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Saturday, June 7, 2008
Labels: Encounter with a snake
Evening, the weather was cooling after the rain.
Decided to do some gardening.
Wanted to trim the grass beside the fencing- (fenced to prevent
snoopy from coming out ).
As I removed the rectangular plastic flower box ........I saw
a SNAKE. I called Ben who was inside the sitting room...
overseeing what I was doing.
I told him there's a snake. Instead of coming out immediately
to help me ......he nicely told me.... is not a snake...
without even taking a look.
SIGH!!!!!!!!
Maybe I should have freaked out and screamed......
I told him sarcastically .....I know wat is a SNAKE.......then
he quickly came out........took the cangkuk ....
He tried to chop the snake .....it was gliding away between the bricks.
Ben managed to 'Chop, Chop' its tail.........'the end' of the snake.
Neighbour Lee came out saw the one foot long , silverish grey creature....
This is a poisonous snake he informed us ........
Thank and praise the Lord, Ben and I was not bitten by it.
Earlier Ben and I were watching a documentary
about a village in Thailand and its snakes.
And .......later we saw a REAL one ......alamak!!!! in our garden.
This village in Thailand teaches small girls to danced holding a snake ......
clinging on their bodies......and believe it or not....
putting the snake into their mouth......
The unique village of Ban Kok Sa-Nga (population 655), in Isan, Thailand.
It's the only place like it in the world and for a good reason.
What started over fifty years ago as an advertising gimmick for some
country villagers has turned into a deadly cottage industry;
in this strange little village, the world's most dangerous serpent,
the King Cobra, has become both a pet and a business partner.
The entire village—from elders to children—works as one
and performs relentlessly at their temple to attract tourists and herb buyers.
The main attraction is the boxing matches, man versus snake, one on one!
Bites are commonplace, but unbelievably the village has no anti-serum
to combat the deadly toxins and the nearest hospital is over an hour away by car.
Dangerous performance-sport of snake-boxing,
the art of theatrically antagonizing the largest venomous snakes in the world.
During Thai New Year's celebration, from day to night performances are held
and is the most lucrative and most dangerous time of the year.
Some of the boxers have been bitten dozens of times,
but despite losing fingers and friends to their deadly serpentine pets,
the boxers love their snakes and their perilous profession.
Come see the world premiere and observe the adventurous
lives of the proud villagers who casually look death in the eye every day
to eke out a meager living. 
whisperings of nature
Monday, June 2, 2008
Woke up late tis morning......open my eyes huh! 8.30am. Me, I ate some of Ian's and some of Ben's .......so who ate the most........Me......
2008-06-01
Wat a Saturday??
Got up......heard grasscutter mowing grass in the neighbour hood.
Quickly went out ....saw Lawrence mowing Yoon Lian's garden.
Asked him to do for Lucy's garden before Lucy comes back in few weeks time.
Left to do marketing then had breakfast......very nice curry mee with long beans
and cockles style and a very satisfying iced coffee.
Fetch mum and Sintair back to our house.....mum complained not well.
Sintair told me mum didn't sleep much last night and complain both legs pain.
Said mum spoke differently yesterday and today.......like in a dazzled.
Half way preparing lunch ......she wanted to consult the doctor.
So told her okay....suggest she have early lunch then we go.
Told Sintair to take some urine from mum to the doctor.
Showed her the bottle and explained how to do it properly.
Telephone rang ......Lucy called regarding Tony and her arrival on 9th of June.
Sintair took mum to the toilet and .......didn't collect urine......was so blow.
I was busy on the phone and before i could do anything ......aiyor.......sigh!
Hang up phone, quickly got mum to eat even the rest of the dishes not ready.
About to step out of the house ......she said there's nothing wrong with her.
So i asked need to consult doctor or not.......she replied confidently no.
Okay then, so she sat down less than 5 minutes said ......she kept needing to wee wee.
I took her to the doctor.....she waited impatiently be'cos quite a lot of patients.
Every few minutes needed to wee.......every minute more discomfort and pain.
Finally her turn ........she told doctor her legs, heart, stomach and head not feeling well.
Huh! Now head also ........I was thinking 1 extra complain. However her blood pressure was high.
Could be due to that reason why she had headache. As soon as we arrived at the clinic......I passed
a letter to Dr. Lau explaining mum's ailment. Dare not say in front cos. of her dementia problem.
Dr. Lau gave some medication and explanation. So left clinic......she complained she's very hungry.
Must eat immediately..........so as fast as i could -finished cooking the rest of the dishes.
