Borrowed the book from the library last week. Was hoping for some tips on how to grow old gracefully from a 68 year old ex model.
Glad to say not much to be learned. So I am on the right track with my exercise, positive thinking and keeping occupied with activities of interest.
Good for me.
Second book was on Meditations. Unfortunately the book spoke more on the need to meditate rather than how to meditate. Obviously, one needs a quiet place for the exercise which at present is not very possible for me. Guess that has to be postponed to a later date.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Ups and Downs
In life there got to be ups and downs. and they say that one need to have downs to appreciate the ups.
Well today I feel.Maybe its PMS or is it Menopausal symptoms or is it just one of those days. Nothing really bad or disastrous but it just made me feel down
When I went for my denture fittings the second time this morning, the good doctor just couldn't get it fitted in well. When he finally could get it in after one full hour, he wasn't satisfied. He didn't want me to take it and pronounced that I need to get another dentist. Like I say, nothing disastrous but it sound something like, I have no cure for you. Now I guess I have a better picture of how patients feel when doctors gave them bad news.
Well if all goes well, this day should help me to appreciate another day that is good.
Well today I feel.Maybe its PMS or is it Menopausal symptoms or is it just one of those days. Nothing really bad or disastrous but it just made me feel down
When I went for my denture fittings the second time this morning, the good doctor just couldn't get it fitted in well. When he finally could get it in after one full hour, he wasn't satisfied. He didn't want me to take it and pronounced that I need to get another dentist. Like I say, nothing disastrous but it sound something like, I have no cure for you. Now I guess I have a better picture of how patients feel when doctors gave them bad news.
Well if all goes well, this day should help me to appreciate another day that is good.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Recent Plans
Things I have started and things I hope to start.
started
1. Walking 3.5 km on the treadmill everyday except on days of heavy flow and pain. I am enjoying it and I hope to increase the distance as the days go by. One hour a day dedicated to my health.
2. Today I learn to open the Bursa website with the help of my brother-in-law / share market advisor for the last 10 years. This should materialised my wish to learn economics and open my world to money. Don't get me wrong. I am not venturing into share market big time but rather to widen my scope of education. Of course if it comes with a little risk taking and a little income, who is complaining. But all that will come after my 'first semester'
to start
1. a note book on recipes to try and recipes accepted edited and accepted as dishes for the family.
to do
1. get my hair cut so that I don't look so drape.
2. solve my long term fibroid problem with the help of UH.
started
1. Walking 3.5 km on the treadmill everyday except on days of heavy flow and pain. I am enjoying it and I hope to increase the distance as the days go by. One hour a day dedicated to my health.
2. Today I learn to open the Bursa website with the help of my brother-in-law / share market advisor for the last 10 years. This should materialised my wish to learn economics and open my world to money. Don't get me wrong. I am not venturing into share market big time but rather to widen my scope of education. Of course if it comes with a little risk taking and a little income, who is complaining. But all that will come after my 'first semester'
to start
1. a note book on recipes to try and recipes accepted edited and accepted as dishes for the family.
to do
1. get my hair cut so that I don't look so drape.
2. solve my long term fibroid problem with the help of UH.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Retirement and Blessings.
Ha ha ha 3rd blog as my brain is still rattling with thoughts.
Do you know that the most popular question asked for the last 1 year is. 'So how is retired life? What are you doing to occupied yourself?Boring ah?'
To all that cares, I need to tell you all that it is GOOD, GOOD GOOD except for the pocket.I am fully enjoying it, Having a time of my life doing what I love best at my own rate. I enjoyed planning and cooking for the family. I look forward to every Tuesday when I get to sit in the library and read read read.I love the books and I am reading from trash and award winning stories, to philosophy to travels and mythology, health, cooking, crafts and endless other interests that I am picking up. I bought my sewing machine and I am planning to do the handicrafts once I decide to spend on the lessons and the materials. ( Do you know that one little ball of wool cost RM48 and quilt lessons ask for hundreds of dollars not including the materials?)
I enjoy planning the food to prepare for E every weekend and 'plotting' the kind of dishes Au need to learn before boarding the plane to Glasgow next year.
Reading the newspaper is updating myself with the upfront news. Reading the advertisements opens my eyes to the shopping bargains. For gossips and the other type of news, the internet is endless.I now know how people can spend hours on the net. It just goes on and on and the endless info one can obtain from it.
I find myself happier and I smile more to the people I meet especially grouchy salesgirls and moody clerks. And do you know that it brings wonderfull results because they start to smile back.Isn't it wonderful?
I sleep well at night with no nightmares and fearful thoughts of disaster at the school front.I do not hear spiteful vengeful remarks that upsets me even when it does not involve me. Personally, I prefer people to think positively because I think we pass this way but once. Why don't we make the best of it instead of picking the worst?
I am yet to spent more time with friend s and ex students that have been calling and waiting to go out for tea and a chat. I am so blessed. I need to spend more time too with my siblings.
