Music

Hey Mr. DJ, put a record on... I wanna dance with my baby...



Okay! This is song number one on playlist 1!
There is nothing better than to start my day with Madonna's Music. On Pod. On monorail. In crowded monorail.

I wish I could dance to it. But it is crowded monorail. Every damned day. Every damned time.

So this morning it was.. Huey Lewis and The News and one Stevie Nicks.
Also.. Rock Steady album.



When I was on The Island a day to exactly a month ago, I walked into this dark figure who held her Pod out for light and the other hand, had some popcicles. Hahahaha... I was hollering out at her. But she couldn't hear me, she had Nickleback on.


80 Gigs of music on her Pod and we found out she's also got Rock Steady....


Hella Good is a song I picked up on something I saw at some place that had this video of their live performance. (??!!) And Hella Good is a dedicated caller ring tone.

But I guess, he who doesn't call doesn't know.


Now, back to some difficult equations.... It just doesn't add up..

When x bothers you, do y... When x = 0 and y = 0 ... ?

On Text

Received by text on Saturday 21st April 2007 at 11.58 am :
"Mahjong session at my house 10pm till late. Beginner, intermediate and trickster table available. Please confirm attendance by 7 pm. Sharon and Ken. Cash terms only."

Ark!


I was almost sold till I read the last sentence. "Cash terms only".


Okay. I would love to have an invitation to Sharon & Bee's castle. I would love to go be human mop on their floor and run Jay Venn around a bit and then hit the roof to see the skies. But to go there for a dedicated mahjong session to go loose some money, nope.


When I showed the text to Jules, she said, "WHAT! Did you reply to her, "Wait till I'm rich tai tai retired by my hubby then I'll come loose all my grocery money to you"."

Uh, no. I just said, thank you for the invitation. Maybe next time.


No way!



Again, the lesson to learn is.... search customer database.. LOL.



Okay. There Julius has been, hiding at home thanks to her chicken pox. So on Sunday afternoon after CSI NY, I decided to get her out of the house. All the effort from 2.00 pm onwards only resulted in a us leaving the house at 5.30 pm. Oh well. It is something...


So, it's the first time I saw Ting since the last time we delivered pots and pans to her. And that was.. almost a year ago. Almost. 2 months to a year. And that is.. of course bringing fond memories of James who is no longer with us. That's my last trip to Labuan, ever.


Ting being home and not vaccinated, has been keeping away from Jules. Which makes me wonder.. we are people who grew up in 800 sq ft flats. If one of us catch a cold, all of us will. No wonder I love Sharon's castle. At least she's got 3 tables taking up space and making money from all that beginners, intermediate and trickster tables. Sigh...


Sunday night Jules came over till 11.00 pm and I walked her home. And then she and her brother walked me home. It never ends. But at our neighbourhood, we are the same people who would wish we could raise our kids in better neighbourhood. But I don't think Jules or my parents did so bad with us. So it's not the circle of influence that is sometimes worrying. If you instill the right values, look at me and Jules... we're not so bad... Bad, but we still had each other. For now.



Thank you Jules for congratulating me when I downed spending from RM 150 to RM 40.
Thank you Jules who cooed with me as I showed you the pictures of the Pugs.
Thank you Jules who kept me company and is always there for me, that's a lot more than I could say for anyone else.

Thank you Jules for being my very own JT.

And yes, I can see your raised eyebrow even with your frinch covering!

I love you, you replacement.. Thank you.

Hug Some Pugs!

Sleepy pugs... the most adorable thing ever!

We walked into Pets HQ.. because I want to see my pugs.. and that it was also raining cats and dogs outside..

Curious little thing.. He heard my camera click and got up to look at me.. Aww...

Okay. At which point am I not supposed to be sold already!!

Sunshine

This is a standard irritating remark : Come let's go watch Sunshine with Sunshine.

This is the standard reply : Get the fuck out of my face.




There, should be able to stop any further cheekiness from anyone. Period.

