On my way to… zen minimalist...

On my way… yes, on my way… ^_^ I won't know how long it takes, well… maybe it'll never come true, but yes, on my way… ^_^…

First, I removed 1 clutter from my kitchen counter top… ie. less plates, less bowls…

Since I won't be bother to spend time to dry dishes, I used to stack dishes on the counter top, on an ikea's dish rack… but it's very much a clutter… well… to dry…

Ok… to cut it short…

I've removed the rack, leaving me a SPARKLING spacious counter top to do my kitchen work…

And we've been dining with 1 plate, else, add 1 bowl - for soup…

Yes, I'll arrange the dishes nicely for dinner, with the rice…

Yes, we don't eat like the typical chinese anymore… (chinese again huh?? Hm…)

And that makes dinner easier, less tiring…

AND, less plates/bowls for me to wash… everything's more like breeze now…

Second, yes, I kinda feel that I've changed a bit, just a little bit…

I dug out the long time OLD chinese tea, which we bought from Mei Jia Wu, Hangzhou, when we're in shanghai in year 2004…

It's been sitting in the fridge for zillion years…

Yes, you'll tell me, it'll be tasteless by now… but as for me, it still taste like tea… so, it's ok…

It's been sealed nicely in the tea container, and sitting at the back of the fridge… I purposely didn't want to use it…, I mean the tea…

My problem is…

Yes, MY PROBLEM… I tend to keep things, emotionally, digitally, and physically…

Ie. we do have a lot of unused, unimportant, untouched, un-whatever items in our house…

Most~~ I call it SENTIMENTAL…

And he knows very well about it…

But lately… I feel that, we're running out of space, with more NEW items added into our household… ie. baby's clothes, baby's toys, baby's books, and baby's whatsoever…

See???

Therefore, one fine day, I decide to declutter certain obvious places…

Like my clothes shelf, my daily wear, ie. t-shirts, nursing wears, shorts, pants, bla bla bla… those not too special, not too expensive type of wears…

That shelf's going to explode, I know, if I continue to stuff more shirts/shorts in there…

And it's been getting more difficult for me to search for things…

Therefore, I took most of them out, if I really can't wear it anymore, and I don't think there's any value in keeping them, ya… I give it away, to who?

To our part-time maid… yes, having a part-time maid's good…

The rest? I put them into the vacuum bags, sealed them off… and again, put them into the far deep end of the cupboard…

Kitchen? I removed some of the pots and pans…

Yes, more to be removed, we moved these items from the old smaller apartment, to this bigger apartment, but for now, I'm more sure, and I can tell you for sure, THAT, we won't move these items, I mean, some plates, and some bowls, or some saucers, or some mugs… to the bigger, newer apartment… no, I can tell you for sure…

And I can tell you for sure that we won't be using them anymore, and we won't even bother to look at them…

Give it away?

Yes, I gave it to the part-time maid…

And the thing is… she appreciated that…

She updated me the other day, that she actually sent those items back to her hometown, in indonesia…

I was a little bit surprised, cos, those items, clothes, pots and pans…  bla bla bla… are not like the most expensive things on earth, ie. worthless… and I asked her, how much is the shipping fees?

She said, around a hundred bucks over… there I though, ok… reasonable, else, I actually feel bad…

I mean, you won't want to pay 100 for an item that's worth 10 right??

(and guess what, I did that before, and I still hold hard about this fact… ie. I ordered a blackberry casing, worth USD10, but then, the BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODY custom, upon delivery, made me pay nearly another USD25 for that… damn you!! Custom!!)

Ok, that's about my kitchen, and clothes, and dining…

And I've been looking up and down on the internet, about organising…

To declutter more spots in our household…

Well… I've to say, the result?

I'm pretty please, and relaxed about it…

Yes, feel good…

And now, I'm less sentimental LIAO… keke…

I mean, unwanted and  unnecessary SENTIMENTALism… what for?

This…

I'll say, it's good to change...

My new toy...

addons.mozilla.org

Yoo...!! that's my by-default addons, ie. a must-have...

what's yours?

 your must-have? let me know, let me know... 

Baby songs...

Do you see/hear the similarity about these 2 songs?

Well… I do…

When I finally heard "hush, little baby"… I was like, ooh… nice, that's how it's sung…

But somehow, I feel pretty familiar about this sort of tune…

One night, I thought about another song, that I used to… used to, kinda like… (ie. not that crazy, but when I heard that song, it's kinda catchy to me…)

Ie. kingdom hospital OP…

Do you see the similarity between these 2?

ew~~ not again???

