Short Trip but Long Review

I suddenly just decided on a short trip down South with the kids but Apah couldn’t make it (which was good also cos Apoh was the reason this trip was executed!). Apoh was saying it’s been some time like more than 10 years since she last been to Singapore so Amah being the filial shopaholic daughter decided to just make this trip and the only weekend we had free was this one!

First stop was Malacca to collect a cheque from a customer and also for a break. However, while we were approaching Ayer Keroh I suddenly heard flapping sound on my front right tyre, Oh no…this cannot be cos I had a bad experience a few years back when I went to Malacca and my car broke down at Ayer Keroh rest area!! I stopped the car on the side and the flapping sound became louder and very disturbing. I noticed that the mudguard was broken to pieces and I guess it got detached and the speed of the tyre kept knocking on it thus tearing it! I switched cars with my brother as his car had the Singapore Autopass so I thought it was more convenient if I took his car instead of applying a new card for my car.

So I had to slow down to like 60km/h in order to minimise the flapping sound!! Good thing we were not too far from the Ayer Keroh exit into Malacca. We stopped at a Shell station to pump up & also check if the foreman can fix the problem but he said he can’t recommended someone else further down the road. It was a tyre & battery shop called Lien Ho (I think, but I remember it was a Goodyear dealer with the signboard in blue of course and there was a KFC opposite the shop. Located on the main road that leads to Malacca Town Centre, after the Shell & Esso Station). The foreman was really funny and kept insisting it was a small thing and shouldn’t be a problem. I asked if I should replace the mudguard and he kept saying no need and said you can do without it! I was like duhhhh…then he said the only way to replace it is back to Toyota and it was going to cost a bomb. So he suggested to trim away the torn part and make sure it doesn’t get further damaged. He didn’t even charge me for the work done and he had to lie down on the floor to fix that problem! What a nice guy!! I mean he saw my car plates knowing I’m not local and he not only didn’t jump at the opportunity to slaughter me alive but he didn’t charge me a single sen!! Gosh there are still nice & genuine foremen out there!!! Hallelujah!

Then it was lunch at Mahkota Parade (for easy parking and toilet facilities..) and then off we went to Batu Pahat to visit another customer. After that it was down to Johor Bahru. I vaguely remember the way to the hotel and had to called for directions after all. The first guy gave me directions to “Holland” (meaning no where near the hotel la) and I had to call again. The second guy was really good and was so precise! I was really tired by then..and after entering the room the first thing was to get the kids showered so we can shower and all go to sleep! So we didn’t notice the many flaws in the room!!

As I was resting on the bed Kieran kept creeping under the duvet and fooling around and suddenly he said this..

K-Mum, the bedsheet is very black..

M-Cannot be la..

K-It is la..

I still didn’t bother..

Then it was my turn to shower..the door was kinda derailed from the sliding rail and I had difficulty closing the door. After the shower I couldn’t even open the door and the maid had to help push the door open (oh yes I brought my mom’s maid along as I know I couldn’t handle the kids). Then we looked up and to our horror, the sliding rail was worn out and there was a part missing from the door right in front!! Then we suddenly noticed all the flaws one by one…let the pictures do the talking! I was too tired to insist on changing rooms and just got housekeeping to change the sheets and maintenance to fix the door. Good thing they worked pretty fast.

The next morning I again encountered with more bad service at the breakfast table. They didn’t serve me tea or coffee so I had to call the waiter to do it but he went on doing his thing like clearing dirty dishes and entertaining the foreign customers! I kept staring at him and he just looked away! Then I called another waiter and he did the same!! WTF!! Ok I had it and thot to myself that Amah had to chew off somebody’s head for this! First victim was the restaurant manager.

Then he apologised and served me tea at the lounge area but of course I’m not letting them go so easily. Then I went to Front Desk and harrassed the receptionist who just stared blankly at me. The Assistant Front Desk Manager came to her rescue and quickly whisked me away to their Business Centre to hear me out. I just went bla bla bla bla bla..your hotel sucks big time bla bla bla bla..cannot qualify to be 5 star bla bla bla bla…and she said they are going to have morning briefing soon and will discuss my problem. One hour later, they called me and offered me a measly 20% discount. I was too fed up to bargain for more…so I just accepted it.

