Happy Convocation 2024

 

Graduation day for Clara and Weiyu, 26 July 2024

On 26 July 2024 I attended Clara and Weiyu's convocation at NTU.  Before the day, I looked at the invitation and knew that I need to wear formal clothes.  I realized that I did not have beautiful formal clothes to wear.  I also need to buy gifts for them.  On that week, I went Causeway Point to do some shopping.  First, I went to SK jewellery to buy a gift for Clara.  Then I went Metro to buy clothes for myself.  I also bought a pair of shoes and a bag.  Everything was new!

Everytime when I go Metro to shop for clothes, I got nothing because there was nothing I like.  However on that week when I need to buy clothes, I had got to purchase two pieces of dress that I had liked.  There happens to be a promotion for Kurt Wood clothes.  Buy 2 and get 10% off.  And it so happens that there were XL and XXL size for me.  Most important of all, I love the materials.  The clothes were of my favourite colours.  Even the Kipling bag, I purchased at discounted price also.  It was my favourite colour and material too.  Everything was perfect for that week -- even when I choosed the perfect gift for Clara also.  

My perfect outfit for Clara and Weiyu's Convocation

Everything that I have and including my children and family, I thanked Jesus and God for showering me with love.  I am very contented with what I have now.  

 

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Gardening

 

My Seven Stars Needle Plant or Rose Cactus Plant

Gardening is my hobby.  Every day when I walk to my garden and see flowers at my plants, I feel so happy.  Besides the above Seven Stars Needle Plant, I also have curry leaves plant (Murraya koenigii), money plant, Mexican petunia or Ruellia simplex, ferns (Nephrolepis exaltata), Money plant (Epipremnum Aureum), Basket/ Corn plant (Dracaena fragrans), Arrowhead (Syngonium Prodophyllum), Mother of thousands or Mexican hat plant (Bryophyllum daigremontianum), Water Jasmine (Wrightia Religiosa), Plyscias Balfouriana, Oyster plant (Tradescantia spathacea), bougainvillea, chilli plant, butterfly pea plant, Papaya plant, clover (Oxalis corniculata), cactus, cotton plant and Adenium obesum (福贵花).

Recently I sold some plants and this give me more motivation to grow and propagate more plants.  I bought lots of soil from Shopee and Lazada.  When the buyer wanted to buy my plants, I gave them the good nice ones.  If they are not so healthy, I gave them a cheaper rate.  When I sell them my plants, I gave them pots with so much soil as compared to the nurseries, where they gave half pot of soil or sometimes three quarter of soil.  

 Potting Soil that I purchased from Shopee

Garden Soil that I purchased from Shopee

Good soil is so important for the plants.  It gave them the good nutrients to thrive in the environment.  So when the soil I ordered came, I need to mix the soil before repotting my plants.  

Picture of the containers I used to mix the soil

I mostly do my gardening at night, where it would be not too hot.  At night the plants would not lose much water content too.  

If you want to buy soil in bulk, Shopee is selling a bundle of 3 at $13, a bundle of 5 at $25.  These prices are for the potting soil on the above photograph.  Yesterday I ordered 10 packets of  potting soil from Shopee!  As for the other photograph of the garden soil, Shopee is selling at 1 packet $6.80 (5 Litres).  There are so many varieties of medium you can used for your plants at Shopee.  Buying in bulk saves money and you do not need to carry them too.  

Toto Tickets

 

2 winning Toto tickets

My mother gave me 2 winning Toto tickets -- 3 winning numbers only.  I went to claim the prize on 18 May 2021 as I was afraid of encountering crowds.  So I went to claim at Woodlands North Plaza on Tuesday morning.  There was no queue and I got my money very fast.   I just gave them the tickets and they gave me the money.  

2 winning tickets paid out of $43.60

I received a total of $43.60 from the two tickets.  $43.60 is considered a lot for me considering the fact that I cannot even earn this amount in 4 hours.  I worked as Foodpanda rider and for 4 hours, mostly I cannot even earn $32!  

Yesterday I went to Causeway Point Challenger to buy 2 MicroSD card for my mother.   As I am not a Challenger member, I need to pay $7.50 for each card.  Member price is $7.00.  So I paid a total of  $15 for two cards.  I would transfer some songs to her.  She loves listening to songs.  

Sometimes if I have inspiration, I would buy Toto or 4D, especially if there are special dreams.  However, I hardly win, or should say never win.  

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