Last day of 2009

Today is the last day of 2009, another few hours more and it will be the New Year 2010.

How time flies, one decade has passed. I was just reading my diary yesterday and realized that since i graduated in 2001, so many things has actually happened. I have since learnt, experienced, grown up and become wiser. No longer am i the 21 year old girl fresh out of school. Haha... does that mean that i have grown older? Though i cannot denial that i will be approaching 30 next year, i'm glad that my build is small so still look young to some. Wonder if it is good or bad?

New year is coming and its time for me to come up with the New Year resolutions. New year resolutions are a good way to allow us to set goals for the year and of course provided that we adhere to it. I'm proud to say that my resolutions this year were all met.

Year 2010 is a new life and a new challenge to me. Hope the new year will be a good year for me. my family and friends.

A precious gift for Christmas 2009

Today is Christmas Day and also the 8th day since i came back from Tianjin...

Christmas this year is very special for me because i have a new life due to a successful kidney transplant. Though i have to be on medication forever, there are a lot more things i can eat now, water i can drink now and can go without dialysis.

阿弥陀佛. 感恩! 还有要感谢我妈妈一直陪伴着我, 照顾我, 煮给我吃 etc. Mother is a very great cook. She bought a rice cooker from Carrefour the second day we were in Tianjin when she went shopping with Patrick. And marvelously she can cook everything with the rice cooker: rice, porridge, meat, steamed fish, fried vegetable, soups etc. Of course, thanks to William who left us a humidifier, kettle and some bowls and utencils as well.

China packed food are very salty and oily. They also come in very big portions. The first day when mum and me are there, we ordered in and my god, we ordered rice, 1 vege and 1 meat but they come in 6 packets - 2 packet of rice, 2 packet of meat and 2 packet of vege. I think the portions were enough for the day's lunch, the day's dinner and following day's lunch. The vege and meat were very oily even though we said less salt and oil. Ok, once bitten twice shy, from the second day onwards, mum would cook whenever possible. And hey, maybe the ingredients in China is fresh, whatever she cook, its so delicious.

The 金钱菇 we bought at Formax Supermarket is also vey nice no matter if cooked with chicken, meat or vegetables. The apples in Tianjin is also very sweet compared to Singapore. However, after my surgery, i feel bloated most of the time and don't have much appetite, hence food don't taste as nice anymore.

We were there in Tianjin for a total of 23 days.