For the past one week I had diarrhea four times. I feel kinda weak each time after coming out from the loo. Thank God for His strength.
My weight is now 42.5kg. I have not been having much of an appetite since my birthday. This may due to the extremely hot weather.
This evening after coming home from work I checked my email and Uncle Ho told me that mum arrived safely in
An hour later Uncle Ho called from
I am sure mum is going to have a fabulous time these three months in
I tried to finish some work before I went on half day leave in the afternoon. In between work there were plenty of calls and sms from everyone to wish me. I was overwhelmed by all of them. A big thank you to all. I feel that I am so blessed to know all of them including those of you who read this blog. Thank you very much. One of my insurance agents even sang the birthday song to me.
After work I came home and tried to rest but another one of my insurance agents called me as well and disturbed my snooze. He was surprised when I told him I was sleeping. He hoped that I could give him at least one name to sign up for a policy when I woke up from my nap so that he can achieve the top three in his company in order to qualify for a trip. The deadline was 10p.m. tonight. Too bad I did not dream of any name to give him.
After waking up around 3p.m., I drove mum to KKIA. On the way we detoured to shop ‘33’ at Taman Soon Kiong to take away some buns for her to eat on her transit at Bandar Sri Begawan before flying to
As I was about to arrive at KKIA after 3.30p.m, I nearly had a car accident. The car was stuck below the bypass just before the entrance of the airport. Cars were starting to come from Putatan to cross over to
I parked the car at the airport parking lot and was glad to find out that the parking fee has decreased. Within first hour of parking, the fee was only RM1. Mum checked in with her ex classmate and three other persons travelling together with them.
Aunty Alice and I left the airport slightly after 4p.m. As I was making a U-turn at
After 7p.m. I went to park my car at Chiu Thai Seng Supermarket. Sophia and I were going to dine at Five Sails, Magellan Sutera Harbour Resort.
After Sophia parked her car, she opened the boot of her car. I was so surprised to see a bouquet of flowers inside. She made sure I brought the flowers to the restaurant instead of letting them to be inside the boot.
(Before my birthday, I had another passing thought ie. how nice it would be to receive flowers for my birthday. So Sophia really made my day and birthday. Thank you Sophia. I really appreciate your friendship and thoughfulness).
There were not many people dining tonight, which meant more food for us. But we could not eat much. I ate more than Sophia though.
We were the last ones to leave the restaurant. I had a good time. I would like to thank Sophia again.
All throughout the day I was happy and felt good to be alive.
I thank God for guiding and leading me all these years. His grace has sustained me thus far.
I also want to thank all of you my friends for being part of my life. My life would not complete if I have not known you and I thank God for each one of you.
Lastly and certainly not the least, a big thank you to all those who gave me gifts and cards.
Mum would be leaving for
Mum chose Masakan Sedap though I wanted to go to another place but I did not tell her since I gave her the pleasure to choose. Aunty Alice and Chloe also went.
Lights
Hiding Behind the Red Cloth is the Loo
Stir Fried Garoupa Fillet with Ginger and Shallots
Stir Fried Veges with Garlic and Oyster Sauce
Stir Fried Black Pepper Deer Meat
Wet Butter Crabs
Complimentary Jelly
What can I say except that mum was happy with all the food we ordered. Especially the CRABS! She had two, Chloe had one while I had THREE. Aunty Alice only tasted the sauce. I offered to take out the bones for her but she did not want to eat.
As for the black pepper deer meat, this was the first time we had it cooked this way. Wow, very yummy.
The fish was fresh but the serving was kinda small.
As I was uploading the photos for this post, for the first time in my entire life, I was chatting in real time with my very good friend Anna Wong through Facebook. Anna and I went to high school together in Down Under. We have known each other for a quarter of a century. How time flies! Her husband also celebrated his birthday three nights ago in Hong Kong, which means that he is four days older than me. Happy Belated Birthday Wallace.
1. More than a week ago I was thinking wouldn’t it be great if I could dine at Five Sails, Magellan Sutera Harbour Resort on my birthday at half the price. It was just a passing thought.
