Dad James 57th Birthday

It's Dad James 57th Birthday today. We bought a small cake for him, Mango Yogurt Mousse Cake (since he loves mango). It was just the four of us (Mum, Dad, Dennis, and myself) as usual and we sang Happy Birthday song for him and he made a wish and said it out loud too which I thought was funny. But anyways, his wish is to celebrate his 60th birthday. Yup, Dad is "one-day-at-a-time" man and appreciates every year that is added to his life.

After eating our slice of cake we had durian feast! He bought so much durian and it was absolutely delicious! It was my first time to eat more than one seed. Then we chatted and somehow our talk ended up with my remarks on why Dad needs to install an alarm system at his home because the price was just exorbitant. Dad and Mum told us that there were already three break-ins for this past month in the same housing area that they are now living in. They then told us of their "break-in" experience long time ago. There were 3-4 thieves who broke in to their house and Mum's uncle was downstairs and tried to call them. Dad and Mum thought that he was yelling "Snake!" Apparently, one of the thief was covering his mouth. When they were going down they saw the thief with a knife and so they ran back to their bedroom and lock the door. They started screaming for help. Their knees were shaking the whole time. Dennis was two years old then and was sleeping soundly in his room. That was really scary.

I think the world has become more and more polluted with evil men who wants to make "fast money", of course at the expense of honest and hardworking people. It has become a "Necessity" a "need" to arm your homes with CCTV, alarm and security system... so you can sleep peacefully. It's just sad. You can't even send your children out to play at the park without adult supervision. We don't need alien invasion to wipeout human race because we are pretty much equipped to destroy each other, in all the sense of the word (sad truth).

Moving on...we watched the news and Dad told me of the news about Philippines that someone from PAGCOR suggested to Noynoy (Philippine President) to consider the privatization of Casino in the Philippines and selling it to Malaysian business tycoons (the owner of Maxis, YTL, and I forgot who the other one is). I'm not sure how true this is but whatever. I don't really care much about gambling institutions because I know there are more productive ways of investing your money and gambling, although popular, is not really a "high-road" to take. That's just my take on it.


In a good note, on our way to buy Dad's cake at Jusco Bukit Tinggi, the sky was just so emaculate and I had to take a picture. The grey clouds was like silk and the sun looks like an eye. Its so beautiful. Oh the majesties of God's creation is truly a testimony that he exist. No matter where we are in the world, we all share the same sun and the same sky. I am in awe!