Diary:

Story 1

The pas 4 days I’ve been leaving early just to have a quick bath and to take care of my neighbours kid. I must say there is nothing better having a 8 month year old kid in your arms in the teething stage where they just want to bite everything, doesn’t matter if your shoulder. Have you caught Rob-B-Hood, it stars Jackie Chan and Leo Ku as 2 burglars who kidnap a baby and have to take care of it for 2 weeks. I felt like them. It was nice to play daddy for a while…


Story 2

This week I headed to Ipoh to help a Hindu home orphanage. Many of you still think there is ‘udang sebalik batu’ when I tell you I’m doing charity work. Well there isn’t and if by now you still don’t believe me I don’t give a rat’s ass. Well the team met up at Menara Millennium at 8 and we left around 8.30. We loaded the cars with gifts and we headed to Ipoh. Fiona, Farah, Jo and Sue were in Halmy’s car where Sugar and me was in Padma’s roomy Sorrento.

We arrived at 11 at the orphanage. There was a clown cum magician there. Weird dude with raffia string as hair and with a weird multicolour pants. He was a funny man with some good magic trick. The kinds we vegetarian and we served lunch I honestly thought that were such a sin. How could you be a vegetarian in a place like Ipoh where food is haven. We didn’t get to mingle with the kids like how it was in Kajang. After lunch we headed to Ipoh town. I got some stuff like home made Jellbeas and Ompodi. We stopped by a café and had a white coffee and soft bun. The coffee was excellent. On our way home we stopped by at Tapah to get its famous jambu batu. I got that for mum. She loves it.

Embarasement

My Uncle from UK sent me this clipping. I'm quite embarassed by it. Are you?

Diary: Happy Birthday ol Friend

Last Friday was Yoges birthday, I wasn’t really dressed nor looked the part for a party but I meet him at Shrroms. Mel was there too. These are the person who holds strands to my past. Its been awhile since I’ve met them thus it was a lil awkward at first as they had conversation either I was not to know about or I had no clue about. This happes when you don’t meet them for a while I guess. Sharon and her friend just the dinner and gladly paid for it, Melman got Yoges a birthday gift and I absent minded forgot to get him one…. Terrible friend I am.

After dinner we headed to this new club called Aloha. It was Hawaiian themed club 4 storeys high. It also had a basement techno club with real good interior design. Most of the Thai club people are working now in so it was easy to get discounted drinks. The club had a crappy live band though; it was a Malay band that couldn’t pronounce the words properly. The in-house DJ was good though played upcoming beats. The party ended up at 3 in the morning. The guys had supper at Petaling Street and then all headed back. It was already 4 in the morning by the time I reached home. I took a quick shower and I drop myself into the world of slumber,

I expected only to wake up past afternoon but I was up by 8 in the morning. I just couldn’t sleep back, that didn’t mean I was off my bed I still lazed in my bed hoping I would fall back to slumber. I got up at 11; there was no one at home and nothing to eat. I was too lazy to go out to do my X’mas shopping but I finally dragged my feet out of the home. I started my shopping at Sg Wang. I got some PS2 gifts for my cousins and I had to go to the DVD shop ended up buying 10 DVD’s. God don’t I have the will to stop spending?

I had lunch at Lot 10; they had 3 Tenors singing carols. Nearly broke my heart, they sounded beautiful thought of home and my brother who I dearly miss. After lunch I headed to KLCC to major shopping. I got loads of stuff and I also sidetracked and got a shirt for myself. I headed to Kinokuniya to get a book that I lost. I lost My Best Friends Girl by Dorothy Koomson Cant remember where I left it. After shopping I headed to the barbers for lil trim, as I desperately needed one. It was already 6.30 by the time I reached home. I was dead tired; mum was busy sewing curtains for Christmas. Mum made an amazing dinner, which were buttered prawns and kangkung belacan. Yum Yum.

Sunday I attended mass at St John’s. Mass was as per usual… BORING. I headed to Lotus for breakfast. I was killing time, as I needed to pick up my shoes that I sent to be stitched and resoled. I ended up not picking up my shoes as they place was closed. Dam! ! !

Seasonal Security Announcement

With the holiday season almost upon us, now is a good time to remind ourselves to take steps to make sure Christmas isn't spoiled by criminals. Criminals take the opportunities afforded them by the extra shopping we do, the hustle and bustle of town centres as we rush around, and the value of the goods we buy as presents and store in our homes until the big day. We might also be more trusting and generous at Christmas when requests for charity are made, giving the unscrupulous a chance to collect for their own causes.

