In Malaysia!

I'm officially on Malaysian soil since Sunday. Am now in JB and will be back to see all of you in about, hopefully, 48 hours or less. Hehehe...can't wait to start the parrttteeee!! Don't start without me eh! I know the food galore has started, starting with Riverside. Anyway, the party's just arriving :)

See you guys real soon!!!

Manicure and Pedicure anyone?

Ladies, I wanna make an appointment with the manicurist. Anybody interested?? 11th afternoon. Please let me know before Friday ok???

Logistics Arrangement between 8-10 September

Chatting with Nelson last night before going to bed only to realise that he might wanna go to BP earlier than the planned 10th September. It was a weird chat coz I told him if you go to BP on 8th, you'll still have to stay till at least 14th. I was thinking of going on 10th and stay till 14th coz might make a day trip to KL on 13th.



Anyways, have a couple of things to iron out.



MM: will let you know if we're going on 8th or 10th. What time are you planning to leave on 8th anyway? If we're only going back on 10th, you wanna wait??

A.Eng: What time are you planning to leave Singapore on 10th? When are you going back to Singapore?

Wes: Sent you an email last night about transportation and accommodation. When are you planning to go in to BP? If also on 10th then maybe we can pick both A.Eng and you from Singapore?? Also, when are you going back to Singapore?

OK let me know yah!!! It's only 3 weeks from now!!! Whhheeee!!!!

Eh??

Hey A.Flo, HELLOW Kelvin!

Nice to see you guys here and posted too!

Kelvin: Too quiet for your liking?? What's up with the question marks man

A.Flo: Trying to get all of us to sign up with Hotmal??? :)

I've finished my exams 2 weeks ago - 2 down, 4 more to go!!! I've passed with 88%, a little lower than the 94% I achieved the last time but it's ok....I expected worse really. They have dispatched my 3rd course study materials 2 days ago so I expect to receive them by next week then it's back to the grind - or maybe not.

I'm really busy at the moment. Weird to hear me say that huh? I have undertaken quiet a number of projects for the 3 weeks between finishing my exams till leaving for Malaysia to keep me occupied. Only, apparently, I have taken up a little too much it seems and with this power rationing going on, it's definitely very frustrating.

I managed to clinch 2 business deals in Kenya - I'll be supplying ladies fashion to 2 girls in Kenya. As a start and support, I'll be helping them start up their website. So that's 2 projects. I'm also involved in Malaysia-Kenya Business Council - in charge of their website as well. Then I'm also helping this Sister to set up a shopping cart for their audio visual products but looks like they don't only need a shopping cart and a paypal account, they need a revamp! So I guess there's a lot of work waiting for me. I have my own website which needs updating as well. Then I have a friend's 20 day European tour to plan for next year. He's only got a budget of GBP1,500. So gotta work within that limits. And I'm thinking of starting another business - will keep that a secret for now till I figure out how I'm going to do about it.

Anyway, I can't stay for long now. Cheerios!

Have a great weekend y'all!

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*UPDATED* Pictures of Owen Hudson Lee - fresh from the oven!!!

Hot hot hot!! Watch out!!! Finally the long awaited pictures of Owen Hudson Lee! I got this from A.Florence today who in turn got it from A.Barbara!

Too early to tell resemblance at this point huh? But he's really cute!!! And yes, the name's Owen Hudson Lee. Gonna post all the pics and also the caption which accompanied the pics. Enjoy!!!!!



The night before delivery. There's a big moon outside, and you might be able to see the Empire state building in the distance. A really nice room, and fantastic nurses. They had 3, over different shifts, and they were all just great.



Early morning, just after daybreak, a few hours before delivery.



Liz and Owen, about a minute after delivery!



Too early to see any resemblance...



Liz and Owen in the recovery room. One of the first possessions of a newborn is a hat.



Liz's parents visiting



Owen, up close


A celebratory hot chocolate




Going home day!

Hola!

Hey Ali!!! Good to hear from you! Wow....it's only the 2nd semester and you're already so busy? What course did you choose in the end?? And you're working too??

How did you end up going to Spain?? Wow wow...that'll be great place to go! Which part of Spain - do you know yet? Would love to go back to Spain and I'm sure Nelson would love to as well IF we can afford it. It really depends on where we are then because his contract in Kenya finishes in 2011. So we might be back in Malaysia or somewhere else - I don't know.

