An additional resolution and a new family project

hmm.. when i thought of blogging this hectic period, i dunno where to start. it's been a crazy food eating spree since monday. i think i only managed to take a break on thurs, then it's off to more food on friday and sat. despite stuffing myself with goodies and non goodies (well not all restaurants churned out the yummiest food) the most important thing that i will remember for this CNY is that it brought the cousins closer.


you see, i have this tendency of doing disappearing acts for ions and i am pretty good at that. i believe this comes naturally after certain events which happened in my life over the years. it becomes easier to let go of strings attached and once the decision is made, the disappearing comes almost instantaneously. i find it incredible too! i guess sometimes i can be pretty hard hearted which i believe is some form of protection.


in any case this year, i will add another new year resolution.


to communicate and stay in touch with my family and extended family members on a regular basis. if not weekly, at least monthly.


basically, i kinda doubt it's going to be difficult. because of the most pathetically served food during CNY dinner on the first day, a couple of the cuz have come up with a plan that we will source for a good restaurant in 2010. Along with that, we are also thinking of revolutionalising our yearly CNYE dinner as well.


Think - for almost 25 years (for myself at least), we have been eating the same type of steamboat each and every year. Well, not that it's not delish, it's just that, we are thinking it should come with something different next year. This is likely to be challenging not only coz we are thinking of making an exceptional dish call 'orh nee' (sweet yam paste with ginko nuts and pumpkin) during the next CNYE dinner. We managed to get the recipe and now just need some practise. We have also to consider the tastes of our parents as well as ensuring that the food prepared are healthy and suitable to their taste. We kinda have to keep in mind that they have been having the same dishes for even longer than us and old tastes as with old habits die hard.


so Project 爱 has just completed its first brain storming sesh. committee members will reconvene on feb 28 for further discussion. we'll see how it goes. interesting as well as exciting. cool! :)

carried over resolutions

during our trip in spain when we were leaving ibiza for valencia, cece and me chit chatted as we waited to board the ferry.

the wait was long, so we started chatting about maybe taking up some courses and lessons. on our list were sports, music lessons, crafts etc. we brainstormed quite a few ideas, in the end 2008 ended with us not playing any sports, didnt become anymore musically talented nor did we became engrossed in any craft works.


this year, we revisited our 2008 resolution on NYE during our MRT ride to COLD's. we dabbled a bit on the musical part and she had a priority list of instruments she wanted to learn ranked accordingly highest priority (Piano), medium priority (Violin) and less priority (Flute). i seconded the flute. i'd be interested and it's prolly the cheapest instrument out of the three. but cece's more keen on the piano which will require loads of practise and erm of coz a piano to practise. haha, i think i will check out the flute, though i kinda forgot about the taiko drums. shall check it out again.


so my 2008 resolutions somehow carried over this year. last week i signed up for hip hop with edeline. ideally it should start Feb, but i might be due to go for a long delayed operation which will leave me with 3 weeks of mc or that's what Doc See mentioned, which therefore means that i have to postpone the hip hop sesh.


one of my resolutions for this year was also to accompany my mum for her bukit timah hill walking trip, and for the last two Sundays, i actually did that. feels good after walking, so i figured i'd prolly continue for sometime. may include a trip on Sat mornings as well. Depends on how lazy i am.


i haven't started my craft project yet, maybe this week? dunno, see how tired i will. as i type, i realised that my eyes are getting really heavy. wonder what made me so tired today, been yawning non stop!! though i did find some courses which caught my attention!! one of it is glass fussing and the other japanese clay. wonder what else i can find online.


started the year eating partially healthy and still trying to continue the fruitty and veggie intake regularly. it's kinda fun coz i am experimenting again, just a bit limited with the dishes cooked coz i can only boil, stew or steam. there's no cooker hood at home so, stirfry will be messy. nevertheless, it's healthy which is most important!


let's see how well i will abide by my 2009 resolutions carried over from never fulfilling any in 2008... :D