Hi, people! I have a story to share with all, do keep on reading. As everyone know its almost end of the year, everyone favourite moments, year-end-sales, festive month, year end parties, holiday moods, school holidays, barbeque and chalets, wedding invitations throughout the month. Its really a busy, busy month. Everyone is out to enjoy and have all kinds of activities plan.
I am invited to a friend chalet with barbeque over at Changi. The chalet is going to be 3 days 2 nights event during the weekends, middle of december. As usual, we will be coming with empty stomach to fill and mingle around the crowd, some might stay overnight. The funny part is, everyone that is coming over will have to pay $20...!!! Either you stay over or you just come for the day, better still drop by the chalet for merely a few hours and you have to pay such amount, that is crazy and it makes me feel like I am being rob in broad daylight. If the amount to be pay is within $10, I wouldn't brag about it, how expensive can it be to hold a chalet with barbeque..? And about 20-25 people are invited over, if 1 person pay $20, how much will it be for 20-25 people, wouldn't that total up to $500..?!? It has to be a joke, to hold a chalet with barbeque cost that much. It is as good as I pay about $20 plus for a meal over at seoul garden where they cater for buffet and we can eat as much as we want but it is worth it. This is a chalet for goodness sake, don't tel me the food is expensive but even so it will just cost within $50-$100. I guessed the $20 is for the food, inclusive of the chalet fee.
It makes me to think twice about coming over the chalet. For an example, when my own company is having a barbeque which also have to be paid for, I didn't attend. Even when the company was having their dinner 'n' dance event which was supposed to be sponsored by the company itself, have to pay $60-$70 to attend and it was held at budget hotel, not some high-class hotels or 3-star hotels.
So what make she thinks I want to come to the chalet, I guess I'll cook up some excuses..
A helping hand...
Today, hubby help me to organized and install programs in my lappy. As everyone know, I am too clever in using the lappy so to makes things a bit easy and functional in my capability, hubby actually guided me thru the certain programs that he install for me.. isn't that sweet of him, concerned about me having to struggle using the lappy so he make the system simple for me to use. I am really touched by his willingness and thoughtfulness, really appreciate his hard work and guidance.
Before we get down meddling with my lappy, we drop by downtown east, ehub for late lunch and early dinner over at Burger King. We had our usual favourite meal which was turkey bacon burger 1 set and whoomper burger 1 set, since in awhile hubby going to use all his energy and brainstorming, meddling with my lappy so he needs to fill up the tummy and generate the energy for later. After we had our meals, we head down to the nearby Pasir Ris Park, for some fresh air. We sat down by one of the barbeque pit no.16 and hubby starts his mission. Before long, someone came over to their booked pit that we sat at so we packed our things and make a move to somewhere near my area. I just sat around, writing down notes and watch hubby do his things in a way I learn how to operate the programs. It took him almost 4-5hrs to settle everything, he must have felt exhausted and hungry...ehehehee..cant denied that..so once everything has been put in an organized way, I browse the system and programs to familiarize the settings. Hubby then send me back and he continue his journey back home.
Now, I am meddling around with my lappy, trying out the new and much organized system. Its easy and simple to use, hopefully I wont be having any problems using it, I guess it have to be trial n error.
Once again, I am thanking my sweet hubby for his help, really appreciate all the hard work and effort from him. Thank you soooo much...!!!
Before we get down meddling with my lappy, we drop by downtown east, ehub for late lunch and early dinner over at Burger King. We had our usual favourite meal which was turkey bacon burger 1 set and whoomper burger 1 set, since in awhile hubby going to use all his energy and brainstorming, meddling with my lappy so he needs to fill up the tummy and generate the energy for later. After we had our meals, we head down to the nearby Pasir Ris Park, for some fresh air. We sat down by one of the barbeque pit no.16 and hubby starts his mission. Before long, someone came over to their booked pit that we sat at so we packed our things and make a move to somewhere near my area. I just sat around, writing down notes and watch hubby do his things in a way I learn how to operate the programs. It took him almost 4-5hrs to settle everything, he must have felt exhausted and hungry...ehehehee..cant denied that..so once everything has been put in an organized way, I browse the system and programs to familiarize the settings. Hubby then send me back and he continue his journey back home.
Now, I am meddling around with my lappy, trying out the new and much organized system. Its easy and simple to use, hopefully I wont be having any problems using it, I guess it have to be trial n error.
Once again, I am thanking my sweet hubby for his help, really appreciate all the hard work and effort from him. Thank you soooo much...!!!
