旺年的歡樂~

農曆新年過了，大家回歸到原本的生活了嗎？

還是還在繼續大吃大喝？

還是後悔當時吃太多，現在連過年衣也有點緊了？

還是像我一樣，多買幾件鬆鬆垮垮的衣服，讓我自以為還是可以繼續大吃大喝？ *墮落*

過年前，答應朋友去參加他們獅子會的討論會。

他們說要給老人院安排一個旺旺年新年 party。哇，這是一定要的呀！

有人提議說，可以給每位老人家一個小小的紅包。因為有時麵包車來到，能走動的老公公老婆婆們開心的出去瞧瞧，但看著琳瑯滿目的食物卻沒錢買。其他的會員覺得是個好提議，但由於 budget 有限，決定不給紅包。

我和朋友聽到這個決定，心裡有點點心酸的。小時候，我也最喜歡麵包車，菜車，冰淇淋 uncle 嗶嗶的來到我們家。我媽媽會給我一兩毛錢，剛好可以買一樣東西。對的！很久以前，一兩毛錢比牛車輪還大，真的可以買到東西吃呢！現在一兩毛連停車費都不夠呀！ T__T 哎， 往事只能回味..... *我老了嗎？哈哈*

Anyway, 我們倆過後跟朋友說，紅包錢由我們來負責。因為我們覺得這是一種意義！讓老人家在這個新年裡，拿到一點點零用錢，買到的不是食物而是千金難買的回憶！

我們把這事情跟身邊的人分享，沒想到馬上就籌到了紅包錢。有些還來自國外呢！真的很感激善良的大家呀！

後來自己又覺得，如果由我們自己去派紅包，感覺好像怪怪的。好像大選前，有些人到處派紅包拉票的感覺，呵呵 （純粹個人感受，我不會因此要坐牢吧？>.<）

我在想，如果能找到一位財神爺來派紅包，應該會更好。老爺爺老奶奶從財神爺手中得到红包的話，他們會有一種被保佑祝福的感覺吧~ 但但但... 要去哪裡找財神爺呀？

這時就要靠神通廣大的朋友們啦~ 找了同事幫我打電話，結果還真的找到呢。只是問題是，他的收費有點高 >.<

雖說我也不能要求人家免費付出，或許他也是在為莫個善事在籌款, 但幾百塊對我來說真的有些吃力 :(

我跟他說，其實是用來娛樂老人院的老媽媽老爸爸們的，不知可否收少一點呢？或是允許我過後包個紅包回饋他。

他說他平時的收費就是這樣的了。

噢，明白了。

有些失落， 心裡一直祈願能找到收費在負擔以內的財神，因為真心希望老人家們有個特別的 party。

隔天，朋友來我家拜年，我提起了這件事，她說可以幫我問問一位朋友。第二天她跟我說，她朋友願意借出他們公司的可愛的卡通財神裝。而且還免收費！哇, 真的是菩薩心腸呀。

你知道嗎？當你真誠的希望別人好時，老天一定會派天使來幫忙的！深深體會！感謝大家拔刀相助！

當晚，由一位朋友的朋友 volunteer 當財神。財神一出場，老媽媽們開心的大呼叫呢！有些拍手，有些笑的好燦爛！

財神小心翼翼的把紅包及吉祥橘子交到每位老媽媽老爸爸的手裡，他們感激快樂的雙手握著財神爺的手。有幾位狀況比較嚴重躺在病床上的老人家當然也沒被忽略，可愛的財神把紅包橘子放在他們的床邊。

有位行動不便的阿姨堅持要站起來。我們大家只好扶著他。他緊緊握著財神的手，用客家話說“謝謝財神爺下凡來看我。請您保佑我，讓我順順。我的腳很痛，請您保佑我....." 看著這一幕，聽著他這麼許願，真的很感觸。原來財神不僅給老人家們帶來歡樂，同時也給了他們希望......

還有一位眼睛看不到的老伯伯邊摸財神邊開心的說，真的是財神啊。有鬍子的。呵呵，好可愛~

看著老伯伯老媽媽們開心的模樣，一切都值得了。其實你有沒有想過、一直以為自己在幫助人、事實是他們幫助了我們呢～ 

這是我第一次來到獅子會的老人院。說實在的，我和朋友們有些驚訝。因為我們沒想到原來這裡有這麼多狀況比較嚴重的老伯伯老婆婆！跟之前去的那家真的有不一樣。

印象深刻的是一位老伯伯。他拉拉我的手，叫我把他輪椅上的布剪開。我還真的差點去拿剪刀呢 後來我想，這塊布應該是護士綁的吧，以避免老伯伯擅自走動。我馬上跟老伯伯說我現在沒剪刀，等下才去找。老伯伯說，天快黑了，他要在天黑前去買山豬肉。他要烤豬肉。啊~原來老伯伯是失智的老人家。

朋友說，大家有空可以多去看看老人家。他們很開心的。朋友們、還等什麼？走吧！

財神送祝福~

财神装真的很热！

Scary or not?

