Since I already wrote on my rude neighbour and why not I write about this weird neighbour. This middle age man, married and with a son in Primary school, has an unusual habit. He is a person who like cleaniness and cannot stand a bit of dust, chinese called 洁癖. He just stay next door.
The story is like this (which I heard from Yuxin's grandma) : The previous owner of our house is an old lady who stayed in this unit for more than 30 years. Half a year before Yuxin's daddy shifted in, this man shifted in and became the old lady's neighbour. After a while, I think this old lady could no longer stand this neighbour so ended up shifted house. In fact, this old lady shifted into the same block but different unit. So you can imagine an old lady who stay here for more than 30 years also wanted to shift. Actually, the area we are staying is an old neighbourhood that's why other neighbours will tell you some history.
So how come the old lady could not stand this neighbour? Here is my story and experiences. Every day this man will washed the corridor floor with no exception even during Chinese New Year. Ok?! He washed his corridor is his business but he will pour water onto our door step and sometimes water will come into the house. Therefore, we have a cloth put outside the door to clean away the water. Will you feel frustrated if your neighbour pour water onto your door step everyday?
Not only this, every morning when he wakes up, he will take out his blanket or pillows or whatever and beat it outside his house, either at the kitchen window or the corridor. Besides this, every time he come back, he will take out his T-shirt and 'waved/shaked' at outside of the corridor. It's like his shirt is very dirty that he has to 'waved/shaked' very strongly. Whenever, Yuxin saw him topless, she will show me a 'shame shame' action. Then, when he come back his routine is clean the house first so his wife and son have to wait outside for him. Only after he finished cleaning the house, the wife and son can go in. Then after that, he will sweep the corridor floor and then pour water. You don't think is only water, he even pour detergent also. So sometimes we need to go out and happened that he just wet the floor, we have to be extra careful because we have to walk on wet and slippery floor. Can you imagine we have young child and old lady and how dangerous it is if they fall?!
There was an incident which happened before Chinese New Year that really make us mad. This man hang a few 'dried fish' (I think it is 'Yu Piao') onto a bamboo stick and hang it outside the corridor. Those 'dried fish' are very smelly and he hang it diagonally across the corridor! So every time we walked pass we need to bend down our head to cross over and worse still when wind blow, our house is filled with smelly odour. Can you take it or not?! Yuxin's grandma did asked this man why you cannot hang inside your own house. Can you imagine what is his answer? He said hang inside the house very smelly! Bastard! Hang inside your house was smelly so hang outside not smelly, huh?! Initially, we thought maybe he hang for one or two days then forget it. Who knows after 2-3 days still there so Yuxin's uncle could no longer stand it, he shifted the bamboo stick to one side. At least shifting to a side we don't have to bend our head to walk over. And then after a few more days, the odour was not that smelly. Can you guess how long this man hang his 'dried fish' outside? If I didn't remember wrongly, it was almost a month. I remembered he hang out the 'dried fish' in the beginning of January and removed it before Chinese New Year in February.
One more thing, some people will paint their house before CNY so this man does the same. He not only paint his house, he also bought white paint to paint the whole of his corridor. Can you imagine?! Hahaha... then his effort has gone down the drain because in March our block was scheduled for repainting. So his corridor painting last for only a month. Then the story not yet end. When it is our floor turn for painting, he pasted his windows and door with paper. It looked ugly and horrible. All the workers were very curious why this man has to cover his house like that.
Last month, we arranged a carpenter to do some renovation works. The carpenter had to bring a lot things like tools and renovation materials therefore most of the things he had to put outside the corridor. I was hoping on that day that our neighbour come back only after our carpenter finished his work. Unfortunately, this man came back before our renovation completed. So I asked Yuxin's daddy to tell this man to wash the corridor floor after the work completed. I could not remember exactly what this man said but I know he said something sarcastic back to my husband. Then he went back into his house. After sometime, he came out with a can of insecticide. He sprayed insecticide onto the floor/on our renovation materials!!! He was like inspecting the floor very carefully looking for ??##**%%!! Or he did it purposely because he was unhappy that all the stuff dirtied his floor??!! I was very furious when I saw him spraying insecticide. Later, he came out and put a pail of water outside. I was worried that he would washed the floor and destroy our stuff (it's wood) so we told the carpenter to bring in all his stuff into the house. Although in the end, the man did not washed the floor when the carpenter was around but I was still unhappy that he sprayed insecticide.
