I cried

Many of you must be wondering why suddenly this post title so sad pop up in my blog. What happen to Cherie? Someone bully her? Problem arise? Well I'm not crying because I'm sad.. But it is known as the tears of joy. Actually what happen was I went to my little brother blog and read his new post. Half way reading, my tears start flowing down. It is very touching and reflect a lot of memories to me. I wouldn't believe that this lovely yet touching post is truly wrote by my brother. This post is about my daddy and he specially dedicate for him on Father's Day. I'm not sure daddy read it or not. But I will show him one day when my brother is not around the house. Don't want to make him shy and uncomfortable.

Here.. the link to read the post that make Cherie cry. http://www.wretch.cc/blog/xiaomun5425/3881351

I know I have not much to dedicate to my daddy this year. Besides cooking dinner and give him a big bear hug plus a kiss. Love you daddy and Happy Daddy Day. Lastly, Happy Father's Day to all the daddy/papa/father/grandpa in the world.

Kid's Kingdom

Me: Good Morning children.
Children: Good Morning teacher....
Me: How are you today?
Children: I'm fine. Thank you Teacher Cherie....

The above is the first and foremost conversation that most teacher in Kid's Kingdom will use to make the children talk and learn how to greet in the respective class. I've been serving there for almost 2 years plus now... Since March 2006... haha...

Time passes so fast.. Seeing my first and second batch kids grow and shouting teacher from a far. Yeah this year is the third batch and my class change name from Stage 1A to Chipmunk. Chipmunk/ 1A is the youngest children in the entire Kid's Kingdom. Their age is average 5,6 and 7. Most of them don't know how to write and read. So my duty and purpose there is to teach them how to write from A to Z, read and know the simple word like apple, ball, cat, dog, elephant and etc. Adding to that, I need to know the malay term for these words to explain to them like ball is bola and stuff like that. Besides that they will also learn some simple song from me.. haha.. Actually it used to be a poem but I change it to some song and movement to make them easily memorize the word. This idea came when I was in secondary school. As usual, Our sejarah text book is super hard to read and it is a nightmare before exam. So every time exam I told myself "How I wish that I can come out with a song to memorize all the facts here". Yeah I did it for my little children now. They even perform on stage.

Chipmunk is the youngest yet the most noisy in KK. So asking them to keep their volume lower is a MUST and every end of two session my voice sure very soft. Pamper them is a job to do especially to make them finish their work and sometimes when they cry because of quarrel with friends or mother is not around the area. Thank God that I can teach writing with my both hand and Thank God for granting me the patience to stand some of the kids. I love small children but sometimes really need to sound them or don't give them sticker at the end of the class.

At the end of the two session, normally my face or t-shirt will be colorful. Wondering why? This is the result from sharpening average 30 color pencil per session and the small small piece of leads stick to my hand. So when i move my fringe with hand, some will stick on my face or drop onto my t-shirt. That's the reason why my face is colorful. Lastly, cold shower and cold ice water is a must after KK. Plus, I will end up spending three to four hours of sleep cause all my energy used up in 3 hour of teaching and pampering small kids.

My artwork with right hand on the first session. I did it together with my little children. They are also colouring the same picture. A lion carrying a happy mouse under the hot sun.

My second artwork of the day. I coloured this with my left hand. Did it during the second session when all of them is colouring the lion and the mouse picture.

Petrol

As all of us know that petrol price raise 41% which is not a good thing for us as a driver. But we can't do anything beside cut down our expenses and outing involve car. Most of us already planning for a car pool schedule or taking public transport as a alternative. I was thinking of taking public to college also but when i think further.. It is a wrong idea to come up with. Imagine me walking to Taman Midah bus stop for around 15 to 20 minutes. Then wait for a bus to go Taman Maluri Lrt station. Next take Lrt to Bukit Jalil station and wait for Apiit shutter bus. How long will it take to college from my house? More over it is like turning a big big round to college with me wearing partial formal. Oh no Crazy..

Below is one of the email I got from my friend. I'm not sure how true is this information. But people, no harm trying it especially for me who live near to two petrol station and i have bad habit to smell petrol. I know it is not good for my health. Plus I don't mind standing longer to fill up my tank although it is slow but imagine you are feeding your car. You, yourself also love to enjoy the moment of eating. So why don't let your car enjoy the moment too.. I know la you all must be thinking like "this Cherie mind is not fully grown, imagining car as a living stuff". Haha.. Dun care la.. my time or your time. I willing to reduce my sleeping time to feed my car. No different between sleeping and feeding my car cause both also consider as waste time.

TIPS ON FILLING YOUR CAR(S) (Good information)

I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol... But here in Durban we are also paying higher, up to RM7.35 per liters. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money worth for every litre. Here at the Marian Hill Pipeline where I work in Durban , we deliver about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period through the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, LRP and Unleaded. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 liters.

Only buy or fill up your car or bikes in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening... Your litre is not exactly a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific grav ity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role. A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps. When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every litre is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a fuel truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy, DO NOT fill up most likely the petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.

End of May 2008

Well I think pictures speak a thousand words...

Genting Trip with college mate

Roomies at Genting. Opps my sleepy look. We struggle to open our eyes to take picture.

Presenting Mr LC and Mr Wai King. Candid camera while at the food court. The food there is terrible. I rather pay more to eat fast food than to eat the food in that food court.

Partial group picture. I disappointed cause din manage to take one complete group picture. Keep forgetting and not much chances. Sorry people...

Opps.. where is another two monkey? The answer is "They went back to hotel room because of cold"

I enjoy the entire trip although we din manage to go out to outdoor which make me feel so bad towards one of my friend who first time go Genting Highland. First day wanted to go, but when everything settle down like hotel and stomach, the rain pour down. Second day was kind of lucky that we din pay for outdoor.. The rain and storm was scary. My first experience to Casino is nice and it really open up my eye when i see the people treating the colorful chip like a plastic instead of cash behind it. Maybe they are rich.. I dun know but it is scary lo.. Especially when i see one aunty three time straight in one day. Everytime i see her, she is wearing different clothes which mean she did leave the casino to bath and eat. But then her way of gambling is not one chip for one game but spreading stack of chip all over the table plus not only one round but all round. If i'm not mistaken, one round she gamble more than RM250. SCARY...

Hillsong United Concert 2008 at GTPJ

Josiah molesting Daniel at GTPJ. But both of them so cute and happy in this picture.Daniel kena bully by Hai Yen.. Haha.. He is always the victim. But nevermind. He seldom get angry no matter what. The picture shows it. Hooray, I'm standing among the pretty girls. Jealous?My little sister Christine and I.

Hai Yen and I.
Enlarge to spot Christine. Her face is ngam ngam nice to spot.
Beatrice and I. Behind scene is more attractive actually. Long lost brothers i guessThis picture is suppose to be a group cool shoot. Ended up everyone have their own pose.

Presenting Piggy Jo and Bubu after tired jumping and worship God at GTPJPiggy Jo, Daniel Kor and Joshua Jonathan
All waiting for Mamak Session.

The whole concert was awesome. I'm sweating all over and my hair is obviously messy. One bad stuff is that my ear drum is soon gonna burst... The bass and drum is so loud, more over my standing place is near the speaker. I still feel the effect even when I reach home. That night i eventually end up don't really get a good nite sleep coz i drank too much water. Beside sharing wit Hai Yen the whole Joel's bottle water, I also drank two cups of limau ice, one cup of plain water and half glass of 100 plus.