oh, maybr Jardin du Leong needs a Jap name instead this time!

due to my sudden decision to Perth, sorry Boon, we have brought forward the sushi party. a mini one. went to Woodlands with L to buy the stuffs including fresh salmon sashimi, salmon tummy & unagi!

we made salmon tummy miso soup, grilled unagi, & our special guest for the day: maki.

it took us quite a while & several not-too-pretty rolls of rice on nori before we finally actually figured out the right way! And voila! it came out nice & round! I wondered why I did not take photos with my phone… guess my hands too sticky with all the rice!

did a video of JH doing the demo on how to use the gadget. once you figured it out, it is really easy & neat. hope the kids will have fun!

Ok, after spending a day yesterday to sort out all the 2, 200 calendars, they are ready for delivery by the next few days. Thanks JH for helping out due to my sudden decision to go fishing & camping..

Yes, fishing & camping is the first activity already planned out for Fri-Sun. I have yet the time to google on Perth as I had so many do-list, notwithstanding booking the tickets, & getting the visa, packing, packing for the VWAP team, & settling the calendars delivery etc.

Tune in for more update!

talk abt punctuality & I have to keep a dear friend waiting this morning! ok, now travelling allowance need to be travel time + 30min instead of 15min to be really safe.

Sorry!

While a man was polishing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked up a stone and scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child’s hand and hit it many times not realizing he was using a wrench.

At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father, with painful eyes he asked, ‘Dad when will my fingers grow back?’ The man was so hurt and speechless;

He went back to his car and kicked it a lot of times. Devastated by his own actions……..
sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches; the child had written ‘LOVE YOU DAD’. The next day that man committed suicide. . .

Anger and Love have no limits;
choose the latter to have a beautiful, lovely life & remember this:

Things are to be used and people are to be loved.

The problem in today’s world is that people are used while things are loved.

Let’s try always to keep this thought in mind:

Things are to be used,
People are to be loved.

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions..
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character;
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny..

It was an interesting chance meeting with Melvin & Claudine 2 weeks ago at Raffles Shopping Centre when I was waiting outside Starbucks for C & J. they were in town to visit their new-born grandson.

Met Mel some 13? 15? years ago when we were at Money Mailer doing advertising sales. He has migrated to Perth some 10 years ago & we were on & off in touch via email, & met once when he came back to SG for a Food Fair.

It has always been an invitation to visit them in Perth but I never quite on the ball, & a couple of years ago almost made it when I wanted to go with the Skyquest team. Still it did not materialized.

At last Sunday’s meeting over Chicken Rice at Chin Chin, we arranged for a visit yet again in 2010.

But as soon as they arrive in Perth on Monday, Claudine ping me in FB to invite me over next week to join Mel for a fishing camp! She had wanted me show me the Christian community there, & wanted too see if I can get banners produced in CHN for sale. Gave them one of the 2010 calendars & they love it & asked to buy 10 more. Shared with them abit about the livelihood program for womenfolk.

I am not familiar with banners as they are porbably used mostly for dancing during worship. Apparently Claudine has been moved by the HS to dance & an experience where He took control of her enabled her to did 2 dances – a love dance & a warrior dance.

I have seen others danced before in worship when I attended events where you have all sort of people/denominations turning up, & each have their ways of worshipping God.

The timing is a bit squeeze with the calendars arriving this week, the RP cards next week, & the VWAP team leaving in 2 weeks time. I will need to get all these done within these few days so I can hop on the plane next week!

It’s summer time in Australia. Oh, how I missed Ozzie’s Summer!

3rd Nov

Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.

It was a day of waiting. Was meeting JH to pick up something, & she was delayed & I was 10min early. Ended up I waited almost 30min. Feeling frus from the earlier bus experience coupled with crampy, I was feeling grumpy already. On top of that I was rushing to meet a friend at 6pm.

To make matter worse, my dear friend, AL, was 1 hour late! I had skipped my Precept class & rush to meet her, she was late. Not only was she late, she did not inform me. I had to call her several times before she answered to find out she was being held up by traffic etc, and she was on the phone.

