The Angel and The DeVil

Yu, can be adorable and thoughtful like an angel. He says the most adorable things and says "OK" to everything u ask him to do and do just what you tell him to do. 

At the same time, he can be a devil and that is when we really want to pack him into a box and send him home. You tell him to do 1, silence. You ask him if he hears what you say. Silence. You get mad at him and tell him to do it RIGHT NOW and he refuses and talks back and bad. 

Parents. I salute u... for having to deal with this every day.  

That day we went to Kuching Festival together to pull him out of his iPad, handphone, games addiction.  At first, he said he wanted to play some games to win a gift. After going round the games corner twice, he did some analysis and said, nah, the games are scams. Even if he wins, the value of the prize doesn't match the money he pays 😅 He is such a calculative careful boy.

We went to the AC area to see gifts and merchandizes. Yu is quite good at lego assembling and we saw shops selling many types of cartoon legos. The smallest set is only RM4.99 each.  According to Yu, this is cheap so we decided to each get one. Yu promised that he would assemble for us before his vacation ends. So, Yu bought a Lufi, Jane bought a Minnie Mouse and I bought a Tigger. Jane also bought a completed Pooh Bear which the cashier displayed at her counter for RM4.99. 

Of course, it was through a lot of pushing and 'bribing" that he finally completed his Rufi and my Tigger. Poor Jane, her minnie mouse is still in "pieces". HA! Jane paid RM4.99 for a completed pooh bear is definitely more value for money than getting Yu to assemble for us 😂

Tigger and cactus done by Yu

I was hoping that I could have one set of Pooh & Friends Lego one day. I wonder if that hope would ever come true. 

Someday, May be someday...

我和媽媽的對話

我媽： “你下去打包乾撈米粉或粿條給我”

我乖乖領旨。 走到麵檔問老闆，他說米粉粿條都賣完了

我回到車回報

我：      媽，老闆說只剩下面，你要不要？

我媽： 米粉有嗎？

我：     只剩下面~

我媽： 粿條有嗎？

我：    只剩下面！(咦？客家話翻成中文好好笑😝）

我媽：沒有米粉粿條？

我😂😓

I AM BACK!

I suddenly remembered....

I have a blog!

As soon as I got home, I turned on my laptop and uhhh... I couldn't remember what the website is >.< I googled for my own blog. How terrible is that?!

Oh my, I didn't post anything in the year 2023?! Was I that busy until I did not have time to update my blog? Or I simply had nothing interesting to share in my life anymore? 

I remembered, urging LY to start her own blog. She said she has nothing to write about. I remembered telling her to just make small matters into big matters, then a blog post is born. And look where I have been? LY loyally updates her blogspot like a diary, whereas my blog is dead quiet. 

ok ok, my 2024 resolution is, to update my blog as much as possible. I need to revive it. I need to make my brain work hard again (although I think it's overworked as I can see my growing numbers of grey hair. I think my brain is sucking out all the nutrients from my hair 😰)

Let me summarize my 2023 here so I know I did not skip one year haha

We started to travel in September 2022 when borders started to open. We flew mum to Brisbane. I must say, after not being on any long flight for 3 years, 7 hours of flight is a torture. Then we travelled to Singapore, KL, Taiwan, Vietnam, China in 2023, reunited with siblings and nephews and nieces, relatives.  They also came back to spend time with us. 

Then to end 2023, I had really bad pain in my lower abdominal when we were on the high-speed train from Teochew to Guangzhou and it lasted for 2 damn days. fortunately, I managed to become better and made it home safely. Luckily, I had my mum's trolley to use, it helped me walk further and was able to continue to buy buy buy and eat eat eat. After all, Guangzhou is food and shopping haven. No matter how sick one is, eating and buying have to continue! haha

Thanks to Jane and My mum for taking good care of me. My mum enjoyed the trip the most. Why? She bought so much that she has TWO full luggage home. Yes, she took my luggage weight too~  

Happy 2024! 

Our way to end 2023

Halloween by the parents

It's Halloween today.

To me, it's same as every other day. 

To some, it's a big big day.

My sister sent a picture of my nephew's halloween party to us. I couldn't stop laughing when i saw "Casper".

Boo!

