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| fing-fing話好耐都冇同大家見面, 非常掛住大家, 所以今日佢無論如何都要同大家say hello咁喎.. 講到呢個好耐唔見, 老實講, 你係唔係一個經常都主動約朋友出嚟見面嘅人?? 有或者你係個等朋友約見面嘅人?? 我本人就應該係屬於後者, 哈哈, 唔係我高竇, 係唔主動咁啫, 如果朋友約見面我通常都會應約嘅.. 其實好多時候, 朋友之間都唔駛話經常見面㗎, 因為大家都有自己嘅生活圈子.. 家下科技先進, 大家平日保持聯絡都好方便嘅, 耐唔耐聚埋一齊反而能夠增進感情啦.. 講到呢度, 如果係平日連基本聯絡都冇, 突然間有個朋友打電話俾你話好耐唔見, 不如呢個週末出嚟飲茶.. 你第一個反應係咩呢?? 我會覺得呢個朋友一係結婚請飲, 一係就要你買保險或者啲咩銷售產品!! 正所謂無事不登三寶殿, 通常都係逃不過呢兩個可能性嘅, 呵呵~~ :p |
| fing-fing says he has not met everyone for a very very long time, he misses everyone so much and hence wants to say hello to all of you today by hook or by crook.. okay we talk about "long time no see", so frankly, are you one who would take the initiative to always ask your friends to meet up?? or are you one who always wait for friends to invite?? i think i should be the latter type of person, haha, not that i am an ego person but just that i am quite passive, and if friends invite me out, i usually will go meet up.. i somehow think that friends do not necessarily need to meet up often, because everyone has their own circles of life.. technology is so advanced that we can always keep in touch on a daily basis, perhaps a meet up once in a while would better bond the relationships huh?? on the other hand, if a friend of yours whom you have not been keeping in touch suddenly calls you one day, and told you to meet up the coming weekend, what would be your first reaction?? i would think that it's either this friend is going to invite me to a wedding dinner, or this friend is persuading me to buy insurance or those MLM products!! usually it couldn't be out of these two possibilities, hehe~~ :p |
16.07.2013 | 好耐唔見
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Morning. Long time no see, Fing-fing...
ReplyDeleteDon't be so suspicious. Sometimes, people may want in all sincerity to meet after having not met for a long time...but usually it would be those coming home from far away, not living in the same town or country anymore.
DeleteWouldn't mind if there is a wedding invitation...and if the friend is selling something, I would give him or her a chance to promote - after all, I have the final say...whether I would want to buy or not.
DeleteI do admire them actually - so out-going, trying to earn some money. The mere thought of doing that tires me out already... I guess that's why I will never be rich. :(
Wah STP, first sip today leh! It's been a while I guess? ;)
Deleteyeah, we should try to think from the good side huh?? of course i welcome those that sincerely want to meet, but i am rather quite reluctant if they just wanna meet up for a purpose, and i am absolutely uncomfortable with aggressive sales people, my pet peeves i would say, haha!!
Deletecome on, STP is not rich?? look at all the nice food he is eating everyday!!
Always think positive first and look at the good side.
DeleteBut then, I also can't help be suspicious.
A few friends just looked me up recently.
Few of them of course have things to sell.
One is an "orang kuat" of a political party. And now election is over, so is her contacting me. How ah?
I agree with SK that STP is very rich by looking at the luxury food and meals he partakes! He is so comfortable that he does not need to sell stuffs like insurance or estate planners like some retirees I am also desperate and hold 3-4 jobs which no ones knows.
Delete还有一个可能性，就是要向你借钱@.@
ReplyDelete哈哈, 是有這樣一個可能, 不過我幸運喇, 暫時還沒有遇過向我借錢的朋友~~ :D
DeleteGood morning to SK, STP and everyone who will be here later!
ReplyDeleteHappy Tuesday! ^^
wow, Hayley is in a good mood today!! kena 4D ke?? haha~~ :D
DeleteGood evening Hayley...
DeleteGood evening SK and everybody.
DeleteI just berbuka puasa. Letting food settle down before going on to do the night's activities.
