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2012-01-30T21:27:00.009+08:00

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make it go away

2010-07-30T10:51:00.001+08:00

I am in pain. I don't get this everyday but when it arrives, oh boy it arrives in a fashion akin to driving an iron stake through my heart.

I first start to question why. But after grasping at straws I find that there really isn't a resolute answer. So why is it here to stay? I'm not good enough for anything or anyone, really. I'm coarse in more ways than one, indulge in too many vices and like being boozed. I guess it takes the pain away. I know. Sometimes I wish I was the dropped child and that my brother lived instead. I'm pathetic and feel I don't contribute good to any circumstances around me. Am I a people pleaser? Maybe I'm just a goofball who lives and breathes acceptance.

It's a heartache, nothing but a heartache
Hits you when it's too late, hits you when you're down
It's a fool's game, nothing but a fool's game
Standing in the cold rain, feeling like a clown...

I smile till my very teeth hurt. So sick of it. Go away. You make me feel and I don't wanna.

can i know you?

2010-06-25T13:17:00.002+08:00

its been a whirlwind of a week and now that im seeing the end of it, im not too sure if i should be pleased with certain developments.

boy meets girl and both carry certain excesses with heavy hearts. i want it all or i want it all. where do i go from here?

wants & dont wants

2009-09-14T12:38:00.003+08:00

i think im seriously considering a little bit more ruckus in this current plateau. at times that i feel irrationally lethargic and so i settle for the now and whatevers in it; at others im plain irritated with those areas and i wanna pack up and leave.

hence the ruckus i've been mulling over starts with this little bite thats gnawing at me. u either swat at the bug or u scratch that itch. how the hell are you supposed to ignore an itch like that? tis my analogy when the brains half functioning on mourndays.

like a darn nixon's list, i pen down pros and cons and tear em up. mentally i go over them again, then dismiss them with the onset of lifes distractions.

where do i go from here?

Holy Fuck

2009-07-27T16:14:00.001+08:00

Must be the severe lack of calcium or tat i'm getting fucking clumsy around corners!

fuckheads in the tube

2009-07-16T10:11:00.003+08:00

not fucking happy at all with the one-way communication tunnel the bosses are using to 'talk' to us. after all, we're but mere STAFF arent we!

bring nestlings in and give them names but no proper intro, designation, scope - he/she works together with another poor sucker or do we have to report to that he/she-who-deserves-to-be-whacked? fucking talk to us for chrissake. dont just fucking pop someone new into our midst and expect things to go beautifully.
fuck YOU. tell us why and what is the nincompoop here for! some of us have worked years, yet to be compensated in more ways than one, as far as i can see.

in the meantime, i am unfuckinghappy, definitely, and i dont give 2 shits about brand new albinos who come in tweeting and try to bend me to their will. no effing way man, id rather slap their faces around with a resignation letter than listen to their feeble bleating. im all riled up for war now. bring it on bitches and bastards.

no loops for the whoops

2009-07-07T14:48:00.002+08:00

i finally removed them stitches today...approximately 4 days after i was due at the specialist. hehe.

the damned doc ignited my feelings of apprehension when he asked me to lie down. DAMN man...i never ever lie flat down if i can help it. i think it showed on my face so he re-adjusted the bed and told me to "just sit up okay already". hehe.

then when the nurse tugged and tugged and tugged at the black threads...i couldnt stop smiling to myself cos obviously the stitches are almost weeks old d right? then her question came, "sudah berapa lama ni?" HAHA...couldnt help it, i laughed and told her watching her mute struggle was pretty funny (probably reassured her that more brutality can be tolerated) and so she handled me like a chunk of beef flank in the butcher chop, and ta daaaa...all came out. then nursie just ferociously sprayed on the 'liquid' plaster onto the wound and MAN that stung :P

because i got hurt at a nightspot, the doctor jokingly asked me, "so, went back there again ah!" then he told me that i shoulda cut myself at a lower position above the ankle, cos "you're that type ma, can put tattoo to cover it la!"
$%&*#@$... yea, so funny. its killin me. ehem ehem. BUT to his credit i did think that the possibility of a tattoo was a pretty decent suggestion... but i'd have to cover the entire calf with disney world or something. ish ish! ISH.

i think this is it fer now...will update soonest. xoxoxoxo.

whoopsy doopsy

2009-07-04T16:09:00.004+08:00

fresh out this week. ##$%^&%^...

dropped a huge vat of plastic 'tong' (full with water) onto me foot few days back. impact it had, i half expected to see a few toes missing! scraped off me opi and took some of me with it too (side of third toe)...
Rot.In.Poverty, ye old container.

ha. ha. couldnt believe i got another fresh one just this morning. literally tagged myself on the laundry basin. yowch!

Day 6: countdown to finale

2009-07-03T17:11:00.001+08:00

A day before meeting the doc for stitch removal. That's tomoro... Ish ish.

Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents Annual Dinner '09

2009-07-02T14:43:00.002+08:00

My man and yours truly. taking a break from the speeches and constant feasting :)

8 jahitans

2009-07-01T12:11:00.003+08:00

innocent bystander. sliced by broken glass. duh-ed by suddenness. chunk of flesh off my calf. grrrrr... pic taken a day after checkup at damansara specialist. actually looking forward to removal of stitches...ticklish gore...HAHAHA...

Baptised - Jayden Benedict - my Godson

2009-06-30T14:48:00.003+08:00

All in all an eventful and definitely a very meaningful day for the whole family :) Check out the few pics below...captioned to hit the point home. For more peeks, visit Kristie's blog.

Mummy with Jayden Benedict (check out the ji-gong moves from the martial arts sifu), Kenneth, James, Kristie, Papa, Me, Kathy, Krischelle, Tita Kim & Christian

The baptism ritual: wetting tai ko's head with holy water beneath the sign of the cross and the annointing with the oil. Think Jayden was pretty amused with the water activity...

"Baptised! I am apparently now the holiest and saintliest of you all...WAHAHA..."

Mummy Jay, the big man himself - Jayden Benedict, and his Godmother, ME. I'm his beloved auntie janice & Godmum. Gosh, I'm like 3/4s of a surrogate mother! I'm Jayden's fairy Godmother....I'm his Godma. Wanna tell you a secret: I've been duty-bound to serve as Godmama. Did I mention I'm officially his Godmother? HAHAHAHA

banged outta luck

2009-05-11T12:07:00.004+08:00

You know the saying: “when it rains, it pours”? Yea that kinda happened to me in the last 2 weeks and shit hit the fan. If you've seen Chicago starring Catherine Zeta Jones and Renée Zellweger then ya, it really was ‘all that jazz’ and a little too much more.

Friend and I were anticipating a week of luxuriating in Langkawi when BAM! I got involved in a 3-car sandwich with me being the slice of ham. La-dee-da and we all went to make our separate police reports. Police took down my statement and we went up to see the investigative officer...nice fella, him. Helped me so-called reconstruct what happened and he even pulled out the files of the previous two reports to explain how I would have to go about insurance claims. After that, police took photographs of my car and I chugged home with cousy beside me, and her bf following us to subang so that he could ascertain that I reached all the way home (bless him).

