Aug
11
That’s Where I Got My Stubborn Gene From
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There are many things that I inherited from my father; the dark not-so-fair-skin to begin with, good with math, bunny teeth and even our tendency to keep everything (we don't throw stuffs).
I think one of the most prevalent one is our stubbornness!
There I was having my dinner with my parents at a food court when I asked him what he wanted to eat.
"Duck rice," he said, even though he got a weak and bad heart that made him hospitalized a couple of months ago.
"No, that is very bad for your health," I said.
"It's not. Duck is good for health according to the Chinese. Chicken is not good, pork is even worse," he argued. By the way, he is a big fan of pork, and when he is not eating pork, this is what he says! (=.=)"
"Come on, I know duck is really bad. Eat something else," I insisted.
My mum was back from ordering the porridge and I told her that he wanted to eat the duck rice; half hoping my mum will be on my side. But it was a mistake!
"He always eats it whenever we come here. Let him," she said as she knew she couldn't control him.
"No, order something else," I kept insisting and I felt rather pissed off at my father's diet!
"Ok, chicken chop rice then," he said.
I was speechless. He chose a deep fried chicken chop after I insisted something healthier! Even I was going for the porridge!
And the best thing was my mum said nothing and went to order for him. (=.=)"
We had more argument and he said it doesn't matter what you eat, you'll die too in the end! O.o
"Then why did you eat all the pills for?" I challenged him but I just couldn't win.
He was just so stubborn. Couldn't he eat healthier food for his health? It is ok if it is once in a while but his once in a while is almost every other day!!!
And as I kept arguing with my father, my mum kicked my leg under the table to hint me to stop before he got mad.
And what do I do at this point of time?
"We'll change half of our meals. You take half my porridge and I take half your chicken chop and rice," I commanded.
And… he agreed.
That's all I can do for a meal. But I know there would be countless meals that I won't be able to control.
Why do I felt like I am an adult now and he's a kid that loves to eat junk food and I have to control it? (=.=)"
Aug
7
Hybrid?
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What are these?
Are they plants or are they birds?
These are my mother's pride and joy and she is very proud to plant it from seeds! I do not know what is the name of the plant but the "flower" seems to look like a little bird! With head, tail and wings too!
Anyone have seen this before or know the name of it?
Mar
4
Are You a Keeper or Thrower?
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It’s no wonder that my mother likes to complaint about my father. They are sometimes of complete opposite in certain departments. For instance, my father is a keeper, and my mother is a thrower.
I don’t know if it is a good thing that I am just like my father in this ‘keeping’ department. He keeps everything that he thinks might be useful in the future or memorable stuffs, which is almost everything except from real rubbish. That’s why we have a small store room in the house that is officially his, where he keeps a lot of stuffs and organised it nicely and nobody knows how to look for things that we need there.
My father also likes to buy fancy stuffs that he sees such as a mini torchlight, magnet balls, battery charger for phones, the special food peelers/slicers and anything at all which is a little unique or anything that is nice. Me too. 
Not only that, I think I also inherit his thin-gene, bad temper, stubbornness, pride and even buck teeth!
On the other hand, my mother is a total opposite. She’s more of a practical person, buying only necessary stuffs and throwing away those that she think is not useful now. She is more of a neat person and doesn’t like to keep stuffs. Maybe they complement each other in a way.
Being the same like my father, I keep everything and do not throw anything unless it is broken or torn. This explains why I
hardly throw any of my clothes as I never really grow any bigger since I was 17, seriously.
The other day, Sean asked me if I have any old clothes to donate for charity as he was going to deliver the next day. And so I started to dig out my two full cupboards and came out with 3 full plastic bags of 37 pieces of clothes!
I should have at least 50 clothes that I could give away but after some tough consideration, I decided to keep some for a longer period of time but I doubt if I would even wear them again.
Some of the clothes that I gave away are brand new, but I never wear it after buying and now I think I would never wear it again. Some are my formal clothing that I hardly wear as I wear casual to work daily. The others are the clothes that I hardly wear for the past couple of years but still in good condition.
After getting rid of them, I feel that my wardrobes aren’t so packed and messy; less clutters which is really good for Feng Shui! And I can buy more new clothes now!
Perhaps I should give away some other stuff too, as I still have a lot of things that I keep but never used for years! Or things that I simply buy them on impulse but it isn’t really useful to me..
Well, it’s not my fault. Blame it on genes.. 
Nov
30
Rambling on a happy Friday~
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I don’t know because it is Friday or my mood is really better today. After I locked the gate today, I wished my neighbour good morning! Yeah, perhaps it is something common, but I guess I am being too much of a city-folk now. I hardly talk to my neighbours and do not socialize with them! This neighbour was the one started being friendly to me first last time and somehow I felt like greeting him this morning (which normally I tried to avoid saying hi, yeah, I am weird and not friendly!) He must felt so surprised coz I actually smiled brightly to him too!
Then there are these few dogs outside my house that always roam around. I am not sure if they belong to anyone or just wild dogs. But I am grateful to one of the black dog (which I don’t see much lately, wonder where he goes) as he saved me from being robbed! Seriously! Anyway, one of the almost-white-dog followed me for a distance today, like protecting me! I am not scared of it anymore unless when she gets too near! I like the bunch of dogs outside my house, makes me feel safer. Though I don’t quite like it (very scared!) when they chased after Yit’s bike when she gave me a ride at night!
Anyway, I am going back to my hometown, Malacca again, today after work! Yeah, am so looking forward to go back to my hometown, which I have frequent less and less in the past years. I used to go back every 2 or 3 weeks but not it is more like once every month!
I miss my parents, my home, my bed and my dogs! Hope it’ll be a good weekend for me and everyone too!!! 
Jul
11
Weekend @ Malacca~
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Last weekend I went back to my hometown Malacca after nearly a month didn’t go back. I bought the 7pm bus ticket but the damn Transnasional bus didn’t arrive till 7.40pm and departed around 7.50pm, which made me waited for an hour at the super-hot-Pudu bus station! >.<
Anyway, the weekend was quite relaxing as I had plenty of the much-needed-sleep despite the scorching hot weather in the morning and night. The only un-peace-ful thing was my mother’s friend from Singapore came to overnight at our house. She’s a nice lady, around fifties, very modern and friendly, except that she’s like a radio, talking non stop all the time!
Oh my, I really couldn’t stand a chatterbox that talks non-stop and she really could talk to anybody, regarding any topic. Sometimes I have to hide in my room for some peace. She asked me if I would want to go to Australia with her, just buy air tickets and we could stay at her relative’s house there. Gosh, tell me what holiday would that be?! I am just so glad that she’s not my mother; don’t get me wrong, she’s nice just that she loves talking so much. >_<
Celebrated Father’s Day one week earlier too as I am not sure if I am able to go back hometown again this weekend. Just had a nice dinner with my parents, the chatterbox.. oopps, I mean my mother’s friend and my cousin brother too.. ^.^
