O Che again

OK, i have to admit that I'm queen of self-inflicting pain T___T

I ran to my dad's car and when I opened the door, I didn't stand far enough and the sharp edge of the door hit my face.

P-A-I-N-F-U-L!!!

It felt like the sharp edge pierced into my skin, I was so worried that there would be a big wound on my face and thus spoil my beauty (ahem).

No blood but there was a bump on my face and very quickly, it turned into a bruise.

This is not the first time the car door hit my face. Oh well, i guess some things just cannot be learned.

The door to the world

Woo hoo, i'm ready to go off anytime! hehe..

My passport is renewed for another 5 years! Yaye~~

Actually, I wasn't looking forward to getting a new passport after seeing Jane's new black and white passport photo. I remember when Jane showed it to me while I was eating, the rice in my mouth spilled out for i couldn't hold myself for not laughing. I'm sorry Jane, for the impoliteness.  It is just too hilarious.  i think the immigration 'fish-eyed' her photo. I don't know why. 

Jane has problem with it at every immigration. The officers would frown, kept trying to match the photo against the real person in front of them. Sometimes the officer would get another colleague to 'double confirm'. She even got questioned many times. It sure isn't fun, especially having to live with it for the next 5 years! Poor Jane~

I still prefer my previous coloured picture but the new black and white one is not so bad la. at least it DOES look like the real me. I showed Jane, she gives compliments and also said that she thinks I look a bit pale in the picture.

Hmmm.. what does she expect from a black and white picture?

This maybe?

So cute ;P how great if i could use this as my passport photo :P

A cake just for me!

i must show off one of the birthday cakes i received from my friends this year.

A few years ago, i received a Yam basket as a birthday cake. It was unusual but thoughtful as my friends know i am yam lover.

This year, my friends got me something unusual again. I couldn't stop laughing when they presented it to me. It is a Pooh Bear-themed Jelly cake! And it's 3-D! There is a big pooh bear standing on top of the cake as if he is the ruler of the bear kingdom! When u move the cake, the pooh bear ruler jiggles with joy. haha, it is so cute! 

Soooo many Pooh Bears!

The Chinese says, a good dish should have good colour, frangrance and taste (色香味俱全). This one definitely meets the criteria haha.. it's colourful and cute, it smells like coconut and it tastes cool and coconuty too... Unlike the traditional birthday cake which makes u feel full after a mouthful, with this one, once u start, u can't stop! It cools our body in this hot weather and also refreshing because of the coconut milk. 

What's more interesting about this jelly cake is that, u can play with it! hahaha...

I can 'dismantle" them and 

eat them like this or like that....

I don't normally eat pooh bears but these bears are quite tasty :P

Holely Moly!

Lately, I realised that it is best to just be simple. 

Simple outfit, simple hairstyle, simple home, simple car, simple meal....

The simpler things are, the simpler life will be.... trust me, I have been there...

The other day, I decided to rush to the nearest money changer to exchange some money for my mum's upcoming trip. Just when I was about to reach my destination, it started to rain cats and dogs. I decided to park at the basement. Smart choice because upon leaving, when i started the engine, the sun roof suddenly opened up by itself. No matter how hard i pressed the "close" button, it just wouldn't shut T___T  I thought of driving it back with  a BIG hole on the roof but when I was approaching the exit, I saw that it was still raining heavily! Sigh... I was late. I needed to go back. What should i do?!

Of course many crazy ideas went through my mind. May be I could use an umbrella to cover the 'hole' while driving? Or maybe i just let the rain washes down ? Of course in the end, i decided to get my colleague to come to save me while I left my car in the public car park with a wide-opened sun roof. 

This is when I came to realise that one fancy feature means one additional problem. 

The mechanic called me and told me that the sun roof CANNOT be fixed. Apparently, the 'controller' is spoilt and to replace a new set of sun roof, it will cost me $4,900. WHAT?! I told her not to fix it. Just find a way to seal it up since we do not use the sun roof anyway. 

