RainDrenchedLand

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358373442011-07-19T23:36:43.698+08:00RainDrenchedLandlife. passion. peopleandee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.comBlogger771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-82582417500433886532011-07-19T23:36:00.000+08:002011-07-19T23:36:43.708+08:00

My 'bestest' people in life. I love them heaps.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-72669298786988037952011-06-26T09:52:00.002+08:002011-06-26T10:03:43.822+08:00

After a very long sojourn away from this space, I return with photos of flowers blooming around our home. Enjoy!

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One NAME caused an uproarOne NAME began a dilemma within a nationOne NAME had gotten people to look into themselves One NAME called us to a life of deeper Faith.And, i know that this name could only be JESUS.----------------------------------------------------------------When faith is dragged into the dirty ditch of partisan politics;There are no winners, only the injured and the maimed.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-83961728131043805502009-12-17T16:10:00.003+08:002009-12-17T16:14:00.767+08:00

Work suspended for two weeks. We're off to Nilai ! Feels so good to be taking a break. Home is bravo zulu and just cleared the last dregs of work this morning; it's now up to the suppliers to do their thing! I am going to flatline and vegetate for the next 12 days. So, blessed Christmas to everyone and remember, be generous to everyone; give gifts to folks who can't give you any. God will bless

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-17141820580335865882009-11-04T12:57:00.005+08:002009-11-13T09:45:33.309+08:00

Happy birthday, Linda. We love you. David thoroughly enjoyed keeping the 'surprise' a 'secret' from you! Congratulations to Graeme and Lorna for adding Aasha Rebekah Armstrong to the clan! Congratulations to Jeremy and Leonora for the addition of Summer Mikaela Yeo Shuxian to the male dominant Yeo family! Finally, girls. David should now learn to be gentle(r) cos girls don't play rough!(right?)

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-48873654414033386082009-10-13T10:20:00.004+08:002009-10-13T10:35:05.745+08:00

Happy Birthday Grandpa Wilfred Yeo Leng Chua. We love you. You gave us a scare last year and you're not as mobile as before, but we truly appreciate your many sacrifices to the family and love to us grand-kids. Let's face it, we're monkeys of the highest degree, but you were game enough to be part of our fun yet, able to get us in line.My cousins would know him much better than i would ever have.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-44784551992584392002009-10-01T19:52:00.006+08:002009-10-01T20:02:38.615+08:00

Nothing exceptionally blog-worthy has happened in my life. Boo-hoo... not. So i'll just show you guys the house. That's the living space, btw.This is the dining area. That red bit? Used to be a window. Knocked it out and zapped on a piece of thick ply. Oh, forgot the space behind the living area. It's the messiest part of the house coz it's the most lived in... by David!The kitchen. Linda's pride

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RENOVATIONS COMPLETE! The house has now transformed and rolled out!(my 'guy' room... the store. Linda reckons that i'm deluding myself... sad.)Actually already done that a couple of months ago but i was too crap lazy to sign in to blog. Matter of fact, this whole rebuilding thing had really exhausted me. I'm just trying to find some time where Linda & meself could eff off somewhere and just

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-10761515385440376672009-05-15T10:17:00.004+08:002009-05-15T10:21:05.768+08:00

tired. home renovations. message to prepare. exam papers to grade. God is good. in HIM i can. in HIM i live. JOY. PEACE.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-27434035187945226952009-03-10T09:42:00.006+08:002009-03-10T10:00:52.697+08:00

We had a wonderful weekend, this. Arnold, Cheryl and Theo Nathan flew over from Nilai. It was a blast. Theo and David had so much fun enjoying each other's company. Parting was really. really excruciating. They were oh so sad. We did the croc farm, 'tambang' boat ride up the Sarawak River, had crabs at a restaurant (although this restaurant's food standards were not as high as they used to be...

