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Goodbye

2012-05-18T16:54:00.000+08:00

Our dear friend Wilfee crossed the rainbow bridge today. A very sad day indeed.

How does a dog... halfway around the world touch our lives so much? He did touched mine by the beautiful words of his friend Angus.

photo courtesy from Wilf the PON

Goodbye to my sweet lil friend Wilfee. Run free. You will be very missed by all of us all over the world. Your life has touched so many especially mine. You will be sorely missed.

Run free Wilfee.

Comments are closed for this post. But do go over to Wilf the PON's blog.

Curly Curliest Day

2012-05-15T17:14:00.001+08:00

A most curly curlie curliest day today. Its so warm we are popping. I think we can start frying eggs on the porch. Poor curly is warmer with all the curls everywhere.

He's asking to be let out a lot of times today... to eat grass. Does your dog eat grass when they are not too well? Other than eating grass... he's fine and quite bouncy today. It must be the heat getting to him.

We thought it was a Wednesday today... so we did a picture post :) Yes.. ~~we are a wee bit lazy to type too many words and~~ its all because its just too warm. We are both getting sun burnt from getting out to the yard too often. Can someone do a raindance for us please.

Our Portrait of Love

2012-05-13T23:47:00.000+08:00

My mom, my siblings and i. My youngest sis was just a month old here :) I am the third in the family of four girls.

My mom has always been with us while we were growing up. She cooked, she cleaned and mend all our wounds. My mom was a SAHM. She tend to all our needs and heard all our silly stories. She defended us always. She took in all our giggles... and four girls can be quite a giggly lot. But she always tells us.. empty vessels make a lot of noise.

I remember she rode with me on the school bus on my first day of kindy. I was the proudest child on the bus as i had my mom with me by my side. The rest just ride on their own and look like they were about to burst out crying. One other parent even asked my mom to take care of his child and take her in to school too on that first day as he had to work.

She used to drag my youngest sister and i all over town to buy material to sew clothes for us. We two being the youngest always get to tag along with her. I used to frequent the hospital quite a lot when i was a kid. I was a troublesome kid. I always had an itch on the hands or on the legs and sometimes i wheeze at night ^.^

The best medicines are always at the general hospitals. Usually my mom took me as my dad had to work. Once while we were waiting for our turn, she got dizzy because of the heat...and fainted. Before she fainted she just told me.. hold on to my purse and your sister's hand. I held on to both for dear life and the nurse helped her onto a bed to rest. We waited till she woke up again and then we took the bus home.

I like this picture a lot. My mom was very happy here. We took a lot of pictures on that day. My eldest sister's 12th birthday. We had a big cake for her. Somehow all the pictures turned out pinkish for some reason. The whole batch of pictures were pink but still am very happy memories :)

Remembering my mom with love.

Happy Mother's Day to my siblings, my friends and all of you out there who are mothers.

A mother's love knows no bounds.

Our Week in Pictures

2012-05-11T20:48:00.002+08:00

Here i am all fluffed up and clean. We were on the way to Kuala Lumpur to see Mr Piper.

SHE had to go to church because Nicky was getting confirmed. We had a long mass and the Archbishop Murphy was there to conduct the mass as it was a most special day.

SHE tried to keep quiet during the mass but her sister kept poking her and ask her many questions. Its a good thing no one got scolded for talking in church this time.

We slept quite late as we waited for everyone to come home. Big sis and her kids came over to have a sleepover too. It was nice to have everyone in one place sometimes. By the time her sister arrived, we were all dazed and very asleep. We all got up to give them a warm welcome, did a few rounds of jumps and whoops and barks and we fell back to sleep promptly after that.

Mr P slept with my cow on the mattress as he is a scardy ~~cat~~ dog. He is most afraid of thunder and we had quite a lot of boom booms that night.

We celebrated Nicky's 17th Birthday the next day. This is a most delicious cake. Small and delicious. Macadamia sponge. Everyone only got to have one piece as its a small cake.

Here's the birthday boy. He's very happy here as he got a lot of "angpows" as birthday gifts. He's a very tall guy. Quite a charming fella too. When he was little, he sings all the time. He still loves to sing and he never goes out of tune.

Angpows are cash gifts in red packets. Usually given during Chinese New Year. But they give them for birthdays too. Kids prefer cash nowadays. Being 17, you don't really know what to get them. I wish someone will give me some angpows too... so i can go and buy more greenies for myself and Mr. P.

My silly cow still have to work when she was in Kuala Lumpur. Here i am being with her while she worked in the hall. I am always close by just in case i am needed. Sometimes she love to run her hands through my curls on her breaks. She says its very calming to run her hands through my curly self. I don't mind the tummy rubs. I am a most important ~~person~~ curly to have around especially when she is working.

Mr. Piper tried to stay close to her too. He is just by her feet. Looks like he got stabbed by the plastic chair. OUCH! Are you okay Mr. P?

I was not stabbed silly Curly. I am just sleeping around it. Booyah!

Since my cow says she stinks, she's gonna end this post and cut it short. She really needs a bath. Here's my pretty curly self just in case you all forgot how amazingly cute i can still be at almost 10. I am gonna be 10 soon and i heard that she's gonna have a giveaway for you guys.

Stay tuned for more ya! We'll show you where we went for our walks with Rachel next.

Sometimes we cheat but...

2012-05-05T14:00:00.000+08:00

We are going on the road tomorrow morning. So we are gonna ~~cheat a bit~~ schedule a post and hopefully Blogger will help us post it up tomorrow to continue with our Matchaton with GLP. I can't wait till the 7th day. *LOL*

We are running out of material to post as its almost gonna be 12 and we have not packed at all. *LOL*

My nephew is going to be confirmed tomorrow. He's going to be 17. I am not even baptised yet. It will be a nice break for dad... and to play catch up with my siblings too.

Dommy's all ready... and all puffed up and pretty from today's shower and home groom. Hope he still smells nice in the car tomorrow.

We are going off to see Mr P. We'll bring the big old gigantic camera.. and hopefully be able to catch some pictures while we are there.

Hoping not to bore you all too much, we plugged in some mooziks for you from youtube. I grew up listening to these oldies which were not OLDIES back then. We listen to these songs in the car.. at home and whereever there's a radio. You can almost gauge how old i am from these songs. *LOL*

Its all my papa's songs. I swear! Enjoy.

Curly is already snoooooozing.

Note to GLP's Typist:

3 posts and 4 more to go. YAY! Then we are freeeeeeeeeeeeee freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i tell you. FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! How and why did i let you talk me into this.. wanna call it quits? hahahhahahaa

How to Smell Like Your Furry Friend

2012-05-04T17:38:00.001+08:00

How to smell like your furry best friend? Its an easily acquired scent.

First you try and drag out your furry friend from under the bed where he's hiding.
If that don't work, tempt him with jingly jingly keys.
If that don't work too... you'll have to bring out the secret weapons.

Secret weapons around here are usually

the broom to sweep him out.. HAHAHHAHAHA.. it usually spooks him out
the green one

Green one always get him out without the sweep. He is easily conned and easily bought.

