to grips with the grief of losing.

A sailor won’t be skillful without storms and thunders. I believe I have learnt to be more appreciative and I am still learning to accept and let go. May the year 2010 brings my family, my friends and myself health, wealth and happiness. Happy New Year!

I beg your pardon?

English is considered our second language in Malaysia. Some people can learn it fast and manage to speak it fluently and in comfortable way. On the other hand, some can still struggle after so many years of English lessons or exposure to English-speaking environment. I think I belong to the latter one. I freak when the person speaks very fast English as in no full-stop in between sentences. I stutter that I can’t think of a suitable vocabulary in my sentence at times. Hence, I can’t express well in English to this type of person. However, magically and without realizing it, I speak in such a smooth and confident way to some people whom I feel comfortable to talk to.

When I was in Australia, I had problem to catch their slang and words. Most of the time, I would say, “Pardon?” or “Sorry?” Sometimes, I was so shy to say too many times of sorry or pardons. In order to polish my listening to their English, I started to listen to radio or watch their TV programmes. Funny thing is I found it easier to catch their words in radio or TV but in reality, I still faced the same difficulty at times. I guess I need years to get used to their slang.

Back in Singapore, I noticed some speak very fast English like a shooting gun, as if they are rushing for reincarnation, especially those who call to promote credit card or any bank services. The other day, I had phone interview with a visa agent. He spoke like a bullet train – fast and non-stop. I had to stick my ears very close to the phone and pay full attention to him while my heart was beating as fast as his speed. I wonder what is the point then for this kind of communication. Showing off his fluency of English? Or perhaps he had been repeating the same things for too many times till he didn’t realize he was actually chanting but not talking?! Or is it really my problem in listening? Well, I just knew he would definitely get even more frustrated if my response was “Pardon?” in the end of his long speech! What for?!

Though I agree that my English is still far ahead to get improved, getting clear and understandable messages conveyed to the other party is yet as important as learning the language in a communication or conversation. As the old saying goes, never afraid of growing slowly but be afraid of standing still. So I say, never afraid of speaking slowly but be afraid of people asking “Pardon” many times in the end of your conversation.

Rememberance

Perhaps for many people, today is just another usual day. But it seems to be something more than that for me. Some sweet memories occupy my mind while some sad feelings aching my heart. No matter what had happened, I sincerely wish “you” Happy Birthday and hope you are doing well and staying healthy all the time.

Never give up

I have failed a few cakes since my last successful muffin. I wonder why all came out the same results. Wet inside, burnt outside.

My sister gave it a name called volcano cake!! @_@

Yesterday when my family was having dinner, I told them I am gonna bake another cake. Everyone suddenly stopped eating and looked at me, rolling their eyes, " Again????" My sister said, "No more baking please!"

Well, I know they are sick with my ugly and tasteless cakes and poor thing is they were my victims to help me finish the cake. I know I know, but do I really have to give up just because of the failures before? NO WAY! I am gonna try it again. This time round, I made cookies. I found the easiest way and the simplest ingredients I could get to make the very basic cookies --- Oat and Chocolate cookies!

I followed the recipe carefully. Step by step. Measured accordingly and added in the ingredients one by one. Waiting and looking anxiously at my cookies in the oven, keeping my finger crossed, I prayed hard for them. 15 minutes had gone, deng deng deng deng deng.....here were my cookies.....
Oh yeah, not bad huh... I gave the maid privilege to try my very first cookies. "Nice!" she said. Wow...this word has long been disappearing in my baking dictionary and now it is back! LOL~ I was happy and hope this was gonna boost my family's confidence on my baking skill. After all, I am not totally a baking idiot, okay?! As the old saying goes, failure is the mother of success. Never give up and keep on practicing. I will be a good baker, I believe.

Marina Barrage

Last weekend, I went to Marina Barrage with cousin and cousin in law. Initially, I thought it was just normal photoshooting and casual visiting but for them, it seemed to be something big and serious with all the necessary tools and accessories.

Looking at me from head to toe, my cousin decided to give more touch up on my "indistinct" make up before we departed to the barrage.

It was a sunny day but they seemed enjoying much being photographer and model, busy posing and photoshooting for each other. Meanwhile, I enjoyed my self-phototaking =)

I found it awkward when it came to my turn posing in front of his camera. Perhaps I lack of the confidence that I am shorter and uglier than my cousin. LOL~

Walking up the slope, we came to a big field, with the crowd flying kites and having picnic. Standing on the field, we admired much the grandeur of the city, with the Singapore flyer standing arrogantly far out there.