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-67341958747068908172009-03-03T07:53:00.002+08:002009-03-03T08:00:08.263+08:00

Goodness... Kuching's slowly becoming a 'wired' city. Even my neighbourhood 'kopitiam' (coffee shop) has free WiFi ! And, the uncle here makes one of the best coffee in Kuching. He's been in the trade since he was 15 years old.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-8669650597045478872008-11-11T12:22:00.004+08:002008-11-11T12:33:48.263+08:00

Being a designated cluster school is nice but, there are accompanying headaches. Firstly, the mountains of paperwork to get through - this is before getting the cluster status and even now. Every single thing we do, buy, learn or think must be documented. Secondly, the scrutiny - i've lost count as to how many 'guests' we've hosted from the Ministry of Education who've come to look into our

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-41125353295912293502008-10-24T08:03:00.003+08:002008-10-24T08:32:16.337+08:00

We had an Otago Alumni gathering last night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Lindsay Brown, the Chancellor himself, hosted the event together with Alison Finigan, Head of Alumni & Development. Orlnda had fun although it wasn't her university. She came out of the event feeling that Otago is a very exceptional place to study and was impressed with the down-to-earth qualities of the Chancellor when

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It's Saturday morning. I'm helping at the Kuching Debate League being held in INTI UC. Linda and I are helping to judge the debate rounds. Loads of first timers and it should be interesting. Woo-hoo...I may have come across sounding pessimistic but, in reality, i'm quite excited that this idea has finally taken off. Aside from the Yayasan Sarawak Debates and the Swinburne Debates, there's nothing

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-47754609799828698882008-10-08T11:36:00.005+08:002008-10-08T11:49:15.571+08:00

I've always enjoyed teaching - especially my 13 year-olds. They're intelligent, extremely active, aren't afraid of asking questions, and have not been tainted by the scars and marks of experience. Innocence personified.They test me to no end, taking me to the teetering edge of the precipice of my patience before pulling back, reacting to my frustrated outbursts with innocence that you just know,

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-3433107135180099002008-09-24T11:32:00.002+08:002008-09-24T11:37:26.050+08:00

We were having lunch at The Spring and the waiter's T-Shirt caught my eye. Funny thing was, his colleagues only realised what it said (and meant) after i asked to take his (shirt's) picture. How true, huh?No wonder Malaysia is ranked 10th in the world on the "highest amount of alcohol consumed in a year" list.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-45151378439703129062008-09-16T09:42:00.002+08:002008-09-16T09:50:01.215+08:00

Staying alive.Living sane.Knowing your strengths.Giving your heart.Standing in the gap.Faith.Love.Hope.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-38178592210662745412008-09-02T09:06:00.002+08:002008-09-02T09:10:24.716+08:00

Preparing to teach at camps are challenging, exciting and yet, scary. You have no other alternatives but to trust in the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit, and pray that He increases while the "I" diminishes. However, that's no excuse not to plan. Planning is all about being made in the image of God and the wisdom He provides us with. NOT planning is just plain dumb and disrespectful to God.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-78930609618779924912008-08-26T21:27:00.002+08:002008-08-26T21:29:23.363+08:00

Mac went on the blink again. However, this time, i did all i need to do before it went into a "coma". So, fingers crossed, i'll find a logic board soon.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-41201987247999531092008-08-16T12:15:00.002+08:002008-08-16T12:30:58.644+08:00

"Alive! It's Alive!!!" My PowerBook G4 DVI came back to life after 4 months of going in and coming out of 'coma'. At the end of last month i decided that it needed professional help. In comes Switch@TheSpring (or CGComputers) and they even sent it to Penang at a cost of nothing. They love their Macs there. It's a logic board problem and there is a problem finding a replacement. So, my Mac is on

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-12719329147460295532008-04-28T18:52:00.002+08:002008-04-28T19:03:10.133+08:00

Wah... so long never enter this blog. I can imagine the electronic cobwebs and dust flying all over the place. Where do i start? So much to tell, so much to regurgitate.It has been a mad, mad year. I know! It's not even half a year yet BUT it has already seemed like one. David and myself; we've been sick on and off these few months due to the HFM we suffered in February, just before the Chinese