So how many times do u we get something we don't really use or don't really need, or we bought it but instead of making life simpler, it makes life more complicated?

Big hole!

If u are lucky, u might even get poo-ed by the birds!

Of course in this case, we didn't get the car because of the sun roof. it just comes with it whether we want it or not. It is, however an additional selling point for the seller. 

Like what my mum sometimes say, one more kid, one more problem. But now that all her kids have grown up and turn out not to be so bad, she must be grateful that she has so many of us hehehe...

My mum's secret farm

I have to show you my mum's little secret vegetable garden. It's just too beautiful to miss!

My mum showers it with lots of love and care everyday that in return, it provides us our daily vegetable need. 

No wonder there is a saying -  "you reap what you sow"... Not only is this true in the vegetable world but also in many other aspects of our lives. However, planting good seeds doesn't guarantee good returns because if u have planted good seeds but do not water them everyday, the seeds will not be able to grow. Wow, I love that my mum has planted some wisdom in me while planting vegetables! hehe..

My mum planted a variety of vegetables. There are potato leaves (and we get potatoes too!), long beans, yam (my favourite!), eggplant, mustard vegetable, 芥兰菜, eng cai, ladies' fingers (okra), mani cai 香菜, wild ginger, 夜来香  etc. There are coconuts, bananas, mangoes, kedondong, longan, pamelo ...too and many others which I can hardly name :S Ok, that reminds me to learn more .....  Recently, mum's mango tree produces a lot of mangoes too. Because my mum doesn't use any chemical or pesticide, the squirrels ate some of them. I imagine the squirrels happily picking the biggest and sweetest mangoes on the tree, eating all they can hahaha... too much cartoon can make someone childish... errrr... i meant imaginative :P

Some of my mum's assorted veggies

My neighbours and mum's friends like to drop by to check out my mum's vegetable garden. It's amazing how my mum can turn a messy bush into an organised, full of goodies vegetable garden! I love that we have organic vegetable to eat everyday. My mum even packed some home grown ladies fingers for me to bring over to Paris for my sisters. We simply steamed them and had them with chili sauce. They tasted naturally sweet and full of love! That's the beauty of home grown veggie. No complicated, fancy cooking skills required in order to make it tasty. 

The yellowish flowers are called 夜来香

My mum fries rice with these, cook soup with these etc.

Really unique!

So many types of veggies. 

Even Tiger had fun in the garden haha

It isn't easy growing our own veggie and fruits. I see my mum working hard early in the morning and evening. It's good exercise for her as she gets to sweat and work out instead of watching TV. But weather can be a bit harsh especially during dry season... guess what, i made something for my mum with our broken umbrella.

Tada! my mum's personal shade! haha

I love my mum. She is our super mother at home. She is a great cook, a great farmer, a great nurse, a wonderful teacher and of course, a wonderful mother! 

攝影師想像的意境

拍照不是很難的事。現在科技太發達了。老大幼小都有能拍照的手機（真的，我朋友4歲的女兒都有自己的可拍相的舊手機吶~ ），隨時隨地都能補抓畫面。

雖說拍照不難但拍照的人還是需有點審美觀（就是藝術細胞啦，呵呵~ ）啦~ 因為在我們平凡人眼中不起眼的風景，這些人還是有辦法拍出特別味道。

我不會照相，有時角度拿捏的稍微不'準確'，照片就會少一些feel~ 然後回家用電腦打開照片時，我就會後悔為何當時為何不站過去一點點，或手再移動一些些.... 等等~ 話說藝術細胞是天生的啦，我也不用太過在意啦，呵呵~

最近我發現，拍照的人可以沒有藝術細胞，但若有豐富的想像力，也可以拍出一番風味！我覺得攝影師想像的意境是可以被拍入照片內，讓照片更有feel！不相信，請看下圖：

請問你 feel 到 哪個有意境、哪個無意境？

11.11.2015

It's the special time of the year again. 

