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& A HAPPY NEW YEAR 

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At Foot Solution, They Go The Extra Mile (G.E.M.)

Note: I am not paid to advertise for Foot Solutions 
but am just sharing a satisfying shopping experience.

Most of the shops were closing for the evening, when I walked into "Foot Solution", a shoe shop.  There were a couple of customers keeping the sales promoter, Ela, very busy; but she welcomed me with a big smile.


I learned later, that besides being a physiotherapist, she multi-task as sales promoter & cashier.

Service with a SMILE

A soft-spoken guy came up to me, offering to get me a pair of selected shoes of my choice.  He suggested that I should get my feet measured to ensure that I got the right size.  He was friendly & tried hard to please.  Unfortunately, he wasn't fluent in his presentation of the features of the shoes which I set eyes on.  In spite of him trying hard at it.  

I had a long day & was not in any particular need for shoes.  

I thought of leaving.

But I stayed because, Mr. Teo, came to save the day, or rather the evening. 

Mr. Teo was very  knowledgeable & speedy in fielding my inquiries.  In between, serving the other customers, Ela chipped in, & joined our discussion.  After completing her sales with the earlier customers, she started to bring, from the store, more shoes for me to try.  I teased her for hiding her shoes from customers.

By then, it was way past closing time.  Yet the whole team, showed no hurry nor hinted on their desire to close.  Instead, their body language & service, conveyed that they were pleased to be able to go the extra mile.

The team that practices "Go the Extra Mile"
(Left) Mr. Ng, (Center) Elle & (Right) Mr. Teo

Elle (Left)

Mr. Teo,  (Right) manager of the outlet

(Center) Yours truly, the happy customer

I left as a happy customer, after buying a pair of shoes, a pair of slippers & a pair of made to measure in-sole & a sizable bill of > $700; but pleased as Punch. 

This team sells without selling!  While
the customer buys even when she had no plan to do so! 

Keep up the good work, folks.

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My treasured art pieces

Come every December school hols, camps operators do a roaring business holding various "camps" for school children.

Parents are willing to pay an arm & a leg for the camps, for various reasons.  Their children 
1) learn something new, 
2) have a lot of play & fun under the supervision of "program facilitators,  
3) interact with children of the same age group & learn to make new friends during camp  


Last & most important, parents who are too busy to find time for their children, have the "peace of mind" to carry on with their own life ... at work.

Just like other children of her age, Little Darling also went to camp.

She did these "treasured" (treasured by me & the rest of the family) art pieces during one of the camps.

Enjoy:

 

Here comes the Bride    

(My nephew, Eric & 
Janice's wedding)

 The other day I mentioned that I flew to Hongkong to attend my nephew's wedding.

Here are some of the photos of the radiant young couple

The very important & significant "tea ceremony"

The young couple knelt to serve tea to the parents, then to a long queue of senior members of the family.  After showering the young couple with well wishes & blessings: they gave gifts of jewelry & "lye si" (red packets with cash in it)  Note the numerous gold bracelets on both the bride's arm & the necklaces around her neck!!

 My brother-in-law,  added yet another gold bracelet to the bride's forearm

THE  "tea"

"Lye Si" ("lucky money" in red packets)  from grand-aunt & uncle who flew from USA to Hkg for the wedding

The bridesmaids ... busy preparing for the tea ceremony

The newly "promoted" mother-in-law (my sister) at the wedding dinner

Arrival of the bride & her entourage.

Awaiting for parents (witnesses) & Uncle Henry (lawyer) to go on stage to solemnise the wedding

Course after course ...

......10 course Chinese dinner

Blessings by a rinpoche

This great looking couple are the bride's happy parents

Yours truly here, wish the young couple
a blissful life & am hopeful to go to
Hongkong a year from now
for a baby's shower.

It's all in the learned doctor's mind 
"Incurable" because of "Aging"

A cough is innocuous to most people but it's my nemesis; ever-since
I was at the "young age" of 40.  

Wherever a cough hits me, it would quickly escalate to a severe  case of "upper respiratory infection", bronchitis, and asthmatic attack.  It often culminate to a hospitalization ... for "nebs" & oxygen.  In short, within a short period, I will be "disabled" & require care, just due to a cough!


The road to recovery from a cough, is painful & long!  

Think months.  Think 18 months


3 yrs ago, I coughed for months & was referred to one doctor after another... including the doctors of ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) & Respiratory Department.  The cough dragged through a battery of "investigations" ... X-rays, blood tests, scopes, lung capacity test & what nots,  2 hospitalizations for "nebs" & a period of 18 months!

Finally, the cough was "controlled"

(I still coughed, but less frequently & was able to sleep better as I was no longer awakened by bad coughs).  

When I asked the doctor whether my cough would eventually goes off, he (The head of the respiratory department, no less) told me  earnestly, that although my condition is "stabilized", I have to live with the cough & to be prepared for it to become worse or "relapse".

"What's the reason?" I asked.

"Aging", came his quick response.  He went on to elaborate that
our body is generally stronger & has the ability to recover quickly when we are younger.  

Great news, eh! :)

Until then, I've always turn to the doctors & relied on their treatment for all my ailments. 

In Singapore, the common alternative to seeking treatment from a "Western" (trained) doctor, is the "sinseh"

I've not been to a "sinseh" (Traditional Chinese Medical physician) since I was a child under my late mother's charge.  She had selectively sent me to a "Western" doctor & "sinseh" according to the ailment which hit me.  e.g. for fever I'll be sent to the "Western" doctor, menstrual cramps were relieved with the concoctions from the "sinseh".

I couldn't remember what was my late mother's logic of choice, but I do recall her saying that both Western & Chinese medicines have different efficacy.  

Since the doctor can't cure me, I went to a TCM clinic upon the encouragement of my daughter.  The "sinseh" felt my pulse, asked for the history of my cough, & assured me that it can be treated & I should recover in 6 weeks.  He added that Chinese medical treatment is holistic & unlike Western medication, it takes some time to work & show results.


I was fully recovered in 3 weeks


Incurable cough because of "Aging"?   

The turn of event, proved that it was all in the doctor's mind & not in my "aging".

Thank God.

Thank you Yue "sinseh"  

 Ask & you'll receive

Little Darling @ the Halloween Party

Many of you/friends have been asking how my Little Darling looks like.

I've uploaded a couple of photos for you to see her:

                                     




Another photo, of Little Darling with her loving parents,
(My elder daughter & son-in-law)

A family hug.

  

Nature's Sculptures
with trees.

Big nose?

Knobs, knobs, knobs.  What a knobbly tree!  I was told
that this tree is more than 1,000 yrs old!

3 -in-one tree

Sleepy old man with droopy jaw

What are a bird's & goat's heads doing in a tree?

Clingy child & Mom

A dragon with a bull dog's head

Hi folks,

Do you like the above "sculptures"?

Leave a comment & indicate your favorite choice.

Appreciate & value what nature has done for you?

Do your part to help nature ... save the Earth, blah, blah, blah

(You've heard that repeated often enough.  So I won't bore you with the rest of the current clique)

"Sneak preview" of the Gardens by the Bay

Went to the "sneak preview" of the Gardens by the Bay.

Took some photos to share with you.

A beautiful miniature garden of stalagmite

Another view of the same stalagmite garden

"Bottle trees"

The crowd is building up

Cactus

More cactii

Creeper (front) & bottle trees (far back)

A Lion in the Jungle?

Blooms in cactii

What's that?

Orchid sculpture

Ancient olive tree

Ancient olive tree

Another ancient olive tree

Yet another ancient olive tree

Another ancient olive tree

Another ancient olive tree

Another ancient olive tree

3 trees in one?

Palms

Seats in the garden

A chair made of drift wood?

Wall Garden

Another orchid sculpture

Isn't this basin huge?

Loving, elderly couple, heading home