A Meow's Purr

Birthday invitation.

2008-08-01T10:56:00.003+08:00

30th July Evening.....

Ring...Ring....!

Calista answered the phone...turned out to be her friend Janice...
awhile later...

Calista : "Mummy, Janice wants to talk to you."

Meow: "huh? why?"

Calista : "Dunno oh."

Meow : "Oh ok." took over the phone..."Hello Janice."

Janice : "Hello Aunty. My mummy wants to talk to you."

Meow : "Ok."

Janice's Mum : "Hello, this is Janice's mum. Is today Calista's birthday?"

Meow : "Oh yes, its her birthday today." *smile...but a bit blur...

Janice's Mum : "Oh, is Calista having a birthday party this evening? Cos Janice has been asking me to bring her to Calista's house for the birthday party. I was unsure so I just want to check with you."

Meow : "Oh my....no, there's no birthday party tonight. We don't plan to celebrate this year. I'm so sorry."

Janice's Mum : "I thought you invite just a few of Calista's friend to celebrate with her....cos Janice has a piece of paper like you know, an invitation from Calista. He he that's why I called up to make sure...I was guessing if there's really a party, you would have called me."

Meow : "hahaha, oh my, this girl!! She actually wrote an invitation to Janice?? My, my I didn't know! She didn't tell me! I'm so sorry for the confusion.."

...yadda yadda...Bye! Hang up phone.

Turned to a shy shy smiling little girl sitting on the sofa...

Meow: "Calista! How come mummy doesn't know that there will be a birthday party at our house tonight??""

Calista giggled...

Meow : "My my...you so clever and go invite your friends ar..you cheeky girl...Calista, tell mummy what did you write to your friends? You write it down on a piece of paper and show me ok?"

Calista still giggling.."Ok mummy."

Well, ..here's the invitation to celebrate Calista's 7th Birthday!

Introducing......

2008-07-09T15:31:00.003+08:00

Beckham!!! the latest addition to our family!!! He's sooo handsome and adorable hor.

Born : 14th April 2008
Officially a member of our family on 29th June 2008

Becareful of what you say in front of kids!

2008-05-03T10:18:00.003+08:00

This is truly one lesson that both horsie and I learnt in a most embarassing way...

Dinner time...

Meow : "Boy do you still want some more rice? Mummy can't finish ler."
Juarez: "No thanks, I'm very full already."
Calista :"Oh hoh!! Mummy can't finish her rice! Mummy must be rotan-ed."
Juarez n Daddy: "Yaloh! Mummy will kena rotan-ed."
Humsup-minded Daddy: "Mmm Mummy, the rotan very big one oh.."
Meow : "uhhuh..."
Humsup-minded Daddy: "Tonight Daddy rotan Mummy when all the kids are asleep...heh heh heh."
Juarez : "YYYyaaaayyyy! I'll have a baby brother soon!!!"

Meow and Horsie both almost fall from their chairs in shock!!! So embarassing lah....

Like Mother, Like Daughter

2008-04-23T10:20:00.002+08:00

Tuesday evening, Calista was doing her cut and paste artwork...Korkor doing homework...Daddy reading newspaper...Mummy reading book...relaxing...

Calista : "Daddy..."
Daddy : "Ya?"
Calista : "Tomorrow morning, right, when we wake up and then come downstairs to have our breakfast, right.."
Daddy : "EmHmmm.."
Calista : "Then finish breakfast, you send KorKor and me to school...and then you come back home and fetch mummy to work, right..?"
Daddy : "Yah.?"
Calista : "Then hor, when you go to your shop hor, you remember to bring home a pair of scissor for me, ok?"
Daddy n Mummy : "Buahaahahahaha."
Mummy/Meow : "Haha, Thun Thun (Calista)no need to be so long winded lah..you want a pair of scissor, just tell Daddy to get you a pair loh!"
Daddy : "Hehehehe like mother like daughter mah..!"

:P

Ramblings...

2008-03-19T11:02:00.004+08:00

I've been neglecting this blog again, and not for the 1st or the last time I guess. Been thinking of ending it and yet reluctant to let go...very "mau thun". But then again its my blog woh...i can do anything i like right? oh nevermind...just whatever lah..

Ok where to begin leh...hmmm...let's start with the kids lah...Calista is in primary one now. She seems to adapt very well in primary school...we can see that she's grown up a wee bit liao...more independent, more cheeky and being a girl, i say...more talkative! hehe

As for Juarez, well he's in primary six...haiz so fast...gonna be sitting for his UPSR..this year he has the option to choose whether to take his science and math papers in english or chinese. He opted for english. Hopefully he'll do better in the english language. My boy has grown up no doubt but haiz...he is still the dilly dally type..i really hope he'll grow out of it..but gosh! he'll be in his teens in a couple of years and we'll have to deal with all those growing up pains!!! Yikes!

Horsie :) ..his stationery biz is doing fine, recently oso took over a courier service biz. so busy busy loh.

As for myself, heheh i'm taking piano lessons! Being able to play the piano has always been a dream of mine. So now i'm making it come true and having so much fun in the process! :P

Oh last May we went to Mabul Island and while we were there, we saw a lot of colourful flags flying around at the pier of Mabul Water Bungalow Resort. Furthermore there were some marines around with guns and all, macam macam for security purpose. Only later we learnt that there were some people shooting a movie or something there! Some were saying that there's a celebrity with a name that ends with a "wie" there. Dunno who lah of cos. Mana tau, it turned out that its the movie Duyung now showing in the local theaters!! From their trailer, macam interesting!

Guess enuff rambling liao...till next dunno when time...hehe.

Primordial Dwarfism

2007-11-24T11:10:00.000+08:00

Two years ago, I wrote about cretinism once again thanks to Doc's Forum I now know for sure the condition of the boy/man I mentioned in my Cretinism post.

Seems his condition is called Primordial Dwarfism which is a very rare form of dwarfism.

After my Cretinism post, sad to say I've never seen the little guy again. I do wonder how he is now.

Hot Dogs must have Veges!

2007-11-05T11:01:00.000+08:00

Whenever Horise and I hug each other, the kids, without fail, would wedge themselves between us and yelled "Hot Dog! Hot Dog!"

So a few days ago, I was standing quite close to Horsie and was looking at his face when Calista quickly came between us holding our thighs and started calling her korkor :

"Kor! Faster, faster! Mummy and Daddy is going to hug! Come quick, I'll be the hot dog (sausage) and you be the vege! Quickly eh!

It was so funny the way she said it that we were all laughing. Calista looking at us and innocently replied..."Hot Dogs must have Veges mah!"

hehehehe sssoooo cute. ^__^

Reason why I go to Jiuzhaigou.....

2007-10-25T11:52:00.000+08:00

Need I say more??...^___^

Fly

2007-10-11T11:01:00.000+08:00

Well, i'll be off tomorrow to KK and then the next day off to Sichuan Province, China. Will be back to Sandakan on 21st Oct...

Somehow...i'm not a bit excited at this moment...feeling down and moody...haiz...all becos of a spat with horsie last night. he accused me of being long winded and a nag...i'm still feeling angry becos he can grumble non stop about something that is totally beyond ones control and when i pointed it out to him, he accused me as being long winded. ~hrummph!

hope i'll feel better by tonight.

"Put Lang Sui!" (Throwing Cold Water)

2007-08-10T13:46:00.000+08:00

Phone conversation with a friend....

Meow : Hi! Been busy lately kah?

Friend : Yeah! So fed up with the Company.

Meow : yadayadayada...

Friend : yadayadayada....

*After some time...

Meow : By the way, just to let you know that my plan to go Jiuzhaigou this October is confirmed.

Friend : Where's that?

Meow : Jiuzhaigou, China.

Friend : Eiyer....Why you LIKE to go China so much??!!!

Meow : Huh?!! Er....what you mean i LIKE to go China so much?

Friend : No meh? Last time you go Shanghai already!!!

Meow : Er...that's the first and only time what..??

Friend : I just don't understand you! China good meh? So dirty!! You never watch the news meh? blah blah blah...

Meow : .....but..but..but..Jiuzhaigou is sooo beautiful especially in Autumn!! It's one of the places that I wanted to visit.

Friend : I don't know about Jiuzhaigou! For me I only want to visit Japan. Japan is soooo beautiful especially during spring!!..yadayadayada... Who's going to take care of your kids when you go?

Meow : Their father loh.

Friend : What?! Your hubby not going with you? You're going alone? Why you so SELFISH one??

Meow : -_________-"".......

A Cake For Daddy

2007-07-11T14:05:00.000+08:00

(Yesterday morning)

Calista : Happy Birthday Daddy! (Giving Horsie a Biiiigggg Hug and Biiiigggg Kiss!)

(Early evening on the way home and to fetch Juarez)

Calista : Daddy, afterward you bring me to Fat Cat (Bakery) har. I want to buy a cake for you!

Horsie : Wah! Why buy a cake for me?

Calista : You birthday mah, so I buy you cake ok?

Horsie : You got money meh?

Calista : No, but you got mah!

Meow : ^__^ Calista, you want to buy cake for Daddy or you want to eat cake yourself o?

Calista : No ar, I don't want to eat cake! Daddy birthday must have cake mah!

...... much later after fetching korkor/Juarez and drove past the bakery without stopping....

Calista : Daddy! I want to buy cake o!

Horsie : No need lah...you also don't have money..^_^!

Calista : But but...Daddy birthday mah...must have birthday cake!

Horsie : Daddy grown up! Grown up don't need a birthday cake mah.

Calista : Grown up don't need birthday cake but children want to eat birthday cake mah!

Horsie, myself and Juarez : ROTFLOL!!!!!

