1st Day in Thailand........

On Sept 25, 2011, my friend and I was in Bangkok, Thailand.... I was kinda of having mixed feelings.....excited and homesick! This is the very common feeling that i usually experience whenever I go on holiday in other countries. I started to miss my bed, my bolster, my grandma! This is also my first time to go free and easy in a country with different language....I may not want to try again.....some may like it, but definitely not us......

I got some tips of how to move around in the country from my friends and dear colleagues.

From the airport, we took the airport rail link to the hotel.....when we reached we actually took a shortcut to the hotel through the back lane, it was quite scary for us.....But we managed to reach the hotel grounds safety.... The lobby was located at level 18th.

Before checking in, we check out the tours available and managed to book a short tour to the places of interest. We managed to check in at 2pm, before that we actually had our lunch at the sky coffee shop.... the food was worth the money er paid... Best is they serve very big portion to u and it was delicious....

Thereafter, we went up to our room, it was on the 48th level: the hotel staff told us that it was the ladies' floor (Sky Zone). Before check in, the staff told us that our room was actually not ready, thus they upgraded us to a suite: Junior Suite-Sky Zone.....not bad, spacious.... and we were able to view the vibrant night lights of Bangkok......

After putting and arranging whatever that is required, we started our shopping path....As my friend and I were not the types that love shopping, but we managed to walk and scan through the street markets and shopping centre. It usually take the ladies to never finish shopping, but the two of us just took about one and half hour to finish our walk..... ( and we managed to buy some special items from there)

Most of the street vendors were selling clothes, but not my kind! To us, they are still not cheap as compared to the quality and the design, we actually felt that we as tourists were still slaughtered by vendors.... Basically bargaining is the trick, however it was very tiring.....

Howver we managed to laze around, until we felt it was time to have our dinner. Since tonight was the first night, we decided to have our dinner in the hotel... we went up, however they were all serving buffet and that was too much for us....thus we changed our mind and went to the observatory deck to view the lightings of Bangkok.... After a short round of viewing, we saw the transparent observatory elevator, and decided to take it down to the ground floor...

However, it was very very disappointing and shocking trip down to the ground level.... At first, only two of us waiting for the elevator, and after both of us entered inside the door, suddenly a guy rushed in, as usually we will pressed the 'open door' button, he was practically blocking the elevator door with both hands and legs..... 1 person came in, 3 people came in, 5 people came in, suddenly the whole elevator was clamped up, with the two of us stuck to the side of the elevator.... Instead of viewing the night scenery, we were viewing a bunch of ' high roudy group of men' they seemed to be Thais but may be from some other provinces.... They continously spoke to us in Thai.... There was one of the man whom I could smelled his alcohol breath, was talking to and and at the same time poking me.... I can't do anything else but just smile...... (Inside my head, i was thinking, if he poke some other places other than my shoulder, i was going to BREAK HIs finger) My friend, L was basically staring at one of the man, coz he was basically pressing against us.... The man got the hint and put his hands up in the air (surrender mode).... She was kinda !!!!!!!!@#$%^ when he even started to take pictures of himself in a packed elevator with various sardine fishes...

Two of us were praying in our heart " Pls let us reach the ground level fast!"

But thereafter, I thought about it, they were basically harmless people... The man kept poking me because he wanted me to look at the view outside the elevator ! BUT I CAN'T  coz our view were totally blocked!

All i could do was to smile and pressed the 'OPEN DOOR' for them to leave (无奈的微笑）
Simply put it, we required a personal space even in the elevator, but not everyone knows it. (保持一个距离）. this was the thing about different cultures...But I got to learn to 随遇而安，入乡随俗。。。 哈哈哈。

We the proceeded to buy some bread, drinks and returned to our room to rest for the night, as we got to go to the grand palace the next day at 0730am.... 

                                                                                                                  (To be continued)

Hotel Room

Eco tips- Danger lurks in our home

There are quite a number of dangerous items which we used everyday and they are considered a normal part of our lives and yet we do not know how much they can harm us, our family and Mother Earth...

1. Washing detergents mostly used at home contains chemicals which is harmful to the body and  it will also pollute the environment. Dish washing liquid if not completely rinsed off the plates and bowls is bad for our health. We can consider natural abrasives which can be used in the place of dish washing liquids..... Have a guess, anyone!