You know you cannot ask you furry friend to step into the loo for his bath. That ~~don't~~ never works with Curly. He has to be lifted and carried to the loo.

Into the loo we went. Our loo is very small. Between the shower and the container for water to the toilet seat, we only have a very tight space. I shower him in the loo as its tight and there's warm water.

If you have never tasted doggy soap, bath your dog in a tight small toilet. You will get a taste of the wondrous soap and they sure don't taste like chocolate cupcakes. After the shower and everything, he has to be lifted and carried to our small storeroom with a closed door just in case he tries to runs very fast and hide under the table. If that happens, you'll never get him out even with 10 Green ones.

Why are you taking pictures silly cow? I will not look your way

Hurry up silly woman. I am an OLD dog you know. I can catch a cold.

I am still not looking your way.

Do you really haveta put your mobile so close to my face?

Wait till i grab it and munch on it.

What interest would our readers have with my beautiful back?

Or do they? I am not FAT you know. Its just fluffs.I do have a waist.

Are we done yet? Quit taking pictures and hurry up will ya.

My knees are crumbling under me.

Do we haveta go thru all the procedures. Just a blow dry will do you know.

I am not even dirty. I've just acquired a very nice scent and now you have washed and blow it all away.
Do you even know how many days of sweats and sweating to acquired my beautiful scent.

YAY! We are done! Am i the cutest fluff? I am OLD but i can still be cute.

Yes.. i am on your bed silly woman. I am not getting down until i am rewarded for my patience.

Can i have my greenie now please?

My cow now smells like a dog. She has successfully transferred all my beautiful scent over to herself.

I think she stinks! She needs a bath.

Note to GLP's Typist:

We are only on day 2 of the Matchaton. How am i gonna last one week? I think i might haveta cheat.

Bunnies, A Mountain and Ee Ah Ee Ah

2012-05-04T01:41:00.000+08:00

Its my mom's fifth year death anniversary today. I wrote a really soppy post which i decided not to post. I couldn't continue writing that post too. Maybe someday when it does not hurt any more.

I don't have much to share with you guys today since i wrote and cried too much on the last post. I can't see very well too now as my eyes have puffed up like mini cupcakes. They are hopefully chocolate flavoured cupcakes. ~~Damn i am hungry~~. But i promise my friend GLP's Typist that i'll join her in her Matchaton. I will try my very best to do a post a day for just a week. Any longer is not quite possible. At least not for me.

I got a few shades darker from running around to a few places today.

Sent my car off to the mechanics to do a service as its sputtering white smoke. My usual mechanic Ah Man was not around. I only trust Ah Man with my car because he's really smart and responsible. A younger fella came jumping out from between the mountains of new tires.

He got into my car and sent me home while he took my junk off to repair. He was so shy when i ask for his name. *LOL* I thought he was going to freeze in fear or choke from saying his name. I am really an old lady. I even drive like one. Oh.. his name is Ah Sang. Chinese fellas always use a single word from their whole entire name and just add a "Ah" in front. My friends call me Ah Ann sometimes. There's a lot of ee ah eee ee ahh ahh...

My car is an old junk. It only takes me to the market and back. Sometime it takes us to Kuala Lumpur and my dad will have to pray all the way just in case my car conked halfway on the highway. It has conked before... on the highway with two dogs, an old man, a kid and me. *LOL*

I cannot afford a new car now as my office accountant has got really lazy and decided not to print our payslips for us. Its been a very long time since i got my payslip. Its a wonder i am still getting paid. My office accountant got really pissed and defensive today when i asked for payslips. He said his software has conked and he can't print payslips. That's what he said last year too. He said if you don't trust me, get an auditor in to check. What an idiotic accountant. If your software conked, you should go out there today and get a new software. My boss can afford one.

I made a new friend today at the hardware shop. I was looking for a tradesman to fix a lock at the apartment. Its really very hard to get people to come by to just fix a broken lock for you. The hardware shop owner was asking me if i know how to change the locks myself.

My new friend is called Mountain. I kid you not. He passed me his namecard and his name was printed as Mountain Ng. I really tried not to choke and laugh because I do have a friend who name herself Rain. That was even before Rain the Korean singer got famous. ~~He does have a very nice body.~~

Mr Mountain came with two workers to fix one lock. He only charged a little for service. They don't have an office or a shop. He operates from the car. All his supplies and drills are in the car. I got him another job to fix a grilled door for me at the apartment. I'll see him again in ten days time or earlier.

Dom only saw me going in and out a lot today. He usually eats breakfast with me... and share my brekkie sometimes. I only like to eat bread for breakfast... really. I am just lazy that way. I also have to feed him his thyroid pills in the morning.

Here he is with me in the late evening. ~~We are~~ I am watching telly and munching on bunny cookies that sis brought in March. Opps! Its May already and i just opened this pack of Easter bunny cookies. Even my cookies are expiring fast. Time is just moving too fast this year.

Temptations... evil woman

FYI... Curly got his share of the bunny cookie.

I ate all the yellow cream parts and he ate all the brown parts.

Do drop by Corbin's blog. He'll be needing a lot of prayers and paws crossed for his recovery.

In our national language.

Mountain = Gunung;

Rain = Hujan

Goodnite everyone!

Note to GLP's Typist:

I do not know how this post got this long... *LOL* Anyways... hopefully i can do a post tomorrow and the next day and just for a week Miss Typist.

Golden Wednesdays

2012-05-02T16:42:00.000+08:00

I am a golden boy. My curls glow like gold on a sunny day.

A poot pooting away... not :)

Tabby is a golden hue too... this tabby never smiles and hardly mews.

She's small and never seem to grow up.

He's fearless. The one that dropped by last November and never went away.

The flower pot lover.

Of Purple Flowers and All in them Pots

2012-04-26T22:26:00.000+08:00

One of my all time favourite thing to eat is chicken. My 2nd all time favourite thing to eat is rice. I can eat a lot of rice. One of my sister thinks i am crazy to eat so much rice... and the chicken. I can have chicken rice every other day. Rice is the staple food of most Malaysian folks. We do eat a lot of rice.

As my nephew is home this week for his one week break, i'll have to cook dinner else my dad will give me the stinky eye. Some days i don't cook at all for a whole week ~~because i am lazy~~ because i do not really know what to cook. *LOL* My dad is quite a picky eater. He only eat a little... and if the food is not to his liking, he'll eat less. It doesn't help that my mom was a most wonderful cook.

Sometimes i don't have much time to cook as some of my workmates tend to be more annoying and send work late at about 5pm or 6pm and tells me that she needs it now. Doing those stuffs is not like frying an egg. It takes a while to get it done. My dad also prefers to eat his dinner by 7pm. Which don't really leave me much time to cook.

I rely a lot on my oven and steamer. I have parcel Tuesdays and all-in-the-pot Wednesday.. sometimes we do parcels the whole week. If i pace myself properly, i can get some stuffs ready during my lunch break and dinner can be ready by 6.30pm.

