Not Again...

Some grouses that's been on air at home for the last few days, n it went like..

"B, something wrong with my handphone lar..Some weird sound coming from it, n people cannot hear what I'm saying, I can't hear what they are saying..Funny ah?"

To prove his point, he made me talk from his phone while he called me using my handphone (which btw, is also the same model as his & is hardly 3 1/2 months old & so far has not gvn me a single bad tell-tale sign)

N so, last weekend, armed with the invoice & warranty, he went off to thrash the unsuspecting poor guys who sold the handphone to this man..

He came back n told me meekly "B,they say it will take about 3 weeks to repair the phone. I think we will just take it to the Nokia Service Centre back home in M'sia.."

I just looked at him with a glaze in my eyes..Even after guessing that this is gona happen somewhere along the way, I cant help feelin' AMAZED..

A sense of deja vu..I mean, like how many times can a person's handphone go wrong?

Can someone please sympathise with me??

Thank you.

Bai.

Happy New Year to the Indians Worldwide

Happy New Year, Puttandu Vaazhtukal,Vishu Ashamsagal, Ugadhi Wishes, Vaisakhi Wishes to All..

Posting pictures is becoming a very 'A' task, which explains the only one pic..
Just like how sending sms is, Especially sending it to all near & dear on a festival day..
Which explains why I didn't do it yesterday..

Anyway, my prayers and well wishes will always be with you..

Like I said, age is catching up..
N i'm beginning to think like a person from zaman Paleolitik..
Maybe at 40, i'd refuse to use my PC..
At 45, refuse to go to work,
At 50, refuse to walk..
At 60, refuse to move..
Before all that happens, I hope God decides that He's had enough of my living nonsense..

Moral of the story...
Memory fading,
Age catching up..

* 'A' task is for Annoying, Agitating, Aggravating..

Quotable Quotes

'Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past'

-George Orwell,1903-1950

'Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing can ever be made'

-Immanuel Kant,1724-1804

'He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent'

-Proverbs,29,xviii

'Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

Nothing ain't worth nothing, but it's free'

-'Me and Bobby McGee', Kriskristofferson

'In trouble to be troubled is to have your trouble doubled'

-The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe

Some quotable quotes for the soul..

Miracles Do Happen..

When I tell some people back home that it is winter now in Dubai and the air is chilling cold at 10-12 degrees celcius even at daytime, they laugh in my face..

N They go like, "Yeah right, Shuba..Tell me it snows there also.."
Huh? Ok, i do understand that Geography is not a famous subject in school for most of us(neither has it ever been my forte..) but of course, I now live in this desert and I've got better things to do than pulling pranks like a 5-year-old..

So, to those of you who refused to believe me & to those who did believe me also..
Here goes.. IT DID SNOW YESTERDAY in one of the neighbouring emirates here which is oh-so-blessed with mountains & sheer greenery.. Ras Al-Khaimah..

N in Umm Al-Quwain, the place I live in.. unfortunately no snow, but there was a heavy thunderstorm & hail rain..

Some pics :-

Hang In There..

Well, it hasn't been a splendid start into the year for many of us..
What with the worst-ever economic recession in the making, financial topsy-turvies, raging wars, innocent lives taken away, emotional dramas here & there, n broken hearts along the way..

In short,an insecure future staring at us bleakly..
Hoping as much as we do that we can secure it; for the sake of the future itself..

But, let us all just remember :

• When the going gets tough, the Tough gets Going..
• Winners Don't Quit AND Quitters Don't Win..

So..
Hang in there,
Do not Despair,
The Greatest Lord who brought us here,
Will see to it that we are forever kept in His care..

Cheers, people..

Why Does My Life Worry You? - Part II

Haihh, my BP shot up by the time i finished making myself clear on the 1st part of the "Why does my Life Worry You?" series coz I'm just plain mad at some people..
N because the 2nd part is equally pissing off, I had to have a break or I'd have broken my keyboard pads in fury..
- Maybe I shall not elaborate on the 2nd part of it, coz even the dumbest people will understand that it shouldn't be any of their business the moment they read the heading..

2. The Fact that I Don't Have a Baby Yet..

• Again, its totally up to my husband and me to worry about it.. N so far, he and I are totally fine with it (Even if 1 day, he feels that I'm not good enough for him n if he chooses to walk away, that's still my problem to handle - just dont come to tell me what I should have done to keep him..Though im sure he walking away from me is equavalent to a kebarangkalian of 1 to a zillion zillion..hehe..)
• I believe that a child is not just born to sexual doings.. Its the greatest gift ever to a couple, given by the Great Lord..
• N just like He knows evrything else, He also knows when is the right time to handover the beautiful gift down to us..So till He does, I hope people on Earth don't act like God n give stupid advises n so-called concerned talk..If you have a child, good for you n do enjoy the pleasure & take good care of him/her..Don't start teaching me about how to go about it n when is the right time to do it, n what positions (OMG, funny n so disgusting how people can talk abt such delicate & sensitive matters to a near stranger..I mean, just how?)
• N to all those people who look down on me pitifully n ask "Wei, wat only you both doing at night lar?Just good for eating n sleeping is it?"n that sort of really freaking dumb questions, just remember..Its your karma, not MINE.. (I regret to say that some of these people are not outsiders, but people whom I love and count on - some very close family members)..

I do not wish to say more coz this happens to be a very sensitive matter n if i continue to say things, more people will be sinned, coz every word posted here is done in pain and agony & God definitelyhas watched me cry coz of some of these dumb people..No doubt its been very hurting to me, I do not want them to be sinned..

