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Thursday, February 24, 2011

:: Life As Unexpected ::

It saddens and pains me to discover what a human being can actually do to one helpless soul. Sure! - we see and hear about them all the time on the news, movies and hearsays. But when that actually happens to someone very close and dear to you, reality hits hard! It still felt surreal and while in the midst of digesting what had just happened, the anger and disappointment directed upon this individual just crashes the hope of any sanity that's still left in this world! And then, it boils down to questioning why did God even let this happen in the first place?! But, having said that.. Lord, I pray that you will look upon this individual and your many astrayed children and forgive the wrongdoings. Amen.

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Monday, January 19, 2009

:: 我們就這樣吧 ::

這一切已經結束了
真的值得嗎？
固執是我們最大的敵人
我們彼此都不想認輸
算了吧
我也不在乎了。

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Friday, January 02, 2009

:: Just Rants ::

Some people just never change!

Ten years down the line, they are still so cooped up in their own little world and think they are on top of the world.

Rude arrogant people irks me. Blah!

Enough said. Period.

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posted by therese :: 5:28 PM ::

Thursday, January 03, 2008

:: Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo ::


Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo! That's "Happy New Year!" in Korean.

Entering the 3rd day of a brand new year. Unfortunately, last year's resolutions will have to be renewed again! and hopefully I will be able achieve at least half of them this year.. hehehe *cross my fingers*

New Year's eve was a lil-crazy and the level of craze intensified to the wee hours of the brand new year. Had pyjama/booze party that spelt FUN with close-knit friends. Some got really wasted this year and luckily we have responsible drinkers to nurse after them.

What a way to kickstart 2008! LOL!~

Happy New Year!

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

:: PMS Blues ::


Quoted from Wikipedia:
"Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) (also called Premenstrual Stress or Premenstrual Tension) is a collection of physical, psychological, and emotional symptoms related to a woman's menstrual cycle."

Sometime ago, a good friend and I were yakking and the subject of PMS was brought up. That's the season when the guys will need to be extra understanding and cautious of what comes out of their mouth especially when the intended recipients are their beloved significant other.

Yes, the female species are extremely sensitive at this period of time. We will not so be on our usual self at this time around. Push the wrong button, and you're in for a surprise! It's not like we have a choice, yes... blame it on the hormones!

Well, back to my friend. She confided her frustrations over her argument with her beau to Y -- the girlfriend of a colleague of hers. Upon listening to her, Y asked my friend if she's having her menstruation at the time. My friend replied, "No, but it should've been about this time." Hearing that, Y responded, "Aha! Confirm PMS!" I couldn't help but laughed with her at the episode. Well, you see, sometimes we will unconsciously pick up fights or arguments easily at this time So guys, please bear with us ~>.<~

Okui even thought that Menopause means menstruation until he was told the truth.

I said, "What?!?! All this time you thought that what we had is called MENOPAUSE?!?!"

Anyway, I got this from email sometime ago. Useful for the guys. Ladies, would you like to add anything to it?

The Hormone Hostage knows that there are days in the month when all a man has to do is open his mouth and he takes his life in his own hands! This is a handy guide that should be as common as a driver's license in the wallet of every husband, boyfriend, co-worker or significant other!

13 Things PMS Stands For:-

[01] Pass My Shotgun
[02] Psychotic Mood Shift
[03] Perpetual Munching Spree
[04] Puffy Mid-Section
[05] People Make me Sick
[06] Provide Me with Sweets
[07] Pardon My Sobbing
[08] Pimples May Surface
[09] Pass My Sweat pants
[10] Pissy Mood Syndrome
[11] Plainly; Men Suck
[12] Pack My Stuff
[13] Potential Murder Suspect

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Sunday, April 01, 2007

:: Happy April Fool's Day ::


