The Beauty of Technology

I was chatting with the following people using the internet the last twenty four hours.

1. MB using the ‘Online Friends’ feature in Facebook. Have known MB for about twenty years since my Wollongong days.

Last night was the second time we chatted after we lost touch for about ten years. It is sad to find out the state of marriage of some of our mutual friends. He also asked me the $1million Q as most people do.

Yes I had a chance to make a lifetime commitment at the dawn of this century but I chickened out. I guess it would be a miracle for me to commit myself to one person knowing that I can be so fickle minded sometimes. I was afraid that I may wake up one day not loving than person anymore.

After I broke up, I found out that I made the correct decision because I did not have feelings for him whatsoever after that. I know that a marriage is a lifetime commitment and does not operate merely based on feelings. But to me, feelings do play a vital role as well. How can I be with him if I have no feelings for him anymore? It would obviously be too daunting to act for the rest of my life.

I guess he was not the one for me in the first place and that was why I can forget about him so easily. No doubt I cried a lot after we broke up but I found out that I still had the strength to carry on with my life. It was indeed not the end of the world for me as I found out later. During that time God had always been there to comfort me.

The fear of commitment resulted from looking at people around me – family, relatives, friends and real life stories of strangers from friends. I know more marriages are successful than failure but I was not willing to take the risk. Maybe I like my own company too much (‘I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude’ by Henry David Thoreau) and I am too independent to have to always report to the other person what I am doing right now.

A lot of friends who are married envy the freedom that I have. But do I envy their married life? Honestly, no I do not at all.

I have not opened up my heart again eventhough I have opportunities to do so. Will I be willing to do it again? I do not have the answer right now.

2. Dr. C using MSN. She and her husband have not been having enough sleep lately and therefore their son was left overnight with the babysitter. But she misses her son. (Cannot have things both ways my friend unfortunately)

3. CL using Yahoo! Messenger. Thanks for reading my blog and encouraging me to post more this weekend. Sometimes I wish I can chat with you more but you know the situation I am in. Thanks for understanding.

Remember our conversation last week?

I said millionaire but

you said million hairs. Haha good one

Hope you are feeling refreshed after a good rest this weekend.

3. Met EY when I went to KL last Deepavali. He was surprised to find out that I totally change after I lost so much weight (as compared to 10 years ago). He complained to me he’s fat eventhough he looks ok to me. After that he wants to keep fit and takes up the challenge to lose weight.

I haven’t chatted with him through MSN for a couple of months. Only today I found out I actually motivated him to lose weight. In the span of 4 months he had lost 10kg by running and weight training. He is trying to reduce his weight until 75kg in the next 6 months.

All the best EY. I am sure you can do it.

Tree In Front of House

12 May 2008 after terrible storm


18 May 2008 after being trimmed


Today after further trimming

Looks so ugly now. *sigh*

I want the original tree back. Wishful thinking ...

God's Pharmacy! Amazing!

(Once again thanks to LLS for forwarding this through email to me)

God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!

A sliced Carrot

looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye.. and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato

has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes

hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut

looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans

actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery,

Pak Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Avocados,

Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs

are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes

look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives

assist the health and function of the ovaries

Oranges,

Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions

look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

That’s Life

A fortnight ago when my former guardians were in Kota Kinabalu we were supposed to meet up. But due to some unforeseen circumstances, we did not get to do that. It was certainly a case of ‘so near but yet so far’. *sigh*

I have not seen them for more than twenty years and that would be a golden opportunity to do so but yet it turned out to be a major disappointment for me.

I know to some people this may not be such a big deal. But to me they were there for me and embraced me into their family life eventhough it was only for a year. And I will forever be grateful and thankful to them.

Sometimes life is like that, I may plan, I may look forward to something but when it does not come to pass, what do I do?

I just have to pick myself up and get on with life. Afterall, life goes on no matter how I feel.

Corporate Lessons

I received this through email a few days ago. Thanks to LLS for forwarding to me.

Snooping Around

Today my lunch was delivered to me by one of the workers from the nearby coffee shop at a time when I was busy as a client was in the office waiting for me to give back some documents to him. So I had no time to put away my lunch from glaring eyes and I just left it with the soup on the table top in the kitchen.

Lo and behold to my horror if I was two seconds late in getting into the kitchen again, my colleague JE would have opened my lunch box. This person really does not know what etiquette or manner is. He really likes to snoop around other people’s things and he does not really care that he is disturbing other people’s privacy.

