Was re-reading old bloggie entries on Paris (cos Mimi T mentioned she wil be visiting London and Paris in Nov with frens) and realised:
1) Marpig was naive last time (stil have a leetle bit of it left!! ah~~ 岁月的摧残!!)
2) Marpig doesnt seem to like Paris
3) 1 of the many travel bloggie entries where Marpig wasnt organised and did not give info on the places/monuments
Anyw, was really tailing off in creating new bloggie entries!! TT cannot happen!! Stil have got so many backlog entries on Cosybarn and also of trips to Bruges, Tromoso, etc!! And soon, it wil be the road trip from Bristol to Inverness with Dingko (stil in pre-planning stage though)!!
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Chit Chat on a Bus
Was going home on the bus and sat beside a retired x fireman whoz wearing a jumper with Rocky Mountain embroiled on it. Not sure if itz bcos Marpig am 和蔼可亲 or bcos the old man was trusting and wanted to share his story, Marpig got to know ttz hez got 3 sons, working in different parts of the world; he has prob with his eyesight; he smokes cigars and enjoy a pint; he went to Canada and drove along the Rocky Mountains; he lost his wife to pancreatic cancer. He also told Marpig why firemen is now known as fire fighters -- bcos some women are "firemen" too in contemporary times, hence, it isnt appropriate to use firemen anym these daes
行行出状元
Scientists and engineers invented and improve many ths we used everydae, however, 想深一层, technologies also created the many probs we face todae (as wel as jobs for scientists and engineers :P)
On the trip back home last yr, was shopping with Marpigz dad and sis in OG and CK Tang, cos Marpigz dad wanted to buy a "fantastic" wok for Marpig to use back in Cosybarn. Marpig always loves going to the kitchen section of CK Tang and OG, so interesting!! :D And blimey, Marpig is impressed (as always) with the demonstration aunties who do live cooking; 真的是现做现卖!! 别小看 these aunties!! Not only can they cook different dishes (without ruining them), they clean the area, sell the products (memorising the deals and $$) and answer any queries from the floor!! 超棒!! BTW, it proves tt women are indeed much better at multi-tasking than men!! :D
That Black and White Lollypop - Dispatch Baton
Marpig was waiting for a train to London with a colleague and the curious Marpig strikes again when she saw the signalling man holding the black and white "lollypop". "What do you call that?" Marpig asked colleague. "Hmmm... I have no idea too" was colleaguez answer. Thereafter, Marpig tried Googling it but kao. 1st time Google provided no answers!! Being Marpig, she must know the answer!!
After a few daes, Marpig can no longer take it, so the next time when she was waiting for the train again, she 厚着脸皮, approached one of the signalling men and asked (pretending to look as innocent as a tourist), "May I know wat do you cal tt?" *pointing at the black and white lollypop* Signalling men looked at each other and were taken aback bcos they have no idea too!! And so they searched (seems like Google too). After a while, one of them xclaimed, "think itz most likely called a dispatch baton, yes yes, it is a dispatch baton" And so they al laughed. The men xplained how they need to be trained to use it and wat the black and white means; the signalling men wil look at the electronic light signals on the track and convey the signal back to the train manager, who in turn, wil convey the signal to the train driver. Red light = black = no go, green light = white = go. 哦~~ *satisfied*
Fear is Good
Every1 has fear(s). Even Superman is afraid of Kryptonite. But as many of us would have realised (often in retrospec), fear do us good and force us to step out of our comfort zone to try new ths, to try to realise our passions and/or dreams, to utilise our situation(s), 既来之, 则安之. As Marpig previously mentioned, al of our xperiences in life IS an achievement, bcos amongst the many xperiences we accumulated, most of them involves us acknowledging and overcoming our fears (really!!) Hence, the next time you have a fear, acknowledge it and overcome it!!
MRI
Marpig went for 2 MRI scans; 1 for the neck and 1 for the lower back bcos of her chronic backaches. Main th is her spine is abit crooked and apparently started to wear and tear 了... hmmm... ho hum. Anyw, it really was claustrophobic being pushed into the "tube"!! Really need to take deep breath and calm down. No wonder it was 1 of the "warnings" the radiologist gave. Unlike watz shown on the tee bees, itz a noisy imaging process. In fact, deafening is the appropriate description and patients were given headphones with music. But the music (even on full blast) is so soft tt the MRI sound stil drills into your mind!!
The 1st sound tt lasted 10+ mins was like siren, the 2nd sound which also lasted 10 mins or so was like construction drilling, the final sound was relatively much better, it reminds u of James Bond movies as it sounded like the iconic self destruction countdown in the movies
Corinthians 13:4-13
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So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.". Was again on a particular sundae with sis in the church listening to the homily. The Father said tt faith, hope and love are the 3 ths tt last, with love being the greatest of al. However, the overly-rationale and overly-skeptical Marpig feels tt trust should be included too, and is the greatest instead. Reason being to love requires trust. With trust, comes love, then faith in tt smth which one loves. Followed by hope in the th which ones loves and have faith in, no? If the foundation of everyth lies in trust, then the above wil hold true? Hmmm... JM, any thoughts to share?
Conclusions about Politics/Politicians
Marpig was having lunch at the canteen in the new office (great place with table soccer too!!) and made many new frens, including an old Irish who talked about politics with Marpig (another colleague told Marpig tt Irish like to talk bout politics. BTW, colleague is English hahaha) Anyw, after chatting to the Irish, Marpig and him concur tt:
1) Being a politician tells pple alot about tt personz personality; the person is definitely clever (read: scheming and shrewd)
2) If you wonder why politicians never seem to listen to the pple, ttz bcos to win votes, politicians only need to keep 51% of the population happy, the rest can bite dust
3) Politicians behave just like those characters in George Orwellz Animal Farm, where sm "are more equal" than others *oinks and squeaks with trotters knocking tog*
Roses are Red and Kisses are Rare
Being Asians, kisses are rare (and Marpig am not including those youngsters tt hold sexual shows publicly in car parks, etc). Not so recently (at this moment whilst Marpig am blogging), Marpig has been kissed!! *BIG BIG BIG shy and childlish smile and beaming* By who? Marpigz sis!! Ah~~ indeed, kisses which left an everlasting 烙印 in Marpig 没有多少 (物以稀为贵, thanks). The following are just the few:
1) Marpigz momz kisses on forehead, long long long time ago, during bedtimes and when Marpigz momz was happy by smth Marpig had done. 没机会了。。。
2) Cant really rem when was the last time Marpigz dad kissed Marpig. But vaguely rem there was once, when Marpig was sleeping at home (SG), tt Marpigz dad came in to check on Marpig and kissed Marpigz forehead gd night (Marpig was actually awake. Read: pretending to sleep!!)
3) 这一生中 (wel, at least until now), Marpigz sis hugged and kissed Marpig twice on the cheeks (which left Marpig 不知所措, so pretend to loathe it and quickly hide/turn away *smiles*). 1st time was after day xcursion in Rovaniemi in Finland, for "organising such a nice trip". 2nd was when Marpig cooked sisz fav and 超好吃的炒面 when she came Cosybarn with aunty over a wkend
4) 真心 and passionate 的 french kisses. Umk, itz too revealing now, so ttz all folks!!
