affected

I find it strange and sometimes amazed how one's actions often not only affect the do-er, but also people in her/his surroundings... The bad or good... it always have this kind of impact...

I am not sure if i am what you call a 'sensitive' person, where i FEEL people.... but I do empathised with them, and sometimes takes things too hard, literally and often personally.... and this had affected my life in more ways than necessary or liked...

I used to try to listen to people and empathised... but now, i rather walk away...

Not knowing --> not understanding, not feeling --> not hurt

However, shrinks all over, across cultures would most probably not advise to walking away from problems... but when it is out of your control, how can you not, trying to preserve some 'normalcy' in your own life???

Half past eight

H and I went to watch a movie at a cinema one day. We had cut out a coupon from a free magazine, with a $2 off the ticket value. I love coupons like that, and so, I booked the movie for us via phone.

Before that, we met up with J and had dinner at a Thai Restaurant in Jerudong. The food was excellent by the way :)

Back to the movie, i called the cinema. And since, we were having dinner first, we decided not to rush and catch the later movie. It went on like this:

Me: Hello.
Girl: ***** Cinema. How can I help you?
Me: Yes... I would like to book 2 seats for adults watching Madagascar 2. The half
past eight show please.
Girl: Which show would that be?
Me: The half past eight show please.
Girl: We have showings at seven, eight thirty,... bla bla bla...
Me: I just said that... the half past eight show. The eight thirty show.
Girl: For how many?
Me: hmmm.... 2 adults.
Girl: Ok. Your booking number is ..... Thank you.

As far as i know, we learn to read the clock in lower primary school. I am sure the girls working there minimal education background is O level. so.... why is understanding 'half past eight' difficult???

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absent mindedness

Just a bit over than a week before, my car refused to start. No matter how much i pressed on the pedals, it wouldn't budge. It made a struggling sound.... to which i can relate to totally... But I was thinking, you were running smoothly yesterday and last night!!!

I was already late, but not late enough to cancel just yet. I was confident the problem can be resolved in a matter of minutes.. to which i turned to my rescue-er; my uncle.

We were messing around, trying to find out and doing stuff to it.. but the car was determined not to work. 30 minutes had come and gone... and i had to cancel promising to see them next week. It was just not going to work. Obviously it needed a bit of TLC.

Not long after, it finally started. the battery needed a change. It served me well for 2 years and a bit. I had no qualms about that... its just one of those things that needed to be replaced. I, however, wished it would have told me earlier it was not working more that morning, so i could have done something to avoid it.

Anyways, a week later... I came to work to bad news. I had forgotten about the kids and had gone about my business as usual. I was outstation from the district... and they came to the clinic. They were most unhappy, i was told.

People are usually happy with me and my service. so when i heard this, i was most unsettled... I called them immediately, apologising for my absent mindedness. I offered another appointment date, and this time, i made sure i will not cancel!

And so, i had a brief chat with the car.... No more misbehaving!!!

silly...

I guess people act silly sometimes... even brilliant ones.

My friend, A, became a first time father 3 years ago. He was ultra excited. And, i was obviously a 'consultant' on many different issues that i can help on. and, he often update me on his child's milestones... like, little Al burped today or Al can turn around. Its all so sweet and cute and even silly.

A don't usually call, so when he did, i was a bit excited. A said, "Al called me daddy today!" full of excitement in his voice.

I went like, " A! I am sorry to not share your excitement and all... but... i think fatherhood had damaged your brain cells! Al could not have addressed you... she is barely 3 months old!!! Even Einstein talked late!!!"

and today, i had a mum that came to the clinic with a delayed child.
me: C, is a very active boy, isn't he...
mum: Yes. that is good?
me: up to a certain limit. So, mum, how old was C, when he first started walking?
Mum: oh.. maybe 13 months.
Me: good. When did he first talk? like say Mama and daddy?
Mum: oh! i remember that well. 6 months!

PEOPLE are fooled by this tiny people... and its kind of cute, sweet and silly at the same time :)

PS: I am feeling a bit of my 'old' self this pm, and it felt great :)

weird

There is this man at work whom i think is a bit weird and may be hitting on me... his lines were corny... instead of having this warm fuzzy feeling about it, it scares me more.... and i get goosebumps...

Imagine someone saying :

You have a lovely smile.
I love working with you.
I like your hair.

PS: He is married with kids...

The monsoon is back... rain is inevitable. I was driving on the highway tonight, but had to drive slow as visibility was poor. I was driving at 30 km/hr, so you just imagine how bad that is...

On a lighter note, Nippon Maru, with her 35th batch of PYs came and gone from Brunei, being its 1st port of call. I did my bit as a participating youth, though, i can do better, if only location was not an issue! I did not participate in this year's reunion, but i guess, there are many more of those to come, especially with the news of a 'newer' ship next year. That would be more interesting :)

I also had just changed the look of the blog, celebrating the successful report of a tagborder's flooding messages :) Its still kind of 'dull' but, brighter... does it signifies brighter entries??? Time will tell...

Speech

My institution just celebrated 'Hari Raya Aidil Fitri', even though it has just ended.

I had been elected to be the 'head' of the group, and had been requested or expected to deliver a speech. More over, this speech need to be in MALAY!

Its not like i cannot speak Malay, but my STANDARD malay is probably laughable... hence, i need to do a lot of work on it. i even had a couple of family members helping me... and when it was ready, it was an excellent piece of speech....

On the day of the ceremony itself, when i was delivering the speech... NO ONE LISTENED!!!! All that hard work, I might as well had said, !@£$% all of you, and they would have clapped HARD!

Despite having a positive out look on people, its time like this when they should show respect, that they don't... and that people like me for example, lose my reverence for them... They did it to themselves without my help.