I must say, the mother of Casper was creative! She used minimal materials and turned her child into a ghost, just the right theme for the occasion. Or was she running out of time that she quickly came out with this? Or she forgot about this party and put something together quickly just so her child could attend the party? whatever it is, i think she was smart! ha! Not only do Kids grow up fast and there is really no point spending too much on costumes, she also successfully stole the thunder for her work of Art was the first thing i looked at! haha...

It was nice to see everyone putting the effort to turn themselves into their favourite characters, scary ghosts, beautiful princesses etc. I couldn't tell if my nephew enjoyed his halloween party though haha

Happy Halloween!  

Blackout

One evening, i was half-way through my dinner, suddenly there was a black out. I thought it applied to our area but when I looked outside, eh, my neighbours had electricity.  Their lights were bright. 

I quickly ran to the main switchboard and found that my home was the only one experiencing blackout T___T  I quickly called our electrician hoping he could come over to give lights to our home. I told him I kept turning the switch to "ON" but it just kept dropping to "OFF". He said " this is very complicated. We don't know if it is due to your electrical appliances or due to broken wires........" on and on he went about the complications. Then he said "maybe you need to get ready to move into a hotel room tonight if there is no electricity because it is going to be dark very soon, you won't have lights at home blah blah blah..." Actually, i wasn't listening. I was just hoping that he would come over to have a look~ 

Then finally he said something useful haha..  "Go and unplug all your appliances. then try to turn it on again, see whether it works".   I followed his instructions obediently. Then went back to the switchboard and was hopeful that it would have electricity. 

Nope. Darn.

So I called him again. He said "oh, if this doesn't work, then it is more complicated than I thought blah blah blah..." I wasn't listening again because he was repeating what he said earlier. Seriously, if I were dying and I called him, I would be dead by now 😂

When he paused for a breath, I quickly interrupted him and asked if he would mind to quickly come over before it's too dark to see anything. He took a moment to think. Oh, I understand it's after work hour. Maybe we really need to stay at hotel tonight then. He then said OK he would come over right now. THANK YOU! 

He arrived and it was dark. He asked if I did unplug EVERYTHING. He went around the house to double confirm. Then he repeated the same things again 😂 I asked if the switchboard was faulty. He then took out a screwdriver and opened it. 

When he took down the cover, we were shocked by the sight and jumped backward. Yes, we really jumped backwards 

Somebody went in and got "fried" T__T

It was disgusting but I was so happy that we didn't have to stay at hotel that night. Happy ending for me but poor little lizard wasn't so lucky. 

Unlucky but considered Lucky

 This is my one-year old phone

Nope, it is not new style phone casing

Nope, it's not for non-slip purpose

The rubber bands are there to hold the LCD screen intact because it's been replaced T__T

I thought I damaged it by having my heavy water bottle fell on it. It instantly became crazy. The torch light would turn on and off without me pressing it. It would call random people in my contact list (if you received my calls, it wasn't me... ), apps opening and closing like crazy. It was out of control! As if a crazy ghost was living in my phone! 

I was then without phone for 3 days. 

Peace and quiet

BUT also a lot of inconveniences because I could not make important calls, send reminders, read reports. I bet people thought i was arrogant because I didn't read and reply messages haha...

Finally, i got the LCD screen replaced today. Guess what, the repair guy told me that my phone's LCD screen was not responding to my instructions because he found oil inside my phone. 

OIL

Darn! 

I didn't close the cap of the coconut oil properly the other night and it spilt.  When i found out, my phone was practically soak in the coconut oil. I quickly saved it and i thought i did a pretty good job wiping it dry. it didn't show any malfunctioning until my bottle fell on it 3 days later. 

And he said, You are really lucky that it wasn't water. Otherwise you would need to get a new phone.

OH 

So I guess I should say, I am LUCKY?!

Well well, what's done cannot be undone. At least I only needed to spend money on replacing the LCD screen instead of getting a new phone. I bet the repair guy must be scratching his head hard and probably posted somewhere in the social media that he found 'weird" substance in the phone 😅

新身份

我今天升级啦~

叫我姨婆 ~~ 😎😎😎

baby kai kai ~

Pssskk.. look who is here~

We have not had any pet ever since Tiger passed away a year ago.

Tiger is still deep in my heart. I still miss him dearly and every time i come home, I 'saw' him running towards my car,  wagging his tail when i opened my car door, welcoming me home. Miss the warmth. 

