那些年。。。

那些年，那些快乐的时候，到哪去了?

就为了当年的坚持，而换来今天的下场吗？

Don't mess with me, cabbie!

Yesterday, I sent my car for routine servicing, and went off to do stock take. When my car was ready, I tried to hail a cab from Jusco Cheras Selatan to my service centre.

There were a bunch of taxis lining up outside the main road of this mall, and I went to the first in line and told them where I want to go. These taxi drivers were all hanging around outside and chatting with each other. When I told them I wanted to go Balakong, he asked for RM6, i.e. did not want to use the metre. "What? RM6, it is so near!", no choice because had to cover for their round trip back to this point to pick up other customers, explains the cabbie. Why should I pay for round trip transport to go to a destination less than 5 minutes away, and I am paying cab fare what! So I countered offer RM4, but he would not accept it.

I decided not to be blackmailed nor threatened, so I walked off and continue walking, half thinking that if really in the event no cab will take me I will probably have to walk all the way, under the hot sun... I walked along the highway, and tries to hail for another cab, thank God another cabbie came along when I stretch out my hand, and this honest cabbie was willing to use the metre. In the end, how much did I pay for the cab fare? RM3.30.

Really, it is no wonder I don't like to take cabs these days, they are operating like transport gangsters, demanding for fixed cab fare, and forcing customers to give in to their overrated cab fare!

Feeling faintish...

I am still trying to recover from my thumping headache last night...

It started right after our 1 hour outdoor photography session with the kids... think must be the sun, heat stroke perhaps.... but really felt it when I went to bed last night, when I woke up in the middle of the night with a thumping headache, that continued till this morning.

Went to work this morning, popped 02 panadols, but headache is not getting any better. The thumping has stopped, but I am feeling a bit floaty, and faintish. If I really stay very still, I can almost feel as if my surroundings are moving a little. Don't know why this is so, and why this is happening, usually Panadol will do its job, but not today.

A colleague of mine commented "Don't tell me you are pregnant?" I was on alert immediately and said, "In both my 02 previous pregnancies I only get morning sickness that make me throw up, and not feel faintish...", and NO, I am not pregnant in case you are wondering.

Maybe I should go lie down, or take a 15 minutes nap and see if it helps.

Bidding farewell to a huggable teddy bear..

Today at around noon, the entire first floor of MAS Complex A, Admin building 1 gathered around the waiting area outside MD's office, to wait for and to bid farewell of Tengku Azmil. There was no grand send off, nor was there goodbye dinners that MAS is famous for... he had a quiet send off, with only us few walking him down the stairs.

It was a very sad moment for all of us, we had enjoyed our times working with him, and truth be told, he is a good boss. We are very sad that he is departing, although we know he is probably relieved at having this burden finally lifted off him.

News of the share swap literally demoralised the entire company, we are all quite demotivated and discouraged, like a group of army that has lost their leader, and not knowing what to do. We do not know what is going to happen, what the new structure is going to be, what happens to TMO... there are lots of uncertainty, alot of things that are still in the dark, alot of unknown and alot of blur areas still to be figured out.

People outside of MAS, and outside of TMO may not feel the same kind of sadness that we felt, but we did. We were once his army, and we battled alongside him, and it is just sad that his departure was so sudden. He deserves a standing ovation for having to manage a challenging company in tough times. A lot of people are very good at saying what could have, should have and what they would have done had they been in his shoes. They can boast about what they would do, but mind you, you are not in the tough situation that he was in, so you don't know what kind of obstacles he has to go through. I would like to see you run a company of this size, and with this kind of environment and make it better.

Don't just talk big, everyone can do that.

McD don't give change now?

This morning I was at the Connaught McD drive thru, and my breakfast set meal came up to RM8.95, I gave the cashier RM10.00, and she only returned RM1.00 to me without any explanation.

So McD does not give RM0.05 change anymore is it? The cashier did not even bother explaining that they are out of RM0.05 or why is she not returning my RM0.05 change. Don't get me wrong, I am not particular about the RM0.05, it is a matter of principle that I am after here.

Why ah?

In a happy mood!

Somehow I am just in a really happy mood today.

This morning traffic was exceptionally good, 50 cents toll have been abolished...
My morning meeting went well, got to have lunch with hubby and meet mum during lunch...
Got refund from income tax (woohoo....!)

Only thing is I hope Evonne is not having fever, she had slight fever last night and hopefully it had gone away by now. I think she is teething again... but she wasn't really making a big fuss last night so it was ok.

My son is now 3 months old... he is adorable, his eyes big and has an infectious smile... he is cute and handsome...! And he is very well behaved for a 3 month old, at least where sleeping at night is concern.. He typically only wakes up for milk around 4 or 5am now, just once so we do get a good few hours of sleep at one go...

