The story goes like this:

I got my new hp, the Samsung Omnia 2. One day i was in Toa Payoh with friends and there were many hp accessories shop over there. I thought of getting a Screen Protector for my Omnia. So i juz went in 1 shop near Crystal Jade.

I ask whether they sell (coz Omnia was relatively new that time and quite a number of shops not yet in stock), and of coz this salesperson say yes. He ask whether i want a cheap one or a good quality one. So i ask the good quality one how much. He said $32. I go “woah, so ex ah?”. He said no lar, this is very good one. He take out his own hp and show it by doing some scratching and the screen is still okay. “This screen protector is from japan, can last u till u sell ur hp, its very good”.

I thought he was selling those indeed good ones like Martin Fields or wat. So i think, aiya okay loh, pay for good quality stuff. So i buy. Then he take out the package. Looks cheapo leh.

I saw it and say “This one good quality one meh? How come the packaging is so unconvincing one??” He insisted that it is good stuff. But my habit of once say i’ll buy, i’ll buy…. So i ended up with the stupid thing…

Somehow as i walk and walk, i think i kena chop carrot head. I called girl up to whine abt it. girl – yes he text me at 1am. asking have i slp? called me and whine abt it !

That’s not the highlight of my story…..

Somehow my hp was spoilt and i bring it down to M1 and they do a 1 to 1 exchange. So i am without screen protector again… waste $$$. girl – i tot of surprising him with a new screen protector.. just wanted to make him feel better, i think $32 is exp & he’s kinda unlucky, new phone aldy got problem.

Today i went Rochor Centre to get something. On the way i passed by a hp accessory shop “Y2K”, its like a distributor. So i went in, hoping to get a new screen protector. I asked the lady whether they sell.

She said “yes of coz! u want the anti-glare one or the normal one”.

I said, “How much?”

The killer answer….. “The anti-glare is $8 and the normal one is $5″………

I was stunned….. The $5 one she showed me is the same as the $32 i bought from TOA PAYOH!!! I wanna kill that bastard!!!!

So ridiculously marked up!!! I of coz bought the $8 and leave.

I was so mad abt it and called girl to whine.

This is CRAZY! I want to burn down that shop!!! girl – yes! he really wanna burn down the shop ! angry lee in town. run for ur life !

Please brothers and sisters, if u want to buy hp accessories, go to Rochor Centre, level 2 and look out for the “Y2K” Shop. I saw a few customers carrying basket full of hp accessories, i think most retailers take stocks from this shop. So confirm price is the lowest there liao.

A lot of times, you are told, ‘This guy earns $10k per month, very capable…”, “Wah, i know this fellow, he owns 1 banglow and 3 condo investment proprieties…”, “This fish monger drives a sports car…”, “This minced meat noodle boss owns a semi-D…”

All these makes you think that Singaporeans are all so well to do, and you think u r the pathetic one behind the race. Comparing yourself against ur friends, colleagues, clients, friend’s friend that u dun even know… and so on… Is that so? But to think back again, r u always comparing urself against pple that are better than u? How about comparing pple not so well to do, and make urself feel satisfied abt your current status? No, u didn’t rite? That’s the problem with human, always never feel satisfied, always in a race against urself.

I was chatting with girl not long ago last week. I told her that one day i was with my colleagues at the warehouse in Defu Lane doing some packing in the morning. Then came a uncle in his 40’s riding a bicycle, sounding his honk , selling curry puff, fishball & etc.

My colleagues bought some from him. But i think he is slightly mentally-challenged person, coz each item cost $1, my colleague bought 7 pcs, gave him $10, but it took him a minute to calculate, and ask my colleague how much he should give him back… I din get any.

Back to factory at Kallang in the afternoon, at 4pm, i see that same uncle again at the area, selling his curry puffs! Woah, he cycled from Defu – Ubi – Eunos – Macpherson – Kallang, all the industrial area (i guessed)!!

I admire him for his hardwork! Although mentally-challenged, he work double hard to earn a living.

Girl tell me must buy 2 curry puffs from him next time, to support him. – correction: guy, i told u to buy ALL his curry puff from him on my behalf.

