26 November 2008

A parody of Beyonce's single ladies by JT on SNL

This is absolutely hillarious.. enjoy folks!

15 November 2008

Thoughtlessness....

Got this from an email forwarded to me ... it surely did touch my heart.. a single action done in less than a minute could change the lives of so many people.. a thoughtless act done by one person could affect the lives of more than one... something to ponder about....

The message :

I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.

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

The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.'


I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
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.'

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.''

My heart nearly stopped.

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.'

Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won't forget me.'

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

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

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?''

'OK' he said, 'I hope I do have enough.' I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.

The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!'

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!''

'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.''

'My mommy loves white roses.'

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

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

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

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.

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.

Was this the family of the little boy?

Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.

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

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.

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.

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

Now you have 2 choices:

1) Repost this message, or

2) Ignore it as if it never touched your heart.

For those who prefer to think that God is not watching over us.... go ahead and delete this. For the rest of us... pass this on.

The value of a man or woman resides in what he or she gives, not in what they are capable of receiving... repost it as a story that touches your heart.


*sighs *

07 November 2008

Hope Won

On the historic day of 5th November 2008, Hope won!

The victory of this person is now preserved in the annals of history to be the first African-american who became the President of the U. S of A. From the start people were weary but what is so obvious is this, the people do not want another Bush administration in the white house and people are ready for change. Enough with invading and "colonizing" other countries, lets get back to the basics and concentrate on what really matters their people and how they relate to the rest of the world.

To me personally , I am happy because from his speeches I feel that he is a reasonable man, a thinking man he unifies the people that transcends across the board regardless of color , religion and political believes. I think looking at how the Americans behaved during the results they felt the same way too. I know some of my fellow country man and adopted place say why are you so affected by this.. he is not your president. To them my answer is this..I care that he is being elected because I know that country's policy will affect the rest of the world. I also can't help drawing parallels to JFK for some reason. That he is charismatic and calm and fair appealed to me, that he is able to tell off the press for not going down and doing the dirty when the oppositions running mate's daughter got pregnant out of wedlock, tells me he is a fair man with integrity. The fact that he has respect for other religion and understands other cultures assures me. He unified his people and they feel that they are ready to take the journey with him.

In this difficult time of financial upheavals we need a rational man. I hope his administration will be able to guide his people and the rest of the world through this very difficult time. I hope he fulfills his promise and if he cant at least take a step on the right direction. Hope Won and I hope the dreams materializes.

Congratulations Barack Obama I am proud to be able to witness this history.

03 November 2008

Apple Sweet and other goings on..

Yes... a lot had happen.. my gradual or rather sudden change to a Macbook ..had to master it and still having a headache on how to transfer my old emails to Mac.. a lot of adjustment and you would still need to get a hang of things..however, once you are used to it .. its easy peasy and damn cool too. Main reason for conversion to mac was.. it rarely crashes and less threat of virus.. my darling old dell crashed 4 times within the span of 2 years and revived back from the dead... am gonna miss him.. well just a little...hehe.

Our house got broken into..and and the creep stole Hub's macbook.. the burglar apparently came in through small windows at the staircase which was not grilled. It took us a while to find out..mainly because they did not take a lot of things. The morning after the incident, as I was getting ready to shower and get dress for work,I saw lilD's diaper bag in another room when I had put the bag on the sofa outside our room the night before..in my mind I did wander why and how it got there but did'nt think anything was untoward.

You see Hubs uses Lil'd changing room as his computer room of sorts..ie. he has his desk top and whatever paraphernalia'a there .. normally he would charge his Macbook there but that nite he decided to charge it in the other room..anyhow the next morning he asked me or rather if I had seen his laptop .. see hubs downloads UFC (Ultimate fighting champion), a big fan of that show so the first thing he would do after he awaken is to check on his downloads..anyway , I said his macbook must be in the other room he checked and it was no where to be found.. that's when it struck me something really had happen.. I said it must be burglars.. why ? coz the maid complained when I sent lilD down for breakfast that someone opened two of the little windows at the stairs and it was so tough to close it.. I thought oh must be my pa in law.. but that confirmed my suspicions , it also explains why lilD's bag was in the other room.. after that all hell broke loose.. up and down we checked if anything else was stolen..nada ...only the laptop it was perplexing! there was a dvd player that could be stolen.. hubs tissot watch near his desktop which was lying around, a microwave oven that's still in the box which could be sold as brand new..(well it was brand new , hubs won it in one of the golf tourney's lucky draw) . On top of that the maids said.. the latch at the kitchen door which would normally be latched was opened but the door was locked and they said 3 cans of soya bean was thrown outside and on the kitchen counter (we had cartons of soyabean and other fizzy drinks from raya)..the maids thought it was us or my brother in law.

