爱的就是你

Remember the girl who didn't know what to do? (Nope, she didn't get to attend Keef tuition class during then ..hehe )

If the 1st song made the girl think so much, the 2nd song is driving the girl crazy ...

The girl was cursing "How can you send a song with a title like this to a girl who can simply think? No matter how nice you think the song is. " "How dare you?" "At least you should have put a disclaimer to say that this is merely a song to share." "Or at least, if the girl happen to be a fan of Lee Hom, just send her a few lee hom songs instead of just this particular one."

Since the guy doesn't really know Mandarin, the girl now has new question marks on her head. If he doesn't know mandarin, how did he select the songs?? If he didn't select the songs, then who did?? If he didn't understand, then why does he sent the songs?? The more the girl listen to the song, the more headache she became... hehe.

But she couldn't stop listening to this song (MP3).She has listened so many times that it was then she's able to memorise the lyrics of the song. If Lee Hom were to sing that many times she listen, Lee Hom will just lost his voice =p

Of course the guy didn't know all these ... maybe not up until he received a message from the girl.

It say " hey, do you understand the songs that you've sent me?"

The girl knew it was a stupid thing to do ... but she really wanted to know. Wanted very much to know although she knew the answer is definately a 'NO'. She knew even if the answer was 'YES' ... it didn't mean anything during then. She might just as well move on.

The guy may not notice but the girl was trying very hard to avoid the guy. She thinks it's better this way. And so the guy and the girl both went their own ways living their own lives. We do not know whether they have feelings for each other but one thing for sure, they do still care about each other.. silently, from afar.

This was how I intend to end the story bittersweet..

It was then my co-author, Keef decided that this two must definately get married (no matter what) ... then I have to give it a new twist =p

2 - 3 years down the road, when the guy got to know that the girl got sick, he message her asking her to take care of herself. In her heart, the girl says "Of course I will, else who will?" She still thanked him for his concern.

Another 2 years, he just got married. She has got married too. (just like how Keef wanted the story to be)

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Oh, please don't despair

For, his bride is her and her bridegroom is him =)

Another 3

Nineteen minutes

In this emotionally charged novel, Jodi Picoult delves beneath the surface of a small town to explore what it means to be different in our society.

In Sterling, New Hampshire, 17-year-old high school student Peter Houghton has endured years of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of classmates.

His best friend, Josie Cormier, succumbed to peer pressure and now hangs out with the popular crowd that often instigates the harassment.

One final incident of bullying sends Peter over the edge and leads him to commit an act of violence that forever changes the lives of Sterling’s residents.

Even those who were not inside the school that morning find their lives in an upheaval, including Alex Cormier.

The superior court judge assigned to the Houghton case, Alex—whose daughter, Josie, witnessed the events that unfolded—must decide whether or not to step down.

She’s torn between presiding over the biggest case of her career and knowing that doing so will cause an even wider chasm in her relationship with her emotionally fragile daughter.

Josie, meanwhile, claims she can’t remember what happened in the last fatal minutes of Peter’s rampage. Or can she? And Peter’s parents, Lacy and Lewis Houghton, ceaselessly examine the past to see what they might have said or done to compel their son to such extremes.

Rich with psychological and social insight, Nineteen Minutes is a riveting, poignant, and thought-provoking novel that has at its center a haunting question. Do we ever really know someone?

The tenth circle

When Daniel Stone was a child, he was the only white boy in a native Eskimo village where his mother taught, and he was teased mercilessly because he was different.

He fought back, the baddest of the bad kids: stealing, drinking, robbing and cheating his way out of the Alaskan bush – where he honed his artistic talent, fell in love with a girl and got her pregnant.

To become part of a family, he reinvented himself – jettisoning all that anger to become a docile, devoted husband and father.

Fifteen years later, when we meet Daniel again, he is a comic book artist. His wife teaches Dante’s Inferno at a local college; his daughter, Trixie, is the light of his life – and a girl who only knows her father as the even-tempered, mild-mannered man he has been her whole life.