My mum misses Tiger too coz she doesn't have a companion at the garden anymore when she is planting vegetables. Tiger used to follow her in the backyard. It's like he is protecting mum or keeping her accompanied so she is not alone. 

During MCO, my friend's mixed breed gave birth to many puppies. She posted it on her FB and i showed mum. She said she wants one. I told her, if she wants one, she has to take care of him especially if i'm travelling. She said ok.

So we got Wang Wang. 

He is brown in colour. Kinda looks like Tiger. I sometimes mistakenly called him Tiger. It will take a while to get used to the new name~ 

WW was so small when i took him home. He is I thought he would cry at night , being at a new home but he didn't. He just slept quietly like an angel. So adorable~ 

Adorable, Angel ya~

Now that he has been with us for almost 2 months, i tell u, i want to give up sometimes. He is SUPER naughty! Ok, he pees and shits at the car porch just like Tiger last time. This, i understand because he is a pup and couldn't hold himself. But pulling everything out from i don't even know where, destroying, breaking things, this really makes me crazy! We had so many pets before and never have we ever had a dog that is this mad!

One of his 'destructive" result

I wanna scream at him, wanna hit his butt, but when he wags his tail, shakes his butt at me with the innocent look, i relented. Damn, he is so adorable and angelic once again T___T

how to get angry at this face?

Gosh, like jane said, this is sign of 狗奴 @.@

And guess what, my mum who said she wants him now, becomes my responsibility. 

To date, am still cleaning his gold everyday and the mess he creates everyday. Gosh, i hope he grows up fast!

獨處

最近行動管制令放鬆了。有點不太習慣人聲，車聲，隔壁建築開工聲等其它雜聲~

這55天，生活步調慢了但沒有不好。很多人抱怨在家生菇發霉了，我倒覺得很享受 哈哈哈

我一直覺得，我是一個很孤僻 （其實應該是很酷才是 哈哈哈）的人，我可以很长时间獨處，可以一個人做事，一個人逛街等....

自從我過著常常在外面到處辦事情的日子後，我每次都是走到那裡，餓了就坐下來吃個東西。每次我上班的朋友們找我吃午飯時，我不是剛好吃著飯就是吃飽了。我有位朋友，她是個很多朋友的人，也很愛找一堆朋友一起吃飯做事情的人，有次我也只是隨便說說自己常走到哪，吃到哪，她覺得很不錯，把我這句'名言'記了起來，每次她一個人吃東西時，就會寄照片給我看，說她也是走到哪，吃到哪了XD 哈哈~ 竟然有人覺得這種生活態度不錯？偶爾跟自己相處是需要的！

我朋友的妹妹是一個超級獨立的女生。我每次問她，她年級這麼輕，幹嘛像個孤獨老人家？ （咦，我不是一樣嗎？ 哈哈~ 只是我自認每年25歲的）。她說覺得自己做事情比較快，想到就去做。她也常常一人吃東西。有一次她獨自吃午餐時，旁邊的阿姨過來跟他說，妹妹，以後不要一個人吃午餐。哈哈哈~

對啦，在這裡，一個人（尤其女生）吃東西，旁人真的會用憐憫的眼神看你。或許他們覺得這女生好可憐，都沒有朋友，也沒有另一半。在這裡很多女生沒有一個人吃飯的不習慣吧~  不晓得~ 

其實我只是懶。因為約人有點麻煩。大家要花點時間溝通，喬東喬西。我知道這樣不好，也怕到時我往生時，沒朋友來給我送別。所以有時我還是會願意花點時間跟人溝通，喬東喬西。我真的可以獨處，也可以過團體生活， 很有彈性的 哈哈~

下次如果你看到我一個人，請不用可憐我，因為..... 我只是懒的溝通，喬東喬西 :P 

Foreigner again haha

I often say, I get mistaken as foreigner in my hometown. 

And when I'm abroad, people think I'm from China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong. When I'm in China, the locals think I am from the North because girls in the North are tall. 

OK, it must be my look then. 

Due to Covid 19 outbreak, we need to wear masks when we are outside.  One Sunday morning, my mum said she wanted to eat kolomee. So being a filial daughter, i drove out and found a stall selling kolomee. With my mask on, I told the boss "boss, dabao two noodles" （老板，打包两包面）, to which he replied or should i say, asked,  "You are not local?" ( 你不是本地人吗？)  He didn't even look up! 

