风波庄

Bro & I supposed to go to a traditional kopitiam at Chinatown to eat Soy chicken but it is closed. Then we wanted to try the Bak Kut Teh shop, again closed. We walked around Chinatown and found this interesting shop - 风波庄

The food was average and a bit expensive but it's an experience. 

We were greeted as Hero (英 雄) & Warrior (武侠) and seated at a table called 东邪. 

There are other tables named as 华山派, 儿眉山 etc. Menu is called 武林秘籍.

If you are a chinese kung fu story book fan (金庸武侠小说), don't miss this shop :)

Chinese New Year

This is the second time I celebrated CNY in SG. When I first came, I just started work and did not have annual leaves. This year, I did not go back because our family not celebrating CNY. 

Sis's father invited me for reunion dinner. We had a 8-course dinner that came with Lou Hei, sharkfins, prawns, roasted chicken, abalones, steam fish, noodles and cold desert. I brought a bottle of wine to toast for better year.

On first day of CNY, I prepared steamboat dinner. We had chicken, pork, beef, abalone, crab balls, pork balls, bamboo shoots, squids, fish fillets, mushrooms, vegetables & beehoon with tomyam and corn soups. While we were finishing the dinner, had we realized we missed out prawns! Since prawns is sis's fav, we threw few into the almost-dry-steamboat-pot. That's our steamboat dinner :)

Whereas mum and eldest bro at hometown, they had a simple reunion lunch. Other than few 'neutral' dishes, mum cooked nephew's fav hainanese chicken, bro's fav ngo hiang and sis's fav sea cucumber. This year, dad not around anymore. Mum still cooked his fav soy pork.

Although we were not together as a family during reunion dinner/lunch, we have everyone in our minds. That is most important.

Before Chinese Niu Year

Two more days to go before CNY. Unexpectedly office was not quiet during second half. Everyone was busy with either greetings fellow colleagues Happy Niu Year, sharing cookies, conf call or meetings. Some of them will be travelling across the bridge back to hometown to be with family members during this auspicious day. 

Our family not celebrating CNY this year. So, I am staying in SG instead of joining the crowds in 2nd link. Sis in-law's parents invited me for reunion dinner on Sunday at Raffles Marina Club. My plans for Monday and Tuesday will be lazying at home watch tv, read books or play console games.

Guess my plans will work out fine...

MILK

Mainly I Love Kids is a charity dedicated to disadvantaged children. 

Your little contribution means a lot.

www.milk.org.sg

Jan 14th 2009

Today marked the 14th day dad left us. I called mum earlier and she was crying. I can't bear with it and cried with her.

Time will heal, the question is how long it will take?

Jan 1st 2009

First day of year 2009 - I lost my father. It was a shock to everyone. Some of them couldn't believe it until they came to our house to see the wake/funeral. Some even said "I just saw him yesterday!"

It seems that dad had let go everything. He met all his siblings during tua pek's 80-year-old birthday celebration on Xmas. He has done what he liked and left peacefully. After the funeral, eldest bro told me that he had a feeling that dad might leave us and elder bro also shared the same thought. As for me, I dreamt that I go back to SG after dad's funeral. The next morning, I found dad. Mum, bros and I still coping and adjusting our lives without dad. Mum still feel dad's presence. I guess time will heal.

I believe dad is in heaven now......