Simple mind, simple life.
I never see failure as failure, but only as a learning
experience.
Realised there's a Gundam Fiesta at a neighbourhood mall. Those toys were amazing; couldn't help take a few shots of the robots. Saw many fans; mostly men and boys buying their favourite robots. A father was carrying his baby and also busying looking at those toys.
Saw some limited edition toys on display. Wonder how much will their prices increase in the near future and is it really money well spent? 
Early this month, my company held an APAC Transformative Leadership Program for our staff from the local and regional offices. They had to stay here for 3 days.
On the first day, after the training, the participants thought they could relax a bit and enjoy the dinner. However they were told that they had to cook some local dishes that were assigned to their respective teams. Only two were locals; the rest were from the regional countries.
The dishes they had to cook were: chilli crabs; rojak, asum fish, Hainanese chicken rice, fried chicken & boh boh cha cha (a kind of local desert that has coconut milk in it).
We had to eat whatever they cooked. It actually turned out quite good (probably we were all hungry). And the winning team was the one that did the chilli crabs!
Early this week, I carried a carton of A4 size papers from point A to point B in the office. Didn’t know how many reams were in the carton; probably 6 reams. And I wasn’t wearing very high heels either. However the next morning, I felt a sharp pain at my lower back.
It was so bad that I couldn’t bend a bit at all. I knew I had strained my back. I had problem putting on a skirt; getting up from a chair was a little chore for me too, (that includes getting up from a toilet seat!). I woke up with pain each time when I turned in my sleep. Never knew turning in bed takes so much muscle strength to achieve.
I didn’t go see a doc; knowing I would be given pain killers and muscle relaxants. If I take pain killers, then I won’t know if my condition has worsened or improved. I applied some emu gel on my back to help relax the muscles. It helps a bit. Now my back has patches of plasters, those that ease muscles and back pains.
Is this sign of old age? Nay…Just a wrong position when lowering my back to carry heavy things that’s all.
I’m not a soccer fan but since the final was to be shown on our national tv free-of-charge, I didn’t mind watching. So I bought some munchies and soft drinks and even napped a bit in order to stay awake during the game. It’s scheduled at 2.20am Monday morning.
Netherlands vs Spain; thought it would be exciting to watch. I don’t know much about soccer and the rules. But I do know what’s ‘off line’ and ‘yellow cards’. Many yellow cards were given as the players from both teams played very roughly.
I didn’t particularly support any of the team; I don’t even know the players. I planned to cheer for any goal into the net.
After 90mins and still no goal; extra time was given. At the 116th minute, there’s a goal! I gave a soft cheer (as I didn’t want to wake up my family members). I thought Netherlands had scored but when I looked at the score on the screen, it stated Netherland:0; Spain:1. All along I thought the players in orange shirts were the Spanish and the ones in blue were the Dutch. Oops… Nonetheless I was happy for Spain. They are the champions.
