Since beginning of this year, there are two new religious institutions in my neighbourhood.
1. The second house to the row perpendicular to my row of houses ie. same row as or next to the children’s playground is operating as a Muslim religious school for kids.
If I leave the house after 7.10a.m. to go to work, there is bound to be traffic congestion with parents alighting their kids and stopping in the middle of the road.
2. The former site of Sabah Institute of Technology (S.I.T.) is now a True Jesus Church. I do not know how long the building had been erected because previously the view of the building had been blocked by trees.
I only realised that there is a new church there after the trees had been chopped off.
I might be wrong but last night was the first time the Local Council KK CIty Hall garbage truck arriving at 11p.m. to pick up the rubbish. And the stray dogs around the neighbourhood were barking like there was no tomorrow.
I really hate those dogs for they have been barking so much the past couple of months, at any time of the night or early in the morning during dreamland time. They interrupt my sleep. Sometimes I wish I could get my hands on a gun and shoot them down. They are really a nuisance.
As some of you know I have asthma background and so when I start to cough, usually the cough would last a long time before I am completedly recovered. And even after I recovered, usually the cough would come back quickly.
On 28 February 2009 after I attended Michael Hing and Shirley Chong’s wedding, I went to Shangri-la Hotel Bandaran Berjaya to meet two of my friends for lunch. After lunch, they wanted to have fruits for dessert. Since I was coughing I told them I did not want any papayas or watermelon.
They encouraged me to choose another fruit. They thought that since I was already coughing, how much worst can the cough get?
Previously CTY had told me eating pineapple with a particular soft drink would do the magic but I forgot the name of the soft drink. So I called CTY and he told me F&N Sarsi. But the waitress at Tivoli Café and Bar told me only Coke were available.
So I had the 1/8 piece of a pineapple without any F&N Sarsi. That same afternoon my cough subsided and during the wedding banquet at Royal China Restaurant, D’Junction I could carry a conversation without coughing.
Thank you CTY for your advice but I have not thanked my two other friends yet.
Just thought I shared about this since Sophia and I were talking about coughing on the way home from having buffet at Café TATU on Saturday night.
Last week when I wanted to write out some receipts for payments made by clients recently, I suddenly forgot the name of the company of one of the clients. I cannot trace back to any records since the client had engaged another party to draft the plans and the boss only endorsed on the plans. The client did not give us one set of the drawings for our record.
This morning, lo and behold, the same client walked into our office with more plans for the boss to sign. This time I was able to find out the name of his company.
There were many times where I told my colleagues we had not seen such and such a person for a long time. Usually that person I mentioned would turn up the same afternoon or a few days after that.
Contrary to most people's belief, I do enjoy going to the movies. This may come as a shock to some of you since I hardly do that anymore.
During my study days in Down Under, my good friend David Tan who is from KL and I liked to hire videos and watched them in his room. We can easily go on a marathon in watching movies on videos. In those days, it only cost RM1 per video and if a video was faulty, we can return it to the video shop and exchange for a better one. We watched all sorts of movies including action, adventure, comedy, drama, epic, horror, romance, thriller, etc.
The last movie I watched at the cinema in Down Under in 1993 was ‘The Beauty and The Beast’. I enjoyed the movie very much.
When I first came back to Malaysia, I still went to the cinema with now my ex-colleagues. As the years passed by, patronizing the cinema became non-existent for me. I also gave up watching any movies on the television as well.
My younger brother has quite a lot of VCDs in his collection but I have not seen much of them as well. I only remembered watching ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and a few others.
Last December when I was spending Christmas in KL, Tracy and I managed to go to watch ‘Australia’. Previous to this occasion was a movie at Centre Point Sabah more than five years ago.
Now that I am working in a busy job, I guess I cannot afford to spend much time in watching movies. Moreover by the time I arrive home after a hard day’s work, watching movies would be the last thing on my mind. I may end up falling asleep in the cinema and waste the money.
This morning as I was having breakfast and rummaging through the newspapers at the same time, I came across the movies section and saw all the movies on show today. The only one that caught my attention was ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’. I was wondering if I had to wait until my upcoming trip to KL to watch it.
After Canaanland Celebration today, Elizabeth Chung and I were chatting about our previous night dining at Café TATU. We did not bump into each other. She and her family had ala carte while Sophia and I had buffet. While we were still chatting away, Monica Leong came over and asked Eliz whether she wanted to go to watch movie. When I heard ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ being mentioned, i told them I wanted to join them if they were going. Monica could not believe her ears, for she thought that I do not watch movies at the cinema.