She ate l .........then gave her medicine from doctor. Complain began again ......can see she was very uncomfortable.
3.30pm took her home........wanted to bathe immediately because she's very hot.
Please pray for mum and all of us who need to look after her.
We need a lot of prayers for patience and understanding.
Evening, Ian and i craved for crab. Ben was supposed to cook for us.
Not able to buy any. Still wanted to eat - decided to go to Shatin court...... 7pm we went.
!st stall told us no crab until 7.30pm.........2nd stall no crab until 8pm. Alamak......
Met Sunny n family ......she said she ordered all the crabs from 2nd stall - that's why no more.
She's the 'culprit' Haha haha. She told us she and hubby got free trip to Langkawi recently.
Her kids went along......she paid for them. They spent RM300 juz on buying chocolates.
Her girl told her to go again so that she can buy more chocolates. Ben's buddy.......chocolate buddy!!
Later Ian commented " What spent RM300 on chocolate??? I prefer to buy clothes, at least can last longer.
And fly there again for more chocolates........very high cost????" I agreed with him.
Everyone's priorty differs. Anyway back to makan .....we ordered so much other food and was so full.
We had to forgo the idea of eating crabs.........even the live crabs did arrived at the stall as mentioned - 8pm.
Ian ate.......'yau yee oong choy', fried kuih teow, drank soup and sugar cane juice.
Ben had ice kacang - oh, he asked for red syrup and no chendol but he got ice kacang with chendol only and
gula melaka syrup......LOL he got what he didn't want - mis communication by the Myanmar waiter even after
someone explained the order to him. Confusion..... in the end he gave up and just consumed whatever given.
He ate satay and roast pork.
How not to grow sideways........ !!!!! Watch the waistline !!!!
Came home.......read Suzanne's blog and some of her friends .......enjoy reading .......
Then chat on th webbie with Suzanne.
Now bed time ......need to get up early tomorrow to go church.
whisperings of nature
Sunday 25th May, 2008
Corpus Christi
Woke up, put clothes in the washing machine. Went for breakfast - ate wantan mee with Ben and Ian.
Reached SMC - Corpus Christi rehearsal at Sam Tet hall. Choirs started arranging chairs on stage and placing of seats. Strong men lifted the clarinova up the stage. Settled down to practise singing.......then Andrew Kok and some others brought the LCD screen up the stage........and we had to make way for it.......shift, shift.
While singing Fr. Michael came in with a limp.......everyone looked n commented.
Last Corpus Christi held in the stadium also he limped........what a coincident......HOW COME !!!
As usual criticism from him ......." Chinese choir dun sing like tat!!!......(he imitated their singing)
USE yr. diaphragm.......like tis!!!!" POINTING TO HIS BIG BELLY.
Quite a long practice......
Had lunch at home .......takeaway ....chicken rice again......
rested......2pm - Bath time for Miss Snoopy......a lot of her fur dropped.......black furs all over
my thighs, legs and hands. A lot of laughing for ian and me each time we bathe her.
Went to church ( SAM Tet Hall ) at 4.45pm ......started to drizzle. 5.15pm hall still had many empty seats.
Wondering is it many not turning up........5.30pm many started to come in and continue to come.
Some came even after 6pm. Hall was filled with ppl.....all seats taken. Good turn up.
Sound system not too good......muffle especially where we were sitting.
I could not concentrate on the readings, gospel nor Father's homily.
After the gospel , commissioning of new EM's- a number of new elected EMs ......Tony Onn and Dr. Martin also in.
Towards the end, procession was to begin, altar servers first to leave the hall
followed by BEC rep. holding individual banners and then congregation.
Choir sang O sacrament Most Holy....English alternate by chinese.
Father asked warden to opened the side doors of the hall so congregation can leave faster.
Doors were opened ...no one went out......strange.
Father asked why from the altar.......warden told him outside raining.
" Huh......Why didn't u say earlier?" "Please asked the altar servers and bec rep to come back in" ....
Altar servers walked in ......wet......but still looking serious.
So no procession ......continued to sing Down in Adoration & Divine Praises .....finished...silence-.no one moved.
Then Stephanie told choirs to stand and started to sing O sacrament Most Holy.
Sudden stop.......wrong hymn.......shld. be final hymn in Mandarin. Alamak!! 