Today i decided to cook salty chicken. Salty chicken is easy to cook as i just have to clean the drumsticks... cut a few lines in the chicken thigh and marinate with salt. Then i'll dump them in a thick based pot and cook it without any oil over low fire. This is like the easiest thing to cook as i don't need to stir it or fry anything.

Then i decided to add mushrooms into the chicken as i still have a bag of fresh shitake mushrooms. These fresh mushrooms don't keep very long. Then i decided to dump some potatoes in... and since i needed some color... i added a whole carrot in.

I had some red spinach which is almost dying and wilted because its really cold in the fridge ^.^. So in goes the red spinach too.

What started as salty chicken became a pot of mismashed stew. *LOL* This is my all-in-the-pot Thursday.

I added some chili flakes and onions in the end. Its is considered a healthy meal as there was no oil involved... and we ate it with rice of course :) I was supposed to stir fry the spinach. But everything ended up in the pot. This happens sometimes. *LOL*

So far my dad hasn't complained much yet. One day he's gonna yell at me and say that he has had enough of the all-in-the-pot meals and parcel food from the oven. I think i might have to learn to refine my cooking and cook like a normal person soon.

Do you all cook like this? Do you follow a certain set of rules/recipes or improvise as you go along? I can't bake very well as i cannot follow the recipe properly. My cakes always end up weird and never quite the same.

I wanna show you what we have in our garden and why them kitteh kats love our garden.

This is our row of weeds in pots *LOL* They hold only weeds now. When my beautiful mom was still alive, these pots hold her very treasured bougainvilleas in many colors. Our city here is famed for Bougainvilleas. Ipoh is known as the Bougainvillea City.

This pot of weed flowers. Its a beautiful purple. The birds here do a lot of work transporting the seeds. Sometimes we do get a flower or two among the weeds.

I tried hard to have green fingers but its not happening. *LOL* The only other solution is painting them green with my paints :) When you are not good with planting, you get ready flowered pots of flowers.

do not know her name purple flowers

I got these at Tescos last week for 8 bucks. They are so pretty and still alive :) I got a pot of bird's eye chili plant too. It was full of bird's eye chili. I don't know how long these two will survive under my painted green fingers care. *LOL* Maybe over time, my painted green fingers will become green one day. We can hope :)

bird's eye chili

This is Charlie. He's the only kitteh kat here with a name. He's the one with the big mouth from yesterday's WW post which kinda got some of you spooked. *LOL* He was yawning in that picture. He's really a sweet lil kitteh kat. See.. he has a very small mouth when its closed.

Dommy doesn't have that big a mouth.. hehhehehe.. He still have a beautiful smile even with bad toofies. He had a very long shower today as he's beginning to really stink because of the heat. *LOL* He's not too happy about the long shower and the extra long blow drying thingy. But he's light as a feather now and smelling like a million buckaroos.

My mom loves purple flowers. Her anniversary is coming up next week. Dad's been extremely quiet these few days. Its gonna be five years since my mom left us.

Wordless Roaring Wednesday

2012-04-25T16:05:00.000+08:00

Very Sunny Days and a 24 hour hiatus

2012-04-25T01:53:00.000+08:00

The sun is very sunny these days. We sweat a lot.. both of us... my cow and i. Someone says i stink and have renamed me STINKO. I think she stinks more.

Even though its very sunny and sweaty and i am a curly wurly... i still love the sun a lot. I love basking in the sun in the garden and pretend to doze off like them kitteh kats. Them kitteh kats are usually more refined. They love them flower pots. I surely cannot fit in the flowering pots. They are not actually flowering pots because we don't have any flowers. We just have weed pots because all our flower pots are full of weeds. *BOL* But it sure looks cozy.

Here's my cow with her crummy mobile taking an aerial view of my handsome self. I am not fat... i am just well proportioned.

This picture sure looks like i am in troubles.. and someone has a gun to my back... but.. its just the crummy mobile at an odd angle. The shadow is part of the mobile and my cow's very big gigantic head.

Don't you all love lazy sunny slumbers?

She says she'll come back with the rest of the story on them hiatus later. We are going off for our walkies. YehoooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOO...

If she comes back to write... ~~which i doubt~~. She's becoming very unbecoming lately. She's playing at some other playground and keeps forgetting about this one.

I'll make sure she'll come back ya... later

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We are back... from our walkies... a not so long walkie as it was getting a wee bit dark. Grandpa says that we should not be out when the skies turn from orangey to black. We haveta be careful of them nosy buzzy mozzies. We are having them a lot lately.

see... its not even black yet

Perhaps we are back here to continue this long windy winded story ~~which could take days to write~~.... before that... let's listen to one of her favourite songs of late ~~while my cow scoot off to the other playground~~. You like? Would you like to listen to it? Here... let's do a singalong while she's gone.

note to The Typist: yes.. we have another new playground. Wanna come over to play on them swings and seesaws?

Jason Mraz ~ 93 Million Miles

We love Jason Mraz here... just my cow actually... she loves him. But she loves Roberto and Pete too. Urmm... oh yes.. she is very confused when it comes to men with guitars. She usually goes weak-knee and become a teen again ~~which is not quite possible at HER age.~~ When Roberto sings, she just melts... are your hoomans this crazy like mine?

Whooopppss.. its getting very black now... and my cow has to get up early to get me my supply of chicken from them market. I guess we'll continue about the hiatus tomorrow.

Here's tabby and me. We are great friends. She never bobs me on the head like all them other kitteh kats.

Her crummie mobile does take very blurry crummy pictures... Goodnite everyone. We'll be back tomorrow... hopefully. Be safe.. be happy and be good.

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Technologic+ally Challenging and a New Addiction

2012-04-13T17:08:00.000+08:00

Time ~ Sandi Thom

Not too fast. Slow down will ya. I can't catch up. That's me talking to "technology" sometimes when i am on them puters.

Sometimes i am technologic+ally Challenged when i am asked questions by dad. And its always about his gadgets.

My dad is one of the luckier ones. He has a gameboy, an ipad and lately a smartphone. As some of you might know, i am usually ipad challenged and i hate touchscreen gadgets. My ~~paws~~.. i mean my fingers are not touchy screen friendly. But its the technology (says my uncle who just burn the motherboard on his new samsung phone). We have to embrace technology. Don't ask me how he did broke his phone. *LOL* Seriously the phone is still quite new to be broken.

I work on the computers very long hours but that does not mean i know everything.. or maybe i should. When my dad goes for a nap, usually i go through his ipad and reset some stuffs for him. Sometimes i take his phone and twiddle somethings. I don't usually tell him what i did. *LOL*

He has a friend who lives just within shouting distance. He can holler from his house and we can hear him.. and he can even use our wifi as we are quite near. When old folks get together, they usually talk about politics... and more polictics.. and aches.. and new pain or technology. The latter one is usually the troublemaker.

Sometimes his friend will scoot over to our house... and he'll show my dad his ipad... hey.. see this.. i got this and this. Does your ipad have this and this? Oooohh... why your ipad don't have this and this... i have this and this. Ask your daughter to put in the this and this for you.