Alternatives- Crushed egg shells, sponge gourd stems (絲瓜)are natural abrasives that can be used to clean our utensils, plates and bowls.

 2. Floor or furniture polishers contains harmful chemicals like phenol and nitrobenzene which can cause harm to the skin and internal organs. long period of contract can give raise to cancer risk.

 Phenol also found in air freshener can cause irritation to our eyes and cause headache and breathing difficulty.

Phosphorous are found in detergents and they can depletes oxygen in the water, how?

Phosphorous flows into the sewage pipe  and into the rivers, encourage the growth of algae in huge quantities, and when the algae die, it produce unpleasant stench  and depletes oxygen in the water, causing fishes and other living organisms die due to lack of oxygen in the water.

Alternatives:
-Baking soda can get rid of dirt and grease.
- cooking oil can polish the furnitures
-half a cup of white vinegar to a pail of water can clean the ceramic tiles in the kitchen

Or choose products made from natural sources.


References: Asiapac (2009). Top Eco Tips. Singapore: Asiapac Books Pte Ltd

Birthday chalet Day 1 n 2

Earlier part we were all celebrating for Sam........ playing the " carrot games" and masquerade!

I was talking about the ghost hunting plans earlier and y it could not be carried out!

 My mind was in a blank until i realised i was in the car and travelling on it journey to see ghost!   hahaha and luckily everyone returned relieved except for those who suggested it! i was strongly relieved that everyone returned safely and " empty- handed!'  Actually, there were some tell-tale signs that we should not proceed, but the few was stubborn and insisted to proceed despite warning from the birthday girl!!!!Our dear driver was driving the 7 seater car for the first time..... On the way driving to the old changi hospital, the car engine started to produce a sound....... everyone was like........ what was wrong with the car........never mind, ignore.....ignore...... but more worries started to ring
" Maggie........... Maggie............ hahahah our dear maggie was like......... i also don't know!!!!! Then further......." u all smelled anything burning?????"  no response...... everybody started to concentrate sniffing the air in the car!!!!! " different responses started again!!!!!! " no lah!" " have lah"   " our dear driver Aziz was ordered to stop the car at the nearest bus-stop....... Our dear siok see, went down the car, " yah, something was burning.........!!!!! not sure!!!!! maybe the wheels! " again Bindthu and Raveen then reassured everyone and we continued on the journey....... Again the strange sound continued..... Aziz then said that it was carrying  a heavy duty pack of people thus it was not uncomfortable....... we finally managed to identify the problem, the gear was not shifted to it usual position, thus it was making noise!!!!
 Finally the car was settled...... we too finally reached our destinations,  there was a road leading to the hospital, we saw a empty car packed at the side, everyone got every excited, but i felt very creepy!!!  then i told myself may someone parked the car and they left for somewhere else where they need to explore on foot!

We drove past the empty car and right in front of us, there was a fallen tree blocking our path! " At that moment of time, i was like " Thanks buddha!" we were saved from the exploring!! but then i froze in fright, when someone in the car blurted out "come on guys, lets get down and shift the tree away!"

anyway, we drove off by orders from the birthday girl............ we proceeded to buy mineral water ..... then Aziz drove us back to the old changi hospital route and we realized the empty car packed there at the road up , was missing!! ( don't scare ourselves, maybe others finished exploring the area on foot and drove off!)

I was very relieved that we did not succeed in exploring..... there was so many signs of telling us to stay away! if we can avoid , why would we put ourselves at risk!!!!

it will be very scary and unlucky if we managed to see one!
 It will be damn SUAY and FRIGHTENING if "it" followed u home!
Lastly, Aziz said something about me: asthmatic: i learned a new word " Sisambok!"
(Wrong spelling..... i am not sure.... i check through malay directionary but there was none such word! never mind i will ask him again if i have the chance!)

After returing to the chalet, i proceeded to shower, complete my assignment, they continued to play in-between card games...... we managed to chit chat till 0345hrs and thereafter we went to bed!

Day 2, we woke up, drove to changi end  for breakfast! we had some games of taboo, mahjong...... again, never missed: occupation hazards: chit chatting about work!!!! The early afternoon was spent in such relaxed manner!

