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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
有故事的锁匙
Last friday, my day took 180 degree turn in just a matter of few hours.
8.30am - reached office only to find that the key to access my breastfeeding room is not hanging where it's supposed to be.
8.45am - still searching frantically every possible nook & cranny, asking people around if they had seen it?
9.00am - found out that the key which I'm holding might be the one & only key the whole office has to the room(which use to house another 8 person team last time).
Had asked the big boss secretary who use to keep spare key, another department head who's supposed to have spare key and even the previous team which has been realigning to another division and shifted.
9.15am - asked another taller colleague to help me look inside the room through the glass panel. Guess what, he saw something positively a key on the table inside the room. SH**
By then, I've almost ask all guy colleague whether they know how to open this kind of wooden door knob with card (like what they always do in movies).
9.30am - no choice but to tell my immediate supervisor of the big silly blunder I made and that the whole office doesn't seem to have a spare key.
She suggested I check with another colleague if still don't have to get big boss secretary to call our regular locksmith.
9.35am - the ironic thing is, I was told why call locksmith when there are plans to tear down the partition the very next day (Saturday).
But I was also told that the renovation workers may need to remove the furniture / items inside 1st today before tearing down the partition tomorrow.
I thought since I was responsible for the 'locking of the key inside the locked room' mystery, I'll have to bear the cost of 'locksmithing' but the secretary say 'let the bank pay lah'
9.40 - I gather from the secretary that "someone" should have the spare key. Someone who had earlier just told me she doesn't have one.
I gather my courage and thicken my face to go ask 'her-another deparment head' about spare key again. At last she gave me a bunch of 30 over keys and said "You can try this whole bunch but as far as I remember we couldn't find the key to open that door last time".
I remembered praying in my heart.
9.45 - tried with another colleague, we are very lucky. Managed to open the door with the 2nd attempt from the bunch of 30 over keys. I dashed in to grab the 有故事的锁匙.
I felt very relieved.
This incident has taught me 4 things :
1. Always make duplicate keys especially if you found that the key is the only one key the whole office has.
2. How big a problem is depend on how you look at it. A problem that can be solved may not be a problem afterall.
3. Always stay calm, things may eventually turn out well. 万事都有解决方案.
4. In life we lost some and gain some... continue reading to find out why I say so..
That day, I declined going for lunch with another colleague because I thought I need to spend time looking for the key/ waiting for the locksmith to come/ finish up my work since I spend the whole morning like a crazy women looking for golden key.
However, life is really like a box of chocolate. You never know what you'll get ..
After lunch time, another department head actually come to my place and gave me a big paper bag filled with 'children books'. Apparently she was doing spring cleaning and wanted to throw the books away but suddenly thought of me (out of so many other colleagues with young children in my department).
At that point of time, I felt very thankful ... head from other department actually thought of giving her now grown-childrens' books to me. Those books are good books & are still in good condition.
I started my day miserably but I ended my day happily ... happy that not only I found the key, not only that I received a bag of goodies but also because incident that happened that day is an 'eye opener' to me.
I love my life despite the ups and downs.
8.30am - reached office only to find that the key to access my breastfeeding room is not hanging where it's supposed to be.
8.45am - still searching frantically every possible nook & cranny, asking people around if they had seen it?
9.00am - found out that the key which I'm holding might be the one & only key the whole office has to the room(which use to house another 8 person team last time).
Had asked the big boss secretary who use to keep spare key, another department head who's supposed to have spare key and even the previous team which has been realigning to another division and shifted.
9.15am - asked another taller colleague to help me look inside the room through the glass panel. Guess what, he saw something positively a key on the table inside the room. SH**
By then, I've almost ask all guy colleague whether they know how to open this kind of wooden door knob with card (like what they always do in movies).
9.30am - no choice but to tell my immediate supervisor of the big silly blunder I made and that the whole office doesn't seem to have a spare key.
She suggested I check with another colleague if still don't have to get big boss secretary to call our regular locksmith.
9.35am - the ironic thing is, I was told why call locksmith when there are plans to tear down the partition the very next day (Saturday).
But I was also told that the renovation workers may need to remove the furniture / items inside 1st today before tearing down the partition tomorrow.
I thought since I was responsible for the 'locking of the key inside the locked room' mystery, I'll have to bear the cost of 'locksmithing' but the secretary say 'let the bank pay lah'
9.40 - I gather from the secretary that "someone" should have the spare key. Someone who had earlier just told me she doesn't have one.
I gather my courage and thicken my face to go ask 'her-another deparment head' about spare key again. At last she gave me a bunch of 30 over keys and said "You can try this whole bunch but as far as I remember we couldn't find the key to open that door last time".
I remembered praying in my heart.
9.45 - tried with another colleague, we are very lucky. Managed to open the door with the 2nd attempt from the bunch of 30 over keys. I dashed in to grab the 有故事的锁匙.