Since I'm watching Liar Game now… (dorama, not the manga…)

Again… I'm in love with somebody…

So, I'm in love with Matsuda Shota…

Or Akiyama?

Is it that, nobody can do better than Matsuda Shota for the role of Akiyama?

Or… anybody who picks up that role, will be just as cool…???

^_^

But, seriously… I'm in love… ^_^

3 + 3

I heard about this before…

(well… forget about the title, that's not what I wanted to say, ^_^)

If you're in a relationship for 3 years, and if you break up, then, you'll have to give it another 3 years to "heal" your emotional wound…

Etc. etc. etc…

(ok, why the title's 3 + 3, cos, I remember this chinese song, very old song, 左三年、右三年… so, in total? 6 years?? Serious, I don't know the "singer" means it to be 3, or 6 years… nah… I can't be bothered…)

Anyway,

Then, I read about smoking,

For a smoker's lung… (use your imagination…)

If you've smoked for 10 years, and you decided to quit, putting aside the "difficulties" in kicking the habit/addiction,

You'll have to give it another 10 years, for your lungs to be "cleared"…

There comes the addiction, any addictions (I supposed) and habits…

Old habits die hard…

I really would like to second that, second that and second that again… ^_^

It's just unimaginable… how difficult it is…

For people to kick their addiction, right?

See… if just to kick a habit, it's already so hard for one,

What about addiction??

Now… probably you'll ask me, what's the difference between these 2?

I can't really say, professionally… but then,

I kinda think that, and also have read before, an "addiction", basically is something that, if you DON'T do, it'll affect your daily life, and emotion…

And if a habit gets "severed", maybe it'll turn into addiction?? (I don't know…)

Do you call your hobbies, a habit? Or addiction?

Now…

What's the difference between an "addiction", a habit, and a hobby??

I mean, putting aside the negativite and positive nature of each of them…

To carry it/them out… is there much difference??

Nao "to" Akiyama...

… am on Liar Game II now…

How nice it is for Nao…

Always the good goddess,

Always trusting people…

And always… there's Akiyama to back her up…

It's already becoming a "habit" which, Akiyama will just help "save" Nao out of any trouble, ie. she, loosing that round of LGT, simply just to put her back to the "position" for her to show her kindness, naiveness… etc.,

Yes, Toda Erika's the best candidate to play such role if you ask me, ^_^ oh… you guys know, she's my goddess…, if I can be as good as Akiyama, then, I will PROTECT her too… ^_^ ghee…

And thinking from Nao's point of view… isn't it sweet, extremely sweet, that there's a guy as such, to protect you and help you, so that, you can continue your belief, ie. believing in each other, and the world will be so beautiful???

Anyway, I towards episode 7, I'm kinda irritated by Katsuragi~~~

Yes, when she started to "hate" Nao…

Why does everybody "hate" Nao??

Everybody here, means those bad people… ^_^

Simply, because in their pathetic world/life, they can't understand that, there's trust and love between people,

All they care, and know, is just MONEY~~

Katsuragi did say, if one gets emotional, one's bound to loose, however, I do think that, her blind spot's Nao… ^_^ isn't that good!!!??? I can't wait to see the day, she LOOSES! But of course, knowing that, Nao will be such a sweet and naively kind girl, I suppose she'll just go up to her, and offer to shake hands… @_@

This is the OP for Liar Game I, (there's Liar Game II, which is the one I'm talking about now, and Liar Game Final Stage - Movie),

Ok… although there's nothing much to see and to tell in this OP, but I simply love to see these 2 together, Erika & Shota…

Isn't Shota cool? (I used to like his brother Ryuhei, whose works are more on movies, rather than drama series, but now, I thought, this role's best for Shota… keke…)

And if you'd like to have a peek at the dramas,

There you go…

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/liar-game/

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/liar-game-season-2/

there… the pekchek happens… in the name of… %#@%$#%^

You see… most of the time, I'm not that pekchek…

Now, come on!!! I'm a stay-at-home mom, and most days, it's just me, and my lovely daughter…

That's all…

The life's pretty zen,

We get up as we want, in the morning…

And baby always give me her sweetest smile… (yes, if she cries, or whines, that shows that, something's really wrong…)

And we take our own sweet time to have our lunch, it can be simple steam bread, or, boiled eggs, or pasta, or… the food from the previous night…

Then, we watch some TV, she reads some books…

Or, I do some housekeeping, or try to clean something, bla bla bla…

Then, nap time,

Then, get up to prepare for dinner…

I don't really have to rush, cos, our dinner won't start early…

I even have time, to catch the 7 o'clock mediacorp show on weekdays, ok… most of the time, they're watchable…

Pretty zen, right??

