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  • Off

    two things that turn me off instantly when gardening:

    1.  the sight of earthworms

    the long-bodied red or maroon worms, thin or fat, flicking their heads … or tails around vigorously is gross. i memang don’t like earthworms ever since i was very young. i dreaded showering in my baby-sitter’s home when i was younger, because sometimes, earthworms appeared from the cracklines of yellowing white tiles. i would plant myself firmly on ONE spot – which was the center of the small bathroom – not shifting my feet anywhere if i didn’t have to.

    when i garden, i would be pulling the weeds and loosening soil with all my heart until suddenly, one strand of noodlelike yuckiness was at sight. that’s when i lose appetite of gardening and stop everything i was doing.

    2.  amphibians or reptiles

    the sudden appearance of them scared the daylights out of me. i was clearing a patch outside my house, just beside the deep drain. mum treated it as a dumping area and dumped a lot of unwanted wood and planks and metal there. the wood rotted and the metal became brittle and rusty after being there for some years. as the bleak grey skies threaten to pour anytime soon, i was on my knees, picking out the abovementioned foreign objects and throwing them away. i had in mind to plant japanese roses there, after i cleared the space of weeds and metal and wood.. it’s a nice plot of land anyway. why waste it by putting junk there?

    suddenly, from a little crack of the cemented borders, a black mouse head popped out. i drew in a gasp of air and stumbled a step backwards. i don’t know whether my neighbours who lived opposite me saw me stagger backwards. i didn’t look at them to check.

    i looked at the creature again, and turned out it wasn’t a mouse. it was a big charcoal-black toad, the size of the fleshy part of my palm! ewww. i don’t like toads either. i peered into the crack. what if they are more toads in there?

    i quickly packed the shovel, fork and rake, tied the plastic bag of junk and plopped them into the trash bin and went indoors. minutes after i did, the rain began to fall.

    i think i’m gonna ask someone else to clear the patch for me.  maybe the grasscutter man. or my mum.

  • Third’s (supposed to be) the charm

    iStockphoto failed me the THIRD time. seriously, is it THAT difficult to pass?

    Flowers/Weeds:
    Due to the high volume of submissions pertaining to
    this subject we kindly request you provide an alternative sample file
    for our consideration.

    yeah, i know they don’t need more weeds/flowers/pets/plants picture, but that’s kinda unfair, right? just because earlier members submitted those and now they have too much of them, that means i can’t submit pictures of flowers or weeds too even though mine could be nicer than the others (which is totally untrue because if mine were better they would’ve been accepted)? that’s unfair.

    *frus*

  • Nostalgia

    i intended to make this slideshow on my birthday itself but the connection was terrible. supposed to be a nostalgic thing.. things that i’ve done and been through all my life, that kinda thing. =p inspired by this guy. he made one for himself too. gonna take a leeeeettle biiiiit of your time.

    i think this year’s birthday is a pleasant one.. not too hyper, but just nice. i spent my morning with jon, amanda, song at the mamak behind giant supermarket which used to be paramount theater, then earthquake at swensons where peiling was sitting nicely at one of the tables as she exclaimed to me, “eh, kam ngam geh!” (“eh, what a coincidence!”) XD

    in the afternoon, i wrote some recipes in the recipe journal amanda got me, and decided to go out to giant supermarket near my place. there is a nursery at the car park. i’ve got my eyes on this creeper plant with yellow flowers, and i managed to bargain with the maid who works there. i walked home and did a little gardening, transferred the plant into a clay flowerpot.

    i have high hopes of letting it creep all over my hedge, and in no time, my hedge would be laced in dainty yellow blooms which will cheer any gloomy day. ahh, the power of the colour yellow.

    i know it won’t happen overnight. i pray that i won’t lose interest to care and tend to it.

    dinner was delectable at itallianies with jeff and thomas. as usual, lame jokes galore when the three of us meet. thanks, guys, for the lovely present and dinner. =)

    somehow, today itself, i’ve been thinking about the blessings i have. that God has showered upon me. and come to realise, what i should really focus on, and what really matters. not material possessions but friendships and relationships. =)

    thanks for the birthday smses, messages on msn, email, and phone calls. appreciate them to bits. =)

  • Older than me

    One more petal to go before fully in bloom..

    I was in Grandma’s house in Ipoh last Saturday and came back the day after. Late Grandpa’s orchid, this orange vanda was STILL FLOWERING!

    The orchid was given by his friend in 1969. Grandma told me that. Look at this.. it’s 38 years older than I am!

    I asked permission to kidnap some to grow at home. Sort of like, continuing the history lah. Suddenly gungho to preserve family history. =p

  • Stone Scone

    I overheard my mum just seconds ago behind me at the dining table, telling my cousin to try the scones she bought.

    “Eh, come and try this … stone ar? Uh, cone ar?”

  • Daisy?

    You Are a Daisy
    You see the world with an artist’s eye.
    Finding beauty is easy for you – even in the dullest of moments.
    You notice all of the colors of the world, from fresh grass to sunsets.
    You are a total optimist and hedonist. You love to drink life in.

    Cheh. I was hoping it’ll be an orchid. Gerberas are nice too. Used to be my favourite flower. I still like them though. =)

  • YES, Chinese Song!

    The messages I got when original soundtrack of the Taiwanese series Hanazakarino Kimitachihe was playing on Windows Media Player and the song titles were displayed on my MSN.

    jeffrey:    HAHAHHAHA
                      CHINESE SONG?
                      AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

    peiling:    waaaaaaat
                       chinese song??

    =.=

    Kenot meh..

  • Teehee.

    Remember I created the Waiyee Test? No? Take a peek, it’s at the right panel of my blog. Err, yeah, you have to scroll down to find it.

    I thought the feedback of my test was funny. Three people left comments:


    Pei L     says :

    hey who la call u coffee? like HUH? and the hotdog dressing u think i know?grrr u never eat hotdog with me before!


    melissa y     says :

    OMG!!!wai yee!!!hahaha…!!sorry..;P u still love me RITE?i kno u do!how can someone not love me eh?ehehhe..

    Amber N says :

    hiyaya u got tadpole IN your house??? O_O


    C’mon people, the test is FUN! REALLY! Okayla, at least do it for fun.. Scroll you go!

  • Sigh

    Setting English grammar questions is like doing data entry.. so repetitive.

  • Caught Red-handed…

    … gardening! =D pulling weeds and dead flowers from the surface of the soil yesterday.