Quiet weekend

Weekend

Nothing much to say. Just an ordinary weekend. Doing the ordinary stuff, ie: house chores, groceries, laundry, some soul searching, lol..., etc. Next weekend onwards gonna be a lil more busy. 2 wedding invitations, then off for an adventure, then the sports competition at another state, etc, etc. I can't imagine myself going back to work on a weekend or a public holiday but I am gonna start soon. Well, at least it helps the wallet a lil bit I guess.

The laptop is having some malfunctions, the sports shoes are torn, the mobile is not working properly. Hmm..headache, no? I got so used to the routine life here and I really think it's time for me to leave for another place to start afresh. Life is pretty much nomadic for me but that's ok coz it won't get bored so easily. I come, I see, I change, I leave..

For the past 2 days the pc wasn't working well, most probably because of the mouse. Gosh, what's life without internet? Seriously. I was a lil depressed then until I called up Shah to borrow the mouse and now everything works back to normal.

Life is so much of maintenance and replacements. With the current economic turmoil happening around the globe, I can imagine how difficult life could be. I am glad that I still have a job to cling to. But that doesn't come without a price! Too lazy to mention here. I am so looking forward for prices to come down to suit the situation, but I doubt it would.

Well, I've said that I was gonna post some pictures on the community camp last week. Voila.


Group photo

During a speech

The crowd

Local delicacies: Steamed rice, etc


By the river behind the camp

Dumpling festival

Sunny Day

Dumpling day, it is today. I could hardly miss the dumpling festival coz it's always held around the significant month of June or so. A friend kinda reminded me bout it this evening. I guess this year in particular, it falls in May which is according to the Lunar calendar.


Well, I miss the succulent fat-laden dumplings. Most of all, I do miss the nyonya dumplings coz back then, we used to have it at granny's place. Now that I am away for work, the crave is even more! Second year without dumplings!

Dumpling boy...

The mother and the baby

Rainy day

The morning shower slowly hit the ground at 6.45am when the bed offered the coziest place on earth. It wasn't an easy up waking moment. It's more like a tease! Eventually I was late but there wasn't much to do in the office today either.

The phone beeped at 7pm right after the game. It was a message from an unknown entry. She sounded a lil worried and I tried to trace who this person was. She was one of the former staff. Of course I remember her! She left when she was 2 months pregnant. Now that she is being hospitalized. Her baby is just 6months old and there are signs of abortion. She was so anxious. My only consolation for her is to be strong. She wanted an assurance coz this is her first baby. I do understand her feelings though I couldn't assure her 100%. If the baby is strong enough, with the prayers, everything shall turn alright.

I remember two years ago having to meet another mother with the same problem. http://withdang.blogspot.com/2007/12/imperfection-of-imperfect.html. But that was an emotional one for her and me as well. It was like a battle for both of us. We went through the process together, up till the baby was born. Having to say goodbye to her baby, she was extremely devastated at the moment. In that situation, she had no choice. The baby had to eventually leave her body for undue reason. For her, it was also a sign of relief after such a long anticipation.

That makes me wonder at times. Pregnancy is actually a battle for the mother and child. That 9-month of pregnancy has made both of them so tough that delivery is a sign of a successful battle. That 9-month of bonding! Yet, there are still mothers who had forgotten about this battle. Some gave up the baby after delivery for unforgivable reasons and I refused to listen. Some even thought that that was a mistake. I am quoting some because these are minority but the number is still alarming.

It's heartwrenching when there are so many mothers outside this world who put up so much effort, eventually unable to make it. Look into their eyes, and you know how it feels. No one would want to have that kinda feelings, let alone experiencing it.

I have learnt one precious value from them. When someone in darkness, looking lost and anxious, by just giving them a word of comfort though not assurance, could actually relieve their stress a lil. Acknowledging their fear and they won't feel alone. Prayer will then work its way through. Beep beep. 5 mins later, there was a msg from the former staff saying, thank you.