St. Monica's Class of 1980 Reunion

2007-07-10T15:59:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday at Sabah Hotel, the Primary School Reunion. A total of 25 of us turned up with the exception of 1 who "fong fei kei"! Haiz! People hor, came back all the way from KL, Singapore, KK and Labuan just for the Reunion! Hugs to you all! Some wanted to come back but couldn't - hopefully you all can make it to the next one. To those who could come and yet wouldn't...well maybe the next time, you'll be comfortable enough with yourself to join old friends?

Our last reunion was 15 years ago! This time round, we have all grown more matured! I'm NOT going to say I'm old even though the big 4 0 is around the corner! I for one, intend to grow advance in age gracefully as I believe all the ladies would agree..LOL!

Anyway thanks to Jess for the whole idea of the Reunion and for helping in looking up and calling all those missing links albeit having to juggle between busy schedules and all! HUGS to you!

Overall I guess I would have to say it was an enjoyable evening! Bet everyone had a few good laughs at all those childhood photos and old autographs with funny phrases and lousy grammars, that both Jess and I brought along. Yup! We were two very sentimental nuts! And Yes, we've kept them with us for 27 years!!!! I bet some of you from Class B have these childhood photos too, if only you take a bit of time to dig them out...haiz...Jess and I we had big plans at first for this Reunion. Jess wanted to prepare door gifts with little memorabilia, etc and I wanted to do a presentation of sort...but oh well no point if the presentation is only showing classmates from Class A and no one from Class B right? Oh well, we just can't do it with limited resources.

Hey come to think of it hor, other than the 1st reunion, I believed both of us were involved in the organizing of the all the previous gathering/reunions! Anyway I guess I could say the reunion was a success of sort, no doubt I would agree that there was room for improvement, and I don't hear any complaints (just maybe not to our faces lah) but the important thing was everyone present agreed and fixed a date for another gathering NEXT YEAR! Yes! On 9th August 2008! Now tell me, was it successful or not? :D But this time, Jess and I...I think we'll just sit back and relax and let someone else run the show!

Updates

2007-07-07T10:23:00.000+08:00

Alright, it's been a while since my last post...*sigh* this lousy excuse of a blogger...malasnye...ok,,...let's see...

May - Ah...holiday month! Company's trip. Whole family joined and we went to Mabul Island! The kids had a wonderfully great time! For us, the mum and dad...oh well we're happy that the kids were happy :P. Horsie had a great time too since he caught the most fishes. Maybe I'll do a post on Mabul Island later with photos...er...no promise ler..

June - Nothing much.

Today - Yeah!!!!! Tonight is Reunion Night!!! Sooo excited!! My primary school reunion!! All thanks to Jessica for the suggestion way back in March..or was it in April? *shrug* nah..nevermind. After all the sleuthing works and of cos a few "tak tau malu" occassions, did managed to get hold quite a number of friends. Some only managed to reach at the last minutes but hey, at least we got the contacts now. Anyway tonight at least 25 will be attending the Reunion...not bad for the St. Monica's Class of 1980! Another friend who can't make it, haha he asked to get someone to blog about it! We'll see how ler...I'm still not comfortable with the idea of posting my pictures on the net...my kids nevermind, but still have qualms when it comes to myself. I'll definitely upload the photos and send the links to those who can't make it back. So maybe...just maybe I'll do a post on the reunion! OOh excited ler...

Mis-heard?

2007-04-07T11:07:00.000+08:00

Horsie : "Oh look at that Jaguar!! Soo..nice!"

Juarez : "Huh?? Where? Who look like Ah Kua?"

Horise n Meow : *ROTFLOL*

Vent!

2007-03-29T14:20:00.000+08:00

Don't keep coming up to me and tell me how much weight you've put on, how fat you've become when you can still fit into an M size!

I'm wearing L size with 2 Xs sometimes 3. So shaddup already!!

Little Forger

2007-01-26T15:23:00.001+08:00

Now that Calista is in her 3rd year of Kindergarten, she's been given Reading Assignments to encourage her to read more. Everytime she brings home a book, I'll have to initial on a card and also to teach her to read.

So one evening, she has her reading materials and also her book ready, sitting comfortably on the sofa waiting for me to start reading with her. She kept calling for me .."Mii! Come read with me eh!" But I was busy with some housework so I kept telling her "later, wait, etc".

I guessed she got impatient kua, so she went and took the card and a pen and this is what she did....

O_O!! Yeah yeah I know..my initial is very simple but a 5+ year old kiddo...forging my initial? *speechless*

Well to cut the story short...Calista earned herself a scolding and a little spanking...I know she's innocent but I wanted her to know forging my initial or signature is wrong!

Haiz! Kids these days! They sure start young!

(Actually later when I showed Horsie what she did...we both were laughing...hehe...Kids. Of course Calista didn't know that we were laughing...don't want her to get the wrong message leh.)

FED UP!

2007-01-17T11:18:00.000+08:00

That's me! I'm just fed up with things over at the work place. I'm fed up with the so called management that in actual fact is no management. I'm fed up with those hypocrites who acted innocent but can stab you right in the back. I'm fed up with those parasites who only take advantages from the Company and yet the so called management do nothing about it. I'm fed up with all those Executives who only talk big about what should be done, about how to do things, about what kind of management system to implement and yet in the end NOTHING was ever the way things shoud be. I'm fed up that I have to come to the office everyday and look them in the face.

I'm fed up and its making me feel bad and unhappy because I think I'm becoming a hypocritical parasite like them.

What a great start for the year 2007!

Around The World

2006-10-30T15:12:00.000+08:00

Since September till now...
Someone else has been to Britain and Italy.
And someone else has been to Ireland and Scotland.
And someone else has been to Northern China, Russia and North Korea.
And someone else has been to Korea.
And someone else has been to the Silk Road.
And someone else has been to the Southern part of China.

And now someone else is planning to visit Hokkaido, Japan.

But none of the ones above is this someone...this someone only gets to look at all the photos and this someone wants to visit all these places and more! This someone wants to travel the world!!!

For now this someone will continue to dream......and plan......and safe....

Anecdotes

2006-08-11T08:35:00.000+08:00

Juarez: "Mii, this Pandan Pau is delicious!"

Calista: "Mii, I want!"

Meow, gave Calista half a bun/pau..

Calista, one look at the pandan pau..: "EEEeeew! Got Zambuk inside! I dun wan!!"

Meow -_____-".

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After school....

Calista: "Mii... today Alvis's cheh cheh came to school and she 'sayang' me."

Meow : "Oh! How she 'sayang' you"

Calista: "She sayang me like this..(demonstrated by using her hand and carressing my face)...and she said "So ccccuuuuttteeee!" like that or."

Meow : lol.

Sun Dog

2006-07-14T12:23:00.000+08:00

Saw a Sun Dog or a perfect parhelic circle around the Sun about an hour ago. Caused some hoohaas amongst the townfolks what with today being the Kuan Yin Festival. Definitely will be hearing some mumbo jumbo news in the paper tomorrow. Yeah this is the norm here.

Overhead some comments..."Oooh what's that??" "Wah! Today is Kuan Yin Festival! The Sun so special!!!" "Why like that one? What is it?" "End of the World is Coming!!" "My Eyes!! my eyes!!"...hehehehe

Tadaa!

Kids

2006-06-24T09:11:00.000+08:00

Teasing....

Juarez : Calista..."Kereta"!!! *snicker, snicker*

Calista : Hrmmph! Kor Kor..."Co co nut"!

Updates

2006-04-17T10:05:00.000+08:00

The past month has been a very frustrated month. Things weren't very smooth going.
Learnt that Brownie, the dog i gave to a friend, died. Went for an interview to get my licence, and failed miserably, thanks to my own stupidity and lack of preparation, and for not believing in my own gut feeling. Haiz, nobody to blame but myself.In the midst of it all, my eczema flared up. I will never ever go back to the one and only so-called skin specialist in town again. All he ever does was to prescribe me with steriod. I've been taking on alternate months for the past year! I look like an elephant seal now....miserable. Went to see a different dermatologist in KK, presribed me non steriod medications...slow working and by the end of the month it didn't work. The eczema come out all over my body, even my scalp and it not only become inflamed but wounds started to weep and had a mild infection. Went back to KK, now is on a different medication supposed for asthma, seems to work for me, eczema under control but the scars.....*sob sob*. But thanks to horsie's love and support, I'm optimistic.

Oh well, the worst is over now, i'll have to re-apply for the licence again and this time, i'm gonna be prepared. Am flying off with the family to Bangkok, i truly need to de-stress. Am going to get all the tradtional thai massages i can get, heck with the scarred body...i dun care, its not as if i'll be seeing thess masseurs ever again in my life. Sawadeekaa!

11 Years ago....

2006-03-04T10:09:00.000+08:00

on this day......

Wild Malay Lions :P

2006-02-04T13:32:00.000+08:00

Woof! Woof! Kong Hei Fatt Choy!! Its the year of the Dog! So this cat has to bark..hehe.

Was chatting with Doc yesterday about his post on Lion Dance! Wow! I never knew that you only get to watch the Lion Dance at shopping complexes and at scheduled time over in KL! Must remind the kids to appreciate them here no matter how boring or routine the performance tend to be.

Anyway here in good old *cough* Nature City..we still have lion troups driving around town...and they go from housing estates to housing estates, from door to door to "pai lien" in actual fact to earn some angpows leh. What's interesting nowadays is that since a few years back we started to have these what I like to call Wild Lions! And these Wild Lions are Malay Lions! ..How so you may ask..well for one, the performers consist mostly of young Malays, sometimes lead by a Chinese guy. And since they are Malays and not trained in the art of the Lion Dance, you get a funny sounding kind of drum rhythm! As for the lions...they are pathetic looking cos they are mostly those very old and torn lions...droopy eyes cos the eyelids not working...missing a furry ball from the nostrils...with a torn ear.. and the furs and whiskers? LOL they but those rolls of cotton from supermarkets and glue them to the proper places!!..Normally they were given RM 2 angpows as goodwill..Its Chinese New Year so all lions whether tame or wild, all are welcome!