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-79162175655131020422008-02-14T18:32:00.002+08:002008-02-14T18:36:00.707+08:00

Attitudes & Traits I abhor in people:RacismIgnoranceClass-consciousnessNarcisissmSenselenessSenseless PrideStupidity.Sometimes it's difficult to ignore because there are so many people stuck with these things in them. 'Nuff said.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-78701985192100374232008-01-15T19:12:00.001+08:002008-01-15T20:18:31.447+08:00

At first it was Facebook (and to a certain extent, it still is!), then we were sooo busy with getting the home squared away for our annual sojourn to Klang, after that it was Klang (with NO broadband access...) and now, it's home WITH NO BROADBAND ACCESS!!I'm doing this from "the other workplace"; in between waiting for "work" to appear.We went to Klang and had our first real extended holiday in

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-86680573221924519682007-11-08T08:22:00.000+08:002007-11-08T08:49:18.999+08:00

Blame Facebook for me not blogging. That THING is addictive. Before you know it, you'll have Facebook Addicts Support Groups eg. "Hi, my name is Andee and I'm a facebookaholic" (cheering, clapping)Anyhoo...It's been raining silly over the past week. Every single day would bring torrents of tropical rain water pouring down on this part of God's green earth. It didn't help that i've been inundated

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-84828268412261423702007-10-26T18:56:00.000+08:002007-10-26T22:52:35.600+08:00

It's the 2nd Evening of Self Expression for UNIMAS's Centre For Language Studies. Dr. Soubakeavathi Rethinasamy the Dean will unfortunately, not be in attendance. However, Puan Rosnah Mustafa the Deputy Dean and Puan Farah Hanini Abdul Rahman, The Head of Language Courses Coordinator will take her place. It will be a wonderful, enjoyable and memorable evening of storytelling & drama.We begin with

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-43241580595302233012007-10-25T19:16:00.000+08:002007-10-26T19:48:44.493+08:00

I'm at UNIMAS. It's the Evening of Self-Expression for the course i'm teaching - PBI 1062 English for Self-Expression. We had 600 students taking ESE this semester and whittling down the presentations to fit into 2 nights was a painful task. Patrick Yeoh - the course coordinator & founder-had the 'privilege' of wielding the axe. Thankfully, the long Hari Raya holiday helped; a number of groups

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-47718807670397411892007-10-23T06:27:00.000+08:002007-10-25T19:16:02.646+08:00

We're buying our first home; not a house or a property but, a home. It took us 4 days to go from discovery to signing the S & P (Sales & Purchase) Agreement. WHAT??? SO FAST???? YOU GOT THINK FIRST OR NOT OR JUST LANTAK ONLY????? (translation from Kuching speak: That was quick. Have you given any thought to the seriousness of purchasing a property and the financial consequences which comes with

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-61085291050727198642007-10-11T16:22:00.000+08:002007-10-11T16:37:38.120+08:00

There goes another semester of teaching English ( for Self Expression) at Unimas! It's been 3 semesters since i started and i must say, it is different from the other language courses. It's got bits of creative writing here, a sprinkling of drama there and a whole load of confidence building everywhere! Performance nights are on the 25 and 26 October at CAIS Hall. It's free.Muslims around the

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-89281267253837592542007-10-05T09:49:00.000+08:002007-10-05T09:50:45.624+08:00

I would like to announce that David Ajith Yeo Yeung Ern started attending Nursery School yesterday. We went to register and lookee see the place on Monday. He did not want to go home! We had to drag him into the car. Linda drove him to school yesterday and stayed to chat with the teachers & principal. It's a lovely little place on Ong Kwan Hin Road. She picked him up around 1 pm and he was fast

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-75816113207540001252007-10-04T11:05:00.000+08:002007-10-05T09:49:48.849+08:00

Location: Friendship Park, Jalan SongDate: 3 October 2007The wonderful pond with schools of tilapia and koi are no more. Most of them died. We went -happily- yesterday for our Wednesday-afternoon-outing but ended up feeling like we were attending a funeral for those lovable fish. When we got there, the pond was 3/4 drained and a group of men (as well as passerby volunteers) were desperately

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-10048353011204584522007-09-28T12:18:00.000+08:002007-09-28T12:27:33.740+08:00

I discovered the joys of Facebook and re-discovered old friends from 10 years ago. It's amazing what a decade can do to you. Here's me raisin' a cold one to all you guys & gals!