Honesty is the best policy

Sunny day

I have been talking on the weather nowadays that I thought if it would be a lil weird if I didn't touch on it. Well, the morning started somewhat like gonna rain coz cloudy all the time. It was so cloudy that I was tip-toeing to the bathroom as it was really cold. But I was still skeptical. I just knew it. True enough, the afternoon was sooo extremely hot.

I wanna talk something on honesty. In fact I've met a few honest people today, and I was really impressed. I was having lunch at this aunty's restaurant. It was a small family run business. The couple was very friendly to me. So I asked for 3 dishes and aunty insisted that that wouldn't be enough for me and added another dish. Such a caring lady, and she didn't charge more, only less. That wasn't the first time.

And mind you, that lunch really fed me well coz I still could feel the food in the stomach till the evening. Then I went to buy some poison for that lil fellow, R. The pest shop owner came out to welcome me and we had a short conversation as I told him the problems with R. Then I paid him 5 bucks as I knew the price when I bought from his staff previously. But he said, wait, I need to refund you 50cents. Wow...I got a 50cents discount! Not much but at least he was honest.

Then I went to the wet market in the evening. I was at a fish stall. This lady was really nice and polite. Her boss was away. She wasn't upset I left after surveying the price. I went to another stall and this lady was charging more expensive but was upset after I told her it was cheaper the other corner. These ppl always think that we, the young ppl are so naive at the market. Come on. One bad apple, not worth of mentioning. The disappointment came when she has the same skin colour. But why want to con ur own race? Gee... speaking of ppl's mentality. Instead I went back to the earlier stall and bought some fish for a better price with a better personality. I am glad that I go for rational rather than skin colour.

Then I proceeded to the veges stall. I was searching for lady fingers but couldn't find the fresh ones. In the end I simply grabbed one packet and asked for the price. That lady said 1 bucks, and quickly I handed her the money. But she was hesitating, haha... She told me better not to buy. The very first time I saw someone so hesitated selling their veges! She said it wasn't fresh at all. The new stock had not arrived yet and those were old. What an honest comment! She was embarassed but smiling while saying that and I am giving two thumbs up for her honesty.

So I went home a lil empty handed. It's okay. I still have my oreos with me. Gonna have choco session tonight, haha. Anyways, it sounds more like people are being just nice. But again, honest is nice, but nice is not always honest. That's the lil adveture at the wet market for today. I wanna write more inspirational encounters here but I guess the current job is a lil less inspirational unlike previous job. Having said that, everyday is a learning day!

Nostalgic

Funny Day

Haha..what a heading. Well, the weather seemed like teasing us today. I was leaving the office when the wind was blowing so hard at 5pm as if it was going to rain heavily. Quickly I went up to Lia's car which was waiting right in front of the office. We decided to go for an evening tea break before going to the training session to catch up abit. Well both of us were not in the mood for training today, dunno why.

After let's say 30mins, I was getting ready to go home reluctantly to change the attire, then it started to drizzle. Hmmm, I was thinking. Maybe we could just hang on a lil while since it's raining and probably the training was cancelled. But it was not raining hard enough. So she continued bitching and I was listening (so innocent, *wink* *wink*). I was contemplating and decided to make a move. The rain suddenly got heavier, ouch. Training had gotta be cancelled. I reached home a lil wet. Up till now, the rain had stopped since. Funny ay?

Okay, so much so on the weather. Nothing pretty much happening. Outta the blue moon, suddenly it struck me on the pictures of previous backpacking trips in shutterfly. So, I went back to shutterfly and searched. Gosh, first attempt for the password was absolutely correct. Kudos! And looking at those pictures reminded me of those backpacking days. Gee...very interesting and nice! The travel bugs are biting now, hehe. Will try to upload some but trust me, it's not that easy to extract pictures which were put into shutterfly.

Until then, sleep tight...

Dad's Hpy!

...or at least I thought so. And that made my day too!

New lift in progress...

