Three more weeks to CNY!

Hmmmm, it's less than 3 weeks to go before the angpow season kicks in! Spring cleaning, reunion dinners... it's quite a chore for just 15 days huh?

Well, every spring cleaning exercise always turns out bags of old clothings. At least for me! My philosophy towards clothings kept in the closet is that if you had not worn them in the past year, you probably would not wear them in the next year. One good way of "Passing It On" is to donate the old clothings to the welfare homes. One very meaningful place to donate to is the Metta Welfare Association, which caters to the young and the elderly. They run a school for the intellectually disabled called the Metta School. I dropped off a few bags of clothes at one of their homes in Woodlands which they re-distributed it to the residents/needy under their help. It's a good cause, it goes directly to the needy and it simply makes them happy. Check out http://www.metta.org.sg/mettasch.htm especially the section on "How You Can Help".

Talking about reunion dinners, Carlton Hotel's Wah Lok restaurant is highly recommended. Their "Poon Choi" (a less expensive version of "Buddha Jumps Over The Wall") is good, so are their set meals which is quite reasonably priced. The only problem is that you have to make a reservation in advance. Their "Loh-Hei" is also very yummy! Highly recommended!

Hmmm... should we organise our own reunion dinner/gathering? I think it is especially important for those with kids coz it's angpow collection time!

greymatterphotography

just to share another great site that i have been visiting as well, in case you haven't noticed -> greymatterphotography

hey KC, any chance of apprenticeship on weekends? :)

Happy New Year

Hi everyone, just want to send our warmest regards and best wishes to everyone for good health good luck and every success in 2007. Have not been writing for sometime. Just when i am feeling that Kopitiam was quite empty these days, QW already mentioned it in his last blog. Guys, keep the posts coming in....

Yesterday was the last day in 2006. We went to the zoo with Justin and Darren to see Inuka, the polar bear. Darren wasn't quite looking but Justin sure did enjoy himself! The weather couldn't be better as there was sunlight but the temperature remained in the comfort level. Spent the entire morning there. The last time we went Justin barely speaks a word but this time, he already knows that Lion Roars! How amazing......time really flies.

When we are watching the countdown just now, I was telling Xue'e, "who's so free to go and squeeze with all these pple for countin down, why bother? better to stay at home and watch tv!" Huh, guess i was one of them 10 years ago......but not now..getting old....

Anyway, time to sleep...just trying to catch up on kopitiam...tomorrow will be another long day.....beach day.

For those who have not seen justin, here's a picture taken at the zoo yesterday.