Yes, I'll say…

Then, after everybody sleeps… I'll go online, check up on fb's friends' status,

Play some games… read some news, follow up on my "subscription" on google reader… that's it…!!! Nice and simple…

Therefore, most of the time, I'm not that pekchek…

However, sometimes, words maybe heard, things maybe reminded,

And that reminds me of my pekchek identity…

Do I have a choice to not to be that pekchek?? Yes I guess, if I change my gender, and ditch those hormonal thing, forever…

I guess…

Cos, men, they don't really care… they really don't…

As long as I can recall,

I really hate it when people use/misuse the word, "love", "care"…

Serious!!!

In the name of love,

In the name of "we care for you",

In the name of "it's for your own good",

In the name of "I just want everybody to be happy",

In the name of…

Let's face it…

If, WE (the pekchek clan) are given some respect,

Of our space,

Of our opinion,

Of our preference,

Of our privacy,

Of our choice,

Of our OWN VERY QUIET TIME…

We are not that pekchek, or at least, I won't be that pekchek… for sure…

Even though, sometimes, people are trying to be democratic,

But come on!!! The feel of anticipation, the eagerness, and the HIGH EXPECTATION'S there…

And worst of all…

I can't take the fact that,

You're of the SPECIAL ones, and the rest is just commoner,

You can have exception, but the rest don't…

Everything's convenient to you, it's the RULE/LAW,

Everything/everyone else's not the preferred ones, or convenience ones, is EVIL!!

You see,

Sometimes, the pekchekness, and more and more of pekchek because of the initial pekchek,

Will just drive us crazy,

Drive us to hell… (ok, at least me, I don't want to be stereotype, or generalize!)

And let me tell you…

I just wish…

I don't exist...

I don't know why, I like cosy corner...

And I don't know why,

I somehow like my dining table, just right next to the kitchen…

Not exactly this one, but yes, it's a cosy corner…

But dining next to the kitchen…

Like this…

So that, you can serve immediately, and I've always found it super cosy… and sweet, where, the person who's still busy preparing, or washing dishes, can still look at, and interact with those… at the dining table...

Did I tell you about the white… wok? (or frypan)?

Ceramica Moneta

Ya…

I think you can get it in SG,

Kitchen Story

Am I soooooooooo into ceramic??

You bet~

Did I tell you about the white… sink?

Ya… something like this…

A ceramic white sink for my kitchen, if I can get one…

too good to not to share… (blogs)

2 blogs I'll like to share over here… (maybe I've shared before, but then again… since they're good!)

Well… it's not that these are any of those celebrities' blogs, or those celebrity bloggers or whatsoever…

They're my friends' that I've been following,

One's my cousin,

One's my… err… not so closed, but considered old schoolmate…

Ok… due to the good "training" from my uncle, (my late mother's younger brother)

And of course, my cousin's hardwork,

In my opinion, he writes well…

On top of his writing skill, gosh!!! His illustration (do you call it this way? Or simply… his cartoons, drawings?) is even more impressive,

Needless to say, his photography skill…

He's definitely VERY talented!!!!

I'm pleased~~~ to read his writing… sharing his life, his life being a young doctor, in melbourne now…

Again, in my opinion, it's even more interesting that watching those medical drama…

On my way home

Then, one day, I found my classmate on facebook… (arrgh… you just hate to admit that, facebook's just such a powerful platform, for social networking, right?)

Through her, I found my yet, another close classmate, who I've lost touch… (close, but not keeping in touch on a frequent basis, ok?) who, now, has moved to UK… oh!! How sweet~~~~~~~ good for her… and she's a lovely son, very lovely, very beautiful… (ok, that's sidetrack!! I do get "distracted" most of the time!)

