Mum, another 6 mins time, its your 2nd year memorial date...As I think about the events 2 years back, I have many new and old friends, classmates, colleagues to thank for walking that 2 years with me....These are the friends that has been with me for many years and we shared a lot of happy, sad, crazy memories...Some of them has left for oversea work as well as business and some migrated...Whenever I chat with them on MSN, we always laugh over the lame jokes that we had, reminiscing of the good old days...crapping about lives, "beaching" about bosses and work..etc..etc...haha..
I absolutely love them...We have been the best of friends for many years..
I absolutely love them...We have been the best of friends for many years..
They have diverse backgrounds, values & beliefs, outlook for life and life experiences but they have never impacted adversely in one way or another. All these years, they live their lives differently and return to share their encounters with me... Chatting with them always yields more than book-reading.
I never once took this friendship for granted. I always feel that I am very blessed to have them around and fall back on whenever I fall. I may not see or talk to them everyday, but deep down I know they will always be there for me, I only need to ask.
Having said that, hey, no, I think I never had to ask. They just flew to me whenever I need them :) Mum Jo hor ? if you are reading this post..:)
Every chat with them is filled with endless laughter. Not the same laughter I share with others. Always so genuine, like those you burst during the teenage days. They come from bottom of my heart. I laughed, my eyes laugh, my heart laughs too.
When I was younger, I always stayed very quiet to watch them(classmates) yak away and my god...they can really talk...just like those market aunties...You do remember Gilbert, the fatty guy...he was the lime wire of the group...30 years of friendship...
Over the years, they always fail to send out pictures taken ever since the digicam's birth. Pictures stored in their computers always gone with the wind when microsoft OS PC decided to die on them....* thats why i use a mac..haha * I have since uploaded all the pictures that I have taken to an online storage...
And most importantly, I remember every story behind each pictures. I relished each and every line, every smile and every precious moment.
Today, I was browsing through some of the school days pictures...We are still very young at heart....I find that we do not age, only the friendship does, and like wine, it mellows as time passes… words of wisdom...haha.
Goodbyes are always hard. Each time I wave them goodbye, my heart grows heavy. Each time I bid them. goodbye, I fear, not knowing if I will see them again, for I do not know what lies ahead.
What if tomorrow never comes?
I just wanna take this opportunity to thank all my friends, colleagues, buddies for leaving foot prints in my life...
The first picture is Rani. One of my best best buddy. She was my ex colleague during my Compaq days, till to date, we are still in touch and co incidentally, she was also the one that connected me to my current job in HP. She has a blog that is selling Kurti. The second picture is Jennifer, she was my team mate during Compaq days and now we are working together again in HP. These are the friends that cross path with me and till today, we remain the best of friends.
Amanda and Mr Low who shared their properties investment with me from Canada, Mum Josephine Aaron who has been a close friend as well as buddy from ex M1...Rani who is my ex colleague from Compaq...and my cousins and friends whom I am not able to list down one by one..Thank you very much...
I never once took this friendship for granted. I always feel that I am very blessed to have them around and fall back on whenever I fall. I may not see or talk to them everyday, but deep down I know they will always be there for me, I only need to ask.
Having said that, hey, no, I think I never had to ask. They just flew to me whenever I need them :) Mum Jo hor ? if you are reading this post..:)
Every chat with them is filled with endless laughter. Not the same laughter I share with others. Always so genuine, like those you burst during the teenage days. They come from bottom of my heart. I laughed, my eyes laugh, my heart laughs too.
When I was younger, I always stayed very quiet to watch them(classmates) yak away and my god...they can really talk...just like those market aunties...You do remember Gilbert, the fatty guy...he was the lime wire of the group...30 years of friendship...
Over the years, they always fail to send out pictures taken ever since the digicam's birth. Pictures stored in their computers always gone with the wind when microsoft OS PC decided to die on them....* thats why i use a mac..haha * I have since uploaded all the pictures that I have taken to an online storage...
And most importantly, I remember every story behind each pictures. I relished each and every line, every smile and every precious moment.
