Happy Birthday Mummy!

This year, my mummy turns ... (hehe a secret?). Anyway, mummy's birthday was on a Monday, so, I had my first experience of celebrating a birthday across a computer screen. Thank goodness for video conferencing!

Daddy bought a cake and we sang mum a birthday song! Then came presents! Luckily I already planted the gift that I was sharing with my sister with her. So, mum still got her gift despite the fact that we are in different states :P I got her a teddy bear with chocolates. So, when she misses me ... she can hug the bear! (pending of course the fact that the bear was so tiny that she could squeeze the whole bear with one hand ... :P) Daddy was getting her a long awaited sewing machine. Hmm, I wonder if all mum's gifts are to benefit the family more than herself ... :D Ad's gift for her was dinner!!

That is the cake and me with my mummy :D

My teddy for mummy :D

Hehe a closer view taken by my sister :D

So, we went to "Izzi"? I hope I got the right spelling :P It was okay but mum's cooking is still better :D Haha but I suppose her cooking for the family for her own birthday just does not sound right :D

Mummy seems to enjoy the fact that her son bought her dinner more than the dinner :D

Au and I gave her another gift to celebrate the occasion :P It was another teddy bear :D So, when mum misses Au when she goes to study, she has another bear bear to hug :D (haha also pending the size of the bear ...)

Mum sneak a cookie to eat and I caught in on camera :D Love you mum! Hope you liked the gift!

Hehe I'll take this picture as proof that you liked the gift :D

Well, thank you mummy for being my mummy :D Many Happy Returns of the Day!

Good Samaritan

This post is dedicated to the people who do stuff for other people selflessly.

It all started on the day that V and I were going to go look for a certain adress. I had tried very hard to find the exact route via online maps and asking directions. So, with a certain amount of confidence, we started out.


First road block was the massive construction of the road! The road no longer resemble anything on the map!!! Sigh. In the end, we stopped at this petrol station to ask for directions. The counter lady said she knew the way.

"You keluar dari sini, traffic light pertama you belok kiri. Jalan terus, ada traffic light lagi you ambil kiri. Dari sana boleh nampak *a landmark which I can't remember*. Ada macam kena naik punya." There were also left hand animated signals :P

"Okok. Kiri dan kiri, yah? Terima kasih."


"Ya ya, kiri dan kiri."


So, we left the station to meet the first traffic light BUT there was no left turning!!! Calmly V pointed out another traffic light about 500metre ahead that had a left turning. SO, we took it, went through a village housing area and reached another traffic light almost 15 minutes later. At the traffic light, NO CARS were turning left and the left turning went into a semi desolated area.


"Never mind ... maybe short cut ..."


After turning in we got the fright of our life!! So empty the road!! We quickly asked for new directions. A little more careful we travelled again ... the first thing we both saw was ...


*** the same petrol station ***


Maybe she wanted us to use up petrol so we need to pump ... :P


Anyway, armed with the new directions, we took the first right turning after the station and turn right again ... sigh ...

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BUT we still got lost (an eventual event if I am behind the wheel :P). So, V and I decide to stop one more time to ask for directions. V wanted to ask this man sitting at a restaurant's empty table. I felt it was better to ask the restaurant's owner. In view of my excellant judgment (which got us lost in the first place :P), we asked the owner ... in return, we got a lost look ... sigh



Then, we decided to follow V's suggestion. The man's face registered a look of amazed shocked. My heart shattered! My first thought was that we have gone off direction again. The man smiled.




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The following conversation was in mandarin but as I myself can't understand, this is the translated version ...


"I stay near there"

"Oh, then, can you tell us how to go there?"

"Er, ok. You ... (gave directions)"

"Oh, ok ... (blur face) ... okay I think ..."

The man's packed food came.

"I show you the way lah! My food also came already. I am also going that way."

"Oh! (brighten face) Can, ah? Thank you!"


So, to keep the story sweet and short, we followed him (incidentally, he drives a very expensive car, so, the myth of the rich being selfish is not universal :P). He guided us all the way and we wave a sign of thank you and relieve :P


In summary, *ahem ahem*, it was good to have someone guide us (referring to the last part of story, the first part was to entertain you and to never let me lead you to a new place :P). I was particularly touched by his selflessness and sincerity to help us. So, this post is dedicated to all the people who placed others ahead of themselves. Thank you and may God bless.





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