North American English

My day didn't start well today. Early in the morning boss came to me and seek explanation. He couldn't understand when I said "common" (which I pronounce as ka-men). I didn't know whether he deliberately pretend not to understand the word or what. There was at least a minute there he kept on repeating "what is ka-men". Then I realized that he's very pro UK English. So I said it's "ko-men". I said sorry and I regretted that I was being so apologetic.

I really "cunt" work with a boss who does not approve North American English.

I remember that in my years of living in Canada, the locals would laugh at me when I said I "cunt" do something. Yeah pussy can do something alright.

My entire day has spoilt. Go figure.

Adam Imaginary

Since I left Egypt, Alice always ask Adam...

"Where is Min-Hui jeh jeh?"

Adam is creative! He has many answers like what Alice told.

"Min-Hui jeh jeh go city"
"Min-Hui jeh jeh take train go city"
"Min-Hui jeh jeh go to work"
and one time Alice was surprised that Adam said "Min-Hui jeh jeh take plane go Malaysia"

And few days back, Alice emailed me told me Adam said "Min-Hui jeh jeh went to buy milk"

Adam is funny! And I miss him very much.....very muchhhhhh!!!

Fortune Telling

I am supposed to go for fortune telling this afternoon as promised a friend to go together with him. He also asked another friend to go along. I have been struggling for very long time to persuade myself to go for it, as I always believe in myself more than fortune telling.

On the way going to meet up my friend, my mom called me. She told me that I have had a good life, why should I go for fortune telling? It will deduct my life span if I go for it. And the words from the fortune teller might not be true. It could be all lies. What about tell me everything bad? How am I gonna handle it?

I told my mom that I am going to ask two things only. I am curious about my past life, and I wonder about my marriage for this life. She was trying to scare me...hehe...what if the fortune teller told me, I will find my marriage at my age of 50s? Then how am I gonna live happily for the next twenty years? And am I gonna accept the "fact"?

Well, on the way I was driving, I found the words that my mom gave me was quite right. I am really having very good life now, and I foresee I am having better life tomorrow. As I am putting effort to build my life for tomorrow. I am not stopping there, and standing at the cross road to find my way. I also know that, if I have no bf or husband with me to the end of my life, I will be fine. I have my sweetest family with me. And I believe that, if I am not picky....there is always one for us. I know my direction, I know my past, and I am going to control my future. I do not need a fortune teller to reassure me my future. As my creator, My Mom has reassured me, I have good life. I have to believe her that, I have a good life, and I have no complaint at all.


Anyway, I still meet up my friends, and go for fortune telling together. I told my friend that I am just going with them, to accompany them. End up, three of us, only Vivian asked for it. Gary "sok sa".

The fortune teller firstly asked for her birthday and birth time. And then with that information, she went through many books with many different talks. It could be conflicted. Then she looked at her palm, and give another talk. Basically, mainly regarding money, marriage, and career.

The fortune teller also told her to package herself, change hairstyle, use cosmetics, and change dressing. And the fortune teller even recommend a cosmetics by naming the brand of it.

Overall, this is my first time experience for fortune telling, although I didn't participate. I would like to advice those who would like to go for fortune telling, please come to me, and pay me. I learned that.

The peoples go for fortune telling are those peoples who cannot make decision at that moment. They are lost in terms of their life direction. They need someone to assure them, what they think is right, or what they think is logical.

You can talk to a smart friend, if you need to talk, without paying the fees. You can even analyze your decision by putting the advantages and disadvantages on a piece of paper. And you know yourself better than anyone else. You know what suit you more, and how much you can take. Risk is always there, when you need to switch something for example, job, wife, husband and house... you know what to do. You know the trade off of changing job, that's new environment, new benefits, and if you really can't fit in the new company, worst scenario, change job, change your plan A to plan B. If you said whether you should move place or not, evaluate your financial status, see your needs, how far is the new place to work? How far is it to visit parents? You know what you want. Do you want to change bf? Well, you know the feeling most, and you know who treat you the best. Why you have to ask fortune teller? RM 100++ for the year, please buy Personal Accident Insurance for the year. If anything happened, touch wood, you really no worry for yourself and your family.