So you'll be learning Spanish then?? YOU GOTTA TEACH ME!!! Gosh that's like one of my favourite language and Nelson's too! The closest I got to Spanish is Italian :s - they have alot of common words. So I can understand a little bit of Spanish with my limited Italian. Was there twice - once in 2006 in Barcelona and 2007 in Madrid/Segovia. You MUST MUST go to Barcelona. Oh yeah, good choice - conserve money. You'll need lots of it there, either for shopping or traveling. Lovely! Oooo I hope we'll come to visit!!!

HELLO FAM!

apologies for being so late to post here!

semester 2 of uni has been keeping me v busy. i still love my course but i have some fastidiously pretentious tutors who insist on arrows being called 'uni-directional associativity'. as if the word arrow didnt suffice?!

anyways (HEY SHIIIIIII!) i dont think i can make it back (as much as i would love to!!!) for le party because, well i still have uni. andd im trying to conserve money because my job does not give me any shifts anddd ive been allocated my country major for international studies. SPAIN 2012 COME VISIT? ;)

i miss bonding time with ah ma though. and i miss quadruple A gossip sessions too! so much i will buy you all one of these:

:) much love

First Great Grandson of the Lee Family

Congratulations Marcus and Liz!!! (Minniemoose: you left out Marcus!!!) I quote Uncle Hua "Baby is the first Great Grandson of the Lee Family" Some of you must be wondering why since Evelin has 2 sons and Adeline has a daughter so why is Marcus' baby the first Great Grandson? Come come, let Teacher An Shii give you a simplified version of Lesson in Chinese Tradition Part I. Evelin's and Adeline's kids do not have the surname Lee. Their mums are married out of the family and hence will not carry the bloodline of the Lee family. Marcus is born to a Lee son and he's the first Grandson for that matter too! In olden day Chinese, the first born son to the eldest son is also considered the youngest son. Confusing?? Simple: Marcus can also be considered Grandpa's and Grandma's youngest son!!! :s Yeah I know......gosh huh? Marcus is your cousin/brother but also your uncle??? *Faint*

Minniemoose: I can't do whatever you told me to do (ie fly SQ to somewhere) because this is company paid ticket which means they'll put us on the cheapest flight out of Kenya. To fly SQ, we'll have to buy from 2 different airlines which will add to the cost of the ticket compared to one which flies out of Kenya like Emirates or Qatar. Otherwise, would have chosen Cape Town or Jo'burg since we're never been there :( You can imagine the extra cost - flying to Cape Town will cost about USD700++ from Kenya. And how much is Cape Town to Singapore? You do the math.

Anlynn: You *heart* which word? Pole pole?? My God...it's superbly overused!!! You tell them to drive faster, they tell you pole pole. You say why haven't they done something. They say pole pole. You get irritated with the jam, they say pole pole.

Nelson was unwell over the weekend. We suspect he might have had an appendicitis in the works so made him go on ceporex + panadol immediately. He's much better now. Actually I think he's completely well now because he's gotten very noisy again. When he's well, he's very active and makes a lot of noise. He talks ALOT! When he was sick for 2 days, the house was soooo quiet! So yeah, we had a lazy weekend. Was busy waking him up for his medicine and making him food.

Oh a good news though!!! I clinched a big business deal on Saturday! Well, it's a big deal to me. I sold 20 pieces of clothings to a Kenyan girl and we spoke about making her my dealer in Kenya! She's extremely interested in the idea because it complements her jewellery business which she has been running on a very small scale for 4 months now. So I'm crossing my fingers that this move forward will work out. She wants to wait for her items to arrive before we proceed. I mean I totally understand the fact that she needs to see the quality of my products. And next week, I'll be meeting another potential client who also wants to be my dealer in Kenya. Wish me LUCK!

Congratulations, Liz!

It's a boy!!!
=)

Hello everyone! Anlynn here!

Really sorry that it took me so long to post. I was keeping myself busy with some school activities. Now that my extra-curricular activities have almost ended, I shall have more time to blog here.

I have an idea, but not sure if its going to work out. My idea is to have a live chat here, what do you guys think? It is going to be really hard to fix a time because we have relatives staying in the Australian timezone as well as in the U.S timezone. The best time to hold it should be on a Saturday at about 8p.m Malaysian time. Its good for relatives in Aussie because the next day will not be a working day and it will be Saturday morning in the U.S.

I'm not sure how many uncles, aunties and cousins are reading this blog. Hopefully, this blog will be buzzing soon! :)

Can't wait to see all of you in September!

We've been upgraded to Biz Class!