Back to the former, I mean, the not-so-close classmate, (please don't get the impression that we're not in good terms… k? it's just that, I was closer to her cousin sister, ie. the latter…)

Ok… back to the old time, I knew they're kids with very good english, even at that age…

But gosh!!! Look at her blog…

Travel Dragon Fly

Her english…

I've to say, it's just another level, or probably another another level, as for my standard, or, as for my reading standard, even for pleasure…

It's like… she's writing a book…

Her "stories" have pictures… and of course, you can see that, she likes to take pictures, AND I can also see that, she's such a humble person to actually frequently link herself up with the word, "photography"… ^_~

Anyway,

Like the title says,
These, are just too good to not to share…

IN MY OPINION~

The "pekchek" Clan~

See… it ain't easy to be a DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, ie. DIL,

Never!!! Since 5000 years ago, or more…

And will never!!! If you ever happened to be a chinese… it'll be even more difficult, ie. even more pekchek…

I won't drill into the details… ok, everybody's her own story to tell…

And I supposed, that everybody includes the husbandSSSS the mother-in-lawSSSSSS and etc…

So, no story to be told here, just a page for me, happened to be a DIL, yes, cos, I'm married, can I escape that? No, I can't!!!!!!!!!! … to rant!!!

See…  being a DIL's never easy, why??

Cos, when you're pekchek, you can't really tell…

You can't tell that you're pekchek about anything,

Especially anything and everything regarding your IL, I MEAN ANYTHING~~~~~ OK?? GET IT???

Cos, if you do show a little bit of pekchek-ness…

You'll be grilled (just like prawns) and questioned, and interrogated, and side-lined, and condemned (for not being a good DIL) and THAT'LL MAKE YOU EVEN MORE PEKCHEK!!!

BELIEVE ME~~~

Therefore, throughout my years, I've learnt not to speak much, cos, there's no SPACE for me to really speak…

Never~~~~~~~~

Cos, once you really speak, even the person who you've been sleeping with, so many years, ie. HUSBAND, their son!!! Will also demand an answer, an explanation, or, even an apology, if not, basically just, "take it or leave it, they're old, ok??"

Yes, who doesn't know that they're old!!!???

But what's beyond MY limit, is beyond, fullstop!!!

I'm not sure if all, but I'm pretty sure, it's close to 80-90% of DIL in the world,

You'll be in the clan, ie. the pekchek clan,

You may deny it, you may have experienced it, which now, you've overcomed, but then, you will, or already have the pekchek-ness ONCE in your life-time…

It's either you've grown to accept life as it is,

Or you've started to just deny it, sweep it under the carpet, cos, they're OLD!!!!!!!!

See!! That's why, the whole thing's just pure pekchek!!!

You can't say, you can't really voice out anything, can't tell how you really feel, can't even tell if you're not really happy, or you don't agree with it…

Cos, after you tell, that's it, your life will be made even more miserable, cos, they'll just fail/refuse to understand your point of view!!!

Or does it matter to them? No, it never does…

Though they may pretend that they do, but frankly, they really don't!!

Sometimes, people do it, just simply their social conscience tells them to do so, but deep down in there, they don't really bother about it, or agree with it, cos, the most important is the "ME"!!!

See!! You can't tell them, you don't want to eat the food, WHY? Why don't want??

You can't tell them, you feel like being alone, WHY? Why you want to be alone??? We don't really bother you too much!

You can't tell them, you're busy, seeing that you're busy, they'll still ask, "are you busy?", and expect you to respond to them… can't they just say, "after you finish your work, can you please…?"

You can'te tell them to just leave your kids alone, from oversimulating them, oh!! Cos, they're the LOVING GRANDPARENTS, they probably think that, they OWN your kids, more than you do!!!

You can't tell them what the kids can't eat, or cannot eat, they've their very own theory, and they simply will not know how to respect what you've voiced out to them, and they think that, by practising their power, ie. not agreeing with you, (low-life, lower level) and going against your will, is simply THRILLING!! Cos, they're more powerful, and they seriously think that, you seriously can't do anything about it!!!

You see!! I really hate it, when I even have to tell you WHY, that I'm not feeling good, I'm not feeling happy,

The very main reason can be, it's because of YOU~~~ get it??

But I can't tell it to your face, right?

Even if I do, well, you won't really bother, you'll just start practising your SUPERIOR power onto me, only us, the pekchek clan…

See!!!! In this part of the work, we, the pekchek clan will always be the loosing ones…

You must be telling me that, there're lots and lots of pitiful old people and bla bla bla… yes I know, of course I know…

But hey!!! Do I intend to make them like those pitiful people? Even by telling me this, you're accusing me of my intention,

No… I don't,

I just want my own life, my own space, not having unexpected expectation, or too much of an expectation, not having to have to answer to every single move/words that I've to do and say…

No, I still have to explain, cos, I'm MARRIED!!!