I felt very relieved.
This incident has taught me 4 things :
1. Always make duplicate keys especially if you found that the key is the only one key the whole office has.
2. How big a problem is depend on how you look at it. A problem that can be solved may not be a problem afterall.
3. Always stay calm, things may eventually turn out well. 万事都有解决方案.
4. In life we lost some and gain some... continue reading to find out why I say so..
That day, I declined going for lunch with another colleague because I thought I need to spend time looking for the key/ waiting for the locksmith to come/ finish up my work since I spend the whole morning like a crazy women looking for golden key.
However, life is really like a box of chocolate. You never know what you'll get ..
After lunch time, another department head actually come to my place and gave me a big paper bag filled with 'children books'. Apparently she was doing spring cleaning and wanted to throw the books away but suddenly thought of me (out of so many other colleagues with young children in my department).
At that point of time, I felt very thankful ... head from other department actually thought of giving her now grown-childrens' books to me. Those books are good books & are still in good condition.
I started my day miserably but I ended my day happily ... happy that not only I found the key, not only that I received a bag of goodies but also because incident that happened that day is an 'eye opener' to me.
I love my life despite the ups and downs.
ps : when I came back to office last Monday, guess what ... my 'sillyness' story has gone down together with the partition wall. That wall that initially covered me while I was performing 'motherly duties' and later kept me from reaching my 有故事的锁匙 has now come down .. along with it bringing a story .. a story worth remembering in this blog =)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
we ---> getting old
Yesterday, on a Valentine day..
It dawned upon me that we both are getting old.
Off late, both of us have been feeling a little off weather.
I was always feeling faint & weak ... like having all my blood & energy being drained out of me. Sometimes I dare not even squat down because when I stand up again, I feel like fainting.
He on the other hand, have been having upset tummy on & off and told me he's having joint pain when it rains.
So yesterday, on a Valentine day..
We walked together like the day we 1st met each other after leaving school ..
But this time we headed to 'Guardian' pharmacy ..
Perhaps we both know to continue this journey together, we really need a 'guardian' to our health.
So there we are choosing for something that we hope is able to help us regain our health. Actually more like ah dear selecting what's best for me because he says I need it more wo.
That's how I got my Valentine's day present .. 2 bottles of health supplement - practical & thoughtful =p
To sweeten the deal, we receive RM10 voucher for every RM40 spent.
I felt guilty because ah dear gave me so much, yet I've given him nothing in return .. that's how bad a lover I can be =p
It dawned upon me that we both are getting old.
Off late, both of us have been feeling a little off weather.
I was always feeling faint & weak ... like having all my blood & energy being drained out of me. Sometimes I dare not even squat down because when I stand up again, I feel like fainting.
He on the other hand, have been having upset tummy on & off and told me he's having joint pain when it rains.
So yesterday, on a Valentine day..
We walked together like the day we 1st met each other after leaving school ..
But this time we headed to 'Guardian' pharmacy ..
Perhaps we both know to continue this journey together, we really need a 'guardian' to our health.
So there we are choosing for something that we hope is able to help us regain our health. Actually more like ah dear selecting what's best for me because he says I need it more wo.
That's how I got my Valentine's day present .. 2 bottles of health supplement - practical & thoughtful =p
To sweeten the deal, we receive RM10 voucher for every RM40 spent.
I felt guilty because ah dear gave me so much, yet I've given him nothing in return .. that's how bad a lover I can be =p
Thursday, February 10, 2011
the reunion revolution
Some 20+ years ago, my family & I used to have very delicious reunion dinners ...
1st @ my 'mah mah' & 'ye ye' low cost flat in JB
2nd round @ my 'poh poh' & 'gong gong' rumah 'bawah bata atas papan' in Pusing
Then as we grow up ... and due to my mum's condition, we started applying leave from reunion dinner from my parents' hometown.
For that few years (before I got married), as far as I remembered, most of our reunion dinners were 一锅熟 steamboat type.
The only exception was this time & this time
Somehow I regret not being able to prepare a decent reunion dinner for my family especially my parents.
One of the 'plus' sign after getting married was that I get to enjoy 'good food' and I mean really good foods especially on 大日子 ... This I feel so blessed.
I love every single dishes on the table =D including the rice.
sweet & nice : my fav asparagus with black fungus, gingko, chinese wolfberries & 'bak hap'
Fresh Fish - ginger steamed with tomato
Tender steam kampung chicken : just right...not too cooked.
Asam Pedas / Rendang prawn : succulent prawns in heavenly gravy. I couldn't not have one more and one more and one more despite ah dear giving me the 'note your cholesterol' look
Some more got different type of sauce.
Heavenly indulgence : this is like a once-in-a-lifetime privilege.
1st @ my 'mah mah' & 'ye ye' low cost flat in JB
2nd round @ my 'poh poh' & 'gong gong' rumah 'bawah bata atas papan' in Pusing
Then as we grow up ... and due to my mum's condition, we started applying leave from reunion dinner from my parents' hometown.
