Friday, July 31, 2009

Guidance

I still remember about four years ago when I held my grandfather's hand. He was in the sickbed.

Although he couldn't talk much that time, but he caressed my hand softly, weakly, telling me "It's okay dear. I know what I'm going through, and you don't have to worry about me." He smiled faintly.

I was young that time, I've never really experience someone so close to me - dying. I look at his face, expecting him to recover 2 weeks later and goes about in the house doing things he likes to do - painting, making snacks for everyone (I always join his snack sessions), gardening, annoying my aunt.

Little did I know that he wouldn't be coming back anymore.

It was cancer.

And then one afternoon my father received the call. We rushed over, but it was too late. I saw the body, and for the first time in my life, someone close to me in my life had just passed away. I didn't know what to say, I kneeled beside my grandpa beside his bed, murmuring prayers, a sensation of tight grip forming around my throat, I couldn't breathe and was about to break down but I couldn't break down. I must hold my tears back, I must let my grandfather leave in peace, I must let him know that I'll be fine and I am strong.

But when my uncle read his eulogy somehow tears filled up my eyes. I tried not to blink. But the tears fell on its own. On and on it went. The tight grip around my throat choked me, my heart burnt, I couldn't see anything anymore except just the floor and several tear drops on the floor and also my feet. My uncle's eulogy reading was in the background, but I was still paying attention to it, remembering everything about my grandfather.

He was the one who picked my name for me, every single word has its own meaning but not just because it's trendy and popular. He was someone who lived life meaningfully and he cared about the people around him. I still remember the times he stood up for me, although the matter seemed minute, but he liked to spoil this particular granddaughter in this way.

Everytime I see any old sweetie with a head of pure white hair I couldn't help but thought of my grandfather. When I was very young, about 9 years old, I used to sleepover at my grandparent's home and every night he'd make supper for me. Instant noodles with egg, I still remember. Then he'd watch me eat and told me not to tell my aunt because the next day if my aunt finds out about it she'd erupt.

He used to wash car for my aunt, his daughter, every morning before she goes to work. He'd wipe it until sparkling clean. He kept that up even though he was old, about 80+ years old. My father learned a lot from him. Grandpa was the plumber and the repairer in the house. There was almost nothing he couldn't fix, if you give him time, he could fix a radio, a water heater, a broken pipe, a dripping tap, a tearful face, a broken heart, a blocked mind.

When I was young I was given a lot of incentives for my academic achievements from my grandpa. And he wouldn't let the adults take my money and put it in a bank or somewhere where I couldn't use it and spend it. Even if it's not for any particular reason, he'd stuff money into my pocket, putting a finger to his mouth, "Shh", and winked at me. He'd tell me to "Go buy something you like to eat." And I did, I still do. Even now, I'd pamper myself and buy something nice to eat once in a while.

I have a photo of him and my grandma hanging in my room now. When things go tough on me I'd just look at the photo, wondering what would my grandparents say to me if they're still here now. I depend a lot on them for guidance. Although not physically but spiritually, it's all the same anyway.

There are so many values and life lessons I can learn just by looking at my grandfather. Nobody in my life can substitute him for being the role model for me. I respect him and most importantly I still do love him.

He lives in my heart.

Yvonne..

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Fat Rice

My favourite breakfast from my favourite stall.


Clean and spicy and delicious. Mwahahah~

Yvonne..

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Twitter Overloaded

I hope I didn't, like, contribute into this...


XDXDXD

Yvonne..

Friday, July 24, 2009

Big Apple!~~

I know lately I'm so into Krispy Kreme that I nearly forget about the existence of Big Apple. =P Kidding.

But yeap it's always good to see Big Apple again =)



Had one of the strawberry ones, cheese and the Alien (if you're one of Big Apple fans you'll naturally know which one I'm talking about).

Originally I was only having 2, then Agnes said half a dozen cheaper so... 3 then xD

Yvonne..

