"Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home.
Your house is on fire and your children are gone.
All except one, and that's little Anne,
For she's crept under the warming pan."

You're supposed to sing this nursery rhyme when a coccinellidae lands on you. Not to kill it, because it presages bad luck in some beliefs. It actually doesn't make much sense though. I just remember being dressed in white t-shirts with a red ladybird logo when I was a kid, and reading Ladybird storybooks together with Peter and Jane, Nancy Drew, Secret Seven, Famous Five and Enid Blyton in my growing up years. I think it’s a symbol of childlike innocence to me, personally. There must a reason why we hardly see ladybirds in the city we live in.

I just came back from a road trip to KL and Cameron Highlands last Monday. It was a fun getaway and we cumulatively drove more than 1,000km in 3 days. The mountain roads were narrow and winding, but the view was fabulous. We had loads of fried street snacks and I love the dried strawberries. KL was fun too! Poppy was a cool party place where we counted down to Merdeka-day and met a bunch of young and sorta-drunk kids who reminded us of our young partying days. We also visited our favourite restaurants like Madam Kwan's and Purple Cane. Just too bad that time passes so fast when we're having fun.

Yesterday, I felt hyper maligned and unjustly treated, like I just got stabbed by a thousand hidden flying daggers. If I were one degree more impulsive I would have walked out for the day.

But it's so not worth it, and I'm not a quitter. Nothing is fair and people just step on each other to get ahead. That’s life isn't it? It's more agonizing to go through prolonged suffering than just die. I'm so glad I finally got through it. EP came to see me for lunch to cheer me up even though he was still suffering from a nagging cold. I thought that was quite sweet. A colleague told me today that 'someone' who was apparently making things hard for me was actually 'impressed' with how I handled the situation yesterday. I just want to thank God for how the situation turned out to be in the end.

Philippians 4;6,7
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus."

On Friday, I had Kenny Rogers lunch with Jess and a full soba tempura set with salad for dinner. Plus all the mooncakes over the weekend and Sei's Japanese curry rice and my mum's favourite fatty chicken rice and chocolate chip cookies and brownies and ice cream and junk, I'm so friggin' fat and full!

My cramps were really painful this month and I’m so tired from waking up super early for work this week. Only one more week of early Korea-trade shift left! I'm so not an early Woody Woodpecker but a Night Ranger.

Ooh, gonna tell more about my first golf lesson in my next post.