Life in Arizona is coming to an end

This blog "Life in Arizona" is coming to an end very soon. Why? Read on....

This week will be last week of Chinese tuition for the children as their isn't pro-rated fees for Chinese tuition. So we decided to finish it this month. Feeling happy in some way coz my son's tuition is 3 times a week. If weren't driving, I really don't mind. The more times means they get to learn more and can help to build their chinese much stronger.

Next week will be the last week the children attending school. After that, my red Ford Explorer who have been serving us well for the past 2 years 9 months or so... will be selling out. We already had a buyer for the Dodge Caravan. We were worried at first will anyone buy over the Dodge from us coz so many of our people are driving Caravan and many are also returning back and selling theirs too but we managed. Amen to that!

Slowly.... cleaning up part by part of the house. Sigh ... stay in big house is good but leaving time is like HELL coz have to clean up bits and pieces. The skirting... the doors... this damn house sure collected a lot of dust during our years of stay here.

In our last trip out, we went to Las Vegas and Disneyland for the last time. We all came back all sick especially me. I came down with a fever and flu.... so did my son and girl. So terrible! Just got well not long .. like 2 weeks and here I am sick again. Still have to pack and clean the house. So weak... lucky I started packing early once the boxes all came in.

In the end, my husband will not be able to return back to his section after we return and instead will get post out. Guess.... I should have see this coming. Sometimes good things come your way, may not always be a good thing. Expect something else in return. As the sayings always goes, "Nothing comes for Free".

Anyway, life is short. We took this time to travel to cover many places unlike 10 years ago. We managed cover San Francisco and Orlando.

Done a lot of a last minute shopping too. Looks like not likely to be able come back here anymore. Not sure if I want to either. Mixed feeling about this.

Still Feb but weather here is getting hot. Spring Break not here yet and starting to feel like Summer already.

We will leaving for home next month. Hope that everything will go well ahead of us.

Accident Happen next door yesterday

I picked up my son from school and came home at about 2:40pm as usual. Push in the re-cycle bin after the truck have picked them up. Later heard a shot went off. I saw the neighbor's father came out from the garage to have a quick look at the wall outside. He didn't say anything and immediately went in closing the garage door. My son and I heard screaming of children coming out from the house. About 10mins later, the road outside by driveway was filled with fire truck and ambulances and also not forgetting police.

Later, reporter came knocking at my door and ask question. I like eeerrrrr... not sure I should say anything much. I kept on saying not sure ... not sure.... in hope he will go away but he didn't. Guess he didn't understand ...... However, my girl went on and on .. like she is was being interviewed. Ai yagh ... don't tell him too much. Newspaper will any how write after that. I was really disturb by what information was given out. After watching the below video, I feel glad I was not on screen coz I stay next door leh... their face so black already, I don't want to get even more black. I don't really like them but I also don't want trouble come knocking. Not that they give trouble to me but some small incident that make me look at them in another way. Long story ... this is just another story.

There was in total of vehicles parked near the driveway.
2 Fire Truck
3 Police car (But I saw 2 only when I was outside watching with my son.. the video seem to showed 3)
2 Ambulance (1 yellow, 1 red) I saw the red one was all the way behind but left when no need for it coz
                                                only 1 injury

Check out the full details
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Police-Child-accidentally-shot-by-father-cleaning-gun-240653581.html

More Weird Dreams again

I have been having more weird dreams lately again. So what does it all mean? I am also puzzle by it... but only try to put it aside so I won't feel affected by it. However, currently not doing well at it either.

Ok ... last week I got another dream about a car accident. I was travelling in one road when the other car from the other side came at me and hit me on the side. I woke up with fear.

Yesterday, another weird dream. I dreamt I was being pulled by the devil. I didn't quite see the devil. I just only of dreamt about pieces of things like contract... like receipts ... like a receipt I signed. All fragments with pieces here and there. Certainly it wasn't fear when I woke up but just don't like the feeling and shake it off.

What does all these means? Is the LORD sending me a sign again? I really don't know. I asked LORD please give me direct answers and don't keep me wondering what is ahead of me you are trying to tell me.

Love Thy Neighbor

The Bible says that as good Christians we need to be Christ-like. One of the Christ-Like ways is to Love They Neighbor.

I like to do that but I couldn't. Why?

Firstly, they come out from their house, their faces like we owe them money. It is BLACK! Who would dare to approach someone that looks like they are going to bite you in the face?

The last time they had occassion and their relative park their car near our house, my husband accidently bumb the car coz it was dark on the street and he couldn't see, They try to pull a fast one to get us to pay a certain amount. Later then we realize this guy works in the car servicing line. We were shock that we tried to do this to us. We are neighbors with your sister or brother leh. Not like we not paying but claim through car insurance but to pull a fast one on us, it is so unlike a Christian way leh. Perhaps I am assuming he is Christian like my neighbor and perhaps he isn't that is why he pull this on us.

Several occassions, I bake things and wanted to bring some over to my neighbor to give them but then on second thought perhaps don't. After thinking about the fast one their relative pull on us, better not in case if they stomache ache from eating my food, they will sue me. So how to be Love Thy Neighbor?

Last time, our people stay here swing by here to say hello to them. You think they will remember you? Guess not! Hahahaha ....

& I end this with, Father Forgive me for saying all these above coz this isn't right to bad mouth about my neighbor but I just have to get this out of my head.