April is here. Today is also Palm Sunday, the last week of the season of Lent. Went to mass at 6:30AM with Shay as both of us did not manage to go to mass yesterday. Well, nothing interesting happened on April Fool's Day. Everybody was too occupied with their own life, no time to mess around with others. Hehe.. Well, 2 years ago today I attained my degree in Singapore. How time flies!~

A good friend of mine, Shirley gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on March 12th at 1320 hours. I paid a visit to the new proud parents and baby Ann Dolly Carlo when she's just a week old. Mummy Shirley and baby Ann is doing great! And daddy Matthew can't stop smiling from ear to ear *grin*

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

:: Karma-ic Day ::

Okui simply loves to use the term karma on us. He's always going karma this and karma that, and especially when he couldn't win a say in the situation - well, playfully, of course Karma simply means what goes around comes around and how you treat another person is how you will be treated back eventually. It's like one good deed deserves another and vice versa thingy.

I had lunch with Shay and Okui yesterday at one of cafes serving Taiwanese-style food. I was the first to arrive. The place is usually packed at lunch hour. Aha! As soon as I went in, I spotted a vacant round table. As soon as I got myself seated, the waitress came over with the menu. Even before I browsed through the menu, I've already had in mind what to order. As soon as the waitress finished taking down my orders, Shay and Okui arrived - just in time for the waitress to continue taking orders. It sure saved her another trip to come over to our table again from the counter right at the end

Anyway, my attention was shifted when I suddenly saw a familiar face who was looking back at me as I was looking at the surrounding tables. It took me a while to *snap away* as I tried to recall who this person is. A long time friend. My ex. It's been ages since we last saw each other, let alone under the same roof. It's been almost half a decade since we last saw each other. We smiled and gestured a "Hi!". Okui and Shay had never saw him, and as I was thinking of how to gesture Shay about who I had just saw right across the table on the other side, she nudged me and showed me her mobile phone with the text - "is tat your x?" She has such photographic memory-lar. She'd only seen his photo once and she remembered! Well, not sure exactly how to actually tell Okui as this felt more like a ladies' thing... not until when my ex walked past our table as he was about to leave the cafe. He gestured a "Bye!" and I waved back. That's when Okui asked and I told him who was this friend of mine who had just walked past behind him. Afer the short episode, I thought to myself - "I've always imagined bumping into him when we're both old and having our families around.." Perhaps seeing me in such "deep thought", Shay whispered to me - "eh, don't worry la. I haven't bumped into my ex too..". "Karma" was my response to her And with this, kickstarts to further Q & A of our ex(Es).

Okui asked Shay about her ex - the one whom she went to prom with donkey years ago. He asked if she was still in contact with him, what he's doing now, and stuff like that. Shay explained that she hasn't been in touch with him, hasn't seen him for a long, long time and had a vague recollection that he did mention on becoming a doctor. The second she mentioned the word "doctor", she realized a pair of eyes from the opposite table straight ahead fixing on her.
Eeeks! It's HIM! Her ex! The doctor! Long life! *GULP!*

Wahahahahahaha!! LoL bigtime!! Oh Gosh! The 3 of us could hardly hold back laughing

Goodness, I tried holding back soOo very hard. It's going to look like we're rude or something. I hope that he would't think of us in any negative ways after this hilarious encounter.. hehehe! Well, how else should we react to such interesting once in a blue moon incident? It's hilariously unforgivable not to be able to let out laughs! Hehehe.. sorry though to... erm, I didn't get his name Seriously, what are the odds that both of us bumped into our ex at the same time, at same place of whom we have not seen for donkey years?

Okay, I'll say no more and here's a little something to end this entry:-
Shay relating the funny little incident herself :+: click here :+:

Enjoy!

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

:: It's a Piggy Year After All ::

Goodbye, 2006. Hello, 2007.

Happy New Year, Everyone! Although it's a belated one, but still in time to wish all you Chinese fellas a very Happy & Blessed Chinese New Year.

