Oppps....

I did something very bad... i feel guilty abt it and i want to confess and ask for forgiveness.

It was unintentional.I Did it thinking that this will benefit it. But because of my lack of knowledge, i actually killed it :'( Good motive but bad action...

I mentioned about how mum spends a lot of time and effort in growing organic veggies and fruits. That day, I saw two big ang mo liu liang hanging on the tree and to prevent the birds from getting to them before me, I plucked them. Mum was in China at the time and being a filial daughter, i wanted to save the sour sop for her.

NORMALLY, to keep things fresh, we will keep them in the refrigerator right? That's what i did but when i took it out and tried to cut it for mum to eat, it totally DRIED out and was as hard as a rock! HOW COME?!

Totally cannot cut thru T__T

Mum said "Aiya, ang mo liu lian is just like banana. Cannot put in the fridge"

Aiyaya.. I know that guava and banana don't like cold place but ang mo liu lian being an ang mo ('Caucasian' in Hokkien), it should be able to live in the cold leh...

Oh well, now i know... Not only can looks be deceiving, names can be deceiving too! Like how Winter melon doesn't grow in the winter, Rock Melon is not hard like a rock and eggs doesn't grow on eggplant etc.....

I FIXED IT!

Last January, my brother accidentally locked the study room from inside. As we did not have the key to open the door, my dad dismantled the door knob. Ever since that very day, there is a BIG hole in the door.

Can "see thru" from outside

At that time, i thought it wouldn't be a permanent thing because my dad would fix it like what he always did when we were small. I also figured that this is a man's job so nobody would expect me, a girl to handle it.

One day turned into one week, one week became one month, soon one year came and went, the hole is still there T__T

Last weekend, I finally ended the knob-less door life *hooray!*

I knew nothing about door knob so i started by asking my male friends abt it. Naturally right? Since they are men, they should know how to do work like this. But mannn... it turns out that they were just as clueless as me! *not man at all guys!* hehe...

So I went to my trusted google and did some research. Then with limited knowledge, I hopped into the store and bought a copper coloured door knob. At home, I sat at the table examining the knob trying to figure out how it works.

Mannn.. am really proud of myself. Look! I installed the knob all by myself!! *la la la...* Am I invincible or what? haha...

FIXED by ME me ME!

la la la.. the power of determination is incredible! I realised that nothing is difficult when u set your heart on it! Long life to the phrase 天下无难事，只怕有心人!

When we have problems, we could either sit there and complain about how unfair life is or face it, deal with it and fix it. Am glad that I chose the latter although it came 2 yrs late T____T oh well, it's better late than never right? hehe...

Let's face it, problems will not disappear by themselves. They will only go away only if u DEAL with them and FIX them....

And do you know, many times WE are the problems ourselves... DOH! *Cannot accept the truth!*

Garden Talk

My mum spends quite a bit of time in her garden everyday. I really salute mum coz gardening is really hard work! Believe when I said it's hard work. I was mum's garden caretaker while she enjoyed herself in shanghai with Jane for 3 weeks.

Everyday, i prayed for it to rain so i didn't have to water the plants. It was darn hot in the beginning and mum's plants all looked very sad. If they died of depression, I would surely be held responsible! So, i spent at least half an hour every evening to make the plants happy again...

Then, it started to rain everyday. I was happy coz that means no watering required! yayeeee... my prayer answered! ^V^ BUT, the weeds started to grow bigger than the plants. If mum's plants are malnutrition, I would also be held responsible. So I spent my evening pulling out the weeds T__T

Well, that's life. No matter what happens, there is always something else :P

I really dunno how my mum does it. Gardening really requires strong determination and lots of effort!

My hard work was well rewarded. Mum bought the whole Shanghai and Xi'an back. All stuffed in 3 bags. AMAZING?! how she managed to stuff the whole china in 3 bags? I dunno...

Mum's hard work is paid off too. Just look at the two big angmo liu lian ("sour sop") daggling on the tree! I'd blended sour sop juice this morn. Nice!

All green green. Can u see sour sops?

There are more organic produce to come soon... *Excited* And what's even more exciting is that, am free from gardening work since mum's back! yayeee...

Need Help

Everyday and night, I hear crackling sound coming from the ceiling. Sometimes I even see black shadows flash by. They are so fast that I can't see what they are. And fruits go missing mysteriously from the kitchen and packets of food are messily opened, eaten and left behind. Lately, the kitchen even smells of Ammonia! -__-


Darn. My home is turning into a Rat nest! Umm.. or it already is one? One night, I even saw a mouse looking in from outside the window. Sort of like this

If only it's as cute as this

Sounds cute hey? ha!! If u have to deal with the crackling sound, missing fruits, messy stains, pee and shit, will u still think it's cute?

