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*

An aeroplane a day, part eight

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Initially wanted to post another LEGO workshop, but when going through the photos I unearthed some other random LEGO creations that I bothered to take photo of.

 

These were made in mid of September 2013. 

First are the super simple robots that no step by step instructions are needed, just look at them and you should be able to figure out. =)

so simple I made six of them in no time

party time!

Then out of boredom I tried to create some LEGO art...

 

decorative art piece, kind of...

 

with dramatic angle it can be object of photography too =P