That usually brews more headache for me. His friend will leave with a smirk on his face feeling very proud of himself. My dad will come to me and ask me the 101 technology challenged questions. Why does uncle's ipad have this and this? How come i don't have that? Why?

The next day, his friend will blare some old songs from his house on his speakers... very very loudly. Then his friend will scoot on over. Hey... did you hear the song i just played? Do you like it? here.. lemme give it to you. (that's the nice part of the friendship) This uncle is generous with his songs. Then he'll tell my dad... did u hear it nice and clear? I got this new speakers. Come on over and i'll show you. Next minute you know, my dad will come back with the exact new speakers from the shops.

Just now, his friend came over again. He was going.. hey... my wife just reset my ipad for me. Now its really fast. Faster than a speeding bullet. Why is your ipad so slow? Why is the line so slow here? I come to show you this new thing i just learnt. See.. my ipad got this... and it can do this. It even has the e-newspapers. The whole paper. Don't you know how to download? You don't know the password? Ask your daughter to do it for you. Then i hear them whispering... She doesn't know how? Are you sure? Yes yes.. my other daughter bought this for me. This daughter don't know how to use the ipad. Are you sure? Dang! I hear trouble brewing in lil old China again.

Sharing is Caring. I am glad that he comes by sometimes to share his knowledge with my dad. Else my dad will have nothing much on his ipad and no new speakers. :)

My dad doesn't really know what kind of work i do here. *LOL* He only sees me typing furiously sometimes... sometimes with a scrunched up face. Sometimes talking to some alien on the headphone. Sometimes cooking in the kitchen. Sometimes he wonders if i actually do work for someone. *LOL* He probably thinks i work for the secret service. hehehhehehehehe

There's this thing that i've been looking at this past week about building websites to be more responsive. Responsive layouts and design techniques so that the sites will look great on desktops or mobiles... be it big mobiles like ipads or little ones like smartphones. How many of our websites are responsive to this change?

This website is not changed yet to be responsive :) We will work on that later. Imagine what we can do or can't do.. hahahaha

AhhHHHH... the new addiction. After being a teevee junkie for the past week, we got bored of all the teevee and their glaring lights. Even Dommy breathe a sigh of relief. He was jumping up and down with glee and even held on to my legs with his two front paws. Oh... that was when he is usually excited we are going for walkies.

We have been reading a lot lately. That's our new addiction for the time being till we get a new one. We read from labels in the loo to books upon books from the many that i have acquired but never got to reading them. Teevee really screws me up on time. I am mesmerised by the bright lights and big sounds. It just numbing.

Our dear friends Tsar and Fred has gone to the rainbow bridge. Running free and am free from all the pain and aches. Both their passing did make me worry a lot. Dommy is not exactly a very young pup. He's gonna be 10 soon. Sometimes when i look at him i feel kinda worried and sad.

I have dogs all my life while growing up but they were never this close to me. Sitting beside me and being just the heartbeat at my feet. He sleeps with me... he is with me when i work... he is with me when i eat.. He is always beside me. Never leaves me. What will happen when he does leave one day.

Before that day comes, i guess we should enjoy each other's time and go for more walkies!

smelling them flowers

leaving me mails

i smell fooooooooooddd... nommmieeee

dang! i got pulled away from free food

i do have a cute bee+hind

this black rubber hose spooked my silly cow... she thought it was a snake... *BOL*

i need a drink

rainy days are nice to snooze

We are currently reading this :)

My cow bought it because she wanted to know what the dog saw...

Adios amigos. Till the next addiction :)

Its my turn... and the addiction

2012-04-06T11:20:00.004+08:00

Its my turn to do a blog post. It has come to this stage where we each take turns to do a post and bug the other to hurry up and pump up a new post. Oh yes... i have been lazy. Really i have been really lazy. There's no good excuse anymore :)

Recently i have acquired the taste for more tv time. I numb my brains with so much tv that its beginning to be worrisome. Dommy looks at me all worried each night but he still sits with me. I switched off my computers about 7pm... have my dinner... wait for dad to watch the news for 30mins from 8pm... and lo and behold, the tv's all MINE. MINE MINE MINE. Muahhahhahaa.. i watch this and that and this and that... i channel flip like a couch potato without the chips and numb them skull till 11pm.. sometimes 12. I AM DOOMED.

Hi... my name is Anny. I am a TV addict.

Let me share this with you first while i go scoot off to catch some more tv time. lalallalalalallaa

This video cracked me up silly and i watched it many times. The music of the video made me laugh too. Its just so calmingly right for the video. I know Dommy would love to have some of the kitteh kats in the garden give him a massage. But most of the time, they just bob him on the head.

Dommy and i love watching kitteh kats in the garden. The last time we did some cat watching, we got into a whole lot of trouble with dad. These are alley cats and they love to come to our garden to climb on the trees... dig some of them pots of soil... and just relax in the shade. They love to sleep in the pots too.

We leave them some kitty food and water. They have a meal and they go on their way. The smaller fellas usually stick around as they feel safe here in the garden. They have big trees as scratching posts and they have shade in the porch if it rains. Cats really like their life outdoors. They don't like to be contained. They like to bask in the sun and they like to leave paw prints on your car. Sometimes they try to sneak into the house to check it out.

I kinda like seeing them around. They are a calming presence. They watch and sit with me when i do the gardening. When i rake the leaves, they have races and jump on the leaves. They are totally independent and comes and go. Cats are full of character. They can earn a living without even trying. You just fall for their eyes and their soft mews and you'll be getting them their dinner on time.

I was at the SPCA the other day. The SPCA in my town is a no-kill facility. On my way in, i saw a box of puppies by the lane. All the cute little puppies were just a few weeks old and overflowing out from the box. They were left outside near the small sign to the SPCA. There were a lot of lorries zooming just beside the small road going in. Its still a long way in. If you are going to surrender puppies to the SPCA, why do you not take them all the way in. You can't really expect a bunch of puppies to find their way into the SPCA. People do not want to pay the surrender fees. But the folks at the SPCA do come out and check for abandoned dogs and pups each day. They are very nice people.

When i gathered the puppies back into the box, it kinda felt like Christmas to me. Its magical and one of the puppies even licked my fingers. It felt nice. Being so small, hopefully they will be adopted very soon. There are so many many dogs at the SPCA. Why are people still buying dogs when there's so many you can adopt and rescue. Our culture is such, we want something new.. something pretty... something cute. What if you don't find them so cute after a few months?

Don't buy... Go ADOPT... and NEUTER your pets.

You can't save them all, but you can save some. Its does makes a difference.

Today is Good Friday. Our office in Singapore is closed as its a public holiday there. I hear peace and a quiet day ahead :)

Last year our friend Mr Pip shared a message with all of us. We want to bring it back again this year. Baby rabbits are not Easter gifts.

Here are some Tips for a Pet-Safe Easter from ASPCA

Do say a prayer for Judi. She's still needing all the prayers and thoughts. If you wanna send her a card, please email to Kristin at mrpippip(at)gmail(dot)com for the address. You can read about Judi's updated condition at Taylor Cats.

