28 Nov 2024 – Happy Thanksgiving
Mon: trying to keep my section of the HDB/PublicHousing-common-corridor clean&safe. Had a GreenBroom yesterday, but today after hanging there for~20yrs it’s gone missing despite Halloween being over – hahaha! Whoever took it probably needs it but hopefully will be returned? Will not be putting out another one – had a GreyBroom out this morning when cleaning but will be taking it indoors.
Nearest neighbour has thanked me for the use of the GreenBroom when I have been away the previous years, but she is now in a nursing home since the dramatic&traumatic incident in Aug. The other section of the corridor after the elevator&staircase is OK but would have preferred less stuff out there! which is not within my control but will complain if it gets worse than what it is…
A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners — Irish Proverb
EU/7,USA+Canada/6,SIN/3=16total 2024 Season’s Greeting SnailMail done and will get the oversea ones into the mail by Thanksgiving, local ones can go later. Hopefully they have reinstated the festive postage rates which were taken away last year! Thank you to JingMei for BananaCake for JB – looking forward to tasting them.
Tue: grocery@Giant/Tampines~S$80 and rather pleased with today’s savings~S$20 Ikea’s mini ChocolateChristmasLogS$4.50(had it last week and liked it) in addition to that the sky did not open up until back into the 4walls. Good to start the day early and get done with errands before 14.00hrs.
Appreciations for the invite to an interesting for the National Heritage Board’s Heritage Trails Focus Group Discussion (FGD)@NationalHeritageBoard(NHB)61StamfordRd and thank you for refreshments+informative bookets – must try to get on some of these trails to check them out. Bus36 on a joy ride passing OrchardRd with ChristmasLights. Will not post until after the Thanksgiving but it is an improvement for me but still wish for the classier tradition colours of green&red, not blue! RegentSt,London/UK white AngelLights will always be my favourite and when you have a good thing, no need for too many changes.
Wed: lunch&afternoon for our seasonal get together with Henry and tkx for fruits. Forgot to take pix being so engrossed with catching up in this lovely cool afternoon heavy downpour, chatting within my 4walls and having the lights on due to the dark sky. The rains stopped~1800hrs, walked to PP to get some ParmaHam to go with the figs from Henry. Saw this bicycle that both Henry&I thought perfect for me!
Thu: Happy Thanksgiving – whether you are celebrating or not, one should always give thanks to all our blessings. No turkey or BeaujolaisNouveau with the family, missing and thinking about them…
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them – JFK
Decided to watch a HKG movie@Cathay, 破·地獄=lit Break Hell’s Gate/The Last Dance recommended by Henry. Enjoyed this interesting flick but would have preferred it in the original HK-Cantonese, here being dubbed to Mandarin. Will rewatch it again when the original version is available.
The Last Dance isn’t just a Hong Kong movie about death; it’s a wake-up call for Malaysian families to break through our own personal hells of unexpressed emotions –
The Last Dance: A Hong Kong Film That Hits Close To Home for Malaysian Families | TRP
How Hong Kong plays and a movie use Taoist funeral rituals to tell stories about life
Do not remember being here in CenturySq, must be the first time here? and do not know what in the world got me in the mood for a steak dinner@The MeatHõuse by the cinema! For S$18 it was OK but did ask first if it was possible for rare!!