5 years ago, today

Her actions spells out unconditional love
Her smile eases the pain
Her cooking brings everyone together
Her strength to forgive is divine


5 years ago, today;
Like Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see
So long lives this and gives life to thee"


I miss you; We all miss you,

Your love, and our love.

Ever thine,
Ever yours,
Ever ours.

the first wealth is health

A woman walked up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch.

"I couldn't help noticing how happy you look," she said. "What's your secret for a long happy life?"

"I smoke three packs of cigarettes a day," he said. "I also drink a case of whiskey a week, eat fatty foods, and never exercise."

"That's amazing," the woman said. "How old are you?'

"Twenty-six," he said.




credit: pic

I wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year and good health all year round!

Surprise package from Japan

A surprise package from my host family from Numazu, Shizuoka-ken. This is the millionth package (in which I lost count, no matter big or small, it's always the thoughts that count) they've sent me, I thought I'll share some pictures with you...

My mum called and told me I received a package in which of course, she opened it, in which she found a few packets of pasta sauces, a box of chocolate and a nicely wrapped gift.

this. of course, my mom opened it, but wrapped it back.
(in its "original" form, so i can take some pictures, lol)

it came in a pretty cute pouch.
which says: casio, baby G.
oh boy, you can tell i was extremely excited!

tada! a white casio baby-G! I literally squealed with joy, when i saw it.

the old(left) and new.
my previous one was from my first host family, which was a 2004 Christmas gift.

oh yea, it was meant to be a graduation gift. and they printed out a family pic with words of encouragement, and congratulatory messages.

from left: Yukari san, Yuu-chan, Yuki-chan, Dai-chan and Kazutoshi (Kawaguchi) san.

Dai-chan when he was only 3 years old, he doesn't really remember me now, but we were pretty close when I was there, I had fun playing the big sister to three of them.

Fun times, and these are the friendships that are meant to last, to be cherished, because 20 years down the road, you can say: I've done that, and there shall be no regrets, because the only regret you will have is what you didn't do, and not what you did.

missing & whereabouts

i've been missing from my blog close to a week now. am i just glad that TWO "readers" noticed that (from the two messages on my shoutbox, that is).

well, cut the long story short, i'll just let the pictures do the talking. maybe if i'm free, i'll elaborate in the next post.



i participated in a merdeka spirited sports day on the 30/8.


i got myself, well, my dad got me new lenses, two new lenses.
guess what's the other one? ;) my early xmas present. sweetness!


it was an expected sombre moment for the family.
looking at the bright side, it brought us closer.
and well, the living has got to move on! c'iest la vie!

oh yeah. and i'm back in KL. Give me a holler if you want to meet up! :)