There’s another story that i told girl. One day my factory came a lot of carton stuff, and end up we have a lot of cardboard stuff to throw. I decided to give it to those aunties collecting cardboards at Geylang. I threw them all behind the lorry and drove to Geylang. Saw a auntie at the cardboard collection point there. I told her i she can have the cardboards behind my lorry. She took all and then she offered me 50 cents… I told her no need. Guess wat she said… “Ah dee ah, money are hard to earn ah, dun give money away like that…” I blurred for a sec, and i took the 50 cents… I took her lesson…

She having a hard life and yet she retain her integrity, to pay watever she gets, no one owes her anything, and life is tough. Makes me feel guilty for all the nonsense spendings that i have been doing all along.

Do you compare yourself with these people? Are they quietly left behind by the society?

girl: can i just add in? contentment.

I was driving and i heard this over the radio: the most common words that woman uses…

Fine = to end a losing conversation/arguement with pride

Nothing (girl’s fav) = something, juz that u din find out/observe

5 mins = 30 mins

This is a story lifted from somewhere… Very touching…

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The girl in the picture is Katie Kirkpatrick, she is 21 . Next to her, her fiancé, Nick, 23. The picture was taken shortly before their wedding ceremony, held on January 11, 2005 in the US . Katie has terminal cancer and spend hours a day receiving medication. In the picture, Nick is waiting for her on one of the many sessions of chemo to end.

In spite of all the pain, organ failures, and morphine shots, Katie is going along with her wedding and took care of every detail. The dress had to be adjusted a few times due to her constant weight loss.

An unusual accessory at the party was the oxygen tube that Katie used throughout the ceremony and reception as well. The other couple in the picture are Nick’s parents. Excited to see their son marrying his high school sweetheart.

Katie, in her wheelchair with the oxygen tube , listening to a song from her husband and friends .

At the reception, Katie had to take a few rests. The pain did not allow her to stand for long periods.

Katie died five days after her wedding day. Watching a woman so ill and weak getting married and with a smile on her face makes us think…..

Happiness is reachable, no matter how long it lasts .
We should stop making our lives complicated.
Life is short
Break the rules
forgive quickly
love truly
laugh constantly
And never stop smiling
no matter how strange life is
Life is not always the party we expected to be
but as long as we are here, we should smile and be grateful.

Hi, it’s co-blogger guy again… Yeah, man’s talk again… part 3

 Met up with super duper long time old friends, primary 3 friends, 18 yrs of friendship?! Its been really long time we din meet up. A lot of things to catch up, we talk from 6:30pm to 11:00pm at TCC. I think a lot of pple is pissed coz we are hogging the table and there’s queue outside, keke.

Anyway juz share with u a bit of my friend’s story that is worth to learn from.

He’s a sign-on regular at the air-force. He picked up smoking since Sec 2, goodness, that is something i din know until that day! He’s quite a regular smoker since then. Once, hhe was sent to Australia for an exercise. He was to stationed at a hill top, bare piece of small land that is super boring, for a period of 4 days. He’s cigarettes could only last him for 1 day plus, so the 2nd, 3rd and 4th day is killing him, considering the place is so empty and boring and basically nothing to do.

On the 4th day, pple came up the hill to recover them back to base. He asked for cigarettes from them immediately. He squat at one corner, smoke the cigarette so hard, so intense, with eyes half-opened, juz like a drug addict. He said that even there’s a naked beauty in front of him, he will ignore. He smoke 2 sticks straight away. After smoking, he realised how addicted to smoking he is. He freaks out. He always thought that he is in control. The fact is not. The fact is scary.

After going back to camp, he gave away all his cigarettes, decided to quit smoking. From that day onwards, he didn’t smoke at all. I admire he’s determination.

Not everyone will see the need of quit smoking. He is fortunate enough to be in that situation in order to realise it, without a harm.

This post is specially for smokers, please quit smoking, stop being controlled, stop damaging yourself. It can be done.

Long time since i last blogged… – girl,  excuse us, i need to settle our ‘family squabbles’

Hmmm… maybe i should blog abt friend’s ‘rocket ride’…. Here’s it, Subaru WRX:

This ride is crazy! It’s really next to sitting on a rocket. It’s not the first time that he took me for a spin. But this time it’s diff coz he upgraded his tires, suspension, exhaust and tuned. Damn it, i should refuse, after seeing so many subarus getting into accidents lately. (girl -deep breath) But becoz girl said before: ‘U only live once’….. (girl – this is not applicable here, u knew it !) heehee, okay that’s an excuse.

