Saw in the recent news that our blood supply in the blood bank is running low. Would like to help blood bank to urge public to donate their blood in order to restore the supply and to save lives. You will be surprised how a pack of blood can do wonders in a person who really needs it and of course, in saving their lives. These blood supply are normally used for patients who undergo surgery, those involved in accidents, thallasemia, dengue, fire victims, babies, high blood loss for women during delivery, etc. Yesterday as I was driving, overheard from the radio that our National Blood Bank is extending their blood donation operating hours from 7.30am -8pm from Mon to Fri and 7.30am -4pm on Sat.
I have alway think that donating one's blood is kinda noble job. As blood is only self produced in ones' body thus make it even more precious. Besides, there are benefits in donating blood. It helps to reduce the risk of heart attacks by eliminating excessive iron in the heart, stimulates the generation of red blood cells and most importantly, knowing that your blood can save someone's life. I personally can not donate blood as I'm a 'vampy' and so I would like to thank all who have done this noble job of donating blood and may God bless u all.
Lastly, if you still have not donate your blood, please do go and help our blood bank regain their full blood supply. It does make a difference in someone's life.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Spring Cleaning for CNY
As Chinese New Year is just around the corner, I'm sure everyone is busy with spring cleaning and CNY shopping. Me, like most of them, am a last minute kinda person. I dragged my spring cleaning till the very last minute ie a week before first day of CNY. I did clean up here and there but you know there's still plenty to clean. It's the time when I usually 'found' back all those 'forgotten' stuffs. Be it my bags or clothes or accessories etc. I just realized that I haven't been using a lot of my bags and am surprised to know that I even own a certain bag. It's also the time to re-design my room per say or time to tidy up the over packed wardrobe. Yup, time to take out those clothes which I have not been wearing but not willing to part with and donate it to the charity. Since I'm not willing to part with ... how to donate it out le? Sigh, I have a very bad habit. I just like to keep a certain things thus my room is fully packed with a lot of 'rubbish'. Rubbish to others but to me, it's those little cute stuffs or souvenirs or miniature perfumes etc that 'I think I might need/use in the future' ... Only thing is, that future seldom hardly come by and these things always ended up in the rubbish bin after a few years down the road. No wonder the recycling business is so good. Thanks to a lot of people like me :p
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Year 2009
What a way to start my new year! Just yesterday, the car which we just bought is badly damaged due to accident. Yup, second day of the new year and already I'm in bad luck, literally speaking.
It was mid day and I got a call from my dad (he's using the car) telling me that he had an accident and asked me to go with him to the workshop so I can bring him home while his car is left in the workshop. I asked him who he bang and he told me it's a taxi. Why do I get a not so good feeling after hearing this ??? I'm sure most of you would know. It's pretty typical and common here that whenever you had an accident and if the one you knocked is either a cabby or motorbiker, you will tend to have to go through some dramatic phrase from these people. I don't mean to be harsh on them but it's proven case. Ask around your friends and you will know by means of dramatic scenario.
My came when we reach the workshop. One look at my dad's car and I told him to just make a police report and claim insurance for our and the other party's car damages. The cab's back bumper was broken and there's no major damages and the cabby claims that when he got knocked it caused him to got his toe hurt and it was bleeding. I told him that we will go make a police report together and claim MY insurance. I've called my friend and he advised me not to pay him a single cent and let the insurance company settle it. Come to think of it, I should cos I have been paying my insurance every year. Only thing is I will lost all my NCB but it's better to have to fork out my own cash.
Before we proceed to make our report there's the whole dramatic scene with the cabby and his wife both voicing out their dramatic stories. Firstly, I don't understand why he have to go pick his whole family to go to the workshop with us and secondly, I think they expect us to give them some extra money. Why I say so ? It's cos both of them keep on emphasizing that the cab is their only means of income and once the cab is in workshop he can't work. Then there's some story that school is starting soon and his kids need money to buy books and clothes and per day his earning is about RM 200 and that we should compensate his income loss. I was like ... WTF
Accidents happened and nobody wants it. I already agreed to pay for his car damages and now he wants more? Compensation of loss of income? What about my dad? Without his car, he too will be loss of income. Both hubby and wife keep on lamenting their dramatic stories and even said I'm being mean. If I'm being mean I would not have bother to talk to much to him. My dad somehow got soft hearted and gave him them RM 100 for compensation. I was like ...ggrrr should not have given them a single cent as we already agreed to pay for their CAR damages. So, eventually I told the cabby, we go make the police report and he can write everything and anything about him being hurt and compensation for his loss of income in his report and send the report to the insurance company. I told that the insurance company will settle it for him.