Besides this, there were also some story before we came back. He did not allow us to put flower pots and shoe rack and metal pail (for burning incense and praying stuff). He said you can put but he will still pour water onto it! This man almost (but didn't) cause a fight with our family (we were not back yet when this happened)
Sigh... What can I say? I have never encounter such person in my life. Only came back for a year and I came across and encountered so many things. For those who are staying comfortably without any problematic neighbours, if you want to shift house, do re-consider and choose your house carefully. You not only have to look inside of the house but 'outside'(neighbours) is also very important.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Rude neighbours
Well, this rude neighbours things happened quite some time ago and I didn't have the intention to write it. However, something happened today and pissed me off so I decided to share it. Today, when Yuxin came back from school and walked pass this neighbour door, she said "Uncle bye bye" and the Uncle has no response. Then again around 12 noon time, this Uncle's daughter was about to go to school and again Yuxin waved bye bye to 'Jie Jie' a few times and also get nothing, no response. This really makes me angry.
This is a long story. In the beginning of this year, this little girl (our neighbour) started her Primary One. Whenever Yuxin saw 'jie jie' going school, she will waved and said bye bye. After sometime, this little girl starts to come to our house. At first, she just came to door step and said bye bye. After that, she requested to come in play for a while. And then later, she came over whenever she liked. Then the problems started.
Everyday Yuxin came home after 11 am and little girl will came over when Yuxin came home the very first minute and requested to come in. She will called at the door for Yuxin to come out. OH DEAR!!! I need to change and feed Yuxin and do other stuffs. The very moment Yuxin heard 'jie jie' she don't want to change or eat. Then worse still, on weekend little girl came over and played with no restriction on what time to go home. FAINTED!!!
There was a Saturday afternoon, when we need to let Yuxin sleep and asked her to play alone in the living room, she don't want and make noise in the room so Yuxin cannot sleep. Then 2nd time, we insisted not letting her go into the room and let Yuxin sleep. The little girl make noises and show us faces. The little girl's parents and grandma never came and look for her and she wanted to stay here for many hours, even we asked her to go home she don't want. We don't mind the little girl came over and played but please be well behaved and also look at the timing.
Do you feel this is terrible? Wait till you hear this... One day, when I was going to send Yuxin to school, the little girl's father came out and asked me to help on his girl's homework. Actually, the way he asked for help was not very polite. Of course, I am willingly to teach the father. Then few days later, the father came out to asked on homework again when we were going out and we helped to teach how to do the homework. Then BIG PROBLEM came!
Ever since then, the little girl came over and asked me to teach her homework almost everyday. So I invited her into our house and teach her. Then, when I teach her, I found out that she was not listening, not wanting to learn from me but just want me to give her an answer. Furthermore, I not only have to teach one or two pages but is almost all her homework and even tuition homework!!! She brought all her Maths and English homework and asking for an answer! I am very furious. Everytime I teach her, she show me faces and never listen and just sit there wait for my answer. Sometimes I asked her how come you didn't learn from school or tuition and she gave excuses that school and tuition never teach. Worse still, she never called me Auntie or asked in a polite way to teach her homeworks and also after finished teaching she didn't even said thank you or bye bye!!!
What makes me more frustrated was Yuxin was curious and wanting to write and draw on the little girl's homework and I need to handle Yuxin and keep her away in order to teach. This is very difficult! Sometimes Yuxin cried and I felt bad. I was unable to keep Yuxin away even though I offered Yuxin other papers and pencils.
Later, we had no choice but to close our door when I'm not free. (Usually, Yuxin's grandma will open the front door to let the house more airy) However, at night, the little girl still came over when the door was opened again. Although, the little girl has attitute problem I still teach her and for Yuxin, she will played with her daddy or her uncle. However, teaching her really make me go crazy.