Arggghhhhh.... MOE reject my Appilication for School Placement

I send the e-mail out begining this month out coz it will take them 14 days to reply. I am heading back home end of Mar and my child will officially start in Apr. MOE requires 3 months head of time. So isn't 3 months head of time meh? 3 months 14 days....then cut off those holidays... I am not early what. However, they told me to re-send in Jan. So that isn't 3 months ahead of time hor. Anyhow, rambling won't do anything much just want to add that somtimes people don't really indicate what they mean. My calculations isn't their calculations. We don't share the same answer... hahhaha

I dream again!

Woke up @ 4:46am this morning unable to get back to sleep. I tried hard to lay on bed and get back to sleep. Then I start to dream.

I dreamt my husband was touching me as I lay on my bed and then there was another pair of hands also touching me. I flip out my comforter to find a baby underneath it. My guess it was alive coz I felt its touch. It was a rather frail baby. What do I mean frail? I meant in a way that there were visible vains on the head. It does not have any hair. The hands and arms were very small like a pre-matured baby. Then my husband carried it in his arms. Why I keep using "it" is becoz I can't tell from my dream is it a girl or a boy. Just a very frail baby. I woke up then in fear coz  again it felt very REAL!

So what does this mean?

Baby 
To see a baby in your dream signifies innocence, warmth and new beginnings. Babies symbolize something in your own inner nature that is pure, vulnerable, helpless and/or uncorrupted. If you dream that the baby is smiling at you, then it suggests that you are experiencing pure joy. You do not ask for much to make you happy. If you find a baby in your dream, then it suggests that you have acknowledged your hidden potential. If you dream that you forgot you had a baby, then it suggests that you are trying hide your own vulnerabilities; you do not want to let others know of your weaknesses. Alternatively, forgetting about a baby represents an aspect of yourself that you have abandoned or put aside due to life's changing circumstances. The dream may serve as a reminder that it is time for you to pick up that old interest, hobby, or project again. If you dream that you are on your way to the hospital to have a baby, then it signifies your issues of dependency and your desires to be completely care for. Perhaps you are trying to get out of some responsibility. If you are pregnant in real life, then a more direct interpretation may simply mean that you are experiencing some anxieties of making it to the hospital when the time comes.

To dream of a crying baby symbolizes a part of yourself that is deprived of attention and needs to be nurtured. Alternatively, it represents your unfulfilled goals and a sense of lacking in your life. If you dream that a baby is neglected, then it suggests that you are not paying enough attention to yourself. You are not utilizing your full potential. Alternatively, this dream could represent your fears about your own children and your ability to protect and to provide for them. To see yourself or someone as a baby in your dream refers to your desire to be cared for and nurtured. Alternatively, the dream may mean that you or someone is behaving immaturely.

To dream about a starving baby represents your dependence on others. You are experiencing some deficiency in your life that needs immediate attention and gratification. To see a dead baby in your dream symbolizes the ending of something that was once a part of you. To dream of an extremely small baby symbolizes your helplessness and your fears of letting others become aware of your vulnerabilities and incompetence. You may be afraid to ask for help and as a result tend to take matters into your own hands. To dream that you are dipping a baby in and out of water signifies regression. You are regressing to a time where you had no worries and responsibilities. Alternatively, such a scenario is reminisce of when the baby is in the fetus and in its comfort zone. In fact, some expectant mothers even give birth in a pool, because the environment in the water mimics the environment in the uterus. It is less traumatic for the baby as it emerges into the world. So perhaps, the dream represents your search for your own comfort zone.

To dream that a baby is walking or dancing refers to the potential and possibilities that life has in stored for you. The future looks bright. The dream may also be a metaphor that you need to take baby steps in your relationship, toward your goal, in a work project or whatever undertaking. If you have a baby in real life, then the dream is a reflection of your hopes for that baby.

From : http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/a.htm

Few days ago, I dreamt I was in a car accident. A minor accident that happen in a car park when I was backing out my car.

So what does this mean?

Accident

To dream that you are in an accident signifies pent-up guilt in which you are subconsciously punishing yourself over. Perhaps you are not proud of something you have done. Alternatively, the accident may symbolize an error or mistake you have made. Accident dreams also represent your fears of being in an actual, physical accident. You may simply be nervous about getting behind the wheel. Or the dream is trying to warn you of some accident.

To dream of a car accident symbolizes your emotional state. You may be harboring deep anxieties and fears. Are you "driving" yourself too hard? Perhaps you need to slow down before you hit disaster. You need to rethink or re-plan your course of actions and set yourself on a better path. 

To dream that a loved one dies in an accident indicates that something within your own Self is no longer functional and is "dead". It is also symbolic of your own relationship with that person. Perhaps you need to let go of this relationship. If you dream that you die from the car accident and actually see the reactions of your loved ones, then it suggests that your reckless activity is affecting those around you. This dream is a wake-up call.

From:http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/a.htm

I don't normally had dreams that felt so real and drove me with fear. Whenever I had dreams like that, it affects me even I woke up for few hours.

MOE - Application for School Placement

Ok... we will be heading back to Singapore in 3 months time. Tick Tock ...

My child needs a school to return back to now that she falls into the Secondary 1. MOE have a assistance help that helps returning Singaporeans to easily get their child back into school. It is the Application for School Placement. However, you must not have an existing LOA with any school.

 I am happy that MOE have set this up to assist stressful parents pain in trying to get their child back into school. Why I say this? The reason behind that most schools this day are very conciencious about their "reputation" and they don't anyhow accept students. I have searched over the internet and heard about bad news about schools rejecting application for entry. I am uncertain how true are these feedback but sure don't want to find myself in this bind. For one thing, I do feel that they should have a separate e-mail to handle all this application instead of one general e-mail address that receives e-mails from enquires. I just hope that my application request does not get buried with all those enquires. No matter. We shall see if they response in 14 days like they say they would.