Saying goodbye aint easy

May 22nd 2009: I was just checking my facebook after returning from a meeting. A pop up screen appear at the bottom . it was the chat screen. At first I was glad as it was good friend from Thailand whom I planned to meet in four month's time. We chat for a while and finally she broke the news she has closed her tagged account, which she was very active and where we share tag and other activities. It would also appear she will not be able to connect as often as before though we will still remain friends. somehow I dont sense that. I think it is a polite way of saying goodbye. I found it hard to accept. Friendship built over a period of time ,then suddenly it's goodbye. I hope it is just over reacting as I valued her friendship, just like a value any other friendship.
Well only time will tell. I will just have to wait, and if it turn out the way as I thought nothing I can do. I have to accept and respect her decision.
is there a lesson to learnt here??

An almost misadventure at Lata hammer.

After weeks of waiting , the day finally arrived. Sunday 17th May, 2009 I got up at 3.30 am even though my alarm was set to ring at 4.45 am. after day could not sleep, so went on line for awhile. nothing much to do on the net, so I washed up and get ready for my friend to pick me up to meet some of the others who need to car pool as well. Had our breafast at a 24hrs mamak restaurant at Bukit Tinggi,klang. An hour later and we were on our way to meet up with the rest waiting at Tesco , Ampang.
Next stop a a petrol station to get some light snack and filled up the car and we were on our way to Lata Hammer, Bentong.
After some wrong detour and wrong turned we finally make it to our destination. We were told we have to crossed a stream in order to get to our water fall on the other side .Someone suggest we get take off our shoes in order not to get them wet.I thought why not since I brought along my slippers and I could changed into them.Big Mistake! while crossing I step on the rocks instead of walking on the sand bed. The result, I slipped, I stumble , I felled. Not once but twice. I should have remember , the rock will be slippery once in water. I was soaked wet, so was my handphone and camera. The camera seems ok after being dried. But I have yet to test out the phone. I was told to let it dry ,so I allowed another extra day to be double sure. Hopefully it will be ok otherwise it will be very painfully for my wallet which was also wet by the way)
Anyway I got out tried to saved my two previous assets by wrapping my towerl around them. once done I joined the rest of the team members and headed for our destination . after 45 minutes of so we reached the waterfall. It was ice cold.
The guys wasted no time to dip into the water and have photos taken. suddenly there was a shout for help. we thought they were just having fun and fooling around unti the guy said I am not joking. A quick action by one of the guy who swam toward them and went under the water and pulled out the guy . Thank goodness a tragedy was avoided.
! After resting for an hour we make our way out of the woods to Bukit tinggi, Genting to have our lunch before heading to our homes.



photo credit: coshin.

Wedding is quite an expensive affair these days.

over the weekend I attended the bachelor nite dinner and on the following morning witness the wedding ceremony, including the tea ceremony of my nephew( my sister's second son)Later in the evening his wedding dinner. This is the second time,the host does not accept Ang-pows. The first time I came across this rare situation was the wedding dinner of the elder brother of this nephew. It was a grand wedding, just like the first one.
On the way home my wife remind me on the budget for our son who has reach the ripe age for marriage. so I ask how much and she said at least 50K. This thought went through my head it would means 100K to arrange the marriage for both my son. So there goes my retirement fund.!
I am due to retire by the end of the year and was planing to withdraw from my EPF to pay off some of my debts and maybe have a holiday with the Mrs.,but since my wife have plan to get our son to settle down by next year .It is not cheap these days to get married. so I guess holiday have to be put on hold.

Happy Mother day Mum.

my mum:- She's got a heart of Gold!
No words can express enough how much my mum have done for us. I confess I was no angel and must have given my mum a hard time when I was young. I loss my dad when I was 3 , so my mother was not only mum but was dad to me as well. Though we were poor, but mum did what she could to raise 3 of us. I will try to recall some of the sweet memories I had as a child. Mum would save some of the goodies like cakes , whenever she attend a function or if her colleague gave her a treat and bring back home for us. Of course I always looked forward to the carnival day held by the factory she worked at. We had a wonderful day a sort of family day for us. Lots of fun and goodies.
My mum is very special and unique. There was no phone, walkie talkie (even if there were we were too poor to afford them) back then. so when ever it was dinner time, mum would stand in front of our home and scream her lungs out and we could hear it from quite a distant and would make our way home. if we didnt hear our neighours would never fail to remind us, that's your mother calling you. who need a mike when you got a mum who got a voice like thunder .LOL.
I had some adventure with mum too as a kid. whenever mum goes into the woods to gather fire wood I would follow her. I guess I must have been 8 or 9 and would help carry the smaller log back home. Even at that age I knew it was something I had to do as I could not bear to see mum doing all the hard work herself.
Another incident I cannot forget was mum's threat that she would jump into the river. I dont remember what I did ,but I guess it was displeasing to her and when did not return after a while I was frighten. yes even as a kid I know what it was to "lose" my mum. When she finally did return boy was I glad. If only I knew how to give her a hug back then.
Happy mother's day Mum. I loved you.


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my visit to the dentist .

I did not plan to visit the dentist today. But after my hair cut I just took a stroll and before I knew it I was at the dentist's clinic. Well since I was already at the door step might as well get over it.
I was suppose to make the visit last year but have put off till today. Thank goodness there was not any holes that need filling. Imagine what pain I will have to endure if I have to get that fixed.
so I end up just doing scaling.
Since I was wearing denture the doctor recomend that I do a bridge . And the cost ? rm 2000.00
why do such thing cost so much. I wonder if I could make a tax claim for this?
It sure beats wearing the denture. I think I will wait till october when I get my money from my EPF. Till then I will be stuck with my denture.