Today, I was browsing through some of the school days pictures...We are still very young at heart....I find that we do not age, only the friendship does, and like wine, it mellows as time passes… words of wisdom...haha.
Goodbyes are always hard. Each time I wave them goodbye, my heart grows heavy. Each time I bid them. goodbye, I fear, not knowing if I will see them again, for I do not know what lies ahead.
What if tomorrow never comes?
I just wanna take this opportunity to thank all my friends, colleagues, buddies for leaving foot prints in my life...
The first picture is Rani. One of my best best buddy. She was my ex colleague during my Compaq days, till to date, we are still in touch and co incidentally, she was also the one that connected me to my current job in HP. She has a blog that is selling Kurti. The second picture is Jennifer, she was my team mate during Compaq days and now we are working together again in HP. These are the friends that cross path with me and till today, we remain the best of friends.Amanda and Mr Low who shared their properties investment with me from Canada, Mum Josephine Aaron who has been a close friend as well as buddy from ex M1...Rani who is my ex colleague from Compaq...and my cousins and friends whom I am not able to list down one by one..Thank you very much...
270207- The innocent little monster !
Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night Mum...:) I found some hidden treasures at home...Look at all these pictures ! I think I am just few months old...I missed that chair....haha
Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night Mum...:) I found some hidden treasures at home...Look at all these pictures ! I think I am just few months old...I missed that chair....haha
Finally, I graduated !
The Grown up me !
240207- Our Dear neighbour Nasek Lemak Auntie
Mum, do you still remember Ting Ting ? Ah Gwee's mum has been our neighbour for so many many years, we always call her Nasik Lemak Auntie cos she has a stall at our dry market. Before Jordan's family shifted to be our neighbour, you doted Ting Ting like my own daughter.
I remembered that you ever asked me if I ever wanted to adopt her but I din give it a hard thought ! Now she is 9 years old and so pretty.She is so shy to even take a picture with me..haha.. Her sister Hui Hui is also grown up...She is 5 years old now. I visited them during the new year season...chatted with Auntie. She also said that if you were still around, you always visit her during CNY and she will also bring Ting Ting over to our Hougang...Auntie said that one day she would like to come to our Punggol place and prepare home cook food for me cos she knows I always eat outside...Your circle of friends are just like you...kind, warm and so hospitable... Auntie also asked me if I still want to adopt Hui Hui as my goddaughter...You see, your son so popular !! haha...Hmm...Let me count how many "unofficial" godsons and daughters do I have...Jordan is considered official as my nephew instead of a godson...my filipina's friend Joyce's son Jerryc is my godson...though I was not there for the baptism in Netherland....Our dear cousin is giving birth to a baby girl soon..should be anytime this week..I will ask her to let me be her daughter godfather ...:) So you see, while you are eagerly waiting for me to get married, which I am trying very hard to find a good lady, you just have to bear with me first.... okie...Mum...Love You !
3:30pm - My Super Duper Sumo Beloved Mum Josephine...
Mum !!! Remember I shared with you that I have a friend named Josephine from U.S that I always communicate with ? I met up with her today at Jurong East Mac Cafe Joint. She will be going back to U.S tomorrow. Awwww. I am going to miss her....miss the corn fields, miss the soya bean fields that she shared with me about....For 3 years.....we always catch up when she is back but we did not get our picture taken...Now this time, I make sure we take a quick snap of ourselves..lol.... Isn't she beautiful ? My dearest friend Josephine...Bon Voyage...!
p.s Mum Jo, if you are reading this blog, I want you to know that you are dearly missed!
240207- 07:00am - If only AGE is not a criteria..They would have been the future Project Superstars and The Dance Floor Winners ! :P
Gooooood morning Mum ! Cho San !!! So much things to update you....Let's start with my activities last night....Ah Huat, Ah Ruan, Ah Por, Ah Mui will be going back to Australia, Germany, China, Shanghai today..so Ah Tong and his wife May has arranged for a farewell dinner at Sushi Tei in Serangoon Gardens for "sushi buffet" yeah ! May ordered so much food ! For many years, I dont recall having such a fun occasion whereby we gathered together for food, fun, laughter in such a big group.......16 of us turned up...then we head for Ka-La-Ok...Boy ! You should see some of our singers and dancers........They simply rock....I have uploaded some of the videos taken !