Now go figure how much they collected for the 4 days of CNY and some more during Chap Goh Mei! By the way today is Lap Chun! Have u lap your chun? Doc did!

Christmas 2005

2005-12-28T11:45:00.000+08:00

Misty rain throughout the whole of Christmas Eve. It made everything looked in a dreamy way. It was beautiful. Christmas Eve we didn't really celebrate with party or what. Just a simple macaroni dinner at home with the 2 kiddos. After dinner, opened a bottle of Sparkling, since I can't take alchohol and of course the kids can drink too. They don't like it. Later went to Mass at St. Mike. The Choir didn't perform very well this year. Could be due to the music being too loud, or that their voices were just not strong enough. Got back home after midnight.

It rained the whole of Christmas Day! And we were gonna have a barbeque for Horsie's family...a tradition liao. No turkey this year for 2 reasons. 1, can't find a small turkey to fit my oven, 2, was afraid of power cut half way roasting the turkey. So just gonna have a simple barbeque. Luckily the rain didn't dampened the spirit of Christmas. As usual the kids enjoyed the most as all received presents.

But this Christmas for me was the most special! Juarez, gave me and horsie each a Christmas Angpow!!! He cut out the wrapping papers and glue the whole Angpow and gave them to us on Christmas! My lil' boy giving this most beautiful of surprise. I was so touched and I couldn't help but cried...*sniff, sniff*...It's not about the present but his love and thoughts, that's the most precious gift to me.

My Lil' Lawyer

2005-12-20T08:49:00.000+08:00

Here's Calista in her costume.

Getting ready.

With Arthur on the Stage.

Kids in costume.

My lil' girl.

Time to perform their songs.

Ooooh..i'm coming, i'm coming.

I got 3rd Prize!!

The Winner in Policewoman costume, 2nd prize winner as a Pilot and Calista.

Prop - Law Book

2005-10-27T16:29:00.000+08:00

This one is easily made. All you need are these : Some nice papers, cardboards and foam sheets. Cut to your desired size.

Draw the letters in. Colour them using Gold Gel Ink pen. Nice!

Taped the cut foam sheets to the desired thickness, glue the papers to the cardboards to make the cover of the book.

Viola! Looks almost like the real thing and very light for my lil' Lawyer to carry! ^_^!!

The Wig

2005-10-26T14:26:00.000+08:00

Some times ago I blogged about Calista being chosen to dress up as a lawyer in her Kindy Year End Concert and about my intention to make a lawyer's wig and some prop for her. Well, here's the wig. The base which I got someone to help knit, I'm not a knitter.

Here's how I make those curls. Tie the end to a marker pen and roll on.

The desired length.

Use your trusty UHU Adhesives, glue the yarn.

Pull out from the market pen. It does look like a big fat juicy grub, hor.

Tadaa! Nice or not? Heheh a bit too small but overall I'm satisfied!

Ten Pins

2005-10-18T11:36:00.000+08:00

On our way home, car radio blasting away...

Radio : *Ring! Ring!*
DJ1 : Track FM!
Caller : Hello, Track FM?
DJ1 : Yes Track FM, what's your name?
Caller : Chia.
DJ1 : Ok, Chia, here's your question. How many pins are there in a Ten Pins Bowling event?
Chia : Eh.....any clue?
Meow : Buahahahahaha!!!!!
Horsie : What the...!!!! Stupid bugger!! Give all the Chias a bad name only!
DJ1 & 2 : ??!!!
DJ1 : Em er...Chia, I repeat the question again...How many pins are there in a TENNN pins bowling event?
Chia : Eh....em...(Squeaky wheels in the brain spinning...nggeek, ngeeek, nggeek..)
DJ2 : If he answer 8 or even 7 and a half...I'm gonna...(Meow laughing too hard liao couldn't hear what the DJ was saying...meanwhile Horsie was @#$%%^ stupid bugger!! People already told you ...haiz....tainting the Chia name only..*grumble grumble*
DJ1 : Er, Chia? Here's a clue...the number is between 9 and 11.
Chia : Oh...Ten!
Meow : *wipe tears*..hahahaha

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Later in the evening...

Horsie : Son, I'm gonna ask you a question, you listen carefully ok?
Juarez : Ok
Horsie : How many pins are there in a Ten Pin Bowling event?
Juarez : Ten lah.
Horsie : *Phew* Lucky my son is not stupid.
Meow : Hahahahaha...

Juarez's Birthday

2005-10-09T15:35:00.000+08:00

Here's Juarez trying out his set of wheels....er...steering wheel that is..

GGgggrrrr....

2005-09-30T10:46:00.000+08:00

I HATE auditors!!!!!
Nuff said.

Dressing Up

2005-09-29T11:06:00.000+08:00

Calista's Kindy will be having their year end performance in early November. For the Year 1 Kindy, the kids are required to dress up in fancy cloths. I was informed by her Class Teacher that Calista was chosen to dress up as a lawyer.

So, i've bought the necessary materials and send to the Tailor to have the robe and the band made. That's the easy part. Now the wig...gee..there's no way I can find it here so...I was thinking of knitting it using yarn...problem is I don't know how to knit. I'll just have to learn, so last Saturday I went to this Handcraft shop to buy the stuff and of course to start my knitting lesson. Well what do you know, end up I don't have to lift a finger! Some experienced lady will be knitting the wig for me! All I have to do is pay...so problem solved!

To spice up the character a bit, I've planned to make a big big nice fake law book for her bring up on stage...hmmm...since the robe is black, might as well make the book in a nice rich maroon colour with the word LAW in gold lettering.

Will follow up with a photo.

By The Pool

2005-08-23T14:58:00.000+08:00

Juarez is taking swimming lessons, so every Saturday and Sunday, I took them to the pool. Due to my eczema I don't swim anymore, so like most Si Lai, I just sat by the poolside keeping a watchful eye on the kids.

Here are some things I noticed that either makes me laugh or shake my head in disbelief..

1) Big fat guy with huge belly, hairy chest..wearing leotards instead of swimming trunk, hehehe

2) Shy Malay lady, wearing a body suit..something like those used for scuba diving, o_0....

3) Chinese Si Lai quite big size wearing swimsuits that bare her middrif (she's not wearing bikini ok)...got those stick-on tatoo on her back! Aiyoh,these stick-on tatoo if its on the lower back of a SYT wearing bikini now that's Sexy and Nice...but this Si Lai...aiyoyoh...sore eyes, sore eyes!!

4) Another Chinese Si Lai...haiz..soaking up in the Kiddy Pool with all these lil' kids playing there, ok nothing wrong there...but of all things she's wearing a big transparent pink float!!! An adult wearing a float in a Kiddy Pool???!!! -_-"

5) 80% of adults in the pool are not there to swim but to soak only, 15% are there because of their kids, only 5% are there to swim but 4% of them don't really know how. :)

Love Letter

2005-08-13T08:38:00.000+08:00

Last night I fetched Juarez from tuition. On our way home..

Juarez : Mee, you remember the other night I told you that a classmate of mine asked me who I like and she wanted me to choose 3 names?

Meow : Yeah..?

Juarez : You know that I like Wei San a lot. Well I also like Shuk Ling too.

Meow : Wah! You like 2 girls at the same time ah?

Juarez : Well I like both of them but I like Wei San a lot more than Shuk Ling.

Meow : *couldn't help smiling but still have to maintain a serious face* Oh ok, so?

Juarez : Mee, today Shuk Ling gave me a Love Letter.

Meow : *eyebrows raised, eyes big big, mouth gapped* Hah?????!!!Love letter? She handed it to you personally??

Juarez : Yeah. And I think her kor kor helped her write the letter. Her kor kor is in Primary 5.

Meow : Er...what does the letter say?

Juarez : It say she likes me a lot even though she knows I like Wei San, so she's worried that I don't like her. She likes me because I'm nice to her and I'm not naughty in class. She said previously she likes Derrick but Derrick wasn't nice to her so she don't like him anymore....blah, blah, blah...

Oh my oh my oh my!!! My son got his 1st love letter at age 9!!!

Footloose

2005-08-02T14:21:00.000+08:00

Last night after the kids were in bed, I happened to switch to Star Movie (Channel 42) of Astro and I can't believe it! They're showing Footloose!!!

Gosh!When the movie was first shown I was still a teenager!!! And oh boy! It was still as fun as the first time I watched the movie! The musics were awesome great! I especially loved the part where Kevin Bacon danced to vent out his frustrations! There's another fun part where Kevin Bacon teaches Christopher Penn how to dance, such fun! Sooo eighties...soooo my time....

~Sigh! Soooo...old....:)

Random Conversation

2005-07-29T15:33:00.000+08:00

During lunch break today...we were teasingly asking Moon who only recently started "pak toh", whether her boyfriend has kissed her yet...being a good sport she jokingly replied..

Moon : Now I want to do it with him loh..

Lil to Bee and myself : Nah, see she doesn't want to answer us.

Moon : What? Told you already mah...I now want to do it with him liao...

Lil : OOOh...kissed already....kikiki

Moon : So let's say I want to entice him, how ar... how to make sexual advances at a man, hah?

Meow (jokingly) : Oooh easy lah....just by one touch...

Bee and Lil : lol...

Moon :....eeerrr..touch where ar?

Lil : Haiyah....Definitely not his toes!!! There lah! Where else??!!

Bee and Meow : ROTFLOLOLOL....

Meow : Moon, don't tell me when you wanna make advances at him, you gonna grab his legs and say here let me take off your shoes, I wanna tickle your toes??!!!

Bee, Lil, Moon : Lol...

...This conversation was dripping with xxx and has been heavily censored in this post....