Fishing over at Pasir Ris Fish Pond
Weekend is here again and hubby is out fishing with his brother, Abang Jenal and nephew, Daniel over at Pasir Ris fish pond. Since I finished work early, i dropped by to see the boys fishing. While on the way there, I stopped by 'Old Chang Kee', buying hubby his favourite yam cake to fill up his tummy.
When i reached there, mother and adeq, Farhan was around. We sat around, chatting and sharing about the day. That's when hubby's line got bite. The fish was big, the first catch for the day. I took some pictures to share with all but the picture is a bit dark due to bad lighting, enjoy the short slide show...
My brother, Is even drop by the pond. I spend quite some time accompanying my hubby till about 1115pm and later walk back home. If i am not working the next day, i would have accompany him throughout the night. Its been awhile too that we go prawning at the pond. We used to go prawning there for about 2-3 hours and caught about 1.5-2kg of prawns. The size of the prawns are quite big and some do comes with claws. Mother would then cooked 'sambal udang'. I really miss mother's cooking especially 'ayam masak merah'. Maybe one of this days, i and hubby can plan to go prawning, well that is going to be another story.
P.S Insya'allah..rezki murah, dapatlah you 2-3ekor ikan lagi. Dapa tlah masak ikan sweet 'n' sour or 3 rasa..eheheeheee..
When i reached there, mother and adeq, Farhan was around. We sat around, chatting and sharing about the day. That's when hubby's line got bite. The fish was big, the first catch for the day. I took some pictures to share with all but the picture is a bit dark due to bad lighting, enjoy the short slide show...
My brother, Is even drop by the pond. I spend quite some time accompanying my hubby till about 1115pm and later walk back home. If i am not working the next day, i would have accompany him throughout the night. Its been awhile too that we go prawning at the pond. We used to go prawning there for about 2-3 hours and caught about 1.5-2kg of prawns. The size of the prawns are quite big and some do comes with claws. Mother would then cooked 'sambal udang'. I really miss mother's cooking especially 'ayam masak merah'. Maybe one of this days, i and hubby can plan to go prawning, well that is going to be another story.
P.S Insya'allah..rezki murah, dapatlah you 2-3ekor ikan lagi. Dapa tlah masak ikan sweet 'n' sour or 3 rasa..eheheeheee..
Today, I took time off from work to meet my hubby and make the trip down to Parkway Parade. Since that day my hubby mention he wanted to look for his lappy accessories at Popular and along the way I look for my 'mouse'. We looked around for my 'mouse' and nothing seems to catch my eye but hubby manage to get his thing which is a multi-purpose hub for his lappy. Then we wandered off to Parkway Parade, in searched for my 'mouse' at Giant, Harvey Norman and Best Denki, none seems to suit my budget and catches my eye. Eventually, we went to this shop whereby they sell certain computers accessories and finally bought myself a wireless mini navigator which was within my budget. Aside from that, we bought ourselves each this 'Heartswarmers' keepsakes card with special messages. Its really sweet to owned this keepsakes cards with special messages in a way when I misses him, I can just take the cards out and read the written message which draw a smile on my face. I even get myself a free mug plus soft toy in it from Giant, after I have completed to collect 16stamps. Its a mug with either cats or dogs design in calboration with SPCA. My mug plus soft toy represents a Persian cat.
Before we head home, we had our supper at KFC, since it was 9plus there wasn't much crowd queuing up. We queue patiently, waiting to be serve. There was 3counters and only 2 are opened, after awhile we waited, the staff from other counter call upon us for our order which the staff has already closed his/her counter for the day so we proceed as usual hubby make the order. While hubby was making his order, the staff cut his conversation without hearing out his complete order when he actually he was making it easier for the staff taking the order without having to ask us for any particular order which pissed him off. Hubby simply turn to me and say "I hate the attitude" instantly the staff serving us, feel the pinch and talk to us gently and the next few minutes everything was perfectly say and done by the staff, maybe the staff was afraid that hubby might want to lodge a complain with the manager. Later, hubby told me that the staff have closed his/her counter and preparing to clean up the workplace when the manager told him/her off that he/she should serve us first before starting to clean the place up since there is still customers waiting on line which the staff wasn't happy about.
Let us think thru about our service industry and the frontliners, have they really boost up the service rate and is this the way its going to be for the next years down the road. How will the community and tourists/foreigners rate our service if this kind of service and attitude keeps on-going. I suggest that everyone that works in the service line should attend courses and have proper trainings since the government also emphasize on good service.
