even without the arrival of chinese new year, i've started feasting on the only thing which i think symbolizes it, standing out from the rest of the festive treats: the pineapple tarts..

ever since years ago that my mom started buying these duck-shaped pineapple tarts, i started to change my appreciation of it.. the ready-made flower-shaped tarts with fillings in the center that we buy from the shops often come with the fillings which are rather hard and too sweet..
but the home-made duck-shaped ones from my mom's friend is truly heavenly.. the crust melts in your mouth, fillings are not too sweet and very soft, which fits my taste..

been feasting on a tub of them when my colleague brought it into the office on monday, and now it's empty.. the one i brought in on tuesday has only 1 of its 5 layers remaining.. that's about 12 tarts per layer! well, not all by me, but mostly those from my colleague's..

i wonder what's the relation between the pineapple tarts and chinese new year, since most are sold by the malays.. like the duck-shaped tarts that my mom bought.. or just because it's nice to eat during cny?? i wonder.. oh well, i shall investigate it as i munch on them, perhaps inspiration will come to me as they digest happily in my stomach..

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seriously, of late i found myself rather lack of enthusiasm and to write anything at all.. well, it was a pretty long break, judging that the last entry was last november... i was more into writing in mandarin since i had a module of chinese writing last year-end.. you are read them at www.yiqingbiji.blogspot.com, that's my mandarin blog... hardly refreshed since the last update..
i was rather busy and just couldn't get myself to quietly sit down and do some writing, although i have promised myself, time and time again, to write regularly, be it blog or not.. but oh well, i haven't been well-disciplined enough..
first big thing of the new year, quitting my current holding after a year-and-a-half.. there is no one major particular reason but an accumulation of a few.. time and distance plays a big part in it.. i have decided that life isn't at all just about work and sleep, but more in between, and this current job doesn't allow me to do the stuffs i want to so.. and since peaking into the crystal ball, i don't see myself dwelling in the it industry for the rest of my life.. what lies ahead, no one knows for sure, i'm just following the gut feeling which i have which would lead me to the path i need to take..
that's all fot now.. hopefully i could upload some pictures from my best friend, yuxiong's wedding which took place last friday, which is like exactly a week ago.. till then
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