Yesterday at 11:07a.m. I received a sms from Standard Chartered Bank. The sms reads as follows:-
StanChart: Enjoy 50% off Buffet Dinner @ Five Sails, The Magellan Sutera with your StanChart Credit Card. Valid 20/4, 7pm to 10pm. Call 088-318 888 to book. T&C apply
To me it just like a birthday surprise gift from God to me. I was so happy.
I spun into action and sms Sophia whether she wanted to go there and as usual her answer was in the affirmative. Yeah!
2. At the beginning of this month when I complied together all the people whom I know whose birthday fall on the same month as I do, I was thinking to myself on the following. Another one of my passing thought.
For those of you who do not know, I share the same day birthday with Hitler (but of course different year (ie. 1889))! I found out about this fact when I was a student in Down Under. Ya, of all the famous people in this world, I have to share my birthday with this ‘great’ guy in history.
When I googled 20 April birthday recently, I did not know almost all the 122 people on the list other than actor Ryan O’Neal (1941) and actress Jessica Lange (1949).
The passing thought was since I have never met anyone who shares the same birthday as I do in real life, wouldn’t it be nice if I get to do so.
This morning as I was welcoming a newcomer to Canaanland Celebration, I requested the person to fill in a form for me for our record.
After the person had filled in the form, I took it from him and read his details. His name is Peter Chung and he is a student. For the DOB, he wrote 20/04/1988. I thought my eyes were playing games with me. I had to look carefully to make sure I did not make a mistake before going back to him and wished him a happy birthday. I also told him we share the same birthday. His friend who brought him there looked at his own watch. I think he was checking out the date today to figure out the date tomorrow.
To me this is another birthday surprise gift from God to me. I was so happy again.
Thank you Lord.
On a side note, for those of you who had already wished me a happy birthday through Facebook, sms, skype, call and face to face; a big thank you to each one of you. Thanks for remembering my special day. It means a lot to me.
Mum and I went to Giant Hypermarket for grocery shopping instead of the usual Servay Hypermarket. Thanks to Jeff we still have RM200 worth of vouchers to spend. Mum took the opportunity to get some stuff for her siblings in
We wanted to buy the ‘Hill Rice’ we normally eat but it is not available at this hypermarket.
I bumped into one of my colleagues. He was there with his pregnant wife and small baby. I was so surprised that his baby face looks exactly like another colleague’s baby face. I need to show him the photo I took last year at Celyn Hotel.
As we were checking out, I noticed one of guys with Citibank credit card forms was observing me. As I paid for the groceries, he came over and started introducing the card. I told him I know all about the card but I was not interested in getting one due to the hassle and inconvenience when the time comes to clear of the debt at the end of each month. Like most persistent salespersons, he did not give up straight away.
The last resort was telling him the truth ie. that I hardly shop in Giant. The reason I was there today was because of the vouchers. He still did not give up and told me that even if I shop at Servay Hypermarket, I would get 1% rebate. Wow, should I jump at the chance? 1% man, that is a lot. Of course not. I thanked him and walked out from the hypermarket.
While waiting for mum to get bread from the bakery, the same guy came out from the hypermarket with some of his colleagues. When he passed by me, there was a smirk on his face. He must be thinking how stupid is this lady in not accepting a free credit card!
Tonight the following people celebrated our (Sharon Lai and mine) early birthdays with us.
1. Monica Leong
2. Elizabeth and Jacelyn Chung
3. Mimi and Janice Quek
4. Kenny, Beatrice and Enoch Lim
5. Angie Lo
6. Alice Hiew
7. Andrew Chan
Six people who said they were coming did not turn up.
Since I just completed my detoxification process, I did not want to eat too oily stuff. I ordered Singapore Style Fried Mee Hoon. The portion was quite big but a bit salty for me. I did not finish the whole plate.
Singapore Style Fried Mee Hoon
When it was time for us to cut the tiramisu cake, the cake had just been taken out from the fridge and therefore it was a bit hard. I could not cut it and told
A Big Slice of Tiramisu Cake for Spinxie
The cake was too rich for me. I ate half of the slice given to me.
We had a good time of fellowship until after 10p.m. Thank you all for your presence and taking the time out to celebrate with Sharon and I. GBU all.