Sunny Day

Spent the whole morning at the community camp organized by the substation. Shah tagged along and guess she was having fun to meet the community. It's always a different feel. Meeting different people and the setting this time amazed me coz the hall was well-equipped. The food was fabulous local dish! What else could we ask for from a friendly host.

Pictures are on the way. Will try to post them sometime soon. Well, I realized it was a lil difficult for me to read from the blog. It's either that the colour was giving the problem or the small writings. I guess the problem probably lies on the dark background. I had to strain the eyes to read again and again. I've tried many colours but I guess the brighter it is the better and easier for the eyes to focus. I am still doing the new lifting, awaiting for inspirations. Let's just bear with this for awhile.

By the way, the text previously was put in light colours, thus it would be a lil difficult to read on those old entries. Again, do bear with this ya. The coming entries probably will be easier and less fancier, haha... Simple is fantastic for me, yay...

In the evening, there was a training. So I am basically physically drained now. Not gonna blog too long this time. Any feedbacks are most welcomed.

Enjoy reading!

Wednesday

Sunny Day

Just wanna make a simple comment on what's going on today.

The whole morning was working at the substation which was 45 mins away from the office. Then we had a simple tea and group discussion. In the pm, I had to rushed back to give a talk in a nearby agency which had invited me back again for this particular talk to a larger crowd. I was late but trust me, we were traveling fast under the scorching sun.

I literally told Kelv that I would be 'char sau' (bbq pork) in no time, hehe... But it was really hot and the van that I traveled had no aircond(broken down). So the hair was basically messed up by the time I arrived at the agency. I was so thirsty. Being late, I quickly went to the seminar room and ppl were waiting. Really exhausted. So, I started speaking. And there were moments of thought-block. Suddenly I paused in the middle of the presentation. I was not nervous at all coz I was really tired and couldn't concentrate. Anyways, I pulled it off just by the margin, I guess. As long as ppl understand, that's more important.

I lost my voice in the end. Rested a while at Ray's room and quickly took 2 cups of water from the dispensary. The office didn't disturb me, I was kinda surprised, mmm...Not until I called back. "Oh, I tried msging you, didn't you read it?"the assistant replied. #$@@# I was like arrggghh, ... how could I read when I was doing the talk! 2 clients were waiting for me at the office and it's already 4pm!! So the driver came and fetched me back to the office. And then, 2 letters came in. 1 wedding invitation and another a talk invitation for this Friday (another last minute.Ppl, can't they just respect my time and inform earlier?) Probably I won't be going for the talk. We are having a camp in one of the substations this Friday. So...

Then, I was late for training. Arrived at 5.30pm, ppl were waiting and then we started lor. My throat is still dry and feeling numb after the talk. It's really exhausting. The bottom layer of the sport shoes came off partially, meaning need to be repaired lor. See... I didn't expect to be so busy today but trust me, everytime I brought a book to the office (just in case I have time to read), I just won't have the time to read. I told the assistant yesterday about this. It seems to be true!

Did I just say a simple comment? Opss..

Freedom is...

Rainy Day

The mood is chill as the weather is. Guess the rainy season is back once again. Nothing much to say besides the weather eh? Hehe... It's been raining at the wrong time nowadays. Look at the clock when it's 5pm and one can easily expect some rain, no... heavy rain! Thus, for the past 2 days, I was getting wet thanks again to the ontime downpour, hehe..

Let's see. Last Friday I've received this collarstud from the department. I remember collarstuds were so popular back in those high school days. I have the F6 collarstuds, chess club, KKJR, ELS, and then we had the prefectorial iron batches...cool huh, but removed them in the end of the day and you get a full-of-holes school shirt!! Cool huh, haha... Not really that cool afterall. Nowadays I prefer no-pins coz they simply spoil the shirts.

We are ready to serve. Care, Professionalism, Team work.


