the day I'm afraid of has come

Like it or not ...
the day that I'm afraid of had come.

The temporary breastfeeding room - or so I called it, had been scheduled to be dismantled last weekend to allow more space for expanding team.

My 1st initial reaction was 'Why now?' and 'Why so short notice?'
but when I sit down to think further ... I'm actually consider lucky to earn 13 months extra ...
Imagine my other colleague who has just shared the room for 5 days only to receive this kind of shocking news.

Seeing this obstacle right in front of me, I emailed another 2 colleague - a new mother who has just started work after maternity & breastfeeding and another soon-to-be-mother of 2nd child next year.
I couldn't believe I was actually forming an alliance to 'fight' for our causes and rights.
I've wanted to include all other female colleagues as well but reserved them as back up plan if initial negotiation does not go as plan.

So early the next morning, we sort of 'march' into our immediate boss 'cubicle' to voice our concern. She is smart to see a common 'denomitor' among these mothers and immediately knew she can't escape this time. Or maybe I've been openly voicing my concern ever since yesterday evening when I've got the news.
I didn't even seem to mind being labeled as 'mastermind' ...
All I wanted was just for our rights to be recognised and we to be given basic access to our rights.

Moreover I think this is the best time to negotiate for a small little room for breastfeeding mothers since they are doing renovation.
It's time to ask now or never .... not so easy after people have renovated.
I strongly feel it's ok if we plant the 'tree' now so that many more mothers are able to sit in the 'shade' for many years to come (considering the demographic of my division).

To cut the long story short, our immediate boss (a lady) who initially suggested a meeting room has brought up our concerns to big boss who later suggested the pantry.
They refuse to cater for our need to have a little room ( I do not know for whatever reason).
Personally I prefer the meeting room than the pantry. I feel that it is unfair that the pantry is being locked at certain times of the day because 'someone is obviously doing something at somepoint of the day' ....
I do not know and do not care what are their intentions ... to slowly and gradually kill off our breastfeeding intention by making it more inconvenience and difficult for us.
Sorry for being selfish but to me, if you are unable to use the pantry especially during lunch time because I'm 'IN' there ... I'm sorry but a much better way, tell boss.
May be after much feedback, we mothers will be treated better ...
We just hope that bosses and management understand that besides our formal duties, we also have other equally important 'motherly duties'.












Anyhow, I'm still very thankful for the 13 months that they had given to me.
And for the months to come ... for at least they have still given us the 'green light' to use the pantry.

Sorry for the rather feminist ranting ...
But I'm proud myself and my other 2 mothers colleagues ... we fought for our rights although the outcome may not as we wanted.
This journey is just starting, I'll be back ... fighting for our rights.

One thing I discovered .... how courageous mothers can be for their children ... my respect to all mothers.

90 is the new 60

I'm looking forward for the 'may' to change to 'to' in the above headlines

take bath time

I love take bath time ... it's a time I always do a reflection of what happen throughout the day, the week, the month, the year and the my life.
My take bath time also used to be the time I take to ponder important decisions in life, the time I cried my heart out when I'm sad, the time I take to heal my heart, the time I take to refresh my memories...

Just now, as I was taking bath...It just hit me that I'm having a good life after all so far

Once, I told someone that I consider myself very lucky ... each time when I face difficulties in life, somehow something will turn good, somehow someone will appear as my angel, somehow the difficulties will take a 180 degree turn.
And I was told by that someone that it was because I'm easily pleased even by the simplest thing.
I do not know ...

a bouquet of flower from ah dear

Last last week, ah dear told me he brought a bouquet of flower home for me all the way from Ipoh ... I said 'What? Got too much money ah?'
Ended up I love the bouquet of 'flowers'
Appreciate it very much =)

Are you sick?

Do you believe if I say we all have at least a little of illness?
This illness is known as 职业病 ...

I've made some real life observations and these are my limited findings, if you have some examples, feel free to share too =)

Case 1 : (updated)

Boiling water in a electric kettle (with measurement indicator like those they have in hotel)

The characters :
1. A doctor (Anaesthetician to be exact, the doctor who give you anaesthetic a.k.a painkiller)
2. a money minded worker / mother
3. a person with background in physic, chemistry & electrical stuff

When the 3 of them boil water, you can easily tell which kettle of water was boiled by who. How?

