LISTEN TO GOOD ADVICE

 

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”- Steve Jobs

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”

MOM'S 2013 BIRTHDAY

This year mom would be alone on her birthday.... alone in the sense that none of her children would be with her. Furthermore she had to spend it in hospital as dad has still not been discharged.

I would have been here to spend it with her but Andrew wanted to drive back to KK today right after his hospital appointment in the morning.
I have made the effort to get a birthday cake for her though .
At least that I know would make her feel somehow less forgotten .
I have asked Jeff to send my love and wish along with the cake. I have asked him to reverse the  candle numbers too....just for the fun of it.


Sweet seventeen again.

 

My mom on her 71th birthday..... with her man

I hope you know how much you're loved and appreciated
I hope you, instinctively, knew all along even if I seldom say it out loud
HAPPY 71st BIRTHDAY MOM!

UGLIEST AGAIN

 

 

Browsing through my past posts, I realized that it's been two years since I last quoted on the ugliest dogs contest.
The 2013 winner was crowned just over a month ago but to see how times flies,I had totally missed out on 2012's winner.

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I do remembered many months ago hearing about Yoda's death on the radio but I haven't got get the chance to read or write about it. Yoda was the 2011 winner.
I'm sharing here news of her death from the Time's posting. RIP Yoda...be happy over at the golden bridge

A homely Chihuahua and Chinese Crested mix that snagged worldwide acclaim for being deemed the “world’s ugliest dog” in 2011 has died at the age of 15. “She passed away last night in her sleep,” her owner, Terry Schumacher, wrote in an email to the Hanford Sentinel on Tuesday. “I will miss her funny little ways!”
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/15/yoda-the-worlds-ugliest-dog-dies/#ixzz2YwblSyU8

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The 2012 winner is Mugly, an 8-year-old Chinese Crested with a short snout, beady eyes, and several unkempt white whiskers, owned by Bev Nicholson of Peterborough, England. Apart from the title it also got $1,000 and a year’s worth of dog cookies. Mugly, however, is already a champ before this. Owner claims he was named Britain's ugliest dog in 2005
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In 2013 Walle, a "huge-headed, duck-footed mix of beagle, boxer and basset hound" from Chico beat 29 other contenders to win the contest.
Judges said they were especially impressed by Walle's bizarre waddle of a walk. Said Judge Brian Sobel, "This dog looked like he's been photo shopped with pieces from various dogs and maybe a few other animals."
Walle wins $1,500 and will make several network TV appearances


On my personal note...he's just like Pablo, 2009 winner . Nothing ugly about him to be considered 'ugly'......... moreso 'ugliest'

Pablo...World's ugliest dog 2009 winner

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all photographs are courtesy of the net , I randomly googled
Thank you to owners

DOUBLE MEDICAL TROUBLE

 

Planned was to send dad for his foot's dressing at the hospital...which initially was to be done by Jeff alone. Somehow the rain yesterday had caused him ( and me) to have a terrible headache .

As finding a parking space at the hospital would be something to dread  of, I went along with mom tagging as well.
I opted to be the driver while he attended to dad's needs and paper work at the ER unit.

*I was lucky to find a single parking not far away from the canteen.

*Dad got admitted again...as expected.
 - his wound seems to have opened up. Most likely he had put  pressure on the toe sometime yesterday.

After getting him settled at the first class ward this time around  (his status as past assemblyman entitle him to free medical treatment at the first class ward) , we went out to have lunch at the hospital canteen.
Initial plan was,Jeff was to come back and be with dad while mom run some errands prior to coming back and staying with him during night time.

Mom called and complained of her chest pains....she was gasping for breath when Jeff found her at her home later. She was immediately taken to seek medical attention at her regular clinic.

The Doctor diagnosed  her as being seriously overstressed . He gave her some pills to 'pop' with another appointment to run some tests first thing tomorrow morning.
He had initially referred her to seek further treatment for a similar problem at the Specialist center in Damai or SMC in KK two years ago.. ...which she had totally forgotten to take up.

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Total rest for the remaining day  for mom...Jeff stayed overnight at the hospital to attend to dad 's needs 

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the day after she was kept for observation and more tests at DOK hospital

Mom and Sis came home

 

Went to the airport twice today...not to fetch them one at a time but because I have forgotten to let Lydia have the house keys .

Appy's MAS  flight was supposed to be in the morning but it was rescheduled to afternoon, which is almost the same time as mom's AirAsia flight.
We went the first time around but did not see her...nor did she saw me. She said she was looking for a colored car...gold color car to be exact.
Yeah...that was the color of my previous car....like four years ago.
And she had seen my colored ( Red Ferrari ) car during our Christmas holiday barely six months ago.

We went back to give Lydia the keys because she has tuition class to attend to today. We returned shortly to find her sitting quietly at the waiting lounge .

With less than half an hour for mom's plane to land, we went shopping around the airport shops instead of going home first. 

***She bought a cute bag for Ashley.
***They both had actually just flown in from Singapore to KK the night before from a weekend holiday in Bali
***Dad had been discharged after a week in the hospital
***Jeff has been taking care of him since his operation but was now sharing the task with Dennis since he came home a few days ago

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Dennis , Appy and myself went out for early 'Ikan Bakar 'dinner at IJM Giant area.

It's the fishes that she's taking picture with