I haven't been taking much pictures lately of Curly and Piper. But this is one of the most recent one of them together... well.. almost together.

Over to you now Missy Typist :) Your turn :p

Wordless Wednesday

2012-03-28T16:05:00.000+08:00

Being AWOL

2012-03-27T22:19:00.004+08:00

Honey... we are homeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Hmmmm... that don't seem quite right. *LOL*

Did any of you thought that maybe i have kapooted quietly and gone to ~~hell~~ heaven... hopefully heaven. Morbid thoughts.. i know. But sometimes, when some blogger friend goes missing for a very long time without a word... that's what some people will think. Or probably some people will just assume that we have given up on blogging. We do apologise for our absence.

We did thought about waiting until Wednesday to do a post with a Wordless Wednesday. Somehow, we have been doing quite a lot of Wordless this year :)

We have been busy.. kind of... with entertaining our lil guest. He is small but he is powerful and full of energy. He might be a bit drowsy when he wakes up but after a bottle of milk, his batteries are all recharged and there he goes.

He's so fast that you can't even get a decent non-blurry picture of him. Here he is on the plasmacar that i borrowed from my friend. He has a similar car at home and he does know how to drive this vehicle real real fast.

I don't have many little ones running my life here often. Most of my nephews and nieces here are all in their teens. This lil guy did run all of our lives the time he arrived one month ago till he went home last Saturday. And yes... we do miss him a lot now. Its so very quiet here now... our home is now empty without the pitter patter of little feet and the zooming sounds of the plasmacar.

He left many drawings on the fridge... and he left many stickers on the wall *LOL* He taught me many things with his wide-eyed innocence too.

When he arrived, Dommy was not groomed and was in his curly wurly self. A week later, when i sent Dom to the groomers, he came back with EYES. *LOL* The lil guy was in awe and said.. Dommy has EYEEEEEESSS. He has black EYESSSSSSSSSSSSS. That really made me laugh so much.

Here's Curly after his spa & groom session. Curly can see clearly now after the groom.

We went to McD's a lot for sundaes. I've never seen a kid enjoying ice-cream as much as he does. He went mmmmmmmmmmmMMMM mmmmmMMMMM with each bite. We even taught him to dip his fries and chicken nuggets in the sundae. *LOL*

Most of the pictures i have of him is blurry. *LOL* Until the last two days, we manage to get some decent shot of him.

We watched many cartoons too. And a lot of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Timmy Time, Handy Manny, Special Agent Oso, Jungle Junction, The Cat in the Hat, Word World, Banana in Pajamas and many more. I never heard of the Oso fella before. I think i am gonna keep this Kids Channel for a while. Don't tell my dad.

Dommy's been feeling a little left out and was LOA for most of March. He slept and slept most of the time. He still get the best seat in the car when we travelled to Kuala Lumpur. He always get the co-driver seat while the rest of the family gets stuffed behind with some of them stuffs which we couldn't fit into the boot space. *LOL*

Dommy didn't get much pictures taken for March. I just have some blurry pictures of him and this one side profile shot of him. I am sure some of you would have missed him.

We flooded the airport with some tears when it was time for the lil guy to go home. It will be another two years before he comes back again. He would be 5 then.

Each and everyone of us have our own lives to live and our own story to write. Even though we do miss each other a lot... especially my sibling who is so very far away, we each have our paths to walk. When our paths crossed again, we shall have fun and food again.

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” ~ Dr. Seuss

My friend who is undergoing chemo for breast cancer just had her 4th chemo and is now as bald as an egg. She is still in very high spirits. The lump on her breast has reduced from 7cm to 3.6cm. We had a very good chat last weekend and hopefully she will stick on and finish her chemotherapy no matter how draining it is for her. Hopefully she will be able to have an op soon to remove the lump. There's still a "dot" on her liver which is not looking too great. But we are hopeful that she will get better one day. Thank you all for keeping her in your thoughts.

Footnote to Georgia's momma who wishes to remain anonymous and prefers to be called The Typist... Thank you for writing and prodding me to stick a post in for March :) We needed some push sometimes.

Happy Gotcha Day Georgia!!!

We stole this picture from Little Dogs On Long Leashes

Hats of Hope for Ms Judibug

2012-03-05T23:50:00.003+08:00

We are pawticipating in Hats for Hope for SASS's momma Missy Judi today. She needs all your helpful prayers and crossed paws for a tiny miracle. Please if you may, please do hop over to their side and leave them a pawerful prayer and good wishes.

Images courtesy from Zoolatry

Even though we don't really know Missy Judi very very well but this is the Blogville and when someone or some doggy or kitteh kat needs a prayer or help, we will try our mighty might to do our best to deliver. We also cannot let our good friend Kristin and Pippy down.

Ms Judi is very famous in Blogville for hatting all the doggies and kitteh kats of Blogville. Maybe one day we will be hatted by her too.

Meantime, we will wear a hat in her honour and hope she gets well soon. We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers Judi.

Comments have been turned off for this post. Do drop over to Judi's blog to leave her some postive support and kind words. Thank you all my friends.

Homecoming ^.^

2012-02-25T01:25:00.000+08:00

Photo credit to Julii

We saw this nice picture on someone's tumblr and we stole it. We sure hope SOPA and PIPA plus all the POPA and the MOMA and whichever PA do not come after us after this.

The quote above is quite a good one to share today. We often can judge a person by how he/she treats the little people or the ones that can do nothing for them. We will try not to be too judgemental since is Friday.

We'll be heading off to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow morning.

Dom's all packed... i'm all packed but dad's not packed at all. He usually gets up at 5am and by the time he's done packing, i guess i'll be up by then :)

Our lil one is finally going to make it home after a very long time. They are now at the airport. I can't sleep as the lil one will be home. I am so excited to see him. I think i am gonna spoil him rotten for one month. We will be busy.. i guess. He will be entertaining.. i am sure. We will be happy... that for sure. Dad will have loads of people to talk to.. finally. At least for a month... he will be very very happy.

Dom didn't make it to the groomers as i was tied up. I dragged him out from under his safe haven under my bed for a bath this evening. The water was indeed dark. *LOL* He haven't had a bath for a week + and he was beginning to smell a little. I think he was quite glad that i finally gave him a bath.

He'll be very happy to see Mr P tomorrow. Hopefully this time i'll get some pictures if i don't get too lazy.

Regarding our Wordless Wednesday picture, we didn't use instagram. We just added a texture on a new layer and adjusted the hues on photoshop. Thank you for all your kind comments. Piper will be very proud.

Thanks to Bunny and Natasha for your input on the Thundershirt. I think it will prove to be very helpful for Mr Poofball.