Mana tau, just before the damansara toll, my car bonnet flew right up in our faces and smashed against the windscreen! I tried to break as gradually as I could and ducked below the top of the wheel to see where I was driving, and hauled my sorry-ass car to the side. Then, you shoulda seen the looks of incredulity on our faces... we got over the initial shock of having the bonnet fly right up to cover the windscreen and then we started to marvel at how the windscreen didn’t even get smashed...or cracked! Her bf had already turned off our road to use LDP so we had to call him back to where we were. Then we tried bending the damn thing forwards and backwards but it wouldn’t budge. Haiyo... thank heavens that the PLUS patrol came along and they were also extremely understanding and nice. I did wonder at that time if there were cameras up on the opp. buildings. They yanked the bonnet down, tied it in place and sent us on our way (janganlah pandu cepat cepat)...

The next day was a whirlwind of calls to the insurance company and workshops (apart from the many transfers to non-existing officers) and finally I managed to plonk my car into a panel workshop at Jalan 222/3. What’s more, i was supposed to depart to langkawi in the next 2 days AND move to my new place right after my descent to KL! Fucking shit man, seriously. I was so fucking fed up that I couldn’t start a conversation without snapping at somebody. Yea i admit i cried. I was frustrated and i didn’t have any cheap plates to throw.

Langkawi was quite fun, made some new friends who are originally from Portugal, Mexico, France and the UK but are all working in the UK save for one (pictures on FB). The trip was really relaxing for me this time around. It remedied my mind and i actually was much more receptive and productive at work! It also restored my faith in good people.

When i got back, i hated that i had to be so helpless and rely on other people’s cars for simple things like driving out to see Dobbs or to buy makan. What’s more, i was moving house the very next day...with no car. nada. The workshop said my cotton-candy car would be in repairs for an estimate of 1 month...And so my beloved brother-in-law helped me search for a proper car rental at a decent price, and ‘my’ car was delivered to me at my office 2 days after i flew back from the sunny cove. The day after i moved, murphy acknowledged that it was just the right time for me to fall sick. And so the heat intensified and swelled in my head and my sinuses got blocked and the irritable cough started. Swell, eh?

I know you probably didn’t enjoy reading this complaint post as much as i revelled in letting it all out. HEHE... anyways, things are just starting to settle down now. I’ve just enjoyed my first weekend in my own new place, and im just done with antibiotics. Starting to breathe a lil easier now... woot! woot!

one frenny deserves another

2009-04-08T17:06:00.003+08:00

Went out with a friend of mine on one of those standard nights where our routines hardly varied, and of course we still managed to have quite a lotta fun :) NO i refute the fact that insinuates that i might be boring. HMPH.

Anyways, it seemed to me that we just talked and talked. Like what most of my guy friends would say to me (on a disturbingly regular basis), he pointed out to me that I’m a scary person. Hmph, i said. You people don’t have the balls to stand up to the stronger of the ‘weaker’ sex. Haha i must admit that was pretty stimulating conversation aka debate we had and we cheered each other with beers to cool down and forget the mock animosity. Each cheer also labelled the "loser" who couldn’t outtalk the other. TEEHEE :) i mean, no la i ain’t that mean... i just find it funny is all! Anyways there’s always a gazillion chances to one that i might be tagged the loser next time aite?!

According to him, he learned a new phrase from me that night, which was "it’s just too bad lah". Thing is, merely saying the stuff isn’t good enough...you have to cast your gaze downwards, practically roll those peepers from left to right like a pendulum, and add the finishing touches with a shoulder shrug - both palms up. Try it and chances are you’ll feel like you can explain away any wrongdoing. And er...any guilt that arises from that. THEN frenny iced the whole thing over by reminding me that i am one of the lucky ones. I’d have to admit i went blanko for a while, then i had to prompt for an explanation. What he explained after that was so ridiculously simple i really couldn’t believe - no.1: the impact it had on me - no.2: how insignificant my troubles looked after that, - and no.3: what a whiner and indecisive shrew ive been.

Of course, good lessons are never easily forgotten are they? I suppose mine will stay for quite a while, and the trouble is I’m known for short term memory relapses. HEHE :) So here’s to more knowledge/wisdom from the most unexpected places! Cheers.

tipped off my rocker

2009-01-30T16:33:00.005+08:00

nobody shall be forced to commit to, do and say anything even slightly against their will. it is God's will that we live our lives the way we want it to.

think about it: precious few things are grave enough to become an actual obstacle in the path you're wending through. its like a snowflake - depending how serious you want that obstacle to be - it can melt away to nothing, or become aggravated enough to snowball, literally, into something that totally prevents you from making your way across to point b.

im doing this at the office on the last friday before the second-last cny weekend. a friend of mine asked "when was the last proper date you went on?" and that started the clogs workin i tell you! and truth was, i tinkered with my thoughts here, there, everywhere...and i couldnt tell you when i last felt like the universe rocked my soul. funnily enough, i lunched with my occasional lunch buddy just now and we talked about being with a true love. my friend gravely admitted that he had never felt that rocked-my-soul way with any girl hes been with before... and that got both of us a little sobered up. and kinda worried. HAHA.

haihs, anyways, i have a cny open house thingy at the bf's house together with 20 over eager relatives. uh oh. people, let's keep a lid on things ok? or in other words, shut your foul pie trap before i stuff that irritating pie hole of yours with a dozen mandarins. HEHE.

haihs...neways people, have a great firecrackin' cny...go BULLy everyone shorter than you, and be sure not to set anything aflame. tata and muaks to all :)

A, B, C, kiam chai cha loh ti!

2008-11-28T14:57:00.002+08:00

Took this alphabet tag outta kristie's blog.

A. Attached or single ? - attached
B. Best friend? – a rare few
C. Cake or pie? - hmm tough choice...make that a pie.
D. Day of choice? - sattiday
E. Essential item? - mobile phone
F. Favorite colour? - green at the mo...
G. Gummy bears or worms? – bears...if it takes too long to gum it into submission it gets jelak
H. Hometown? – j.b.c. yo!
I. Favourite indulgence? – alcohol
J. January or July? - july lor
K. Kids? – one...my not-so-teeny-anymore handsome nephew
L. Life isn’t complete without? - fun. all other things stem from happiness
M. Marriage date? – none
N. Number of magazine subscriptions? - none
O. Orange or apple? - apple
P. Phobias? – nictophobia, ghost phobia, pediophobia, slight entophobia, aphephobia (by women)
Q. Quotes? – as happy as a clam at high tide
R. Reasons to smile? – when feeling happy
S. Season of choice? – autumn
T. Tag 5 people – kristie, poh lin, doris, nicholas, james, jayden
U. Unknown facts about me? – abnormal mindset
V. Vegetable? – squash
W. Worst habit? – bad uns...
X-ray or ultrasound? – many x-rays...
Y. Your favourite food(s)? – western, jap, mexican, thai, spanish, italian...
Z. Zodiac sign – LEO the BOSS!

Squares for the Squires

2008-11-25T11:32:00.003+08:00

NO, we’re not talking about square dancing.

These are Tai Thong’s infamous BBQ Meat squares, and it’s guaranteed to send you into transports of culinary delight!

A well-loved and sought after festive offering, Tai Thong’s tender BBQ Meat has long impressed a long legion of fans who savour its sweet and flavoursome taste. Garnished on congee, noodles, or sandwiched between bread, the BBQ Meat has also proven to be a highly proficient snack on its own.

