Sunday, January 27, 2008

Dad’s struggle with Xiaohei


Isn't this cute? Playing with something on the floor. That's outside my house.









I like this picture. I think this is the only time Xiaohei has 'posed' so nicely for me! :D







I think Xiaohei has started to identify our house already! He (still cannot identify he or she, anyway, just use ‘he’ as a generic term lah) appears very frequently at our doorstep nowadays.

For those who have forgotten or do not know who Xiaohei is, he is our neighbourhood pet cat. He moves around at the void deck of my block and is loved by all, er….perhaps more correct to say, loved by a lot of people at our block. People play with him, feed him, etc, etc. Xiaohei is the name given by Ms Maomie. I think he has another name called Chantek (beautiful, in Malay).

He sure has an attitude. If he is just fed, he will probably ignore your calls for him. He won’t want you to touch or caress him. But when he is in a playful mood, hahaha, one whistle can send him flying to you out of nowhere. That’s my lovely Chantek Xiaohei.

Occasionally, we will find Xiaohei outside our door (it’s 12 storey high, mind you). A few times, he flew into the lift with us before we noticed it. And refuses to get out until the door shut and opened at another floor. Anyway, usually when we see him outside, we (or rather, I) will play with him, and when we are going out, he will follow us to the lift and again fly into the lift with us, to get down.

But nowadays, his trip up to our house is more frequent, and seems like routine! We (Or rather I, haha) would not mind him up here if not for the fact that I have Mao Mao at home. (For the benefit of those who forgot or do not know, Mao Mao is my house pet hamster) Mao Mao runs about or sleeps on the floor cordoned off with a card box. We worry that Xiaohei may dash into the house and ‘play’ with Mao Mao who will probably have a tragic end! (For your info, Xiaohei sneaked in once while dad was watering the plants. We didn’t realize until dad came in and actually saw Xiaohei walking out from his room! Thank goodness he didn’t notice my Mao Mao!)

Xiaohei used to just sit ‘guai guai’ (obediently) at the door, but lately he has been trying to find ways to come into the house. Nothing I do can trick him away (and once, he even scratched me accidently while I was carrying him away to let dad step out of the door). Dad is most affected, unfortunately. Every morning, he needs to move in and out of the house to water the plants, pray pray so with Xiaohei loitering outside he finds it very difficult and most inconvenient to move in and out.

One morning at 5plus in the morning, I was still sleeping, I heard some commotion outside. Judging from the noise I heard, I was sure dad is having some problem with the cattie again so I woke up. Hahaha, it was so funny (but dad sure didn’t find it funny at that point, he was irritated to the core!) seeing dad standing inside the house but unable to get out because Xiaohei was guarding just outside and seemed to be charging into the house any moment. So dad was stuck from inside and Xiaohei stuck outside. So funny! So I tried to lure that cattie away lor, and that’s when I got scratched! There was another day I heard someone knocking at the door (nowadays we keep our door closed for fear Xiaohei may come in without us noticing). I opened the door and guess whose at the door – Xiaohei! Aiyoh, now he actually comes up and ‘knocks’ our door. We believe that's when he is really hungry!

And he is so intelligent that he knows when we try to trick him back downstairs, he simply refuses to get into the lift with us!

Sweat!


27 Jan 2008 (8.43am)

Blogging is really the way to go these days

Creating, posting, reading. That much I know about blogging at the moment.

I visited the National Library last week and was actually looking for books on money, investments, visual basics, UFOs when I stumbled upon books on blogging.

Pardon my ignorance, but I really did not realize that blogging is such a serious affair that so many books are written on it! So I browse through some of them and got two for myself. In fact, I was very happy and excited as I can now have a ‘proper education’ on blogging. I can now try to improve my own blog or perhaps have another one for a different subject.

One of the books I have borrowed in about learning how to use Blogger. It seems like that version is not an updated version.

The one which I am reading now, which I find more interesting after hitting two chapters, is titled Clear Blogging: How people are changing the world and how you can join them (by Bob Walsh), published in 2007.

The book starts by commenting how blogging has changed both the business world personal world. The first chapter has recommended the blog of General Motors Number 2 guy, Bob Lunz,
which I am trying to read.

The book shares other information on, how to search for blogs of specific topics that interest you, how to build your blog (both personally and professionally), successful blogging, adding podcasting to your blog, blogging for fun and profit, building readership and blogging in the future. It has mentioned that ‘blogging is still in its early days and will continue to grow explosively’.