(a) 1 kettle will have water lesser than the 'Full - Max' indicator. - person 3 (he says lesser water to heat, use lesser electricity & faster wo)

(b) 1 kettle will have water exactly at the 'Full - Max' indicator. - person 1 (as an anaesthetician, it is crucial to ensure that the dose of painkiller given to patient is exactly as stated / calculated)

(c) 1 kettle will have water more than the 'Full - Max' indicator. - person 2 ( like money, the more the better and no need to boil so many times)

btw, the 'Full - Max' indicator is at 1.8L for this particular kettle.

Would you like to take a guess at the answer before I reveal it in the next post? hehe

Case 2 :
If a friend post on FB "36.8 degrees celcius ... lying on bed now..

The characters :

1. A business man / woman or a salesperson

2. A doctor

3. An English teacher

4. A person dealing with air-cond system

5. A person with wild imagination (this one I purposely add one =p keke

6. A sport enthusiastic

(a) The 1st thing that comes to this person mind is the spelling of degree Celsius (°C) - an extra 's' on degree

(b) The 1st thing that comes to this person mind is " emm......that's not fever........it's normal...."

(c) The 1st thing that comes to this person mind is start converting the degree to whichever other measurement metrics or start guessing the humidity or even thinking of the temperature of the room and how to cool it down if necessary.

(d) The 1st thing that comes to this person mind is 'temperature's not raised, never mention heart racing, somemore just say lying on the bed ... so most likely not refering to action + excitement 'on the bed'.

(e) The 1st thing that comes to this person mind is 'must be cooling down after some sport, now temperature back to normal and resting on bed sweet bed'...perhaps with some arching muscles?

(f) The 1st thing that comes to this person mind is "he / she must be lying down on the bed thinking about a pay rise of 36.8% OR about the profit can make if sold of the share/investment today OR the sales increment needed to sustain the same income. This person may accidentally overlook the 'degree Celsius (°C)' and replace it with % or ratio.

Would you like to take a guess 1st as well? =p

ps. please, no offends to anyone / any occupation ... just a little fun observation. Any resemblance to real life cases is merely coincidence. (hehe, actually case 1 is very real. case 2 is 3/4 real..lol)

yes, I'm a little (maybe a many) crazy for writing this post at this hour but I could sleep after waking up.

meaningfully creative

I do not know whether this billboard is placed strategically there on purpose or it was coincidentally there ... but I find the SUNLIGHT bring exceptional meaning to an already meaningful message. Kudos to Petronas for another meaningful ad!

here, another side of the billboard with a message : Kekuatan sebenar kita terletak pada hati.

ps. when I was standing there taking these photos with my handphone, the guard and some tourists looked at me strangely...but who cares?

learning...

I read a chinese saying somewhere that :

Learning is like rowing upstream : not to advance is to drop back

and I find it very true.

sapu buku

love ones, friends, water, foods & air aside ... if there's one thing I cannot resist, it has got to be book. I'm captivated by books.

Yes, now we can get almost everything on the WWW and you can read e-book while commuting / in the loo but at times, nothing beats reading a good ol' book.

This month I've gone to 'sapu buku' again @ Times Warehouse Clearance sales @ BSC.

Nevermind the fact that I bravely took public transport to this uptown place without even knowing where the bus stop to get down & bus stop to take a bus home. Not to mention the 'auntish load' I'm carrying..lol

My 'fishes' which I caught from the sea of books...
Mostly are 3 for RM10. Some are RM2 & RM3.


Bring me to warehouse clearance sales...that's all you need to keep me happy for a few months to year.
Bring me to a book one ... I'll be the happiest people around and the happiness will last me as long as the book last =D

1st train .... last bus

Tomorrow's adventure :
taking the 1st LRT @ 6pm (correction:6am). It's my 1st.
Need to go back to office to do testing... all these while I'm enjoying the luxury of doing testing @ comfort of own chair.
Dread waking up so early, dread sneaking out while my baby & ah dear still sleeping, dread having to work on a weekend.
But somehow secretly I'm also anticipating the adventure of non-routine tomorrow =)
I've packed my bag including the book that I want to read while waiting for environment to be released for testing.

