Well, well, what are we all waiting for in this game of life ?.... to win the lottery of course, but how can you win the lottery if you dont buy one? So, how can you achieve anything if you dont try?
Must say I didnt try anything new this year and, low and behold, its coming to an end. So what's my new year resolution? Try to get a free ticket to go to the moon ?....nuh,...no shopping mall there and, its colder than Beijing. Try to look like Claudia Sheiffer, fat chance in hell, wrong body, wrong color, wrong height, wrong wrinkles !!!
So? where does that leave us normal people living in the outback town of Sandakan....give me a second !....hmmm...the good life of course, air fresher than in KL, traffic jams only 15 mins long, power cuts, so sleep early, good for your health, no noise pollution except for the odd malay wedding thats goes on through the nite, no shopping malls , so save a lot of money, fresh and cheap seafood that we always boast about, but pay alot in HK to eat when we are there. If you check the fish you would probably find that it came from the waters off Sim Sim.
Personally I am not waiting for anything....oooophs, not true, I am waiting for a cream that can get rid of eye bags. They seem to grow on the face when you are not looking, and these days I literally dont look in the mirror unless I want to upset myself for some excitement,...sick huh?
I had lunch today with Sui Ping, Elizabeth, Joanne and Siew Siew. We were talking about lasik. Well, according to the eye specialist in Singapore , dont do it cos as you age, the eyes like other parts of the body, dry up too...the body parts dont only droop down , now I am told they dry up too, luckily nothing explodes. Hold on! something does explode...the tummy . Of course we are too polite to say so. We chinese will say that its the prosperous look...ok,ok, so I am jeolous, I dont have that prosperous look. Do you? Me, I am trying to look like I just walked out of Africa...so sue me.
Tomorrow is new year's eve. To those who are celebrating with friends at the various venues, I wish you a very happy new year. Eat and be merry, its too late to worry about that on coming explosion. Can't start the new year looking like a stick insect !...bad feng shui ! Just dont forget your earplugs and sunglasses! You dont want someone to step on your ears on the dance floor..hahaha
To those like me who are celebrating with family and friends at home have a fun filled evening reminising about the days when wan tan mee costs 20 cents a bowl, when you see this pretty smooth face in the mirror with jet black hair, when " age" was a word in your grandmother's vocabulary......hmmm, where did the time go?
So, what are you waiting for?.... live I say, let your hair down ( whats left of it ) ....happy new year to all my friends and my sons friends where ever you are. Till we meet again. God bless all of you.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
OMG its raining in Brisbane
Guess what? its raining here. Jordan says it has only rained a few times here since he came over in Feb. So, we must have complained so much of the heat that God has blessed us with rain, glorious rain. Tonite my friends. will be nice and cool ....yippy!!!
Its sunday today and we have had breakfast of porridge, left over rice + water = porridge. We had lunch at Subway, 1 foot long sandwich....dont worry, Edwin and I shared , so 6 inches each . Actually, I could have finished the whole foot, but , didnt want to be so greedy-lah! So, break the meal into 2 parts, for dessert I had a 4 inch white chocolate soft cookie....hehehe. Nevermind, as long as I am here I am slim. In Sandakan its another story.
We plan to go to church at 3.30pm...Hope Church Brisbane. See how the bottom half praise and worship. Are we far south enough to be upside down? Nah!..I want to thank the Lord for this wonderful holiday and for my son's success....not to mention my success in expanding my waistline. This is life at its best!
My kids are glued to their computers, so am I . Nothing to do so and nothing to watch on TV. The shopping centres close around 5pm so....relax, eat somemore and blog.
3 more days then we are going home...cant say I will miss this place. I like my town and home and friends better....this is what half a century does to a person. No matter where we go we want to go home. Then at home, we complain about the water, electricity, holes in the road, stupid politicians, sesb, etcetc....and still want to go home. Something wrong with this story? What can I say folks ? I love Sandakan.