Cannot just sit in front of food and makan and makan and makan. :P
Oh, speaking about this... It's something very common we'll say whenever we meet someone, right? And also, 'how are you?'. Hehe...
ReplyDeleteAnd yea to fing fing, long time no see! Where have you been ar? I hope it's not because your owner kept you inside the cupboard! *blek*
DeleteHehehe, and I hope he din't bully you...
Regarding your question, I think I belongs to former one... May be because I am 'free-er' than the rest (cause most of my friends are working), so I am the one who always organize gathering/makes booking and all. Sometimes it's bored la but I don't mind la, cause it's really fun and nice to be able to catch up with them!
DeleteAnd to answer your last question, my first thought would be, something to do with money (he wants to borrow money), LOL!
DeleteNo la just kidding, since most of my friends are females, I hardly face this kinda issue, I mean females don't have the tendency to borrow money. But my hubs used to face this kinda issue lo... Haih.
Of course, this is not the only possibility la! Some may be just wanna meet up and catch up, that's all.
DeleteSome may be due to works (like you say, insurance, or wanna sell you something), some is to give you red boom, haha!
haha, of course that would be a very common question to initiate a conversation la.. but then for the case of really close friends, we don't need anything courteous but straight away we can start a conversation..
Deletefing-fing's daddy is very kind to him wokay, never put him aside but still always hugs fing-fing everyday lah.. :p
hahahaha!! you will suspect your friend whom you have not been keeping in touch to ask you to lend them money if they suddenly call you up?? hmmm, meaning you are actually a very rich tai-tai?? hehehe.. luckily i never have such experience before (yet).. anyway true lah, of course there are always black sheeps, but i am sure there are also sincere friends who just wanna meet up and catch up with each other.. :)
I am most probably be the former cos i cannot stand loneliness and regarding friends who may want to borrow money from you i don't mind if i have the money bcos they may really be in need of help but too bad i am not rich
DeleteI am very scared to meet friends again who wanna borrow money. Either it would take a long time to get returns or never at all. I won't want to blame my karma but more of my stupidity for not being firm.
DeleteI used to be the organizer for my monthly gatherings of our Class of Form 5 in KL. It was fun and enjoyable at the stat for everyone to meet after 2-3 decades of absence. Later meetings started to change as many wives were nuisance and friends started boycotting when a certain wives attended!!! So childish! Now Anay gave up the planning and organizing! Our Pantai Hospital doctor friend has taken over and he too found that it is a pain in the ass to get the guys to meet up. I told him that fate has changed and friends have changed too. So we just move on and meet in smaller groups which could be happier.
DeleteGood morning SK...
ReplyDeletehi there.. :)
DeleteWonder what will b SK reaction if I tell SK im im KL and want to meetup, lol
ReplyDeleteBlogger-friend in town, I would be most happy to agree to meet and progress from being mere virtual friends to real-life friends...but of course, there are people who would like to keep their distance, that's their prerogative...
Deletewow, if Sharon is in KL then i will definitely extend the invitation to all the bloggers that i know to meet up and make friends with her!! and perhaps, must tell STP one month earlier so that he can book his flight to come over, i am sure he would be happy to do so in order to progress a better friendship with you Sharon~~ :)
DeleteI will be very happy to see everybody, hehe...
DeleteCan I join too? Tell us earlier so we can arrange. You know lar stuck here wif two kids... got to have a good plan to arrange the kids with my mum. Hehehe
DeleteWhen? When? Can't wait!!!
DeleteI hope that SP will organize every time when our blogger friends are in Kuala Lumpur. He seems to know where are the cheap and good food in Petaling Jaya and KL areas. His blogging and time management maybe sucks but suggesting a venue is the easiest he could do.
DeleteAt my age, friends who call me normally want to catch up with latest news.. who's daughter/son getting married or who is going on pension... hahaha.. and nowadays friends call either to go makan makan or go exercise in polo ground.. so most of the time, I agree to meet up! :) No MLM... a relief...
