Monday, August 20, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

Today was spent mainly with Aysh, Zayna and Pri.. then we joined Sad for dinner at an Indian restaurant… I will miss them dearly… Although, DnA have not planned our future as such – being away from them, being so far away… We talked about the happy times and reminisced… So silly really – it’s not as though we wont be back!

I will miss our silly ways, the conversations we have, the interactions…. We have always been there for each other since the day we met.. yesterday, today and tomorrow… Frens forever….

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

On Dec 7th 2006, I made a list of 60 things I would like to do before I die… I have decided to revisit that list and update it… See updates in red!

1. Marry someone who will make me laugh all the way to my grave – my huppy (we were engaged 17th Dec 2005) — I married my Huppy on Sunday 1st July 2007, 4pm at Village Hotel in Cardiff
2. Achieve DnA’s goal of retiring young — Gan bate!
3. Drive a top of the range mercedes AMG for that particular time
4. Have 2-3 beautiful children — Ummm, not just yet!
5. Have our parents retire and live comfortably
6. Get onto the property ladder
7. Travel to the 7 Wonders of the World
8. Stay at the most expensive, high rated hotel at that particular time
9. Go camping UK style!!
10. Have regular holidays abroad with friends (so far had 2 with my best buds in Cyprus & Tunisia)
11. Swim with the fishes in the Great Barrier Reef
12. Go back-packing across Australia and New Zealand
13. Meet a Geisha
14. Travel to Japan esp. during the blossom season and soak in the natural springs
15. Learn mandarin— Can understand when someone talks to me, but still slow at trying to converse!
16. To achieve the following: passive income greater than expenses
17. To be a brilliant cook and bake lots of cakes!!!— Cooked a few times, but as for brilliant cook – there’s a long way to go!
18. Always be there for Huppy and our family— Always
19. To catch a spider or creepy crawly without freaking out— Does small ones count?!
20. To dance professionally with Huppy – e.g. Tango, Salsa…
21. To own large Koi fish in our garden pond
22. Set up a charity close to our hearts
23. Be a grandmother— A long way to go!
24. Be a great grandmother— A long long long way to go!
25. Hold regular dinner parties for close friends & family
26. Have a Christmas tree full of decorations and sparkly fairy lights with gifts underneath it every year— Organising this years’ tree as we speak!
27. Go to Lapland with Huppy and our children
28. Hire a caravan or RV and travel somewhere random for a min 1 week
29. Have my own bridal shop
30. Interior design DnA’s home
31. Fly in a hot air balloon
32. See the Northern lights
33. Visit Las Vegas
34. Have my own aquarium— Thinking of having some goldfish or some small terrapins as pets?
35. Attend a World Cup Finals match
36. Experience zero gravity
37. Be in a live television audience
38. Witness the cure for cancer
39. Bury something special to me deep down in a hole and leave it there; someone else will find it someday, long after I’m gone, and treasure it as I did.
40. Visit each of the continents
41. To know the feeling of getting drunk— Doubt this will EVER happen as I’m allergic to alcohol!
42. Try to never hurt people’s feelings— Always trying
43. Make the King happy with me and be treated like the Queen! hehehe—Always
44. Never be overweight
45. To hold hands with Huppy wherever we may go— Still holding hands as husband and wife
46. To kiss Huppy’s lips once just before meal times— Still happening – always…
47. Exercise regularly— Need to improve this one!
48. Lie on a blanket and admire the stars
49. Make something brilliant from scratch
50. Be a great mum and wife
51. Make a positive difference in someone’s life
52. Never lose contact with my dearest friends— Never…
53. Change a car tyre on my own!
54. To be a trendy mum and grandmother
55. Have my Golden Wedding Anniversary with Huppy
56. Die before Huppy
57. Die in my sleep without pain
58. To do something naughty without worrying about the consequences!?!?!?
59. To overcome my fear of heights
60. To enjoy every single day— Always

Tuesday, August 14, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

Today, out of nowhere my little brain wouldnt stop thinking of Christmas….

This year will be the first year that I will not spend C’mas with my family here in UK… C’mas is a family event and my sisters and bro come back for the C’mas period…

Our C’mas routine is I will set up the C’mas tree and decorations – usually in the first week of Dec… We have a few different types of trees in the attic and we rotate it each year! Each family member will then start placing their pressies secretly underneath the tree…! Then as the day approaches – it’s stock up food time!!! People here go abit crazy during C’mas as the shops shut for just ONE DAY!!! So things are usually sold out – the basic foods such as milk, bread, eggs!!!! Umm!!! Then on the actual C’mas day is preparation for the big C’mas dinner…. We usually have a roast dinner – a leg of lamb being the highlight of the event! Mum would usually prepare the roast lamb, as Dad thinks its great! The rest of us – we do the salads and the things which are less skilled and easier to manage (setting up of the table and washing the piles of dishes!!). We normally have our C’mas dinner late so that once the time passes midnight – it’s Boxing Day… And “Box”-ing Day means that we open our pressies!!!

It’s a tradition in our household to open our C’mas pressies on Boxing Day hence the word!!! However, this is not the case for the rest of the people we know!!! Well, we’ve done this for years now! Also, tradition is we sort all the pressies according to names and then sit in a circle. One-by-one, each person will open their pressie and take a picture! We then play mah jong, board games until early hours of the morning!

