I almost forgot it was the Turf Club open house today 29th May, with this Big Day called "2007 President's Challenge At Fun For All Under The Stars".  Only a day like this could change the usual atmosphere from the other racing days that were crowded with hundreds or thousands of hopeful punters with a choking smoking environment that feel like hell most of the times.

;( Didn't have my camera with me, hence these pictures were taken using my mobile phone...

[Most of the crowd were at the concert, so both pictures appeared very empty...]

Mr. President S R Nathan and his lady had also graced the event.  It was lovely to see families bringing children to enjoy a simple evening like this with games and food stalls, sport activities, some handicraft merchandise stalls and concert.  They had also included Childhood games (that belonged to my ‘time') that may be a good opportunity for the younger generation to get to know and play since they likely never played them before.  Oh I do miss playing "zero point", "five stones", and many more.  Although the turn-ups weren't as crowded as I thought, I still think it was a good opportunity for the kids to see how horse racing was like since, they ain't allowed to enter into the Turf Club at normal times.  There were also trial runs with exciting presenter narration. To me the best part of the day was seeing and feeding 2 lovely horses that had retired and were arranged for the kids to get up close and personal.

And I couldn't help to fall for this beautiful white horse named Emperor.  He was 7 years old and used to part of this whole racing glamour.  I would love to take him for a walk...   

Wishing All Mothers and Mothers-to-be,

A Very Happy & Sweet Mother's Day!!!

With Loves,

Sky

What's the best way to find out if a guy is married?  A ring sitting clearly on his left hand ring finger or middle finger you said?  But seriously what does the little finger says?  I guess popping the question seems to be the best way of finding out.  Of course finding out from others seems to be a better option.  I guess the question had been sitting so intensely in my head that I couldn't think straight to ask in a clever way.  The worst thing was asking a colleague just when she was about to drop me near the taxi stand after offering me a lift after work.  Instead of asking her, the only person I wanted to know, I had to ask her whether the specific whole group of people working were married!!?  Talking about avoiding being obvious, my question still took a bad turn.  Apparently she was a bit taken back by my question with 3 seconds delay response.  I was like OMG, what did I do?  Who doesn't if this came out of the blue?  If this is a movie script, you are probably thinking what a bad written script it was.  In a whole car ride of conversation, there was nothing I could link to my question.  But if you look at this scenario as though it was a scene from Wood Allen's Annie Hall, you probably feel a thing for me for trying so hard.  I was kind of guilty of scheming to pop that question in the whole car ride of conversation with my unsuspected colleague who was talking about her concerns at work instead.  Like a deadly assignment needed to submit that night, I simply raise my white flags and opened my mouth to ASK with the pavement about just 15 steps away.   After her 3 seconds pause, I tried to cover up saying, "Oh you know you guys seemed to work so late & didn't have time to meet other people outside...I pause for a thought.  My heart screaming "What a lame thing to say!??  GOSH!!!"

She fumbled for the right words to put in her sentence, "...Blah blah blah is married, blah blah blah's family is here..."

My mind was racing, "Is there time for the one I want to know. Skip that, skip that..."  I wish I could just say out the name...  Just when the car came to a stop, she finally made it ‘there', "Blah blah blah I think he is still single.  He stays in a house.."

I was pretty relieved like I finally made it through that 100m dash.  After thanking her for the ride and got off, I wished I could jump into a hole till the redness on my face cool away.  Oh gosh what did I just do?There is only one sixth of a chance that a guy is single, other than being married, engaged, attached, and being a gay or enjoy a life in solitude.  Anyway this is life and I'm writing my own script and it isn't easy to write.  Especially with conversations!

The song lyrics with "Who let the dog out?..." must be a memorable one among others.  Well, at least for me.  It seemed that some form of bizarreness had returned to my mind with some warmth and comfort.  I don't know if the mundane life is beginning to dig an empty hollow in me that I for the first time in some span of wasted time, saw a self-entertainment imaginary joke that crack me up.  Close to 11pm where the open car park lots were illuminated by the bended silver street lamps that offered some assurance to my colleague and me as we were walking to her car after work.  With the fence lining in a straight row separating the restricted area, a man dressed in safari green scout uniform, hurriedly gallop in a horse passed us.  A moment after, a T-Rex was jogging behind.  It looked at me with a puzzled expression and continued working hard jogging, as though training for an upcoming athletics' event.  With its two tiny hands in front of its huge body, it just looked so odd and hilarious.  It looked so serious and harmless unlike its stereotype fearsome roaring image.  I would love to invite it home for a drink if it's for real.  Mind you, I ain't on drugs.  Just had an active mind at times.  I wish my colleague could see my imaginary joke and laughed it out with me on a night like that.

I guess somehow deep inside I seemed to have found unknowingly the value of life.  I was kind of surprised when I heard "I want to live!" deep inside with such firm and determinate voice just before I was ushered into my sleep.  Yet I still feel like sitting on the outstanding edge just below from the cliff top.  I was neither heading up nor heading down.  I just feel like sitting down there looking at the sun rising and setting each day.  I greeted each day as though it was my last.  Since we never know when our time is up on earth.  Mum looked at me at times and commented, "Are you dressing up for someone you admired or what?"  Even going to work, I still made an attempt to look good.  Why can't I do it for myself?  Even if I aged, I still want to do it.  How many years does one have in a lifetime?  Especially one's youth?  I wished my Aunt found the meaning to her life.  She refused to hear me out at one point, cos' she told me she couldn't see the way I did.  And death seemed to be an easy way out for her.  If she had done it, I am very sure she would regret instantly and there is no way you could turn back by then.  After all, there are things in life that take time to be seen and we just have to be patient and persistent.  Once I was talking to a friend and we had an ideology of life that perhaps we had already lead our life.  And now we are reliving it again with no memory of it.  There's why sometimes we have deja vu.  I simply love that concept.

It still amazes me how our two legs could support the whole body up with the spine.  Just walking alone tickles me.  The feeling is strange and great.  I feel so fortunate to be able to read and write.  Life will never be same again with books and expression.  The wonder of life can be so close that one may not even notice unless he/she trips and falls.  I'm glad I found mine while walking on.