period of cny

a few days prior to cny, i went to collect my graduation transcript and subsequently my graduation cert!

finally after 3 years of hard work! :)

this cny, is very special for me because i have set my heart that my focus for this year will be family!

so, will I be furthering my studies? nope for the time being! but if you happen to see me and ask me face to face... let's keep it as I wanna take a break yea!

Here's my certificate! Graduation ceremony is pushed forward 3 months. I'll be wearing my first ever graduation robe (besides the one worn in K2 haha) in a month minus a day! :)

Now, CNY period 2015. Please meet keropok kitty! HAHA random~

anw~

back to the point..

i had a few memorable conversations with my relatives this year so far...

with my er jiu>>

我和妹妹：二舅，祝你新年快乐，身体健康！

他：Same to both of you. Yes, good health is the most important. You know, nothing is yours to keep. When you are gone, you have nothing. But you have only one thing, you know what is it?

我和妹妹：Don't know..

他：Moment. Every moment you live is yours to keep. So you got to have good health to live every moment.

我和妹妹：Wa.. deep deep.

Disputable points aside, I think there's some truth in what he said. The moments of 2015 cny can only be recalled after it's over.. It is thus important to 把握时机，珍惜身边的每一个人。You'll never know how differently the family photos will look next year...

with my da yi (while helping her rinse the dishes)>>

她：阿沛你今年二十多岁了对吗？

我：是，我二十三了。

她：你有没有男朋友？

我：没有。

她：那可以开始找了，要找认识的，要会保护自己。。。

then大姨丈came by to continue how I need to protect myself and cannot go to countdown parties etc etc and cannot drink the drinks after I put down my cup etc etc.

so blessed to have caring relatives :)

with my xiao yi>>

我和妹妹：小姨，祝你新年快乐，身体健康，青春永驻。

她：谢谢！也祝你们新年快乐，学业进步，工作顺利。。。哦！哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。。还有！

我和妹妹：噢我知道你要讲什么了。。

她：祝你能够找到Mr Right！（对妹妹）你可以慢一点，（对我）你就可以快一点。

我和妹妹：哈哈噢，谢谢！

I think this is a topic that we can't run away every cny right.. But I want to see it as caring relatives God has blessed me with. It's not those pushy type or so but genuine concern. :)

Have got no idea when the other person would come along, will have to seek the One above :)

In the mean time, I'm very happy for 2 particular sisters who have met their Mr Rights pretty recently :)

I always have a dream to wanna be a young mummy so that my parents can 享受天伦之乐with their grandchildren; something which I didn't manage to have with my grandparents.

We'll see how it goes and whether the dream is aligned to the plan which God has for me :)

a really blessed birthday this 2015

I was especially blessed on my birthday period this year.

This is the post that I have been thinking about for a very long time but didn't manage to post..

Anw, here it goes!

My birthday fell on a Sunday this year. On Thursday prior to the special day, Aunty Goh already gave me a big angbao. She says she's afraid that I am on leave the next day. 超有心的<3

On Friday, my colleagues passed me a surprise gift and I celebrated my birthday with a friend too. Oh yes, Aunty Goh gave me a second gift that day :)

On Saturday, at our weekly family gathering, mum prepared crab bee hoon for everyone as part of my celebration:) I had a yummy cake blessed by xiao yi too. It was a really pleasant surprise :D

On Sunday, my family (one of God's biggest blessing to me) went to visit a particularly familiar to us market in amk and had our awesome porridge before heading to church. In church, there were so so many sweet people who wished me happy birthday which added on to making my day especially special :)

The gift wrapped in the silver wrapper was a super surprise from shu rong lao shi who taught me when I was a kid. I met her at the lift area together with my sister and she was like: 今天是谁的生日？and then she surprised me with the gift and gold packet. Why did she remember? Because I shared the same birthday as her son. So sweet and thoughtful of her :') the yellow-and-sweet-like-honey letter was given to me by my mentee (mentor). always giving thanks for her! :)

And that's not the end yet. The day was made even more memorable with YM celebrating with me (see first picture above) with my favourite apple strudel right after service! Also, the many many lovely people who wished me happy birthday on various social media platforms and everywhere else. The MYLC group really made me feel so loved in the group chat (picture above) too :')

Not forgetting the first 3 hahaha plus 44 more really sweet and thoughtful people :) and also a very important group of girls in my life who blessed me with the sweetest birthday card and msg. and also all the text/ whatsapp msges and handshakes and greetings... that contributed to making me "diabetic" :')

thank you all so much everyone!

I am still smiling away as I am typing this here right now even though this post is more than a month late. :)

2014 was a tough tough tough year.

but through my January 2015 birthday,

what I wanna emphasize is simply at the start of 2015,

all of you have showed me how I am so so blessed beyond measure :)

and I would like to thank God for each and everyone of you :D

I AM TRULY BLESSED :')

In my twenty plus years of my life, Ps Fui is only one person I know who shares my birthday.

We discovered that on the first day we met in TPCMC though we met once many many years ago in Indonesia, Buru.

This year, she wasn't around to celebrate our special day together as she already returned to her hometown..

We know she's happily reunited with her family and it's her turn to enjoy celebrating her special day with them! :)

But still....

We really miss you, Ps Fui! <3