Friday, January 28

Jaimie's 2nd Dance Performance

Jaimie is now doing Theatical Tots "B" dance lessons. There are only 2 students in this class and they were one of the 2 groups of students invited to perform at Suntec City for Chinese New Year on 28th Jan 2011.

Jaimie's favourite part of the "performance" -- face painting~~~~~~

Opening: Singing Chinese New Year songs with the other performers and teachers.

Jaimie and Leah ready to perform while teacher Jenny did a quick introduction of the girls.

All ready!! Music please!!



Ending pose.





The girls' performance, they only had 2 lessons of practice!!!

Thursday, January 27

Bento #157-#160

I have been making such simple and repetitive bentos that I feel no need to blog about them individually. So I am making a group entry for these bentos. :D


Bento #157 Egg and ham and cheese sandwich with 4 types of fruits!


Bento #158 Ham and cheese sandwich. Need to cut away the edges so that the sandwich can fit nicely into the sandwich box. Otherwise, you get squashed sandwich, as seen in picture!


Bento #159. Mushroom and chicken wrap again. This time, it's oyster sauce marinated chicken stripes fried with loads of onion. Much better than terriyaki chicken!


Bento #160: Spirals fried in Campbell mushroom soup, with added fresh shiitake mushroom and broccoli. I decided to add some apple cubes to see how it goes. Hmmm.. no value added.

Sunday, January 23

岁月的感动--滚石30演唱会











那是一个只有收音机和电视机的年代。

青涩的我,守候在收音机前,等待那首让我对爱情有无比憧憬的歌曲播出。在计算主持人 (是的,当时他们不叫DJ)讲完那句话的最后一个字时,紧紧张张地按下录音的键。如果自己录了几十次都录不到完整的版本,就会问有没有同学录到了,或,买了(那是多么了不起啊!)那张专辑,能不能借来翻录。因为没有歌词,所以一遍又一遍地按"'play"和"rewind",一句一句地听,一句一句地写。原来,这些歌词都写到了我的心板上。

年少的我,终于上了初院,终于有了比较多的零用钱和自由。我常常放学后在回家的路上都在唱片商店里流连,一张一张唱片地看。口袋里的钱,存了几个星期,只够买一张唱片。内心盘算了又盘算,撕裂了再撕裂,终于在鱼与熊掌之间做了取舍。书包里放着的不只是一张唱片,那还是一股满足,一份期待,一个快乐!回到家,迫不及待地专心聆听每一首歌每一句词。一遍又一遍地听着省吃俭用换回来的专辑。上学,空节,下课,复习,睡前,深夜备考...统统离不开这些精神支柱。少年多愁,总是有一首又一首的歌把自己的心情娓娓道来。思念的,失恋的,期待的,美好的,苦涩的,甜蜜的。原来,这些歌曲都说到了我的心坎里。

现在,在偶尔有机会听收音机的时候,都觉得歌曲只是在我的耳边飘过。你甚至可以用“充耳不闻”来形容。我实在没有办法记得一首又一首不熟悉的歌曲。是不是见识广了,思想成熟了,反而不太容易被触动?我们已经没有时间精力心情去伤春悲秋,我们习惯了分秒必争地为柴米油盐奋斗。

昨天在《快乐天堂.滚石30》演唱会上,一首一首熟悉的歌曲接踵而来,我尘封已久的年少日记,快速地一页一页翻开。我跟着旋律,很大声很大声地尽情唱着。沉睡已久的情绪,全都苏醒了过来,在我胸口炸开,绽开,掰开!我觉得好快乐好快乐好快乐!我忍不住掏出手机发了一则简讯给SW,告诉坐在我后边的她,我。好。快。乐!

这时,我才猛然想起,这次的演唱会的主题,不就是《快乐天堂》吗?天啊!太奇妙了!我完全忘记了演唱会的主题,可是却赫然发现我的的确确处在快乐的天堂!

