Good chocolate ....

"A good friend is like a good chocolate ... Nothing artificial ... Quality ingredients ... And always Appreciated."

This was written on the bookmark.

Thank you Samsidar, for your friendship.

My destiny ...

Do anyone read my blog? I doubt so. Not even Didy, which make me wonder why I bother to make a dedication haha. I wish they can read, the reason I started writing in the first place. I wanted them to know about me, just as much as I wanted to know about them.

People change. I do too, my expectation, my dream. But I will still care for them, those I long to have as my friends, yet till this day, I haven't been as successful as I wish it to be. I want to have friends who can be with me 10yrs or more from today, but I know that will not be possible. Stupid dream for a dreamer like me haha.

Friends ... I treasure friends, but I can only expect acquaintances, people who drift in and out of my life. Just like I do in theirs.

I will do my best to be the best acquaintance to drift into their lives, not expecting anything from them. That is my destiny .....
Danceal will be a friend to those he cares, regardless if they feel the same about him.

Especially for Didy

May you have a great birthday, Didy. If only I can be there ...

To KL and back ...

If one can catches the right promotion, one can get cheap air tickets. It is a matter of timing. Well, I missed my timing.

First time I was at the Budget Terminal, not that bad looking, minimal but I suppose got what it takes to cater to passengers.



Going to our plane was back to the olden days, as no aerobridge so we had to walk across the hot tarmac to get to the aircraft.



As everyone knows, any food on board, one has to pay for it. So no free coffee or tea even. Maybe I should have paid more for a better airline, it costed only around $50 but when with the family, one had to times the amount and it costed alot. At this period, I have to save whatever I could. So budget airline it was.

We had been to KL a few times, but I guess being away to another country even if it was only Malaysia made it felt like a real holiday. As usual, there was the traffic jam. That was why I stayed in Bukit Bintang area, where I did not have to take a taxi during my stay, where shopping and food were a walking distance away. We didn't go beyond that, 3days were gone very fast. The kids preferred fastfoods so we ate those mostly. The fastfood in KL is much better than in Singapore, the menu there more varied.






We didn't do much shopping or eating as I wanted to. Some items were cheap, but didn't find anything for us. We did watch Terminator Salvation there, the only movie the kids were willing to watch. The great thing about staying in a hotel was the buffet breakfast, which my wife and I never missed haha. I wanted to eat durian but she wasn't keen, so had to forgo the taste. A few other food I had to skip too.

The kids got their wish, Pokemon movies that they couldn't get online or in Sg. It was the main reason they decided to follow. I was more interested in just me and the wife. Or with some friends. But that idea didn't work. With the kids, we were restricted to what they wanted to do. Anyway it was a family trip, I am satisfied.

It had always been where my daughter wanted to go when we went on a holiday trip, she had something in mind, deciding where we would end up in. I had always let her decided, I guess I am spoiled her. Both of them. But they are all I have.

I can only be a father once in this lifetime. I may not be there when they grow into an adult. If I can't give them what I can now, I may not have the chance in the future.

I know I am not a perfect father, I may not know all the answers and may not do what is right. I can only do my best, and hope that is enough.

Better to not wanting ...

Sometimes one should let things be as it is, and not whine about not having it.

I finally get to go KL, not alone, but it costs me alot. I am getting real broke. Maybe should have let myself gain financially before wishing to do something. It is too late to change my plan. I can only hope I can survive through this.

What I had in mind was just with my wife, or maybe some friends. It would cost less. Having a the whole family meant I have to give them a better deal than the basic. Maybe I should have just acccept going off alone. I would then have a lesser stress, mentally and financially.

In any case, I had to make some unexpected changes to my future ..... and possibly my expectation.

GSS is ...

GSS is too much of a hype, at least for me this year.

I guess I have been expecting too much, hoping for good deals. So far, I haven't really get the best of it yet. I have got better sale deals at other sales at other time of the year. Maybe that is it, that Singapore had too many sales season, some offering very good offers.

That doesn't mean that GSS doesn't offer good discount, but when taking into account that it is possible we can get the discounted sales at other times, the "Great" doesn't seem so great afterall. Singapore is an island of sales. Some more gimmicky than real sale. More than anything, GSS is more value when you know which mall to go to the the stores themselves, as shopping malls are the ones that offer incentives when you have spent certain amount. And certain credit cards. That is more an incentive for one to go buy.

So, GSS is more of a knowing which mall to go to get the best value for your buys. So far, I didn't get any. I was usually too late as the freebies had finished, or not spending enough due I couldn't find what I wanted at the mall. I could get it at another mall, but that mall will not have the freebies attached. If one doesn't buy the correct goods at the correct mall, one will loose out. That is the story of GSS.

Maybe I will detach myself from GSS this year, find some place to just relax, not thinking of shopping malls or sales. Maybe ... but my wife will not tolerate my sentiment .... sooooo ... I can only hope that she will allow me to do strategic buying to get the best deals. But from my past endeavour, it will be difficult to get the best out of GSS.

I can only try ....