Simplicity

After 2688 days together, filled with happiness and part-sorrow.

Today, I have fallen in love with you again.

You had me at this song…

Boyboy!!!

If you paid attention to the blog on “It’s a small world after all”, I mentioned about bringing Boyboy to the East Coast Park on Vesak day with Mr Poto. Presenting to you….the new short fling of my life: Boyboy!

Boyboy is actually Mr Poto’s brother’s dog. His ex-gf gave boyboy to him, so lucky right? I really enjoyed playing with him at Mr Poto’s house during mother’s day. He is simply soooooo adorable, even when he was humping me. Haha.

Mr Poto was so smart to come up with the brilliant idea of letting me spend a day with Boyboy over the Vesak day as his first birthday present to me. He wanted to fulfill my childhood dream of owning a dog. I was thrilled to bring Boyboy home with us. Boyboy is a really smart and friendly Shih Tzu. He is very affectionate and loves to follow wherever we walked around in the house. I tried teaching him the ‘Bang’ trick, think I’m halfway there already.

After being the 1 day proud owner of Boyboy, here are some of my afterthoughts.

1) Singapore is definitely not a very pet-friendly country. It was hard to bring him along for meals. We had to tabao food in the end.

2) Having a dog brings about quite a bit of attention. People will just look at you and the dog, making remarks…”Oh, soooo cute!” Hence, if you are shy, perhaps it wouldn’t be a good idea to bring your dog out for walks. Worse still, it will be even harder for celebrities.

3) It gives you a different sense of purpose for life. It can make a person become more mature and responsible. You are forced to learn how to take care of another life. You have to take care of your pet’s needs. You would constantly be thinking about your pet, worrying if he or she is hungry, thirsty, happy etc. I even woke up much earlier than my normal timing with Boyboy in the house.

4) It gives you a sense of joy and the feeling of being wanted. In what other scenarios, will you have another life following you wherever you go, even if to the toilet. (Apart from unrealistic fans chasing after their idols.)

Overall, I realised that I really would love to have a dog of my own. But on the other hand, I feel that I will be devastated if one day, my dog should pass away. Just like, how I am missing Boyboy now, though he should be living happily with the brother…

My happy memories…

Last Sunday, one of my 5 years old student, Kate, sang a few songs to me. I was blown away. She reminded me very much of Connie Talbot in Britain’s Got Talent. The first song that Kate sang was also ‘Over the Rainbow’…she was able to sing with vibrato, and she had the voice of an angel.

Here’s a video of Connie Talbot’s ‘Over the Rainbow’:

Kate also sang a few songs from ‘Hairspray’, that I couldn’t even sing with the fast beat. But she was able to sing those songs effortlessly. I was really impressed! I guess I am not just teaching geniuses, I am teaching future superstars too!

<<如果>>

每个人自出生后，一直被一条叫做 [缘分] 的绳子牵绑着，

一步一步地认识了许多原本不认识的人，

等到年纪越大时，绳子也会越来越多。

有时别人或许会放弃拉住这条和自己相连的绳子。。。

我们也可能放弃拉住和别人相连的绳子。

不过。。。就算在最艰难的状况下。。。

还会永远拉住绳子而不放弃的人。。。

应该就是妈妈吧。。。

<<后悔的小木偶皮诺丘>>

6 岁： 妈妈~！等我以后赚大钱，一定会带你去环游世界~！！！

15岁：给我买参考书的钱~！是真的~！哎哟~不用担心~！我一定会还给你的~！

18岁：妈~！等我退伍一定会好好养你的，再忍耐一下~！

40岁：帮我这一次就好，只要度过这个难关，以后就能够让您享福了。。。谢谢你，妈~！只要再等一下下就好。。。

等很久了吗？

托妈妈的福，我现在事业很成功，钱也赚很多了，

你看，这些是全部的钱。

。。。

妈你起来啊。。。

我们要去环游世界了。。。

你不要一直躺着啊。。。

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对不起

我来晚了

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这两篇文章取缔于金光浩的漫画。我看了这本漫画后，深受感动。亲情是我们生命里如此重要的一部分，可是，我们常常所忽略到的也是亲情。

你是否还记得在多久前，对你的父母说句：“我爱你”？

我仿佛已不记得了。不知为何，我就是无法在言语上表达我对父母的爱与关怀。或许这与我们的沟通方式，跟他们如何把我抚养长大有关系吧。 我们不常把‘爱’挂在嘴边。曾几何时，我还以为他们根本不在乎我这个女儿。可是，我们是关心着彼此的。我只是以行动来表达我的孝心。

我知道我的父母不是天底下最好的父母，可是他们对我而言是完美的。

我知道我不是天底下最孝顺的女儿，可是我希望对他们而言，我是带给他们快乐的。

爸爸，妈妈，我爱你。

Yes, it’s a small world after all. When it comes to Singapore, it’s even smaller! Mr Poto and I spent our Vesak day with Boyboy at East Coast Park. In the evening, we decided to go the Tapas Wine Bistro cafe at Holland Village for dinner. Parking was terrible, and I even had to go out to ’scare off’ another car, who wanted to take advantage of us. He’s messing with the wrong girl, especially one who was getting hungry.