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-44143210960163746282007-09-24T19:29:00.000+08:002007-09-24T20:58:43.978+08:00

Six years ago, a young boy, his younger brother and his even younger sister (incl. their mum & dad), left Kuching and returned to New Zealand. Flash forward to 2007...They're all grown up now and he has a band of his own called OpenIse. Josiah, it's good to hear from you.It really is amazing to lose touch with people you knew and then, by some unknown random thought, think of them and actually

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-20347070958853742982007-09-12T07:17:00.000+08:002007-09-12T07:24:44.586+08:00

Linda directed a play entitle "Death of a Longhouse" by Patrick Yeoh a couple of months back. We enjoyed the whole thing but, boy... was it tiring or WHAT...More on that some other day. There's just too much to say about the whole sha-bang.How was your day?David: How are you, Papa?me: I'm fine, thank you. How are you, Son?David: I'm not fine.me: What's wrong?David: The giant big toe step on my

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-22944496153604144752007-09-06T19:35:00.000+08:002007-09-06T20:46:35.130+08:00

The world has lost one of its greats... Luciano Pavarotti died today.Arrivederci al Maestro magnifico.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-52423266504025022612007-09-04T18:10:00.000+08:002007-09-04T18:42:14.327+08:00

Presenting... David. January - Hair ExperimentationFebruary - David & LindaFebruary - Deep in ThoughtAugust - Appreciating... er... flowers?

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-24288495043510867792007-09-04T14:23:00.000+08:002007-09-04T14:26:41.325+08:00

Zephyr Yeo was born at 3:00 am in Brunei to Jeremy and Leonora Yeo. Well done to Jeremy for getting the 'ball rolling' and to Leonora for carrying the boy 9 months and then having to evict him early this morning!God bless you guys and may he bring as much joy and blessings as you have had with Tyler!

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-66329555969220398032007-08-30T20:22:00.000+08:002007-08-30T20:27:08.784+08:00

David: Marching band! Marching band! Look, Papa! Drum! Marching band!Me: Yay! Wow! etc.....2 hours later.David: Papa, look! Big drums! Look! Marching band! MArching band!Me: Oooh... my aching shoulders...He loves his marching bands, he does. Play anything percussion and you're his new hero.

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-34279588183937550242007-08-30T19:35:00.001+08:002007-09-03T12:10:33.101+08:00

Hooray for Gramps being out of the hospital, he's going to be alright. Mum and Dad's home from Limbang. They took the 'scenic' bus route. Finally, Dad can say that he has travelled the length of Sarawak (by public transportation) by sea, air and land.David's down with fevers and a stuffed nose. He's lost some weight but that's expected. Has that slowed him down? Nope. However, he is whiney in his

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-7910151808540052332007-08-14T18:15:00.000+08:002007-08-14T18:26:07.883+08:00

Life = Busy / Good = Aarrgghhhh!Weather = Hot / hot / hot / rain???? = Arrgghhhh!!Work = marking / mo' marking /sum mo' marking / WHAT??? sum mo'!!???!! = Aaaaaaerrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!(a summary of the previous week till today)Granpa's not well. He had an ambulance ride to the hospital. He's feeling better now but my folks are heading to Limbang tomorrow. Seh Koh Emmeline left yesterday.Gramps is

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-59274155911337985472007-08-07T07:41:00.000+08:002007-08-07T07:43:12.812+08:00

Have a beautiful day, people. Take time out to smell the flowers and enjoy the equatorial skies (unless of course, you happen to be in either KL or Jakarta). Praise God for his goodness and grace.God bless.