Its sunday today and we have had breakfast of porridge, left over rice + water = porridge. We had lunch at Subway, 1 foot long sandwich....dont worry, Edwin and I shared , so 6 inches each . Actually, I could have finished the whole foot, but , didnt want to be so greedy-lah! So, break the meal into 2 parts, for dessert I had a 4 inch white chocolate soft cookie....hehehe. Nevermind, as long as I am here I am slim. In Sandakan its another story.
We plan to go to church at 3.30pm...Hope Church Brisbane. See how the bottom half praise and worship. Are we far south enough to be upside down? Nah!..I want to thank the Lord for this wonderful holiday and for my son's success....not to mention my success in expanding my waistline. This is life at its best!
My kids are glued to their computers, so am I . Nothing to do so and nothing to watch on TV. The shopping centres close around 5pm so....relax, eat somemore and blog.
3 more days then we are going home...cant say I will miss this place. I like my town and home and friends better....this is what half a century does to a person. No matter where we go we want to go home. Then at home, we complain about the water, electricity, holes in the road, stupid politicians, sesb, etcetc....and still want to go home. Something wrong with this story? What can I say folks ? I love Sandakan.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Aussie Chaprter 2 : Mt Tambourine
Yesterday we all, 12 Tsens and Chongs went for a day trip to Mt Tambourine in 3 cars. Left late as usual, but made it in time for lunch of pies. The pies about 6" in diameter costs AUD$7.50 each. My kids had 2 each ! We stopped converting some time ago otherwise cant eat.
The weather was fine by aussie standard, hot,hot,hot. Linda and me had our hats on, long sleeves and lots of sunblock. The quaint little town was fun to walk around and shop. Yes! shop! The shops sold cute stuffs...of course , some made in China. What do you expect? The aussies cant make anything cheap.
Of course we went for wine tasting and to a cheese outlet. Tried cheeses that we dont ormally get in Sandakan. After trying must buy lah! Cant let them think we are cheap chinaman. Luckily no one was wearing black socks and white shoes !!!
Since I cant drink wine, I sat and watched the rest nosh up. Out of pity the man served me with plain water. Life sucks sometimes when your DNA is different . Our group bought enough wine to keep them happy working overtime. The lady serving is chinese and she didnt mind working past closing time. Unlike the other winery we went to. Closing time means 'sorry, go away'
Then we went to Ikea for sweddish meatballs...or so we thought, but Douglas got the days wrong and Ikea was closed at 7pm. The next best place was Jing Star, chinese food....the food disappeared so fast that even 2010 was considered slow....hahaha, 12hungry wolves.
This morning, 19/12 , is a do nothing day. We were supposed to plan something but as usual, everyone was too tired to initiate a pow wow last nite. I am very sure none of the Chongs are up. 2 Tsens are still sleeping and its already 11.30am.....so tidur lah.....zzzzzzzzzzzz
The weather was fine by aussie standard, hot,hot,hot. Linda and me had our hats on, long sleeves and lots of sunblock. The quaint little town was fun to walk around and shop. Yes! shop! The shops sold cute stuffs...of course , some made in China. What do you expect? The aussies cant make anything cheap.
Of course we went for wine tasting and to a cheese outlet. Tried cheeses that we dont ormally get in Sandakan. After trying must buy lah! Cant let them think we are cheap chinaman. Luckily no one was wearing black socks and white shoes !!!
Since I cant drink wine, I sat and watched the rest nosh up. Out of pity the man served me with plain water. Life sucks sometimes when your DNA is different . Our group bought enough wine to keep them happy working overtime. The lady serving is chinese and she didnt mind working past closing time. Unlike the other winery we went to. Closing time means 'sorry, go away'
Then we went to Ikea for sweddish meatballs...or so we thought, but Douglas got the days wrong and Ikea was closed at 7pm. The next best place was Jing Star, chinese food....the food disappeared so fast that even 2010 was considered slow....hahaha, 12hungry wolves.
