取名字

今天同事們在聊名字。其中一位下個月要升級當老爸了。我們說，取名字要很謹慎。小孩們（成人也是！）很聰明，原本好聽的名字，可能因為一個諧音而造成悲劇。我記得我以前班上有個男同學叫著Michael Liew。後來他變成了一個福建話的粗口。他哭慘了！據說他長大後立刻去政府部門把名字改了~

我同事說他要取一個很特別的名字。他說絕對不能單字'帝'，要不然人家會誤以為他的兒子叫'皇帝'。不過總比粗口來的好吧？我說那就誤導人了，明明就叫"黃弟"！ 。大家聽了笑成一團。哈哈哈哈~ 有時我真的覺得我很幼稚！不過往好的地方想，我應該是很幽默！哈哈哈~ 好不要臉呀我~ 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇！

更好的未来~~~

我媽常說她的小孩們都很怪！大家都拼命把賺到的錢存起來，而她的小孩卻一直把錢捐出去。媽媽雖然常念我們，但從來不阻止。我想，她應該知道雪中送碳的感受，畢竟她小時候也是苦過來的小孩~

很多年前，我'領養'了一個小女孩~ 我當時的想法很單純，只想幫助別人過得更好。我想說我花錢買東西給自己只有我個人得到享受，但如果我能每個月少花這些錢在自己身上，是可以改變一個人的人 生的。其實我當時的工資很小（現在還是不多！哭〜）, 一個月50元對我來說是百分之很多的，但我還是把決定把這金額交給了世界宣明會 (World Vision)~

每一年我都會收到我輔助的小孩的照片，報考，新年卡，來信等等。每一年我都告訴自己我要回信，要寄她一些禮物。我真的超級會拖，因為我一直食言。啊！我是 大野狼！對不起！跪~

今年跟往常一樣，我收到了小女孩的來信。看著她端正的筆跡，我很開心！她最後說‘希望能收到你的來信’。啊！我這隻大野狼好慚愧！這次我決定要給她寫信 了。我隱形太久了啦~ 是時候現個身讓小女孩知道這隻大野狼的存在了！你猜我有戰勝我愛拖的習性嗎？

古人有句話是這樣的~ "江山易改，本性難移"。這句話說的真對！也因為這樣，很多人都被命運控制！ T_____T 再次，我證明這句話只是那些不想改變的人的藉口喔! 因為我真的親筆寫了一封信給小傑。多年後初次見面，雖遲但遲到好過沒到，對吧？呵呵~ 為了彌補我遲來的關愛，我送了個可愛的小文具給小傑當見面禮~

很快的，我又收到了小傑的回信！她驚人的回信速度讓我知道她真的很開心終於收到了我的來信！這讓我更慚愧。我在想這些年她一定是一直期待我的關心的~ 而我一直讓她失望~ 啊，我好壞，我好壞！不過一切正在改變中因為我決定會常常回信給她的~

 熊猫say Hello!

這次她寫了3頁長的信給我。我邊看邊感到很欣慰。她小小年紀就這麼成熟了~ 她說她將來要成為女警，她要保護人民，要像姐姐（就是我也~）一樣幫助其他人。她的這一句話讓我覺得我每個月少花在自己身上的50元物超所值了。我記得曾 經在youtube看過這麼一個錄影~ 有一個人在路上幫助人，這個被幫助的人又幫助另一個人，這另一人因為感受到被幫的感動，他又去幫助另外一個人然後.. ...這cycle就一直的延續下去。我萬萬沒想到我當時無心插的秧竟發芽了！原来"無心插秧柳成蔭"是這様来的！真的很開心可以感染他人~瞬間我的心暖暖的~ 而且她說她看了我溫暖的信和精緻的禮物，他覺得我是一個善解人意的姐姐~ 哇，她怎麼知道~~？ *羞羞* 小傑的嘴巴好甜喔~

好整齊的字！

我這次特別買了個可愛的小書籤要獎勵她喔~ 希望未來的小傑能給更多人愛心和溫暖~

可爱的猫咪！

希望世界的每一個人都能記得要時時幫助其他人，因為我們不知道，何時我們也需要被幫助~

My childhood and teenage years~~

We had family dinner at club the other night. Club is the place that we used to hang out when we were small. Lots of memories there ~^^~  My parents were a bit sentimental that night and they mentioned about our childhood incidents and how they were finally able to afford the club membership so we could go for a swim, borrow books, join fun activities, order food & drinks to eat, play TV games....

