Friday, 28th of January 2011..

Met up with my mum, maternal grandma & aunts for Tim Sum lunch @ Yum Cha Restaurant, located @ Trengganu Street, Chinatown..

That's my dearest 外婆 grandma (extreme right) & aunts.. :)

That's my dearest 媽媽 mum (left) & aunt.. :)

That evening, I attended my company's staff appreciation night @ Orchard Hotel..

Here were some snapshots I took via my iPhone 4 32GB while I was there..

Lao Yu Sheng!!! :)

發啊！！！:D

發啊！！！發到亂啊！！！:D

發啊！！！發到超級亂啊！！！ :D

這張照片不像我。。太斯文了。。哈哈!

這張照片就比較像我。。 哈哈哈！！！

Superman dance by the lead actors in the Taiwanese Pop Idol Drama series - 篮球火HOT SHOTS

Check out the Superman dance by the lead actors in the Taiwanese Pop Idol Drama series - 篮球火HOT SHOTS ..

They do this dance whenever they won a match in the series..

Here's a video of them practising the dance for the series..

羅志祥 Show Luo & 言承旭 Jerry Yan!!! :)

帅!

Superman MV by 倪子岡 NESE & 絕隊無敵 (jue dui wu di) MV by 倪子岡 NESE [both songs were frequently featured in 篮球火HOT SHOTS]

Love these 2 songs!!!

They were frequently featured in the Taiwanese Pop Idol Drama Series - 篮球火HOT SHOTS

Superman MV by 倪子岡 NESE



絕隊無敵 (jue dui wu di) MV by 倪子岡 NESE

Hot Shot Theme Song & a few other songs featured in the Taiwanese Pop Idol drama series 篮球火 Hot Shot..

Finally finished watching all 24 episodes of the Taiwanese Pop Idol drama series 篮球火 Hot Shot, within the last few nights!

Absolutely, fantastically, smashingly awesome!

Looking forward to 篮球火II Hot Shot 2 coming up this year! :)

Below is the video of the opening theme song (& trailer) by 羅志祥 Show Luo who's also starring in the drama series..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX9cP9YCtnE

And also a few of the other songs featured in the drama series..

羅志祥 Show Luo Zhi Xiang - Hot Shot MV



HOT SHOT - [幸福不滅] Xing Fu Bu Mie by 羅志祥 Show Luo



HOT SHOT- [恋爱达人] Lian Ai Da Ren by 羅志祥 Show Luo



Love Show, & always will.. Have been a ardent fan of his for so many years..

An extremely talented, hardworking & handsome fella.. a very popular Taiwanese artiste.. a really great actor.. a very funny & entertaining comedian.. a good singer.. an awesome & amazing dancer (his nickname is No.1 Dancing King in Taiwan) & a quick-witted Taiwanese host..

羅志祥，我永远支持你！！！

I've been listening to Michael Jackson's new album "Michael" recently & I absolutely love all the songs in it! Really nice! :)

Check it out!



Tracks

Hold My Hand (Duet with Akon) - Lyrics

Hollywood Tonight

Keep Your Head Up

(I Like) The Way You Love Me

Monster (Featuring 50 Cent)

Best Of Joy

Breaking News

(I Can’t Make It) Another Day (Featuring Lenny Kravitz)

Behind The Mask

Much Too Soon

I've also been catching up on this Taiwanese Pop Idol drama series - Hot Shot, these past nights too! :p

Also known as : 篮球火, Lan qiu huo, Basketball fire
Broadcast year : 2008
Genre : Sport, Romance
Episodes : 24
Casts : Jerry Yan Cheng Xu 言承旭, (Real name: 廖洋震 Liao Yang Zhen),

Show Luo Zhi Xiang 羅志祥,

Zhou Sai Shi, Coco Jiang, Wu Chun 吳尊 (Real name: 吳吉尊 Goh Kiat Chun),

and etc.
Opening theme song : Hot Shot by Show Luo
Ending theme song : Half by Jerry Yan