That's why, once, I saw a report, married men are happier, but it's the other way round for women,

UNMARRIED women, are far more happier…

And I truly and fully and absolutely agree with it…

No wonder, there're women, who're willing to get donation of sperm, just to have their own baby…

Yes, my baby's my life, and my baby's my real happiness… again, in this part of the world, it can only be "achieved", by officially married… (again, without much condemnation!)

Again, I guess, at anytime, I can find 10 pekchek soul, when they think of the past, if not the present, or even the future, (don't give me that past, present, future story, ok?)

They'll feel pekchek…

It's just that, we've learnt to keep it to ourselves, and now, thanks to all the tweeting, blogging things…

Yes, there's one small channel for us to rant, rant, and rant…

And after ranting, you can find some similar pekchek souls…

And that's it…

Life still goes on, and we're still pekchek once in a while…

Pekchek till either I die first, or you die first LO, what else?? That's life…

See!!! When we see a man we adore so much, that we wanna get married to him,

And of course, during that time, all negativities would be conveniently ignored…

If I could travel in time…

If I could travel in time…

Probably I'll take the easier way out…

Ie. skip the "socially" married part, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PART OF the world…

Am I happily married ever after?

Well… yes, officially I shall say so…

Unofficially, I shall give thanks to God,

In my dream? I wish life's much more simpler,

And it's just the 3 of us…

If I can ever get out of this part of the world, with my own capability…

I WILL~

THE GROWth SPURT!

What was it?

When was the last time I talked about baby's growth spurt??

Nah… seems loooooooooooooooong ago… really looooooooooong ago…

So, this time, she's having ONE, or, I just make it ONE, for me, and him, her dear parents, to experience it again…

Ie. tiring!!!!!!!!

Drop dead tiring…

If there's one day that I will be tiring, yes, it'll be this day, started about 1 week ago? After the chinese festive season??

Well, I'm not so sure, but then, ya… sort of…

Remember?

When baby's having her growth spurt, (or, you call it "learning new skill")

Of rolling over, she kept rolling over at night,

Of sitting up, she kept sitting up at night,

Of speech, she kept talking at night,

Refusing to sleep…

Same goes to these days…

What's her growth spurt??

Oh, I'm sure it's a MAJOR one!!

It's either…

Walking, keep walk walk walk,

Or to be independent…

Yes, combining them both, ie. walk independently…

Last night, she actually said, "ai walk walk", in her sleep… (ooh~ how cute! Sweetie!)

"ai", is mandarin's "love", or "want"…

Yes, it's tiring, whenever we're out,

She wants to walk… let's forget about the stroller now…

(and I was betting with him, once, she's over this growth spurt per se, she'll stick to the stroller…)

So… what's the big deal, we let her walk…

But NO~~~ she wanted to let go of our hands..

And NO~~~ she doesn't want to go where we go…

So, most of the time, you'll see her struggling to go 1 direction, while I/he, to the other direction…

Yes, most of the time… (cute isn't it?? Yes, in a way, but then, it's TIRING!!!!!!!!!!!! AND TIME CONSUMING~~~~ but then, I'm so glad that, she's one kid, who definitely strongly has her own opinion, and yes, she actually did try very hard to insist, but of course, due to size matter… we always overpower her, hehehe…)

Other than that??

Ooh… don't go into ANY shop…

Well, she still doesn't have the concept of "buying" yet..

Just that… she sees us grabbing things from the shelves all the time, and she loves to copy that act…

She even flipped her shirt/skirt to "indicate" that, she's a wallet…

(ooh… tell me how cute she is, oh my lovely baby… just tonight, he went to take his wallet from the car, she, and I, at the dining table… I was explaining to her that papa's going to the car, to take the wallet, and she said, "wallet", flipping her shirt… pointing towards her waist… and haha… I smiled, and nodded, telling her that, "yes, wallet! Papa's wallet…, we girls will not put wallet there, we'll put our purse in the handbag, remember? Your shopping bag??" she nodded again… oh~)

Back to the shop's story…

And yes, she will, all the time, imitate us, and try to grab something, whatever it is…

(it's not like she has to buy A TOY whenever she goes out, she still doesn't have that concept yet, ie. buy + toy! Though, seeing toy, she'd be thrilled!)