When I mentioned my annoyance re. JE to another colleague KK, KK told me JE did the same thing to his food a while back when KK put them on his own work table. I told KK that if I have the opportunity during any of our future staff meeting, I am going to complain about this snooping around business. I mean how would I know whether this guy had just come out from the toilet without washing his hands and he’s contaminating my food, which by the way was none of his business in the first place.

I am also having second thoughts about bringing lunch from home to the office. If I do that, I think I cannot leave it lying around. I have to make sure it is properly sealed and put in a place where JE cannot lay his hands on. Or maybe I need to write on the top of the lunchbox ‘do not disturb’ or ‘please keep your hands off this!’ haha

Same goes with putting things inside the refrigerator.

Deep Sleep

This morning was the first time I did not hear the alarm sounded from the mobile phone. It would go to snooze function after ringing for some time and I woke up just before it went off the second time. I must be really tired because I only had six and a half hours of sleep. I tried to sleep early last night but I just could not fall asleep. Maybe the weather has to do with my inability to sleep early.

The weather has been quite hot the last few days. Right now the temperature is 30 degrees Celcius in my room. Thank God I did not have migraine during this period of time.

Common Courtesies

Today after bosses arrived in the office, we had staff meeting. Before we got into real business, he was ‘lecturing’ on some common courtesies as follows. (like for the umpteenth time but seems like forever has gone into deaf ears)

1. Please dump the toilet roll into the rubbish bin after you changed the toilet roll. Don’t let it sit above the toilet flush. (to change the toilet roll in the first place is already a miracle in itself and some more to take the toilet roll out of the toilet, that would really be another miracle!).

2. Please switch off the hot water pot when there’s not much water left and refill it for boiling so that the next person would have hot water to drink. I had to emphasise that there were a few times that I saw only a few centimetres of water left inside but the hot water pot was still switched on.

Now that there is a new microwave in the office, the boss hopes that people would know how to use it less they get burn by it. We will see …

One of the site staff called to say that he wanted to drop by the office after 1p.m. so that I can help him with something. I had to directly tell him to come after 2p.m. because 1-2p.m. is my lunch hour if I do not go out for lunch. Sorry, I can help but not during my lunchtime. During my private time, I do not wish to be disturbed. Moreover I am supposed to do you a favour so please do it at the time convenient to me, not the other way round. In the end he said never mind, which was even better for me. Sometimes these people think that they can just take you for granted but I have to be firm.

New Microwave and Fridge

Had a good seven and a half hours of sleep last night.

Today managed to make payments for Income Tax for both company and staff; Employee’s Provident Fund, Social Security Organisation and others. At least these are out of the way and I do not have to think about them for another month.

There is a new microwave and refrigerator in the office now. So in the future I can bring lunch to office and save more money. Hehe

Tonight did not leave work until 6.30p.m. Extremely flat out now. Need to sleep early tonight.

The Simple Thing in Life

Had a good eight hours of sleep last night. Woke up fifteen minutes just before the alarm was supposed to go off. Had curry chicken and two pieces of bread with Sunkist OJ for breakfast.

Went to Canaanland Celebration early to help Monica Leong to prepare Holy Communion. Today half of the regulars did not turn up. Wondered where did they go. Sharon Lai and Monica are not feeling well and so everyone went home to have lunch. They wanted to have porridge.

As I was coming out from Kyrugma House, I saw the boss’s car on the other side of the road, waiting to make a U-turn. As I drove along Tuaran Road, I saw his car turning into his house. The boss’s house is just a few doors away from Kyrugma House. This was the first time we were driving on the same road at the same time.

Dropped by Kolombong Giant Hypermarket Guardian Pharmacy before coming home. Last week when I was in Servay Likas Hypermarket I bought something for RM7.50 a pack. Today Guardian was selling it for RM4.48 per pack, such a vast difference, a saving of RM3 per pack. So I bought two packs.

Contrary to most people’s thinking, I can also be simple when it comes to food. I came home and cooked two Cantonese style prawn noodles. I used to be able to buy them in packets from Bestmart Supermarket Kolombong. But since Giant Hypermarket took over, they are not for sale anymore.

Cantonese style prawn noodles is one of the simple things in life that I enjoy eating.

Since a friend and his family would be coming over from Hong Kong at the end of this month and my supply will be running out soon, I will ask him to get some for me.

I also had 5 homemade 'har kau'.

Had a couple of hours of sleep in the afternoon. The weather was not too hot so I did not have to switch on the air-conditioner.