my constant companion for the last 4.5 years

shoobaba's companion, now mine temporarily

goodbye WNE

after 5 good years, my loyal little civic, winnie (WNE) will be handed over to the dealer. i hope the next owner will take care of it as well as i did. WNE's been good to me, faithful with no problems at all for the last nearly 5 years. she's showing her age now, so i think she will be quite pleased that i am retiring her too. happy days ahead, WNE... i'm going to so miss you..

some pics to cheer up the blog - a birthday in march

monumental packing

trying to organise moving from a bigger unit to a smaller unit, and to make it more interesting, a smaller unit which has already a full house of stuff?  a monumental move i can say.

i stand around and wonder how on earth i am going to fit them all in.  then i decide to pack the things i do not use, but where would i store them?  and what about the things i want to bring over, would there be space?  and of course, there's more packing over at the smaller unit to make way for these things here...as if packing in one house is not bad enough.

am i getting you confused and weary ? well i am - let's think about it tomorrow, and get into action the next day...

communication and miscommunication

communication is such an important part of our lives. the way we communicate, or miscommunicate, can cause so many heartaches, frustrations, pains.

working in a fair-sized organisation with people from different stratas of education, and different walks of life, it is so interesting to watch how people communicate.  a simple sentence can be said in so many ways to complicate it, make it complex, and totally misunderstood and misinterpreted by others.

and i'm sure it happens all over the world, regardless of which industry we are in.. where there are humans, there will be communication and miscommunication...

"i commend you" was pronounced "i comment you"
so the boss, scratching his head asks "was that a compliment?" -
yes of course, comment is compliment..
no la, comment is comment... how can it be a compliment?
no, c o m m e n d (spelt out)...
OHHHHH you mean commend pronounce it properly la...

decisions decisions

test drove the Honda City today. nothing like the Civic, but then again, it is one grade lower so what do you expect..

toyota vios is also recommended, but i don't like toyota - too chinesey, accountant, engineer ..

then there's the Kia Forte, which i'm told is quite sporty - have to go check it out..

maybe i should just go back to the Proton.. it had been good to me..

so what do you think?

musings

aren't these quirky but true?

such is life isn't it - weird, quirky, strange, bewildering, frustrating - but true..

life has been changing so rapidly in the last 6 months over at this household.. from a foursome to now a two-some at home. from two homes, to maybe just one as the other will be rented. from a 5 year old car, to a skid and a spin, and decision to get a new one. from a just nice bills payment, to a few more outstanding. my oh my, and the list goes on.

sometimes the days just drag on, with nothing new, other days just go too fast.  if i could turn back the clock, i would turn it back -  to 1975 but with present maturity ... and if the time machine can't go that far, i would turn it back to 1996....  sliding doors which i now know which to go through..

so many things i miss, so many things i will miss, but right now - i miss the days when i read the kids bedtime stories, when their little hands would cling on to my hand when we walked, and we were all as one.

and tomorrow, i have to go to work......... reality check here..

a new chapter

funny how life dishes out unplanned things, no matter how settled you think you are.  well, shoobs boobs moving to NL is certainly unexpected, but inevitable i guess.

it will be so strange to only see her once in so many months... no msn nor skype can really take the place of physical presence. and it's so strange to get through the day at work, and then remember that dinner is most likely on my own since yelleh belleh has a keen social life. dinner used to be quite often with shoobs.  i guess the positive side is that i will be able to catch up with friends, and start a new life.

it's time to really let go of the children.  my job is done, it's time to let them fly the coop.

but it will never really be a 'let go'; not when we are so close.  it will merely be a "adjustment" of the mind.

and yes, it is certainly a new chapter in all our lives.

i pray that she will eventually come back to live here or yelleh and mumsy can move there, but who knows what tomorrow will bring. as long as children are happy with their lives, it is all that counts. parents do not take centrestage anymore..

i thought i had it all sorted out

isn't this a common phrase - "i thought i had it all sorted out"...

and then it wasn't.. things go awry, plans go haywire... so what do we do? smile and let life take us to the next level..  let God lead us to the next door.

just focus on the good things, just focus on the way forward, just focus on the good...... and it will all be sorted out.

isn't life fun?

movies

what would life be without movies? it's a form of escape from reality which is much needed. but today, such has matured to very realistic escapism, that one has to choose carefully the movie one wants to watch because it evokes such empathy and emotion.

and the underlying serious messages, the subliminal morals, all wrapped in a superficial, send-up entertaining show. there will be those who take it at face value and think it's funny, but some of us sit back and think deeper, but no, not so good either, because of its grim and sometimes morose message - very depressing... so no no no, think only positive, positive vibes, positive thoughts.

let the realities lurk around, let them prowl in the abyss of the forgotten corridor of our mashed up brains.. let the light shine on the cheerful, prancing, happy moments of this thing we call Life..

back again

i've been blasted for not updating my blog... so here i come, although my mind is still blank.  trying not to think too much about this or that, and in the process, denial sets in every angle and one becomes quite a zombie. quite an interesting way to live, albeit a little boring and time catches up too quickly.

michelle pfeiffer was interviewed on david letterman earlier - she's the same age as me.. she narrated how a reporter asked her a very direct question recently "so, how do you cope with your old and decrepit body" - what gall isn't it?  well these old and decrepit bodies, including mine, ain't too bad for someone half a century old. still going strong - don't ask me in ten years' time though but by then, we probably won't have blogs or conversations anymore.  we won't need to ask questions, we will have chips on our heads which read each other's thoughts... err, maybe just the nice thoughts, so we won't end up tearing each other's eyes out..