My sissy the lawyer

My sissy is with the developer's office. Or else in what century and what possibility could I now have a unit of condo in that place I now do?

Anyway, she's got this canggih title to her at this job. But as usual, the most difficult level to ever be at is mid-management. And who knows that better than the girl who is doing all the calls to inform, "I'm sorry we've taken your money and can't confirm your reservation".

And I have just noticed that it's always me that is the one serving my head on a platter.


For once, I'd like not to be the person who delivers the bad news.


"What?! She's still with that office?! Oh I hate her. She told me about the landslide and said she can't confirm my stay. Bla bla bla"


Yeah. I'm still here. I'm still in this office. Do you think I wanna be? Err.. for now I guess the answer is yes. Because from this seat, it's always peering above my cubicle to look into my destination office.

However, right now my destination office is very cramped up. Restructuring, as usual.

My preferred seat is now, not so ideally positioned as I would have preferred it. BUT. There's more to a job than a view.



Wait. Let's get back to My Sissy The Lawyer. So, my sissy has this habit of getting to work early and leaving slightly late. (sounds like our normal average disease) And on Saturdays, it's up to her to decide if she wanna go in, at all.


This Saturday, she's going in. BUT we gonna meet after work. And do some girls stuff together.
We gonna go to Pets HQ to hug some Pugs!~



Mom's gonna be at BMV for the potluck thingy, besides the fact that she heads Refreshments and will NEED to be there anyway; requests the presense of both her daughters.


What will daughters do but comply.




Long weekend coming up soon. Everybody's gearing up to get out of town. The head of Refreshments asks for help at the temple. Yes, mom. I'll be there to eat up the left over. Not so lucky.

Mom meant serious work.


For every year since 1997, I have spent every Wesak Day at the temple. Our Library Board then (secondary school) used this as a team event. (Yes, all Board members were Chinese) And every since 1997, we meet annually at the temple.


I hate Wesak Day for the one reason that they close the roads and we're blocked in. But then, that only causes problem for one person at home. My mom, my dad, my sissy, Tom and me, we spend it at the temple. One spents it at work.

This year, the solution is : Don't come home.


I have been looking forward to the volunteer work during this public holiday period. For the one fact that it feels me coming closer to having better karma. (psychologically makes me feel better)





Last week, I sat down with company and he said to me, "Your mama did something right with ya!"


Yes. She did, didn't she? I couldn't help but agree more.
Ha ha. No, I didn't sprain myself while patting me on the back. I couldn't even if I tried..



Limber ;-)

Being John Malkovich

I don't think I realised or noticed much about John Malkovich was John Malkovich until there was Being John Malkovich.

He was brilliant in this movie. Absolutely brilliant.

I couldn't have done it better. There wasn't a person who could!

Yes, and the same year... Fight Club!

The things you own end up owning you.

Now, for a good word I used to hear a lot, also from Fight Club : Slide..





I am Jack's inflamed sense of rejection.

Conquering Fear

I think AR® taught this pretty well. Esp when we did the firewalking. We did the firewalking on the first night of UPW. And Deslex prepared me for it. He knew I could do it. He knew that I am going to be a Firewalker.

Which is precisely why I bought myself a Firewalker cap and initialed my name on it (the fact that the cap is pink is totally irrelevant) This cap cost me RM 90. Ha ha ha. Now don't ask me where this cap is. I only know where my Ferrari cap is!

Okay. So the moral of the story was : Deslex shared his sob story with me today.

And got me thinking. He really didn't make it easy for us Firewalkers, did he? But what he did was he got us support groups. If He didn't make it easy for us Firewalkers, what about the rest of them who are not Firewalkers?

I don't even want to think about it.

Yesterday, after the shocking new old news I just received, I shared with Deslex. And he said to me, gradually let it happen. Just start to put less meaning to it.

I thought I did. I really thought I did. For at least a while I thought I did and I thought I knew I did. But it really wasn't easy to remain in non-reaction.

