1 wedding, 2 funerals.

It was my younger cousin Vincent's birthday last Sunday...
I didn't attend as I just got back from Shanghai and was sick.
Moreover, the wedding was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Less than 24hours later, my granny passed away.
I hope she is no longer suffering where ever she is now.
She had cancer for quite a while...

Today is Sunday.
Another week gone.
I just heard from my brother that 2nd uncle passed away.
Another funeral...

That makes it the 3rd one this year.
Makes me think - life and death is just a thread away.
喜于悲，生于死 - 一限之擦。

Another baby tooth out...

Kady just dropped another of her baby tooth last week.
Only realised that her new teeth are already 1/2 grown out after the baby tooth came out... :P
Her teeth are all growing out pretty soon!

Will be going over to Shanghai to attend the China coat show and getting the meetings ready. It will be a mad rush again. :(

Vera is finally recovering now. PD suspected that she has Influenza A and her fever only broke after 6 days! You can only imagine how tired I was as I have just came back from Suzhou on Friday evening and she was sick on that day.
She still has a cough and running nose but at least no fever.
Hubby was also down. Guess he caught the virus from Vera.

Kady's Graduation

Just wanna share - Yesterday was Kady's graduation concert... they were asked what they wanted to be. Kady said - I want to be a scientist that can save the world from natural disasters. So that everyone will be safe. Am so proud of my girl!

Her class performance was cowboy dance... the costumes was great and her class performance was the one that has the most claps and wolf whistles!

I just came back from Shanghai/ Suzhou on Friday and bought 10 hairy crabs back. We had feast on Friday night....
Vera is also down with fever, cough and cold... very tiring night!

Tonight's Dinner...

Tonight's dinner was pork chops with bacon...
something really simple.
I was lazy so I bought McCormick's Teriyaki Powder Mix marinade for the pork chops.

What I did was to add olive oil, water, white vinegar, oregano, rosemary and freshly squeeze OJ to the ready mix and marinade the pork chops for about 3hours.

Then I pan fried them on both sides (lightly brown), wrap them up with back bacons and grill them. End result - absolutely yummy!!! I used the left over marinade and added chilli sauce, water, button mushroom and brown sugar.

Add in some fresh butterhead lettuce and cherry tomatoes with Chicken and Mushroom soup - Dinner is served!

Yummy... too bad I forgot to take some pics before we eat. :P

Flying off soon....

Leaving for Jinan tommorrow for work...
(Jinan is in Shandong Province)

Heard from my colleagues that it is a very boring place.
In the sense that there is nothing much around to walk or shop for.
Anyways... I'll get to see for myself when I am there soon enough!


Vera has a fever for the past few days.
Brought her to the doc and she said Vera has bacterial infection
(which in way, explains her extremely bad breathe!)
Her fever is finally gone today... hopefully it doesn't come back and she'll recover soon!

Slacking...

I've been slacked. AGAIN.

I can't believe that the last time I updated my blog was 2 month's ago. :P

Quick Updates here now:

@ work

- the company opening in Suzhou went off well in Aug. All the hard work paid off.

- got a Management Award.

@ home

- Vera is walking very well now and is running! She's so cute when she toddlers and runs along... :)

- Kady just dropped her 1st baby tooth @ 5.5yrs... cos her new tooth are already growing.

- made some flowers for her childcare teachers (see below for pics, now very well taken I am afraid as we were in a rush.

been a while....

been a while since I last updated my blog...
been busy as usual...

mom's business is getting from bad to worse.
Seems like she has almost maxed out her credit limits with the banks and they are all chasing her for payment.
Lend her almost all my savings and hopefully she'll be able to tide over this rough period.
The problem is that she still doesn't want to cut her losses and insist on carrying with the business. I really pray and hope that she will either come to her senses soon or that business will pick up SOON!

Had management meetings the past 3 days and its very tiring! While stuck in the meetings, my emails and work are all plying up!

K's CC is close today so here I am at home with the kids.
I think V's molar is coming out as she seems little under the weather with dripping nose.
My left eye is swollen... guessing infection...

Have to travel soon to Suzhou to help settle some HR issues.
haiz... my china colleagues (management level somemore!) are fighting each other.

I think thats enough on my plate for now... sigh....