OK, don't be misled by the title. 50% was upgraded using our frequent flyer miles and the other 50% was paid by yours truly. I think I've gotten used to traveling in business class for flights more than 5 hours. The comfort cannot be compromised. It's healthier too you know! :D

I was traveling on business class alot when I was in Moscow and Italy. Since I came to Kenya in May 2008, this will be my 3rd time traveling back to Malaysia and was on economy class only once - December 2008. Man - it was such a torture during Dubai-Singapore leg!!! That leg is 8 hours and being in that confined space for that long - hell. I mean if it was that leg alone, maybe it wouldn't be so bad but take Nairobi-Dubai (5 hours) and transit time into account, you'll trade business class for anything in the world!!!

The other reason I paid for the upgrade is also as a birthday gift to Nelson. He has never experienced traveling in business class before and I couldn't find anything suitable in Nairobi to get him for his birthday so I thought maybe this might be a pretty good gift, and a good excuse to pamper myself!

So anyway, YAY!!! Hahahahaha

See you guys real soon (those who are coming back in Sept)

Only in Africa......

Minniemoose: congratulations on your approval then but you're sacrificing MY Cape Town trip too! But it's ok lah......how long are off for anyway??? But it's so weird I mean you still do have days left for this year right? If so then why do you have to trade one for the other - it is your entitlement you know. But I'll shut up if you haven't got any remainders...la la la la.....

Alinta: I heard you won't be joining the fun? Why not???? You should try to convince The Boss to allow you to come with her you know. I miss the fun we had the last time - remember the moustache, chocolates in the room etc? It's crazy girl! We had a blast and I honestly hope that we'll get to relive that moment again. I mean wanting to see you once a year is not asking too much is it? *rolling my eyes*

Oh and by the way, where are the rest of the people!!!! They have not joined the blog! And the ones already here, START BLOGGING!

I'm gonna show you guys 2 photos I caught from my house today. I heard the noise but maybe I was too engrossed in what I was doing or I was just plain slow in reacting so these are not the best shot but you can still see what I'm talking about. The road outside my house is a very busy road OK and this happened at around 5pm today. This only happens in Africa man........Enjoy!!!

PS: You might not be able to see it coz I'm stupid enough to not include them in the picture (I'm kicking myself now) but there is a long queue of cars waiting patiently behind as the cows are parading. Not a horn was sounded. That's how patient the Africans/Kenyans are and that's exactly the trait we cannot tolerate because they are the same in everything they do!!! They take it slow......reeeeaaaalllllll sssllllllllooooowwwww - in Swahili, POLE POLE (pronounced po-le) means slowly....URGH!

I'll be bacK!

As most of you might know I was having trouble getting time off work for the Sept. reunion....

The good news is, I've managed to get approval for my leave and that means I'll be seeing you guys and not missing out on all the fun!!

The bad news is that I managed to do this by bringing foward my annual leave from December and that means no Cape Town holiday this year-end :(

But it's ok, what's more important than seeing you guys right?
I cannot wait already!

Quote of the day

I just love this quote. Whoever came up with it is a genius!

Every lady hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did!!

A typical meal in Kenya, Chef: Miss An Shii Ng

This blog is too quiet man......getting freaking eerie and it's soon becoming MY blog which is so not the case. Don't let it go that way puhlzz......

Who managed to get a glimpse of the total eclipse today raise your hands? I doubt I'll see any hands raised. Apparently weather isn't on anybody's side - it's cloudy all over the view-points! Oh well, wait till year 2132 then but I seriously think that I'd be 6 feet under by then.

Anyway, ever wonder what a typical meal for us is like in Kenya when I'm the chef? What do I put shove into Nelson's poor tummy? I'm still an amateur in cooking and being a housewife so cooking ideas are extremely limited. The limited range of ingredients doesn't help either. I'll try to post as many different dishes as I can also will include some of the baking I do when I've got too much time on my hands. Whether Nelson's lucky or not, you be the judge ;)

So first on dinner table today is a combination of broccoli, chicken and soup!





A simple soup - my hubby is a Cantonese and soup plays a big role in a Cantonese household. They have soup in at least one of their meals, usually dinner. This is named ABC soup - I don't know why named as such but I supposed because of its simplicity. It's got tomatoes, carrots, onions and some put potatoes in them. Just put a couple of pork ribs with them and you'll get a wholesome soup! Very healthy!



This one looks pretty scary huh? It's chicken fillet in hoisin sauce coated with toasted sesame seeds. This is one of my "special" dishes which I try not to serve often and it's also one of my hubby's favourite.


This is broccoli with dried shrimps in oyster sauce. Broccoli is extremely cheap and it's everywhere here in Kenya (it's considered an expensive veg in Malaysia so you don't get to eat it often) so it's part of our diet almost every week but I try to alternate it. There's just that many ways you can cook a broccoli.

