Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Sunday, March 1, 2009

My Cable TV at Home

After subscribing to Starhub cable TV for 3 years, I finally bothered to search and locate the respective channels that I subscribed to.

For a long time, I didn't tune in to the cable channels as my mum preferred to watch the local channel 8 chinese dramas. But despite not watching any cable channels, I still have to pay for the monthly subscription fees that amounted to about S$40 per month.

In any case, I have checked upon Starhub's website and found the subscription plans here.

Currently, I am subscribing to Education, Entertainment and Chinese Entertainment basic group package. I didn't even realize I had access to Star World, which is currently showing Heroes Season 3.

However, I am not watching it as I probably have missed too many episodes and I don't know which episode the season is currently showing now.

Anyway I'll see how things go because I rarely watch TV nowadays even though I bought my Samsung 40" LCD TV last year. *grinz*

Monday, January 26, 2009

Wow! It's the Year of the Cow

Time passes by so quickly and before I know it, it's time to usher in the Year of the Ox and send away the Year of the Rat in the Chinese lunar horoscope.

The Rat year has not been very good and it's all the same usual stuffs like the Sichuan earthquake, Mumbai bombings, Myanmar tsunamis, global economic crisis, tainted milk crisis and many more. It seems to be more happening than any other years.

Be it the English year or the lunar year, it's all the same. Disasters one after another, never stopping to give us a breather in life.

Will the new year usher in a change of fortune? For the Singapore Flyer, it seems to be the case. News reported that the Singapore Flyer, which had been closed for a month due to technical fault, has been reopened today, just in time for the lunar new year.

As for me, so far nothing significant has happened and it's quite a disappointment. This year I decided not to take the initiative to approach Moonie and Queenie to go out on the first day of the lunar new year, as was the case in previous years. I want to see if they would approach me instead. Yet I was disappointed when they truly did not bother to contact me. Guess our friendship is nothing more than just words. *sighs*

So I went to pay house visits to my mum's relatives, though I was hoping that I could stay at home for the whole day. I have no mood to go anywhere this year. My mum can be quite a kancheong queen sometimes. Most of my relatives don't pop in for visits very early, except for one of my coousins.

My mum wanted to catch this cousin in order to see her daughter, so she woke me up rather early. Me being me, naturally I dragged and lazed about in my bed to avoid getting up. Still, sometimes mothers' powers can be hard to block out. *grins*

In any case, we didn't manage to see that cousin in time. The travelling alone took up quite some time as I lived in the east and my relatives live in the north.

Frankly speaking, my holidays are usually quite boring and I don't have many exciting stuffs happening. But today I almost came face to face with a guy that I never want to see in my life again.

My mum forced me to do house visit to this particular aunt and her son had once did something very bad to me. Hence I had never wanted to see him again. The past few times that I went to her house, he wasn't around as he had been either put away in a boys' home or in jail.

However, today he's no longer in jail and didn't even went out with his stupid girlfriend. Instead he stayed at home and slept. Well I wished that he could go on sleeping without waking up but my mum's super loud voice had woken him up.

It was a good thing that I felt bored and had tuned in to my iPod to watch one of the InuYasha's movie. So my hair had hidden my face and thus, I won't have to see that guy, even if he's standing close. It was an unbearable time, waiting for my mum to finish whatever chitchat she had and that we could quickly head home. It certainly felt like hours to me.

During the whole time, I never turned my head in his direction and never llifted up my head even though my shoulders were aching. When my mum finally decided to leave, it was such a huge relief and I quickly stepped out of the house to get my shoes and leave.

Phew. I am glad that I didn't get to see his face so that I won't get nightmares. Hmmm, probably it wouldn't hurt to see how he looks like after all those years in jail. I heard from my mum that he was once caned 14 times for drug trafficking offences. Oh whatever. This guy gives me the chills.

So I managed to survive my first lunar day without any problems. Time to get back to my InuYasha.

See ya!

And a Happy Chinese New Year.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Celebrating my mum's birthday

This year I celebrated my mum's birthday right on the dot at midnight.

I bought a birthday cake from Four Leaves at Tampines Mall and it's a mango cake. See the picture below for illustration:




I made my mum ate the cake before she goes to bed and she was happy with the cake. Mango is one of her favourite fruits, you see.