On the contrary, I've had some very understanding friends like Nisha (Im sorry I had to bring up yr name again,but you've been a great friend n a more of a sister,my dear) and Hemma and Kavi who have stood by me all these years n known me in and out.. If anyone outside my immediate family members have got the rights to know the reason I do not have a baby till now, its people like you.. N also some of you who haven't been mentioned, but are very close to my heart n I know i can relate to..


P/S : The last 2 posts serve as a gentle reminder to all I know, family, friends n foes..

Now, if you ever have the urge to continue giving out crude remarks to me, I warn you, that you may not like the way I respond to you or the crude answers I can come up with to match or even be worse than your scale of crudeness..

Yours faithfully,
Shuba

Why does my life worry you??

There are currently TWO things that I am being under constant scrutiny for..

N guess wat?

Those precise two things are actually mine (n if there's another soul concerned here, its my husband) to worry / brood about..

But I dont see the reason for others to give crude remarks about it to me, when it is absolutely none of their damn bloody business..

1. The Fact that I have piled up on Fat..

• First and foremost reason, I do not (I repeat..) I DO NOT in anyway depend on a single cent from ANYONE to buy food for myself.. That itself is a very good reason for people to shut their big mouths.. As long as I don't take away your food / money from you, you do not have to worry about my eating habits or my BMI..


• Secondly, if there is another soul to be concerned about it, I give that credit to my dear husband, because I belong body, heart & soul to him n only him.. So he may feel that I'm a disgrace to him (in or out of bed..), but of course, that is not the case.. As far as I know, he is a man so wonderful that he hardly belittles anyone he knows.. N of course, he loves me all that much till you can't even begin to imagine just how much.. N very importantly, he does not belong to the cheap category of people who love to pass rude comments on other people's looks / BMI / whatever n feel nothing about it..


• Thirdly, I would have given the cheap skates some credit if they had first bothered to ask, "Hey gal, u seem to be piling on the weight too much these days..I hope its only because ur happy n its showing..n nothing to worry about.." BUT of course, they are too shallow-minded for all that.. They just bombard.. "Wei, u have put on so much of weight la..can u get in thru the door? Or even worse, can the aeroplane bear your weight?" Wow, i can't begin to explain the urge I have to say some very flowery words I have to these people..

Now, for the sake of clarity to all my family members / friends / foes who have been very supportive to me n also to shallow-minded,cheap skate, frog under the shell people, I choose to disclose this information..
(Mind you..Its not to defend myself, but rather share what I am facing with kind n cruel people around me..So that the ones who care will be kept in the knowing n so that the stupid,shallow-minded ones will know that people, women especially, DO put on weight for reasons other than stuffing too much food down their throats..)

So, i suffer from a condition known as PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) which is a type of hormonal imbalance n the main symptom of it is unexplainable n sudden weight increase.. Those who want to learn more about it can google the term PCOS and there are several articles which will help to explain things in a more medical sort of way..
And I've been going for treatments in Msia n now in Umm Al Quwain Hospital..There's this wonderful gynae here, her name is Dr.Preetha n she has been so helpful in explaining things to me n treating me..

I hope to be able to go thru all the treatments n come out with a clean bill of health..

N just a word of advice to all women readers..This may seem like a small problem, but it causes a lot of unwanted stress n psychological effect on the patient, esp so if its a married woman.. N so, don't take matters lightly.. N if you happen to know anyone who suffers from the same problem, do ask them to seek medical treatment promptly..

to be continued..

Realization..A Handful of Pain,a Heartful of Joy..

Have u ever thought of..

• Who is the most important person in your life?
• Whom do u love most in your life?
• If that ONE person leaves you, will you die inside, will he/she take away yr life with him/her too?
• Who scored the goal: Your parent(s)?Your spouse?Your kids?Your friend?A relative?
  
  On the other hand..

In whose life ru the most important person?

• Who regards you as the most important person in their life?
• Who loves you the most in this world?
• If you leave that person, will he/she be able to ever take it?

Who is that person: Your parent(s)?Your spouse?Your kids?Your friend?A relative?

Will you be hurt if you love & cherish a person so much, they become your priority, the centre of your world n the reason you are living..But they do not regard you in the same way, their world and love n life is another person,n not you? Or when you realize that you've regarded with the same importance everything that they treasure in their life as important, but they placed everything that's important to you at the last ranking??
Or will you be so overjoyed n overcome with untold emotions and a feeling so beautiful, when a friend for whom you've done NOTHING, except being a faraway companion, tells you that ur one of the most important/loved person in his/her life?
*Thanks,ma (U know who u are).. U made me cry..U made me wonder why..U made me fly..Really so high..

..Sometimes, especially at times like that, God teaches you a lesson..

Never to take anything for granted..

To YOUR world, U maybe someone,

But to someone, U may be the world..

How true!!

..N today i realized the true meaning of life, what are priorities all about..

-I've decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadow-

-If i fail, if i succeed, at least i live as i believe-

-No matter what they take from me, they can't take away my dignity-

-Because the greatest love of all is happening to me-

-Learning to love YOURSELF, it is the greatest LOVE of all-

So here you go,shuba..

UR the most important / most loved person in YOUR life..

Even if ur not the most important / loved person in anyone's life, remember that you are the most important / loved person in your life..

N remember that your Creator loves you so much that He's giving you evry comfort to cushion whatever hurdles u face in your life, saying each time "I'll be with you,my child"..

N always remember that at any point in yr life, u can just walk up to yr parents n they'd always be thre to hug u tight n tell u dat ur the most precious treasure of theirs..

N u have earned such good friendships that'd last u thru a lifetime..

So wats the big deal if u failed to secure a place anywhre else?

My Realization..

A Handful of Pain,a Heartful of Joy..