Until, that is, she is date raped…and Daniel finds himself struggling, again, with a powerlessness and a rage that may not just swallow him whole, but destroy his family and his future.

Second glance

Do we love across time? Or in spite of it? A developer has slated an ancient Abenaki Indian burial ground for a strip mall, and now strange happenings have tiny Comtosook, Vermont, talking of supernatural forces at work.

Ross Wakeman is a ghost hunter who's never seen a ghost-all he's searching for is something to end the pain of losing his fiance Aimee in a car accident. He tried suicide-any number of times.

Now Ross lives only for a way to connect with Aimee from beyond.

Searching the site for signs of the paranormal, Ross meets the mysterious Lia, who sparks him to life for the first time in years. But the discoveries that await Ross are beyond anything he could dream of in this world-or the next. Expertly entwining a powerful drama of the heart's redemption and the disturbing real-life history of the VT eugenics project of the 1930s,

Second Glance asks if truth is always something that can be measured… and if what can be measured is indeed always true.

synopsis are from http://www.jodipicoult.com

I've found her ..

I've found her ...

It wasn't easy but it was sheer coincidence.

I almost missed her, but I'm glad I glanced back

Judi Picoult ... one of the best author I've ever read.

Here are some of her books that will enthrall you ...http://www.jodipicoult.com/

However, I'll be posting in the synopsis of her books in my blog for 5 days ... as appreciation to her for bringing to us a new genre of fiction (which reflect non fiction, to me)

I just love this lady. She's amazing. I love her books...

This was the first 3 books of hers I brought from Borders. and here are the sypnosis

My sister's keeper

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood.

The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role that she has never questioned… until now.

Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister - and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable… a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.....

and so she makes the decision that for most, at any age, would be too difficult to bear, and sues her parents for the rights to her own body.

My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life… even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less?

Vanishing Act

Why would a man who loved his wife - so much that in the quarter century since her death, he hasn't found someone to take her place - why wouldn't he have a record of the life he'd had with her, of the baby they'd made?

Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiancé, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons.

But as she plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can’t recall. And when a policemen arrives to disclose a truth that will upend the world as she knows it, Delia must search through these memories – even when they have the potential to devastate her life, and the lives of those she loves most.

This is a book about the nature and power of memory; about what happens when the past we have been running from catches up to us… and what happens when the memory we thought had vanished returns as a threat.

Change of heart

Shay Bourne - New Hampshire’s first death row prisoner in 69 years – has only one last request: to donate his heart post-execution to the sister of his victim, who is looking for a transplant. Bourne says it’s the only way he can redeem himself…but with lethal injection as his form of execution, this is medically impossible.

Enter Father Michael Wright, a young local priest. Called in as Shay’s spiritual advisor, he knows redemption has nothing to do with organ donation – and plans to convince Bourne.

But then Bourne begins to perform miracles at the prison that are witnessed by officers, fellow inmates, and even Father Michael – and the media begins to call him a messiah.

Could an unkempt, bipolar, convicted murderer be a savior? It seems highly unlikely, to the priest. Until he realizes that the things Shay says may not come from the Bible…but are, verbatim, from a gospel that the early Christian church rejected two thousand years ago…and that is still considered heresy.

Change Of Heart looks at the nature of organized religion and belief, and takes the reader behind the closely drawn curtains of America’s death penalty. Featuring the return of Ian Fletcher from Keeping Faith, it also asks whether religion and politics truly are separate in this country, or inextricably tangled. Does religion make us more tolerant, or less? Do we believe what we do because it’s right? Or because it’s too frightening to admit that we may not have the answers?

