Closure

 

 

Every story has a closure.
Every life has a closure.
How will one's closure be celebrated?
With heavy hearts, we attended yours today.
 

No One Knows...

  

 

...if they will be happy by getting married to someone.
Don't look for answers.
Right and wrong co-exist in every decision.
Some people make a right choice and make it the right answer.
Other people regret the choice and make it the wrong answer.
There is no right answer in life.
There is only the process to make it the right answer.
 

I No Longer Have Patience

 

“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.”

 

~ Meryl Streep 

 

Strange People

 

 

 (An old entry wrote in 2010)

 

 

After going to the gym for quite some time now (not religiously tho) there's one thing that really really bothers me.

 

 

Semi-naked girls.

 

 

That's right, girls wearing very little, some just in bras, some in undies, and some perfectly comfortable not wearing anything! You see them walking here and there, on the phone, drying their hair, applying makeup, changing out of their work clothes/sweaty workout clothes in the common changing area. It seems to me they are so used to being in a state of déshabillé in a roomful of strangers! Like a parade of flesh and each time i go there, i pray hard that i don't see some exotic boobs or disheveled cove. I just don't know where to look! I mean, it's rude to stare right??

 

 

No doubt we are in the twenty-first century and being naked in a private communal area may no longer seemed shocking to some but from where i come from, it is not something you would want to see very often. Being in Singapore for the last 15 years hadn't changed the way i feel about certain things too.

 

 

This afternoon, i saw this girl drawing her eyeliner in the most outrageous bright pink undie. So bright that i need a shade in case i'm blinded by it. Outrageous because there was an oval shape big gap at the back, from the waistband downwards to the top of her bum crack! (i leave you to your wildest imagination on how it might look like). Initially, i thought her undie was torn without her knowing, either that or she had a really rough nite. Then i realised it must be part of the design (or maybe the maker of this label didn't have enough fabric and he/she must have felt this is a clever way out of it!). Since it's not polite to stare at someone's bum, I had to look away quickly. So girls, if you want something like that, try google, suggested keywords: undies-hole-at-back-see-bum-crack; and who knows you might get it in time for Halloween!

 

 

Okay, maybe i'm too fashion-backward, but seriously, i don't know how to appreciate such a 'trendy' piece.

 

 

But despite people walking around in their birthday suits (or nearly), what upset me most is nobody wants to use the shower cubicle with a faulty door lock!!

 

 

What's wrong with them??

  

Revival

 

I am starting to write again. To put my world, my thoughts, my reflections into words.

 

 

Someday i might look back at them with fond memories or maybe just to have a good laugh at the crap i wrote!

 

 

Cupcakes

I'm so into pretty pretty cupcakes that I'm making it the Wallpaper of the Moment. They are too pretty to eat.

 

 

505 - U.B.A.H !!!

Twenty years ago, I walked for 5 minutes from my Malaysia home to a shopping mall two streets away. Day or night, I took the same route to and back. Now, either my dad or my aunt would drive me. Even if it's broad daylight. Even taking a cab is no longer consider that safe anymore.

Crime rates are atrociously and disgustingly high in Malaysia. It seems like robbery is the only way of life for some people who totally has no respect for human lives, no respect for the law and there's only one reason why they behave so - the incompetent law enforcers.

I worry for my family and friends back home, I want a safer country for them, I want a better future for them, for their children and their children's children. I want a fair education system which is not based on race or religion.

I want a corruption free Malaysia for all Malaysians. I want a cohesive community and society for all Malaysians. The Chinese and Indians are NOT pendatang haram, so stop calling us that!

Ini Kalilah - UBAH!!!

 

Another Brick Wall

 

Internet is such a great source for inspiration. Just google.

Or visit Houzz.

  

Wallpaper

 

I love my Samsung Note 2 and how I can customize almost everything.  Android is sehr cool!

Do I miss iPhone? Ermmm...  not really but if ever Apple decide to release iPhone with 5.5" screen size, I might consider using it again.

So yeah, screen size matters most to me now as Presbyopia slowly sets in - the natural aging process! I have learnt to come to terms with it even though I like to pretend I'm still 25 sometimes :)

And here is the Wallpaper of the Moment on the homescreen! See how there's no icon there for you to get past it? Well, there is, of course, I have the App Drawer icon somewhere on the homescreen, together with the Phone, Facebook, Whatsapp and Messaging icons. But they are not screaming for attention and are quietly embedded somewhere on the homescreen. Not telling :)

 

 

 

First Ski

 

Hair Needs Perm

But I think I'm still happy :)

 

Weibo

I created a Weibo account on Saturday to stay in touch with my Chinese friends but seems like Weibo didn't like me much.


After I had successfully created my account that day, yesterday it asked to verify the account by entering my mobile phone. Tried with my Singapore mobile, no go and i couldn't access my account now.


I then created a second account yesterday and yet again, it's asking me to verify the account by entering my mobile phone.


Could it be I'm also using it on my iPhone?


Bad Weibo :(

Blogger+

Can't get to sleep, testing this app on my iPhone.


Bloggerplus.