Year 2007 marks the year of the Golden Fire Pig. Somehow, the term fire pig reminds me of 烧猪肉 ('shao zhu rou' which means roasted pork) I haven't stopped thinking of not feasting ever since Christmas 2006. There always seem to be dinners and functions which involves food for the past 3 months, and it is almost irresistible to reject any when it clashes with another. Well, one can only be in one place at any one time. Cannot be so greedy, ok? Must.have.a.diet.plan. after this month is over!

Ushering in The New Year 2007. Looking back on new year's eve, a group of close friends and I went for dinner at The Junk restaurant with a Dress To Kill theme. As the theme suggests, we shall dress to kill However, we did not really get to dress extravagantly as expected due to unforeseen circumstances *wink* "Sorry, okui! We shall be more prepared the next time round yeah!" Though the sky whimpered for the end of year 2006, we had a wonderful evening. The ambience at the restaurant was perfect for the evening. It was fully booked, and we were actually half an hour late for our dinner and the restaurant was actually about to call us up on whether we are still coming. We wined and dined, had lots of laughs, did lots of silly acts, said lots of silly things and yes, the evening would not be completed without snaps and snaps of snapshots Everybody was given a party pack to usher in the new year. The guests at the other tables started unpacking the stuff in the party pack and making unbearable, annoying noises with it. Goodness me, mind you, it was soOo noisy that for a moment, I felt like I was in a chicken barn. ~>.<~

Thereafter, we head back to our hotel room. We had a few drinks and just minutes before the stroke of midnight, we could see stardusts dancing gracefully and beautifully in the skies in various colours and forms. What a marvelous sight! Awesome! What breathtaking view! I don't know why, looking at firework displays always get me stunned and had me feeling that everything will be alright again. I know this sounds lame but such seemingly simple sights are able provide me with a sense of comfort and worry-free feelings. It felt like I was being enveloped by such sense of peace and tranquillity. The recital lasted for about 20 minutes after midnight. I'm glad that we had such a good view of the performance.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! Happy New Year! 2007 is finally here! Goodbye 2006, it's been a bitter sweet year. We exchanged hugs and wishes for another fruiful year of good health, joy and lasting friendship. During the eve of the Lunar New Year, just 20 minutes before the stroke of midnight, it's such a joy to be able watch beautiful firework displays from all corners of my house. Yes, I'm not kidding. I live in a very happening neighbourhood. Yes, I blogged about this last year too. I just can't help it. I love you fellow neighbours! Keep up the good work, yeah! What joy! What a blessing to be living amongst them. Yee-haa! Well, it got smoky after a while, but who cares? It rained a little but the firecrackers and firework displays continued. The recital lasted for about an hour or so. In fact, I was woken up the very next morning by firecrackers. Not very fond of it, but I think I can bear with it for the next 2 weeks

During the Lunar New Year break, I had a mini-reunion with my fellow ex-schoolmates from highschool. The Lunar New Year has always been the best time for such event since most of them would be back to celebrate the festival with their family. Some of them haven't seen each other for 11 long years. Yes, it's that long already since we left highschool. Thanks to Friendster and of course, the blessings from the One Above who eventually got us back together. Voilà! Here we are, excited to be amongst each other again. Yakity yakity yak! Curiosity got the better of us and we decided to meet up a few more times to catch up on life and such - we had CNY visitations, pot-luck dinner and casual night outs for old time's sake. We had such a good laugh as we took a trip down memory lane flipping through pages of our highschool year book. "She's what?! Geez.. really? What's she doing now? Where is she now? *Gasp!* she's married with 2 kids? She's preggie? Who else?"

Yes, perhaps this is a lengthy gossip session but what the heck, it's been 11 years since we last gossiped face-to-face! Yakity yakity yak yak!

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Monday, August 28, 2006

:: Ganbatte SiS ::


Congratulations! to my dearest sister Feli for landing her first full-time job today.

Sis, you have finally made it through years of college & university, and are now ready to enter and undertake challenges in the real world.

Ganbatte!

