Back from Mexico

After 22 hrs of flight, we finally returned to SH Pudong just to find out that the weather was really bad due to heavy fog. The flight then headed to Fu zhou (next to Taiwan)to land for 2 hrs, so it added 7 hrs to our total flight hours.
I almost cracked into pieces when i reached home in Pudong, missed my bed so much.
At the night i touched down, there was another customer visit to our company, and we had to entertain him at the Bund, meal and sightseeing. I was quite blur that i forgot to bring my phone , and ended up losing contact with my colleagues and was unable to find the restaurant. Luckily they could take care of the customer themselves. I then went to Raffles city at Nanjing road for Chicken Rice, and bought Bread Talk. Headed towards home right after dinner as i was too tired.

And in the subsequent week , i did not have chance to sleep more than 5 hours. I just hope i will be able to catch some sleep this coming Friday night.

Darby

宝贝

My Monday blues were chased away after listening to this song titled 宝贝by 张悬. I think it's one of the best lullaby's that I have heard - period.

My colleague Thess couldn't stop gushing about her young toddler Kevin. He's her
宝贝. Nathan, my by now 5 year old nephew is the darling of our whole family. I am lucky - I have more than one 宝贝. Everyone of us should have 宝贝 or 宝贝's in our life. Whose's yours?

我的宝贝　宝贝
给你一点甜甜
让你今夜都好眠
我的小鬼　小鬼
逗逗你的眉眼
让你喜欢这世界

哇啦啦啦啦啦我的宝贝
倦的时候有个人陪
哎呀呀呀呀呀我的宝贝
要你知道你最美

我的宝贝　宝贝
给你一点甜甜
让你今夜很好眠
我的小鬼　小鬼
捏捏你的小脸
让你喜欢整个明天

哇啦啦啦啦啦我的宝贝
倦的时候有个人陪
哎呀呀呀呀呀我的宝贝
要你知道你最美

哇啦啦啦啦啦我的宝贝
孤单时有人把你想念
哎呀呀呀呀呀我的宝贝
要你知道你最美

哇啦啦啦啦啦啦耶～
耶耶耶耶喔喔

哇啦啦啦啦啦我的宝贝
倦的时候有个人陪
哎呀呀呀呀呀我的宝贝
要你知道你最美

要你知道你最美

http://www.51t.com/play/play51t.asp?id=221701

Mcdull

In Mexico again.

While piggy is busy with his work in Singapore, i am being air shipped to Mexico again to face customers. This time i had a direct flight , still the jet lag makes me giddy as last time. However for this trip , i get to enjoy better accomodation , Hilton and Marriot , incredible. Thanks to the director who travelled with me, i get to upgrade my accomodation.

I just get to enjoy my hot bath after 18 hrs of flight, well it is much better than previous trip transferred at Paris which took me 30++ hours. Inside the bath of Hilton, they prepared Evelyn and Crabtree toiletries , after the bath i just feel much rejuvenated. And being a kiasu and kiasi person after living in Spore for years , i decided to "Kop" some of the famous toiletries. They are just right for me as a frequent traveller, and luckily i do not need to pay to enjoy these 5 stars hotels, their rates just ridiculously high.

I am feeling giddy again while typing this , the night scene outside the window is beautiful, and i want to sleep now...

Darby

Funeral Blues

If you have watched "Four Weddings and a Funeral", chances are you might remember John Hannah reciting a touching poem at the funeral of his partner in the movie.

"Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good."

W H Auden is the brilliant mind behind this poignant piece of work. Every line within the stanzas resonates of true love; love which is so deep-seated within the heart that I can't help but think that even in death, the person who was mourning was fortunate - fortunate to have experienced true love in a better time.

This poem also reminds me of a Hokkien song "家后" written by a Taiwanese singer/composer. These lines, loosely translated, moves me immensely. "When the time comes, I will let you go first cos I cannot bear to leave you alone to weep for me" and "When the time comes, do let me go first cos I cannot bear the thought of watching you crying over me".

