No Green Thumb

A green-thumbed friend of mine recently added me to a new page on Facebook called "Green Fingers' although I have no clue why she would do that since I certainly do not have a green thumb and all the plants that I own have always died, no matter how well I took care of them.


Here is a recent example - what used to be this...

...has become this....

Sad isn't it?

My sis-in-law, the one with green fingers, usually gives me a new plant whenever my old ones have 'died and gone to plant-heaven'...so sweet of her :)

What I Saw

Here is the view of my front porch from inside the house, something that I am not accustomed to seeing...because something is missing - my little car. My porch looks like this on certain days of the week when my teenage son is driving my car. It used to be that wherever I am, there my car would be also...but not any more.

Another thing I saw on the porch last night...something that shouldn't have been there - a small snake, about 25cm long and slightly slimmer than a pencil! Cockroaches, spiders, mice and lizards I can deal with but NOT snakes! So CoolTeen, hubby and I stood there staring at the little thing, wondering aloud what to do with it. 


Me: Smack it with a slipper!


CoolTeen: It's not a cockroach. You can't kill a snake that way.


Hubby: Somebody's got to cut its head off.

Me: Not me! 


So hubby ended up grabbing the broom and dustpan while I went to search for a container. Not knowing whether it was poisonous or not, I thought that we could just try and coax it into a plastic container with a cover, seal it and then dump it into the rubbish bin before it could harm anyone.

The little fella was quite feisty and even shook its tail at me when I tried to take photos of it. My hands were a little shaky so the photos didn't turn out too well. I tried to match it to pictures of snakes on the internet but didn't see any that looked similar. Anyone knows what kind of snake this is?

Cartoon House

Remember this logo at the beginning of every Disney cartoon movie? The one that shows the outline of a castle?




There is a place in Cheras called Taman Putri Jaya where the houses are colourful and resemble castles. Hubby and I used to call them "castle houses".

Lately people have started referring to them as "cartoon house". What a strange yet funny name! Imagine telling someone that so-and-so lives in a cartoon house!

Sign seen at a traffic light intersection,
advertising a house for sale

CoolTeen Growing Up

CoolTeen started college on Monday. After 12 years of having to wear uniform to school, he now has the liberty of deciding what to wear to classes everyday and how long he could keep his hair before going for a haircut. He gladly exercised this freedom by growing out his fringe and dyeing his hair a dark shade of blonde, so now I have a Korean-looking son...!

We took him to an education fair in December last year and since then he has been receiving offer letters from lots of colleges. I wonder how all these colleges managed to get hold of our address and figured that it must be from the survey form that my son filled up at the education fair. Lesson learnt: Do not to give out too much details whenever approached by anyone at these education fairs as the information may get shared.

I now  have this sticker on my
front and back windscreen.
Other drivers either try to bully me
by cutting in or staying far away from my car!

CoolTeen also passed his driving test, sitting for it twice. So now it looks like I may soon hear these words, "Mom, may I borrow your car?" I'm seriously thinking of respraying my car a lovely shade of pink and adding large Hello Kitty stickers all over...just to keep him away from my car, haha!

The Week That Was

I have been a little slow in getting back into my daily routine after such a long break so I'll just post some pictures to recap the week that has flown by so quickly...

I became a year older. This year's birthday was extra special
because it was a public holiday as it coincided with the
installation of the new Yang Dipertuan Agong.

CoolTeen bought me not 1 but 2 gifts,
and the salesgirl wrapped it up
in such an artistic way! The top box looks
like a collared shirt.

Gifts from my kids...love them!
They are now proudly
displayed on my piano top.

Gift from hubby...Amazon's tablet called
'Kindle Fire'. Now I won't need to play Angry Birds
using the small screen of my phone anymore!

CoolTeen's handphone fell apart, but he still
doesn't want to get a new one, preferring
to save up some money and wait for iPhone 5.

I know fish blow bubbles but this is kind of overdoing it!
Actually it's just a view of hubby's little fish pond 
due to the pump malfunctioning and blowing out air.

And last but not least...a new pair of birds have
made a home in the nest in our garden and 2 little
babies are hatched! :)

In the midst of the joy there was also shock and sadness as I received news that a childhood friend's husband suffered a stroke and passed away. They have 3 young children. Life is precious and for some it's short, and I like this quote that sums up our life purpose for each day:


"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good."  - Author unknown