After that, we went for Supper at Chomp Chomp....Choo Jie spoils us all ...haha...We had soya bean, po piah, laksa and some others...
230207 - My new found friend Ling + My Job Interview !
Dear Mum, last night I went for my second interview. Met up with Cinda, the HR manager and Lai Kuan. Talked about my job experience and if I am selected for the job, how do I fit into the organisation. I have a good feel about how I fared but they will have to discuss with my manager when she is back from holidays next week. Let's see how it goes...Wednesday night, I met up with an IRC friend for dinner at a japanese restaurent...She is also a dog lover :) We walked in Robertson Quay and around there for a longgggggggggggg time..You can imagine how long huh ! :) and finally end up in a coffee joint. Chat about life, her career, me , my life and some others..Talking to her makes you think..cos she is quite an intellectual lady...A few things she said tickles my mind....this is one of it and is how I feel and interpret it..."Harvesting Inner Peace" Human beings looks happy on the outter being but deep inside them , they are not..I gave it a hard thought...I have never ever written a journal before in my life...and I only started a blog about you when I could not find an outlet to vent out my lonliness and yearning for you. I have been blogging and communicating with you for 2 yrs now...in physical form, you are non existence..Am I cultivating and harvesting inner peace? In fact come to think of it, yes I am and I feel so good and comfortable just "talking" to you. A lot of people knows happiness comes from within but yet they never knew how to cultivate and harvest that..We are lost in the material world...chasing after things which satisfies our wants but not our basic needs...Happiness manifest from within us...and I am glad that I am harvesting that inner peace without even knowing it...Thanks to you Mum and also my new found friend , Ling !
200207- Tan Family Yearly Gathering !
Mum, I paid you a visit this morning...such a coincidence, some of Dad's cousin were also there. They can recognised me...I was stunned for a while when they called my name....they asked me if dad came with me...told them I came alone to visit you... after that I went lunch with my ex m1 colleagues before going back and pick up dad to go for his relatives yearly CNY gathering...As usual..sigh...he is dying to give away money....asked me for ang pow packets...I passed him $120 ($10) notes...When he was there, he gave it all away..I just kept quiet...I suppose each ang pow contains $10 bucks...I dunno what is going through his mind about pretending that he is rich and trying to show off...I am not against giving away ang pow to children as its our tradition but he must know how much to give..moreover he doesnt want to work and yet want to show people that he is rich...:( pengz san ! anyway..enough of him...
This is the second year that we have organised this event. Make a guess how many turned up ? 62 of them!! Some came back from oversea as far as Germany just for this reunion. Steven(Lye Soon) started this yearly gathering thing becos after grandma passed on, the Tan family seldom meet up except for funeral wakes so he suggested a happy yearly affair gathering rather than always get to meet up during white affairs. Last year, I was one of the committee member and we organised a huge one at Pasir Ris Resort.
This year Janivfer, one of my cousin was "tasked" to take over the rein and she organised this one at Safra Country Club. 62 of our relatives turned up...I almost cannot recognised some of the nieces and nephews..they were all grown up ..I remembered they were still babies years back...Gosh...Time flies...I am old liao..haha..Its about 4 generations.....now the daughter of the aunties has gotten married and given birth to little ones...wow ! Next year, I am one of the committee member to assist the Chairman to organise the gathering...:)
190207- I am going to be a Uncle soon !
Mum, I went over to Granny place. We had bee hoon with Ah Yi and the 2 notti kids and Tina and Wei Ming. Tina is giving birth anytime soon. Granny will have a grand daughter to play with next time.. hohoho....A quiet new year for me....2 days at home !. :0
180207 - Home Alone
First Day of Chinese New Year !!! Happy New Year Mum !!!!! I stayed home the whole day....had Macdonald for lunch...Surprisingly our relatives din call at all....maybe they are busy visiting....:) Rheagan will be cooking filipino dish later...its going to be simple meal....Tomorrow will be visiting Granny as Ah Yi asked me to go over....Love you Mum !!