This happy day will continue.... I just know it!
:-)

Almost 38 weeks!

Ok, time to let the cat out of the bag.......

For those of you who do not know, we are expecting our second baby... I am now 37+ weeks pregnant, so technically I can pop anytime now... sooo.........

We are as excited about welcoming this new bundle of joy to our family... with his arrival, I feel that our family is now complete, and I can breathe a sigh of relief as having completed my duty as a daughter in law, wife and mother.. haha... (hubby if you are reading this, it means I am ready to close production now... hehe)

Due date for the baby is actually during the 6th day of CNY, which is 08 Feb, but I have a feeling that this baby is eager to come out, so will probably be earlier than 08 Feb. This CNY, I have not purchased any new clothes, shoes nor anything new for myself.. Why not? Well, like I was telling my colleagues during lunch today, it would be futile buying CNY clothes now as I do not know if I get to wear them, and also depressing if I have to wear maternity clothes during CNY.. so might as well not buy and live with what I have, afterall it will be a short period before I pop anyway..

You will probably hear from me next after my delivery... so..... update you then!

感慨。。。

新的一年， 新希望？

我不敢期望太高， 只希望快乐无忧和平安的过就好了。

有些事情闷在心里真不好受， 虽然已渐渐成为一种习惯， 可是还是盼望可以有倾诉的对象。
只想说， 能忍就忍吧。。。忍得多久就多久。。 当真的忍不到时，就随心所欲吧！你已尝试去包容和了解， 真的不能就别再勉强了。。。 何苦要折磨自己呢？这是不值得的。

做最后的一次努力和尝试吧！加油！

Happy Cotton Anniversary!

I logged onto facebook today, and saw this anniversary message by hubby to me:

"Wishing My Dear Wife A Wonderful Wedding Anniversary;
A very special thank to her to be a wonderful wife;
Sharing my Joy with a more enchanting ways;
There are thousands of anniversary gifts available;
And I believe & I have had the most valuable gift I ever had"

I am so touched... that is such a sweet message, and he wants to take me out for dinner tonight too! That shows effort on his part, doesn't matter where he wants to bring me for dinner, it is the thought and effort that counts..

Here is wishing hubby a Happy Cotton Anniversary, and many more to come... and to my daughter's daddy, for being such a wonderful father.. love you always dear...!

Evonne's Almost 1!

Evonne is officially turning 1 tomorrow, but we have had 02 rounds of birthday celebrations for her over the last 2 weekends.

The previous weekend was at our house where we celebrated her Lunar birthday, and the weekend that just passed was to celebrate with my side of relatives at my mum's place. All in all, both parties were a blast and we had a good time.. just that preparation for party is tiring, and how much food to cater is always a headache... we do not want to over cater and have alot of leftovers, neither do we want to under cater and starve our guests...

Anyway... just want to share with you her birthday cake. It is jelly cake, and it is in the shape of a cow because she was born in the year of the Ox!

Erm.. I can't rotate the picture... don't know what is wrong with Blogger, or maybe I am the one not knowing how to rotate it... but until I figured this out, you tilt your head to see the picture ok?

Ta!

Evonne is turning one soon....!

My baby daughter, Evonne will be turning one very very soon... Her western birthdate is on the 27th Oct, but according to the Lunar Calendar, this Sunday would be her birthday.

My daughter's 1st birthday! Can't believe she is one already.. hahaha... she certainly does not behave like other 1 year olds... Other one year olds I know probably know how to walk, and will at least have grown a tooth or two... she has er.... none so far... but I am not too worried about that as that is not stopping her from eating all sorts of food.. just wish that her teeth grows faster so that I can introduce more food to her.. and it would be really nice to finally be able to hold her hand and guide her while she walks..

We are planning a small party, with immediate family members, to celebrate her birthday. The food menu kept changing, from the initial just KFC to now a variety of food.... including sausages, satay, noodles and all...

I am looking forward to celebrating her birthday!

Happy Birthday Darling Evonne!

*muacks* hugs and kisses from mummy...