So, another half of the time, is, we, persuading her to put back whatever she's grabbed..

It can be water bottles, or name card holders… (water bottles, maybe, cos, she saw me seeking extensively for suitable water bottles for her in the departmental stores, and maybe that left a big big impression in her memory…)

And now, we learn a way to make her put those things back, which, it'll be a mission impossible for us, ie. to get from her…

We asked her to pass back to the shop keeper…

Hehe… yes, with strangers, she doesn't dare to say "no"… ah kakakakakaka…

Doesn't seem tiring?

Wait till you try it…

3am

Hm… ever since I set myself such "deadline", well… I've not really achieved any, yet…

Not just yet…

First day, 4am,

Second day, 4am too,

Yesterday, 6am… phew… cos, I was reorganizing my ipod apps… ^_^…

However, having a "target" is definitely better than not having one…

And… yes!! Gambatte to myself, I've done something to enable myself to be able to meet the target…

I know I know, what I'm going to say, doesn't make any sense to any of you, most likely…

However…

If any of you out there's having the same "problem" with me, ie. hooked on fb games, hooked on ipod/iphone games too much…

There you go!

First, I removed all the games, except "smurf village", cos, baby likes the music… that means, I don't need to do harvesting, collecting coins, serving food, cooking, having new livestock anymore…

Second, I've decided, for certain games in fb, that includes "cleaning the location", so that, more "civilian can move in", as long as, after those "cleaning job", there still ain't enough "leisure" for them, yes, I'll forget about doing the cleaning, I'll just spend my time to concentrate on the "contracts", ie. making more money, fullstop…

^_^

Good?

Yes, you ask me, I'll say, "good"!

At the same time, I've made myself a newyear (chinese new year LO!) resolution, ie. read more books…

That doesn't mean I'm going to buy more books, cos, there're already sooooooooooooo many books sitting in the bookcase, not just the bookcase, but almost everywhere in the house, wa haha!!!

And that… I shall pamper myself, for buying 1 more item… kekeke… ie. a booklight,

I told him, we shall get 1 for each of us,

So that, we can sit back in our cosy bedroom, sitting besides the sleeping baby…

And enjoy those books…

Sounds cool huh?

Today's the only day I wish, I'm super duper rich, that, my neighvbourhood has no chinese, who'll not fireup super duper firework, firecracker, after midnight, for 1 full hour, and who'll respect the peace of the neighbourhood, and who'll understand that, doing all these, doesn't necessarily make you richer!!!!!!! ..l..

I just want to let you know that, I still hold the same perception about certain things, and people; I live life this way, so that I will not feel unhappy again, cos, I love my life and I will not let it be ruined by nonsense, moreover... I love my baby... who still needs me...

談天說地，談笑風生，突然間一句，“最重要是有錢”，哦！蠻殺風景的，我想吐。Talk talk tak, chat chat chat, money money money~~ oh~ how unappetizing... but that's what the CNY's all about, right?? huat ah~~ (puke!)

自我中心的人啊！不說實話的人啊！愛做作的人啊！貪錢的人啊！面對你多一點，我的命會短一點。Money-face, self-center, manipulative, pretentious, put me with these people a day longer, my life will be a day shorter... bravo~~ then you can take all I have, and I will not see you in heaven~

有的人，可以說出一大堆的理由，讓你帶她到處走走、看看、吃喝玩樂，但是，她也可以說出一大堆的理由，爲什麼其他的人很麻煩，還是不帶着的好，包括自己的兄弟姐妹。There're people who will give tonnes and tonnes of reasons, why you should bring them out to eat, drink, play, but they'll also give you tonnes and tonnes of reason, why the others are just so troublesome to go together, even though they're the siblings...

I still think that they look alike, given the right makeup, the former can be a good stand-in for the latter, if you can recognize who and who!

The Words' God

When I see how parents (including me) see our baby's progress on languagues, words…

I suddenly thought of these…

A few points…

Ya… I'm going to talk about a few things, which may seems to be "de-topic", ie. what's the point, but then, I just wanna talk about it, cos, I thought about it, and I need to jot it down, yes, just jot down my thought…

First, I thought about, err… if you've watched japanese drama, TRICK, all TRICK's series, I, II, III, in TRICK III, there's one story, where Yamada's mother, a caligraphy teacher, mentioned that, all words, ie. spoken, or written, has it's god… ie. we should be respective of what we say, and what we write, as there's power in there…

Second, I thought about how parents nowadays, brag about their kids' lingo skill… but yep… not  many parents have actually shared, how their kids can communicate with others, interact with others, understands others, etc…, no, none of them…

Third, language to me, (you may oppose, I know!) is a tool, a tool for us, to communicate with each other, to relay the message, to share what we actually think, and probably how we actually feel…

But language, also… is a tool, that's widely abuse, we use it to manipulate others, we add flowery words, to impress others, (ok, I'm not so opposing this idea, as one doesn't overdo it!) while the content, can be zero… get what I mean???