Received two photos in one of my whatsapp group chats at around 10pm last night.

I almost dropped from my chair when i saw them. 

At first glance, i thought my friend had forwarded photos from some Chinese/ Japanese horror movies, trying to scare us at this hour of the night.

Then I looked closely again, ahahahaha, it was my friend who tried on her newly bought dress and nicely showed us the outcome... Oh...

Sorry friend. It was a genuine misunderstanding. No offence...

one of the photos she sent

No editing

Special Day!!

First of all, let's cheer out loud! 

For it's that special time of the year again!

Nope, it's not because there are crazy online sales!

And nope, it's not because a lot of couples get married on this day.

It's simply because it's the birthday of a pair of adorable identical twins who, when standing together, looks exactly like 11 hahaha...

Years ago, Jane and I were playing in a netball competition against our colleagues from Sabah. She was the goal keeper while i was the goal shooter. We effortless (ok, i exaggerated. actually with little effort la hahaha) got ourselves 13 goals against 0. The opponents looked embarrassed so we decided to give them 1 goal. Jane had to pretend she jumped short and couldn't block the shooter from shooting hahaha.. from then onwards, Jane and I became famous in the Land of Borneo and  are known as the Twin Towers.

I feel lucky to have a friend, a soul mate as soon as we were conceived. Am sure Jane feels the same way too because her life would be soOOooo dull without my existence for sure!

Thank you to my family and friends who sent us birthday wishes through all kind of means. 

And thank you to those who took precious time out from their busy lives to take me out for meals. 

And of course my parents, who took me to nice dinner on 11/11. Too bad I forgot to take a pictures with them T___T

Oh, i just remembered that, i still have birthday cake in the fridge. I better clear it because the moulds get to it. 

Thank you once again for celebrating with me! Big hugs & kisses to u all!

forgot to take pic with my parents & brothers T__T

下定决心！

今天我們不小心下了戰書，3個月後驗收  ╮(╯▽╰)╭  

哈哈，不過戰書怎麼來的呀？

最近大家一直揪來揪去。說好要帶運動服，下班後去公園健身的，結果每一天都有人說忘了帶。為了大家的健康著想 （其實是避免大家藉口多多)，有人就提議說來個比賽怎麼樣。

比就比呀 有什麼好怕！

其實還蠻後悔接戰書的，因為我跟美食對抗多年，每次都輸到落花流水~ 哈哈哈哈

午餐時間，大家一起量體重，體內脂肪，BMI，body age 等。

三個月後，最沒進步的人請吃。哈哈，減了又吃回去，到底這個比賽的意義是什麼呀？

對我來說，這個不是跟美食對抗或與運動做朋友的考驗，而是考考自己到底有多自律，有多堅定！ *握拳*

昨晚開始回到gym。最後一次去大概是3個月前吧。

久違了！

運動後的感覺真好。身體的每個細胞好像都活過來了！

我決定，不管自己多忙都一定一定要播時間出來運動!

I'm serious about it! *再次握拳*

New Hobby

我有一班種花發燒友。我們還是幼稚園的 level - 不太會照顧但又很愛種很愛繁殖的那種。為了省買花草的錢，我們常常互相交換。有時去到 nursery看到喜歡的，還是會失心瘋。

我們這群熱愛種花的還成立了一個‘花痴粉絲’組群 哈哈

我們大家各有喜好。我朋友喜歡葉子類的，另一位喜歡野生的植物。另外一位喜歡不太需要理會就能容易活下去的（這個比較不負責任吧？哈哈）。而我比較喜歡花及香草類的。

我喜歡薰衣草。好幾次家人從澳洲回來，我拜託他們帶回來給我。大姐二姐給我剪了好多薰衣草的枝，還買了’催生劑‘給我，可惜還是枯了。沒辦法，本人功力有限。後來我二姐超級貼心的，她特別提了2個蝴蝶薰衣草給我，她說既然妹妹想要，就帶了最特別的品種給我。我二姐人美心美！呵呵~ 雖然後來也是變成‘標本’ T___T 最後本人決定不麻煩姐姐，我自己從台灣帶回來，目前在我朋友家寄住，2顆活1顆，我覺得不錯了。我下次還要帶紫素，不同種類的香草，蝴蝶薰衣草等等。很多朋友都說“可以帶活花回來咩？！”。可以啊，至少我和家人們都多次成功帶入。

