AN UNLUCKY DAY

The following tells a story about a day of an unlucky prawn dumpling, Mr Har Kao. Upon his request, I tell the story on his behalf. He hopes that everyone who read it would pity his unluckiness. And the story goes....

Once upon a sunday in December 2006, the story unfolds...

Firstly, his computer crashed. All his documents & files are at risk of being wiped out completely. Next, Hao Kao and his family decides to travel to M'sia for a 1-day JB tour. Just as he was happily driving & squeezing with the many others on the Causeway towards M'sia, the car broke down -.- For some unknown reason, it simply refused to move.

There being no other choices and him being the only able-bodied man (in his own words, there's 3 frail ladies & 1 "handicapped" father on board), Har Kao has to get down the car and push it. If it was a sunny day, maybe some kind souls would stop by to help. Unfortunately, it was a rainy day!! Therefore no one bothered. Poor Har Kao has to accomplish the mission single-handledly and in the rain!! According to his description, he felt so 'man' with the sweats & rains and half-transparent white shirt sticking to his body thus showing his "ang kong".

After much hardship, he finally reached the M'sia custom, believing that they would be able to help. To his dismay (and horror), they actually asked him to push the car all the way to the service centres in JB, which are all quite a distance away from the custom. And..he has to do it alone as the custom is short of man power. Unwilling to do it, they waited and waited and waited..finally, someone managed to have the car started. It was already around 4pm then. Solicitous about the condition of the car, they decide to head back to Singapore instead. Praying throughout that the car would not die on them again.

Prayers unheard, the car dies again while they queued for clearance in Singapore Customs. Again, Har Kao braved the rain and pushed the car to the shelters. This time round, our friendly custom officers offered to call in tow service for them, FOC. So they waited, and waited, and waited..... Just then, another officer walked by to check on them. Upon understanding the situation, he offered to charge the car's battery for them and ta-da, the car is moving once again.

Cautiously, Har Kao drives home with no headlights, no air-con & no wipper. Fearing that the battery would run out, he has no choice but to switch off the above. Finally, it's home sweet home for his folks. As for Har Kao, he has to return the troublesome car to its owner. This time round, with the rain getting heavier and night falling, he has to switch on the headlights and wipper.

Approaching the multi-storey carpark of where the owner parks his car, Har Kao was overwhelmed with joy, thinking that his nightmare is over. This being not his day, the car dies once again, at the entrance of the multi storey carpark. The spot was perfectly calculated, it dies right at the entrance where there's no shelter from the heavy downpour. Cursing and swearing, Har Kao has to push car into the carpark and into the parking lot. All these was to be done manually. Meaning to say, he has to push the car front & back, in and out of the lot until it's properly parked.

With the car is dead, he can't start it and therefore he can't wind up the windows. After assurance from the owner that there's no valuables in the car, he left the carpark with the windows of the car 3/4 up. Lucky for him, his friend was there with him and he was kind enough to give Har Kao a ride home in his motorbike. Meaning to say, Har Kao has to ride home in the rain again. (In my opinion, I don't think the rain makes a difference to his already-wet-shirt and pants).

When he finally sat down for his dinner, he swallowed 2 bowls of rice within 5 minutes. He claims these to be his first meal of the day. That was already 8pm.

So the 1-day M'sia tour turned into a 1-day Singapore-Malaysia's custom tour.

End of story.

My reaction to his day: Wahahahahaha...*faint from laughter*

A TRUE PISCESIAN I AM

Came across this astrology website ( http://www.pamelahabing.com/astrology/ ) while browsing through my cousin's blog. I must say that the description is freakingly accurate

Your most likeable trait: COMPASSION
Just as the first sign of the zodiac, Aries, represents a new beginning so the twelfth and last sign, Pisces, is the end of the circle, the sign of eternity, reincarnation, and spiritual rebirth. Many astrologers say that Pisces is a link to the spirit world and that you who are born under this sign are old souls, for they believe Pisceans to have experienced other lives in the past.
Pisceans have an other-worldly quality. In mystical terms, you are described as being half-body and half-spirit, pulled between material existence and spiritual concerns, possessed of the knowledge that you will never be entirely at home in the real world.

Like natives of the other water signs (Cancer and Scorpio), you have the ability to see deeply into the human psyche. Subtle and intuitive, you are born with the gift of prophecy, and may even become involved in the occult, ESP, and spiritualism. If you get a hunch, others would be wise to pay attention.

P.S: Mr Dory, I told you I've psychi powers, please believe me now! :)
Friends, don't attempt to lie to me. Me not saying doesn't mean I din realise :)

Ruled by Neptune, planet of mystery and illusion, your personality is elusive, fey, and quick-silvery. Your element is water, and the imagery of the sea is evident in how easily you adapt to the ever-shifting currents around you. More than natives of any other sign, you are enormously influenced by your surroundings and by the people who touch your life. Indeed, you have a unique ability to get under another person's skin, to take literally as your own another's problems, joys, and woes. At times you give away the very strength and emotional security you need for yourself.

OMG..this is so true. The one question I've been trying to answer: why is your problem my problem?

You possess superb intuitions and a seemingly bottomless understanding of other people, yet your extraordinary sensitivity can be your own most vulnerable point,. You are too impressionable to each passing influence, too susceptible to someone else's hard luck story or plea for help. For you, learning to say no can be a lifetime project and you may never learn how to do it at all.

This is no good!!

Pisces is know as the sign of self-undoing, and you may become the creator of your own downfall. You are impractical and fall prey to overindulgence. You also have a penchant for picking the wrong companions. At times, your life may become so punctuated with trouble and heartache that you try desperately to escape?and then you are like Eliza jumping from ice floe to ice flow, with no clear sense of where you are headed. Conflicting emotions and desires pull you to and fro. You must fight hard for stability, for the strength of purpose and balance needed to combat the negativity of laziness, carelessness, and emotional confusion..

I think I am at this juncture right now - a point punctuated with troubles and heartache. Haiz..

This is not to imply that you lack backbone. Indeed, you are capable of great sacrifice and hard work in the serve of a cause or an ideal. however, not many natives of this sign are suited to the harsh, rough-and-tumble world of business and commerce. Creative and intensely imaginative, you are more successful as a writer, musician, or artist. Pisces is the sign of the poet and the dreamer, and you strive to create a world that comes closer to your own unique vision. Among famous Piscean creators are Auguste Renoir, Frederic Chopin, Enrico Caruso, Vaslaw Nijinsky, Rudolph Nureyev, Elizabeth Barret Browning, and Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Fundamentally unsure of yourself, you prefer to work alone rather than with people. You have an instinct for finding what appears to the be the easy way out, and founder in the shallows of least resistance. This is why so many talented, charming, superior natives of this sign never attain the position in life to which their gifts entitle them.

Yes, I have no resistance towards my bed and my lazy bugs. So please stop asking me to do things which I think is a chore. Remember? 我是皇上！I only use my mouth and nothing else :)

You are a very special person whose sensitivity and awareness will always appeal to a select group. You are capable of high intellectual achievement and your magnetic, mysterious, engaging and delightful personality is heightened by an intriguing sense of drama.

You are also loyal, unselfish, and generous, always ready to help a friend who has fallen on hard times. Naturally kind, with a deep appreciation for the inner qualities of others, you are not concerned with the superficial and with what others see on the surface. You look at the inner soul, the essence. There is no more sensitive, perceptive friend, nor one more warmhearted, caring, devoted, and sentimental.

Conclusion: Friends, be glad that you have a pisces by your side.

How I wished I have a pisces as a friend who understands and is ever ready to give me a hand when I need it.