I told him i'm local leh. He said my accent is different so he thinks I'm not local. OH..... so it's not only my look that makes people think i'm a foreigner, but also my accent? Umm.. oh.. ok... doesn't matter. I'm used to it liao hahaha

see see, "liao" is very local right? 

What we do during MCO

今天是行動管制的第14天。接下來還有14天。

媽媽開始習慣不能隨時隨地出外的生活了。從原本要每天出去到後來只遊車河，到兩三天后才去朋友家拿菜苗 （沒和朋友見面，只是拿了掛在籬笆的袋子就回家）。我爸倒最聽話。他很少很少出外。每天坐在同一個位子。電視開著，他看。電視沒開，他仍然看著電視。哈哈，不知这是哪一招 ？也太厲害了！

為了不讓媽媽常出門，我們跟他說想吃家裡種的菜。萬一市場也不能營業了，至少家裡還有菜可以吃。她聽了馬上有了動力。所以最近只要外面沒下雨，我和媽媽都在整理菜園。

才幾天，開始可以收成了。接下來還有翁菜，番薯葉，羊角豆，姜，蔥，’漢菜‘ 等等。

以前家裡常有剩菜（不好意思，大食怪老化了，吃的不多了（其實也是媽媽煮太多了啦）），現在因為管制令，不能常到外面閒逛，也擔心食物短缺，所以非常非常珍惜食物。

自從18號開始，我們每一天都把飯菜吃完。有時候會有剩飯，下一餐媽媽就會有剩飯变成炒飯。媽媽每天煮三餐。真的難得呀！ 哈哈因为平日她只煮晚餐 ~

媽媽下廚，我當打雜的幫忙切菜及'收尾“。不知為何，我超級喜歡洗碗和擦地板的。 所以每天洗碗擦地板3次，沒有怨言~ 

除了在家裡打雜，我也是負責去外面買東西的那位 。難道這就是人家說的'出得廳堂入得廚房”？呵呵~   當然，這工作是我媽心不甘情不願的讓給我的。因我告诉我媽，現在警察很嚴格，兩個人出去的話會被罰款。啊~ 善意的谎言

今天她說家裡的食物快沒了，你去買。哇！難得她這麼豪邁喔。我邊吃早餐，她邊交待要買的東西。或許他看我不認真，就寫了一張 list 給我。哈哈哈，我媽真可愛呀~ 是有多少的東西要買呀？她之後還打電話給我加購了幾樣東西。哈哈，這叫 tele-shopping?

Mum's shopping list

後來我仔細看，‘麵包一大條“ ， 是說她覺得我會買3片麵包？ :P

Goodbye 2019

Today is the last day of 2019. 

Time really really flies! I remembered struggling to write the new year correctly when we first entered the year 2019. Just when i finally got used to it, it's over and it's time to learn to write correctly again. 

It's year 2020 tomorrow. A year which seems very far from reach when I was younger but now, it's only a few hours away! Kinda scary but grateful at the same time. Feeling scared because time flies by too fast and i feel i have not properly utilised it or achieved anything! >.< Feeling grateful because I managed to survive til 2020! Maybe i could consider that as an achievement? what do u think :P

ok, so it's 2020. I still don't have a spaceship. I also don't have robot maids at home. I still need to climb the staircase using my feet etc etc... although we have not achieved those futuristic lifestyle as shown in the The Jetsons cartoon, i think it's good. At least we still need to do some manual work in order to stay fit. I'm happy that i could still use my feet to walk and my hands to work so i know they are still functioning well haha...

There are certain things in life that just shouldn't and couldn't be replaced with technologies, like spending quality time with loved ones.

Say Sake~

Happy 2020! Wishing everyone good health and happiness!