那天朋友和 Jane 在台北狂掃蘭花。我抱著一盆薰衣草在花市等了他們好久好久。他們的邏輯就是，反正要扛花回去了，那就一次拿多點，反正一次苦過。哈哈，我不知道這是阿Q精神，積極的精神還是歐巴桑的精神？我知道自己的能力，能帶一顆植物回國就已經很厲害了，但這兩位小姐竟然買了一堆。打包行李時，她們的聊天如下：

“我覺得我帶不回去。看來要送給台灣的朋友”

“哎呀，這些裝不下”

“拿這麼多會不會帶不進 （機艙及回國）？”

“我好像可以全部帶回去了”

“可能我先把這個留在朋友家。我下個週末再來拿”

‘早知道不要買這麼多”

“塞在行李箱可以嗎？”

我在一旁看他們忙上忙下，碎碎念。我覺得幸好我沒有自討苦吃。

後來他們有順利把花花帶回國。先苦後甜。

有天Jane 和 朋友各別寄來的她們花花的近況照片，我笑屎了。

 Jane 的

朋友的。

叶子被老鼠咬了几口

有一阵没 follow up 了，不知花儿怎么样了~

爽！

今天可爽快！
午餐後，直接匆進電話店，二話不說，跟店員要了 iPhone 7。
好久沒有這麼直率了！呵呵

而且是梦幻的粉红！

花了幾千大洋買電話，不但不心痛反而很開心！
出手這麼慷慨，你問我是中了頭獎了嗎？
我也希望。盼了多年，中過一次但後來也賠了很多。
你問我是今年花紅很大？
我也希望。但花紅這種東西，多或少不抱怨。有就好。

今天這麼高興，這麼興奮，不猶豫的買下電話...
只因為這是幫朋友買的啦 呵呵~

雖然第二天就還給主人了，但有人說‘不在乎天長地久，只在乎曾經擁有’
這樣也很好。不但不 hurt 錢包，還賺到了爽快的時光~

Simple Happiness

I bought some flowers from the florist 2 days ago.

When I put them all in the vases, they took away my breath straightaway for they are simply beautiful! 

Every time i look at them, i feel happy inside! 

Then i thought to myself, the flowers would live a much more meaningful life if they can make many happy instead of just my family and myself. 

So the next morning, I brought some to the office... in my mum's basket hehe... It was so weird that carrying a basket of flowers actually made me felt as if i was in Paris! I even had matching music playing in my mind hahaha~ So romantic, so happy, so full of hope! :P 

A basket of happiness 

I gave one rose to the female colleagues in my office. They were all surprised and had such big smiles on their faces. 

Some of them even took pictures of the roses and uploaded onto their facebook to share with their friends immediately. Guess what? they received a lot of likes and comments! Cool!

Some even asked their family members to deliver vases to the office so they could display the roses nicely.

It is so beautiful to see roses on all the tables. They really brightened up the office, I must say! And everyone who walked past actually stopped, looked at and talked about the roses! It's like, the roses brought everyone together and most importantly, reminded people to stop and smell the flowers. 

can u see the 3rd rose?

I didn't know that such a little gesture could bring so much happy moments to others. It makes me happy that everyone is happy ^V^

My creation!

All of us have different ways of keeping our secrets.

Some write them (but do people still use their hands to write?) in their diaries. Some tell others about their secrets. Some prefer to keep them deep inside their hearts.

I used to write my secrets in my diaries and naively thought that they would be safe from intrusion for I had them "well-locked". 

I also tell people my secrets.... but only when I decided that they are no longer secrets :P

I also keep them deep inside my heart but i try to avoid this method because they take up the 'storage' space. It's a pain having tode-clutter it. 

So instead of burying them in my heart or jot them down, I now have a new method... that is by burying my secrets in the garden! hehe...

Haha, this is my little secret garden.

I have never liked gardening before although i love flowers and fruit trees. I don't understand why people would want to cover their whole backyard in cement. It just feels 'cold' although it's actually producing a lot of heat during hot days. 

I am lousy at planting. I used to have a few cactus in my office but they all became jelly-soft and died after a while. I suspected they died from radiation overdose.