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Life is but a shimmer in the great expanse of time and space...Getting a call after dinner from a girl hysterically screaming at you to pray for her dad because he's dying isn't what you would expect after a long day at work but, that was what i had to contend with last Tuesday. Guin's dad had a haemorraghic stroke on Tuesday morning. He was prioritised for surgery immediately. The surgeons

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-10600606305011411252007-07-31T13:42:00.000+08:002007-07-31T14:01:24.441+08:00

It's Hari Pahlawan or Warrior's Day in Malaysia. The term 'Pahlawan' covers (former and active) members of the Armed Forces, Royal Malaysian Police, Communist Insurgency era Home Guards, and Volunteers. A moment of silence please for these brave men and women.Thank you. Today is also Vernon's birthday. We've lost contact over the years but i have always remembered him fondly. He got me interested

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Cool days and cool nights are the order for the day! I have absolutely no complaints whatsoever. The past two nights have seen temperatures drop to around 24-25 degrees Celsius compared to the usual 28-30 at night. Perhaps our lovely location in Matang had something to do with it? Just caught 22 boys (students) who were sooo late for school. The disciplinary teacher was there too but he was far

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-91779858336086970702007-07-19T09:37:00.000+08:002007-07-27T08:22:17.686+08:00

Q: What's better than spending the entire night sifting through data and preparing a biannual report for Fifth Form English? A: Anything and Everything else, of course!I must say, though, that i am rather pleased with the results of the data analysis. Nearly all the pre-stated objectives set out at the end of last year were achieved. I had however, overlooked the issue of balancing between the

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-37234899542997320742007-07-16T08:49:00.000+08:002007-07-27T08:21:33.745+08:00

What a beaut of a weekend! no... we did not go to the overrated, overhyped and overpriced RWMF. Instead, we jetted over to Klang and celebrated Theodore Ravin Nathan's 1st Birthday. He was so goggle-eyed and awed by the many people who turned up (actually, i reckoned it was because of the A&W Bear mascot who made an appearance). We got to KLIA at 9pm and got down to helping with the party. Arnold

andee1976http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195836585522992804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35837344.post-36613228693854254012007-07-12T16:43:00.000+08:002007-07-27T08:21:33.745+08:00

Thus begin the ONLY crazy weekend in Kuching; The RWMF at Santubong (Rainforest World Music Festival). ALL hotels are fully booked. Yup, even the seedy 2 star ones have one or two rooms left. It's a crime that the hotel previously known as Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon Resort could not be completed in time, hence, causing the loss of 200+ rooms and cancelled bookings by those last minute type folks (

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Activities coming up:1. BB Sarawak Camp organised by us!2. Theo's (our nephew in Klang) birthday celebration on the 14th.3. ESE classes starting on the 16th.The plate is looking fuller by the day.The haze has returned! So much for the extended rainy season. So far, it's thin and light. We expect it to become thicker and heavier. More rain please!We had dinner last night at a cafe serving food

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Busy as a BBee. Warning: impossibly long post.31 May 2007, i printed the appointment letters for 2 new lieutenants and an acting captain. 1 June 2007, the vicar of our sponsoring authority, St. Faith's Church, signed the letter of appointment for Micheal Chai, the new captain of 3rd Kuching Company. Finally, after a year of dreaming, thinking and praying (not in any particular order), i've

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Rachael has got a wonderful blog on life and food. Her latest entry made my mouth water. The pictures of chocos in its different forms and sizes were just mind boggling!I'm not a chocolate lover. Linda will tell you that. But i love the way how something as boring (looking) and colourless as chocolate could be moulded and 'splatted" into those wondrous creations.It's the last day of Semester One

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ST. THOMAS'S SECONDARY SCHOOL presents a play by PATRICK YEOH

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The Prime Minister of Malaysia, 5 minutes ago, announced that government employees will receive a pay increase of 35%-25% for Support Group Grades 1 - 29. Management & Professional Group Grades 41 and above will receive a 15% increase. Those in the Almighty and On-High Group (i.e. Directors and other Big Guns) will receive a 7.5% pay hike. Hopefully, the traders, businessmen and wholesellers will

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Happy Birthday, Ben! Grow old, get wiser.Again, get your degree accredited by JPA using this form and send it to the address listed. If not now, you'd still have to do it later! It's a real encumberance.Happy form filling!

