My Longkang

Thank you all for your birthday wishes.

Benghui surprised me through the blog. How was my birthday? It was like any other day. Bengbeng always has grand ideas. I shot them down. No need to waste money.

I don’t like to dress up and go out. My taste in food is simple. I eat mainly vegetarian stuff. How many ways can one cook vegetables?

Benghui insisted I take him to a bakery to buy some bread. He had other ideas. The cheapest cake was RM29.00. He had only RMRM7.00. He bought me a small butter raisin cake. It is enough. It is the thought that counts.

With each passing year, I don’t feel any older. I can still wear the clothes I wore in my twenties. But emotionally I am more settled. And yes, I am contented with my life. Of course there are worries from time to time but nothing major.

Mylongkang has been around for almost four years now. It is their toy. Initially I thought the fad would pass. Benghui’s command of the English language has improved a lot due to the blog. Lately Benghui has been reading the newspapers every day both English and Chinese.

They spend time on the blog. Bengbeng is often away from home taking photographs. But it is a harmless hobby and I have no objections. I have my own career and there is so much to do at home.

p.s. Bengbeng and I still remain to a certain extent anonymous and Bengbeng posted this pic on the blog three years ago. It is an old photo, a very old photo. Nobody would recognize me from this photo. The lady at the back is a beautician. The hand on the left belongs to Hean Richards, Bengbeng’s sister.Today I would need Hean, a beautician and a miracle to look like this. ( smile )

There will be no update from Bengbeng today. His legs are hurting and Benghui is busy studying

We have chosen this photo because it is a very old photo and unlikely to be recognizable Here we see me glammed up for an important occasion.

Thank you everybody.

Hello.I am Mrs Bengbeng.I feel compelled to post after reading Bengbeng’s post on meme,10 things Mrs Bengbeng pisses me off.

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So happy to be home. I don’t think Benghui missed me. When I arrived, Bengbeng and I had to go look for him. He was occupied.

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Hello everybody. I am Mrs Bengbeng. Thank you all for your Chinese New Year wishes. It is deeply appreciated.

It has been ages since I blogged. I have been busy. Sometimes I wish we were still living in our apartment. To maintain a house means work, work and work.

Bengbeng was busy painting the gate until 2p.m. Benghui helped .I prefer him to sit inside the house and study.

Then there was the climbing up and down hanging lanterns, decorations, fixing lights etc. I do not know why men like activities like these. Father and son were happy doing it. To me, not so important. To me I prefer to see new linen on the beds, washed curtains, clean compound and nutritious snacks on the table.

I remember the year we celebrated new year in an apartment. It was nice to have a swimming pool. I had almost no work to do. But I don’t swim and I had a neighbour who liked loud music.

Nowadays people cannot sustain hard work. Two ladies charged an old man RM380 for an hour’s house-cleaning. The ladies thought they had worked very hard.

The hour is one in the morning. I do not know how many visitors will come. I have prepared something just in case. There usually are a lot of visitors.

Mr and Mrs Wuching visited us in December . I had no idea Bengbeng would be bringing them home. I wasn’t properly dressed for visitors. Mrs Wuching was very kind and charming. We watched Korean movie together.

In a way it is nice to have a blog. We look at life through a fresh angle.

I have prepared Melodrama of Beautiful Winter/Stained Glass to keep me company for the next few days. I like to watch Korean movies. The main characters are Kim Sung Su, Kim Ha Nul and Lee Dong Gun.

I will get Bengbeng to take shots and put on my post and then it will look professional.

Happy New Year

The house is quiet. Benghui is asleep. Bengbeng is busy. It is a pleasure to hear from you all. I will write from time to time. Bengbeng has taught me how to access yr websites. It is a pleasure to read your posts.

What am I doing now? I am cooking chicken soup in a slow cooker. When everybody wakes I have soup to cook with noodles. I sound so homely hehe. I am not. But I prefer to stay at home.

I am very particular with what i serve my family and do not use seasoning/monosodium glutamate. I try to get maximum nutrition from the ingredients.

I was shocked when I went to market this morning. Vege has gone up in price. Maybe it is because of the rain. Small eggs now cost RM9.00 per tray.

Bengbeng cannot make me write another blog if I don’t want. But I enjoy writing tonight. The sound of the air-con and the rain on rooftop makes me feel at ease.

I prefer to work in the garden, do the laundry, do house-work. The telly is off. I do not watch Korean series. I find I have more time. I become more efficient with my time.

Bengbeng likes to buy new new clothes and gadgets to make my life easier. To me, only new things for Benghui are important. He is growing fast so I do not spoil him. Clothes are only things that clothe a person. The person is still the same.

I spend time and money to ensure he has all the learning experiences I can give. Benghui is a bit upset as his Siamese fish has gone to ‘heaven’. The television is still off. I find the peace restful. My weekends are for me to recover from my busy schedule.

Will read your blogs more often when I have the time. Bye.

Hello everybody,

I am referred to by Bengbeng as Miss Calm and Collected. In a way, that is true. I am almost always calm and usually collected more so than Bengbeng. That is not to say that I do not care about issues. I keep it to myself and show little emotion.

I was emotionally affected and disgusted by the case of the woman in Miri who was assaulted and had her ……. cut off but in typical foochow manner, I speak few words. However I try my best to support Bengbeng in all his endeavours and interests. (more…)