Towards the late afternoon, we went cycling...... and that was fun......
We then went to downtown east and sam bought a birthday present for herself, she had been eyeing on that since few years ago and she finally bought it......

we returned and played on his newly bought gift:
Hello kitty Mahjong set

We returned home at around 2230hrs........ phew, tiring but enjoyable......

Busy and a memorable Month of May 2011

I have been very busy in the month of May.......Busy with my work, my studies and playing.....
It has been an exciting month as well as for all Singaporeans...... It has too a disappointing month for me where it concern my studies, my good friends and I had worked very hard for the presentation but the results was very upsetting, it had not turned out well for us..... and yet I blamed it on the tutor (Now I still do!) I really don't like her as a tutor, she was not at all helpful...... when my friend asked her a question after class, she just brushed her by answering: " i had already said that in class, if you did not hear it, then that is too bad!" This is how a senior nurse educator behave...... Anyway, i hope not to see her again...... just one last exam in june, then i am free not see you again......

After this presentation, I have one last written assignment on law and ethics due on the 30th, yet i was happily ignoring the urgency to complete my work.... I only started writting my assignment on the 18th, yet I spent only 1 hr doing it... the rest of the day, i was happily doing something else (Thank goodness, i am not like that at work) I was procrastinating throughout the last week of May, I can strongly feel the urgency but I can't put myself to sit in front of my laptop, reading the journal articles and scanning through the library books for information........... i cannot concentrate and focus .........On the 20th, I met up with my friends for a gathering dinner, throughout the whole dinner, my heart was very heavy......my mind was half occupied by my assignment..... but i was still able to chit chat and enjoy the dinner. Yet on the way home, i was so overwhelmed by that " guility and panic" I could not sleep the whole night!This feeling followed me through the last week of may.   I only managed to start on the 24th, which was my advanced Dip graduation day. Since I was able to start, i tried my best to end it....... fortunately I managed to write about a 1000 words (2000 words required) there after I again started to procrastinate....... Again on the 27th, I met up with my senior friends cum colleagues for dinner and to watch a Teochew opera thereafter....... Oh great, that feeling followed me, i was able to unfeel it when i was deeply concentrating on the opera...... That feeling was terrible when the show ended....... I was again overwhelmed by it on the way home!!!!
It was like I am standing at the most end part of the cliff and if i don't continue with the assignment, i will lose my balance and fall over the cliff!
I forced myself to complete the other 1000 words! While i was working through, i got stuck in the middle, i quickly asked my friend for help and luckily she showed me sample, and then i managed it through and completed the assignment!
Despite there are work still incomplete like; having some references to type, seting footer, inserting the marking guide, assignment page, content page, i managed to have a good sleep in the night.....

The next day , i woke up every early to complete my work, cause i don't to bring work to the chalet! Yes, I have a birthday party to attend...... i promised that i will stay over at the chalet......
In the end, I still have to complete my work at the chalet, but i managed through......!!!!


Talking about the chalet, I really enjoyed myself, spending a great time with my ex colleagues, colleagues and friends! I think when I am high, i go overboard! i have no awareness at the time of happening! i will be aware only when i am at rest, i will start to reflect what i did, " That is so damn embarassing! "

On the first night, itself, i was pulled along to explore ghost hunting....... i had no reaction until i was sitting in the car and starting coughing! i was coughing throughout the journey and worse when they explained their plans of ghost hunting........ Hhahaha, luckily the plan could not be carried out!

My cutie family member's stories: My Grandparents爷爷奶奶

我从一出生便和爷爷奶奶，爸爸，姑姑，叔叔们生活在一起，他们在我的成长扮演了很重要的角色。我能平平安安的长大成人，成为一个有用的人。以下，我便要和大家分享爷爷奶奶的故事。

爷爷和奶奶都是潮州人，出生于广东省潮阳县，也同是潮阳人。爷爷奶奶的婚姻是父母指的。他们在成亲以后的不久便分开了，爷爷要去新加坡作工赚钱养家。爷爷在二十二岁便离乡背井，千里迢迢到南阳的一座小岛开始了新的生活。他在一间药材铺当店员。