Tai Thong’s BBQ Meat is individually vacuum-packed to retain that fresh-from-the-oven succulence. Available in three choices of Sliced Pork Meat (RM38 per 500g), Minced Pork Meat (RM38 per 500g) and Minced Chicken Meat (RM38 per 500g), each purchase is packaged in a matte, traffic-stopping red box that is charmingly adorned with plum blossoms to beckon the festivities forward! Drop these pretty boxes of goodies into similarly themed gift bags and voila! You’re all set to impress your corporate clients, other associates and colleagues. Tai Thong’s BBQ Meat is the town’s latest buzzword! Don’t forget to amaze your family and friends too, give them something to yap about other than taboo topics.

Tai Thong’s BBQ Meat is so darn good, you’ll want more. Bulk purchases entitle you to a 10% discount. Kindly contact me for your bookings/purchases or log on to the Tai Thong website at www.taithong.com.my for more details.

Ssshhhuckalaka baby!

2008-11-17T14:16:00.003+08:00

Time is making fools of us again. When has it ever been fair anyway?

Being in the here and now, i try looking back through the 10 or so months of flimsy memories and it becomes pretty clear to me how daunting it is to attempt condensing this whole year.

First thing that comes back to me as sharp as the images of reality (cos it is) is my newfound job. Every other little thing that has differed in my routine has some impact on my lifestyle and self. I’ve been on the right and wrong end of a Tebori needle and i suppose i’ve glint something from what not to do. Still, i’ve gone through pretty noisome episodes and i’m still none too clear about where each wrong has made its right.

The next case (for want of a better word) this year is of course the lovely piece of property that nicholas and i purchased earlier in july. I remember those teatime sessions in the star cafeteria, where we held earnest conversations about the house. The topics we covered ranged from pricing, porch tiles, contemporary bathrooms, crafty yet practical interiors, dobby’s living area and letting space for nic’s fish imports, making meals and doing laundry together... Sigh, my eyes are becoming a little glazed over this as my fingers chicken type across the page...how’s that for a start!

But of course this isn’t really a start for me, per say. After all, i moved like a nomad from jb to klang, to Australia, then back to klang (but in a different camp), then to subang where yours truly had to oversee contractors for renovations and buy all the thingajigs to furnish the whole house. Doing up a house in terms of rectifying and beautifying can be a right pain in the crack bone, i can tell you that. Never mind the vision of a charming home and its pleasing innards, irritation knows no boundaries. Thankfully, this happy burden falls onto both nic and me to shoulder, so its gonna be a 50-50 snowjob this coming Christmas. Heave-ho, heave-ho! Hehe :)

Neways, Pohlin and i plan to be fly away end of December so that we can laze around on the beach and wave away irksome guys like flies :P Ocos we gonna tan until every pore is filled with grains of paradise sand! Hehehohohaha. We’re gonna eat yummy good food, prance around, do some pub hopping, prance around summore, swim, hopefully make some decent friends... yeayy! The closer it draws nearer to December the more excited i feel! Me feels the tinglings in me spines!

More on the happenings later when the New Year comes. Meantime, we’ll breathe in and out all day along, laugh, heave an occasional sigh, fart, cry, grumble, sigh, and start it all over again... until the next big thing comes along.

Till then folks, l e t s
HO...HO...HO TO A JINGLY CHRISTMAS
&
AN EXPLOSIVE NEW YEAR!

langkawi-ed

2008-08-04T09:46:00.010+08:00

I expected a fun weekend of sun, sand and sea for our langkawi trip. Yea it turned out to be all that... and then some! Woohoo!!! You have no idea ;)

Twas a whirlwind of fun and late nights that induced magnificent panda eyes and a head full of pretty white clouds. No complaints whatsoever, we met lots of interesting people...and at the end of the weekend managed to make stampduty with some rather alright people from there :) The people i wanna put the spotlight on in particular are... Aush...(so far still quite decent...so heres a shoutout to him: yo de laheehoo!) and 2 other real decent men we met in sunba - cool place, dat. Gotta catch up with them sooooon. I'm guessing bel and i just basked in the lavishness of fun and attention we got out of whom we shall refer to as our "coastal friends"... hehe.

I think bel and i made the right decision to take off that unbelievable though short-lived weekend. Those times made me feel so wildly happy... might be due to the smell of sand and the free tide, but then again perhaps i just felt the need to go akimbo. To leave kl in my pursuit of proper insanity and happiness, if ya know what i mean.

The rebel in me enjoyed the late hours immensely. Kinda reminded me of my Australian days when i boozed on the car porch and neighbours would give me a shoutout in the evenings as i dwaddled the time away beside Oscar, my friends' ex-pooch. It didnt matter that i hardly ever saw the sun rise or set.

Back to being langkawi-ed, i must reiterate what a whirlwind weekend it was man. Time and tide really waits for no 'man'...so to each her own i say, and ahoy we go! We shot a fair few rounds of pool; Bel in the lead of course :) It isnt any one time and place that my body manages to relax and ease its knots of tension. I miss that slow-paced that we ran through at a gallop... twas a time i felt so wantonly free!

It was there and then (on the last afternoon unfortunately) that i fully understood the ideals of living on location where the home chooses you. I'm kinda jealous because i probably dont hv the guts to tear down the concrete safety walls of kl and move on to oblivion and bliss. If i could find that courage deep inside somewhere, id be there in erm, 2weeks :P

In any case, my weekend stint taught me something i quite forgot, and that is to "enjoy each moment as it comes" I gotta (try and) see to it that its less of Ms Got-A-Bug-Up-Her-Arse and more of the Geisha in action from now on...city slattern, perhaps? Keke...anyhoo pix below, enjoy!

missy having a hullabala time after some tanning

spindly and crawly when alive...and yummily sweet and beautiful when steamed! hehe

the most beautiful fat prawns this jakoon ever seen and tasted...we kept swooning over it man!

the Yellow Café man himself, and yours truly! a privilege to be sure :)

aush and ms cool-as-cucumber

miss janice in person to investigate this cool Yellow Café to see what kind of a hjinks it can get me up to :P

pretty belle bel enjoying our last afternoon at the café by the beach

Already i'm planning my next trip and ive only been back nearly 3 days... well life's an adventure right and dont hold your breath, cos the trains leavin' and im ON it!

not so much SOHO

2008-07-15T14:25:00.001+08:00

You know the term "time flies when you're having fun"? Well, well, it is no wonder that it has come as a a big surprise to me that time really does fly at my new workplace!
My new colleagues - comprising of team mates and other friendly co-workers are really nice, and i'm just grateful to have the chance to get to know these nice ums. I'm doodling my thoughts on notepad now before uploading them... till more updates then, ttfn! :)

wave me over, anytime

2008-07-07T17:46:00.006+08:00

Not feeling all that chirpy these few days, but seeing as ive promised the bali trip update...here it comes!!!(pfffft).

As i enter a title for my latest entry here about the recent bali trip, suddenly many things come to mind. I'm caught almost unawares by the fact that my previous trip(in '07) and my recent one (this June) were both accompanied by my then, and current partner. I dare say that this trip was definitely more exciting and a whole lot more fun... maybe its because id been there just the last year, no? And i had already become quite acquainted with Kuta and that certain stretch of white sands near Jimbaran.

