I do visit Nicole's blog now and then for some readings. Just recently, she updated her blog with a post pertaining to her friend's situation of being pregnant and receive no love from her husband and husband's family. My mind is haunted all the while after reading her post. I really pity the girl and her helpless situation. To not be loved, it's the most disheartening state anyone could bear. Some more, she is pregnant with a child of her husband, making the situation even worse.
As per my humble opinion about life, it is all about being love and to love. Of course, if you're loved, you're the enjoying the best the world has to offer you. To love, it's not a bad thing either. It's the matter whether you enjoy the process of loving someone else or otherwise.
Being brought up in used-to-be-a-non-Christian-family, I learnt something invaluable in the past 17 years after i accepted God in my life. I am a Methodist Christian and being a Methodist, it's all about tradition. Compare all you can among the others, Methodist sticks the most to all the rules, hierarchy and etc and i used to think that that was sooo boring. But, as i grew up, i realised being traditional doesn't do me harm. In fact, it keeps me safe. Safe from..? I dont know. At least, i am sure it doesn't and hasn't do me any harm.
If you take a look at how things happen under the sky, they all happen in order. In the way that He had already planned them. If one uses force to make a step ahead of how things ought to be, one needs to be ready to bear the consequences of doing so. It's all fair. One gets pregnant before marriage, one needs to bear the consequences. Why one wants to change the procedure? I think the main reason is human like excitement. They need some changes to make life seems more interesting. Life is dull. And repetitive. So one tries to skip a step and step ahead BUT the timing isn't right in His plan. That's fine. There's no actual law or regulation saying one cannot do that. Go ahead. But, everything that we do, there are responsibilities and consequences for us to bear. Now, it's the matter of whether or not the responsibilities are just good or beyond one's limit.
One point that i strongly hold my belief in and that is if the old customary and traditional marriage can survive for thousands of years, there must be a great reason behind it. And i'm definitely not saying that if you get married, life is going to be a bed of roses for you. It's just to be safe than sorry. To be pregnany before marriage, all the rest is about responsibility. And of course, to follow the old tradition to get married before having kids, you have the great L~O~V~E as a stronghold between the couple to overcome any sufferings and difficulties that might get in the way when the responsibilities lay upon you.
Dont get me wrong. I still pity the girl of her situation.
She completely owned us! Too kawaii to be true. Sometimes, she would sit still near the wall like a ceramic puppy statue that you put out in your garden. The scenario was hilarious. She is a bundle of joy. The more i look into her eyes, the more i thought, "Man, she definitely looks like a cross of Golden Retriever and Bulldog!" But, i was told she is a cross of GR and German Shephard and that put me to O.o". Hrm..
She's only 1 month and 4 days old today. Puppies behave just like us human do. Our little puppy REALLY does play itself to sleep. The first minute, she nibbled at her paws. The next minute, she sleeps her way chasing after her dreams right on the spot where she played earlier on! We couldn't believe our eyes, witnessing the whole thing behind the door. She loves to be tickled by us. In the sense that she would also fall asleep half way while being tickled and we need to carry her into her "crib", pull the "blanket" over her and watch her sleeps soundly. Sounds like we're having a baby to take care, aren't we?
Took the video with N95 and it was at night. I didn't turn on the flash cuz i was afraid that MouMou might not like the glare.
MouMou trying to climb onto my laps cuz she smelled the chicken pie in my hand.
MouMou sniffing at my feet *smelly & faint*
MouMou & hubby (Guess what?! He was cleaning MouMou's pee pee and i cleaned MouMou's poo poo earlier on)
Another recent (just arrived today) addition in our family..again. Her name is MouMou 毛毛 in Cantonese. It sounds cute and the name suits the puppy. She's not even two months old now. She was born on 7th October 2007. The owner of the mother couldn't take care of so many puppies and gave them all away one by one. Some have been taken to farms. She is just completely adorable.
She's now trying to be friend with all the other senior dogs in the house and they seem to welcome Mou Mou too. Not a very big problem with that i guess. The thing is she's still too small in size.
