Pregnant Friday
Friday is here again. This is a pregnant Friday as a lot of expectation is riding on it. After battling the flu bug for the good part of the week, I am really looking forward to the weekend for a well deserved rest. This is really fat hope. I don’t think I will get much rest this weekend as a lot of events happening next week will need our attention this weekend.Next week going to be a touch and go week for us…
SO’s mum is visiting in the middle of next week so will need to play driver. Wanted to do a good job to show my appreciation for the many wonderful things she had done for me when I was courting her daughter. For example, her encouragement, hospitality when I visited and stayed overnight but most of all for generosity in letting go her only daughter that had stayed with hers.
We are leaving town for Melaka to do our Cheng Meng rite on Friday and probably a shopping spree in KL on Sunday. So next weekend will be one hell of a hectic weekend and we need REST this week to store up energy for such adventure.
Most headaches of all, we still haven’t found a renovation contractor that is good in both the price/service department. We had tried a lot of reno shops but none meets our criteria. So, back to square one.
Although all these demands are conflicting in nature, I am happy nevertheless. Why? For the simple reason it breaks the monotony of our mundane routine and doing good to people who matter in your life like attending to SO’s mum.
I feel stretched but not stressed. That basically sums up my feeling for this Friday and the coming week.
Have a good weekend, all you guys out there!!
Sick Building Syndrome
Despite the state i was in, i managed to finish my client report and made it home for dinner with SO. One less angry client tomorrow, i managed a smile as i walked out of the office. As soon as i stepped out of the office, i already felt much much better. My Niagara nose had run its waterfall course. I read somewhere that the poor indoor air quality of office building do affect one’s health. Bad air quality could cause Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). Symptoms like teary eyes, running nose and migraine could be the symptom of SBS.
In fact after dinner, i felt as energetic as a Tiger. When i relate the SBS and my pussy cat condition in the office, SO was quick to retort, “Aiyah! It is just your excuses of not wanting to stay in the office and work!” She may have a point, and i concurred. Now i know ……
I am allergic to work, SBS or not!!
Wa Demam liao!
ARRGH!!!
Be Hip Buy Original
Film Synopsis
Be With Me the new film by Eric Khoo (Mee Pok Man, 12 Storeys) is a tapestry of stories woven around the themes of love, hope and destiny. The characters lead separate lives but are bound by one common desire – to be with their loved one. The protagonists in the movie are fictitious bar one – Theresa Chan, a courageous deaf and blind woman whose life story inspired Be With Me.
Named after the colloquial Malay word for “anxiety”, it is nonetheless told with great assurance. Fans of her last movie, the interracial romance Sepet (2004) will be pleased by the return of protagonist Orked (Sharifah Amani Al-Yahya) and her kooky clan. But Gubra is different from the lightweight sentiment of Sepet. The director states her intent at the opening, which quotes from the Quran, “In the name of God, the most loving, the most compassionate”. Gubra is not just a love story. It is also a meditation on what it means to love, to live and to have faith.
Brothers & sisters…dont buy pirated DVD lah, support our movie makers lah. Just bought Kuku’s Be With Me but still haven’t watched yet lah. Good movies lah these two …Gabra & Be With Me. Got love, got hope, got destiny… OK!! If you gonna treat yourself to one OKOK two lah DVDs this year, make it Gabra or Be With Me!!
Singapore for Oscar 2
Singapore for Oscar?
Friends after big 4!
This lady is turning 40 soon and loved by many. 
I had passed 40 but still feel not a day older than my ACS days. Why, things had not changed over the last 30 years. Had this eerie feeling like I am stucked in a time capsule.
For example,
hanging out at the sarabat store
playing games together on a weekly basis
sharing dvd, songs, stuff we enjoyed yonks ago
talking about school days like we left one month ago
Through the wonders of technology, we manage to keep in touch; you won’t believe this, on a daily basis. Through blogging, we are also invited to be a witness of their inner thought. Leslie, is one such friend. So much so, that sometimes SO wonder aloud, “After all these years, you guys never get enough of each other mei?” I have this explanation…maybe we are worn down by the mundance daily grind and family commitment, old friends are like our comfort bolster that we will never give up, no matter how appealing other things around us had become!
Cheng Meng Plan
Hairlen when we just got it from the pet shop three years ago
Almost Famous
Friday and i am taking the day off. Big day today as i got an interview with the Straight Times Sunday Life. Need to prepare, man! Straight Times Sunday Life, can you imagine that?!! . They want a story on me, “… the most misunderstood blogger without a fan base.” But isn’t that an oxymoron? Who want to read a blog that they can’t understand? It is not very flattering to receive comment like “…sorry wrong blog. can’t understand a word being uttered.” Anyway, i will take my 15 minutes of fame. I was quietly running through the trivias they gonna ask me… I don’t want to be a misunderstood and boring blogger.
an excerpt is included here…
STSL: What would you do if you are marooned on an island?
SF: Will apply for PR so i can buy an pigeon hole from the mafia of the land
STSL: Er… I don’t mean Kiasuland
SF: Robinson Crusoe’s type?
STSL: Yes
SF: will bring Mr Martin Yan, need cooked food to survive, Mrs Smith, bodyguard for security and other unprintable reasons and Bob the Builder, to build a sampan to escape from the island
STSL: What about your wife?
SF: Nope. She would not survive a day out here. Anyway, don’t think she will get along with my bodyguard
STSL: What if you are only allowed one company?
SF: Then I will take along one Mrs Martin Yan the Builder…
You get the drift….
As I was waiting for the lift, I hold SO’s hand gently when she suddenly turned to me and said “Dear, what are you doing pulling my hand? It is 3.30 am in the morning!” Oh, my God!! I am dreaming again!! But it was good while it lasted.
Who has the address of Bloggers Anonymous?
Meal with a View
“I survived past Wednesday liao!” Just another excuse to have a quiet night out with SO. Wanted a restaurant with a view downtown, but thrifty SO suggested jap fast food and we ended up at the neighbourhood “Feista” at Jurong Point.
We were early but still ended up sitting like 3 seats away from the store, in front of the conveyor belt. Not the best of seats but it was near the food preparation place. We had a very clear view of serving chef. Suddenly a lousy seating arrangement became a strategic lookout point. Freshly prepared salmon sushi or soft shell crab just out of the wok…. Not only we were aware what was freshly made, we could also place our order directly to the chef bypassing the waitress with the benefit of a shorter waiting time. The salmon sushi on the belt didn’t look too good but no problem. We just placed our order through the chef when we saw some “sashimi” grade salmon on the chef’s table. We also didn’t waste much time placing our order of soft shell crab handroll when we saw soft shell crab on the chef’s cutting area.
We had a good time and made the best of a lousy situation. No restaurant with a view, meal with a view will do fine!!