Drive down to Singapore was smooth and traffic at Woodlands checkpoint was bearable. Then upon reaching the Singapore checkpoint, the autopass card has to expire on me!!!!! Really “soi” (bad luck) maximum la. At the Autopass office, that officer also being the typical Singaporean was so mean and didn’t really explain what’s the consequences of the card and when I asked her what’s the amount inside the card she said a lot instead of giving me a figure. Blardy biatch, then she just did her stuff and then told me the card had SGD112+ but I can only use it for entry & exit purposes plus toll charges but cannot use it as a cash card! WTF! The blardy card has so much value and I can’t use it as a cash card, how the “L” are we going to finish using it for toll wor?? It’s not like we enter Singapore on a weekly basis! So freaking mad with her but can’t do anything just in case she sabo me and I can’t enter how? Shiats! She summore had to say this, “It’s ok one, no problem one, if the parking spots that require only cash card payment system, you just buy another cash card lor…” WTF! Of course no problem to her la, it’s not her freaking money wat! What am I going to do with another cash card wor??

Anyway, since it was a rush decision to go, I didn’t have time to study the road map to check out directions to the hotel in Singapore, so Amah again being a hero found her way there based on my vague memory and of course the excellent road signs there la!

Christmas lights was ok, not as impressive as Hong Kong but ok la…since we beggers cannot be choosy…but the kids were not impressed so Amah mai shop lor…Shopping loot later la…Then as we were heading back to the hotel, walking from Paragon towards Scotts Road, somehow I lost my mom who was with the maid pushing Kylie on the stroller. I was so darn stressed as I know my mom..what’s the consequences…then Kieran started to panic..he was beginning to be sooo worried. I began to hold his hand really tightly…I smsed to Apah to asked him to pray along with us..then Kieran who usually refuses to volunteer to pray, started praying aloud…I was so touched by his simple faith in God. Then Apah smsed me back and said that we will find them in 5 minutes time and guess what?? We were already walking back to the hotel that time hoping to find them there…and as we reached the room, we could hear Kylie’s and Apoh’s voices!! Hallelujah!!! Then as we were talking about how I was worried they can’t find the way back, Kieran suddenly began to sob and hugged Apoh…wow..my rascal who is sooo disobedient and rough can get soooo emotional…I’m sooo proud of him!!! That goes to show…he really loves his Apoh and was genuinely concerned!

Maid Saga..

10 days more till I kick send the maid back to her homeland. Yet she still has to create problems. I think it was just last month that I accidentally came across her charging her mobile phone in my office building. Where did she get it? Her boy friend it seems…Nothing comes free cos I have a mobile that is missing and she must have nicked it and passed to her so called boy friend in exchange for the cheaper mobile and phone card.

But her RM50 & RM20 prepaids are never enough as I know she has been harrassing my office staff to help her get the prepaid cards to send her endless love messages to her “Ayank” (sayang-ku/my love). I have kept the mobile phone locked up..and never left her alone at home again since then..Apparently my neighbour has seen her boyfriend come to our house and they were holding hands outside. Whether they went in to make out we are still unsure.

HOWEVER….she was able to get another mobile phone again as Angie found her message in tiny weeny piece of scrap paper to one of my staff requesting to help buy her a prepaid card. So this morning, I went into her room to search for the phone but as I was digging into her stuff, I couldn’t find it. Then I noticed my deep fryer machine. I just wanted to check whether she has cleaned it properly and when I opened the box, there lies her new mobile phone, an upgraded version of course! I quickly hid it and then locked it without her knowledge and then quickly said this from upstairs, ” Lets go!” (meaning to leave the house now..) I can see that she’s been inside her room to take her change of clothes and I was wondering if she knows that her phone is missing. I plan not to confront her this time and pretend like nothing happened.

Upon reaching the office, she quickly asked to use my staff’s mobile as she has to urgently message someone. Who else?? Must be to notify her lover to get her another phone! I can’t believe that she’s so daring. Aparently she has a lot of cash to spend as she’s been trying to shove them to my staff to help her get the prepaid card. I am not sure if my staff has helped her but of course they said to me that they have denied to help.

