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Today at work, there were lots of calls on my handphone from the banks, chinese women, insurance salesman and a few others which I did not even bother to pick up.

Since the Beeper (my boss) was away, I spent time cleaning my cubicle which I had been putting off.

At about 4.00 pm, another anonymous person called me on the phone. Since there was no number on it, I press cancel and did not want to answer.

Later, at 4.09 pm, there was a phone call again on my handphone. This time, I picked it up.

Me (sounded pissed): Hello??
The caller: Is this Ms Cheng?
Me: Yes!!
The caller: I am calling from Fan Lin. I have some flowers to you.
Me: Ah???
The Caller: Yes. Flowers for you. What time you finish work today?
Me: Err.r… ahh…. Err… 5.30 pm.
The Caller: I might be running a bit late. Is 6 pm ok for you? You will wait for awhile?
Me: Ah? Can you send tomorrow instead ah?
The Caller: No leh.. I am on my way.
Me: Ok lah.
The Caller: I will try to rush before 5.30 pm lah.
Me: Ok. Thanks.

When the flowers arrived, there wasn’t much drama as I hoped it would be! Attention whore! Hahahah!

But, my neighbour colleague was gushing over them and grinning ear to ear as if she were the one receiving them.

One si lai said, when her husband proposed to her some years ago, he didn’t even give her flowers. Cin cai cin cai only! So she was very envious.

Mr Yum Kong didn’t like the flower arrangements. It looked odd. Maybe he’s just jealous that he didn’t get one.

Mr Chee Cheong Fan (a senior manager in my office who tapao some Anson chee cheong fan for us, and hence the nickname got stuck on him) was delighted to see the flowers and asked if it was my birthday.

A cute colleague took pictures of the flowers with his handphone.

The secretary who got possessed by ghosts teased me if I had a secret admirer.

A friend asked if it was from Mr Tattoo Eye Brow.

Another friend was curious if the person who sent me these flowers, tersalah makan ubat today. (Translation: Took the wrong medication).

Some colleagues asked what the canes are for and wondered if I like S&M? (It’s good to recycle the canes to whip the asses of the three little monsters in my house! Very practical indeed!)

When I told another friend, I got flowers. He asked, wreath or bouquet?

My sister and my cousin, Gas Stove asked if I bought the flowers for myself? HAR HAR HAR!

Datin wanted to marry the sweet guy who sent me the flowers.

Of course, I was partially surprised. I knew about this on Monday night. I arm twisted somebody’s arm to send me the flowers! But I didn’t know he would do it. And I didn’t write the two memes on purpose – Favorite Flowers: Lilies and “When a guy promises to do something for you, listen first. 99% of the time, whatever he had promised you, might not materialized.” It was purely coincidental. (Yeah right!)

Irregardless what other people think, one thing for sure; these lilies surely made my day. It sent me grinning ear to ear – grins bigger than Mr Joker himself!

Thank you so much. You know who you are.

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Nicked this from Simple America!

8 Things I am passionate about
1. The Family. Despite being dysfunctional, I wouldn’t trade them for the world.
2. Blogging. My friends claim I blog full time and work part time! Haha!
3. Photography. I like to take good shit pictures. There is always room for improvement.
4. The Country. That is why I register to vote.
5. My friends. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them!
6. Movies. I could remember lines from my favorite movies till my friends got sick of me repeating some of it.
7. Food! I am a fellow foodie! And I can say I am a food connoisseur.
8. Bleach. Abarai Renji is SO DAMN HOT! Hotter than that cool Yatsutora “Chad” Sado!

8 Things I wanna do before I die
1. Travel the whole world continent. Which is very unlikely with the current rate of inflation increasing exponentially to salaries!
2. Make peace with everyone whose toes I step on. Uhm.. kinda hard.
3. Stop being a bitch.
4. Open a photography exhibition. (Dream on lah!)
5. Probably master my mom’s culinary skills so I could cook for friends and family.
6. Get a second degree.
7. Do more charity.
8. Perhaps scale Mount KK at least once!
*If you notice from my previous list, I have come in terms with my celibacy.

8 Things I say often
1. What is wrong with you?
2. Yeah right.
3. Kanasai (Hokkien: Like shit!)
4. Shit!
5. F*ck!
6. It doesn’t take a genius to figure this out.
7. What do you expect, man?
8. Lu ki hor lang kan lah! (Hokkien swear words I use only on Takeshi. Better not translate!)

8 Books I’ve recently read
*As most of you know, I am addicted to Haruki Murakami’s work. So I could say, I have read most of his books recently.
1. Kafka on the Shore
2. Norwegian Wood
3. Sputnik Sweetheart
4. Dance Dance Dance
5. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
6. Underground
7. South of Border, West of Sun
8. A Wild Sheep Chase

8 Songs that I can listen to over and over
1. More than Love by Los Lonely Boys
2. Mi Manchi by Andrea Bocelli.
3. If We Hold On Together by Diana Ross
4. Every Breath You Take by The Police.
5. Freshmen by Verve Pipe.
6. Sweet Dreams by Eurhythmics.
7. You’re in Love by Wilson Phillips.
8. When I Fall In Love by Nat King Cole.

8 Things that attract me to my best friends.
1. Their ability to take my shit.
2. Their willingness to laugh at all my “jokes”, whether they are funny or not.
3. They listen coz I talk too much.
4. Ability to accept my remarks.
5. Don’t mind me snoring.
6. Generosity. Buy me more lunches and dinners, please. Hahahah!
7. Their trivial insecurities make me feel great. LOL!
8. Don’t mind me having the window seat when flying.

8 Things I’ve learned this past year.
1. Friendships don’t last forever. They disintegrate.
2. It’s better to shut up than to give advice that would fall on deaf ears.
3. I read about politics more than I thought I would and still hate them.
4. I am actually quite a nice and tolerant person.
5. Not everybody can take my shit.
6. I am more forgiving than I initially thought.
7. Mind my own business!
8. When a guy promises to do something for you, listen first. 99% of the time, whatever he had promised you, might not  materialized. (Actually it is the same thing I learn every year! Hahahah!)

8 People I think should do this too-free-nothing-to-do-so-i-do meme.

I damn malas to tag people. If you would like to do this, please feel free to do so and inform me so I could hop over to your blog and keh poh!

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