Last time's adventure :
Still remember during my school time, I relied very much on public transportation.
There was once where I was supposed to take bus no.62 to go home after a project discussion.

The last bus according to the bus operator @ Jln Silang (in front of Mydin) is 11.30pm.
And here I was there standing & waiting for bus no.62 @11.40pm.

Don't ask me why I didn't call my dad to come fetch me ... I can't remember whether I have handphone already or not at that time. The thing is I lied to my parents that someone will be sending me home in order not to let them worry about me.

Don't ask me why I didn't call my boyfriend to come fetch me ... cause I don't remember having a boy friend who's interested in me ... lol.

I still remember waiting very anxiously for the bus & kept bugging the bus operator @ the bus station to help me check whether the last bus 62 has come & gone. I even went to the extend of asking almost everyone standing near me what bus are they taking.

In my head, I'm making all sorts of plans on how to arrive home safely... things like sharing taxi with someone, or take another bus to the nearest place & take a taxi home, or making a list of people whom I can call in case or emergency except my parents.

Finally, when bus no. 62 finally arrive @ around 11.50... I was so relieved that I almost kneel down to thank god. I chased & scrambled up the bus no matter how packed it was.

Reaching my station, I still remember walking on the empty street back to my home way past midnight. Luckily the restaurant near my house is still open. I was walking as fast as I could (or did I run?)
Reaching home, my dad asked me how I came back....with the slightest emotion I said "Oh, my friend sent me back lo"
My dad then asked "Eh, never see any car one?"
I replied "Oh, my friend parked @ the restaurant there, we had supper then they walk together with me back here lo"

Come to think about it now ... me, not a bad liar after all...
Now I'm worried whether next time my children will give me the same type of 'answer' ...lol

女孩子并不在乎...

Is it true that?

女孩子并不在乎你有没有钱， 她在乎的是你会不会发奋努力改变现状；
Girl don't care whether you have money, she only cares whether you'll work hard to change your current condition.

女孩子并不在乎与你生活在一起会遇到困难， 她在乎的是你会不会迎难而上，不逃避；
Girl don't care whether living with you is full of difficulties, she only cares whether you'll improve & not avoid realities.

女孩子并不在乎你长得有多帅， 她在乎的是你能不能给她足够的安全感；
Girl don't care how handsome you are, she only cares whether you are able to provide her enough sense of security.

女孩子并不在乎你跟你的异性朋友有多好， 她在乎的是你能不能一心一意对她好；
Girl don't care about how good your relationships are with opposite sex friends, she only cares whether you are able to be good to her solely.

女孩子并不在乎你送她的礼物有多贵， 她在乎的是你会不会时常给她个惊喜；
Girl don't care how expensive is your gift, she only cares whether will you always give her suprises.

女孩子并不在乎你的志向有多远大， 她在乎的是你是不是一个老实做人、踏实做事的人；
Girl don't care how far & big is your aspiration, she only cares whether you are an honest and realistic person.

女孩子并不在乎你有多浪漫， 她在乎的是能不能从生活的点滴中感受到你的爱；
Girl don't care how romantic you are, she only cares whether she can feel your love from life's ups & downs.

女孩子并不在乎你的人可以每时每刻都陪在她身边， 她在乎的是你的心可以无时无刻不想着她；
Girl don't care whether you are able to be by her side all the time, she only cares whether your heart think of her always.

女孩子并不在乎你在物质生活上给她多大的满足， 她在乎的往往是一句窝心的话，那似乎比什么都重要；
Girl don't care how much satisfaction you can give her materially, she only cares about the warmth in your words, that's far more important than anything else.

女孩子并不在乎你现在的境况如何， 她在乎的是你能不能让她看到你的未来；
Girl don't care about your current situation, she only cares whether you are able to let her see your future.

女孩子并不在乎你跟她的关系有多亲密， 她在乎的是你会不会负责到底；
Girl don't care how intimate is your relationship with her, she only cares whether you can be responsible till the end.