ReplyDeletehaha, i think that's great right?? it's more about close friends catching up with each other, and also some gossiping happening~~ :p
DeleteLast night I just met up with an old friend who brought his wife and young son along. We had drinks at the newly opened Loft Hotel and whole night I played snooker with my friend. It was a fun night having dinner, gossips, drinks and a friendly game. He made me realise that I could still have snooker with just one friend. Gone are the days when we used to have a gang of 10 friends playing snooker till wee hours!!
DeleteYour "long time no see" phrase reminds me of my school days.
ReplyDeleteWe used to say "long time no see, I thought you sudah mati ". It rhymes right? LOL. Kinda rude but that time all of us were very close hence tak rasa rude la. Like friends joking with each other with no malice intended.
fuyoh, last time Meow already so CB mouth ke?? haha, but then i think close friends won't mind at all lah, the more CB means the closer you are, agree?? :D
DeleteWith close friends of course say like that and we laugh only. Right?
DeleteClose friends are the ones that can take our insults and insult us back! LOL
LOL... I think it's the Chinese dialects that often have silly and deadly greetings when twisted around. Other than this "long time no see, I thought you sudah mati " the Hokkiens do have many other funny ones ~ "Eh! You also know how to come!" (This is damn insulting with the right tone used)
DeleteYa lor....now everyone have family already then susah sikit wanna meet up.
ReplyDeleteWhen schooling and single easy la to go out in a gang.
yes, exactly what i realized.. especially those with family, it's really kind of difficult to get them out.. either they come in a whole family, or the spouse is willing to take care of the kids alone for a few hours~~ :p
DeleteWell such things will happen and I had to to adjust to the changing of fate with my friends. We no longer could meet up so easily like during our bachelor days. Luckily the mobile phone and internet gives us ample ways to stay connect and in touch. Somehow I got irritated often by what I read in the Facebook, so I had to create another Facebook..... eventually I had to block several of them. That's life and fate changes every seconds ~ so are all our friends.
DeleteI wonder if you notice or not...friendship is like a chart...
ReplyDeleteWhen school or college or uni time very close. Then each started to date. That time everything starts to cracks. Less going out with friends and more with the other half.
Plus started to work..then there will be less time for school mates and uni friends. More time will be with collegues.
After gettoing married then another case....
as we grow older, which friends do you think will remain close? For me i think school friends . Yeah we made new friends along the way but those school friend will somehow remain around. Thought have not seen for 10 year or 20 years, but somehow will still have instant connection. Like somehow remain in the time where we are worried free and happy.
i so agree with you Meow, i certainly realized what you mentioned.. at different stages of life we have different groups of friends, but i really think those that are close to us were actually friends that we grow up together.. that's why you mentioned school friends.. my "oldest" friend which is still close to me and still keeping in touch is the one we know each other since primary one, wow, coming to 30 years of friendship already..
DeleteI am just like you with many old friends since Primary One. Somehow I realised that not all oldest friends are necessary our best friends today. Some of my oldest friends are stinking like old salted duck eggs! Bluek!..... I may have new friends or clients who became really good friends. It is not the age that counts but the quality of friendship that counts. I know that bottom line, it is just simple mutual respects that could build friendships. I am just sad that our KKB who yearns for a good friendship with me has no brains to instill this simple step.
DeleteVery true what Meow has mentioned. After married, summore with kids. You'll need to juggle your time with hubby' parents and kids. Myself I seldom have my ME time anymore. If got also 1-2hrs only that also once in a blue moon. Manicure, facial and saloon = all cut down and spare more time at home with family, accompany my son doing his homework and revision. Anyway... no regret lar because I know what a wife, a daughter and a mom should do. Fb account helps me to interact with my old school friends and Uni ones as well.
DeleteI also thanked the Facebook for connecting me with all my long lost friends in Malaysia and overseas like USA, Korea and Japan. Goodness, later on the Facebook became a nuisance instead when a lot of maggots wanna be my friends so I had to create another facebook just to breathe better. I lost my privacy by having Facebook but I cannot do without it as it is a necessity to stay in touch with my close friend and relatives. I became a busy body as well reading other's nonsense! I started hating people and deleting them every few months!
DeleteHahaha betul jugak...sometimes those we have not seen or thought a bout many year suddenly pop up we would either get red bomb or to promote insurance or unit trust or this fund nd that fund or MLM.
