Butterfly Thoughts

Paradise

2011-02-01T17:47:00.010+08:00

KOH LIPE - a tiny island in the Andaman Sea located 70 km off the southwest coast of Thailand near the Malaysian border. The Thai name is transliterated many different ways into English. The most common names in English are Koh Lipe, Koh Lipeh, Ko Lipey and Ko Lipe. Koh Lipe is part of the Tarutao National Marine Park and is directly south of the larger islands Ko Adang and Ko Rawi and about 50 km from the island of Tarutao. It was settled by a band of sea gypsies originally from Malaysia, known as the 'Chao Lei' people or also known as Urak Lawoi. This island has four main beaches: Sunset beach, Sunrise beach, Karma Beach and Pattaya beach. Accommodation from grass huts to air-conditioned bungalows can be found on these beaches. It is possible to walk around the entire island in little over an hour.

This was my first trip for the year and it was heavenly!

Last bit...2010

2010-12-31T16:52:00.002+08:00

Let's just flutter back to December 2010.

Christmas - 25 Dec 2010
As usual as it seems, this year Christmas was mostly celebrated in Uncle Ray's house. Cozy with the Christmas deco and family gathering. We even went back to grandma's on Christmas nite after midnight mass. She was so happy to see us there and excited as she gave us our lil' gift. It was nice to see her so happy, smiling and laughing with us. The best thing you can expect from a 90 year old grandmother, is to see her happy.

We had Christmas supper after some laughter in the room with grandma. She joined us at the dining table too.

Aunt Marie was also back from Canada and she gave out our presents too. Grandma opened her 1st present from Aunt Marie and it was all good for her to use. Thick blanket, socks, and even some Christmas chocolate and a candy cane. The Wedding - Mr & Mrs. Alban Leong ~ 29 Dec 2010
Soon after Christmas, it was Alban & Samantha's BIG day. The wedding mass was held at Assumption Church, PJ. I was there with Jon to of course, support and witness our good friend's marriage. The wedding dinner was held at Cyberview Lodge, Cyberjaya.
The Year-end trip - Kuantan ~ 30 Dec 2010 - 1 Jan 2011
One the very next day, Alex and I drove to the East coast for a unplanned-year-end-holiday by the beach. But of course the beach was not to be seen because it was the monsoon season at the east coast. We stayed at Swiss-Garden Resort & Spa, Kuantan. From the day we arrived until the day we left, it was rainin', rainin' and rainin'! Can't complaint as we've been warned! (Thanks Alan!) But we still had a good time :)The first night, we went to town for some local food and ended up in Kemaman Kopitiam. We had local food ~ nasi lemak, mee siam and LEKOR! *yumsss* After dinner, we just sat and chilled at the kopitiam (something i won't bother to do if in KL).
After chillin' and surfing the net on our phones for free, we decided to go back to the hotel to rest.

Day 2, ~ New Year's Eve
Again it was raining. Had breakfast, lazed around, and got ready to go to town. The hotel had prepared some new year's eve event for the night. Pay RM75++ and you will get a huge range of buffet layed out, entertainments and fireworks! But nooooooo, we decided instead to go into town for some steak :) Alex found a place called Sherwood and it seems it served the best steaks. So we gave it a go. Thanks to his trustful GPS, we made our way there without getting lost :)The steak was good, nice atmosphere with cozy surroundings and friendly waiters.

After dinner, there was nothing else to do. To go back to the hotel and wait for the fireworks [that we dun even know if it will happen due to the rain/drizzle] would be silly. So we went to East Coast Mall and decided to watch a MOVIE! All the way to Kuantan, to watch a movie on new year's eve!

What did we watch?
So we ended 2010, with a movie and at the same time started 2011, with a movie!

I won't say 2010 has been a GREAT year for me but it's been good and kind to me.
Let's hope that 2011 will be a much better year as I have a few things I have in mind to achieve!