Yup, it's the birthday of a pair of wonderful twins.


Things change every now and then but one thing that never changes is ---- *drum playing* 

Jane and Jennifer will ALWAYS be the wonderful and adorable twins 

Haha, i'm sure nobody will oppose to it. After all, today is our birthday. We are the Kings of the World... for the day :P

It's my custom to write on 11.11 of every year.... It's a record of how far i've come :P

Thank you everybody for the birthday wishes *touched* They came from FB, email, chats.... from all over the world. My sister, nephew and nieces even recorded a birthday music duet video for us and then screamed out happy birthday to us. Even my 8 months old nephew said happy birthday to us... in baby words.... 

Thank you my family and friends who took me out for big meals. I've been eating non-stop since last Friday and more to come even after my birthday. I feel so loved! Jane said today is a thank you day for us. She is right. I've been thanking people since I opened my eyes this morning! haha.. But I like it... I feel lucky to be blessed with so many loving family and friends!

Something funny happened last Friday. My old pal Vivien made an appointment to have dinner with me long ago. And since Jane made a last minute decision to come home, we decided to give Vivien a surprise by having Jane suddenly dropping in half way through the dinner.

It turns out, Vivien surprised me by secretly getting other friends to join our dinner to celebrate birthday for me! I was touched and they were happy to see me surprised. I too was secretly happy that I could surprise them back later hehe... As soon as Jane touched down, she took a taxi straight to where we were. My friends were all surprised to see Jane. Ha! Priceless moments!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Big muaks to u all for the wonderful day!

Hole punching

The following post is not suitable for the fainthearted but it's quite educational :P 

Something happened on Sunday, and it causes me to add a label called "painful experience" in my blog.

It was raining yesterday. Mum wanted to cut some vegetable from her vegetable patch to put in her soup. I offered to do that for her. So i held a pair of scissors and umbrella in my right hand and off i went to the slightly flooded garden.

When i knelt down, the sharp point of the scissors sank into my thigh. Yes, it went into my flesh effortless and it kinda felt like, sinking a knife into a soft pudding! 

I didn't panic, instead I pulled the scissors out, stood up and walked into the house to look for ointments. Oh my, I've punctured my own thigh! There is a "small hole" now.  It looks like tiny lips. When I moved, it would 'open' and 'close". Anyway, I cleaned the fresh wound with tea tree and a few other ointments and then bandaged it. My mum asked me what happened and I explained to her calmly. Maybe because i seemed so cool,  She thought I was joking haha...  You know what? The stabbing scenes in most movies where blood splashes out immediate is FAKE. It took a minute (i think) before i saw red. I wish I didn't have to confirm it by stabbing myself T____T

my wound... covered

initially i wanted to post a picture of the 'lips' but decided not to as it looks kinda scary. don't wanna scare u hehe

So I experienced 2 things in one incident - how it feels like to stab and be stabbed at. I know it's crazy and not something anyone wants to have experience in but sigh... one just needs to learn something out of an incident to make it a worthwhile one right? 

I've self-inflicted a lot of pain on myself that I think I'm becoming immune to it. Gosh, when will I learn???

舊地重遊

去年8月我第一次飛到巴黎，感覺很奇妙因我從沒想過這一生會有機會到這夢幻之都。要不是因為姐姐懷孕了需要補品，又想吃家鄉和媽媽的食物，我爸媽也不會派我出城，呵呵~

今年我又被派出城了！感覺更奇妙因為我沒想過竟然會有機會再去巴黎！

這次是姐姐要搬新家，她得看顧剛滿8個月的貝比加上我姐夫出差（原本），沒辦法收拾及搬東西，所以老遠把我和Jane 叫去當'外勞“，哈哈~ 只能說，家人的愛是無條件的！就這樣，我又帶了超過30公斤的東西，把自己和爸媽的愛送到法國去！這次跟上一次一樣，2個行李箱滿滿都是姐姐和貝比的禮物。 結果行李箱超重了，我還得把自己的衣服取出來，自己手提到巴黎。真的是無條件的愛呀~

