好久不见

好久不见
我们又再见面
开始不停地寒暄
仿佛一切都没什么改变
 
记得那些年
我们都有青涩的脸
如今虽苍老一些
但依然有各自的尊严
 
我们都很怀念
那段读书的岁月
其实课本经常放一边
出游玩耍最空闲
 
记得那些年
考完试就去海边
踢球泡水一整天
年复一年都不会厌
 
我们都很想念
那些假期野餐的聚会
叙述心情的黑夜
追逐旭日东升的瞬间
 
好久不见
我们应该会再见面
到时还是会废话连篇
说明一切都没有改变

The Aftermath

 



The D-Day had arrived. 29 Jan 2014.

Actions started at about 5pm+, where Siew Mei and Derek were frontiers to visit a stranger friend aquainted recently.
Not sharing that acquaintance story here.

It's basically just having dinner with this lady Alice, who is wheelchair bound, and doesn't have anybody visit her most of the time.
Food was mostly prepared by Angie, pretty good.
Hope Alice was not overwhelmed by our noises in her home. LOL
Just a picture here to see, as the official photographer kept having problems with his camera, at least initially. :)

At 7.45pm, I think first person arrived at Wawawa. Chee Kong was probably the first one.
Then we made our way to Wawawa from Chai Chee.
3 cars were parked around the same place.
Siew Mei drove off. Abraham followed, and then Derek.
The first car took a left turn, then go straight with whatever the road leads to.
Second car followed. And so did Derek.
Alamak! Hit end of car park!
3 jokers have to go-stan and go back the other way!
That was funny. Hehehe.
And the best is, one of the drivers used to live in that vicinity! Shall refrain from namings. :)

So at Wawawa, people slowly started rolling in.
Sounds of "Who is this?", "Ho seh bo!?!", "Do you remember? ... ...", "You still look the same!" keeps rattling up when someone 'new' appear.
These are the 'new' old friends.

I think Wawawa might have regreted our reservations. Too much noise.

Looking at a group of 40+s, standing too long also cannot take it, squat a bit also tak boleh tahan, and mostly (not all) have grown horizontal in many ways, are simply divine to watch and listen to with the various conversations running left right centre.

The secret organisers (Deric / Cheng San / Boon Huat) also very sweetly prepared a present to the Champion of the gathering Siew Mei. I didn't see clearly what it is, but I think it is a mug, with the photo of the class taken back then.
Very nice of these people yeah?

When Siow Lin came, she brought a cake in. It's Siew Mei's birthday in another few days, so intention was to celebrate with her in advance.
How wonderful after so many years right?
And Siew Mei wished for all to gather each and every year on 4 Feb (as part of their class 4/2) from this year onwards!
Wow. May her wish come true, each and every year.

 

As time tickles through, people also started to take their leave.
The "Hi"s had left, the "Bye"s had come.
It's still a joyous occasion for meeting each and everyone of them.

I may not have listed each and every single name here in this entry, 'cause if I were to do that, I will probably take a few days to complete writing this.
I can be quite lor-soh at times.
Sorry for that.

I had been listening to a song lately. It's a song about beginning new adventure, akin to when you leave school for next advance learning or work.
Just find it is aptly to share with the people who were part of this gathering, and managed to read this somehow.
It was originally sung by 水木年华，which I like it a lot.
I prefer to listen to a 模仿 effort by this guy called 张议天, below video.
Till the next time

The Gathering

It's been almost a month since the "project" kicked off by Siew Mei to gather the friends from Temasek Seconday 4/2 class 0f 1986.

As it turned out, I think about 35 of the people were found. Probably about 80%.
Quite amazing right?

During the course of searching, some people were really found miraculously!
Like Rizal, somehow bumped into Kian Lam, and then got added into the chat group with the avalanche of messages pouring onto him.
Jacelyn, searched high and low, and even wondering how to spell her name correctly. Again, the master sleuth Mr Koh Kian Lam, dug high and low and found one that appears to be. Anyway, just send email and ask lah. Bingo!
Looking for food at hawker centre, Ai Ling said she saw some familiar face and asked her if she is Chiew Eng. So funny.
And there, another lost soul found.

And the messages, while may be fun to read, can be irritating if never set mute on the group.
The first 2-3 weeks were crazy. The guys were talking about anything. ANYTHING.
From banterings to words of wisdom, to pills and movies, children and schools. Whatever.

Some cannot take it, due to whatsapp fatigue, left the group. :P
Not many though.

Now, the messages are not flying around fast and furious, only for occasional highs. Most of them are still in the group to experience some Cloud9 situations. LOL. And sometimes, knives.

So the countdown has started.
4 more days to go.
Date: 29 Jan 2014.
Place: Wawawa
Time: They know themselves.

Many thanks for Derek and Cheng San for working on the logistic coordination to make it happen.
Ultimate thanks for Siew Mei, the champion of the gathering.

See you guys!

旺旺

CNY is coming!
Time to deco the house a little.

Thus, we went to do a little bit of shopping.

This is what we have in our living room:

Nice or not?

This time, we bought "旺来" too, and best of all, we chose the biggest one.
Headache, don't know if it will hang well.
This is the "大旺"! ;)

Less than 2 weeks more!
Are you ready?

Huat ah!

Walk Walk

New Year Resolution: Lose weight, exercise and stay healthy. Again!

Though someone commented about me saying as "Lost weight" initially.
Anyway. :P

I try.

I have tried to keep to soupy food as much as I can when having lunch out on working days.
Unless I can't find soupy food, I would look for some less sinful stuff.
And yes, I have been taking Bee Hoon Soup, Yong Tauhu Soup, Mee Hoon Kway etc.
It's only like 13 days from Day1 of 2014, but so far so good. :)
That's much for the food intake.

As for dinner, nah, whatever it's cooked at home, I eat.
Less rice is an avenue to watch the weight.

Then, I also started 'exercising'.
By that, it is more of walking.
I have slip disc problem, though not medically certified to be slip disc.
Sometimes if happen to walk down from higher ground to lower ground, some sudden streak of pain will shoot up my back.
That is no joke.
So I decided, I will just walk.
Walking around my neighbourhood.
Looking at houses nearby. kaypoh here kaypoh there, kaypoh everywhere.

Then last week, my wife passed me a gadget. It's called FitBit.
It's a tool to help you 'monitor' your fitness in some ways.
Not the jogging type. This one keeps track of the steps you take (as long as it is on you), from 0000hours till 2359hours.
It has a recommended target for the number of steps to be taken each day, how much distance you have covered on foot, and how much calories burnt for the day.

On the website, there's a dashboard for you to view visually too.
Here's today's dashboard:



Today, I walked 12, 429 steps, and covered 8.63km!
Nice to know isn't it? :)

 

And this is the 30 day graph. See?
Was lazy and gave myself a break last Saturday and Sunday, that's why the vertical bar chart is lower on that 2 days.
休息是为了走更长的路。LOL

Then now is the next question.
How long can I maintain these behaviour ... ... ...

我的儿子四岁了

两年前， 我写了这个，挺好玩的。
假期时间， 无聊的玩了起来， 写了下面这个。

虽然还有一个月多， 儿子才算四岁， 也不差太远。
六岁再来？ :P

我的儿子四岁了

最爱就是玩耍了
体格算是高个的
抱了你就背痛了

我的儿子四岁了
吃呀喝呀没停的
跑来跑去不累的
爸妈看了流汗了

我的儿子四岁了
陌生人他不怕的
不要让他问烦了
啼笑皆非会有的

我的儿子四岁了
读书应该不错的
文武双全看你的
别问爸妈就好了

我的智元长大了