170207- Sprintttt.... Cleaning !
Mum, I am back in Singapore already....Happy New Year's Eve !!! Finally..kiss the singapore land...:0 I reached around 3am in the morning. I woke up pretty early this morning and did the final spring cleaning of the house...I took 6 hours to shift the hi fi from my room to the living hall. Re-arrange the sofa, sweep, mop, laundry..Now the house is clean, smell exceptionally nice too....Ah Yi called me last night, told her that I wont be going anywhere today. So the reunion dinner will be instant noodles for me..and me alone...Wish you were here.....Anyway, this coming 1st March is the second year that you left me..I have put a memorial up in the chinese papers. I miss you Mum...
100207 - Sa-Wa-Di-Kup ? Twinkle Twinkle Little Star..Is that you Mum?
Mum, I just arrived Thailand 1 hour ago. I am good and feeling great. So dun worry about me... It took 3 days to sail to Pattaya and finally finally we arrived ..haha...It was fun and I enjoyed the sunrise, sunset and I even saw dolphins !! When night falls and I looked at the skies, I saw so many stars and the sight is breath taking...No one will be able to relate this except those of my ex navy mates who sailed with me..its simply beautiful...the sea breeze, the horizon, the stars...its just fantastic... As I scanned the skies, my friend told me that there are 3 stars ( The Orion ) that will form a line pointing to the brightest star ( The Northen Star ) with 4 brightly lit stars forming a rectangle around it...I was thinking to myself if you are that brightest star watching over me...no matter which part of the ship that I go to, as long as I lift my head, I am able to see The Northen Star..I sat there for hours and as I recalled back, I din realised that I have left the service for 12 years already...thats really a blink of an eyelid ! Time flies...and time flies really fast once you hit 30....lol I will be logging off soon for my sight seeing and shopping. I will talk to you when I am back on the 16th Feb. I wont be able to make it on 14th Feb which is Valentine's Day but Here's an advance wish for you. I love you Mum !~ and Happy Valentine's Day....
020207- My Ang Mor Swiss Friend...
Gooooood Morning Beloved Mum !!!!!!! Its a Saturday !! These few weeks has been a crazy one for me...I have been extremely busy at work...rushing reports for my client SGX...its like started work at 9am....work work work....tabao lunch by colleague, work work work...coffee break.....then work work work again....then leave office around 9pm at times....its a whirlwind lifestyle....everything just happens so fast...clients changed their mind pretty fast about their demands....I wish my love life was that fast....:P anyway, let me introduce this "ang mo" friend of mine...remember I told you in my previous post with you that I know this ang mo guy from the chat room and he is a swim freak ? This is the guy ! Long pony tail...easy going....funny man...animals lover, green environment crusader !! haha..He is from Swiss....hmmm..I know him through the chat room for about 6 years now....every 2 years..he will be in Singapore and we will catch up....he travels around the asia region...I have been meeting him after work for dinner, coffee, chit chat at Vivo City...beautiful place and night scene..We see couples chit chatting there....We are a couple also....haha...but dont worry Mum..I am not a GAY....yet....lol.....
I will be going for my reservist to Thailand on 5th Feb....I wont be back till 16th Feb....just nice for CNY....actually I wanted to tell you something about Dad and his shares....If you were still around..I dont think he would ever dare to do what he did now..but anyway....Er Sao and his relatives knows what he did and is so angry with him....I just am too tired to go and get involved in his affairs..so about him and his life, I will just put a stop to it here..Dont want to talk too much about him...
Oh yes, did i tell you that my ex manager called me up to offer me a job in her company ? its ..Its a content management company...She knows that I like to get into training and have also done training before and called me to check if I am keen..I am kind of stuck because my good friend and colleague Rani was the one that introduce me back to HP. I din want to just leave like that...hmm...I will be meeting my ex manager today and talk more..So I will keep you updated okie....