Seriously, nothing's wrong with the detailed teaching plan given.
..but i like to be in detail. Anything that i attend to has to be in detail. It has to be lined out properly in black and white and most importantly, it has to be typed out in a presentable manner. In uni days, i typed out my palm cards for presentation. I dont trust my or others handwritings. I allow no room for slight mistake to happen when something I was/am responsible for was/is going on. You ask me to go on stage for short talk, i'll be 102% prepared. No doubt. You ask me to teach kids in tuition school, i'm 103% prepared with my own reconstructed notes , which are almost exactly like the teaching plans given to us teachers, typed out weekly before lessons start. I dont know. Is that there a problem lies within me? I just can't seem to trust others of their works eventhough i've gone thru the given teaching plans for 'n' times. Regardless of the allowance of time to do that, i will no-matter-what must come out with something on my own. I feel better in that way. I feel way more confident with my own piece. I speak better in front of audience holding my own work instead of others. I do feel something is not right within me. o.O" I must have been 'sick', haven't i?
Those 'duplicate' works i did weekly.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
It's not frequent to see a full sun shine these days towards the end of a year.
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Woohoo! This time of the year, i'm normally energetic. Just to think that work commitment is going to due soon makes my spirit flies high. It's time of the year again when everybody else plan for good holiday trips, be it locally or overseas. It's time of the year again when people rush to travel agents for bookings albeit the fares peak like nobody's business. Everyone is getting so spirited like me right now right here. He he ^_*
At this time next month, I'll be going home. Perth. I miss home. I miss family. I miss my mom. And dad of coz. Hopefully, i can meet up with my dad this trip home. He's always busy. Very busy in fact. It's been few months i haven't seen him since June or July? I forgot. There are so many things i wanna do.
I wanna drive to explore places that i haven't been to in more remote areas in Western Australia with my family. In Australia, you'll never ever get lost. Not even a dumber. The magic spell is the map. In M'sia, even you got yourself a good handphone with superb GPS feature, it gets you no where since the country doesn't even have a proper, detailed map. I dont know about others but Aust's maps are so in detail that you could even find the location of a kangaroo in there. Nah. I'm just kidding. Nothing close to that but they are indeed very precise and you don't have to worry a bit of it. Hrm..i wonder if my N95 GPS would work there. Then i dont need to bring map.
I'll be back home for one month. Subject to condition. If someone misses me, i'll come back here a little earlier. If no, then i'll fully use up the one month ticket. I planned for Sydney trip with my mom to visit two of my uncles and their families there but subject to condition as well. That condition lies with my mom. Anyway, there's so much i want to do. I'm like a bird set free in Aust because it's a place that i'm familiar of. Excited.
After i'm back in M'sia, another much anticipated trip to HK will set forth in the end of January. It's two weeks before Chinese New Year so i should expect to see much merrier atmosphere of celebration in HK i suppose. And *cross fingers and toes* hopefully, a lot of SALES as well. I can hardly wait.
It is a lazy afternoon. The rain has just stopped a while back. Rain drops are still dripping from roof into the fish pond. Everything seems to be so laid back.
I was trying to play around with the finger of somebody else.
Crawled on, i saw something with hell lots of pads on it. Not sure what were they but sure they are not sanitary pads.
These will emit some sounds. People pick them up and stick them to their ears. They talk through them. It is weird. I never need these to talk.
To my horror, i thought it had extinct. I remember my parents told me that my ancestors had lost the race to it once upon a time.
Took the chance to take a shot with it.
That's me in spec. I can't see very well at night. I need it when i read.
Totally random. Looking outward, there's my fish pond.
Thanks to this morning's newpaper deliverer. He misthrown our newspaper into the fish pond instead of staircases. Ended up, we had this different piece of newspaper from what we read all the while. And. Because of that, I came across this amazing four-legged friend real event story that made me wanna share with you all.
