Time Flies

We are just two days away from October, three months away from 2009. There is no need to validate the statement anymore. It's scary, time indeed flies.


To all who asked, Shane is doing well in school. At least to me he is. His Chinese is also getting better and he definitely is good in this language than his mommy is. I am hopeless in this, and i faced huge problems whenever he needs to construct sentences in Chinese. Fortunately, there is internet. I found this online Chinese-English dictionary with pinyin. It works well for me!


These days, not only the children have to carry heavy loads to school, their school works don't come easy too. And parents have to play their part at home, helping to teach and explain to their kids. For example, on Shane's second week in school earlier this year, he brought home a mathematics work sheet. One question went like this:

There were ten eggs in the pictures marked from one to ten. The mother hen had lost her eggs. Her eggs were those that were marked more than three but less than eight. Can you help her find her eggs?

It certainly is not what it was for me long long ago.


A month back, for Shane's English assessment test, he had to do a show and tell on his favourite book character. He brought home the assessment notice on what he was required to do and there it was, the allocation of marks. To my surprise, marks were given for props too and they were not allowed to bring toys as props. So i decided to help.


Here was what i did:

Yes, Shane was presenting his favourite book character "Wall.E". I know, very plain looking but it took me two days to go find the right materials, print the right font size and darn, the yellow raffia strings were so hard to find.


And btw, i'm excited about my online shop. Although some issues are driving me crazy and it is hard work but i like how the end results turn out to be. From the technical part to how the packaging should be, every single detail is carefully thought out. If you are interested to know, i'm only producing stuffs for the ladies for the moment. But guys, you can help do your part by spreading the word around, or buying it for your girlfriends, partners, wives, aunts, mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers...


The time to show you my site will come soon. But keep your expectations low alright, coz afterall, i'm still a beginner in this :)

Be Bold!!

Be very BOLD


Because the new Blackberry Bold is in town!!

I'm gonna get this baby tomorrow and i can't wait! I'm not sure what time Starhub will deliver it to me but i sure hope it's gonna be first thing in the morning!! So exciting, like meeting a cute boy for the first time. You know, my whole life is on the Blackberry or BB for short. This BB Bold is my current flavour of the month and i'm gonna tell you three things why this BB will be my only love from tomorrow onwards.

1) The screen that screams S.m.a.s.h.i.n.g.!! It has been mentioned many times the screen resolution is wayyyy better than the 3G iPhone. Pictures looked so much alive on a BB Bold due to its rich and stunning pixel density. I dunno what it means but i love it already. Sexy...


2) Having Wi-Fi is the next best thing in BB Bold: I like surfing the net on my BB when i'm on-the-go. I have many sites bookmarked on my current BB 8707G, like Google, Golden Village, Gmail. If you notice, they all start with the letter 'G' and that's why i'm called 'G' in the office! But surfing the net on GPRS is definitely not the same as on Wi-Fi so i can't wait to try it out tomorrow. It is also the first BB to support HSDPA. D.a.s.h.i.n.g.


3) Watching video on BB Bold is s.t.u.p.e.f.y.i.n.g!

Well anyway, if you are not into Blackberry, it's pretty useless telling you so much about it. You won't get 'ecstatic' the same way i do. Just like how Fomula One is to me.


Nites.


PS: Actually, 'G' is short for anGie :)

New Look?

Sorry, didn't mean to lock my blog but i was playing around with the template and html and didn't wanna have visitors while i was 'dressing' up.


I dislike html, javascript, css and what have you. I just can't figure them out and it's driving me nuts. Can someone design a web building tool for dimwit like me and a simple to use shopping cart?? Argghh.


What have i been doing lately? I am sort of hook on My Lovely Samsoon. Yeah, i'm a bit slow when it comes to Korean drama and you guys would have probably watched and rewatched it ten times. I bought the dvds on some cheap sale, if it weren't for the sale, i won't have bought it. Coz for me to watch any Korean drama, i need both the male and female leads to be very good-looking. Yes, i'm that shallow when it comes to Korean drama. For, why would i waste my time watching some wishy washy, draggy 20++ episodes drama without some enticement? At least with looking at beautiful people on the screen (plastik-ed or not), i can rest my brain too. So that's not entirely wasting any time, isn't it? No?


Oh.. btw when the time is right, i will show you my online shop. Again i'm like ten years too late to jump on this bandwagon. But it's fun trying to earn a dollar or two this way. Yoohoo, i'm pretty excited about it. Maybe i can earn enough to go do some legs extension!! :)

Keep The Sun

Another old favorite song - เก็บตะวัน (Kep Ta Wan), which literally means the title of this entry.