This morning, 19/12 , is a do nothing day. We were supposed to plan something but as usual, everyone was too tired to initiate a pow wow last nite. I am very sure none of the Chongs are up. 2 Tsens are still sleeping and its already 11.30am.....so tidur lah.....zzzzzzzzzzzz
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Aussie chapter 1 : One more for the album
Well, the event we have been waiting for 21 years finially came and went...graduation day !!!!. My son Morgan graduated on wednesday 16/12/09 in Business ( accounting ) . What a relief !....RM300,000 later all he got was a piece of paper...hahaha. We had to pay for the seats in the auditorium and the parking. One would think after all that investments to QUT, at least the parking should be free...no,no,no...nothing is free here.
Really!! We went for dimsum and guess what, we had to pay for the chilli sauce, yes, pay for the chilli sauce. How to eat dimsum without that? They gave us one small saucer of chilli sauce and soya sauce....for 5 people.
The only thing that is free is the toilet paper, thin, very thin, but free. You have to pay for tomato sauce too. next time I will not leave home without it...chilli sauce I mean !
Anyway, the ceremony was interesting, seeing all the different shapes and sizes parading up front. Some dressed for the occassion and some graduated in shorts and slippers, jeans, t-shirts...oh so sampah!!!! the aussies are so laid back.Even some parents came in everyday clothes, maybe they havent got time to iron their formals. Who knows ?
Of course all the asian parents came dressed well, well at least in their going out clothes. They drink before the ceremony, drink after the ceremony and probably got all noshed up after too. Asian parents would probably go home and take more pictures...hahaha. Well, we didnt, cos we were so hungry we had to fill our stomachs first. But what a day. It didnt bring back memories cos our own graduation took place in another century that I have forgotten what it was like....hahaha....ok.gtg...eat again what else ?
Really!! We went for dimsum and guess what, we had to pay for the chilli sauce, yes, pay for the chilli sauce. How to eat dimsum without that? They gave us one small saucer of chilli sauce and soya sauce....for 5 people.
The only thing that is free is the toilet paper, thin, very thin, but free. You have to pay for tomato sauce too. next time I will not leave home without it...chilli sauce I mean !
Anyway, the ceremony was interesting, seeing all the different shapes and sizes parading up front. Some dressed for the occassion and some graduated in shorts and slippers, jeans, t-shirts...oh so sampah!!!! the aussies are so laid back.Even some parents came in everyday clothes, maybe they havent got time to iron their formals. Who knows ?
Of course all the asian parents came dressed well, well at least in their going out clothes. They drink before the ceremony, drink after the ceremony and probably got all noshed up after too. Asian parents would probably go home and take more pictures...hahaha. Well, we didnt, cos we were so hungry we had to fill our stomachs first. But what a day. It didnt bring back memories cos our own graduation took place in another century that I have forgotten what it was like....hahaha....ok.gtg...eat again what else ?
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Goodbye 2009
Ok, the year end is fast approaching and what have we all done to say we had a good year??. Did we win the nobel prize? Did we save a child? Did we help a deserving family? Did we do a good deed without being asked? Did we achieve all our resolutions set at the beginning of the year?. Did you increase your waistline?...woah!!! ..well at least something got bigger!
Well, if you can answer yes to all of the above, kudos to you, but if you can say yes to some of the above, congratulations you tried ! However if your answer is no to all of the above said questions then,....sorry lah you have just wasted 1 year of your precious life doing nothing, achieving nothing and worst of all learning nothing from all your past failures.....doom and gloom awaits you at the gates of heaven !!!! Go drown yourself at the gates of KFC.
As for me, at least I can say yes to some. No nobel prize for me but I did achieve some of the goals I set and more, thanks to my friends in my Ladies Sharing Group. I have learnt alot about God, the bible, and about sharing and caring. I am a better person for it but there is still a mega size room for improvement. As the lord is my shepherd I will be OK.
