Happenings around Us

Been busy at work since we are short handed. Expect to get replacement in a month's time. Otherwise, life is as usual, busy with kids at home, rosaries at BEC members houses nightly for the whole week and some weekend activities with familiy members. Haven't been following much on what's on the news lately. Now let's take some time to look at what's happening. I heard about the budget (that makes no difference to me) and the 100 storey building. There is also some movement in facebook against it but frankly, I do not have a strong stand on the matter. Do we really need another sky scrapper in KL? The mega project would be a windfall for a few (already rich) people awarded the project and probably help 15,000 foreign workers get jobs constructing the building. To me and the general public, there is no benefit. Maybe someone might say it is national pride, well, I say BS. So I don't have a strong stand on this, with or without, makes absolutely no difference.

Then there are the 2 by-elections which I am not following. I have a feeling BN will bag both if not at least one of them. Also there has been talk about the general election coming soon. As a lone citizen, as much as I want things to improve, but what can I do? All I can do is to exercise my rights at the polls to pick whom I think is less corrupt, more just and fair. I urge all to do the same, exercise your rights at polling time. The worst thing anyone can do is to not make your one vote count. If you have not register yourself, please do so at the nearest Postal Office.

Also there is the Anwar's ridiculous trail and TBH's never ending inquest. I find it funnily sad that we are still trying to find out if TBH killed himself or was killed, for more than a year now. If TBH was found to have been murdered, what's next? All evidence would have disappeared by now, so how will there be any prosecution on the murderer/s?

Natural disasters are happening in Indonesia, tsunami and volcano erupting. We can only pray for the victims and their families. Then we have murders happening everywhere, just a few days ago, there was news on a murder by gunshot near where I stay. Also heard about the skeletal remains found near Broga Hill, which I think was related to the high profile murder of the business woman. 2 days ago, a well meaning friend sent an email complete with pictures of a murdered child in her uniform. This little girl went missing on her way to take her UPSR exam recently and was found brutally murdered. It was really heart wrenching to see the pictures, I couldn't bring myself to see all the pictures attached. I deleted the email but what I did see already made me distraught. I cannot imagine what her parents would have felt. There is absolutely no comprehendable reason for a child to be killed in this manner. I was sad the whole day, that is why I always try to avoid sad stories like these but at the same time, I feel like ignorance is not bliss. I feel guilty living in this nice little bubble when the real world out there is so cruel and sad. Why? Is there a reason behind all the bad things that are happening? Some to innocent beings? These are questions that probably have no real answers. I will leave that as it is for now and save all the sad thoughts for another day.

Not as easy as I thought

Friday and I am at home with the kids since my MIL has accompanied the FIL to the doctor's. They are napping, so I have time for some browsing. Checked my stocks, not making enough for me to sell :(. I have been holding on to some of them for awhile. Did not sell when I should so now is back to where it begun. Looks like it is not easy as I thought trying to make money from stocks. A few problems, do not know which to buy and when you do, you do not have lotsa money to invest. The volume you can afford to buy makes significant differences. If you buy more, you could sell in a shorter span of time to make some money. Otherwise, the gain is so small, it is hardly worth selling. So I just keep. Of course we can do margin but that would mean higher risks. I think I am too much of a greenhorn now to attempt margin for now.

Otherwise, there is REITs. That could be a good choice with regular payouts. Or there is also mutual fund. Gosh, looks like I need to do more research. This is all for this posting. I got more reading and thinking to do on this.

Adam so Rocked Putra Indoor Stadium

It's no secret (and I made no secret about it) that I am an Adam Lambert fan. Ever since his American Idol audition I have been following all his development. And when I found out he was coming to KL, I was amongst the 1st to book 2 seats.

The day was finally here, hubby and I made arrangements to have the kids taken care of at the in-laws for the evening. We came home quickly after work and after a quick shower and a quick bite, we were off to Bukit Jalil. With help from Google Map, we made our way and was there at 7 plus pm. There was a good crowd outside, we saw people of all ages. I told my hubby that thank goodness we were not the oldies because we saw plenty of ladies and uncles in their sixties coming to the show. Show supposed to start at 8pm but as expected there was a lot of waiting. One thing we noted, it was not a full house, I think it's because there was not much promos going on. I suspect it's because the organisers were afraid too much hype may cause too much attention from the conservatives and may lead to cancellation. Still it was 3/4 full, I read there was like over 10,000 people. That's alot! With 2 short opening acts, we continue to wait until 9+pm when Adam and his band came on stage. And it was a start of an amazing show!

Every song was done to perfection, he was AMAZING, his vocals is incomparable with anyone on earth (I am a little biased for Adam, can't blame me)! We were blown away, he hit notes so high that almost reached the sky. I remembered I was so awed by the lead singer of Scorpion when they came to Sunway Langoon upteem years ago. That aged little man had lungs of steel. But Adam, he so rocked us in KL. Plus he is so sexy and hot looking and only 28. And he was doing it so effortlessly, with style and persona. 90 mins of great music from the fantastic band and perfect vocals from Adam (but not so perfect venue, would be better if it was an auditorium). Only regret was I didn't get better spot in the house, he was so far from us :(. Next time, I will spend whatever to get as close to the stage as possible. Adam, cannot wait to see you live again!!

p.s. I finally got hold of his album (Tour Edition, that's the cover up there!) at the Sony Music booth, last night. Which included a free poster of Adam. Now where shall I pin him up! Geez, feel like a teenager again!

Get moving or...

I can see hectic few months ahead. One of my colleague has found greener pastures and I am happy for her. But as the new semester just started, the busiest time of the year, it will be hard to handle without the much needed help. Looking for replacement is really not that easy, especially a suitable one. I anticipate 2 months at least without a replacement. But that's life, sometimes things happen and they are not within our control, we just need to try our best.

Since I am at the topic of work, I wonder if it is an occupation hazard to sit in front of a PC all day. My neck aches so often since these last 2 years. Sleeping has become a chore for me as I need to find a suitable position to rest my neck and head. I didn't do a good job last night, so today I woke up with a stiff neck, again! My hubby is scaring me, saying it could be the onset of some dreaded illness but I think it just comes with my job. I sit in front of a PC all day and also I do no physical activity. I blame my hubby for the second, I used to play tennis regularly with my ex-colleagues in my previous work place but ever since I met my hubby, these activities just gradually diminished.

Instead, together we grew sideways together. What do you expect since our favourite past times were the likes of eating toasted cuttlefish with mayonaise. That is the problem with me and my hubby, we are too much a like. So much so that we allowed our laziness to seep into our bones. Physical activities is totally absent from our daily routines. That's why I have stiff neck so often and my hubby needs to watch his cholesterol.

We know so well we need to change our lifestyle but we have no motivation and no determination or will power. If one of us is an exercise freak, the other would be dragged out of his/her heavy butt to at least maintain some form of routine exercise. But as it is, we are too much alike, 2 fat lazy bumps that are getting fatter and lazier.

Can we change? Can we start getting our bodies in better shape? Can we eat healthier? Hubby, if you are reading, we have no choice! I hope we can motivate each other to change gradually. We need to if we want to last till our kids can fend for themselves.