why no reply??

I dont know about you, but I get pretty upset if my messages are not responsed on time. I feel that all messages should be responsed with a reply whatever the answer maybe, because it would not be fair to the people sending it as it might upset their plans. When an answer are given, it will makes things easier for that person making plans and to decide on the next course of action. Dont you agreed?
Even in the business world we were taught to give a holding reply if we are not able to provide the information requested to the enquirer.
Unfortunately not everyone think this way. I just wonder why do people do that?
surely it does not takes much effort just to reply a simple message? No credit? I left my phone behind , or my battery just ran out. All these excuses does not work anymore. . Ok they might be valid reasons, but if you do it once too often, what does that tell you.? Please lah be more original
But to be fair not everyone are like that. There are a few people I know who response promptly. I salute you guys. Appreciate your thoughtfulness

Gym no more.

Tonight I did my Body combat at the Local gym for the last time. In view of my coming retirement, I have deceided(after much thoughts) to discontinue my membership at the gym. As much as I love the gym and the group exercise I reliase all good things must come to an end sooner or later. While I was there I really enjoyed the class and work out. I have completed my training with my PT Snow and I think I have achieved my goal. I need to trim my expenses until I can find employment again. Until such time I have to give up something I loved, although it may not be easy.
So goodbye,再見, my friends ,my Personal trainer, Snow whom is very dear to me. see you around.keep in touch on FB.






I dedicate this song to you guys.

When do one overstayed their welcome??

I have been thinking what my wife told me quite recently.Dont bother people too much, you might find yourself being a pest,(actually this word is mine not hers)And my wife is always right in her judgement. Am I?
There are a few people I really care about, and always enjoyed their company. Wonder if the feeling are mutual? I find every opportunity just to be with them, wheather it is for lunch, dinner,buying some items at the surpermarket or just chit chat over a cup of tea.I definately do not want to find myself no longer welcome by them. so how often should one meet without being a nuisance or bothersome to someone? One particular person that is very dear to me, never fail to disappoint me whenever I ask her out for dinner or just to shop at the supermarket. sometimes she will initially says no but later would changed her mind and accommodate me. wonder if it was just because of obligation or because she wanted to. If only I could read people's mind. I do hope I am not being a nuisance. I really am sincere but if I am being intruding or no longer a welcome it would be nice if they could tell me and I will back off.
What ever it is please dont cut me off. I can lose my job, even my life,but I can't live without your love.

UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GO.

This afternoon I received a letter from the company informing me of my retirement which will take effect on my Birthday in oct 2009. This is one birthday I am not looking forward to. Why must they follow to the letter. can't they just let me at least complete the whole month.?? I was so moody the whole day after receiving the letter. I just do have the mood for anything. So I sent a text message to my God daughter if she could have dinner with me later in the evening. At first she said she could not due to her work commitment. Later on she text me to say she could make time for me after all.
That really cheer me up a bit. I always enjoyed her company. Thanks Paupei for the time. you really cheer me up. Well Oct is not too far away and my birthday is on the 2nd week and that's when I will clock in for the last time.
Tomorrow will be another working day for me until that final day arrive. I will still put in my best as I always have. Since the day I first joined the work force I have never short change the company. I always believe in giving one's best and I believe I have discharged my duties to the best of my ability. I have never exhausted my Mc. in fact I think I have a clean records as far as Mc are concerned. I can remember there was only one or two occasion where I really need an Mc as I was really sick. When I retired at least I can hold my head high knowing I had done my best.Wonder what retiree do after they retired??

HEARTBREAKING SONGS

It's Tuesday and I am feeling down. What better things to do. Listen to some sad sad songs. enjoyed. I need more tissues please..

The Hollies
Sorry Suzanne
(Geoff Stephens/Tony Macauley)
Single release february 1969


I can't make it if you leave me
I'm sorry Suzanne believe me I was wrong
and I knew I was all along
forgive me

I still love you more than ever
I'm sorry Suzanne for ever hurting you
you know I never wanted to
I'm truly sorry Suzanne.

I could never ever justify
all the tears I've made you cry
but I do regret it, my Suzanne
You gotta believe me

I was looking round for someone new
what a foolish thing to do
all the time I knew it
heaven knows what made me do it girl

I can't make it if you leave me
I'm sorry Suzanne believe me
I was wrong
and I knew I was all along all along
forgive me

{Interlude}

I'm truly sorry Suzanne.

If you would only take me back again
things would be so different then
what I wouldn't give for
one more chance to live for you Suzanne.

I can't make it if you leave me
I'm sorry Suzanne believe me
I was wrong
and I knew I was all along all along
forgive me

I still love you more than ever
I'm sorry Suzanne for ever hurting you
you know I never wanted to
I'm truly sorry Suzanne.