It brought back many memories...Some I didn't know until today..... My parents had indeed done a lot for us... My parents said they were not making much at that time.... At first,  we kids were just 'shadow members' at club. We weren't registered members but were able to tag along to go for a swim there without having to pay anything because my cousins were very well-treated there as their dad was a committee member at that time and was respected by many. i remember watching my cousins signing their names & membership number on an invoice in exchange for ice-cream, hot dogs, cold drinks, fried noodles, french fries etc..... Sometimes when we were in good terms, my cousins would share their goodies with us.. sometimes we only got to watch them enjoying their food & drinks because we just had a fight.. haha, kids.. We loved, hated and forgot very fast, just like the ever-changing weather :P

Thinking about all these, I had tears in my eyes. My parents worked so hard so they could provide all these for us! So we didn't have to 'beg' others to share with us. I remember friends who used to say to us that we are what we are now because we got to live and study overseas. Some people even think that we are rich because we look rich. Remember, never judge a book by its cover.... 

When we were living and studying overseas, we kids tried to reduce my parents' burden by take up part-time jobS . haha, yeah, u didn't know about this right? hehe.... People just look at what we have but do not realise the hard work we had put in... During those years, Jane and I basically worked for our own pocket money...  I just couldn't imagine myself asking from my parents for their hard-earned money to buy that top in Esprit! Yeah, we are such thoughtful kids :P

During our high school and uni years, we worked as paper delivery girls. Stacks of different pamphlets were sent to our home and we had to fold sets and had them all delivered to all the designated houses before a deadline. We carried almost 15kg of pamphlets on us. It's heavier in December because there are Christmas sales everywhere. Some were as thick as a phone book! It was crazy! We had walked/cycled in the rain, under the hot sun, in the freezing weather, 5am in the morning, 11pm at night, chased by big dogs, scolded at, thanked at etc.. 

Then we also worked as babysitters and at the weekend, we worked in a Chinese restaurant as waitresses.. In the morning, we were dim sum 'promoters'.. We had to carry trays and trays of hot and steaming dim sum and sell them to customers... I remembered that Jane had a cart of her own because she was in charge of selling pork & century egg porridge. We laughed that she was the 2nd richest in the restaurant because she had a B&W of her own haha... At night, we served ala-carte meals... The ang mo people really take time to enjoy themselves and chit chat until closing time while the Asians come and go like a twister! haha... The good thing about working in restaurants is that we get to eat all we want after work.. Sometimes we can even bring food home! haha, it's our heaven! After work, We got to pick anything we wanted from the 'left overs'..... it was a good treat for poor students like us. And u know, because it's on the house, we ate more than we could and ended up turning into a fatso haha...

Jane and I sometimes helped in the food court too.... We took turns to help out at a Japanese eatery. Oh boy, we had to shout slogans to attract customers! And did u know, to get nicely cut sushi, u have to keep your sharp knife wet. Jane and I were also tutors. This is the best job ever because we got to lecture people and gave homework! buahahaha...

Hey, now that i mentioned all these, i think many of my friends have better lives than me! Most of my friends who went to study overseas just need to make sure they studied and graduated! haha.. well, even though I didn't have that privilege, i still feel grateful... because through this, I have experienced and learned a lot... and of course, through this, I also got to eat free dim sum every weekend and also Japanese food at week nights...haha... Am such an easily satisfied person...... 

I love my family!

my crazy sister who never fails to cheer us up!

開車時的事情~

一個人開車時，有些時後我會打開電台聽聽最近的熱門話題，音樂和新聞。要趁空檔提升自己嘛~

有時我會邊聽CD邊高歌一曲。因為只有自己在冷氣車子裡，所以可以不用理會旁人的感受，可以盡情的大唱特唱~ 歌聲很爛也沒人管~

有時我會碎碎念，"開那麼快很危險啊！" "用天橋過馬路好不好?" "我打招呼道謝了，為何不讓我？" 等等...

有時我很專注的開車，什麼事情都沒想~

那天我跟往常一樣，開著車子去上班。上班時間車輛總是很多~ 還來不及踩油門又得剎車了。大家為了糊口每天都忙忙碌碌的，我在想，大家塞在路上心情難免會不好~ 尤其是趕時間的時候，平時不礙眼的事情突然變成生氣的原因。想著想著，我突然笑了。我不是笑大家不能控制自己的情緒。我笑是因為我想到一個很好笑的笑話.....