We had a three person photoshooting, lying on the grass with our hand crossed over each other. Once lying on the grass, I felt diffucult to get up, as it was too comfortable and relaxing looking up the sky decorated with all kinds of pattern and colourful kites- jellyfish, hello kitty, little bee etc.

People always say Singapore is a boring place with no elsewhere to go. I say it is not at all. Singapore might not be a great place for adventurous activities but it has many nice parks here. After all, the place doesn't play a key role here but it is the quality time spent with family or friends that matters. Whatever and wherever you do, enjoy the moment. See, what a good day, chilling out at Marina Barrage!

New hobby

I think I have fallen in love with baking. Last weekend, I made walnut cake. Today, I made muffin! This was my first time baking muffin. I was quite worried at the beginning while beating the butter and egg as it didn't look "normal" for me. However, it turned out to be okay after I added in flour and milk. Look, this is the result which I am quite satisfied with. They might not look appealing but taste good!

Yeah, muffin mission successful!

This is it

This is it

The new pathway I am heading to
The new destination I am flying to
The new enviroment I am looking forward

This is it

A starting point of new career

A heading point of new future

A beginning point of new challenge

This is it

Be it bad or good

I wish for courage to sail through it

I wish for determination to live it to the fullest

启发

上周末忙碌的日子已过，我仿佛又回到了“宅女”的生活。前阵子的空虚感又再次悄悄地在我心底作祟，没用的自卑感又再次重重地打击我的信心，头脑装满的都是负面的思想，“没用的我怎么到现在还没找到工，没用的我什么时候才能重新大展拳脚，没用的我怎么那么不争气啊！”

即使家人朋友给了我很多鼓励及支持，我深深明白我有时候还是输给了自己，输的是没勇气接受现况的我，输的是怕被别人瞧不起的我。我需要的是自己能帮自己开窍的方法。最终我选择阅读。

近来读了一些心理学的书，大多数是游乾桂的著作。其中一本叫做“别和自己过不去”。里头有好几则短文我还蛮喜欢的，不但很有启发性，而且还渐渐地把我从负面思想拉出来，在此想和大家分享：

活着就好
我有一个梦，一个非常简单的梦，它叫--活着就好。当你年薪超过两百万，身体只值一块钱时，你会陷入这样的迷思之中--要命还是要钱。赚得全世界，赔上一条命，这样的生意划不划得来，你比我清楚。于是，活着就好，起码代表钱是有用的；死了，什么都别说。（还好，我还活着，虽然我没钱！）

以童为师
心理学家研究发现，孩子生气只有三秒钟，大人生气长达一个月，甚至更长，一辈子死对头的大人大有人在。因为孩子的心理是简单的。大人的心灵很复杂。孩子说一是一，大人说一是十；孩子举一反三，大人举一反零；小孩不计前嫌，大人斤斤计较；小孩烦恼走了，大人痛苦仍在；小孩找不着仇人，大人仇人满街；你是孩子的父母，孩子却是你的心理医生。（感恩我家哥哥的小孩，他们确实是我的快乐泉源！）

生命形式
每种生命都有它不凡的价值。生下来一无所有的人，正代表人有无限可能。生命不能不获得某种形式，却又难以避免的陷入它的形式里。比如，作家，它是一种身份，一种职业，也是一种限制，[无]在那一刻成了[有]，无限也就变成了有限。生命的固定化形同[作繭自缚]。我的生命[虚无]，但却[实有]。无气，有乐。无怨，有悦。无钱，有闲。（我就是那个无钱，有闲的人啦！）

坚持自我
什么最难？坚持自我最难。什么最简单？坚持自我最简单。美国思想家爱默生也这样说过，顺着世俗的方式生活，很容易，依照自己的想法过生活，也很容易；最难的是，在世俗的环境里，过自己的生活。坚持，往往需要一点点[勇气]。（是的，我很需要这份勇气！）

短文摘自于游乾桂的《别和自己过不去》

Reunion

I felt good meeting old friends again at hometown. Without them, I wouldn't get free accomodation. Without them, I wouldn't easily get moved around the city. Without them, I wouldn't be able to secure a ticket back to Singapore. Thanks a lot, buddies!

