I always feel that I and hubby having different thinking. Although we are not argue for whatever issues or topic when comes to conflict, but we are having problem to communicate further. I will query whether our relationship will have problem every time when comes to critical. This is the worry I have all the way.

But when days and years passed I am now so confident to commit myself that we loving each other. Always to my surprise, he will shows his loves and supports to me when the time I make my decision. Of course, all the advices and suggestion by him that I don’t agreed at the earlier stage I do take into consideration.

Couple life can be last till end of life with the trusts, cares, loves and supports to each other. I strongly believe.

Elder princess is attending basketball training every Saturday. She is having weak body. Hopefully with the fix schedule of exercise classes can help her to build up her body health. I can see she loves the game very much. Initially hubby is worried that will his daughter able to play this game with her skinny weak body. But it seems like she is doing very well and she enjoys the classes very much.

Every time when I see she comes back with a whole sweaty body, wet shirt and pant and smelly shoe, I will pity whether she is too tired. She did complain she is arching all over with fatigue especially the next day after exercise. But that was just the beginning stage. After few months, I am proud of her adaptability and now she already gets used to it. This is really a good sign.

A meal for two adults and two kids cost us RM82.00.

We spent almost 3 hours at the restaurant. With air condition, having variety choices of foods including drinks, desserts and fruits which can eat as much as we can, is it worth?

We enjoyed our dinner yesterday at a buffet style steamboat restaurant. The fresh foods are sending out by a conveyor belt, customers can choice their foods whatever they like. We can cook in a bowl of favorite soup on an electronic stove individually. This is more hygiene compare a group of people in one table sharing one bowl to cook. Besides, we will have no more sweat enjoying the whole meal session. We even feel cool when we eating the Wall’s ice cream under the good cool air condition.

Buffet style means eat as much as you can so you can imagine how full we are at the late evening. Love the new steamboat concept.

My father in law is our home gardener. He not only takes care of his own garden, he also helping us to take care of our garden. Luckily I have him our home maintain a green environment. He manages to keep all the plants at home in very tidy and beautiful condition. No matter in hydroponics or soil plant, he can manage it well.

Every weekend we can see him taking care of those plants. Make sure those plants live healthy and beautifully, we all happy to have beautiful gardens.

Bro will reach KLIA airport next Thursday. I just can’t wait for the day comes. So do my two little princesses. We miss him so much.

I will be the one fetch him from airport. Sis will make sure her GPS system is functioning well because this is the first time I drive to KLIA. I don’t want to lose in the middle and can’t find the right way.

We all are so curious what he will buy for us this time. My two little princesses aim for toys and stationery. My sis and I are looking for coach gifts or something luxury. Can’t wait the day comes!

I just received an email from an ex-collogue updates on her new job. Times passed so fast, she already leaved us for more than eight months. I am glad she always remembers me no matter how busy she is. She emails me on and off updates on her new job and her life.

I really appreciate the friendship. I don’t know who to describe our relationship. When we work under same company, both of us are busy and we seldom have time to get together. We did have lunch together before but that will be not more than 15 times for the pass three years. But our friendship can be established.

She will be promoted very soon even though she works at the new company for only eight. Her potential and good working skill is rewarded. I wish her all the best!

Love the way of the author expressed on the employee to act on the changes of their management new decision.

It is a must to change when the management decided to move on to a new decision or new direction. But how good will be the respond of their staffs to accept the changes is really depends on the royalty and the maturity thinking of one person. Different person has different of expectation. If the management has clearly stated the new goal but the people who working on to achieve the goal have no same direction, the company will find hard to achieve their expected results.

The spoon:
A lesson on how consultants can make a difference in an organization.

Last week, we took some friends to a new Indian restaurant, ‘Muthu’s Place,’ and noticed that the Indian waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I observed that he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket. Then I looked around and saw that all the Indian staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I inquired, ‘Why the spoon?’

‘Well, ‘he explained, ‘the restaurant’s owner hired Andersen Consulting to revamp all of our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift..’

As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he replaced it with his spare. ‘I’ll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now..’ I was impressed.

I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the Indian waiter’s fly.

Looking around, I saw that all of the Indian waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So, before he walked off, I asked the waiter, ‘Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?’

‘Oh, certainly!’ Then the Indian waiter lowered his voice. ‘Not everyone is so observant. That consulting firm I mentioned also learned that we can save time in the restroom. By tying this string to the tip of our you-know-what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39%.’

I asked quietly, ‘After you get it out, how do you put it back?’

‘Well,’ he whispered, ‘I don’t know about the others, but I use the spoon.’

My two little princesses are acting like my parent now instructing me doing this and that.

I told them our plan to go one night stay to a beach resort yesterday. After that, they are so excited and started the trip preparation. They had ready all the needful stuffs for their own yesterday. Since they had already done their part, they keep on nagging I and hubby to do whatever necessary and can’t wait for the departure.

I am a bit regretted to inform that at the early stage end up I am the one like dragging and keep on receiving noisy instructions for what I had not been done. I know they will not stop unless we depart and reach the place. Anywhere, I am happy like them too because I can enjoy a short trip and a short escape of all the work tension.

My colleague, who is almost 40, is a very nice guy. He is the one and only man in our department. Hence, he is the one need to do all the man’s jobs.

He is such a family man and he takes very good care of us. Every times when he noticed any discount and promotion items offering in the supermarket nearby our office, he will keep us updated. He will always offer help to buy those items if he is buying.

