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.