好友集会

相隔了两年，我们这班好友又再聚会了。结了婚后，有了家庭后，更加珍惜这班老朋友了。平常上班，下班，照顾小孩，老公，生活圈子也来也窄了。有时会有扣颈的感觉，呼吸都有堵住的感觉。好想飞出去呼吸一些“单身”的空气。
朋友里，有些已婚，有些未婚。已婚的有了小孩，有些持有不生的念头，所以还是半个自由身。聚会的感觉好好，我们认识了将近二十年，都是大学同宿舍，同科系的同学。那段欢喜，悲伤，苦闷，失落的日子，都有她们的陪伴。
毕业后，各自在职场上打拚，奋斗，很难找到知心朋友，这班朋友更显得亲近，贴心，可爱。这儿有十多只耳朵，十多个头脑（都是聪明的头脑！），更加重要的是 有十多只“嘴巴”，可以提供意见，安慰，倾听烦恼；共享欢乐。
虽然这次出席率不高，不过，还是非常的高兴见到她们。

愿：友谊永固！年年都年轻，漂亮！

迷路了。。@''"@

驾着车，沿着高速公路奔驰，路边的树木向后而行，我却一路驾驶。看到熟悉了风景，熟悉的树木，路牌，寥寥无几的房屋。。突然我惊醒了！原本朝着公司方向的我却朝着反方向而行。心突然的感到一阵悸动，被自己的行为吓到了。为何我会走反方向？为何我没用心的驾驶？心不在焉就是这样的吧！我根本就是用潜意识来驾驶！

是哪儿出了问题？为何我神不守舍？或许。。。
应该是换工的时候了。。。
因为我的心背着公司而走。。。
累累累！

河内。。。夏天

六月十二号至十六号去了河内，没去之前，同事RAJAN 已经提醒我河内非常的炙热，100% 的潮湿。当时不以为意，只牢记着凉爽的河内。当我步出河内机场时，迎面而来是一阵阵的热潮，一波又一波的热气，逼着而来，我连忙躲进去汽车里，都逃不过它的攻击！真没意料到会有如此“热情如火”的河内！

一路驶向河内市，汽车里的空调都变成了热气空调。我的汗从机场开始一直流到酒店，真正体会到RAJAN说讲的100%湿度！后来才知道，当天的气温是摄氏40度！！一路上看到好多人都躲在树阴下乘凉。人数比以看到的还多。都穿着短袖，手拿着一把扇子，坐在小凳子上小憩。每个人都变得懒散了。到了晚上，在湖边，还是可以看到好多人，坐在小凳上，聊天，拍拖，乘凉。家长都带着孩子们来到湖边，吃着冰激凌，喝着茶，沿着湖边而坐。
湖边可是当时最热闹的地方，免费的“热风”（真的！当时的风是热的！），无拘束的活动，我想，这可是本地人的 “热点”！

这一次住宿在老街里的旅店，在今年三月时新开的，ＳＩＬＫ　ＨＯＴＥＬ。旅店经理特别的招待，提升了我的房间从ｎｏｒｍａｌ　到　ｌｕｘｕｒｙ　ｓｕｉｔｅ。非常殷勤的款待，房里的ｍｉｎｉｂａｒ任饮任吃，每天有免费水果。房间实在没话说，房间虽小，五脏非但具全，还很高档呢。说实在的，出差时，个人较喜欢较小的房间，有安全感！

这次我“老马识途”的带ＲＡＪＡＮ去了“ＱＵＡＮ　ＡＮ　ＮＧＯＮ”。　之前到过一次，就很想去第二次，终于可以重返此地。这一次，我“聪明”的多了，先在网上把餐厅名字，地址写好，交给旅馆小弟，让他帮我叫的士，沟通，让的士司机把我们载到我们要到的地方。由于六月是河内旅游的淡季期，很快的，我们就等到座位。这一次，我们就坐在露天位子，与其他人共用桌子。不过，没关系，这样才感觉到“热闹”，不然，又是我们两个人，蛮闷的。