This time my darlingest journeyed with me of cos, along with my parents, and we had quite a trip, though we were all lamenting that those few days werent enough towards the last afternoon. My only regret was not submerging myself amidst those icy, surging waves earlier...we 2 couples only had about half a day on the beach thats all. My mum and dad didnt bother getting wet in the waves, and proceeded to get pampered on the sand (on blankets we had to buy mind you!) with manicures, pedicures, full-body massages and of course bottles of iced teh botol to quench the thirst brought on by the unforgiving rays of mister sun. I've put some pictures below (with captions naturally) so that you can hopefully grasp a little of the feel we went through there before you get to yours later this year *grin*

breakfasting the next morning. i specifically remember our table praising the pork bacon to the skies...yummy and authentic, not like the rubbishy stuff we get at most of our hypermarts (you call that bacon?!?) After feasting, we adventured towards kuta square in search of that long-awaited massage and also to nip a few shopping bargains along the waaay

going through my 2nd childhood as i swing myself crazy in th children's playground. wheeeeee!

getting ready to tan by the resort pool

once our toes gripped onto the sands, i tell you, all that sun couldnt burn out the pure ecstasy in us as we played like kids in the cold water :)

haha...my bebe also got "cold feet" himself whilst trying to get me to sink to my waist in the icy waters! In th end...we both sunk in and boy, was that some adventure for urbanites like us!

And so, we've come to the end of a little show n tell that coulda gone on and on (too many pix la)... but good things have to come to an end, and im sure as hell gonna make it happen again...s o o n...

one of the more memorable parties yet!

2008-07-06T10:41:00.007+08:00

I know i havent been bloggin for a while now...sorry ohk! Anyways, many phases of developments and incidents have passed since the previous melaka trip update! I'd just like to highlight a few memorable events such as my sister's baby shower, my bali trip with my darling and parents...and then some.

As for throwing a baby shower, i remember having to squeeze some time aside to "get the party started". I certainly did not have prior experience to throwing a party, what more a shower to welcome my soon-to-arrive nephew! :) I set about doing a lil research on the net to draw up a baby shower invitation, sms/email/reply to these invitees...luckily i found a really cute baby boyish picture background which i could simply edit some of the corners, colours, insert the date/time/venue/agenda/etc, and also this little poem that i whipped up (with suggestions from mama bear of cos):

It'll be raining mittens and booties at this baby shower
So mark this date down and give me a holler
Thrown in honour of James and Kristie Tan
Your presence is requested to anticipate their new Mister Tan
So come along and skip to our beat
As we welcome their little king with many new treats!

Of course we had to throw a party proper, so everybody was delegated to do something. My parents took care of the f&b and also got the proud soon-to-be-parents a beautiful cot. My step sis-in-law literally just drew up some games, while kristie, me, james and my bebe had to go search for prizes and gaming items. Might as well as give the task back to us, aint that right LAZY? :P My step bro was also informed at the eleventh hour to step in as a games mediator and i got to say he executed it beautifully. The night went on really well, most of the guests who came were away for a while and then back in kl so it was a real chump to see em :) We ended up singing karaoke with some of kitty's colleagues until about 2am++...yeah man. So without further ado, i've put a coupla pix below to give yall a 'feel' of what it was like that day!

James, the proud papa-to-be, helps himself to yummylicious food & beverage

papa and mama bears

yours truly, kitty and mummy cheesing for the camera amidst squeals of "wah you all really look like sisters hor"...

me transferring cottonballs to an empty bowl, spoonful by spoonful. me is the only contestant that tooks the longest! grrrrrrr

kitty slicing up some 'thanks 4 coming to James & Kristie's baby shower' banana chocolate cake

and then we sang the night away...we continued to sing after the guests left :)

A searin' good time in Malacca (16 to 17 Feb)

2008-02-24T11:13:00.006+08:00

The idea about making a short weekend getaway actually stemmed from rachel's pre-term start at uni...and of course the ever-tightening budget. I put some pictures below to update you guys in a show-tell manner...so scroll on and enjoy!
Kristie and Rachel posing for my cam whilst we waited for the slow Babas to snail through the check-in process for all visitors that day...

Rachel lookin' all pweety and plum blossomy :)

All washed up, fresh and ready to rumble along Jonker street the next morning!

And we walked, and we walked, and we walked all day...with our determined heels and zest for shopping...on we persevered!

Then i came across this fascinating looking temple with rather-4D designs on their pillars and walls... posed quickly for my cam cos i was worried the worshippers might come marching out! Heheee...

And then we walked until we neared the Fort, which was bustling with activites and trishaws and radiantly coloured to lift the mood of the town...ermm, and then mat poser came out again.

We stopped for some delicious cendol that made the 3 of us swoon almostly indecently in delight. HEHEH...

This was the 2nd round of icy indulgences that we just couldnt turn a blind tastebud to. Kristie was the only one who ordered a mango something, which was uniquely different from our same, boring but ooh-la-la choices! See, the 3 of us had to squeeze onto our spot at the corner of a small table becos the kiasus took up positions already. Vell, anyway its still good to learn how we werent the only ones who condemn the kiasus! :D

Our last stop for that short weekend was for some chicken rice balls that malacca is quite renowned for. Well, we had some of that at some K-something kopitiam where we went through some trial and errors and you know, i aint going back there again! Prefer the 2nd restaurant along Jonker Walk.

All in all, we fought valiantly through the throngs of kiasus, bore the heat, shopped to fitness and ate to put it all back on. I'd definitely go back again for a nighter!

When St Valentine was executed

2008-02-24T10:46:00.005+08:00

Yea here's a lil update on my celebration of the executing of that Valentine guy.
Anyways, we, like most commercialised couples of today, decided to squander some dough on D day to revel in cupid's atmosphere. So, bebe and i went to Italiannies for their Vday dinner sets, which were really quite something!!

Italiannies lost precious brownie points with us though because of baaaad time management. BAD. Seats were lined up outside te restaurant for most of the 730s. See, their dinner slots were scheduled at 630, 730 and 830. So obviously they were all of a fluster when the 630s werent quite ready to leave yet and 730s were early OR on the dot for their dinner slots. As a pathetic gesture of hospitality, 1 or 2 of their staff gave out small plastic cups of coke to those of us who were waiting and getting increasingly sullen. See again, PATHETIC being the keyword here. The other Italiannies staff looked the other way while the cokes were served, and newcomers waiting in line were not served any drinks.

Bebe and i even had to share a coke because he had gone to check out the temporary-borrowed dining arrangements setup at Laundry, 2nd floor. That was terrible, to say the least. We, the wanna-dine-at-Italiannies peeps are there for the food, atmosphere and service! What in the whole wide blinking moon would we be doing there if we said okay to being shunted to some smoky, dreary area to dine on a special Vday Italiannies dinner set?? What's more, the Italiannies staff didnt dare promise us if it was going to be too noisy and smoker-crowded up there. Of course it was a big NO from the word go and we waited amongst other couple for our turn to dine indoors. Thank gawd it didnt take long, cos if the mood was lost no amount of apologies or flowers could revive it.

