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Cynthia Kersey has been writing about Unstoppable People for over a decade and found that living an unstoppable life always involves giving. People who give and are involved in a purpose that is greater than themselves are the happiest people and live the richest and most meaningful lives imaginable...

(Thank you Abang Zu for sharing this...)


Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I'm back...

...after so long.

I can't believe it's been about 2 weeks that I haven't written anything. Guess I was busier than I thot!

And there's the heat issue... It's just been so hot and scorching that I dreaded having to go out, even to fetch the boys from school. And the boys were still up and down with fever because of the heat...

Newspaper headlines have not been exhilirating either. Myanmar. China. Sad. All so sad.

My sister-in-law gave birth to a pretty baby girl on 6 May. Zara Zulaikha. The first granddaughter for my mother-in-law, the earlier 5 being boys.

A day before mother's day I had my mum stay with me at my place. Just a getaway from her routine with my dad, hee hee. I took her out for lunch with my sister at Pavilion, showed her the place and how KLites hang out. On mother's day, we all hung out at the Curve, shopped for a pair of new sandals for my mum, as advised by her physician. After trying out about 30 pairs, finally a pair of Hush Puppies made her happy. Phewh, but worth the time coz she's happy now, no more complaints about pain in the feet or the knees.

I had much earlier gotten a new handphone from darling husband for mother's day. My old one went kaput after thing2 threw it down the stairs. After that I was using a friend's old phone on loan. This new one is from the Nokia Nseries. Cool... and I can load up lots of my boys' goony acts on it! New things are great, but with any new phone, there's the info transfer that needed to be done. So, imagine that...

Came the water problem. Somehow water was not being pumped up to the tank, water was only available at the front porch and in the kitchen. So, you can imagine how that went, and it's still not settled, coz the Syabas registered plumber refused to make any repairs while Syabas is still doing works in the Cheras and Pandan areas. Sigh... hanging in there...

Then there was Teacher's Day. Made 67 chocolate baskets for Esfahan's teachers at Sekolah Desa Pandan. This was ordered by the PIBG at a extremely low budget, so it was my community service. But everyone was happy in the end, and that's what matters most. On top of this, I also made 7 gifts for the teachers who teach Esfahan in 1 Elit.

At Damascus's kindy Krista, I made 8 gifts, for the teachers plus the caregivers. They were happy, Damascus was happy, so I was happy.

I also made a choc basket for Esfahan's piano teacher and a decorative plate for his speech&drama teacher. All were happy. Peewit!

Then darling husband went on his company trip to Bangkok. My mum came over to keep me and the boys company for 5 days. During his absence, there was still the water problem, and the heat. Marrakesh would throw tantrums at night coz he was just too hot to sleep, and this kept me awake. And the maid, who comes in 7-7 mon-sat, went awol coz her baby was sick at home, so she too had not had sleep, and she ended up falling sick too. Aaaaaaaaa!!!! But I soon got reinforcement from my ever so faithful and highly reliable sister. She came in to help my mum mind thing1 and thing2 while I chauffered cat in the hat for his piano and drama classes.

Somewhere along the way I must have twisted something in my left knee coz it feels a bit swollen and heavy now, making it hard for me to run up and down the stairs. Not to mention the pain in my waist and back. I must get another massage. This time a full body massage. Been thinking of going to the fish spa too. And maybe crop my hair short, coz I really can't take the heat anymore...

And newspaper headlines are still sad. Politics. Bitter politics. Sigh...

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