Happy New Year! :)

Mr & Mrs Leong

2009-12-29T16:23:00.005+08:00

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

2009-12-25T15:54:00.001+08:00

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

2009-11-23T16:24:00.009+08:00

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

2009-11-23T15:01:00.021+08:00

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

2009-11-14T02:23:00.032+08:00

...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???

2009-09-03T17:40:00.003+08:00

... 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

2009-06-14T16:37:00.002+08:00

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

2009-05-11T15:30:00.000+08:00

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!

Work hard, play harder

2009-05-08T18:01:00.013+08:00

It's been a long time since i updated! SO, here is gonna be a mass update again :)

Recruitment Coordinator (RC) Graduation, 10 April 2009.

Robin Babin - North Carolina, US

Megan Johnstone - Sydney, Australia

Vivien Seh - Malaysia

After our classroom training, we moved on with On-the-job (OJT) with respective country support recruiters. We have Nguyen Hoai Thu from Vietnam, Aprilia Patriani from Indonesia and Eddie Tan from Singapore.

Cristina Villamayor & Jonathan Reyes from Australia, Gloria Ming & Eric Huang from China are trainers for Batch 2 training for ANZ & ISSC.

We took the trainers for a day outting starting from breakfast @ Hong Kee Dim Sum DJ, Karaoke Session @ Red Box The curve, and SHOPPING @ The Curve Street Market and 1 Utama. After we arrived at 1 Utama, they decided to all go back to Shangri-La and get some rest before they go out clubbing for the night. As for us, we settled for dinner at Chili's.

All excited with coffee-in-a-packet

Ending the K-session with Gangsta Paradise

The crazees at Chili's, 1 Utama

It was a great outting with the trainers and there is more to come...

Back in CYBERJAYA!

2009-04-03T13:23:00.030+08:00

1 April 2009, Wednesday

I am officially back in Cyberjaya!

IBM Cyberjaya

Today is there was a soft launch for the IBM IST Team in Cyberjaya. There was breakfast and the IST-Learning team were dressed in colorful cultural wear.. mostly sari's :) They made the big pantry look really colorful and pretty :)

The IST Learning Team - colorful culture

After the speeches, there was a photo session of the IST Team at the foyer of the building.

IBM Intergrated Services Team - Learning & Recruitment

IBM IST - Recruitment

After all the photo sessions, we all proceeded to the 1st Floor where we will spending most of our time there when we go "LIVE".. yes, our workstations. There was a ribbon cutting ceremony to officiate the office :)

Ribbon cutting ceremony

Then we wow-ed as the doors opened to this.......

Besides the good-looking workstations, there was some nice deliverables which IBM gave out to us as new employees to the company :)

We took the opportunity to snaps some group shots of us. It was good fun before the 2nd half of the day :)After all the happenings in the first half of the day, we settled back in Room G07 to continue our RC training :)

It's been GOOD!

All About GOM

2009-03-20T21:47:00.011+08:00

10-20 March, 2009

Let me just give you an idea of a few acronyms before I start:

IBM - International Big Machines (yes! there are ppl who don't know!)
IST - Integrated Services Team (the team that am in)
GOM - Global Opportunity Marketplace (a recruitment tool)

Now that you know what it is, I hope it'll be easier as you read on.

For 2 weeks, we were based in Vads, TTDI for GOM training. The trainer is from India and he is a system administrator for GOM who knows his stuff inside-out! His name is NaveenKJ. He is a very very patient trainer. He will ensure everyone in the class understands the topic discussed for the day.

So the first week (10-13 Mar 2009), NaveenKJ introduced us to GOM. It was dry and hard to understand as we have no clue what he was talking about. His indian accent made it harder to understand him. But after the first 2 days, we managed to absorb what he was trying to tell us. We did practical training on a dummy GOM which is exactly like the real site and everything became even clearer and more understandable.