This amazingly bold Labrador Retriever, Pepsi, resides in Hong Kong with his owner, Portia. Since a very young age at 2 years old, Pepsi was diagnosed with lymph cancer 淋巴癌. Pepsi didn't want to give up his life. Neither did Portia. Portia sent Pepsi to the vet to undergo chemotherapy. He was the first dog to have undergone a chemotherapy treatment and it was a success despite the long suffering journey. The determination of both of them had extended Pepsi's life until today and he is now 14 years of age, which is equivalent to 98 homo sapiens years. I could not imagine how tough the journey was for both the dog and owner.
Now that the cancer strikes Pepsi for the third time over the past 12 years, he's now unable to walk or move around freely like he used to be. He could only lie on the floor, waiting to be fed while Portia tried her very best to stay at home most of the time to accompany Pepsi together with Pepsi's elder brother, Leo. I believe the time is coming to an end for Pepsi but whatever it takes, it's the process that matters. He is SO lucky to have an owner who is willing to spend tens of thousands on him regardless that he is only a dog. It's the love that the owner showered upon him that extended his life.
At this point, I would like to wish them the best to come.
*The reason why i wanna share this post is that I, for once, had a very very beautiful Labrador Retriever that for a very very reluctant reason, i had to give him away. For such a beautiful dog, i did not want any money from the pension couple because i was not selling my dog away. I only hope that he would have very good owners who can spend most of their time on him to compensate for the time loss i had with him. And Pepsi's look resembles Benson's so much for goodness sake! Even the act innocence look also look the same =_=*
I have my hands on it. It's stylish. It's trendy. It's full of features. GPS. WLAN. Entertainments. You name it. It has it. And the best of all, it takes 5MP pictures. I can dispose off my 5MP digi cam that i bought 2 years ago. The downside of it. A tad bit lag sometimes when you are impatient and over-press the keypad. Nokia has this camera night-mode problem all the while. Photos taken with reduced lighting appears with blue little dots but with N95, the problem has been minimised to the least. Extreme short batt life. Standby mode can last you 2-3 days with a TOTAL-no-talking-on-the-phone. But if you play around withit, it only stays awake for 1 day the most due to the big screen.
Overall, i would rate it at 8/10. What's the fuss with charging its batt anyway? It is the phone that is at work. Not me.
Lord, give me a strong heart that i can finish marking all the compositions and still stay alive and kicking by the end of the day.
People, help me out. Tell me what this student is trying to tell me in her composition. The composition is about a burglary. The first part until "...of my neighbour's house." is given to them and they write the rest. This girl is a Malay. Translate for me. PLEASE~HELP~~~
"When i was young, i listened to the radio, waiting for my favourite song..."
One day, my dear dad told me that after he retires some day, he would bring me to fish. In Antartica. That is something that i'll never ever forget in my entire life. We love fishing. I guess i inherit the "fishing hobby" from him. I learnt to tie the fishing line to a bamboo stick and how to correctly barb and bait the fishhook and wait patiently and dead silently for fishes from him since young.
Days and years had gone by. I had graduated. I am married. I might have kids in years to come. But he has not retire. Yet. When are you retiring Dad? I yearn to realise our shared vision together. I long for our trip eventhough it might seem impossible at this stage or any stage. As long as you say it, i'll go with you before i really "settle down - as in not flexible to move around with big tummy or kids running around the house" with my new family. I long to see the sky of Antartica. I dream of sitting on the deep frozen iceberg with you, holding the fishing rods in hands and freezing in cold.
Louis Koo. But don't get me wrong. I'm not those teenage girls running-screaming-sticking posters all over the room kinda fan. I'm just a very ordinary lady who enjoys to have a bit of entertainment news of Louis Koo now and then of how he goes about in his life and movies that he is in or going to be in. I watched most of his movies. I might missed one or two but i watched most of them. And of cuz, have to admit that he is very 耐看 type of guy. Even hubby thinks he looks so man with just a simple pose. Link to his blog is now added to my list.
