Dear SG,
You won't believe it! It's 8am in the morning now and I went outside to drive my car back into the driveway in front of the house. We park it off street because we could only park 2 cars in the driveway and the garage is full. Now that Andrew's off to work, I have a space in front of the garage. When I reach the car, I saw a thin sheet of ice on all the window panes! I checked the temperature from the internet and it's 6 degree!!!! OMG!!!
The ice is so dry I can't just wipe it off, i had to get a pail of water to melt it! It looks like a sunny day today so I'm hoping temperature should go back to 2 digits very soon.... I really really hope so. Looks like winter has finally come, I better prepare a pail of water every morning when I need to drive to work. brrr......
It sure is interesting here but at this moment, I sure miss sunny Singapore.
with love from NZ,
J
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
SG here we come!
Dear SG,
Andrew and I are planning a trip back to our sunny island Singapore! This is so exciting. We should be coming back at the end of July. Andrew has a list of all the foods he would like to get a taste of before we go off again. It's going to be a trip back to see all the people we miss, the food we miss and also, our dearest dogs. I hope we get the national day parade tickets because we intend to stay long enough to go watch it!
with love from NZ,
j
Andrew and I are planning a trip back to our sunny island Singapore! This is so exciting. We should be coming back at the end of July. Andrew has a list of all the foods he would like to get a taste of before we go off again. It's going to be a trip back to see all the people we miss, the food we miss and also, our dearest dogs. I hope we get the national day parade tickets because we intend to stay long enough to go watch it!
with love from NZ,
j
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Join a syndicate and win some money!
Dear SG,
Would you like to join a syndicate in New Zealand? It's perfectly legal here! kekeke...
Oh well, the word "syndicate" here don't exactly share the same meaning as the "Syndicates" in SG. In SG, we often use this word "Syndicates" to implies **a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities.
In New Zealand, a syndicate commonly means ##a group of people making a joint effort to win money betting sports. It's usually use in Horse Racing where group of people contribute financially to own a racing horse. The cost of raising young thoroughbred yearlings is estimated to be $7.5k per year and the training fee can cost an estimate of $20k per annum. When this horse wins a race, everyone with an interest in it share the prize money.
I couldn't really get over this word when I first learn what its commonly understood here. We have come to associate that word negatively and it certainly wasn't an appealing word.
We went to our first horse racing event in Ellerslie Racecourse last year 2006 on the 30th of December. It was open to the public for free and we bet on a few races. Sadly, we didn't had any beginner's luck. For us, the race wasn't about winning the bet but about seeing those beautiful horses ran. It's a beautiful sight to behold.
with love from NZ,
J
** from wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
## from www.mlbbaseballfreepicks.com/glossary.shtml
Would you like to join a syndicate in New Zealand? It's perfectly legal here! kekeke...
Oh well, the word "syndicate" here don't exactly share the same meaning as the "Syndicates" in SG. In SG, we often use this word "Syndicates" to implies **a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities.
In New Zealand, a syndicate commonly means ##a group of people making a joint effort to win money betting sports. It's usually use in Horse Racing where group of people contribute financially to own a racing horse. The cost of raising young thoroughbred yearlings is estimated to be $7.5k per year and the training fee can cost an estimate of $20k per annum. When this horse wins a race, everyone with an interest in it share the prize money.
I couldn't really get over this word when I first learn what its commonly understood here. We have come to associate that word negatively and it certainly wasn't an appealing word.
We went to our first horse racing event in Ellerslie Racecourse last year 2006 on the 30th of December. It was open to the public for free and we bet on a few races. Sadly, we didn't had any beginner's luck. For us, the race wasn't about winning the bet but about seeing those beautiful horses ran. It's a beautiful sight to behold.
Racing beautifully towards the finishing line.
The horses trotting off after a race. Everyone's in a relax mood, we could choose to laze on the grass patch next to the race course or sits at the spectator viewing area where we get a bird eye view of the whole race course.
with love from NZ,
J
** from wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
## from www.mlbbaseballfreepicks.com/glossary.shtml
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Just a "Hi!"
Dear SG,
I realize I haven't blog for nearly a month. I'm sorry, we have been busy with some personal projects. On top of that, June is the beginning of Winter month and I got so cold that I'm always hungry... Yup, you guessed it. I put on some weight and I am too ashamed to blog. :p
Just a quick hi to say I haven't forget my beloved SG.
with love from NZ,
J
I realize I haven't blog for nearly a month. I'm sorry, we have been busy with some personal projects. On top of that, June is the beginning of Winter month and I got so cold that I'm always hungry... Yup, you guessed it. I put on some weight and I am too ashamed to blog. :p
Just a quick hi to say I haven't forget my beloved SG.
with love from NZ,
J
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