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Marco Polo Restaurant

Despite the name, it's actually a chinese restaurant. Situated in the city centre as well. Don't go there during peak hours because it's facing the main road and you know how nice traffic jams can be in the city during peak hours. We went there last Sunday night so the traffic was okay.

Of so many chinese restaurants I've been to before, I guess this is one of the Top 10 in my list. The chinese cooking style are all to my liking, clean food, good service, comfortable and bright dining environment. It's exactly the right place if you and your family are going for a nice chinese dinner.



"Kung Pao" Fish Paste with Cashew Nuts
宫保鱼滑




Kyoto Spare Ribs
京都骨




Deep Fried Vegetarian "Goose"
粒粒香炸斋鹅





Roast Chicken in Hong Kong Style
港式吊烧鸡




Braised Tofu, Beancurd Sheet & Vegetables
豆筋豆腐




Assam Fish head in Claypot
亚参鱼头煲




Filleted Chicken with Spicy Sauce
酱爆滑鸡球




Grass Carp Fish Steamed in Minced Ginger and Onion
姜茸莞鱼





Dessert of the Day
每日甜品



Personally I like "Kung Pao" Fish Paste with Cashew Nuts, Kyoto Spare Ribs and Assam Fish head in Claypot a lot.

There're a lot more choices in the menu. And sadly I wasn't the one making decisions, if not I would've love every single dish on the table XD.

Yvonne..

Tian Yian Café 2nd

Well last Sunday we went to Tian Yian (previous post is here) again and this time I ordered drinks =D

I always like their chocolate milkshake cuz the flavour of milk and chocolate balance about just right, you can taste the milk and at the same time you can taste the chocolate as well.


My regular - Chocolate Milkshake.



Bro's regular - American Mocha Blended.


Sometimes I like the blended drinks too but too bad they don't have pure chocolate in their blended series. The closest thing you can get to chocolate blended is the American Mocha Blended above. =(

Yvonne..

Dreams at California

Did I ever mention that in my American Dream the state which I want to be in the most is California? No, not Los Angeles, but either Sacramento or San Francisco.

I don't know why, but probably due to my interest in tech stuff, and the appeal of Silicon Valley to me is just too overwhelming at times.

Whenever I dream about happy life and happy things, I can usually picture my future life living in California, in a sunny, spacious yet comfortable house, with a yard, absolutely fence-less (maybe except for short white picket fence), kitchen with a window overlooking the front yard, with two Golden Retrievers, light wood flooring, pastel coloured walls, no swimming pool but a grill and outdoor tables and chairs, lots of flower bushes, if not then covered by green grass, and one or two trees for shades.

That, is my dream. Definitely not living in big apple in a luxurious pent house with service lifts and indoor jacuzzi. Although the idea sounds fantastic but right now I'm more drawn towards a peaceful relaxed life in a culture I want to be in.

How am I gonna realize my dream? I have no idea, but I hope of all dreams in my life, this will be the one God decides to help me achieve.

Yvonne..

Monday, July 20, 2009

Mission Complete

Spam-spree mission completed.

All new 20+ posts, hehehe.

Yvonne..

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Be Ready...

Be ready, my dear readers (if there're still any "readers" left after I've "abandoned" my blog for so friggin long =D).

Be ready for what?

Well, I'm going to SPAM my blog A LOT. BUT, those posts will be dated as far as 2 months ago =)

Yes, I'm going to post everything you guys have missed for the past 2 months.

Oh don't be scared yet =.= It's not like 70 posts, I'm not that crazy, I think. Most probably about 20 posts. =D Those 20 posts will be scattered in between the posts you guys have already seen/read, so let's play a little hide and seek game shall we? If you can find those posts, there'll be a lot of eye candies waiting for you (Hint hint: eye candies=delicious food discovery XD).

Major blog-posts-spamming by yours truly will start effectively tomorrow/day after tomorrow, cuz now I'm friggin sleepy after editing the pictures that I'm going to post for the past 2 hours.

