Experiences

New Year: A Dialogue Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1909) MORTAL:     “The night is cold, the hour is late, the world is bleak and drear;     Who is it knocking at my door?” THE NEW YEAR:     “I am Good Cheer.” MORTAL:     “Your voice is strange; I know you not; in shadows dark I grope.     What seek you here?” THE NEW YEAR:     “Friend, let me in; my name is Hope.” MORTAL:     “And mine is Failure; you but mock the life you seek to bless. Pass on.” THE NEW YEAR:     “Nay, open wide the door; I am Success.” MORTAL:     “But I am ill and spent with pain; too late has come yo...

How did I spend my Christmas Day? First thing first, I got up a little bit earlier than usual. Of course, with the help of the alarm clock. I did a little bit of cleaning up of my kitchen. No cooking on Christmas Day as I would be out for breakfast and lunch. The first house that I visited was my best friends' house. Never missed visiting them every year. This time I spent just an hour as I needed to hop over to another house. I had idly and puttumayam with curry chicken. My favorite! Just a matter of about 10 minutes or so to the next place. This was my first time at her place on a Christmas Day.  Remember I wore saree with her? So nice of her to invite me for lunch but it's an early one. After finishing a tosai with curry chicken and a little rice with mixed vegetables and pumpkin paste, I quickly called it a day. It's past noon and I had to be back to the shop and wrap more hampers. True enough, I kept on wrapping till almost 6pm a...

When was the last time I met Claire? If I'm not mistaken, I saw here sometime just before the Chinese New Year 2015.  Claire was away for her long holidays since she retired from work. We couldn't find the time to meet up. Recently, she injured her ankle before her trip overseas. Since she came back, I couldn't find the time to see her too. So I asked my friend for her address so that I could give her a surprise visit. But my friend suggested that we go together. Made myself free few days ago and picked up my friend to Claire's place. I thought of buying dim sum but she had too much of it already. She just wanted chee cheong fun, loh mai kai and pau.. Just before I made a move, she gave me some souvenirs from her recent holiday. Thanks Claire ! Wishing you speedy recovery! Take care! Being cheerful is already good in speeding up your recovery!

Recently I redeemed three RM10 gift vouchers from TM online. I should have redeemed earlier as some 2K plus points were expired. Anyway, glad I got hold of the vouchers. They came in handy.  Bought two pairs of long cargo pants for the boss as his birthday is very near. With the total amount of more than RM200, I was entitled two RM10 cash vouchers. I was an Aeon member but I didn't renew it anymore as I hardly shopped there. But today I shopped and was told that I would be entitled the cash vouchers if I shopped with my member card. Thinking that it would be such a waste if I didn't buy those pants with an Aeon member card, I went to the customer service counter and asked for my girl's card number. With that, she earned some points.  But, I need to get back to Aeon as the boss wants a bigger size..

My friend's son got married yesterday. We as her friends who reside in Ipoh decided to attend it instead of our Alumni dinner in Taiping.  A wedding is only once in a lifetime but the alumni dinner is held yearly. So my friend was very grateful that we chose to attend the wedding dinner.   My friend was the efficient planner of her only son's wedding. All of us blessed the matrimony of both the bride and the groom. We were served nasi briyani... and some delicious dishes. Congratulations to both the bride and the groom and also to my friend..

Last Sunday, I didn't go to the shop. Instead I did some clearance of my kitchen space. Been holding on to some cluttering. Time to get rid of them. Without hesitating, I transported them to the recycling centre twice. Never felt better.. I just had my bath when the boss called. Thought he gonna ask me to get to work. Surprisingly, he asked if I wanted to go lunch with him. Normally we don't take lunch together. Got myself ready and we were hunting for a place to have lunch since it's already 3pm. On the way, we dropped by at a enchanting Indian temple. Took some pictures.. Next, we past by an Indian curry rice restaurant. So we might as well.. We had no intention to go anywhere else but something struck our eyes. There's a home fair at the stadium. Boss loves to look at suff. It had been ages since we last visited any fair/exhibition. We walked around and was tempted by this unique alarm lock. The salesperson managed to convince us.. On ...

My eldest brother wished to organised a birthday celebration for our mum. He planned everything in detailed. He chose the Imperial Restaurant in Subang and ordered a special cake for the celebration.   It's a beautiful cake for the special occasion. He even bought special red packets meant to be given together with the door gift.  A piece of RM5 note is put inside each packet. The door gift consists of a fork,a spoon and a pair of chopsticks which is considered auspicious. Mum wore her new blouse specially tailored for her big day. Only closed relatives were invited. A total of 63 guests attended the event. Mum's birthday fell on the tenth day of the tenth month of the Chinese calendar which coincidentally fell on a Saturday. My eldest sister flew from JB. My third sister took a bus from Singapore. My youngest sister flew from Penang. My second brother and his family flew from Penang too. My eldest, third and youngest brothers are fro...