Happy Chinese New Year 2017

Here is wishing all my family and my friends (both in Singapore and overseas), my students and my colleagues (both present and past, in Singapore and overseas) a Happy Chinese New Year. May all enjoy good health, prosperity, success and great happiness!!

Happy Chinese New Year 2017!

祝新年快乐，万事如意!

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Happy New Year 2017!

Happy New Year to all my friends (both in Singapore and overseas), my students (both in Singapore and overseas, both present and former), my colleagues (both present and former) and my family (both in Singapore and overseas)!! 
May all have a wonderful year in 2017 full of love, laughter, brightness, good health and hope! 

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Happy Birthday, Mother/Grandmother!

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Happy Birthday, Mother/ Grandmother! 

Thank you for teaching us what is really important in life!

Wishing you great health, great happiness and a great life!

Lots of LOVE from all of us in Singapore and England

Happy 14th Birthday, Yeun Yi!

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Happy 14th Birthday, Yeun Yi!

May your day be full of love, happiness, presents 

and donuts! 

Lots of love from your family in Singapore

My Happy Birthday Celebration 2016

I saw this on Google page and thought it is the coolest thing I have ever seen haha. 

I couldn't take leave today as I had to teach my last class of my first MLS038 course. It was a blast. A great bunch of KPs, great teachers with great sense of humour! :D I have learnt lots from them and I will miss them - their jokes, their experiences, their wisdom. I wish them all the best when they return to school. Yes, it is fun teaching on my birthday, the teachers sang me a birthday song! :)

I went home to 2 birthday cakes! I thought the girls would be too lazy to do anything for my birthday so I bought a cake for myself haha. Ended up the girls got me a cake too. :D 

I had a great birthday! Thank you to all my friends, my students, my family and my colleagues for their birthday wishes (both in person and on Facebook)! :) 

Happy Birthday, Yeun Song!

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Happy 12th Birthday, Yeun Song!

Hope you have a day with lots of fun, love and cake! :)

Lots of love from your family in Singapore: 

Ah Ma, Ah Gong,

Gu Ma, Gu Zhang,

Cousins Marienn and Juliane

Family Dinner

Family dinner with my cousins at my place. A few of my mother's speciality dishes - char siew, duck cooked in beer, ... :)

Family Reunion II

Since it is the holidays for my nephews, we went out for dinner at Nando's. :)

Lots of posing before dinner :P

Wefie time

A great family shot!

I will miss you guys lots! Catch up via Skype. Take care. 

A Scholarly Visit

I was last in Cambridge in 1999. It is nice to be back. :)

Hoping to meet students taking the Hogwarts Express

Nope, not Platform 9 3/4

Train to Cambridge

Family Reunion

I finally met up with my brother, my sister-in-law and my nephews in Ilford, Essex after a long 11 years. The last time I saw them were back in 2005 in Greenwich! :O
It was such a joy meeting my nephews again, Yeun Yi and Yeun Song and interacting with them, especially the youngest nephew, Yeun Zhen who was born only 6 years ago. I am very happy that they are comfortable with me. :) 
I had such a great time catching with everyone. :) 

My nephews and I :) 

My brother, my lovely sis-in-law and my handsome nephews

My sis-in-law, my nephews and I

My delicious dinner cooked by my sister-in-law. Thanks! :)

Family Visit

A family visit

Land approaching!

Sunset

Yet Another

family dinner. :) My mother really loves to cook for her family and extended family. 

Cousins Reunited

I last saw my cousin Ming and cousin-in-law, Colin in Bristol, UK in 1987! We finally meet again! :) 

Family dinner cooked by my mother

My cousins from UK, Ming and Colin

Family Dinner Again :P

My mother has been really busy, cooking and hosting one family dinner after another.

Family Dinner

Facebook Requests

All of a sudden, I received numerous Facebook requests to be Friends over the last week. Most are names unfamiliar to me. Who are they?! As a habit, I am very careful who I confirm as friends as I don't want my Facebook to be filled with people I dont even know! To me, having a HUGE number of "Friends" on Facebook is not meaningful to me if I don't even know them. 
I finally found out that they are mostly relatives and family from both my paternal and maternal side of the family who have connected with my mother on Facebook. Oh gosh. What am I supposed to do? Confirm?

Busy Family

Today, we all had separate activities to attend - Juliane had her playdate at Universal Studio Singapore, I had my colleague's wedding dinner, and Marieann had tuition and time at her paternal grandmother's place. 

Early Birthday Celebration

As Juliane's 12th birthday falls on a weekday, 1 March Tuesday, my mother decided to celebrate it earlier today on a Saturday with a sumptuous meal of braised duck (special request by Juliane).

Juliane's favourite Braised Duck cooked with love by my mother

Juliane's favourite cake: Blackforest Cake

CNY Family Dinner

My mother never fails to invite my cousins and their families over for dinner within the CNY period to celebrate CNY with them. The chicken rice, braised pork bun and the soup are always a huge hit. :)

Chicken Rice, Braised Pork Bun, Fruit Salad, Soup with Fish and assorted vegetables

Happy Chinese New Year 2016: Day 2

On the second day of CNY, visitors usually come to our place for these two dishes which are available for the whole day from late morning to night - Taiwanese style Braised Pork Bun and Hockchew Red Wine Chicken Mee Sua! 
大年初二，客人特地上我家来吃这两道菜 - 台式割包（新加坡所谓的扣肉包）和福州红糟酒鸡肉面线！

Taiwanese style braised pork bun (台式割包)

Hockchew Red Wine Chicken Mee Sua (福州红糟酒鸡肉面线)

The second day of CNY at our place is open house. My mother loves having guests over. She loves cooking for and feeding family and friends, not just during CNY, all the time! Feel free to come! :) 
My mother loves having guests over, she loves cooking for and feeding family and friends, not just during CNY, all the time! Feel free to com