有一日咱若老　找无人甲咱友孝　我会陪你
坐惦椅寮　听你讲少年的时阵　你有外摮
吃好吃丑无计较　怨天怨地嘛袂晓　你的手
我会甲你牵条条　因为我是你的家后

阮将青春嫁置恁兜　阮对少年跟你跟甲老
人情世事已经看透透　有啥人比你卡重要
阮的一生献乎恁兜　才知幸福是吵吵闹闹
等待返去的时阵若到　我会让你先走
因为我会呒甘　放你为我目屎流

有一日咱若老　有媳妇子儿友孝　你若无聊
拿咱的相片　看卡早结婚的时阵　你外缘投
穿好穿丑无计较　怪东怪西嘛袂晓
你的心我会永远记条条　因为我是你的家后

阮将青春嫁置恁兜　阮对少年就跟你跟甲老
人情世事嘛已经看透透　有啥人比你卡重要
阮的一生献乎恁兜　才知幸福是吵吵闹闹
等待返去的时阵若到　你着让我先走
因为我会呒甘　看你为我目屎流


Mcdull

Missing Aunty SK

I got home around my usual time (9 plus) this Tuesday and mummy told me at the doorstep that Aunty SK (Siew Kuan Yi, as I call her) passed away that day. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?", I asked. "What for? You were working", she said. I stepped into the house after the gate was unlocked and put my left hand on mummy's shoulder. I could sit the tears starting to form in her eyes when she felt my touch.

"When did you learn about it?" I asked.
"Two plus this afternoon", mummy answered.

I quickly finished my dinner and sat down next to mummy. One of our favourite weekly variety shows was on but our minds were elsewhere. I was wondering how mummy was taking this sad news. Aunty SK was her closest friend for years, an aunt who literally saw YT (my brother) and I grew up since our births.

I remember visiting Aunty SK every few weeks during my childhood days in Kallang Bahru and she will treat us to tasty home cooked food. Chinese New Year was an even more joyous occasion for me as I then have a sweet tooth and I will induldge in all her yummy homemade pineapple tarts and kueh bangkits. Throughout the 30 over years of my existence thus far, mummy and I have kept in touch with Aunty SK and she will come visit mummy in the house every few months (in our old house and later, our new house) to chat with mummy and keep mummy company because she knows that mummy's legs aren't that strong. This was the case even though Aunty SK's own health was failing and her vision was deteriorating with age.

We went to Aunty SK's wake last night and I could not hold back my tears when I knelt down and offered the incense sticks. YT accompanied mummy to take one last look at Aunty SK in the coffin and I heard some sobbing in the background. Surprisingly, mummy's reaction was more subdued and controlled than I have expected.

Afte we reached home, mummy told me that she could not get into sleep mode the night of Aunty SK's death as she keeps thinking about the visits Aunty SK had made in the past.

It has been said that tears are stronger than words sometime . When it comes to measuring the depth of mummy's emotions over the loss of her best friend, I reckon tears don't necessarily show the depth of it. As mummy herself said it, she will think of and miss Aunty SK for a long long time.

I will miss her too.

Mcdull

Piggy is coming to SH again

As the 1st Oct holiday is approaching, piggy and i am planning for a gathering in SH. I want to spend this 8 days in my apartment with him doing all the cooking / laundry / marketing , etc.. Heheh...Not likely , he is too lazy and need some education from me on household chores.

Come back to the itinerary , i think we can go :
1. Qi Bao old street
2. Mo Gan Shan Gallery district
3. Duo Lun road for Tui Na and chestnuts
4. Bi Yun district , where i live
5. Must go Zhengda again for Xi Duo Wu international buffet. (Only 40 SGD per persons , and you can have free flow of countless international cuisines.
6. Suzhou

Hehe ... Enuff. The rest of the days will be spent at home resting and watching tv together. Kicking piggy s butt and twisting his pig ears as i like.

I hope no calls from company to pull me back. I will kill anyone who does that.

Darby.

Back to home again

After spending a few days in Korea with customer again, i returned to home for mum is having some problems on her neck due to the high blood pressure medicine she took. She could not straighten her neck and seek a few doctors help before her blood pressure can be lowered. It is a scare for me as i know she always have high blood pressure, and not seeing her for the past few weeks adds to my worries.
When i see her doing fine after medication , i feel relieved, old folks like her can get into serious trouble easily because of their physical is no longer as strong as before.
I took the chance to recover my hectic schedules , i have not been sleeping well before my Mexico trip, and right after Mexico it is Korea again. I spent most of my time flying between places, and i began to feel my bones are in pain after sitting for too long. Long working hours , short sleeping hours , hectic life. I am exhausted.
I watched the tv show last night on the theme of "Born on same year and same date" from Channel U, a young couple in 20s are soaked in love totally and reminded me in the past when piggy and i were just met each other, and now i have become too career minded to care for him, and he is busy with his work too. I have become so independent that i do not need others in my life for a long period of time , i do not know if this is good or bad. I can do many things on my own in a day, but at the end of the day , when i finally collapsed on my bed in my Shanghai apartment , i just miss the pig.

Darby