The 2nd week (16-20 Mar 2009), the team was divided to Background Sourcers and Recruitment Coordinators. The Background Sourcers went to another room and was given training by Robin, Megan & Bryan. While the Recruitment Coordinators, well we still had NaveenKJ with us. He trained us further in depth about GOM and its applications. Everyday we did at least 2 practical training on GOM. We were getting the hang of it and what seemed so difficult in the begining, its now so much more easier :)

At the end of the week, Suje and myself decided to get NaveenKJ something from the whole class for his patience and knowledge. It was good response from the class. Edwin, being NaveenKJ's fave person to call on to, presented the gift to him which we bought from ARCH, a wooden crafted picture of KL Skycrapers in a frame :)

We have gained excellent knowledge and information on GOM and I believe we have more to learn cos, next week is another week of training with a different group of trainers.

The IST HR Recruitment Team - Background Sourcers and

Recruitment Coordinators with Naveen KJ

The Rays

2009-03-09T19:00:00.000+08:00

9 March 2009, Monday

I was looking for new sunnies as i mentionted here and I was looking for an Oakley which i saw online. I even asked my fren in the US to check out the price for me over there. I was so hoping to get the Oakley Special Edition sunnies until I saw the actual product at Reliance, Bangsar. Quite disappointing actually. Cos it looked really nice online and the real product looked nothing like it. It was so plastic-ky and too big for my liking.

So, i looked at other brands that was in the shop and looked into Ray Ban catalog. I browsed and saw 1 sunnies that looked kinda cool. Too bad the one I saw was out of stock *sigh* The girl who was attending to me was very helpful and took a few nice sunnies from Ray Ban for me to look at. I tried a few but did not really find one that fitted nicely. I was not happy. I wanted new sunnies. THEN, she brings one frameless sunnies and I tried it on and immediately I loved it. After much thought and lots of price discussion, i settled for it :)

It's Ray Ban Polarised! I can see rainbow colors on the leafs of te trees if i use it in the morning :)

Sure makes my world a lil more colorful :)

IBM & IST

2009-03-06T21:14:00.004+08:00

2 -6 March 2009, Monday - Friday

This is a back-dated post. So please forgive me :)

Well, since my contract in Lenovo ended, I've joined IBM immediately on the 2nd March 2009. And since then, I've been in one training after another! I've never been fed so much information since school! But nonetheless, it's been great!

For the first week in IBM, we attended training with Meghna from India. She introduced us to IBM as a whole from the begining to present, a full view of the Integrate Services Team (IST) and a whole lot of group discussions, group games and group activities :)

The new IST team consist of 2 teams - HR Learning and HR Recruitment. I am in HR Recruitment as a HR Coordinating HR Specialist (in short, Recruitment Coordinator). We will be based in the Cyberjaya office where the Regional Call Center (RCC) for IBM is. We still do not have our workstations or let' sjust say that our level is not ready yet. Its still in the midst of preparation.

Training with Meghna and the team has been really informative. It doesn't make much sense at first, but as we went along the week, things made more sense and information that was given was better understood.

We also had Nico DeBok from Belgium who takes care of the HR Learning team, Abhinava Chandra from India who takes care of the HR Recruitment team and Kenneth Ho - HR Director from IBM Malaysia who takes care of these 2 teams. They have been very kind and helpful to us as we are the pioneers, the first batch or the whice mices in the start of this new IST team.

It's gonna be great!