We had made reservations for the dinner, and was somewhat shocked to see only one couple at the restaurant. I was even more surprised when the only couple there turned out to be Mr and Mrs Koh! Haha. Mrs Koh and I surfed around the internet the other day to look for nice italian food, and chanced upon this place. Who would have thought that we will go to the same restaurant on the same day and timing? This is what I would call…fate!

Here’s the happy couple! They certainly looked so blissful and happy together.

Knowing my pattern, they kindly offered to help us to take a picture too. Hee.

Well, in my opinion, I felt that the food service was a little slow. We waited for at least 10 minutes for the tomato soup. But it was really tasty, hence, I gave them the benefit of doubt. The soup was freshly made, unlike those canned soup that are served immediately. For the tapas, we had soft shell crab and calamari. I did enjoy my tapas, they were rather flavourful. However, I was a bit disappointed with my main course - Seafood alfredo pasta. The taste was just not enough to satisfy me. The carbonara wasn’t that fantastic either. Dessert was melon and chocolate ice-cream. I found the melon ice-cream to be very refreshing. Perfect on a hot day. In terms of value, it was rather good value for a set meal of $25.90. But I don’t think that I will be revisiting the place again, at least not for their mains.

Meeting up with the girls never fails to brighten up my mood. Even if the day sucked, everything will still seem to glow as I looked forward to meeting these angels. Old friends are really the best. They love you for who you are. True friends make you feel at ease by being yourself. You can say the lamest thing and they will still adore you. Yes, they are certainly one of my oldest pals. 10 over years of friendship…my goodness. It’s like half of my lifetime so far.

Good friends and good food spells the word….PERFECTO!

P.S: (Ladies, must be more ONz for my wedding okie?!!!)

I am not a Christian, but I chanced upon these really meaning words. I wish I could have seen these words earlier.

“Let Them Go”

By T. D. Jakes

There are people who can walk away from you.

And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you, let them walk.
I don’t want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you,
coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean, hang up the phone.

When people can walk away from you, let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody who left.

The Bible said that they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for
us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]

People leave you because they are not joined to you.
And if they are not joined to you, you can’t make them stay.

Let them go.

It doesn’t mean that they are a bad person; it just means that their part in the story is over.
And you’ve got to know when peoples’ part in your story is over
so that you don’t keep trying to raise the dead. You’ve got to know when it’s dead.

You’ve got to know when it’s over. Let me tell you something. I’ve got the gift of good-bye. It’s the tenth spiritual gift. I believe in good-bye. It’s not that I’m hateful, it’s that I’m faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He’ll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don’t need it.
Stop begging people to stay.

Let them go!

Lately, work hasn’t been running too smoothly. But I realised that it’s really and truly the wonderful darling colleagues there (present and past) that makes life there bearable. As quoted from Ah Ying, “one day when we look back, we will be glad we went through all this shit with each other.” My heart was touched.

Yes, it’s all about the people. There are the gems of the company. They brighten up my days there with the pureness and kindness of their spirits.

Here is the day we became the assembly line ladies. It’s a great feeling to be in a team where everybody was willing to work hand in hand.

Here’s a tribute to the wonderful ladies that brought laughter and joy to my worklife! Without these ladies, I wouldn’t and couldn’t have tahan these 3 years there. Thank you ladies! =)

Hee, I know that my birthday is coming soon, and one may think that this is a blog on my birthday. But nope. This is a belated blog on Mr Poto’s birthday.

The 8th of April marks a very special day, a day that brings an angel into the world. It seems as though that I can never do enough for this angel. I wish for this angel happiness and good health always.

Once again, we celebrate this special day Mr Poto-style….BUFFET! Buffet was at The Melt. Nothing really much to rave about, but the desserts were simply to be an indulgent experience there. Once you reach the restaurant, we were greeted by a huge array of beautiful desserts. And my heart melted. Hee.

I am most proud of the photo-movie that I did for Mr Poto! Each time I saw through the movie, tears wanted to roll down my eyes.

I do hope that he had a most wonderful birthday experience. Once again, I am thankful, thank you being the angel by my side, now and forever.

Yes, they did it again. This time round, the she-boss proved that she is indeed a NIMKAPOOT!

Round 1: Okay, go ahead and cancel her classes on Sat and Sun.

Round 2: Tell parents that “she is no longer fit to work with the company.”

Round 3: Ring ring, the little worms called everyone.

Round 4: Who said to tell that she resign?! Go find out who!

Round 5 : E will be coming to work on Sun. Call parents to come back. Say that we heard wrongly.

Round 6: Bang, dies the little worms.

What else can I say. I am disgusted by her stooooopid decisions. I am even more appalled at the mere fact that I am still working there to witness such nimkapootness to the ULTIMATE. She-boss may have managed to convince E to teach for one more day, or maybe ’till the end of the term??’ But guess what, she just lost one cashcow of hers, and that’s me!

Sitting at the fountain.

Mum’s cooking.

Enjoying my classes.

Being appreciated.

Waking up naturally.

Meeting up with friends.

Having a public holiday to look forward to.

Getting a snail mail.

Listening to good music.

Having the time to eat breakfast with Mr Poto.

Having the time to spend an afternoon with Mr Poto.

Catching a good show on HBO accidentally.

Shopping for promotional items at the supermarket.

So far, I have got all these down…and still counting. =)