Bye BYe Toa Payoh

Bye Bye Toa Payoh....
Pic: View from my Toa Payoh Unit outta the window in the kitchen...

I left for my mission trip to Philippines on 1st October night... in the earlier half of the day... i went for Jie Jie Lynette's wedding.. so rightfully speaking... the day and time i went for Lyn's wedding was the last day and last ever time i spent at my Toa Payoh flat.... cos my family shifted over to my new flat (at East side) on 4th Oct, when i was in Philippines....

So here's a look at my old Toa Payoh flat..for those who didnt had the chance to visit me before... and dont know how my humble home looks like...

Few days before the big shift over to East
our things packed in boxes etc...

The Living Room

The living room brings loads of memories.. cos that's where we spent most of our time there... watching TV etc.. literally that's the common area in the house...as there wasnt much walking space in the house (cant imagine how small the 5 rm flats are these days, cos when we moved to this toa payoh unit in 1997.. we felt it was super super small la)

Mama used to sit at the sofa watching Tv, and fall alseep there..while we will still be watching TV there.. eating my food at the coffee table while watching tv also... the super windy living room during rainy seasons... (i stayed up at 23rd floor thus its super windy la)

The other half of the living room (from the entrance side)The entrance to the house... where our cabinets are "hidden and tucked away" nicely

My Brother's room

Cheryl's, Gladys, Pearlyn and KongKong's roomThe masterbed roomAnd lastly... MY ROOMThe 1 room that i have slept in the past 11 years, the one bed that i have slept on the past 11 years... The bed to the right belongs to Me...and the bed on the left used to be where Mama slept.. but has been occupied by MeiMei when Mama when home to be with the Lord... I'm going to miss my room... miss the memories i had in my room with mama..

Miss the little corner of my room at my bed where I had been ME and was able to be Who i am to myself.. and to God... thru my happiest moments and my most down moments... Gonna miss you beddie and roommie...

The view i see from my room outta the window...

And so... before i left for the wedding recept.. i took a last look at the house before i left... cos i know i'm going to miss staying here..cos of the convinience of staying in Toa Payoh(which is somewhere central to everywhere), the super windy feeling even without aircon or fans, the super nicely decorated house (even after 11 years stay the place still look as new as ever la), and of cos the memories attached to this place....

Byebye #23-223

happy birthday to mama... 2008

Blessed Birthday Mama

Pic taken at Mandai Crematorium, when i went to "visit" mama...It was Mama's birthday today...and well.. decided to head to Mandai to 'visit' her..since we haven gone there for some time.. although we all know that Mama's already enjoying her bday with God now...

Since i was driving Boy's car.. went by to pick Meimei up from school.. (cos she;s the only one who wanna go with me..) haha and then we headed to Mandai... spent a short while there.. just wiping dust of the niche.. and then it was fun time for us both...

She was disturbing the fishies there..whilst i was taking pics of her..hahah.. anyhow.. we went to Bishan after that..cos it was BSF day...

So yup...I thought about mama today... I remembered celebrating her birthday for her...singing her a birthday song, cutting the birthday cake... going for family feast together... I remember her smile, I remember the nice food that she cook.... all that still stays in my memories...and I know I will always remember Her.... Mama...Happy blessed Birthday...

I am moving Soon

I am moving home soon....

Gosh.. cant believe.. am actually shifting out of my current place in about a month's time... Have been a Toa Payoh kid for the last 20 over years of my life except for a short while where i was staying at Tampines back in 1990s... and the rest of the time.. i have been atToa payoh.. but now.. i am moving far far away... to some place far far away at east side...

haiz... I will miss my Toa payoh flat.. i will miss this house that i am staying in... i will miss the estate around here.. I will miss just the feeling of being in this house..cos i have sooo many memories attached to this house.. especially all the memories that remains of my beloved Mama..

Oh well.. am scheduled to move on 4th October.. =( that's like exactly a month now.. and i haven started packing yet.. HELP!!!!

Mother's day 2008

Happy mother's Day to all the mothers out there

Its Mother's day again.. and these were all the mothers in churchie today, who got their mother's day gift and hehe sang a song item together impromtu...

well mother's day this year was a simple affair.. I remember.. we used to have a meal get together to bring Mama and my aunty out for mother's day.. but well we kinda decided to lump mother's day, father's day and My bro's bday all together for a mini meal get together this year...

Msg-ed my other sis to tell mum Happy mother's day for me on behalf since My mum still dunno how to SMS..(gosh can u believe it?? up to today there are people who dunno how to sms still) but i din get any replies etc..wonders if she got it....

Anywayz, after churchie, Boy sent us (Mei, Me, Gladys) to "visit" Mama... went to change flowers and put on the "mother's day edition" flowers and removed the "chinese New year edition".. haha guess the next time we will be changing flowers would be Mama's bday edition...

ate lunch together before we sent them home and then Boy and me proceeded to his place... intention was to Clean and get his room in spick and span condition..but haha we failed... spent the day watching TV instead..and then went CIty Hall with his parents..and ended up home again.. watching Tv and eating Pizza...

Gosh.. Pizza Hut's hotline is super HARD to call through la... and they dun have online order unlike Mac... they should.. cos Hungrily desperate people dun like to wait super long on the phone.....

1 yr since mama left

1 year since mama left us...

Its been a year now... exactly this date... 15th Feb last year, Mama left us and went home to be with the Lord.. 1 year has actually past by us... but it seems like its only yesterday... I think of her time to time, thinking she's there, just away for Holiday...

I 'feel' and 'sense' her presence sometimes... *I think*, feels as though she's there watching over me, making sure i'm taken care of... I Miss her lots... miss everything about her, her nagging at me for coming home late, her nagging at me to eat breakfast and all...

But i know....all these memories of her will always be there in my heart... a special place kept aside for her....

MAMA we all miss you....