Contract Expired

2009-02-28T01:19:00.013+08:00

27 February 2009, Friday

This day marks my last day in Lenovo Techonology Sdn Bhd (Formally known as Think Products (M) Sdn Bhd). It was 2 years ago that I left PosAd Group of Companies and joined Lenovo. Taking the risk of being on a contract employment did not impress many people, but yes, I took that risk and I never regretted it (tho there were times when I got wee bit upset on the contract renewals). I have gained a fair bit of experience, learnt a thing or two and meeting new colleagues whom I can now call them my friends :)

Since January after the 1st VSS cycle (Voluntary Self Separation) happened, I already know that by end Feb 2009, my contract would not be renewed and that I have to be on a lookout for another job. I was well prepared for this to happen. I was at first very worried that I may not get a job so quickly as there are no many millions more who are also out of a job and probably need one more than me! As days, weeks and months passed, there were interviews but no feedback. I was getting kinda fed-up. Then I decided that, I can take a break for a week or two or even a month if I don't get a job. I can take my driver's license, do that insurance course or even take up a course to study.

Then on my last week of contract at Lenovo, I was offered a job in IBM. This is what happened..
23 Feb 09, Monday: Mun Hou sent in my CV to IBM
24 Feb 09, Tuesday: I get a call from IBM - Vivian, interview scheduled
25 Feb 09, Wednesday: Went for interview at 10:30am which was delayed till 11am and i was in the room for bout 15mins only
26 Feb 09, Thursday: Got a call from Vivian, IBM offered job
TODAY, Friday: Went to IBM to sign the offer letter :)

And so, my first day of work will be 2 March 2009. I will be reporting to Plaza IBM for the Welcome to IBM session.

More updates soon :)

Looking at Oakley

2009-02-18T16:19:00.011+08:00

... cos my GA shades are missing!!! Can't seem to find them anywhere in my room or in any of my bags. I think the damn thieves must have grabbed it when they broke into my house last Dec :(

Anyway, I was browsing Oakley's site and saw a few that I like. Not that I really need sun shades cos I don't drive or walk alot in the sun... but its nice to have one :) So, here are the few that I saw online and will probably go check it out at Reliance, Bangsar :)

These are Special Edition :

GRETCHEN BLEILER SIGNATURE SERIES OAKLEY RAVISHING®

OAKLEY RAVISHING® BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EDITION

Besides these Oakley Ravishing Special Edition, I saw a few more of the same category and would love to have one if I can afford it :)

Oakley Ravishing

The other category is Oakley Minute 2.0. There are both the same but different colors..

Soooooooooooo..... i wanna go check it out and if I can afford it, I may wanna get 1 to replace my lost GA shades :'(

Lovey - dovey

2009-02-16T16:22:00.007+08:00

14 February 2008, Saturday

The day when food & flowers make money :)

This year's Valentine's day will be celebrated later... and when i say later, i really mean later as in a week later. We decided not to rush with the crowd to

the over-booked restaurants where you will be sitting table-to-table with the other couples and eaves-dropping on other lovers conversations or
paying for an over-priced valentine menu

So, Alex decided that we take a 3D2N break to Penang this weekend and the trip is my Valentine's present from him :) *sweet*

We've booked Northam Suites and will be heading there for a relaxing weekend.

Can't wait for the trip :)

On another note, I did have a nice weekend :) With all the lovey-dovey couples at the mall, not one person was sulking that beautiful Valentine's Day. Cupid did a very good job this year.

Alex and I went for lunch at Manhattan's and then headed to 1Utama to catch a movie - Valkyrie. The cinema was 90% couple-filled :) The movie was so-so la.. lotsa talking and kinda slow at the beginning. After awhile, you'll go with the slow-flow.

After movie, we went down to KL to meet Axton and Brenda for dinner at Jalan Alor. We had grilled fish, tom yum soup, sweet sour pork, chicken wings, carrot cake, fried kuey teow ( i think that was all) and drinks. Only Axton & Alex had rice with the food, Brenda and myself just eat the food and that was enough to fill us.

After eating, we chit-chatted and decided to go for massage at Wisma Bukit Bintang. The place was very nice, clean and decent looking. We did full body massage @ 45minutes for RM52. It was good :) Felt so much more relaxed after the massage. They gave each of us a plate of fruits and a drink which i think its fruit juice.