It got me so riled up and panicky. By the time I got to the locker my fingers were shaking so badly I couldn't text. And when I tried calling Chairwoman her damned phone was dead. I called Jason. After I spoke to her about that, I said : Let's remain in non-reaction.

I'd be lying if I said I was completely unscathed

Would you feel slighted if I said your love's not enough?
- Can't Not Alanis Morissette

I remained in non-reaction. For a bit. For a while. I was doing the victory cha-cha dance. (I remember Qert doing this after I got defeated by Finance and the same evening I received news on the then-boss going away for a bit) Ha ha.

Well, I did. Because along with this, I had a few other things to keep me occupied: My sissy at home. My F1 weekend.

Anyway, we all learn to conquer fear. I remember how I did it before I was a Firewalker.
Just Do It.

There I was, with Pau. And I took 5 minutes to catch my breath to jump down a height of 3 metres high into a deep end of 9 feet. Ha ha ha. Remember I cannot swim? Ha Ha Ha.
Pau pushed me aside and took 10 seconds to catch her breath and jump.


And I gagged.


Then when she was in the water below, she hollered up to me, "OH THAT WAS SO FUN I'M GOING TO DO IT AGAIN!"

Crazy chick that girl (which is why I wonder what's happened to her since that earthquake!)

She jumped off that ledge twice. And I watched both times. I just stood aside and watched. (At this point, Pau, me and the guide has had a couple of those rollies ciggies) I still just stood and watched, despite the state I was already in.

I was afraid I was gonna knock my head on the rocks. But Pau's jumped twice. It couldn't be my aim was so bad.

I did it anyway. After procrastinating for about 15 minutes and watch Pau jumped twice.

When I got into the water, I had a rush of panic and they fished me out and placed me on a rock.

It was unbelievable. I'm going to do it again.

And I did. I jumped again.




Was that how I conquered fear? At least that fear of heights and water over my head?

But it doesn't mean that just because immunity sake I go and do it again. Because I don't think I could have survived another jump.


You were the best platform from which to jump beyond myself. What was wrong with me?
- Unsent Alanis Morissette

Yeah, for Alanis it was Terrence. For a lot of us, we could relate to our very own Terrences.


I don't think given the situation again I'd be able to do another Bree. I'm just not well composed enough. I'm not Kimi enough.

Okay. Forks in the road. I'll deal with it when I get to it.

For now, be glad that I just went for yoga in my new Adidas stretchy pants and top.



Birds of a feather, regretfully I don't flock. But I only just realise that with some people, refusing to flock is being hostile towards. Oops. Then you know she definitely doesn't watch 24. Maybe then she'd understand what hostile meant. Hostility. Hospitality. Maybe she mispronounced. Ha ha. I don't give two hoots. I've never regarded her, and I won't start.

Despite whatever you want to feed to me about this person, be it old news or new news.

Now give me one good reason to stop being who I am with her. And no, gnawing on the fact that I'm without compassion won't help.


In words of Rick : If I gave you any thought I probably would. (despise Ugarte)

Private Message

It was a private message on a public easy-to-access internet address!

Ya, so when Deslex asked me, Yes what!!

Hahahaha.. Sorry.. I can't tell..


Wasn't that what Rick said to Ilsa.. "Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Laszlo, or were there others in between? Or - aren't you the kind that tells?"

"And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now, now... Here's looking at you kid."


I'm a sucker for bad endings. And I've always wonder why the sadist streak in me.


But I guess I found out today. How could I let news from 5 - 6 years ago affect me this way?


I have always enjoyed the music on my Pod, be it the Shuffle the brick or the slim one. I've always enjoyed good music. And good music was what I had, what I always have with me.

Some time last week, I was sitting at a dark spot with company while the music around us was cheezy. And I took out my slim Pod and tuned into Toto. I have 9 albums of Toto in my Pod. I think it was his first concert, no? But either way, Toto's a favourite (not mine) And I played 99.

And then realised another song from Toto ... As soon as forever is through.. you know the next line. I don't have to say it. You know it.