Well all things come with a 'but' at the end. Retiring makes me a bit more cautious with my spending. I begin to ponder a bit longer before I spend. I begin to want to plan my finances. To me it is not bad. For the first time we are conscious of what is happening in the financial world and how it is affecting us. I do not depend solely on financial advisers but start to think for ourselves.( I find the facts and make Daddy think. heh heh heh) Economics is another interest I hope to pick up.
As I mentioned before, I pay more attention to my health and take positive steps to improve it. Basically that means more time to take care of myself and the family.
In other words the lost of income do affects me but the benefits of retiring far covers it. Except for the slight pinch of guilt of making daddy the only bread earner, I am happy. Not forgetting the pension that is life long. I thank God for His Blessings.
Do you know that the most popular question asked for the last 1 year is. 'So how is retired life? What are you doing to occupied yourself?Boring ah?'
To all that cares, I need to tell you all that it is GOOD, GOOD GOOD except for the pocket.I am fully enjoying it, Having a time of my life doing what I love best at my own rate. I enjoyed planning and cooking for the family. I look forward to every Tuesday when I get to sit in the library and read read read.I love the books and I am reading from trash and award winning stories, to philosophy to travels and mythology, health, cooking, crafts and endless other interests that I am picking up. I bought my sewing machine and I am planning to do the handicrafts once I decide to spend on the lessons and the materials. ( Do you know that one little ball of wool cost RM48 and quilt lessons ask for hundreds of dollars not including the materials?)
I enjoy planning the food to prepare for E every weekend and 'plotting' the kind of dishes Au need to learn before boarding the plane to Glasgow next year.
Reading the newspaper is updating myself with the upfront news. Reading the advertisements opens my eyes to the shopping bargains. For gossips and the other type of news, the internet is endless.I now know how people can spend hours on the net. It just goes on and on and the endless info one can obtain from it.
I find myself happier and I smile more to the people I meet especially grouchy salesgirls and moody clerks. And do you know that it brings wonderfull results because they start to smile back.Isn't it wonderful?
I sleep well at night with no nightmares and fearful thoughts of disaster at the school front.I do not hear spiteful vengeful remarks that upsets me even when it does not involve me. Personally, I prefer people to think positively because I think we pass this way but once. Why don't we make the best of it instead of picking the worst?
I am yet to spent more time with friend s and ex students that have been calling and waiting to go out for tea and a chat. I am so blessed. I need to spend more time too with my siblings.
Well all things come with a 'but' at the end. Retiring makes me a bit more cautious with my spending. I begin to ponder a bit longer before I spend. I begin to want to plan my finances. To me it is not bad. For the first time we are conscious of what is happening in the financial world and how it is affecting us. I do not depend solely on financial advisers but start to think for ourselves.( I find the facts and make Daddy think. heh heh heh) Economics is another interest I hope to pick up.
As I mentioned before, I pay more attention to my health and take positive steps to improve it. Basically that means more time to take care of myself and the family.
In other words the lost of income do affects me but the benefits of retiring far covers it. Except for the slight pinch of guilt of making daddy the only bread earner, I am happy. Not forgetting the pension that is life long. I thank God for His Blessings.
healthy health and being chicken
OK OK OK, I can practically hear the comments... When she blogs she puts on a few blogs at one go and then she will disappear for a period. Well that's me when it comes it pours. ha ha ha.
February sees me giving attention to my health.
Started with my blood test and ultrasound of my womb(do you know it is torture having a full bladder and having the radiologist pressing on your abdomen?) followed by the face to face with my physician and the gynaecologist. That accounts for 4 trips to UH.Result.. Cholesterol is slightly over the border( doctor thinks it is due to CNY and I believe so too with all the oysters, scallops, prawns and all the rich food). Action... on the treadmill everyday for approximately 1.5 to 2.5 km over a period of 20 to 30 minutes. Hope to increase as the days go by.
Next 3 fibroid are seen and a new procedure (introduced to M'sia for the first time in January 2009) is recommended. Forget the medical term. I need to be lying face down, still, fully conscious for 3 hours. Ultrasound will be used to kill the 3 little bumps and then I get to go home. Simple non invasive, safe blah blah blah.says the Doctor. Yes I agree but lying still for 3 hours? I wish I could be fully sedated!
Finally went for my dreaded dentist visit and had one filling done and a spare denture. I have a dentist who is so caring, soft spoken, patient, gentle, understanding( he has to listen to my expression of fear every time I visit him and he still assures me and calm me down as if I am a 5 year old ) Thank you Dr, Mak.
All that done, time to look into the finance since hoping daddy will retire at 55, planning financial freedom and hoping for enough porridge to last us through. A good reason to be slim and fit as we approaches ooooooold age.
Not forgetting beloved LL's wedding in May. Shopping for presents, clothing again and welcoming a nephew-in law to the family.
Cheerio.
February sees me giving attention to my health.
Started with my blood test and ultrasound of my womb(do you know it is torture having a full bladder and having the radiologist pressing on your abdomen?) followed by the face to face with my physician and the gynaecologist. That accounts for 4 trips to UH.Result.. Cholesterol is slightly over the border( doctor thinks it is due to CNY and I believe so too with all the oysters, scallops, prawns and all the rich food). Action... on the treadmill everyday for approximately 1.5 to 2.5 km over a period of 20 to 30 minutes. Hope to increase as the days go by.
Next 3 fibroid are seen and a new procedure (introduced to M'sia for the first time in January 2009) is recommended. Forget the medical term. I need to be lying face down, still, fully conscious for 3 hours. Ultrasound will be used to kill the 3 little bumps and then I get to go home. Simple non invasive, safe blah blah blah.says the Doctor. Yes I agree but lying still for 3 hours? I wish I could be fully sedated!
Finally went for my dreaded dentist visit and had one filling done and a spare denture. I have a dentist who is so caring, soft spoken, patient, gentle, understanding( he has to listen to my expression of fear every time I visit him and he still assures me and calm me down as if I am a 5 year old ) Thank you Dr, Mak.
All that done, time to look into the finance since hoping daddy will retire at 55, planning financial freedom and hoping for enough porridge to last us through. A good reason to be slim and fit as we approaches ooooooold age.
Not forgetting beloved LL's wedding in May. Shopping for presents, clothing again and welcoming a nephew-in law to the family.
Cheerio.
Year of the OX
End of January marks the beginning of the year of the ox. As usual the cny was celebrated with angpows baking, cooking, shopping, angpows and eating not forgetting the meeting of all friends and all family members.
Baking............ ahhhhh. together with Au, we added a few new recipes to our cookies collection. The macadamia chocolate was a hot favourite (even uncle fit fit who normally does not take cookies love it.) Next was the sesame which was also a hit. The rest was the normal peanut (JH love it so much that he requested for a carton when he flies off to England!!!), the melt in the mouth butter cookies, coconut cornflake raisins, and the cheese sticks which was another favourite of JH. It is nice to be baking and finds so many enjoying them.I always wonder when will the kids grew out of the cookies craze at which time I hope I have grandchildren to bake for.
Cooking cny's special dishes is always daddy's love. I will do the suggestion and talking and he will hold the wok and presents the dishes. His favourite is our prosperity pot and the vegetarian on the first day.This year Au broke the vegetarians part before midday as she casually comes down stairs and plop a cookie into her month!
Shopping for new clothes is always a hassle not because we don't like shopping or that we don't know what to buy. Rather every member of the family will complain that the wardrobe is filled to the brine and can't put in another outfit. Daddy will always try to pass his down to free some place thus resulting in the boys resisting anything more than one t-shirt. One would think that the simple solution is just to get them to donate or to give away some old clothing.Unfortunately, the children can't accept that and I have been baned from their cupboards. In their words,those are ours and not for you to throw.Well, who ask you to request for thrifty kids?
CNy is also the season for reunions and along with it feasting. This year we had 2 dinners at The Gardens (his group and mine), one tim sum brunch and course dinner at, Kepong and at the Desa Waterpark.Lucky CNY comes but once a year. itself 12 months is not enough to work off all the extra calories!
Not forgetting are the visits from my ex students.The phone calls came non end and the groups gathered all through the 15 days. IT is nice to catch up on their activities for the year and cute to realise that many are in their 3os and 40s. Boy am I old or not!
Baking............ ahhhhh. together with Au, we added a few new recipes to our cookies collection. The macadamia chocolate was a hot favourite (even uncle fit fit who normally does not take cookies love it.) Next was the sesame which was also a hit. The rest was the normal peanut (JH love it so much that he requested for a carton when he flies off to England!!!), the melt in the mouth butter cookies, coconut cornflake raisins, and the cheese sticks which was another favourite of JH. It is nice to be baking and finds so many enjoying them.I always wonder when will the kids grew out of the cookies craze at which time I hope I have grandchildren to bake for.
Cooking cny's special dishes is always daddy's love. I will do the suggestion and talking and he will hold the wok and presents the dishes. His favourite is our prosperity pot and the vegetarian on the first day.This year Au broke the vegetarians part before midday as she casually comes down stairs and plop a cookie into her month!
Shopping for new clothes is always a hassle not because we don't like shopping or that we don't know what to buy. Rather every member of the family will complain that the wardrobe is filled to the brine and can't put in another outfit. Daddy will always try to pass his down to free some place thus resulting in the boys resisting anything more than one t-shirt. One would think that the simple solution is just to get them to donate or to give away some old clothing.Unfortunately, the children can't accept that and I have been baned from their cupboards. In their words,those are ours and not for you to throw.Well, who ask you to request for thrifty kids?
CNy is also the season for reunions and along with it feasting. This year we had 2 dinners at The Gardens (his group and mine), one tim sum brunch and course dinner at, Kepong and at the Desa Waterpark.Lucky CNY comes but once a year. itself 12 months is not enough to work off all the extra calories!
Not forgetting are the visits from my ex students.The phone calls came non end and the groups gathered all through the 15 days. IT is nice to catch up on their activities for the year and cute to realise that many are in their 3os and 40s. Boy am I old or not!
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