I am also happy with the cake as it's very soft and creamy. The mango taste is not too overwhelming but I don't recommend eating the mango bits on the top. They are too sour for my liking. Yucks!

Other than that, this cake is worth the buck and most important, my mum enjoyed the cake.

Cheers!!!

=D

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Nice Lunch with Wantons

Today is an off day for me and I am so glad to be able to stay at home for some relaxation time. Mum has cooked wanton noodles for my lunch and it was so piping hot that I almost burned my tongue. Phew! My wanton noodles is below but too bad it's only a picture and you can't eat it:





It's a lovely day and I'm going to take a nap soon. As I said earlier on, it's going to be a day of relaxation and I'm staying put in my bedroom to enjoy my free time. And the best thing of all? It's free.

^_^

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Celebration with DBS

It's yet another fantastic lunch from mum today and she cooked 2 thick slices of pork chop for me. It's very yummy and I posted the pork chops picture below for remembrance's sake.




After I finished the pork chops, I headed off to meet Queenie and Moonie. It's been a very long time ever since the last time we met. That was way back in June, when we were celebrating Queenie's birthday.

Today, they are going to celebrate my birthday even though it's now considered belated. At least it's better late than never, don't you think so?

Once again, I received a black bag as my birthday gift. This year is truly a year of bags for me and I'm very happy with it. As you can see, I'm a bags person and the more compartments the bag has, the better. I posted the birthday bag below for reference:




After having dinner at Swensons', we headed to McDonald's so as to get a seating space for our chitchat session.

Once again, it's a very simple celebration and life is good for me now.

^.^

Friday, October 3, 2008

My Special Day

Today is such a lovely day, except for the fact that I had to spend half a day in the office as I couldn't get a full day off.

Nonetheless, I had a fantastic lunch with my colleague at Carnivore Restaurant at Vivo City earlier in the day. It was a very meaty affair with beef and pork ruling the day.

In case you don't know, today's my birthday and that's my birthday lunch. I liked it the way it was, a simple meal with lots of chitchat in between. My colleague given me a small gift as a way of celebrating my birthday. The picture is posted below:




It's a small black tote bag with an unusual design of the top catch. Simple and elegant. After the lunch, we parted for home as she had another appointment with her boyfriend, who coincidentally shared the same birthday as me. There are so many coincidences in this world that it's truly amazing. Once, I had a classmate who not only shared the exact same birth date and year with me, he also had the same surname as me. Too bad we never kept in touch with each other after graduation as we were not that close.

Oh well, at least tonight I have a birthday cake to keep me happy. It's a long long time ever since my mum bought a cake to celebrate my birthday. It's a chocolate cake and the picture is attached below as well:




Overall, I have a good birthday today and it's nice to have a special day all for myself. Cool, isn't it? How I wish this day will never end!

=)

Sunday, September 21, 2008

This time round, it's dinner

Just when I thought the day can't get any better, my mum had to go and come up with her weird idea of cooking her version of sliced fish soup for dinner tonight.

Her version includes fresh prawns. A pity that she only used tomatoes' skins to make the broth, instead of using the prawns' heads. Nonetheless, the end result of her version is not too bad.

A picture is posted below for reference:




How does it look? Once again, I used my Sony Cybershot camera to capture the food. Hmmm... I wonder if there's anymore chance of getting such a dinner again. Probably gotta wait for a while before I see such kind of dinner again.

=)

Special Lunch Once More

Today is yet another special one for my mum for she had made the special lunch for me. Hmmm... honestly, I have no idea what's going on in her mind for most of the time. Sometimes she's ok, sometimes she's not. It's tiring, man.

Well, have a look at the lunch that she made just now:



Fries and pork meat


A pot of blackcurrant tea, always my fave on a lazy weekend



How does the food look? I used my new Sony Cybershot camera to take the pictures and they look decent enough. Hee...

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Look what I cooked for myself

My mum was out yet again for the whole day and I had nothing to eat when I woke up just now. So I cooked a super simple meal for myself to keep my stomach occupied for the time being.