Altar servers got special blessings.........from the rain. 'SHOWERS, SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS....."
whisperings of nature
Positive thinking Huang Siyu 12 yrs. old an earthquake victim from Chengdu still feels she's lucky- even losing one leg and with her parents still missing. Elizabeth Louie 91 yrs old- one of the M'sian tourists stranded in China during the quakes said, " I was not scared. Why should I at this age? Both of them are so brave and positive in their thinking. Wish I can be like that ??? Don't complain and be thankful Putting on new pillowcases for my pillows. Got them from Parkson sales for RM10 for two. Slept on it, ughhhh........the cloth so rough.....no wonder so cheap, I started to complain to Ben. Realizing wat I had said, I felt bad. The earthquake and cyclone victims dun even have a bed or a mattress to lie on. What am I fussing about. It takes some disasters to happen before one really appreciate and feel blessed . Prices of food especially rice has increased tremendously. With the pricing soaring high....Mei Kuen commented we ought to boil just enough to eat, let's not waste. Taking positive action. If not for tis many including me (like confessing time) didn't put much effort into the habit of not wasting food. In some ways all this unpleasant happenings can help improve oneself. It takes something terrrible to occur, to bring about changes, awareness and actions to take place. Happy Sunday School Preschool, Std. 1 and 2 combined class to make a mini rosary for themselves - 1 decade type. Surprisingly the kids really showed enthusiam in making. They were so engrossed they didn't want to leave. They wanted to complete the rosary .....parents started coming to look for their kids. We had to persuade them to leave, promising them we will complete for them. A few refused help and wanted to do by themselves. Although we started 'kalang kabut' manner we were glad the kids were happy. It was NOTeasy be'cos in between the big beads they had to thread in tiny beads ......I was struggling being long sighted. Kasvin patiently did his one and needed my help to tie the string......OOOPs before I could catch hold of the string he let go and......all the big n tiny beads fell all over the floor. The best and sweetest thing was he was so understanding and didn't complain. He went about picking them up to do again. A Joy to bathe Miss Snoopy Lim After Sunday school waited for Ian to go back. Youth meeting was till 12pm. Reached home Ben got us chicken rice for lunch. Ate and rested. As usual to get snoopy to bathe is not easy......so so so reluctant to come near me. Ian had to try and get her and drag her near the tap. But once wetting her with water and scrubbing her with the brush ......gosh she's an angel. I can clean her any how I want as long as Ian holds her and she's confident she won't fall. Even cleaning her face n removing the dirt below her eyes - all no problem. It's nice bathing her .........I get to be in charge!!!! LOL
2008-05-20
Cakap , cakap.......
whisperings of nature
2008-05-04
Saturday.............( excuse the boring title) Hmm.....where do i begin?
Seems easy reading blogs created by others...
most of them so interesting and at times funny.
Let me begin with tis morning......
I got up early, unusual for a Saturday morning.
And started to tidy up the garden....
swept n wash the cement area, where snoopy sleeps.
Then swept the dried leaves from the jambu tree n so forth.
Then completed the task, was happy the garden looked tidy.
Ben came out to the garden, got the scissors,
happily trimmed his favourite plant.....the white bougainvilla
while i was washing the car porch......
I went to off the tap n saw the garden .......ah! what?
no thanks to Ben.....i juz tidied the garden n now
the leaves all over.
He trimmed the plant n left all the leaves on the ground.
Nagged, nagged ....then i went to clear the fallen leaves.
Went out for breakfast with Ben.
After breakfast had to rush to the nearest hair saloon that was opened.
Most saloon opens after 10.00am.....so no choice went to Luxe.
Came back at 10.40am. Only had 10 minutes to makeup and changed.
Suddenly rained heavily, managed to reach SMC at 11.10am.
Outside church a funeral about to begin and inside church a wedding was to start.
St. Peter's choir on duty to sing for the wedding service....one of the reason why i had to be there.
Fr. Michael was in a very happy mood .......commented the choir members all dressed so nicely.
Very punctually the wedding service began.......the bride in a beautiful, yet simple cream gown.
The bride walked with her parents up the aisle to the awaiting bridegroom.
Jenny wore a beautiful elegant dress ....later found out it was tailored made by Christy (Chic n Sleek).
Fr. Michael's homily .....very familiar, seems like the same as many weddings that I attended.
Maybe is his standard wedding homily ......stress that the couple MUST stay faithful and no divorce .
Oh! one more thing ......Rachel and Pui Wan were so beautiful ......the minute I saw them....
straight away the words ..... "You're so beautiful came out of my mouth."
Rachel and Pui Wan were among the few who helped ushered the guests in Indulgence.
Rachel wore a cream dress .....in fact she looked like the bridesmaid.
Pui Wan wore something greyish which was very pretty too.
After the wedding service, we adjourned to Indulgence.......
tables were numbered and lists of names written
onto a photoframe ( tis were placed on each table together with some table gifts).
