Dear SG,
When we got back from Singapore, our first major problem was the cars. Both our cars won't start. They've been left out in the cold winter for too long without any loving touch from us. We've only been away for 2 weeks or so... I guess we should have hire a car-sitter to watch after our cars for us. A professional car-sitter to start the cars each day, "walk" them, "feed" them nutritional fuel, "groom" them, and "play" with them. Sigh... how will we know our cars will give us the silent treatment when we are back?
Just a few minutes ago, Andrew was replying an email to reserve a car lot for a meeting with a financial consultant. The email request was for Andrew to give the details of his car so that they can identify it and won't tow it away for packing in the reserved lot for their customers. Andrew type down the make and the model, then suddenly turn around and asked me, "What's the car plate of our Nissan???!!!" In SG, cars are a luxury item. We would have never forget any tiny details related to our expensive and precious car. Yet in NZ, our attitude to our cars did a 180 degree changed because they are so affordable here.
Just in case we don't remember the details again, our cars are
19 something year, Dark Green Honda with a round and long backside - BTT803
2000 something year, Silver Nissan with no backside - DYS627
Just don't ask me about the year and the model, I don't remember... *embarrassed*
with love from NZ,
J
Monday, August 20, 2007
Happy Birthday Singapore
Dear SG,
It’s been a while since my last blog. We’ve actually went back to Singapore to celebrate the Singapore’s National Day and came back again soon after. When we got back home, almost everyone asked us this question, “Now that you have some experiences living in Auckland, which do you prefer? Singapore or New Zealand?”
We always replied, “Having lived in Singapore for most of our life, New Zealand is certainly a refreshing change. But we still love Singapore. Singapore is like our “parent” and New Zealand is like our “parent-in-laws”. You can’t help but have strong feeling for both places.
David helped us recorded the National Day Parade on a disk. We brought it back so that the 2 nephews here will be able to see the grand celebration held in Singapore every year. Happy national day Singapore.
With love from NZ,
j
It’s been a while since my last blog. We’ve actually went back to Singapore to celebrate the Singapore’s National Day and came back again soon after. When we got back home, almost everyone asked us this question, “Now that you have some experiences living in Auckland, which do you prefer? Singapore or New Zealand?”
We always replied, “Having lived in Singapore for most of our life, New Zealand is certainly a refreshing change. But we still love Singapore. Singapore is like our “parent” and New Zealand is like our “parent-in-laws”. You can’t help but have strong feeling for both places.
David helped us recorded the National Day Parade on a disk. We brought it back so that the 2 nephews here will be able to see the grand celebration held in Singapore every year. Happy national day Singapore.
With love from NZ,
j
Saturday, June 16, 2007
My car is iced!!!
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
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
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
Monday, May 7, 2007
SMS me or TEXT me
Dear SG,
Before I came to NZ, I was an avid SMS-er. I sms when I was walking, I sms when I was watching the tv, I sms even when I was in the toilet. My thumb goes into cold turkey mode if I didn't sms for a day. I clock up an average of 500 sms-es per month! I sms to send jokes, pictures, or just chat throughout the day with a couple of friends. SMS was my communication power tool.
And then I land in NZ and I had to learn how to talk all over again. Talking with real people I mean. There's no one to text here except for my darling husband and I can only do that when he goes to work. Oh... did you notice that I've automatically use the word "TEXT" instead of "SMS"? Now that's one differences I am going to highlight today. Kiwis don't use the word "SMS", they knows what it is but it's seldom used. Instead, they said, "We'll text you" which is the same as "We'll sms you". Younger kiwis text a lot too, but matured kiwis prefer to call and talk instead. Since Andrew and I belong to the young and reckless, we prefer to text each other, it is also way cheaper than calling. kekeke....
with love from NZ,
J
PS. I need to rush off now else I would have added the "Spot the differences". You won't believe how much the mobile bill here cost. Ciao!
Before I came to NZ, I was an avid SMS-er. I sms when I was walking, I sms when I was watching the tv, I sms even when I was in the toilet. My thumb goes into cold turkey mode if I didn't sms for a day. I clock up an average of 500 sms-es per month! I sms to send jokes, pictures, or just chat throughout the day with a couple of friends. SMS was my communication power tool.
And then I land in NZ and I had to learn how to talk all over again. Talking with real people I mean. There's no one to text here except for my darling husband and I can only do that when he goes to work. Oh... did you notice that I've automatically use the word "TEXT" instead of "SMS"? Now that's one differences I am going to highlight today. Kiwis don't use the word "SMS", they knows what it is but it's seldom used. Instead, they said, "We'll text you" which is the same as "We'll sms you". Younger kiwis text a lot too, but matured kiwis prefer to call and talk instead. Since Andrew and I belong to the young and reckless, we prefer to text each other, it is also way cheaper than calling. kekeke....
with love from NZ,
J
PS. I need to rush off now else I would have added the "Spot the differences". You won't believe how much the mobile bill here cost. Ciao!
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