奶奶也在二十五岁（年1956）来到了新加坡，可说是夫妻团聚。年1957，他们两的长子，也就是我老爸出世了，爷爷同时成为新加坡公民。不过奶奶就没这么快，她只有在新加坡独立前两个月才成为公民的。

男主外，女主内。。。。 爷爷不知何故丢了店员的工作， 奶奶便把积蓄拿出来让爷爷自己作生意。 我觉得奶奶是个坚强的女性， 又要帮爷爷作生意，又要治家，教子。

在我的记忆中，爷爷和奶奶是两个截然不同性格的人，却能相敬如宾。

“长幼内外， 宜法肃辞严。"

爷爷他是个少话的人，他在我十二岁那年去世了，虽然他和我的相处极短，但记忆依然清晰。我记得爷爷奶奶要作生意，天还没亮就要到巴杀去卖凤梨，只因家里没人照顾我，只好索性带着我一起去， 爷爷骑着三轮车把我载来载去，真好玩！

我还和整个巴杀的摊贩们成为好朋友。。。。。 在巴杀的日子是我童年最快乐的时光。

我还记得爷爷非常溺爱我们，奶奶从来不允许我们吃造热的食物。。。。。。。有一次，我们乘奶奶不在家时，对爷爷撒娇，终于成功拿到了钱买雪糕吃。欢天喜地去买雪糕，正要享受美食，奶奶从远处走来，就这样我们雪糕被没收了，还便宜了大人们，在我们哀怨的眼神中，把雪糕给吃了。

爷爷还被奶奶说了一顿。。。

不管是在旧家或新家，爷爷喜欢坐在家门前，觉得凉爽。 他也是个有时间观念的人，做什么都要准时， 按照时间走。该什么时候吃饭：六点钟，什么时候散步：三至四点钟，什么时候睡觉：十点钟。。。。 不得有误！！

爷爷睡觉前一定要喝牛奶吃面包，是他的习惯。。。。 这就让我学到了。。。。也成为我的习惯。

爷爷的乐趣惟有赌博。。。。 我记得有一次爷爷心血来潮要我们和他赌一把（我们指的是奶奶，我和弟弟）玩的是三个公（三张牌加在一起，要最小点或三张都是公就赢）

我们还乘爷爷上厕所，出老千，把他的好牌给换了，换上烂牌。。。。。 哈哈哈哈硬说他输了！！！！

老爸说爷爷常用四个字四个字的朝州话来教育他们，可惜我没机会学了。。

当然，在教育孩子，我奶奶说了算，俗语说得好：慈母多败儿。奶奶是个严格的母亲，祖母。

“居身务期俭朴，教子要有方；”奶奶常以身作则，教育子女一定要讲究方法。

她也常常提醒我：“一粥一饭，当思来处不易；半丝半缕， 恒念物力维艰。”

一碗米饭都应该想其来之不易，半根丝半缕纱应常想造物之艰难。

直到现在我才知道爷爷奶奶的朋友都是以前的旧邻居，是什么样的力量让这份友谊永久不衰， 年年惦记，

奶奶说了：“见穷苦亲邻，须加温恤。”

“人有喜庆，不可生妒忌心，人有祸患，不可生喜辛心。”

古有名言：不听老人言，吃亏在眼前。

爷爷奶奶教育的朱子治家格言让我获益终身。


下次再和各位分享他们的故事，还有很多。。。。。。

求签。。。。。。 笑死我啦！！！

今天是我工作非常忙碌的一天，也不知道为何却频频出错。只要是用看的，一定出错， 吓得我不敢给药，或是做任何重要事务。我只敢尽量把我能做的芝麻绿豆事务做好，不出错！！
甚至我的好同事提议要带我去换副眼镜。

没想到，还有一道让我哭笑不得的消息。。。。。。。

我的叔叔每个星期五一定来我家吃饭，我老爸乘我在吃宵夜时，说了一句话：我去替女儿求签。。。。。。 害我差一点笑出来！幸好在我的对面没有任何人，否则就米饭淋头！！！！

哈哈哈！我老爸居然去求签。。。。。。 笑死我啦！！！

你一定会问我，我老爸求什么？？？？
“八个字：皇帝不急，急死太监。”

哈哈哈哈

连菩萨都说不用急，只能等！！！！！ 哈哈哈哈

东边月上正蝉娟，顷刻云遮亦暗存；或有圆时还有缺，更言非者亦闲言。

我看着老爸， 心里想着：YE！不会再来烦我了。。。。。才怪。。。。。。。

My cutie family member's stories: Siti--小姑

Wa.........!!!! It is a brand new chinese lunar year...... It has been very long since I last wrote about my 大姑姑.
Since I had just completed two of my assignment, now i am free to share the story about my 小姑.

