Leasted through.

I got a brain-hand disconnect!
Yesterday, I wrote: This is through.
Today, I wrote: These 2 were leasted as .....

I meant
This is true.
These 2 were listed as....

I realise it's wrong only when I see it. It's all very strange....

Spring is here!

人民广场 Ren Min Guang Chang ( People's Park)
The rides were closed for a period during Winter. This is one of the boy's favourite place. They have rides which he can and does go on by himself - the Dragon roller coaster, the pirate ship (viking) and the bumper car. Each ride costs between RMB5-10 (S$1-2). On Sunday, for RMB50/S$10, we got him 6 tickets. He was over the moon happy.


梧桐树 Wu Tong Shu ( Phoenix Tree / Chinese Parasol)
They line the streets where we live, where his school is and where I work. Their leaves look like maple tree leaves and can grow quite big. Around 20cm or more in length / 25cm in width. About a week ago, leave buds started to sprout and now tiny baby leaves are growing... and very quickly too they are filling up the not too long ago bare trees. I find it amazing to witness these changes. In about a week, they'll start to flower and release pollen into the air. My colleagues tell me our street will soon be covered with a layer of cotton-like fluff. We'd see.

Music@home

Am excited. Bought a digital piano. After months of dragging my feet and 2 failed attempts at buying a 2nd hand piano piano, we will finally have something to play with. Better still, it wouldn't cost me usd2K to crate and ship it back home when the time comes. The reason why we left our piano in Singapore.

April Fools' Day

Played a trick on my colleagues yesterday....

(Official company email banner)

Dear Colleagues,

We are proud to unveil our new logo for MIPS. This new and contemporary logo more accurately reflects the dynamic and professional team at MIPS .

This logo will be launched officially on 1st May. Our entire line of collateral materials will be revised to include this logo. To make the shift effective, please make sure that this logo is included in all presentation and marketing materials from 1st May onwards and that the new logo is properly used in terms of color, placement and other graphic standards.

To view and download the logo guidelines and associated files, please click HERE

>>> And if they did click through, they get to see this:

• My boss basically went, "What the hell! ............"
• Another colleague asked if she is to send her materials through to my team for updating.... so I told her, "No, I am quitting. Please DIY."
• A couple more asked why I am "so free" and "jia pah eng ah" .....

 .... but yep. Haven't had quite that much fun in a while.


The boy was fooled in school too. He told me his teacher gave them a spelling test. After sheets of paper were distributed to the entire class, the teacher walked up to one of them and tore the paper up.... and that they too started tearing their own papers. He then told me he didn't get to fool anybody and I told him he had to wait till next year. Come to think about it, he will have to wait two years... next year's April Fools' Day falls on a Sunday.