Neighbour

The other day, I decided to take the boys down for a walk. On the way out, I saw my neighbour with her grandson both standing outside the house with a guard probing the lock. She, an Iranian, with her very broken English, said that the key was broken and stuck. She said it should be alright, the guard is helping her anyway.

I had not spoken to this very neighbour of mine though they had moved in for maybe 6 months now. Yeah, bad. Real bad of me right, so snobbish and UN-friendly. I know. But apartment living is like this I suppose. You lockthe door and you just don't see anybody else. I can't be knocking their door and say HELLO?? So the most is an occasional HELLO if we bump into each other in the lift. And the worst part is, I go out of the house during the non-peak hours, so to be frank, I hardly know my neighbours - horizontally (same floor ) or vertically (worse still). BUT BUT BUT I do see their maids though. Most maids and old folks bring the kids down to play and I am more 'familiar' with these faces...duh...

So back to my story...

When I got down, it started to drizzle, so I picked up the letters and went up straight. She was still there. Without any hesitant, I invited her in the house. Apparently the guard could not fix it and he had to get a locksmith. I talked to the locksmith over the phone, I knew he must be a Chinese somehow and it would be better if I do the talking. He said the fix would cost RM120 and asked whose house was that. I said my neighbour, an Iranian family. I told the old lady about the price, she said she does not have that much now but her son will be back soon. I told the him to come, I will pay first. He said DON'T. He said his experience with these people are NOT GOOD. They don't pay and asked me not to do this, just forget about it. I steadfastly assured him that I would pay. 'DON'T.WORRY.JUST.COME!' I think I am doing the right thing. Even if the son does not pay me later, I don't want the poor lady to be stranded out with the 2.5 yo and it was near dinner time!

So while waiting, we had a 'conversation' (see, it is quite hard to grab what she meant with her limited vocabs) and the boys were enjoying each other companion and started playing.

Soon after, hubby came back and this handy man of mine took less than 30 seconds to probe open the door. The old lady was so relieved. I called off the locksmith and he was relieved too. :P

ALL SET and the best thing was that sets on our friendships. My Jien happily strut in their house and played with his new friend and refused to come back home until we had to drag him back for his dinner.

The other day, the lady cook us a bowl of yummy Iranian noodle soup. All ingredients flown in from Middle East. It is very rich and delicious.

I am glad that it all turns out so rosy and sweet.

Growing Lettuce

Hmmm..it seems that you girls out there want to try out this greenie lettuce heh??

Step 1 : I got my seed from Ace Hardware shop (or any hardware shop in the mall).. Funny though, for something so soft like this, you find the seeds in a HARDware shop...well, go to the end of the shop, you will find a gardening section. They sell tomato seeds, sun flower seeds, cucumber seeds, choy sum seeds, etc etc in small packet. Cheap. RM2 maybe.

Next -Soil. Good one would be the black organic soil. Next, get some pots suitable for planting vege..it has to be quite deep. I got myself a long small tub-looking plastic thing as I don't have the energy to transport it. I can't recall the exact cost, maybe RM 8. Well, if you have a plot of land to plant, then no need pots ler....

Step 2: Just plonk the seeds into the soil, and water the plants twice a day. They are forever so thirsty!!

Step 3: Sun it. Afternoon sun could be too hot if leave direct.

Step 4: Separate the tiny ones once they started shooting up to about an inch or so. They need space to grow.

Step 5 : Keep watering them twice a day. When you wash your rice, keep the water to water the plant. :P By the way, too much water might rot them, so I prefer them in pots so that I can 'transport' them if need be( if kena too much rain water, they tend to rot)

And by a month plus, you would be able to see the greeny leaves growing nicely and by 2.5 months or so, they should end up on your breakfast table then!

Good luck!

It takes a Mother...

I was lying down at my usual salon at DH having my hair washed and getting ready for my long due hair cut. My eyes started to well up and tears streamed down my cheeks.

Yes. I was crying.

...