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I have fallen into the trap. I've sold out. go on, do the dumb test below while i go hide my face under some tree roots in shame... Create your own Friend Test here

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One month and 2 days since...PROJECT COMPLETED. ON TIME and UNDER BUDGET ALLOCATION. Yay! BENEFITS: New friend (the builder guy) and was nice to the custodian staff in school who built the concrete base. Pictures to follow. DOWNSIDE: Boss liked the damned thing and gave me 3 more projects.... why?... why?... That's the problem with being a closet Kiasu. You tell yourself and others that you're

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What's do you get when you have to work for someone? Answer: strife.That's what you have to put up with especially when your head honcho decides that he/she can trust you to be honest. Hey! that's not so bad is it? Truth, it isn't but...(don't you just hate that three letter word?)BUT...It gets prickly when you're in charge of a project - boss's own pet project - and she changes the deadlines

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What a week! What a Lunar New Year!We decided to open our home to visitors and guests on the 1st day of the Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year to all you confused ppl out there). After visiting the Parents, Grandpa Yong and Grandaunt Voon, we got home to feverishly prepare for guests. We had more visitors than planned but, thank goodness for the abundance of food and drinks. The day ended with a

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Ramblings...Thank you, Darren for linking me to his blog. Compared to the *all-mite-y* (check out the meaning & no evil intended!) i am but a humble beginner.It's Valentine's Day and i don't have a romantic dinner to go to. For those of you who are sick of paying too much for too little every year, go visitKenny Sia and follow his steps to financial freedom on Valentine's Day to the T. Your

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Happy mid-semester break to all you uni boys and girls enjoying your first day of *ahem* extended sleep! It's been a flurry of activities and i'm still stuck at work at this particular moment in time.To Darren: so sorry you got screwed by the advert... waitamicrofishinminute.... you've got no choice so, fly FAX, they're great, they're the only thing you're ever gonna have.Having a meeting in

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This is the busiest day ever! I've been up since 6:30 am and have not rested since. I had to be in the uni this morning to sort out some administrative matters, then back to school for classes until 12:45pm. My day improved when i saw Linda at home with the little runt. We went out to buy lunch and got home just in time to eat, drink, and blast off to work. I'll be off to the uni again at 4. I

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I've just spent the past hour cleaning up this blog and giving it a new (yet familiar) look. It's refreshing to be able to put your thoughts and gripes down on paper (?); applying it onto someone else's face would most likely bring about serious legal complications!It's still raining and i'm loving it however the nice old ladies who do up the school garden aren't. There's just something about

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Another long break... THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!!!We've returned from Klang and work has begun in earnest. I've been reading up on the latest row between Rocky/Ooi and the BIG BOYS. It seemed strange that THEY waited until Rocky's 48th 'libellious' post before initiating action (as reported in the Star 30-01-2007)! It's almost like an elephant trying to screw a mouse... 'cept that maybe, elephants are

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It's been a long sojourn since the last post. I find myself in Klang for the Christmas holidays as Linda and her family get together for their annual Christmas bash. What's so special is that ALL their "in-laws" will also be around this time.; from Kuching, Manila and Newcastle. Let's hope we do a better job than the UN.On the weather front: Linda's sister - Lorna & her Geordie hubby, Graeme,

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The RAIN's been pouring over the past couple of days! Wowee!! Downside? Car's perpetually muddy. I got sick of wiping mud off the door so i went to get it washed. 10 minutes later... MUDDDDDD!!!!!It's downtime at both my jobs. Catching up on my administrative work. Paper-pushing. Linda's supervising exams at Sekolah Menengah Teknik Matang (Matang Technical Secondary School). Total travelling time