点菜咯！要吃什么呢？哈哈哈！我们就四处望了望，看看别人吃什么。WOW!　左上角的客人正在吃 "spring roll"!　问了问材料，就要了越南"spring roll"　它是用薄薄的，大大在张的“米皮”，包上炒过的猪肉，大葱，虾肉，及三，四样的青菜，包成小卷，沾上酱汁吃。味道好“越南”哦！香菜的味道好重！我想我妈妈一定不吃这一道菜！

然后往左下角一看，乖乖不得了，炸鱿鱼！！我的最爱！！ORDER!!　味道就如卖相，好吃到想要第二条！！　ｈａｈａ．．（我几乎吃了８０％）呵呵！我老公肯定为这道菜着迷！

再东望望，西望望的，点了一盘炸春卷，几乎是越南的特点。我多数会点此菜因为我本身非常的喜欢道地的 Fried Spring Roll.　味道肯定是 yummy yummy　咯！

最后在餐牌上点了烧烤猪排，烧烤味道很入味，我也很喜欢！再来两瓶啤酒，这就是我们当晚的晚餐了！还点的蛮多的，不过都好好吃，“味难忘！”

不知Rajan对我的吃量有没有感到吃惊呢？哈哈，管他的，难得有美食当前，他又不是美男，仪态都被抛到三千里了。

虽然此行程遇到了热情的夏天，可也是我了解河内的另一面，很有意识的行程，感到有收获：工作上有进展，我的心灵上有休息，放松！高兴！！

小白兔

那天在车里，胡乱的凑了几段的儿歌，过后女儿还要求唱读给她听，就把它记录起来如下。
为我女儿作的一首儿歌：

小白兔呀小白兔，

耳朵长得长又长，

两个眼睛红溜溜，

小白兔呀小白兔，

披起你的小白袄，

蹦蹦跳跳 thumper thump thump!!

Little Model

Our little prices was "modelling" last night before sleeping time! it was a fun moment because of her cutie modelling poses. She could do so many different posing with her cheeky expression and gesture. We were laughing so hard seeing her pose, some of it are "sexy" pose to tell you the truth!! and we do not know where did she learn that!

Would i be the "star" mommy in the next 20 years?!! hahaha.. (when she becomes a superstar model!!)



Morning with Qin

This morning, i fetched Qin to school because hubby has a seminar in KL downtown. It is always fun to drive her, just me and her in the car. Both of us will be singing, talking about anything and everything that we see by the road side, things in school and anything that cross her mind.

As we plan to let Qin join music class in Yahama Music School, we brought her to the music center for inquiry and registration. She's thrilled about the idea and she told us specifically that she wants to play violin. She calls it purple color school.

"Why I need to go to music school mommy?" here she started her question.
"because you could sing and have fun playing music in the school." my replied.
"would you come to the school with me mommy?"
"yes, i will darling, i'll go to school with you."
"but the school got no window mommy." why does she need window? i was wondering.. ohh.. i know why she talked about window...
"I''ll stay with you in the class room, Qin, so we do not need the window."
"Your sunflower class got window, can mommy watch you from the window?"
"No mommy, i do not cry anymore, so you must go to work." @.@

When reaching Jack n Jill, she kept on saying "bye bye Mommy"..
She doesn't need me anymore in her own "private" territory. The school is for her, not for mommy or papa to join..

My Qin is growing up...

Qin and her little friend

 I sent Qin to her kindergarten yesterday. This was the first time i sent her since the first 2 days of school opening. It was about 8.15am when we reached Jack n Jill, we arrived with the other car, it was Qin's classmate, a little boy arrived at the same time.

The little boy saw Qin came down from the car and greeted her Good Morning, Qin did the same. Then, i saw Qin went to him (he was waiting for her) and the little boy hold Qin's little hand, there they went, hand in hand to the class room.

They went down and then up the narrow stairs, holding hands, never let go even though the stairs is narrow. I was so surprised and touched by their closeness. I don't know if this was taught by teacher or it is just a natural friendly gesture for both of them.

