“Should auld aquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min’?”

That was the famous quote from the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, in which I believe almost every kid who speaks English would know the tune to the famous childhood song.

 

Of late, I’ve been trying my best to practice how to truly appreciate any friendship that I have. Even the long forgotten ones, friends whom I have been acquainted to in the yesteryears.

 

So, two days ago, I was searching for some of my old friends and after I googled some names, I found some info of a very old friend of mine, W. However, he’s now called Dr. W, a certified Vet in Serdang (a place near mine). The problem was I only had an address with no phone number.

 

I made up my mind to look for him and yesterday, I gathered my guts to find someone whom I had not seen for 10 years. It was pretty scary and yet exciting.

 

Well, the story didn’t end well. To cut things short, I went through a massive traffic jam on the way, worried that my car would spurt and die because it was seriously running out of fuel . After I finally got out from the jam, I was totally flabbergasted.

 

Serdang was a huge area and what’s worse, the roads were so confusing! I kept asking for directions but nobody knew the place I was looking for. Anyway, while I was frantically looking for the place, I nearly had an accident. The lady in the other car actually decided to come out from the junction when my car was actually speeding along the main road. If it weren’t for the slamming of the brakes, I would have banged her car. I nearly had a seizure!!! Man! I really don’t know how she got her license.

 

Okay, back to my search for Dr. W.

 

After the near collision, I proceeded in the long, winding and confusing roads of Serdang. I should say, I was sorta lost in a maze for some 2 hours before I finally found the place. Whoa! I was so excited and happy when I found the right street.

 

Nevertheless, my triumph was short lived.

 

What I saw was just an empty house with overgrown weeds in the garden. My spirits plummeted drastically and I headed home with disappointment. All the effort and that’s all I found.

 

Lesson Learnt? Next time, get a Street Map. It could be handy and help save lots of time.

 

Er…Seriously, I was disappointed for not able to find my old friend, Dr. W. I knew that the info I found on the Internet was 2 years old but I had hoped that he still lived there. Anyhow, I had given lots of effort and risked my life (well, sorta) to look for an old friend. That’s the least I could do from my part of friendship.

 

I don’t know when or where shall I see my friend again, but I’m really glad that I had not forgotten this friend.

Have Humour, Everyone!

Phew! Finally, an entry, successfully posted

I’ve been having some bad experiences since the Chinese New Year with my blog. I actually typed an entry about my Vietnam trip but the PC hanged on me. Sigh. The second time, I typed another entry about celebrating birthdays homestyled but I accidentally erased the post. Duh…how stupid oh me. And there were numerous times when I actually had some stuffs to write about but lost the inspiration once I got home. I think it was about a Merentas Desa (Cross-Country Run) which I happened to see some high school kids panting all the way up some hill in a housing area in Puchong (near my place).

Anyway, I really really wanted to sit down and type this time. So, tada!!!

I was driving home after work today, thinking to myself how some of my friends are struggling with their careers and work at the moment when a rubbish truck drove by.

When the truck was approaching my car, I saw a piece of yellow stuff in front of the truck. I thought that something was stuck at the front grille of the truck.

I squinted my eyes to have a better look for I was a tad real curious about that yellow thing which caught my eye.

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Then, I saw it.

When I realized what the yellow thing was, I laughed so loud in my car that I seriously thought of stopping at the side of the road.

The piece of yellow thing ‘caught’ on the front grille of the truck was a yellow stuffed duck (a soft toy) and it was actually strapped onto the front grille which made it looked like it was making a brave attempt in jumping from the front of the rubbish truck!!!

I didn’t manage to snap a pic of it though but the image of the duck’s bill flapping in the wind and its wings and webbed feet strapped at the front of the truck really looked hilarious, especially for a person with great imagination like me. Hehehe!

Many people I know don’t actually like their work. Most of them are struggling through their jobs and hardly enjoy what they do. I used to be like that as well and I found it to be suffocating me a lot.

However, unlike many of us with good salaries and comfortable working environment but with less enjoyment at work, the rubbish truck man actually found some humour while at his work. The yellow toy duck not only decorated his truck, but it made the truck stood out on its own.

By doing so, I suppose, it helped to make his work more bearable and enjoyable. Not only that, the yellow duck had made me laughed so hard with its pose right at the front of the truck.

So, fellas, the next time you lose motivation at work, find some HUMOUR in yourselves to keep you going