The usage of language's been over-emphasized, while the purpose of using it is ignored…

I hope you know what I'm trying to say… (ok for sure, there's 1 person I know, will understand what I'm talking about, ie. my brother Allen)

Forth, I thought about the Tower of Babel (again! I blogged about it after watching the movie Babel…), and yes, languages of human's been "scattered" (not sure of the right word to use!), simply to confuse each one of us, so that, we can't build the tower to reach heaven…

(the details, please read it yourself, frankly, I'm not that familiar about it either, and yes, that's all I know…)

But then again, if language's been the same as ever, can we really manage to build a tower to reach the heaven…

Maybe back then, yes, cos, everybody's having the same aim, same motive… in chinese, 齊心齊力。

However, now?? No, eversince, we've all grown in different way, different culture and so on… given the same language again, we're no more 齊心齊力… even though, the whole world will one day, speak the same language, be it English, or Chinese, or whatever language, yes, I doubt so…

Fifth, I remember my brother, (again, Allen) shared with me before that, Jesus is Word, Word of God…

http://www.newadvent.org/bible/joh001.htm

He's shared with me much more indepth, but then, oops… I've forgotten most of it… (blame it to childbirth! People said, women, after giving birth, will have bad memory… ok ok… let me sidetrack a little bit, I guess, it's not because of childbirth, it's simply because of life… after you have a kid, or more kids, your mind's basically fully occupied by them, by family but more family matters… then, you'll start to forget, or temporarily forget about other non-family related things… get it!??)

Ok… my point is…

While we're emphasizing on mastering a language,

We should always remind ourselves, to not forget the purpose of it… ie. to convey messages, ie. the right message… rather than using it in the abusive way, or harmful way, or insulting way, or whatever…

And do remember, which I've always liked what my favourite Momoko said, "when you make a joke, you tell it, and others laugh, but when you tell it, and others don't feel it that way, it's not a joke…", maybe you don't see the connection, but let me tell you this…

For eg. My ex "dear" colleague (ok, I'm abusing the language now! As being sarcastic!) who, my ex-boss used to praise her english skill…

Oh come on!! She's just a typical lawyer, who speaks loud… (sorry, good lawyers out there, I don't intend to insult you, but you know, there're loads of black goats out there!!!) and like to twist and turn the words, manipulative…

Yes, she's one big fat manipulative person, and shouted very loudly how busy she is, and oh, of course, she really can DESCRIBE how busy she is, while she's simply busy saying that, she's busy!!!

Ie. can talk, can't work that type…

But well, my ex-boss simply adores her, what can I say… anyway, I'm a SAHM now for almost 2 years… and I'm out of that mess, so, I shall not talk about it anymore…

What I'm stating is, she's one good example of word abuser…

She's manipulative in her speeches, while, she doesn't really care to communicate with others…

Oh wow… however YET! I don't think her english is that good afterall, cos, one best best example is, she pronounces eavesdrop as "earsdrop", oh?? Have I mentioned it before?? Ok, let me just mention it again, pardon me… (that shows just how much I despised her, and how much I STILL despise her…)

Oh ya, and she pronounces "lingerie" as "lingering"… ya… ya… good english huh…..???

Again, what's my point??

Yes, my point is…

Be respective of what you say to others, especially your friends, family, and then your co-workers…

And do use words nicely and carefully…

AND… a reminder to myself too...

Just 1º

It's been pretty cooling lately… since erm… before christmas??

I remember the year of 2008, while I was pregnant, the weather's similar, and there's cold draught from the north and that, several people died (homeless people) due to the weather in our neighbouring countries and bla bla bla…

And this year, oops, since last year, the same thing happened again,

Read from the news, it's due to La Nina…

Ok… I'm not going to talk about La Nina… (let the experts do it!)

