in thoughts...

my laptop's spoilt. :(
sent it for repair at computer centre.
sigh...
i mean, i've got most of my data recorded
but still, there was this pang of sadness(?) when the guy at the computer centre said
"All your data will be gone"
with such certainty too.
somehow even though i was backing up my stuff,
i was hoping that i wouldn't need to lose all my data.
ALL leh.
sian.
din manage to backup all my mp3s though. :(
urgh.

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and just when i wanna blog in Chinese, my laptop's not here.
grrr...

anyway, just wanted to share this story i heard over 933 over a week ago.
hah.

A family of 5 was going on a road trip.
Daddy was driving, and Mommy was in the front passenger seat.
Big Bro sat at the back with younger brother and sister.
As it was a rather long trip, they stopped over at a gas station
loo break, gas top-up etc
Mom and Dad bought some snacks and passed to Big Bro at the back, saying:
"Share those with your younger siblings."
*Dang, this sounds much better in Chinese. hmph.*
"Fen1 yi4 xie1 gei3 di4 mei4."

They went on the road again.
It was a trip they were not familiar with, and after a while they came to a junction.
Mom and Dad started arguing about which road to take
and the atmosphere in the car became filled with tension and discomfort as Mom and Dad seemed pissed off with each other.
no one spoke for a long while.
then the youngest daughter took action.
she leaned forward towards her mother
gave her several kisses on the cheek and said:
"Share those with Daddy."
"Fen1 yi4 dian3 gei3 ba4 ba4"

And Mom did as she was told.
Everyone smiled and was happy again.


just tot it was a sweet story and wanted to share. :)

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it's amazing, primary school really is.
my tuition kid learns the most interesting things there.

As usual B was not concentrating. okie well, that Sunday it wasn't that bad.
Concentration level reached peaks of 70% at times.
Note, "at times".

Anyway he suddenly seemed animated (he is always SUDDENLY animated - it's not a gradual thing) and started writing these words down on his paper:

MINS
RUNS
CUP

he told me to read it out, letter by letter.
and damn me, i did. kena tricked.
only the first one though.

you try it.


and man, i really wanted to read this out to him - URNS.