Yup...put a few "mow liew" women together, they'll talk dirty nonsense. :P

ROTFLMAO with LUITA!!!!

2005-07-23T09:26:00.000+08:00

OMG!!! I learnt recently that someone I know went to Europe and brought along a whole luggage of instant noodles, canned food such as luncheon meat, made in china daced fish, etc...imagine lugging all these foodstuff all over Europe!!!..ROTFLMAO!!!

Updates

2005-07-13T11:18:00.000+08:00

Haiz...latest news...from the Plant Manager of SESB...they are doing their so-called best to fix the transformer...they can't promise anything....expect another 24 hours blackout....!@#$%^#!$#^#$@%!!!! Lahad Datu and Tawau also affected..SABAH BOLEH!

On another update with regards to my good friend whom I mentioned earlier, the operation was a success and the surgeon assured her that its benign...of course a biopsy is still required. She is currently recuperating. Cheers.

Blardy Torture!!

2005-07-13T09:49:00.000+08:00

!@#$%^&*&%!#!!!!! Blardy torture!! Bunch of useless incompetent shitheads!!

GGGGrrrgggghhh!! Last night around 9:20 pm, the whole of Sandakan experienced a blackout!(And i wanted to watch Desperate Housewives!!!!) There wasn't any breeze, so blardy humid! The mosquitoes were having a big party! I'm now at the office and as I'm posting this, my place still has no electricity.

It was even worst at my sister's place..they experienced the power cut since yesterday morning at 9:00 am, until now there's still no current! Blardy over 24 hours mann!!!

SESB's not even answering their phone! Bastards! Anyway it seems that all these were because of one blardy transformer exploded!!! How I wish their butts explode instead. Hrmmph!

A Bad Week

2005-07-09T09:18:00.000+08:00

6th July - One of my good friend found a small lump on her breast. She'll be going over to KK on Monday to have it removed. I hope its benign.

7th July - My Uncle Francis passed away so suddenly. He's only 60. Requiem Mass will be held today at Sacred Heart Cathedral, KK. I can't make it but my sisters will be there. Be at peace Uncle Francis.

Terrorism hit London. So many died and countless injured. Some people are just so sick!

Happy Belated Birthday

2005-06-30T15:36:00.000+08:00

Haiz...I'm such a lousy blogger...*sheepish grin*...I just realized this blog is one year old already! For the past few months I've been thinking whether to continue with this blog or not.

One of the main reason why i started this blog was to record down some of the stories my mum told me especially the story about my grandma and grandpa..i've drafted the post but haven't posted it yet..anyway if one day i have alzheimer's disease, at least my kids can refer my blog and learn about their great grandparents.

oh Well...Happy Belated Birthday Blog.

Yoga Bloopers

2005-06-30T14:38:00.000+08:00

Took up Yoga at the beginning of this year..more for the sake of some much needed exercise and hopefully as an alternate way to improve my chronic eczema.

Here are two bloopers during Yoga class.

1) Meow lying down on the floor mat, feeling relaxed and concentrating on the breathing (the Corps pose @ Shavasana). Deep breath...inhale......slowly...exhale....very very relaxing...so much so that suddenly...friend, *shake shake* "Wei...wake up! You dozed off ar? hehehehe"..Meow, "Huh? huh? *blur*" "Oh. kikikiki too relaxing." Meow and friend...lost total concentration...mixed up all the moves on the yoga postures "Salutation to the Sun".

2) Not feeling very well. Too much gas in the tummy. A No No during Yoga classes. Meow sitting down with legs stretched apart, arms raised, slowly bend forward to the middle...slowly up.....then slowly down again...and....*bbboooooot*...Aiks!! SSSooooo embarassed! Don't know where to hide...have to continue *innocently*...ish!

Star Wars Character...and I'm...

2005-06-07T08:59:00.000+08:00

Paid a visit to dSaint's and thought I might just give it a try...so..here I am....

kikiki

Continuing Tradition

2005-05-27T11:29:00.000+08:00

Mum used to place some cooked rice in a steel plate next to a big old frying pan filled with fresh water everyday at the back balcony of our home. She always say it's a small way to help and ease the lives of God's creatures, that is the birds.

So every morning you'll hear the chirping sounds of the sparrows communing at the back balcony. Later in the day it will the magpies' turn. The magpies are a bunch of noisy birds...clacking away while they take their bath, spraying water all over the place.

The flat has been sold and Mum has now moved over to K.K. and I don't think she's taking care of the birds anymore as she's very absentminded nowadays.

We, her daughters never follow in her footsteps of looking after the birds...but strangely enough, my horsie has recently taken up this hobby of Mum's.

Every evening, he'll place the leftover rice or sometimes uncooked rice at our backyard for the birds, no birdbath though. In the early morning the birds, the sparrows will come and feast.

Sometimes horsie forgets to place the rice in the evening and early in the morning when he heard the birds chirping, he'll say "his friends" are calling him. He'll then go out to the backyard and sprinkle a handful of rice for his friends.

Well, i'm glad someone is continuing Mum's tradition and I hope one day, one of my kids will continue to do so..:)

Wheeeee!!!!!

2005-05-12T15:37:00.000+08:00

I saw the porpoises again!! They might just be dolphins but hey i'm no marine biologist or whatever. All I know is that they are back! Wheee!! They are back! Saw them yesterday and again today!! All three of them. They are feeding and I actually saw a small school of fish jumping OUT of the water!! Wow!!!

Haiz....how i wish i get to swim with them....

Not Enough Saliva

2005-05-06T09:21:00.000+08:00

Last night, I was watching the series LOST on AXN with my son, the story came to the part where Jack the doctor and Sayyid the ex Iraqi Republican Guard believed this guy Sawyer has the inhalers critical for the ashmatic girl Shannon, and that failing to reason with Sawyer to give up the inhalers, they have finally resort to force him..

TV Screen - Sawyer got tied to a tree, Jack made a last attempt to reason with Sawyer. Sawyer refused. Sayyid proceed to torture Sawyer by inserting bamboo reeds into his nails..*Horrible*...Sawyer was screaming in pain, Jack couldn't bear it and stopped Sayyid. Sayyid pulled out his knife and threatened to cut out Sawyer's eye if he don't tell where the inhalers are... Finally Sawyer agreed to tell but only to the woman, Kate. Jack and Sayyid left Kate alone with Sawyer still tied to the tree. Kate asked Sawyer where the inhalers are...Sawyer asked Kate for a Kiss before he tells her.

Juarez : "Yau Mou Kau Cho???!!! (What the heck???) He got tied up and tortured, and of all things he asked for a KISS???!!! What's wrong with him??? He don't have enough Saliva ar??!!""

Me - ROTFLMAO with LUITA....

TV Screen - Kate kissed Sawyer (saw Sawyer's tongue)..

Juarez : "Nah, nah...eeesshh... transfering Saliva!!!"

Me - In stitches....wiping tears from eyes///

TV Screen - Sawyer," I don't have the inhalers." Kate, "What?", slapped Sawyer hard..

Juarez : "WHAT???!!! Cheee sinnnnnn (Crazy!!!)" shake head from side to side...

My Girl Wants a Bra

2005-05-04T08:50:00.000+08:00

Calista (4) rummaging the basket of folded cloths...found my bra....proceed to put in on....~sigh* she looked sooo cute...

Calista : "Mee, you go market buy me bra eh."

ROTFLOL..

Kiasu!

2005-03-31T11:46:00.000+08:00

This morning...

Horsie in a reprimanding tone : I noticed you have stopped applying lotion to keep your skin moisturized.

Me feeling a bit guilty : er..heheh.

Horsie still reprimanding : Hrmmph...have you forgotten how torturous it had been the last time your eczema flared up?

Me..grinning sheepishly...

Horsie : Everytime your skin gets better, you tend to stop your skin care, your supplements, blah, blah..Why can't you remember the suffering?

Me, not wanting to admit that i was wrong...in another word, i'm being kiasu : Hehe its because i'm a woman. Don't you know women tends to forget about pain and suffering easily? That's why they give birth one after another.:P

Horsie : -_-"....

Theft

2005-03-18T10:51:00.000+08:00

Our 2 LeRun bikes, stolen!! from our backyard!!!

Found the bikes missing early this morning! The chain were cut. Gggrrhhh..the thieves climbed over the fence and took their sweet time in the middle of night. Besides the bikes they also took a table fan. What an easy job for them.

Eight years of peaceful time and now this! All because there's no dog/s. We don't have one, our neighbour's dog died and they never get another.

Now I'm worried these buggers will come back again.

10th Wedding Anniversary

2005-03-04T08:35:00.000+08:00

This day, 10 years ago, Dad walked me down the aisle of St. Michael & All Angels to be joined in Holy Matrimony with my horsie.

I thank the Lord for a decade of love and blessings, and I look forward to another decade of love and happiness with horsie, and the next, and the next, and the next.

Pink Granny!!

2005-03-02T13:36:00.000+08:00

This morning while having my breakfast with horsie, I saw an Ah Soh in her late fifties or early sixties, having her morning tea and chit chat session with her friend.

She's on the plump side...very plump side...and just an ordinary Ah Soh...not modern at all...wearing the usual set of sleeveless dress with trousers, dark red with pink flower pattern, a maroon bag..but OMG!!! her hair!!! her hair!!! It's PINK!!! Pink!! Not tinted pink but PINK!!!

Horsie and I almost fainted from shock!

New Skin

2005-02-24T13:30:00.000+08:00

Like my new skin? I like it very much...very soft and calm and serene.
Had some problem with the template at first, after some searching in the dark, a bit of tinkering here and there and with dSaint's help...Viola! Nice new skin!