Muka (Suay) Buku

2008-02-06T11:38:00.004+08:00

I do think prolonged absences from my blog can be attributed to work; or the fact that like a homing pigeon, i zoom head-on into my room to listen to country, read my TIME mag or novel.

My lack of blogging can also be attributed to facebook (that, and a few other things also la). Facebook's pretty messy, and not to mention annoying too. That said, i'm sure friends have noticed my lack of interest whatsoever in werewolves, bumbling bibbersquacks and other such ninnys. These days, i remember to check in on facebook only after i see tons of irritating notifications in my inbox. Btw, how does one get rid of the email notifications? I already pre-set my notifications settings as desired but still all the nonsense flock into my mail box! GRRRRRRR...

Anyways, that thread is exhausted so i'll move on to the next episode.

tis the new year 2008

2008-01-06T12:25:00.000+08:00

yea it's a new year and all that jargon.

all i wish for is a better 12-month ordeal this year of the rat and of course, along with this hope will be dropped habits as well as learned ones.

new year, new hairstyle - says my stylist :P
the pic below was taken recently at a step-cousin's wedding dinner

the words 'new year resolution(s)' used to make me look the other way... but i discovered one thing; make just 1 or 2 really true-to-your-heart resolutions and make them come true! (or die trying) i realised how rewarding it feels when you've met a resolution - in february last year, i quit smoking cold turkey style.

so of cos this new year im putting another 1 or 2 on my list... mainly things to learn by the end of 2008... so, more updates in time to come! toodles!!!

GOOD times, GREAT tastes with mi familia

2007-12-25T23:18:00.000+08:00

it is the 25th tonight, so its still christmas...and illegal fireworks are whistling over the rooftops as my fingers tap over the keys....

my family, bebe and i had a private xmas eve dinner - a gorgeous one with appetisers, mains and desserts from all of us; then we headed off to Holy Rosary to celebrate His birth and to give thanks and praise! twas all rather enjoyable actually...popular christmas carols led the way to a blast of a finale and we were all practically skipping out the church's doors when twas all over :) we headed back to my stepbro's place at robson for the gift exchange...plus many many laughs in store that was for sure :P we didnt linger round for long, and left for home - with yet another gift exchange amongst just us. all was well and fine and we finally started to nod off to sleep around 3...

in the end...after ZERO suggestions for xmas present ideas and a period of monks-in-prayer stillness (thanks a lot), i managed to come up with some really appreciative presents after all! to just rattle off what compiled the list of received and sent, there were loads of clothes...makeup, gorgeous hobo bag,tiffany's from my bebe (MUAKS!), victoria secret...yea i think thats about it... i'll probably steal the book i gave kristie after she's read it...HEHE ;)

a thousand apologies for the lack of pictures...expect i'll put them up pretty soon. so we can oggle the food and pweety faces together-gether! teehee :)) till then...

xmas gifts should thy give & receive?

2007-11-29T08:34:00.000+08:00

christmas is coming lor.... and im in a dilemma...a pleasant one for a change, of not knowing what gifts to get for HERs and HIMs! any ideas pls, id love to hear some from you guys.. meanwhile the clock is ticking down to xmas and its TICK TOCK! TICK TOCK! hurry! hehe muaks... :)

never did know much

2007-11-25T21:45:00.000+08:00

there are just too many things id like to start off this entry with and i dunno which. i wanna start off the right footing cos i dont want the dreary context of this beginning to tag me as i go along! *sigh* oh well.
i guess my beginning might as well take the form of how im feeling...and what describes me best at present is "silent tears in a city of stone..."
gosh i left the punishing, suicide-inducing life back at sg and now im deep in the pit again... i guess ending it all means un-feeling all these...oh well, anyways christmas is coming, ho ho and la dee da.

i am a hero(ine) !

2007-10-14T11:11:00.001+08:00

got this 'which female action hero are you?' quiz from dear ms. yong :D (hehe)
really dunno what to make of my results! ah well...

Which Female Action Hero Are You?
	You are The Bride. When you get an idea in your head, you simply won't let it go! You constantly search for normalcy, love, and sometimes revenge--and your vicious stubbornness inspires you to fight to the death to get what you want.
Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com

many funnies in the sun

2007-10-07T10:48:00.000+08:00

Hey hos :P decided to upload some of my Bali pictures...just acting on a whim la. Had a lot of fun, beautiful place to shop and get beached :) Look see look see my captioned pictures!

sporting a rather gleeful expression while browsing my way through the street lined with shops, cafe, restaurants, accommodations etc

gave in to my craving for a local Bintang beer while dining at Mades Warung after some shopping...

i think i got a lil 'ding-dong' after my beer...sigh, what a waste of a long night ahead! must be the cina genes...

dined at Bubba Gump's, a themed restaurant from the movie Forrest Gump! interesting place and servers...order a margarita and watch what happens next!

signages that are fun to flip to construe orders! hehe...oh no the elmo in me is resurfacing...

hmm...pork tenderloin strips smell and taste so yummy!!!

the spread that was ordered at Bubba Gump's...really awesome ooh-la-la stuff.

a really beautiful view of the sun's glowing embers near sundown... went sightseeing at this temple and stood on a steep cliff overlooking the crashing waves down below!

these temple monkeys were really naughty man...up to the point of grabbing personal belongings from tourists! damaged and chewed items like necklaces, camera pouches, snack packs etc were held tightly in their grasps.

me enjoying the fresh coastal air by the cliff...was a lil apprehensive of the monkeys grabbing my hair though!! :S

you wouldnt believe what an absolute wonder twas to just lay on a deck chair and breathe in the salty ocean air and feel white fine sand between your toes :)) must be mother nature's form of a relaxant!

SEE! white sands, locals and expats litter Dreamland beach... i still find myself catching my breath in my throat when i imagine those crisp cool 15-degree-celsius waves and clear skies overhead!

i was trying my hardest not to burst out laughing as i posed against the wind at one of the more commercial beaches...ppl thought we were doin a photoshoot!

fuyoo...dunno what i was doing...probably catwalking my way to the showers to get the sand off :)

i think this was my last night in Bali. so it was more shopping, eating, swimming at Vira Bali's quaint lil pool and chilling by the fountain before i was deported to KL... :P sigh no more d for now...n'er mind, more exotic destinations to come in time thats for sure! till then, its TTFN! :*

2007-10-02T23:33:00.000+08:00

Haiyooo ive just started blogging a few liners and im inclined to complain already :P(some ppl might be rolling their eyes now, HAHA) Anyways, its been quite a day today and ive actually just finished copying some songs to my boss's removable hard disk so yes, he gonnbe a happy man :) You know why, one thing led to another when he hitched a ride in my car to KL and so happened he liked hearing the songs i was playing in it! So right now im listening to a mixture of melancholys + retros and its soooo enlightening i tell u!!! Hehe :)
Actually right after work just now, my boss and us writers went off to a buka puasa session that a client invited us to at kay el chi chi :) I practically gorged myself on sushi, sashimi, ikan bakar, kangkong w sotong, fresh greens, olives, tandoori chicken & naan, agar2, fruits... WAHHH ;P haha... We didnt finish too late, surprisingly! We all left klcc at about 9pm then boss very kindly dropped us off separately at our cars!
Guess what, got a lil sidetracked...im actually pouring my heart (and lungs) out to brian adams & barbara streisand's i finally found someone... romantic-nya! Anyways, this song holds more for me than just the soppy love notes innit. My cousin 'kahcheng' and our friends in klang remind me of happier times too...sigh. He's somewhere in saudi working his ass off now, will probably be back end of the year then we can hula2 or sumthing.... :))
Aiyoh lookie yonder its twelvish dee...i gotta go crash man...love yall... will keep the updates comin'... hehe :P

mummy goes over the rainbow :P

2007-09-08T11:27:00.000+08:00

On Sept 4 - the day of mummy's birthday itself, kristie and i were communicating via email at work to decide where the birthday celebration would be. I didnt quite know what suggestions to throw out so it seemed easiest to narrow down the list, rather than begin clutching at straws! According to mummy, there are some rather classy places to dine around bandar putri puchong that we didnt know of before. Anyways we all finally decided to venture someplace nice over there and we ended up in an ever-popular place - Pizza Uno!