Let the game begin :)

Yvonne..

Friday, July 17, 2009

A Quick Let Out

I know I've been ignoring my blog for quite some time, but now I really need to get this out of my head so there goes.

I AM SICK OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INSENSITIVE AND BLOODY FLAUNT IT INTO YOUR FACE AS IF THEY ARE SLAPPING YOU.

I may be dense, but not that dense, fuckers. It's so bloody damn obvious, you think I can't notice it?

And yes, for the sake of peace and pleasantry, I of course will be nice and will not, I promise, shout in your face and give you a fucking piece of my mind because truth is, I cannot believe that I still have to face people that I LOATHE and still make a good job at hiding that fact.

Look, people-who-are/is-thicker-than-me-but-don't-realize-it, if you think you hate me but not really sure about it, DON'T FLAUNT IT IN MY FACE AND LET ME KNOW THAT WILL YOU? Because, really, I've tried hard to ignore it, smile it away, and make as if nothing happen for the first time, BUT THE SECOND and THIRD FUCKING TIME? No, sorry, MY PATIENCE IS NOT THAT GOOD, even me, who might seem good and easy to bully, have a LIMIT.

Please, readers of this post, don't ask who is these/this people who set me off like that. And for your information, generally I'm someone nice and not that calculative, so if there's anyone who can set me off like this, you know that he/she/they have done enough to cause something like this.

And for the record, I write this post is to let anger out of my head, not to pay fucking respect to these people or whatever, because seriously, LOOKING DOWN AT THEM IS NOT EVEN WORTH IT.

Thanks for being my audience and sorry for the vulgar terms used in the post because the terms are essential in order to express my level of anger and irritation.

Yvonne..

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Hajime

YChing introduced me to Hajime, a Japanese restaurant in the city. It's her favourite restaurant if I'm not mistaken, mostly because of Hajime's excellent makimonos. I must say, I agree with her 100%, because under comparison the lunch set which was supposed to be the main course degraded and became the side course instead. We went there after a swim and we were so, so very famished (or was it just me?). This restaurant is actually a standalone bungalow on its own without any connection to any other building and it's situated quite off the road so you might need to find it for a while.





There's a sushi bar inside and you can sit there and watch
your sushis being made in the hands of sushi sifus.




The restaurant gave me a very cozy feel
and I felt like I could just sleep there and then.




Cute kitty.




Stickers like this decorated some of the dining tables there - unique.



Salmon Ginger Maki
Rolled with very soft buttery salmon. Need I say more?





Golden Dragon Maki
Maki with fried prawn then rolled together with
thin avocado and unagi slices on top.
It's the BEST maki I've ever tasted and
it brings a whole new definition to
the word "maki" in my dictionary.





A close-up of Golden Dragon Maki.




My lunch set consist of unagi, mixed tenpura,
chawanmushi, appetizer, and rice (closewise from top left).
The chawanmushi was pretty good too.




Close-up of unagi with teriyaki sauce.




Mixed tenpura: Two prawns, brinjal and sweet potato.



After the lunch I hang out at YChing's place and her mom invited me for dinner as well but I had to go home early as my family needed to go out that night as well =(

This is her sister's soft toy doggie. I sort of forgot its name. =P








Today is a very happy day. =D

Yvonne..

Monday, July 6, 2009

Hiong Ging Restaurant

My dad and I went to Hiong Ging today. It's a chinese restaurant with a couple of really good signature dish. We tried some of the signature dishes during this visit.


Tofu Stew
Chopped tofu and lots of seafood in it, yum!





Ribs in Salted Egg Sauce
MARVELLOUS. So so delicious I couldn't even describe it.





"Kung Bo" Prawn
Spicy and fragrant, just the way we like it.




So full X__X

Yvonne..

Saturday, July 4, 2009

What am I gonna do tonight??



You canNOT do this to me.

What am I gonna do tonight when I can't sleep??? Dang it.

NooooooOo~

Yvonne..