Spare tyre

I have always been skinny. Well, maybe not when I was a baby. 

If my firstborn is any indication, then I probably was like the Michelin guy when I was a baby. =P

Anyway, ever since I shredded my baby fat, I have been thin. I am the kind that people considered 'wasting rice', since no matter how much I eat I still remain like a stick.

I have no idea where the energy goes, probably I just have very high metabolism.

Though not a health maniac, I exercise regularly, so I am generally fit physically. Physically fit but not in the bodybuilding sense. Really not into bodybuilding since I don't find it appealing, in fact, I find all those bulging muscles somewhat unnatural. Just personal opinion, of course, all you huge muscle fellows don't come knocking! =P

My body was probably at its pinnacle form when I was practising karate. Toned muscles and visible six pack, nothing unnaturally huge or bulging, of course! Just lean and toned, think Bruce Lee. ^_^

Anyway, there has not been any major change in my lifestyle, still eating the same, doing the same amount of exercise and all that, but I am starting to get a 'spare tyre' around my waist.

Not sure whether to be happy or sad?

It's like, the first time in my life! But it's not something I should "woohoo!" about, I think...

I guess my metabolism has gone down, age does that.

Oh well, ain't young anymore.

For Hsiang

Happy birthday, son.

You are seven years old today. Time flies.

As your father, it's my duty to guide you and try my best to make you a better person. Same for mama, who has done a brilliant job thus far bringing both you and didi up.

But ultimately, it's you yourself who decide which path you want to tread, and what kind of person you want to be.

We love you unconditionally, I know you know that. But you are starting to make it hard for us to love you at times. Using our love as a leverage to get what you want is wrong, there is no leeway about it, no excuse, no justification to make that right.

It's just wrong. Period.

"You don't let me do this because you don't love me" is wrong, and it's hurtful. Do not use our love as a leverage, you will not get what you want saying that. Never.

Papa and mama will never yield to your twisted demand, because it's wrong, because it's a form of blackmailing, and we cannot let you think it's alright to do so. It's not something a decent person does. Really, there is no other way to put it, it's wrong.

Despite our best effort, you have attitude problem. Son, you are arrogant.

Yes, you are a smart boy, but no, you do not know everything and no, you are not always right. The world does not revolves around you, nor your whims.

Be humble, and keep an open mind, we should always be learning, always striving to be a better person.

At seven years of age, you have much to learn. Papa and mama still know a lot more compared to you and we are trying to teach you, to guide you to be a better person.

The sooner you understand this, the better, because if you keep thinking you know everything and you are always right, then you are only setting yourself up for failures.

Son, you are our firstborn, we love you. We know you are a decent person, how can you not be? You can be good if you want to, you can make us proud if you want to.

The question is: do you want to?

Papa and mama will try our best to guide you to be a better person, while we still can. You are not making that any easier, in fact, you are giving us a lot of headache and heartache lately.

Son, we can only do so much, changes have to come from self.

Love life

Life is short

life is fragile

cherish every moment

especially with those who matter

don't overly mind those who do not

for not all are worth our time and effort

Though, be nice to all

and remember to tell your loved ones

how much you care for them

and how much they matter

generously, regularly, sincerely

天马行空：小七

今天外出午餐后，我又莫明其妙多了一个女朋友。

其实，都不知道他们说是女朋友还是情人？

当然，是没有必要知道的。

当他们开这样的玩笑时，我都是不要讲话比较好。

故事，是这样的…

苏打饼突然问起我上星期写的文章里的那位是谁？

我知道驾车的印度朋友是没有看我的部落格的，所以我给他一个简介。

才说到老婆仔没有注意到我剃了胡子，他就很吃惊的问：

“CK has beard and moustache？”

天啊！这位福建话讲得比我好，说自己华语‘只会讲，不会听’（是的，会讲，不会听）的印度朋友，几乎每天都和我吃午餐的嘞。

无… 言…

在其它同车的朋友左一句右一句的混乱搞笑情况下勉强讲完了那简介。

还没有讲究竟是谁他已经结论说：

“must be mistress”

