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Few days before the Chinese New Year, I could feel the blazing hot of the sun and the bright, sunny day with blue sky. It sure is a great day for outdoor photography. But I could hardly get my eyes open wide without my Bolle sunglassses.

Though I really feel like it is a great new start for the year though the sweat never fail to prickle down my forehead and back whenever I step out.

And the weather has been staying the same since and it makes me so lazy to go out, even to the temple or visiting. It is much more comfortable to stay in my cave.

It was in the kindergarten, I was about 5 years old. I have to take school bus home everyday. My father couldn’t pick me up. 

And so, after class, many kids were running to the orange school bus and so I boarded with them. The bus journey was a different one. There was many paddy fields on the way home and different scenery, quite unfamiliar with me. Soon, all the kids have went down and reached their home. The driver turned and looked at me.  

“Where do you stay?” he asked. “I don’t know“, I said. And so he drove me back to the kindergarten. Lucky thing the headmaster was still there. I think he must have looked up from my record for my address. 

He then sent me home in his big car. I sat at the back of the car, feeling like a little princess.  Finally when we were about to reach my home, I saw my father at the street and told the headmaster. 

I think after the incident, we have to line up everyday while waiting for the bus so that we didn’t get into the wrong bus again. It was an experience that I never forget although it was more than 20 years ago.

I am happy to hear that there’s a new mall being developed near my housing area. Passing the development site almost everyday, I didn’t realise that it would be a shopping mall integrated with office building. Actually initially I thought that it is going to be a steel building looking from the design.

Let’s hope they will also integrate a hypermarket and decent malls as the nearest to my house is about 8km away! I could do with a little more convenience than that. And probably secure a much nearer company work near my house instead of travelling an hour per way everyday? Life quality will enhance tremendously, I bet!

Every time I was on my holiday or get a chance to travel to somewhere new, I never fails to bring back souvenirs for my families and friends.

I always buy something for my family, even though we can get it back home.  Perhaps I learn it from my mother. She always brings back a lot of stuffs for us when she travels and it makes us feel happy. It makes me feel happy to buy some gift for them too, to see them happy to receive it.Nevertheless, I also buy souvenirs for my friends.

There are many people to buy for; my hometown/childhood friends, my housemates, some of my ex-coursemates and my current colleagues and even some of the ex-colleagues. So, they are many people that I have to buy for but I am doing this willingly as I want them to be remembered when I am away and most importantly, I want to make them happy.

Most of the time, I try to buy some food stuffs and snacks for them to try to. So, overall, I would have spent quite much on souvenirs and gifts and not to mention, carry all of them back!Finding a souvenir is not easy, as sometimes you do not know what they like or sometimes it is just too expensive to be afforded.Sometimes I just get something simple, like a nice keychain or a magnet for friends. Or something more special for closer friends, like perfume or T-shirts or even a crystal bracelet.

But it is disappointing when the respond that I got was “That’s all only arr?” when I give them the souvenirs.

One can at least say thank you for the souvenirs that has been given instead of such sneer and unappreciative remark.Just keep in mind that it is not their obligation to get you something while they are on away, and they probably have spent much more than they should.

After all, it’s the thought that counts.

I am appalled when stepping into the office entrance this morning. Unlike the other morning when everything is tidy and clean, the entrance are stacked with boxes and Trade show booth displays.

How irresponsible are those colleagues who moved the stuffs back from the trade show last weekend. Every year, our company participates in the trade show to attract more customers and to create awareness to the public on our products.

I was involved last year but we certainly didn’t make a mess like they did this year. I am sure they will soon receive email from the management.

I remembered that when I was in school, I wrote many essays on social issues such as drug and alcohol addiction. We always elaborate on why the youth are easily addicted through peer pressures. Then it will be about the effect on one life quality of life and the country’s social image and then how we could prevent it; such as thesan diego drug alcohol rehab treatment center to help the addicts.

Maybe I am lucky, this things never really happen among my relatives or friends. In fact I’ve never heard it to anyone I know of until recently. My colleague’s brother is one of the addict and the family is trying to help him now. Let’s hope he can get through this challenges in his life.

I don’t know if it is aging, but nowadays if I bend down for too long I will feel that my waist is tired and a little painful! Oh, my back. It is not very bad but it is surely something that I did not experience before until lately.

I know that one shouldn’t bend down but I’ve defy the rules for a long time; hoping that I am not paying the price now.

My friend advised me to go for exercise such as yoga as it is really good for our body. She even wants to give me her extra yogi toes mat that she is not using anymore.

I wish I can find the discipline and time to do so. But I am just so lazy when it comes to exercising.

A colleague of mine has been working from home a lot lately and I thought she looks a bit weak and sad. Initially I thought it was either she or her mom is sick but then today we got an email that her grandma has just passed away.

Another colleagues suggested to get some affordable sympathy gifts for her family or to give some money as the Chinese traditions.

Well, it is a bit sad as it is early of the new year; when one should have bright and hopeful year to look forward.

May she and her family take it well and have a better year ahead.

One of the tricks that my friend taught me for looking groomed without too much effort is by curling your eye lash. And it works beautifully for her of course as she has this long and thick eye lashes; to much envy of our friends. One will have thought that she uses those effective eye lash growth products as it is so long and curled.

And yes, she doesn’t need to put much make up on except a little powder and lipstick and she’s ready to go out!

Maybe I should go for eye  lashes extension myself. After all, eyes is the window of the soul?

It is only January and I am already getting 3 wedding invitation for this year of 2012. Two is in March and another one is in October; sweet st lucia weddings. Sometimes I just dread the thoughts of going yet another wedding as I’ve too much this year.

But I try to look at it as friends’ gathering; as it is so hard to gather with friends nowadays especially most are married and have kids or stay in different city/towns. It would be more fun this way; a date set and venue secured and you even get to dressed up.

Well, after a couple of years, there won’t be much wedding going on with my batch of friends. And I guess it will be quieter and less of meeting ups with old friends.