I found the English translation here:

Collect the sun that once has shined in the sky
Collect and place it in my heart
Collect the energy, collect the ray of greatness
Collect and combine to become one
Collect the time that once has passed
All the disappoints shouldn’t matter now
One person, one life to live…so short
Hurt and disappointment will not kill me

*Normally when the sky is dark and cloudy
The storm and cloud above the sky
Wouldn’t be long before the sun will shine once again
The ray of sunshine that made the sky beautiful
As long as the sun stays side by side with the sky
Why should I be discouraged?
When there’s tomorrow for me to start over
Be strong, and stable like the sun

Sunrise and sunset. Isn't it on a loop mode, going thru the same motions day after day? The sun will set at some point of the day, but it will always rise again the next. Even if it rains, it will stop and if you look hard enough, you will see the rainbow. Keep that in mind peeps. I will keep the sun shining in my life always and so must all of you.


*My sister is better and is on her way to recovery. Her report is out and although the rotten evil cancer cells have been removed, we would have to wait for one more report to be out next week to determine the treatment she needs.


Thank you to all once again!!!

x

Remember to keep the sun na.

How Heavy Is Your Heart?

Mine was overweight, and it was a struggle carrying it around but it's a lot better now.


The phone call came on Thursday nite when i was about to leave my office. The news stunned me for a long time and i just sat there, unable to believe a word. My heart skipped a few beats and then it seemed to have stopped for a few seconds, as though the javelin from the hand of Andreas Thorkildson pierced right through my heart. I was choked with tears, i couldn't speak. I wish it was me that has this rotten evil illness but when i looked at Shane's smiling faces and beautiful drawings in front of me, i knew i couldn't afford to pick up this tab too. Life is full of such heartbreaking dilemmas, isn't it?


All i could think of that moment was to send a text message to Fen, asking her to pray for my sister. I couldn't talk to anyone, the tears were still choking me. I called a cab and cried all the way home. I was devastated. I didn't have dinner that nite and if i could starve myself just to get her recovered, i will. I told Becks the next day that i'm willing to be his slave for life, or for my ten lives or more if he can take the cancer away from her. I told Karen and Aud that i would kiss a certain disgusting worm and be nicer to him just so my sister will get better.


I made those who care for me at work worried when i kept my room door shut the whole of Friday morning. Aud caught me crying in my room. Subsequently, Champion went asking Aud what was wrong with me and whether did anyone give me trouble at work, for if that was the case, let him know. Talked about 'He-Man', that was what Aud called him that day and that was the reason why i put in 110% for Champ coz he cares for me, like a surrogate father at work :)


I am blessed to have Champ looking after me but i fight my own battle at work. However, when it was the work of God, there was little i can do. The fear of losing my sister was very real that Thursday nite. I lost a loved one before and i'm not willing to lose another. When mom passed away on Mother's Day many years ago, my sister took over the role of looking after me and my younger bro. She was the one who volunteered to work in Dad's company while the rest of us pursued whatever we wanted freely.


Fen told me to read Matthew 7.7-11 "Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. Everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened; is there anyone among you who would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread? Or would hand him a snake when he asked for a fish? If you, then, evil as you are, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him".


I have been saying my prayers faithfully now and i ended all my prayers with the above. And i know God will listen to me once again and shower my sister with His blessings.


This past one week, i spent it with her, taking care of her. I left my work to my boss in Sydney, another great lady who gave me the whole week off instead of deducting them from my annual leaves but of course with Champion's approval. I'm returning to Singapore tomorrow but i know going forward, i will make sure to spend more time with my family. And if you are like me, spending hours in the office after the official closing time, take a pause. Have you neglected your family? Is there really no way to strike a balance between work and family? I don't have an answer for you yet but right now, work will take the back seat. Family should always come first. I have learnt this lesson and i'm glad it's still not too late.


Lastly, thank you everyone for your kind emails and messages. I am very touched by all your concern. I apologize for not explaining myself properly and to have made you worry. I'm fine now :)


Btw Bumbum, i recalled your nick from my moblog days, are you the same one? Akai dear, thanks for your email, i have not forgotten about you at all, your email came as a surprise tho but it was comforting. Sunkist, thanks for telling me that and therefore i am confident my sister will get well. Mike and Tony, sometimes i wonder, are you both brothers for you two seemed to be able to read my mind and emailed me the same things :D? Janice, Siew Ping and Ruby, thank you for your messages, everything is alright for the moment. And Shufang, i have replied you :). Snowie, thanks for telling me about the program. It will no doubt be a tough fight, but fight we will.


For those who send me messages on Facebook, thank you, i will reply soon.