20小時後，我和Jane順利抵達巴黎。一到姐姐家，我們就立刻’開工‘。大的家具由搬家公司包辦，小的東西就由我們自己包辦~ 姐姐的'小'東西真的超多的！真不曉得小小的房子到底是如何裝這麼滿的！結果我們一共花了4天的時間把全部小東西搬到新家！新家的東西也是在四天內全都擺好。我們的效率真的很驚人！呵呵

當然我們也不忘了忙中偷閒。姐姐姐夫有空時會帶我們到處吃吃喝喝，看風景。但帶著貝比就不能在外面待太久。有天姐姐姐夫沒空，我和Jane決定到去年沒去到的聖心堂及聖母堂玩耍，完成之前的 unfinished business！然後順便重遊凱旋門和 Eiffel Tower 。我們不甘心這次來巴黎沒看到他們因沒親眼看到好像沒來到巴黎似的，所以我和Jane買了一天11.5 歐元的火車票到處'亂坐'。當然要好好利用車票嘛！哈哈，歐巴桑的心態！

一口气去了4个地方！

我们还是有好好欣赏哦~ 

10月的巴黎和去年8月的巴黎不一樣。看！ 8月有藍色的天空，怎麼拍怎麼美！秋天的10月的天空卻是灰灰的，偶爾還會下雨咧。不過還是不影響我們的心情啦 ~

不一样的天空，不一样的feel~ 

你知道我喜歡巴黎的什麼？帥哥？好吃的法國餐？法國麵包？巴黎鐵塔？ LV?

No No... 我喜歡.....巴黎那古色古香，超大超紮實超重的門！

看！是不是超壯觀的？

我另類的喜好，呵呵~

站在門前，我覺得自己'很苗條'，也莫名覺得很有安全感，。這麼大，這麼紮實，這麼重的門，我想小偷應該不容易把門翹開吧？這樣的門，我要！哈哈~ 我好像把巴黎的水準降低了，哈哈~

No refrigerator? No problem

I brought a bottle of apple cider which i bought in Paris to drink with my colleagues. Awww, I kinda miss my Paris trip, how i wish I don't have to come back to reality... more about that next time hehe,,,

Chilled apple cider is the best but the problem is, we do not have a refrigerator in the office :( So we decided to chill it the primitive way. Well, when you are faced with limitations, you just gotta be creative to find your way round it instead of giving up... Maybe that's how we were trained since young... 

My colleague accompanied me to the kopitiam behind our office where I managed to get a bag of ice for $1.... So we chilled our apple cider like this:

My version

As there were still some leftover ice in the plastic bag, my colleague decided that we should fully utilise the whole bag of ice and this is her version:

French apple cider in plastic bag of ice

We couldn't stop laughing at this sight. I think my version is more 优雅 but the 2nd one worked just fine hahaha... 

A couple of days ago, Jane asked my brother-in-law who is an expert in wine, whether the Champagne she bought in Epernay would be spoilt in the hot weather since she needs to bring it from her home to office where travel time is about 45 minutes. My BIL suggested that she keeps it cool. 

So Jane, here is an inspiration for you. I think champagne in a plastic bag of ice is just ideal for you. There, I solve your problem hehe...

MY FAQ regarding Jane & I

Many strangers I meet are fascinated when they find out that I'm a twin.

They ask all sort of questions like what's it's like to have a twin, whether we like the same things, colours, food, clothes & etc, whether we can feel how the other twin feels, whether we have the same thoughts and personalities....

Well, can't blame them for their curiosity.  After all, they are not a twin themselves :P Maybe there should be a FAQ about being twins so these people can just google for the answers haha... 

I'm nice (and i know it! :P) so here are some of the answers which I've compiled

1) What's it's like to have a twin?

 I've slightly touched about this before.

2) Do we like the same things, colours, food, clothes & etc? 