女孩子并不在乎可以分享你的快乐， 她在乎的是可不可以分担你的忧愁；
Girl don't care if she can share your happiness, she only cares if she can share your troubles.

女孩子并不在乎跟你在一起吃苦， 她在乎的是陪你走到最后的是不是她。
Girl don't mind suffering with you, she only mind whether she's the one

文章來源：feelstory.lovequotes 感動故事

'牛' bed

牛牛's new bed!!!
actually a recycled one to be exact ... ah papa has been sleeping on that bed for don't know how many years already lo...
Ah bi has graduated to new bed ... since when?
since he's tall & gung-ho enough to climb out of the baby cot..

It's a very nice place to sleep ...
I've tried sleeping there =) doze off immediately before ah bi ... haha

if you are the boss, what will you think?

Yesterday some 'unforeseen' thing happened.
It made me want to dig a hole in the ground & put my head in there.. haha

My daily routine include pumping milk in the office in the morning before I even start work.
Yesterday was no exception. Except that yesterday in a hurry (as I was a little late) I've button my work shirt one-side-up.
If you are wondering how it look like, try imagine buttoning the 2nd button to 1st hole and thereafter. You will have a sidelooped collar & a shirt with 1 end shorter than the other end.
"Nothing too embarassing ... just go ladies & button it back" I hear you said. Yup, that was what I did when it happened a few weeks back.

But ... but this time, I landed myself in a 'smelly mud pool'.
I was sitting at my place when my big big boss came over to ask me something.
He continue talking while walking away, so in my attempt to confirm with him whether any action need to be taken at our end, I did the most 'wrong' thing, I stood up and walked towards him. He say no worry, he'll ask the other department to do.
The 'dumb' me then went back to my place and continue with work.

It was only about 15 minutes later, when I walked into the ladies and saw myself in the mirror, I laughed my gut out. No wonder my boss was looking at me strangely just now.
How in the world can I do such a 'crazy thing'?
There goes 'the undone' of all my past efforts for the whole year.

the question is 'How can you trust a staff who can't even button her own shirt properly manage a project?' ... A very valid question.

Now I have another question for myself ' How can a mother teach her children button shirt properly when she (who don't know have buttoned shirt how many thousand time) can create new 'style of buttoning'? haha..

ps. last time a friend of mine told me I'm like a '傻大姐' ... which I denied but now I can't help but agree fully with her....lol

to start all over again

Has not really exercised for a almost 2 years already ... (not including doing bicep curl weight bearing 10kg while climbing up the stairs every night without fail)

Come Nov (tomorrow actually) I'm starting all over again ... to start from scratch. Establishing a rountine to exercise ... real exercise.

weekday plan : take stair up 8 floors every morning (except when I'm really late or when my bag gets excessively heavy.

weekend plan : go walk 又好 go jog 又好 with friends & family (those in shopping malls are not counted though..hehe) ... and what the h*ll am I doing here right in front of PC at this a.m?

the reason : blame it on Encik Cholesterol

this thing could kill me ..

among the 101 things waiting for me to do

I call it the 'never ending fold' cause there will be a new batch before I finish the previous batch.
So have to stop here to go 'open work'

good things in life

Am happy for my sis

One found a job.
One's getting married.

What else could I ask for?

Mami, without you around, it wasn't an easy journey after all.
But I'm so glad we made it through as a family...the ups and the downs and all that's in between.

Liu Wei

I'll let the video do the talking.

Eulogy

Eulogies for Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew (Kwa Geok Choo)

from husband Mr. Lee Kuan Yew

http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20101006-240957.html

from son Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20101006-240973.html

from grandson Li Shengwu

http://www.edvantage.com.sg/edvantage/features/people/469290/A_grandson_s_farewell.html

home improvement

My horoscope - the crab come bite me again. After being bitten, I willingly part with money to buy (useless) stuffs to make my home a home (beside the fact that I'm real lazy with houseworks)

SEAFOOD...I miss u

really in need of my seafood supply ....Argghh

like bamboo clams with ginger & spring onion

like stir fried lala with ginger & onion

like oyster covered in melted cheese

like salt baked meat crab..