I better get to shuteye now. Catch you all next week. Have a great weekend cos Spring is here :)

and he sleeps... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzz *.*

Wordless Wednesday

2012-02-22T15:40:00.000+08:00

February 13 and 14... stop blinking because a whole week went by

2012-02-21T00:40:00.002+08:00

Blinking. I should probably stop blinking because time just goes missing each time i blink. We are trying hard for a post a week. *LOL* But a whole week went by and no blogging and not much commenting got done. And so... i should tape my eyelid down and stop blinking. ^.*

** Kids... please do not try to do this at home. Taping of the eyelids should only be done by blinking adults and done under ~~expert~~ supervision.

February 13... my dad turns 71. Since it was a weekday, none of my siblings could make it home. But Boy was home for his weeklong break from uni and dad was very happy. We bought a tiramisu cake and took it to my aunts house to celebrate it with my lil nephew who shares the same birthday as my dad. So James and Jayden both celebrated their birthday together.

Being the cruel cow that i am, i bought a lil plastic figurine that kinda resembles my dad. The resemblance is quite shocking *LOL* Well.. my dad is not as bald as Gargamel but the facial resemblance is quite close. Everyone had a good laugh and that lil figurine would be making more appearances for all my dad and all his siblings birthday.

the tiramisu... which was quite delicious

Jayden's cake was made by my aunt. It has all the characters of his favourite shows and that really put a big smile on the kid's face.

Here's Jayden playing with dad's ipad. He just turned two. Dom is waiting his turn to play on the ipad. He's worried as his vegetable plot in the Smurf village is almost ready to harvest.

We took dad to this place with those strange colourful lights to have his birthday meal. It has a good environment and very nice waiters. The food's not all that bad too.

Ahhhh... February 14. The day for lovers and for some people to make loads of money from flowers and chocolates. This simple drawing on the calendar is kinda sweet. You don't see much of these kind of drawings nowadays. I love this type of calendar as I get to tear a page out everyday. Its made of very very thin paper. Kinda like tissue.

February 14 is also a lonely day for introverts like me that do not have a other half yet. So i hopped on the train and went to Kuala Lumpur to celebrate this lonely day with some good friends. I waved at a friend who was in a straw skirt by his office window when i was passing by his office. But i guess he thought that i was just pulling a fast one on him when i said WAVE. *LOL*

We had a good meal at this place called Serai. Just four good friends sharing a giggle and some laughs. We had a very very sweet pavlova to tie up the meal. Being the glutton that i am, i forgot to take the picture of the pavlova to share with you guys. It was a very pretty pavlova.

Serai means lemongrass. Malaysians used a lot of lemongrass in their cooking.

We had some Kilkennys later in the night. Its been quite a while since i had a pint. I think i was very thirsty :p

Actually i was in Kuala Lumpur for some work too. Mr P was so happy to see me, he was running in circles. I think i kinda miss my Curly when i was in Kuala Lumpur as i kept calling Dom when i talking to Piper. No wonder he was looking at me funnily when i called him Dom.

We went for some walkies in the morning and some more walkies in the evening.

Mr P smelling some ~~weeds~~ flowers along the way. We met some kids on bicycles in the evenings and one of them even greeted Piper. *LOL* He was just cycling by and said.. Hi Mr Poofball. I guess Piper is getting more well known as the poofball in this neighbourhood.

We met a worm... and many many worms along the way. There were quite a lot of worms early in the morning. I bet these worms were going for a morning stroll. A lot of them got squashed by the early morning joggers. One even cling on to Piper's feet for dear life and came home with us. If we collected all the worms from the morning walks, we could go fishing with them.

Mr P got really tired from all the walks and promptly fell asleep after all the walks. Even though he has a pretty nice comfy bed, he prefers to lie on the stack of newspapers on the floor. That to him is the best spot to sleep.

Part of his bed is still not dry yet... but he insists on sleeping in it.

Mr P in his comfy bed. He feels very safe in his bed but he is still very afraid of thunder. Maybe i should buy him a thundershirt. Can anyone tell us if the thundershirt really works? Cos Mr Poofball is really really scared when there's lightning and thunder.

Ahhh... i guess you all must have missed Curly. Here he is now. He is getting a bit curly wurly and all his furry self is outta place. He will haveta be groomed this week to greet a special someone who will be coming back this Saturday. We really can't wait until Saturday comes.

GROOM??? i don't need a groom. I look perfectly handsome.

Don't you think so?

I am just hungry. Will ya feed me please.

Pretty please...

Please don't mind the mess behind Dom. I am not very good at housekeeping. ^.^

We will try to post once a week... or once a forthnight. *LOL* We will be hitting the road again this Saturday. Till we meet again. Be safe... be happy and always forgive.. and forget.

i pinch this from somewhere... credits to urmm... google

Trying to Keep Up Appearances

2012-02-10T01:12:00.002+08:00

~~19 days~~ 40 days and nights into 2012 and we are still ~~being lazy~~ struggling here *LOL* We have a feeling that 2012 seems to be on a fast forward button somehow. Don't you think so? I think i started this post few weeks back and forgot all about it. Like how i forget that sometimes i have a blog and another blog and a few other blogs. *LOL* I was just a kidding about them many many blogs.

We have been very bad at keeping up appearances here and way over yonder too. We have run out of any valid excuses really :) Nothing much happening over our side of the world really... except for... urmmm... this is one of those loooooooooooooooooooooooong posts... i get a little long winded when its late at night.

The Curly is just sleeping quite a lot. Most of the time he is under the bed where its cooler.

Can you see Curly? I am sure there's a Curly there. Its dark but Curly.

Here... try again. Do you see a Curly? i know there's one. Send everyone a woof will ya Dommy.

WOOOOoooooOOOOOoooFF!!

Told ya there's a Curly there in the dark :)

The Chinese New Year "heat" has decended upon us in leaps and bundles and buckets and and and.... Its warm warm and very very warm every other day. We only had a wee bit of rain sometimes in the evenings. We sure hope some places don't start burning and send us their smokes. Last year we had it really bad. The heat and them smokes and everyone i know was trying to do a raindance.

Well.. Chinese New Year's over and out. We were on the road.. and with family for a whole week in Kuala Lumpur. My backpack is still on the floor from the last trip. We did a lot of gambling and some eating and lots of laugher. We are going to be on the road again in 2 weeks time when the Jaiboo comes home. He didn't make it home for Christmas. So he's rescheduled to February end. Its only February and we seem to be going up and down a lot lately.

When we were in Kuala Lumpur, we were at a new place where dogs can run freeeeeeeeeeeee. Dom was super excited and sniffing everywhere and anywhere. He had his walks without leashes and he was just trotting happily without all the pulling and tugging by me. I am a slow walker while he trots likes a horse. It was freedom for him and we had many many walks everyday. That's probably how we spend our Chinese New Year. He lost some flab and drank a lot of water and slept like a log each and every night. I however got a bit darker too from all the walks in the sun.

We were so free and happy that we didn't take any pictures. *LOL* Our hands were not holding any cameras or mobiles and we were just enjoying our time together. There was no internet and there was no reason to keep the computer on.