無常 #2

今早一醒來，就被法國姐姐的信息嚇倒。

啊，歷史悠久，壯觀美麗的巴黎圣母院 Notre Dame Cathedral 被大火侵襲！2014年，我和Jane第一次到法國，沒機會去Notre Dame Cathedral 朝聖。第二次去法國是2015年，我和Jane特別去 了之前沒機會參觀的地方。看！完美的Notre Dame Cathedral 在我們身後！

這次的火災，再次提醒了我，生命充滿了無常呀~

今日，又因為許志安出軌事件，朋友覺得人生太多無常了。此时此刻的鄭秀文一定好難過。朋友覺得，兩個人在一起，看似恩愛但當感情起了變化，是痛苦的。所以，她認為還是學會優雅一個人獨處比較實際。

是的呢，的確會痛。不過也不應該因為一件事情會變化，會結束而不去開始。

每件人事物本來就是會有'生滅' 象〜有生就有死，有開始就有結束。这是人生的过程。重要的是，我們學習活在當下，學習珍惜身邊的人事物，學習認真的過每一天。

當然同時學習優雅獨處也是需要滴！萬一感情，友情，親情結束了，也不會因此而倒掉。就像今日燒毀的巴黎圣母院一樣。她雖然被燒傷了，但還是壯觀的站著！

法國姐姐寄來的〜

Hurt but still standing~ 

法國姐姐給我的靈感~

How i boost my IQ level

My sister who lives overseas wanted to transfer some payment to a local travel agent last week. She couldn't understand our online banking system and called me to help. 

I had to log in my own account, video called her to guide her, step by step on how things work. After sometime, she finally made the transfer online *hooray* In her opinion, the online banking system here is too complicated.  She said one needs to have an IQ of 200 to understand and operate it. Hahaha... 

Although I have an IQ of 200 *ahem*,  I sometimes still struggle to work things out... 

You see, i received 4 tokens and am supposed to activate them. Unfortunately, after sometime, one of my tokens is locked and two of my user accounts are blocked. In order to unblock, i need to unlock first. The logic is simple but the journey isn't~ 

Last week, I went to the bank personally thinking that it would be faster to solve this mystery face to face with the bank personnel. Yes, it was fast because within one minute, the lady 'solved' her report by asking me to call the customer service... 

To date, i have called the customer service 4 times. Haha, i wonder if my number and name is already on the frequent call list :P

The first agent managed to teach me how to unblock but i still couldn't unlock. She asked me to follow the instructions on the booklet to unlock. If i am still locked, to call the customer service again. 

That sounds easy, however,  when i duly followed and received the passcode through the SMS and happily keyed in, again, i received the error message @.@

So i called the customer service again, explaining to this person what my problem was and what the previous customer service agent taught me and now am still stuck. She said to me, that i am supposed to key in the passcode on the token, not on the login screen in the PC. And she will reset again and reminded that to follow the steps correctly. OK, i wasn't told earlier :(

Anyway, after 4 calls and some jigsaw puzzle pieces put together by me, i managed to solve the problem. I think from now on, i could confidently say that my IQ is 400! haha

Although it's complicated, i should be happy to know that the online system is secure and that my money will be save and sound... 

I guess, there are more steps to follow in order to enjoy a peace of mind with a more secured system. Oh well, pros and cons....  that's the way life is.  

無常

很多大智者不斷提醒，生命無常，記得要好好珍惜家人好友，珍惜每個機會等等。我上了幾年的課，無常這個詞，我不陌生。

是呀，無常我知道，但卻常忘了放在心上，用在生活上。直到突然有事發生，又再次喚起了人生無常這件事。哎，人啊，為何會这麼的得過且過呀？

今晚，我有點想念我童年的好朋友。她跟我和jane 同年同月同日出生。也是一對雙胞胎。我們不認識另一個雙胞胎，因為小時候，她們分別被兩個不同的家庭領養了。我們小時候最愛去她家。因為她有一個很大的娃娃房子，当然也很喜欢一起玩耍啦~ 

後來由于大家到不同的地方求學，我們因此失聯了。我們那個年代，沒有 facebook，instagram，手機，聊天軟體等，說失聯就真的失聯了。 2001 年中學好朋友結婚，不小心認識了她的另一個雙胞胎。聽她妹妹說，她結婚了，嫁到西馬去了。以為以後都見不到了，結果2014年去 handicraft market 探望朋友，竟然碰到了她！緣分這件事，真的很妙。我們趕緊拿了彼此的聯繫方式。只是後來因為大家很忙，我們沒機會聚聚。

沒想到，這成了一輩子的遺憾。因為她今天凌晨離世了。

她兩年前被診出得了乳癌。她常常會把病情po 在 facebook 上。有人熱情的給與鼓勵，而我選擇默默的為她祈願。得知她往生的消息時，我愣了一下。腦海裡浮現了很多小時候的回憶。

慧麗，你到天國了了要乖乖喔。我相信你在上帝的身邊一定會很快樂的。謝謝你給我一個美好的童年~ 榆和彬想你了~

May you rest in peace~ 

13年 Goodbye

我以為我可以很瀟灑的轉身
還是忍不住紅了眼眶
畢竟這條路每天走
一走就走了13年

這條路有開心，有驚喜，有憤怒，有希望，有期待，有失望，有友情，有疲憊，有寬容，有壓力，有動力，有領悟....

