Happy family!

These are the original occupants living in Dearie’s car. The oldest occupant being the cute little dog with a yellow hood. My first pressie to Dearie – satisfy his desire of having a dog at home. Apparently, his dad is just like my mum. Told him that its a waste of money and time having a dog because dogs can never call you “mummy” nor “daddy”. (-.-”’) Talk about being a practical person.

The one with the pink ears is from Dearie to me. Hee.. Lastly, is that weightless white little horse which I won at Escape theme park. I beat him in one of the games. Haha! Dearie, say hello to a pro! *Smirk*

After last Friday’s Teacher’s Day celebration, I have yet another collection of soft toys from my students. And I choose the cutest to become his fourth occupant in his car. Welcoming the latest member of the family:

Happy Family to our cute little darlings!

My Pet lizard

Apparently, I have a pet lizard. Stay behind the dark corners of my metal cupboard in shool. Strange that I attract all these creatures when I am actually scared shitless by anything slimy and crawls. Have been living there for the past few months. Perhaps it like me too much. That’s why 死赖着不走.

At 5pm, everyday without fail, it will make lots of freaking noise. Probably telling me I work too hard – its time to go home.

Maybe I should. Just for today. Provided it doesn’t rain again this evening.

O shucks! Can’t! I have CCA today. O well, back to work. Just any ordinary working day. *sigh*

Its nice to know someone care…

Since my dad did not have the company van today, I have to take an easier alternative to school. By cab. As I do not have the hotline, I messaged Xuannie yesterday to ask for it. Was too tired and so my meassage was relatively short and to the point. No reply to her as I was already in bed.

This morning, receive a text message from her. It reads, “Why did you message me in the middle of night asking for the cab hotline?”

Saw her on MSN and told her the reason. And then she wrote back:

Xuan says: i tot what happened

Xuan says: scared me leh

*Junie* says: haha.. wat can happen?

Xuan says: how i know???

Xuan says: ur sms so short! never explain

*Junie* says: but its really nice to know there’s always someone who care for me

Xuan says: then i gave u cab number liao no replies

*Junie* says: haha

Xuan says: i tot u stranded somewhere

*Junie*: cos i sleep alr

Xuan says: or eric fell asleep at his place and u left stranded in his house so need a cab back etc

So heartwarming to know that someone care. Love you loads, girlfriend! Thanks for that concern. Muacks. =)

Friendship

At some point in time,  we really need someone who we can think of immediately apart from our loved ones. Someone who we can trust and rely on when we need help or advice. Someone who can hold our hands and guide us through.  Someone who we can go wild and crazy with. Someone who will make us feel comfortable always. Someone who we can go shopping and gossip all day.

FRIENDS. I treasure and love them loads. Been with me though ups and downs. I am extremely glad to know that I have 5 pairs of hands holding and supporting me always. Sian, Shi, Xuan, Ting and Jer. Are you ladies looking at this?

FRIENDSHIP – Can’t live without it. Don’t you gals agree?

Stuck In School

Usually, my daddy is my wonderful chauffeur who will ferry me to school and back. Unfortunately, he has something on and so he cannot do so this evening. Finally, done with a pile of marking and thought might as well go home early since I do not have the excuse of waiting for my daddy. Home sweet home!

5 pm. I started packing my stuff happily. Just 2 minutes into my packing, I happened to glance out of the back window and saw the sky overcast with dark rain clouds. The next moment, lightning flashed across the sky and it started pouring heavily. Quote from Xuan: 他妈的！

So much for wanting to go home early. Now, I’m back to staring at another pile of marking, waiting for my colleague to give me a lift home. Thanks goodness for her, I do not have to brave the rain.

My Mummy’s Love

Saturday’s morning, I casually mentioned to my Mummy that I missed her “黑鸡汤”. Guess what? Yesterday, I returned home to the heavenly aroma of “黑鸡汤” and Mummy telling me,” Your favourite soup. 最近看你越来越瘦。都不知道在外有没有吃饱。看了都心痛。黑鸡汤给你补一补。” So sweet and touching can. Nearly hugged my Mummy and cry there and then.  

还是 Mummy 最疼我, 把我照顾得无微不至！Mummy, 你知道吗？我最爱就是你了！=)

Singapore Bay Run

I have never felt so exercised in my entire life before. Though I do consientiously run every Sunday, nothing can compared to the amount of sweat I lost yesterday. YES! Dearie and me signed up for the Singapore Bay Run 2008, which was held yesterday. It was actually Dearie’s suggestion that we joined the run – can exercise and do an activity together. Since I do enjoy running, I decided to give it a go.

My brother got to know about this and asked me in exasperation:

Brother: Why joined this run? Someone forced you to it?

Me: Huh? No. Eric suggested we join so I agreed.

Brother: You guys got nothing better to do is it?

(-.-”’) So much for the encouragment he has for his sister. Apparently, this brother of mine was forced to join the run 2 years back and is still quite sore about it. Therefore, he cannot understand why in the world we are wasting our time to participate in this run.