Then June school holiday came! One day, as usual, I came back with Yuxin from school. (Yuxin still went school at that time) Then when we just started to have our lunch and for me to feed Yuxin, this little girl came. I told her to come back later because we were just having lunch. So only after about 15 minutes, she came back again and asked at the door "Have you finished?" Oh God! I need at least 30-45 mins to feed Yuxin and then I have to eat on my own. So I told the little girl to go back and come back later. After Yuxin's grandma finished her lunch, she went to close the door. She didn't want the girl to disturb us when we were eating. After I finished my lunch, I opened the door again. However, since then, the little girl never come to ask homework. No more...
It is after this day, the little girl's father never smile to us when we meet each other on the corridor. At first, me and Yuxin's daddy still smile to him and wonder why he no longer smile to us like before. Then after thinking about it, I guessed it's because the very last closed door incident. Why like that, huh? I helped to teach your daughter so you smile to us and now your daughter no longer came for homeworks so you don't want to smile to us. Hello man, I teach your daughter is on good-will and I don't owe you anything.
Why there is such a neighbour? The father and daughter both the same, having attitude problem. The little girl up to now since day one never even call me Auntie and never greet anybody.
This is a long story. In the beginning of this year, this little girl (our neighbour) started her Primary One. Whenever Yuxin saw 'jie jie' going school, she will waved and said bye bye. After sometime, this little girl starts to come to our house. At first, she just came to door step and said bye bye. After that, she requested to come in play for a while. And then later, she came over whenever she liked. Then the problems started.
Everyday Yuxin came home after 11 am and little girl will came over when Yuxin came home the very first minute and requested to come in. She will called at the door for Yuxin to come out. OH DEAR!!! I need to change and feed Yuxin and do other stuffs. The very moment Yuxin heard 'jie jie' she don't want to change or eat. Then worse still, on weekend little girl came over and played with no restriction on what time to go home. FAINTED!!!
There was a Saturday afternoon, when we need to let Yuxin sleep and asked her to play alone in the living room, she don't want and make noise in the room so Yuxin cannot sleep. Then 2nd time, we insisted not letting her go into the room and let Yuxin sleep. The little girl make noises and show us faces. The little girl's parents and grandma never came and look for her and she wanted to stay here for many hours, even we asked her to go home she don't want. We don't mind the little girl came over and played but please be well behaved and also look at the timing.
Do you feel this is terrible? Wait till you hear this... One day, when I was going to send Yuxin to school, the little girl's father came out and asked me to help on his girl's homework. Actually, the way he asked for help was not very polite. Of course, I am willingly to teach the father. Then few days later, the father came out to asked on homework again when we were going out and we helped to teach how to do the homework. Then BIG PROBLEM came!
Ever since then, the little girl came over and asked me to teach her homework almost everyday. So I invited her into our house and teach her. Then, when I teach her, I found out that she was not listening, not wanting to learn from me but just want me to give her an answer. Furthermore, I not only have to teach one or two pages but is almost all her homework and even tuition homework!!! She brought all her Maths and English homework and asking for an answer! I am very furious. Everytime I teach her, she show me faces and never listen and just sit there wait for my answer. Sometimes I asked her how come you didn't learn from school or tuition and she gave excuses that school and tuition never teach. Worse still, she never called me Auntie or asked in a polite way to teach her homeworks and also after finished teaching she didn't even said thank you or bye bye!!!
What makes me more frustrated was Yuxin was curious and wanting to write and draw on the little girl's homework and I need to handle Yuxin and keep her away in order to teach. This is very difficult! Sometimes Yuxin cried and I felt bad. I was unable to keep Yuxin away even though I offered Yuxin other papers and pencils.
Later, we had no choice but to close our door when I'm not free. (Usually, Yuxin's grandma will open the front door to let the house more airy) However, at night, the little girl still came over when the door was opened again. Although, the little girl has attitute problem I still teach her and for Yuxin, she will played with her daddy or her uncle. However, teaching her really make me go crazy.
Then June school holiday came! One day, as usual, I came back with Yuxin from school. (Yuxin still went school at that time) Then when we just started to have our lunch and for me to feed Yuxin, this little girl came. I told her to come back later because we were just having lunch. So only after about 15 minutes, she came back again and asked at the door "Have you finished?" Oh God! I need at least 30-45 mins to feed Yuxin and then I have to eat on my own. So I told the little girl to go back and come back later. After Yuxin's grandma finished her lunch, she went to close the door. She didn't want the girl to disturb us when we were eating. After I finished my lunch, I opened the door again. However, since then, the little girl never come to ask homework. No more...
