longetivity

I attended a funeral this evening as a plus 1. Though not the least bit aquainted, i was holding back my tears when the grey-haired mother came out in sobs to see her 53 year old son off. He was a young father of 2 girls. One of whom with the husband knows from his rowing days.

It brought back memories of the time when my uncle had passed away and how difficult it was for my grandma,

This really struck a chord. I hope that 菩萨保佑，身体健康。恶病千万不要复发。 让我可以有声之年照顾我的两个老人家，先送他们。。。

I don't need to live to a ripe old age... jus a little longer then them will do.

A can of beer

I left my last marathon thursday stop feeling deeply disturbed and apalled. I had walked into the house and saw my 10 year old student drinking from a can of beer.

"are u drinking beer?"

"yes"

me looks astonished.

mother actually replied me "She was out in the sun today, so i gave her a beer to cool her down...."

Me is stunned.... very stunned and continued to be so till the end of the night.

She proceed to drain out the can before her class with me. The class that was suppose to be her first post holiday class. She tried to play her scales and her exam pieces.

I knew it was not her fault that she couldn't play well, the girl was flushed like a baked lobster and slurring....

WTF right?

And yes, this is the same said student who already has a weak heart, special blood meds and a fridge of health issues.

What i don't understand is that, she was a tiger mum to her elder one and she is turning out brilliantly and a pleasant to teach.

Update your friends

Elmi <teomeowmeow@gmail.com> wrote:

>The niceness of the gift of a tablet equates to increased IT savvy-ness and inclination to blog. It also entails major reorganization of contacts, updating if numbers with the outside world. I did it in one evening while watching ratatouille. Hubby actually commented that that I din have that much contacts to import, less away the oonce who are good riddaonce and have disappeared out if my life. I seriously don't have test many friends anymore.
>
>The older you get, the more your phone list shrinks.
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>Oh well quantity doesn't really matter these days.
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>Sent from Samsung tablet

Ruffling

The fun, non technical stuff I enjoying doing now.

Their hugs and ruffling on my maxi dress. Cheeky smiles on mornings, on days that I'm blue. Makes it all jus go away.

I love being teacher Elmi.

Hot cafe mocha

It definately is a age thing when u start craving for a midday hot cuppa.

Nowadays more so. The weekday bug of the coffee craving with a tea snack strikes. Promptly at 230pm.

If left unattended the lethargy is overwhelming at 4pm. This makes one constant thought revolve : go home. Cancel the lessons and go home...

So I mostly choose to persevere and go a my regular tea fix. And what wonders a short 30 min tea can do!

Bon cafe!