Retirement

I wish to retire from the game of basketball – this is the feeling I felt after each basketball game. However, the ‘retirement’ usually didn’t last very long. I play basketball for the first time since last August, in which we won the 3 on 3 competition. The main reason for the feeling of retirement is due to my performance- not even able to beat players whom I think not worthy to play against, that I should crush them like elephant stepping on ants. Yet however, my current self is less than one tenth of whom I used to be. I still think I can soar when I can barely jump. I still think I can move swiftly when I can barely move. I still think I can shoot like Jordan when all I can do is throw bricks. Time for a real retirement perhaps.

The Malaysia War Monument.

First visit back to this place since 1988. This is the first visit for Sacha and Hong Yi. Having similar concepts to places like Perth’s King’s Park, I wonder why not many Malaysian come to this place. It’s just filled with tourist from China. Where’s all the local tourist?

Bye Bye Lai Meng

This is the end for my Primary school Lai Meng, which will be dismantle next year and rebuild at a different location. There are so many memorable moment in the school. Top ten memorable moments/location are:

10. The basketball court- my first ever basketball experience.

9. The kindergarten playground

8. The canteen - somehow remember it to be bigger.

7. The netball hoop and ping pong table

6. The roof on top of the path – For six years I wish I can run on top of them.

5. Staircase - This particular staircase is where I was stationed as Prefect.

4. Chess corner – This corner is where I sit and play Chinese Chess with friends.

3. The Long Kang – My fell here in standard five not only cost me the chance to March in Merdeka day, but also gave me a 4 inch scar that still exist today.

2. The ‘dream toilet’ – A weird design toilet always mysteriously appear in my dream for many years. (Two toilets next to each other). The most interesting thing is I forgot all about this toilet until my recent visit. Apparently one is for primary students and the other is for kindergarten kids.

1. The classroom - THIS IS THE PLACE !!! This is where I was being PUNISHED to STAND OUTSIDE the classroom for the first time in my life.. I was only Kindergarten at the time. What did I do wrong by the way? Really would like to ask the teacher. It should be the year 1981. Who was the teacher at the time?

Run

Completed the 10km run (Standard Chartered), however, not quite within my objective of 75mins. I finished it in 76 minutes plus which is really-close-very-far. This gives me motivation to surpass that in coming run.

Hong Yi turning two

Time flies. Hong Yi is now two years old. A year ago, he could barely walk on his first birthday and now he talks nonstop (although we may not understand what he is trying to say half the time). I have the feeling he knows that it is his birthday and he is really enjoying the few day’s activities we plan for him.

Hong Yi and his birthday present - basketball

Basketball Competition

Who would have imagined that my very first basketball competition medal comes at the age of 38 (two months shy of it to be exact). Champion! This is way beyond our initial target of final 4. My shots aren’t all falling, legs are slow, body is weak, back is painful but hey, our competition face similar problems cause this is a competition for uncles. Ha ha.

Burger

Following a great burger experience at the Burger Lab, I hereby announced BurgerLab as current champion in producing best burger in Malaysia. Carl Junior Burger came close at second, followed by Chilies and Wendy’s. Anybody else has any other great burger joint to recommend?

Dooodolls

Following several visit to Dooodolls office, our house is now flooded with various Dooodolls toys.

We even have some unique merchandise that is not available anywhere else in the world:-

Sunny Twins Tissue Box

Reddish & Sunny Twins Coin Box / Statue

Reddish Twins Carry Bag

A Pleasant Surprise for HongYi

Toys

These are some of HY's favorite toys to date:

1, Reddish Twins - still his favorite soft toys

2, Swords - between 13 - 18 months old

3, Bowling - between 18 - 21 months old

4, Fishing - about 20 months old

5, Bus - 21 months old - current

All seems to make perfect sense, except maybe the bus. I wonder how long would it last.

Back to Perth

Further to my last visit, which is about a year ago, I am heading back to Perth tonight. There are still many area of the city that is worth exploring for me despite spending almost seven years of my life there. Weird isn’t it.

I believe the same principle applies to the very city that I reside now. There must be plenty more places to explore which I just simply didn’t do it. I guess I must be thinking that It’s just around the corner and it will never go away. Well, it will never go away, but I will never go there either, not unless I change my state of mind.

New Phone

After months of struggling with an aging mobile phone (more than 3 years old, which is a dinosaur in today’s phone market), I finally got myself a new mobile phone – Samsung S3 Mini. I wouldn’t call it an advance high tech phone, but is more than sufficient for my usage.

The phone is selected based on size and price as I know little about Samsung and Android phone. This will be my very first Android phone. The other two popular phones that I did not select are Samsung S3 – also known as very big phone and Samsung Notes 2 – also known as freaking big phone. Phones are just getting bigger and bigger nowadays.