Well, I still think Richard Gere is a hottie!! ^_*
(Music video and lyrics of Via Dolorosa by Sandi Patti, Music video Scenes from Passion of Christ by Mel Gibson)
When i searched for this piece of song cuz i sang it in choir before and to my delight, it came together with this heart-aching yet touching movie (in video clip) that for once, it shook the whole world. It reminded we people that He had died for us all. Once and for all. I am not ashame to admit that i cried together with my other friends in the cinema watching this movie. I was and am very thankful for the grace of God for not forsaking me when i was deep down in the valley endless of times.
I Down the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street But the crowd pressed in to see The man condemned to die on calvary
II He was bleeding from a beating, there were stripes upon his back And he wore a crown of thorns upon his head And he bore with every step The scorn of those who cried out for his death.. Chorus: Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King But He chose to walk that road out of His love for you and me Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to calvary.
III Por la Via Dolorosa, triste dia en Jerusalem Los saldados le abrian paso a Hesus Mas la gente se acercaba Para ver al que llevaba aquella cruz
IV Por la Via Dolorosa, que es la via del dolor Como oveja vino Cristo, Rey, Senor Y fue El quien quiso ir por su amor por ti y por mi Por la Via Dolorosa al calvario ya morir
Bridge: The blood that would cleanse the souls of all men Made its way through the heart of Jerusalem. Coda: Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King But He chose to walk that road out of his love for you and me Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary. hmmmmm..hm……hhhhmm…………..
Well, not really new. I used to have this kind of bob hair style when i was still in teenage years. Dull and boring. But then fashion tends to have picked it up again. And call it Bob. I am not too much into fashion and the main reason i cut my over-shoulder length permed hair to this length is that i can't stand the heat wave that is striking Kuching now. I sweat every now and then. Very unlike me. So, it's the best to keep to this length now and i'll get a head of new grown, healthy hair in no time.
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I'm sick again. Once in every month from August until October and i think i can foresee that i'll be sick next month as well. Around the same time. I should get a MC (magical cert) for a foreseeable illness next month. Nothing much different. Started off with sore throat, then cough a bit, then cough more and get more vigorous and ended up with runny nose and cough-til-vomit kind of coughs. Yes. I went thru all that. I dont know what's wrong with me. After this illness, i'll go and get a FULL and VERY COMPLETE health checkup. I haven't actually done that in as many years as i could recall.
Believe it or not, M'sia's education standard is way below where it should be. Students, especially from Chinese and Malay school, have very poor skill when it comes to spelling, let alone writing a whole set of composition out. Those parents who have extra money will then send their kids to tuition schools for extra English lesson, hoping that their kids can learn something more than merely ABC in their local schools.
In the end, all the responsibility fall on the teachers in these English tuition centres to turn those kids into some English experts. Poor tuition centre teachers! Those kids spent the 5 weekdays and most of the hours in their schools and 3 pathetic hours during Saturday in tuition class and yet parents are hoping their kids would turn out to be genius in English once they come out from that classroom. Parents, use your brains can or not. The learning process takes on all aspects you know?
First of all, their main education in school is all in Malay or Chinese. They adopt to them really well and turn out that they don't like it when it comes to English subject. They will then tend to break the syllables just like how they read in Malay. For example, the word 'together' is to be read in a continuous pattern. But kids from those schools will read it as 'to-get-her'. It's just a laughing stock. It's a sad fact in Asian coutries.
Secondly, not every kid likes English and if they don't have any interest on it, not to mention that they'll even bother to do the homework. They just don't seem to be bothered by what their teachers have yelled the lungs out in front of the class. Teachers are making themselves look like parrots, repeating what have already been said. Without completing their homework and learning through the mistakes, they're heading nowhere. It's impossible for teachers to pay attention on the kids 24/7. Parents are the one who should at least put some effort in to make their kids at least to finish their homework if not guiding through their learning process.