Hey tell u something, my two aunt is known as 大美人, ok!!!  and my 小姑 更是沉鱼落雁，避月羞花的大美女。It means when my aunt is on the street, fish swimming will sink, birds flying will fall, moon will hide, flower will be shy when they see her!!!!!

okok, I know you sure will not believe (later I show u her photo) I am not bluffing......
Don't vomit。。。。。 I telling the truth!!!

She is a very refined lady, but at times she can be very very fierce! And  that happens when I made her very mad, How?

Simple ! Just talk loudly, laugh loudly and be very uncivillized or speak in vulger language!!!
Everyone who knows me, knows that I am a very 粗鲁person！小姑 has been trying to change me to be gentle lady, it has been so many years and she has never stopped trying! (How? Later I explain)

For me, I always believe that it is deep-rooted in my behaviour, and it will not hurt anyone, so I am fine with it......Of course it is not FINE with her........

EVerytime, I talk loudly or laugh crazily...... she will stare at me, frown and say " shhhhhhh!!! 女孩子家，讲话不要这么大声！几岁了，都要三十岁了还这样！ 哎哟！"

What I answer to her will depend on my mood, if I am in good mood, I will say
"哈哈，猪八戒说斯文不能当饭吃"

But when I am irritated: "OK OK... You are very nosiy ! Sister!" Then I will purposely talk even louder!!!!
but she seem not affected....... and will continue :
"得, u are a girl! not behaving in this manner!!!! OR shhhhhhhhhhh! 小声点！！！！"

She is never affected by whatever answer I give and will still continue with her teachings.........
AHHHHHHH救命啊！！！！

My dad calls her Siti, but I have another nick for her and no one knows! I call her 虫小姐，Y?
she 作工一条龙，在家一条虫. No lah, she does help with the housework..... it is just that most of the time I see her, she is lying in bed!! She will spend at least 5hrs in bed just resting on weekends when she is not working...... she seems to never get enough rest!!!!
However everyone in the family like to talk to her or even tell her secrets, coz u will never need to worry there is a third party who knows about your secret!!!!

Sometime, she will help me with the housework e.g. when I am supposed to mop the floor, she will just quietly sweep the floor and say : "得, i sweep already, u can start mopping. " she will not 计较 little matters with us.

 She is also my dad's private accountant, she will deal with matters concerning income tax, CPF and other miscellaneous.....

The most hilarious part about her is that after each travel trips, " 小姑, how is your trip? Fun?"
She will reply u: " ok loh! nothing to see !"
一只乌鸦飞过。。。。。。
Until  my dad cannot tahan....... "Go and travel to the moon lah., sure got nothing!"

My cutie family members' stories: Fatimah-- 大姑姑！！！

I grew up without a mother by my side, but I was never depressed about it..... I might envy when I walk down the streets  and see kids clinging on to their mothers, or calling out " Mummy.........." or even when I see my cousins being so close to their mothers....... I will start to think about myself, when the image of my grandma and my two aunts enter my mind, I started to giggle and laugh out loud!!!! It is ok that i don't have a mother, but I still have these three women to act as a father, mother and auNties!!!

My grandma 在我的心中是永远排在第一位， my dad is definately rank after her!!!!

Today I am going to talk about my 姑姑... Basically, she is a 口毒心善之人。Anything that comes out from her mouth especially, can drive me up the wall and quarrel with her, but when it comes to her heart, she is EXTREMELY kind to the people in need.

Everytime, she sees people in need she will try her best to donate something that can help them......  whenever she go travelling, she never forget to pack old clothes or toys and others that poorer people there may need. This is something everyone needs to learn but can never do it! It is very tiring to bring extra luaggage as it is an extra burden to carry around in a place where danger are lurking around!

