For the Love of the Small Little Wonders of Life

I love Dim Sum. It comes right after spaghetti and sushi.

Spaghetti ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Sushi ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Dim Sum ♥ ♥ ♥
Kuih ♥ ♥ ♥

Now you know what to ajak me makan depending on the budget. Alright?

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Now I might not hold my chopsticks correctly but I make that up with my love for 'cha', 'sui mai' and 'bao'. Yummy! In fact, I love them so much I usually take half day leave for them. Yup, those work-free Saturdays are meant to fulfil my Dim Sum Crave.

It's another "I'm weird that way" kinda thing. My mom says I could have them on Sundays but I say "No!" Sundays are my only official day off, meaning it's the one and only day of the week whereby I can sleep till the sun comes up, shining in and urging me to wake up before it gets too hot. For as much as I love my Dim Sum, I cherish my one and only free-from-waking-up-at-6.30am-day. *yawns* And so I sacrifice the next thing I can afford, my work leave. ^^;;

Well, what do you know. I now no longer need to make that sacrifice anymore to get my Dim Sum. Now, once in a blue moon, I get them on Thursdays or even on working Saturdays. Yup, I have found a once-in-awhile-breakfast-partner. One who enjoys her bao as much as I love my siu mai. And so such a little nibble before we head off to work certainly make a wonderful start to a possibly hardworking day.

It's no surprise that we usually are the youngest pair in the shop. Now, that ain't a problem for me, except we tend to get unintended attention that way. Looking up and looking around, you'll find an amused aunty staring at us or an equally curious uncle smiling at the fact that two young women are enjoying their aged-old breakfast. Teehehehe... even the shop owner was a bit surprised the other day when we were asked for a table. She thought we were there to tabao only. -.-;;

I guess all that was missing was a Chinese Newspaper. Two young women sipping tea, eating bao and reading the paper. Now that'll probably be a great scene, wouldn't it? *smiles*

The Punishment For Being Lazy

I met Chisa-san last year through the net. She wanted to improve her English and me my Japanese. Mails come through very slowly for us because it takes time interpreting each other. We try our best to write in the language foreign to us and correct each other a lot since well, we both kinda suck at the language we're learning. HAHAHA. Then one day, the mailing stop. We didn't hear from each other for a few months.

Last week, I got a mail about an update from the site and was reminded of this Japanese friend. So, I took the "initiative" to say hello. I put quotes over the word "initiative" because I was lazy and wrote the entire mail in English.

Thought 100%. Effort 50%. My bad.

Why? Well, I got a reply a few days later.


TAADA!

A lengthy mail in full Japanese, minus that one line. -.-;; Now, it's hard enough to interpret a language that you only have survival knowledge about. It's even harded when Chisa-san resides in Osaka, Japan. It's not only Japanese, it's Japanese with a strong Osaka Ben, else known as a well-known dialect. Hahaha. Well, a friend gotta do what a friend gotta do. Luckily, the internet is very veeeery helpful these days.

With babelfish on and my dictionary all set, I'm equipped!

Now wish me luck!

ps: Dear Chisa, I might take awhile to reply. ^^;;

Mickey says "It's my year!"

The Celebration Might Be Over

but

The Year Has Not!

And this thus marks the last CNY post for Hiyashibeeps

Or is it?

I'm not too sure cause I know I always got a whole lot more to say but never get around doing it. *sigh*

I'm edited!

やばい. This is not good.　

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Hiyashi: I want Hataraki Man song.
Cubbie: Apa tu??
Hiyashi: You got imeem? *provides link*
Cubbie: *after listening* SWT! This one!
Hiyashi: Hahaha.. yaa. I'm edited. *totally oblivious*
Cubbie: Apa nih? Edited???
Hiyashi: *OMG* Addicted!

*silence*

Hiyashi: I think not addicted to the song. More like addicted to my work. -.-;;


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Inilah Buktinya!

To be more technically correct, I think I'm addicted to edit. -.-

*write write write*

*read read read*

Urgh.

*edit edit edit*

It's a my life-living process.

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On another note, I'm starting to worry for myself. First I delete my hair, then I edit myself. I'm starting to believe I might not be "very alright" after all. @__@

Note: Hataraki Man is being played now. Enjoy! *snickers*

The Good Old Fashion Way

And I do literally mean the good old fashion way.


TA-DA!

It's been years since I last got myself in such a pyjamas. The last time I attempt I told the sales girl that I'm looking for such a pyjamas, she told me people rarely look for this kind anymore, unless I'm getting married. DOT! I could swear she was laughing at me on the inside. -.-;; I continue my search but I never open my mouth and voice my request ever again after that. Till mom presented me with this right on Chinese New Year's Eve. Haha.

I say people don't know how to appreciate the little things in life and the little things we were brought up with.

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And in funny English I said
"Look me. Look me."

and mom said
"Well well. You don't actually look like a Vietnamese girl going off to do her marketing."

Fine. I admit I'm weird that way. *sigh*

新年快樂 2008!

Do It Like Grandma

The following short messages are brought to you by hiyashibeeps.

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Ran out of glue to stick the red paper around every single possible thing for Chinese New Year. Resolved in doing it the traditional way. Hmmph. Nothing stops me when I'm determined. *snickers*

And if your house ran out of gas. Here's the first option you should have used in the first place. Trust me. I just had my very very delicious dinner. And this is the reason behind it. *burpies*

This marks my first Chinese New Year post for 2008.

Yes. There will be more.

Happy Chinese New Year!