Innocence

Today I went on a kayaking trip with dad & church members at Taman Wetland, Putrajaya. What I thought to be a youth program turned out to be a 'very youthful' program. Almost all the participants were half my age. Well, I thought to myself, since I'm already there, might as well keep an open mind and enjoy myself.

Talking to these kids were such a bliss. They were so innocent, so straight-forward, so pure. Before long, I've already discovered who's got a crush on who. And then there was a conversation that went like this:

Girl A: I think your dad ... (turns to friend) should we tell her ?

(Friend nods)

Girl A: I think your dad likes a girl in church.

Me: Yea I know. (Says name) right ?

(Girl A & B nods)

Girl A: Do you like her ?

Me: No.

Girl A: She's very fussy.

(YAY)

Girl C: What ? What ?

Girl B: We're talking about M-C.

Girl C: (says out loud) MC ?

Girl A & B: Shhh .....

Girl A: Medical Centre.

Girl A, my fave. Think she'd turn out to be a pretty girl next time like me .

2 Years Ago

... was the first time we celebrated your birthday. Oddly as it may seem, I can still remember vividly what you wore that day. A black tank-top, cream-colored short pants with brown stripes and a pair of polka-dot heels. (I couldn't understand your choice of shoes then =p)

The next year was a surprise birthday party that fell flat. Mind you we had placed lots of efforts in planning it.

Today would be the third year.

I hope that in the years to come, we would continue to celebrate your birthday together, be it the big 3-0, 4-0, 6-0 and so forth.

Happy 21st Birthday Zin Mun !

You and Me

This song is so magical. Sarah Brightman's voice is just wondrous.

Beijing Olympics 2008 Theme Song

OMG

After this I seriously think we need to think twice before writing anything in the blogosphere.

So I was reading Naoki's blog and came upon the biggest sex scandal close to home. Involving someone whose blog I keep a close eye on. Finally the angry post he wrote made sense to me. I seriously cannot believe it. It leaves me saying OMG OMG OMG !

For those interested: Scandal

For those who did not even know there was a scandal till now (like me), there is even a chronology of events: Understand Better

An unfortunate day

Today is certainly not my day. I knew I should not have had Tom Yum soup for steamboat yesterday. But my stubborn mouth would not listen.

So driving to work today, I had an intense stomachache. To make matters worse, there was a police roadblock this morning, further tormenting me. Once I got past the roadblock, I was a reckless driver.

When I reached the office, I found myself running into the washroom. For once, I was very glad to be the first to arrive at the office. The toilet was all mine. I could release however loud the blast I could or however repulsive the aroma of my fart, and no one would know. (Now you know lah, don't tell anyone k?)

The day went on fine until I decided to make myself a cup of tea. Somehow I managed to trip the cup. As if that was not enough, later, when I visited the toilet, (Yes, the toilet again) I don't know how I did it, but as I was returning the water sprayer onto the hook, I somehow managed to point the tip toward my face and magically my hand pressed the lever. Yeah, so my face and clothes were drenched wet. At my seat, air-conditioner was at its full blast and it was raining.

Fast-forward to going back home. Traffic was heavy, decided to take another way. Turns out the other way was even more jam. Being impatient, left the queue I was in and headed into some housing area, thought that it may connect to the road I wanted to go to. Dead end it was. Went back to the main road, as it was impossible to cut into the queue, took a long way that was darn jam back onto the road I was originally supposed to take.

I left the office at 5.30pm, reached home 7.30pm.

Perhaps ?

I don't know about you, but I've always failed to see flaws in my own personality. In terms of the way I treat others that is. So sometimes, when I feel ill-treated, I'd always feel that I'm victimized. Like how could this person treat me this way when I had been kind.

But today, just out of the sudden, I feel perhaps sometimes I do deserve such treatment. Now that I look back, I realize that I have been stingy and calculative. You just can't calculate every contribution and weigh how much you'd get back. That's just ... not right.

Today I feel lousy. I feel that I've failed in making a good impression of myself. I've failed in making people feel comfortable around me, comfortable to seek help, comfortable to confide in.

I want people to not feel paiseh to ask something from me.
Like a lift on my car or to borrow my dvds.

I want to also not mind doing these little favors.
To not mind if I have to fetch someone who is not on the way. To not mind if that friend takes a little longer to return my things.

It's not so easy to be a nice person after all.

Moonlight Resonance

Moonlight Resonance (溏心风暴之家好月圆) or Heart of Greed II is certainly the most awaited TVB drama series of 2008. I've only watched 3 episodes of it and I'm falling head over heels for it.

For first, by contrast to the pioneer drama, 'my' Raymond Lam has been given a more important role in the series. In fact, I would say he's got the best role in the show. You'd surely love him ! I have high hopes that he'd be seizing the 'my favorite TVB actor' award for the year 2008.

Even the soundtracks featured in this show are much more nicer than the former. Especially the one sung by 'my' Raymond Lam.

愛不夠(Insufficient Love)


Although the preceeding series was a huge hit, its earlier episodes were a little dim-witted and slow. Honestly, I was about to give up on it when it picked up at around episode 7. That was when things started to get interesting and there begin my crazy drama series marathon.

As the sequel, Moonlight Resonance had me at the first episode. Even at the very first episode, I could feel my frustration and anger over the injustice that befall the family. There were even moments I felt like I was on the verge of tearing. Yes, at the very beginning of the show.

(Notice: spoilers ahead)

Let me narrate the story through the role of the love of my life. Raymond Lam stars as Gam Wing Ho, or better known as Ah Ho, who lives with his mother, along with his two sisters. One a mute (Fala Chen), while the other is an adopted child (Tavia Yeung).

On the other hand, he has 3 other brothers (Moses Chan, Chris Lai and Vincent Wan) and a step-sister (Linda Chung), who lives with the father. Linda Chung is the daughter of his father's second wife, which brought her into the family from a previous marriage.

Raymond Lam's maternal grandfather was the founder of 家好月圆, a mooncake confectionery. Later, when Raymond's father divorced his mother, he took along the name of the confectionery along with its recipe. And so the drama unfolds around the confectionery and the family.

This time around, Susanna Kwan did not take on the role of the villain. Instead, the villian is now Michelle Yim, the second wife of Raymond's father. Although Susanna Kwan is no longer the villain, she still takes on the responsibility of being the irritating person in the show.

Well, don't want to spoil it too much for you. Watch it yourself.