I have planned how I can surprise her the day I send her to the airport. I will make her wear marked under garments & clothing the day before and place her in a place where she will never dream of sleeping in (meaning not my house or my mom’s house or anywhere she would think she will be sleeping in) and then will bring fresh under garments and clothing the day she leaves. I will make sure she returns the under garments that has been marked to me before she goes into the car. Her bag will not be with her of course! So there’s no way she can hide anything anywhere! I will pack her bag only with the things and clothes she brought her from her home and will not allow her to bring back any clothings that we have given to her here. Weyo? Maybe some of you will think I’m so cruel, but for the stress she has put me through, I think she doesn’t deserve anything extra other than her monthly salary!

So what do you think of my plan? Do you think it will work?? But the thought of it also make me so the happy lor….Muahahahahahahhahahaa…..(majorly evil laughter)

Shocking!

I had 2 shocking things that happened today, once in the morning and once in the afternoon during lunch….

First one..

I was just lazing around the couch watching tv and Kieran was next to me..I suddenly realised he has his hand inside his pants…

Me-Take out your hand! What are you doing?

Kieran immediately took out his hand and smiled at me sheepishly…

Me-Do NOT play with your kkc (boy’s private part) ah! It’s so dirty! Afterwards the zhong zhong (worm) will grow there ah!

K-How can the worm grow there wor?

Me-(realised it was a stupid statement but I can’t take it back..) You play somemore la…see if the zhong zhong will grow or not? Your hands are so dirty each time u touch u pass some germs there! yerrrrrr

K-What’s wrong with that? I always play with my kkc….

Me-I said no ah! You better stop doing that!

*Slap forehead*

Second incident..

This happened during lunch, while we were slurpping away the extra smooth kuey teow (Rice noodles) at Soo Kee (this is Kieran’s favourite place as he eats a lot!) Kieran suddenly came to my side and whispered this into my ear…

K-Mom..u know ah..when I like a girl, my kkc will become BIG BIG one..

Me-(OMG!!) What?!?!? Who told you that??

Kieran again smiled sheepishly again, u know the ngek ngek ngek style one? the yum yum sup sup smile? If still don’t get it, can ask Unker Cocka cos he smiles liddat too!)

Me- TELL ME! WHO TOLD YOU THAT? WHO TAUGHT YOU THIS NONSENSE??? (really it’s facts of life but to a 7 year old kid…it’s like too early right????)

He continued eating and didn’t bother to answer me..will get Apah to handle this cos I’m really like at wits end..I have no idea how to handle this! BLECHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Super Busy Day

Today is my absolute last day for my last minute shopping for stuff to bring over to Downunder. I’m famous for this, always last minute packing! But I have to get everything in order as I plan to check in earlier at Sentral. But I started the day still with my usual routine, gardening and then I saw this! Basket! I absolutely cannot tahan this, rubbish everywhere. We have quite a nice little park next to us but some inconsiderate, no read book mia people must throw their rubbish in the public area instead of their own rubbish compartment! They also have more dogs than the allowed number and thus attracted 2 stray dogs to our area. So whenever they throw their rubbish out the stray dogs will help themselves tearing the garbage bag apart and left rubbish everywhere, which includes disgusting sanitary pads and baby diapers, SOILED OF COURSE!

Both me and another neighbour have seen them throw the rubbish before but we didn’t manage to catch them on film! We have filed a complain with the local council and lets see when they will take action.

I polished the wooden panel flooring as I got it tailor made by the hardware store since Ikea don’t stock this anymore. (Weyo? I bought 3 pieces of this from Ikea some years ago during one of the sales so now not enuf lor…) Have to do this in stages as I made 15 pieces!! To be continued when I get back but hopefully when I get it’s like miraculously been polished by some kind soul leh…and painted too I hope!

Then called Mto2Angels to meet for lunch as I wanna get a pressie for my good ol’ pal from Melbourne who’s offering me his home to stay while I’m there. We had the yummie beef noodle at this coffee shop near Central Market/China Town. Hot environment but worth it la… What pressie is that until have to go to China town leh? Some fishing tackle thingy la!

After that I went to One Utama to continue my hunt for more gifts for my cousins in Sydney. And I still have a few more persons whom I haven’t got anything yet lor..HELP!!!! Nevermind..I still have Friday afternoon….I HOPE!

When I reached Apoh’s place, Kylie was still sleeping but she woke up shortly. So I decided to bring her to the park, just to spend a bit of time with her before I go..sobz…I will miss her and of course Kieran too la but he’s still not back from school ma..

She had a good time as always. She loves to run and climb ma!