Before we head home, we had our supper at KFC, since it was 9plus there wasn't much crowd queuing up. We queue patiently, waiting to be serve. There was 3counters and only 2 are opened, after awhile we waited, the staff from other counter call upon us for our order which the staff has already closed his/her counter for the day so we proceed as usual hubby make the order. While hubby was making his order, the staff cut his conversation without hearing out his complete order when he actually he was making it easier for the staff taking the order without having to ask us for any particular order which pissed him off. Hubby simply turn to me and say "I hate the attitude" instantly the staff serving us, feel the pinch and talk to us gently and the next few minutes everything was perfectly say and done by the staff, maybe the staff was afraid that hubby might want to lodge a complain with the manager. Later, hubby told me that the staff have closed his/her counter and preparing to clean up the workplace when the manager told him/her off that he/she should serve us first before starting to clean the place up since there is still customers waiting on line which the staff wasn't happy about.
Let us think thru about our service industry and the frontliners, have they really boost up the service rate and is this the way its going to be for the next years down the road. How will the community and tourists/foreigners rate our service if this kind of service and attitude keeps on-going. I suggest that everyone that works in the service line should attend courses and have proper trainings since the government also emphasize on good service.
Debate/Voice Up
Why cant some people understand a person difficulties, just because they are super good in certain areas that doesn't give them the right to judge everyone is as good as them or a fast learner, each individual have their different difficulties.
Thru the years, new things developed and we pick up the skills from scratch. It takes time to understand and master the new skills that has been brought to us with frequent usage and hands-on. Some people are just too slow in catching up and they are not being exposed to certain things around them. As times passed, the technologies/functions gets better and better thus making it harder for some to catch up.
Its easy for some to say, try to be in that person shoes. Yes, books and online 'Help' has been published to assist some in difficulties but how in a way this individual can understand when he/she hardly understand the terms. How can one grow to succeed without moral support and guidelines? Yes, it takes trial and error, they still need pointers which will then generate in their brain system and input in daily usage.
This debate/voice up is done.
Thru the years, new things developed and we pick up the skills from scratch. It takes time to understand and master the new skills that has been brought to us with frequent usage and hands-on. Some people are just too slow in catching up and they are not being exposed to certain things around them. As times passed, the technologies/functions gets better and better thus making it harder for some to catch up.
Its easy for some to say, try to be in that person shoes. Yes, books and online 'Help' has been published to assist some in difficulties but how in a way this individual can understand when he/she hardly understand the terms. How can one grow to succeed without moral support and guidelines? Yes, it takes trial and error, they still need pointers which will then generate in their brain system and input in daily usage.
This debate/voice up is done.
Typical Singaporean VS Kiasu Singaporean
I was on the way to work today, as usual i took the train and alight at Tanah Merah station. Its a Sunday and you can imagine how crowded the train is and each stop that the train make, passengers kept coming in and out. As i was getting ready to alight at my stop, the crowd was pushing their way in without giving a thought about the other passengers that is alighting. Its so frustrating having to push my way out too or better still get pushed by others. Iv to voice out, raising my voice..."Excuse me..! can u all please make some way for other people to alight first...!!!!" and stomp my way out.. How do we educate this kind of people, even posters and advertisements has been put up but still the message is not reached and understand to the 'non-speaking English'. This are just the Typical Singaporeans living today.
Since my daily routine at work is meeting people from all walk of life, I get to experience all kinds of characters and attitudes. In particular, aunties,uncles and the old folks of the Nongsapura, Batam trip crowded the turnstil before boarding their ferry even before the ferry arrive. In a way blocking other passengers to board. Signs have been put up and verbally been informed but still we are being ignored, reason is they want to board first, get the good seat (Fong Shui) and alight first, good luck for their gambling game. We label them Kiasu Singaporeans.
Who do you vote for being the good examples of Singaporeans today? Both groups are just the typical Singaporeans living in our daily lives. Its the trademark of Singaporeans, bringing this characteristics everywhere and anywhere they go so be mindful about everything you do, have some thoughts for others.
Since my daily routine at work is meeting people from all walk of life, I get to experience all kinds of characters and attitudes. In particular, aunties,uncles and the old folks of the Nongsapura, Batam trip crowded the turnstil before boarding their ferry even before the ferry arrive. In a way blocking other passengers to board. Signs have been put up and verbally been informed but still we are being ignored, reason is they want to board first, get the good seat (Fong Shui) and alight first, good luck for their gambling game. We label them Kiasu Singaporeans.