I was happily walking towards the salon and as I reached there, I heard a young lady's screams. Hysteric scream. I stood still. I saw her car all the way up the curb, obviously she reversed her car too fast probably and the whole car went up the wide curb. But her screams sounds panicky and onlookers rushed to help her. Kind Malaysian, I thought. But the face of all onlookers told me something is not right. She was looking down and looked away. Repeatedly.

I waved to my hairdresser and went in. I thought she was just a young girl driving her father's car and now so panicky for she knocked the car....

No..

I was told there is a BODY down there. A small girl. Maybe 3 years old.

My heart shivered. My body felt cold. My fingers went numb. 3? Just like Jien...Tears streamed down.

.....

Later on, the news came back and said that the lady was actually the driver AND the mother of the girl. She could have moved in the wrong gear and reversed too fast and knocked down the little one who was standing on the curb. They said the little one's head was crushed....Tears welled up again.

I don't know how I can be so sentimental. Maybe I am a mother now.

But life seems so fragile. Life can be so cruel, the way the daughter was brought to rest is just simply too unexpected and .........poor mother, how is she going to go through her life now knowing that she is the one who ramped her daughter under the wheels.....

.....

Even after I left the salon, there were still crowds at the site with police and ambulance..

I did not joined them. Yes, useless me. But what can I do? Watching her cry? I don't want to record the scene in my brain. I can go crazy..

With a heavy heart, I uttered a prayer for both the girl and the mother.

Rest in peace, little one. God loves you...

.....

Jaundice

-----Jung with Blue Lite home-phototherapy

Just like his brother, Jung has jaundice too. But since we are well prepared this time around, we are more calm and hence we don't have to go through the dramas at the hospital.

Now, for parents who are 'ignorant' or have no idea what jaundice is, let me share with you these:

• Other name for jaundice is 'yellow fever' (though no fever), 'sakit kuning'

• HOW it happens? Something to do with excess bilirubin in the red blood cell, baby's liver is slow at getting rid of them. Google for more details.

• HOW to gauge if my baby got jaundice? How to observe? SKIN. If you press lightly at the skin near baby's chest area, notice the GOLDEN yellow print which fades of very slowly. Also at the face area, especially around the eyes- yellowish instead of the cutie cute pink flush. Also, if your baby sleeps more, waking less to drink (normal new born - every 2 hourly), be alarmed. Jaundice babies are SLEEPY babies. ASIAN babies tend to have a higher statistics to have jaundice.
  

• HOW does baby get rid of it?

..Naturally : Depending on how fast his body(liver) get rid of the bilirubin - via poo poo and wee wee, jaundice normally peaks at the 8th-day and then trailing off slowly. So doctors will normally advice mothers to breast feed more as baby tends to poo poo more if breast fed.
..Having said that, if the reading is high (from blood test)and reduce at a very low pace, it could be best to put off breast feeding for a while (mothers-don't forget to express milk so that the milk supply continues..) and feed your baby formula. Formula has more sugar to absorb the 'yellow'.
..If not serious, start sun-bathing baby in the morning before 9am everyday starting day 3.
..If you consider it serious, have a blood test at the hospital to confirm at day 3 or day 4. DO NOT procrastinate.
..Exposing baby to Blue Light. You can rent the machine here at http://www.bluelite.com.my. Ask your doctor for advise. If the reading is too high, baby may need to be hospitalized for monitoring. (that is when as first time parents, you would have your heart wrenching moments seeing the baby being poked few times a day for blood test!! Ahhhh!!!!)

• If your MIL or mother says 'Aiya, no worries la, the yellow will go away eventually..!!' Don't listen to them. Yes, most babies will have some level of yellowness but if you don't feel easy, have a blood test. A high reading of bilirubin can cause deafness and cerebral palsy (brain damage)!! NO JOKE.
  

My Jien used to have jaundice too. The problem with him is he was still very ACTIVE and suckled very often!! But when we went earlier for check up, his reading was 400++ !

My advice for mothers : Try not to makan gingers and all the jamu, herbs whatever for the first 8 days after delivery. Just eat your normal food and observe your lil one closely. :)

Shopping Habit

Hypermarket - This has become a selling point for many housing projects now. To be near at least one hypermarket, like GIANT or TESCO. Area like Bukit Tinggi in Klang, they have 2 plus Jusco mall, they have a LOT.