Kallang stadium… cornering at 80km/h, sprinting 120km/h, entering nicole highway and within secs, 160km/h…. crazy!!! (girl – indeed. the stupid tinks, not one but two 28-yrs old man tot of)I was hold the passenger grip bar with my left hand, and right hand grabbing my headrest… The pull of the car is stronger than a plane taking off! Its more thrilling than a rollercoaster ride.

Now i understand why my friend is willing to pay $4k insurance….(girl – at the rate ur frd is driving & the rate u njoyin the ride, i think u need a 4k insurance as well, no. i need one as well. for my poor heart.)

Amazing rocket ride….

Btw i am not a fan of this ride, i prefer comfy rides like benz or lexus or audi…. but preferably turbo’ed…. heehee  (girl – guy. you. are. so. dead.  no. wait. ur ears are so dead. i’m so gotta nag at u tml when i see u. 160km/hr!! u noe, u knew.  i was upset at 120km/hr. 160km/hr and u r not the driver. sorry frd, i’m not saying tat u r reckless driver but my guy’s life in ur hands.  okie, i’m not makin sense. i need 3 glasses of water ! and guy, i dont interfere with ur freedom but i hope u had a good time that nite coz thats the last. )

Note: Guy said i sound so fierce, scare audience. 😀 chill. surprise by my own reaction as well, the tot of losing him frightened me, never had this kinda fear before.. tough position to be in, as his girl. i want him to have his fun, im the mistress of you only live once policy, it’s a 28 yr old man freedom & i noe he did njoy the rocket ride but to expose himself to danger.. for a few mins of thrilling ride. yeap, everyone take risks, everday.. let just say it a different issue if the man in the car is the person u cared abt.Yeap, kor always say i am super protective of ppl i love.. arent we all? 😉

My friend shared with me wat his gal friend told him about the funny thing about b4 and after marriage.

Before marriage, the stupid things the man did, the woman will think its cute and funny, and maybe sweet…

After marriage, the stupid things the man did, the woman will think its really stupid and very irriating…

Heehee… Happy monday!

Ah ha! You pple must be thinking abt words that moved me is from girl. Nope, its not wat i’m blogging abt. I dun remember wat leds me to tell girl that the words of Justice Tay Yong Kwang moved me so much that i will remember for a long time. Its about the famous AWOL case with rifle, Dave Teo.

Justice Tay said:

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‘MY HEART hurts for you that so young a man will have to spend some of the best years of his life in prison and have to undergo so many strokes of the cane, but I trust that you understand a deterrent sentence is unavoidable in the circumstances.

Dave, you have had a very hard life. I hope that this unfortunate and traumatic wrong turn in your life will make you much more mature and a whole lot wiser and that you will spend the next few years reconstructing your young life.

I hope that you will pursue your studies, listen to good advice from counsellors and learn many skills while in prison and that, upon your release, you will have a life full of meaning and purpose to honour the memory of your grandmother and your beloved younger brother.

It has been written, ‘To everything there is a season’. There was a time when you loved, there came a time when you hated. There was a time when you felt you wanted to kill, now is the time for you to heal. There was a time you were broken down, now is the time to build yourself up. There was a time when you were at war in your being, now is the time to restore peace within.‘

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Amazing words… He is my singapore idol…

But of course there were critics that said that he is being hypocrite to say these words after passing a harsh judgement on him. I don’t think so…

First, i would like to apologise to girl, coz this posting is gonna be something out of the usual thing she posted. I think i’m gonna make this blog into Stomp…. keke, relax girl, juz joking….

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BEIJING (Reuters Life!) – A county government in central China has rescinded an order which was intended to make officials smoke more to help the local economy, local authorities said on Tuesday.

Functionaries in Gongan county in rural Hubei province had been ordered to smoke at least 23,000 packs of cigarettes a year, worth nearly 4 million yuan ($586,700), to cushion government finances, according to regional media reports.

Those who failed to meet smoking targets or were caught smoking brands from other provinces would have been fined, the reports added, citing a government document issued earlier this year.