These are great books, don't you think so? =)

Outstanding matters ... help needed

1. the overdue charity programme I'm supposed to organise

2. the need-your-help-to-paint-home programme

3. the go-kuala selangor-see-fireflies trip


Your help is very much needed to fulfill all the above outstanding matters. For me & dear is unable to do so much with limited time.
I'll post the details for each programme in stages.
My thoughts are a bit jumbled at the moment and I can't seem to think straight.

BTW, I attended a session of retail theraphy today ...
bought 7 pairs of earrings for RM11.
Yes, I can be this crazy ... LOLzz

情非得已

A guy sent this song (mp3) to a girl.
This is one of the 2 songs he sent to her.
The guy doesn't really know or understand Mandarin.
The girl can understand simple Mandarin.
The girl has always been listening to songs by lyrics... that's how she learn Mandarin on her own
but the girl is afraid she's interpreting too much
she has been listening to the song over and over again while smiling to herself
but she was confused and unsure
did the guy who doesn't understand Mandarin sent her this song because it's a nice song to share
or is the guy trying to convey something
Although as much as she would like the 1st reason...
she has been thinking a lot about the 2nd reason too.
(we bet she might have a little little little bit of feeling for him..hehe)
but she dare not ask him,
more like she don't know how to ask him.
She pretended like nothing had happened, thank him for the nice song.

If you were the girl, what will you do?
Or if you are asking the guy, how will you ask?
[gals & guys answers are welcomed]

In next post, we will know what was the 2nd song the guy sent to the girl =) plus did anything happened?

loyal God's creature

Another plea from Adrian (Fern's friend)

me say : I wished I could help but I couldn't at the moment.

I could only pray that these puppies go to good homes and are taken care of.

Those highlighted below are highlighted by me.

From Adrian

Dear all,

I am sorry to have to trouble you again. Two days ago a lady by the name
of Jacqueline Tsang contacted me asking me for help. I was not sure who is
this person, but having listen to her I cannot help but come to the
conclusion that she must either be a compassionate crack pot or an angel in
our midst. I was invited to her house and there I saw a group of people who
are her neighbours helping her out cleaning cages and feeding many puppies
that were rescued from the Dewan Bandaraya City Pound in Setapak.

I will tell you more about this one woman campaign is rescuing strays in
any another mail. Then you decide whether she is a crack pot or a
consummate, passionate person who loves animal. To cut a long story short
she got these 37 puppies in various conditions and spend her own money
feeding them and getting a number of Vets to help her out, which they did.
Of the 37 puppies, some are in poor condition and many of them are still
with the Vet under observation. Jacqueline told me that those that are open
for adoption must be in reasonably good condition and are approved by the
vet that they are ready for adoption. Some of the puppies do not look like
strays, and I wonder how they landed in the pound.

The puppies are about 6 to 8 weeks old and I have not even bothered to ask
how many male and females in the brood. My first reaction when Jacqueline
called me, was that she took on more than she could chew. Okay so there was
an error of judgment and when I chastised her, she took it in good faith
but she protested that if she had left it to the Pound, the puppies will be
put to sleep and these are good dogs that deserve a chance. She reminded me
about the 3 pups that I rescued in Shah Alam two months ago and she asked
me what drove me to do it.

Okay, we have a situation here and I am asking all of you out there who
believe in compassion , love and whatever your good book have taught you
above love and compassion to pause and consider this appeal. Jacqueline
does not want your money, she spend about RM6,000 per month out of her own
pocket to fuel her passion on animal rescue. All she wants from me or
rather you is to help her to house these little puppies. In her words, give
them a chance, they are loyal God's creatures.

With this in mind, I am asking all of you to put
your compassion and love into practise, help us find a home for all these
animals. You may not be able to take in another dog, but your friends or
neighbour may be able to do so.

I am enclosing 8 pictures in low resolution of Jacqueline and a helper
Eric, and pictures of some of the doggie. All of them are available for
adoption. You may contact her direct if you are keen and if you have
friends who can help out, can you please forward this mail to them.

Jacqueline's No: 012-2070436.

Pictures taken today (17th March 2008).