夫妻相处之道 - 君子与小人

翻来翻去的，睡不着觉的只有我一人吗？

君子与小人第一回合， 小人输了。。。可是我后来才发觉原来两人都输了。。。两人原来这么的没共识，没默契。。。如果赌注是一断婚姻，两人不是都输了吗？

真难怪我姨丈在我阿姨病间脾气暴燥，我现在才了解。。。我们难道表现的比他好吗？在如此小件的事情上，我们都不能好好的解决，不能有共识的解决问题，只会各自发脾气， 各自蛮以为有方法去解决，完全忽略了对方存在的重要和需要。难道我们不需要对方吗？有问题我们各自解决吗？这一问，我倒也想到了，我们大多自己解决问题，因为无数次的吵架就因不能有共识和认同而发生，而演变了今天的这个局面。这发现恨很的敲在了我认为满意的婚姻上。。。现在已如此，将来若路更难走，我们走的过去吗？我真的很难过，很伤心。。。眼泪也不听话的一直掉， 一直掉。。。

当回到同一床上时，才发觉床原来这么的大，中间早已隔了一个大空间，无论有无女儿的存在，我们间也隔了许多许多。。。为啥睡在隔壁的人好像很陌生？从何时开始呢。。。？

My thoughts today...

Random thoughts for the day...

最近比较烦， 比较烦，比较烦。。。

没有过不去的事情， 只有过不去的心情。。。

哑子吃黄莲，有苦说不出。。。

辛福不是必然的。。。

会有苦尽干来的一天吗？

Monday Blues

Hmmmm I wonder why the copy and paste function does not work on Blogger? I just typed a short blog on thought of copying it over, but now it is all gone, and I have to retype it all over again...

Oh well... I was saying that I don't feel like coming to work today.. too many things on my mind.. or perhaps it has to do with something happening at work? Oh I don't know.. maybe cos today is Monday?

Let's take things one step at a time... and try to kick the Monday Blues away...!

Feeling under the wind

I don't feel so well.... feeling kinda ill...

I keep sneezing, and starting to have phlegm too... I hope I am not falling sick, if I am sick then I will have to stay away from Evonne... that sucks!

It does not help that most of my colleagues are sick, either down with cough or flu... sigh... vitamins do your job!

Overpriced water

I was at lunch with colleags several days ago at this cafe in a clubhouse near office.

I had fried glass noodle and a glass of warm water. When we finished and went to pay, the boss told me that my total bill was MYR8.00. I distinctly remember that my fried glass noodle was only MYR6.00, and my water cannot be MYR2.00, so maybe the boss got the price of my glass noodle wrong.

So I asked him, "Boss, how much is the glass noodle?" "MYR6.00" was his reply.

Now I was really puzzled, and decided to probbed somemore, "Then how much is the glass of warm water?" "MYR2.00" was the answer.

What?? MYR2.00 for a glass of water? I had to ask him how much was a glass of iced tea. It was only MYR0.50! And a glass of herbal drink is also priced at MYR2.00! So how can my glass of plain water be MYR2.00?????

Felt so cheated, so I told the boss, "Boss, your glass of water very expensive ah?" And he had the cheek to reply "Yeah, a bit expensive...." There is no way I am going to order plain water ever from that cafe again. Actually, if I can, I would try to avoid going to that cafe, since the pricing is so inconsistent and totally off....

Still can't get over the fact that his glass of plain water costs MYR2.00... Issshhhhhh!!!

Good tasting and lovely looking birthday cake

This is my uncle's birthday cake this year.

It looks great don't you think?

And it taste great too... It is sponge based, but in the flavour of spinach and pumpkin.

Just thought I'd share this with you...

Intermitten internet transmission

The internet connectivity at my office has been crap of late... well it was not the best to begin with, but at least we knew ways around it and could function with the speed.

For the past week, it has just been bad. We could not even launch IE, it will just hang and all we get is white screen. So we could not do any work if we wanted to check on the internet, or go home and use our own internet to check.

I think this has to do with us cutting over to another IT provider... but the transition period is causing inconvenience to us users! AArrrggghhhh we cannot surf, cannot research, cannot pull data, cannot check on news... nothing... sigh...

Yeah I know what you are thinking, if that is the case how come I can still post this post right now? Well, that's a secret... cannot tell... shhhhhh.....
:-)

Have a nice weekend ahead...!

Really really annoyed

I have blogged about this before, but it is still happening...
There is this particular post that always attracts spam comments, from offering sexual services to dog health screening.. I have to go in once in a while to delete all the spam comments...

It is really annoying me, how can I prevent someone from posting spam comments? I am even contemplating disallowing comments on my blog...

Sigh...

Barbie Doll Jelly Skirt

I have been meaning to make this for a long long time now... and have been scouting the internet for recipes and methods on how to make barbie doll skirt jelly. I found some pictures but were not able to find ways on how to make it.

Finally I found it, in one of my mum's old recipe book.. and thought I'd give it a try... Mum said she had alot of colourings available so I was looking forward to a colourful jelly skirt, unfortunately we discovered that most of the colourings expired so we had to make do with the one purple colouring which I bought.... and this was the end result! What do you think?

I do apologise for the "nude top" because the barbie

doll which I bought came like that, and I mean to "dress her up" the next time I attempt this. This was just a first trial so cut me some slack kay....?