Hi & Bye xx

as 2015 comes to a close, my intention for the new year is be happy so long as all my friends and loved ones are healthy. Everything else can either be fixed, thrown out, bought or forgotten. 

Merry Christmas Darling, again

Greeting cards have all been sent

The Christmas rush is through

But I still have one wish to make

A special one for you

Merry Christmas darling

We're apart that's true

But I can dream and in my dreams

I'm Christmas-ing with you

Holidays are joyful

There's always something new

But every day's a holiday

When I'm near to you

The lights on my tree

I wish you could see

I wish it every day

Logs on the fire

Fill me with desire

To see you and to say

That I wish you Merry Christmas

Happy New Year, too

I've just one wish

On this Christmas Eve

I wish I were with you

I wish I were with you xx

A 200 Days of Buying Nothing New Challenge

kena sabo (in Singlish)

ok... after spending 633days here in Singapore, I get burnt by the sun, choke from the smog ... oh and don't even mention about working life (that's another dimension) ... guess what hasn't killed me made me STRONGER, no? 

a lesson learnt from a Little Church Mouse

A woman was just cheated on by her husband of 5 years. She was having a real tough time accepting what was happening so much so, that she just wanted to give up in every aspect of her life. She was tired of fighting and of struggling, she had no motivation to get up out of bed in the morning. Her life was a disaster.

One day she went to visit her grandmother to seek comfort.

Her grandmother was a clever and thoughtful woman. She filled three pots with water and placed each of them on high fire. In no time at all the pots all came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans.

Without saying a word, she watched them sit and boil.

After around 20 minutes she finally turned off the burners. She fished the carrots and the eggs out of the pan and placed them in a bowl next to the coffee.

Turning to her granddaughter, she asked, ‘Tell me what you see.’

‘Carrots, eggs, and coffee,’ she replied.

Her grandmother then asked her to feel the carrots . She did and the young woman noticed that they were soft. The grandmother asked the woman to take the egg and break it. After peeling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally the grandmother told her to take a sip of the coffee. The young woman loved coffee, and she smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.

She paused for a moment and then asked ‘What does it mean, grandmother?’

Her grandmother then went on to explain how each of these objects had faced adversity: boiling  water. She then explained how each of the different objects had reacted differently, in their own ways. Before the adversity the carrot was strong, hard, and unrelenting, but was now soft and weak as a result. The egg was once fragile. It’s shell was the only thing that protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiled water, its insides became hardened.

Last but definitely not least, she pointed out how the coffee beans were unique. After being added to the boiling water, they had not only changed themselves, but they had also changed the water they were in.

The grandmother then asked “Which are you?”

When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?”

Are you the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity you wilt and become soft, loosing your strength.

Are you the egg, with soft gooey insides until it changes under the heat? Are you a fluid spirit that solidify at the first sign of hardship.

Or are you in fact the coffee bean? The bean not only develops in to something else, but it changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, the coffee releases its full fragrance and flavor. When things are at their worst, the coffee gets better, and changes the situation around it.

When things are tough, and I mean really tough, do you elevate yourself to another level?

How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

We are here to tell you that the happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.

May we all be like the COFFEE.

How's Your Day?

Hey Boss!!!!

    

                              

Yeah, I'm Talking To You!!

Why do you think it's acceptable to call your employees while they're on holiday?

NO. iT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO DISRUPT SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAM HOLIDAY

(fyi. I tied up things properly before jetting off)

I find it extremely annoying to get calls, whatsapps or whatever other rubbish from you on my days off!  But hey-ho, guess what? I don't bother because I WOULD NOT and I WILL just ignore your bloody calls and messages while holidaying.

So listen up boss, I don't get paid enough to have my holiday disturbed and I refused to let work take over my time off. 

So bugger off. Get It?! 

This is NOT London Bridge!!!!!!!!!

                                            

For the love of God!!.. this is NOT the famous London Bridge. This bloody bridge is TOWER BRIDGE!!!..

You, me, your great grandfather, my great great grandfather have never seen London Bridge, even if they grew up in London. You or they may have seen a bridge you all thought and called 'London Bridge', but it's not the famous bridge of that children's song. The real London Bridge is gone, though it didn't fall down. It was simply replaced by something more modern. 

the REAL London Bridge was not a pretty one. It was the first stone bridge completed in 1209AD, and despite the centuries of war and natural disaster, it stood in place for over 600 years. 

I can understand that many tourists confuse Tower Bridge for London Bridge as one of the most famous bridges in the world. But the ugly truth is that London Bridge simply does not exist anymore. 

So, if you want to see the real London Bridge, either go back in time or ask the Mayor of London to build a replica. If not, please address Tower Bridge by its proper name and enjoy it for what it is !!!

Things I Will Miss in Singapore #2

food glorious food

Things I Will Miss in Singapore #1