I had experienced this so I know, In 2004, with  姑姑, we accompany grandma back to China for visiting, and we actually went to the rural villages deep inside the city of 深圳. It was very scary to pull a number of luagge around, and changing buses, and with three luagges, only one contained our belongings. The other two consist额度 of things to be donated.

Even though I will have daily arguements and quarrel with her, there is never bad feelings between the two of us, she will love to nag at us, even my dad and  grandmother is not spared.

Both of my 姑姑 is of very different character, yet they get along very well to go on travel trips together....

姑姑 is a very smart and energetic woman, no one in the family can be compared to her, she is very alert and very enthusiatic in doing everything...... she is also very streetwise, u just throw her anywhere around the world, she will NEVER LOST her way.

When It comes to travelling, there is something very special about her......... I always call her the temperature oven!!!! Why do I say that? Very simple: She go places with very very low temperature, she is able to REGULATE her body temperature!!!! Don't understand ? I will explain: While others are freezing and shivering, she is running around in her sleeveless blouse.....
In temperature below freezing point, just give her a coat and a pair of gloves, she will survive!!!

My dad always exclaimed: Don't know what she is made of?????

Even if she is working, she is always helping in the household chores, unlike me!!!!! Both my 姑姑s have nicknames, but that is for fun as they are like secretary, managers and maid  helping my dad and grandmother!!!
 " Fatimah is her nick!!!!! hahahah!"

My cutie family Members' Stories: A Small-Built Tree --- My Third Uncle..........

My third uncle is a very interesting character if you get to know him....... and Why would I describe him to be a small built tree ???,  there is a story behind the theory.
My family is a very traditional household especially my dad, u can simply call him 老古董。My dad's mindset is even more conservative than my granny.  Being very traditional Teochew, we are brought up to greet our elders by their respective kinship terms......

My uncle was the youngest of three sons, thus we called him 小叔..... Quite a few years back, my cousin Kenn-Two started calling him 一棵小树!! From then on, the youngers ones started to call him in that manner...... We were quite naughty, tried to make fun of him.....

My third uncle was never angry despite us being the younger generation always attempted to make fun of him....  As usual, he will raised his voice, stared hard at us and shouted "@#$%$*&!...... Don't be rude ah.... I am your 小叔!!!!

Out of the three sons, he is of the smallest built as compared to my dad and second uncle!!!! He is cute at times but sometimes when you talk to him, you tends to 翻白眼. Coz he is considered to be one of the most talkative person in the family...... and that happened when everyone is eating at the dinning table...... He is always the first to eat and the last to finish........ At times, he is even slower than my granny....

He is also a very loud person, and every time he come to my house for dinner, my 小姑 has to keep reminding him to talk softy..... eat your food and so on and so forth.......
(To tell you a secret, In my family, both my 姑姑and 小姑 have "Individualized Reminders" for each and everyone in the family!!! I will tell mine next time)

Each time, he come into my room, he will remind me to do something to my room, either renovate my room, or clear my room...... he will repeat the same lines, I will also repeat mine....... and this goes on for years.... and neither of us can reach to a conclusion...... Hhahahah.......

He has a habit that I never can understand, He loves to buy "Cheap stuff...... and worse of all, the stuff will always ended up in my house, in my granny's "Collection".... I often asked him, why u buy it for ? and his answer will be " this's one very good, and cheap!!!!!"

But among the five siblings, he is the only one who is up-to-date with the IT world, he is very well-versed with the IT knowledge........  cannot compare him with my 姑姑and 小姑.

My these two aunts can already drive u up the wall with the use of a handphone......  which means (I will tell u the next time )

And one last thing , before I forget, My 小叔 is even more conservative than my dad!!!!! Oh Dear!!!! Now I have two 老古董 in the family.......

我家的无价之宝。Priceless Antiques

Now that I realized I had quite a number of antiques in my house, I would like to share some of the pictures with you..... This is only half of the amount as my grandma stated that some of them were not suitable to be taken e.g. religious artifacts.......etc. The age of these items fall in between 30yrs to 100plus yrs....... Take a guess, which is the oldest???