I am always proud as a Malaccan. A recognised world heritage and historical state. A place where I grew up. A place where I had lots of sweet memories with family and friends. A place where I can eat all I can!

Nyonya laksa, one of my die-die must eat food when I am back. A year ago, I still managed to get a table inside the restaurant. After a year, I saw a very long Q till the road outside. I saw traffic jam around Jonker Street. You can imagine how fast the tourist industry has boomed in Malacca.

Satay celup! I love it so much! Counting properly, I have not had it for ages! Somebody reminded me that it is actually not hygienic with the gravy used repeatedly. Well, who cares?! The one I went was located at Ong Kim Wee road. There are 3-4 shops and all were full house! See, tasty food is always irresistible!

One trip home reunites and rekindles our friendship. One trip home brings us back to old days. One trip home brings us laughters and happiness!

Happy Birthday, Ah Ko!

Every day is a new beginning....
But today, is special.....
It is my dearest elder brother's birthday!
Happy Birthday, Ah Ko!
Wishing you a day busting with happiness and sparkling with joys!


We had one-week-in-advanced birthday celebration for him in Penang. Instead of buying a big creamy fancy birthday cake, we bought six different flavour of doughnuts with our own creative decorations on top for him.

Is he still alived?

Is he still alived? Look properly. Yes, this is fat version of Michael Jackson! A tribute for MJ at Changi airport. I paid more attention to his two dancer instead. I couldn't stop laughing looking at them. The way they danced and their expressions were very amusing.

Coffee or tea

I am not a coffee or tea person. I like coffee but I can't take it. Firstly, I have gastritis. Secondly, my heart beats very fast and my stomach starts to bloat after drinking coffee. Still, sometimes I can't resist its fragrance. I used to have biscuit (especially the old brand, 888 biscuit) dipping with Kopi-C when I was young. I loved it so much! I don't drink tea as well until recently, I start loving it especially my aunt's or my sis's home made Teh-C.

Last week, I had afternoon tea time with my sister and elder brother at a newly-opened cafe. "You will hardly find in other place for this kind of coffee!" the first thing my brother strongly recommended when we arrived in Penang. Sister and I wondered how fantastic could it be until we tried the coffee...wow...lovely! Ok well, frankly, I don't really know how to drink coffee. For me, most coffee taste the same. However, I still could taste it much bitter and smell stronger than other coffee.

It is kind of modified coffee maker to boil coffee. The process was similar to boiling the water in beaker on the Bunsen burner in the lab. The owner of the cafe showed us how to correctly make a nice coffee. For me, it is quite a tedious job. No wonder, slow work yields fine products.

Our intention was to try the coffee called Kopi Luwak. It was said that this coffee made from coffee berries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and other related civets. The civets eat the berries, but the beans inside pass through their system undigested. This process takes place on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesia Archipelago, in the Philipines (where the product is called Motit Coffee in the Cordillera, or Kape Alamid in Tagalogs areas) and in East Timor (locally called kafé-laku). It is sold around RM20. Can you imagine? We were drinking coffee that come from animal's faeces yet it was so expensive! However, we had no luck to try this coffee. Instead, we had Kalosi Jantan coffee which was very nice too.
We tried the nasi lemak and santan dessert in that coffee shop too. One word, GOOD! You should try the coffee and food there if you happen to go Penang: Coffee Lane, 10-B King Street Georgetown 10200 Penang.

Well, after coffee, sister and I had late afternoon tea break again after shopping at a nice tea house called Winter Warmer at Gurney Plaza. I like their English-style decoration and it was very cozy and soothing sitting inside, sipping a cup of tea. What a relaxed and wonderful "tai tai" life....haha!

接受

我在学习接受，接受近来的不如意，接受难熬的等待，接受事实。人家说成功不会从天上掉下来，逆境常在左右，这就是生活考验。我要学习逆风飞舞，但愿越飞越顺风！

跌倒了，爬起来！

失败了，不灰心，再来一次！

失恋， 有什么大不了！

失业，有什么可怕！

逆境，不怕不怕！我一定会过关！

Die-die must eat

I have always wanted to try the authentic Sarawak laksa since my first taste home-cooked Sarawak laksa by Susana in Sydney. I told myself, die-die must have it during my trip to Kuching.