10 years ago, i saw some colourful cactus in the market. I couldn't resist and bought one.  It didn't die! BRAVO! All because i gave it the correct soil and fed it the correct amount of water. It even  flowered! oh man, i didn't even know my cactus can last that long, let alone flowered!! Then i learned that, plants are just like human beings. In order to live long and stay healthy, they need what they need and not what we think they need. 

gardening tools must be flowery too hehe

People say, one's hobby changes from time to time. It's true.... I analysed my posts for the past 9 years and found that, one of my hobbies was eating, then it was cooking (or reading and keeping recipes). Then I sort of didn't have any hobby for a while and now it's gardening. I don't know how long this hobby will last but for now, I kinda enjoy the little secret garden i have created with my own hands. 

Gotten the tree cutting men to chop fallen trees into chunks

My car actually "sank" a bit because of the weight! hehe

It makes me happy to see the plants being so healthy. It's joyful to see flowers blossoming. It's wonderful to be able to pick up something i've planted to make drinks for my mother and myself. 

I love how the plants are expressing their appreciation when you treat them well. No poker face, no taking you for granted. They love you the way you love them. Ahahaha, ok, i'm a bit out of topic but it's amazing that gardening can increase wisdom too! :P

石隆門探險去 - Bau

週末期間，我和朋友們相約到 石隆門，第二天則去 Borneo Highlands。

是的，我們就是這麼忙，呵呵~

眼看朋友們來古晉的時間越來越靠近，只好快馬加鞭。沒法子，誰叫我平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳？也因為這樣，我發掘古晉的寶藏。只能說，幸好朋友們要來探訪，要不然我永遠都不知道我家的美~

Bako 可在这里看到 part one 

小時候，每個禮拜天爸媽最愛帶我們到10哩小市鎮吃早餐，過後就帶我們四處遊玩。有點懷念爸媽以前的教育方式。大自然就是教材！難怪古人說，‘讀萬卷書，不如走萬里路’。呵呵，對，我最近很愛引用‘古人’的話~ 沒法子，這都是過來人的經驗談~ 既然都是名句了，幹嘛自討苦吃，不乖乖跟著做呀？古人聽了一定很欣慰吧？呵呵~

話說回頭~ 吃了早餐後，爸爸就會開車到郊外 ----- 其中一個地方就是石隆門小鎮啦。

說到石隆門，我得說一說一個難忘的故事。

隐藏很多秘密的美丽碧湖

很久以前，這裡發生一件大事。據說當時有一輛載滿小孩的巴士不小心掉入碧湖里。沒有生還者。當時大家都說湖里有很多水鬼。湖水很綠很美，但都沒人敢在此戲水游泳。

有天，爸媽帶我們來到碧湖走走。我們站在小"碼頭” 欣賞美景時，頑皮的Jane 從後面推了我一下，我失足掉進了水里。四周突然變成一片綠色（湖水的顏色），我嚇死了。水鬼的故事立刻浮現。我趕緊把眼睛閉上，深怕水鬼跟我面對面！我忘了我是怎麼被救起來的。只記得當時真的嚇死了~ 有人說，雙胞胎，有一個是天使，一個是惡魔 ..... *清喉* 大家現在知道哪個是 惡魔了吧？

那天我們先爬仙洞。要進入仙境，首先要先爬樓梯。

記憶裡的樓梯是又小又窄的。連個欄杆都沒有。雖然很不安全但也不阻擋大家的對仙洞的好奇心。後來建了個穩固的樓梯，現在一家大大小小，老老少少都能輕鬆爬到入口。那天還看到有人抱著小貝比上去呢！猛！上樓梯時，看著當年那窄小的樓梯，真的為當年為了目睹仙洞的美的我們捏了一把冷汗。真的很恐怖！一不小心摔下來就不好了。

爬前先得确认是否有懼高症~

‘新’的楼梯

仙洞很原始。打亮山洞的光不是來自於LED燈而是自然的陽光！這裡真的住著仙子嗎？感覺這裡是他們的玩遊戲的院子，因為真的好大好大！

好大的"院子"

人小的如蚂蚁

大大的世界

站在仙洞的高處往下看，人都很渺小~ 你看！不遠的人，就像螞蟻一樣呢！ 2隻手指就能壓扁她！

在我手里！

下山後，我們到不遠的保靈山玩耍。這裡的小山洞擺了幾尊佛像，是華人參拜的地方。也有不少其他種族來此參訪~ 爬仙洞耗了我們的體力，在這裡，我們吃了2條冰棒及一粒雪糕包。奇怪呀，為何就是沒有雪糕’古油包‘?! *還是不解*

