the tan's of lisa

Smile and say GongXiNi!

grandma : Aiyoh, I dont wan to take picture lah! I'm sleepy la!
Me : Nolah! CNY must take pic wan! For more prosperity!
grandpa : Yes yes. Come, faster take!
grandma : *mumble mumble*
Me : ok, ready? 1 , 2, 3...





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posted by lisathetan @ 6:14 AM 0 comments

It’s the year of the Big Fat Pig

It's 11:52pm.

I am gnawing on a piece of Bak Kua…

I chew on the processed meat and a sweet oily juice seeps through my teeth and spreads all over my taste buds. The burnt-bits are like the icing on the cake. I love how my teeth grind the meat to bits....it's sweetness lingers in my mouth.

If sin is pleasurable. Then this is sin.

I swallow the last bit, lick my fingers and tell myself “That’s the last one!”.

2 seconds later…I find myself reaching for another piece. And another. And another.
It’s a mystery!

At 11:52pm.
I cannot stop…
DAMN YOU BAK KUA!

It’s The Curse of the Chinese New Year!
Grrrrr…Yes, lets usher in the year of wider waistlines and cellulites. The only healthy thing about CNY are the mandarin oranges. The Mother makes a fuss when I have too many. In her exact words, "Eat so many?! You cannot pang sai then you know!"....

Er...Right....

I will be away in the land of Parameswara for the entire CNY. Yes, unfortunately. There's not much to do down in good ol' Melacca when most of the shops are closed. Going there brings back disturbing memories of how I was chased by a mad man. Hmm...

And there's not much of my roots to connect with, since my maternal grandparents- God bless their souls...have passed away. And since I'm not a big fan of aunties & uncles, I try my best not to associate with them. Let's just say, I have quirky relatives. Nice people, just a few oddballs here and there.

And my cousin Cindy. If you are reading this. YOU ARE THE ONLY SANE FAMILY LEFT! My saving grace. Please do not abandone me! I will spend you cendol!

So...

To all my pork eating, beer chugging, peanut cracking, Wah Lai Toi watching, Ang Pow receiving friends...a Gong Xi Fa Cai to you!

Let's hope the Ang-Pow market rate for fiscal year 2007 hasn't declined...

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posted by lisathetan @ 8:28 AM 0 comments

"I. Need. Perspective. " Derek Shepherd, Grey's Anatomy






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posted by lisathetan @ 7:52 AM 0 comments

A walk in the park

Steph and I were in S'pore last week.

They got pretty parks in Bkt Timah. And it was breezy.
So we decided to hang there a little

....Like, literally...haha.

And then we met Daniel The Heartbreaker...

omg, so cute! can die! where got human so cute wan?! Everytime I see this picture, I melt. He made my baby-making-hormones jump right out of it's cage. I think they call it maternal instincts, cows have that too. I so wanna have a baby NOW! And he better look like THAT!

Daniel is not one of those spoilt little wails-like-a-siren-kids. He's not bratty at all, he's so sociable & happy! I wave at him and he starts laughing. I pick him up and he lets me cuddle him! I took him on the slide and he was giggling away...

I WENT ON THE SLIDE U KNOW! I hate slides!
Sigh, things I would do for a boy.

....I cant even remember the last time I sat on one of those little spring fake ponies. And I'm pointing "Look at the camera"...oh my gosh, I am so damn motherly. Beh tahan...


I keep telling Steph he looks a tad bit like her. So not fair! She got a non-motherly looking picture with him. She looks...cool.

She's motherly also what!

Hrmph!





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posted by lisathetan @ 9:01 AM 0 comments

Where the bar code got it's stripes?

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posted by lisathetan @ 8:19 AM 0 comments