Pink Panther!

Came back from work to find a parcel for me!
A complete DVD set of Blake Edward's Pink Panther from Avi all the way from Glasgow!Christmas is still a month away but am not complaining....
Although there are no funny one liners, Peter Seller's riotous perfomance makes it so hilarious!
Henry Mancini taps his baton on the podium and the jazz band begins to play.....I do not even like jazz yet I practically worshipped the soundtrack as a kid.

Lewellyn and Lovelyn!

Was a lovely day at work where everything just clicked!
And I actually met a surgeon called Lewellyn and a little girl called Lovelyn!
Strange but true.....

Muiz

Muiz, our ex-prem Downy with multiple complications since birth came back one day after we discharged him from the SCN.
The fact is, no matter how much we teach and train the parents in the end their care could never be as good as the nurses' especially with their jobs,other kids and other commitments.
So, he's back and he's terribly sick again.....poor darling.....he's so cute.
Don't know if he is going to make it this time.

"My Way"

It was a wierd day of swapping lyrics and 'singing' songs via e-mails....
Just wanna share excerpts from one of my all time favorites by Frank Sinatra....
(While chomping on pancakes with ooodles of maple syrup on it , of course!.....)

"Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way....."

Thundercats!

Ended up having a 'deep' conversation about how cartoons affected our childhood and developing years.
I seriously think all the Japanese animation these days are crap!
We had the best cartoon period ever- 'Smurfs', 'The Care Bears', 'Jem', 'Voltron',and who could ever forget 'The Thundercats'??
One of the best cartoon series ever!
For old time's sake, "Thunder....thunder.....thunder.....thundercats!!!"

Helpless...

Dad's health is giving him problems again....and worrying us all no end!But it really is no use being a doctor or even having 2 docs in the family when 'The Don' refuses to listen to anyone really......just feel like pulling my hair out sometimes but even that wouldn't help!Aaaaaarrrghhhhhh!!!!!(had to let off steam somewhere!)

To tame the bird flu

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The jury is still out.No one knows whether the increasingly threatening bird flu will ultimately hit humans in China in the wake of three major eruptions among poultry in the country within a month.
But we, the rest of the world, must make the best preparations for the worst case scenario.
As with SARS, avian flu respects no borders.Close global cooperation is a precondition for bringing an epidemic under effective control.

To marry or not to marry....

Was at my aunt's place the other day visiting for Eid.As always when there are family get togethers like this, invariably the topic swings in the direction of upcoming weddings and matchmakings waiting to be made since most of my cousins are all in their twenties now.

So anyways I found out that one of my guy cousins in India would be getting married soon.This is a guy who depends on his Dad's wealth to keep him going ; though he thinks and calls himself a devout muslim, I know at one time he's tried almost everything under the sun....(well, people change for the better so I have to keep my mouth shut here!)and he thinks he's ready to have a wife and a family.
As simple as that!And his parents have found him a girl whom they think would be suitable for him......actually they found a couple through various means and he got to pick whom he wanted!

I just find it mighty amazing that somebody like him is going to be settling down soon.....to what I wonder!!If I were in his shoes, I'd worry about standing on my own two feet first and then worry about making my spouse miserable.But some of my family members think in fact this is a blessing in disguise for him as this would make him more responsible and would mend his ways.HOW???!!!!It's not logical!

The funniest thing though was that most of the objections were from us, the girls while my other male cousins mostly just kept defending him somehow...now I don't know if it's a male solidarity thing but come on....you gotta put yourself in the girls' shoes too.I mean what kind of life would she have living with someone like that?(Though it's a different story that her family and the girl herself know what they'd be getting into!!)

Moral of the story is.....people marry for the wrong reasons these days....pressure be it social/family and ideologies have gone for a toss.It is true in a way that our parents had it a lot easier when things and relationships weren't so complicated.When marriage, having a family, buying properties, educating the young ones and retiring to a good life with the wife was the norm and not divorce,infidelity,job insecurities,worrying about having how many kids,saving enough for the retirement home etc.....

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

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"Maaf Zahir dan Batin".
My friend Linda said it well,

"Ampun dan maaf andainya,
Terkasar bahasa,
Tersilap bicara,
Termarah yang tak kena,
Tertanya tak tentu hala,
Tersasul yang tak sengaja,
Terpukul kat mana-mana,
Terpekik di telinga,
Terhantuk di kepala,
Terpinjam harta benda,
Ter'moody' tak semena-mena,
Termacam-macam lagi yang kena-mengena....
Semoga dimaafkan!"

"And He gives you all that you ask Him: and if you count His favours,you will not be able to number them....."

Have a blessed EID everyone!