My family is doing well. My son Morgan will be graduating in December. My son Jordan did very well in his foundation. My son Sheldon brought back a glowing report card . My son Noel is happy working at BMW. We are happy cos our kids are all OK. Praise the lord for these many blessings upon the Tsen family.
I have gone religious this year cos I have found God again. I found that by allowing him to lead me and take over my life I am less stressful, more forgiving and less petty, but I still have to work at my temper. That seems to be getting shorter and hotter as I age. Blame it on the menopause. What is the use of having it if I cant blame it for something.....hahahah.
Exercising more also helps. I am now so into yoga that I go without fail 3/4 times a week. It helps me to relax inspite of the aches and pains due to not breathing correctly....so says the teacher. Exercising the mouth after yoga class also helps to relax...hahahaha, (more then the actual yoga itself.)
Life and romance doesnt end at 50. In fact it starts at 50. I think its because I know exactly who I am and where I am going. I dont have to take a year off to look for myself, like the american kids nowadays ! I have self confidence, I have fine lines, I have wrinkles, I have eye bags, I have loose skin on my arms, other unmentionables have gravitated down, I have white hair all over my head and eyebrows, I have deteriorating shortsightedness and I am hard of hearing at times.
The grand prize : I have attained maturity that only comes with age. Its a prize worth waiting 52 years for.So if some one says growing old sucks, then he or she hasnt found God and hasnt walked the walk and hasnt lived life as God intends. Be happy, live today, who knows what will happen tomorrow.
This will be my last blog for 2009, what a smashing year it has been for me and my family. So we wish you all a very merry christmas and a very happy new year.
Well, if you can answer yes to all of the above, kudos to you, but if you can say yes to some of the above, congratulations you tried ! However if your answer is no to all of the above said questions then,....sorry lah you have just wasted 1 year of your precious life doing nothing, achieving nothing and worst of all learning nothing from all your past failures.....doom and gloom awaits you at the gates of heaven !!!! Go drown yourself at the gates of KFC.
As for me, at least I can say yes to some. No nobel prize for me but I did achieve some of the goals I set and more, thanks to my friends in my Ladies Sharing Group. I have learnt alot about God, the bible, and about sharing and caring. I am a better person for it but there is still a mega size room for improvement. As the lord is my shepherd I will be OK.
My family is doing well. My son Morgan will be graduating in December. My son Jordan did very well in his foundation. My son Sheldon brought back a glowing report card . My son Noel is happy working at BMW. We are happy cos our kids are all OK. Praise the lord for these many blessings upon the Tsen family.
I have gone religious this year cos I have found God again. I found that by allowing him to lead me and take over my life I am less stressful, more forgiving and less petty, but I still have to work at my temper. That seems to be getting shorter and hotter as I age. Blame it on the menopause. What is the use of having it if I cant blame it for something.....hahahah.
Exercising more also helps. I am now so into yoga that I go without fail 3/4 times a week. It helps me to relax inspite of the aches and pains due to not breathing correctly....so says the teacher. Exercising the mouth after yoga class also helps to relax...hahahaha, (more then the actual yoga itself.)
Life and romance doesnt end at 50. In fact it starts at 50. I think its because I know exactly who I am and where I am going. I dont have to take a year off to look for myself, like the american kids nowadays ! I have self confidence, I have fine lines, I have wrinkles, I have eye bags, I have loose skin on my arms, other unmentionables have gravitated down, I have white hair all over my head and eyebrows, I have deteriorating shortsightedness and I am hard of hearing at times.
The grand prize : I have attained maturity that only comes with age. Its a prize worth waiting 52 years for.So if some one says growing old sucks, then he or she hasnt found God and hasnt walked the walk and hasnt lived life as God intends. Be happy, live today, who knows what will happen tomorrow.
This will be my last blog for 2009, what a smashing year it has been for me and my family. So we wish you all a very merry christmas and a very happy new year.
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