27 Nov 2025 – Do We Really Get Grumpier With Age??
Mon: here is an interesting read – older adults literally have a harder time suppressing negative reactions and managing frustration but positive interactions flood the brain with oxytocin, counteracting stress hormones that fuel irritability. So just keep reminding yourself that it is your choice and within your control to break the grumpy cycle despite how much this aging body aches after my morning walks – hahaha!
Why We Get Grumpier With Age—And How To Stop It
While going thru’ old doc&pix to share with cousinIrene found origins of my BirthC/1950, 1st-IC/1962+1st-Passport/1965 and a Certificate from the State of SIN/1965 when I left SIN. Was informed that DrChai married to 6auntieLAM PohYing then delivered me as documented 15Jan1950,01.30hrs@5TemenggongRd – in the same location when paternal-grandfatherLAM SongKee passed on in 1950 and where motherTSANG MayLan also passed on there in 1965. The house is no longer but memories are still very alive&vivd…
Early 1950s – the house where I was born and grew up in…
Later in 1950s – after the wall was built, and remember watching that stonewall being built in the mid 1950s.
https://amylamsg.com/2014/11/14/5-temenggong-rd/
Tue: grocery day at local 24hrsGiant with Bfast@MT-Market – forgetting that the school holidays have started here with more ppl especially for today’s late start.
Wed: welcome Angie&Alex/neighbour back from Macau and thankU for Blueberry jam.
YouTiao deep-fried dough fritters commonly served for breakfast, often paired with warm soy milk,coffee or congee. All my grandchildren like this easy to eat food. Cantonese name yàuhjagwái 油炸鬼 literally = oil-fried-devil, referring to a legendary tale of treason involving a corrupt official.
https://smartdory.com/2023/02/yau-char-kwai-origins/
So very sad to hear news of the HKG fire bringing back vivid memories of the Sep2013-house-fire where I nearly lost my life in SC/USA. Thoughts&prayers+condolences go out to all affected.
2 above pix credits to Irmo News 26Sep2013
To watch your house burning down is a nightmare. The feeling of helplessness is overwhelming. Woken Fri20Sep2013 fateful morning by the alarm and smell the smoke. First thought was, did one of the kids forget to turn off the toaster as Fri morning is PopTarts day. https://amylamsg.com/2013/10/06/lost-for-words/
Pix downloaded
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/hong-kong-fire-tai-po-wang-fuk-court-towers-latest-5492751
Thu: fond memories celebating the first Thanksgiving in 1984@Kolsås/Norway with Denis&Paul – have been marking Thanksgiving ever since then. Whether celebrating or not, one should always give thanks to all our blessings despite without my flock,turkey or BeaujolaisNouveau but thinking about them with appreciations for the different foods with family&friends or on my own wherever there is life within me ! Happy Thanksgiving.
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs…