SK Quah Run 2009

I have been out of school for quite a while now and I was called up to help at the SK Quah Run on a Saturday morning which means… my beauty sleep will be sacrificed… this run is actually dedicated to our late PE teacher Mr. Quah.

The Run was held at our old school down at Middle Road (our new school is now located in Bedok area). When I arrived this morning, I was really sleepy and tired due to the CNY holidays and heading back to work on Thursday was absolutely dreadful! I was delighted to see so many people already warming themselves up for the run and some are busy taking pictures of the runners and the rest were rushing to get themselves registered.




Though I was only called up to help around but when I saw them doing their stretching and putting on their number tags, I sort of regretted not taking part in the 21km run. Anyway, saw many seniors and of course some juniors (whom I don’t know). I also saw Ms. Kang, my former Secondary 3 form teacher… my goodness!! She looked the same and still damn FIT lor! I was also surprised to meet hubby’s cousin-in-law whom I didn’t know that she is actually my senior!




Vivian arrived with kueh lapis for us but she was surprised that there were no food stalls… we started helping out to pack goodie bags; includes one school tee-shirt, two magazines, a toothpaste, book-mark and a certificate for the run.

We got excited when the official race began and everyone was cheering them on as they had to run as many rounds round the church compound as possible. It certainly brought back so much memory as that used to be our PE ground. That rough ground used to be our playground, meeting point, primary school brushing teeth area and our physical fitness test ground…












I took the opportunity to visit my Primary School and when I stepped on the stairs where I used to run up and down, my tears rolled down my face. I realized that I really missed my school days and suddenly I felt so old! Sighz…







The race ended early and one of the senior team won! They actually completed a full marathon instead of half. It was indeed a great achievement for them. There was a prize presentation and lucky draws for all participants. The event ended off by sing our school song and with the famous SK Quah Cheer… (hip hip hooray) hahaahahaha… it was funny but very meaningful la…




Congratulations to the organizers of this event and looking forward to another one perhaps.

Happy Birthday Ronster!

Happy Birthday to my buddy Ronster! May you have a RONSTERING Year ahead!

Cheers!

CNY Day Two

We set off in the late morning to hubby’s aunt’s place for lunch and in fact, we were the second one arrived. The rest of his relatives arrived slowly and by 1pm, the humble house was filled with adults and children.

There was only one dining table and we had to take turns for lunch… The food was great though it was the usual dishes that we will probably taste for the next few days. After distributing red packets to the kids and hanging out with the cousins, we left as it was getting quite crowded.

We rushed off to my buddy’s place. Bird kindly opened house this year as I couldn’t accommodate this time. When I arrived, most of my friends were already there and started snacking on the food she prepared.




It was a total different feel when you visit your relatives and friends. Being with my own friends was extremely relaxed and fun as we talked about anything and everything. As usual, we will snack and do silly things!


Children were playing in the rooms and we adults entertained ourselves with their toys! Yes, we sort of like the kids’ toys… I sometimes wondered why… mmmh… we are still YOUNG!




We didn’t stay long as there will be school for the kids the next day and though it was a short gathering but it was definitely enjoyable.

Thanks Bird!

CNY Visiting

It’s the first day of Chinese New Year and there are many things that we can’t do today. No sweeping, no washing, no harsh words, no quarrels just to name a few. It’s really interesting to know and easy for someone like me to follow as I am not really into doing the household chores… hahahahahah... Anyway, it’s also a tradition for us to visit our relative today.

Yearly, we will visit my aunt’s place and have all my favorite dishes for lunch. I would say that it’s almost a yearly affair that my aunt, cousins and my family shared a meal together. In fact, I love it when the family gathered together for a simple meal…

Though I am considered the youngest in the family but since married, I have to prepare to give red packets too. (Can’t run away)… I guess in the Cantonese tradition, you will still be receiving red packets from the elders even-though you are married unless you have kids. (Hey… that’s the good thing!!)

The best thing about CNY is the opportunity to see all your relatives at one go. Meeting your cousins whom you don’t even know how old they are already!!! Yes, I was really shocked to see my cousins who had grown so much. They looked extremely different from the last few years when we met at my aunt’s place… man… time flies and age is catching up… I don’t mean myself la… but …. Nevermind…


Anyway, it was an enjoyable day today and I will look forward to tomorrow’s visiting…

Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone!

CNY Reunion Dinner

I love reunion dinners as that would be the time when the family gathered together. It’s the time to catch up with each other’s lives and BONDING…





As usual, we will have our family reunion dinner at my aunt’s place and the spread was fantastic. Not only had we had our Yu Sheng as our first course, the spread for the steamboat was better than those buffet steamboats in Bugis Street!





This year’s, my aunt invited one of her church friend to join us as his family are in China and he is all alone. We welcomed him like our family members and bet that would be the first time he celebrated with friends instead of family.

When the soup started boiling, most of the raw dishes were poured into the pot and me, sitting there chatting with my cousins while waiting for our food to be ready. On the table, there were sea cucumbers, mushrooms, sukiyaki beef, shabu shabu pork, straw mushrooms, scallops, prawns, meat/fish balls, 4 types of different vegetables, fish maw, beancurds, eggs, sliced chicken etc…. man, I can’t even recall the rest of the dishes…

After dinner, we sat at the living and chatted about my family trip to China and showed them our albums. They were delighted to see the pictures taken and my cousins told us about their trip to Taiwan too. We talked about having another family trip together perhaps later this year which I believed it would be fun.

Now, I am looking forward to tomorrow so I can meet my other cousins whom I only meet once a year!