饿了，渴了~ 呵呵

在石隆門小鎮，我們發現了一間好吃好喝的咖啡室。在這裡，我一人就喝了3杯飲料。他們家的檸檬茶，檸檬汁，奶茶太好喝了！叉燒燒肉燒雞也是。還有那碗充滿肉香鹹菜香的湯！簡單又美味！我們大家吃得贊不絕口。決定下次再來這里大吃大喝！呵呵~ 沒辦法，我們以食為先，呵呵~

便宜又好吃！

老旧的木店屋

默默照亮路的路灯

美麗的發現 - Bako National Park

我開始越來越愛我的家鄉了~

這幾週，我去了 Bako National Park, 去了石隆門，去了 Borneo Highlands ，去了 Ann​​a Rais...

最後一次去 Bako 是十幾年前。當時我們留宿一晚。那時的設備也不先進。洗澡的水來自大地 ----> 雨水。洗了好像沒洗過一樣，呵呵~ 晚上用餐時，我們被猴子兄弟們圍觀。我們吃的很急，深怕猴子來搶食。 十幾年後，Bako 變得摩登多了。有自來水，有水泥屋，還有冷氣房！幸好原始的森林仍被保護。

我們的 Sampang 船抵達時，還有隻山豬來出來歡迎我們，可愛極了~

大自然的美！

我們選擇走最短的山路。但越走越吃力，因為有些地方的確是要爬上去或爬下山的。有人邊走邊抱怨。當天天氣真的很熱，有些平時沒運動的，對他們來說的確是吃力的。大家互相鼓勵，盼望爬山後的那頓海鮮餐。

到底是造桥的人辛苦还是走桥的人辛苦？

其實國家公園真的是寶藏！好多稀有的花草樹木，昆蟲，動物，石頭等等。好好去欣賞，不難發現它的魅力。

終於走到終點。迎接我們的是遼闊的海洋。從山崖往前看，好美的海，好美的山，好美的天空，好美的世界！這裡的海風，把所有的累都吹散了！

陶醉在美景里

我是到了月球吗？

一部分的人決定用自己的力量走回去，而我和幾位朋友，決定用金錢買時間和力氣，呵呵~ 聽起來很沒出息吧？ 俗語不是說‘一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰’嗎？古人的智慧我們可是有聽進去的喲~ 這寸金不但買到了時間，還買到了海中美麗的景色 ---> Sea stack 還有遙遠的山都望山。另外我們及時回到HQ, 幸運的避過了場大雨。當我們在食堂快樂的補充飢餓時，其他大夥們正在森林裡冒著雨回來。可見聽古人的勸告是重要的！呵呵~

远方有个sea stack， 你看到了吗？

7块钱买到光阴还有美景！呵呵

‘辛苦’后的奖励： 海鲜餐~

相見恨晚~

最近有一種相見恨晚的感覺。
是否人要到某些年紀才懂得什麼叫感恩，什麼叫珍惜？
不管是什麼原因， 慶幸自己有了這種感覺....

曾經我覺得這個家鄉無趣。感覺很落後，設備也比不上西馬。
曾經大家勸我不要在這裡久留因為沒有前途。
曾經外地朋友們來探訪，我絞盡腦汁想不到古晉有什麼好玩好看好吃好做的。
曾經我看到來訪的外國人，心想他們應該很後悔來到這麼悶的地方。

不是古晉的錯，是我晚了用心去體會它~

或許年紀大人，開始懂得品嚐生活。
生活，不是來自於人事物。
生活，對我來說來自於自己如何看待這個世界。
好心情來自於自己的內心。

外國朋友們將到古晉一遊。
我覺得我有責任呈現古晉最美的一面。
這幾個週末，我忙昏頭了。
準確的來說，我是忙著玩耍，呵呵~ 但我是帶著責任去玩耍的喲~

也因為他們，我更深入了解我的家鄉。
也因此，我發掘了很多’秘密‘。
也因此，讓我更愛這個家鄉。

原來它一直都很美~
我.... 差點錯過了.....

等著我們去發掘的寶藏

老街，这次来真的啦!