大家都说好喜欢好喜欢这个演唱会。是舞台设计,灯光音响,布景道具,歌手舞者...的缘故吗?我想,应该不是。有朋友问我,这场演唱会是不是像mass karaoke。我也觉得不是。我觉得那是与一群很亲密的老朋友侃侃而谈,诉说着只有我们两个人共同拥有的回忆。言谈间,我们大笑当年的愚蠢,一同沉浸在某个心情的回忆中,聊到伤心处,却能够淡然地微微一笑。

这场演唱会是一场个人电影。你的年轻岁月在你的脑海中展开,展开,展开。你的心灵随着每一个熟悉的音符感动,感动,感动。快乐的天堂,其实就在我们的心里啊!

Saturday, January 22

从学生的词语搭配窥探学生的内心世界

设计了一份作业,让学生学习词语的搭配。有些学生的词语搭配,让人深思。

帮忙坚持家用
赚钱也是一种幸福(好多学生这样搭配!)
英俊也是一种幸福
赚钱潇洒
角色潇洒
骄人的脾气
骄人的英俊
补贴自己的事业
发挥暴躁
坚持自己的才华
坚持自己的事业
成绩赚钱
坚持赚钱
发挥赚钱

我不是在嘲笑他们,也不是在揶揄他们的语文程度。而是,这些句子,真的有一定的现实意义啊~

Wednesday, January 19

Bento #156

Oil free healthy chicken wrap for today's bento!

(1) Blanch the broccoli. Cut the fresh shiitake mushrooms and marinate it together with the chicken breast stripe with terriyaki sauce (do it the night so that you can sleep for 30mins more the next morning) . Pan fry the chicken and the mushrooms. Set aside.

(2) While the pan frying is going on, use the time to dice the tomatoes and cut some Japanese cucumber into long stripes.

(3) When everything is ready, microwave the wraps. 10sec/ piece.


(4) Put the baby butterhead and the other ingredients prepared earlier onto the wrap. I microwaved the remaining terriyaki sauce from the marinating, dipped the chicken into the sauce before putting it to the wrap.


(5) Wrap it in foil. Got this really cute aluminium foil from Daiso some time back.


(6) Put in your greens and fruits into the bento box. It is recommended that the wrap not to be exposed to air after you have micowaved it. Hence, an air tight box should do the trick.
I put mine in a hello kitty none air tight box and it's still ok when I ate it for lunch. Clement's bentos are always in this plain, lock-and-lock box because he is still refusing to use my super cute bento boxes. Aiyah...

Tuesday, January 18

Bento #155


Pooh shaped nutella bread. Ultra simple.

Monday, January 17

Bento #154

Something mushy to dispel the Monday Blues...heeheehee~

Sunday, January 16

安娣当自强


继昨天那午餐盒之后,安娣我再接再厉,为了这个"Zen"碗而买了两条黑人牙膏。

Saturday, January 15

油腔滑调

因为媛妈我为了一个赠品而买了面包,媛媛今天的茶点,就吃面包夹肉干。媛媛吃得津津有味,但是却吃不完。我自己已经吃了3片肉干夹面包,自觉罪孽深重,于是拒绝吃她的“厨余”,叫她叫媛爸吃。

媛:Papa!! I have a surprise for you!!!!

媛爸:是什么?

媛:是面包夹肉干,很好吃的!

媛爸:为什么你不吃?

媛:因为我吃饱了。我的肚子圆圆的。

媛爸:Yeeee....为什么你把吃剩的才给我。

媛:因为我爱爸爸嘛。所以我给你吃。

这样的女儿,不去当律师也可以去当外交官。

安娣本色

我家缺便当盒吗?

不缺。而且多到快爆炸。

我家周末吃面包吗?

不吃。但是昨天晚上买了肉干,比较难说~

这个盒子美吗?

还好。极其普通。

但是,我就是不能抗拒这样的赠品。买一粒价值$2.25的Gardenia面包,就附送一个盒子。身为安娣的我,怎么可能不抢购?