Well, quite some time back, we went there for a quick weekend shopping la. It was at night. Well, it is quite normal to see people pushing the shopping carts in the car park. Presumably pushing them to their cars. But this couple was actually lifting the trolley up the kerb, ah-ah.....they were pushing the fully loaded cart with their kids in it HOME!!

I wonder how many families actually do this?

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Many a time, I witnessed at the paying counter, people will pass a comment like this one :

' Wah, this plastic bag size very good la, can give me 2 more ah?'

Friend, go buy your proper rubbish disposal plastic bag la! Or recycle whatever you have la!! In the atmosphere to save the environment, lagi-lagi want to ask for extra plastic bags!!

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Have you seen people actually spent time causing bruises to the fruits / vege? HO Man, these people as if they want the best fruits for their families and their families alone and will cause damage to the entire box of fruits on display!! They press and flip and press and rolled and ...............ahhhh!! I normally will just go to another stall for I know all the fruit by then will be spoilt in no time!!

NEW Year 2009!!

It happened all so FAST - 冬至 ( Trans : Arrival of the Winter - a Celebration for the Chinese; of family gathering, making glutinous 'tang yuan', and that all have grown a year 'older'), then it was Jien's birthday, then Christmas and then New Year 2009. I could hardly catch up with all these.

No party or anything of that sort for us. We went out for Japanese food on Jien's birthday. He, like knowing that he is in fact 'older' now, chose to eat only ebi Tempura and a bit of rice. Not a single bite of tofu or udon or steamed egg! Haiyaiyai!!

New year Party? Takdak! We went for our Indian Banana Leave brunch, had a good rest and then I started painting the toilet's ceiling which had developed some black spots; hubby helped out at the railing for the balcony. All done in less than an hour plus and then we had a good steamy fried onion flavoured rice to go with a big pot of home cooked bak kut teh!! Yummy!!

Ahhhh, and now we have to get set for the next BIG event - Chinese New Year!! I wonder if I will finally set to bake some cookies this year!?

An inch or a foot?

Do you have a maid at home?

We do, for 2 years now. And she promised to continue with us for another year. Good for us, we thought, since there will be new addition soon and I really have no time to train another.

Now, we have been really lucky in having her. She is quiet and she is a quick learner. Best of all, she really takes good care of my Jien.

We on the other hand are not bad as well. Let's see...

. For one, she said she is going to settle the agent's and permit fees, but it took so long for her (or her sister, to be precised) to cough out the money, so at the end, we said we are going to pay la-4k ok!! Well, it is ok, we thought, but we made a deal that she has to fair her own ticket home by end of 1 year, she said ok.

. After a year, we booked the ticket online for her, and naturally we pay for her. Nowadays the permit for a Phil maid is a year, so she got to fly back. We said it is fine since she is continuing with us for another year....

. When she was back for 2 weeks, we did not ask for any salary deduction. We gave her a full month's salary plus a month bonus without her even asking!! We separated the bonus to 2 months, one before X'mas and one after, so that she can have money to spend before and also after the very important festive to her..Considerate leh?

. I gave her son an ang pow. Amount? 2 digit...The blue colour note..

. We gave her Sunday off and most of the public holidays- off!

. She got her half day Saturday off since most of time, we are back in hometown.

. Our house is very small, very easy to maintain. Plus no serious washing or drying coz all done by the machines!!

. We gave her salary increament without her even asking...

. On Saturdays, we either bought her or made her nice breakfast. If we went off earlier and can't able to send her to station, we would give her lunch and taxi allowance...

. She got a nice bed, not a mattress on the floor.

. Whatever we eat, she will get her share. No matter how expensive is the fish!! You know how expensive is the 'mah yau' fish and salmon?

. We celebrated her birthday last year and

this year, we celebrated her birthday again, with a lovely cake. We were thinking of giving her the ticket back again as a gift.