So after lunch at Michi Japanese Restaurant, we went straight to Golden Screen Cinema (GSC). Eliz’s twin Jacelyn had bought the ticket for four of us including Sharon Lai. Jacelyn, her elder sister and mum also joined us.
Since there were seven of us altogether, Jacelyn chose the fourth row from the front when she bought the tickets. As we sat down on those seats, we did not feel comfortable because we had to put our head up. We decided to split into two groups and sat three rows behind our original row. We felt so much better and continued sitting there until the end of the movie.
What’s my verdict on the movie? I enjoyed myself thoroughly. I had not laughed so much in recent times. During some stages of the movie, I could hear myself laughing only. Probably the rest of the audience did not get the jokes.
On 26 March 2009, I received a sms from Standard Chartered Bank. The sms read as follows.
StanChart: Enjoy 50% off ala carte dinner @ ShangPalace, Shangri-La Tg Aru with your StanChart Credit Card. Valid 28-Mar fm 7pm. Call 088-327941 to book. T&C apply
I was not interested to dine at ShangPalace since mum is away and i think it would be more fun to eat at such place when they are more people.
Then last night I received a sms from my church member Elizabeth Chung. The sms read as follows.
StanChart: Enjoy 50% off ala carte dinner @ Shang Palace, or Café TATU, Shangri-La Tg Aru with your StanChart Credit Card. Valid 28-Mar fm 7pm. Call 088-327941 to book. T&C apply
When I saw the word Café TATU, the sms looked more interesting. Sophia Tsen and I had dined there on 15 December 2005, the time when the restaurant had only opened for a short while.
This morning I called the restaurant and enquired whether the offer applies on the following.
1. Any particular or certain Standard Chartered Credit Card.
2. Only for ala carte dining
The waitress told me it applies to any SCB Credit Card and can be used for the buffet. Without asking Sophia first, I booked a table for two at 7.30p.m. I was so happy when Sophia replied my sms in the affirmative.
The restaurant observed Earth Hour at 8.30p.m. At some moments, we were actually eating in the dark with only the mini candles lit placed on the table.
The food was not that great but we were still full and since we were paying half price to dine there, we cannot complain much. I certainly would not pay full price to eat there.
This morning the boss arrived at work at around 11a.m. He told me he would be meeting a government officer from KL tonight and asked whether the draft MOA was ready. I have been doing bits and pieces for a few weeks but there are certain parts which I have no idea what are required. I asked the boss and he could not help me either. He called the assistant of that particular government officer to ask for help. Only then I could proceed but with a lot of stress to meet the deadline.
Besides the MOA, I also had another deadline to meet because tomorrow and Saturday the bosses would be on leave and therefore I had to get the document signed before they leave.
At 4.30p.m. the boss told me he would be leaving the office to meet the government officer. At that time, I really did not know how to react, whether to cry or feel relieved. If only he had stayed until the usual time of 6p.m., I would have the draft MOA ready. After the boss left, I chucked the MOA aside and did not want to look at it at all.
Therefore I did not finish the two major deadlines on time this day. :(
This morning mum, Aunty Alice, James and CTY left for SDK for about ten days, which means only Chloe, the maid and I are at home. Still not home alone...
Tonight Chloe went to her cousin’s house to sleep. The house is extremely quiet with the maid gone to dreamland.
Little Johnny's at it again..... A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She started her class by saying, 'Everyone who thinks they're stupid, stand up!' After a few seconds, Little Johnny stood up. The teacher said, 'Do you think you're stupid, Little Johnny?' 'No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!'
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Little Johnny watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on her face. 'Why do you do that, mummy?' he asked. 'To make myself beautiful,' said his mother, who then began removing the cream with a tissue. 'What's the matter?' asked Little Johnny. 'Giving up?'
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The Maths teacher saw that little Johnny wasn't paying attention in class. She called on him and said, 'Johnny! What are 2 and 4 and 28 and 44?' Little Johnny quickly replied, 'NBC, FOX, ESPN and the Cartoon Network!'
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Little Johnny's kindergarten class was on a field trip to their local police station where they saw pictures tacked to a bulletin board of the 10 most wanted criminals. One of the youngsters pointed to a picture and asked if it really was the photo of a wanted person. 'Yes,' said the policeman. 'The detectives want very badly to capture him.' Little Johnny asked, 'Why didn't you keep him when you took his picture?'
I believe life itself is a gift from God and in having a relationship with Him.
I am on this earth for a purpose. I do not seek to change the world but to touch the world of one more person if I could, as long as there is breath in me; and to be a blessing to others.
A food lover who totally agrees with the chinese saying 'to be able to eat is prosperity'.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favour and honour; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless. Psalm 84:11