Entrees' were served......french toast spread with pate' and topped with 1/2 a grape and the
other a water melon cube top with a pc. of meat. Not many favors the latter one:
a sweet and salty combination. No one seems to be able to taste what meat was that.
Of course choice of red and white wine were served too.
Our table consisted of 9 people, half from chinese group. We waited for the main meal....
uncertain how it would be served......all behaved very jinjang including me.
Most of them were there for the 1st time. Waited and waited.....no sign of main course.
Philip came to apologise for the delay.
Was it going to be buffet style? I thought so but the rest thinks otherwise. Finally ......
yes, I was right......buffet style. We were tucked in one section away from the main area
.......Sob! Sob! cannot see the couple, the musicians and the screen......like deserted.
No choice la some of us have to ......there were 3 more other tables beside ours
in this deserted but cosy area.
Food .....so so la. Western food....but two desserts were very nice.
One didn't looked appetizing ....mushy, mushy but very tasty.
The other was a very rich chocalate with banana tart .....but very tiny piece.
Yummy! Yummy! won't mind some more. Regretting ....should have ate more of that.
Philip and Jenny came to chit chat with the 'deserted tables'.
I had 1 glass of red wine that went well with the food and another 1/2 glass of white wine..
and i was feelin' a bit tipsy. Very 'char'.....Doreen faced was red ( she sat in a different table)
The lunch sort of ended almost 3pm. why sort of is becoz u can actually hang around but
we left.
So that was like more than half a day gone.
whisperings of nature
It's a real story of a single parent, father and son. Father's love was so strong despite poverty and struggle he refused to separate with the son...( to some they might think differently not that they love their kid less ) No place to sleep, don't even have $ 14.00. Asked a friend for RM 14 and the friend refused to give. I was telling Ian, what a friend is that......but to my surprised Ian said maybe the friend also having same financial difficulty. This can be true because in the show we saw so many lining up to get free shelter just for a night....... So Roseline.......don't jump to conclusion and don't make judgment. The father was a good, loving father struggling to get a decent job and the small kid was a good kid and he loves his dad very much. Despite frustration, desperation, disappointment .....he tried so hard to stay cool and loving, giving his son reassurance yet not lying to him. At first they stayed in a cheap motel......was kick out for not able to pay ......so guess where they slept.... inside the loo of a train station. The dad in order to make life more interesting for the kid despite the situation ........play ..... a make believe.......saying there are using a time machine .....and then .....oh! There're in a place where there are dinousaurs and they need to stay in a cave......and the cave is the loo. Ben said this actor playing the role of the father, actually won an award for this movie. what i like most was the part i saw him and his kid going to a church .......they still find time for God. Despite all this they still have faith and believe there's God. Inside the church, the choir sang a song with words ........that touches me so much..... it said don't move the mountains but give me the strength to climb up. Must remember these words.......so often we ask God to remove us from an unpleasant situation ...be it pain, poverty, hardship, and so forth.......we should actually pray .... pray for strength; for God will provide and has plans for us. We must believe and trust Him and ask Him to walk with us and He will always be by our side to walk through these moments. And true enough the man's struggle .........was worth it . His hard work, his love for his son, his faith in God.....eventually got him somewhere. He sat for a test to qualify as a broker, struggling with work, studies and taking care of his kid.......he got through and from then his life took a better turn. Before this he was so broke that he gave blood just to get an extra $ 8.......but at least a decent deed. When facing poverty, hardship .......it's very tempting to desire to get out of that situation as quickly as possible and we can get partially blinded and make wrong decision. Partially blinded ......why i use this word .....because most of the time we know what is right and wrong but we rather choose the one that is not so right ......to escape and leave to face the consequences later........and most of the time the problem will be temporary solved and then more problems will crop in .......but yet we choose this way.........I know I have done that before.... A choice .......to get out of poverty .....to choose right or wrong way ......a crossroad. The choice and it's consequences that follows. God's ways or otherwise. His life improved and improved ...........and he became wealthy ..........God has provided for him and his boy in God's plan and time. He has been faithful, he has shown love to his son as God has shown him ...... he believed God throughout and spent time with God. It's based on a true story ....i would love to watch again ......from the beginning ........ A story .......a reminder of God's love.......a reminder to be obedient and trust in Him and be grateful for all he has done. Thanks be to God. Alleluia!
2008-04-24
just a movie .......but so much to learn from....
Just saw a movie......actually 1/4 of a movie .....title also not sure....."The pursue ........" or pursuit......never mind.
whisperings of nature