Anyways, back to the collarstud that I received lately. "We are ready to serve". Sounds nice and pro huh. I really thought so. Things should be done with a purpose. Thus, quickly I pinned it onto the coat instead. Then we have this small pamphlet and I was proudly displaying it on my desk. Well, it's true. Try making a call to any customer service oriented company, and you wont be surprised to be put on hold all the time, or worse, no one was answering the calls.

I have that kinda experience, and I have to admit that I can't tolerate that kinda attitude. That's why when the counter phone was ringing for sometime and no one answered, I would go upset and started #@$## at everyone, lol.... True what. If you expect that kinda efficiency from others, you have to show it yourself also ma.


Okla. Let's talk about the neighbour's doggies. I am not being nosy or what. But just a lil confused. Every morning I went to work, I saw them. When I came home, I saw them. Then I started to think what's life like being caged all the time? I heard of a human who was brought up in a cage and treated like a dog, and eventually that person became like one till grown up. So sad!! I know. I don't wanna imagine when freedom is stripped off me.

But living things are meant to be free right? If birds are kept in cage, then what're the wings for? If the dogs are kept in the cage, why bother having a dog? They can only bark from inside and not doing anything except eating and sleeping. Better buy a barking machine rite? These living creatures need l0v3 like others too. Anyways, I am not in a position to judge la. But I am entitled to my own opinion right, *wink* *wink*

Enjoy reading.

Freedom writer...

It's a long long day...

Rainy Day

I was worried for a moment when the rain poured so hard and like never-ending. We were speaking of flood in some other remote areas where the water level in 2007 reached up till the neck and there was one who got drown. Many were running away to save their lives and belongings. So, no wonder I was a lil worried, not only for myself but others as well.

I have a few encounters with flood but can't recall most of them. I really don't know why. When I heard the word flood, I heard distressed people screaming and there was a flash moment where I could see panic people running away to save their lives. They were like in a blue film (not porn ya), as if everything was in blue. Am I watching too much of a drama? Maybe, thanks to the genes coz I was brought up in a tv-addict environment, not that I was a tv addict but the people surrounded me were. Back to the flood thingy, hmm...funny isn't it.

Okay. I was busy since like...I can't remember. I am so gonna have a full-day rest tomorrow coz I woke up 6am today to attend a course at 8am, and yes, the travelling itself took almost an hour. Came home this evening and crashed abit (I tot crashed has to be fully...,lol) I am just so tired but part of me just refuse to retire early coz it's Sunday tomorrow! Hooray!!

The sports state-level has postponed again(initially early of June). Gee...it would be nice if they postponed till July coz I wanna attend the course in KL end of June. Tentatively, both are clashed on the same date! So, I am crossing both legs and anticipate for a further delay. I so wanna attend both events!!

I was offered a course next week/month, which I can't recall now coz the superior verbally told me this morning to replace him but I was a lil hesitated coz I have to be away for a period of time, next month is the busiest month (so I need to clear the office work first), this course is meant for superior level and I am just simply tired to be away from home again. It's like peak season for me now but I really need some rest while I can have. At the same time, opportunities don't just pour in easily. So, I better grab hold what I can.

The eyes are so heavy now. Brain is like so slow moving. Oh yea, the fingers hit so hard during the training, now they can't even extend properly. Left foot still hurt, yea, I need more rest, I know. That's why I am adjourning this post till further notice.

Take care

SunSet

Sun set

The moment has arrived,
As the sun soaked in the broaden sky,
Slowly it sinks,
Under the widened sea,
For a moment of orange tinge,
The seabreeze stimulates the nostrils,
Laughters and joys,
Creating a panoramic virtual scene,
Gently I lift up the camera,
There goes this beautiful pic!

Dan G

My prayers

My prayers


Starlight, starbright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may,
I wish I had the wish,
I wish....



As I go to bed tonight,
I shall whisper a lil prayer,
With the knees flexed,
Both hands clasped,
I close the eyes.

I see nothing,
I hear nothing,
But I feel the heart beating,
With a steady breath,
I say my prayers....