*sighs* my pa in law rang the police and lilD made friends with the policewoman who came.. but other than that don't think they did anything other than printed what can be printed from the window and did the necessary reports..that was the end of that.. poor hubz had to get another lappy ..he bought the Macbook pro *green with envy* but sakit kepala also lah have to pay for additional that we never expected damn burglars *$£^£$%^£* ok thats enough expletives..but I was freaked out and angered ! these people don't give a damn about our safety and care the least about our conveniences as long as theirs is served.

You know what freaked me out further? two nights before the burglary I wanted to go to the bathroom, it must be around 1.30am this was on Saturday night erm Sunday morning I guess. Didn't hear anything because I was watching my Korean drama online.. these shows are addictive! ..anyway when I stepped outside.. I was shocked because it was pitch dark..wondered why ? I had the fleeting thought it might be..Burglars..but since I was already sleepy and really needed the bathroom I went back into the room and took out the torchlight thinking oh it's just a blown out bulb..but when I checked the switch which is by the stairs , I saw that it had been switched off.. the staircase lights is never ever switched off.. its on from dusk till dawn in the house for as long as I have lived there.. but i thought hmm maybe my ma in law switched it off for some reason.. so i Switched it on again thinking its too dark and dangerous to be left switched off just in case we needed the bathroom. Nothing happen that night but the funny thing was the next morning the bulbs really did fizzle and needed to be changed so didnt think anything of that incident . But now with all the goings on I can't help but wonder why the staircase light was switched off ?? that's still a mystery .. I wish we had cctv but alas did not think we need it. My assumption..the creep came in to check things out but got disturbed ? well maybe its perfectly innocent but it was just too much of a coincidence right ?

After the break-in incident within a week.. another one occurred that really freaked me out! Why? well the first break in incident was on a Monday.. the 2nd incident was on Friday night the morning of Saturday..my helper told me that she woke up feeling like she needed to go relieve herself..but she was lazy to get up..I think everyone has had that experience right.. anyway while she was deliberating on whether to get up or not..she heard the door to their bathroom being rattled, well not quite rattled more like it was tried to see if it opens ...she slowly got up and peaked through the windows (she sleeps under the window) and what did she see.. a man in baklava with a machete around his waist trying the door to see if its open. Their bathroom can be accessed from outside and I can only assume the creep tried to gain entry after seeing that the staircase windows had been grilled.

Thank the Almighty that the bathroom door was also latched from the inside. Well suffice to say my maid almost peed in her pants too afraid to move or make a sound ..the guy gave up and eventually left through the back. Which reminds me I must give them my old mobile phone since its just lying around upstairs so that they can contact us if anything happens downstairs..need to get a sim card for them.

The next morning, when they went around the house and found a blue cloth shoved in the mango tree branches , we know it was never there before so we assume so that it can be kept in readiness for his next opportunity , maybe something to shove on ones faces so we don't scream or can be easily used as something to tie the occupants up. God forbid! the police wasn't interested in them so we burnt it..oh the smell that came from them had really strong chemical smell. *shudder*

We rang the police , again they came over and looked around, prints taken again but that's as far as it goes. At the very least we register our complaints and put it on record that this had happened.The fact that now we know they carry weapons with them scare the crap out of me seeing that we have an infant and the elderly around the house ,my pa and ma in law is still young but surely no match for a determined robber who will use whatever means necessary to not get caught! we asked the police to step up on patrols.. according to the police..houses that can be seen from highways and are easily accessible and are easy targets so the best we can do is equip ourselves with Burglar deterrents like grills and ensure a well lit house, even a burglar alarm *sighs*..well I hope whoever it was gets caught soon and stop being a menace to my family and the society!

It had been a week of loss of a Mac and the welcoming of two new macs , sweet sweet apple. Meanwhile, we now have some use of Hubs golf club.. safely tucked where it can be used at a moments notice in our room.

Be safe folks.