When we were small, may be. Because we didn't get to choose what we liked. Our parents just bought the same things for us to prevent us from fighting. Yeah, it could be a bloody scene nobody wanted hehe... As we grow older, we started to develop our own thoughts, after all, we are 2 different individuals although we look alike lah... i did explain why in my previous post. 

3) Can we feel how the other twin feels?

Hmmm.. this is a hard one to answer... Well, I guess this doesn't limit only to twins. If you have your heart for someone, whether it's your family, friends, colleagues, pets, strangers... u can feel how the other feels. 

4) Do we have the same thoughts & personalities?

Of course......... not. That explains why we fight haha... We do have similar thought I must say... like: 

Saying the same things at the same time

There... my FAQ. Hope it helps you to understand better how it is like being a twin ;p

Disclaimer: The above apply only to Jane and I :P 

Mid Autumn Festival on Sunday!

I really miss sunshine. Mr Sun has been unable to visit us because of haze. Haze Haze, when will you go away? Can't believe that after so many weeks, haze is still with us! And what's worse is that, it has worsen!!! Sigh....

It was Mid Autumn festival on Sunday. And because of haze, we didn't get to see the big, round, bright moon. Man, haze steals away both my sunshine and moonlight! T___T  

Although the air was polluted, but it didn't stop us from celebrating. The problem with us is that, we will change our lifestyle to suit the situations. Not that it's bad but sometimes, others will take advantage of our tolerance... like suffering from Haze for 18 years?!  

Anyway, back to our happy celebration. At home, we only eat moon cakes with egg yolkS. So after dinner, i cut one with TWO egg yolks. One yolk for me and one for mum so we don't fight. Once, we cut a mooncake with only one egg yolk and my mum said she she wanted the part with bigger yolk. Then I lit up the lanterns and we hung few traditional colourful lanterns at the car porch . They looked soOOooo beautiful in the dark!

Yummy!

Colourful lanterns

This year, my friend and I decided to visit the moon cake festival food fair at Carpenter Street. I am usually not so keen in any kind of fairs because i don't like to spend my precious time in the traffic jam. But moon cake festival fair at Carpenter Street is a different story because... when else do you get a chance to walk in the middle of the street without having to worry about cars? 

The old street came alive with beautiful lanterns and food stalls selling Chinese tit bits to Tuak (rice wine). There were also kung fu performance, Malay dance and even ang mo playing sape! Cool! I really like that people of all races were gathering in one place to celebrate! I love the happy atmosphere and what's more, the air was full of food fragrance. I like that I can take my time to appreciate the old buildings, opera stages, temples... I really like my hometown!

Old street --- Alive!

岁月的痕迹

Assorted lanterns!

古晉老街的美

上週的煙霾真的很嚴重。雖然空氣不新鮮，視線也不清楚但還是不阻止我和朋友出外~　誰叫吃喝玩樂這麼重要？哈！

我很喜歡逛老街 (part 1, part 2)。有時我會找一個時間，把車子停的遠遠的，然後古晉老街趴趴走。看著前人留下的痕跡，似乎可以感受到他們為了在異鄉生活而做的努力～　他們努力的創造他們懷念自己家鄉的建築，手藝，文化等，如今我們的政府卻為了呈現華麗的城市而把這些可貴的建築屋剷平。雖然感謝政府為了提升人民的生活品質而建了很多新的設備，但真心希望他們可以以不傷害原本樣貌的方式去進行。歷史一定要被保留呀！我們古晉也是個有故事的城市～　古老的手藝也漸漸消失因沒人願意繼承這堅苦的工作。週末時間，大家都往 Shopping Mall 去，沒人願意在炎熱的天氣裡逛老街。如果大家繼續這麼不關心自己的'故事'，真擔心有天這些寶貴的建築，手藝，文化等會隨著時間消失了～　

最近發現朋友也跟我有同樣的想法。他說有天他跟同事聊起老街的回憶，而同事卻回他說他從不到老街，不懂他在說舍。朋友聽了很驚訝，年齡沒有很大的距離，怎麽會沒逛過老街？這就是可怕的地方～　

