Chinese New Year 2010

Found this post in my draft, I must have drafted it in 2010 and forgot to post it.  these are photos of my loved one.

What would I like to change?

If I have a choice, I would like everyone in Gems to walk around with their shoes!

I have given up hope of cleaning this place, no matter how I clean the room, it remain dusty. What I don't understand is why no one feel it? Is it something wrong with me?

We never wash the stairs, so can anyone imagine how dirty the stairs are. I repeatedly told the teachers and the students to wear their shoes when they go upstairs but it has been 4 years and they still take off their shoes!.....sigh.... I am sure their feet is dirtier than their shoes!

I hate it when they go into the bathroom, the dirty footprints everywhere. But did they see it? NO. No body noticed except this grumpy old lady!

I can't complain, it is their culture, loud music, dirty feet and what else? oh yes, I must not complain, they are very sensitive.

Battambang's wedding.

Oh dear, some where, some one is getting married! I can hear the music since this morning 4.30 am. In fact, some one has been talking in loud speakers for hours non stop since yesterday.

I thought I have gotten used to the loudness but no, it still irritates me like crazy. We can't even hear ourselves think, the classes are affected, teachers have to shout to get the student to hear them......sigh.....

I gave myself a fright this afternoon.

The sleeping problem I have has finally took its toll. I came to my room after the school break at 11am, turned on my laptop and watched my favorite Korean drama.

The next thing I knew was I got up to a bright sunshine, the school was quiet. My reports spread out on the table! Oh dear, I am supposed to meet a Korean friend from Jireh Cafe at 5pm and give the Treasurer's report at the Feast at 6.30pm.......now, I missed all that and slept thru the night! How can this happen to me?

Then I realized that it was still today, the 12th of July.......sigh! I almost had a heart attack!

13th July 2013 at 2.30 am, I am back to the same sleeping problem again.

I am who I am.

It has been a week since I came back, I have settled in here very comfortably now. It is peaceful (expect for the occasion DEATH and WEDDING) and routine. no going to the mall, no makan dates with sisters and friends, no going for movie and no phone call.

The highlight in my kitchen is to watch my Korean Drama and it has proven to be very expensive since I am watching it on line .

I realized that I love being alone. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids, esp grandchildren, and occasionally friends visit. I love not talking to others when I don't feel like it, not cooking, not eating if I don't want to and best of all if I want to eat non stop also no one to tell me not to!

I can go to bed at 6 pm or 6 am, no one to ask me why and best of all, I do not have to please anyone. I can mess up my room, dirty my kitchen or I can make cakes after cakes and give away or wasting all my time away in FB.

Sleep comes early nowadays, my eyes can hardly open by 9 pm, the problem is I stay awake after 12 am till the morning.

Oh ya, one more thing, no one to tell me how young and how good I look! My hairs are all gray, I never ever dress up ( I do not go around naked) other then when I need to go for Bahaí functions.
I don't have a reputation of being young and beautiful over here, I came as an old lady and no one expect otherwise. In KL, I have to colour my hairs, dress for occasion BECAUSE the friends think that I am forever young and beautiful! They don't know how much time, money and effort to keep up to that reputation. So

I am who I am and I am now. Single, alone and HAPPY!

9/9/2013


So, who care if I like to act funny, post stupid pic of myself !  :-)

Life in Battambang 2

                                       
                                      
 New batch of Enzyme done.

                                     
  Dirty windows in the kitchen

 
 After 2 hours of hard labour, finally, the windows are clean. (not spotless, impossible)

                                       
 Guess how long it took me to clean every grill.

                                        
Finally all the windows in the Kitchen are cleaned.

                                                  Now the door is also clean.


Good job, Grace Chong, give yourself a pat on the shoulder.

Life in Battambang.

As I was cleaning the kitchen, I could not help but enjoy the solitary of my life. I have this confused personality, I love my friends, I love to have people around me but same time I enjoy being alone.

It has been years since I am allowed to live alone. Let's see, for the last four years that I am here....

We have Prema and Elizah. Melvine, Sheng Jie, Ann are always around.

 After that Ridvan was here, then the whole group of friends from Malaysia...that must be the best time of my life. they didn't live here in the same house but we met very often, we played games, and talked and often  had our meals together.

Then we have Su Fang and Kim for two years, they rented a room upstairs but toward the end of their stay they moved into my room with me. Now they too have left and Prema moved out,  I am finally alone.

For the last one year, I had Aida from Iceland, Jenna from Canada, May from UK sharing my room with me (rent free :-) ) Then Jun from China, June from New Zealand, June's parents, Su Fang's mum and friends, and many many more friends of Kim from China. Sigh...... my hectic life!

Now all left and the next group coming will be November....looking forward to meet them again....

Back to blog and hope to keep it up.

It is 5 am now and I think I have serious problem with sleep. No matter how hard I tried, sleep just would not come.

I have been away from my blog for so long, since I could not sleep, reading my own blog proved to be very refreshing..... didn't realize how well I wrote. (as I said earlier, modesty is not my virtue)

For a long time I have been telling myself to go back to blogging. My last trip to London, met  someone with whom  I met for the first time, who has been reading my blog, reinforced my believed that I should write again.

I think I have lost the art of writing, just don't know what to write. Or may be my life has become so uneventful, so dull that I can't find anything to write. Yes, my life has been dull, many of you may not agree since I go holiday few times a year. Or may be it is me ! I have become boring and uninteresting old lady who can't find joy in life anymore.