First accident since I passed driving

Yes..accident between me and a freakin' tree...and it's cos i accelerated too quickly when i was reverse-parking into this lot that sits right in front of this big tree with its roots jutting out.

I wun call it minor scratches cos the paintwork on the rear bumper's quite badly scratched-off. But luckily there's no dent, otherwise i'm gonna go starving for the rest of the holz. A dent will at least cost 500bucks lor. Gonna just grab some paint and brush and do the touching up myself.

Sigh..dunno why i'm so OFF these days...Can someone turn me ON plssss???

Food!!!

Pics of FOOOODDD from my past few holiday trips.

Mommy's Mango Milkshake

With a little of my food photog talent....Taadaaaa!!......



Mango milkshake with ice-cream freshly ice-blended by my mom. I've been bragging abt it for days cos it's simply irresistible.

Ingredients:

- Fresh Mango (plus kiwi if you want it to be more sour)
- Fresh milk
- Ice-cream (vanilla flavour)
- Yoghurt (original flavour)
- Ice-cubes
- Sugar (not advisable cos alr quite sweet with the icecream)

in any proportion mix you wish...of course the more mangoes the merrier..the yoghurt just makes the drink thicker and also a little more sour..i suppose you can mix with some nata de coco as well.

Perfect drink on a hot tropicana afternoon!


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Happy 55th B-day, PaPa!

Yesterday's my papa's b-day. It's his 55th. So glad he's alright and able to sit down together wif the family and enjoying his fav dishes.

Was at his company's new factory/coldroom yesterday, a project he engineered and supervised entirely on his own without being paid a single cent. I can tell how much dedication and hardwork he's put in for something he can call his own brainchild. It has TOPed quite sometime ago and he's still so meticulous with every detail of the construction. And next he'll be moving on to worrying about manpower and sales volume. Papa's a workaholic indeed. He used to work 7 days a week all year round except for the first day of the Lunar New Year, a pathetic self-declared holiday. It's crazy and it's his life and his dedication and ownership of that part of his work he deemed no one can take away from him, truly inspires me.

I guess the new company can be good place for me to park my ass these hols after i complete my ACCA exams in June. Long holz ahead for me, but at least i'd be able to spend more time at home and wif my papa. Papa's starting to bring his work back home cos he's still on MC but he needs to keep himself occupied. Meanwhile, we're all aware that the war's not over. We've only called a truce for now cos of some complications. Will have to wait a little longer, painfully longer, until June or so before he goes for another PET Scan (the one that detected his cancer last dec) and tell whether he's finally back on his feet again. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed until then....and praying hard, very very hard.

The forgotten and the unforgotten...

Exams are finally over. They just ended yesterday but I already had the vaguest impression of having mugged for and sat thru' the papers. Despite their underlying importance, these were just some of the insignificant and repeated events in life that went flushing down the memory bowl and ... forgotten.

I'd just finished watching Walk The Line, the recent movie made for the late Nashville legend Johnny Cash. I always wonder what's the point of showcasing the lives of famous people only after they die? Is it a form of legacy put on the big screen to make sure these people go unforgotten in history? I believe it's cos certain milestones, turning points, setbacks and moments of clarity in one's lives only come into light when it's time to conclude his own life story. And these little anecdotes and episodes of one's life are worth revisiting only cos there must be something we can learn, for better or worse, out of them. Is it just a matter of curiosity to find out what went on behind the glamorous facade of celebrities like Johnny Cash and Ray Charles (both had an impressive drug addiction and philandering history)?

My mom was talkin about my late uncle in the car this morning. This uncle is my dad's 3rd elder bro. He passed before i was borned. Nasopharyngeal Cancer, the one my dad's diagnosed also. All these years, I only have a vague impression of him thru photos and the stories told about him. He was only 35 and was morally upright and according to my mom, someone nice to talk to. He could perhaps be our closest kin if he were still alive today. But still, he remains as an impression to me only but i know in my parents' heart, he will always be remembered as a good brother.

He was only 35. That shows how much of the world he's not seen. As I think about all these issues about life and death, it boils to something really cliched but often overlooked, that is to lead life to the fullest, create the most positive impacts on people, set oneself as a role model and go unforgotten in history.