My meal consisted nothing more than just instant noodles and a bowl of cream of chicken soup. The instant noodles are from Myojo and the soup is from Campbell's and are easy to prepare. The noodles are actually what they termed as instant dry ramen but are actually just mee pok noodles with some spices and sauce added to it.

All in all, it took me less than 20 minutes to get all the food done and I have posted the picture below:



It's not much but since I am the only one who's eating, therefore I am happy that I have made some accomplishment for myself. At least in future when my parents are gone, I still can cook for myself a little bit of food so I won't go hungry.

Life's like this when you are all alone and fending for yourself for everything. I can't complain much since my parents don't want to give me siblings. Plus my mum is still only interested in the botak neighbour so whatever things that she wants me to do, I plainly reject her. If the botak auntie is so good, then she should go to her for everything that she wants.

I have no time for my mum and rightly justified so. My mum normally don't talk to me unless she wants something from me. Just plain despicable. And so I end my family story here for I have no more family.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

The Death Meter

This time round, I found a website which has the death meter. Again I input my own data into the meter and this time round, I got an even longer lifespan. See below:




Boy, I really don't fancy living for such a long time. Especially since I have to face an insane mother everyday. Life's not good at all. So I sincerely hope that my real lifespan will be shorter than all these calculations.

Damn it all.

Things changed in 1 day

1 day. That's all I get before the big storm come splashing down on me.

I don't know what I had done to make my mum so angry against me. Nothing makes sense at all. There I was, staying quietly in my room, when all of a sudden I heard my mum screaming at me. Over a plate of noodles.

I simply don't understand my mum anymore. Can't she just inform me politely that my lunch is ready? She expects me to go out and eat the moment the noodles are ready. I'm not in the kitchen so I can't see that she had finished cooking.

Yet I get a rude scolding from her for not coming out of my room to eat. She even remarked sarcastically that I need a royal invitation from her before I would come out to eat.

C'mon, it's my stomach and if I go hungry, that's my problem. I don't see the reason why she had to tore into me like that. It's just a plate of noodles yet she created a typhoon over it. Gosh. There's simply no more peace left in this house.

I guess the real reason behind her insane screaming is that my neighbour is not around today. Normally, my mum would go over to her place for almost the whole day, doing nothing but chit-chat all the time. With her time occupied by my neighbour, my mum hardly ever bother or notice about me anymore.

Not that I'm being a ninny or what but surely there are some motherly things that she needs to fulfill before going out for the whole day. Oh well... my mum now finds me a nuisance now that she has the neighbour for companionship. She even threaten to stop cooking meals for me. I told her to go ahead. It's not as though I can't settle my meals by myself.

During lunch hour at work, I ate by myself and I still can survive through it. What's more a dinner? If my mum don't want me, that's fine. She can go fuck the neighbour for all I care. For the record, the neighbour is a damn balding auntie. Maybe my mum has turned into a lesbain but at this age?

Oh well, in this modern world, anything and everything is possible. My only worth to my mum is my money. If there's no money, she would cut off all ties with me. That's how my so-called mum functions. Forget about motherly love. She doesn't eat those crap.

Actually I would rather spend my money on hiring a maid rather than give them to my mum. She's never bother herself about me so it makes no sense to give her money. So what if she's the one to bring me into this world? I don't fancy living in this cruel world.

Now she doesn't even treat me with courtesy so I guess mother ties can go to shit for all I care. I wish I have a gun with me so that I can kill off that damn neighbour, since cancer failed to kill her. Oh yeah... she suffered from cancer once but then she fought off the cancer cells. Damn.

I am not a nice person and I never will be a nice person. So my mum and my neighbour can go die for all I care. They are nothing but pieces of shit.

Pui!!!

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Love being at home

Home is where I belong and where I want to be when I need time to myself. My weekends are mostly spent at home as I rarely go out these days.

Today is no exception as well. Look what I got for my lunch instead.




Looks good, doesn't it? Although it doesn't seem to be a very healthy choice of food but it's pork chops with chips. What's more could I ask for? This kind of lunch doesn't come very often and so naturally I polished off every single bit of food there. Oh, the lunch is prepared by my mum and I used my new Nokia N95 8GB to take the shot. Hmmm... seems pretty good there!

