procastinating

procastinating

This is a "big" word for some people and i am one of these people. The above picture says it all. Yeah, I have been doubly busy since i dont know when. Could it be I am very poor with my time management as I never seem to get enough time to do other things that I would like to do besides working (like siao lang), the underpaid driver for my children - driving around fetching them from school and to and fro tuition, taking my dad for his medical checkup, going on business trips, meetings, appointments, ayooooooo..... endless list lah.... :-(

I reckon is my poor time management lah... as others are able to do more than my list. I wonder how. Can someone out there tell me how to go about as i out of my wits trying my best but 24 hours seems not sufficient to do all that i want. Everytime, when i look at the clock, cant believe time flies by.

When I knock off from work in the evening, goes back to mum's place for dinner and thereafter, relax by watching soap opera on TV. At times, the phone would be ringing or some sms would come in, aiya... @#$^% endless calls and sms. Then its time to go home and sleep.! Upon reaching home, I would try to do some reading on the days report via The Star and at times before i could finish going through the whole paper, my eyes would just "collapse" yawn..... bedtime.

Next day the same routine and have to continue from where i left off yesterday and of course additional new things seems to crop in....... Well thats life ??

S....

my mental blogs

First of all, let's bow to M !!! Hahaha! She has finally posted her little "say" in this blog that actually belongs to all 4 of us!!! That was why it is called FEMS ( she being the M) Without her we would be just FES! ( and that sounds like some air borne parasite!) So thanks a bundle M!! Welcome and hope u are here to stay and be an honorary member forever!
Ok back to me, i shall call myself the mental blogger ~ at least for the last 3 weeks! I lay in bed at night , exhausted from the daily activities and i have all these ideas running thru my head. The words ramble across my mind , the essence of a new post. Sometimes i even giggle and smile when the words form some humorous sentence!! But the words drift into mid air and dissipate as i close my eyes and fall into slumber land.
I had so many posts in my mental blog ( Not a mental block , mind u! ~ i had a million things to say in here) .... ranging from my maidless 3 weeks to my mum's panic incident, .... and that day 2 ladies paid me the best compliment an instructor could ever get :) .... and when i was put to the test by another 2 ladies who seem to be not so vocally polite! They shot out opinions and remarks like little darts but i had my line dance students who darted them back with niceties about me ( thanks so much my loyal students!) .... and my funny encounter with one of my dance students who seems to have phobias and oddities that no one can even imagine!!!! She made us laugh till we had tears in our eyes.....And then the trip to Ipoh for the Pikom fair.....and more and more and more!!
If only i have time to sit here and type all those words now ..... i see them floating in my head! ...maybe one day..... as of now, they are my Mental blogs!
Eh-na-der-day!

Hello

Hi! there.....

Finally..... hah....am able to find myself into this hi-tech technology eassy writting. Looking back at all those blogs that my good buddies have contributed, I really felt bad for not making any effort to do it after more than a year...Thousand apology gals.. Looks like it's going take me days to read all the blogs posted by my buddies.....since March 2007.!!

Anyway, I am M, represented by the Many, Much, More, Makan etc etc.....
I managed to read the last 2 blogs posted by S and E for a start and felt so touch and emotional over the messages. This is the 2nd time tears came rolling down since I am here in this foreign land (Hong Kong)....the 1st was on the 2nd day I arrived..... kinda of miss home....one week after I was back home again....hehehe....

Well, this is my 1st attempt to blog, hopefully I am doing well......

Let's start off from today....managed to get all the FEMS online chatting over msn.....the 4 chiapkoot kakis.....and most of the Fridays were our session day when E was introduced my classmates until S attended yoga class...hmmm...and of course now with me away from Klang they would be looking for replacement.......hopefully they will find a "Keng" one..hahaha...

Now that I am blogging, felt like I have hundred and one things to share and say....donno how to begin with..?????? maybe making up those missing moment that was suppose to share much earlier..... I still remember during my younger days or rather school days, I really hated writing essays...its like poison,this must be the reason why I have never contributed.

A piece of good news before I sign off for now, (promise to blog soon) I have finally concluded the deal for my permanent apartment in Hong Kong...now my buddies will have enough room to bunk in....when they are here....looking forward........but cost me HKD12,000.00.....sob..sob..sob.....

Thank god for answering my prayers.......amen......