Bentong – Kuantan – Sg Lembing – Awana Kijal – Kemaman (Chukai)

You’ve got AndyC to thank for this post … hehe =p

Instead of putting keef and CY for the detailed reviews of the trip, mine was there. So, here I’m reluctantly but happily trying to figure out what to write.

Should I be writing reviews on the reviews?? =p keke or sypnosis of the reviews??
BTW, it’s a bit hard to write without plagiarizing ... LOL

And, here’s another review from Terence

Maybe some highlights ( & some quotable quotes) for this time round. Meanwhile if some of the quotable quotes sound like yours, please claim it yah …. Muahaha..

1. I started the trip with a flop. My sis wore my sports shoes for her badminton game. I ended up borrowing CY’s bro gf’s shoes. Lucky ngam size. Thank you CY. Wearing the sport shoes for tennis game in above pic

3. How we ended up chewing guava (healthy food as we put it) while waiting for Terence’s car & passengers to arrive. Maybe we should have more of fruits next time instead of those Twisties, Mamie, Double Decker, Chezzel… etc

4. There is a Herbalife shop in Bentong – Terence’s hometown. Definitely a town with tasty foods and even tastier ice creams… There are shops here doing extremely well just by selling home made ice creams varieties. This is amazing

5. We stopped at Giant for shopping. The difference now is last 2 trips, we shop for the group – buying foods for the whole gang. This time, the trend - we are shopping more as couple … hehe it’s good to see that each & every couple is practicing grocery shopping =p keke. And in choosing the flavours of the cup mee, it’s good to see that we are appreciating our differences and yet are able to compromise when situation requires.

6. Found out that Pahang dogs are friendly dogs… especially Fifi and ‘Ah Gau’ … they just make you want to hug them =D

7. I actually remember Addy’s aunt make very nice ‘tong shui’ and I was actually hoping that we have a chance to taste it again.

8. The BBQ was superb. The ketchup mee was special. But we were eating like 10 very hungry people. Food is always a temptation to dogs … ‘Ah Gau’ was whining and crying. Besides Hot Hot, this is the 2nd time I see a dog so ‘cham’. Our guy friends are all very gentleman, doing all the hardwork and serve us gals food. Bravo!

9. Some people still never learnt their lesson yet, despite so many penalties =p our Laksamana Andia still forgot to say his GOLDEN phrase ‘UNO’ once in a while.

10. This is my 1st time playing UNO with assistance (2 for that matter). It was fun to have them around and let them hold my cards, not until my opponents see all the cards I have….kaka… It wasn’t easy teaching kids to play UNO … I could imagine myself teaching the kids to play games =p

11. After we off the lights to sleep, I though I was the only one being sting by some ‘I don’t know what’ insects, thus I dare not make any noise. Apparently CY & Keef were stung too.

12. Observing our friend AndyC falling in love, the way he hold so tightly to his phone just in case there’s SMS anytime reminds me of the time I fell in love. I didn’t hold the phone like him but I once again remember that kind of feeling … sweet. Ps. I didn’t know a guy would react this way too =p anyway, we are happy for you AndyC =) You have all our blessing & support =)

13. We have been gambling at very early age … maybe without even us noticing. We have been trained to take bets risks. This uncle and the shops brought back my childhood memories. Why we do not have shops like this anymore in the city?

14. That small little crystal clear water fall was indeed a blessing in disguise. For we are not able to proceed to Rainbow waterfall. Luckily we didn’t stop and turn back half way.

