My 24th Wedding Anniversary

Hi,

I have been so busy with household chores and Jason's recent 'O' level results and schools + courses nomination that for the first time, I forget my wedding anniversary until my wife reminded me a few days ago.

My brother, who married on the same day a year earlier, also sent me an email on his plan to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.

So my wife and I decided to go to Vivocity to do some shopping, catch a movie and dine at one of our favourite restaurants.

Here we are at the upper deck of Vivocity with Sentosa as the background.

You know, I think we do not look our age as many strangers think we are easily 10 years younger and I have to show them my ID card to prove it.... ha...ha...

We invited our 16 years old son to join us for the movie and dinner as we really enjoy his presence and he obliged us.

Here I am with Jason..... he is most as tall or same height as my wife and I....!

BTW, I have this photo of my wife and I taken during our honeymoon in Phuket....

Those were the days.... young and carefree as a newly married couple.....!

Happy Wedding Anniversary....!

David

First Day of Year 2010

Hi,

Another New Year........ so soon.......?

The young ones want to grow old faster so that they can do adult things but old folks like me wants the year to slow down a bit so that I can enjoy my current situation and not visit my ancestors so soon......ha.....ha...

Anyway, here is a reflection of my past year........

1Q 2009 :

I found a new stream of income for my Internet Business initiative...... and it started to grow slowly resulting in a consistent monthly income throughout the year... but still small income though! However, this is the result of the 1st year of building my IM business.

I was excited and wanted to push up my income but then got distracted by health problems within the family.....see below.

Jack and Ruby got very sick but managed to recovered after medication from the Vet.

2Q 2009 :

My Mum had a minor stroke and I have to fly back to Penang almost weekly initially and then every month subsequently until recently. Took a lot out of me and I did not manage to work on my IM business to increase my income but managed to maintain a steady income, as mentioned above. Most traumatic event of the year..!

My dear wife started calligraphy class and also played badminton with her new found friends.

I was supposed to have started swimming in Bedok public pool for my lower back and knee pain but never got to it..!

3Q 2009 :

Spent most of the time caring for my Mum in Penang.....

Thanks to budget airline like JetStar, I could afford to fly back very often to care for my parents.

Also, managed to see my bro and sis from Melbourne in Penang, as they are came home to care for my parents....

Gave a lot of moral support to Jas for his preparation for 'O' level exam..... advice and encouragement, etc....

4Q 2009 :

My Dad started to have problem in his neck and lower back. He got 6 injections on his neck to ease the pain caused by the degeneration of the spinal bones there. Did some physio too but it seems to be helping a bit only and no cure other than pain killers....sigh....wear n tear!

My mum-in-law also have severe knees joint pain and got 3 injections but no help so pain killers too...... again, wear and tear!

Both parents are in their 80s already.... but this older generation does not like to seek medical treatment until they cannot take it anymore so it has been very tough to help them too......sigh

Ruby, my Corgi, was successfully re-homed as she was bullying Jack , my Beagle, and bit him on the body.....sigh.... we decide that it is not fair to Jack and Ruby has to go...... Ruby also bit Jack's ear when she first came into our family!

Jack got sick and was operated on his tummy to remove an accumulated mass of grass, his hair + sand.....!

Jas put in a lot of effort in his 'O' level exam. and we think that he should have done reasonably well, we hope.

Our maid of 12 years has gone home for good and we have decided not to have any replacement but we went for 'tingkat' food during the weekday, as we do not really cook.

In summary, we have quite a few incidents of medical problems and both LLM & I are also experiencing lower back and knee joint pain too.....wear n tear.....sigh

Throughout the year, I managed to strike 4D on and off but small wins only..... resulting in a net loss, of course..... but just tried my luck and some form of cheap entertainment. Also, sponsoring Tote Board generous donations to the charities.....ha....ha....

Also, good to start having a steady income though small from my IM initiative.

So any resolutions for the new year 2010......?

I hope the family will have less medical problems but then we are all aging......sigh

So we need to try to take better care of ourselves .... now that we have learned from our parents experiences.

I hope Jas will get into the JC or Poly of his choice..... we have yet to finalise his intentions pending his results in early Jan 2010.

I target to double my IM income, at least....... hopefully, no major distraction so that I can spend more time working on it from home.

I hope that I can go back to doing some part-time work commercially else then commit to some voluntary work.

Well, Jas is now in a Downtown chalet with his friends to celebrate the new year.

My wife and I have an eventful or fruitful first day of 2010 together.

So here again, we wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year in 2010...!

David