Something New

I am embarking on something new today and will reveal it in due course.

Compulsory Leave

Went back to work today, the fourth day of CNY.

Am grateful that we did not have to take compulsory leave like many employees from other companies had to all throughout this country from today onwards until the remaining of the week.

If that was imposed, then we had to take leave and rot at home.

Bonus

I am thankful for the bonus I received.

I know some people who have not received theirs for some time already.

Some even get paid their salary almost at the middle of each month.

I guess the economy is still in a bad shape for some companies.

What's Up?

I am up. :(

Am having one of the busiest weekends and I woke up at 3.00a.m. Yicks

God really has a great sense of humuor.

I can hear the chooks making noise and dogs barking.

Better go back to dreamland. Otherwise I will be a panda bear in a few hours time.

Compliments

Received two compliments today. Both had to do with remembering people's name.

Whatever you give a woman ...

I like the following posted by a friend in FB.

Whatever u give a woman, she will make it greater.

Give her a sperm, she will give u a baby.

Give her a house, she will give u a home.

Give her groceries, she will give u a meal.

Give her a smile and she will give u her heart.

She multiplies and enlarges what she is given.

So if u give her crap, be r.......eady to receive a... ton of shxx...

Post it on your wall if u agree! :D

Courtesy and Good Manners

Last week I was accused of losing a document. But the fact was the person did not even pass the thing to me. I can remember this one very clearly.

Today the person found the document and not even an apology was given.

Courtesy and good manners are becoming things of the past as we become more and more sophisticated in this world.

Curiosity Didn't Kill this Cat

A couple of days ago I asked one of my colleagues about FY who came to our office yonks ago but did not come anymore. FY and his dad own some companies and my colleague’s friend is working for this father and son.

I was just curious how he looks like now cos most of the men I know would usually put on weight as they get older.

As I was browsing through the Live Feed in FB, suddenly I saw two of my friends had added FY as their friends. So I gotta see how he looks like now. And yes he has put on weight.

WAYN?

Today someone actually asked me 'Where are you now (WAYN)?' when I was online during lunchtime.

If I am online, I would either be at work or at home. I seldom go online using my mobile phone. I would not be twiddling my thumb at the beach and go online at the same time. :)

Just came back from Canaanland Celebration Leaders Meeting. Everyone who should be there made the conscientious effort to do so. There were a lot of matters being deliberated in the two hours.

In the end I was asked where I would prefer to have the retreat this year. I said, ‘The mountain’. The beach would never be my choice cos I do not like to get sun-tanned. (And that’s why if you ask me WAYN, you would seldom hear me answer the beach. The only time that did happen was when Adam Barclay came to visit me in 2005. We went to Sapi Island on a normal weekday).

So this year we will be going up the mountain again during the Hari Raya period and since I was the Camp Commander last year, this year I have just been nominated to be the Advisor to the soon-to-be appointed Camp Commander.

Pop It Goes

Always enjoy popping this thing since small.

Yesterday opened a bottle of Chinese cough medicine and there were two pieces inside the box.

Pop Pop Pop I went.

In everything give thanks

Time really flies by. We just said goodbye to 2009. A new year and decade are upon us.

Last year were filled with ups and downs for me.

The GOOD aspects

1. Most of all I am still alive to continue to write this blog. This I truly thank God for, the being alive bit, not the blog bit. I said this because ... (please read Item 1 and 2 on The NOT SO GOOD aspects below)

2. The reality of my Creator in my life. In the midst of an extremely desperate situation, His peace was so real. I love you my Abba Father.

3. And through serving Him, I had a major breakthrough in my life.

4. Promotion at work.

5. In the midst of busyness, I travelled domestically to the following places.

a. Thrice to KL

b. F.T. Labuan

c. Tawau

6. Developed closer relationship with some family members, good friends and LG members.

7. More consistent in attending LG.

8. Able to exercise though stopped just before the Canaanland Celebration Retreat until end of the year.

9. Able to attend KK Jazz Festival at Sutera Harbour.

10. Time spent with friends for food and fellowship.

11. Mum able to travel to UK and USA for three months.

12. Having Aunty Alice around who can understand me more.

The NOT SO GOOD aspects

1. Two good friends passed away and their demise really had an impact on me. They were not old at all. Both had just retired. It made me re-evaluate my life. We may plan for the future but our future, in fact our present and past are all in the hands of God. I cannot add one day even to it but as long as I am here, I have tried not to sweat over the small stuff. It is not an easy task for someone like me who is so into detail.

2. Two couples of friends who lost their babies. My heart ached with them.

3. Some relationships I have hoped to improve had gone worst rather than better. I had tried but ... Oh well ... One cannot always win.

