Coolcat's Jottings

It's still terribly hot over here. But it's been quite a fun second day of CNY. For starters, I met this friend of Rina's from Australia who spammed me as soon as we were introduced. Literally. But this kinda spam, I like Thanks, TypeB - for the humor, the spam and the Tim Tams!

This is a file pic, but the spam I received looked like the one on the right.

And here's another Coolcat with a cute baby pic. This time, it's with Ashley aka Baby LY who is quite a little lady now.

Tomorrow, I hope to post a pic with the nemesis of the doggies who seem to rule this year. It still befuddles me why there is no year of the Cat. I can think of a hundred reasons why cats deserve a place in the Chinese calendar. So why didn't they (those Chinese calendar creators)?

Gah.

This CNY... I made peace with my loved one. We're on peachy terms again. Whee!!!

This CNY... I broke tradition by not visiting a friend's house because everyone was just too tired. And I discovered that we did not get hit by lightning or anything. Even though we broke a 'sacred' tradition

This CNY... I realised that I missed someone a lot. Someone whom I have shared some of the best CNY moments with. Wherever you are, I wish that your CNY's a truly good one.

This CNY... I am blessed by the numerous sms-es and calls from dear ones. Thanks for thinking of me Here's the funniest one of the lot:

Economy is bad, budget is tight
Can't afford an RM1 CNY card
Petrol price is up, stamp price also up
Al least still got
10 sen to send you sms
Gong Hei Fatt Choy!

And last but not least, this CNY... has been darn hot. Good for making visitations and such. But sure saps the energy outta ya. Pheee-eww!

Had a most wonderful family reunion tonight. It was a great treat seeing my two sisters and having the whole Coolcat family reunited once again.

And of course, my niece could always melt my heart with her cheeky smile and warm hugs and kisses. She very much decided that I would be her best friend for this evening and stuck to me like glue the whole time. This little kid really has a mind of her own, can hold her own in conversations and loved to pose for pictures. Gee, I wonder where she inherited this narcissistic trait? It must come from her father's side :P

After a sumptious dinner at my dad's favourite restaurant, we watched some TV and opened up a bottle of sparkling grape juice and clinked glasses. Seeing each and everyone of my family members chatting so gaily with each other filled my heart so much warmth and happiness. I shall always be thankful that I was not born an only child. Food always tastes so much better if there are other siblings to fight them over with. And for all our differences, we always come through for each other in the end. Truly, there is nothing like family.

To all my Chinese readers and those who are celebrating Chinese New Year, have a good one.

I have such weird colleagues. I work closely with one of them. Outwardly, he looked like a nice decent chap. A bit weird in the manner of speech, but still decent as decent can be.

One day, he confessed to me that he trembles on the inside whenever he has to talk to other fellow female colleagues.

So naturally, I asked, "So do you tremble when you talk to me?"

"I knew you would ask that!" he exclaimed. "Actually, CC... I'm a very shy person."

Heh, for a shy guy, he does have a good inkling of how the minds of females work.

But the fact that he's shy actually explained quite a lot of things. On why he has trouble talking coherently whenever he's face to face with me and also the other girls in the office.

The poor thing. Thus, I resolved to be more patient towards him whenever he takes too long to get to the point of the matter. And to close one eye when he lapses into horribly bad grammar.

However, this self-professed shy person can say the darnest things over online communication. My jaw dropped when I saw what he said to me this morning:

He: Licking me? Hahahah. Thank!
Me: Eeeee... I don't wanna lick you!!
He: I want!

Somehow, my brains just couldn't compute a shy guy boldly typing this to a fellow female colleague. That's hardly professional behavior! Or maybe it's a case of really bad grammar?

Haiyo. Patience... patience...

I think I'm overly idealistic when it comes to marriage. Perhaps I am heavily influenced by the romantic story of how my parents came together. And watching all those chick flicks didn't help much either.

As such, I would never consider walking down the aisle with a guy unless he can give me butterflies in the stomach.

However, talking with friends prior to their marriage seems to indicate otherwise.

"Am I marrying him because of love? Love ah?? What is love?"
~ Friend 1

"What is marriage to me? Errr... nothing much lor. It's just a piece of paper to legalise moving on to the next chapter in my life."
~ Friend 2

"I want to experience motherhood and all the joys and pains that it brings. Marriage is the respectable way of doing it."
~ Friend 3

Aisey man, I was aghast to hear all these answers. They sounded so so jaded. So so... practical. What happened to romance? Heck, what happened sharing life's journey with your soulmate - someone to call your own?

I dunno. Maybe I haven't reached that state of jadedness yet - and hence, am still wearing rose-tinted glasses and am still unmarried.

For all I know, my friends may have a valid point of view. Although when my turn to marry comes, I hope I shall not have to say those words in that resigned tone of voice. Realistically speaking, how long does the lovey dovey butterflies in the stomach last anyway? 2 - 3 months? 6 months tops?

I am a believer that if it's there at the start or in the middle, it can be re-enected later on but hopefully, by the time the majority of the feelings fizzles, it would have been replaced by a bond more solid and stable to withstand the test of time.

"Marriage is walking the journey called life hand in hand with my best friend. The one who accepts me for who I am, believes in who I can become and brings out the best in me. And I to him."
~ Coolcat