Thirdly, there are only 3 hours allocated per week for them to learn proper English so be considerate, you bunch of selfish adults out there! Encourage your kids instead of pushing your kids like how your parents did to you Ice Age ago!
To show you, this is the spelling test of one of my 11 years old student: I was stoned. Speechless for at least 1 min looking at the big 0 i marked on the page. Is this the result of the student being lazy, parents didn't do their part as educator at home or the kid is just plain stupid? I'd gone through the spelling list to all of them for 'n' times and kept reminding them for two weeks they were going to have the test and out of nowhere, i got this 0 by the end of the day. Seriously, i'm so cold-hearted.
It's never easy to spot a friend (good friend) that you can talk to and chat about anything to your heart's content. You don't feel there's any barrier between you and that friend. I 'thought' i have found a friend like that some time ago. It shouldn't be wrong.
Friend, what happened to you? I sms-ed and missed calls you for 'N' times and there's no single reply from you. I am not worried if i've said anything or done anything wrong but i am more concerned if something happen to you and you keep the distance away from me. I sensed that something is not right here. Or i'm just over-reacting. But, hopefully, I am right that i'm just over-reacting 'cuz i pray that everything is safe and sound with you.
Worried Friend.
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Well, i just found out that she is a bit clumsy with handling of her belongings. She might have already lost the phone somewhere under her bed or have it stuck in the narrow opening between the matress and the backrest =_=" *cold sweat*
After my uni studies, i went to do a course on Nail Technology (sounds really pro ^.^) for 4 months. I passed. To be exact, I did very well. I got myself a certificate in nails-beautifying field. It was all cool. My heat for it burnt passionately for the next two years. It had slowed down then ever since i moved back to Malaysia. Partly it was because the tools were not complete for me to hands on anything and i have to do housework *sounds like i didn't do much housework...yea..i admit*.
I'm trying to slowly pick up that heat and passion again. Except that my hands and fingers are really out of shape now and they look yucky. Anyway, if you're looking at this then please pay attention to the nail art only.
Tips: Always apply a layer of base coat (those transparent nail color can do if you dont have base coat) if you're using deep tone nail colors. They'll stain your nails to become yellowish in no time if you don't have a layer of base coat to protect the fingernails
Method (starting from the scratch): A layer of base coat Wait for full dryness First layer of nail color of your choice Wait for it to fully dry up Second layer of the nail color for smooth and balance looking colored fingernails Wait for full dryness (this layer takes some time to dry 'cuz it is the 3rd layer) *If you're going to stick some gems or do free-hand nail art drawing, do it now* As to my picture: Use a nail glue, apply just tad bit to the base of gem and stick it on yr nail. Use a VERY VERY fine painting brush and add more colors and designs of your own to your nail. Wait for it to fully dry up *this won't take long i suppose* Lastly, apply a layer of top coat (another transparent liquid) on the whole thing (your nail) to secure the nail color, the gem and the artistic masterpiece of yours. Done!
It was back in August when me and husband went to a local fusion-dining restaurant called Jambu. In an afternoon. The restaurant was not ready for business at those hours yet. Only the pub. We were not there for early drinks. A friend's son came back from KL and he booked the pub for the purpose of introducing his super antique car to all of us in Kuching. I really wished i knew more about cars then cuz that car really didn't look quite appealing to me. I know. I am in no situation to judge since i dont know cars.
I heard that the antique was pulled out from a car recycling factory. Trashed a lot of money on it. Came out running on roads, pretty and bling bling under the sun. Come. Show you the antique yet well-functioning car.
Triumph GT 6. It has nothing to do with Triumph brand intimate wears of ladies.
Exterior view
It is a very cool car i must say. Frankly, being a female driver, i have no gut to have that running on the road cuz i dont want to experience any break downs along roadsides especially in Asian countries.
The brain
Wheel and dashboard
Nice curvy butt
Told you i dont know much about cars. I've tried my best to try to put my words together for a car. Sorry Triumph. You really have a nice butt I admit.