ReplyDeleteAt my age most likely would be MLM or insurance agents la. Most friends already married. so red bomb pun wont be for them la...wait another 10years then will get red bomb for their kids wedding gua :p
yalah, i think most of my friends also married so the possibility of getting red bombs out of a sudden is rather minimal.. and old friends also know i don't like to be bothered about getting insurance or MLM products.. wedding invitation still okay lah, at least something to be happy of, but persuading and pushing me to buy things, i quite scared lor~~
DeleteI got married very late. In fact I was the last amongst all friends to get married. I was sad that many close friends who were married earlier ended up in divorce ~ so scary! Everyone involved 3rd parties!
DeleteThat's when lots of problems would come to us again for help ~ big and small ones!
Along the way, some are ridden with debts and need to start selling almost anything! If they don't borrow cash from you, it would be good enough to support their MLM.
So it is good to change our mobile number every 2 years and give the reliable ones our new number Anay did that several times. Smart or not dei?
Change phone nbers every 2 years. Seriously? Don't have to do that kua? But if someone has been disturbing u all the time... better change and hope that he or she will not kacau us again.
DeleteIf you are in my shoes and live in KL where you mingle with the dangerous associates, you will understand why there is a need for people to change numbers. Life here is not a bed of roses like Taiping where people are more trustworthy and helpful to each other.
DeleteAh boy you said Fing fing making an appearance...where is fing fing? Is there supposed to be a photo? Or maybe my browser not loading properly ah....grrrr.....browser so slow today
ReplyDeletegot lah, one big fing-fing in the picture above lah, i think your browser has not loaded that picture yet?? i actually find IE kind of slow, FF is better..
DeleteI see FIng FIng!
DeleteMiss Fing Fing so much!!!!
Muacks to Fing Fing
LOL
I hope someday Ah boy would bring Fing Fing to a photo studio to get the professionals to snap a nice family photo. Maybe wait for Kamala and Fong Fong to come along! Wakakakakakaka
DeleteOh....I need to see mood to invite friends out. We just had our gathering with old schoolmates a few months back.
ReplyDeleteHaha...can't agree more with u on the insurance and direct sales stuffs. There are the possibilities.
DeleteNowadays, tech so advanced. Because of wechat & FB, our gathering was a success.
Deletehaha, of course it has to depend on the mood to invite or to be invited lah.. but surely those that intend to get me to buy insurance of direct sales products, i will be rather hesitant to meet up.. true, now all invitations are done through group chats instead of calling one by one right?? :p
DeleteThese days people have changed and so have our friends! Sometimes we could smell their motives from a mile away. When a long lost friend seeks for you, it's time to pull up our antennae to scan them! If they are selling something, it is still okay BUT if they wanna borrow money ~ RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
DeleteGood Morning Bloggers. Fing Fing is back again. Hooray! He must have grown up now - fatter and taller??
ReplyDeletefing-fing has a very healthy lifestyle, he just maintains lah, no fatter and not taller~~ :D
DeleteI know! I know. Fing Fing has started drinking Extra Virgin Olive Oil and will grow more hair!! Get your scissors ready!
Deletei think feed fing-fing sugarcane husks infused with extra virgin coconut oil would be better for him.. what do you think??
DeleteWakakakaka... You are making me laugh. I always try to pretend that Fing Fing has heart beats too.
DeleteYes go ahead and let him aet Sugar cane husks. I hope it won't choke and scratch his throat.
These days I have changed when comes to socializing with friends. I have become more selective due to many factors - family and work. When I was a bachelor, I had so much free time and would party all night all weekends. Now I have to find time to care for aged and sickly parents. This is life's cycles.
ReplyDeleteyalah, now that our Prince Anay of Tiruchirappallimuthulingam is getting more and more famous, of course he needs to be more selective with friends, hahaha!! very true, as we grow, we have more responsibilities and those are what make us more busy i guess??
DeleteEh harlow..!!! What Prince Anay? You really scare me with long names dei. I am not getting famous la compared to you and Mak Glam. I better not dream of getting famous too. Scary sometimes.