Right now, some gearing action, music on the slide phone : Aerosmith & Run DMC Walk This Way or some better rendition of the Led Zep tune with Puff Daddy's Come With Me.


Yes, I was asked that same night, what song was it that launched The Police. I replied "Every Breath You Take". Close. But not that. Oh? Really? Wait, I'm certain I have it on my Pod!


Got it. Message In A Bottle.


I told you. My music education is complete. If it's that good and that important, I'd have it on my Pod.



Then again, the person asking me that question probably doesn't know I'm stung with Sting.


I hate me being a Scorpio. But I do like it that I have someone close to me, same birthday, only 8 years older. Thank you, Jerri Berry for being there. For being everything I could want and ask for in a sissy.


Jules : Get well soon! It's definitely taxing. How could anyone have chicken pox at this age!!
Guess you'll not be coming over this weekend for mahjong. What am I going to do!!!


Ting : Welcome back. Glad that this time, you coming home to your mom instead of us going to you with pots and pans :-)


In words of Alanis Morissette : I love you big.

(Not Mr. Big on Sex & The City. That's Carrie's love)

The Answer To Your Question :

YES!

Therapy Therapy Therapy

If I can help it, I wish the therapy will not stop!

Yesterday I bought a pair of short skirt... demin is so in!

There's A Little Black Spot On The Sun Today

Do you know this tune?

I know it from Alanis Unplugged. Wrong! It's by The Police.

On Saturday night, the gang that decided to go out, increased from 5 to 10. And we went out. Not to a place of my liking, but theirs. I like it that there is a dance floor. But I didn't like it that the dance floor is cement!

So, Saturday night... you'd expect Chairwoman to choose a place with R&B, no such luck! She turned it to my favour. ha ha ha.

It's Retro night!


There's a little black spot on the sun today

And I'm the only person in possibly the entire club who knew the next line to that song.

Just like when they played Queen and Depeche Mode.

And then they played, "You don't have to be beautiful to turn me on"

HA HA HA HA HA HA. I am probably the oldest person in the club.

The fun ended at 3 am for all 10 of us. But I know I'm getting too old for this shit. Why can't we go to places that doesn't tell me my age. Just go somewhere where they play PvD!


Which reminds me. My first PvD session. Movement. I miss that place.


Another one bites the dust! Ha ha ha

Gift Of The Gab

Some time ago, I was informed that I had this... gift of the gab. Ha ha.
The only time I ever heard this figure of speech was on one of the songs on my Cats Soundtrack. Ha ha ha.

So, naturally I associated it to being.. cats.

No such luck!

It's the weekend again and for the first time in many many years, my dad has both his girls cramped up in the flat with their husbands.

I woke up this morning and had to que for the bathroom. Do you know how long it has been since that happened? Since there's been 6 people in this house sleeping at night.. it's pretty amazing.

Retail Therapy

So, for lunch time, I decided to go make myself feel better.

And I did that with..
1. Buying some stretchy pants for yoga - So that I may continue to stretch at all possible positions.
2. Buy myself a sporty sports top - So I can look good while stretching.
3. Buy 2 pairs of shoes - Coz I just haven't bought any shoes in a very long time.
4. Buy 2 bottles of nail polish - I don't need them. I go to Jessie's anyway.
5. Buy some expensive Japanese snacks - And it's lousy. But just coz I can!

Retail therapy helps. I am a true believer.

Yesterday, within one hour, I spend RM 400. I am going to continue this afternoon.

Do I need it? No. But I do it becoz I want to. Most important thing is that I stay happy. Who cares how.

Shitty Morning

Ever heard of a pedestrian getting summoned? I beat Steve to getting more summons in a month within a day!

Two offences. And I'm silly enough not to bribe!

I hate it.

I hate me.

Accidents

On Monday morning, I decided to call Zmy and say, "stop ACCIDENTALLY calling me!"

When I called his extension, I was inform that Zmy met an accident and won't be in today. To my relieve, it was a minor accident. He's alright. Just need to get the car fixed.