Synopsis:
In a school where academic reigns supreme and sports are relegated to a dusty corner of the campus, Li Ying vows to revive the basketball team by volunteering to be the head coach. Her first member is Yuan Da Ying, a country boy who is passionate for basketball but has no skill. Their recruitment goes into high gear when Dong Fang Xiang, a legendary basketball player, transfers to their school. Around the same time, Yuan Da Ying falls for Zhan Jie Er, a scholarship student who reminds him of his childhood friend. Things are complicated by the fact her family works for Dong Fang Xiang, who she also grew up with. Their encounter may just rewrite the school’s basketball history.

Yeah.. Even though this series isn't new but I couldn't resist from watching it because..

1) I like basketball.. Been playing basketball since I was young.. Was a basketball school team player when I was in Secondary School..

2) Been watching NBA since I was a teenager.. Chicago Bulls & the Lakers were "reigning" in NBA then..

I'm a fan of Michael Jordan! :)

3) Been reading the Slam Dunk comic book series since young..

4) Show Luo & Jerry Yan will always be my "idol"!

Wahaha!!! :D ;p

Guess what I had for breakfast this morning @ 10am?

Taiwan Mao Kong Pearl Milk Tea..

LOL.. :p

Nice.. :)

Also had lunch @ Raffles Place with my pals, Jason, Jeremy, Joyce & Sri.. :)

After lunch, I went to visit my usual hairstylist & she cut, washed & styled my hair..

很好看。。我很喜欢。。很开心。。:)

Snapshots taken during the weekend.. (22-23/01/2011)

Sunday evening's dinner @ Northpoint Shopping Centre's Pastamania 

Jonathan Ezra smiling so happily at me.. :)

Mabel Eva gave me these "barang barang"s while she was in the midst of clearing her "goods".. Hee.. ;)

A colleague of mine, Jarine, gave me this Christmas pressie (below) last month..

I was very happy as I love chocolates..

Wanted to eat it recently & when I unwrapped the packaging.. I was in for a surprise!!! It's not chocolate!!!

Wahahaha!!! :D

Check this out!!!

It's a mirror!!! Wahahaha!!! :D

This week..

Time really flies..

My late grandpa has passed away for more than a week already..

I still think of him very often & definitely do miss him still..

But life still has to go on for our entire family..

Thus this week, I still went ahead with my activities..

On Tuesday, I went to Parkway Parade shopping centre to do some shopping..

Went to the photo shop I regularly frequent, to get at least 200 pieces of photographs developed.. :p

Bought a Winnie the Pooh cap for our younger son, Jonathan Ezra..

Bought 2 black leggings & a black top from the Cotton On outlet there..

Bought some bread from BreadTalk to munch on..

And needless to say, purchased my usual Bubble Milk Tea drink from KOI at its Marine Parade outlet..

I purchased a medium sized Bubble Milk Tea drink from them, but the girl working there made a mistake & gave me a large sized one instead..

Because it was their mistake, they didn't charge me extra for it..

Guess they wanted me to drown my sorrows with KOI?! ;p

On Thursday, I visited Marina Bay Sands again..

Had lunch at its super huge food court which is located just next to their skating rink..

Also had the opportunity to visit Animal Resort that afternoon!

It's located @ 81 Seletar West Farmway 5..

There's a horse, goat, birds, lots of dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc. there..

Love the place!

Will definitely bring the boys here soon!

Took these few snapshots (via my iPhone 4 32GB) of the following animals while I was there..

A pretty horse..

A cute goat..

A pretty bird..

Also visited Jurong Point shopping centre yesterday..

Had pratas for lunch @ Prata Wala! :d

My egg, cheese, mushroom & plain pratas, accompanied with ice teh chino!

