Dumpling Dumpling

Bear with me, I just can't help it..

The annual Dumpling Festival is back tomorrow. In Malaysia as with many countries with Chinese communities worldwise, this traditional Chinese festival is celebrated by the eating of a variety of steamed glutinous rice dumplings. And it also reminds me of my mummy..

My mum could actually wrap a dumpling very well, normally she stuffed with ingredients such as fatty pork, dried shitake mushrooms, dried shrimps, salted egg yolk, bamboo shoots wrapped in bamboo leaves, she normally wrapped it in a shape of pillow rather than in pyramid form, every time when she put the wrapped ZhungZi in a steamer, we can promptly smell the fragnant of dumpling drawn out from the steamer, it needs to be steamed for at least 2 hours, I was so impatient, how could i resist the temptation of eating?

I can still remember the taste after so many years.....it might not be the best to others, but it's the best that I've ever had so far.

I miss Mummy so much. Why did she have to die?..........

Shall I get a tattoo?

What do you think about tattoo?
You know, I've always wanted to get one similiar to this. Tattoos may be an option for the daring, but some acknowledge the things they must confront once they've permanently marked the skin, stereotypes...I understand many people may not be receptive. It used to be sailors, bikers and the women of the evening who sported tattoos. But now the list includes celebrities, professionals and even grandpas, things are more acceptable nowadays. I highly adore the person with a nice tattoo design that associated with their identity.

What do you think if I am getting a tattoo ?

" Does it hurts ? "
" People as a whole society are a little more accepting of how people express themselves individually..."
" People in my industry know about the tattoo, and several co-workers have gone in to get designs of their own, but they've all put them in places that can be covered up.."
" You will look cool for sure...."
" The acceptance of people with tattoos and people who are getting tattoos has changed over the past 5 years, last time, you were either a military person or perhaps a biker..."
" Imagine yourself at 80 with that tattoo. Still want it? "
" I had decided I wanted to get one, wanna go and do together? maybe can get a best deal."
" You are in a position where you hire people and interview people, If you have tattoos all over your hands and in visible positions, it's going to change people's perceptions..."
" I was very scared, but once he started it was fine, really it didn’t bother me that much at all.”
" Make sure the artist is licensed, look at the equipment used and make sure the needles are in a sealed package, I would check out the person's history and get a little bit of an idea - you'd like to see their portfolio.."
" Tone up your body first..........."

Once again..." Shall I get a tattoo ?? "

Busy Weekend

Noone can actually predicts the future. Just like yesterday, I was thinking that I might have a free and lonely weekend without having my dear around, who knows it ended up a busy Saturday.

In the morning, I supposed to wake my dear up by 5am to catch the flight that departing by 7am, but finally we overslept until 7:15am because of my stupid alarm clock...Without any much delay, we packed, washed and changed in superfast pace, then rushing to KL Sentral trying to catch the next flight that departing by 10:35am, luckily the flight is available, otherwise I will be quite guilty and regretful about my stupid alarm clock.

Just after seeing my dear rides on the train to airport, then my sister called to ask my help taking care of her son and daughter, she is busy going to Genting for a social event.

I always got no problem taking care of my nephews, firstly, it have been quite some times didn't spend time with them, secondly, all my friends know I always like to behave as a father, bringing kids around..

But problem is...I really got no idea where to bring them to...my niece is 16yo and my nephew is 14yo, what normally a teenager doing on school holiday huh? They do not have any particular places to go, they are just fine with every place, finally I rather to please myself bringing them to Neway karaoke for 3 hours, X-Men movie for 2 hours and Dinner for 1 hour....it sounds so eventful but not sure whether they enjoy or not...I'm happy if they did.

Sigh, it's not easy being a dad or even a guardian for just one day.

Am I Happy ?