On Monday evening, I was at the poolside. Getting a breath of fresh air. When my company received news of the accident that killed 3 person and one unstable, still unconscious.

This is the news of an accident that shocked the entire building. He's just left the company. He was heading towards JB to begin a new career. She was our irreplacable coordinator. And her parents were on the trip.


I'm sorry that accidents happen. And I'm sorry that there are inconsiderate people on the roads. I'm sorry that Cha Cha (as Qert affectionately calls her) is involved in this unmindful act by Ahmats.

If I was Cha Cha, I'd wish I never get better knowing that my parents are no longer here. And there it is, the truth. Life is so fragile.

This time last month, was beloved Jamie Morgan Anggang. This month it is Andrew and Evie Cha Cha. Who will it be next month? next week? tomorrow?



I spoke with Qert yesterday evening. And we were both very much silent due to the news we both has just received... It's a lousy way to be staying in contact, that someone's passed on. Doesn't this want to make you enrich your life better? Doesn't this make you want to be a better person knowing that it's a possibility that it could be the last thing you say to them?



It could happen to you. It could happen to me.


Here's my constant prayer, that God sends mindful people into my life.

Ha ha!

Deslex Deslex! You couldn't be more wrong about that. Many thought of me and I thought of no one?

Remember the posting on your blog that you will be careful what you write coz of who is reading it?

This used to be my venting outlet. I have no further comment.

The tickets

This are the tickets.. I even had spares to go around..

Notice that the C2 seats.. not even touched. While the Topaz ticket, I got it after someone went for qualifying and decided not to go for the race!

It's amazing that I have been working on getting one of these tickets for the last 2 months, and I had 3 tickets to spare by the time I got to the track.

Life is like a box of chocolates...

F1 weekend!

I always get up feeling excited going to watch F1.

This Sunday, I woke up, stared at the ceiling for 15 minutes before I decide if I want to go or not. I was that lazy. Besides the fact that I am also bleeding... and that I'm already tanned from the holiday on The Island..

It's okay. I can get darker.

At the point, there's one ticket for me on Topaz Grandstand and a whole bunch of people I know who is on C2 Hillside. Great. How am I to decide? And we're car pooling this year. I wish we could just take the train. It's so much faster and hastle free!!


I thought about it hard and long, grandstand vs hillside.

And when I got to the mall area, I was sold.



I bought another pin this year. And I thought I was done and over with McLaren. That I'm changing colours. That I'm moving on. But no, I bought a McLaren pin. And stayed grey.


The guys I was with, Fuzzy and Rudy, bought me a Ferrari cap to change my neutral colours. See, I gave up the Topaz seat to go be on the grass with these guys!


I didn't spend a cent. On tickets, on food, on drinks, on anything. But instead, had a headache from 3 hours of sitting in the sun and a tan on my feet that the Crocs made.

The traffic was so bad that I only got home at 9 pm. Sat in front of the tv to watch CSI and then showered and sleep.

The Saturday was catching up with me.


I didn't know what happened with the race. I had no idea. Except that I still hate Alonson. And Kimi's finished a race on podium in Sepang for once...

Saturday

On 8 am of Saturday morning... (The morning I intend to sleep in)

The "witheld" number rang 4 times. It's not even 8.30 am. Operations meeting starts at 8.30 am on Saturdays. Maybe Chairwoman was trying to get in touch with me. It's alright. She'll call back.

And I wanted to get back to sleep. But I did not. I pick up the call anyway.

It was a mess up. A mess up from The Island on the migration. Mess up. Again. DSM's guests. Again. Me. My fault. (not, but is)

To put this mess right, I called maybe 40 people by 8.30 am, and received calls and texts from my boss.

By 9 am, I think the mess is slowing down and probably settled. I want to get back some sleep. Staying up with Jack is not so nice in the morning!!

At 9.30 am, I was restless. I got up, called Jules, "Wei. Breakfast. I come over"

"Mm.. sleep. Good night".