They then sat together to take off their shoes. It is something that lingering in my mind the whole day. Thinking of Qin has given her hand to the boy, trusted him and both of them walked together happily.. very sweet moment.

sweet Qin

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Qin would wish us Happy Valentine's Day whenever she read her "Dora" book about Valentine's Day when Dora gets a special gift for her friend - "Boot".

I sent her to her kindergarten today and wished her "Happy Valentine's Day". In the car, we were "chatting" as usual and I asked her :"Qin, what shoudl we do in Valentine's Day?"

Then she answered me: "We shoudl kiss each other." I was laughing at her answer and she wanted to kiss me from her car seat! Then she told me she wants to kiss papa, mummy and Hao Yuan (her brother).

This is my sweetie cutie Qin. She's learning and absorbing all the things she sees, listens and feels. I will ask her the same question again next year... to check out if she has the same answer every year, that'd be awesome to find out!!

Happy Valentine's Day Qin.. Mummy loves you! Keep up with your imaginative and cheeky spirit!





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I'm Not Going to Cry!!!

芹开始上课了，可是还是很不情愿的去学校。每个早上都会哭着穿校服，鞋子。就在星期二早，同样的过程，可是还是成功的让她坐进车子。如同往常，她在车里喝奶，听歌，呆望着车外，“沉思”着，（那是他的小小沉思空间）；双手放在脑后，然后很“成熟”的，正经八百对着爸爸说：“Papa, I'm not going to cry today."

从那天开始，芹不再哭了！

How could we not love her? Our princess - the cheeky cutie Qin!!



开学咯！

芹开学了，今天是开学的第三天，她还是没能适应，还黏着她爸爸，不要留在教室。

这让我想起我的幼稚园经历。我是很幸运的一个，在我的年代（三，四十年前），当还有同学都没机会上幼稚园时，我四岁就有上课的经验。四岁时，我姐六岁，当时因为有个当幼稚园的堂姐，我跟我姐去了几天的幼稚园，当时，我应该有哭吧，所以只去了一个星期。

在我五岁时，我妈就把我送去一间叫"李氏幼稚园"上课，那个时代并没有什么"幼儿班""安亲班"，只有幼稚园！还牢牢的记得，当时我妈帮我报名"印度班"（其实是英文班），因为有99%是印度小朋友，所以我们称它为印度班！我当时也是每天哭。后来妈妈没办法，就把我转去华语班。

在那个年代，有幼稚园读已经是很好了，我还读了两年，父母都是忙碌人，爸爸要顾店，妈妈是家庭主妇，哪有像如今，个个小朋友都是父母接送上学，还要陪读一个星期？我爸只是负责把我载到学校（我还记得坐在爸爸摩多车后面，没戴头盔，脸贴近爸爸的背后，感觉爸爸的背好大，好大，很温暖。偶尔嘴巴脏了，还可以抹在爸爸背后！！ 哈哈！）让我下车然后骑着他的"噗噗车"（摩多车）回家。把我独自放在学校里，那感觉至今还很真实。那是一种孤单，陌生，无助的感觉，我只有一个念头，想念我妈妈！只要一想到，我就会哭个不停。幸好当时的老师/校长很好，非常的照顾我，会亲自的陪我直到我可以适应。

我还记得在幼稚园里：

            老师拉着我的小手写字，当时我还在哭呢。。。

排队拍毕业照（老师还教我们如何微笑）。。。

在课堂里，老师教我们读A，B，C，唱歌。。。

老师叫我拉一位男同学的耳朵，因为他不专心。。

我们女生拉男同学的手排队，或男同学拉女生的手跳舞, 玩游戏。。。

学校组织去海边玩（当时只须付RM0.50），以前海边有个小动物园，里面还有小公园，可以荡秋千，坐滑梯。。。

种种回忆。。。

我的先生对于我对幼稚园的回忆感到纳闷，奇怪为何我会如此的印象深刻，他对他的幼稚园完全没有印象（我也觉得奇怪，为何没有印象呢？）。这可能是幼稚园里好好玩，老师的爱心，生动的教学，的确是我人生中重要的一环。因为有了这样的基础，让我在往后的学校生涯都过得非常的快乐。