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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

:: Made it (finally!) ::


No dream has been too big or daunting for you to achieve and you have proven time and time again that you are the best and that anything, when you put your heart and mind to it, can be achieved! Well Done!

Congratulations to Cuthbert for passing his finals and now officially an Affiliate of ACCA!

Congratulations to Grace & Aaron on attaining their
Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) - International Business!

Gong Xi Ni~!

Gong... Xi... Ni~~~!

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Thursday, August 10, 2006

:: Love, Perhaps ::


Oopsy! I've been in hiatus mode for far too long now. Well, lots of things have happened during these past few months.

For start, a friend has moved back to Australia. And I have been busy travelling as well for work and leisure. Not much time spent these days in helping mum with her jewellery business. Thanks so much to Aunt Elaine for her ever support and assistance at times when I needed her.

Oh yea! Good news! Last Saturday after the Novena session at church, a really good friend of mine - Shirley, and her hubby came over to the pew where I was seated with Shay. We have not met for quite sometime now. Her hubby motioned me to the bulletin stand outside. There, the three of us stood there chatting, catching up on life and all. They've just bought a new house recently. They have been house-hunting for quite sometime too. Am very happy for them to have found their dream home at last!~ And that's not all... they announced that they're preggie!! Yippie!! And I'm the first person they told after both families. WoW! I feel so honoured *wide grin* This is their first child! Oooh.. I'm so, so, so excited for them! They have been wanting a child for sometime already. Praise God! Their prayers have finally been answered. Everything just fall into places unexpectedly for them. Well, God surprises us all the time with miracles! And boy, are they glowing! Smiling from ear-to-ear.. HeHe..

Hmm, it's very sad that the people around me seems to be in relationship dilemma, and all these happened almost at the same time. Hey, what's going on here? Can't a relationship between a man and a woman be less complicated as of our forefathers' time? This is absurb! *sigh*

My dearest Chloe*, Pat* & Deb*, I'm glad all of you have realised that he's not worth your tears after all. Yes, you're entitled to mourn but not too long. You need to see outside of the box now. Whether you decide to stay on the marriage, know that you will always have my support (*(*(*HUGS*)*)*). Yes, your kids need you more than ever now. I'm very proud of your achievements and look at how strong-willed all of you have become. Girls, you know how to reach me whenever you need someone to hear you out. Take care, my dear friends. Keep in touch!~

Dear Liz*, love is so often experienced at times and places we never expect them to be. Did our hearts wander off or is Cupid to be blamed? When one is in love, nothing else matters. And hence, the saying - Love Is Blind. However, take heed my friend that he already belongs to another. A husband to his wife and father to her children. He has even made it clear to you that he would never leave his family. Try looking from another point here. Look at the whole picture. Heartaches and tears are close at hand should you continue with the relationship. Is he really worth all of that? I'd say he's just plain selfish. He's being unfaithful to either of you. He's already being unfaithful to his wife. What makes you think he wouldn't do the same to you? You are a jewel, do not let yourself be put down like this. You truly deserve someone better. Please think it over. You know how to reach me should you need a listening ear. Take care, Liz* (*(*(*Hugs*)*)*)

Alas, my dear Erin*, be cautious. Crushes may lead to extreme heartbreak. It may seem simple and harmless at first but should you let yourself fall deeper and deeper, you are in fact falling in love with love. You are merely fantasizing about the other person and not on the social basis. No communication is involved here and thus, all those are just mere self-assumptions of the other person. It hurts me so to see you like this. Then again, if you're serious and really like the person, it never hurts to actually get to know him by befriending him. Getting to know him as a friend first and should you feel that you do have feelings for him, then let him know. Oh well, at this era there's no rule saying that only a man is allowed to profess his feelings to the lady he desires. I have heard stories of such lady friends who made their first move on their spouses and, tada! it worked *wink* It just need a little bit of courage. Whatever the outcome of such action is, you'll really need to be prepared (even for the worst). Should the worst happens, yes, cried a little, wipe those tears away and move on. Do not let it bother you anymore. Do not linger with the negative feelings. Whatever you decide to do, I wish you all the best and Good Luck, my dear friend.