要聽嗎？真的很好笑 （自認）

呵呵呵呵~

一想到就想笑.......

我記得有次跟jane倆聊天。我們同時看中了一個娃娃。我說熊很可愛。Jane說那不是熊，是狗！我反驳的說明明就是一隻熊！ Jane也不服輸的說那根本就是狗一隻!! 就這樣你一句我一句的鬥起嘴來。結果娃娃忍不住的吶喊，"我不是狗，也不是熊。我是狗熊!!" 哈哈哈... 然後我想像狗熊吶喊的畫面，就這樣，我不用理會旁人的感受，在車里大聲的笑了起來。哈哈哈哈....這是我自導自編的笑話，自覺好笑，你笑了嗎？

我還特別製作了這個圖，幫助你看到我當時想到的畫面。有沒有很貼心？

 我是狗熊!!

 

Smile~ it brightens the day~

Dreamer's dream

Caught up with my old friend when in KL... we talked about recent happenings as well as the past. haha, this is what happened when you are with OLD friend >__< We suddenly turn into oldies! Actually, we are not that old la, just that all of us have memories of the past and it's just natural that we discuss about the history when we meet *Denial*

My friend said she dreamed of going to Hawaii since young. She couldn't really remember what made her wanted to go there. She figured it must be because of the movie she watched when she was a kid. She imagined herself lying in a hammock and sipping juice from a coconut decorated with a pink umbrella at the beach where the sand is as fine as flour, the sound of the ocean waves can be heard, Hawaiian music playing in the background and a few ladies wearing coconut shell-made bras doing Hula dance... she said to her Hawaii is a paradise. To date, she still hopes she would be able to visit that place. 

It's so cool to have a dream like that! So i tried to recall, what is my dream? i thought very hard but it didn't come to me... Oh gosh, I don't have a dream? Then the next day, when i walked past a shop, it came to me.... 

I was in high school at that time and once, i went to a florist to purchase some flowers for my sister who just gave birth. The shop was full of beautiful flowers! On the shelves, in the fridge, on the floor, on the wall, outside the shop.....  And the shop itself smelled wonderful, just like flowers.. I wonder if there were bees and butterflies in the shop too.... There were rolls and rolls of colourful ribbons and gift cards at the working counter. Behind it, there were also soft toys and balloons with greetings like "It's a girl!", "I love you", "Happy Birthday!" etc. Everything made me feel happy inside. Then and there, i dreamed of owning a flower shop just like this one when i grow up. I reckoned i would be happy everyday if i  worked in shop like this.

As you can see, it hasn't happened.... I could if i want to i suppose but you see, i've found my happiness.... That to be happy everyday, all i need is have happy thoughts~ wow, why am i so clever ah? haha... 

Our minds are really powerful. It can create and destroy.... 

Create happiness and destroy hatred....

Jane, do i get discounts?

Super Memory

SometimesI really admire my own memory.  It's so powerful that even I am amazed! ^^

Jane always asked me how I have the ability to remember things fromlong ago. She hardlyremembers what was said 5 seconds ago! Yeah Jane, beware cozwhatever u do and say, i remember hehe...  

Just a few examples to share - the other day, one of my TW friends said she found an Italianrestaurant which we should go. The place is very cozily decorated andfood isn't very bad. She told me the location of the restaurant. Hmmm... I felt I had been there before and when i clicked on the enclosed link, irealised that another TW friend had taken me there once, THREE years ago! Icould even remember what I had! 3 years later, I went backto this exact same restaurant, nothing much has changed except thistime, i went with different companions :P

Last night, Jane and I were whatsapp-ing. These days we human beings donot communicate verbally anymore. All we do is use our fingers.Personally, i think it's not very healthy. Real human interaction isvery important because it brings people closer. Not that writing messages won't bring people closer.. it's just different. U see, thesedays it's easy to spot families or groups of friends, although theyare sitting together in one table but nobody talks. Everyone is lookingdown at their phones and the only thing we could hear is incomingmessage alerts. SAD.... 

Anyway, back to my original topic, Jane and I were whatsapp-ing, Janewas trying to ask me to do something and before she brought it up, Imentioned exactly what she wanted to say. Jane was surprised and calledme a genius. Well, if that's the way she wants to put it, I won't try to deny la hehe...

