Week 5 : post scoliosis operation

Finished the prescript multivitamins. Urgh, what a victorious feeling. Took a lot of prayers and determination to use my fingers to cover my nose tightly and swallow down the mixture of melted pills with water.

First round of period cramps after operation was painful. Jokingly mentioned that cramps are more painful than the operation itself. I had morphine to help cope with pain after operation, compared to tiger balm to sooth cramps now. Had some difficulty curling up into a ball to warm up tummy, only can stand, sit or lie straight from now onwards.

Suggested to parents to let me sleep upstairs but was rejected. Not ready to climb the flight of stairs yet.

Face still looks pale once in a while.

Able to sit longer now, about 1 hour each time. Brother shifted my computer downstairs for me to use :) How sweet.

Wanted to go out for dinner so badly. A change of air would be good for me, so i thought. Took a shower all on my own, wore long pants to prevent getting a cold and got into the car. Journey to restaurant takes about 30 mins as dad was extra careful to go slowly especially on the uneven roads.

Just before reaching the restaurant, i felt exhausted. Body felt like all energy was drained out and i was falling asleep. Everyone got concerned even more when the restaurant was rather crowded. It could take another hour sitting in the restaurant waiting for food before another 30 mins journey back home. We ended up packing nasi lemak to be eaten at home.

Not ready for long rides out yet, but i had my first nasi lemak after operation! i love malaysia. Still restricted from eating groundnuts and chicken.

我喜欢

作曲：潘协庆 作词：潘协庆 编曲：王豫民

看蓝蓝的天空下绵绵的白雪 停在你脸上
爱在巴黎的赛纳河畔上面眺望 赶不上的玻璃船

却不觉得(找不到)遗憾 早已沉醉在你暖暖的手掌
紧握住我不放 偷偷的闻着你 带孩子气的男人香

呼… 我喜欢 就这样靠在你胸膛
呼… 我喜欢 没有时间没有方向
呼… 我喜欢 像这样爱的好自然
不用管别人投什么眼光 随你带着我四处地(去)游荡

呼… 我喜欢 一醒来有你在身旁
呼… 我喜欢 赖在床上看你喝汤
呼… 我喜欢 你的手放在我肩膀
像是担心我会消失一样 为我每一寸消瘦(瘦弱)而感伤

好想就这样 有你在身旁 一直到天长

在日记里圈上每一页都有你 好幸福的时光
对照第一次见面到此刻的温柔 是不是都一样

 

Marriage and kids

Wow, its my turn to feel that im getting old. Friends are getting married and having kids of their own.

Im becoming an aunty next year sometime end march.

柯以敏:想你想疯了

这个城市那么吵
不能赶走我寂寥
冷冷的被窝睡不好
午夜梦回你知我多少
裹着你的黑外套
渴望着你的拥抱
任你的气味把我绕
这样恍恍忽忽到天亮
你可知道
我想你想你想你想得快疯了
我想你想你想你想得快死了
在地上挖个洞
能不能直通地球另一端的梦
我想你想你想你想得快疯了
我想你想你想你想得快死了
等你到天亮等待铃声响
对着电话说是我是我是我

You are important to me

It takes time, maturity and experience to learn what important means.

Thank you for being the more mature one, the one who keeps to words, the one who knows what is said and the weight of each word.

Its been a good 2 years knowing that we will have an beautiful story written out together :)

F major

there is bound to be an area of life that we dread facing. Sometimes its a small corner that reminds us of unpleasant past or memories that we do not want to remember, sometimes its an area where we've knocked our heads in the wall a few times but still with no solution to it. 

Some people run from it, but true fighters choose to face the issue face to face. Let’s deal with it once and for all. A breakthrough is sufficient.

And so, my brother was the one who encouraged me to face F major on the guitar, without barring any chords.

And i did it! :)

The Pupil

Singapore media corp series on lawyers and their daily lawsuits faced, coupled with intertwining of law decisions affecting their daily lives. Didnt expect this series to be way better than Ally McBeal. The arrangements of plots makes me gasp every 5 minutes and makes my finger click next episode without fail.

NTV7 will be showing the 9th episode out of 12 episodes this coming Tuesday at 8.30pm. The 12th episode is a 2 hour finale. The same series can be found in youtube. Link to first episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L8VXDaqtmA)

Im truly impressed at this English production by Mediacorp. From the ending, sounds like there is a Season 2 installed somewhere. Cant wait for the next installment.

TM has a new interest in antivirus?

After a month of subscribing to Unifi, I must say the speed is way better than Jaring or Streamyx. Using Wifi is fast, if with LAN cable, downloads are done at the speed of light.

Out of curiousity, how does TM trace that there is a virus on my computer? They called through a call centre number (03-22465000)today to ask me to update my antivirus.

Tracking my internet activities? Isnt that a violation of individual privacy?

two sides of the coin

When a miracle happens, its personal will whether to acknowledge the miracle or grumble at previous circumstances not working out the way we want it to be.

Was searching for direct flight tickets from Singapore to Tianjin (one way) during Chinese New Year period. Its super peak season and all is expensive.

Xiamen Airlines – approx RM1300

China Southern Air – approx RM 1000

Air Asia, including transit in KL from Singapore to connect to Tianjin – approx RM750

If you need to go home for CNY, you need to. But imagine having a family of 4, that’s a huge amount of money involved just to be back for 2 weeks. :s

With the grumbles and regrets of not booking early enough during the last Air Asia promo, the clouds looked gloomy. Expensive-nye.

