Little Blessings...

When times are tough, the going's hard, one learns more than ever to count the little blessings in life... Breakfast made by Rob...

Hee... It's nice to wake up to home-made breakfast by someone who doesn't usually make breakfast no matter how simply done it is... *sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet*... Lol...

Had a go at baking Jaime Oliver's Fennel Salt Baked Chicken over the weekend as well! Thanks to Mel and her generosity of allowing me to make a mess out of her home. Despite all the excitement that the bird was creating in the kitchen, it turned out pretty well!

Thanks to Rob who bought a whole chicken with its feet and head intact, Stephen had to gallantly offer to clean and wash the bird as I couldn't bring myself to massage the chicken all over with its half closed eyes on its head looking right back at me. Even when I had to grab its feet to marinate the chicken inside and out, it feels like I was changing diapers for a baby! =P

Anyway, overall, the chix turned out yummy, the whole process was fun and was a good talking point for the whole jing gang as it was highly amusing for them to see the whole chicken wrapped in salt!


In gloomy times like this, it's such little blessings of love and joy amongst loved ones that will keep you afloat. *Happiness!*

Free parking!

Free parking starts today! Yippee...

As one of the perks for charging expenses to CapitaLand Card, I've earned myself free parking and privileged parking at all CapitaLand Malls!! 3 hours per mall per day!

Though I don't own a car, I've registered Rob's family car for this privilege. At least we'll get to use it! =)

Sluggish engine...

I'm feeling so sluggish that I'm trying hard to find a renewed zest or to start my engine...!!

On a brighter note, I can't wait for this weekend! Some of us are gonna troop down to Mel's place for a casual pot luck home dinner. I've been wanting to try out this recipe for Salt Baked Chicken... so I'm gonna give it a shot!

I fell in love with the dish since the wonderful dinner that Kris and Jess cooked and it's been on my mind all these while! It's not the same as the typical Chinese Salt baked chicken with the soy sauce etc. This is the 'Ang Moh' version, with the entire bird covered in rock salt! =)

Managed to get all the ingredients required and now I just can't wait to try it out... Will definitely take pics! =)

Hello 2009!

2008's here and gone and now it's 2009...

It's unbelievable how Time is zooming by so quickly that it feels like it was never here at all, if not for the trails that it left behind...

It's amazing how one pulls through seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and before you know it, years...

It's incredible how so much have happened in the past year and that with the turn of the events and how things turned out, everything would hopefully be for the better...

It's interesting how despite the doom and gloom that 2009 started in, I'm looking forward to the next phase of my life, and the new phases of the lives of my dearest and beloved family and friends...

It's funny how I've got a sudden urge to inject life back into this half lifeless blog at the start of this new year... and with an acute realization that I've missed this...

It's wonderful how a blog has the ability to document and preserve memories that would otherwise get faded... (Reading entries that I've kept since 2004 tells it all...)

And it's a promise that I'll be back for sure (more frequently!!!) with more memories to store... =)

Pensive...

Woke up feeling so tired today! Feel like my eyes are blurry from the lack of sleep and I can't help but chide myself on why I do such things so!

At the same time, I did not feel like I was in the mood for work. After I settled some of the more urgent stuff, I started reading the blogs of some of the others.

Reading blogs brings a familiar sense of the motivation behind reading story books. I feel like I'm being transported into someone else's life. A strong vicarious sense of living the lives that the others lead. Lends inspirations to aspirations and dreams. However, more often than not, reality hits once the story ends and I feel like I back where I started, with a deep sense of struggle.

As the Chinese saying goes, "Tong ren bu tong ming." ---> If our lives are really determined by the elements and stars of our birth time, then I can only pray that may the elements and stars be at the right time and place in the next couple stages of my life.

I need the flame to grow into a stronger fire... I feel so tired...

GSS nightmare... GSS Fatigue... whatever you may call it...

The last few weeks have been a nightmare, especially the last 2 weeks.

I have been going around telling my closer peers that I'll never ever view GSS in the same light again. It's a very very tedious process, not only for myself, but my colleagues and team members as well. Yet however, day by day, we go through the processes and clear one thing at a time albeit pushing back deadlines again and again and just having to manage it as best as we can.

Opened up facebook today and my astrology read -

" Zen, This is a time of testing your limits to see how far you can go. Things you put into motion last week will come to fruition today. It may not be the result you expected, but you should find it acceptable. Learn from the past instead of longing for it."


It's funny how they say that Horoscopes are phrased in as broad a sense as it can be, but more than once, things always hit a nail with me. As we sent my mailer FA for production, a sense of relief overcame even though it wasn't the most perfect - Yes, we still spotted mistakes but it was just too late to amend due to production dead dead dead deadline... PLUS the mistakes are pretty minor... on top of that, I cleared two press Ads for print too.... that's like ONE FIFTH of the job done... *faintz*

As much as I had pressured and pushed my agency to complete my jobs and give in to our whims and demands (which on our end are often driven by tenants), I feel really bad deep down inside because I know how and what it feels like to be on the other end... And this is how the tides change for me... lol...

I can't wait for this to be OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

State of my life...

It's often said that the state of my Blog reflects the state of my life in an adverse manner... And the silence in this little tucked away corner of cyber space says it all...

Since the LNY, I've been rather busy coping with the changes in my career and managing the pace of it picking up... There are good times, and there are bad... There are times when I feel like everything is spiraling out of my control and I would often visualize in my mind's eye how to reach out and make sure that everything stays within my living sphere...

Played a part in Daph's wedding over the weekend. I guess I really let my hair down and had crazy fun in silly little senseless ways... It felt like I was 18 again... going nuts with Raymond's camera, posing as if I'm a pro... It helps that the company was good fun... people like lian, angie, the guys... 2 whole days of partying it felt...

I can't wait to see the pixs! Will upload it when I get them! =)