Got myself some new & utterly depressing semi-autobiographical books to read over the CNY hols:

- The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
- Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Athur Golden

Yay!

May the Monkey Year bring you wealth, prosperity & lots of bananas!

Happy Chinese New Year & happy holidays to all!

Its one of those days in your life that you'll never forget...

Sunday was the day I witnessed my dog chewing up a rat.

Squeak squeak.
Bite bite.
Squeak squeak squeak.
Bite bite.
Squeak squeak.
Bite bite bite.
Bite bite.
CRUNCH.

Aggghhhhhhhhhh!! o__O

Good news abound!

Bonus is out and a pay increment for me & my colleagues in this new year.

No promotions yet, but I'm satisfied so far.

Whoopdeedoo!

1. Chocolate chip cookies (check)
2. Pineapple tarts (check)
3. Indonesian layer cake (check)
4. Kuih batik
5. Almond cookies
6. Mini popiah's with meat floss

Three down, three to go. Mmm...

Spring cleaning can actually be fun. No, it's not the dust & the possibility of finding dead things in dark corners that excite me, but it's the discovering of old momentos & juvenile treasures that brings tears to my eyes... *sniffs sliced onion*

Among some stuff I discovered:
- an essay on "The Human Perception of Beauty" from my pre-university days
- countless unfinished ribbon-string-keychain thingys that was way hip in the early 90's
- old art pieces from primary school
- an autograph book from Standard 2!
- pictures of myself in my youth (it aint a pretty sight)
- a screenplay of a 'politically correct' Snow White (think: women in tights, men in skirts)
- old birthday cards
- really old correspondence dating from 1990
- a large pile of old RM1 notes (wonder how much they'd be worth in the future?)

Hmm... looks like I wont be throwing much away... :)

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Article on my capoeira instructor in today's The Star paper (Metro section).

Capoeira Workshop- Friday, 2nd January 2004


* The band revving up the workshop roda (pronounced "hoda")
* Making a move called "kedajihin"... cant remember how it's spelled :P


* Making another move... into a cartwheel I believe.
* Kacang pol! It's a Middle Eastern dish. Very delicious! We had this after the workshop.


Group photo! :)

Check out Booya's blog for more pics. Yeehaar. For those of you who missed it... well... too bad! :P :P

Complete sincerity: You believe in being straightforward with others, and you expect the same from them. People would consider you a good listener, and one who is calm and mostly serious.

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I'd like to think of myself as mostly calm, but mostly serious? Hmmm...

Anyways, I'm going for a capoeira workshop tonight. Excelleeent...! I hope Booya doesn't spread his germs too far. Heh :b