放假的那天，我們倆相約到老街喝咖啡去。不是因為我們老了，而是我們想要在他們還沒消失前好好珍惜也把他們記錄起來。

大家或許不知道，在這老街里，隱藏了一家保留傳統咖啡的咖啡店吧？你知不知道古晉有條街曾經被稱為“棺材街＂？　有天我和朋友們提起這名字。很妙的是，竟然沒人聽過！怎麼會這樣？ ！

這傳統咖啡店就座落在棺材街。說實在的，我常經過這間咖啡店但卻第一次踏進它！相見恨晚！但遲到好過沒到，呵呵～　　咖啡店的座位不多，我們坐下來後，我細細看四周，哇！好古老！電視機，冰箱，時鐘，櫃子等都是老舊的。仿坲我坐了時空機回到了從前。

哇，還掛著國父孫中山的照片呢！

是不是很有古早味？ 

咖啡店的开放式厨房

古老的開關

老闆和老闆娘是安娣安哥（aunty uncle)。我們點了他們的傳統飲料”果比股油“　（福建話：　咖啡加牛油／奶油）。雖然古晉的咖啡豆原本就是咖啡豆跟牛油一起炒，泡出來的咖啡有一種香味，但在咖啡裡加牛油還真的是罕見。牛油在熱熱的咖啡中慢慢溶化，同時聞到咖啡香和牛油香，真的很想趕快喝！我平時不喝黑咖啡因為好像在喝苦茶但加了牛油的果比真的有點像加了奶的咖啡。好喝！我們邊喝邊吃在附近的老店買的蛋撻，真的是美妙的搭配！雖然卡路里爆表，但就先甜後苦吧～　待會兒去 gym　待久些就是了。人啊，要為自己的所作所為負責嘛～　

果比股油

我也跟朋友提起這條街的俗名，他也搖頭說不懂這名字。我們立刻問安娣安哥。他們說，對啊，大家以前都叫這裡棺材街因為有很多賣棺材的在這裡營業。看吧！哈哈，我突然覺得我好像是古人。怎麼大家都不曉得但我卻知道。突然覺得我沒去當歷史家好可惜，呵呵～　

老街的过去

我很喜歡這里古色古香的擺設。再加上一杯傳統果比股油，我好像回到了當時的世界。我想像當時大家忙碌了一整天后到這裡來飲咖啡和朋友聊天放鬆。對有些人來說或許到此喝一咖啡是一種奢侈。我下次還要來，而且還要带其他朋友們來老街逛和吃吃喝喝。希望大家一起努力保留我們的“故事”。

Go away and never come back again...

最近我们每天都活在朦胧，灰色的世界里。 好久沒有看見藍天白云了。空氣也很有‘味道’ T___T

這些日子我們跟煙霾24/7 共處。真的很不好受！

星期一晚上下起雨來。我樂的呢！想說這下終於可以跟煙霾說拜拜了。歐耶！

第二天一早拉開窗簾，唉呀，怎麼外面還是一片朦朧？ ！而且还比前一天更糟！是清晨的霧嗎？空气中带有臭味，哦，是烟霾~  唉，心情低落。。。

今天的煙霾更嚴重了。連學校都停課了！

灰色的世界

我仔細的算了一下，哇，煙霾不知不覺已跟我們相處了18年耶！已变成了我们的季节之一了。真可悲！人家有春夏秋冬，我们却有雨季，旱季及烟霾季！

我们忍受了18年了。如果煙霾是人類的話，他已經是18歲的轻少年了耶！上大学，交女友的年龄了！說真的，我們真的很不愛你，每年都跟你提出分手但你还是死缠烂打。真的很烦人~

我們的鄰居呀，18年了，到底什麼時候我們才可以正式跟煙霾說拜拜？這已經不是1，2年的問題了。 18年了耶！還是沒改進，真的真的說不過去喔！可以麻煩你趕緊 do something 嗎？

燒森林的人們呀~  因為你們的方便和己利益，全東南亞的人民都賠上了健康，可怜的动物们也因此失去了他们的家园~ 真的很不仁道喔。

如果大家可多为其他人着想，世界就可以比较和平了~ 

Yippee.. i got what I wanted!

