CNY 2012

Picture taken before guests arrived

This year is the first time we are hosting a potluck party in our humble abode for Chinese New Year. Due to our shortsightedness, we forgot to bring out the foldable table which is much longer than our dining table. Nevertheless, everyone lingered long after the meal to chit chat..etc…so I conclude that the party is a huge success!

Chinese New Year is probably the only time where chances of getting everyone together for a meet up are higher, specially when the guests are all living in the west area. That was why I organised this party though it was a tempting thought to have a whole day free to laze around. Tempting because we did spent Sunday & Monday in Malaysia(was rather tired when we got back to Singapore), joining my mother-in-law’s huge family in the new year’s celebrations. The whole night was filled with fireworks set off by the neighbours. One pranky neighbour shot a series of fireworks towards our house so for a period of time, it rained fire & brimstone over the porch. Spectacular close up view of the fireworks but too close for comfort.

I’m glad we were able to go over to Kulai during the weekends for CNY sure feels alot different when celebrated there!

Pockets of time

Exercise by the lakeside

I spend most of my mornings by the lake either cycling, jogging or walking my dog. It’s been increasingly easy for me to go along my sports while having Molly by my side because she is getting used to the routines, rules & boundaries we have established for her. Having a docile dog by my side means that I have more opportunities to think, reflect & pray while appreciating the view. That’s the pros of my work where the mornings are mine & mine alone. The cons are that due to changes in work, I may have to work nights. This means Hubby will only get to see me for 2-3 hours before it’s bedtime. Hubby & I are best friends & we enjoy spending time with each other. That’s why he sulked a little when I told him that for the coming 4 mths, I’ll be working on 4 nights per week.

Oh well, at least I can enjoy these 2 weeks before that upsetting schedule comes in place.

I envy my dog at times. She gets the company of mistress by day & master by night. Winner.

New stuff in the house

Just when we thought that there isn’t anything we could possibly add into our puny 3 room flat, hubby came up with a pole system for hanging up both our bicycles in the living room & hence, some rearrangement of furniture.

That's mine. Hubby's previous bike was stolen so he's getting a new one tomorrow.

Shifted the living room table to make room for the bicycle pole. New location: nearer to the windows

My camera couldn't capture the light in the bedroom well. Hence I ripped this off some catalogue.

There are nights where I’m in a reading mood. While I enjoy the ambience lighting in the bedroom, I’ve always lament about it being unsuitable for reading. I definitely need a direct light source that fit in with the whole design of the bedroom. When hubby & I saw this $29 ceiling uplighter+reading lamp in Ikea, we grabbed it. Each of us spent the night doing up these stuff in the house & ended up sleeping after 1am. Needless to say, both of us were rather tired the next day but we individually managed to catch a couple of winks in between jobs.

Molly only managed to get her real serious walk at around 6pm. She usually gets them in the mornings. Not today. It was just a short 10 mins pee wee break.

I’m glad I had the opportunity to catch sleep during lunch time. Else the walk would be hurried & I would have missed the wonderful view by the lake. Though there was a proper walkway, I chose to walk by the banks, enjoying the breeze & the uneven ground.

Life is great.

 

My new toys

Went from Apple to Motorola

My 1st tablet

A few weeks ago, I took a bold jump to go all Android devices instead of Apple. Reason being I found Apple products a little on the pricy side, restrictive  & the design of the latest 2 iphone too bulky for my liking. Though many question my choice of  Motorola over Samsung Galaxy Note, I still happy with my purchase. I didn’t want a phone that is too pricey & since hubby bought me a tablet, a phone with large screen display is not gonna be of much use. The tablet that hubby bought is rather cheap, so it doesn’t comes with the easy to use Android market. It does makes downloading applications troublesome but still achievable. I just have to find specific apk files for the applications I want & install them in. Viola, I can use my tablet for work!