First day, I arrived late in the afternoon, so I couldn't make it. Second day, I sneaked out from Susana's wedding events after church to grab the only time I could, hanging around the city and looking for any famous local food.

From left: Me, Sheau Sia, Tze Ling, Yee Pui
It was so nice of them to accompany me go jalan jalan, especially Tze Ling, carried her big tummy, walking with me under the hot weather. Anyway, walking is good for pregnant woman, easier delivery =p

It is all about CATS!!! Yeah, that is why Kuching = Cat City! Miao~ Too bad that I didn't have time to visit the only CAT MUSEUM there.

Guess what, that was the lemon+lime+coconut juice! Trust me, it taste good and cooling. Right top: Belancan Meehoon. I only had a few bites because I couldn't stand the tangy smell of belancan. Tze Ling ended up helped me to finish it. Haha...not bad to bring pregnant woman along because they usually crave for strong flavoured food. *I am bad =p* Right bottom: Kong Piah with cha siu (roasted pork) inside and some sasame sprinkled on top. Very cripsy and smell good.

Still, I did not manage to eat laksa because all laksa had already been sold out after morning =(

At night, after the wedding dinner, Susana and her hubby brought us to kopitiam for supper. I thought this time round I should be able to taste the laksa. But there was no laksa sold at night=(

Left top: Kolo mee. I love it much. The texture of the noodle was just nice, not too soggy and not too elastic. There are two types of flavor, red (with ketchup) and white (plain). I prefer red one because it smells better. Right top: Ketchup kuay tiao. It taste almost the same as wa-tan-ho but with sour taste from ketchup. Bottom: o-chian (fried oyster with egg). I like it but couldn't eat too much, it's fattening!!

Third day, everyone woke up early for breakfast (mainly for laksa) except me *paiseh*. I just couldn't open my eyes. I was extremely sleepy and exhausted. So, I missed the laksa again =(

I slept till 11am. I went for brunch with Susana's brother. But ALL laksa had already been sold out. So I had Kolo mee again. Afternoon, Sheau Sia came to fetch me. Thought we could still be able to grab the only laksa at the Spring (the biggest shopping mall in Kuching), who knows, the stall was closed (all stalls opened except that laksa stall, arrhhhhh)!! Laksa, laksa, it is destined I cannot have you! Sob sob ='(

In the end, I only had the laksa paste brought home. Sigh.....

Do we look alike?

Do you think we look alike? I heard about her from Susana long time ago until I met her last week at Susana's wedding dinner.

OMG, I myself have to admit that we do resemble each other at certain angles, especially the upper part of our face features! Don't you think so? She is same age with me but few more months older than me. We might be the missing sisters for years! LOL~

Long time ago, someone told me that there are 7 person in the world who might be resembling you and I got my first one =D

Susana's wedding

After 9+ years of long term relationship, they finally tied the knot last Monday! It is indeed not easy to maintain a relationship but they made it. Looking enviously at Susana wearing on the white gown and walking down the aisle in the church, I felt happy for her too. It was a touching moment when the bride was passed over from father to the bridegroom. It heralds another stage they will be going through together for the rest of their life.

I have not been to a wedding or being "sister" in a wedding for long time. The moment that I enjoyed the most in a wedding was how sisters playing tricks on bridegroom and brothers ;-p It made everyone on the spot laughed heartily and feeled good.


Something special about her wedding was the welcoming session at the wedding dinner.

" ......I love you....无法不爱你，babe..." the solid voice suddenly came from stage, the bridegroom was singing that seemed to surprise everyone. At the same time, the bride with red elegant gown walked in the hall and sang together at the chorus part. This was my first time to hear Susana singing! Big applause to her! He looked nervous on stage but she looked so calm and steady! Overall, it was quite a successful and well-planned wedding.

After her wedding, we had another birthday celebration for her pretty friend, Soo Li. Though it was just a three-day trip, I enjoyed it much as I got to know her friends and family.

I sincerely wish her a blissful marriage and I believe she will have her own happy family soon.

Graduation

Yesterday was my second time of graduation in life. Though it was just a small ceremony at Marriot Hotel, I still felt excited for it as I knew this would be the last to wear on academic gown.
It was very different in terms of environment and ambience as compare to my first convocation in UKM. This time, I was the only one from my course to have graduation in Singapore. For me, it seemed a little bit of “one man show”, I am not sure how to describe it but it was definitely different to have a group of coursemates celebrating together. Luckily I met two friends there and so coincident, one just sat beside me.