After the massage, we took a walk along Jalan Bukit Bintang and then headed towards Pavilion. We walked that bar street at Pavilion and stopped at La Bodega for a drink before heading home in the terrible jam in KL.

It was indeed a good Valentine's Day :) Affordable and most importantly well spent with my dearest and good frens :)

Fraser's Hill

2009-02-12T10:53:00.010+08:00

8 February 2009, Sunday

My first trip to Fraser's Hill. I was very much excited about it when Alex told me that he wanted to bring me some place for a day trip. So after mass at SIC, we had breakfast and decided to go up. Good thing was, when we arrived at the entrance of the 1-way road, it was time to go up and we did not need to wait. We arrived at bout lunch time, so we had lunch at this chinese shop called Hillview Restaurant. Its an old home-like shop turned coffeeshop. Food is not bad. I was too hungry to take any photos.

After that, we drove around the area and look for things to see or do. Since its like surrounded by jungle area, lotsa places were not easy to find. We took a map of the place and saw that there is a waterfall. So, we drove again to look for it. With its winding roads, it took us bout 15-20 mins looking for the place and when we finally found it, we had to walk in another 10 mins and then realised that we used the wrong path to go in -_-" But we did find a mini waterfall where there was a family who set-up a tent and was having a good time.

Overall, it was a good trip. Most importantly, i got to spend some quality time with my dear.

And that's exactly what we did :)

Thanks for the trip, dear!

Botak Appeal

2009-02-10T11:06:00.009+08:00

Kenny Sia is a blogger known to many in the blogsphere. I do not know him personally but his dose of words in my everyday life just makes my day :)

He is now raising RM50,000 for the Sarawak Children's Cancer Society. For someone who loves his hair so much, he is willing to go botak for these children. His dateline 12 Feb 2009. Up to today, he has raised RM41,886 .

I've done my part. Have you?

Teddy Bear

2009-02-06T15:19:00.006+08:00

You know how we use brands a name for that particular thing... like Milo (for chocolate drink), Colgate (for toothpaste), Maggie Mee (for istand noodels) and most popular Tupperware (for container)? Well, I just found out that TEDDY BEAR is actually also a brand!! It never occurred to me why is teddy bear called teddy bear... o.O

So anyway....... yesterday my bf told me that TEDDY BEAR is actually a brand and i was like wtf!And i googled it a while ago and this is what i found...

Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is the person responsible for giving the teddy bear his name. On November 14, 1902, Roosevelt was helping settle a border dispute between Mississippi and Louisiana. During his spare time he attended a bear hunt in Mississippi. During the hunt, Roosevelt came upon a wounded young bear and ordered the mercy killing of the animal. The Washington Post ran a editorial cartoon created by the political cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman that illustrated the event. The cartoon was called "Drawing the Line in Mississippi" and depicted both state line dispute and the bear hunt. At first Berryman drew the bear as a fierce animal, the bear had just killed a hunting dog. Later, Berryman redrew the bear to make it a cuddly cub. The cartoon and the story it told became popular and within a year, the cartoon bear became a toy for children called the teddy bear.

This is the drawing of the cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman

And the TEDDY BEAR from the museum that is supposedly "the" first teddy bear (read: soft toy) looks like:

Teddy Bears... don't we all love them :)

Happy Birthday, Sweetie!

2009-02-05T15:14:00.013+08:00

30 Jan - 31 January 2009, Saturday

After the CNY Gathering dinner with Alex's schoolmates, a bunch of us headed to Neway, 1Utama for K-Session to celebrate his birthday. Thanks to Chuan Lum who booked the room and arranged everything for us, we had a great time. We extended the session until 4am!!

Those who love to sing...And the few who preferred to keep the purpose of CNY alive :)Not only did the adults have fun, this lil angel baby was having a good time too... imagine the space she had in the room! :)

As soon as the clock struck 12mn, the LCD change *HK singers were singing Happy Birthday* and there came the birthday cake :)

a KISS from the lil Angel :) *muaks*

One with the "Brothers" and a kiss from TL :)

One with all the pretty ladies :D

We continued singing and playing cards until the lil angel wanted to go home to sleep. So half the group left at bout 1 something. Leaving only the "Brothers" who then gave us entertainment of a lifetime!