Cheers from M until then.....bet it's going to be soon......

choices in life

There are some people who are born with silver spoon or golden spoon. Where else some of us are born with the wooden spoon. Nevertheless, it is the upbringing of the family that will tell if they are brought up properly or otherwise.

One case that happen recently which i hope will bring that person down to earth and mend the way the person live and behave. Well, lets just say, the person was born with the silver or platinum spoon lah...... arrogant, spendthrift and many more (you all have creative mind, right ?? hehehe).

Like the Malay proverb, sepandai tupai melompat, akhirnya jatuh ke lantai juga. Well, the person thought that telling different people different version of happening, everyone around is ignorant and will not put one to one together !! How naive but deadly shrewd..... Anyway, semua udah terbongkar lah yesterday.......... but dont know what has transpired in their home. Will probably know some but not all of it. Lets hope the person learns and the family not to pamper too much on their children by giving in to everything without asking the big "WHY"

Well, I also hope that I will be able to bring up my children well and look forward to their working life in the real world. I of course will try not to pamper them too much (which parent wouldnt) and hope that I am doing the right thing in their life.

I know for the fact, E has done a tremendous job with her lovely girls. Kudos to you, E..... You are not just a mum but "Research Associate in the field of child development and human relations"... sounds big, right ? Well it is definitely very very true fact. I hope that I will one day have that satisfaction when my children grows up....

To continue the program of research (which mother doesnt), in the laboratory and in the field (normally we would say indoors and outdoors) and working for my "Masters" (1st the lord, and then the whole family) amd already have two credits (my son and daughter) and of course our job is the most demanding in humanities (any mother out there care to disagree ?) and we often work more than 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But of course our job is more challenging that most run-of the mill careers and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just the money lah....

Motherhood - a glorious career. Big Title for each :

Grandmother - Senior research associates in the field of child development and human relations

Great grandmother - Executive senior research associates

Aunts - Associate research assistants (more for M and F)

cheers.... from S

Something for M!

A special entry for M , our dear friend.....

on her journey to a distant land to fulfill her destiny.

We wish u the best of luck, lots of love , and everlasting friendship with us, the FEMS!

with a heavy heart..... we part...but we hope to see u soon.... maybe not as often as we used...but we wont stay away for long..... u can't get rid of us that easily!! :)

The hardest part of any friendship is when it is time to say goodbye. As much as we might like things to stay the same, change is an inevitable part of life. There is a secret that only real friends know and it is this. All the mountains and valleys in the world cannot separate friends whose hearts are as one.

And finally a goodbye poem for u :

We will be friends forever

Amigos, buddies, pals

Where you are, I’ll be

No matter how many miles

We will be friends forever

No matter how many mistakes you or I make

Because as long we are friends

There’s nothing we couldn't’t take

We will be friends forever

No matter where we’ll be

Because when we leave one another behind

You’ll be in the heart of me

We will be friends forever

No matter how old we are

Because when you’re friends forever

You’ll never be too far

A big hug from me to u , M!

Love,

E!

lots of hugs and kisses from all of us

yeap,,, March 30 - 0900 hrs..... M will be flying off to greener pasture. M has been busy eating, eating and eating since last month till now. Everyone seems to want to buy M lunch or dinner before flying away.

Our group was suppose to buy M farewell dinner but never materialise as she was busy, with some appointments made 1 1/2 months ago. Infact, Monday, 24 March, we were suppose to go out for dinner (2nd postponement) but M could not due to prior engagement before ours lah. So, we decide if M cannot make it, we will still go ahead with ours. Guess, where lah..... food and we can also clear our throat... (hehehe)... Karaoke lah. Value for money, we paid abt RM30+ each and we can eat all we want, drink wat we want, cold or hot drinks, including mashed potatoes (made fresh from the machine). WE were spoilt for choice. Of course, once our stomach was fill to the bringe, we have to "exercise" mah..... We sang and sang and sang from dinner through supper !! Imagine from 6.30 pm - 1.30 am...... See,,,, told you - value for money, right ? where can get one??? (Girls, E's girls, we all waiting for both of you to come back to eat n sing along.....)

M was also busy with her new house which finally was ready yesterday. We, F,E,S, help M to warm up her new house together with her other relatives, dont know how many of them as there are toooo many to account for. According to F, yesterday attendance is only some of the clan. You can imagine if the whole clan gathers, my oh my........