The problem lies HERE. Now, we had discussed it earlier that it has to be during Chinese New Year cause that was the time that there would be public holidays and we could take some extra days to be with friends and families. She said ok. So when we told her the dates, she said she needed to celebrate the son's birthday. Being considerate, we push the dates slightly so that she could at least be there for her son. So instead of a 2 weeks break, she now will have around 16 days off. Plus, instead of flying Air Asia, we are upgrading her to MAS airline so that she can have proper meal and also since the arrival airport is closer to her hometown.

BUT she still give us sour face! HELLO! We are working couples! We are not staying at home waiting for money to fall down from the SKY! We ourselves don't even have a 2 weeks straight break! Sometimes we don't even celebrate our own birthday! This is so rediculous cause what if the son's birthday fall on mid year? Does this mean that she needs to fly back twice?

So till now, she has not given us the answer because she said she needed time to think. Think she could but if she takes any longer, I will just tell her - FLY KITE!!

Is this how she repay our kindness to her? Does she even know that her absense means that both me and hubby have to take turn to go on leave to take care of the little one? Does she even notice that by February, my stomach is as big as a basket ball? Does she even THINK? GOODNESS!!

Hubby said : Some people, you gave them an inch, they want a foot. Serious ah? I think in this case, a FULL YARD!

Blogger meet Blogger

I am not sure how, but I think it was thru Lydia's blog that I get to 'know' her - Pu1Pu3. I started reading her stories, the drama queen kinda stories, hahaha. They are non pretentious and her writing always put a smile on my face. Slowly we sort of develop our 'friendship' there and it has been about 2 years plus now!!

Last week, I was delighted to be invited to her Raya open house and as expected, she was all sunny and warm. Her house was a cozy one, I can almost felt the love and passion she poured into her house decoration and her cakes- simply marvellous!

We did not managed a good talk as she had streams of guests visiting. Nonetheless, it was a good meeting and I certainly look forward for our next 'meeting' again. :)

Things about staying 'mid-air'

Staying in an apartment is fun but sometimes can be disastrous and annoying. For instance:

. You will have these constant renovations going on. Sometimes the renovation can be few floors above or below but you can hear them loud and clear as if it is done IN your house. Jien for one can't take these and if it occurs middle of his nap, 'wah.......' there goes the wailing.

. Some people just don't know how to treat their rubbish. All they want is to throw out the rubbish FROM their house. So they will leave the unwrapped, smelly, drippy, wet rubbish ON the floor of the rubbish compartment rather than in the bins. I think even if they throw it in the bin, it should be dry and tied up properly. The cleaner deserves some respect too.

. KIDS!!! There is a nice park with a winding path for strollers and joggers. But some kids had turned this into a football field. This is not only dangerous to kids but also adults!! These kids parents are just selfish don't you think? A park is for everyone and not just a few kids and a fiery ball!

. Pool, yes. Our apartment boasts of having one of the finest pool, well landscaped and clean. But some kids ( and some adults too ) would just jump right in with their long pair of jeans, baju and I presumed undies etc etc. Please la, put on a proper swimming attire, be it long or short, slap on a swimming cap if you need to. Take a quick shower before you dive in la!! My neighbour, a middle-eastern guy, has stopped visiting the pool anymore. He said he just can't take it anymore!

. Lift. Some idiots don't read sign. They smoke in the lift. I had encountered a guy who did so and I told him of. So he 'stopped' smoking BUT still holding on to the lit cigaratte until he left the lift. HALLO!! You whacko!! It is the smoke la you idiot ( really feel like shaking his head, HARD!!) irregardless whether you puff in the smoke or not, siao ah!!

. Recently there is a foul smell at night, and I suspected it is from a light industrial factory nearby. One morning, while in the lift, I bumped into a guy and asked him about the smell. He said 'NO'. He said he never opened his windows. He turns the air-con on the moment he reaches home. I was strucked, hard. Why on earth do you buy an apartment when you can enjoy the natural breeze??!! This guy is young, don't tell me most youngsters do this...poor earth.

Maybe it is time for us to move out!! Sigh...

Who is she?

I was preparing to go to bed with my dad and mum, in their room.