Boys N Girls

2005-02-22T08:51:00.000+08:00

Boys will be boys and girls will be girls.
******
Juarez in preschool, kindergarten, primary 1

Me : How was school today?
J : Ok.
Me : Do you like school?
J : yes.
Me : Tell marmee what you learnt today.
J : things loh.
Me : Did you make any new friends?
J : yes
Me : What's your friends' names?
J : dunno
******

Me : Did you have fun at school today?
J : yeah
Me : Do you have many friends?
J : yeah, many.
Me : What's their names?
J : er...dunno..friend loh.
*******

Me : Why are you walking like you have stiff legs?
J : legs painful.
Me : And why are your legs painful?
J : i got punished at school.
Me : punished? how?
J : do the "up down" thing*.
Me : and Why were you punished?
J : for talking.
Me : you shouldn't talk during lessons.
J : i didn't talk.
Me : huh? then how come you got punished.
J : my friends were joking and i just laughed. so got punished.

@@@@@@@@

Calista the preschooler

After school...

Me : Do you like school?
C : Yes. I played in the school with friends.
Me : You have a lot of friends?
C : Yes. There's Xingmei and Amanda and Jonathan. I eat chicken today, blah, blah....
*******

C : Mee, mee, today I wet the bed when I "oi oi" (taking a nap). Teacher changed my pants already. The pants is in my bag oh.hehe
Me : aiyoh...you didn't tell teacher you want to pee pee meh?
C : Teacher said "oi oi" loh.
Me : Next time you must tell teacher you want to go toilet, ok? Shame shame oh you wet your bed/mattress.
C : hehe

Then upon getting in to the car...

C : Dee, dee, Thun thun wet the bed when "oi oi".....

later....when the Brother gets into the car..

C : Ko ko, ko ko I wet the bed today oh....

much later at home, when SIL comes back from work...

C : Gu gu, gu gu (Aunty) I wet the bed today oh...

******

C : Mee mee, today Po Ling got runny nose, her marmee came to bring her see Doctor. She takes medicine.
me : Oh did Po Ling cry?
C : Nope.
Me : Did any of your friends cry in school? Did Jonathan cry?
C : Nope.
me : Amanda?
C : Nope.
Me : Xingmei?
C : Nope.
me : Anyone in your class still cry?
C : *thinking*...hmmmm Me loh! hehe
Me : yer crybaby shame shame oh. You're not ashamed meh?
C : *grinning* Nope.

********

C : Mee, mee...today Philip, he cried oh..because Winnie poked him in the eye..like this...*proceed to gently poke her own right eye*..
Me : aiyoh, Thun thun promise marmee you won't do this to your friend ok? It's bad.
C : ok,...mee, blah, blah, blah...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Verdict :
Boys - You'll have to pry information from them. They will only answer when asked, and their answers will always be very brief.

Girls - You don't even have to ask, they'll tell you everything and in great details.

* both hands pulling ears, squat down then stand up repeated..normally a hundred times.

Cretinism

2005-02-17T13:45:00.000+08:00

Yesterday as we passed by Sedco Light Industrial area, I saw the little boy.

What is so special about this little boy, you may ask. Well, its because he's not what he seems. At a glance, he's like any other ordinary 4 years old kid. You take a closer look, he's still like a 4 years old. On closer inspection, you will notice you're not looking at a 4 years old, you are actually looking at a guy in his 30s..mebbe late thirties, heck he may well be in his forties..who knows.

The 1st time that I've seen this little boy was during my secondary school days. Now I'm already in my thirties and he remains the same, except that he's demented now.
Poor guy.

So being a curious cat, I ask Doc about this lil' guy's condition. What kind of rare disease/condition is he suffering from? Definitely NOT dwarfism cos physically he's like any healthy kids, his limbs length are proportional to his body.

Based on my brief description, good ol' Doc was so kind and now I know that this lil' guy could either be suffering from Congenital Hypothyroidism also known as Cretinism or maybe Hypochondroplasia. Interested to learn more...go Google..I malas explain in details.

And as usual a chat with Doc is always enlightening and entertaining. He always bring out the evil side of you. So now if I ever see the lil' guy again, I'll think of my pinky, and I'll go...eeewwwww.

Excuse me pls, I go flush my head in the toilet 20 times.

A new word a day

2005-02-15T13:24:00.000+08:00

dSaint says:
eh eh wats the boxing bag thinggy that hangs in the mouth call?
SpottedMeow says:
*yum yum*...er...wrong person lah...shuld ask Doc
SpottedMeow says:
k found it..its called Uvula
SpottedMeow says:
http://www.virginiahospitalcenter.com/imagepages/8880.htm
dSaint says:
aiyak...
dSaint says:
hahha... i asked doc, he said tonsil
CheshireKat says:
rotflmao...kikiki...
CheshireKat says:
u saw the pix mah...show it to him!
CheshireKat says:
kikik
CheshireKat says:
tonsils on both side...
dSaint says:
yea lo hor... cis... that lazy doc ah...
dSaint says:
thx kats
CheshireKat says:
welcome i learn a new word today
dSaint says:
so do i. haahha
CheshireKat says:
kiki..i'll post in ma blog...
dSaint says:
lol... good good.

Yan Yat

2005-02-15T09:03:00.000+08:00

7th day of the Chinese New Year. "Yan Yat" meaning Human Day. This is also the auspicious day for eating "yue sang". We're gonna go "lou sang" this afternoon! Yay!!!

Happy Birthday everyone!

2005-02-14T16:18:00.000+08:00

Just heard that during the Chinese New Year, a number of the local tycoons spent their CNY in jail.....got caught gambling...hmmm maybe its one of those feng shui thingy...get locked up in the jail house during CNY and throughout the whole year big money come come...:P of course being the "follow tail dog" of the State's Tai Koh can get you Enzo and Porsche to show off during CNY...after that have to get rid of them ASAP else kena investigated.

2005-02-14T10:14:00.000+08:00

It's back to work! After a week's holidays, everything is getting back to normal..back to school for the kids and back to work for us adults.

Chinese New Year is the same..its basically fun, fun, fun for the kids what with all these angpows and lions/unicorns/dragon dance. For me, its cook, cook, eat, eat, eat more eating than cooking that is...for some people, well I guess majority of the people here in Sandakan its, gamble, gamble, gamble, bet, bet, bet.

Now that the dusts are settling down, its back to study, study, study, diet, diet, diet and most people will be broke, broke, broke.

It's Valentine's Day today..my horsie and I haven't celebrated Valentine's Day for soo many years. Anyway we treasure any romantic moments whenever and wherever we can get..heck as long as you love each other every day is Valentine's Day!

Okie enough of mumbling..

2005-02-02T08:54:00.000+08:00

When I raised my voice and scold the kids, I'm screeching like a mad banshee!
When he raised his voice, he's just making sure the kids heard!

When I grumbled/reprimanded at the kids, I'm nagging from dawn to dusk!
When he grumbled/reprimanded them, he's making sure the kids will become a better person!

MEN!!!!

2005-01-27T09:14:00.000+08:00

Some of the yummy fruits/berries I've tried during my trip to China. The brownish ones are fresh red dates. Very sweet and crunchy like green apples. Normally used in its dried forms in Herbal soups or Chinese desserts (Tong Sui).

As for the yellow berries, its called "Hua Ku Liang" literary meaning Flower Maiden. Nice and sweet smelling.

I've got long fingers no? :P

2005-01-24T10:57:00.000+08:00

Aaaarrrghhh!!!! I was totally being ignored yesterday! He turned a deaf ear to whatever I said! It was like talking to a wall! He purposely ignored me and was being rebellious!

OMG!!! He's only 8+! What will happen when he's a teenager???

*Groan...*

03 January till 12 January 2005

2005-01-12T14:10:00.000+08:00

03 Jan : Calista's first day at Preschool. She was very excited. Bought her books, uniforms, sport wear. No classes that day, went home around 9:30 am.

04 Jan : Calista in uniform. Gosh! She looked so cute and adorable. At the school, she played with toys but I have to be by her side. Much later, she played with her new friends, I sneaked away. :P Went to fetch her around 4:50 pm, she was so happy to see me..tears were welling up, she hugged me so so fiercely. Told me she cried, once and once and once.

05 Jan : Very happy, arrived at the preschool, still happy...arrived at her class, started to cry...Mummy don't go!! Tried to pacify her....told her I have to work. Teacher carried her, she was reluctant to let me go, held on ever so tight! Managed to escape..she screamed..."MUMMY!!!! DON'T GO!!!!"..Other parents looked at me with knowing smiles. Have to hardened my heart...left for work. Fetched her in the evening, again hugged me so fiercely.

06 Jan : Didn't want Calista to cling to me so asked Horsie to bring her to her class. She cried saying don't want to go to school. Evening came, fetched her...the usual. Asked her whether she liked school..answered yes.

07 Jan : Arrived at school with a big smile, kissed her daddy goodbye. Walked her to her class, started to cry. Teacher managed to pacify her by bringing her to the playground. Waved goodbye to me.

08 Jan : No school. She said she want to go to school. Told her she'll be going to babysitter, she said she don't want, she wanted to go to school. Arrived at babysitter's she started to cry, kept saying she wants to go to school.....Haiz..this girl.

09 Jan : Moved our 6 feet acquarium from the living room to the utility area...*Phew* hard work for horsie..luckily a friend brought along his worker to help. Lots of cleaning up, transfering of the fishes, etc. Pour fresh water to the aquarium, placed 1 Flowerhorn in for testing.

10 Jan : Calista went to school without crying. I was so proud. Fetched her in the evening, saw me and started to cry!! Seems she saw some of her friends going home and was worried.

Aquarium - no problem with the water, transfered all the flowerhorns and red parrot fishes ...also transfered in the nice and fat silvery green arowana (7").

11 Jan : Aiyoh she still cried....I signed up for Yoga class and attended my 1st lesson..Boy! I was sooooo out of shape!! Everyone were so slim and sexy and me....I got a puntured tires..

