Day 3: Laying the groundwork!

Its Day 3. And these men turned up to lay the groundwork for the next stage.

The compactor sure rattled a lot! And I think that these guys bones were shaken so badly! But these guys seem unperturbed and they followed the rythm of the compactor!

Breaking and compacting the ground

My debris, his filler

The team having casual discussion every now and then

 I found it amazing to see these guys synchronizing their work with the other team. Today, the floor tiles guy was  here to check how many tiles we would need and what color. They will be back on Wednesday! Yeay! 

Neatly done!

And at the end of the day, they left the construction site looking very happy for they got to do what they were supposed to do for the day! Mission accomplished! Good job guys! :-)

The successful market visit!

Its Saturday. And we were up very early. After having a simple early breakfast, performed the morning prayer, we decided to visit the market. We headed to the normal place where the market was supposed to be. Expecting to buy some ribs and meat and fish. But we were taken by surprise that the market is abandoned! There were not butchers, no marketeers but for one or two!

Abandoned stalls!

Business doesn't look good at all!

Fresh or frozen?

 And we now knew where to go for fresh beef. And my husband and I pleasantly discovered that next to this smaller market (only 3 doors shop) there is a nursery!

Loads of fresh beef

 And we ended up with one rib, 1 kg of Batang Pinang and 1kg of fish! And we couldnt help but to hate those who insisted to build the Big Market in such a secluded area. And the market is at worst, unkept. Broken floor tiles not mended, Torn fibre glass sheet under the roof not attended to. Obviously the person who insisted that the market be built there is NOT from here to understand what the local people want! And it will soon be completely abandoned and the whole thing will become such an eye sore and pocket hurting! :-(  

Its time to rock and roll the tarts!

Its has been more than two weeks into Ramadhan. The fasting month has so far been so great. I had started making these beautiful Double Rolled Pineapple Tarts. This time I bought the pineapple jam from a home trader in my hometown. But the jam has a lot of big chunks of pineapple and the 'pineapple eyes'! I had to spend so much time, picking them out so as to make my tarts neat!

Ready to roll!

Ready for the oven

   And I shall be making more of these today! :-)~


 

You attract what you were thinking about: an affirmation!

My sister, her family and my husband and I were spending the last weekend at my Mom's. We worked together to spring clean her long "abandoned" house. Perhaps due to her old age, she experience some kind of phobia to stay alone in that small house!

A very misty morning

The spring cleaning team!

And we worked the whole day! And then we realized that the fridge was empty and the kitchen was not ready to be used. And my sister (2nd from right) and I (not in the picture!) decided to go to the bazaar to buy food for the breaking of fast. I was looking for jelly puddings but to no avail. And we broke fast happily with what we could get from the bazaar. And after about 10p.m. we left for our respective homes.

And the next Monday, I had a surprise visit from my friend at the office. And I was again startled to see what she had so kindly brought for me!

Coconut milk and palm sugar jelly pudding!

 And I was the happiest person at the breaking of fast that Monday! Thank you friend for making what I was thinking about came alive!
P.S.: Perhaps I should start thinking that that delinquent client of mine would walk up my office this Monday, knocking at my door, waving that fat cheque into my face!!!

You attract what you were thinking about!

I didn't know whether to laugh or to ponder in disbelieve when a good friend of mine posted this picture on Facebook and asked me if it is true!

Found in Brisbane!

And yes, it was scarily true! My name is Jun(e) and I am 45 this year and I have been driving this same model car since January this year! Ha ha ha so now I knew what this friend of mine has been thinking! Should I feel proud or what? :-)~

So it is true that you attract what you were thinking about! And this friend of mine was equally scared at what appeared right before the eyes that morning! 

Day 1 & 2: Instantaneous Double Garage project during Ramadhan!

I was said to be thinking in pictures. And most of the times, I see good if not interesting pictures in my mind. For the past few months, I have been seeing all the four cars being parked nicely next to each other under a shaded area. I knew I will have these cars properly parked outside the house and protected from the cold night air and icy dew in the morning.

 

Day 1 : breaking the existing cemented floor

 And I knew I can have this picture in my mind manifested when I found my long lost Contractor friend who did my existing covered garage at my existing house. But that garage can only accommodate one car. And that one car is none other than mine! So my husband's and children's cars had to tolerate the torment of those cold night air and yes, icy cold dew towards the end of the night! Well, soon, these won't happen again!

Day 2: Replaced old water pipe and realigned them
to be at the centre of the two garage spaces

Day 2: workmen busy at work
The guy in red was fasting
while doing this hard work!

 On the second day,  I could see that these workmen were still hacking the cemented floor and removing all the broken floor slabs by hands! And towards the afternoon, the guy in red showed no sign of tiredness despite him fasting the whole day!

I can hardly wait to see how my new double garage would look like.

These workmen are going to come back today (Day 3) to continue building the floor and later fixing the new garage tiles!

All in a day's work!

1.  Its always ok to wait than be waited for.

2.  Old obscene habit dies hard : pointing with one's middle finger while talking!

3.  Letter to fellow Solicitors should be written in English! Only letters to the Government Departments should be written in Bahasa Melayu.

4.  Some people mistook her for being Indian! (Later someone told her that it was because of her high forehead and cheek bones and the way she carries herself!) What a description! Ha ha

5.  Its annoying to hear people saying "Huh?!" (more so loudly!) instead of "Excuse me".

6.  Being punctual is a good habit. It speaks a lot about your personality.

7.  When a Senior Lawyer greeted you "How have you been doing? I have not seen you for quite some time" it means "I would like to have coffee with you!" ;-o~

8. When no. 7 happens, wait for the said Senior Lawyer (especially if he is a Criminal Lawyer) at the Court's canteen for coffee. You may get free advise/tips on how to conduct a good interview with a potential suspected criminal! Then be generous to pay for his coffee (as a gesture of gratitude) when he had to rush back into the Courtroom!

9. Always carry yourself well. You'll never know who is watching (other than God!).

10.  When something you bought is useless to you, give it away to someone who can use it better (gave away that curl maker to Camy the Hair Stylist). And she was all smiles!

11.  When the team member showed signs of unhappiness (by making a lot of noise with her papers and files), you keep your mouth shut. Pretend like you did not hear all those noises. At the same time, think of what are the possible causes of the unhappiness and take remedial action earliest possible.

12. When it comes to money, work your butt out (worked until late today to finish that fat bill!) if you have to.

13. It is annoying to hear that paper-being-flipped-hard sound. Make a louder paper-being-flipped sound to let them know how annoying that sound could be!

14.  When the intelligent level is that much, there is nothing much you can do about it. Keep on guiding and training. But take care of your heart!