There was a loud commotion outside, someone was knocking on my brother's room next door. I did not bother. Then the knocking became much louder and clearer. Mom said who was that so late at nite and as usual she went 'Pui! x%&*!!@ (in Hainanese of course)' ;P

I opened the door and darted in was a ghostly figure woman/girl, with very pale coloured iris, not tall, fair skinned and she was looking straight into my eyes and ..........



Poo! I woke up from my dream, heart thumping hard. Hubby was not around, felt scared but I can't hold my wee wee any longer.

Dashed in and out the toilet and hopped into our warm bed hugging my boy to sleep.

I don't sleep with my parents for more than 20 years now and of course mom passed away already ...What weird dream. Could it be that the hungry ghost month is around the corner?

Cakes

How lovely is this? Nope, not LV bag per se but a cake!! How cute! I received a forwarded mail from a lovely friend today sending me all these beautiful cute looking cakes. OH, how adorable!! But then again, it beats me (an after-effect of reading Karen Cheng's blogs) of how much food colouring is POURED into making one? Ooooo......... See, I was not THAT particular about food colouring until I read that certain food colouring is indeed 'poisonous' and 'cancerous' to a certain degree. I know the amount is so tiny everytime we consume, but then again, how many birthday cakes we eat a year? Maybe around 12 (or more if your kids started schooling..;P) ?

Maybe food just need to be simple and basic after all....

But still.........HOW CUTE!!

Fragile, life

This morning, Jien woke up with some cough. It is his very first cough!! I guess it must be our maid who pass the germs to him.

So I brought 2 of them to the clinic. At the clinic, the paediatrician told me it was just a minor infection at the throat for him (thank goodness) and she started to ask me about Dr.Jeremy. I said yes, I knew and am so sorry about his passed away.

She said recently we had lost so many doctors. She said at least 6 doctors (one of them, my nieces' paediatrician) left us and some are only in their 40s or 50s. She felt so sad. Yes, I could see tears in her eyes. She also told me that her gynae hubby had just done his by-pass. She said why is it so sudden?

Yeah, I supposed they are all friends to her. Losing 6 friends at one short frame of time is indeed hurtful.

Some of the doctors are in denial state with the fact that even in early stage, one may STILL have the chance to be associated with HEART problem;
Some overworked and failed to see that doctors are not GOD, we are all just human and human need ample of rest, what more a doctor - whose work requests no mistakes.

Life is - fragile.

Grieving Mothers

Aside from suffering from the ever soaring inflation and escalating price for commodities, we are indeed a bunch of blessed mothers who can STILL happily celebrate mother's day.

For some, they are not as lucky. They could be having nightmares and sleepless night after losing their loved ones in the disaster in Myanmar and yesterday, China - one of the worst earth quake in the last 3 decades for the nation.

As a mother now, I can't help but have teary eyes and felt the grieving pain of the victims. They lost their loved ones, lost their house and even have to leave their homeland to get to a safer and alien place to start all over. It is a disaster. I could not imagine if that were to happen to me.

I picked up my cheque book and signed for the donation fund in Sin Chew Daily. I hope those who has not done so, find a good channel to extend your help.

Our mother earth is angry, furious and seriously ill. She needs our immediate attention and care. This is an alarming call. What have I done so far and how much more can I help the earth?

The Other World - Part II

A friend of mine who happens to be my client now met me to discuss his house plan the other day. He told me he got a close friend who just moved in to their new bungalow. Well, as usual, most bungalows now will be incorporated with CCTV ALL over the house especially at the boundary. He led my friend to his computer to show him some sightings .....

leng lui naked lying at the balcony? nuh
ghost....??! er..well..depends on how you see it.

He saw lights. Lots of lights 'flying' and descending from the sky.

He actually saw angels!!! Yes, they are with wings! Some are real small like birds, some of human figures but with wings!!

The owner did confirm that 'they' are angels from pastors.

How lucky and how blessed is the family!

Life After

It was like any other weekend. We went back to home town only to find out from my in-law that my brother was warded. What disgraced. From my in-law. Not my family. I know I am the youngest and with a BIG gap. That does not mean that I need not to be informed. I am well into my thirties now!!! HELLOWWWWW!