Instead of saying one man show, I should be blessed that I have my family to support me. It seemed like each of them played an important role in a supporting team to me! My elder brother became my assistant cum video-cameraman. He accompanied me to the hotel first, carried things for me and helped me to put on gown. My sister, my make up advisor; the makeup tools, clothes, accessories and even the heels are all sponsored by her. My second brother, the driver; he took one day off for both my elder brother and me as our driver. My sis-in-law, general assistant cum operator; to look after any matters at home. My little rascal nephew and baby niece, entertainer cum supporter; my nephew was even more excited than me, he ran here and there to really “entertain” us (phew, tough job to chase after him) and my little baby niece, lying down in the pram, once in a while, show her sweet smile. My cousin, the part time camera girl and supporter; bought me 3 big polyester cartoon flowers (yeah, she said it will last longer and it is washable =s). See, how lucky I am to have such a lovely family! Oh gosh, I love you all!!!


The ceremony was held in a small ballroom with 75 graduates and it was only last for 45 minutes. “Graduate Choo San, Yeow, specialize in Molecular Biotechnology.” Gosh, the moment my name was called, I suddenly felt so proud of myself. Oh yes, I made it, one of my dreams in life! Opps, no no no….that’s not dream anymore, I have made it real!


The feeling was good with my certificates on hands but I deeply know that the journey has just started. There is still a long way ahead, waiting for me to venture and pave my career pathway. Gambate, Susan!

Rascal at home

With him at home, the house is full of laughter and also becomes so much noisier than ever before. At times, he is adorable that makes you feel like kissing him all the time. At times, he can be very naughty that seems to test your patience.


He is a happy and lively child that has full of energy! I reckon he would be an outstanding athlete in future because he runs all the time like Forrest Gump! If not running, you’ll see him jumping or climbing up and down or crawling over the sofa as if he just can’t stop moving for single minute.


He loves dancing and singing. Whenever the music is on, he’ll start moving his body and dance with the rhythms. And so, I called him- Happy Feet. When he is in good mood, he will sing a song for you. “Twinkle twinkle little STAR, how I wonder what you ARE….” It is always the last word with clearer and louder pronunciation. Haha!


He is also very talkative. He used to carry his chair, put in front of you, slowly climb up the chair, and start giving “speech” in his language. He has got full of expressions and gestures when talking. He likes to make his eyebrows up and down (just like what the kids do in the Cadbury chocolate advertisement) and gets you a funny and cheeky look!


He loves book very much. Like a professor, he always clips and carries his favorites book under his armpit, wherever he goes and whatever he does. See, even when he is sleeping!



He also likes listening to story, even the same story has been repeated for many donkey times every day! No joke, he can remember and pronounce sharply and clearly of every last word of the sentence of the story!


He loves going out. The only quiet moment is when he’s sitting on his VIP seat in the car because he’ll be busy looking out the window, enjoying and exploring his wondering moments. Once in a while, he would point to the trees or cars outside and shout out loudly, “Trees!” “Cars!”

He, is my naughty yet lovely nephew.

Oh my dear dear nephew, I suddenly feel like singing the song.....

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are grey

You never know dear, how much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine away!!!

Single and available

Nowadays, I face two kind of situations when asking a friend out.

Scenario I

Me: Hey friend, how are you doing? Long time no see. Shall we meet up someday?

A: Oh Hi, I'm fine. *Ignoring the last question*

Me: Are you free this weekend? Or any day that suite your time?

A: Ermmm....Hey I'm sorry, I need to balik kampung with my hubby to see my baby this coming week. Next week, I need to bring my baby to see doctor.....bla bla bla..... Next time la. Oh, I gotta go. Bye..... *leaving in rush*

Me: ..............

Since then, I hardly hear from her again and not even mention about the outing =(


Scenario II

Me: Hi friend, how are you? Long time no see.

B: Hi Susan! Nice to see you online. We should catch up someday.

Me: Oh sure. When and where? This weekend?

B: Great! Bla bla bla....*happily suggesting a place to meet up*

Since then, we have outing very often.