DW, TL & Alex dancing the Aaron Kwok dance :D

The nite ended with the best of friends singing together like the good ol' days :)

Happy Birthday, Dearest!

The Silent Ox

2009-02-03T14:10:00.011+08:00

This year is exceptionally quiet for Chinese New Year. There is no feel at all for the festive season where it is supposedly filled with noises of "tong tong" drums and "chang chang" of cymbals and not forgetting the bursting sounds of fireworks! Nothing much of it this year.

On the 30th day of the Chinese calendar, families gather together to have dinner. Relatives from all over the world will usually come back for the Family Reunion Dinner.

So the usual ritual repeats itself year after year with less and less family members for me. Since my family isn't the pure Chinese family, we still had our reunion dinner at grandma's place. Godma Audra made "Yee Sang" and grandma cooked lotsa yummy dishes :) Aunty Anne made her CNY cake and mom brought Yong Tau Foo.

Made with Love ~ Aunty Anne ~

Fran and Mike went out after dinner and Michelle and me were the only ones at grandma's with our parents and some relatives. Boredom took over after several hours....

The poserholic cousins

That was the start of Chinese "Niu" Year.

Sure there was visiting to my ah yee's house.. the usual Lin Chor Yee to Heng Yee's place in Ampang and Chor Lok was Tai Yee's place in Seremban and Chor Chat to my mom's god-sis place in Chan Sow Lin. Also went to frens house to pai lin, gamble and chill.

At Jared's place

I only played 21 once this CNY. The rest of the visits to frens house were merely to catch up on lost times. It was good cathing up and talking crap during CNY.. haha..

Alex also had his SM Kepong Annual CNY Gathering with his schoolmates. I saw a couple of new faces at the dinner and I know that I'll only see them again next year.. hahahahaa....

Well, that's was about it for the first week of CNY. Wonder if I'll be able to make it to some lake to see people collect oranges on the 15th day of CNY which happens to be Chinese Valentines :)

Happy Chinese "Niu" Year

2009-01-23T11:23:00.008+08:00

Ox (1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997)
In the Year of the Earth Ox, the Ox needs to tread carefully. Your relationships and health are on unstable ground, so proceed with caution in your affairs. You will have to pay close attention to all that you say, or you risk offending people with your quick and sharp tongue. It is advisable for the Ox to keep a low profile where relationships are concerned, and refrain from saying things that could be interpreted as offensive or provoking. ~ Joey Yap ~

Am born in the Year of a Rooster. Wonder what's in it for me this year?

Rooster (1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005)
This is a good year for the Rooster, with improvements in your career in terms of stature and salary. However, you are prone to accidents and injuries this year. Let your ideas and innovations shine at the workplace; don't be afraid to voice them out. This is a good year for Rabbits (?) who are in the creative or administrative line, such as writers, composers, and clerks. Rooster children are likely to be more hardworking, and will possess quite a few ideas that can be used for future development. ~ Joey Yap ~

IS that a typo error? I've no idea.. anyway... just have to be more careful then :)

May the year of the Ox bring us all

PROSPERITY, GOOD HEALTH & HAPPINESS

all through the year!

~*~ GONG XI FA CHAI ~*~

Busy month

2009-01-21T21:50:00.004+08:00

With all the festive holidays happening, the party never ended! Friends and relatives from overseas were back for the holidays and with the holiday bug still spreading, it's been a pretty busy month for me hanging out with my friends as much as I can before they go back to work at places like Australia, Saudi and US.

3 January 2009, Saturday ~ K-session at Red Box, The Gardens

Alex. Alvin. Alban.Me.Mei Peng.Hui Ling

With Alban who works in the US.