Then I had to finish my gluey birdsnest that mom made, or rather asked the maid to make so it ended up liddis! So geli as there were still a lot of small feather fragments in them and it was so thick as my mom didn’t monitor how much the maid took! So careless lor…so I told her, I will prepare it the next time! (wei I had to buy all the way from HK one leh…)

Anyway…I know I always complain how the kids drive me nuts but I will definitely miss them like crazy…

I LOVE U KIDS & WILL MISS U SOOOO MUCH!!!!

Gila Day & “Sam” “pat” Tag

First thing first, we are having our family potrait taken tomorrow and look at the condition of Kylie’s face! She has a blueblack mark on her cheek and countless mozzie bite marks on the whole of her face!!! Ayooo looks like I have to put foundation and makeup on my lil princess!

 

Then we sent Kieran to piano class (weekday is one hour more serious learning unlike Saturday, just play play only la). After that we went to Seapark for lunch to savour on the second best (first of course in Penang la) Penang chee cheong fun! It’s so yummilicious that Angie claims she will lick the sause off the plate one leh…but before that I had to park the car right? Look at the above pictures. Those buggers park liddat and wasted 2 golden parking lots! Darn! I of course pusing pusing (turning around) to look for parking but cannot find too far cos of logistics problem (aiya kids around ma). I was forced to park illegally like a lot of others but I quickly snapped the photo just in case I kena saman (get fined) to show the council my reason for parking illegally!

Anyway, I made sure we slurpped down our chee cheong fun as quickly as possible as I don’t want to get to the process of bargaining with the council!

Look at Kieran not complaining despite the fact that he has to use the chopsticks! (He usually complains but since the chee cheong fun is so yummie…he ate la!)

Then had to rush back to do deliveries to customer but Kylie fell asleep in the car. So I decided to bring her along but she woke up midway and started crying! Ayo…can you imagine how stressful is that? Then when I reached the customer I had to off load 2 x 25lit drums of chemical plus a few other bottles of chemicals with just one pair of hands of course slow right? So lil princess was wailing big time la! Then when I carried her in the shop she kept quiet. My customer had to pay me in cash and I had to run back to the car to get my wallet to give him change and lil princess wailed big time again giving my customer a scare!

I had to keep her entertained in the car with biscuits and she was babbling to herself and occasionally came up to my seat and refused to go back to sleep! Die or not???

Ok now to do the “3″ “8″ Tag thanks to this mummy.

What will I do that day? Ayo how I know? One year in advance, as if I have a wedding to plan meh? No lor…no birthdays to celebrate also, aiya normal mia day for me la!

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Weekend Updates

It was a pretty normal and wet weekend we had. As usual I sent Kieran to music school on Saturday morning and sit at customer’s place till they pay me visited a customer while waiting for him. There was a car wash facility outside my customer’s shop so I had my car washed at the same time. (Maid too lazy busy to do that!) Customer paid me of course and we created small talk la…and then it was time to go and as I was leaving…plip plop plip plop dollops of rain started to fall! Drats! I just had the car washed la!

After picking Kieran up went to another customer’s place to send some goods and then off to Tesco again! It’s either Tesco or Ikea hor?? hahaha…weekly groceries ma…We ate at Chicken Rice Shop and didn’t realise we were sitting next to someone familiar looking…another customer eating with his family. Kieran started looking over after I said hello and said this..

K-How come they have so much food and we have so little?

Me-Shhhh…no manners…they have more people ma, if I ordered so much you can finish eating or not?

Upon reaching home, we had to clear the car immediately and store the stuff I bought as we had to go to a birthday party at Sg Long! Yes Bandar Sg Long as in the Sg Long near Kajang! At the beginning I already drafted the route to Apah but of course Apah being Apah had to miss the first turn and our nightmare began… we somehow took the wrong turn and ended in Kajang Silk where there were toll after toll and we ended up paying RM7 and one hour to reach our destination! AYoooo..so when we went back I drove and of course we paid half the toll but the travelling time was almost one hour..

