Decision making

He called and brought the reality closer.

Right now, that person could be me, but the opportunity is not going to be there in 6 months time!

*Sign* :(

A Series of Unfortunate Events

So, it started with that there was this tree that I wanted to trim; there was brother's car parking under the tree. (Note: The car hasn't been started for a year now...) So the plan was pushing the car out first, so we can jump start it and park somewhere safe when the worker trim my tree. However, the reality was a little bit more complicated than that... A day with a series of unfortunate events. A day with a good story to tell now.

First, we had to push the 2.2 L Toyota Camery out! (Well, HE had to push it out without breakfast, when I just simply sat in and steered). He was extremely strong and managed to move the whole car with good speed! (I didn't know those Weet-Bix ads were real :o) It was a good start, except that my leg was too short or the break wasn't working :x I almost didn't stop the car in time (Hand break! See I am smart, sometimes :p) Phew~~

Next step - Jump start! So, I left the car and helped him to drive my car out of my garage, so we can use my powerful 3L Nissan. After few adjustments, he finally got cars close enough for the jump start wires. Carefully, he started my car engine and then connected the wire, when I supervised by not touching anything, but looking.

*HONK* *HONK* Brother's car alarm went off madly! Yeah!! A great sign!! Then, out of joy, I approached the Camery and found myself got locked out. Yes, the key was in my brothers car when the alarm went off and automatically locked the car.

So, two hours after, we decided that neither of us should ever consider to be a car thief as a career. Oh! Did I mention that it was raining too? Spare key? No, I called bro in UK and unfortunately, there was no spare key.

My lovely buddy gave me his AA (Automobile Association) card, so I can call the road service. Then, I found out that he HAS to be there :( In the end, my kids' mother came with her membership card. Phew~ finally, I got hold on AA and they sent a rescue car to my place. He opened the car in one minute, jumped start the car and left! Yeah!

So you thought that's the end of my jump start story? NOPE! By this time, I was exhausted and scared at my brothers car, so I asked the supportive him to move the car and possibly went for a bit of drive to recharge the battery. He kindly agreed and drove away. As I was feeling relieved and turned to chatted with my concerned neighbours, I saw him running back toward me. What's wrong now? - The engine died, soon after it left the driveway and the wheel and everything was locked and lost control. Fortunately, he wasn't hurt and was able to park the car about 150 m away from my house. However, the car window was still down :( Thus, he came back to take the jump start wires and we drove his car to my brother's car in the hope to have enough power to close the window. We weren't able to start the car, but at least the window now is close.

Phow~~ *The End* for now...

Chicken Wing Party

There are few of my HK colleagues who love chicken wings so much that they always fight for them every time we go out. So one day we decided that it would be an awesome idea to have a chicken wing only party. Thus, that's today!

The rule was everyone had to bring a dish that consisted of chicken wings, so we had

• The so called Grilled Thai Chicken Wings ("There are 10! Who hasn't eaten mine??!!")
• Coca-Cola Chicken Wings.
• Lee Kum Kee Oyster Sauce Chicken Wings
• Chicken (wing meat) Salad
• Spicy Chicken Wings
• Indo style Chicken Wings with Tofu
• Grilled BONELESS Chicken Wings with Sweet-Chilli sauce
• Pizza Hut Fried Chicken Wings

Err...Now, I am chicken wing off :x

Dehydration

The drinking water at work was contaminated, so we had no water for the whole day.

Yes, there was bottled water got distributed and I was the first few victims having it - Best before May 2007 :x

Puhoi Kayaking

I started the day with my favourite breakfast - McDonald Egg & Beacon Muffin! Then, we drove up to Puhoi for the river kayaking :)

There was no "Low Mileage Club", but a lot of rain, singing, laughing and fun! We wondered around streams and explored the 12 km of the Puhoi river where we were advised to go to. I got tired in the end and it was also the toughest bit as we were close to the coast. The wind was strong and the wave kept pushing me to the mangrove. It was so frustrating that no matter how hard I paddled, I didn't seem to move much. In the end, I was lucky to got "towed away"

I got home and my garden has also been made-over :) It's all tidy up and neat :)

"我馬達真好！" :D

Teamwork

A gigantic trousers, two crazy people, both in - roll over!

What an effort! What a team work! :D

Offer

I have been talking to many people and asking for opinions on my future.

• Some have taken time and personal interests to share their experience/knowledge even from across the Tasman.
• Some have invited me over for a Philippine dinner or pancake breakfast and given me insightful information;
  
• Some have looked out for me;
• Some have offered what I want and put no pressure on me;
• Some have spent a lot of cellphone money and made me not feel alone; and
  
• Some has always been there for me and felt excited for me, no matter what decision I am making in the end.
  

I feel grateful to have those people in my life. Now, with offers on the tables, it's time to go back my un-so-happy relationship and see if they can give me what I want.