Good Bye!!!! sob..sob..

Oh my goodness! Two more audit staff are leaving us. Lately, resignations always come in double, last month was Jess and Suat Boon, yesterday was Sherlyn and Jessica. We are short handed. Help us...

We went to Steamboat House, at the junction of Kek Chuan Road and Macalister Road, to celebrate the farewell for both of them. They have been with us since more than two years ago, for sure, they'll be missed. I really envy them , as they are leaving to further their degree courses in th UK. How I wish I could have the chance to study in overseas, but they are just too costly for me.

Was watching 败犬女王 just now. Gosh, when Yun Hao proposed to Wu Shuang, it's so romantic. The Haagen Dazs ice-cream really caught my attention. Search through the web, but I still could not find the picture that reminisce the exact scene. However, I managed to find the picture of the ice cream, it's known as

愛的詩篇.

Is this ice-cream available for sale in Malaysia? Feel like wanted to try out, as it looks so sweet...

Haha, finally I did a print-screen on the screen, and this is how is looks like. Isn't that sweet?? It reads " Would you marry me?" And, there's a engagement ring on top of the ice-cream. My heart almost melted upon seeing this.

Today, when I checked my Hotmail, I read this email I got from Siew. It was very touching. I have teary eyes having read this story.

Don't DRUNK and DRIVE!!!

動人心弦的小男孩 (Little Boy Touches Hearts)

I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。

The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.

這男孩不過5、6歲。

The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』

Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '

小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：

「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」

The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '

老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」

Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.

她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。

The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.

小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。

Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.

最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。

'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.

『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。

She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。

But he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '

但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』

His eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '

他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』

My heart nearly stopped.
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。

The little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '
小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』

Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '
然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』

'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '

『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』

Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.

然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。

I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下，說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』

'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。

The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』

Then he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』

'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '

『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』

'My mommy loves white roses. '
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。

A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.

幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。

I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.

我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。

I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.

小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。

Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
woman and a little girl.

我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。

The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管

，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。

Was this the family of the little boy?
他就是這家庭的小男孩？

Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。

I couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.

我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。

She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
她在那裡，裝在棺木中，在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片，娃娃則放置在她的胸口。

I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is
still, to this day, hard to imagine.

我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。

And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.

就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。

So, Do NOT DRINK AND DRIVE..DEAR ALL.....

I have a good news to share with all those mates in CDK: My best mate is getting married!! I'm so happy on behalf of her. She's getting married this June the 7th! And, she is none other than Daphne Tan Choo Sean!
We got to know each other since Primary One, which means our friendship has lasted for 20 years! Gosh, it's a long long journey for both of us. We were very close to each other since primary school days. We shared almost everything, from ups to downs. When young, our topics lingered about friends, childhood days and schools. Later, it became crush we had, schools and problems we may encountered. After graduation, it's about working life, love life and so on. And now, it's about marriage. Our topics never ends..
I really feel so happy for her, as finally she met a guy who truly treasures and cherishes her, and is willing to be with her for the rest of her life. Congratulations on her marriage! Wishing you, love, joy and laughter, today and ever after...

A snapshot of her wedding invitation card, which is created by our dearest friend-James:

There will be gathering on May 24th at Subway, E-Gate specially arranged for Daphne for her to share this happiness with us. See you guys then!

I saw this article in The Star today. Gosh, our personal details is so cheap! Unbelievable, less than the amount to buy a cup of coffee.

Well, I have experienced this personally. I have been receiving calls from anonymous parties asking me whether am I interested in the insurance coverage that they are offering for the past two years.

When I first applied for my Citibank credit card two years ago, I was asked to furnish them with a fixed line contact number in case of emergencies. Reluctantly, I gave them my uncle's residence number. We were also asked to give them our work place number as well. Well, they tried to call me and cannot reach me as I switched my mobile number from DiGi to Maxis subsequently. So, they called my office. I was so mad at that point of time as I was so busy with workloads and informed them that I'm not interested in the insurance coverage. They asked for the reasons. I told them, I feel that I'm adequately insured and do not wish to be contacted anymore on this matter. I also asked them the sources of my contacts. They told me it's from Citibank. Few days later, they called my uncle's house looking for me again. Damn it! Is promoting insurance an emergency? I contacted Citibank and informed them that I wished to be removed from their listing and not to be contacted for any promotions. But, again, they tried to call my office. In the end, I went to Citibank personally and cancelled my Citibank credit card. Frankly, it's a nuisance to me for receiving all those calls. Some of the staff have no basic courteousy at all as they kept convincing you despite you told them you're not interested in it at all.

Miraculously, after I cancelled my Citibank credit card, I do not receive those calls anymore..

Gosh!! I have been chasing this series since last Sunday. This is a very interesting series. I have been reminiscing the scenes since I first started to watch it. Was so sad last night, when I saw Laughing was killed by Lee. Haiz... Currently, I'm at Episode 25, 5 more episodes before the conclusion. Sometimes, feel like wanted to watch the conclusion directly, but NO, I can't do so! Else, it won't be that interesting anymore! How is the conclusion? Will Hao kill Man? ......