这句话一讲出来就完了咯。

他们马上你一句我一句加盐加醋炒作，发挥他们丰富的绯闻谣言创作能力。

真是的，自己没有注意到，别人注意到就非讲成那样不可。 -_-

也不记得是谁说出「小三」这个词，但马上有人说已经是「小七」了咯。

不要问我为何那么多和是谁？

我不知道！

真的是幸好我文章里不再用他人的原名，不然很快我就没有朋友了… >_<

天马行空 |系列|

  

心的频道：蓝旗队

初稿于二零一四年六月十日。

早晨上班途中

经过巴士站时察觉有预料之外的事物

是那种不自觉眼角记录的讯息

当然也可能是还很瞌睡的缘故啦… =P

过了一段路脑子才搞清楚

哦，是那穿校服的女中学生

会觉得意外因为正是学校假期

怎么还穿校服上学的？

然后开始嘲笑自己

怎么会对女中学生的校服那么敏感？

脑中顿时想起「蓝旗队」这名称

和中学时的一些回忆

初中，我读下午班

读的是全男校

有段时期是坐校车的

我就是那时认识了「蓝旗队」这名称

原因很简单

因为同车的是同校的学生

一群乳臭未干的男孩们

他们拥有很惊人，覆盖范围很广的

蓝旗队雷达！

我还能记得

每每经过女校时

和当载有女生的校车经过时

他们的那些狼叫声

唉，那些狼叫声… -_-

人的个性，有时就是这么决定了

（再续…）

心的频道 |系列|

We have a winner!

It all started with that goodbye kiss on Monday morning, which I was a bit surprised and a bit disappointed that wifey didn't notice that I was freshly clean-shaven.

See, since I was told of my new job role more than a year ago, I have decided to keep my moustache and beard until I am done with that project. A kind of silent protest really, since I dislike that role. =P

I have stuck to that resolution since, with the exception of the two weeks when I was on business trip to The States, that was because I needed to go into a clean room environment, I didn't want the extra hassle of wearing a beard mask.

Didn't mean to shave off the moustache and beard on Monday morning really, I was just trying to manually trim a few stray moustache that the electrical shaver couldn't get rid of. But I accidentally shaved off a bit too much and so I decided to go all the way instead.

Anyway, back to wifey's lack of comment on the absence of my facial hair, when I finally asked her about it later that day, she told me it's because she was angry with the elder son when we kissed goodbye, so she didn't notice.

Okay...

I decided to find out if any of my colleagues would notice and who would be the first to say something about it.

After four days, we finally have a winner! =P

Surprisingly it's not one of the long time colleagues/friends, or lunch buddies, or badminton buddies, but a fairly new acquaintance.

Real surprise, that.

Anyway, this little venture sure says something about how forgettable or unremarkable I am, hehe.

And I think I will regrow my moustache and beard, let me stick to that resolution!

Phuket footprints, part deux

I guess my style of travel photography is an acquired taste, probably not appreciated by those who do not share such exquisite taste.

Yes, you can start vomiting now, hahaha! =P

Anyway, here are some photos that have no style whatsoever, these should cater for the common mass. (Yea, I also feel like hitting myself. =P )

McD breakfast before the outbound journey

family selfie while in transit KLIA

Yea, selfie, I know, I am properly ashamed of myself.

arrived!

this is the master bedroom

view from the balcony

We had a family suite that has two rooms, two bathrooms, a lounge and a balcony. The noisy little monsters need space to cause mayhem.

first night dinner

some drink we bought after lunch the second day

I have no idea what the drink is made from, but it tastes nice. ^_^

swimming pool session, one of the many

haven't a clue what it says

Karon, that's the area of Phuket we spent our holiday

yummy pancrepe

The little monsters being low batt meant our night market stroll was cut short. Like, really really short. Shame really, many things to see and try but the only thing we got that night was the pancrepe.

name of the hotel we stayed in

early morning beach

wifey and the kids, 'seven early eight early' at the beach

It's like seven in the morning or something, so don't be silly, of course I didn't go with them to the beach! =P

I joined them for breakfast when they were done. It was raining most of that third day, so we spent most of the day in the room.

bored little monsters are lethal, so I had to devise a game for them

it's a maze-like game

Think I ended up making like five of the maze game 'maps', kept the elder son occupied. The younger lost interest after failing to complete the second map.

family selfie while we pretended to sleep

Yea, selfie again. I am absolutely ashamed of myself.