Dom made friends with a dotted dog. He's dotted like a dalmation but a lot shorter than one. He has perky ears and a very happy smile and a non-stop wagging tail. They played and jumped and played non-stop. Yes... i didn't have a camera or a mobile. A very friendly dog which was walking alone without a leash too. It was like probably how doggy heaven would be i suppose. Where the dogs run free and played all day. Maybe we'll see him again next time.

Now we are back to the grind. I am actually quite overloaded with work since January. With too many holidays overlapping over the weekends, i began to dread holidays. When you come back from a holiday and fire up your computer, the emails all just choked up. Its like a traffic jam in the email box. Don't we all hate traffic jams. And you get cc'ed in every other mail.

We got new systems from the office. Here's me trying to setup my new computer beside the old one. I kept clickling the wrong mouse :p I love new systems but i hate fine tuning it to what works for me. I hate to do the transfers and now that we work from home, we got to setup all the things ourselves. We used to be pampered by the IT guy. He usually does all the setup for us. We just shake our legs and grin. That's not really a good idea as we become too dependent on others to get the job done when we can do it ourselves.

When i work on the computer, i am usually very quiet. Even when i was working in the office. Sometimes i have discussions with a few of my colleagues on the chats or on a call with my colleagues. Sometimes its a typing marathon on the chats with my boss or my superiors. My dad will whizz pass my window. Then he will whizz back and ask me some questions. Then he'll go out and ask me a question from the hall which i can hardly hear. *LOL* My dad is lonely sometimes. He needs the attention. He probably thinks that i am on facebook or surfing the internet.

Working from home does not mean that i can run out and play all the time. I can run out with Dom to the garden for his breaktime. I can run out to hang the laundry and i can run out to get lunch. But I have people to answer to and i have people who ask me too many questions a day at work. Some of these questions are too silly as i believe that some people do not want to think. They want the easy way out of things and just ask you to give them the answer to solve the problem. Some are not problem solvers and some just need to be spoon fed year after year.

The year of the Dragon actually starts on 4th February 2012, the first day of the Chinese Solar. This day is also called Lap Chun meaning “beginning of spring” in Chinese. On Lap Chun day, eggs can stand on ~~their own two feet~~ the floor or table. Hence the many pictures of the eggs standing prettily up there. I didn't flip some of the pictures as i feel they look pretty awesome on the sides :D Its something to do with gravity and.. urmm... go google it yeh :)

This is the only picture of i took of Chinese New Year decorations. Its a lighted tree at the Curve, a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur. I sneaked my friend out and took her to eat. We were walking up and down there and didn't know what to eat. In the end she told me... you know what i really really want to eat. I want to eat maggi mee. Maggi mee is instant noodles. It is something which she can eat at home but not allowed by her mom. It cooks in just two or three minutes.

Her mom has changed her diet completely. She's on a strict healthy juicing vegetarian diet. Since she started chemo, her whole eating regime is being managed by her family. She is a person who loves to eat. We always love to eat all the unhealthy things. But now, she has to follow the diet to save herself.

She went for her 2nd chemo last week. She has lost all her hair and her brother just shaved her head clean yesterday. She's still very postive but bored at home. She can't drive much now as she's on some oral chemo too. She told me that her whole world is spinning almost everyday. Dizzy especially after her chemo sessions. Even a few days after chemo, she is still holding her head in her hands.

4 more chemo sessions to go and hopefully they can do the surgery and radiotherapy after that. Still a long way to go but we are very hopeful and she is still fighting on. A fighter. I am proud of her. And yes, we went to the shops and i let her eat her Maggi mee. She is now waiting for me to come down again to take her to eat Maggi mee again. If her mom knows, i am dead.

These two hardly sleep so close together. Dom needs to be constantly near me or he needs to be within eye view of me. Piper does not really like to sleep so close to Dom as Dom is easily excited and when he is excited, he runs very fast and jumps a lot. It is nice to see them sleeping so close.

Sometimes Mr Stuffie Heart gets to lie beside Dom without getting squashed. One of those good days. Look.. Mr Stuffie Heart is smiling :) Have a good evening everyone. This has been quite a long post. I sure hope i have not bored you all silly.. hehhehehehehe :) Good night!

wOrDleSs WEdnESdaY - The Stuffs that Stuffies Endure

2012-02-08T17:42:00.001+08:00

Wordless Wednesday - Lazy

2012-01-11T14:26:00.000+08:00

A Case of Too Many Eggs

2012-01-10T22:07:00.004+08:00

A very strange day today. We got up very early today as its Tuesday. It is strangely very dark. My dad gave me a holler from the porch and ask me to off the porch lights while giving me an earful about wasting electricity before he left for his morning walks. I didn't hear much of what he said as i was half awake. But it was strangely very dark at 7am. I was waiting for Aini. Even by 7.30 am, we still have the lights on in the whole house. Good thing my dad was not back yet.. else...

Dommy and i went for a long walk to check out his peemails. He left a lot of them along the way for his friends. We met up with Joejer. Poor lil fella is having very bad arthritis. Some mornings, he cannot go for his walks anymore. For a tiny fella, he is still full of life. Very old. His eyes are all cloudy whitish grey. Cataract. He is one of Dommy's friends here. They both greet each other happily each time they meet. Even if they meet 2 or 3 times along the way, same enthusiasm like they have not met for a very long time. In actual fact, they did meet about a few minutes ago on another lane.

A lot of clouds... a little bit of a drizzle today. Not too warm but smoky air... something somewhere must be burning.

We have a bit of a lull at work today. Off we went to play catchup with some of our fellow bloggers. We have missed a lot of posts. Catching up on the reading.

We got to Georgia Lil Pea's blog. This doggie and her typist always makes us laugh. She is becoming such a good girl lately. If you have not met GLP yet, you should stop by and check her out.

Her Typist has quite a big influence on me ~~sometimes~~. A picture of a pan of eggs on her post today got me frying eggs for lunch. *LOL* A mere coincidence actually. Dad was out with his friend. And when he is out, i usually get a bit lazy and opt for an easy lunch. When he is around, he usually MUST HAVE rice for lunch. And he must have lunch before 1pm else he'll kick a fuss. Usually we get a takeaway. Chicken rice or rice with dishes. Its easy. I don't cook lunch. I only do dinners.

The thing with them eggs is... we have a lot of eggs. Almost a dozen and a half of eggs from December. Before we left for our holidays, we bought too many eggs as i wanted to do some cakes for Christmas with my niece. But as work got piled up last minute before the shutdown, all the eggs were left unattended and forgotten till we came home. Poor girl was waiting for me to bake with her.

Transformer Tabby

Ever since we came home, my dad's been asking me every other day... are the eggs still okay? Can we still eat them... can we can we can we... Everyday he asks me the same questions for a whole week. Finally today... i took a few eggs out.. and make a hugeeeeeeeee omelette. They were still okay :) Since i got too ambitious and broke too many eggs, we all had some eggs. I had mine with bread. Dom has his with his kibs. Even the cats in the garden had some too with their kitteh kat kibs. Everyone was feeling a bit eggy after that. Transformer Tabby seems to love eggs. Charlie Chaps doesn't quite like eggs.