Guess what he has brought for us. Snacks, kitchen appliances, hydraulic crimping tools, biscuits, toiletries, stationeries, drinks and etc. Almost all those listed in the promotion voucher, he managed to grab for us.

And the latest item that he grabbed this morning: sanitary pads. He told us that he managed to buy all the 4 left on the promotion rack and luckily just enough for his wife and us.

I will never believe I allowed this happened. If I am still in 20 or early of 30, I am sure I can not believe this happen to me. I will always buy it myself. Even hubby will be the one who paying but he never buy for me alone. But now, I allow a man buy this item for me now!

I am wondering is it because I am mature enough or I treat him as my female colleague.

I always wonder what the best way to teach and share my experiences with my two little princesses. I wish I can teach them whatever I had learned as well as whatever skills and knowledge I know. Some I can teach them when things happened. Some I can teach them when I come across with. Some I wish to teach but I don’t know whether the time I share, whether they learned and they can accept…

The below is an email forwarded to me. This gave me a good idea to write whatever I want to share with my princesses. To express through writing is the best way to share also. They will need it and they will learn when the time comes.

Following is a letter to his son from a renown Hong Kong TV broadcaster cum Child Psychologist. The words are actually applicable to all of us, young or old, children or parents.!

My Son,

I am writing this to you because of 3 reasons.

Life is unpredictable, nobody knows how long he lives. Some words are better said early.

I am your father, and if I don’t tell you these, no one else will.

What is written is my own personal bitter experiences that perhaps could save you a lot of unnecessary heartache.

Remember the following as you go through life:

1.對你不好的人，你不要太介意:在你一生中，沒有人有義務要對你好，除了我和你媽媽。至於那些對你好的人，你除了要珍惜、感恩外，也請多防備一點，因為，每個人做每件事，總有一個原因，他對你好，未必真的是因為喜歡你，請你必須搞清楚，而不必太快將對方看作真朋友

Do not bear grudge towards those who are not good to you. No one has the responsibility of treating you well, except your mother and I. To those who are good to you, you have to treasure it and be thankful, and ALSO you have to be cautious, because, everyone has a motive for every move. When a person is good to you, it does not mean he really likes you. You have to be careful, don’t hastily regard him as a real friend.

2.沒有人是不可代替，沒有東西是必須擁有:看透了這一點，將來你身邊的人不再要你，或許失去了世間上最愛的一切時，也應該明白，這並不是甚麼大不了的事

No one is indispensable, nothing in the world that you must possess. Once you understand this idea, it would be easier for you to go through life when people around you don’t want you anymore, or when you lose what/who you love most.

3.生命是短暫的，今日你還在浪費著生命，明日會發覺生命已遠離你了:因此，愈早珍惜生命，你享受生命的日子也愈多，與其盼望長壽，倒不如早點享受

Life is short. When you waste your life today, tomorrow you would find that life is leaving you. The earlier you treasure your life, the better you enjoy life.

4.世界上並沒有最愛這回事:愛情只是一種霎時的感覺，而這感覺絕對會隨時日、心境而改變。如果你的所謂最愛離開你，請耐心地等候一下，讓時日慢慢沖洗，讓心靈慢慢沉澱，你的苦就會慢慢淡化。不要過分憧憬愛情的美，不要過分誇大失戀的悲.

Love is but a transient feeling, and this feeling would fade with time and with one’s mood. If your so called loved one leaves you, be patient, time will wash away your aches and sadness. Don’t over exaggerate the beauty and sweetness of love, and don’t over exaggerate the sadness of falling out of love.

5.雖然，很多有成就的人士都有没受過很多教育，但並不等如不用功讀書，就一定可以成功:你學到的知識，就是你擁有的武器!人，可以白手興家，但不可以手無寸鐵，緊記！

A lot of successful people did not receive a good education, that does not mean that you can be successful by not studying hard! Whatever knowledge you gain is your weapon in life. One can go from rags to riches, but one has to start from some rags!

6.我不會要求你供養我下半輩子，同樣地我也不會供養你的下半輩子，當你長大到可以獨立的時候，我的責任已經完結:以後，你要坐巴士還是Benz，吃魚翅還是粉絲，都要自己負責

I do not expect you to financially support me when I am old, either would I financially support your whole life. My responsibility as a supporter ends when you are grown up. After that, you decide whether you want to travel in a public transport or in your limousine, whether rich or poor.

7.你可以要求自己守信，但不能要求別人守信，你可以要求自己對人好，但不能期待人家對你好:你怎樣對人，並不代表人家就會怎樣對你，如果看不透這一點，你只會徒添不必要的煩惱.

You honour your words, but don’t expect others to be so. You can be good to people, but don’t expect people to be good to you. If you don’t understand this, you would end up with unnecessary troubles.

8.我買了十多二十年六合彩，還是一窮二白，連三獎也沒有中，這證明人要發達，還是要努力工作才可以，世界上並沒有免費午餐

I have bought lotteries for umpteen years, but I never strike any prize. That shows if you want to be rich, you have to work hard! There is no free lunch!

9.親人只有一次的緣份，無論這輩子我和你會相處多久，也請好好珍惜共聚的時光，下輩子，無論愛與不愛，都不會再見.

No matter how much time I have with you, let’s treasure the time we have together. We do not know if we would meet again in our next life.

Your Dad