The birthday cake had a Hello Kitty picture and it was so beautiful! I don’t think I can reach that standard la…they had the McDonalds Birthday Party team over their place but there were not many parents involved in the games so Apah and Kieran sapu most of the gifts la! hahahahaha…

Sunday was as usual church and then to shopping again! Ayo this mega sale is really taking a toll on my pocket. By the time it ends it’s almost the next sale season again! We went One Utama. We have this One Card which allows us to park at the priviledge parking just RM1 more than the normal parking but little did we know that we must have a MINIMUM VALUE of RM5 in the card before you can enter the parking using that card. Apah kept inserting the card and it kept rejecting it without telling us anything. So we had no choice but to take the ticket and park at the normal parking space. However, after rounding about 15 minutes, Apah dropped us and continued circling and I think it took him 45 minutes before he finally found one!!!! FREAKING CRAZY isn’t it? We had late lunch because of that but thank God we were quite stuffed from breakfast and the kids had snacks in Sunday School.

We ended Sunday with dinner at Apah’s parents’. Apah’s twin brother & family had moved out of Msia due to a job posting so they had no cousins to play with. So Kieran monopolised the toys and even squeezed in the toy car which was meant for his cousin’s size!

Weekend and Parent-Grandma-Teacher Meet

I had a good and productive Saturday, early in the morning catch up on my TVB serials, then see a customer and con sold him something in the process. Then zoomed Kieran to his music class and then went to see another customer and also managed to con sell him something also. Then I rushed back to pick Kieran up and we stopped over Tesco to buy some groceries. Bought some black soil too. Do you all know that black soil is the cheapest in Tesco, cheaper than Sg Buloh! So next time if you need black soil, please get from Tesco. (Nope, I’m not sponsored by Tesco!!)

Then we headed back and it was still drizzling. The moment I reached home, I continued to boil watch my TVB serials as I was too lazy to do anything else, e.g. baking (which I told Angie I would bake something over the weekend). When the rain stopped, Kieran reminded me about planting the vege seeds we bought some time ago!

So I reluctantly quickly got up from my couch potato postion and began planting the seeds while the kids play with the sand the contractor left in my car driveway. I labeled on the pots so that I don’t get mixed up which is which. They were long beans, kacang botol (neh the one you fry with belacan) and lady’s fingers.

K- Mum, when the plant grows we can eat the beans?

M-Yes

K-Cool!

On Sunday, we went to Ikea after church, YES….you read it right, I went to Ikea again! And totally forgot to go to Nomadic Mom’s son’s birthday party. *head hangs low in shame* Kieran asked what happened to my brains but you know how I retaliated back? Well I used his school work to attack him lor, I told him since he always claims that he doesn’t know Chinese, then there must be something wrong with his brains too! Bad hor me? I felt guilty and that was it!

Parent-Grandma-Teacher Meet

Today Apoh made me drive her to Kieran’s school to see his teachers. I was reluctant but had to do it as she has been bugging me for quite some time. Weyo? Her precious grandchild, aka my son, Kieran has been getting beating from the teachers. Apoh will ask Kieran each day whether he received any beating from his teachers and Kieran usually proudly admits YES and like from a few teachers too!

According to his form teacher, Kieran is always fighting with his friends and he beats them up (did he inherit this from me ah? I used to beat up boys when I was in kindy and I think up to Standard 2!). He doesn’t pay attention and likes to talk a lot (just like me again….but Apah oso la) and due to that, he usually isn’t able to copy his homework from the whiteboard. I tried to tell her that I’m ok with him not being able to finish the homework or even failing his exams but she said if she doesn’t reprimand him then that will affect the other students. True also lor. Apoh kept asking them to get just one teacher to beat him instead of so many but that is impossible la! Apoh also said that she felt heartsick that her precious grandchild had to go through this but I reckon he should go through this in order to groom him for the future. I don’t want my son to be overprotected till he become one “khuan keuk chai” (skirt leg boy, in other words some useless mia man la).

At the end of the meeting, we couldn’t even reach to any conclusion or able to come up with any solutions lor. The teacher said she has even used the call the police method and coincidentally a police officer did come to the school and the boys were scared but they were only good for the next 3 days only! Die or not??? HELP!!!!

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We have to be careful with automatic gates, despite the low speed they open and close this could happen too when the person who’s controlling it is stupud careless!

Apah was controlling the gate, so when he opened it, he didn’t allow the gate to open in full and stopped it suddenly and poor Kieran was caught unaware so he ran right into the gate! Ok, both also wrong, one shouldn’t open gate halfway and the other shouldn’t run la! But the open gate halfway more stupud naughty right? Anyway, the bump arose like in seconds and it was humongus! I quickly asked the maid to boil an egg and after rolling the hot egg over the bump it quickly subsided. When I gave the instructions to boil the egg, the stupuded gate controller said ice was better. Yes la..ice better but my egg method brought the bump down so fast k!