Charlie Chaps

My dad went out in the afternoon and came back with... yes.. you guessed it right. Another 10 new eggs. He told me he don't wanna eat the old eggs as he says they might already have gone bad. *burp* We (Dommy, me and them kitteh kats) were secretly burping eggs. We only have 5 more old eggs. From the chicken to the stores, how long can eggs stay fresh before they expired and go runny?

Dad has gone kapoots now. He is watching his favourite show on TV. Just for Laughs, GAGS. He is crazy about the show. Sometimes he laughs so loud i can even hear him from back here. Like this one below.

This show put him in a very good mood everytime.

We went to the vet in Kuala Lumpur in December to let him check on Dom since we are there. They took some blood from him and the results were good. He was due for a blood test in December. We decided to do it with the vet in Kuala Lumpur as he is better at getting a sample and he is quick. Dom is doing well so far and the thyroid medicine is helping him. He looks good today. We are most grateful to the vet for saving his life back in August.

Sometimes when he sleeps, he shudders and twitch. Sometimes he breathes rapidly for a moment. I stop to watch him for a while. Like an old machine, it has some jerks.

I am back into the drill of things. With Chinese New Year less than two weeks away, some work has to be done quickly. We will be on the road again next week to Kuala Lumpur to be with family for the celebrations. And there's some cakes that need to be baked. Hopefully i can get it done this time else i'll end up with too many sticks of butter in the freezer.

Chinese New Year is a bit quiet now that my mom is no longer around. We still have our reunion dinners with my siblings. Usually we eat out at some chinese restaurants. Mom used to cook all these dishes. I miss those. She was a very very good cook.

My friend checks into the hospital tomorrow to get her chemo port fixed on her chest. She has to stay a night and her chemotherapy will begin on Thursday. We had a long chat yesterday. Usually we'll call each other for updates when it is almost time to sleep. We had some laughs over old stuffs. She is afraid. I would be too.

We are hoping for some miracles. Some divine intervention perhaps. Believing in miracles give people hope. We are hopeful she'll be well again soon. One day at a time. She's lucky to have her whole family beside her. Their support will be most important in her recovery. We want to thank all of you for your kind words, thoughts and prayers. She is lucky to have all of you who keep her in your prayers. You are all very kind people to be praying for a total stranger. The bloggieworld is indeed a very kind kind circle of friends. Thank you so much for your kindness.

"Hope" is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul

And sings the tune without the words

And never stops at all

And sweetest in the Gale is heard

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm

I've heard it in the chillest land

And on the strangest Sea

Yet, never, in Extremity,

It asked a crumb of Me.

~ Emily Dickinson

Bel far niente

2012-01-09T01:27:00.003+08:00

The beauty of doing nothing. Bel far niente.

A week has gone by and we are going into the 2nd week of January 2012. We are still doing nothing much. We haven't caught up with most of you yet. Our apologies for the slack.

Before we carry on, we want to wish all of you a very Happy New Year. We hope the new year brings with it a lot of good in everything you need and enough for everyone to make it through a happy and healthy year.

We hope our buddy little Pip will get well soon too. You know Pip. The one with the big heart. The little guy is all heart. The sweetest fella around.

Get Well Soon Pip. We are still keeping all our toes, paws, fingers crossed for you.

My 2011 ended on a mellow note. I was sick with strep throat for the last two weeks of December. It was a pretty quiet end to my 2011 as i could hardly speak except for some squeaks. *LOL* Even swallowing my saliva was quite painful. It was a good way to quiet down and get some rest to end the year.

Being in Kuala Lumpur with family for Christmas, and most of the time in bed nursing the squeak was nice in a way. I did nothing. Just hanging around with Curly and Mr. P. They were my two nursing aides. I didn't have to go anywhere too.

Christmas came and went... Christmas tree was up and down. The one at home here was just taken down this afternoon. All packed and stored back.

Jaiboo didn't get to come home for Christmas and his 3rd birthday. Hopefully they can make the trip in February next month. Dad is still waiting patiently for the little guy to come back. Poor Jai was waiting for his grandpa to come for his birthday party last Sunday. He still doesn't understand that we are many many thousand miles away. We'll have another big party for him when they are home.

All Curly got for Christmas was a stuffie with a heart. Its still in very good condition. Curly is not a stuffie destroyer. He sleeps with it every single night. Hopefully this stuffie will help him with his separation anxiety issues.

Mr P got a stuffie for Christmas too. He has a collection of many stuffies now all over the floor. But he usually only likes his old old Pikachu. That is still his favourite and his best friend.

Christmas eve lunch with family. This year's chicken turned out better and prettier as i was not the cook. *LOL* We were lucky to have a close friend who didn't mind slaving in the kitchen to bring us a most wonderful lunch. He only comes by to cook every Christmas.

To some of you who were worried about Piper getting boxed up and shipped off... do not worry. He was just napping in the box. He was being boxed up too for some other reasons. That will be a story for another day. He seemed to love the box a lot. Maybe he does think that he is a kitteh kat.

I spent the 31st of December with my best buddies. We went for a huge dinner at some Thai restaurant in a very remote side of Jinjang. The food was really good but i didn't take much of it as my throat was still quite sore. I still sounded like some mouse with squeaks.

11 years ago, i spent my countdown with these same people. We were lucky to be able to gather again and enjoy some fireworks that night by the highway. All the cars just stopped on a busy highway and everyone got out of their cars to watch the fireworks when it was 12. It was insane.

Halfway through the fireworks, one of my friends showed us a picture on her mobile. Earlier that morning, she was at the hospital to do some tests. The doctor ordered a biopsy immediately when he saw the condition of the lump on her breast. She's has been diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer.

Her doctor told her that she's a wee bit late in coming for treatment. They cannot do surgery to remove the lump now. She has to starts chemotherapy next week. Her doctor told her that its not the end of the world. Her life has just begun.

She's an awfully healthy person. If you look at her, you will never know that she's sick. She works very hard and very very long hours ever since she was 19. She takes care of her family and all her siblings. I knew her when i was 20. She's one of my best buddies. We have been through many ups and downs together. We have done many silly things together too. She was the one that dropped everything and scooted off with me to Malacca on my birthday last year.

She's like my sister... my sibling. I can tell her many things and share many of my secrets. I trust her with my life as i know that she will never let me down. She has never let me down too. Whenever we asked for help, she's the first one who will drop everything and come.

Cancer is treatable these days if you are not too late. Chemotherapy is hell. Anyone who has gone through that will tell you so. Through it all, she is still trying to put up a brave front. She called and asked me about the chemo port. She asked me.. what the hell is that. Should i put it in?? We joked about the chemo port and wondered if it will work like the ipod. I hope it plays some good music.

We are in different cities. Still 2 hours apart. If i could only have one wish, i wish that she will be cured.

I am basically doing nothing. I am the master of doing nothing this week as i have not digested all the current news yet. My apologies for being away and very distant.

Wordless Wednesday - Thinking Inside the Box

2012-01-04T18:06:00.000+08:00