THINGS THAT MATTER

Weekend was packed to the brim. Initial plan of having crab for lunch with a bunch of colleagues scrapped after one colleague’s dad passed away suddenly on Friday. May he rest in peace. Life is so fragile. Always expect the unexpected.

3rd September marked a year death anniversary of a dear friend who took her own life. We still couldn’t believe what had happened till today. Most of us are still in denial that she had passed on. She appeared to be a very bubbly person with great personality. No one expected she would have any problems, what more taking her own life. I was talking to common friend on this matter, and both of us agree, we should spend more time with loved ones, and not being blinded by greed for more wealth. As all of us are busy chasing our own dreams, we also should look to our left and right for friends who have fallen along the way, to lend a helping hand.

We should cultivate a more loving heart, and to help when there is a need arises, and not to try to take advantage of any situation. Learn to be more forgiving and forgo grudges. It would definitely make us a better person than we are now.

Speaking of grudges, Sam, the stalker invited me to his house again for some minum session. Well, Sam is Dennis’ old buddy; and Dennis is my very good buddy. We might as well forgive and forget about the past. Everyone deserves a second chance.

Dennis had caught some fishes earlier in his regular weekend fishing outing. We decided to have our dinner of freshly captured tilapia in curry assam together with Sam’s favorite – the tong po yok and pai kuat noodles. Yummy!

We went to buy some wine after our dinner and were very amused that Sam walked right in the middle of the bras and panties aisle without even flinching. He waved his hands frantically and pointing his index finger at the underwear (for reasons only known to him) – to gesture us to follow him. There are other lanes leading to the supermarket and we just couldn’t understand why he had to walk through the aisle.

Trailing from behind, Dennis and I, couldn’t contain our laughter. We suddenly recalled a report on stolen bras and panties – or was it, the pervert snipped off bras and panties hanging on the clothes line at night? We were speculating that Sam might be the culprit behind all those things happening around Serdang and Seri Kembangan!! Hahahaha! That is a very mean thought, but Sam is a good friend, despite being utterly eccentric.

On Sunday, I was summoned by Takeshi to take his wedding pictures in Putrajaya. I was baffled that he bestowed me such mammoth responsibility, but nevertheless humbled. He, being an avid photographer himself –has quite an eye for photography. I felt somewhat stressed out that I would not perform up to his standard. I declined profusely at first, but somehow was cajoled to assume the responsibility. Must be his charm. *Ahem*

Indeed! I was somewhat disappointed on how the pictures turned out. Being nice, he said he liked what I took, the ultimate thing was, we had lots of fun together with his Carina Lau-look-alike wife. I will never look at photography the same way again. There is a huge room for improvement!

Taking pictures of people on important occasions is the most arduous task. It is indeed challenging to capture people’s emotions on pictures. Perhaps, it’s time to buy – Photography for Dummies to learn a few new tricks and a better camera.

I need to work on my shakey hands!