This morning : Our nice fat silvery green arowana died...murdered by those longkang fishes, Flowerhorn. Horsie is seriously considering to cook them or throw them to the longkang where they belonged...nah....will just let it die off naturally..only then will consider to rear another arowana...Haiz...pity, it was such a nice arowana and so fat too, like me.

Calista walked to her class today so happily, gave candies to her teachers but when I was about to leave...haiz she cried again.....

2004-12-31T11:11:00.000+08:00

Wishing all peace and good health in the New Year!

One for the X-files.

2004-12-29T10:55:00.000+08:00

A friend moved in to his new terrace house early this year. The house renovated very nicely.

One day another friend visited the house. This friend knows a bit of feng shui. So owner of house asked feng shui friend to comment. Feng shui friend saw all this nice renovation, he just don't want to comment much...just that the house clashes with the owner, meaning the house doesn't suit him. Owner kept pestering feng shui friend to tell what's wrong. Feng shui friend just said, you will know in time.

Anyway, seems hor since moving into the house, every night when bed time comes, owner hear this cracking sound..."krak, kraaak, kraaaak...". Searched high and low, check everywhere even the roof/attic...can't find anything.

A few weeks ago, owner asked servant to do some very serious spring cleaning of the whole house. Servant moved all furnitures to clean from top to bottom. When she came to clean the master bedroom, she moved the bed so she can clean under the bed. She found a hump or a swelling on the floor where all the tiles were cracked.
The hump was said to look like a freshly filled grave.

Owner asked a few contractors but got no logical explanation. Now he's getting the floor re-tile and is seriously considering to move back to his old place.

You see, the master bed room is on the 1st floor, NOT ground floor! Any explanation???....One for the X-files!...Freaky!! *spine chilling*

2004-12-29T09:33:00.000+08:00

Calista : *Watching Winnie the Pooh on Playhouse Disney and singing to self*...."Winnie the Pooh...Pi-gwet."

Me : "Huh? Pi-gwet??"

Calista : *Pointing to Piglet* "Du....Pi-gwet!"

Me : "Thun Thun, its Pig-let..not Pi-gwet."

Calista : "Pi-gwet."

Me : "Its Pig....let!"

Calista : "Pi....gwet!"

Me : "Repeat after mummy, Pig..."

Calista : "Pig..."

Me : "...let.."

Calista : "....let..."

Me : "Good!...one more time....Pig.....let."

Calista : "Pig.....let."

Me : "Wonderful! Piglet!"

Calista : "PI-GWET!!!!"

Me : *pengsan*

Earthquake n Tsunami

2004-12-28T09:20:00.000+08:00

This year's Boxing Day will forever be remembered...So many lives especially children's were taken in a split second. The news were all heartbreaking and brought tears.

Juarez : "Mee, why didn't they pray to God so that they can be saved?"

I have no answer except that it happened too suddenly without any warnings. Just pray for peace and comfort to all those victims and their families.

2004-12-24T09:13:00.000+08:00

I dreamed of my Brownie...I miss her so so much, miss her welcoming bark when I reach home, miss her soulful trusting brown eyes, miss her antics..I miss her. `Haiz....

Received good news yesterday. I passed my CSC exam! Nice Christmas present. Next step...send in my application for a licence to the CCM.

A Merry Christmas to All!

2004-12-17T10:02:00.000+08:00

I was in denial for some time now. But I guessed I have to admit and face the fact.

I've finally decided to give up my dog, Brownie. Juarez cried when I told him of my decision. He asked me why do we have to give up the dog. Told him that I could be allergic to Brownie's furs, that the furs triggered my eczema. He then asked who said so. So to make it easier to explain, I told him that the book on eczema that I brought recently said so. He asked me who wrote that book cos he wanted to kill him/her.

Well the nice family is going to collect Brownie from the house tonight. I'm sure Brownie will be happy staying with them and gets all the love and attention she deserves.

I'm not going to cry.

More Chrysanthemums

2004-12-06T08:54:00.000+08:00

Am not in a blogging mood...will just be posting some pictures.

2004-11-29T10:51:00.000+08:00

I'm in a lousy mood today. I hate my eczema. Its making me crazy. Its frustrating.

*Yawn

2004-11-23T08:24:00.000+08:00

*Yawn*...today is a great day for sleeping in.....*Yawn*...oh well..no such luck...

Chrysanthemums

2004-11-19T13:42:00.000+08:00

Pictures of Chrysanthemums taken while in China

During Deepavali And Hari Raya Holidays

2004-11-17T15:21:00.000+08:00

Juarez joined the Church Camp for the 1st time. Just a 3 days 2 nights camp out. It was the first time that he spent the night in a strange new place. Boy did he enjoy the whole experience! He had so much fun.

Calista on the other hand had her own fun too...well she had Daddy and Mummy all to herself.

Some of the conversations we had after we fetched Juarez from the Camp..

Us : Well, how was Camp?

J : It was great! I had so much fun! We did this n that n blah, blah, blah...

Us : Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself! Did you miss us?

J : Yeah...were you happy when I was gone?

**Red Alert!!**

Us : No!! We missed you! We were worried about you! We were worried that you didn't have enough to eat, you didn't sleep well, worried you might catch a cold, blah, blah, blah...

* Juarez smiling away...

Much later ....at home..

J : Mee, where is Heaven exactly? I mean, is it in space? or beyond? It's sooo dark there!!

Me: Er, I don't really know where Heaven is....I've never been there you know.

J : Hee hee hee...

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2nd day of Hari Raya went out for Dinner with Emily and Polly! Had Seafood Kut Teh ...yummy! Then had latte at a Cafe. The last time that Emily came back to Sandakan was ..I think 4 years ago.. These 2 buddies of mine go back a long long time...

But hey, even when we seldom get in touch due to their workaholic lifestyle..but when we do get together, we just pick up from where we left off..it was just GREAT!! Chatted the night away...I just wish it never ends...

Emily had recently went for her Meditarenean Cruise and before that she spent a week in Barcelona, Spain all on her own. Showed us her photos and I went gah gah!!!

~Sigh..wonder when I can ever afford to go...maybe start with something closer to home and much much cheaper...Star Cruise. oh well. wishful thinking.

Trip To Shanghai, China Part 2

2004-11-05T14:31:00.000+08:00

I guess, for those who've been to China, the most unforgettable experience would be their visit not to historical sites but to China's public toilets.

I remembered a friend of mine who told me her experience while she was there more than a decade ago. No doors at the public toilets. You will have no choice but to choose the last stall in the public toilets in order to have some "privacy". Better to get a friend to stand guard outside. Some suggested to bring a "sarong" to cover up, while some even suggested to wear adult diapers...some would rather risk urinary tract infection. But the most common of all I guess would be to use an umbrella. However using an umbrella may not give you the privacy you want cos whenever one of the local passed by the stall they may be curious enough to pull up the umbrella to take a peek...

Well I never thought that I would have my own experience on the matter as well cause China is quite modern nowadays. Of course all those public toilets have doors now and some of those at the restaurants we've visited were quite modern with automatic flush system...neat. For those drain toilet, well no problem there either except I wonder why they want to use black glossy tiles, I mean you can see the shadowy reflection of the person in the next stall doing her business. Running water is a must for drain toilets, else the stink would suffocate you.

There was a time when our Coach stopped at a rest station and as usual all the ladies will start marching to the toilets.. Now at this public toilet there was a number of stalls and some of them are without doors. It so happened that at this very public toilet I get to witness China's Toilet Culture.....I saw a local Chinese squatting down doing her business...the thing is she was facing the walkway......I didn't get to see her "moon" but thanks goodness I was also spared from the sight of her "abalone"!!! My my...beside this case...I also noticed that no matter the age of the local Chinese, whether young trendy girls or Ah Sohs...they don't lock their doors when they use the toilet. I guess its a cultural thing.

But what in my opinion is quite unacceptable is WHY they don't throw the used tissues into the toilet and flush it. Instead they throw them into the waste basket inside the toilet!!! Eeewwww! I hate it whenever it was those squatting toilets where you have no choice but to squat, hence bringing yourself closer to the proximity of the wastebasket overflowing with used tissues......think menstruation....aaaarrrggghhhhhh soooo unhygienic!!!

Maybe back in those days they use the "Mah Tung" (wooden bucket) to collect all those bodily wastes and then used them as fertilizers...well it would be messy with tissues all over the field right...so I guess its another cultural thing kua...

Trip To Shanghai, China Part 1

2004-11-01T13:48:00.000+08:00

I've joined a 8 days' tour to Shanghai, China. Came back to Malaysia on the 29th evening. I've been telling friends that the package costed around RM 1,500.00....stewpid me! Totally forgot that I have to pay a deposit of RM 1,000.00...kikik so the whole package actually costed RM 2,496.00...my apologies to all for the confusion...

So what can I say? Well to be frank, I didn't enjoy the trip as much as I thought I would...it was actually quite boring. But then it was an eye opening experience. The part of China that I've visited is not what I've expected even though I was sort of prepared for it. Shanghai is such a modern city with its beautiful architecture highrises that it actually put K.L. into the shadow. The highway system in China is impressive. The other cities/places included in the tour are Hanzhou, a very beautiful and nice city that I really like...very green, wonderful scenery...the only city I really really like throughout the whole trip. Then there's Suzhou, Nanjing, Yangzhou and finally Muxi.

Was told by our China tour guide, Xiao Zhang that the living standard of the Southern Part of China (Chiang Nan) is way way much better than the Northern Part. The whole trip was just eat, sit, sleep...so yeah, guessed I've put on weight!...Most of the food are dripping in oil...fat fat pork...*shudder*..some are quite delicious and some are just so so...the famous Yangzhou Fried Rice was a complete let down....what a disappointment...guess even with my lousy cooking, my fried rice are even more delicious...hehehe.