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Guy: So one day, a policeman will walk up to girl and ask “how many cigarettes u smoke today?”, and girl say “3 sir…”. And the policeman say “3 only!? Too little! I’m gonna fine u $50. Smoke 2 packs a day from now on!”. And girl reply “Yes sir, yes sir”. And then everytime i meet girl, she will always have a cigrette in her mouth. Yeah! How funny this is if our govt also do the same… Haha! Wat a joke!

I’ve met up with some old friends and we chatted over dessert at a cafe late nite.

My friend asked me, “So u and ur gf always go where?”

I answered, “Hmmm… interesting places lor, like HSBC treetop walk, science centre, marina barrage… yar we enjoy these kind of outings.”

He said, “Yar yar, last time me and my wife too, go zoo, so sweet. My wife even prepare sandwiches and stuff. Explore cooking receipes like season & fry mushroom… We even waited half an hour for bus to go tanjong rhu to enjoy the scenery…”

Sweet rite?

Then he goes, “Aiya, starting everyone like that one lar. Now dun have lor. Sometimes ask her to go downstairs and walk walk, she said she lazy…”

All of us laugh, i think laugh at ourselves bah… Haha.

Anyway, this sets me to think – wat has changed?

Deteriorating love? Passion? Change in priority? Getting used to each other’s company? Change of interest? Nothing more to explore in each other?

My thoughts: All factors are likely contributory, except deteriorating love. Love is even stronger than before (i knew them).

How abt u? Sets u thinking as well…

girl – let me jump in with my tots okie? beginning is always sweet & nice but the key is to maintain. r u still willing to bring me to HSBC after 2 yrs? 5 yrs? priority might be shifted to kids (or dogs,  tv, cars…)  i felt there is always things to explore, room for growth as individual/ as couple.. the big question lies is willingness / committment/ effort / love / time / appreciation … maybe 10 yrs down the road, u prefer to hang out with a young sweet thing rather den a old naggy wife ! 😉 wait til i’m 32, i will ask u to bring me to hsbc, i will wake up at 4.30am, i will prepare food aid for you, but are you willing to bring me there?!

Guy: This gonna be quite long. I think as we move on in life, we tend to focus on something else. Previously my focus was on my new car, as mentioned, i wanted to modify here and there, satisfy my itchy kaching… Now my focus is on girl, pamper her, dote her. Haven’t wash the car for 2 weeks, modification ideas all shelved. I think human focus is quite narrow, once u ‘into’ something, all else becomes secondary. Once u attained ur goals, u move on to another goal. Once u get married, u move on to focus on career, finances, baby, car, houses and etc, like wat girl said. But shifting focus is not equal to deteriorating love. Love can be strong or even stronger, but special moments are lesser. Maybe its because ur partner has integrated into ur life.

There’s once a pastor said “Love is commitment”. (btw its a non-religious statement)

Commitment is a pledge / promise / obligation / bounded emotionally.  Enjoying being love by a person, u need not give commitment. To really love a person, u will give commitment to her/him. But is commitment equals to consistent outings to zoo and tanjong rhu?? Or is there another way of showing commitment??

I always enjoy listening to pple’s life experiences and stories, it sets me thinking abt things that might happen in my life. Seeing the problem and look at wat when wrong, or seeing the happiness and look at wat went right. Its better to learn it this way than learning it in the hard way by experiencing it ourself.

There’s so much in life for us to explore, not only in others, but ourselves too. That’s wat makes life so interesting. But wat i can say is that: i will bring girl to HSBC treetop walk again for sure. Sunrise? As long as u r willing to wake up at 4:30am, i’ll be there. (sweet! cya in 5 yrs) We’re the ‘evil’ twins.

I think all these somehow links to Girl’s 6  partner analysing questions. Maybe we’ll post it here in future. Thank u for reading this highest word count posting ever!

girl – ah.. this is why i choose him..or rather why i accept him. no conclusion entry, u r free to agree or disagree. it open-eneded.

Guy: Add-on a few tots. I watched a chinese tv program juz now and they discuss about life before and after marriage. A wife commented that before marriage, there’s a lot of passion in the r/s, everyday is like ‘in-love’. After marriage there isn’t much passion left, the focus is all on the baby. But its not love had deteriorated, but she felt that they have moved to the next stage of life, her husband and herself see each other as a family. Lover to Family = Greater Love? Think about it….