Mr & Mrs Leong

CONGRATULATIONS! to the newly registered couple,

Alban & Samantha.

With the beautiful bride and the good-looking *ahem* groom at the lunch reception in Oriental Pavilion, Jaya 33 :)

May this be a Blessed beginning for the both of you as a loving couple in this life long journey.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

25 December 2009, Friday

Christmas is always the same every year, and every year I thanked the One above for giving me my wonderful family and friends, a job that keeps me active and sometimes challenged with the silliest things, great work colleagues and of course a happy life.

Here's wishing you a Blessed Christmas filled with abundance of happiness and love :)

The Lovely Birthday

20 Sept 2009, Sunday

Alex brought me to KLCC for the day. Plan was to have dinner at Nippon Tei Japanese restaurant. Unfortunately, it was the 1st day of Raya and many shops were closed. His back-up was Rakuzen @ Plaza Damas. Reservations were made and we made our way there when it was almost dinner time. The amount of food we ordered was "Guilty as charged" but oh sooooo heavenly! I can go there as many times as possible and will never be "jelak" with the sashimis and soft shell crab and ebi tempuras :) We enjoyed dinner to the fullest and had a nice quiet time together as we always do :)

This year's gift was Burberry The Beat perfume. Came together with it was Issey Miyaki - The Scent body lotion sample and CK - Euphoria Spring Tempatation sample.

Thanks for the wonderful day, dear!

The Surprise

A week before my birthday:
Seok Boon says, "I'll take you out for your birthday dinner, on Friday ya.. keep that day free.." Just like every year, I enjoy very nice dinner with her, we catch up on lots of things... work, friends, colleagues, personal life.. so i say, "Sure :)" not knowing for one bit that there is something going on at the back of it all.
Janette says, "Wei, since it's Raya weekend and you are working from plaza, i celebrate with u your birthday when you some back next week la ya" She gives me reasons that Friday night she has things to do and weekend she won't be free... so i say, "Sure :)" not knowing for one bit that there is something going on at the back of it all.
Suje says, "I'll drop by and see you on Sunday if you are free kay babe" She was cool as a cucumber and for the drama queen that she is, she showed no excitement.. so i say, "Sure :)" not knowing for one bit that there is something going on at the back of it all.

Friday, 18 Sept 2009 @ 7:30pm:
Seok Boon and I left the office and headed towards Puchong in the heavy downpour. She did a very good cover-up when Janette called her mobile. It was her sis it seems and when we arrived there, she made me wait for her in the rain with the umbrella while she made a quick call to Jan that we have arrived.
We arrived at the German restaurant and that's where it all happened:

I heard the birthday song and as I turned to see who's birthday it was, I saw Jan and I was so overwhelmed, shocked, excited and a feeling that I myself cannot describe! Then I heard a voice which sounded familiar... VJ!!! OMG! It was VJ!!! He was carrying the cake and I did not even notice! It was the bestest feeling ever!

Oh, the cake! The cake was my favourite from secret Recipe :) It was my favourite Chocolate Chip Walnut * yummmmmssss*

Suje joined us soon after. She had to drop Devan off at Kelana Jaya station and came back all the way to join us.

The birthday pressie came after we finished our food.

The necklace and earring was not bought at the same place and it did not come in a set. Seok Boon was lucky enough with all her effort, to find a matching pair of earrings to go with the necklace :) As for the bling butterfly necklace, it's just perfect! :)

The whole process to get the birthday card signed was also quite challenging for Jan. She had to make sure i don't suddenly pop-by her place or when someone is there to sign the card. But trust me, it was done so quietly and discreetly i was not suspicious at all :)

Thanks for the BESTEST memorable birthday surprise EVER!

You guys are the BEST!

Since June

...so much has happened... be it at work or with my buddies. and since photos are more interesting to see than reading, go make your stories with the lil captions with the photos.

Updates are from July - Sept 2009 for now.

JULY 2009

Went to FLORIA 2009 @ Putrajaya with Jeng, Lynn, KC and Lili.

AUGUST 2009
Month of many happy moments.

The launching of IBM Smarter Planet.Suje's Pre-bday celebration at Red Box, The Curve.Then dessert at Dessert Bar with cutie Q Pei :) 2 days after her pre-bday celebration, the IST ASEAN team (+1 from Finance, Joanne & Learning, QPei) celebrated Suje's bday at Secret Recipe. Happy was the Queen of the day to see all her friends from work there :) Due to heavy lunch, after singing the bday song, we took the cake back to the office to eat during tea break :) Notice how the cake says, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME"

After choosing the cake, we left the counter and back to the table without writing the message on the cake for the bday girl. She had to write it on her own! *sorry babe*

Chillin at the cafeteria after having some cake *yums*

Celebrated Jeng & Chiang's birthday at a much later date at Maria's Restaurant & Cafe at Damansara Perdana.

Celebrated my 8th Anniversary with Alex. Had dinner at Jake's Charbroil Steakhouse @ Damansara Heights (din take any photos there) and then headed to Dessert Bar for some light dessert :)

SEPTEMBER 2009

Even more happy moments.

