a little kindness

there's this man on wheelchairs in the lrt station i stop by everyday. he sells RM1 tissue and little bag of chips for a living. i've always told myself to stop by his wheelchair and buy something from him as a form of support for his independence and courage to actually earn money to support himself. he's not like other people that begs for money from table to table in the hawker centre when they look healthy and capable of actually working to earn a living instead of begging. this man wants to support himself. and i think i should give him a little support. but i haven't bought from him yet. after a year of taking the lrt. giving myself the excuse of catching the train is just well, an excuse.

anyway, one day i saw a gentleman standing by the man on wheels. he wasn't just buying chips or tissues from him. he was actually talking to him. it awed me that there are still such kind people around. to actually stop in their tracks and talk to a stranger. to give warmth and kindness to a total stranger. it makes me believe in goodness of human. that there's this goodness in each and everyone of us. but we just choose to lock it up because we're too 'busy' to care. how sad. shouldn't this goodness be shared and shown?

thank you, stranger. for giving me more confidence in kindness of human beings. :D

christmas spree

went to midvalley yesterday to do some christmas shopping before going to thailand tomorrow. saw LOTS of big cuddly teddy bears there. it was all over the place. in all 3 south, centre and north court centre. and also the few main entrances. i love going shopping malls during christmas season. all nicely decorated with toys and bright colors. really brings out the happy mood of shoppers. so that we'll spend more there. :p

me and ben went there earlier to shop. and peayying met us up for lunch in chilis in the afternoon. got my 1st taste of chilis mash potato. OMG!! i would never want any other mash potatoes from now on. it's THE mash potato for goodness sake. freaking best mash potato i EVER had. craving for it now. yumyum. we sat there for 4hours plus refilling again and again on our drinks and chips. ben fell asleep for awhile. i rooted for some asean basketball team shown on chilis tv. they were wearing blue uniforms and they won. WOOHOO! we talked about margaritas, drinking habits, clubs, driving, the perfect time to take ktm, sports and a lot more i can't remember. hahahaha. we're such random people. but i love it! awesome day out with awesome friends! :D

domo army in gardens. RAWRRRRRR!

we had a few bites of the mash potatoes before remembering to take picture of it.

hence, the tortilla chips to cover up the 'eaten up' part. :p

ben's fried chicken crisps with honey mustard.

he was nomming now the corn when this picture was taken.

we love cuddly bears~ :D so wanted to bring it home! but they had guards on duty.

ireland potato that i wanted to try so so much.

nothing special though.

i love christmas!!

my blog is pathetically quiet these days/months. been to busy in life to actually write down what's happening in it. life has been a blur. rushing through everything. so many deadlines. so many things to be done. that when i finally completed something, it's time for me to move on to the next. i'll try to blog about what's been happening lately. it's the only way to help me document the important or memorable things in life. so do hang on and look out for new posts okay. :D

a trip up north part 1 (2009)

THIS IS SO OVERDUE. like A YEAR overdue. i'm pathetically sorry! made a promise to myself that i'd post it up before i go to thailand this year aka 2010. so here it is. read this up while i brew my 2nd post on this year's thailand trip. it's FULL of words. i bet this would keep you company while i come up with the other one. :p


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went to thailand with the family on the 26th. we wanted to leave kl earlier but there were christmas service, family gatherings and stuff. so we could only leave after everything was settled.

my aunt's a thai and her family in nakhon built a new house there. so we all went there to check it out, with a little vacation for ourselves on the way. we started journey around 11am. my back was stiff for sitting so long and i couldn't sleep the whole journey because i had to make sure my dad wasn't sleepy. when we finally reached nakhon it was around 9pm. and when i saw the house, i was like 'omggggg, is this the right house?!!'. it was so cool. and to know that they built it all by themselves is even more impressing.

the house was bigger than i expected. with 2 toilets, 3 rooms, a kitchen and huge hall. they even have a driveway for goodness sake. so not your ordinary kampung house. and with the money my uncle gave them, it'd only be enough to build a small small house here in kl, but they manage to build a mini bungalow there. picture that.

- chickens in nakhon sleeps on trees.

seriously. they're only slightly bigger than a dove and they'd fly up the tree to sleep around evening. crazy man. now who says chickens can't fly?

- the water there was freezing cold.

in nakhon, they use well waters for bathing and washing and everything. and boy i tell you the water is so colddddddddd. *shivers* i know you'd say i'm a spoiled brat with the luxury of hot water for my whole life but it's not about that. even my aunt went 'woohoooo' while she's in the shower. instant wake up call i tell you. the cold water here is nothing compared to that. nothing.

- the kids are really kids.

there's no internet connections or astro in nakhon. at least i think they don't. so the kids have to find their own entertainments. they'd be running around the house chasing after the dog or competing to see who's the fastest to climb up a pole or killing bugs and insects in the house. they're not the same with kids in the city. in kl, even an 8 year old has a facebook account. but these kids are really just kids, if you get my drift. they have all this innocence and passion. this their childhood. all this will become beautiful memories for them to look back upon. i kinda envy them.

- uncle onn's special pet.

1 of my aunt's brother, uncle onn/ohn/on (i never get the hang of thai names) owns a flying fox named han as a pet. still craving for hamsters as pet? pleaseeee lah. out of date dy. :p mum was terrified of it. she can't stand furry animals. don't know why though. han is kinda cute. it'd curl up into a ball and sleep on my hand. not sure it could fly though. looks more like a baby squirrel than a flying fox. but i've never seen a real flying fox. :p wished i could bring back a flying fox as a pet. mum would be FURIOUS.

blog on hiatus. will be back in december. i hope. :p