非常好奇，不知有没有人做过调查，会有多少人有像我般对幼稚园的记忆？？

我想芹也有与我相同的性格，感觉。她不是不喜欢学校的。昨晚她还很兴奋的答应我今天不会哭，会让爸爸载她上学，我傍晚载她回家。然而今早抵达学校时，她又哭了。她真的像极了我，无论外貌，好玩的性格，没耐性，爱笑，叽叽喳喳的，是我的小版本。

我希望芹能像我一样，享受幼儿园的生活。因为直到现在，假设时光倒流，我希望回到我幼儿园的生活！


（在车里的芹，前往幼儿园。）

Cha Ca La Vong

4th November 2011

这次去到河内，与MaiAnh联络上，同往常一样，腾出一晚要MaiAnh带我见识道地的越南食物及逛街。MaiAnh提议吃ChaCaLaVong，道地食物！这是我从没试过的，所以乐意接受了。

8pm 正，MaiAnh到MovernPick来接我，骑上了她的小绵羊，我们往餐馆奔驰！今年十一月的河内很暖，没上两年的冷，所以并不是很享受奔驰的感觉。街道依然挤满了摩多车，很典型的河内，汽车，摩多车喇叭响个不停。我暗里想，幸好河内汽车没sensor，不然乘客会被车的sensor吵到头昏脑涨，呕血！

抵达了餐馆，MaiAnh把小绵羊交给了代客泊“车”的小弟，然后找位子坐。这间店铺面积小，桌子排得满拥挤的，都差不多背对背了。店里只卖一种食物 – ChaCaLaVong！没餐牌，只是告诉侍应生几个位就可。没多久，侍应生端来了一个锅，锅里有一层油，里面有鱼片（好像是鳗鱼），然后还端上了一小篮的青菜。桌上摆着各自一碗“虾酱”，灰黑色的，腥味（海味）很重，可接受程度较低，不是每个人都能接受那个味道，颜色。

（餐厅门口，在老街附近）

我们让鱼在锅里“滋滋”的“游着”，然后依据喜好把青菜加入翻炒，待好了后，捞上鱼，油，菜，拌上“米粉”，花生和虾酱，捞在一起吃。够特别了吧？可记得别放太多的虾酱，因为味道独特！

（调配料）

据说那个油是鱼油，有特别的香味，加上腥虾味，配上花生，奇特的味道，不是不能接受，只是很难想象的味道，蛮搭的，却又让人此步。好难形容！一个人的花费大概是VND24,000。

（就是这样，在桌上煮炒的）

奇就奇在店里只卖一味而座无虚席！可见这是多么受欢迎的道地食物。

可以尝试，完全全新口味！很简单的几个食材，却有如此的效果，河内食物- 还有待发掘！！

（以上的照片都是从网上取得，原因是我通常都没带相机出门！）

Happy New Year 2012

The whole world was talking about New Year resolution since last week, before 2012, could hear it from radio, read it in face book and a chatting topic as well.

What’s my new year resolution this year? It has been years that I’ve not thought of this topic anymore, ever since I have my first baby.  Gosshh!!  Babies do make us busy and left behind.

It’s okay to be late than never I think.. .. I’d make my new year resolution today, on the 3^rd day of the new year!!  (at least I “churn” out something to be “on par” with others!!)

To have one is better than none.

Never be late to work towards it than never practice one.

 What’s my resolution? Okay… errr..

      1.       Keep my blog active all year long. Maybe write 1 or 2 in a month? (would it be too low the requirement?? Hmmm.. )

2.       Lost weight of course, 3 kg maybe??!! (which girl in this world won’t list this resolution?? Haha!!).. if not loosing it, keeping it!!

3.       Reading at least 6 novels ( 1 book in 2 months !! I know it is an “easy task” but can I keep this “easy task” into a real action?)

Will keep track of the above quarterly..  hope those work out this year!!

HAPPY WORKING HARD!!

 ONE YEAR OLDER, BE WISER THAN LAST YEAR!!