Lovely Monday

Work
Today is Monday, things has been good so far. Benny our Senior Boiler Inspector is back in the office today after a seemingly long business trip, he looks fresh. Pow and Janetud are away on their trip to Qingdao, an early morning flight today, hope they had enough sleep. Hope it will be a wonderful week ahead, be optimistic and things would be great all the time : )

Home
Bryan's had a mini birthday celebration for him on Saturday, we brought him a cake, crackers, pizza and not forgetting to make him jellies too. He's finally turned two years of age, Sukamti our domestic helper, is very proud and happy to have seen him grow up under her care. I am very appreciative of her wonderful care to the 3 young kids and our family.
We brought the kids to Lorong Harus on Saturday, the place are full of pet shops which specialises in fishes / dogs / pet hotels / etc. The kids enjoyed themselves very much on seeing all the puppies in the shops. Bryan as usual got really close up to the puppies behind the fenced up area, ending up with some of the puppies getting aggitated and barking at him. You should have seen the poor chihuahua quivering in the cage with 3 young excitated boys looking down at him, poor thing. Must bear in mind that should we ever get a pet dog in the future, it has to be of a certain size to be able to withstand the three boys. A small dog like the fragile chihuahua just wouldn't do.
Our dear car Blackie, is finally going to get it's "injuries" fix up this week. After all the "begging" on the other party to do their job of submitting their statement on the accident to their insurance company. Finally things are moving. The other party doesn't sound very happy though, as the driver whom is a foreigner wrote to me that he would have expected Singaporean to be more courtesy in letting people change lane when the indicator light is on, especially when we have to understand that he is doing a lane change across 3 lanes to get to turn into his home. My goodness, I told him that I am taking my driving license now and studying real hard on the driving theory for drivers. Turning on the indicator doesn't mean that it is safe to lane change, there are the following factors to bear in mind.
- road traffic condition (congested / slow moving)
- checking of rear / side mirrors, blind spots (approaching vehicles / etc)
Patrick and I now know why there are a high number of accidents on the road daily, it is because of such inthoughtful drivers whom think that they own the road and talk about courtesy when they themselves are not even considering self courtesy and safety in the first place. Now, we have phobia of vehicles whom always switch lane without considering the safe distance. Our keeping 3 cars' lenght from the front vehicle is never possible since there are always vehicles whom would just turn their vehicles suddenly into your travelling path when it is just 1 car lenght. As everyone knows, so long as your vehicle knocks into the other party's rear, it is always your fault no matter what, even if they are the party whom suddenly switch into your lane from nowhere. Sign!
Now, I'm having phobia on the road with such reckless driving and inconsiderate people...