ARK




Frustrated that many calls woke me up and many people .. never mind. I got up. And as usual, walked to the kitchen to find my mom. (habit)

She's getting ready to go the market.

"It's late. I think everything at the market is sold!!"

Mommy... shall we have breakfast together? We go Mickey Ds.

"Ok. I wait for you. Go get ready. Don't take too long. The market's gonna close!"



So on Saturday morning, tired that I have to get this call in the morning, glad that I managed to go to the market with my mom and then have breakfast at Mickey Ds.

We walked home from KL Sentral at about 11.30 am. We sat and we talked and we talk and we had coffee and we talked... On the way home we bought daddy lunch.

When we got home, we got the mahjong table out. Time to sit down and relax from all the walking under the sun!

"Jules. Wei? Hallo? Wake up!!"

"Mm.."

"What time you ready I wanna come over play mahjong"

"Hmm.. still sleeping lah."

"Ok. I play mahjong with my parents first then"


At 1.30 pm...
Jules at the door.


And the mahjong kakis changed. I got Jules her birthday gift. And I got Jules over to play mahjong for lunch.


And we didn't eat anything till 4.30 pm.


Jules spent all day at my place with me and didn't leave to go home till about 8.30 pm. They were going for the Hitz FM 10th Birthday Bash and/or Laundry.

I stayed in and put on my Jack.



My Saturday, despite being woken up early, didn't end till 3 pm.


F1 tomorrow girl...

Friday

Friday afternoon...

Jerri Berry : Are you going home for dinner tonight? Let's meet for mahjong.

Hmm ... 9++ ok?

Jerri Brery : What's your mother cooking for dinner tonight? Tell your mother your sister is coming for dinner.

Ok.



Shine calls her mother..

Mommy, your daughther says she's coming home for dinner tonight.

Mom : Oh. What does your sister want to have for dinner? Oh never mind. I'll call your sister later.



And to this kinda conversations we have as a family, Chairwoman always ask me... "Isn't your mother her mother? Why do you all... ???????"

Yeah. We like to do that. It's ok. We're a tight family :)



Friday night I left office to make sure of my date with my sister at 9++. Indeedy there was mahjong. And we even had Baskin Robbins at the mahjong table.

I didn't sleep till 2 am. I was with Jack. It's alright... I will sleep in on Saturday morning and then spend the day with Jules....

So Sorry

I am so sorry your Bali trip didn't work out as planned. And I am sure Daph didn't mean for it to happen.

Yes, surely she could have done more. Surely she could have fought back.

But not everybody is like you and me. Not everybody settle for less.


Your sets are still with me. I'll return them to you on Saturday when I come over with your gift.
Just make sure there's enough kaki at home for us to play mahjong!! That's your criteria to fulfill for making me come over! Or else I could have just stayed in with Jack.


I hate the first episode of Season 5. I cannot believe anyone would want to KILL DAVID PALMER!


But then again, here he comes to save the day!!



Mode today : He's The One They Call Dr. Feelgood...


;-)

Congrats!!

Congrats to Chairwoman who is moving up up up!!

It doesn't matter if it's another 3 stops away on the train. You're moving up!!!


Hopefully the streaks of good news does not just stop there.

Happy Birthday Julius!

I tend to do this late. I'm sorry.

It was Jules' birthday yesterday. I know, I keep reminding myself. It's the day after daddy's birthday. I set an alarm on my shiny pink phone to remind me. I set it at 8.00 pm.

Unfortunately at 8.00 pm when the alarm went off, it was sitting in a locker and I was possibly stretching many different directions.


Here it is, Happy Birthday, Jules!!

Muah! Many many muahs!

I'm sorry I could not make the Pulau Ketam seafood makan trip this weekend. Something more important has to happen. It's F1 weekend!!



Here's to wishing you many more wonderful birthdays!

And yes, you may collect your gift from my mom if you come over... Or I'll send it to you on Saturday.. Ok or not?

Pic taken with Jules' cybershot 3.2 mp Sony Ericsson phone. Cute little thing.

