New Baby, New Life

*sigh happily* Its always nice to hold a newborn ... especially when the child quietens down in your arms, makes me look damned good ... my record as the most boring Auntie is not broken ... I have a talent of boring babies to sleep *giggle wildly*

We still have no clue what his name is. My brother and his wife want a name that starts with the letter T. So for now they're just calling him Tax Break Baby. I'll call him peanut, since he's the smallest of the 3 babies born.

My niece is 3 yrs 5 months old, and I call her Princess. Her younger brother is about 18 months, and I've nicknamed him Piglet. So it is only fitting that the youngest, and smallest, will also have a P nickname, and he'll be Peanut. The alternative is Pipsqueak, but that's only if he gets annoying *wicked grin*

I think I know how Mother Teresa felt.

We're going to do a charity tea 2 Saturdays from now, and I have to get at least 10 cans of Abalone to make Abalone Porridge for 180 people from the All Saints Home in Tampines.

Got my first rejection today *whimper* ... Cold Storage turned us down even though I said we would like to BUY the cans of Abalone from them, at cost price. I mean, I wouldn't know what cost price would be, but it would have been nice if they could have given us a little discount, as it is for charity, and its only 10 cans worth.

I feel I've been spat on, even though I haven't actually been spat on, but that's how the rejection feels. Mother Teresa was spat on when she begged for bread for her orphans, and she calmly wiped it off, and said, "Well, that was for me. Now how about some bread for my children?" I should be doing that, being calm and slog on, but it really HURTS.

Its hard to beg, and begging for others doesn't make it any easier. *sigh sadly*

This is the latest painting I've done.
It's about 95% done. One more session and it should be completed.

Amelia's wordism

English, according to Mz Amelia.

"Have you been to the new NTUC in Marine Parade?" asked Amelia, "It has a walkalator, you know,"

Huh? WALK-A-LATOR?

She means travellator. Those thingies like escalators, but only flat, like those you get at the airport.

The Stupidity I see on the MRT

The MRT was pretty crowded today at 1pm.

I was getting off at Bugis station. PLENTY of people were getting off at Bugis.
Why was our door stuck?
This fat patootie of a girl (she's in her early 20s) stood at the doorway as the door opened, taking up half the door space. I kid you not. (someone else was at the door corner).

No cow sense in that girl, she just stood there like an immovable cow and the other people had to shove past her. I said to the girl "Have you no sense to move OUT of the doorway instead of blocking HALF of the exit?"

Whatever happened to education, both at school and especially at HOME.

Singaporeans are not taking responsibility for inculcating civic values in their children, who, as a result, grow up into thoughtless creatures, who will, eventually, have children who will continue the cycle of inconsiderate behaviour.

Just look at the number of badly behaved children at the shopping centres, with their ever-indulgent parents turning a blind eye to their children's destructive behaviour.

And our poor government is trying their best to groom our population into a nation of civic minded, well-mannered people.

Singaporeans are a long, long way off from civil behaviour.

I guess that's because we are not a nation of cows, otherwise we'd have cow-sense, yes? *roll eyes*