Man, if you know you are late (and you know!), you should inform me so I won’t be like an idiot waiting at one spot, not knowing what to expect. It is ok to be late, but it is courtesy to inform the other party so we can plan on the next move.

I really gave her a piece of my mind when she arrived. Good thing by the end of the day, my anger has gone off already.

I hate it when people think that just because I am not working does not equate to I have lots of time. Even if I have lots of time, they are not meant to be wasted like this. Can’t they respect my time????

Just only last month, 3 similar incidents happened. No, they were worse – 2 were a no-show.

One appt with C had her telling me she cannot make it when I am already at the meeting place.

Another with GL was after more than 30min when I called, & I was already at the meeting place waiting for 45 min (I was early), he said he was still at a meeting!!! If you were still at a meeting 30min before meeting time, it means you can’t meet me at all, you should have inform me there & then. Not after 30 min past the meeting time, & even then it was when I called. Really testing my patience.

The make-up appt with him still ended up me waiting for more than 30 min for him. I had threatened to walk out already. Being sorry is not enough…….

I intend to be late the next time I meet him, if i meet him. But still, I think he will be later!

Can anyone not get pissed? I wonder why I am even standing it when I am supposed to be a super impatient person! Make things worse when I am now making every effort to be punctual for all my appointments as best as I can. Arh………….

3rd Nov

S’poreans are really apathetic.. Yesterday while on the bus, at one of the stops, there was a handicapped man wanting to board the bus. Interestingly it was another handicapped man in the bus who noticed the other man & askerd the driver to stop.

The driver came down to help the man. His legs were kinda swivelled up, like an inverted V if you know what i mean. There were other men – young, middle-age & old, and NO ONE went down to help! I went down & tried to help. Man! He was heavy. He is not big, but I guess, similar to a stroke patient, all their weight seemed to be concentrated. Holding his arms – and it was super sweaty lor! Abit yucky to be truthful, but can you imagine then how much effort each step it take him to work out that kind of sweat. The weather then was cool & not hot. It must have been tough.

But he was very independent. He merely requested for minimal help, to help him lift his legs onto the steps. We were trying to move him physically but he actually does not require that.

Throughout it all, no one came forward to help. Only later another uncle came to help. It was taking a long time cos he makes very small steps.

All the rest of the people on the bus were just oblivious. He only took a few stops & when it was time to alight, it was still the driver, me, & then the same man who helped him to get down. He seemed to be waiting to change to another bus. I hope he had a better experience then on bus #63.

Where are all the men? What are they doing? Frustrate me to the max at the very moment. I took a scan of all the people in the bus & felt helpless. Is it because people actually do not know how to react in such situations? But it was merely extending some physical help.. need to think so much meh?

don’t know how come there are so many readings, but according to the official records, i am in either 4,148 or 4,149 position with timing of 1hr 25min or 1hr 29min.

btw, the prof runner champoin fr Kenya came in 33min.

4148 10781 LEONG SIEW MUN SHARON Singapore Women Masters 00:43:27 00:47:30 4149 01:25:32 01:29:35 4148

Ok, is this the first run for the year, having skipped the Sundown & missed the Nike Human?

Mr & Mrs Quek were there to cheer us… THANK YOU!

Took a long 1 hour 25 min to complete the 10K. My! The pro runners about 10 min ahead of us were turning at 5K when we crossed 1K! haha………

To me, the distance/stamina is not the biggest challenge (though I still need to work on it), it is the pain all over that is not only obstacles but discouraging as well. Though, “well-armoured” with 2 ankle guards, 1 knee guard & a big Salonpas, at the 5K, my 2 damned ankles were giving me so much pain that I had to walk. The lower back pain then extend to the side where it later spreaded to the left thigh when I picked up pace again.

Ooooo, I really need to fix all these problem areas! And time for another tui-na..

One observation is I got stitches after running when I had a drink. So I think I shall just take 2 sips next time instead of a cup even if I need to hydrate.

Thank God that yesterday downpour has cause this morning to be very cooling, & the sun came up only at 8 when we were at the last leg. Else it would have been worse. Nice weather. Thank you, Lord!