Kitty and james did a Houdini while we were being seated and of course mummy wondered where they disappeared to. Kitty actually asked me about the cake arrangements while we were seated in the car with mummy between us! Hehehe...she mouthed the words to me and i went like "oh oh" so she and james shot off to a nearby bakery the moment they got down the car!

When they got back, we all began ordering...some die-hard favourites, some new choices. The food was awesome as usual, though we lost some confidence in the waiter/owner when he failed to elaborate our choice of appetisers to us. Foie gras, escargot and basil pesto ALL came separately with their servings of warm foccacia loafs! Two of the choices were menu-ed on the walls without pictures, so you would have thought he would explain to us that ALL of them had bread man! Stupid idiot... anyways all was not lost just yet; we didnt have to morph into yeast factories after all! There were braised lamb shanks, aglio olio, steak, oven slow-baked & fried chicken, as well as my seafood paella so slowly but surely we ate through the many many courses! YUMMY...

Luckily papa and mummy were quite stuffed by then, so dessert was out of the question. We signaled the stupid waiter/owner and he marched out with some other waiters singing "happy birthday" to mummy! Mummy was pleased i could tell. Anyways, who doesnt like a little personalised attention?! :) Papa, the usual gala entertainer told us hilarious hokkien jokes while we were having the fluffy tiramisu for dessert and gales of laughter continued long after dessert! It really was much more than your average dinner and cake and im real pleased that all of us - especially the birthday girl, enjoyed herself tremendously.
~ Stay beautifully you, mummy ~

one ooh-la-la birthday!

2007-08-23T07:26:00.000+08:00

Turning a year older last night was really a whole new experience for me! keke...but then again, how many times does one turn 85?? :P My adorable Donkey Kong took me to CafeCafe KL where the ambience blew me away, i must admit he did succeed in impressing me with such a dinner and also being the hunky dory he is (keke). Really was bowled over by the decor within! Think dark elegant draperies, champagne glasses, french cuisine, millions of chandelier glass twinkling overhead and YOU'VE GOT IT, beh beh! ;) Smiling waiters in a mysterious cavern of victorian beauty are at your service with oh-so-glorious food and wine/liquor/coffee liquer/tonics/ fruities/etc... We re-educated ourselves on table etiquette and ate steadily through norwegian salmon, spaghetti heaped with bolognese sauce and seafood... I'm even swooning over those times as i sit here and write this now :) All the while we chatted and caught up on the day to day as we washed our chatter-dry throats down with one truely unique iced lemon tea and a Fosters (how could i not?)! Coming back home, i was very happy that kristie and james were there too, so we could all enjoy the cheese cake Donkey Kong bought from the place where it has our certified 'chop' of goodness :P He was really very sweet and i'm sure he got the idea of my Simpsons' cake from my overexcited reenactment of Homer and Bart's antics! Gaaaa! hehe... Time to time, i sometimes tell people close to me how some of my 21/8s do not feel like my special day - thats simply because i havent been made to feel special! This time, I would say that YESH, this birdday has got my big fat 'sirim chop' all over it :D Anyhoo, enjoy browsing through the pictures below as i have and smile away! See picture, see picture! hehe. *HUGS*

merrily the donkeys roll along

2007-08-03T08:03:00.000+08:00

A big HARO to all the people who keep tabs on me :P !
I got a fairly new announcement to make:
I'm attached now, and i'm loving every day with my guy... :)
I've known him for a couple of months now and we just thought it was high time (after the kajan break) that we got a move on with life and onto all the sweet episodes it's just waiting for us to experience! To those who might be worried about my quick transition, thank you for your really sweet thoughts :) but i believe i looked high and low before i took that leap. Time and tide really waits for no man and my recent new 'labelling' has proven to me that troubles really only lasts as long as you keep dwelling on it.
Okay then, i'll stop right here fer now but stay alongside me as we gallop toward a better future! :)
-cheerio-

leaving ms. melancholy behind

2007-07-28T11:13:00.000+08:00

Kaj and i have gone solo, each onto different paths and these couple of days have been a very difficult time for me, and probably for him too. Instead of dwelling on uncertainties and what not, i guess the best option now is for us to take this very bold step and pursue our individual goals. He has been extremely gracious in handling our relationship with delicate care and in remaining firm friends with me! I really cannot thank him enough for all that he has done for me while we were together...thanks a gazillion, babe! He is one of the best experiences that ever happened to me and bloody hell, I would do it all over again! :) The next inevitable step of course, is to lighten up...laugh about bullcrap with family and friends... and eventually, even share our endless love for laughter with someone else. This is it for now... update on Bali trip soon!
Peace out, love to all... :)

Back i go to Daorae

2007-07-11T20:31:00.000+08:00

Yeah i went back to Daorae again, this time with my whole family! There was mummy dearest, daddy-o, kitty kou & hubby...and there was lil ol' me.
Check out the dishes we order below...man...luckily mummy and i didnt have main orders otherwise more food woulda gone wasted...we had some rather unique dishes - cold raw beef with shredded chinese pears, buckwheat noodles (with hard boiled egg and all) in cold clear soup, chunks of beef ribs (to burn, baby, burn!) and Bulgogi. This one wasnt the beef that was meant for the grill...it was glass noodles with yummy beef and sauce steaming in a stone bowl!

Yeah man...we sat and ate our way through (chug, chug, chug!) for about a couple of sittings...i guess we all started out famished and ended up extremely satiated and sleepy...we even had several tastings from the shochu mummy & papa were sharing! ;)

It certainly looks as if we had a blast didnt we? Yeah...:D great times are with your loved ones...catch yall later now...TTFN!

its raining again...on me...

2007-07-07T16:25:00.000+08:00

I had a fantastic night out with my colleague yesterday, really couldnt have asked for a better conversation exchange, socialising and shit. Came back still a lil woozy from flu, so i popped an extremely drowsy flu tablet before i headed upstairs and crashed.
Even though i awoke at 1130am this morning, right now im about as perky as eeyore... my damn flu la, disturbing the peaceful abode i reside. Started out as a couple of sneezes, then subsequently a nose passage got blocked...SIGH...I cant begin to describe how down and sleepy this flu's making me...exactly like that dear donkey in the forest :) well, that managed to put a smile on me face!

