Fish Avenue

Can’t believe that my birthday is coming, SOON!!!

I’ll be another year older, but wiser? I don’t know, I do know that I had been stupid and silly for the past one year.

Geez… My skin is not as perfect as before. I don’t dare to go out of the house without some face powder and concealer(someone might just think that a zombie or panda is walking on the street). My skincare regimen is something which I dare not to miss. (Lucky that I have not seen a wrinkle, yet!!)

Stamina isn’t as good as before, too. I used to shop from 11am to 9pm. Oh hell now I am so damn tired from a 4-hour shopping!

Used to sleep at 3 in the morning, wake up at 7am and still felt like a dragon. Tried that now, damn I could hardly see the words on my monitor which is just 20 inches away!

Geez, I seriously don’t feel like I’m 28 years old(2 weeks away). Looking back, gosh, my 18 year-old was 10 years ago! But I still feel like I’m 18! I still want to try the sky-diving, the bungee jump, skiing…..

Where have all my 10 years gone???

Looking at the photos, the young-looking and not-so-pretty girl, has already become a mature and quite-good-looking young lady. The hands of time had really worked its magic on me, they are just waiting for the right time to draw a few more 'strokes'. HA! As if I’m going to like that!

Valentine’s Day, was about 2 weeks ago. Andrew and I had never had the habit of celebrating Valentine’s Day. But weird enough, he had always bought me gifts on V Day. Guess that was his gesture of love.

Both of us happened to think that everyday is a V Day. Why wait for another 365 days to celebrate the love and eventually you could choose to celebrate it every single day? We do not stop loving each other everyday, so it is only right to celebrate love everyday.

The most unforgettable V Day was not spent with Andrew, it was a dinner together with both my parents few years back. I was back at home, all my sisters were out celebrating with their darlings. I was home with my mom and dad, Andrew wasn’t with me. And big daddy suggested to eat out as there were only 3 of us. So off we went to the river side for some cheap hawker food.

Dad ordered my favorite butter prawn, and mom ordered another of my favorite, fried oyster with eggs. They are all my favorite food, and yes, I can still remember it now. We were having our dinner happily and suddenly an auntie came by, who happened to be the owner of the stall. "What a good girl, having dinner with mom and dad on valentine’s day while most of the youngsters would rather go out with darling," she said.

What a cute aunty!

Anyway, it wasn’t her comment that made me happy and made the night unforgettable. It was the moment that I feel grateful that I could have dinner with my parents on V Day. Guess most of us (yeah, I said most of us, not everyone of us) would have thought of spending it with the girlfriend or boyfriend, not many would have thought of spending it with parents. Many of us would think that we have plenty of time to have dinner with parents. But I guess it is the special occasion that will make the parents happy, knowing that you are home with them, remembering them on such a special day.

It is only recently that my parents do not need my company as much as they did during V Day or any other day. They are getting more and more romantic as they age! They would go out together without telling the rest of us, dad had started buying flowers for mom, they would only have lunch or dinner when the other is around, they would always follow when the other wants to go out, they would hold each other hands when we’re not looking… It’s cute, and fun watching them. It makes me think that they are young again, like us.

Will I be as lucky as they are? Having someone to age together and still hold my hands when they have wrinkled…

I really feel envious of my parents……

Another good actor found dead in his own apartment in NYC. A shocking news.

Watched a few of his films. You must admit that he was really a talented actor. He was so charismatic that you just couldn’t take your eyes off him when he talked.

He was only 28, a year older than me. It’s so sad to see another brightest star faded away.

学友光年世界巡回演唱会，赞！ 好得没话说。再贵的票价都值回来了！

令人佩服的是他那惊人的体力和唱劲。又唱又跳，唱歌时根本没听见过喘气声。连续唱了三四首劲歌热舞，依然面不改色。已四十六岁的他还能如此努力，这点绝对叫人佩服。

有多少人知道他早期的辛酸呢？有多少人知道他生平第一场演唱会时被人抛掷臭鸡蛋呢？他的努力和辛酸，并不是人人都看见和能够理解的。

他早期的歌曲我确实听过，托堂哥的福。堂哥可说是个不折不扣的学友迷。在学友未红之前他早已收集他的唱片了。原因？因为大家都说他长得像张学友。哈哈。学友早期的歌喉，的确不怎么样。在他努力之下，后来的歌曲简直是越唱越棒。最惊人的莫过于那首 Amour 和夕阳醉了。当时大家忽然惊觉怎么一夜之间他竟能唱得那么好。

从以前老是愣愣的站着唱歌，到今天的热舞。可见只要一个人愿意努力，没有什么是不可能的。记得他曾说过，他不善跳舞。每一首歌的舞步，得重复练上一百次才能把它练熟。一百次。。。我们有多少人愿意那么做？有多少人会选择放弃？

喜欢他，不只是他的歌，还有他那永不放弃的精神。

对他，并不是迷恋，而是欣赏与敬佩。

It’s been quite some time I had not been here.

Is it possible to have everybody to love you? Why must somebody hate you while the rest just love you? And why in the world would they hate you? You scratched your head and you couldn’t find the answer? Neither could I.

Love me or hate me… That’s something I can’t control. And I can’t be greedy, I already have those that I love and they love me. That’s more important.

Well, let it be then.

A friend emailed this article to me.

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

"God determines who walks into your life… It is up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go." ~ Francy Moraes

Another colleague got married, last Saturday. She was drop dead gorgeous.

It was such a touching moment when it came to the vowing part. That’s what I like about christian wedding, you actually say it out loud.

It was funny when the slideshow began showing the process of the courtship. What a brilliant idea!

Phew… Another two weddings to go in December. Unfortunately, it’s not my own wedding, yet. Hahahahaha……

Watched Click last week… What a meaningful movie. Thought it was some kinda silly comedy by Adam Sandler again, but indeed it was quite a nice movie, with laughters and tears.

Do not skip chapters of your life. Some of them may not look important to you, but the impact could affect your life.

Do not waste your life. Live life to the fullest and cherish every moment, whether good or bad.

2 years… I have said farewell to 2 of my loved ones.

Grandma passed away 2 weeks ago… I have never felt this heartbroken before. The heartache was unbearable… How my heart beat and felt when I was in the hospital knowing that grandma was gone. There is absolutely nothing that could describe that feeling. To see father broke down in tears, that was even more painful…...

It had been a week she was unconscious. She was so thin, I could not even see her on the bed from far. Eventhough she was thin, her hands and fingers were still silky smooth. I am lucky to be with her for the last 3 days… held her hands, talked to her…... She had beautiful long and tender fingers, her nails were pinkish, and so was her face.

I was sitting beside her that afternoon, she looked fine, even without the oxygen mask. She didn’t cough anymore, she was sleeping so peacefully. For that moment, I strongly believed that she was going to be fine, she would wake up eventually. I even planned to go back to work 2 days later. I left her in the evening, for dinner and all that……… Who would know that that was my last moment with her. If I knew, I wouldn’t have left……

My beloved beautiful grandma had left… I have always wanted her to see me get married……. It would never come true now, I have let her waited too long, and she couldn’t wait any longer.

And now, I have to use past tense to describe her…… How sad…...

Just watched MI: III this afternoon. Gosh… still love Tom Cruise. He is still as charming as ever he could be.

Oh, Maggie Q looked extremely stunning in that red dress!!!