Who do you vote for being the good examples of Singaporeans today? Both groups are just the typical Singaporeans living in our daily lives. Its the trademark of Singaporeans, bringing this characteristics everywhere and anywhere they go so be mindful about everything you do, have some thoughts for others.
Holidays around the corner
It's been a tiring week for me to be working in the morning shift. Furthermore, its the school holidays, families and tourists travel around the globe. Imagine the crowd double up during the festive period and public holidays. Everywhere you go is crowded, .e.g the malls, cinemas, beaches, trains etc.Hmmphh....holidays is here, how nice it would be to be able to enjoy the holiday mood and have a plan to spend the holidays. How nice it would be, to spend the day out at the beach or picnic maybe barbecue.
I am looking forward to spend the days on some quality times with my beloved hubby, doing the things we shared and likes. After a long tiring day at work, it would be really, really nice to be in my hubby cuddles able to relax the nerves that has been working all day. Being close, wrap in his warmth cuddles is just as good as having a massage....MMmmmmm....nice...
P.S how about a good 'wrap up' this days...ehehehee...
I am looking forward to spend the days on some quality times with my beloved hubby, doing the things we shared and likes. After a long tiring day at work, it would be really, really nice to be in my hubby cuddles able to relax the nerves that has been working all day. Being close, wrap in his warmth cuddles is just as good as having a massage....MMmmmmm....nice...
P.S how about a good 'wrap up' this days...ehehehee...
A visit to SGH
Dear Diary,
It's Hari Raya Adha today which mark the new year in Islam calendar. Everyone is celebrating this festive season happily with their respective families while here i am at SGH visiting my beloved aunty, bik Nora, who is in ICU. Her condition is still critical and unstable. Its been 2 weeks and still no improvement in her health. It sadden me to see her in such state, feeling her pain and dilemma fighting her life thru this critical moment by herself. She's clinging on to a supportive equipment which help thru her breathing process.
Families and friends have come and go every single day by her ward, in hoping for a miracle and blessing from above, praying everyday by her side reciting 'surah yasin' that she'll pull thru this hurdles in life. Just last year, iv lost my beloved uncle and the thought of losing another beloved family members is just so near yet far. She've been in operations but none was successful and at times the feeling of losing hope could be felt by all though we leave it to fate and the almighty.
Like the saying.."ajal dan maut di tangan tuhan"... in god's will, whatever that comes thru this path, we take it with an open strong heart.
It's Hari Raya Adha today which mark the new year in Islam calendar. Everyone is celebrating this festive season happily with their respective families while here i am at SGH visiting my beloved aunty, bik Nora, who is in ICU. Her condition is still critical and unstable. Its been 2 weeks and still no improvement in her health. It sadden me to see her in such state, feeling her pain and dilemma fighting her life thru this critical moment by herself. She's clinging on to a supportive equipment which help thru her breathing process.
Families and friends have come and go every single day by her ward, in hoping for a miracle and blessing from above, praying everyday by her side reciting 'surah yasin' that she'll pull thru this hurdles in life. Just last year, iv lost my beloved uncle and the thought of losing another beloved family members is just so near yet far. She've been in operations but none was successful and at times the feeling of losing hope could be felt by all though we leave it to fate and the almighty.
Like the saying.."ajal dan maut di tangan tuhan"... in god's will, whatever that comes thru this path, we take it with an open strong heart.
Bird'ae Celebration
Struck at midnight, there was i... being by your side, able to see it in your eyes, another day of the year that your born... No special surprises, no special gimmicks, no special parties just a special and sincere moments in time... Thank-you for believing in me and us... I hope your wishes and dreams will come thru and fullfill, best of health, shower with love all around, good and stable income and last but not least conquering all the happiness that life can offer... Its sure a promising new year and month for u, lead me on, hand in hand thru our journey of life...
Just like any other day, its here again like any other year, your getting a year older in life... Making the mark of your 'manly year'...
"Happy 28th Bird'ae, to my chubby cuddly hubby... Faizal Razali. "
p.s. FUJI MARU
Thank-you for the cruise to nowhere...
Just like any other day, its here again like any other year, your getting a year older in life... Making the mark of your 'manly year'...
"Happy 28th Bird'ae, to my chubby cuddly hubby... Faizal Razali. "
p.s. FUJI MARU
Thank-you for the cruise to nowhere...