不管如何它都曾经是我生命的一大部分。

今天告別13年的熟悉，心裡有點酸酸的

不捨的是這條路？

還是這家公司？

或是這崗位？

還是這13年來所建立的友情？

原來我在離別這條路還是不夠瀟灑

這條路、成了我的過去

這條路是我的故事

這條路成就了現在的我

我感恩在這條路上所遇到的每個人事物

我們再見～

#換個跑道#

The hidden message

Some say, the opposite attracts. I think otherwise though. Just think of it this way, if you can't stand a certain things, how would it be possible for u to form a good relationship with people who possess those things? Unless it's unconditional love hahahaha.. like how i love Jane :P

In my view, people form friendship with those who hold the same values as them. Otherwise, u are into topic A and he/she is into topic B, i don't know how long this kind of friendship would last haha

In my world, i don't like to regards problems as problems. I don't like to sit there and whine about how unfair life is because we are the writers of our own destiny. You choose what kind of a person you want to be. You choose how you want to react to situations. There is no easy way but when there is a will, there is a way.  To me, nothing is good or bad. It's us, who put a tag on what we like and don't like or what's good or bad. 

I used to get frustrated when certain things turned out differently when I'd already made perfect plans. Then i realised, that's the way things are, change is constant. I either move with change or be left behind. I still do my best to prevent things from happening, but if it still turns out differently, i just gotta accept it and see how else i could improve. And who knows, the unexpected change might turn out to be a good thing! 

I have been added to many chat groups - Buddhism class group, medical volunteer group,  charity org group,  real estate motivating group.... The one thing these groups have in common is, they all want to make a difference to the society.

One day, i had nothing to do and viewed the group of people in one of the groups (haha, how meaningful :P). Wow, everyone has very positive quotes as their introduction. I guess the quotes must be what they want to achieve in the future or have achieved or realised. 

When i got to the bottom of the list, i laughed so hard XD

If these people ever go through the list like i did, i wonder what they think of me when they see the chicken! haha..

Actually, the chicken is not just a random icon i put. It has a positive energy meaning. U have to read the hidden message!

So i did a little survey by asking a few friends what they think the icon implies.

A friend said, "don't know. You are craving for chicken rice?" (i do like to eat chicken rice but that's not what it means haha)

Another said, is that your year of birth? (oh, why not? haha)

My colleague gave the most hilarious reply

She said, "it's very obvious! I think u support 那只鸡" (@.@)

haha, ok, looks like great minds aren't easy to find hehe...

That chicken, popping out from the egg means 重生 (Rebirth) --> when we are presented with new things which we have no idea how to handle, do not fear or run away. Find ways to overcome them. Once u crossover, you are no longer the person you were yesterday because you have gained one more strength, you are one step better.

That chicken popping out from its egg also means stepping out from your comfort zone. Do not let fears stop you from chasing after your dreams. We only live once. If you never never try, you will never never know your capabilities.

That chicken popping out from the egg also means, growing up/ being strong because if it breaks from the outside, it means you let yourself be beaten by the external forces, however if it breaks from the inside, it means that you have taken actions to overcome your shortcomings ( 从外打破是压力，从内打破是成长).

See? i do not even need any words to express my positive thoughts! Awesome right?

My one little chicken icon is FULL of Wisdom!

This is truly a picture is worth ten thousand words! :P

New Device for Home

OK, i haven't mentioned about the new device which we installed last November. 

I wanna wait and see if this device works as intended.... now that it has been almost half a year, i think i can comment on the effectiveness now.

*******

My home is infested with rats.

It has always been a problem because our house is surrounded by bushes and there is an abandoned house behind us where the rats hide. Of coz, the fact that there is plenty of food in my mum's kitchen too... it's like the rats can come for buffet anytime @.@

Recently, it becomes a serious problem when the rats multiply and create a colony within our house.