Plus that dash of chilli is so powerful that it leaves my tongue tingling for more. Yum!!! Naturally, I had a pot of blueberry tea for companion but I didn't take a picture of it.

Till next time then.

Tada!!! =)

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Hair Job Done

Yo... I had just came back from a rebonding session at Reds Salon at Suntec City. I had heard about this fantastic offer of $180 for a rebonding job with no hair length limits. As my hair is very long, it will suit me well as I am looking at a possible cost savings up to $200. That's a lot of money!

Plus it was Mayi who introduced the offer to me and she also recommended me her stylist whom she said is very good at styling hairs. And so I had called up the salon and fixed an appointment with Karen.

Overall I am very happy with the results. My hair went from messy to straightness/sleekness in a snap. Now I look much more presentable with well-behaved hair. It is certainly worth the $180 that I spent for.

Now that I look different from before, I wonder how long will it take for my blur mum to notice my new crown glory. She has never bother to be more concerned about my life. *sighs*

Let's wait and see. =)

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Sick of my Family

I am so tired, man. How I wish I can leave my family right now. My parents have no thoughts for me. All they care is about themselves and that stupid TOTO and 4-D. How I wish I can bomb Singapore Pools right now so that my mum would stop all those gambling and start caring about me.

It's so tiring trying to talk to her when all she's interested in are those stupid numbers. Each time I try to start a conversation with her, she would be busy drawing dots on those betting slips and ignore me.

Yet she would go on and on about nagging me for the usage of the electricity in the house. Everytime I start to use my computer, she would nag on and on about how expensive electricity is and how I should stop playing. Heck, I gave her money to pay the bills and she still complains.

Just now all I wanted to do was to watch TV and she complained about wasting electricity again. Damn her. Before I wanted to watch TV, she was already using it to see the 4-D results. All my expensive, dear Samsung LCD TV is good for is for her to see the TOTO and 4-D results. Boy, I really hate it.

Playing my computer and watching TV are the only things I can do in this cold household to while away the time.

Does winning those numbers mean more to her than me? She is wasting so much money by giving all those money to Singapore Pools. I rather not give her money if that's the way she wants to spend it. Gambling is such a horrible habit and she still can't kick it off.

When she finally dies, I will burn her all the TOTO and 4-D slips instead of hell money. She doesn't need anything else except for those papers. I hope she will win the grand draw in hell.

Pui!

Sunday, May 25, 2008

New PSP Slim Case

I had just came back from a BBQ session at Angeline a.k.a. mayi's house, exhausted but feeling very satisfied. Besides me, Felice a.k.a. maomao also came for the BBQ session. Xinhui a.k.a. xin didn't turn up eventually due to some personal matters.

Nonetheless, the 3 of us enjoyed ourselves despite the unpleasantries from mayi's elder sister. Between the 3 of us, we managed to set up 2 BBQ pits and got some food cooking sizzling hot before the elder sister came over and took away all our cooked food to share with her own set of friends. This left us with only raw food in which we had to cook again before we could fill our stomachs.

Magdeline is such a horrible person that mayi had the misfortune to live with all her life. She is such a huge disgrace to the family. All of us were busy preparing the necessaries for the BBQ, like setting up the BBQ pits, cooking the food and the eventual cleaning up of the BBQ equipments but all her elder sister did was snatched our food away without a word of thanks.

Her friends were even worse than the sister. They just came over to the BBQ session and ate up the food without offering a single helping hand to us nor a word of thanks. They should be ashamed of themselves and rightfully so, since they are working as full-time teachers in public schools.

Is this the way for public teachers to carry themselves in front of other people? NIE should sieve out all these bad apples lest they teach the wrong values to the future generations. Bah!

Right. Enough about those ungrateful sods.

Aside from the excellent food, I had also managed to get a beautiful PSP Slim case for myself at Bishan Junction 8. Needless to say, it is in black colour.

Here are some pictures of the case which I took with my Sony Ericsson K800i mobile phone:







Now my beloved PSP Slim is finally getting the proper home that it deserves. With this case, I don't have to worry about scratches marring the beauty of my black PSP Slim anymore. What a relief!