15. Never take picture of the goose without permission. That’s the lesson I’ve learnt. I was so happy that the goose came running towards me for photo only to realized they are chasing me to bite. Lucky their beak is not sharp but it scare the hell out of me

16. At the KFC of Teluk Chempedak, someone said “ The last time, we were here, they (me and Nick) played kite and then got married. So, now whoever play kite shall be next” --- I guess we all know who shall be next =D

17. I guess people do notice when as a girl, we eat a lot or is not ladylike (aka chou lo). Someone said “This couple eat food… share, that couple eat food … the guy have to help the girl finish, but for Nick, no need, Su can really eat & will finish all her portion” [ & I added … maybe taking Nick’s portion too =p ]

18. I’m not too sure, but I think we all can be very good parents, judging from the kind of treatment that Ezel received from all of us. Ezel is just so lucky =)

19. I think all our friends drinking skills are improving by leaps and bounds except for me. Why do I feel different just after a small portion of liquor with much Coke? But hey, it was easy to just fall asleep.

Thank you very much everyone for the wonderful trip and beautiful photos =)

A new horizon

Today was like any other day.... occupied with workload,
except that the rates for foreign exchange (FOREX) dropped a little more than a little. So was the price of gold.

Checking the FOREX and GOLD has also been a part of my life & job ... hehe

I took a baby step today, venturing into the new horizon ... FOREX (albeit Foreign Currency Fixed Deposit)

My next baby step ... dabbling with gold (dust) ... I yet can afford to buy them in chunk ... hehe

Oh... thank you LM for sharing with me so many things which I wouldn't know if not for you.
Thank you June for always sharing your thoughts with me.


On a personal note :

I feel blessed every single day.
Mummy must have been watching out for us
I could feel her presence in her absence
Love you lots mummy

leaking roof again

as I'm writing this
it's raining very heavily outside
while my room roof is leaking inside

I've put some layers of old rags to absorb the water
thinking whether a pail is needed

worrying whether my PC will kena
as it's very near the leaking place

wondering why it's still leaking
after it had been repaired about a year or two ago

lian zhi

I couldn't believe I will spend so much on one of my favourite fruit.

I was at the florist at Petaling Street last Wednesday buying flowers to visit mummy on Thursday when I saw this being sold with lotus flower.

My initial reaction was I want to EAT.

But that was before I saw the price RM5 for 5 stalk.

At my mum's hometown, we can easily get 5 or more stalks for RM1 only (maybe RM1.50 to RM2 now)

Nevermind the price, I've been yearning for these lotus seeds for quite some time.

Of course this used to be one of my mum's favourite too. We brought some for her.

Dear even peeled the seeds for mummy too.

I've never regretted buying these lotus seeds even though they cost me a lot more than their actual price =)

GARDEN FOR RENT

I think we must have hung a 'GARDEN FOR RENT' at our garden.
I think dear wrote it in animal languages using ink that's invisible to human eyes (or my eyes at least) .

This is the second time our gardens have been occupied by mama kitty and litter of kittens ... 3 kittens.
And mind you, it wasn't even the same mama kitty (well, could be the same papa kitty though)

Oh...and they do really make themselves at home, pulling industrial foams to be their bed, playing with plants and butterflies in our garden, playing hide and seek with us.....

Once, the kittens even fall asleep at the car engine compartment and being ferry from one house to another house which is just a door away.

What happened was dear's father park his car at the house (where kittens stay) and open the car engine compartment for it to cool down.
I guess the kittens needed some warmth and they went into the engine compartment.
Dear's father later drove the car back to the other house (luckily just a door away), open the engine compartment to find 3 kittens in THERE.
I think he also had a shock.
Now I understand why they say kittens are playful.

Oh... about the RENT they pay
some natural ' fertilizer ' for the plants to grow
some spots (poos for us to step on) and the 'fragrance'
some happiness and fun (playing hide and seek)
some exercises (picking up whatever pots / stones tumbled by them)
some meowing music by the kittens
some laughters watching the kittens stand wobbly and catching butterflies...

BTW, i believe the 'GARDEN FOR RENT' sign is still there and ah dear has no intention of taking it down =p muahaha ....

hehe ... have fun spotting the kitties =D

shall we dance?

I've got myself into trouble (read : happiness) again !!!! weee .........
Signing myself up for line dancing was a natural thing to do ... like go wee wee ....