And I'm not going to really talk about the weather…

Though… I'm going to… ^_^

I don't really know the real temperature difference as per se,

But at home, we've some thermometers lying around in the corners of our house… (the fans, the Grobag Egg Thermometer) are giving a reading of 1º less…

Therefore, to me, just 1º makes so much difference…

I don't have to on the aircon whole day…

And well… that makes me feel good, to be just like an environmental friendly earthling… ^_^

Anyway… like I said, I'm not going to talk about the weather…

I just wanna express how appreciative I am, for the weather lately… ie. 1º less… cool~

Then, that reminds me of this,

1º for the Planet

Have we all done for that 1º??

I like… who now?

The other day, out with family for a drink…

We somehow talked about "idols", ya… those handsome guys that we girls… like…

No matter at what age… ^_^ hehe…

Anyway, so, one remark made by him, which I was quite… err… pleased… but felt funny about it, which is,

"ask her, she doesn't have anybody in mind now…"

Ya… how true… cos, it all depends on what series I'm following at that point in time…

Be it japanese drama, or the US series…

Cos, I hardly have any time, to really plant my butt on the couch, and watch all day…

Therefore, I really can't tell, WHO I LIKE now…

Well… just a while ago, yes, I was watching Liar Game,

Damn, I've to say, Toda Erika's sweet, but then…

Ahem… without failure, I WAS into Matsuda Shota for a while…

Eh… in that show, he's forever there for Nao ok??

Tell me if there's not any girl, who'll like it…

Whenever you're in trouble, THAT guy's always there, suddenly appear, won't question you,

Just let you feel that, "hey, just relax, I'm here!"

Eh… yes, I'm in love with Akiyama for a while…

Ok, back to the topic…

Yes, when he made that remark, I couldn't tell who I liked at that moment, cos, I've stopped watching Liar Game for a while…

Ah ha… the conversation started as,

I was asking his niece, ahem… a 6-yo girl, who she likes…

Ahem again, and gosh…

"Troy" and Justin… and she happily calls him "baby"…

-_- (faint!)

Then, I was trying to be a little bit defensive about myself…

I reminded him of Shinichi Tsutsumi… hehehe…

There… end of conversation…

Who do I like now??

Seriously…

@_@

Ooh, my dreamed kitchen… isn't that sweet?

Won't it be nice, if my kitchen can be like this?

Yes, as you know, I do like small and cozy, as compared to big and err… tidy??

I just like the idea where the closed ones are squeezed altogether in 1 small place and share thoughts… share food, and bla bla bla…

Look at the bright nature light…

Look at the bench against the wall…

Ooh… it's simply… cozy…

My external HDD went kaput,

fused, even before I switched it on,

after a loooooooong time not being used;

Then I went to one of the shop,

Wanna change the casing,

Asked them to help check if HDD's still functioning,

HDD's fused too,

However, while checking, the router in that shop's fused;

Then, my husband told me, the last time I went to that shop to check something, one of their things also fused, while performing the checking,

O.o oops, I can't recall;

Therefore, I shall buy another HDD from them next time, to compensate for their loss, ^_^ and their kindness;

But then, I seriously can't recall, for the past event, the thing is, my husband actually remembers… O.o

Another roundup post: Apartment Therapy… My kitchen, My study, My bathroom...

Ahem… IF… if I'm going to do my kitchen again, ie. kitchen and dining area…

These are the few that I'll be referring…

It may not be the whole chunk of it, but just the idea of the layout, or maybe the colour, or maybe the items, or, even just the look and feel of it…

Kitchen, dining area… if done well, can be the whole "activity" centre of the household, don't you think so??

Next is the bathroom and study…

Which, after kitchen, is another headache, cos, I think, we normally "underuse" our bathroom,

We, asian…

It's just a place to clean and cleanse…

Maybe, if my bathroom's big enough, I may think of it, as to store the towels… aha… save more storage place in my wardrobe…

Study? I'm still contemplating, if it'll be a "centralized", or a "decentralized" concept…

Still thinking… the picture shows the "decentralized"… ya… better for individual's concentration right?

But then… less interaction between those, who're in the study…

For eg. If it's "centralized", then, we can look into each other's eyes… ^_^, or, I can chitchat with my baby…

Else, I'll have to turn around, or shout at the wall, so that, the wall will echo my words, to the other person, at the other side of the wall… ^_^

Last is… the living area…

Well… it's just another pics to fill up the space, what I'm interested is…

The set of table and chairs near the window/balcony…

Don't they look lovely, in the natural light?