1) I am sorry suzzane-by the hollies- I really am.(honest)




2)Dont go breaking my heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee- I wont




3)Regine Velasquez Please Be Careful With My Heart: I always have.



4)What now my love-Elvis Presley- good question. you call the shot.


5)Heart of Gold- Neil Young- Emmm..do you have it? I hope I have?

IT'S ALL ABOUT CHOICE

There is not a day, we dont have to make any kind of decision. Wheather it is a major decision or minor or not so important ones, we still have to decide and then make a choice. Sometimes we make a good and right decision and there are times we made a wrong decision and we have to live with it and hopefully learnt from that experience.
Last sunday was no different for me. I had planned to go for a hike at Broga in semenyeh. It was raining very heavily in Klang and I got a call from my friend Darren who informed me he might cancel the hike due to the weather but he can only decide once he reached the meeting point with the rest of the hikers. As he was late he had to leave in a hurry and I was to meet him latter at Mid valley. After picking up another friend Irene who brought along her two children. Since it was still raining and we were still in klang. She call up Darren and was informed of the situation and so we have to make a decision. if we go all the way to Broga and the event get cancelled it will be a furtile trip. So we decided to opt out since we were not sure if the weather there was favourable. We end up having dinner at a cafe at Bukit Tinggi. The kids were informed of our decision and they took it quite calmly no tantrum or argument at all. I credit it to the mother who had taught them well. Anyway we had a good meal and most importantly good fellowship.
How would you like it , when you logged into your facebook account the following day and you see photos of everyone having a good time at that supposely cancelled event??
Well we make a choice to opt out and obviously a wrong decision on our part.But we were not disappointed, because there will be other time and opportunity. But decision like this is not critical and we can live with it. so it no big deal if we missed out the fun.
There are times making the right decision are important and making when it concern money. I will be retiring in two months' time and I decided to terminate my membership at a local gym. My friends asked why do I need to quit. well I told them since I will be out of job(until I find new employment) I had to trim down my expenses. It is not an easy decision ,but it was necessary. I have to give up something I loved , but sometimes we have to make sacrifice depending on the situation.
There will be time when you need to make a choice between family and friends. What if you have been invited to dinner or party by your friends and your family is having something on as well on the same day. you have to decide whom to choose. someone will be disappointed in situation like this. who do you choose your friends or family. For me I will always choose my family. But I have known some people who will choose self first ,followed by their friends. It would appear their family are not important to them. sad indeed. Joshua have no problem making a right choice when he a gave a choice to the Israelites.(joshua 24:15) and then he make a stand on his choice.
" choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve,... . But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
In life it's all about making a choice.

MY NAUNG CHALLENGE

After my last climb at saga, my friend challenge me to take on Naung. He did fore warned me it was not going to be an easy climb. It will takes about 5-6 hours uphill and another 5 down. Of course I quickly turn him down.But he convinced me to take up the challenge seeing that I had no problem with the saga hike. I did not give him an answer until much later when he created the event on face book and I changed my mind(I must have been crazy at that time) and confirmed my attendance. The date was earlier set on 8th August but was changed to a week later due to his other conmittment.
So the day finally arrived and we left klang at 4.30 am in order to rendezvouz with other hikers at the agreeded meeting point. At about 6.20am we headed for Naung .Arrived at around 7.05am and prepare for the climb. After some warm up exercise we started our journey,which seems like eternity. I have never walked so many miles in my life!. The road seems endless that leads to nowhere. just like the hollie's songs.
"The road is long, with many of winding turns That lead us to (who knows) where, who knows where?" First we arrived at camp Lolo ,where my friend shared some insight on how camp Lolo got it's name. Since it was 18XX I cannot post it here. Four hours later at around 11.00am we reached camp pacat.While at Pacat we met some small group who had given up half way due to the muddy and slippery trail. I was debating if I too should turn back.But then I thought to myself since I had gone this far it would defeat the purpose of why I came in the first place. So I decided to pressed on. I was not going to let some muddy route to discourage me.
After another two hours climb I finally reached the peak of Naung, 4900 feet above sea level at 1.05 pm It was a mixed feeling, a slight of relieve on my achievement and at the same time disappointment as there was not much of a sight from the summit.(unlike saga). After 15 to 20 minutes I make my way down.
Contrary to belief climbing down hill is easier than climbing uphill. It was just as tricky as climbing up. The wet ground make it slippery and I sipped a couple of times and even got my ankle bruised. While making my way down two of my friends were making their way up. so I have to be on my own . The reasons was due to the distant and we cannot afford to waste too much time(even for rest) in order to reach the base before night fall.
I thought I could meet some of my other friends who stayed behind at Pacat camp due to various reasons. But by the time I reached here , they had already left .So after resting a while I continue the journey down to the next camp which was camp Lolo. My this time my legs was aching and I thought I could no longer carry on and it started to rain so I took shelter at the shed there. I met two gentlemen who was with the scout movement and they offer me a ride down hill since they were heading that way to meet another team member. It was God sent. saved me another two agony hours of walking.I reached the base at around 5.00pm and waited for my two friends who finaly arrived at 8.00pm. Waited for them to shower ,changed and we make our way home. What a day. Well this is one event I do not want to try again. For onething I am not out to prove anything. I will consider this as one of the event ticked off from my list of things I wanted to do before reaching 60. My friend who invited talk me into this hike said if I could survive this hike ,taking on mount KK would be no problem. Thanks but no thanks. No more crazy long hours hike for me.
I survived this climb with ease was due to the fact I had a personal trainer at the gym who happen to be my dear God daughter. All the training paid off. Thanks Snow. I made it.