Dan G

Yes, that's vEin

Rainy Evening

I shouldn't have made the conclusion that it was a sunny day. Indeed, it's sunny during the day but then, there was a short downpour a while ago. There was a sudden urge to blog when the rain hit the ground, so loud, so hard that one might thought it would last for sometime. Nevertheless, the night is so calm. Tranquility is one thing I would celebrate. Inner and outer. I just found peace even in as short as 5 mins ago.

The veins in the foot are showing up slowly. A good sign for recovery based on my limited experience. Perhaps there is a better explanation that the swelling has reduced, thus the veins are more visible. Less swelling, less inflammation, resorption of the haematoma, a sign to recovery. This remind me so much of Mr.L. I don't remember if I ever blogged about him. Anyway, the remote memory told me that he was a pitiful person. Living with disability, his mother had passed on many years ago. He was 45 then, both limbs amputated due to his illness.

He would always cried in front of me whenever he spoke on his family. Siblings not bothered bout him, and he was practically living by himself. He was admitted to the hospital for 5 days, yet no one came to see him, which was a disappointment for him. He was so distraught. Then, he slipped into renal shock. He was oedematous, the whole body. He was delirious, never saw any veins in his body, practically, he was dying. Then calls were made to his brother who was initially reluctant to stop by coz he was busy with work.....(what the f@&$). Then, after telling that his brother might not make it, he made a small effort to come probably he was thinking for the last time.

Miracles did happen. I saw his progress daily. I was pessimistic by then. But slowly, I saw his veins were showing up. He was getting less oedematous and more pink. He made an opposite recovery just in 2 days!!! Freaking 2 days!! Of course with the help of treament also la. That is why I lurv to look at veins! Ahahaha.... The lesson perhaps teach us not to give up until the very last moment. We never know what's going to happen, but we can always pray.

Before leaving, I dropped by to see Mr.L for the last time with a bag of fruits. He who showed me that miracles do happen, was full of smile when I told him that his brother came to visit him. But his tears were the most precious to me when I told him that I was going to leave for good. As they reminded me that I am at least not a bad person, but a person who worthed him to lay a tear on.


Sometimes I just wonder, life is not all about outcome, it's the process and journey towards the outcome that makes life as meaningful as it may be.....

Fractured foot

Sunny Day

The rat conquest is still on-going but I believe it's near end now. 3 carcasses down, 1 more to go. It better leaves somewhere else coz those 3 carcasses really gave me lotsa headache. My clothes were stained with b!@@& and I am trying so hard to get the stain off.

It's a 3-consecutive-day off. Very well. Needed it so much. 2 days ago went to the hospital for an x-ray. The outcome: Fractured left foot (okay la, in layman terms). Still limping but I guess I'll make it to the training tomorrow. People have been telling me to rest, rest, rest. But the reality is that I can't. I have too many things in hand at the moment.

Anyways, I did laundry and clean the whole house (thanks to the messy furry rats), finally I can rest on my couch comfortably despite feeling the throbbing pain in the injured foot. Way to go, it's Day 4 and the swelling has not subsided yet.

Oh yes, let's talk abit on the new neighbour. I have this feeling that something fishy is going on next door. I heard sounds of animals from the back of the house. ? birds. ? monkeys. I really have no idea coz they covered up the whole backyard as if I was going to peep on them. And these dogs were caged in front of the house. Poor doggies. I just can't understand why some human have to take away the freedom of other living creatures when they are not meant to. Let's look at these dogs. It's not like they are harmful or wat. Why put them in a small cage? Any sense or not? Somemore they are placed so near to the sun. Cruelty? No, not going to be judgmental.

Lately I was hooked to this FB thingy. Since changing browser to Mozilla, things are getting better than IE. Nevermind. I am still gonna rest so much today while waiting the foot to heal. Back to chocolates coz when I looked into the mirror this morning, I noticed that I am really so thin already, I mean thin as in thin, not that fit at all. Like being anorexic kinda thin, ahahaha. Let's put on some weight.

Adios!