Buka Puasa buffet with the ASEAN team at Putrajaya Lakeclub

Went for Michael Learns To Rock (MLTR) concert at Arena of Stars, Genting with Janette, Suje, Joanne and her sis, Cath. Then there was Satu Malaysia presentation for the VIPs from the US. We were asked wear traditional for this Town Hall event. It was also VJ's birthday on that same day.

We celebrated VJ's birthday on a later day. Dinner was organised at Chakri Express, Alamanda. It was in conjunction with Buka Puasa cos it was Puasa month.
Towards end of the Sept, friends from Hong Kong came to KL to celebrate the auspicious day with Chee How and Wei Wei.

Photo with the lovely couple - Chee How & Wei Wei

My 2 friends i hosted from Hong Kong, Polly & Samantha.

So, that wraps up my entry now. There will be more updates on a separate entry.

So stay tuned...

How long has it been???

... very long i know!

I promise to update really soon. I need to stop procrastinating. Alot has happened since the last blog - that would be 3 months ago!! EeeeEEEkKKEkKKkkk!

I will be back to update, kay!

Needles & Blood

9 June 2009, Tuesday
I woke up and wasn’t feeling good. Decided to call in to the office with an MC. Continued to take the antibiotics and fever medication. In the afternoon, after lunch, my hands broke out in red spots. I stopped taking the antibiotics. Spots became worst and fever came back. After dinner I went to see the doctor again.

Doctor advised not to go to HK. My heart shattered. He said that if I still have fever in the morning, I will have to go back to the clinic for a blood test. There were 2 possibilities, 1 – suspected of dengue due to the on-off fever and 2 – allergy to the antibiotics.

My spotted arm which got way worst.

10 June 2009, Wednesday
3am – woke up to see James, Mei & Alex going to the airport by cab from home. My conditioned worsened and I was in no condition to go anywhere. I was upset. Very upset.

I woke up again later in the morning, got ready to see the doctor for blood test. Told the doctor to be really gentle because I never done this before. He was nice and gentle and a very jovial doctor. So he strapped the upper arm and asked me to clench my fist tight, he found my vein and pressed the thin needle on my skin (my 1st encounter). Surprisingly it did not hurt at all. It’s just like an ant bite :)

At bout 12noon, the nurse from the clinic called and told me to collect the doctor’s referral letter to admit to the hospital. So at 2pm, I went to collect the letter and headed to Damansara Specialist Hospital to admit myself. They referred me to Dr. Zainuddin who is a Physician. But before I got to see him, I had to take another blood test. So I went to the lab and did the whole strap, clench fist and needle poke ordeal again (my 2nd encounter). By now, am not so afraid. I waited pretty long for my results. The moment I got the results, I went back to the doctor’s clinic and I was called in to see him. He asked me some questions which I’ve answered to many before seeing him.

My blood count in the morning from the clinic was 143 then the 2nd count from the lab dropped to 120. So, I had to admit and start on medication immediately. I was then sent to register to be admitted. I waited again for bout 30mins for my room. The nurse took me to the Maternity Ward and put me in room 231.

My bed number :) buy 4D la..

They then tagged me with this:

And fed me my medication - every morning, afternoon and night:

Mom made food for me everyday - breakfast - bread, lunch and dinner - either noodles or porridge. Dad ate my lunch from the hospital most times :) *heart*

Every morning, at bout 6am the nurse will come and take my blood for test. Good thing they only take once a day. That is where my 3rd, 4th and 5th encounter with needles took place and caused my hand to bruise. They took twice from my right hand and 3 times from my left. Both hands are bruised. But it's not that bad.. Still bearable. The first day, i actually woke up early and couldn't sleep until later at night. I was hyper. My crazees from work came to visit - Suje, Jan and Max. They gave me a pink monkey whom I call BERUK. BERUK kept me company for that few days I was in hospital. My friends also kept me entertained daily through MSN and text messages, making sure that I was ok and keeping posted on the happenings in the office. Thanks to VJ, Edwin, Belinda, Suje, Jan and Max - you made my days in the hospital so close to you guys at work.

13 June 2009, Saturday

Dr. Zainuddin said my blood count went up to 162, fever has gone and rash on body has su-dided alot. I can go HOME!

Doctor's medical report: Viral fever and allergy to antibiotics.

Am glad to be home. Mom has been constantly taking care of me, making sure I eat enough and getting enough rest. Friends came over to the house to see me and kept me company while mom and dad was at a wedding dinner - Thanks for coming by Jeng, Alvin, Chiang & Lili.

And to all of my friends and family, THANK YOU for the well wishes on Facebook, your SMSes, calls and visits. Am now getting better and will recover soon to be with all of you again.

Robin & Kelli

11 May 2009, Monday

It was time to say goodbye to Robin Babin, the IST trainer who was with us from the beginning until the end of our classroom training till OJT (on-job-training), which was bout 2 months. Robin went back to US on 12th May. Kelli L. Jordan was with us for a short while, bout 1 month plus. She went back to the US on 17th May.

A lil farewell was held at the cafeteria :)

Robin Babin & Kelli Jordan with their farewell gift

Me with Robin & Kelli

The ASEAN team with Roszaini, Kelli, Robin & Megan

Till we meet again, ALL THE BEST!