Thank you!

I've been devoided interesting blog topics recently and that resulted in the lack of posts in my blog. Many apologies to those loyal visitors (if there's any) who tirelessly checked my blog for updates. The lack of interesting events recently have caused this "posts shortage" in my blog. Well, since i have abit of spare time here, i managed to squeeze a topic out of myself (clap clap clap!) and post it here.

Not too long ago, my family's new maid arrived fresh off the plane, from the agency. It was kind of a relieve as we no longer need to wash our own clothes, mop our own floors. However, being all new and inexperienced, the maid was initially a real let down whn we found out that she's nearly completely "kicthen-illiterate". Thus, it has been a havoc week for my mum when the maid first came.

And therefore, i am posting this entry to THANK my mum, for putting in extra effort in guiding the maid to do the chores and making the home a better place to live in.

Besides that, i believe that i can say in behalf of them (Qin & Jie) that we are really grateful that our mum sort of "trained" us in the kitchen either directly or indirectly. I am proud to say that at least we still know how to cook a simple meal and that is all thanks our mum. Though my own cooking might not be tasty, at least i won't starve myself. Seeing the maid being blur in the kitchen really makes me re-think how fortunate i am to actually know more than her in these stuff. Thus, i have to thank my mum again for giving me pointers when i occasionally step into the kitchen to see my mum cook.

The feeling of being able to tell people confidently that you can at least cook a simple meal for yourself or being able to do certain chores independently really makes a person proud of his/her family upbringing. I think it really reflects a person's family brought up up to a certain extent. We can see whether a person is capable of independency through his/her character and his knowledge about living skills. It all boils down to parents' teaching and guidance or also their own initiative to learn. Thus, i agree with those who thinks that family upbringing is really important for a person's "survivalbility" and sustanence.

Therefore, i would like to urge those who have absolutely no idea about living skills to go and learn them. Because you definitely will NEED it later in your life and by the time, it may be a little too late to learn. Be it cooking, cleaning or basic repair works, it will come in handy next time.

To mum: We really appreciate your hardwork and we really really really, from the bottom of our hearts THANK you for all the things you have done for the family. I hope that you can forgive our occasional clumsiness or "blur-ness" because we are humans after all, and do let us know how we can improve and be a better help. =)

Congratulations!

It's been a while since i posted an entry for my blog. It seems that i cannot find anything interesting or worthy to post about because everyday seems to be so ordinary. Therefore, something would be highly "honourable" or "significant" to be mentioned in my blog (wakakaka...).

Firstly, congratulations to my sister Chu Jie for winning 2007 Melbourne University Annual Badminton Championship, Group C - Women's Singles category and Runners Up for Group C - Women's Doubles category!!! (Clap clap clap clap!) haha.

Please note that there are different groups to compete in, similar to golfer's handicap. Ranging from Group A to Group D, my sister took part in Group C! My my my... why the lack of confidence? Haha.

Nevertheless, we are all very proud of the achievement that has brought "glory" to our family names. Haha! *Beams at Chu Jie* Not to mention that i use to be beaten by my sister in badminton a long long long long (very long) ago. Haha! Situations changed quite a while ago when i started to grow and went for trainings. Then i can consistently win my sister ever since (though once in a while my sister won by sheer luck and me "letting water"-ing) haha.

Well, that's all about my sister's glorious victory in Melbourne! For more information, please log on to http://chujiephua.blogspot.com to check out some pictures of her trophy, which looked alot like a mouse. Haha! Chaos for nows!

P.S. Jie, I can't wait to play badminton with you again! Wakakkaa! Have a nice ice-cream and movie! =D

1st Post- [Reason]

I remember i have once said that blogging is such a waste of time.

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A rather biased comment made by me a few years back because my sister--Chu Jie is hogging over the computer to blog about what seemed to me as unimportant ramblings and unnecessary emo-ing.

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However, as time pass, humans are bound to change and it is obvious that i have too. It seemed to me that there is so many things to write down about, so many happenings that should not be unfairly forgotten by the poor minds of human (Abit dramatic here...). Some bloggers may blog to showcase their products, to attract people of a certain interest or to just have a plain online web-log. But to sum up almost all the blogger's reason to blog is-- They want to be heard.

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The feeling of being heard and being given attention is a rather good feeling to many. It made them felt important and respected of their views. This is almost a nature of all humans i think. Well, some may argue with me that it is not. But i can say that IF you look down deep into your heart or mind (whichever you believe does the reasoning), you will find the ultimate reason that you blog, is to be heard.

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My sister Chu Qin started a blog a few months back where initially, she constantly checked her blog to see if anyone has replied to her post. Well, i suggested a term "blogaddict" to best describe her case (no offense! =p). "Blogaddict", in my opinion, can be defined as a person who have the uncontrollable urge to blog about something even though it may be minuscle or unimportant, and constantly check if anyone replied to her posts or commented on her page.

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I shall admit that i have a high probability of turning into a blogaddict since i already am starting to "amplify" such tiny things like why people blog...But what to do? I hope i'll get over the initial hype of blogging and start to learn how to make a nice template for my blog and my sister's blog too.

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P.S. Just cooked my lunch! Gonna go eat now! =D