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Last night my parents organised a surprise 30th birthday party for me. Thinly disguised as one of their usual get-togethers it threw me off. i was sincerely surprised. Although yours truly had mentioned earlier that he wasn't one to celebrate his 30th year on planet earth, they went ahead and Linda (dear, dear wife) was also in on it. Mum baked me a shepherd's pie - birthday cake and got the rest

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Sun's shining brightly. sky's lookin' a healthy blue. since everything's starting to become all healthy and such, i've given up driving to work and got my trusty '97 Diamondback Sorrento fixed. Yup! I bike to work and DAMN! does it feel good. I sleep better and feel better. So good that i bought my wife a bike for her birthday. She's truly stoked cos she's been buggin' me for one. Was it a

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THE WEEK THAT WASN't.Malaysians are a spoilt lot. We tend to see "religious / cultural" holidays as an excuse to shirk-off. Look at the recent Aidilfitri break. It went from 2 days to 1 WHOLE WEEK! Talk about unity... when it comes to holidays (and the extending of) Malaysians are a united lot. Work's been catching up with me and is threatening to drown me unless i attend to it. Silly bugger! I'm

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Post-Aidilfitri.THE WEEK BEFORE...Went to a wake, a funeral and another wake over the past 5 days. BACK TO THE CRUNCH...I've come to realise that holidays aren't what they used to be. Work goes on and spills over to whatever personal time that you may have set aside for yourself.THE YEAR END...Procrastination does not make things better. Hitting that end of year target seems now more important (

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Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!The haze is indeed clearing and not only is the hill appearing once more but this morning, i saw a flash of blue as i lifted my eyes to the heavens. wow.Raya in Kuching seemed to be rather low-keyed this year. A big "Well Done!" to the Govt. Minister who called on all who celebrate Aidilfitri to do so in an affordable and humble manner. It worked and Malaysians have

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Hazy days are here to stay... for the forseeable future. We're beginning to sound like the Brits - developing a penchant for describing the weather ("How's the weather, old chap?" "Looks a bit damp today, I say." ... Us: "How's the weather huh?" "You blind ah? cannot see the haze ???")- except, with less politeness.We took the boy out last night. A road trip. Spur of the moment thing. He enjoyed

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Woke up today to the sound of birds singing; the sight of mist hanging in the air and the smell of... my son's puke.yup! The lad finally decided to regurgitate after days of us trying our best to coax him into expunging the mass of bacteria laden mucuous and gunk in his throat and belly. He did it with his usual panache; drink down his morning feed. Smile at his mum, babbled something to her (

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The worst is over... for now. My son's getting better (measured by the increasing quantity of food intake and increasing length of activity). We've discovered that his 'sicky' foods include fruit flavoured yoghurt drinks, star fruit and ( Eeu!) warm Ribena blackcurrant juice.A special "Hi!" to my PBI 1062/11 & 12 students. Thank you (the majority) for handing in your assignments and journals

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Three days of rain and suddenly... No rain. The haze returned with a vengeance. One can no longer predict the weather as before.The weekend saw my son going down with ulcers on his tonsils and a raspy cough. However, his apetite hasn't diminished a whit. His paediatrician saw him on Saturday morning and declared him to be bacterially infected but it didn't stop him from trying to act cute in

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It was one of those kind of nights: you've planned for it, recce'd the sites and then, everything changes. Life is just like that, ain't it? We think that we've planned it all; we reckon that we've covered all the contingencies; we know... we know... ?Have we really or a better question would be, could we really cover everything? In all our wisdom and technological know-how, we'still unable to

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i thought it was haze at firstbut the dampness told me:Morning has returned once more,and with it the glorious mist.What a night. The rain continued until the early hours of the morning. The freshnessthat comes with an extended downpour is indescribable; you feel moisturised... alive...wanting more. Birds are singing as this is written. pause. crap. i lost count after identifying 5 distincly

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It rained last night. I told my addled self that if it rained, i'd create this blog.so it did.Here's the blog and let's watch it grow.

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