It is after this day, the little girl's father never smile to us when we meet each other on the corridor. At first, me and Yuxin's daddy still smile to him and wonder why he no longer smile to us like before. Then after thinking about it, I guessed it's because the very last closed door incident. Why like that, huh? I helped to teach your daughter so you smile to us and now your daughter no longer came for homeworks so you don't want to smile to us. Hello man, I teach your daughter is on good-will and I don't owe you anything.
Why there is such a neighbour? The father and daughter both the same, having attitude problem. The little girl up to now since day one never even call me Auntie and never greet anybody.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Classic Video - Like Father Like Daughter
This video was taken when Yuxin was one month & one week old. She has a lot of facial expression even when she's sleeping. Do you feel Father & Daughter look alike? :P
Haha... Yuxin's daddy sure will complain to me. Why you load this video?!
Haha... Yuxin's daddy sure will complain to me. Why you load this video?!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Yuxin singing and making funny faces
Last night, I managed to capture Yuxin on video using my webcam for the very first time. Enjoy viewing and have a good laugh!
Watch out for Van 5047!!!
Today, as usual, I fetch Yuxin back from school and on the way back we met a terrible van driver. Every time before I cross the car park road, I always tell Yuxin to make sure there is no car then we cross. Today, as usual I was holding Yuxin's hand and cross the road. Suddenly, this van driver drove very very fast into the car park. We were only half way cross the road. My very first instinct is either to quickly carry Yuxin cross the road or I pull Yuxin quickly to cross the road. I decided on the 2nd option because the first one is too late to react.
Luckily we managed to cross the road safely without any harm. This horrible, terrible, bastard young man van driver (car plate no. 5047) drove so fast into the car park and worse still he didn't even bother to slow down when he saw a child crossing the road. We were so near the van when he drove passed us. Another mother who is Yuxin's classmate's mummy also witness this incident.
Hello! Young man, this is a car park not racing car circuit! And who you think you are, "the son of 'dou fu' shop owner", ah! Nowadays, young people drive without manner and consideration. This is not your grandfather's road! Pandon my 'bad' words but I am really really very very furious and angry. This man has put my precious daughter in risk and harm.
If I have super power and how I wish I have super power, I will DEFINITELY PUNISH that man badly WITHOUT ANY MERCY!!!
Few days ago, I also encounter a 'no manner' young man. Sigh... That day I went out with Yuxin and on the way to MRT, she saw her favourite - 'Child Ride' (those 20 or 50 cents car ride for kids). All out of a sudden, she let go of my hand and dashed out toward the 'car ride'. At that moment, there was a young couple wearing school uniforms walking towards us. Bang! Yuxin fell down! The young man knocked her down. It happened so fast that I was unable to catch hold of Yuxin and I don't blame the young man. What made me unhappy is that, Yuxin cried very loudly after falling down and the couple just walked away without showing any concern. Are they rude? Or am I too fussy? What had happened to our society? No more consideration, grace, thoughtful, kind, concern, polite, etc....
Luckily we managed to cross the road safely without any harm. This horrible, terrible, bastard young man van driver (car plate no. 5047) drove so fast into the car park and worse still he didn't even bother to slow down when he saw a child crossing the road. We were so near the van when he drove passed us. Another mother who is Yuxin's classmate's mummy also witness this incident.
Hello! Young man, this is a car park not racing car circuit! And who you think you are, "the son of 'dou fu' shop owner", ah! Nowadays, young people drive without manner and consideration. This is not your grandfather's road! Pandon my 'bad' words but I am really really very very furious and angry. This man has put my precious daughter in risk and harm.
If I have super power and how I wish I have super power, I will DEFINITELY PUNISH that man badly WITHOUT ANY MERCY!!!
Few days ago, I also encounter a 'no manner' young man. Sigh... That day I went out with Yuxin and on the way to MRT, she saw her favourite - 'Child Ride' (those 20 or 50 cents car ride for kids). All out of a sudden, she let go of my hand and dashed out toward the 'car ride'. At that moment, there was a young couple wearing school uniforms walking towards us. Bang! Yuxin fell down! The young man knocked her down. It happened so fast that I was unable to catch hold of Yuxin and I don't blame the young man. What made me unhappy is that, Yuxin cried very loudly after falling down and the couple just walked away without showing any concern. Are they rude? Or am I too fussy? What had happened to our society? No more consideration, grace, thoughtful, kind, concern, polite, etc....