I think I wasn't thinking when I click that 'send' button on my email [ not without dragging my collegues along .. hehe ]

Also partly due to there are limited space of 25 only ...
and you just doesn't know how fast & furious my fellow collegues are.
Needless to say, the 25 places + 5 extra places were snapped up within 5 minutes.

The organiser even had to indicate the timestamp of time email registration received to reflect fairplay.

I now feel like a child again, excited to begin my ballet class [ the difference is my bones are harden =p ]

ps. and just in case you're wondering... nope, I'm not giving up my yoga classes. I'm enjoying every moment of it.

Well, before I learn to kick some ass, SHALL WE DANCE?

pic from corbis.com

Adopt me please...

This is an email from a friend who adores doggies,

This is actually a puppy of a neighbour's female dog. The owner does not take care or properly feed the female dog, not to mention the puppy.

He was driving out yesterday and banged down the puppy, then just left it there injured and went off. We rescued the puppy and sent it to the vet, who said that she has a dislocated right leg. Her leg was plastered and we will send her for a check-up next week, and the plaster will be removed in 2 weeks' time. We also gave her de-worming pills.

She is now able to walk a little after receiving the treatment yesterday, and should be back in good health within 2 weeks.

We cannot keep it for long as my brother has asthma and we are urgently seeking a kind, loving owner to adopt her and give her a happy family.

Only owners that are genuinely interested in taking care of her should contact us. There will be a small adoption fee to cover treatment, vaccination, deworming, etc.

this lucky pup has since been adopted to a good home =)

Yam char yam dou Sg Lembing, kheng gai kheng dou Awana Kijal, sai lei mou??

It's almost like a ritual we perform every Friday night ... meeting up for yam cha.

You got to know what's yam cha if you're a Malaysia but for the benefit of non-Malaysia, yam char is referring to tea drinking session where people meet and chit chat.

However, we have decided to upgrade our yam cha session this friday from within 10km radius to more than 100km radius... crossing borders.
We are moving our yam cha session at regular BRJ / ABC / Maideen to Sg Lembing.
It's one of its kind of experience for first timers a.k.a us.

In tandem with this upgrade, we are also upgrading our foods and drinks as well.
For foods, we have BBQ lamb, BBQ meat and etc... yum yum in place of normal maggi goreng, chicken chop, ayam goreng, garlic naan, burger special.
For drinks, we have upgrade to alcoholic drink instead of the so 'ordinary' teh limau ais, milo ais, 100 Plus, Soya Bean, Bunga Kekwa, air panas.

Oh...and did I mentioned that this mamak stall provide overnight accomodation and refreshing breakfast too =p wink*wink*

So enjoy your 'cha' ... made with cold refreshing water from Sungai Lembing Rainbow Waterfall and a little salty water from Awana Kijal =)

Till then,
ps. do not miss this friday's yam cha session =)

Cheers

meet my friends, Kitties Kitty

No one would have believe me if I say I start most of my days happily amused.
So, I took the initiative to capture some of the moments.
These are only a few. Some various reasons for not taking pics ... I'm already late. Too many things to hold to take photo, lazy to take handphone out from bag, some pics taken not clear...etc

Almost every alternate day, be it before work or after work, I'll be amused by these friends of mine .. Kitties at or near the LRT station

These kittens playing very playfully till the grey one got stuck behind the vending machine ^^!Their antics of not standing steadily, falling off the wall and silly little antics can really make my day.
I was capturing this photo when a young school boy looked at me like I had never seen kittens before. But who cares? =p

Meet this kitty most morning at the place where I park my car. Definately a kitty who knows how to enjoy life. Such a great poser on a nice car. Wonder do they take cat for car commercials? =p hehe

This kitty is just darn brave. I was very near but it didn't move an inch.

Instead it stare at me arrogantly as though saying "You from which jungle, never seen a kitty on top of a car before meh?"

