Overworked

Worked more than twelve hours today. Thank God for the strength.

Time to relax and enjoy myself after Canaanland Celebration tomorrow before continuing the saga tomorrow night.

Bananas from Backyard and Dinner

Scrabble

This is a just completed game played with my cousin.

My 1st word was wearies - 64 points

My cousin’s 2nd word was feuding - 79 points

My cousin’s 3rd word was alkynes - 93 points

My 8th word was unshout - 66 points

In the end I won by only 2 points and I would have lost if I did not start the game first. The person who makes the 1st move scores double points.

Sometimes I do not even know a word exists until I check the Scrabble dictionary. The dictionary not only says that the word is valid but gives the meaning of the word most of the time.

For instance, according to the Scrabble dictionary, the word unshout means revoke (an earlier statement) by shouting a contrary one. I would not have known this word exists.

Claim Approved

Though I had an extremely busy day, I am super delighted cos the director approved my claim for extra work done for 2008 and 2009. That means I would have to pay more tax for 2008. But still the approval has come at the right time.

The rain has been coming down almost the whole day.

The electricity supply stopped coming as I was about to knock off from work. So the whole area was in pitch darkness and there was traffic congestion on the road. I had to be extra careful since the rain was coming down at the time as well.

My SIL’s parents arrived from SDK last night and tonight we all had steamboat at home. Indeed it is the most appropriate time to have steamboat when the rain is coming down. We did not have to switch on the air-conditioner.

I was very hungry and ate a lot.

Aunty Alice made some 'leong fun' so I am gonna have some later.

Conversion

Was going through some photos in FB moments ago of a wedding banquet which my cousin and his wife attended recently.

I know the bride through work and from the photos, I found out she has converted to another faith due to marriage.

I am just wondering whether I would do that for the sake of marriage.

Is it in this kind of situation that people say, ‘Love conquers all’ or more like ‘Love is blind’?

Calendar

Had eight hours of sleep last night and was interrupted by the pouring rain. So got out of bed to close the window. Then at about 4a.m. I woke up again.

If I sleep early, I am usually awakened at least once through the night. Whereas if I sleep six or seven hours, I usually have a deep sleep and can sleep through the night. What a dilemma to be in. I guess I cannot have it both ways.

Today I was supposed to have lunch with my ING Insurance Agent DL. But at the eleventh hour I texted him to say that due to having a slight fever, I preferred to stay in. He asked me whether I wanted a diary or calendar. Since I already have a diary, I asked him for a calendar.

I have become so thick face until I asked whether he is going to give one to Sophia as well. Ya, Sophia since you commented that you didn’t have any diary from ING, I have put the information into action. :) He said he will pass it to you himself.

He turned up in the afternoon and gave me the calendar along with a card.

Inside the calendar, of all the quotes, I like this one the most.

When I showed one of my colleagues, her answer was, “Not much right now. And maybe nothing for most of the people here.” I did not comment and just laugh.

Different Interpretations

I almost forgot about this conversation which occured during dinner after the minor car accident last Friday night.

Spinxie to Mum & Aunty: I banged into someone's car just now. ... (and the rest of it)

Aunty: I think you saw a 'leng chai'

Mum: No, no, no, I disagree. Someone saw a 'leng lui'

Everyone laughed uncontrollably.

(GO FIGURE)

Diary

I am coughing less today.

The irony of this is the fact that I had potato chips and ground peanuts before I went to dreamland last night. I was thinking these junk food may have reverse effect on the coughing and they did.

This morning I heard someone called my name at work. My Prudential Insurance Agent dropped by to pass me a diary. The diary this year is the same colour as last year's ie. red to the maximum.

Time for me to start using it to jot down some notes.

Memorial Service

A month ago I found out that my church member Michael Hing’s mum was suffering from colon cancer, the same one that took my late dad’s life in 1998.

Two days ago I was informed she was taken home to be with the Lord.

Tonight 13 of us from Canaanland Celebration attended her Memorial Service at Tiong Hua Funeral Parlour.

Mrs Hing gave her life to the Lord during her last days on earth. She attended a meeting in KL prior to being hospitalized. No one would have guessed that a strong person like her would not be on this earth anymore. And therefore a couple of her relatives, possibly her sisters were seen crying tonight. That’s understandable. I could still remember how happy she was with her friends during Michael and Shirley’s wedding banquet at Royal China Restaurant on 28 February 2009.

But that is life, or should I say death. We usually cannot predict when the time for us to leave this earth.

That is why I constantly have to remind myself. With mum still around and despite the fact that we usually have a clash of point of views, I would try my best not to speak my mind so that I would not make life unbearable for her. Afterall she is not young anymore and I do not want her heart to ache cos of me.

Tonight as I drove home from the funeral parlour, I was thinking of doing something simple to make her happy. I stopped by Khidmat Supermarket and bought ten sticks of Tropical Sling - lime flavour on the outside with vanilla ice-cream on the inside. This is one of mum’s favourite things in life.

When I came home and showed her, I can see a smile on her face. Ah … I felt contented.

So do treasure those that you love and make them happy eventhough they may make your life the reverse.

Lunch at Fukurou Japanese Restaurant

Mum bought back some Dry Beef Noodles from USA and stored them away in a container. I had forgotten all about them until she reminded me exactly a week ago when we were doing grocery shopping at Servay Hypermarket. I wanted to get more ‘Mi-Goreng’ since that same morning I was unable to eat any cos the maid finished them and never mention to me to buy some more. This is really something that irks me a lot. I have told her umpteenth times but as always the reminders have gone to deaf ears.

Anyway, this morning I cooked 4 pieces of Dry Beef Noodles out of a pack of 10. I cooked more so that the rest can try as well. The noodles tasted ok. I still prefer ‘Ngau Chap’ or my favourite Dry Prawn Noodles any day.

My cough has been decreasing but last night when I was sleeping I coughed a lot until I had insufficient sleep.

I brought the sweater with me and wore it during the Canaanland Celebration. I still coughed a lot during the two hours in the air-conditioner room.

After Canaanland Celebration, Monica Leong and I were contemplating whether to have lunch or not. I told her right now Fukurou Japanese Restaurant is having 30% off for anything that is associated with salmon and unagi. She wanted to try eel since she has never eaten that before.

I ordered soup, fresh salmon and rice.

Monica ordered Fried Udon and Unagi Sushi.

The Fresh Salmon came first. But there was no sight of the soup and rice.

Then the waitress came and told me that there was no more supply of Clam Bean Paste Soup.

I had to choose another one, of which I chose the following.

Monica’s Unagi Sushi came next and she started eating first cos I was waiting for the rice to be served. I think since there were a lot of customers, therefore they had to cook a new batch of rice.

Although there were only a few small pieces of Unagi in her Sushi, Monica enjoyed it very much.

Then her Fried Udon arrived. She asked the waitress what were the flaky stuff on top of the noodles. They are Fish Floss. The noodles were yummy as well.

My rice arrived fifteen minutes after the Fresh Salmon. The rice was freshly out of the rice cooker.

Once again, the Fresh Salmon tasted really fresh.

Lastly the soup arrived. The portion was big enough to be shared with Monica and the waitress gave us two sets of bowl and spoon. Thumbs up for the soup.

We chit-chatted until after 2.30p.m. before going home.