Monday, August 20, 2007
Playing Pretend Games
Last Friday, Yuxin played pretend game with me all out of a sudden. In the afternoon, while playing with her toys, she suddenly took a toy container and walked towards the door. Then she said "去买菜! (Means go buy vegetables/food)". Hahaha... I was caught in surprise. She was playing pretend game with me! Of course, I played with her too. So then I said bye bye to her. Yuxin replied "回来了! (Means I came back)". I asked her "买了什么菜? (what food did you bought)".
The first time I asked her she couldn't reply me immediately. She was thinking what to say. So I helped her by asking "Did you buy fish or chicken or papaya....?" (Why I asked papaya, it's because recently Yuxin learnt this word through a TV movie commercial. Last time I did teach her but she couldn't remember. So can imagine how powerful TV commercial can be) Then she played this game with me for many times. Keep repeating 去买菜, bye bye, 回来了, 买了什么菜... Each time she told me she bought different items like papaya, fish, chicken, vegetables, carrot.
Then at night, she played pretend game again but this time is a different one. We were in our room and suddenly she wanted me to stand at one side. Then she said "罚站! 妈妈 naughty! 罚站! 打打! (Means Mummy naughty, beat beat, standing punishment)" She was pretending to be fierce and said it in an angry tone. Then she really came and beat me. Hahaha... can you imagine a Mummy being 'punished' by her 2 year old daughter... In the end, Yuxin came to me and said "疼疼! Sayang! (Means Loving you)" and gently pat on me. Hahaha... This day was full of fun and really unforgetable!
The first time I asked her she couldn't reply me immediately. She was thinking what to say. So I helped her by asking "Did you buy fish or chicken or papaya....?" (Why I asked papaya, it's because recently Yuxin learnt this word through a TV movie commercial. Last time I did teach her but she couldn't remember. So can imagine how powerful TV commercial can be) Then she played this game with me for many times. Keep repeating 去买菜, bye bye, 回来了, 买了什么菜... Each time she told me she bought different items like papaya, fish, chicken, vegetables, carrot.
Then at night, she played pretend game again but this time is a different one. We were in our room and suddenly she wanted me to stand at one side. Then she said "罚站! 妈妈 naughty! 罚站! 打打! (Means Mummy naughty, beat beat, standing punishment)" She was pretending to be fierce and said it in an angry tone. Then she really came and beat me. Hahaha... can you imagine a Mummy being 'punished' by her 2 year old daughter... In the end, Yuxin came to me and said "疼疼! Sayang! (Means Loving you)" and gently pat on me. Hahaha... This day was full of fun and really unforgetable!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Yuxin's Handicrafts
Here are 2 handicrafts that Yuxin made in school. Of course with the help from her teacher. I suppose the 'Right Hand' one is the actual size of Yuxin's right hand.
Yuxin's 'Right Hand' made in July 2007
National Day Drawing made in August 2007
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Excuses for not sleeping... Part 3
Yesterday (Monday) night, Yuxin repeat her 'trick' again. As usual, after watching show and drinking milk, we switch off the lights to sleep. Only for a while, Yuxin climbed up onto our bed and asked for her 'baby'. This time I said 'NO, the baby was already sleeping, you should be sleeping too'.
Since she could not get her 'baby', she climbed back down to her mattress. Then she asked for milk. 'NO' was my answer. I told Yuxin that she just finished a bottle of milk so don't make any more noise and go to sleep. Then she kept on asking for milk a few more time but I still insist not giving her. So after a while, she slowly quiet down and willingly go to sleep. Why Yuxin just don't want to sleep early? Every night, she will only sleep after 12am. Yuxin, do you know Mummy and Daddy are very tired?
Since she could not get her 'baby', she climbed back down to her mattress. Then she asked for milk. 'NO' was my answer. I told Yuxin that she just finished a bottle of milk so don't make any more noise and go to sleep. Then she kept on asking for milk a few more time but I still insist not giving her. So after a while, she slowly quiet down and willingly go to sleep. Why Yuxin just don't want to sleep early? Every night, she will only sleep after 12am. Yuxin, do you know Mummy and Daddy are very tired?