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Sunday, January 29, 2006

:: Gong Xi Fa Cai ::


Last night's family reunion dinner was great! Excellent culinary by mum and aunt Gertrude. We had the traditionally prepared duck, fried ginger chicken, lots of assorted veges, grilled salmon, 2 types of steamed fish, fried noodles and fried prawns. I have been saving my stomach the whole day for this. I only had breakfast. Sis served vodka lime to everyone while I passed around biscuits and prawn sticks. I had a little too much of vodka lime, and had to lie down for a while.

Thereafter, all of us had a video session via MSN Messenger with the other family members in Singapore. It was a shame that the Singapore side did not have a webcam else both sides could have waved to each other. That'll be so much exciting! Grandpa and grandma were so excited that they could talk to my uncles, aunties, cousins and everybody else over there LIVE! And knowing that the other side can see them excites them so much. They had never done this before so they were rather impress of what today's technology could offer. My uncle and aunt even asked grandpa for 4D and 6D numbers to bet on during the festive season.

It was only 2 hours to midnight and the fireworks session had already started. It was getting more and more intense as midnight draws near. I can hardly breath in any fresh air - it was extremely smoky outside that we had to shut the windows and doors. When it got to 30 minutes before midnight, the whole family went outside to join in the fun. We could hear and see the fireworks being played on every direction! "Yaaay! We live in a happening neighbourhood!", exclaimed my sister with much delight at the the sight of the beautiful and breathtaking view of fireworks being shoot up into the clear sky. It was a relieved that the weather's great compared to the past few years; though it had never been a good enough reason to stop anyone from firecracking yet. I did not see any police cars patrolling around the neighbourhood this year though.

The firecracking session was still going on at 1:30 in the morning. I was too worn out and had too much serving of carbon dyoxide for the night. Had only a few hours to sleep before I head on to work. Yes! I had to work on the first of lunar new year. Triple *sigh*

Gosh! What a night!

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A Special Thanks Goes to Milly and Shay for being so sweet and hospitable, and also very uh-sim on being the first 2 person to wish and visit me in the office with assorted biscuits and goodies from home, knowing that I had to work on the first day of the lunar new year and haven't had any breakfast. Thank you so much! Love ya, girls! *Bear HugZz*
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Gong Xi Fa Cai everyone! *HugZz*

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Thursday, January 19, 2006

:: Bittersweet ::


The weather's so unbearable. It's practically scorching out there. But it's definitely great for the laundry.

I had lunch with my 2 long-time lady friends today. It's been a month since we saw each other. Well, the last time we met, yeah, we had lunch too.

It was really nice there having lots of yummy food whilst catching up a bit and there with each other. One of my lady friend announced that she's getting engaged in about a month's time! WoW! That should've happened sooner though. We congratulated her and her soon-to-be fiancé who was also there. Congratulations Ralph & Penny! (Sorry! They wanted me to keep mum about it then so I had to disguised it a bit! Congrats again, Ngee Jee & Jackie!)

The string of good news doesn't stop there. My other lady friend announced that she is preggie for the second time! Double WoW! Double *grin* We congratulated her! And oh by the way, her first child is my sweet little god-daughter. Congratulations Alex & Beatrice!

Despite all these jolly happy news, earlier today a gal pal of mine told me about her much dreaded rocky relationship with her beau and the heart-breaking decision of ending the near decade-old relationship later tonight.

*sigh* What a mixed feeling day!~

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Saturday, December 31, 2005

:: Taukeh Neo Talk ::



Care to sing along with me this familiar tune from the Nursery Rhymes collection entitled Rain rain go away?

Rain rain go away,
Come again another day.
Lady Therese desperately needs her car washed;
Rain, rain, go to Spain,
Never show your face again!

