how i wish

how i wish i have $600 to spare...

i could buy two tickets to see robbie.. i'll get the best seats.. one for you & one for me

how i wish... *sigh*

NOVEMBER 18, 2006.
At the Singapore Indoor Stadium

missing

Final Destination

it is stunning to know that 5 of us had our love ones passed on in a span of 2 months.

we were all sitting in the same section, same lot of desks just next to each other.

APRIL: started with jac's dad, fell at home and passed away. he lived in JB and jac hurried home once she got the news. she is a PR in singapore though her dad lived in malaysia

APRIL: then, it was UR. she is indian national. her mom had a heart attack. her parents loves singapore and wish UR to get her residency here.

MAY: then came the unexpected DT. DT is only 26 and has a one year old baby. her husband met an accident. it was devestating.

MAY: and it was my turn. my dad passed away peacefully on 17 MAY 2006, 3.03pm.

MAY: lastly, NY's dad. collasped at a clinic.

is it scary to see the unfolding of events, seeing now that we were sitting in the same bunch and we have all LEFT that office! gosh. i shouldn't read too much into the coincidences but you can all see the link.

foosball

i had so much fun at the game arcade with my cousies

we were serious foosball player, no spinning of the cues and many impressive tactics.

four teams - PJ & i, wan U & song, anna & jny, sher & teng. (my dad calls him "ah teng" cos he couldnt pronounce - Tim) haha.

hard fight really. and no fair ground as visual was hindered by the flourascent neon lights reflected on the glass top. but everyone was handicapped so in a way, its fair fight.

we were competitive hence it was very fun

played some really simple games at the arcade but it was really fun. passing the bomb to each other-- such a simple concept but it was exciting and funny. we screamed in excitment like playing catch.

kind of re-living childhood laughters & fun

im so glad i have a group of cousies and their partners to join in the big-o-fun

journey

acupuncture delight

it is my naked back after Gua Sa, Pa Guan & Zhen Jiu

anyone who loves pain should go try "pa guan" - loosely translated as "pulling tin"

i must say that it is very painful while at it. of course if you are fleshier, aka fatter, it is less painful as your fats will cushion the pulling pain.

the massue heats up empty glass cups to create a sharp vacume of oxygen. in a swift action she plants the cups onto your skin. the cups will stick to your flesh like a fish with humungus mouth sucking onto your flesh. 10 cups at a go can give you such pain, you would wonder if you are a saddist to do this. they should include this adventure in fear factor TCM. 10 mins is enough to kill the faint hearted.

caution: you probably cant go sun bathing in your bikini for 2 weeks, unless you dont mind scaring others with a purple psycadelic back!

my first acupuncture adventure was ...... O K but i must admit it is quite scary.

at places where you have any injury,, the pain is very subtle, mild and faint that you dont think its much of a challenge. but the kind of pain is wow,,, aching. like pain echoing lightly but deeply... like droplets into a well.

i was fascinated that the sin seh (chinese physician) was only able to crack the veins on my lower back only after needling me. prior to that, she tried severl times but could not crack-twist my tight back. just one session, voola! crooc, crook, crooc! wow, the cracking sound was music to my ears!

HDB Hub

mom and i were at toa payoh HDB hub to discuss with the land personnel about the SERS En Bloc of our estate at KIM SENG

the government is sending us packing as they acquired this current plot of land

in return, they will allocate us a brand new unit at a new estate just a stone throw away. well, 2 bus stops, about 800 meters away. the new estate is modern, sophisticated, looks like condo estate and nearer to MRT. but we will no longer have zouk as our kitchen view when we move in 2011. i mean when my mom and sis move.

my dad waited for donkey years before finally hearing the news on en bloc of his house.

he was both happy and sad, happy because he loved living in the city and glad that finally the govt made the move after postponing it for like ten over years. sad because he wasnt sure if he could live to move in, since it is 5 more years to go.
it is ironic how this news came on the day we celebrated both his birth days, lunar and regular standard AD calendar birthdays
it is unusual for one's lunar BD and AD BD to fall on the same day, of course besides the day one is born.

so anyway, we were there to listen to the en bloc procedure though the exercise is in 5 years' time.

i asked the officer to let my sis buy a unit next block, next door or whatever to my mom, since they have like a thousand spare units at the new estate. as usual they say no and if we want to get a unit, we have to ballot in 2011. so much so for encouraging generations to live together (in close proximity). i dont think sis should wait 5 years to get married. i mean, if she feels like it, she can get married next year, 2008, 2009, 2010, whatever. it is restricting to wait for 2011 in order to get the flat and live near mom. oh, whatever. they will never understand why we city folks like living in the city. in fact, our household was divided in view about living here. dad, sis & i were deadpan in living here. orchard road is 5 mins away, zouk is next door, Great World City with its GV cinemas, mac donalds KFC Delifrance Kenny Rogers Yoshinora st andersons ice cream, planet fitness, kumon, kinderland, aussino, cold storage, game arcade, evergreen stationary, jess hair saloon, is a stroll away. oh and that music store, royal sporting house, mr minute to mend your shoes, my foot visually impaired massues to give your foot reflex, not forgetting the local food fare consisting japanese, korean, thai, indian food. but mom wants to live in god-forsaken sengkang. i am sorry to say that we dont give-in to fanciful ideas like living in sengkang. you see, i can foresee that the distance on land would reflect in the distance in our relationship. they dont call it "close-knitted-family" for nothing.

back to toa payoh,, there was this boy-- asris or something,, parading his pet parrot- MAX while his mom shops
the baby parrot kisses on demand!

sending off