Right about now all the sniffling has made me just sleepy and anti-social! SIGH... anyways, cant stay home moping around...got a friend's akad nikah to attend at 8pm sharp! Hopefully my stomach's well enough then, was feeling a little roller coasty this whole afternoon. Im trying to perk myself up, so right now im thinking...whole roast lambs, curries, sambal, kurma, ketupat and stuffs ahead of me! Precisely the menu i should be avoiding actually! S I G H... well, alls well that ends well... see how lah later...so thats my 777 for today. Makan some TGIF takeout, getting ready to roll in tall and pweety to share in a friend's happy day. Here's wishing all of u a good night ahead! muaks..

Hell...lp

2007-07-03T22:45:00.000+08:00

I havent kept in touch with a handful of friends for all different reasons... and now im feeling darn guilty abt it! Like i said, not wanting to go out and not wanting to keep in constant contact are becos of various reasons derived from complicated human beans... anyways, im kinda missing a couple of em now and im not sure if i should make the first move, yknow...since im such a tightarse and all :) SIGH... i think im in trouble...HELL...ELP...i know i dont make much sense...

annyonghaseyo!

2007-06-25T05:07:00.000+08:00

Last wednesday i made a casual suggestion to go check out Daorae, a korean bbq place in taipan, and babes got really enthusiastic about it. and i managed to rope kristie in for the meal too! Parking was a bitch though...kristie met us in taipan cos she already happened to be there checking out a clothes store.

Daorae happens to be a rather upmarket place, with an inviting environment and friendly waiters who offer very good service! Every table has one waiter assigned to serve those patrons and our table had 2, all the better! The 2 waiters bowed and gave us suggestions for bbq, smiled at us, cooked for us, served onto our plates and even wrapped the delicious thingies in lettuce in ready-to-eat forms for us! They practically did everything but curtsey to us i think :P

What does one order when faced with endless choices of korean marinated meats, noodles, rice/noodles served in steaming stonewares, korean savoury pancakes, condiments and etc??? I ordered the simplest of choices - authentic kimchi soup with my order of seafood and sticky rice.

Id have to admit though, that the bbq spread Kaj ordered tasted much better than my kimchi soup. Perhaps the soup woulda had more of that sourish flavour if they hadnt mixed a whole egg in it! It really was a surprise that this was the first time i was disappointed in kimchi soup! Oh well, id just have to keep that in mind IF i re-order that same dish.

We yakked and ate our way through this culinary bulgogi and kimchi journey, and kept the waiters busy refilling our vege, fat taugeh & kimchi condiments. I was quite astonished that we managed to whack all there was on the table!
Daorae Korean BBQ can be a rather pocket-emptying place though, get a group of hungry hunks and bitches if you want an authentic taste of cuisine served with courtesy found nowhere else!

niki & jessica sanders

2007-06-08T20:55:00.000+08:00

Seen that movie "Mean Girls"? Recently i suddenly came to the realisation that i was a mean person. i actually felt that i had selfishly left me to fend for myself...that make sense? Im not saying im a total samaritan, but i think i dunked the niceties and stepped outta myself for a break. i dont know la.

One positive thing arose from that la at least. Looking on at the situation from an outsider's perspective did help clear things up for a bit...u know that saying "an onlooker sees most of the game"? yeah...my sentiments exactly. Anyways, more importantly i dropped the fcked-up ego trip like a steamin pile o cowdung because i realise how mean i was to people around me, especially my loved ones who definitely dont need to stand around listening to my crap!

So what i could least establish at this point was to apologise lor... chicago really nailed it on the head with "hard to say im sorry"! i might not be aunt agony or whats-her-face, but i do know that most of the valuable life lessons u pick up are from regrettable/bitter experiences. hold onto that and think about it, it really makes sense! In the end just make sure these "donts" stay inside that mush of yours. Oh gawd am soooo sleepy, am drained out, my energies sapped and dried out like a prune :P Gotta take off now...be good fellas.

along came u

2007-06-06T22:03:00.000+08:00

today was supposed to be another routine work day...that was all written in the stars but then this fella came along and brightened up my day :)
sigh...life does have its ups and downs dont it? and all the fun and attractive 'bonuses' whizz by us on a conveyor belt that prevents us from reaching an arm out in time to get at the little buggers.
oh well... whoever said that line "nothing is perfect"...i hear ye dude.
laters...

grandma's passing

2007-05-13T13:35:00.000+08:00

went up to melaka as planned yesterday on saturday morning and guess what, its sunday afternoon and ive been home long since then... my ah ma passed on early saturday evening, and for one, im real glad she aint suffering any more pain. secondly, kristie, james, babes and i were all there with my mum so we could all lend a comforting shoulder or 2.
right now, most of our family members are already in jb where the funeral procession is taking place in the house. when i called her earlier to wish her 'happy mother's day', she said she was happy that all the family is around...like a happy reunion! anyways, i stayed back cos of dreaded deadlines...but the funeral will take a full 5 days so ill go on down to add on to the hub bub anyways :) dunno how long a leave i will be granted when i see the boss monday. well...see how la. meanwhile, all you fellas take good care of yourselves and be happy!

claire and hayden

2007-05-10T19:14:00.000+08:00

Heroes was fantastically awesome, as my colleague said it would be...! i believe that there are still some out there who havent watched a single episode! How can?!! haih...anyways...this time the plot started out all twisty and yummily...with added suspense and drama and all. you discover that some moved on with their lives, some died...the bad 'uns became more powerful...(gasp!)
claire and niki are as pretty as ever! nathan is...ooh lala... the plot presents the story as if he died though...so sad...id have liked to be handed over his flying prowess! HEHE... what i watched were just episodes 19 & 20... cant wait to watch more of the magic and fantasy unfold! omg...i just remembered i still have desperate housewives to catch up on...how come that sounded pathetic to me the moment it was typed...geez. anyways, ketchup soon! :)

Yatta!

2007-05-08T20:56:00.000+08:00

"there he goes again". that was the first thought that came to mind when he was put on another 'job' this evening. the fact that he called me after dinner to say he was asked to fix something in town instead lightened things up a little...but still, doesnt count for much, if u catch my drift.

im home. just had my dinner and was watching the telly when i felt like it was time to tell my blog more stories. so here i am!

today was one of those okay days. i actually felt kinda numb, not even having the energy to protest when more work was heaped onto me shoulders. oh well, deep inside my career brain i knew these extra responsibilities were coming. anyways, gonna be watching the first 2 episodes of the new season of Heroes tonight!! my colleague informed me this morning of how farking awesome she found the episodes..."must-watch man.." she said. well, thats good enough for me! story you soon... :)

hit me

2007-05-05T15:50:00.000+08:00

i dunno what to make of my boyfriend's job. the schedule that demands his time is never timely (if ever there is one), and murphy's law sure as hell guarantees that work takes him away at awkward intervals. i dont know whether anything is right anymore and im quite sure there would come a time where 'the job' and 'the girl' will come to a head. all is fair in love and war... we'll see.

liddat lor...