Many times, we see them breezily walked past. Sometimes we catch them eating an unopened packet of food in the kitchen... Something absurd happened one night. I was sitting in my room engaging myself in the IT world, then i saw in the corner of my eyes that "something" was moving into my room from outside. I looked and gosh, it was a rat! 

The rats are daring. They aren't afraid of anyone or anything.

We caught the rats using the cage a few times. And some died from the rat poison. But the problem did not get better.

One time, to prevent the rats from getting to precious food which i brought back from overseas, I kept them in hard casing luggage thinking it would be safe until one fine day, i found out that, the luggage that looked 'untouched' had actually been bitten through by the rats! just to reach the packets of dried organic noodles inside!

Look what they have done to my trusted friend!!

Arrrgghhhh

OMG, they are insane!! They are dangerous! They are out of control!

I bought a device which was said to produce ear-piercing sound that irritates rats and had them turned on 24 hours a day for about 2 years. As you can see, they don't work at all. Crap, money down the drain...

So after many many rounds of negotiations with my parents, one day, i came home to find a new device.

It's a ...

Blue-eyed kitten!

Ok, don't be fooled by his cuteness 

He was angry when my mum first brought him in. nobody could touch him. Even feeding him food offended him haha... 

Then after a few days of us trying to make friends with him, he relented. 

We kept him inside the house. The next day, we found a dead rat in the living room. Then we found dead little snakes, cockroaches, lizards... my parents were proud of him.  But we also found torn toilet paper, broken vase and that he actually naps on my cleaned clothes!!!

oh well, i guess nothing is perfect. This device functions but at the same time, we need to pay the price to keep him entertained.

As our cat grows bigger, he starts to treat home as a hotel. He disappears and only comes home during meal times when he will meow non-stop. After meal, he disappears again. He doesn't hunt for anything anymore and my parents start to complain that he is a useless cat.

haha, oh well, he deserves to be scolded. Just look at him... we find him sleeping most of the time or just lying around doing nothing haha...

Just look at all his different poses!

The cat is now my responsibility even technically, it's my mum who brought him home. As i said before, i'm a responsible person. Since the cat is now one of the family members, I have to make sure he becomes a better cat. So lately, i nag at him that he better starts catching some rats to prove to my parents that he is not some 'qi liao bi' (wasting food) member. 

Last weekend, i found some dead lizards on the floor. OK, no rats yet but at least he did SOMETHING. Yesterday, when i was eating at the dinner table, i saw something moving rapidly at the door. I looked closely and oh my gosh, my cat had a big black bird in his mouth. It was still alive and struggling!!

The cat with the bird bigger than him came inside the house and tried to go upstairs. I screamed at the cat and the next thing i saw, the bird escaped from his mouth and ran frantically to kitchen and then out the window and my cat was chasing after it, jumping from the floor to the counter top and then out the window.. it looks just like the scene in Jacky Chan's movie. 

It was crazy! When my cat returned from the bush, I caught him and said, PLEASE CATCH RATS, not birds. Zzzzz... 

Haiiii.... the rats are still partying loudly at the ceiling. I wonder when my cat will terminate them all. 

New skill developed

 

I have developed a new skill recently.

It's not something that i like to do and capable of but i have no choice because if i don't do it, i will eventually be the one responsible for the consequences :(

I have not mastered this kung fu because every time i need to practise it, I still feel embarrassed.

This new skill of mine is called 'giving gentle reminders" haha... well, it's a nice way of putting it. Really, i think those who have received countless messages or calls from me repeating the same would think it should be renamed to 烦死人 (bugging people or broken recorder) >_<

Seriously, i don't like this to be practised on me too. And i surely do not like practising this on people too. BUT  I force myself to do it simply because I have deadlines and objectives to meet. I hope those being bothered by me understand my predicament. I do it for a reason, really.

My sincere apology if u find me annoying.

But looking from another angle, if my requests are timely attended to, I wouldn't need to give reminders, right? Haha, look who is making me who I am :P

Many years ago, a friend once said to me that I'm a very responsible person. He said, whatever tasks given to me, I would find ways to accomplish them.

He is so damn right!! Once, i got headhunted by other section head because of this strength! It's a compliment although sometimes i wish i am not that responsible hehe... Being very responsible can make me v tired too. I remembered, when my family just set up a new business 2 yrs ago, as we were not familiar with the operation, it was hard at the beginning. And being a responsible person (i don't even own it! haha), i spent so many sleepless nights trying to understand the operations and figuring out how to operate it. I skipped lunches to run errands etc too. Soon, I ended up taking a short vacation in the hospital hahahaha...