The weather eased up in the evening so we ventured out for dinner. Elder son has been telling us he wanted to try the fish eating dead skin thingy we saw all along the shopfronts. So we tried that after dinner.

only he was so scared of it he ended up not doing it -_-

early morning beach again on the fourth day

Needless to say, I did the sensible (to me) thing of sleeping in and joined them at breakfast. =P

temple

the compound was also where the night market was held

now that's an appropriate time for the beach, sunny with blue sky

this photo was taken by Hsiang

since it's our last night there, we picked an expensive looking restaurant for dinner

before we boarded the home-bound plane, little monsters turned zombies!

Don't want to end with that photo so I picked a hastily taken sunset shot on the first day, when I went out alone to get drinking water.

制造噪音

这几个星期，心境不是很好。

身心都疲累。

老实说，昨夜的那场卡拉OK，在忙着工作又是时候离开才不会迟到的那刻，我是有想过不去的。

老婆仔也说过晚上的卡拉OK花费很高，我明白她的意思的。

然，

是同事朋友的生日庆祝嘞。

唉，怎么我把人情看得那么重？

状况不是很好，但我仍是去了。

心境不太对放不进感情去唱，觉得自己唱得没有感觉的。

只能说我对自己制造噪音的表现不满意。

不是我要唱到那样的，而是真的有心无力，也无气。

肺活量好像越来越不行了。

但是齁，撇开自己的表现不提，

昨晚真的是笑翻了，很开心的一晚。

大伙都如常的搞笑，

而最大的惊喜，是一位朋友的转变。

好的转变来的，豁出去了。赞！

我真的有点怀疑她罐里真的是水还是别的饮料？

是什么都好，她给我们留下了一些经典的句子，以后可以参考引用:

“这枝 mic 特别好料” - 用于当你突然唱得很有爆发力的时候。

“我觉得我保养得很好咯” - 用于当你误会了以为几乎差你一轮的小朋友是和你同样年代的时候。

“不用怕，有我在” 和 “你们就是不够大众化咯” - 用于当别人说他们没听过，不熟悉或不会唱某首歌，而你又是歌曲百科全书般的全能歌手的时候。

当然，如果你天生就是那么厚脸皮的话，那么几时要用都可以。

真的，好开心的一晚，笑翻了。

随兴随想 |系列|

Pick me up

What's your 'pick me up'?

You know, the thing that you do when you are stressed, feeling sad, feeling bored, having separation anxiety, having a bad or hard time?

You know, the little something to make you feel better?

One effective 'pick me up' for me is a hug.

I would just approach wifey and hug her if she is standing, or request for a hug if she is otherwise in a not so huggable position.

Wifey is so used to it by now, since it happens on a daily basis, and pretty much always multiple times per day. ^_^

Okay, maybe I just like hugging her. =P

It's an instant feel good action, like super medication. 

Filled me with energy after, albeit sometimes just for a short while before I need another hug. =P

First drafted on 11th June 2014. 

有感而发：是非

二零一四年七月五日。

感觉上，最近，是非缠身。

那些，

有的、没的，

特意、无意，

歪曲、误解，

酿出许多是是非非。

有懊恼烦心的，

也有又气又好笑的，

几乎全是无可奈何的。

今天一早去庙堂拜了一拜，祈福安康。

老婆仔原本要我去‘打小人’的，但我没有。

想想，以往精神力量还蛮坚固的我，

怎么开始需要依靠这些外来的精神支柱？

越老越需要精神上的寄托？

有感而发 |系列|

Running Man Withdrawal

Mondays are when I get my weekly dose of Running Man fix.

Running Man = good. I likey, especially when there is Monday Couple moment. ^_^

But for three days now, the site that I have been using to watch Running Man is having issue, and I am starting to suffer withdrawal syndrome.

Like waking up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason.

Like shortness of breath in badminton session.

Like duller than usual wit.

Like unexplainable grumpiness.

Okay, the last one is just normal and has nothing to do with missing my Running Man fix. =P

Think I will start to have involuntary spasms and twitches soon.

Good grief, I hope I won't lose bowel control. =P

I need my Running Man fix. Give! *twitch twitch*