Seems quite easy to use and I can attach picture taken from the phone in its original resolution. Don't like the resolution of pics uploaded to Blogger so I always upload my pics to my flickr account first and embed them later in my post. This app allows me to rotate and change the resolution size in one easy step if the pic is too big.


See how the resolution for this app goes. Picture taken during one of the dinners in Tokyo.

Hello Back!

So, i have not really posted anything for many months now. Being tired and busy with work.


Here're a few pictures of me and the niece in Tokyo last month and more to come :)

And yes, one pic of the shy Shane :)

Hope Is A Dream That Never Sleeps

That's the title of my song of the moment! It's from the Korean drama - Baker Boy Kim Tak Gu.


Been looking around for a small office space for expansion last week. I must have been to at least 15 units around Shenton Way, took numerous photos which confused me thoroughly as they all look almost identical - vacant, bare, pillars...


However, in the end, Champ decided we should just look at one big unit to house everyone together and not waste time looking for smaller ones. Champ fell in love with a unit on the top floor of a prominent building in Shenton Way but it's under offer at the moment, and we'll only know if we can put in a letter of intent by end of this week. The layout is very easy to configure as compared to our current unit and I'm excited about this potential project. The last time i did a move was in 2003 - we moved from Six Battery Road to where we are now. But there's a problem though - we need to break the current lease and if we can't find new tenant(s) for the current space, we risk running into paying rent for two units, that is, if we get the new space. And if we did find new tenant(s) for the current space, we have to pay the agent's commission which is equavalent to a month rent at the new negotiated rate and it's not a small sum :(


Gosh, i had a mad impulse then to resign and go be a commercial property agent!!


Exciting times ahead, with a new application currently deploying firmwide at the moment and a potential move, i'm all stretched out!


Btw i found a new way to stay fit and trim - the Kinect Xbox 360 - Your Shape: Fitness Evolved.

I now have a personal trainer anytime i want and so far, i have burnt 86 cal! Okay, not much, but that's a small step to a trimmer me!!


Bye-bye Fitness First!!

Coming Back

The more i listen to this song, the more the memories are flowing back. Bit by bit, little by little, memories of happier times with him start to fill up my head. Maybe it's because i'm alone and have nothing better to do which somehow gave him a chance to quietly creep into my mind. Of the first time he brought cut fruits to my first workplace, the first bouquet of flowers he sent me on my birthday which i thanked my boss stupidly instead of him, the first movie we watched at Capitol and many many more. But strangely, those are memories of the first few years. The memories of the rest of my years with him are begining to get hazy.


Maybe i'm getting old. There's a saying, the older one gets, the more they will reminisce the long forgotten happier times.


Or maybe it's the effect of listening to this song on loop mode.

December

After 12 months of waiting, December is here again, popping its head through the gloomy and rainy weather. I'm here alone, at home, updating this blog and listening to this Thai song currently playing. Turn up the volume. You will like this song too.


Dad was discharged yesterday. He was admitted for losing too much blood. He came back from a 3-week driving trip from China. It was his dream of doing a driving trip and he fulfilled that. He and his friends shipped their cars to Shenzhen, China and from there, they drove to various parts of China before driving back to JB (Malaysia) via Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. The journey was too tough for a 69 year old man. All he said to us was he wasn't feeling well when we called him on his birthday on December 6th. Little did we know Dad was very ill and at one stage, was hospitalised in China!!!


He finally came back last Sunday and we heard some not-so-good news from his friends. Dad stubbornly refused to see a doctor despite being weak and pale but finally gave in to us on Wednesday. Doc told us Dad needed to be warded immediately as he was losing too much blood, almost 60% of a normal healthy adult male. He needed a blood transfusion. Dad finally admitted to us he has on-off rectal bleeding for the past 2 years and while he was in China, the bleeding recurred. Doc sent him for a colonoscopy on Thursday and found a large polyp in his colon. It's now removed and being sent for test.


With God's blessing, Dad is as-far-as-we-can-tell fine now and guess what, he's now on a holiday trip with my eldest sis and her family. Dad is as stubborn as all of his children combined and he wanted to go. Since he is now somewhat ok and with his doctor's approval, we allowed him to travel again.


I thank God for His blessing and mercy on my Dad. Wihtout God's grace, i don't know how Dad can come back home to us at all. I'm sure everything will be alright. Dad kept telling us he has unfinished God's work to do and hence, he needed to live on. He's a very positive man. All i can do is to constantly pray for his health and well-being.


There're so much things i haven't done for my Dad and i want more time for him.

Tossing And Turning

Fluff in her new bed!

Kimchi Wild Rockets Salad

Dinner for tonite: Kimchi-Wild Rockets Salad with honey tomatoes, black olives, croutons, egg, pumpkin seeds and Shane's unwanted baked salmon skin.


อร่อย มาก!!

Four Strawberries A Day . . .

. . . keep the lines at bay!! :)

You wanna look younger? Start by eating more strawberries!! That's what i did. Strawberry, one of the top ten antioxidants food that can help prevent heart disease and cancer, reduce blood pressure and slow the effects of aging.

Have a Strawberry day!

PS: Sorry folks, been busy again. Looks like i can't fulfill my a-blog-entry-a-day promise. Preparing another deployment at work. Gonna spend a few weeks away from home again. Not good.