We also had a short session "wat we do every Friday" till 11 pm. The house was filled with voices and everyone talking at the same time, F could not concentrate much last night. M was not making neither was F due to the noise pollution. E n me make some. We din talk much about M moving on, guess if we did, probably the room will be fill with water (tears). I am sad to say that I am reluctant for M to go away but probably thats her calling and who knows, maybe she will find someone there. F says, if the flight is schedule later in the day, she would not go either as she may not be able to control herself as well. So, all foursome just played along last night until it was time to say goodnight. We just wished her well and said, we see you when we see you lah...... No hugs, no kisses and no tears..... it is better this way.... On the bright side, we now have an overseas "home" where we can go for visit and the best part is FREEEEEEEEEE..... Secondly, M will come back home every now and then.. so.. dont fret.

M take care and all the best. Lot of hugs from F, E and me.. we love you and will surely surely miss you dearly.... even though we din tell this to you... but i reckon you know lah.....

Already missing M liao... ...... S signing off

P/s M promise to blog but dont know if she has ever begin to try to.........?!

POLITICAL TSUNAMI

By now every Malaysian is aware that besides PAS retaining the state of Kelantan, the opposition had won an additional 4 states in the nationwide March 8th Election. Everyone, from the then ruling coalition to the opposition parties themselves, as well as the rakyak was shocked beyond words.

For once the whole nation were either glued to the T.V. or the net, waiting for results of the election. Nobody felt sorry for Samy Vellu when it was announced that he had lost. Sms-es poking fun at him supposedly looking for a job started pouring in minutes after his defeat was announced. Results of the opposition’s wins were belatedly relayed on T.V. Sms-es with details of who won and who lost flew back and forth the whole night, more up-to-date than the mainstream government-owned media. Much as I felt sorry for Dr. Koh & Dato Seri Sharizat, it seemed that this time the people had mainly voted for parties, not the candidates. Ironically, the ruling party is now the opposition in these states. Based on these results, it can be summed up that the people were very unhappy with the current government and were letting them know it through the polls.

Speaking for myself, I have never really taken an interested in politics. To be frank, the only reason I registered to vote in the first place was because somebody told me that if you skip the elections four times from the time you are eligible to vote, you could end up being deported. Fear of being ‘buang negara’ made me go to the polls for the very first time in 2004. But then, fed-up with the blatant corruption of some of these big shots, and what seemed like the government doing nothing to stop it, I started taking an interest in the political situation in our country. As mentioned in one of my posts, I started reading blogs like Malaysia Today and other independent media. Guess I wasn’t the only one. People no longer trusted what they read in the mainstream media.

Weeks before the election, the whole country was abuzz with anything connected with the election. Seems like everywhere you go, people were talking about it. Emails were going round urging people not to vote for politicians who were sexist, racist or corrupted etc. Many young people I know were regretting that they had not registered in time to vote. My office mates and I were united in our sentiments, we were pro-oppositions. Only 2 girls bravely told us they were sticking with Barisan.

This time round people were no longer afraid to declare out loud that they were going to vote for the opposition. It no longer mattered that the constituency we belonged to did not have the candidate or party of our choice. People were desperate enough to vote for any one of the opposition parties meaning that the Chinese and Indians were willing to vote for PAS and for once, the Malays also indicated their intentions to vote for the opposition, be it DAP or PKR. For that we have the mainstream media to thank because throughout the campaign period, they painted a rosy picture of the ruling party’s confidence in securing a huge majority of the votes. This made each of us feel threatened, and we each felt that we HAD to vote for the opposition just to deny the Barisan a 2/3 majority.

Days after the election, the nation is still eagerly waiting for post-elections news. Cabinet ministers had to be picked, along with the MB for each state won by the opposition. Speculations are going round as to whether Badawi would be forced to step down, and if so, who would become the next P.M.? Najib ? Tengku Razaleigh ????

Sadly, there have been bickering among the new ruling parties as to who should be nominated for position of MB, among others issues. There is also unhappiness over the declaration of certain policies being scrapped etc..

We should not feel dejected by these initial problems. The opposition parties have just taken over. I am confident that given time most of the problems will be resolved and everything will go smoothly in the end. We voted and we won. Now let us all be patient. Let's give them a chance to prove themselves.

F