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Positive energy:  - I didn't spend a dime.  - celebrate my birthday and well wishes from many friends.  - spend time with my sibs and family.  Negative energy:  - not enough good sleep.  - sore throat and cough is back. Shit.  - my current situation socks.

ZR's 7th bday was simple on actual day. It was a blessing for me as i was supposed to be on night job but cancelled at last minute... Enjoy the day, 小妹！

23rd Aug (a day after my trip)... another exciting event... ziyi's 5th birthday party @ explorerkids downtown... (after going to at least 4 kids' playground locations)... 2 hours of using room for cake cutting and gathering... the kids really had fun... thanks to friends and close family members for coming to this party... oh, the 'barbie-like' birthday cake from polar was great in taste and looked beautiful. after the 2 hours of 'closed' session, all day free play 'kicks in' for the kids... parents like me get to follow the kids and play the mega playground (the slides were great and exhilarating!)... haha... totally worth it since the normal days of gameplay will be SGD11 per hour per kid... my girls had 5 hours of fun... and don't want to leave... 2 days later, ziyi had another celebration at her school... a hello kitty cake... goodie bags for her friends... cake finished within 15 mins after it was cut... her frens were really good (in eating)....

this day... i would be taking leave like any other year as it's my birthday... but i did not for this year... as i needed leave for my HK trip. closed to 2 weeks had past... and i realised that 12 May 2008 was a sad date this year... Sze Chuan Earthquake started on this day... at first reported few hundreds dead and students trapped in rubbles... 2 weeks past and it has escalated to 50k dead! and still counting! 12 May (as i noticed News at 10 today) happened to the day that Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's wife fell into a coma and still in that state... it's not a dark date/day for me but to the thousands and many more ... i wish all beings happy, healthy and wishes come true. should i be the volunteer?

a debatable item by Zhirui.

last sunday, the chinese tradition of paying respect to the dead (our love ones who passed away) was adhere... preparations were made way in advance, buying all the joss papers, a "LCD" for my mum... vegetarian chicken, fish and other foods (chinese tradition cakes, kuehs, fruits)... its a massive affair, my uncle, aunties, grandma and our siblings with family including the children were there (at zi du an)... as expected, the place was packed... people mountain people sea... sunny and hot weather... joss sticks, joss candles and joss papers were burning... creating the smoke that was comparable to the Indonesia Haze... PSI 80 at least... my eyes were teary after an hour and half hours... we paid respects to my great-grandparents, grandfather and of course, my mum... she is 'located' at E block, 20 rows, 6 level... hope she is doing well in another dimension. first brush with death ended around 12noon... tiring and thirsty... our family had to quickly rush off to As...

tiring for parents, fun and great for kids and babies... it was Sze Swee's 1 year-old (belated) birthday party held at Orchid Country Club O'Kids Spot... it is basically a giant playground for the kids (comprises of tunnels, a pool of plastic balls, webbings, 2 twist-and-turn super-fast 2-storey-high slides)...and babies have their share of fun at the rocking house, playhouse, kitchen set and slides with tunnel... 3 hours of fun for most (extended timing) buffet for kids, party packs and play play play... buffet was simple but was good... laksa and fried rice were commented to be delicious... including the cheesecakes...soo kueh was a let-down, the skin was too soft... no chewy-ness. price @ SGD23 per child was worth it... parents or adults were either chasing their kids in the gigantic playground or busy chatting among peers on 'kidsology' or some playing PSP! i tried climbing and tunnelling in the playground (adults can accompany their kids)... tiring... but this tire...

though we are having the bigger celebration this Sunday at Orchid Country Club.... (not really big, just my family and my wife's family plus a few close frens that have kids... cos the location is a gigantic kid's playground... i felt like playing too)... -> 27 Mar 2008 is the actual birthday of Sze Swee's one year old... bought a small cake and a XL-sized Mickey! she kept smiling and having fake 'laughs' at Mickey... (photos to be uploaded soon, i hope) she tried the 'Ice Queen', strawberry with white cream cake and didn't really like it... the Chinese tradition of choosing a list of items for one-year old was practised... she was given wide choices: BOOK, ABACUS, RULER, SGD10 DOLLARS NOTE, CHICKEN WINGS and PENCIL... she looked at the wings, touched the book, did not bother with the pencil and abacus... guess what she took????????????? RULER?!!!!!!! then we realised that we did not know what it meant... does it mean ART or TEACHER or CONSTRUCTION LI...

at least 40 people and they are all relatives (mostly direct and not distant relatives)... sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandson and great-granddaughters.. the birthday bash for my 90-year old grandma! more details here .

after a short trip back from KL, Malaysia... (15 Aug to 17 Aug), times really flies... nothing much.. the only news was from my Malaysia colleague... he was robbed... literally on the highway back home at night (15 Aug) ... robbed of wallet, phone, cash, laptop, harddisk and his one-month old Toyota VIOS... imagine the shock, the trauma, the audacity, the security... since the return, my wife and i were busying preparing for this BIG event... seems more like an exam... food ordering, cake ordering, goodie bags for school. it's finally over... you can glimpse some of the acts @ http://soulz007.multiply.com/photos/album/2/Sze_Ees_4-year_old_Birthday_Party