Gifts from London and Paris

I love gifts and the honeymooners are back bearing gifts from London and Paris.

Another William & Catherine souvenir to add
to my collection and a Longchamp coin purse

I'm gonna tell my grandchildren that the reason for grandma's Kate and William obsession is 'cos their mom and dad were married the same year as Kate and Will and only a mere 2 months apart.

And the Longchamp coin purse is such a timely gift to replace my already worn, shabby and grubby coin purse.

Thank you both!

Angpow and Dream Come True

Yesterday I received my second angpow for my birthday from the wonderful people at Ken Ray.

My beautiful, beribboned angpow

I'm gonna be a movie star, a glamour queen for a day. Thanks everyone for making my dream come true and for giving me something that will bring back plenty of good memories in the years to come. : )

Angpows and Wedding Gifts

Angpows are the norm nowadays when it comes to gift-giving. It's more convenient and practical both for the giver and the recipient.

In the past, the giver would have to crack his or her head to think of and purchase a suitable present within his or her budget, wrap it and lug it to the wedding venue.

The recipient then has to transport all the cumbersome packages home after the party. Since there are bound to be duplicate presents and presents that one cannot or do not want to use, storage then becomes a problem, especially if space is limited at home.

The Chinese, being smart and pragmatic people that they are, solved all the above problems with the angpow.

The practical angpow

For the giver, it saves time and effort. And no matter how big the gift is, when converted to cash or cheque, voila, it is still small enough to fit into the pocket or a purse!

Likewise, the angpow slips easily into the pocket of the recipient and the cash can be converted into something that the couple really needs or desires. It can be easily "stored" or invested and, for many couples, is a timely help to defray some of the cost of the wedding.

I am glad to say that the majority of our guests were very considerate to give us angpows for our babee's wedding and we only had one huge present to bring back with us after the dinner.

40 Green Apples

Today is Day 3 of our "Eat One Green Apple a Day for 40 Days" project.

38 more to go including the one for today

The reason for embarking on this project is for weight loss 'cos most of us (at the office) have a lot of "sai tor" to get rid off. We're optimistic that we should see results in time for my birthday bash which is a mere week away from today.

The project is going well and should be a great success because there are five of us on board and we're reminding and encouraging one another to fulfill our daily quota of apples.

In addition, the apples supplied by one of our gang are really delicious. I normally find green apples too sour for my taste but to my surprise these are crunchy, juicy and not sour at all. Yums!

And they are so much cheaper than red apples. Yay!

I can truly say that I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into my apple for today.

'Bee Was Home

She dropped by the apartment while we were at work and left a note for us on our freshly made bed.

Isn't that sweet?

Fuzzy History

It's Her Wedding But I Can Cry If I Want To

A daughter's wedding stirs up the mother's emotional pot. You feel happy, sad, excited, afraid - experiencing a whole bunch of conflicting and confusing emotions all at the same time. I felt like I was on an emotional roller coaster.

I couldn't help it. I burst into tears the minute I caught my first sight of my babee coming down the garden path on the arm of her daddy. The sight took my breath away. Could that lovely vision in white be my 'bee?

The glow of the moment filtered through a film of tears will forever be etched in my mind.

What a vision of loveliness!

Happiness was written all over my babee's face
as she approached the man she loves

P.S. These are lousy pictures but they are all I could lay hands on, unless some of our guests send us their pictures.