Anyway, no matter what, i still feel blessed that I am a v responsible person. I see it as a quality rather than a suffering because by being so, I'm a better person. I refuse to allow myself to be complacent and just let people take lead of my life.

So guys, please excuse me. I know u may find me a nuisance for countless reminders, i feel the same too for doing so... . But, i do it anyway because life is the way we manage it :P

 

 

2017 年的總結

2017 年又快過去了。

時間似劍呀！每年我都說同樣的話。感覺就像在輪迴 哈哈

怎麼每一年我都覺得時間不夠用呀？哈哈～ 感覺事情還有一堆沒做好學好的，一年又過了~ 是我自己把自己搞得太忙嗎？其實我有一種強迫症（應該是上進心 ：P），就是如果沒幹什麼，我會覺得渾身不舒服，總覺得日子不能空過！哎，我真的是天生勞碌命啊~

今年開始慢慢突破自己。
其實是從去年開始的。
原本我打算乖乖的打工，一輩子領薪水就好。時間到了就退休，這樣子的生活。

雖然我偶爾會羨慕看似沒在上班的創業的朋友們，感覺他們的時間比較有彈性。但後來才知道，要有彈性的生活，首先要付出時間及努力！

Anyway, 這種一生平穩領工資的人生計劃 因為我們的一個理念，讓我們決定豁出去。

偶爾我也會擔心。我真的確定要這麼做嗎？確定要放棄目前的穩定生活及收入嗎？我知道我可以不用這麼做，但我不想我老了後，回想曾經的理想而遺憾。我們是自己人生的作者，自己的人生故事自己寫呀。

無數的人好奇，為何我們要開始一件冷門的事業。茶，茶藝，茶料理，創意，藝術等真的會有人 buy in 嗎？背後的原因到底是什麼呢？我想，今天我應該好好聊聊我們的出發點。

很久以前，我和 Jane 常飛去台灣。那時不是為了別人，單純只是為了自己。

為何說是為了自己？話說10年前（天啊，這麼久了呀！），當時的我總問自己到底來到這個世界是什麼目的？我總覺得我應該是有使命要完成的，但我不知道是什麼。記得那時我常常問自己到底未來的方向是什麼？就連我在人間仙境的SAPA, 乘著巴士，看著遠方的美景，看著生活簡譜，努力工作的當地人也不僅覺得，難道人生就只是這樣嗎？忙碌生活賺錢，買買自己想要的東西，吃吃喝喝，偶爾到國外旅行... 就只是這樣？因為台灣之旅、我慢慢清楚自己來到世間的目的。

後來我看了一部’看見台灣‘的紀錄片。我在黑暗的戲院裡落下了慚愧的眼淚。導演把人類的醜事揭發。人類不但奪了植物，動物的空間，還破壞了默默提供生命給我們的地球！人類真的太糟糕了！我們不知道自己能夠為地球，世界做什麼。但我想我們可以用我們小小的力量，為周邊的人或社會做些什麼吧～

說真的，如果只有我一個人很好但其他人都不好，有什麼意義呀？我真的不喜歡活得驚心膽戰，去那裡，幹什麼都害怕被搶，被騙等等。我希望大家都過的無憂無慮，這樣世界真的會很美麗！ *世界小姐不都這麼說嗎？呵呵*

我知道，我真的有點不太正常 哈哈~

所以，開創這個事業，除了想把好東西帶給大家之外（因為我們相信因果，絕對不想因為自己的利益而造下孽緣。我們對自己的行為要負責！所以我們在決定之前都很認真的做了功課。我們參訪過這位茶農（也是茶師）的高山茶園，了解他的背景為人，種植方式等, 品了他的作品，確定他的茶是有機優質的，他的所作所為符合我們的理念，才決定把茶千山萬水的帶到古晉），我們更想提倡'慈悲' ------》 慈悲善待地球，慈悲善待身邊的人，慈悲善待陌生人，慈悲善待自己。

我們相信，唯有善待一切，世界會更美好。

這個事業會否成功、我不知道。

但這個精神、我們希望可以長長久久流轉下去。希望每一個都學會善待一切～

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