朋友們說，我幹嘛要把自己搞得這麼忙。導覽要花自己的時間，又沒錢賺。

正是這樣的想法，古晉的百年老街才會不受大家的矚目和愛護。若連我們自己都這麼不在乎，又怎能讓其他人也愛護它呢？大家都花錢飛到檳城，馬六甲看古城，但卻“沒時間”去了解只要踏出自己家門的“老巴殺'〜

我雖不是老街長大的小孩，但我熱愛這個地方。因為這裡是‘我們’的開始。
看著古建築一間間的被拆掉，我心裡很難過，也抱怨政府和人民為何這麼不懂得保護古蹟。

抱怨不能改變任何事情，所以我決定以我微小的力量為老街做一點事情。雖然這個決定來的不容易，但還是豁出去了，呵呵〜

經過3個月的上課和尋找資料，我才發現，原來我之前這麼不認識自己的家鄉！

原來所見的跟所知的可以差這麼多！

原來一條老街隱瞞了這麼多秘密！

那天突然收到團長的電話，問說這星期六可否幫忙導覽。是學校的活動。

這星期六？！既是大後天吶！我沒有心裡準備。更沒有準備任何資料！

團長說，對象除了華人，還有馬來人和原住民，所以得用英語導覽。我連中文都說不好，還得說英語哦。但我心想，小孩子應該還OK啦〜也不用說的太詳細，畢竟還小，說太多他們也聽不進。我計劃好以遊戲方式帶動他們。我怎麼這麼聰明呀，呵呵~

第二天晚上，我們開會討論行程和主題時，我才知道原來對像不是小孩子而是學校的老師! 哈哈，我真的誤會大了。我跟其他團員說我原本的計劃，他們笑死了, 哈哈〜

星期五，我趁放工時間，趕快找資料。印了一些出來就趕緊回家。

晚上參加朋友的生日大餐，我連資料一起帶著。萬一有空，我可以看一看。哈哈，其實帶著也只是一種自我安心的方式而已，因為根本沒空看！

11點回到家，我認真的ķ資料到凌晨1點才睡。

每次都是我聽老師講課，現在我竟在老師面前“講課”！

說真的，剛開始有點擔心。我想像一堆嚴肅的臉孔看著我.....好恐怖！

後來我發現原來老師們私下也可以是這麼的‘幼稚’的。哈哈，跟我沒兩樣嘛 **突然覺得很有親切感 :P **

一切都很順利。雖然途中下起雨來但大家還是很認真的聽我們說故事〜

有老師說，他們常常會來這裡吃早餐，或經過這裡，但從來不知道老街的故事。這次更認識這個地方了。

照片from 砂拉越华人学术研究会属下的文化导览团 FB

献丑了~

聽了真的很開心。 覺得付出的時間和力氣都值得了~ 

下一代是否能跟我們一樣能看到這老街，在這老街穿梭就在我門的手裡了。

有空你也來聽聽我們說老街的故事，好嗎？

生病記~

曾經聽過一位講師說， 經歷不代表經驗。剛開始我有點聽不懂。後來我才知道，對耶，真的不一樣！

你可以經歷了一件事但沒有‘走出來’。你還是你，或者是更糟的你。

當你突破自己時，那就是‘經驗’了。

上週一連串的事情同時發生。一位朋友來醫院探望我時，聽我冷靜的訴說（其實也說了幾十遍）我入院的過程。她看著我說，你怎麼這麼冷靜這麼開朗啊？她離開後，我想了 想她剛剛的話。我真的冷靜真的開朗嗎？

星期一 11/4

吃了早餐後，我覺得肚子抽痛。我以為大姨媽要來拜訪了。後來我越想越不對勁因為到了中午，連個影子都沒有。

午餐點了雲吞和奶茶，越吃越想吐。朋友說鐵定是身體熱到了。帶我去買風痧丸。吃了反而更想吐。肚子抽痛的更猛烈，渾身也開始無力了。後來才決定看醫生。

我向來只吃中藥，因為我自認為中藥可以治本而不像西藥這樣只是把病暫時‘壓下去’。吃藥後，晚餐什麼都沒吃就去休息了。不料當晚卻開始不斷的嘔吐。我爸媽 嚇壞了因為我 很少這樣。後來吃了一點胃藥就睡著了 （又自己當醫生，呵呵）。

星期二 12/4

肚子還是疼。開始不能站直了。去看西醫。他細心的檢查，然後叫我放心，確定不是盲腸。太好了！他診斷是腸胃炎，開了藥我就回家休息了。一天除了肚子還是抽 痛外，一切都很平靜。晚上也早早去睡覺。但刺激的事情來了....