Very interesting website

I got to know this website through a friend and it's pretty fun, for awhile. The URL is on the cover of the magazine so I won't repeat.

Take a look at a few which I have done. Nothing fancy, just trying the website out. It's free, no registration needed. You just need to upload a picture from your PC, they will then show you how the picture look like on all the available mag covers and just pick the one you like the most! Unless you have creative cells, I bet you're gonna find this website boring after awhile. It didn't take me long - after 3 pics and I was out of there. I might return but for now, it's more than enough "fun"

The downside of it is you can't actually scale or edit anything. Once it's uploaded, it's done deal. If your face is covered by words or whatever, tough luck.

Have fun!!!

Announcement: I'm Studying

*waives* Hello Jules, Wes, Lynn, Moose, Ali (!!!) and SS :D

Listen up people! Pay attention now! Looks like a lot of people hasn't got the news I'm back to school. Yep, I'm studying again!!! Well just to pass sometime and to improve myself. I realise that having left engineering for 6 years will not get me back into the industry ever again. The money minded and business minded me decided to take up a course in Financial Planning instead. I'm doing it online with College for Financial Planning (duh! how dodgy!) of Colorado. It's only a Certificate but it's my stepping stone towards becoming a Chartered Financial Planner. Planning to take the exams for it next July and hopefully - better start praying for me now people - I'll pass the first time. It's not cheap ok!!! I have to pay like USD600 just to take the exams and you can only take the exams in States!! *winks* Which means, hehehehe, I'll be flying to States in July to just to take the exams and nobody can say nothing!!! If I do not pass then it's another USD600 (IF they do not increase the price but I'm sure they will) and air ticket+hotel+meals expenses!! That doesn't even include trips to factory outlets! Nelson's already trying to decide between California or Florida. I can choose to take the exam in any of the 25 locations countrywide. I'm thinking NY or CA. Actually Arkansas has crossed my mind too! Freeeeee accommodation man.

Pirated version of Minnie Mouse: I thought you're supposed to be on annual leave? You're in Milan on business or is it a private trip??? I want bags but I can't afford any!!! My birthday is very near *hint* *hint*

I'm sooooo poor now I can't afford anything! I have to save for 6 months just to buy my husband a birthday meal which by the way hasn't happened yet. He hasn't joined the blog yet so I can speak freely for now (yes, I know he can see back-dated posts when he joins) I hope to be able to make up for it this weekend. It didn't happen on his birthday itself because I fell ill :((

Anybody in this blog has made "yau char kwai" a.k.a Chinese Fritters before?? I kept trying and trying but I just can't get it to become fluffy! It doesn't expand much....just a little....I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong!! Does resting the dough after shaping them into "yau char kwai" affects the expansion later on??? Urgh!! Annoying.....

OK let me see, I have invited Father Ricky, Marcus, A.Flo, U. Hock, A. Eng, A. Yan, Mummy and Nelson. Whoever I have left out, please let me know OK? OH GOSH! I forgot the head of the gangster Kelvin!!!! OK OK I'll send an invite to him now.

PS: my 2 little sisters, you might have to help the senior Lees along in this a little bit OK (ie mummy and A.Yan)......

Milan

Hi there all...

My name is MinnieMoose. I'm female, pirated version of Minnie Mouse. I just turned 24, have one elder sister and one younger sister.
I go by another name, Ann Gie. nice to meet u. lol.


Going to Milan tomorrow.
Who wants to buy handbags?! Calling once, calling twice... leave a message here before Friday thank you.

For those of you who are familiar with the Singapore Courtesy Lion a.k.a. Singa he has a new message for us... =))

Singa reminding us to wear a mask, outside Esplanade, Marina Bay, Singapore.

Isn't technology great?

This idea struck me when I was looking through the blogs I shared with my paternal cousins which has now become a sleeping blog....everyone seem to have lost the heat and have not been posting there anymore. But it was great to re-visit. Funny stuff we've got there. Then it got me thinking why haven't I thought about doing one involving more family members? I couldn't control additions into the other blog coz I am not the owner.

Anyway, I suppose all of us can post something every now and again so that we know how everybody's doing since we're all over the place! So hard to keep track!!! Like I didn't even know Liz is pregnant or A.Flo didn't know I've started studying again. Doesn't have to be serious, just mess around! Come to think of it, we are spread over 5 out of the 7 continents! Wow....not bad, not bad......

Let's get this Kopitiam as noisy as it can be ladies and gentlemen!!!