Oooh I've finally managed to try the Stinky Tofu! and also the "Ping Tang Wu Lou" <--nectar coated sour plum......Stinky Tofu...er...not my taste lah...stink like clogged drains, taste so-so..."Ping Tang Wu Lou"...very sour.....can't finish...too sour...

Happiest moment was my birthday surprise! Hubby bought me a Jade bracelet as my birthday present while we were in Nanjing...hey I actually look good wearing a Jade bracelet..hehehe. Anyway it seems that my hubby has planned well in advance with our tour guide so that on my birthday (27th of October) after dinner, Xiao Zhang brought a cake over to our table!! *Blush blush*...then everyone came to our table and sang "Happy Birthday" in english then in chinese to me!!! ...hehehe yeah a bit "lou tou" but still *sigh~* sooo happy...soooo surprised....sooo unexpected!!...Looking at the photos...hahah it was like we were getting married!! kikiki..Some one from our Group asked me whether we are newly weds...hahaha. Next day hubby bought me a pearl pendant....:P:P good harvest hor....

Will post some photos later...and also some toilet experience...culture shock!

Muahaha!!

2004-10-21T13:10:00.000+08:00

Kikiki will be flying off to Shanghai!! So will be on haitus...been on haitus lately. Anyway till November...tadaa!!

Yay!!!!

2004-10-16T09:40:00.000+08:00

Yay! Finally got the Canon Ixus 500!! Yahoo!!! Gonna go for a shooting spree!!!! kikiki!

Then hor its the Puasa Month!! Another Yay!!!! Cos we get to savour so many variety of sumptous malay foods!!! Slurp slurp...yum yumm!!!

Then hor my assignment is going smoothly and workwise, I've done all the annual report dy...Yay! Everything sooo smooth going...just need a bit of final touches....

Then the big YAY!!! Cos watch out Shanghai! the Kat is coming!!!

Busy Busy

2004-10-02T09:32:00.000+08:00

Will be very very busy this month....gotta get things done by 21st..won't be posting much...not that I've posted much anyway...

Will really really need to blog more, also need to get a new skin...the current one is sssooooo boring...kikiki..oh well..c lah...next month lah...provided the lazy bug doesn't bite...

...it better not bites.

Sandakan Boleh!!!

2004-09-29T09:25:00.000+08:00

Came back from KK and thought everything should be back to normal....Nooooo!!! the very f*ck up SESB is still continuing with their sh*tty work. Sandakan folks will continue taking turns to suffer black out until 3rd October 2004.

Starting from today, power cut for this Zone starts from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm, 1st october and 2nd october from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

The house, 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm today, tomorrow from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm then from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, then on Saturday 2nd October, from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm....

Sheesh....!!!

Power Cut!

2004-09-23T08:41:00.000+08:00

Darn! You just can't trust these morons to do things! Published the schedule for the electricity/power cut and yet never follow the schedule! Such a simple thing also cannot do it properly!!

Yesterday our area was scheduled for the cut from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, nothing happened...so it was a good thing.

However after work when we got home, there was no electricity. Our Taman was scheduled from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm...so when we got home around 5:15 pm there was supposed to be electricity. But No....one look at the aquarium, even the standby generator pump has already run its course...luckily the fishes are still kicking.

Found out there wasn't any electricity since 1:30 pm...called up to @#$%^& SESB...this is there lame excuse..

During their so-called repair/maintenance around the area, the workers found a giant beehive. Afraid to be stunk to death they left the beehive alone and called the Bomba, Bomba said can only get rid of the beehive around 7:00 pm as they do not want to disturb it in the afternoon with so many people around.

We were told to continue with our suana until after 7:30 pm or later....SH*T!!!

Then around 6:05 pm the power was back on.....seems those morons are good at nothing except giving lame excuses!

F*ck Sabah Electricty Sdn Bhd!!!!

2004-09-22T08:20:00.000+08:00

Never thought I'll start the title with a foul word! But just can't help it even as early as now...Read in the newspaper this morning that there will be electricity cut from 8:00 in the morning until 10:00 in the evening for a whole week!! Yeah, right a whole week!! And it starts today...our zone will kena later in the day from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm....Wheee no work..yeah, you wish...more like cooped up in a dark and suffocating tin can.. Haiz! and I'm wearing long sleeves today...sucks!

All zones will take turn having to enjoy nature at all its glory for 2 hours every day .

@#$%^&* bunch of d*ckheads! Wasting my tax money!!...Lousy Nature City...no electricty, no water, lousy road...go lah go go and vote.!! @@#$%^&*!!!!!

Note: Rumour has it SESB owed Petronas a huge amount hence Petronas stopped supplying them with petrol/diesel, hence engine can't run, hence we suffer!

The Great Procrastinator!

2004-09-18T08:47:00.000+08:00

I'm procrastinating...my brain juice production is at its lowest...i made up too many excuses....i'm into too many things.....i'm just plain malas....

Will blog when I'm wrapped in inspirational ectasy....bleh....

Money From The Sky

2004-09-08T11:26:00.000+08:00

For the past week, the town is buzzing with the news of how a 4D operator won herself half a million ringgit!!!

The story goes like this, the girl accidentally punched in 200 tickets for a client instead of the requested 20 tickets. Since already printed out, the 4D company insisted that she be responsible for the 200 tickets. She was left with no choice but to pay back the company for the tickets. She then approached her own father for financial assistance, seems she's financially tight at that moment. The father ignored her, so she approached her mum and her mum helped her.

The next day, she striked 1st price with her 200 tickets! She immediately resigned from the 4D company. The father was said to approach her after learning the news hoping she would give some to him gua...but she asked him to bug off.

Some people are sure lucky.

During The Holidays...

2004-09-06T09:18:00.000+08:00

Finally uploaded some pictures that I took during the holidays in K.K. A picture of the Koi Pond at the central court/atrium, taken from the 4th floor while staying at STAR.

And then there was this at the Resort's private beach.....

Sanitary Pads

2004-09-03T10:03:00.000+08:00

Sunday...went to Supermarket to buy Sanitary Pads.

While going through the many choices, Juarez came over...

Juarez : "Mii, actually what are these for?"

Me, noticing a man standing about 6 to 8 feet away looking at some Dog Food, : "Er...don't ask, you'll know when you're older."

Juarez : "Tell me eh, last night I saw Cher Cher (his cousin sister & brother sleptover at our place) took 1 from aunty's room."

Me : "...oh."

Juarez : "Mii, is it if you wear it, your buttock will be more comfy?"

Me : "......" *pengsan!

Back To Work

2004-08-27T11:02:00.000+08:00

Sigh~*..Blink and its over. Time sure flies when you're having a good time.

Anyway during the holidays, we stay at STAR and the kids had so much fun at the pools. Planned to make a day trip to one of the islands at Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, one of the many Parks here in Sabah but in the end decided not to. Maybe next time when Calista is older.

Got to spent time with Meow 2 and the kids played with their cousins, naughty Calista don't want to call her Kung Kung and Po Po....she was very shy with them..or could be Kung Kung and Po Po didn't bribe her with ice cream. Naughty girl.

R & R

2004-08-19T13:44:00.000+08:00

Yay! I'll be on leave starting tomorrow until 25th August..

Gonna go on a shopping spree!! Wheee!

My kids gonna get to visit Kung Kung and Po Po and Tai Yee Yee and their cousins, Christal, Pearl and Nathaniel!!

Yay!

KaBoom!! Pt. 2

2004-08-17T08:15:00.000+08:00

Nothing much on the news. Seems the Bomb Squard or whatever, took the whole afternoon to dig up a 18 feet deep trench, buried the Bomb in and then detonate it. No untoward accidents happened, the roof of a nearby house was slightly damaged by the falling debris or pieces of metal. Others within the vicinity may need to tidy up their houses as some furnitures/cupboards etc felled and made a mess of things.

Hee hee yesterday I asked a colleague of mine who stayed very very near to the Site where she and her family has gone to for the whole Sunday. She told me they spend the whole day at the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary getting acquantained with the Orang Utans and then they went to the Sandakan Crocodile Farm to watch the lousy crocodile show, feed the giant arowanas and an assortment of animals...Forced family outings...kihkih.

KaBoom!!! Part 1

2004-08-15T21:19:00.000+08:00

15 August 2004

Detonation Day.

11:00 am : Major roads going into Town closed. Bandar Kim Fung was like a dead town..all shops were closed. A very few are about to close for half day.

4:35 pm : Kaboom!! Heard the explosion. Felt the tremor. Can't see any mushroom smoke though... could be due to the hazy sky. Our home is about 4KM from the Site of the detonation.

More news tomorrow.

Zee Bomb

2004-08-14T14:26:00.000+08:00

*Picture scanned from Merdeka Daily News 14.08.2004

Bomb Away!

2004-08-14T09:43:00.000+08:00

Last Sunday, a 1,000 lbs World War 2 bomb was unearthed from a construction site at Mile 3 1/2 Jalan Utara.

Today its all over the local news that the Authority will try to defuse the Bomb tomorrow at site! So the stretch of road from the town area to Mile 4 will be closed from 10 am to 6pm. People residing within 100 metres from the site are advised to stick around to watch the firework!..Hehe Nah...they are advised to get out of the house that day.

In case attempts to defuse the bomb fails, the Police Bomb Squard will detonate the bomb and the impact of an explosion would be according to them about 1.7km in radius.

Now I wonder where all the people will go and hide? Some suggested for a day trip down to Lahad Datu...I guess my Sister In Law's family planned to do so. I don't think my horsie would want to go cos he'll be stuck in Lahad Datu for the whole of next week...very *sien (boring). Some suggested to hide at Sepilok and spent some quality times with the Orang Utans.....some may hang around waiting in line to be fed to the crocodiles at the Crocodile farm..