晚上肚子激痛到醒起來3次。我抱著肚子，捲成熟蝦的姿態。我記得我心裡想，癌症的病人真的很可憐，我這樣偶爾的抽痛就讓我難以入眠，難受。何況他們的痛是 無時無刻的。在祈禱中，我睡覺。

星期三 13/4

再跟老闆請一天假。

第三天了，肚子的抽痛有增沒減。老爸建議我還是去照肚子比較保險。

老實說，我活了這大把年紀，只驗過血一次，而且是13年前。好啦，把你的下巴收起來。 20個人聽了都是這個反應。我知道了.....

Anyway, 中午時間，我到我 Office 後面的醫院看醫生。那位女醫生按壓， 放開我的肚子，還真的很痛吶。她說確定不是盲腸（再一次歡呼！）但發炎的狀況似乎有點嚴重。抽了血我就回家休息等待消 息。 2小時候後，醫院打來說報告出來了，叫我回去見醫生。這次是驗血的，應該可以對症下藥的吧？好期待拿了藥回家休息。

到了醫院，醫生叫我等一下。然後我看她很忙的到處走。後來她跟另外一位醫生一起走過來（大事不妙）。她說我的報告不是很樂觀，發炎很嚴重但還在找源頭。另 外一位是腸胃醫生，他再幫我檢查。簡單的幾個檢查後，腸胃醫生要我做多幾個比較深入的檢驗。很快的，我就被推入急診區，護士們幫我插管，開始了一連串的檢 查。約下午3點，醫生過來跟我說，我今天不能回家，要住院觀察。

我平時不來做檢查，一檢查就是入院？哈哈~ 

我記得我還跟醫生求情先讓我回家打包一些東西過來，但醫生不答應。說這樣的情況開車很危險。就這樣，我被送入病房。幸好我的office 就在後面，我請同事在我桌位幫我打包幾本書，借了電話 charger, 拿些飲用水等等給我。 Office 就在後面，真的太方便了！哈哈~ 爸媽晚上也帶了好吃的粥給我補身體，還有一些書（但為何都沒帶換洗的衣服給我呀？好可愛）

我媽媽看見我的模樣，心疼的問我晚上要不要她在這裡陪著。當然不用呀。沒床睡很不舒服的。我自己可以的。我早已當著自己是來度假２，3天了。可以趁機休息 其實也不錯呀。我告訴媽媽我真的沒事。 。 。很快又是活虎一隻了。

我在醫院過３天２夜。很多人來探望我。連不熟的人也來了，呵呵。謝謝大家的關心呢~ 

這期間，雖然有很多痛苦（肚子疼痛，加上一直發燒，燒退了然後又發。還因此差點得多留院一晚），但其實我很享受在醫院什麼都不用做（因為什麼也做不了）的 時間。只是靜靜的跟自己相處，靜靜閱讀那些年買了但沒時間看的書。清晨時分靜靜的跟我的”新朋友“一起站在窗前看著外面忙碌的世界。靜靜的發呆著，什麼 都不想。

你多久沒靜靜的跟自己相處了？

一場病後，發現健康還是最重要的。有時，休息是為了走更長的路。所以何不偶爾放自己一個假呢？哪怕只是1小時，也是可以讓疲憊的心靈有個呼吸的機會。

一場小病換來那麼多體悟，我覺得也不是件壞事~ 在醫院裡，我看到其他病人病的比我更嚴重，讓我覺得自己有多幸運，生命有多脆弱。活著就該快樂。曾經聽到這一句話：沒有過不了的事，只有過不了的心情。真的，深深體會.......

沒有過不了的事，只有過不了的心情

What have I been up to lately.....

LIFE has been HECTIC lately... 

Our minister has encouraged the people in the country to do two jobs instead of complaining about them not doing enough to lighten our daily burden. Brilliant idea to solve the problem! Since we cannot depend on our "mother" to provide for us, I guess we will just have to suffer and work our ass off to earn a living.

These days, if i get to sleep before 1 AM, it is a bonus to me. If i am still able to wake up the next day, it's a celebration...  It's not the kind of life I'm used to.... I have not been going to the gym for 3 months! Money down the drain T___T  ; I turned down invitations to food gatherings (oh gosh!, is this even normal?);  I couldn't meet my friend who visited from outstation;  I skipped lunches to run errands and etc.. basically, my life is turned upside down and I no longer have any ME time.... except when I'm in the bathroom :P 

I guess I could make this a HUGE fuss because indeed, i have lost all my freedom T_____T but.... do I want to kill my own body cells by feeling unhappy about the change? What's the use of complaining since it doesn't solve anything except making myself even more upset.