Well, here’s so much I want to share with you about this book. I am going to continue to read it. Hope to get more tips to improve my own blog!


27 Jan 2008 (8.09am)

Thursday, January 17, 2008

I badly need to SCREAM!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

17 Jan 2008 (8.56pm)

So I am not adaptive

I am not as adaptive as I thought I am. But most of the time, it is the mind that does not want to yield.

17 Jan 2008 (8.54pm)

I don't want uniqueness

I have gone through almost 107 weeks of 'unique' Wednesdays and Thursdays. They are still very 'unique' to me now. Something must be terribly wrong (with me) if, one day, I no longer have any emotions toward this 'uniqueness'. But, having to live through this isn't making life any easier, either. I must really thank god for almost always trying to make my life so 'unique' and so 'different' until I feel like choosing 'game over'. THANK YOU!!!!

17 Jan 2008 (8.30am)

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Happy Birthday to Daddy!

Today is the third day of the new year. It's one day after my birthday. And it's my father's birthday!

I have always joked that I am always a day ahead of my father. Heehee.....

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DADDY and I wish you happiness and good health in the years to come!

3 Jan 2008 (7.32am)

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Thank you for the birthday wishes

I wish to thank my colleagues for the well-wishes, the cakes (a slice of wolfberry & mandarin cheesecake and a cookies & cream cake), the gifts (a cute tortoise soft toy, which I am gonna named Quan Quan for a reason and a very nice doggie soft toy w hich I am going to cuddle every night), a very nice card and a great McDonalds lunch with my great buddies! Thanks folks!

In addition, I wish to thank all other friends who have sent their best wishes via SMSes which I would like to acknowledge and remember for a long time to come:

Good morning! Have a Beautiful Birthday!
Li

Happy Birthday 2 u (with a nice birthday song recording from my niece, Manda)
Bess

Happy Birthday! Many happy rtns!
Irin

Halo, gd morning bday girl. Wishg u a happy happy n wonderful bday.
Joey


Hi, Happy Birthday & may all your wishes come true (more babies )
B Lee

Happy birthday
Beh

May this new year bring many opportunities your way, turn all your dreams into reality and all your efforts into great achievements. Wish you a very Happy B’DAY and a prosperous NEW YEAR!!
Kelly


Hi, Happy Birthday to you. Hope all your wish will come true. Love always fr all of us.
Jenner


Hi, happy birthday 2 u. Have a great day.
Cheryl

Happy new year and happy birthday!
Lian

Hello, Happy Birthday to you.
Pris

Happy birthday! May all your wish come true.
Cheng


Thank you all for a memorable birthday!

2 Jan 2008 (9.00pm)

Happy Birthday to Me!

It's the second day of the new year. It's the day I was born 34 years ago. And it was almost always, and still is, the first day of school! Can you imagine that I had to start school on my birthday every year?!

I love this date, anyway. Because it is my day!

My birthday wishes are similar to my new year resolutions and of course, in addition, wishing myself and all my loved ones happiness and great health.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAOMIE!

2 Jan 2008 (8.55am)

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Resolutions for 2008

I think I have not made any new year resolutions for the last 2 years. Time to give my life some directions again, hopefully.

1. Definitely got to make more time for exercises, possibly swimming over running. Climbing stairs would be a good alternation/complement.

2. Make time to ‘nourish’ friendships and relationships. Can be done through more informal interactions.

3. Appreciate love ones and not to take them for granted. Treasure the time with them. Life is short

4. Be more magnanimous. Have a big heart. Generally I think I have. This is targeted at particular issues.

5. Learn to manage the jinx of impatience, anger, frustrations, anxieties, stresses and depression in all aspects of my life. We only live once and I have only so much left in my time account.

6. Accept that I can’t have things the way I want ALL the time! Wake up and get real!

7. Nourish myself and my life. Learn to relax and have a peaceful mind. Learn to laugh at myself and things that happen around me.

8. Search, recognise, treasure opportunities whatever this refers to.

9. *** * *** *** (restricted)


Gambatte, Gambatte, Gambatte!

1 Jan 2008 (6.00pm)

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE & ALL

Here comes 2008! Finally gotten rid of the '7', a number which I do not like since long long time ago but which I couldn't seem to get rid of. :)

Anyway, I wish everyone of you a good year in 2008, with abundance with everything you wish for (but don't waste it ah)!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

1 Jan 2008 (5.58pm)