It's the beach darlings! and a really fine beach too! Went to horseshoe bay twice this weekend, once at 1pm on Saturday. bad move! it was scorching hot!! never am i going to be conned into going to the beach at that time again!


Sunday was pierre's birthday party at horseshoe bay. and there was beach volley too. someone baked this really nice custard-y thing called milktart which is apparently a south african favourite. heh. once i get a beater, i will try out the recipe i found on allrecipes.com. btw, never knew the south african men were so sporty, brawny and not bad looking at all.

As I learn about everyone's plans to welcome the Golden Tiger Year, the more unhappy I become. Although it was a conscious effort on our part to avoid being home for the Lunar New Year, I cannot help but feel left out during this all-important holiday. On this island, we have all but 1 so-called Chinese restaurant. Every year, they would put up the red banner a few weeks before CNY. One red banner compared to the numerous ones back home. How pathetic eh? There is no atmosphere whatsoever. With the "influx" of Chinese kids, 4 in total plus 1 soon-to-be-born, I made myself pack some red envelopes from home, so that the kids can experience a little of the festivities that I am so used to. WHAT IS CHINESE NEW YEAR WITHOUT THE RED PACKETS? This year, we've upgraded our celebration to include mahjong! yes, the mahjong set and table arrived last weekend. hao-e couldn't stop himself from ripping the plastic cover off those ivory -coloured tiles and we ...
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