回家一看,哇,这个盒子还可以微波,可以放进洗碗机(我家并没有洗碗机),可以放进冷冻柜。安娣我沾沾自喜,觉得物超所值,简直就是持家有道的一个贤妻良母。

各位同仁,存货有限,欲购从速。

A Breakthrough in Running Duration



My resolution for 2011 is to run a half marathon in August/ September. Hence I need to step up on my running distance and duration.
My best friend, HappyPig, made me sign up for the 12km 2UX Compression Run in April. This is a good opportunity for me to gradually increase in my running distance so that I will be able to cover 21km in 6mths' time.
I dragged Clement out of bed this morning to run with me. I kept increasing the distance until he got upset. Hahaha~~ I can understand. You aim to run so much but somebody kept pushing the finishing line further. It can be really frustrating. In the end, we ran a total time of 1hr 30mins.
For a finisher of 21km like Clement, this is nothing much to record about. However, this is the first time I ran for such a long time. Worth documenting my good progress. :)

Wednesday, January 12

Bento #153


More simple bentos for the week--hotdog. Seriously, I do not know how people stuff a sausage into the bun so nicely. Mine always end up in a mess because I had to use force to push the sausage between the slit.

Tuesday, January 11

Bento #152


The hotdog bun was initially stuffed with sliced strawberries only but I thought it might be too blend so I stuffed a slice of cheese inside. According to the guinea pig, he said it tasted great!!

Monday, January 10

两种人

中国人有句谚语:一种米养百种人。同一个星期内,我遇到两种不同的邻居。

那天在停车场,明明就是对方把车子停到压线,那一家人还恶声恶气地指责我们没有把车子“停靠边一点”,方便他们上车。然后,又说怎么我们没自动自发地让他们先把车子开出来,我们才停进去。问题是:我们根本就不知道他们就是隔壁车子的车主,他们也没有好好说话,礼貌要求我们把车子开出来,让他们一家人进去后才停车。车子的轮胎明明就是压着白线,他们却说“哪里有!!”,然后说是我们停得太靠近他们了!他们一开口,就是一副恶霸的姿态,好像地球活该围绕着他们转。

这些人,恶人先告状。这些人,自以为高人一等。这些人,睁着眼睛说瞎话。这些人,丑陋之极。呸!一言以蔽之,这些人是人渣。

今天,和好友吃了晚餐,搭地铁回家时下着大雨。我站在路旁,头顶上有地铁轨道稍微可以遮雨,准备转绿灯时才跑过斑马线再跑过马路。突然,我右方有一位大姐把自己的雨伞遮到我的头上,问我是不是要过马路。我说是,她就说:“一起吧!”

那是一支小雨伞。大姐把伞都遮我,自己却被雨淋湿了!我把伞推向她多一点,她却亲切地轻轻搂着我的肩膀,与我同步走。

老实说,当她的手搭在我的肩膀的时候,我还有点不自在。但是,我很快就感觉到她完全没有恶意。原来,她就住在我隔壁座。今天的天气听说是24度。在这秋意浓浓的夜晚,我感受到了人情的温暖。

这些人,助人为乐。这些人,宁可自己淋湿也不让别人感冒。这些人,把温情散播在人间。这些人,善良之极。感恩!一言以蔽之,这些人,是天使。

天使,天使,谢谢你把雨伞遮过来,让我知道你们是存在的。谢谢你让我继续相信人间的美好,让我愿意继续把温暖传递出去。

Bento #151

I said I would be taking a break from bento making because of my hectic work schedule.

However, Clement's meal replacement for breakfast didn't seem to do him much good. We suspect it might be one of the reasons for Clement's first gastric attack last week. I told him to stay off the protein shake for a while and hence here I am again, waking up earlier to make breakfast bento for him.

I am trying to strike a balance between rest and food. So I'm giving up on the cutie stuff and make very simple breakfast for my hubby.

Sunday, January 9

心猿意马

原本坐在电脑前玩数独的我,手痒痒地开启了另外一个窗户,看看台东花莲等地方的旅游资料。然后,我离开电脑到我的书橱前翻出了我的台湾旅游书籍,十分投入地细读。我的脑袋里竟然出现了一个旅游的路线大纲。我合上了书,兴奋得睡不着,想象下一次的出走会是多么的精彩!

才从台湾回来不到一个月,我就开始心猿意马了。

心猿意马的不只是我。

两天前,老公从公事包掏出一本厚厚的台湾自助旅游书,说:“买给你的,给你策划下一次去台湾。”

啊~~~~~~~

几时几时几时,我们再一次的逃亡?

Wednesday, January 5

Family Portriats Taken in Taiwan