Argghh! I can't stand it any longer. It has been going on for 2 whole weeks! It rains for a while then the Sun comes out, then it rains again and the Sun comes out again. This cycle of the rain and the Sun playing hide and seek has not been kind to the laundry and cars. My car has been covered with a thick layer of dirt for 2 whole weeks! Two whole weeks! Ewwww! I am even digusted by the thought of it myself. Today, I have decided to get my car washed, be it rain or shine. The dirt has to go, no matter what!

When I arrived at my regular car wash shop, there were already a few cars being washed, vacuum and polished. I left my car in the washing area and walked into the waiting area. There was a lady (Lady A) seated at the counter doing some paperwork and punching numbers on the calculator. Another lady (Lady B), a customer like myself was seated opposite Lady A, reading newspapers that was placed on the little round table next to her. I was standing looking around at the surroundings when I overheard their little conversation. I did not eavesdrop on purpose but they were talking so loud that it had became a piece publicly available conversation. Both ladies looked like they were in their mid 30s. I heard them introducing themselves to each other and got acquainted very quickly. From their conversation, I gathered that Lady A is the shop's administration clerk whilst Lady B is the taukeh neo (lady boss) of a local hardware shop. Lady B conversed with such aggresiveness, frankness and arrogance - the usual trait of a rich man's wife.

Their conversation started off with casual talks; asking each other's doing, marital status, family, children and plans for the day since it's New Year's eve. What striked me most here was the boldness of revealing such detailed information to a stranger that one had just met. They were engaging in a conversation that any daughter-in-law would be at least once in their lifetime: my mother-in-law.

Lady B was actually complaining about her mother-in-law to Lady A. Her mother-in-law, coming from a conservative chinese background has the mindset that a woman should know how to cook, clean and sew; the basics of becoming a perfect wife. Lady B, a modern wife however felt that these should not be the primary concerns.

"She's always asking me if I sew clothes for her son", Lady B complaint to Lady A.

"Just because her daughter knows how to sew, she expects me to know and sew clothes for her son!", added Lady B.

"Perhaps, she's just looking into her son's best interest", Lady A replied.

"Everytime she said that, I'd very much like to tell her if it is more important for me to help her son make more money or sew clothes for him. With the money that I helped him to make, I can afford buy all the clothes he wants and there's not even the need to sew. Don't you agree?", Lady A continued to lament.

She would keep on and on about how unfair her mother-in-law is, always comparing her to her own daughter. "Oh well, luckily we have a place of our own otherwise it would be difficult and the situation may get ugly". Lady A, who has been listening attentively at Lady B just smiled at that last comment.

I would say that Lady B was indeed very bold, talking and complaining about her in-law to a stranger she had only just met. It would be a disaster if the someone who knew the family (especially her in-laws), overheard their conversation and then words got out! I would still think that it is best not to wash our own dirty linen in public - Prevention is Better than War.

Then I heard the man said "Your car's done, Miss". Oh, my car's done! All clean and shiny. Eeks! But, what do you know? As I was getting into the car, it started to rain again! Darn! *Arrggh!*

I can almost hear my car sing Rhythm of the Falling Rain.

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain,
Telling me just what dirt I'm soon to be covered.
I wish that it would go and let me be in vain,
And let me be clean again.

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Friday, December 30, 2005

:: *Honk*~fully Yours ::

Yaay! I was granted leave today. But, it turned out that I hadn't gotten as much rest as I had planned to. I slept at about one this morning. *sigh!* My day was supposed to start at 6:30, heading to the local wet market with Dad to get some 三层肉 ('san chen rou' which refers to one of the parts of pork) for my potluck tomorrow evening and replenished the stock of chicken necks for my dog. Alas, the alarm did not do any good. Perhaps, I was too immuned to its ringing tone and just slept through the sound. Dad did not wake me nor my sister from our slumber, and he ended up asking my brother to drive him to work. Sorry, Dad! I know we're too pigged out. Anyway, my sleep wasn't that peaceful at all; was disrupted several times by annoying phone calls. *urggh!*

