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Happy Birthday to myself :) 10/12

Another year... :)

Thought: 活在当下, No complain...

Sleepless in Seattle

Seattle is quite a good city to live in... I think it might be even better if you are single, if you like night life, if and if..., and most importantly if you have a decent job there. Living expenses there is not cheap. Few bucks here and there, add up becomes quite some amount. I guess there is always a price for something.

Inspired me to consider what I want to do for my life ... ?!?! Maybe this could be another city to consider...

Weeks with friends...

Hmm... Guess I had quite some activities lately in the past few weeks:

Ironman P-Daddy's family visit during the labor day weekend ...

Lil El is big sister now...

And with #2 So Cal Baby - Lil En (hey, that's the shirt I bought :))...

Eat Drink men women...

Restless kids running around (with uncles and aunties :P)...

Coming soon with some thoughts about sleepless in Seattle.... :)

Lian mobile found

Guess there is a Ah Lian in the area...

Maybe one day will find Ah Beng's or Ah Seng's car too :P...

Helping hand??

Throughout the years we grew up, we were taught to “always share a helping hand”. As the world has changed so much plus too many people are abusing the real needs of “getting help”, I don’t really think not giving a helping hand is wrong anymore.

One of the weekends, somewhere in an Asian Mall around here. While I was getting into my car, this African woman approached me, “Excuse me sir, you have a minute? Can you do me a favor?”
When I heard such conversation, I don’t have good feeling about it already.
So I asked, “what favor?”
She said, “I am actually so embarrassed to ask about this. I am homeless and don’t have a job. My daughter and I have been staying in a car for the past few days. We are hungry.”
I asked, “What can I do to help?”
She said, “If you don’t mind, can you do me a favor to give me some money to buy food?”
I said, “that’s not a favor and that sounds like a threat when someone is asking $ from me.”
She said, “Can you help me?” (Basically she didn’t answer me and keep asking)
I suggested, “what about this? We are here with restaurants around, there are all kinds of food, you tell me what you like to eat, I buy for you.”
Guess what happened right after I offered that? She walked away without saying anything like I am invisible and asked another target who was nearby!!! So, I just stood there watching her to do her tricks again. Her new target was a man in his 40s and somehow I saw the uncle pulled out some $$ from the pocket for her!!! (I should have yelled to that guy not to do so...). After she got the $$, she went for another target ... one after another...

This reminds me of some other incidents I had before:
One young girl (in her 20s) approached me with her young kid in the stroller at a gas station while I was filling up gas to my car and asked if I could give her $ to buy food. I offered the same as above and she walked away. What the…

Some years ago, one young kid (like in his 18-20) came to me in a parking lot asked if I could give him $5 to buy gas for his car. When I asked him to show me the car, he walked away. What the……..

The conclusion is that:
- Yes, we can help, but we help in the right way.
- No, we are not bad/cruel/cold blooded people, but we will/can only do the right thing.
- True that if you happen to ask me, I will offer you food than $!!!!
- Continue to lie, one day God will "take care" of you.

So, for those people who make up fake stories to ask for $ (so that you can buy alcohol or cigarettes or some shit), you better don’t do that anymore. The world is getting sick partially because of you lack of hardwork!

Tour De Lake Quarry

Today went biking around Lake Quarry with friends.

Trail level: light.

Safety first, helmets, check for loosen parts after some "stunts" :P...

With funny riders :)

BBQ Life

I think once we got over the glorious 20s, our outside activities reduced. We choose to reduce those activites and started to be more family oriented.

The most common weekend activity for such group is BBQ; BBQ here, BBQ there, grill grill grill grill grill, eat eat eat eat eat, kids kids kids kids kids, talks talks talks talks talks ... I think this is the standard of living for now, just enjoy the moment :).