In an unrelated incident…

Cute leh! Do you notice it’s an ASIAN doll? And do you realise we only have blonde & blue eyed dolls sold in the stores here? We are Asians ma, how come they only make blonde dolls leh? Anyway, this doll belongs to my mom’s good friend’s granddaughter who came back from the US for holidays. I found it so cute, I couldn’t resist taking a picture. They actually got this doll from the US! Duh!!!!!!!!! This Asian doll has all the features of an Asian, ie the doe eyes, flat nose & small mouth… So cute lor!

Shocking Stories - True by the way…

Today memang ada shocking news for all. In fact there are 2 separate stories but not related.

No.1 Story : Freaking $”£!&£& Maid

My mom as usual volunteered to come to my office to pick up Kylie and the maid as I was out and could be back late. But as usual when my mom says she’s coming she comes and doesn’t like to wait and leaves you not much time to pack up or finish whatever. The moment she arrived, the maid was obviously not ready but she still managed to bring down the garbage to throw. She left the garbage aside and gestured to my mom to wait while she opened up the store downstairs. My mom saw that she was not carrying anything but when she came out she was carrying another plastic bag. Then she picked up the garbage and took off like lightning. My mom suspected something amiss, she decided to get down from the car and gave chase! Knowing my mom’s age, of course she is much slower than that blardy maid la! Anyway, by the time my mom caught up she saw the maid flinging the garbage in the giant bin and at the same time she saw a middle aged indonesian guy holding on the same plastic bag my maid was carrying earlier! So my mom asked the maid why is that bag with him and insisted she take it back. Guess what it was? It was a container filled with rice plus a generous amount of green vegetables & chicken!

I was out training at my customer’s place when I received an sms from Angie saying I have news of my maid from my mom. I was thinking as usual la, must be lazy etc…But the moment I came back and got to know the above story, I was so angry I actually punished her and as she was so guilty she actually accepted her punishment quietly. It’s not that I am angry that she was donating my food to other people but the fact that she can’t freaking complete her own chores but she has time to do such a thing. It’s mind boggling how the hell did she get the guts and nerves to do this in the first place! I also cannot be sure if she has stole any money and given to this so called relative. She said this relative was leaving for Indonesia so she just gave her food for the last time before he leaves. Can you believe this crap of a story? She said that the food was supposed to be her food but she didn’t eat it and kept it for him! WTF! She even said that she kept and then microwaved it!

Not long after that, I was wondering what she was doing and then caught her in the bathroom observing my brother’s maid bathing my nephew. I was like, duhhh….wtf are you there? I went in and then asked her what are you looking at? Tengok wayang ah? (watching movie is it?) Again that got me dem boiling hot and I punished her again. She was not only freaking lazy but so dem ham sup till my nephew’s kkc (penis) oso em fong kor ah (cannot escape her)?

When I got back to the office the next day which was yesterday, I found the the light and exhaust fan turned on, meaning she left it on since the day before and the back door wide open. Not only that, she left all the utensils all unwashed and the kitchen at a mess and also the lunch plates all unwashed! So she has time to pack lunch for her “relative” but no time to complete her basic tasks! I tell you, have you come across such a specimen?? I was hoping she runs away but she’s so damn thick skin, still sticking around! Blardy hell! I actually have to confine her now with no access to outside unless I’m around. You say, employ maid TKL (stressful) or not?

No.2 Shocking Story : Cheating Music Teacher

Today came across this story from my customer (MdmD). She has been sending her daughter to for piano lessons with this lady for 6 years and the daughter has not taken any exams at all while with her. So Mdm D insisted that her daughter go for exams this year. So the teacher cheater collected the exam fees for the Trinity Colleage exam for both practical and theory in May 07 and also November 07. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, it’s like her daughter only taken Grade 1 exam and has not taken any exams ever but how can the teacher cheater prepare her for exams twice a year all of a sudden? And why did she collect the fee for November so early? That’s not all….May is coming to an end but her daughter has yet to sit for the so-called exam! The teacher cheater actually gave excuse that there’s some problem and the exam has been postponed! WTF? Trinity College is a British college exam la, cannot simply postpone one.