This year – I will be in Singa…. Today I texted my Hupps to see whether we can set up a C’mas tree at home… as in Singa, Chinese New Year is bigger than C’mas… And he said “yes” and he will go with me to pick a tree!! Yay…. I can’t wait…

To me, C’mas is a family time and I love that feeling… the warmth… the decorations… the sparkly lights flashing on the tree… the brightly coloured wrappings of the pressies… the food, the people, the noise!!!! I hope I will feel this feeling in Singa….

Here are some pics of last year’s c’mas… Ofcos, the C’mas in Singa will be completely different and you can’t really compare them.. However, I hope it will be as fantastic as the ones I’ve spent here….

Sunday, August 12, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

After work, we all drove down to Maze’s new house… Why? To help her move some stuff from home to her new place – mainly the HUGE and heavy TV!!! Also, just to have an excuse to celebrate Mum’s & Maze’s b’day early!!!

Saturday, August 11, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

Today was our BBQ night!

Coming home from work at 8pm – the bbq had been set, the foods all prepared, and the fire burning – fantastic! SnK had come back from London and Maze from Bristol…. The only one missing was Ansy… but she soon joined us later…

This was an early celebration for Mum’s bday…

Food was great and for the meat lovers out there, you would have loved this bbq as there were lots of meat!!! Half way thru it started to rain!!! Quite funny really cos we had to pack up, but then it quickly stopped raining – luckily we didnt pack away too much and the charcoal was still burning.. so set-up again!

Quite a nice feeling… a rather chilly night around a warm fire with your loved ones….

Thursday, August 9, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

2 days ago a new TVB chinese drama started and I’m lovin’ it!!! Fantastic mix of actors and actresses…

The storyline so far, is great and really interesting and I think I’m gonna be addicted to it.. Problem is that I’m only here in UK for 1 month and the series will last longer than that! In HK, the series is coming to an end and Gav who was also addicted whilst his stay in HK, in his own words – said it was “amazing”! So, anyone got the series or has recorded? PLEEEEEEEASE can I borrow?!?!?!

It’s called “The Drive Of Life”

Wednesday, August 8, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

Before I went to Singa – I fell in love with this song… I could sort of sing the chorus – but couldnt tell you the exact words or the group or the title!!! Then, I was in Singa and I completely forgot about it… Until….

Driving yesterday – it was playing on the radio…. Fantastic! Sun beaming away, windows down, driving on the motorway at 70 miles an hour (!?!?), blasting it!!!!

Not sure if you will like the song – but I love it… Always puts a smile to my face – and I just gotta sing-along!!!
Title: Cupids Chokehold
Group: Gym Class Heroes

Gym Class Heroes is a hip hop band from Geneva, New York. The band is best known for their Billboard Hot 100 top 5 single “Cupid’s Chokehold” from The Papercut Chronicles. Rather than using the conventional tools of hip hop production, Gym Class Heroes use live instruments…

Click here to listen to the song!

Enjoy!

Tuesday, August 7, 2007 by Daisy in General Blog Posts

My brother recently bought the Brain Age game for the Nintendo DS… I must have a go!!!

Brain Age is supposed to train your brain in minutes per day and presents quick mental activities that helps keep your DS brain in shape! Activities include quickly solving simple math problems, counting people going in and out of a house simultaneously, drawing pictures on the touch screen, reading classic literature out loud, and more.

On the first day of your exercise, you take a series of tests and get a score that determines how old your brain is – this is your “DS Brain Age”. By performing daily exercises just minutes a day over weeks and months, the better you’ll get at the exercises and the lower your DS Brain Age will become!!

My DS brain age was a whopper 71!!! If you look positively at this number – it means that i should be wiser?!?!?!? yeah, whatever! For those who really know me – yip, that number of 71 is being generous – the number should be even higher!

Well, on a happier note – after doing the tests with no practice I had a grade C…. My bro Gav who is 16 had a B+ and my other sisters and Kobe had Ds!!! hehehe… a 71 yr old still managed to get better grades!!!

I must say – its really fun… but Im in two minds…. Do I get the Nintendo DS to train my slow brain or do I get a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) to keep on track with my schedules?

Why all of a sudden a PDA?
Well, I love diaries – not so much the personal diaries – but diaries which you can write your schedules in, e.g. work, appointments… I love it when the writing is neat, red pen for birthdays, green pen for other impt notes and black or blue for general notes… If I make a mistake – I just have to buy a new one…. Every year I transfer all the birthdays and contact numbers in to my new diary… Many people ask why I dont get a PDA… Why dont i?

Firstly, a diary is cheaper! (Im stingy unless its a gift!!!! hint ). Sure its tedious transferring the info over to a new one.. but its so satisfying when its all complete and neat (anyone feel the same way?!?!?). Its low maintenance – ie. no battery is required. It will not just suddenly switch off due to a dead battery – ever experience that with your phone? When you really need to use your phone – it goes dead?!?!!? I really do love my diaries.. but I just have so many….!!! If my circumstances change or I make a mistake in the diary or I want a new design – I just simply keep buying new ones!!! Maybe its cheaper to just buy a PDA…. It seems more practical and I dont have to waste time transferring info…

What to pick… ummm in two minds… maybe just buy both?!?!? Thanks guys – that will be my birthday pressie!!!