( ( Des® ) ) says:
i will be alone in this weekend
jayCHUA says:
You need company this weekend?
( ( Des® ) ) says:
i dont mind being alone...but hopefully i don't feel lonely

jayCHUA says:
for where u are now.. there are many things to feel good about....good health, stable job, nice friends.
( ( Des® ) ) says:
perhaps i do not really know what am i passionate for in life..even I was being proposed a list of investments.
jayCHUA says:
that's common for most people..they just lived a life according to a conventional success mode. u must have a "dream"/ "target in life to motivate yourself, so that the “fire” inside u burns.
( ( Des® ) ) says:
i know pretty well of all these, but i'd just don't know where to start from..
jayCHUA says:
ya ..saying is easy..
we need a friend to act as a mirror, to reflect each other help each other, motivate each other, that ‘s what we need from our partner, like a light in a tunnel
( ( Des® ) ) says:
yeah..agreed..I really need many supportive friends around, and being myself resourceful before my big move....I wish I am lucky to be given all these.
jayCHUA says:
Happiness is a journey ( it’s how u live happily day by day) not a DESTINATION, so rememeber to live a life happily everyday..
( ( Des® ) ) says:
trying to.... :)
jayCHUA says:
make yourself happy. then also try to make others happy, if possible

Perhaps, Love

每个人都想明白

谁是自己生命不该错过的真爱

特别在午夜醒来更是会感慨

心动埋怨还有不能释怀

都是因为你触碰了 爱

如果这就是爱

再转身就该勇敢留下来

就算受伤 就算流泪

都是生命里温柔灌溉

哦 爱 在回忆里总是那么明白

困惑的心 流过的泪

还有数不清黑夜等待

如果这就是爱

如果你当时明白

后来的生命里是快乐还是悲哀

特别在夜深人静时想起未来

是否能平静不会想现在

只是因为你拥有了 爱

如果这就是爱

再转身就该勇敢留下来

就算受伤就算流泪

都是生命里温柔灌溉

哦 爱在回忆里总是那么明白

困惑的心流过的泪

还有数不清黑夜等待

如果这就是爱

如果这就是爱

Don't know why I am so stucked with this song recently, even it has been launched for quite sometimes ago, my colleague has set it as her ring tone, by everytime of her incoming calls. The song sounds and reminds me of someone, BB, who used to express such of similiar feeling towards me after we broke off.

Note for BB :

I appreciate everything you've done for me all these years, and ton of apologies that you suffered alot in this relationship. Perhaps it's love, that make you can't help thinking of one in numerous sleepless nights, the previous joyness and pains is being interchanged at the bottom of your heart. I fully understand how you actually feel.

However, we both know this relationship could not be kept any longer, we are usually far aparted and both of us have our own life partner who means even more to each other, the longer that we keep this , the deeper hurt is going to be...

Perhaps it's love, so that we begin; Perhaps it's love, so that we end.

I was so nervous thinking about our future, it almost nexts to impossible. I got no better choice but giving it up, this might not be good decision, but believe that is the ever toughest decision that I've made and I'm sure it benefits all of us. I am such a practical person. Sorry, I've moved on..

Joseph's Birthday

The 31st of May is Joseph's birthday, but all of us are not able to make it during his actual birthday, so we did it last Friday, 11th May, wah..20 days earlier.

They were 6 of us, me, Joseph, Terrence, Jason, and special appearanced by Alex and Jason who were all the way from Johor.

We went to Klang for seafood dinner of Joseph's suggestion, it took about 45mins drive journey to our destination, and waited another 30mins for the 'Sao Xing Gong'.We ordered many dishes that recommeded by the boss who is Alex's ex-school mate, he got us so plenty of food until we cannot finish, luckily we got Joseph, who has a nickname of ' DBKL' that always able to eliminate the wastes :P

It costs around RM180, it's reasonably cheap, but the food was just moderately good only.Joseph settled the bill, thanks !! I think next time after I moved in my new house, can just celebrate one's birthday at my place, we cook, eat, clean...and cake cutting...I think it's more eventful and memorable.

Wesak Day 2006

Wesak day falls on Friday, so that we have a long weekend holidays. This day, my friend brought me to one of famous buddhist temple around the China Town for praying, it were so crowded, the temple is simple but clean, they were actually serving complimentary vegetarian lunch that I actualy least expected.

After done from the temple, I suddenly feel like to browse around the buddha statue shops, I was thinking to get one for my new house.We went to few shops and didn't get anyone suitable until I saw this Guan Ying statue at one shop at Jalan Petaling, it caught my attention even it were positioned among all other statues. I think this is so called 'Yuan Fen' (Destiny)

I was so impressed by its workmanship and its pose sitting on the Lotus, it were actually total 9 Lotus Flowers around, so called 'Nine Lotus Guan Ying'. I could feel the spirit of 'generousity' drawn out from it. After I was told that it was the last piece left, without any delay, I made up my mind and brought it back :)