Yeah, right back at you. Happy Birthday!!!!

My sissy

My sissy came back from The Island on Wednesday evening.
My sissy's car broke down on Thursday night.

To make her feel better, her hubby thinks they should eat out.
Unfortunately, they ate out at a kopitiam.

And her handbag got snatched.



Along with her nice Big Brown Bag, her Lumix camera with all her holiday pictures, her transceiver, her thumb drive, her cash, her two phones including my black flip phone.

At about 10ish when she called to inform us of that, the three of us at the mahjong table stopped and could not breath.

I provided her with the numbers to the banks, telcos, everything. I didn't even have time to ask if she's alright, if she's hurt, injured, something, anything. I didn't have time to ask. I didn't have time to even digest what was happening.

My hands went cold.


It was worse than receiving news of JMA's demise.

Such a thing to befall after a holiday on The Island.





I spoke to Ti today. And asked her how she handled it. She's alright. She's fine. It's not her that is resisting this. She's got a list she could refer me to. And then told me, "Girl, if you have any doubt, then you know it's wrong already"


Uh. Maybe coz it's close to pre-bleeding. Don't know. But some things, some smackings could tell a lot of things.



Whatever it is, breath right. Remember to breath. It's pointless going for every Wednesday evening's commitment if everything else in my life is wrong.


Eitherway, I feel like there's going to be more of bad vs good news.


Although it's F1 weekend... I could really do with a little more boost.. a little more.. restecpa!

Happy Birthday Daddy

I should have posted this yesterday. But I didn't have time. My girl Flo was "ill". It's nice to be "ill" coming back to this office. The negativity level in this office does not entirely boost higher morale grounds.

I came back to a desk full of paper, scattered. A few missing items and a heavy heart in knowing where I work, trust and privacy was not high on their list.

I knew I had to be careful who I keep close to me. And who I did keep close to me. Because CW now is behaving like sh*t and. And no more. Full stop. I refuse to go there anymore.

I left the office in a hurry at 7 pm. Dinner's at 7.30 pm. And knowing some people, they can't always tell time, in an "I'm-so-important-and-you're-not" attitude. I know I'm not. I know this office makes me not a lot of things. But I settled. I settled for this office. In about 2 weeks time, is my one year with this office. And where have I been, what have I done?


There was no monetary rewards, many shared the same fate.

There was no recognition, many (except the pigs they have for CRO) shared the same fate.


I'm going so out of topic.


Last night, we took dad out to Esquire Chicken. And he had a blast. My dad's a rice person. Can't live without it.

After which, we went home and have a family mahjong session.

To celebrate his birthday, we were gonna play till the early morning. But my dad being just turned 65 and is the birthday boy, decided to call it a night at 11.30 pm.

His 2 complying daughters let him.


I can never imagine life without my mom or my dad. I can not imagine life without my mom or my dad.

Soliciting Prayers

I heard this morning on the radio about the earthquake that hit Solomon Islands. And my heart just sank.

Pau who works there with her brother running her dad's shipping business, is on Solomon Islands. And together with the just-after-leave feelings, I find it difficult to focus at work.

The first thing I did after I cleared my desk a little, was to search for the article online and send it to Deslex. I am going to solicit for prayers.

All comms are down. There's no way of reaching her. I could only hope she's back home in Miri or holidaying in Aust or just shopping in KL. There was no way to reach her.



When Deslex heard from me, his first line was, "Ms Siew! Where have you been?!"

Okay. Commonly said after "Ms Siew", is usually people trying to be cute by rhyming it with "I miss you".

Doh.

But Deslex didn't pull that. Maybe coz I didn't give him the chance to. I just continued typing.
So here it is, the earthquake measure 8.1 on Richter scale. I need all the prayers I can get for Pau.


Thank you.



Kat, welcome back. I'm sorry I can't be at the welcome back thingy tonight. I hope you have fun anyway.

Maybe Gine will call me for annual dry pan mien soon ;-)


Be good.