My Grandpa's BD (28 July 2012)

 My Grandpa is 93 and he still takes public buses and taxis on his own.
My family is slightly dysfunctional but overall, passable. Frequent disputes among my aunts and uncles, so I really don't know what to say here.

 Hong Jing tries hard to play with Kiki but Kiki was aloof, not that she was proud or what, she takes quite a while to warm up. She warmed up towards much later in the night.

 These were taken with my small, CHINON camera. Been such a long time since I've used it and my cousins were all amused with this cute number and my aunt chided me for not buying one for her.

Changing Shifts

 She loved these pair of blinking shoes very much but outgrew them, so we gave to a friend's niece and bought a new pair to replace.

 running lights that blink randomly when in motion. 

Rainy Afternoons

Kiki insisted to join me at the supermarket on a rainy day.

She learns the word "Yu" (Rain) with handicrafts.

Holland V

 Met up with PW last Friday. Her mom has Alzheimer's and it is very trying for anyone to be the caregiver.
Several friends I know are struggling with balancing home affairs (aged parents, in-laws), young children & work. This is in reality what they call the effects of an aging society.

Anyway, we ate at this rooftop cafe at Holland Village (just above Cold Storage). The cafe played Boyce Avenue's collections the whole night and it made the ambience even cozier.

QQ

爬山,不是一口气往上走。要走走停停,不能太执着。 不可以一口气往上冲。 其实,不一定要在山顶才会有好风景。 Quotable quote from a Hong Kong drama I'm watching. I need to relief myself from work pressure. Relief myself from the guilt of feeling neglect of my children, relief myself from wanting to have it all. Afterall,I've got to conserve my energy to last the roads.

Last Sunday - 8th July

Kiki made me to the "yoga" pose for Yiyi -_- 

I attended a short talk at the Tai Pei Buddhist Temple by this Singaporean guy, Tan Chade Meng; who is among the pioneer batch of software engineers at Google. (he's still with Google and is now a "fellow"; their title for VPs). He has this big aspiration for World Peace (via Meditation). If you'd like, you can find out more about him from his homepage   http://chademeng.com

It was nice to hear him recap on his book "Search Inside Yourself" and it was also exciting for me to get an autograph on my book, ha ha. I was too shy to pose for a picture with him though.

Charmaine's BD

 Last week, we celebrated Charmaine's birthday. She is 31.

Did you know

Did you know that her real name is Kitty White and that she's British?
I found a tag on the blouse I've bought for Kiki, it says Hello Kitty resides in the suburb of London.
So, I googled on her history. 

I also discovered she has a twin sister -_-"  what's the name?  -- Mimmy White. (with yellow ribbon) -_-"  

Well, well... things I didn't know!

some pix

 Colin is so cute! my goodness.

Writing Exercise

Weekend @ Hard Rock

My Happy Family.

Weekend @ Hard Rock

 Kiki recognises the Merlion.

 Kiki said - Look! A Girl and A Dog.

 Nice Pool View

(Guys, the three men are the group "The Police" and the lead singer is "Sting", not 'U2" as I thought.. Ha2)