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I hope everyone (especially the young ones) enjoy the night and have fun. As for us, we are not into this festival. Frankly, I have never been to a Halloween Party before. By the way, we are having a family dinner at Ichiban Restaurant later. Just chatted with Smily and understand that he is having his examination this period. Hope his papers are not as scary as Halloween night. Fyn should be having her examination pretty soon too. Or is it on now? What a father!!! I don't keep track of their education time-table nowadays. Trust they are comfortable with their time management.
It's all bad news after bad news. When will it ends? God knows. I am sure my wonderful friends freaked out after this evening update. As for me, I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Saved by the bell with this new project in hand. It don't bothers me anymore. Thank you to all the beautiful people who had supported me. I rather keep their names confidential. Sometimes you need to lose in order to win. To those who fear of losing their job, I say 'keep your chin up - things are bound to get better'. Remember, you are the master of your own destiny. Good luck buddies and have a nice weekend. 
I am not at ease these few days. Somehow I feel something is missing or incomplete. I am killing time at my workplace till my last day. Most probably I will have a week of rest after that before I move on to my new project. That's my proposal but it's for the new management to determine. Please give me a break. I am very sure the coming Christmas and New Year will be burned. It goes without saying especially with works on the foundation and basement during the monsoon season. Who the hell is going to give us a chance? It's considered a bonus should we have a day off on Sunday. Whatever, I am not going to think that far. Just relax and enjoy this easy time. But for people like me, it can be quite restless and meaningless. Still prefer the rush hour job. Sigh...... 
I have been verbally confirmed that I would be heading to the East for a mega commercial project next month. It took them 2 weeks to sort out all the finer details. What a release.... especially colleagues who are concerned and kept asking about my status. I was in such an uncomfortable position to reply while awaiting for the confirmation. Well, the black and white should be out in a few days time. Finally we had lunch at the Hong Kong Street Restaurant @ Balestier. It must have been about 2 years ago since I last dine with my childhood friends Cheng Hai and Tony. It's my treat on my territory but it's irrelevant. Our years of friendship meant more than the dollars spent. Let's get Sham, Tuck Seng and Co. before I start my new project. Cheers!
Hua Hin townThis 5 Days tour is relaxing and enjoyable with the 1st and last day in Bangkok and the remainder 3 days in Hua Hin. In between the journey from the Capital to Hua Hin town ( and return ) we visited many interesting places like Amphawa floating market, Kao Wang Summer Palace, The Nativity of our Lady Catherdral a 100 years old Church and many others. An eye opener was the Unseen Railway Market where the stalls on the track would unpack within minutes for the train to pass through. Needless to say, business resumed after that. It's amazing!Hua Hin is a small and quiet town with its beautiful and clean beaches. The town hotel we stayed is surrounded by local kampong houses. We paid another 800 baht ( S$34 ) for the optional programmes offered by our guide. Besides bringing us to Huey Mongkol Temple and Mount Chopstick, we had a 2 hours traditional Thai massage and an elephant ride at the safari park. Talking about value for money.We read from the web that there is a sunflower plantation in Huey Mongkol Temple and were totally disappointed when we discovered that there isn't any. "Come back in December, that's the season" they said. Suckz!!!! We couldn't believe the news when our tour guide told us that he found an alternative small plantation while on our way back to Bangkok. It's really a blessing to have our wishes fulfilled especially for Margaret.Sunflower rawkz!!!
A Sunflower plantation
Finally, I am more relax and able to find time to chat with most of my neglected buddies. Remember that you are not forgotten. It's just that I had to work till late at night. What a timely break for I am aching all over. To the Hong Hiao Gang, I will be having lunch with Chairman Winston and Towkay Tuah Kiat this Friday. As for Lee Hoon, Pipi, Christina and Neo, we should be able to gather after my Hua Hin trip. So make yourself available, okay?
Red tees, yellow tees or blue tees? Pray that Bangkok will be peaceful when we arrive on Saturday. Definately we will avoid the three colours. Margaret suggested we take black and white pictures instead. Why? Because most of our clothing will be in black and white. LOL
We have reached level 39 and should complete our tower's structure by next week. Soon the team will be disbanded with some of us leaving sooner than expected and the remainder stays a while longer. Deja vu. I am sure we gonna lose a good employer and trust they gonna lose us.... good workers too. N'est ce pas? Quelle horreur! C'est la vie.It's too emo to look back but to march forward..... towards a more challenging project awaiting us, I hope. Dei Gratia. Understand a few of them are packing and leaving Singapore for good. I say 'Good luck buddies and hope we'll meet again.'It's French disconnected and maybe I would have to start learning Japanese soon. Moshi moshi.
Aiyoyo! That's me and Patrick in 1972. Back then, we had just shifted to Block 7 Margaret Drive. Life was tough for we had to squeeze our family of 9 in this 1 room 1 hall rented flat. The scenario was beyond words. Looking back, I wonder how we managed to survive those poverty years. My late father hardly earned enough money to feed us. We are very grateful to have our eldest brother Thomas and sister Jessie who supported the family. To ensure our survival, they gave up their education reluctantly and went out to work at a very young age. I promised myself that my children do not have to live like 'sardines' like us. Thank God that they each have an air-con bedroom with a queen size bed at a young age. I sincerely hope they treasure the luxury blessed upon them. As for Patrick, he is doing well and living in a private apartment.
I came across this interesting sentence while reading the web pages recently and it goes like this : ' Ignorant idiots will always bitch about shit they don't know. ' Yo, though it's sounds vulgar but it has the same meaning as 'Empty vessels make the most noise' in decent form. My command of English is so-so only lah and every now and then you would notice grammatical English mistake in this blog. Most of us would term that as 'broken English'. Not for Margaret as she commented that my English is not totally broken but fractured. Huh??? Fractured English??? Aiyoh, I am confused.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! May all your wishes come true.
My PC has a new life. It's all thanks to my company IT professional James Liaw who helped me to reboot it. He made the task looks simple and warned me to install my anti-virus before accessing the web. Despite turning down my invitation for lunch, I still feel I owe him a meal.
I must also thank Margaret for downloading the neceesary software for the internet connection. Simply put it, I am a PC illiterate. What did I do? I carried the CPU from my home to my office and vice versa. It's not a joke. The CPU was damn bloody heavy. At the end of it all, it's worth it. Long live my PC!
Happy Children's Day1 October 2009 and it's Children's Day in Singapore. May all the children of the world be blessed with joy and happiness always.
Time flies and we are into the final quarter of the year 2009. In fact, it's the most celebrated months of the year for our family starting with Smily's birthday this month. In November, we have Fyn's and mine. Needless to say, the festive season Christmas falls on December. The celebrations continue with New Year 2010 and Margaret's birthday in January. There's more to come with Chinese New Year falls on Valentime day 14 February 2010. Mine oh mine! Let the party begins..............