Anyway, after settling Jien, me and hubby went to GH to pay him a visit. He was quite weak but he speaks fine. He was warded due to severe constipation. But he mentioned that I need to take care of Jien. Take care of father and my bisnes (goodness! My biz is more like a hobby only to me...okok, back to the story..) I told him everything is going to be alright. With the drips and doc's care, he should be heading home real soon- at least, this is what we thought. But he told me, it is enough. It is time for him to go. He said enough is enough with all the spending on him all these while.. But eventually, we sort of calm him down, changed subjects and he then went to sleep.

The very next day, we went again. But this time, the doctor wanted to speak to me. Asking if we did neglect him at home. Whether he is all this while - like this..I thought what like this?? Apparently, he shouted a lot and talked 'to himself' a lot last night. He even used his 'tongkat' to try hitting the doctor in the morning. He was OUT OF HIS MIND! I then said firmly - 'NO'. Yes, he could be old (not really, but pass 50), he did not speak clearly (he was born like this), he could not walk properly (he underwent a surgery before, since then, he can't really walk straight and quit his job). But he is definitely somebody with a straight mind.

BUT, I had to admit, something was amiss. We all agreed he was not in his right mind that very day. We steadfastly told the doctor that he was certainly unlike this normally. I knew him for 30 odd years!! Yes he could be a bit hot tempered but not to strangers! Only at home. He is pretty much a shy person. But that day he acted real weird, he said he wanted to get married. He asked me to quit my job so that I can stay at home to take care of him. He said xxx also can. Then he went to a female doctor and hugged her! Goodness! He said 'I want to marry you!' 'I love you' etc etc and he even said he wanna have 'sxx' !!! That was truely something really NOT my brother! We were so worried. What happened? He was fine yesterday and was resting calmly before we left. Could it be that he really suffered some mild mental illness and now it sort of,er.. exploded?

Then aunts and my cousin came for a visit. Him with a smile asked our cousin to sit beside him. Then of all sudden, he hugged her and said 'I love U!!' Aunts panicked and cried. I consoled them that things will turn out fine. Just give him some time.

I knew. I knew both my aunts were closed to my brother(they are almost same age). Aunts then suggested to call for a 'medium' to check on him. We called another brother of mine. Ok, to cut short the story - we did find a 'sifu' to solve this. He said the 'ceremony' will start only at night 11pm and somebody at home will have to lit up the big joss sticks continuously for 3 days - day and night or else... Nope, he did not say 'or else' but WHO dares stop??!! Ok. Note taken. Being a Christian myself, all I could do was pray and pray more...

THAT was one the most difficult afternoon to pass. I had to rush back to settle Jien and rush back to hospital again to fetch hubby. No one would believe it. Just yesterday, he was weak and shy. But that afternoon, he shouted, chanted, moved swiftly, talked non-stop, chant non-stop, sweat non-stop! He did not appeared sick. Occasionally he would say 'Don't catch me!' 'Come, chant with me! Everybody, come - louder! louder!' This happened on and on till we had no choice but wait for the doctor to jab with tranquilizer.

That was not an easy night for us ALL...

The next day, I was told this (from the sifu): That day was actually his 'day' to leave this world. The 'niu tou ma lien' (note: the Taoism belief that when one is leaving this earthy world, the assistants of 'Yu Wang Da Di' -King of Hell, from the other world with ox-like and horse-like face will come to the person to bring him/her to Yu Wang for judgement) were there to take him. The prayer that was held was with assistance of a god (in Taoism, there were many gods FYI) and my mom, pleading them to leave him this time. Yes. It worked. They do left him. But he is now with another name. And his life here, extended.

We visited him that afternoon again. He was back to the normal him. Back to the shy him. He requested to take his own shower. He took his porridge. The doctor questioned no more about his mental health and finally believed what we said (about him being normal) and talked to us with respect now (maybe because we dressed better - Monday ma!).

Whatever his name, he is still my brother. A brother whom I respect.