So what can we do?

Out on the Town

With office parties and general Christmas celebrations, bars, restaurants and other venues are often crowded. Don't leave bags over the back of your chair and keep wallets and purses close to your body to make it more difficult for the pickpocket. Busy places make it easier for the sneak thief, so be alert at all times. Make prior arrangements as to how you will get home. Avoid any potential disturbances on the street. Stay with friends if you can. Make sure someone knows where you are going and what time you will be back. Don't drink too much - you could become a target for thieves.

Out Shopping

When the shops are crowed, the pickpocket has more chance to steal from you. If you can't arrange to shop during less busy times, make sure you stay alert and be extra careful with your wallet or purse. If you have too many bags you will be too busy trying to hold on to these to be aware of anyone stealing from you. You could try to make smaller shopping trips rather than do it all at once and carry too much. Have your purse/wallet close to your body and don't carry too much cash. The same applies to travelling on crowded buses or trains. If you travel by car, make sure you park in a well- lit area, lock all doors and windows and do not leave presents in view. Try not to return to your car to leave purchases in the boot before continuing with your shopping trip as thieves may well watch car parks for just such a chance. Arrange to collect heavy items from stores when you have finished all your shopping. Keep your chequebook and cheque card separately.

At Home

Having bought all those wonderful presents, don't make it easy for someone to steal from your home. Keep them out of sight until last thing on Christmas Eve and if you 'hide' or store larger items such as bicycles in the shed or outbuildings, make sure they are very secure. Now is a good time to check that you know what you have both normally (TV, Video etc) and with the extra presents you have bought. You may well find you need to check your insurance to make sure you are covered for the value of goods in your home. Take the frame numbers of new cycles and the serial numbers of new electrical equipment for future reference. Remember, empty boxes left outside advertise that you have new goods inside - dispose of packing carefully.

If you go out for the evening - make it look like someone is at home by turning on lights and the radio. Don't leave curtains open so people can see your decorations as potential thieves can see in. Be extra careful about locking doors and windows.

If you go away for the holiday period - use an automatic timer for lights and ask a trusted neighbour to watch your home. Don't forget to cancel newspapers and milk if you have them delivered and either redirect your mail through the Post Office or have your neighbour take mail into the house - unopened Christmas cards and mail are a sure sign that a house is empty.

Strangers at the door - genuine delivery personnel usually have identification, uniforms and liveried vehicles and should not need to come into your home. Charity collectors will have identification and will not be offended if you ask to see it. If you are not sure but want to make a donation, ask whether these can be made in other ways, perhaps through a bank.

Finally, have a happy and crime-free Christmas holiday....

Diary: Good Friends; Parting

Before I go ranting about my not so important life I would like to get off something on my chest. On Saturday 1.15am Mrs Inez Veronica McCoy passed away. She leaves behind 2 sons. I didn’t know the lady personally but I knew her fruits of her labour. She grew up 2 wonderful kind-hearted sons. I rise up a prayer for the lady…

I’m so not in the mood for work, I want to go on my X’mas holidays. Mindshare is having their company trip to Istanbul on the Eve of New Year. I’m so envious as they only had to pay RM500 for their trip. Padma and Halmy will be extending their trip to Greece as well. I plan to do my X’mas shopping this weekend I’ve mostly bought the things I need but there are few gifts I need to get. Times are bad with me so you guys wont receive as pricey gift as you guys normally do.

I meet up with Shari on Friday we had dinner at Decanter. We talked and we laughed I believe one of us laughed so much till our cheeks hurt so bad. Decanter was decorated with the Christmas feel I felt so comfortable in the restaurant. Shari & I had steak and we shared apple pie alamode. Yum yum.

On Saturday I got up early I headed to town to settle some of my bills, I headed to SFC for breakfast. I needed to get Uncle David a gift so I headed to Isetan, couldn’t find much so I headed to Kinokuniya and got him a real nice pen. I met Andrew at KL Sentral so we could head to Klang. Kelvin and I were throwing a dinner together for Aunt Ire and Uncle David. We got some local dishes like ying yong and hokkien mee, yong tau fu and some nyoya kuih’s. Lil Michael sat on my lap as he sat his meal and after all was done and over we sat down and watched the Grinch. He was a lil fidgety but he did enjoy the movie. Hats off to Jim Carrey for pulling out the Grinch perfectly. That’s my favourite Xmas movie.