Deletehaha, very true.. the chinese says "humans are scared of being famous, pigs are scared of being fat" because that would create problems and troubles to you.. :)
DeleteI would be happy when people read my blogs but no need for me to get famous until I attract wrong attentions. That is scary. Oh, this reminds me to alter my profile.
DeleteIt is very important to have good friends in our life so we must treasure them. We must not forget all the regrets of most terminally ill patients who were being interviewed all over the world. Almost all regretted for not having any friends during theirs final last days. I think they only wished to have friends to talk and keep them company at times, nothing more. Loneliness is a torture.
ReplyDeletecan't agree with you more!! friends is indeed very important, because besides your family there are only friends who are going to help you in all kinds of situations, of course i mean close friends.. no man is an island, i always believe this, we need to have people around us :)
DeleteYeah we need friends and SK's blog has connected so many bloggers! Now they have become friends and best friends - sistas & thambees too!
DeleteI hope that everyone would continue to blog till their graves! We grow old together wisely and happily.
Agree here too Anay. I've learnt from my past mistakes and I would say I prefer to have one more friend than an enemy.(^ _*)
DeleteI do have friends who sell MLM, Insurance and Mutual Funds all the time. Like STP said, just give them a chance to speak and we are not obliged to buy. If they are too persistent, then blast them off. Muahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteyeah, i also respect that they have to do such things to earn a living, so i may allow them an opportunity to sell, but of course i do not appreciate them being pushy..
DeleteAha! i should join an Organic MLM company and start selling Extra Virgin Olive Oils to SK Thambee. I am sure you will listen to me and buy 1 dozen bottles.
Deletenah, i will not buy any from you because i can always get cheaper ones from the supermarket dei~~
DeleteCheh! Thambee is not getting a good deal from supermarkets!
DeleteWhenever I met my school friends, I would often hear all their long list of woes and no ending complains of their mother-in-laws and children's poor education results. Of course I have to listen and bitched with them so that they would feel good with my support!! This made Anay very popular for being kay poh!!! Wakakakakakakaka
ReplyDeleteof course, when friends complain their problems with you, that means you are trusted.. we also have to show that we care and support them, that's friend.. even if we can't do anything, by just listening to them and give some words of encouragement, that at least can share their problems and make them feel better.. :)
DeleteLife is always full of problems. The best is we try to solve them ourselves and not crow out repeatedly to other friends. My ear aches sometimes.
Deletebut we are not almighty and it's impossible that we can solve all problem ourselves lah.. that's why if there are friends to help who don't ask for return, that will be great.. :)
DeleteI am your Anay and you are my Thambee. Hope our friendship will last till eternity. When Anay has problems, Anay will look for Thambee. When Anay has no money, Anay will pinjam from Thambee. When Anay needs a man talk, Anay looks for Thambee.
DeleteWhen Thambee has problems, look for Anay of course lah.
Ya.. Anay must be very happy if people comm and share the problems with you. You must be a very good listener too besides being the trusted one.
DeleteHumans being human are humane who need hi-touch and rapport coz we are not machines or robots
ReplyDeleteWalau eh... Bananaz's hi-tech English took me some minutes to digest and understand lah. So "chim" English wei.
DeleteYeah why don't you organize a monthly "BananaZ Leaf Lunch" for us to hi-touch and rapport??
wah, Bananaz drank a lot of extra virgin banana oil?? this statement is so zen, Thambee cannot understand :D
DeleteBananaz drank overdosed of his Banana Oils and got drunk. Now he is gibbering like Fing Fing. Muahahaha
DeleteWhere got brother! No chim. High tech vz high touch only mah.
DeleteHigh Touch:
DeleteDealing with a human being instead of a computer screen or voice response system. The term was coined in the early 1980s by John Naisbitt in his best-selling book "Megatrends." Naisbitt pointed out the fallacy of automating every business transaction without human interaction at some point. There is no substitute for "the personal touch." Contrast with high tech.
TM think you are much better in dealing with the organising and now thinking about Fareed with the banjir nasi kandar...So when can go for buka puasa?
DeleteThere is nothing that I cannot do or would not try. However, to get the bloggers to meet up often may not be a wise idea if you have seen much of some true colours. Everything is just mere illusions and I am such a good actor that one thinks I have no problems and lead a very flamboyant lifestyle. Nah!... SK knows me better.