Sorry, no offence by the dialogue above. My key point here is the older I grow, friends that I can go out with are getting lesser and lesser. At my age, most of the friends have got married or attached. Married one, busy with their marriage or family life. Attached one, weekday busy working and weekend busy dating with boy boy or girl girl. So the only friends who usually can accompany me full time are same status with me -- single and available =(

Happy single life anyway =)

Jobless

It has been a while for leaving this session unattended since I was back in Singapore.

In the beginning, I felt happy and sweet to be home. I felt ambitious to get better job and so, I have high expectation and demands on myself. However, things didn’t seem to turn out the way I wanted to be.

After one month of job hunting, I told myself, just be patient. Two months gone, I start to feel anxious. What happen to all my applications? Am I over-confident? Am I too picky? Is there something wrong with my resume or cover letter? Probably I lack of experience in the job I want.

The longer joblessness lasts, the greater the emotional toll it takes on me. Desperation, depression, anxiety and frustration slowly come to me. I feel a sense of humiliation and my self-esteem starts to take a hit.

Praying hard for better weeks to come……

Oh Susana

I saw this when I was on my Tasmania trip. Susana, that was purposely snapped down for you...haha!

I suddenly heard a song, ~Oh, Susanna,Oh don't you cry for me....~~

Someone crossed my mind at this moment. My housemate, Susana! Talking about her, the very first thing come to my mind is her smile =) She has a very sweet smile (even my aunt also said so) and that is why I always call her ~sweetie~. Well, I think she is not only sweetie, but also jokie (she likes to joke), auntie (whe she was with me, lol~), smartie (she is always smart for me), "walkie-talkie" (haha, she always has topic to talk about), my breakfast kaki....etc.

At home in Australia, she was the one who I talked the most with, who I share the most with and who I enjoyed doing things with the most. We had breakfast every morning together, we went to Paddy market together every weekend, and after Paddy, we would try different restaurants near Chinatown. We talked non-stop, whatever topics eg food, friends, gossips, jokes etc.

Although just half a year to know her, we seem to be very close like old friends. There were many things that we did together and instead of saying she always scared to be alone, I would say she was the one who kicked off my loneliness.

Thanks to her that brought me her DIY bouquet of flowers on my graduation photographing session. Thank you, my friend!

Thank you

One week in Melbourne staying in my aunt’s house, I had my time mostly spent in the little and warm house, walked around the neighbourhood and the park nearby and visited my other aunt nearby. Though it was not what I really wanted to be initially (I thought I would have time to hang around city area and perhaps some tourist spots in Melbourne), I think I really appreciate my aunt for taking good care of me. Because of serious and uncontrollable condition of swine flu in Melbourne, she was very worried about me getting sick and kept asking me to take supplement to boost my immune system.

It was so thoughtful of her to prepare so many sweaters and pyjamas for me, worrying that I might catch cold. Sweet~

But the dressing gown might be too big for my size =p

She got everything ready for me including sweaters, healthy food and fruits etc. She made sure I have healthy meals every day. Guess what, I have six meals a day. Breakfast would be oat porridge with nuts and fruits in it and a slice of bread. Lunch and dinner would be rice, one veggie and one meat. Yogurt was served in between breakfast and lunch. Tea break served with tea and bun in between lunch and dinner. See, how can I not get fatter here? In just a week, I have already gained 2 kg!!!!

It was too relax and comfortable to stay at aunt's house.

Every time when we were back from outside, she would never forget to ask me to wash my hands and nose. She said virus is everywhere outside. It is better to take precautions rather than sorry later on.

Worrying that I might get bored staying at home for the whole week, she reluctantly agreed to bring me to city on Sunday. I really appreciate her efforts to find the ways to some nice places in city while at the same time kept asking me if I was too tired. She brought me to a nice restaurant for buffet just to make sure I had enough to eat. I guess that was more than enough! Haha!

Awsome dessert in New Quay Buffet restaurant at Dockland, Melboune.

I felt bad that I still kept complaining to my family and friend that I was like a prisoner being quarantined at home, yet I was actually so well taken care by my aunt. It was very thoughtful of her. I felt so guilty now when I looked at my aunt busy in the kitchen preparing meal for me and washed all the dishes for me just worried I might dirty myself again after shower. I know I should not complain but to appreciate what she had done for me. I should be more understanding to her for being alone most of the time at home and need someone to talk to.

I just want to say, Thank you, aunt! I really appreciate it!