Finally, we managed to make the police report and when he was seeing the sergeant in charge, I guess he lamented his dramatic stories again to the sergeant. When he came out, he told me the sergeant intro a runner to help him settle his problems. The runner will bring the cab to his workshop and will do all the documents for him and will also liaise with my insurance company. I told him good! Of course cos I don't have to deal with his dramatic stories anymore! After that send the car to the workshop (recommended by my friend) and now my dad is without car for 2 weeks. So who's gonna compensate his loss of income I wonder ?
Come to think of it, the cabby told me he earn RM 200 per day, RM 200 x 30 days and it's a RM6000 per month. Wow! better income than me provided if he works everyday of the month. Anyway, it's all over now and I do hope my new year will be a blessed and fruitful year ahead.
It was mid day and I got a call from my dad (he's using the car) telling me that he had an accident and asked me to go with him to the workshop so I can bring him home while his car is left in the workshop. I asked him who he bang and he told me it's a taxi. Why do I get a not so good feeling after hearing this ??? I'm sure most of you would know. It's pretty typical and common here that whenever you had an accident and if the one you knocked is either a cabby or motorbiker, you will tend to have to go through some dramatic phrase from these people. I don't mean to be harsh on them but it's proven case. Ask around your friends and you will know by means of dramatic scenario.
My came when we reach the workshop. One look at my dad's car and I told him to just make a police report and claim insurance for our and the other party's car damages. The cab's back bumper was broken and there's no major damages and the cabby claims that when he got knocked it caused him to got his toe hurt and it was bleeding. I told him that we will go make a police report together and claim MY insurance. I've called my friend and he advised me not to pay him a single cent and let the insurance company settle it. Come to think of it, I should cos I have been paying my insurance every year. Only thing is I will lost all my NCB but it's better to have to fork out my own cash.
Before we proceed to make our report there's the whole dramatic scene with the cabby and his wife both voicing out their dramatic stories. Firstly, I don't understand why he have to go pick his whole family to go to the workshop with us and secondly, I think they expect us to give them some extra money. Why I say so ? It's cos both of them keep on emphasizing that the cab is their only means of income and once the cab is in workshop he can't work. Then there's some story that school is starting soon and his kids need money to buy books and clothes and per day his earning is about RM 200 and that we should compensate his income loss. I was like ... WTF
Accidents happened and nobody wants it. I already agreed to pay for his car damages and now he wants more? Compensation of loss of income? What about my dad? Without his car, he too will be loss of income. Both hubby and wife keep on lamenting their dramatic stories and even said I'm being mean. If I'm being mean I would not have bother to talk to much to him. My dad somehow got soft hearted and gave him them RM 100 for compensation. I was like ...ggrrr should not have given them a single cent as we already agreed to pay for their CAR damages. So, eventually I told the cabby, we go make the police report and he can write everything and anything about him being hurt and compensation for his loss of income in his report and send the report to the insurance company. I told that the insurance company will settle it for him.
Finally, we managed to make the police report and when he was seeing the sergeant in charge, I guess he lamented his dramatic stories again to the sergeant. When he came out, he told me the sergeant intro a runner to help him settle his problems. The runner will bring the cab to his workshop and will do all the documents for him and will also liaise with my insurance company. I told him good! Of course cos I don't have to deal with his dramatic stories anymore! After that send the car to the workshop (recommended by my friend) and now my dad is without car for 2 weeks. So who's gonna compensate his loss of income I wonder ?
Come to think of it, the cabby told me he earn RM 200 per day, RM 200 x 30 days and it's a RM6000 per month. Wow! better income than me provided if he works everyday of the month. Anyway, it's all over now and I do hope my new year will be a blessed and fruitful year ahead.
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