But that is not all! The teacher cheater also changed the amount on the cheque for Mdm D’s daughter’s April’s fees from RM130 to RM730 and the cheque actually cleared! What that’s like a crime leh! I just couldn’t believe how Mdm D can be so gullible and naive to fall into this trap and to think that she has been sending the daughter to this teacher for 6 freaking years! Then I remembered my friend who is a music teacher, so I called her to check the facts. She said Trinity has exams scheduled for May-June and November and there is no such thing as change of dates! Then when Mdm D stated the facts to the teacher cheater she was stuttering and “e e eh eh” trying to beat around the bush. She couldn’t answer to Mdm D’s questions. And then we got hold of the Trinity College number and gave them a call to check whether Mdm D’s daughter was registered at all but of course she was NOT! She even found out that the exam fees was only RM120 and the teacher cheater actually took RM230 from her!

I really couldn’t believe that at all! Whenever I try to sell something to this Mdm D she always takes so long to decide and said expensive la bla bla bla…eventhough it’s for a fact that I was trying to sell her something that helps ease her burden in the laundry. And when I try to collect money she will always try to postpone to the next month, she will pay la but just like to drag a bit la. But how come she falls into such a trap? In fact this is not the first time she has been cheated!

So this story serves as a reminder to us all, to check facts and get 2nd or 3rd opinions before committing anything, especially when it comes to money of course!

So sad today…. :(

 

Look at that supposedly innocent and adorable face…but I am really at wit ends in dealing with Kieran nowadays, the password protect on the cartoon channels doesn’t seem to work now, instead he wants to watch Animal Planet, National Geographics, no not that it’s not good but his addiction to tv is still incurable! I can’t blame him though since I’m also a tv addict. But his case, when he’s watching tv, he’s like absorbed into the tv, doesn’t know how to respond until I change the channel!

The tuition teacher complains that he’s been too dependent on help with his homework. She revealed that his form teacher made him sit at the back as he is too talkative and playful! I was quite upset and went to see her today at the school.

The moment I saw her and told her I’m Kieran’s mother and her expression was like OMG, she let out a heavy sigh and shook her head! (like oh no that hopeless case of a boy kind of expression lei…can imagine or not??) The conversation below was conducted in Mandarin and I was really struggling too with my broken mandarin…

Me-Sorry but I heard that you made Kieran sit at the back. I don’t think it’s a good idea…

T-Kieran is very talkative, doesn’t  listen and never finish copying the homework from the board.

Me-Yeah I know but putting him at the back wouldn’t it be worse?

T-I have to threaten him with the cane and all sorts in order to get him to listen or do any work..

Me-Oh please I am all for the cane, beat him if you must..

T-I have beaten him before, but he’s very difficult. I have even asked him to sit on the floor as punishment..He always doesn’t complete his homework. Even during the exam, I had to scold him in order to get him going at the paper…

(WTF? sit on the floor? what kind of punishment is that?)

Me-Errr..I know that in Kuen Cheng they have a small booklet where the student writes the homework for the day so we can cross check.

T-Oh yes, we have it too, but most of the time, they are not able to write it in the booklet as they write too slowly. So I usually ask them to circle the pages and then segregate the books which contains the homework.

(Alamak!)

Me-Errr..but I think you should try to arrange to put him in front, maybe seclude him, in a desk all by himself.

T-I will try. Oh the other day after PE, the girls were changing in one room and Kieran went to peek by opening the window. So one of the girls panicked and closed the window too hard and the glass broke! I was so upset that day, the glass could have hurt the children..

(OMG!  I was sooooo embarassed…)

Me-Please try to put him in front…and don’t give up on him..

T-Ok ok I will see what I can do…

Me-Thank you, sorry to trouble you.

I called Apah and told him about Kieran and he just kept quiet and then said we shouldn’t bring him to Disneyland HK then. We were planning to bring him to HK with us this coming June, since Apah has a meeting there. I really cannot take it lor, the first thing is this, thinking how to save the hassle and $$ again. That’s not the point. I felt that this trip could be good as we can spend time with him alone without Kylie around (yes sorry, planning to dump Kylie at mom’s place, she’s too young to know what’s Disneyland is so don’t plan to waste the $$ la).

Will try to have a good talk with Kieran tonight and see what happens..wish me all the best!