Last night, i went to bed at 1am coz I was throwing away all the messy packets of food in the kitchen *hardworking* Am feeling sleepy now *yawn* I even bought lots of containers to keep my mum's 'stocks' to prevent the rats from reaching them. I figured that if there is NOTHING for the rats to eat, they will starve and eventually move out from our home. Am I right?

SOS..... Do u have any better ideas on how to get the rats to willingly leave? Am a peaceful person, no killing ya... or do i have to find ways to live harmoniously with them? muahahaha...

The real challenge is, how to get my mum to co-operate with me so she would stop buying too much food?

A sense of familiarity

I have not seen him for a long time. Though it has only been a couple of years but it felt like decades.

Nothing much has changed. He still looks the same, except older.

Looking at him, memories of our past popped out like mushrooms. He's brought me a lot of happiness. I remember looking out from the window, waiting eagerly for his arrival. Upon seeing him, no matter how far or near he was, I would scream with happiness and rush to the door to welcome him....

He used to come to our home very often until one day, he stopped coming. Probably he has found other more interesting places to go to. I dunno. I never ask him... All i'm left with now is memories of our past....

That day, i bumped into him on the street while driving. Seeing him surrounded by many people, I kinda felt like rushing to him too...

Seeing people buying ice cream from him reminded me of the old days when he pushed his bicycle to our neighbourhood. His ice cream bicycle is very well equipped ~ a metal cooler which holds all the delicious ice creams, which cheer up kids and adults like me and an umbrella which keeps him out of the hot sun.

Everybody is happy to see him

For some reason, my siblings and i were very sensitive to his 'santa claus' bells. When we heard the bells, we would called out for him from far and wait by the gate for his arrival.

I remember, a cone with a scoop of ice cream was only 10c. My favourite was butter bun with 3 scoops of whatever flavour ice cream in the middle. It always lifted my spirit, and only for 50c!

Hmmm... I wonder if he still remembers me since i was one of his loyal customers back then? I wonder if the ice cream butter bun still tastes heavenly?

Hmm.. I shall try it the next time i see him....

苦中作樂

Mum is now in Xi'an having lots of fun with Jane and Helena.

Called them and i was told that mum is buying things as if they were free because the prices are v v low.... Am so envious! Why am I here and being tasked to water mum's plants and veggies every morning and evening while they are enjoying lives?! So unfair! Oh well, that's MY life :( But that's OK. I'm also having a good life here... because....

I have mum's organic veggies all to myself! I only harvest from the garden when I want to eat. So fresh that they make my crappy cooking tastes as if it was made by Michelin star chef :P

Fresh from the garden

Mum also keeps a lot of fruits in her fridge coz she is on a 'new' diet lately. Since she will be away for weeks, so am in charge to clear the fruits. And the fastest way is to eat them all together. *Lazy Jenn* So this morning (actually, every morning since she left), I made healthy juice....

Avocado + pumpkin + barley + rock melon

Gosh, Am so healthy and hardworking!! I haven't lived like that for so long! While Enjoying my healthy meal, I wonder...

Will they remember to get me presentS?

Long forgotten post

Went thru my 'blog post collection' and guess what? I discovered that I've forgotten to share this joke! This happened a few years ago... haha, very outdated but there is no expiry date on jokes right? hehe...

My friends were comparing wealth (as usual) over lunch the other day (many years ago). It's easy to tell that we are Chinese! Because we fight to be the 'poorest'. Chinese are sure low profile and humble when money is involved haha..... Today's society is full of thieves, we gotta be as low key as possible :P

That day, my friends were comparing wealth by judging on the Brand of glasses one wears. I don't wear glasses so I just sat and watched the actions. Words flew here and there and I moved my head left and right like watching some kind of a tennis competition. Suddenly, someone blurted out 'you wear BLURBLURRY!' *??(-.-)??* Everyone went silent after the remark. Is that a new designer? It's not possible that we've never heard of it....

Ooooo... He meant Burberry! *Laugh* *Still laughing* He said 'I'm a Foochow wat.....' Ookie, we have to accept his excuse. After all, he is the man who said he will put 'neng-kark' (instead of $) in angpows.

FYI, neng-kark = bra in Hokkien

Don't get excited guys. He meant Name Card ^^

Ahahahahahaha.....