Good news is, Air Asia is having a Chinese New Year sale and a Final Call, Boarding Now sales too. Specially for those who didnt manage to grab cheap tickets the previous rounds!

Thank God for the sales, now the same ticket from KL to Tianjin cost only RM220. Managed to book all 4 tickets at wonderfully low prices compared to what is offered by Xiamen Airlines or China Southern Airlines. Miracle timing i call it.

Maid issues

Funny how we think we are superior to domestic helpers by dictating what and how work at home should be done. True that money is paid and a contract of 2 years is signed, and by right on paper the maid is tied to the employer, alleged pledge of loyalty for the 2 years involved.

We have heard of cases where maids worked for years for the same employer and they enjoy their work. The Star came out with an article interviewing a few maids with multiple years of work experience some years back.

Yet at the same time, there are numerous cases of maid abuses, starting with Nirmala Bonat, the string of cases are seemingly continuing. 

What about employer abuse by the maid? When it comes to maids who stubbornly insist on doing work their way, having acute short term memory of 2 days and forgetting to do work after that or have to be re-taught, slow learners who do not want to learn, maids who are incompetent to take care of the young, sick and elderly, those who show their temper, maids who sleep with the male employer in hope of getting money, etc.

No one is born a maid, but its a job chosen. Seen so many maids that worked out because they have the right attitude, and so many maids who just are so lousy that they dont deserve to be paid even. Perhaps its a thing to consider to start a maid agency with proven quality track records of maid. Proper prep and proper attitude. These can be trained and nurtured, or so i think.

Of chains and affairs

Question of the day : why does relationships work out the wrong way leading to one going to a third party for comfort or pleasure?

Common enough, difference in character, opinions, temperaments creates leading issues in a relationship. Even mature adults do not know how to handle the difference. I do not have an answer to it.

Often or not, behaviors that is not welcomed by the spouse is detected late in a relationship, after years of covering and letting love blind the eyes of seeing the real person. Being honest helps to solve half the problem. Being open and willing to change for both helps to solve the other half, or so i think.

There is an insecurity in me of losing someone to affairs. Perhaps its seeing and hearing what happens in real life. Too many cases close to the heart weakens the hope that love is loyal forever.

Knowing that all i want to know is for someone to prove my thoughts wrong, the only way for me to be convinced is by experiencing it myself.

Security comes from real love. While real love comes from God. Teach me the meaning of love and trust once again.

CSL G8 phone review

I was looking for a wifi phone or a dual sim card phone to cater for my long break from work. Wanted wifi for the flexibility of going online anywhere, even more that we now have Unifi at home.

With limited time to look for a phone with a budget of approx RM6++, i was open to any available ones despite being a 100% Nokia supporter all along.

When i was introduced to CSL G8, i was firstly surprised at how close it looked with an I phone. It was my first hand exposure with a touch screen phone. rather impressive.

I was even more attracted to the phone after getting to know its a dual sim card phone. saves trouble of getting one wifi phone and a second basic feature phone to cater for 2 sim cards.

Place : subang parade

Price : RM635

Freebies : hands free kit, plastic backcover for phone, charger, finger print free screen protector

Post buying experience:

Plus (+)

1. I liked how i could customized the buttons on the menu by moving them around.
2. Speed is rather fast, for a malaysian made phone.
3. Applications for facebook, messenger, google, opera mini is ready to be used
4. 3.5” screen. screen quality is clear, colors are bright.

Minus (-)

1. It would be even better if the buttons could be moved around across pages. Then i could have placed the main features i use on the first page.
2. some of the applications are copied from other phones like i phone, sony ericson. Half done work, apps are either in chinese or the buttons are not made for CSL G8
3. Youtube doesnt work on this phone! (or i have yet to find an app to make youtube work)
4. Google-ing on google app is troublesome as certain webpages cannot be shown (ie. error message : memory not sufficient)
5. VGA camera. or so i think so, there is no specification mentioned, pictures are rather blur

Was faced with a rather serious production issue with this G8 phone i bought. Everytime calls were made, i could hear the other end, but the other end couldnt hear me due to loud buzzing sounds like a spoil telephone. The disturbance was worse when i was near any computer or on the road driving.

Send the phone back to Subang Parade where i bought it, the salesman couldnt do anything. Went to Sunway Pyramid where the service centre is, thank god for good service. No questions were asked, no request for guarantee letter, they took my G8 and reformatted the phone, with constant polite request for me to check if phone is better.

Despite these attempts, the buzzing sound didnt go away, but remained equally loud. Sent it to the HQ in Glenmarie, Shah Alam for the final check. Same, no questions asked, no request for guarantee letter but was just asked to fill up a form and write down the problem and i could go back and collect the phone within 24 hours.

Final verdict : the microphone was faulty and needed a change. CSL HQ did manage to fix my G8 within 24 hours.

Good service, better than any other brands based on my experience.

The verdict :

For a dual sim card phone, CSL is the in brand now with a large variety to choose from. But for a wifi phone, the applications are half done. Any other wifi phone would have much better and professional applications that are much more user friendly and less copy-cat feel.

silence

solitude place to pray and think and be free of the bickering 

what we are today is a reflection of social learning theory. its either we absorb to make it me, or go the total opposite. total opposite leads to feeling out of place. 

do not conform to the world. 

teach me what is love.