a view from the top



taking a rest.




at the peak, which was nothing to scream about

INDULGENCE

I did something rather 'sinful" tonight. The temptation was too great to resist plus I had good company in the form of a fellow blogger, so I gave in and indulged in one of the finest ice cream at Hagen Daz. It was heavenly ! I have forgotten how good ice cream tasted especially Hagen Daz.My companion said it was months ago since she last had ice cream. It was like forget about the calories, for now, enjoyed first and work-out latter! I had not been working out at the gym lately.My excuse was my shoulder was giving me problem. Well actually someone I consider as precious was giving me the cold shoulder lately, so not much inspiration to work out. Maybe in a couple of days when I feel like it. Anyway I will be hiking and climbing some hills over the weekend. so it should burn off those extra calories.



these are the causes that kept me away from the gym

STRAINTED RELATIONSHIP

How can a relationship which is begining to blossom can suddenly turned sour?
Do something stupid! Well that's what I did. It happened one day at the gym I playfully "slaped" on her face. in front of so many people. Her countenance changed instantly and she left in a hurry. As soon as I reliase that I sent her a text message to offer my apologies, but did not received any response. I waited a few days before I called her out for dinner and again offered my apologies and said something like "i am really sorry and assured you nextime it wont happen again" to which she retorted with 还 有 下次 ???!!! ( Next time??!! there aint gonna be a next time!!.) you should see the looks on her face. I knew then she was really angry and I dont blame her.She has every right to be angry.(even when angry she is still cute) Through out the dinner she did not say much, and even later when we went to the supermarket to get some fruits, i apologized again, but it was not acknowledged. The worst thing that can happen to a person is when he hurt someone he loved dearly and not knowing if he has been forgiven! what can I do to get her to forgive??? why is it so hard for her to forgive??!! My only "crime " was I loved her too much and for making a silly 'mistake" For that I was given the "death sentence"! Oh what have I gotten myself into??

Why is it when you tried so hard you end up hurt? Does it not pay to be kind and loving? Should I become cold and heartless in order not to be hurt this way again?
I dont think I can do this , as this is not my nature. Hopefully things will turn out alright eventually.(fingers crossed) Maybe time will heal as they say.

Lesson learnt:Never, never, Ever get too close to anyone because if you get hurt in the process you only got yourself to blame. But accept the responsiblity for your own action, dont put the blame on others.
Dont do anything stupid.





This will be my song for now

masterwordsmith-unplugged: HEY THERE! DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER !!!

masterwordsmith-unplugged: HEY THERE! DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER !!!

TRUE FRIENDSHIP

Seems like this question will always pop up. Who or what is a Friend? We will in some point of our life ask this question. I always tell people good friends are not many and true friend even less, but when you do find one value it.
Here is some interesting articles which I like to share.

Friendship is a gift of God. Some of us are blessed with good friends. But as it happens, these friendships are taken for granted in some cases and not valued. It is similar to a case of two couples. Say one has no child even after many years of marriage and the other has many children, more than they can manage. What do you think? Will the couple with many children value the children as much as the couple which has none? Everything is relative in life. We value what we don't have and give less valuable to what is freely available with us. Friendship is one such relationship.Why should we value friendships? What qualities does a good friend bring in our relationship that makes the friendship so valuable? Let us examine some of these. read the rest of the story here

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day one fellow met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?". "Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test.". "Triple filter?". "That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?" "No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and...". "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?" . "No, on the contrary...". "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?" "No, not really." "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

Lesson:
Well we can always participate in loose talks to curb our boredom. But when it comes to you friends its not worth it. Always avoid talking behind the back about your near and dear friends.

original post here


The Bible also has alot to says about friendship.
Proverbs is another good source of wisdom regarding friends. "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity" (Proverbs 17:17). "A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother" (Proverbs 18:24). The issue here is that in order have a friend, one must be a friend. "Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses" (Proverbs 27:6). " As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another" (Proverbs 27:17).


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