I used to go to gym but ever since it closed down 4 years ago, I have not been doing any frequent, systematic exercise. At first, i wasn't used it. I looked hi & low for a new gym, tried jogging outdoors, watched exercise program on youtube, joined marathon, went swimming.... but none of these lasted... I gave up after a while. Ever since then, I live my life without any exercise :P I kinda enjoy the lazy life though hehe..... No wonder people said one can develop a new habit within 3 months... 

2 years ago, many new gyms started to mushroom around the town... I was so excited and started to look into what various gyms have to offer. Some have good facilities and classes but their prices are too 'hot & spicy" (high). Some are affordable but are too far from my home. Some are close to my home but are too expensive. Hmm, life is definitely more complicated when there are too many choices! :P

After 2 years of consideration (aka procrastination), I decided to join a 24 hour gym. They have adequate machines and entrance & monthly fees are affordable... But I continued to procrastinate because I didn't like the bathroom. It sounds lame but bathroom is very very very important to me! In fact, it's the number 1 thing in my list.  Haha, the things I'm persistent at :P

Good things do come to those who wait. One of my friends' friend decided to drop out from a prestigious gym which I've been eye-ing for. And she is letting her membership go at half the price. I grabbed the deal immediately without any hesitation.... simply because it has a nice bathroom haha... The monthly fee is slightly higher than the 24 hour gym which I initially wanted to join but with free use of sauna, spa, jacuzzi, swimming pool, basement parking, towels, how could I say no? 

I went to the gym on Sunday. Wah, nice to be doing physical work out once again.  But after 29 mins of hard run, i only burned 112 calories?! @____@

waliao eh, wanna pengsan already

 Mannnn... I better think twice before I eat kolomee next time! 

Being honest with myself

I came across this book. Am kinda inspired and motivated. This will be my project this weekend.

How to keep your stuff neatly to save space

Many years ago, i went thru the pain to revamp my bedroom. I vowed that I will not clutter it ever again as I do not want to ever go through the pain of cleaning again. 

Haha, talk is cheap because, things started to pile up again over the years, although it isn't as bad as it used to be (in denial). I just need to learn some storing skills. 

I know, deep in my heart that storing (aka hiding) things properly isn't really the correct solution to my problem. There is a Chinese saying that goes "To prevent the weed from re-growing, one must destroy the root". So after my careful analysis, I figured that the root cause of my problem is in fact my habits @_@  

If I could stop buying unnecessarily, I wouldn't even need to learn how to store things properly! If i can't stop myself from buying, at least i need to learn to clear unwanted or unused things to make way for my new things.

There, I have confessed. 

How about you?

just some random thoughts

I was driving back from the airport to office the other day. Suddenly, it occurred to me that my most often visited place is Airport!

27/7 -  Sent my parents off to Singapore

29/7 -  I was on a business trip to KL 

30/7 -  I returned from my business trip

7/8  -   Picked Jane up from Airport

10/8 -  Sent Jane to Airport

14/8 -  Accompanied my sister and baby YY to Singapore

17/8 -  Returned from Singapore

18/8 -  Sent my youngest brother to airport

19/8 -  Sent my elder brother and sister in law to airport

20/8 -  Sent my mum off to Singapore.

25/8 -  Picked my parents from the airport

For the past 4 weeks, I had visited airport 11 times. Wow....

Finally, we meet!

Psk, look who is back.....

The Little one is back

OK, it's a bit outdated because my sister and cute little nephew had come and left. We had wonderful times together and man.. I miss them! Although it was not easy to take care of the big one (my sister) and the little one (YY) but they were such fun to be with, especially YY! He is simply adorable!