Life after death is full of unknown stuff. Me and hubby had a long discussion on that.

If you believed in X - you will be taken to X-world.
If you believed in y - y world
If one believe nothing - which world?
OR if one believe in both X and Y world, will one be taken by both and cause a big STIR? Hmmmm.....

I choose to believe in HIM, the Christ. STILL.

In Zombie Land

It is more than a week now that my baby has been waking me up SO FREQUENTLY at night seeking for comfort and nen-nen. I don't know it is because of his 6-months growth spurt or that he is having night mare or he is merely seeking comfort. But at an intervals of 2 to 2 1/2 hours really IS killing my brain cells!

On the other hand, I have this client of mine who is a retiree. I am doing a semi-D renovation for him and work had started since 3 weeks ago on ground. He had been pestering me with small matters which I had advised him already, also annoyed me at odd hours. If I did not pick up his calls and later on returned his calls, he would question me. Imagine having a client to call you EVERYDAY! OMG!! For goodness sake, boy I am not selling my soul to him. Just architectural and design service! The other day, I told him off. I said I am getting reeeally annoyed and all stressed up - threatening to quit! And he mellowed down then. Huh, if not because of my brother (his close friend), I would have 'taruh' him 'kao-kao'!

So with ALL these, I am slowly drifting into the zombie land. With eye bags, dark-circles, dry skin, dry lips, grassy-looking hair and worst of all - with my weight still hanging tight to 61kg and not showing any sign of letting go of the 'life-buoy' around the waist line. Gosh.

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Hello, do visit us again!

pic by Eric, edited by blinka-li

Just the other day, my friend Eric, visited us in the house.

Well, it was a long long time since mama last see him. He is now 'half-american'. Haha, well, no-lah, it is just that he has been there for so long that I some how thought that he IS an American now.

We had a long chat and I am glad that he still love this land - Malaysia and would like to come back one day to build his house here, of course, ah-hemmm, taking me as his architect. ;) Hmmm...rich bugger liao earning USD huh??!! Blinka-li still staying up here middle in the air, kekeke..

We will miss you and take good care folk! Do come back more often and do visit us both at our blog and our home, ok??

Time Management

Are you always punctual for your appointments?

I would say I am 50% 50%. But I won't be late for more than 15 mins or I would make a courtesy call to apologise and explain my reason and whereabout. There are friends of mine who if they set the time at x time, I just have to add about half and hour or more or otherwise I would end up being the idiot waiting in vain.

BUT, I had encountered some weird fellows who can just

1. Be late for an hour or so for no specific reasons.
2. Won't pick up call during that appointment time.
3. Give rediculous reasons that even a toddler knows he/she is lying.
4. Purposely off the cell-phone or leave it to voice mail and let you fuming over the phone cursing to the 'stranger'.
5. Some will tell you they will be there in 5-10mins' time and you know that they have yet to leave the house's door step!!

AH, great, these people just made my day today.

Love Letters

These few days had been chaotic for me and hubby. He had to go thru his sleep test and later a minor 'plastic' surgery to correct his nose which according to the x-ray, is slightly mis-aligned; and the doc said that might be the reason for the incessant snoring. On the other hand, we are having our house refurbish a bit to welcome the new member. The giant plotter, photocopy machine, books, files, plastic bags, samples, catalogues, etc etc etc were and and some still lying in the hall waiting to be placed in the right place. Oh My Gawd. I just hope that the work can be finished by this week thanks to the contractor making mistakes in taking measurement. Hence, it took them a while to complete it and mind you, carpenters are really in demand now.

So while I was clearing some of the stuff away and discarding my 'treasures' so that I could quickly set myself back into working mood, I dug out 2 familiar looking envelopes. And it was all the love letters and cards from my ex. Hehehehe, I thought I had discarded them long time back. Maybe I am just a person who loves remisniscing the past, maybe. But I had finally decided to just tear them and discard them. FINALLY.

There are things that will never be forgotten but they definitely make and mould me the person I am today. I am always thankful for the past romance I had, never regret a bit. And with that, I cherish what I have now even more. Life is all about LOVE after all. :)