My peaceful hidout

My Island... A peaceful place to relax and enjoy the sea breeze

See the cute little lamb...so adorable!!

There goes my shelter...sigh!! next time must bring umbrella out liao.

把握當下

非常好的一篇文章. 我們的長輩應該都是這樣的想法: 永遠都是把錢存起來, 等到老的時候再花. 問題是我們能有這麼長的命來花嗎?

把握當下!


『等到我學業完成以後，我定要好好地放鬆自己。』
『等到我生意上了軌道以後 ，我定要出國旅行，到處遊玩，開開眼界。』

『等到我賺了錢以後，我定要好好地孝敬父母，讓他們過上好日子。』

『等到我買了房子以後，我就會停下忙碌的腳步，好好享受人生。』
『等到我孩子結了婚以後，我就可以安心打牌，毋需再顧慮那麼多。』

等到‥‥‥等到‥‥‥我們總是這樣對自己說，
也總是這樣把享受人生寄托在遙不可知的未來。
似乎我們所有的生命，都消耗在等待上。

曾有這麼兩個年青人，一位是中國人，另一位是美國人。
他們同在某個大城市的一家公司上班，職位相同，薪金相同，
然而所過的生活卻迥然不同。

那位美國人在他上班一年後，
用所賺的薪金分期付款買了一套非常漂亮、
舒適的房子，日子過得稱心如意；
而另外那位中國人，卻是租住在一棟非常破舊的公寓裡，
房子又黑又小又舊，彷彿稍微用力一點，整個房子就會倒塌似的。

那位中國人省吃儉用，他告訴自己，
等到賺夠了錢，就一定要買棟漂亮的房子，
讓自己住得舒服一點。

二十年後，他終於如願以嘗，
在那位美國人所住的公寓裡買了一套與他一樣漂亮的房子，與美國人毗鄰而居。

結果不幸的是，那位中國人住進新房子還不到一年，
就因多年來營養不良、積勞成? e而撒手西歸。

這就是中國人的悲哀，也是東方人與西方人最大的區別。

中國人顧慮太多，總是把生命用在等待上；

而西方人卻是秉持"把握現在，及時行樂"的人生態度。

如果那位中國人也像那位美國同事一樣，
用分期付款的方法買一套房子?
那他不也是一樣可以在二十年前就讓自己過得舒服一點了嗎？

人人都願意犧牲現在，去換取不可知的等待；
犧牲今生的辛苦錢，去換取來世的安逸。

其實我們毋須等到生活完美無瑕，也毋須等到一切穩定下來，
想做什麼，現在就可以開始。
每個人的生命都有盡頭，許多人往往在生命即將結束時，
才發現自己還有很多事沒有做，這實在是一種遺憾。

人生是一張單程車票，失去的便永遠不會再擁有。
千萬別把美好的生命浪費在等待上，把握現在，享受現在，才是最重要的。

Weekend 04-05Jul 2009 ~ My happiest moment ~

Went for a drive trip during the pass wkend. It's so FUN!! so Freedom!!

Here's some photos, a moment to share... nice sea breeze, relaxing & enjoying my drink. =D

Dinner。。。 煮炒。。。one of my fav type.

Ah Loy Thai

Ah Loy Thai... a place for thai food that i will highly recommended, they serve cheap & good food. Had visited them 2 times (30.05.09 & 20.06.09), here are some dishes that i had ordered:-

Fried Glass Noodles (Fried Vermicelli) - $5 per plate, very nice, worth ordering.

Tom Yam Soup - $5.50 per bowl, it's like for 2 pax serving, not as spicy as expected, just nice for ppl that dun quite like spicy food. Lack of the numbing spiciness as compared with the authentic tomyam soup.

Kangkong - nice, they put some chillies but not spicy at all.

Mango fried Chicken - crispy chicken serve with mango slices & sour sauce. thumb up!!

Fried Pineapple Rice - $4.50/plate, different from the pineapple rice that i ate at other place.

Tom Yam Stream Fish - Yummy =P

Pandan Chicken - $6.50 per plate

Thai Green Curry - not very spicy as expected also, the ingredients are fishball & chicken slice.

Thai Red Tea (cold) - $1.30 per glass, I personally like this =P

Pineapple Drink - $1.70/glass, Icy ordered this, she say is nice. (shld b very refreshing la, cos she ordered 2 glass leh!) =P

Red Ruby - $3 per bowl, yummy...have to share this with someone, i like to eat the jackfruit & the red ruby =P

Papaya Salad - $4 per plate, Sour....

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Address: Shaw Tower, 100 Beach Rd #01-39/40
Mon-Fri 12noon - 8:30pm
Sat 1pm - 8:30pm
Close on Sunday & Public Holiday

Yay!! Finally it's Friday!! Wish everyone have a NICE WEEKEND AHEAD!! Cheers =D

13.06-14.06 ~ busy but happy weekend

星期六13.06.09是一个busy & happy day.

Went for Dim Sum High Tea Buffet @ 老北京 with JR。那里的点心和我们常吃的香港点心有点不一样。他们没有虾饺，风爪，排骨和粉卷("Chee Cheong Fan")。

I personally like their Winter Melon Soup, very tasty...it's a MUST TRY. Their starter dish...jellyfish is pretty nice too. I like their 小笼汤包 also.

They have many types of 锅贴。And they served Herbal Tea (Luohan Tea) instead of Chinese Tea.

There's one item which have a orange colour cast & red bean paste inside, I like that too, but i just realised the orange colour outer cast is actually pumpkin which i tend to suffer from stomach aching if eating too much. lucky me, i'm still ok =D

One more item to recommend is the Custard Buns, i like the inside filling...hee =P

Their sweet-sour pork is not bad, how i wish they serve me a bowl of rice together wif it.

Their service is overall ok, just that there is no indication/label infront of each dishes. So you have to make a guess for what you are picking up.

Buffet Dim Sum High Tea (3pm - 5pm) Adult $15.80++

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After Makan, we went to PC Show to "exercise" =P. JR meet up wif another fren, 他们俩是满载而归。我只买了USB Extension Cable =P. Very tiring, but still a very happy/fruitful afternoon/evening. =D

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Sunday 14.06.09 is the last day of Art Festival. They have a closing celebration from 8pm for 45mins. There's fireworks display, i took some photos, here's one of them...

29.05.09

29.05.2009 is a special day cos it's my best fren B'day!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MOSHI!!

It's also a busy & stress working day too. Rushing for 3 tasks...one is "Urgent", another "Very Urgent" & one more "Very Very Urgent" project...haizz... construction line, everyday is urgent work. that's my life... =P

At least i end my day happily. Went for dinner & watch Terminator Salvation with JR. Had been quite awhile since the last time i watch a movie in cinema. This is a nice movie.

Here's the spoiler.

Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.... T-800, the machine that can think like a human being.

Hilltop HK cafe

Went to this cafe for dinner today. They serve HK cafe style dishes. I can say the food here is the nicest i had tasted before, compare to other HK cafe in Singapore. They don't have service charges, but their service is very good.

Here's are some dishes that me & my family ordered.

I will go there again to try out some other dishes, especially those that i miss so much since my last trip to HK.

Address:
Hilltop HK Cafe (SBW)
369 Sembawang Road #01-03/04
Sembawang Cottage
Tel:6445 5867

No Service Charges, 7% gst apply, C/C payment accepted.