One thing for sure, if I'm not late for work, I'll always try to spot where the kitties are.

For they never fail to amuse & amaze me ^^! phew

Don't worry, be happy =)

Source : extracted from article by Dr Terry Paulson
The Star Metro Classified 3/3/08

To help you claim your own optimism advantage, here are 7 practical tips for you to try out.

1. Be adventurous
Cultivate a continual sense of adventure that takes advantage of opportunities. Victors make the best of opportunities while victim whine about how few they have

2. Keep learning
Build a history of lifelong learning instead of settling for absolescence. Invest 5% of your time in education to stay a recyclable asset. If you hate your job, raise that to 10%.

3. Appreciate yourself
Manage your motivation by catching yourself being effective. You are probably tougher on yourself than any other person. Instead of taking yourself for granted, love yourself the way you love others you care about.

4. Learn from mistake
See mistakes as valued lessons on the way to success

5. Be with positive people

6. Learn to laugh
have a sense of humour. It provides perspective that break the stress cycle and invites a more positive attitude.

7. Be happy
Finally, experience the power of gratitude. Start counting your blessing instead of problems

"God granted me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"
Reinhold Niebuhr

what do you see?

Photo (C) Liba Taylor/Panos
Bonus Read - Hope in Hell - Reader's Digest March 2006

I stoned and stared at the photo above for about 30 seconds only to realise that I had tears welling in my eyes.
For that 30 seconds, time really stopped despite being in the morning LRT rush, standing and reading Reader's Digest.
I think I had looked with so much intensity that I could feel the love and the warmth of love.... so genuine

I love this photo very very much.
This is definately one of those photos that touches my heart deeply.

It just simply urges me to reach out and help those in need.

Thank you to the photographer who capture this real moment and share it with us.

We have spoken, what's next?

Now that we have voice our stand, what's in store for us?
Talk not to us, but show us what's beyond talk.

To our dear representatives,
you've WALK and TALK, now it's time to WALK that TALK

I'm happy like this...

I'm happy like this ... when the plants in my garden are like these .... wahaha...

I've voted, have you?

Although today is significant to us Malaysians as general election a.k.a voting day, but today is just as significant to all women throughout the world.

Happy International Women's Day ....
I'm proud being a woman, are you?

Dreams

For the past few nights, I've been sleeping early (I really mean early before 12.30am)

However, I keep waking up at about 4.30am - 5.00am from dreams ... thus remembering my dreams vividly.

And I ended not resting entirely, I'm sleeping early but not sleeping deeply like I usually do.

hopefully tonight's sleep will be a peaceful 'yat gao fun tin gong' (translated one sleep till dawn).
May be I should drink a camomile tea to help me sleep better =)

2008 ...

2008 - this is definately a year of marriages and starting a family.

We are just stepping into the 3rd month of the year and so many couples have shared their happiness.
I just wonder whether 2008 is a good year?
or is it because I've come to the age where people around me (about the same age) think it's time to marry and start a family.

So far, I've received the happy news ..

2 cousins getting married ... one in March & another in December

6 friends getting married ... 4 school mates, 2 colleagues from previous department ... and hearsay there's more coming...

3 friends who's expecting ... 2 friends & 1 colleague

expensivellergy

If you remember, I've mentioned in one of my earlier post that I'm allergy to lotion from Body Shop (post dated 13/2/07)

Yesterday, I tried using the Christmas present from June e e which comprises of a Botanical Shower Mousse and In-shower Moisturiser.

This morning I woke up with itchy tiny red rashes all over my body.

I love the smell and feel of these products but can't really comprehend why is my skin acting this way when the ingredients are mostly natural.

Me... cannot understand why while others skin will be very happy to receive such good nutritions and moisture, my skin choose to react negatively to it...

Perhaps it's true that I can only use cheap stuffs.

Strange as it may be, i think it's my body way of telling me that I'm not made for expensive stuffs... hehe