We may just stay at home...up to horsie...where horsie gallops, we go also.

*Wonder whether we get to experience the detonation of the Bomb or not... as long as there's no life threatening incidents.

The Game Of "Pii Gu"!

2004-08-12T14:30:00.000+08:00

A very funny incident my sister, Meow 2 told me...

Nathaniel (4) her son loves to smack people on the bum and said "Pii Gu!" meaning "Buttock!" in Mandarin. So the whole family joined in this game of "Pii Gu" and everyone had fun running around the house smacking lil' Nat's bum and shouting "Pii Gu!". Even the maid also joined in the game of smacking lil' Nat's bum.

One day my sis went to a local Bakery and lil' Nat was tagging along. While there, my sister was choosing some cakes/buns and there was this UMS student beside her taking his time in choosing his favourite cakes/buns.

The student must have seen one of his yummy delicious cake and bend down to get it.

There it was this bum staring right at lil' Nat. Gleefuly and without qualms, lil' Nat smacked...."Piak" and shouted in triumph "PII GU!!!!".

Guess how embarrassed my sis was, when the Guy actually thought my sis smacked his bum!!!

...hehe.. no more "Pii Gu" for lil' Nathaniel from then on!!

Uncle Richard

2004-08-11T09:56:00.000+08:00

Received news on Monday morning from Big Meow that our Uncle Richard passed away in Tawau. Uncle Richard was Mom's borther and he was in his 80s.

Though I've only met Uncle Richard a few times only, what I remembered most about him was his easy going nature. He sure can clicked with people from all walks of life whether young or old. He was very fond of animals so he has a lot of pets, dogs, birds, snake, etc.

I remembered the time when I was around 8 years old. Went to Tawau alone and stay at Uncle Richard's place. That time he has 2 very fierce German Shepherds called "Cheong Kwan" meaning General and "Fei Chai" meaning Ruffian. He taught me how to play Dart and basketball. I had so much fun staying with him.

Uncle Richard will be laid to rest today in Tawau.

Duh....

2004-08-07T11:06:00.000+08:00

Just now...

Phone rings, pick up phone

Me : Hello, Helen speaking.

Caller (with high pitch voice) : May I speak to DW please?

Me : May I know to whom I'm speaking to?

Caller : Hah???

Me : Um, who is this please?

Caller : Oooh!!!! *Hang up!

Phone ...toot tooot...

Me :Duh!????........

Hhmmmm must be one of those leeches...

Sand Paper

2004-08-05T10:13:00.000+08:00

I'm having a severe case of either Prickly Heat or Allergy....I really don't know which. All I know is it wasn't my usual eczema. Nevertheless it's still the same to me...it itchess like **** and my skin felt like a big piece of sand paper..or a cat's tongue.

Doctor said it was an allergic reaction to something. The fun part is trying to find out what this something is...so as long as the allergy are still there, then the stimulant is still around. Been trying to find out for a whole week already and still no luck.

So what I did? I went to see a Chinese sensei. Chinese sensei said it was a severe case of prickly heat woh...so have to drink more herbal remedy to cool down the body..

Haiz....don't know lah...just pray my skin will be back to normal soon...and it better be VERY SOON!

Calista's Birthday

2004-07-30T10:38:00.000+08:00

Today is Calista's birthday, she's 3 years old.

Last Sunday we had a small birthday party. More of a family gathering actually. Calista was so happy cause she was the centre of attentions and most important for a kid, are the birthday presents. Too bad no photos were taken but never mind there are more birthdays to come.

The little darling seems to know that her actual birthday is today. Last night she asked me to bring her to the Supermarket and buy her a present. I thought I heard wrongly and asked her to repeat whereby she proceeds to whisper to my ears, "Mammy, bring me to market and buy me present, eh". Cheeky girl.

Anyway think I'm gonna buy her a set of stationery/activity set so she can draw and paint all she want.

Many Thanks

2004-07-29T09:11:00.000+08:00

I'm sure most of you must be relieved that you don't need to strain your eyes anymore. Hehe actually I find it hard to read too but I just couldn't resist the cute lil' kitty. Anyway I've been searching for nicer templates/skins but being the fussy person that I am, oh well, I'll just continue with the search. For the time being, this simple and plain template will do.

Meanwhile I want to thank a few wonderful people whom I've met from the internet, for their help and suggestions. This has been long overdue. My thanks and appreciations to...

DrLiew, for helping me to post my Mum's picture and suggested to save my photos in Photobucket;

dSaint, who suggested to me to get another blog for setting up new templates. This other blog has become my playground.

But most of all, thanks to Olivia for taking the time to help me figure out what I've done wrong, rectify and then clean up my templates for me.

And of course, thank you to you all (the very few of you..:P) for taking the time to visit my blog. I'll try to post more.

*really need to get a camera quick to post nice and intersting pictures.

A Place Called Home

2004-07-27T09:12:00.000+08:00

Had insomnia Sunday night. Tossed and turned until way passed 1 am. Still couldn't sleep. Suddenly a feeling of homesickness hit me. Don't get me wrong, I'm in my own home with my own family. The homesickness that I felt was for my "home", the place I grew up....

The Flat - 5th Floor, Block 75, Singapore Road. Its the place that I spend 26 years of my life. A cozy place of about 1,000 sq. ft. consisted of a living room with front balcony, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a dinning room that we seldom dine in, a kinda small kitchen that Mom rules and the back balcony.

A very windy place with a big old tree next to it. Sometimes some squirrels will drop by for a visit. Occassionally a bat or two would fly into the house while we were watching TV. Birds would make their nest next to the pots of plants Mom planted in the balcony. When the eggs were hatched and the Mama and Papa birds left the nest to look for food, Mom would take out the chicks and let us feed them with rice soaked in water. In October to December we would look out from our balcony to the old tree and get to see fireflies dancing around. When there was a power cut, we would sit there with candles lit and Mom would sing us some of the old english melodies.

The neighbourhood kids that I grew up with, the Lees (Chiew Ling and Chiew Yung) from the 1st floor, the Soons (Ah Thsun) from the 2nd floor, the Chiams (Ah Hiang) from the 3rd floor, the 4th floor - tenants changes so many times couldn't remember them, and the Wongs (Ka Sam, Ka Yue, Tze Soon and Ka Wai) from the 6th floor.

During Lunar Moon festival, all the families would gather at the roof top of the building to celebrate. All the kids would light up their lanterns and have fun. Sometimes we would carry our lanterns and walked up the dark winding path to St. Mike Secondary School near our place.
Other times we would all gather for some kids' birthday party, etc. Then there was a time when Master Wong from the 6th Floor taught us kids the Preying Mantis kung fu at the roof top.

All the games we played and the fun we had on the ground floor parking space. With a piece of chalk or coal in hand, we would turn the parking space into an art museum with our childish graffiti. The many ants and snails we tortured and killed in play.

Spring cleaning day before the Chinese New Year is the day all the kids had the most fun! It would start with the Wong family cleaning their staircase, all the dirty water splashing around! Then its our turn to wash our part of the staircase and so on down to the ground floor. Kids like us would scrub the stair and splash dirty water to each other. Kids + Water = FUN!!! The grown ups would indulge us during this time.

Well a few years back after Mom and Dad moved to KK, we sold the house. The Lees are still there (actually the girls' uncle); Mrs. Soon is staying there alone, Ah Tshun passed away a few years ago. He was in his early Thirties. The Chiams are still there. The new tenant on the 4th floor, I never get to know them since we moved out before they move in. The 6th floor is rented out to some Malays, the Wongs moved out in the early 80s.

Whenever I passed by Singapore Road, I would always, always try to catch a glimpse of the flat on the 5th floor of Block 75. A place that no matter what, still holds a very very special place in my heart. A place that I will always called "Home".

Movie Passes

2004-07-21T08:52:00.000+08:00

July is almost coming to its end. Spiderman 2 may still be screening but may just stop anytime soon. And Sandakan doesn't have a cinema!

So what should I do with the 2 Movie passes I received yesterday from RHB Bank? Why didn't they send the Movie Passes earlier so that I received them last week? Then I can go watch Spidey while I was in KK.

Haiz...Juarez was so disappointed. He wanted so much to win the passes and go over to KK to watch Spidey in the cinema for the 1st time! But I'm not gonna spend almost RM 500 just to bring him over for a free movie....forget about driving over, with all these rains the road was impassable.

No choice but to wait for the original VCD or the pirate DVD. Oh well..

Culprit Caught

2004-07-20T16:07:00.000+08:00

Went to K.K. last Friday for a weekend course and came back Sunday evening. Here's some update of what happened on Friday morning before I left the office for the airport.

Around 10:30 am, received a call from my friend, Daniel. He asked to speak to my boss, DH. Asked him what's the matter and he proceeded to tell me that his colleague was the passenger in the car that hit Mrs. C last Thursday. (Mrs. C besides being my colleague is also the sister of my boss, DH.)

Turned out the driver was a 68 year old man who went to fetch Daniel's colleague the morning of the accident. Daniel's colleague being the passenger saw the whole thing and he told the driver to stop as he has hit someone, but the driver looked into the rear view mirror and said, no problem and just continued on. Daniel's colleague felt guilty and responsible and told Daniel about the accident. One thing leads to another and Daniel found out that the victim is Mrs. C. That's why he called me requesting to explain the whole thing to my boss DH.

Told Daniel that there's no point in explaining to my boss, DH. Explaination should be made to Mr. and Mrs. C instead. Gave Daniel, Mr. C's contact number. Don't know what happened after that but when I came back yesterday, I was told that the driver went to beg for forgiveness and publicly apologized to Mr. and Mrs. C in the local newspaper.

Mrs. C will be having her operation tomorrow.