The fortune teller did mention, to get your fortune better for the year, you need to do this and that. For example, pray for ABC, and XYZ. It's only RM 100++ for the year. Tell you a secret, if you have

And lastly, when the fortune teller ask you to package yourself. Of course, without packaging, you are not presentable. So? peoples will not go to you. Peoples like nice thing, pretty things. So, go for beautician, and go for image profession. They are more worth to pay than fortune teller.

Some of the things that fortune teller told was right about you. And so what? You also knew it, why do you need the fortune teller to remind you? After all, you just want them to agree with your thought, and tell you something good to comfort you that you have good life.

Believe in yourself, be confidence, be happy, good lucks are always come to you. Your effort will not be wasted. Results will proof you from your efforts of hard work, and your time.

Lian Lian also said it right. Sometimes, the fortune teller did not say something right. Just that you have remembered what they said, and you tried to make it come true. It could be good thing, if you were lucky. It could also turn up very badly. Let's the things go naturally, with your decision to get right time, right person, at the right place!

Time flies

When the age grow older, the time flies faster. It's very mysterious like Lau Mau said. It will brings you many things without your acknowledgment, such as happiness, sadness, experience, friends, family members, career, knowledge, and more. However, what it gives you, it can take away from you too. In Chinese, we call it 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。 ( I am not sure did I use the right character or not, but it sound like that.) The water can float a boat, and the water can also cause the boat turn over.

Time can be measurable, and can be very abstract too. You can count it in second, in minutes, in hour, in day, and in year. However, it can be as abstract or subjective as a glance, a while, many times, long time, and short time.

There are 2 thoughts of time, positive VS negative, and it's of course, from myself. I am just sharing my thoughts.

First thought: You have time, but you found it always short...
1) Is that because of "our engine" improvement that cause us find time flies faster?
2) Or is that because of our life is getting more complicated compare to our younger time? There are more things or peoples around us, more things to settle, so we have just enough time for everything, and make us realize time is just too short. Need more, more time to rest, to play, to stay together with our beloved one.
3) We have more plans! We tend to have some short term plans and long term plans when we grow older. When we have plans, we can visualize the time, instead of abstract it like younger time. There is an invisible schedule printed in your mind.
Second thought: If you were the one always find time is not enough...
1) There are some old folk, who think time flies, because they are 60s. And they found that their health is not as healthy as the past, and they want back their past. At the same time, they know that their life span is going to finish very soon. Therefore, time is not enough. In my personal opinion, I think, if this person has done whatever he should do, and like to do, he will be satisfy with his/her quality time. He will not feel time is not enough, and look "back". As you grow older, you learn more. You should gain more than lose more. You have the option for your own time handling.

2)We have no time for family, for friends, for yourself, and for work. What do you do? Why don't you have time? Do you spend your time to meet your plan? or do you spend your time on bed to sleep? or you spend your time for something else, and you can't balance it?
Well, again, it's your choice, your time. You have to plan, and monitor it. Nobody can help you except yourself. Set your own priority, and do what you think is important. If you think sleep is important, then sleep. It could help for your beauty sleep, however, it has to be quality sleep. And this might be a trade off of your time to spend with your family, or for your work. Rank the importance of your life, more sleep (whatever more than 8 hours) or balance your time.

There is nothing impossible. You can allocate your time better...spend it more efficiency based on your prioritized list.

Thought again...
We are our own project manager that we have to make sure we are monitoring our own time, and schedule all of the time. Our life is our life time project. We have to execute our plans. There must be reasons for us to plan. If we do not meet our due date, why? Do we give up our plan? We have a better one? or it's really not our own decision but it has to be a joint decision to spend this time? We decide what we think is the best to us.


Anyway, Happy 30s!!! to myself, and I promised myself that, I have to spend my quality time with no regret on the day I walk away from you all.

Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional

*** Remarks: Just not to confuse you, I am yet to 30s. I am 29, but most of my friends are 30. So I think it's okay to be 30s :P I do not mind***