"Unsafe" Moment

I went to the bank last night.

I saw a lot of people gathering at the entrance.

Did something happen?

I looked from my car, I didn't see any policemen or anything unusual going on. But the crowd kinda made me think twice.  Is it safe to withdraw money here? Maybe I should come back other times, you know, just in case. After all, economy is pretty bad now and people are living a hard life. Robbing and stealing are increasingly common as they seem to be the easy ways to make money (sigh)...

Despite the 'unsafe' situation, I decided to proceed anyway.

People always say, you should follow your guts. if you feel unsafe, avoid it at all cost. But avoiding is not always the best solution. Sometimes you just need to learn to face it in order to become mighty. 

I decided to go ahead, not because I wanna be mighty. Simply because am lazy to come back again or drive another 5km or so to the other branch. Yes i know. My reason is not so mighty :P

I took precautions when i was withdrawing money. I looked around making sure no one was near me, i walked behind another person when exiting so we 'seemed' to be not alone. Smart of me eh? hehe

Only when I was outside did I notice that the crowds each had a smart phone, charged with a power bank in their hands. Then i spotted one person's screen. 

OH MY!

So these people were here, at 10pm something, to catch Pokemon monsters  >__<

The world needs to wake up from this game.

Don't you guys have better things to do?!

Why not catch the real bad guys instead of virtual ones? That would be more meaningful, right?

Meanwhile, my colleague's handmade poke angu kuih is quite delicious :P

She made this to sell too

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The messages from my body, soul and mind~

聽說，我們的身心靈會告訴我們他們的狀況。

比如，缺鈣時，會突然很想吃cheese cake， 缺鈉時，會很想吃鹹食等等。
第一眼看到或想到的，也同樣是你身心靈缺乏的東西或嚮往的~

那天我逛書店，突然這個角落吸引了我的目光。

你第一眼看到了什麼？

我當時看到的是：

長假.休閒.生活.留住時光

突然，我頓悟了....

正是我目前需要的.......

Forever in my memory

How have you been?

It has been a while since I last wrote.

I have a lot to share but I have no time to put them in words.

How wonderful if smart people out there could come out with apps that could read my thoughts and convert them to words. But, would this great invention replace typing like how it has replacedwriting with hand? Oh well, there are two sides to a coin, it depends on one makes use of it, right?

Every time I see ice cream, I always always always mentioned about having it in gu you bao (butter bun). My friends always ask me what's so special about it. They think it it is weird to eat like that. You will only understand it IF you try it. The savoury sweet butter filling goes is perfect with the ice cream.  

More importantly, it is my childhood snack. 

The ice cream man brought a lot of happiness to me and many others.

I still see him from time to time. He is still pushing his bicycle with ice box on it and an umbrella above to cover him from sun and rain. Nothing has changed much except he has grown old (AND NO MORE GU YOU BAO!!).  I've chased after him a few times to buy ice cream (read here and here).

When I saw how old he had become, my heartache. I dunno why. Probably because he has been part of my childhood, i have unconsciously regarded him as my family.  I am scared that one day I wouldn't see him anymore.  It would be like losing a part of my childhood. 

A few days ago, I saw his picture in the FB, declaring that he had died in the hospital due to critical illness on 31/8. And that the hospital was waiting for his family member to claim his body. Memories of him pushing his ice cream bicycle in dark blue pants, pale blue shirt and a cap under the hot sun, taking all sorts of ice cream out from his little ice box, cutting buns and inserting scooped ice cream etc flashed by.

I know death is inevitable and I do miss him. However, I'm also happy for him. He may have died alone in the hospital but his life was not empty because he had given so much happiness and great memories to many people out there. Just look at how many people have shared about him in the FB! After all these years, I finally know his name. Rest in peace, Mr. Kho Thu Haw. Thank you for all the great ice cream and memories. You will always be remembered.