Monday, August 6, 2007
Excuses for not sleeping... Part 2
Yesterday night (It's a Sunday too), Yuxin tried to find excuses for not sleeping again. This night, I already expected Yuxin would not sleep early because she had a very late nap. However, I didn't expect her to repeat this 'excuse' pattern again.
Well, as usual, I asked Yuxin to promise me to sleep after drinking milk and watching her favourite Hi5 show. So everything went smoothly initially, she followed my instructions to off TV and lights and lay down to sleep after the show finished. After a short while, she suddenly said "Baby 在哪里?(Where is the baby?)" Just after finished saying this, she opened the door and dashed into the living room to look for her baby. This 'baby' is Yuxin's new and favourite toy baby. I bought it to help Yuxin on her potty training.
After getting her 'baby', she returned to lie down on her mattress. However, only after a short while, she asked for something again. This time she asked for milk. She had drunk a whole bottle of milk for less than half hour and she was asking for it again. So I asked her again to confirm whether she really wanted milk. In the end, I prepared half bottle of milk for her.
I was hoping she could fall asleep while drinking milk. Hahaha... Again wishful thinking... She finished the milk very fast and passed me the bottle. As usual, I put the bottle beside her mattress and our bed. Yuxin was very restless and could not sleep, turning here and there on her mattress.
Then she did something purposely for around 8-10 times (in fact, I lost count how many times). I think she did this purposely to make me angry and come down from my bed and asked her why you don't want to sleep. Then she could said she want to play. Of course, I didn't fell into her trap. Hahaha :P
So, what did she done actually? Yuxin got up, took her milk bottle, asked me to open the cap for her and she lay down to drink. Actually, she had already finished the milk and the bottle was emptied (Leftover maybe 3-5 ml only). Then after a while, she passed me the bottle and I capped it and placed it on the usual place. Then she got up and took her bottle to drink again and then returned to me. So this repeat for I don't know how many times.
Finally, I think she was unable to get my attention to get down from my bed, so she stopped her 'trick' and went to sleep. I was happy that I could control my temper and ignored her. If not, I would have scolded her and Yuxin might cry and make noise and we ended up with a sleepless night.
Well, as usual, I asked Yuxin to promise me to sleep after drinking milk and watching her favourite Hi5 show. So everything went smoothly initially, she followed my instructions to off TV and lights and lay down to sleep after the show finished. After a short while, she suddenly said "Baby 在哪里?(Where is the baby?)" Just after finished saying this, she opened the door and dashed into the living room to look for her baby. This 'baby' is Yuxin's new and favourite toy baby. I bought it to help Yuxin on her potty training.
After getting her 'baby', she returned to lie down on her mattress. However, only after a short while, she asked for something again. This time she asked for milk. She had drunk a whole bottle of milk for less than half hour and she was asking for it again. So I asked her again to confirm whether she really wanted milk. In the end, I prepared half bottle of milk for her.
I was hoping she could fall asleep while drinking milk. Hahaha... Again wishful thinking... She finished the milk very fast and passed me the bottle. As usual, I put the bottle beside her mattress and our bed. Yuxin was very restless and could not sleep, turning here and there on her mattress.
Then she did something purposely for around 8-10 times (in fact, I lost count how many times). I think she did this purposely to make me angry and come down from my bed and asked her why you don't want to sleep. Then she could said she want to play. Of course, I didn't fell into her trap. Hahaha :P
So, what did she done actually? Yuxin got up, took her milk bottle, asked me to open the cap for her and she lay down to drink. Actually, she had already finished the milk and the bottle was emptied (Leftover maybe 3-5 ml only). Then after a while, she passed me the bottle and I capped it and placed it on the usual place. Then she got up and took her bottle to drink again and then returned to me. So this repeat for I don't know how many times.
Finally, I think she was unable to get my attention to get down from my bed, so she stopped her 'trick' and went to sleep. I was happy that I could control my temper and ignored her. If not, I would have scolded her and Yuxin might cry and make noise and we ended up with a sleepless night.
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