 

The two clocks above are placed in different parts of my house, the living room and my dad's bedroom!

 

Not forgetting this's one:

Want to know the answer?????

Pest Control in Wee Hours in the Morning, Happening Right in My Own House!

It was four o'clock in the morning, I was supposed to be in deep sleep...... yet I was turning and tossing in bed!!! I could not even fall asleep , all thanks to the slamming, smacking and pisssssss sound I heard continuously!!! Finally I gave up trying to get into my deep slumber!!! I was wondering where the heck the noise came from....... I got up from bed and decided to investigate what was going on !! When I opened my room door, I saw that the kitchen and the balcony lights were on... Who and what the person was doing in the kitchen..

I tiptoed to the kitchen and tried to peek ...... To my horror, I saw my brother squatting on the floor , with one insecticide spray in his left hand and a slipper in his right....!!!!!!

"What the heck are u doing at this time?" I asked my brother in an irritable tone of voice (Who can be nice still when u are awoken unnecessarily  and the next day you start work at 7am).

My brother look at me , smiled and said ( In Teochew dialect) "我在杀死这些死蟑螂!!!"" 我在帮阿妈铲除这些死蟑螂！！！！
The next splitting seconds, I broke into laughter..... I could  not control myself!!!!
My brother then started to ventilate ............ I started to yawn !!!!!
Then I saw the bodies lying on the floor and I warned him to stop coz it was disturbing me and he can continue his job at a much NORMAL TIME!!!!

In the end, I took some pictures coz he threatened to leave the bodies there in the kitchen till my grandma sees "them" otherwise she will not believe that there were lots of cockroaches.

My KL Trip

I dont know about others, but for me: my colleagues and my bosses are my friends when we are not working. Many others had asked me : Friends are friends, Colleagues are colleagues, you can't mix them. I am very proud to declare that when we are working, we are serious about work and when it comes to play, we are serious too.

Working is a time to understand your colleague's own working styles, and play is the best time to understand the person as who he or she is! 

Thus we had arranged a trip to KL to relax and get away from work. It is a good time for me coz it had quite long since I last went for a holiday. There was suppose to be 12 of us going, but at the last minute one of  my dear friend M was unable to make it due to unforeseen circumstances that popped up at the last minute. It was a pity that she could not join us.

This is my first time to travel to KL by car, initially I was quite ambivalent in going to KL, but I was very happy that I did not regret my decision. We drove in to Malaysia in 3 cars, A's, K's and D's cars. I was arranged to join A's car for the first part of the journey.  As usually, I had actually fell asleep throughout. At the 2nd part of the journey, I joined C in K's car, again I fell asleep until I reached KL's city area. I was supposed to chit chat with C on the 2nd part of the journey but I just can't help as it is my habit. Every time when I travel on long distance on bus or car, the sleep bugs will attack me!

I was saying I got awake when we reached KL, I couldn't sleep anymore as we got lost on our way to the hotel. The map had stated that the hotel is in the Ampang area. Since this is the first time for the male drivers to drive in to KL, we all placed our hope on K's GPRS system. We were lost for almost an hour, and while turning around KL, we then realised that many areas in KL were called Ampang. We saw Ampang Mall, Ampang Walk etc........

Finally we followed the GPRS and finally the system sounded "YOU HAVE ARRIVED!"
But to our horror, There was no hotel in sight but a petrol kiosk station!

 Fortunately, we managed to get to our destinations finally.

As usually , we went shopping, eating, playing and also watching..... coz I remembered all of us were excited about World Cup 2010: the semi-finals and the finals.

Talking about watching, I remember the rooms allocation, we were staying in an apartment hotel. There are two bedrooms, a bathroom and a living room with an attached kitchen. I was allocated to an apartment with C, D and his wife. Then my neighbour was three "old ladies", whereas S, A and K were allocated on the ninth's level.

One thing I hated about the apartment was the bathroom, there was the one and only bathroom! There were no attached bathroom in the rooms, in the end we all have to queue up, taking turns to shower! of coz the guy will always be the last! hahaha........

