Football Kitty Craze 2014

2014 Football World Cup is now on. With it comes all the related advertising promotions in all shapes and forms. And as if the recent Kitty sale wasn't enough, MacDonalds released a K-league collection for the World Cup event ... in Hong Kong!!

Now distance wasn't going to deter Meimei from getting her hands on it. So she asked her colleagues in Hong Kong to get a set and airmailed them to Singapore ... gosh. And why are the boxes open? That's because my Mother-in-Law bought another set and hand-carried it to Singapore!

Meimei has been thinking of lining this K-league set of Kitties in the car. Oh well, they are cute (tone of reluctance).

MBA Project Finale

Ok I can say my MBA commitments are finally done, truly done. I've been working on the MBA group final project dissertation for since late December and we have just submitted it today.

It was fortunate that the school referred me to a group who was working on a topic familiar to what I've been doing over the past couple of years, i.e. outsourcing management. Two of my team mates are controllers in the company and so they brought up this project topic as part of their internal management assessment on the feasibility and knowledge buildup for their proposed outsourcing of the finance team. So this was a 'live' project and we were able to truly appreciate the commercial perspective of the initiatives.

I'm glad the team members were all hardworking and clear on the objectives. I've heard horror stories of group projects that went wayward, with members splitting due to unreconcilable differences. It certainly didn't look as such at first, given that one was in Tokyo, another in Bangalore, but we made it work. 

So now I'm looking forward to the graduation at the end of the year. Maybe I'll get a chance to go Manchester for the ceremony. ;-)

Vase 303 - 2014 14th June

Been awhile since we bought flowers. I really like the rich purple. Contrasts very well with the stalk.

Kitty Galore 2014

Kitties! Tuxedo Sam is my favourite. And I'm pretty sure Pompom Purin is a rabbit in disguise! 

One Dish Wonder No More

We have been cooking occasionally recently, more so than in the last 3 years we've been living together. I've sometimes been insensitive and commented that Meimei is a one dish wonder cook. I think she resents that monicker to a certain degree.

Over the last week, she has cooked up a feast for Mama, Sis and me.

And today she made a simple yet extremely satisfying 三菜一汤 meal. At the end of the meal she said in a calm resounding tone, "I'm no longer a one dish wonder." 

*muach thank you dear dear for cooking such wonderful meals. This is what I call 幸福! And no, you are no longer a one dish wonder.