Yummy! :d

A eulogy for my grandpa.. (Delivered this eulogy for my late grandpa at his cremation service dated Monday, 17/01/2011)

Hi everybody, I'm Grace & I'm here to give a short eulogy about my grandpa, Joseph and of course, I'm his only granddaughter..

I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of my entire family & my late grandpa, we would like to thank all of you for being here today..

For most of our family occasions, my grandpa would make it a point to do 2 things: 1) to dress up in his most stylish clothes, 2) to make a speech.. thus I will not fail him & make it a point to do likewise here..

I've always respected my grandpa very much as I've always look up to him as the big guy who's experienced lots of adventures in his life..

He used to tell me stories of his youth & all the adventures he had during his growing up days in his hometown, how he courted my grandma & his adventures working as a teacher during the Japanese Occupation..

And of course, me & grandpa had our share of adventures as well..

Ever since I was a kid, we shared enjoyable trips to the market, shopping malls, simple walks in the park, even till last year, when we took mrt rides & bus rides together etc.

I'll never forget those fun times we had when I was only a kid in kindergarten when grandpa would bring me for car rides after school & despite me having a cough then, grandpa would secretly bring me to my favourite coffeehouse in Chinatown for ice-cream & we would promise each other to keep this to ourselves..

Besides our adventures, grandpa & I had a very close relationship.. To an extent that I remembered that he would eat whatever leftovers I had & vice versa..

Grandpa loved me lots..

From the day I was born.. He brought me for outings, played with me, bought me lots of stuff, gave me pocket money everytime he sees me..

He has never failed to show me love & affection in every way he could..

I will never forget how happy grandpa & I was on my wedding day..

He was so happy that he was able to be discharged from the hospital, after his 1st operation, to see me get married, he actually cried..

And I'm so glad that he not only saw me married, he also lived to see both of his great grandsons (my 2 sons) & he loved them & cared for them as much as how he loved & cared for me..

Grandpa loves food, thus he would never fail to shower us with love & food as well.. He never fails to provide food for the family.. He's a very domestic man.. He's someone who loves his family & loved ones alot..

I thank God he was able to fulfil his last simple wish of celebrating his 90th birthday on the 1st of January 2011 this year & I was able to see him for the very last time on the evening just before he peacefully passed away the next morning..

My grandpa was always a strong man.. Strong in stature, physique & will.. Till the very end..

For the past 33 years of my life, I've had lots of, uncountable, wonderful times & memories I've shared with my grandpa..

If I were to share every bit of them here, my eulogy would be an extremely long one instead..

My grandpa was an awesome man, a very loving husband; father; grandfather & great grandfather..

He taught me to love, to live..

His life (90 years of it) was an amazing adventure.. Lots of ups & downs, just like those Taiwanese drama series, which he enjoyed watching..

He has served his generation well & now it is time for us to live & serve ours..

Cheers to you, grandpa!

You have fought the good fight to the end. You have run the race to the finish. You have kept the faith.

I've always been & always will be proud of you..

Having you as my grandpa has been & always will be my pride, privilege & honour!

We thank & praise God for you in our lives.. always have & always will..

We will definitely miss you & love you forever, grandpa..

Till we meet again..

My late maternal grandpa, Joseph Chee's funeral mass, followed by cremation service and lunch for the relatives @ Peng Restaurant today..

Today's the day..

Today was the final day of my late maternal grandpa, Joseph Chee's funeral wake..

A funeral mass was held this morning, 9am @ The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Chinese: 圣母圣诞堂)

Here are a few snapshots I "stole" via my iPhone 4 32GB while the funeral mass was being conducted in the church..

*At the bottom right of the photo is my late grandpa's coffin which has been covered with a white cloth*

After the mass, my late grandpa's body & coffin was then transported from the church to Mandai Crematorium for the cremation service..

The cremation service held, 11am @ Mandai Crematorium, was a rather brief one..

It was at the cremation service which I gave a eulogy for my grandpa whom I loved dearly..

I cried while I did so..

Will upload my eulogy in my next blog post..