Everyone is happy to see yy and...

 of course my sister too :P

                                   

YY is such an active boy! It is quite a challenge to hold him because he simply wouldn't stay still.  He even tried to pull out my uncle's eye on their first meeting! haha.. ok, i was exaggerating but it really did look like so.... 

My uncle, trying to hold yy 

 After many tries, my uncle finally got yy to stay still...

for 0.5 second haha

(see last picture on the bottom right)

I love these pictures when i combined them... it's such a challenge to take picture with yy too haha... he moves around too much! 

The next time I see YY, he would be walking and running around... Gosh, i wouldn't want to imagine that...

My sister told us that when she went for ultrasound sessions during her pregnancy, the doctor had a hard time in scanning because the naughty boy would play hide and seek with him. It happened too often that the doctor finally said to my sister that this boy is gonna be a naughty one next time... and said "good luck" to her. 

Yeah sis, good luck. that's all i can say haha...

破表! I broke it....

Last week, I noticed that the clock has stopped ticking (would be great if time stopped too! hehe). So i took it down in order to change the battery. However, it was stubbornly attached so, I hit the clock against my palm and it came out smoothly. A little force is good sometimes hehe...

When I put in a new battery, i noticed a lot of "snow flakes" on the floor... weird.... it turned out that, the inside of the clock was torn.... into pieces... 

I thought it looked creative like this so I hang it back.

After a few minutes, my dad told me to take it down. He said don't hang a broken clock on the wall! Oh, he noticed.... 

I took a good look and laughed so hard. Yeah, it is pretty broken. What a fragile clock! What can u expect from a $10 clock? hehe...

名符其实的“破表” haha...

I thought it is OK to have no clock at home since i can always refer to my phone. Ha!, life without a clock at home is just sOoooo inconvenient! I habitually ran to the dinning room where the clock is usually hang, only to find a naked wall and had to run to my bag to look for my phone for time... that is really a waste of precious time...

So I went to the shop to get a new clock the next day. i got one that is big, simple and most importantly, heavy duty one...

At our house, time is always 20 mins faster

so...don't panic when u look at the clock hehe... 

Did you know that a good clock can be very expensive? Now i totally understand the meaning "Time is precious" :P

Part of life~

When my colleague offered me tickets to watch a locally-produced movie, I happily accepted. Not because the tickets were free but I find that the locally-made movies are now very good. Like what we say here... "Got Standard!" hehehe.... We have soOoo many talented people here!

The movie is called Hold Me Tight (出走的时光）. It's quite a meaningful movie which reminds us to cherish our loved ones & time and let go of hatred as life is short. You don't want to feel regret only when you are on your deathbed~

The narrator began the movie by posting questions, which, probably some of us have wondered before. Why were we born to this world if we would all die in the end? Were we born to wait for death? ........

Over lunch the next day, my colleague told me that his dog just died due to old age. I asked if he has any plan for a new dog. He said he will never ever want to raise a dog anymore because it's such a sad feeling to lose a family, a friend.

I understand how he feels. I have been through that many times too. But our family continues to have pets. 

We must understand that when there is life, there will sure be death. No one can avoid this cycle, even our mobile phones :P It's fine and 1 second later, it is cracked T____T

According to my colleague's philosophy, that means he should not have a phone, a car, house etc and even children too because the material things will break down one day, children too, will grow old and leave this world.

Having to end a relationship should not prevent us from starting a new one. We should all learn to live the moment (活在当下）and cherish the people, time, things, moments etc that we have. Yes, it's true that our loyal doggy friend will leave us one day but at least we have a wonderful 10 years together! 10 years may not be a lot to us but it is the doggy's WHOLE LIFE. 

My colleague was impressed ~  I think the movie has made me wiser hehehe....

Do watch the movie. It is funny. It is sad. It is touching. It is meaningful....

Received a postcard from the stars. 

They came to the cinema to promote the movie