This guy is taken

Girls, please take note, this guy is already taken up.
This lovely couple officially tied the knot, legal binding and chinese customs fulfilled by last weekend.





Don't get fooled by his boyish charms, he's NON AVAILABLE anymore. :)

I was there in the historical city to congratulate him and his beautiful wife on their exchange of commitment vows day.



Next up, lots of pictures of our family having a short holiday in this pretty little town, and the town itself too. Can't wait to show them off.

Let's play graduation.

How time flies! Just a matter of few blinks, he's all grown up. It was graduation time, and a new chapter is going to begin. We were looking forward to his concert and graduation day, as a fresh change in the weekend routine. All dressed up in monkey costume and make-up, we finally see his first stage performance. It was pretty amusing watching all the little boys and girls, without any shyness, went up on stage and do what they had practised for few weeks.



Struggling to hold the 2 restless brats in their seats, there was no time to sit back and relax in the 2 hours of performance. A short 10 mins break later, it was graduation time, and each of the 6 year olds came out one by one to take their scroll. They were given a short time to make a little speech, thank the teachers and their parents for their support and guidance, who without them, they weren't be where they were.. (nolah, I add those up to spice things a bit).

Joshua's speech went like this...

Good afternoon, everyone. My name is ***. I am from K2A Sunflower, and my teacher is Teacher S***. I like to be in Totalchild because the teachers are nice and friendly and I learned a lot of things. What I like most is the computer class and going out for trips.

Well, did he make me beaming with pride and joy that day! Ah.. Just a play play graduation done in a big scale manner, to make the parents feel happy a bit.

Let's have lunch!

Recently, I sms-ed one of my friends I have known since high school days for lunch. Sms(es) were flying to and fro in an effect to something like this..
Me : U free for lunch today?
Her : Need to go to bank today, see you at (somewhere) at 12.15pm?
Me : Can make it 12.30?
Her : My lunch time 12 la.
Me: Ok then, see you later.
Her : So, how? Am I meeting you or not?
Me : Yes, see you at 12.15.
Her : OK. Btw, you are not an insurance agent, right? You shall not try to sell my anything, right?

Now, at this stage, my thoughts were of mixed reaction. What??? Do I sound like I have a different agenda other than purely asking a friend for lunch and catching up on each other's news? I was really *deng*.

Anyway, I came over it after a while. I looked at it at the brighter side i.e she regarded me as a good-enough friend to be direct, straight to the point.

Now, few days later, I was chatting online with a varsity friend, someone I haven't seen in these 10 years. It goes to something like this effect again...

Me : Want to meet?
Him : OK, lunch this friday?
Me : I'm fine. Are you asking me to go all the way to (somewhere) to meet you for lunch?
Him : No, I'm off this friday.
Me : OK. Is 1.30pm too late for your lunch?
Him : I'm ok, if it's more convenient for you.
Me : OK then. Meet at (somewhere)?
Him : Sure.
Me : Btw, I am back to work now.
Him : Oh, now I know why you want to meet...
A totally pissed me : What do you mean by that??

Now, just a matter of a few days lapse, I met with this crude reactions from my friends when I initiated a lunch meet. Well, in actual case, I really don't blame them. My friend (Him) told me he had had bad experience before. He thought it was a casual meeting with 2 old friends to catch up with old times, but nothing near to his expectatations, he found out they were in some network marketing and in the end had to spend few thousand ringgit to get rid of them.

As for myself, I had similar kind of experience before. A couple of friends called to ask if they can come and pay me a visit. I love catching up with friends, so of course I was delighted and say yes almost immediately. They came, they started to present me with their products after a little round of casual chat, and they went. No news from them since.

Now, I don't quite blame them as well, after all, I understand how tough life is making ends meet at this current times of price-hike-to-everything. And I do have an open mind to listen to new products or ideas. Say it simply, I like to 8.

But this norm had affected in people in such a way that they now became cautious of friends who sound eager to meet up, and in turn, affected me in such a way that seemed to tell me my friends don't really know who I am. Well, maybe they did, but they knew people do change with the change of time and environment.

Anyway, I do believe network marketing works only when you don't intend to make a living out of it. If I were in it to make money, then I would be trying to make money from my friends. And I won't be surprised friends would be staying away from me and I would lose all my friends before I can even finish the sentence "Let's have lunch".

On the other hand, if I believe in that product, used it for myself, and the effect is shown all over me, my friends would surely see the difference and ask me about it. Only will the business flourish and money pours in.

So, please don't ask if I am an insurance agent or network marketing business when I call you for lunch or gathering next time. If I have any purpose for a meet, I would upfront let you know so there'll be no surprises. And above all else, I cherish the sentimental values of my old friends, it's not likely I can find anyone easily who shared my past and understand what I say when I recollect the sweet old memories. At this age, it's a treasure to have a friend whom you know for the past 10, 20, 30 years, definitely.

Now, no wonder I get all these poor response from my friends when I try to initiate a gathering...hmm...