cheapest hair cut ...

today, I brought mama for a hair cut ... at one of those 'quick' cut outlet, just cut aje, without wash and blow dry facilities ... only $15 each cut.  It was my first cheapest hair cut ..hahaha. usually my hair cut cost me $80 la ,  so now , trying for cheaper alternative.  For the month of may and june, it is parent day celebration,  for anyone who is 55 yrs old and above ( 50 also they accept liow ) , bring another person less than 55 yrs old , it is $16 sahaja ,  it is $1 for senior ,and $15 for normal ....total $16 for 2 person , super dai leh ...so if you have senior at home, bring them la ... sama2 go hair cut , trim shorter a bit since weather so panas ...

dinner with friends

my friend organized a blind date for me , so I went and met the candidate.....I enjoyed the dinner, the company...then the friends left us , tinggal me and him, oh oh - I panicked , what to talk leh, luckily it's late , the restaurant started to switch off one light, so we had good excuse to go home :P ..... I guess a lot of my friends will say that I am way too picky, I want to say no , and I hope I am right lor. Those who found the other half and happily married, are those super lucky folks lor... some how Bahija hasn't receive that kind of luck yet ... for this new friend, he is very elder than I am , his era is different than mine. I don't know if we will click or not, right now, I also don't know what to do .... soon , friends will knock on my door chasing for updates and feedback, may be the new friend will also follow up .... at this moment, I am sort of 'fan' , I am not in 'sweet moment' hoping that he will call and ask him out lor ....aiiii , life is complicated eh ....

p/s : may be I need to go attend relationship counseling :(

my early primary school era....

I was born in the 70's .... early 70s - could be the era of kindergarden being introduced in my country. My parent didn't send me to kindergarden , no money and mum didn't know too ... When I went to standard one , all I could remembered was - teacher kept scolding me, every day I never failed standing in front of the classroom - hands carried the textbook - it's like a punishment for not knowing things or not doing the homework. One time, my standard one teacher met my mother, I was standing next to mum... that time I was 7 yrs old, today I'm 37 yrs old , yet I could rememberd her statement well : "Mrs, your daughter is hopelss, very stupid" ..... wah lau eh , that was such a harsh statement on me , a young little girl leh. standard 1 to 3 , I remained 'stupid' , every nite cried at home when sisters all forced me to study , or helped revised my homeworks .... I cried a lot back then , until my first brother in law nicknamed me 'ham pou chin' ( in cantonese ). Then entah what happened, suddenly standard 4 - I got transferred into the 'A' class - hipppie , at least tukar kulit liow , upgraded to the 'not stupid' class , haaa. I think the reason I was not able to catch up was that I didn't attend kindergarden whereas other students did. In standard one, while I was just started to learn A, B, C - most of the rest already learned this , and teacher also expected that I knew A, B, C .....
talking about being left out and being labelled as 'stupid'. Today, if the family is poor and the children cannot attend kindergardens, I could imagine their early primary school lives could be the same as mine, very the poor thing hor ...

The role of a teacher is very significant, he or she ought to be sensitive to the students. Plus a teacher should not labelled and used the word 'stupid' , everyone is different , everyone has his or her gifts and no one is 'stupid' ..... aiiiii

being poor ....

Today, my classmate who used to be working in the corporate world, she was a Project Manager in one of the big insurance company, quits and be a special kid teacher in Mont Kiara. Today, she kept pouring out her 'pain', being a teacher is very low pay, after months into this line, now, she seriously feel the pain and being in a 'poor' stage. She said being noble is one thing, but being able to go thru life with money is one thing, right now, she needs to look into giving tuitions , to earn extra pocket money... Aiii, I know what she meant. I salute her courage , at least she took the step forward and doing it.

My class is filled with many good hearted folks from all walks of life , I can see that they are passionate and compassion , and really want to make a difference being a special kid teacher. Imagine if our education system or public schools are filled with passionate teacher like them , that would be so wonderful. But I need to stress is - with better paycheck of course.

I have this dream of running a special kid center, it is still a dream now as it is NATO - No Action Talk Only, today , I still cannot quit my secular job being an IT consultant, and jump right into caring community work - reason is I cannot survive the 'poorer' lifestyle yet. Having said that , if I keep saying I cannot I cannot , then it will end with 'I cannot' .... for now, at least I have started to lay some foundations eg property investments as my passive income, getting help and organize my own household issue, try to stay healthy so that I can do more , spending less time in secular world and trying to increase more time in community work, trying to adapt to a simplier lifestyle - such as less starbucks , more 3 in 1 coffee or mamak coffee , less branded shopping and more F.O.S shopping, know where to get good bargain , cook and eat more at home .... reflect back on my life journey so far , I think I have changed quite a bit and slowly adapting, the Lord has slowly opens the right doors and guiding me towards the right path. All this takes time and preparation, I don't know where I'll be landed, plan can change instantly , but for now, I am just going to enjoy the blessing and the ups and downs journey ! If I don't try , I'd never know the outcome ....

February liow

geee, as I mature in life, the year seem to pass by faster and faster and faster lah..... felt like I just celebrated my bday, went for turkey trip , new year ..... zooomed, January already gone, today is Feb 6 , CNY is next week .... then for all we know, Feb coming to an end too....

so many things to do .... heee, well, that is a good sign actually, life filled with tasks to accomplish is better than an idle boring life , so Bahija just has to plan and work on things accordingly...

End of Jan, I went to Shanghai and Hangzhou - it's a fantastic experience coz that was my FIRST BACKPACKING trip , as in no luxury coach, no luggage with wheels - everything on my own , carried backpack on my shoulder , walked and expected the unexpected :) ....thoroughly enjoyed the good company and fabulous trip....will blog about it when I have time and mood la,hee