I said to Jane that it's because I am Smarties and she is a M & M. She didn'tcatch what I meant so I told her a joke which I heard years ago when we were stillin high school. I asked her "why do M&M go to school?" Shereplied "how do I know?" The answer is "Because M&M want to beSmarties!" ahahahaha... funny right? Or did you not catch it likeJane? well, then u are M & M too...  haha...

I once came across a phrase that says "快樂的人都是記性不好的". I'm here to object because this phrase isn't entirely true. Because although I have good memory, I'm NOT unhappy. Being happy isn't difficult if you know the secrets. Well, actually, there are not secrets la hahaha...  You justgotta have bigger heart than other people, that's all. If u try to find faults in everything, no matter how bad your memory is, you will still be unhappy.... Wow, am full of wisdom today! hehehe... 

If you still don't know how to create your own happiness, then try to be with someone who is happy & funny like.... 

My crazy brother...

who always does funny stuff to make ppl laugh
HAHAHAHAHAHA

or play with cute kitties. It can take away your worries too....

...as long as they don't belong to u :P

If you still don't feel happy, how about...

Eating yummy cheesecake? 

V rich cheesecake from 日光 in Taichung

If one piece of it still doesn't bring you happiness, try eating the whole thing! Yayeeee... the thought of it is enough to make me happy! haha..

~快樂並不在於有與非有而是在於珍惜與知足~

Flying around

One of my hobbies is traveling. I know, it's an expensive hobby! That's why I travel with care, which means I only travel to places I  can afford. Sounds pitiful isn't it? Because I can't travel anywhere I like without first checking my bank account T___T Well, that's life...Good thing is, my appetite is pretty small so i don't feel sad that I cannot travel to expensive places... As long as i get to go somewhere, am contented. "知足常乐" (Happiness lies in contentment) is the key to happiness! Yayeee... But of course i would be great if I could visit places that I can't afford ;P so if there is anyone out there who would like to sponsor me, please let me know! *day-dreaming*

Am not a fussy traveler. As long as the flight time and price suit me, I will fly. But I try to avoid early morning flights because it's a pain having to wake up very early in the morning to catch the flight. Late night flights are OK but not really preferred because it is also a pain having to stay awake until it's boarding time. What is worse about midnight flight is that it is not easy to fall asleep in an uncomfortable plane chair (now i feel sorry that I can only afford economy class T____T) and also the flight announcements can be annoying sometimes, especially when I FINALLY fall asleep T________T . oh yeah, and if there are kids who do not need to sleep..... Unfortunately, I experienced all of these during my flight to Perth in CNY T________________T

Although late night flights are not preferred but I take them anyway. Yeah i know, I give in easily haha... Once, i took a 1.15am flight.  I almost dozed off during the waiting time and was soOOoooo happy when they let us into the plane. I was even happier when i found out that I could have the whole row of seats to myself! Yayeee.... Sadly,  I forgot to place my handbag under the seat in front of me. I just put it on the floor and went to dreamland...... I think it was 5 minutes after the plane had taken off that one of the air stewardesses woke me up and asked me to put my bag under the seat... And from that second onwards, I stayed wide awake the whole night T____T My brain, eyes and soul were sleepy but they just wouldn't go to sleep! Darn!! But one good thing about a midnight flight is that u get to see sunrise from up there!   

Wah, I'm flying over an ocean of clouds!

When taking midnight flights, I make sure I brush my teeth and put on skin care products. Well, i gotta stay fresh when I wake up in a new place bah! hehe... But sometimes when i travel internationally, all my skin care products are in my check-in bags! So what do i do? I would go to the duty free shops and take some of their free cleanser sample, go to the washroom and wash my face, then go back for toner, serum and moisturizer. Wait, I have to keep my hands moisturized too, let me apply some Jurlique's Lavender hand cream... Thank goodness for testers, I not only get to use all sorts of products I don't normally use at home but also have good skin when i wake up hehe... Please don't call me cheapskate... am just fully utilising what's available :P

One of my fav airports - Changi

Quiz: Where is this place?

Sometimes I wish I had Doraemon so i could use his 任意门 to go any place i want anytime! Which means I could have delicious sashimi and Ramen in Japan tonight, supper at Shilin night market in Taipei after that, then have my favourite bo lo bun & a cup of milk tea in HK as breakfast the next day before i come back here to work .... you get the idea hahaha.... *day dreaming continues~~*