Rod Stewart's Concert

This great concert was held on February 28, 2009 in Singapore. I went there purposely to watch him live in concert. The 3 hours concert was enjoyable and most of the audience were singing together with him. He was energetic and his voice... For an old man, he is still a crowd puller. His fans mostly are on their feet jumping and shaking and singing to his songs.

After the concert, I walked in the rain to my hotel. I chose a hotel nearby the Singapore Indoor Stadium coz I knew that to get a taxi would be a miracle. While I was there, I manage to do some shopping for myself... My hobby actually.

I am looking forward to go to more concerts no matter where. In 2009 alone, I went to 4 concerts and still have 2 months to go....

Piano lesson

Sarah had her piano lesson today. Her fourth lesson actually. Esther, her teacher is a very patient lady. She tried to get Sarah's attention throughout the lesson. As usual, Sarah's attention span is short. But I am happy with Sarah's progress. Now Sarah is playing with both her hands and reading notes. Am very proud of my dear little girl....

Maybe one day Sarah will be able to entertain me with my favourite songs... Barry Manilow's songs perhaps.... Even Now...

Weekend

As Sarah is still down with chicken pox, I decided to spend this weekend at home being with the kids. Zaki will start his exam on Nov 18 and Zaid will get his result soon. I hope Sarah will be able to go to school next week to sit for her exam.

I am starting to pack up my things to move by end Dec. I have lot of things to throw and had been giving away some of the clothes; to friends and recently 4 boxes to the earthquake victims in Padang, Sumatera. Felt good about it and will be giving more things away in due time. I dont think the new place can accomodate all my things from this house. Well... I dont think I want to take many things from this house either! I just want to start new. New place, new environment and away from this house. Cant wait to get out and move on....

Wheel of Fate

I was on this wheel during my visit to Singapore last September. It was huge but slow. From far, you cant see it moving. The kids at first tot it was not operating. We walked quite a bit (actually from Bugis to the Flyer) coz the roads were closed for the F1 race.

Sarah was complaining why the wheel seemed to be near but far. When we reached there, there were no crowd. The wheel ride was slow and steady. Cant feel anything actually. The view was breathtaking. You can see the whole of Singapore from up there.

The Wheel ride is like the cycle of life. The ups and downs and finally you're back on the ground. The ground is where the reality lies. You need to experience all sorts adventures and meet many people to be where you are now. I see my life as slow and steady like the wheel. It took me many painful years to be where I am now. At least part of the pain is over now. As always I told A, the pain is over but the scar will always remain... Am not going to endure the same pain again.

I read a book that say Love anything that lives - a person, a pet, a plant - and it will die. Trust anybody and you may be hurt; depend on anyone and that one may let you down. The price of cathexis is pain. Move out or grow in any dimension and pain as well as joy will be your reward. There is frequently something pathetic about the individual who has failed to build his family into a loving unit, yet restlessly searches for loving relationships outside the family. The first obligation of a genuinely loving person will always be to his or her marital and parental relationships.

Think about that!

My dear old friend

I am pleased and excited! Thru FB, I found a long lost old friend from my primary years in KB. Well I saw her brother's name who happened to be my super senior at my secondary school. I manage to chat with him via FB and managed to explain who am I. He gave me his sister's hp no and I called her. She is in Penang and I can hear from her shouting, she was feeling excited. Tg Asilah... it was great hearing your voice!

I have not seen her since the 70s, perhaps over 30 years and we can still recall our times together. Such great times cycling all around KB and visiting friends. I had always wanted to meet my friends from primary days and trying to gather some info from friends who shared the same secondary school. Since they all hail from KB, perhaps they might have bumped into old friends.... Maybe we can organize a gathering....

So anyone reading this blog who happened to know anyone from ZS2 primary school 1970-1975, please contact me. I love to hear from you...

My off day

Tuesdays and Thursdays are my off days. This morning I managed to take Zaid to make his IC which was 2 months overdue. His 12th birthday this year was in fasting month and exam month. Last month I was uptight with a lot of things in mind and finally I found the time to take him. We went to JPN at Sri Rampai coz there are less crowd there. I once accompanied Zaki when he was 12 and the queue was like a mile long...

At last my astro got fixed. Sarah is the most excited one coz she can watch her 6++ channels again. Zaki is getting better but Sarah is down with fever. Can see the chicken pox coming out already. Hope she will be over it soon.

While I was running errand at TNB, I saw this show about abused women and the organisations who supported them. Good show... Kept me thinkin about all the other women who are facing these physical and mental abuse but refused to come forward. Women are not born to be abused especially not by husbands who think they are superior. We should not protect these men who do not value and appreciate us, women. We are the better species... Believe it!

Lightning and chicken pox

There was a power surge at our area after a lightning strike the TNB pole near my house. Well... you can guess what happened next. My astro, modem, few lights and my notebook charger were affected. We stayed in total darkness till almost 9 pm when the power were restored. Sarah was freaking out. The TNB guys came to access our loss and will have to write to them to claim the loss. Imagine no atro and wifi... Macam duduk zaman batu....

This morning had to take Zaki to the clinic and found out that Sarah also got chicken pox.... Argh.. I expected that but still... Pity her. Lucky for me coz all the kids dont have any problem with medication. Her exam starts tomorrow and had to call the teacher to inform of her condition. I hope the school can understand.

Its still raining... Still no astro but manage to get a new modem. At least can still interneting.... No tv for the next few days....