4. Did not attend as many prayer meetings as I would have wanted to.

5. I gave up reading the OT before the half way mark. NT was a piece of cake though.

6. I did not sleep as much as I wanted to. As a result of that and not enough rest, I ended the year being sick.

7. I was still spending too much time on the internet, but less as compared to 2008.

In 2010 I hope to be able to do the following.

1. Have a even closer relationship with Abba Father.

2. A better result in reading the OT.

3. Better time management at work to accomplish more.

4. Travel internationally. A valid passport would be handy.

5. Cook more for the family.

6. Rest more.

7. Getting to know more people and touching lives.

Asian Anti-Aging Aesthetic Services Sdn. Bhd.

Today before I left work CTY called and asked if I am free tonight.

A few weeks ago, I told him I wanna visit his friend's spa centre in KK Times Square to have a look.

So we went there tonight and arrived to be greeted by his friend Wong. Wong's staff had cooked dinner made from organic veges for us to savour. All the veges tasted so sweet.

After dinner, CTY washed up. After showing and explaining the many details of the spa centre, Wong allowed me to try one raw corn cob and it tasted so sweet and fresh. But I did not like the raw peanuts though.

Asia City Complex and Cititel Express KK

The room is so small.

But the toilet flush is so big.

Today's Happenings

Today after 1.30p.m. I took a walk from the office to Giant Kolombong Foodcourt to have chicken rice. Eventhough it is called steam chicken, actually the style of cooking is boiling the chicken. I guess it’s just a term to differentiate with the fried ones (baked ones to be correct).

I always enjoy eating the steam chicken rice since I was young. I know a lot of people who prefer to eat the fried ones though and they would not touch the steam ones at all.

After lunch, I bought this pair of rechargeable batteries from Fotobest. I hope they would solve all the problems I had with my old batteries.

I also bought 1.5kg of rambutan a fruit stall at the carpark of Giant Kolombong and put them in the fridge.

I continued working and the electricity supply stopped coming at 4p.m. I decided to go to Servay Hypermarket Plaza Juta to see whether the Christmas trees are on sale yet.

There was also no current at Servay Hypermarket but the genset was on and therefore some lights were still on. I checked out the Christmas trees but they look too flimsy to me and therefore I decided not to buy any.

Upon arriving at the carpark, I called my Shiseido skincare consultant to enquire whether Parkson Grand in Wawasan Plaza has the Christmas trees on sale. She did not think so and will call me back.

I drove to Milimewa in Inanam and since this area is predominantly Malays and foreigners area, there were no Christmas trees in sight except for some decorations for Christmas trees on sale.

I went back to the office and took out the rambutan from the fridge to bring home. I had almost forgotten them. The current was available again by that time.

Had the following for dinner.

Mum bought these 'Mata Kucing' from a neighbour and they had to be the sweetest and juiciest I eaten.

Gentleman

Tonight after work I went to Khidmat Supermarket to buy bread. As I entered the supermarket, I noticed only one cashier was on duty and two people queuing up to pay.

I wanted to quickly grab the loaf of bread and get out from the place but a gentleman with a trolley full of goodies beat me to it. As I stood behind him, I realised that he was standing towards the right instead of queuing up behind the customer in front of him.

As we made eye contact, he motioned me to go first. I am glad this sort of gentleman still exists in this world. I thanked him and after I made my purchase, I thanked him again before getting out from the place.

Be Thankful

I was chatting with a friend on MSN tonight and she told me about her cousin, S.

S’s boss has been paying her and her two colleagues RM50 or RM75 per week since June this year (no real pay). If S is lucky, just like recently she received RM150 that week. S’s mum is paying for her car, fuel and food.

We should always be thankful for what we receive everyday and not take things for granted.

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Have you ever been in a situation like this: Something you hope will happen but didn't expect to happen, happened?

That was the situation I found myself to be in a few days ago. I hope the thing will go through and then life will be a bit easier for me.

Painless

CTY is SO SURPRISED I am painless after our hiking at Bukit Padang yesterday.

At first I bluffed and told him that I was in pain but when he found out that just like James, I do not feel any pain at all, he could not believe me.

(James went up the hill for the first time with CTY after CTY dropped Choo and I off at the airport on Wesak Day)

And some people are SO SURPRISED that I could actually make it up there. To them, I must be totally unfit to do such a feat.

Random Terms

People (friends and consultant) had been using the following terms to describe me lately.

1. Red hot chilli

2. Anorexic

3. Cool

4. Powerful

Does that mean I am a red hot chilli, cool and powerful anorexic? Haha

This is a cool photo taken yonks ago in Down Under.

Early Bird

Woke up at 4.45a.m. to wash up and to wash clothes. Went downstairs at 5.15a.m. and did not see any light on in Choo’s room. Knocked on the door several times before she woke up.

Dropped her off at the airport. Came home and snoozed for another 20 mins before shower and went to work.

Felt like a zombie the whole day.