I just noticed the 2008 countdown counter on top of the page is showing less than 100 days left for year 2008 to hit us. Time flies. Without me realising it, another challenging year is coming to an end..pretty soon. Am i ready for 2008? Where should i head in 2008? What can i do in 2008? I have to set myself a direction so that the 67% won't go into the trash bin. At least, i should attempt to get something done next year!
The itinerary will look something like this (mostly self-checking out the places):
KCH-BKI (a.k.a. Kota Kinabalu) Date: 21st Jan 2008 Time: 0900 with E.T.A. 1030
BKI-MFM (a.k.a. Macau) Date: 21st Jan 2008 Time: 1310 with E.T.A. 1600 (if i'm not wrong, there's no time difference between M'sia and HK)
Those tour group will pick us up from Macau airport, send us all the way down to HK to check in hotel (should be Empire Kowloon Hotel) and we're free from the group for that night and whole day on 22nd until the 23rd, that is the 2nd last day in HK before we return back to Macau some time on 24th. Then, we'll spend the 25th in Macau feasting on all the while famous freshly made egg-tarts until become retarded =p 25th night, one night stay in Macau hotel (we will choose some other hotel instead of Venetian Hotel mainly because we do not wish to feed on air after we come back from the trip) which according to hubby, the photos look nice/ok/so-so and cross the fingers that we wont be cheated by the photos in the end. Should be OK lar *comforting & easing myself*
Return trip: MFM-BKI Date: 26th Jane 2008 Time: 1635 with E.T.A. 1925
BKI-KCH Date: 28th Jan 2008 Time: 1910 with E.T.A. 2035
I notice we have almost one more day on 26th before we board the plane of return. which is good. I underlined BKI-KCH return trip cuz we're staying back in Kota Kinabalu for 2 days. Can eat some local food there? Do some beaching since no more Krabi? ^_* I dont think can go Mount Kinabalu climbing *wishful thoughts* since none of us are and will be prepared for that.
Yeah. That's my itinerary. Looks ok to me. It's the quality time spent that counts afterall.
And oh yah...come back home and just in time to prepare for CNY. A festival to have good excuse like "I need a holiday. During CNY would be good cuz you happy, me happy , everyone happy mar..."
I have discussed with hubby earlier on for a trip to Krabi, looking at magnificent beachy photos of Krabi, around January 2008 just before Chinese celebrate the Chinese New Year. But then i gave it a second thought and after much more thoughtful consideration (no shopping centre and very outback and laid back it is), i think i want to go Macau more (順便 pass by Hong Kong.. ha ha..is it so 順便? I dont know). There has been quite a bit development going on in Macau + Air Asia's ticket is all the time affordable + i won't be working anymore early next year + hubby is free to go = we shall go to Macau. Hopefully we can get some friends to trip together with us. I'm sure we will have so much fun. Macau & HK will still be enjoying their winter in January. Can't wait.
Very dusty and hazy. No wonder HKies need to wear mouth and nose protectors most of the time.
I can never go HK alone else i would end up there lost. The scene will be like chicken and duck talking at the same time. Language barrier that is. I do understand Cantonese but when it comes to talking....nah....not me please. I've tried it before. I had a HK friend for a sem in uni and i tried to communicate in Cantonese with him but i gave up in the end. I can only understand tad bit of Korean and Japanese. It is more fretful for me to be in HK than in Japan and Korea.
Is HK going to have any sales by the time i'm there? HA HA HA. I've always heard of how Hongkies are very rude and how impolite they can be on the streets and the way they treat their customers. *cross fingers and toes* Hopefully, i won't be encountering those situations. I guess it's just their culture and their background how they are brought up in Hong Kong to shout (maybe their streets are really long in distance?) so that they can hear each other well. Oh well, I'm going there definitely!
I am a mother of two and soon-to-be three residing in one of the little cities of Sarawak, Kuching. I'm a stay at home mother like any others and dedicate my time to the family and myself. My life's perspective is to always live a well balanced life between work, family, friends and myself (and my dear Lord).