Deletewhoa i think i just mentioned him on my recent post
ReplyDeleteand now here he is the cutest monkey ever
and i think he's quite hooked with minions too like his daddy huh
well in my case im the type of guy to
ReplyDeleterejects a lot of invitations haha, it just that
i prefer to be at home instead of going out
with friends which will be more likely a drinking session haha
in fact i't been ages since i last been with them
ReplyDeletethat i can't barely remember when,
perhaps i should make up with them one of these days
but i guess i'll let this weeks past first
ReplyDeletei'm busy with work related issues (oh gosh I've always
wanted to say that reason haha)
but i think a friend with a birthday almost like mine
ReplyDeletewould have a party and for that i think i'm required
to go there haha
anyway, i have noticed you were always present
ReplyDeletein blogger meet ups there right?
well i would love to do the same but i guess i have to set my
priorities first
have a great day and happy blogging sk
ReplyDeletetake the best of care and god bless you
I'll be just like you too. Just prepared either it will be a wedding invitation, direct sales or insurance... As for myself, I will always think the good news first.
ReplyDeleteI sudah biasa dealing with all kinds of suppliers and dealers. Should be no problem handling a friend whom we've not met more than 10yrs....
DeleteIf is to refuse just say no thanks to them politely and not to hurt their feelings. People always so hard to say NO right?
DeleteSo late now.... I haven't say hi to Fing Fing leh. How are you doing over there? Your papa, SK got treat you with olive oil or not? Muahaha....
ReplyDeleteEarly of the year I received a FB message from my primary school friend which means 20years lor... so long. So far we catch up with each other by our own FB news feed. What we've been doing, go where and we are alert by our own FB current status...
ReplyDeleteAs I always say, welcome people with a good smile and always think positive about others. She invited me and my hubby for her weding this Sept at Taiping. I was very surprise and please with her invitation.
DeleteShe even invited me to become her ji mui too. Before decided.. I check my calender whether does it clash with my working schedule. I did told her I'll inform her once I check against my schedule.
DeleteMy friend W knows that I'm still in Taiping so she is very happy to invite me to attend her wedding at Taiping this coming Sept.
DeleteFor myself... I feel grateful to have a friend like her. She still think of me after for so long. We plan for meet up later when she' back in town. She wanted to discuss about our ji mui team and so on. I'm very happy to be part of it. Thanks W.
It is abput time to say good night....
DeleteThese few days I comment and type using my phone. Lazy to buka.my notebook. Always have typing error when type to fast. Phai seh. Nitez nitez.
DeleteAsking you out for a meal or yamcha... will you come out or not?
ReplyDeleteI love meeting up friends, but I am kind of selective also. Because I have busy schedule, who isn't? But then, I am also very seldom organizing meet up. If people call me, and I am available, I will go for the get-together with friends. But then, Yannie stays in small town, very seldom got people calling for meet up on normal days, except Chinese New Year holidays.
ReplyDeleteNow, I am waiting for Hayley and Angeline to organize a meet up and inviting Ah Hua and Yannie. Then we can chit chat to catch up a bit.
DeleteGood to see fing fing still in good condition, because Papa SK now very crazy over minions. I scare Papa SK would ditch fing fing and buy himself a minion to hug all night long.
DeleteHow many of us will call friends and relatives for a meet up on weekend?
DeleteI actually very seldom doing so. My weekend is occupied with nap and exercise.
Those two reasons are so true, it happened to me, keep calling ask me to buy insurance...Once you said don't want, they'll disappear for a while, few weeks later, they'll come back again...sigh!!! =[
ReplyDeleteNow the society very reality, can't get any benefit from you, they won't take their time to socialize lo!!! =]
ReplyDeleteLike some friends around me, they'll call us up just because they're bored at that moment, once they found a bf/gf, you'll no longer get to see them, hahaha!!! =]
ReplyDeleteLast time, I don't like to pretending to be nice in front of the person don't happy with, but now, that's how we should act in order to live longer!!! =[
ReplyDelete我得買保險嘅成數高達60%！
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