2007-04-27T08:36:00.000+08:00

i know coming up with apologies the moment i blog is becoming pretty tiresome... so for that simple reason, im not going to :) but me being me, i have to somewhat justify my absence from my own blog! a separate reason that makes me anti-blog is blogger's inefficiency in logging in...farking susah man, blady irritating at most times...

neways, been sick as a pig for about 2 weeks and currently i just reached recovery status, with a little hem hem here and there. doc says i should be feeling at my peak about 10days after my meds are done. so right now ive actually whizzed past 5 days post-meds. good eh...yeah, it is good to feel like myself again.

today is actually the start of a long haul of holidays for me... took 2 days off initially to fly off to thailand for a short hula-hula but didnt make it after all. so my babes and i are just gonna lepak and head on down to the homedec exhibition at KLCC for the afternoon. he's preparing home decor ideas and future contacts for his new place lah, which is why we're heading there. tomorrow kristie, james, babes and i are driving down to melaka to see my family...most of em who matter lah anyway. my daddy-o,mamma mia, my ahma and grandaunt will be there!!! we will eat eat and laugh laugh for the 2days 1nighter then come on back to kl cos some of us still gotta work.

like i said, its a long stretch of hols aight, so we would still have about 3 days to kill... thing is, everybody's flitting from one town to the other, so it wouldnt be very advisable to go on rushing to another town after melaka! haiyah, see how lah... anyway i wanna go do something with my hair also... rather exciting lah the prospect of it, but scary at the same time... maybe you guys can give me my next hairstyle guide...! hehe...thanks a lot then :) see yall real soon!

herd this week ahead

2007-02-12T18:52:00.000+08:00

A Monday Poem

A hairline appears beneath the earth we tread

Air rises to spin in mismatched pulses

Clear skies set berth high winds and raised seas

Bored holes give way to trenches

Shalt not inquire of me why death yawns so.

she'll be comin round the mountain when she comes!

2007-02-09T17:26:00.000+08:00

FEB: Going up to genting later today...yes, this very evening! Can't wait maaaan... It's Kaj's birthday today so i thought we celebrate by taking it up to the mountains for some fresh air! update yall soon... :)))

MAY: its waaaay ahead in the month of may and i just thought i would add in a picture of us both from genting for some kinda closure to this post :P we had lotsa together time and enjoyed sipping hot chocolate and coffee in the chill that uncle lim's playground is renowned for!

we also checked out the new rides in the outdoor theme park and totally lost it in the repetition of mind-boggling (literally!) rides! the better part of it was that i wore a denim skirt for the day (silly? yeah i know now) and went for all the caged 360 degree rides anyway! haha... :) first world hotel and the adjoining one next to it has grown so much in terms of new exciting developments... we were dazzled by all there was to offer and practically feasted our senses and pocketmoney there. would we go again? i dunno...lets just say free concert passes might warrant another visit! until then... its hello KL!

bliss blaat blaarp. hehe.

2007-01-29T23:43:00.000+08:00

Mi dear amigos Vishnu and his wife Denise registered last year and last saturday was their wedding dinner. Quite awesome actually...twas a garden wedding with tables, red carpet, pedestal and stage...the works.

Another good thing was i managed to meet up with some fun friends whom i used to work with when i was with Astro. We drank a lil here and there...talked of good logical kick-ass brainy material...of some crap too...come to think of it, and oh course the topic veered towards my babes as well. Everybody didnt get to be updated on my "social life" since i left TPM area, so... kena drilling la..! hehe... They asked me how he was like, how he treated me and (some buayas) asked if it was really serious...the prats.

Yea its serious...i think :P (noooo, jangan pukul i!) hehe...kidding la, i can just imagine the look on his face if my busy lil bee manages to read my blog from time to time! Anyway im actually quite tired...understandable and all y know, since my brain got fried at work :) Neways, take care all...will continue another day. Kindly leave your valuable opinion(s) here if you're itching to say...anything! TTFN!

oonga oonga!

2007-01-20T21:27:00.000+08:00

A tiny revelation came to me just now while i was indulging a rather bad habit outside the house. A bottle of iced tea accompanied me in the process of... y' know, rehydrating while being dehydrated? hehe :P
It may be that i have nothing fantastically exciting to put up this time, but i have to boast a lil' bit about this new iced tea on the market!
No, it's nothing like some black-pearl-shitey-oohlala in some new age cafe. And no, it's not some new isotonic "water" that does not taste like the good ol' h20! *drumroll pls* It's the new iced tea in RED by this L brand! I'll tell you what makes this a class above the rest :) It's noticeably unsweetened, it's RED (colour makes it cool too) and it's decaffeinated! That's right, the L people used the extract of Rooibos tea, or also known as the "red bush" tea.
This might interest you (found some backups on an academic site):

"... the only known source of some essential phytochemicals. Studies indicate that these help to prevent cardiovascular disease, some cancers and stroke. Because rooibos contains NO CAFFEINE, it is suited for babies and children. It has been proven to assist mothers in relieving babies with colic..."

So...there you go :) Have fun, go on and enjoy life with iced tea by the beach but watch those caffeine levels, make sure they won't make you go through the roof! TTFN! :)

kewlness

2007-01-13T23:54:00.000+08:00

My dearest sister Kristie nagged at me for not regularly updating my blog. So... here goes. Been busy as u s u a l... work schedule has been okay but challenges have been slightly more daunting than most i've encountered before. All's well that ends well now, so everything's just peachy :)
Lifestyle-wise, couldnt ask for more really... Kaj is just fab and i actually think we adore each other for the same litany of reasons! Family is also going with the flow with regard to business and their respective social circles so oh well, aint no complaints there! I'm actually dozing off already...sorry for the frequent excerpts i put up from time to time! Hope i be able to dump some thoughts here soon. Take care yall.....muaks!

mi bio de veras

2006-12-26T20:22:00.000+08:00

Her earliest memories were a confusing mixture of emotions that consumed her like merciless vultures. Silent tears were shed when she learned that her grandfather pre-purchased his own resting place for when he died. No, she thought. I don’t want Ah Kong to die.

Other painful memories floated back incessantly; others called her a fat kid on the school bus. The light that shone from her eyes dimmed when her crush avoided her like the plague. Elder relatives constantly compared her to her peers who were higher achievers, prettier and more popular at school.

And she wept. Her heart tightened painfully as she recalled being teased about her bulky frame and the fact that she didn’t have a boyfriend to wear on her arm like a trophy. She wept for all the injustice and meanness that occurred to people like her. Just because she did not conform to the standards of society.

~tbc~

rescued the damsel has been...

2006-11-24T08:59:00.000+08:00

I'm attached to another company now...so i think you can imagine the initial period of adjustment and work im contending with! anyways, this awesome segment that im in right now...i really couldnt ask for more... the Man upstairs only gives us so much that He knows we can handle...one step at a time dearie, no rush! :)

have you heard of that song "fame" by the talented irene cara? im just so besotted with it and i cant pinpoint any particular reason(s) why...might be the song title for all i know :P

well anyways, im seeing someone really wonderful now (yeah, like a bf stewpid) and i cant wait to experience all the fun times that are still in store for us and our loved ones!

now, its been about 2 weeks since kristie & james' wedding dinner and my, were we all sloshed and happy! twas really a fun-filled family-turned-entertainers night :) if happiness could be weighed, our families and friends would have been broken a clean hole through the floors of the resort ballroom! Later...nah i dont think so.

~abrupt ending~