For that few years (before I got married), as far as I remembered, most of our reunion dinners were 一锅熟 steamboat type.
The only exception was this time & this time
Somehow I regret not being able to prepare a decent reunion dinner for my family especially my parents.
One of the 'plus' sign after getting married was that I get to enjoy 'good food' and I mean really good foods especially on 大日子 ... This I feel so blessed.
After so many years, only ONE thing that has never changed.. the fact that I'm still not capable of preparing a decent reunion dinner .. (and the fact that somehow the food I cook only I feel ok & that is also sometimes only)
2011 ... our reunion dinner with ku po family.. thank you everyone for the delicious reunion dinner.
I love every single dishes on the table =D including the rice.
sweet & nice : my fav asparagus with black fungus, gingko, chinese wolfberries & 'bak hap'
Fresh Fish - ginger steamed with tomato
Tender steam kampung chicken : just right...not too cooked.
Asam Pedas / Rendang prawn : succulent prawns in heavenly gravy. I couldn't not have one more and one more and one more despite ah dear giving me the 'note your cholesterol' look
Some more got different type of sauce.
Heavenly indulgence : this is like a once-in-a-lifetime privilege.
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
my little bean project
For the past 2 weeks, I've been going through some rough patches and I've also been very occupied not only with work but also 'work outside work'. I've been doing alot of thinking as well.
Each time when I'm going through rough patches in life, I'll always do things that will help to 'heal' me.
This time round, I embark on a little beanie project ... trying to kill 3 birds with a stone.
1st - to 'heal' myself
2nd - to show my little one how little beans grow just like him
3rd - to symbolise the growing of something my family is working on.
Day 1 - just beans - 2 black, 2 soya, few red ones. Just like all of us ... being in the same place but each occupy a different soil.
Day 2 - some cracks in the beanies' skin. Just like us, some things we need to break the shell and try before we know whether we can do it or not.
Day 3 - little roots emerging, but also realised that some beans are not meant to be grown ... the soyas ... they basically rot.
Like us, some know we must work hard to build a good foundation. Somethings are not meant to be, we had no choice but to accept that it won't work.
Day 4 - little sprouts coming out with fresh new leaves. Like us, as long as we never give up, there's always new beginning, new hope. If we work hard everyday, someday our effort will pay off.
Day 4 - side view
Day 5 - sprouts growing longer, leave bigger and roots deeper.
Day 6 - beanie sprouts have grown taller, roots grown deeper into the cotton bed.
Day 7 - bigger & stronger
Here, my little one admiring my little beans ... every morning when my little one wakes up... he'll look for bean bean.
Little beans came just in time to celebrate Chinese New Year..
Here, bean papa, bean mama & bean babies wishing everyone a new great beginning for this rabbit year =)
Each time when I'm going through rough patches in life, I'll always do things that will help to 'heal' me.
This time round, I embark on a little beanie project ... trying to kill 3 birds with a stone.
1st - to 'heal' myself
2nd - to show my little one how little beans grow just like him
3rd - to symbolise the growing of something my family is working on.
Day 1 - just beans - 2 black, 2 soya, few red ones. Just like all of us ... being in the same place but each occupy a different soil.
Day 2 - some cracks in the beanies' skin. Just like us, some things we need to break the shell and try before we know whether we can do it or not.
Day 3 - little roots emerging, but also realised that some beans are not meant to be grown ... the soyas ... they basically rot.Like us, some know we must work hard to build a good foundation. Somethings are not meant to be, we had no choice but to accept that it won't work.
Day 4 - little sprouts coming out with fresh new leaves. Like us, as long as we never give up, there's always new beginning, new hope. If we work hard everyday, someday our effort will pay off.
Day 4 - side view
Day 5 - sprouts growing longer, leave bigger and roots deeper.
Day 6 - beanie sprouts have grown taller, roots grown deeper into the cotton bed.
Day 7 - bigger & stronger
Here, my little one admiring my little beans ... every morning when my little one wakes up... he'll look for bean bean.
Little beans came just in time to celebrate Chinese New Year..
Here, bean papa, bean mama & bean babies wishing everyone a new great beginning for this rabbit year =)
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
FT day
Today is 'Fix Territory' day.
This is the day I'm going to fix the territories for all the things in my house...a.k.a 'put things back at where they belong' day.
I've a very bad habit of procrastinating ... like cleaning our house on the 29th and 30th before Chinese New Year.
Am I being too ambitious to be able to 'fix territory' in ONE day?
This is the day I'm going to fix the territories for all the things in my house...a.k.a 'put things back at where they belong' day.
I've a very bad habit of procrastinating ... like cleaning our house on the 29th and 30th before Chinese New Year.
Am I being too ambitious to be able to 'fix territory' in ONE day?
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