True Friends

I saw this at FB and I just feel like posting it here.

They say, true friends can go on long periods of time without speaking and never question the friendship. These types of friends pick up like they just spoke yesterday, regardless of how long it has been or how far away they live, and they don’t hold grudges. They understand that life is busy, but you will always love them no matter what.

I would love to say that this is true but sometime this is not the case. Sad but true!!

Frendship

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all.

He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, 'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. But It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound will still be there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

Remember true friends are rare jewels indeed. They make you smile, they encourage you to succeed; They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us.

YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!

Bloggers Meeting

I met up with Cath and a few other Malaysian bloggers at KLCC on Wednesday around 6.00pm. I was so anxious and eager as this will be my first time meeting all of them except for SueSue. After years of knowing Cath it will be my first time meeting her, Robert and their cute daughters. After seeing their photos for years it's time to meet them in person. They were as cute and adorable as ever! Here are some pictures I took during the meeting.

Front : L to R Laracroaf74, Kak Sya, SueSue, Me
Back L to R Zareda, Ummi, Cath, Tulipurple, Kak Anie

The ever pretty Miss Annabel

The cute and adorable Miss Emma

Annabel with my niece Stephanie

Popular Cath so engrossed talking to her fan :)

Me and Miss Annabel (she look pretty sleepy and tired here. Cath said they were up since 4.00am that morning)
Me and my favorite blogger Ummi
We got a long so well even though some of us met only for the very first time. It was too bad that I didn't get to talk much with a few of them as they arrived late because of the heavy rain and traffic jam and Cath need to leave early because the girls were tired and sleepy. They were up since 4.00am that morning. We had a great time and hopefully I will get to see some of them again before I leave. Thank you ladies for the great time.

Visit to Ronkonkoma, Long Island

My friend Lesley and fellow blogger invites me to her house on Memorial Day weekend. I really enjoyed myself there. She taught me the proper way of making sushi and I learned a lot from her. Can't wait to get some fresh tuna and make some for Carlos and Diana. She also taught me a lot about blogging and computer. We talk about anything to everything until the wee hours in the morning.

Thank you Lesley for making me feel so welcome to your beatiful home. I had a wonderful time with you and Mishu/Kayla. She is so cute especially when she speaks Mandarin :)

Here are some pictures I took while I was there.

Lesley teaching me the proper way of rolling up the sushi

Look at all the wonderful sushi she made. It taste even better than the one from the Japanese Restaurant here.



Mishu enjoying her sushi.
Look at how cute and pretty she looks and she is ever ready for my camera :) I just adored her.

Chinese New Year Party 2008

We went to Janice & David's house for CNY gathering yesterday. We had a wonderful time meeting up with old friends and also some new ones too. We had steamboat lunch and there were plenty of food and desserts. Here are some of the pictures I took at the party.

Yee Sang by SC (they were simply the best!!)

All ready for the tossing

Just look at all the hands and chopsticks!!!

The Steamboat spread





One of the dessert I made beside ondeh ondeh and kueh bakar

Fruit platter

Assortment of homemade cookies

Sorry I can't post the pictures of other friends from the gathering as I didn't get their approval so I post the picture of us ;)
Thank you Janice & David for hosting the Party and it was nice to meet up with everyone again.