Shay and I made plans to shop for some fresh chicken wings at the local supermarket near her place. Unfortunately, there weren't any at our first stop. Hence, we drove to another one nearby. Yes! They have fresh chicken wings! We bought some 20 pieces and 2 pieces of boneless chicken meat. Our shopping's done! *whew* Now, we could get on to our next agenda for the evening - DINNER! All the shopping, looking at yummy food stuff were making us hungry! I got myself a few packs of junk food before leaving though. Oh well, there goes the saying - "Never go shopping at the supermarket on an empty stomach".

When we got to the place where our car was, we noticed that there was a car parking directly behind it. We thought that we would buy some time by putting the stuff that we bought and rearranging them properly in the car boot, and then perhaps the owner of the car would take notice of us and come around to move the vehicle. But, there was still no sign of anyone walking towards the car. Besides the point that we were both very hungry at the time, but still there should not be any blocking of another individual's vehicle unless of course there is a driver seated inside the vehicle. I have always use the car's honk with extreme caution. It is loud and rude. Honking is bad but at times like these, that's when it comes in handy. One.. two.. three! HONK!~~~~~ A continuous honk was sounded for 5 whole seconds. I can see that patronizers outside the supermarket were looking towards my direction and yet, there was still no sign of anyone walking towards the vehicle. Fine! Again, I pressed the honk continuosly for 5 seconds another two times. Then finally, finally we saw a guy, perhaps in his 30s coming out from a bakery shop with a startled expression, with his hands gesturing apologetically at us. Oh well, at least he had the decency to apologize.

As I was on my way to the supermarket a while ago, and my car was stationary at the traffic light stop, a car tried to squeeze its way through between the my car and the road pavement. Both vehicles' side-mirrors were just merely a centimetre away and he's still not giving up - still going forward! There was no way I could move my car in any direction to let him past through. It was unquestionably, unthinkably, ridiculously so close that I was getting ready to *HONK!* at this 摸明奇妙 ('mo ming qi miau' which means ridiculously unreasonable) driver when suddenly he pulled his reverse gear. Oh my gosh! He reversed his car! Erm, I mean, well okay, that was probably the only move he could think of to keep both vehicles' side-mirrors in one piece. Nevertheless, he could have prevented this little "commotion" had he been a little patient waiting for other vehicles to move first. The worst thing is, when the the traffic light turned green, and what do you know? He was going the same way as everybody else, not to the opposite direction as I initially thought he intended to since he tried overtaking me back there. Oh well, a classic example of some reckless drivers sticking the "P" sticker (applicable only to new drivers on probation) on their vehicles. Thank God my side-mirror's still in tact! *whew!*

There was this other time when I parked my car by the side of the lane leading to the main entrance of the still-renovating airport. I was waiting for my friend's cue to call on my mobile phone to drive up towards the main entrance to pick her and her husband from their short trip to Penang. As I sms-ing away inside, I heard a loud "tut". When I looked up, a red Toyota Celica drove fiercely away passing the main entrance, towards the exit point. The first thought that came to my mind was - "Oh no! My car's been hit!" My immediate response was to look at my side-mirror to check for any dented areas on the doors. My cousin Valerian who was sitting beside me called out to me "Check your side-mirror! Check your side-mirror!" I quickly got out of the car and check the driver's side side-mirror. There were visible scratches at the side of the side-mirror and there were bits of red paint. I was able to remove the bits of red paint by simply scratching them off with my fingers. When I got home, I tried polishing it with the car polishing wax on the affected area. Tada! It worked like magic! No more scratches! *whew* The red car was actually trying to squeeze in between another vehicle and mine. Gosh! Whatever happen to exhibiting some courtesy and politeness towards one another, fellow drivers?

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posted by therese :: 11:50 PM ::