tina's world

cherry

Weeraku & me at Far East Plaza

some cute Kitty sold in United Square . it is irresistile~~

I like to eat cherry. healthy~~ good for girls

(tina) ♥ 7/31/2007

Will money buy our true happiness?

Last friday, when I passed the bugis, I saw a big cake standing at nearly 5m high, it is Singapore's tallest wedding cake, and weighs 1,400kg. It was baked by a team of chefs from Hotel Intercontinental. It will go on sale - $50,000 for the entire cake, or $3,000 for the top tier, increasing in price to $12,000 for the bottom one. Proceeds from the sale go to the Happy Home for children in Phuket, which houses kids orphaned during the 2004 tsunami. Many people was taking photos around the cake. It was making a great commotion. I was surprised.

Why are we unhappy occasionally? Is it due to money?

Happiness can be divided into two groups: materialistic happiness and mental happiness. In our society, many people are not satisfied with their life, if we try to compare our life with the people in undeveloped countries, we would feel how nice a life we have. In Singapore, there are many rich people, but they are not happy . Are they really that dissatisfied? I think they have their own problems.

But why do money matters bother us so much?

It attributes to a lack of financial planning. What matters more is whether he can balance his budget, rather than how much he earns.

Singaporeans may be mostly prosperous but money is still a worry for most. They worry about sudden, serious illnesses or if they meet with an accident and whether they can afford treatment. Medical bills for unforeseen illness will be a heavy burden. it's hard to come up with such large amounts of money on such short notice.

As for me, I'm satisfied with the safety in Singapore, but not the cost of living. We have a high standard of living, but it's rising so fast it's hard to catch up. we have to work hard, things are expensive, no time for family, play. So how to be happy?

Here, everyone is working hard and striving to succeed. So we usually ignore some relationships,
I do hope all of us treasure our relationships and the people around you. These are important elements which make us happy.

(tina) ♥ 7/24/2007

wedding dinner

reception table

with relatives, just like a family gathering. the bride and groom are standing in the middle of us. the bride is an air hostess

during the dinner, went out to take a photo, haha ~

the shape looks like a cake which is made from yam , inside are some walnut, prawn and so on. I like it

with Sarah (Sis-in-law), she is pretty

I went to attend a wedding dinner tonight. Actually I was not very keen in the processions, because I was busy talking with Sarah. We had a nice girl's talk, I really enjoyed chatting with her. Even though her husband felt ignored by her. haha~~

Back to the wedding , after the dramatic entrance by the waiters and waitresses there was a dancing chef. He's an indian and was very fat and he was dancing with a plate balanced on his hand, the dancing steps was really funny.

The whole procession went smooth and fast. After the dinner, Bob told me he had to go home to have supper, because he was still hungry. haha~~ yeah, that's true, luckily, I had ate something before the dinner, otherwise I would have been hungry. I didn't notice how many dishes there were in total, when each dish turned up, we shared one spoon, then finish. Maybe our table was seated with 2 more guests. so .......

On the whole, it was a good chance for all the relatives to get together.

(tina) ♥ 7/21/2007

my favourite fruit:Mango

I am tasting mango in the kitchen

Mango beautifully cut by my honey, is it nice ?

My honey's big big boss came back from Taiwan and he brought us a box of Mangos. I was very excited when I saw so many mangos. I really like Taiwan fruit. I think Taiwan is a treasure island which produces nice fruits and many different types of snacks. If I live in Taiwan, I would be overweight.

I put the mangos in the fridge, every night , I take out 1 or 2, cut into pieces, and share with my honey. But one thing I need to mention, I like eating, I don't like cutting it , Because It 's sticky as it is too sweet.

Seeing my honey cut the mango, it's so nice. I ate all up he cut, even the seed I didn't waste, I licked it . haha~~ So he only ate the sides of the seed. He blamed me why I didn't leave some for him, but I had thought he cut 2 mangos, each of us ate one, so I had eaten up .

Then I said that I was going to cut 1 more for him.

Just to console him ~

(tina) ♥ 7/14/2007

I had a nice dinner with honey's mum

Today I went ICA to extend my pass and also do my PR things. In order to get

a faster Q-number, we got up early in the morning. But there was still a long queue.

Sigh~ I was thinking how a big sum of money they earn each day. I really hate going to

ICA, but I have no choice. The application process is very troublesome. Firstly, we went

straight to the 4th floor for doing my extension. Doing the extension went smoothly ,

it didn't take us too much time. After that, we went to the 5th floor for the PR things,

we waited for quite a long time till the monitor displayed our number. The officer serving

us was an old lady and was rude , I was wondering whether she is able to work well in

her old age, she should have retired, and leave room for the youngsters.

She just blur blur ...... so you should have known we didn't get enough documents, we

need to prepare all the details as she said , then come back next time. It made me very

upset and stressful. All the process took more than half day.

I felt very very tired .

In the evening, we went to have dinner at Crystal Jade with my honey's mum. We

don't chill out oftenly, his mum is a money-minded lady, hehe. Whenever we meet her,

she talks with us about the tough life, and she wants to take some money . hehe~~~

(tina) ♥ 7/10/2007

Moody

I have been upset recently. There is something I have to solve , and there are also somethings that happened to my friends. I am mentally stressed.

Today I went to watch the movie-Transformer. It is a very good show. It is really worth watching especially for the people who likes action or sci-fiction. On top of that, it made me recall my childhood. When I was a child, we like the transformers and watch the cartoon.

Ok, good night .

Sleepy~~

(tina) ♥ 7/05/2007

HANDMADE

Easy and tasty homemade dishes
2 dishes:
1 . Onion ring : I bought from cold storage. It's frozen in a pack. I just took out and put into oven, then baked for 4 mintes on each side. that's all. Isn't it easy? It tastes good and crispy .

2. Cola Chicken Wings: The dish I learned from a TV show, it is a Japanese channel called " Sheng Hui Yi Ji Bang(生活一级棒)" , which is really a good show, and it gives a lot of good idea for housewife. If you want to check it out, tune in Channel 67 at midnight 12 on Wednesday .

The cooking recipes are below :

step 1: Wash the chicken wings

2: Add some dark soya sauce, light soya sauce, white pepper, a spoonful of sugar, cooking wine; Marinate them for half an hour.

3. pour some cola into the marinated chicken wings.

4. Place it into the Microwave for 8 mintues.

It's very easy and tasty. Greasy chicken.

Cooking is not as difficult as we expected before. Why don't u try it out? You can do it ~~

(tina) ♥ 7/03/2007

1st, july 2007

1st of July, It is the day where GST increase from 5% to 7 %!

1st of July is where everything increase due to the execuse of GSt!

1st Of July is Where Smoking will be banned in some of the clubs in Singapore

1st of July is where Car owner needs to renew their road tax, Then don't forget to pay your Income tax.

What's more ! They' re selecting their customer especially Ladies night

1st of July, All clubs ladies night must be dress sexy, and Ladies Nights mean 18 to 28, anything above that: Bouncer check ID, Sorry Mdm, You are over age. This is ladies night, Not Aunty night!

Then for the Underage one, do a tea dance again , just like the Old " Fire & Spark Disco, ya, we used to call it Disco. Now, its call clubbing.

That's why last night (30th of June) we went to buy whatever we need to save a 2% increase of GST! haha~~ We bought so many things that we couldn't carry , then we pushed a trolley which is filled with food and items home. Crazy ~~ haha

(tina) ♥ 7/01/2007