I'm a practical person and I believe that only by take steps to adjust to the change will make life easier. Yes, it's a MIND GAME. It's an opportunity to upgrade myself and change for the better anyway... 

I must admit, it's not easy doing 2 jobs. So much things to do but too little time. How i wish there were TWO of me! I can sense Jane's objection :P

Anyway, no matter how busy life is, we should still remember to slow down and smell the flower... Too bad there are no flowers at the moment since it has been raining non-stop lately. 

How about sipping some wine with old friend at the old part of the town?

Chit Chat over a bottle of wine 

This, i like :P

We also spotted this beautiful "painting" by the mother nature and human beings. Love how the leaves were silhouetted against the wall. Kinda feel serene just by looking at it. 

Beautiful isn't it?

Happiness is not how much you have, it's how you see the world....

老街，我来啦~ 耶！

去年11月，朋友們揪我一起發揮愛家鄉的心。我考慮了很久.....

很久以前我就很喜歡逛老街。看著古老的建築物，招牌和快失傳的手藝，百感交集。

感動，因為古老的它們仍被保留著。

遺憾，因為不知什麼時候它們又會消失。說'又'是因為政府已剷除了很多古物。也因為些人民已不到老街逛了，也沒人願意學習古老的手藝了...

我很希望大家好好珍惜愛護保留這珍貴的一切... 因為有它們、才有了現在的我們。

我偶爾會提點身邊的家人朋友... 但效果及力量真的有限~ 

有天，一班愛家鄉（其實也很愛吃（還是貪吃？呵呵））的朋友問說要不要一起參加老街導覽的培訓課。當然、培訓後就得上街、大聲及用行動的來帶動大家一起愛上這老街、這家鄉～

蝦米？ ！在大眾面前說話是我的致命傷呀~ 我不會哈拉。每次我老闆要我代替他到induction course 給新人講'故事'時，我20分鐘內就搞定了。真不明白為何我們的人事部 assign 每個部門1小時的時間 :/

所以我朋友問我要不要參加這培訓課時，我真的有點爭扎。

我希望更多人了解及愛惜我們的老街，文化，歷史等等，但我真的不是說話的料呐~

但我想.... 我可以永遠活在自己舒適的圈圈裡，也可以只做我喜歡及會做的事。 。 。但這樣框著自己，好嗎？

以前的我最不喜歡改變。不喜歡改變的人有天會被社會淘汰。不改變的人有天會被人罵說是個'固執的老頑童'~ 

不會做，就去學吧~

不喜歡做，就鼓勵自己吧~

活著就多學吧~

人生不需要太多‘紅線’。

雖沒豪爽的立刻答應但最後還是答應了。哈哈~

老街，我來啦~ 請大家多多指教！

 義工導覽員 in the making :P

Xmas 2015

This year, we played our Christmas gift exchange a bit differently. 

Instead of letting the Santa ClausES decide on the gifts, which at most of the time, will end up at the corner of the room collecting dust. In order to make things more meaningful, we decided to give the boys and girls a chance to make wishes. Wonderful isn't it?

I duly wrote my wishes.

Some of my colleagues said they wish for Good Sleep. I would like that too, but i wonder what or how the Santa could deliver this. Sleeping pills maybe? haha...

I on the other way, am quite practical and listed down practical stuff to make my Santa's life easier. I know, i should be rewarded just for this!

So what are my wishes?

1) A flip casing for my phone.
I have been wanting to buy one for months but i kept procrastinating because I have never used one before and am not sure whether I will chuck it aside after one use which not only waste money but also clutter my room...

I also gave an alternative

2) A glow in the dark watch.
I don't need an expensive one. Just a simple one as long as the numbers can glow in the dark.

Practical enough? hehe...

Before the day of the xmas gift exchange, my gift suddenly turned up from no where. Oh well, gifts always mysteriously appeared a few days before the exchange hehe...

Guess what? My gift was nicely packed! We all have the habit of shaking or squeezing the gifts as if by doing this, we would know what's inside haha... i think we should just bring the gifts to the airport for X-ray machines. Would be more accurate than blindly guessing hehe...

Despite that, we continued to shake and squeeze the gifts.  Wow, there were 2 boxes in my stocking! One rectangular and one long one. All my colleagues said my wishes were realised! Yeah! that's because i gave practical wishes! :P

My wish list to Santa Claus

I was secretly looking forward to using a new casing. When it was my turn to tear open my gift, I practically torn open it except that the wrapping wasn't torn.

I received......

Do u think I got what i wished for? Stay tuned to find out :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

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!

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...

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