Anyway, on Saturday before the run, it was pouring the entire day and according to my mother’s weather forecast, the weather is going to continue as such. Stayed over at Dearie’s place and was expecting a freezing and wet morning, and instead clear weather greeted me first thing I opened my eyes to the sound of alarm clock ringing. I was secretly annoyed because I still want my sleep! This is the only Sunday which I have to wake up so early! Just like any normal school day. Damn!

Anyway, I got dragged out of bed by Dearie and we were off to the run, with me still half-asleep. On the way there, I was tasked to put the safety pins onto the tag. Here’s showcasing our number tags.

Anyone interested in buying 4D, can try our numbers. (Sian? Hee..) A disclaimer though: If the numbers don’t strike, please don’t look for us. But if it do, we are happy to share your winnings! =p

We started our run at 7.40am and managed to finish the 10km run at approximately 9.20am. I must admit that the run was quite tiring. The 10km seems endless. Keep asking Dearie if we are reaching the finishing point soon throughout the whole journey. I am however quite impressed at myself  for managing to run for most part of the 10km. And Dearie was sweet to stop for me when I just could not muster enough energy to run.

The run thought me something though: “Never give up” At some points in the run, I do feel like giving up and just walk the rest of the 10km. But I keep telling myself to push on. Was the happiest when I know that its the final 1km – motivate me to run even faster and complete the race. Crossing the finishing line never tasted so sweet before.

On the way home, Dearie asked, ” 21km next year?” I looked at him in astonishment – already have problem finishing the 10km and yet he is asking about 21km next year? Mmm… but come to think of it – If I do not try, I will never know if I can finish the run. Just maybe, I might agree. =)

Lastly, presenting the medalist holders and an artistic shot of the medals and our number tags by Dearie:

Bitter Sweet Pill

Saw Xuannie’s blog on how difficult it is for her to swallow any kind of pill, be it small tablet or large sized capsule and I thought I absolutely have to blog about this. Xuannie totally remind me of my dear little brother.

He too, hate pills in all shape and sizes. And he hate them guts! It is a real torture for him to swallow any kind of pill! Those long capsules were the worst form of medication he ever came across because of the awful taste that comes along with it when he dissolved the powder in water. What’s the use of telling me nothing in this world can faze him when he can’t even swallow a bloody pill. (-.-”’)  I can still remember this particular incident of him cutting up the Panadol into tiny bits and washing the small bits down his throat with a full glass of water. Not to mention, after downing several glasses of water to finish up the bits of Panadol he had cut up, he threw up everything. So much for assuring me and my mother that this is a less painful way of swallowing the pill.

To end his misery of taking pills, I thought of different methods that will make his taking of pill less painful. First method I tried was to dissolve the pill in water and add a tiny amount of sugar to it. Doesn’t work as well. The moment the spoon is out of his mouth, he is gulping down gallons of water to wash down the after-taste.

The next method I tried was something simpler. I had a sweet waiting while he took the dissolved pill. The moment he downed the solution, I popped the sweet into his mouth. This time it work! Thank goodness! Since then, he has been using this method of taking his medication.

He loves to tell me stories about what he did in camp during his NS days. One of the story told, was the preparation required before they are supposed to march through the jungle. I stopped short when he said he had to take pill to prevent dengue fever. I looked at him in surprise and exclaimed, “You have sweets at that time?” That boy looked at me seriously and said, “If you chew the pill real fast and down it with tonnes of water, you actually don’t feel the bitter after taste of the medicine.” Oh My God! that’s my dear little brother for you.

天使与蜗牛

昨晚，收到了一份简讯。 是我的同事发来的。 简讯的内容描述着天使与蜗牛的故事。。。

从前有个天使， 他很怕浪费时间，所以每天都过得很繁忙。一天上帝要天使带一只蜗牛见上帝。蜗牛走得很慢很慢。天使很不奈烦，因为浪费了很多时间。渐渐的天使闻到了花香，还看见蝴蝶飞舞，然后看见夕阳在海岸上的光芒，接着看到了满天的星星。天使明白了，上帝要的是蜗牛带他走，而不是他带蜗牛走。

事实上人生是如此，我们每天都匆匆忙忙的过，没法子停下步伐，关心一下周围的人，或看看周围的事物。 无形中错过了很多东西。我当然也是如此。每天放工回家， 由于太累了，便很少和妈妈象以前一样闲聊。感觉有些愧疚。所以我非常高兴这周末又能和妈妈一起去做我们喜欢做的事。终于又能陪妈妈聊天，逛街和吃东西。感觉真好！好期待哦！=）

Justice Bao

Last Sunday, while accompanying Dearie to Chinatown to get his “龙井茶”, we came across a bunch of Ah Pek and uncle crowding outside Poh Kim and watching… “包青天”. The thing is that the bunch of them is watching intently and nobody has the intention of moving away. Dearie found that very amusing and told me that it could be fun to blog about this incident. So here I am, blogging about this. Best part of this whole incident, the show is really an old version of “包青天”!

Talk about reminiscing old times, ya? Still remember that this version is played every weekend when I was still in Primary School. This particular drama will be my family’s showtime for our dinner every weekend. Actually, our whole family were kinda hook on this drama then. *Sigh* I wish I was back to that carefree life again.