Then the toughest moment for every single one of us in the family & our relatives was the moment when we had to say our last goodbyes before my late grandpa was slowly wheeled into the cremation chamber to be cremated..

All of us cried..

It was an extremely solemn moment..

It was so sad but we knew our sorrow is not forever cos' we'll meet him in heaven again someday..

Jonathan Ezra was so adorable..

He actually called "Chor Chor" (meaning: great grandfather in Hokkien).. Waved & said.. "Bye Bye".. And gave a flying kiss..

We all slowly & tearily bade our final farewell as the cremation chamber closed its doors...

After the cremation, our entire family invited all the relatives who came for the cremation service for lunch @ Peng Restaurant..

Only some of them joined us as most of them had to returned to work in the afternoon..

Took these few snapshots via my iPhone 4 32GB of some of my relatives having lunch @ Peng Restaurant, located @ Lorong 1 Realty Park..

From left: Jonathan Ezra, my cousin - Samuel,  Shawn Ethan..

After lunch, our relatives left & our entire family retired back to my uncle Anthony's residence @ Rio Vista Condominium to rest..

Today is the 3rd day of my late maternal grandpa, Joseph Chee's funeral wake..

Our entire family have been busy at my late maternal grandpa, Joseph Chee's wake these past 3 days..

(We've published the obituary in today's The Straits Times newspaper, dated today -15th of January 2011)

We have 2 more days to go as his funeral mass, followed by his cremation will be held this coming Monday, 17th of January 2011..

We have so many relatives (Singaporeans; Malaysians & others..), friends & loved ones visiting these past 3 days..

Just yesterday, my aunts were mentioning that it doesn't seem like it's a funeral wake, but a celebration instead.. LOL.. =P

We all thought it sounds quite appropriate anyway, as we, who believe in God, believe that my maternal grandpa has gone back to heaven, thus, we should be celebrating instead of mourning! :)

Here are a few photos I took via my iPhone 4 32GB of my late maternal grandpa, Joseph Chee's wake..

*The following photos may be a little discomforting for some people..*

My family & I all agree that out of all the flower bouquets we've received, my company sent the biggest & the nicest among all! :)

Our family catered buffet meals daily @ the wake.. for ourselves & also all the visitors..

How cool is that..

The food we catered was from Peng Restaurant..

There were different menus for each day & the food was good..

Here's 2 snapshots I took via my iPhone 4 32GB of my mum & my maternal grandma helping themselves to the food.. ;d

My maternal grandpa, Joseph Chee... 1921-2011

My maternal grandpa has passed away peacefully this morning..

My mum SMSed me at 8am this morning, mentioning that she was rushing down to my aunt Cynthia's residence @ Edgefield Plains, Punggol, where my maternal grandparents were also residing..

She mentioned that my maternal grandpa was not responding in anyway..

At 11am plus, the doctor came & certified that my maternal grandpa has passed away peacefully at 10am plus..

I was sadden by the news as I love my maternal grandparents lots & the same goes for them..

Now my maternal grandpa has left us..

But our greatest consolation is that he has lived a very fulfilled life & has even fulfilled his last simple wish of celebrating his 90th birthday recently on the 1st of January 2011 this year..

I also thank God that I persisted on going to visit him last evening & managed to see him for the very last time before he left us..

Rest in peace, "kong kong"..

Miss you & Love you forever..

Till we meet again..

Went to visit my maternal grandpa again yesterday..

It pains me to see his condition deteriorating..

He's now just left with skin & bones..

He has not been able to eat & can't seem to be able to open his eyes..

Tuesday, 11th of January 2011..

Had McDonald's Samurai Burger Set Meal @ 383 Bukit Timah Road..

Brunch! ;p

In the afternoon, I visited DBL O's office & art gallery, located @ 222 Queen Street..

Interesting art installation.. :p

Spent the late afternoon shopping @ Bugis & drinking KOI!!! LOL.. :p