On our first night before sleep, we actually played board game called "THE MAD MAGAZINE!" D brought it along on the trip just in case we felt bored in the hotel room. It was an unusual game, but we had a good time ! To me it is not really a game, BUT 我感觉被整！I don't really know how to describe it but if anyone have come across it, pls try! I am very sure SH and C will agree with me! It was totally unlike Monopoly, you got to win lots of money, but this game, in fact you have to lose all your money to win! Then there were " stupid steps like exchange seats with the person on your left........ imitate your fav animal and ........lot of crazy acts and stuff!

When I come to think of it, it always make me laugh!!!!

On the second day, shopping was still the first choice, and I remember half of us were stuck in a shop selling lingerie! Hahahaha!
Then we all met for meals, and that was the time when A show us the scary masks he bought. The purposes of the masks were for a dancing item he is preparing on Nurse's Day celebration. (I will try to add in the video).

Subsequently after a tired day our for shopping, some of us planned to go for massage. Before going for massage, we actually took our dinner first @ a Persian Restaurant. It was every one's first time to enjoy (Present Day: Iran) Persian food and tea . It turned out to be quite delicious and I don't mind to try it again. The atmosphere was also great!!

After the meals, we went for our massage! And the funny thing was there was some blunders happening right in the massage palour!!

Most of us chose to massage head and shoulder, but the truth is it was almost the whole upper body (of coz excluding the front). Before the massage started, we were brought into a dim-litted room with beds side by side, and there were screens too for each beds. We were then told to change and were given clothes that were similar like operating gown. S and I were wondering how to put it on, strings in front or at the back?????? and must we take out our bra?????? I actually asked the questions out loud, forgetting that the rest of the massage customers can hear what I just asked???? S was embarrassed by me!!!! Haha!!

Now forget about me..... The next person was D, he was the only male who went with us for massage and he was the noisy one...... ahahahahah!!! Pain !!!pain!!! (just joking... I can't say much.....he will slaughter me!!!!!) but There is one thing I can share: The massage lady was very pleased to have a " Handsome customer!" She kept praising him after the session..... Share a  secret: I said earlier, we chose head and shoulder massage, but he was even better, given the more, including massage on his bum and legs........ Hahahaha!!

Since after massage, we returned to our hotel, the night was still young, S, SH, SK and I played mini majong on the dinning table...... The rest of them went to bed early as they need to wake up to watch the finals of the World Cup 2010.

The next day, we pepared to return to Singapore.... I nearly forgot about my passport, but luckily I managed to find it. It had fallen out from my pocket onto the sofa while I was watching TV!! I would not dare to think what will happen if I can't find my passport!!!!!  "--""

I then sleep my way home!!!!!! all the way back to Singapore! At the last rest stop, we had our lunch at A&W....... We missed that coz A&W is no longer operating in Singapore!!!!

                                                                                                  

(Enjoying Food)

(C having a ride)

 

歇后语：阅读歇后语提高了我的思想与知识。

前天，我正在整理房间里的书架时，不意间看见了一本书。书名是：歇后语谚语大全。我竟然不知我有这样的一本书，我的思绪全被这本书给吸引住了。于是，我便开始阅读，没想到，就开始我对歇后语的兴趣。

编者的前言：“中华文明源远流长，绝妙的语言艺术承载着五千年历史的沧桑。。。。。 是千百年积累的文明的结晶，凝聚了无限的智慧和独特的创造性。。。。”

以下是我认为有趣的歇后语。

矮子倒水-就那么高水平。
矮子爬楼梯-步步高升。
矮子看戏-别人说好，他也说好。

白开水画画-轻（清）描淡些。
百灵鸟遇上鹦鹉- 会唱的碰上回说的。
抱着木炭亲嘴- 碰了一鼻子的灰。

裁缝的尺子- 量人不量己。

城隍老爷献计-出鬼点子。
城隍娘娘有喜- 心怀鬼胎。

大白天碰见阎王爷- 活见鬼。
额头上挂钥匙-开开眼界。

破琵琶-谈（弹）不成了。
七个钱放在两处-不三不四。
入了笼的螃蟹-横行不了几时。

脱了裤子放屁-多此一举。
阎王爷说谎-骗鬼。
一二三五六-没事（四）。

Reference: 歇后语谚语大全(2008). 北京:吉林人民出版社.