6 January 2009, Tuesday ~HAMA beads happiness

My cousin and his family, Carl & Su-Lin came to KL with the kids - Clayton, Antoinette and Lydia. We had dinner at home and the twin girls were happy playing with the HAMA beads I bought for them.

Results of HAMA beads creation :)

That's us with our lil nieces & nephew :)

8 January 2009, Thursday ~ Dinner @ LalaChong Seafood

On Thursday, we had dinner at Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant in Subang. Clayton learned how to perform surgery on the crab and though it was spicy, he enjoyed eating the crab. The twin girls, they preferred the "man tou" eating it plain.

Clayton and his crabby patient :)

9& 10 January 2009, Friday & Saturday ~ A Royal Nite & Up the Hill

Kim who is working is Jeddah was back for 3 weeks. She spent 6 days in KL, 5 days in Ipoh and 2 days in Singapore and back to Jeddah. She stayed in Royal Bintang, Damansara and I was bunking with her on Friday & Saturday nite. Alvin was with us as well until very late. We had ice wine and chatted alot. We stated up till 4am!

Next morning, Kim & I took a cab to Sunway Pyramid to do our hair at A Cut Above, did some shopping and headed for mass at Assumption Church. After mass, we went for dinner and then headed to Look-Out-Point in KL. The view is nice and is was very breezy up there.

The view

Chillin' at Gasoline Cafe, enjoying the View.

19 January 2009, Monday ~ Goodbye in Royalness

Kim leaves to Singapore on 20 Jan and back to Jeddah on 22 Jan. We had dinner and chilled in the room with her. Alvin was doing some stuff on her laptop while I helped her pack her luggage *at least i think i did :)* We chatted and said our final goodbye before leaving the room at 11pm.

Always close at heart :)

30 Dec 2008, Tuesday ~ Welcome back, Yokey!

After 4 YEARS in Australia, she finally came back and brought Toby with her. We had dinner at Ho Ho Steamboat, Kota Damansara. It was a good time to release all our "kutukings" after all these time when we could only do it on MSN. The joy in the faces of the boys *Jeng & Chiang* was priceless :)

It was also nice of Margaret to drop by although she was suppose to be going back to Malacca to have dinner at her fiance' *Desmond* place. After had some food, then they headed back to Malacca. Poor Desmond did not have any to eat cos he was thinking of the yummy home-cook food all laid out on the table waiting for him :)

Some photos of the nite :)

The steamy food

With Margaret & Desmond

In Darren's words, "Teeeeeeaaaaaaaat"

We also had dim sum on 17 Jan, Saturday but was too lazy to take photos. After b'fast, I took Yokey to shop at the Street Market in The Curve and Cineleisure. She bought her dresses, tops and lotsa earrings!! We then met up with Jeng & Lynn for a drink at Starbucks before taking her back home.

20 January 2009, Tuesday ~ Hope to see you in 2 years, Yokey!

So... there is an agreement made with Yokey that she comes back for holidays at least every 2 years so that we won't start to forget her ;) We had a lil farewell dinner for her at Hoi Peng Seafood Restaurant, SS2.

Joanne.Yokey.Mervs

Joe.Yokey.June

Chiang.Mei Peng.Nette.Yokey.Alex

Mei Peng.Nette.Yokey.June

Well, Yokey's farewell dinner was the last of the goodbyes for this month. It was a great time cathing up with all my friends after a long time. Goodbyes are never easy but we know that no matter how many miles apart we are, all we need to do is just look up in the sky and see the same shining star and we know that we have each other in our hearts :)

OR just login to MSN and see them online :D

Till we all meet again...... CHEERS!

An update...

2009-01-15T10:53:00.018+08:00

Too much has happened in the last 1 month. Let's reflect back from Christmas..

18 Dec 2008 - Pre Christmas Celebration When its Christmas, there is also gatherings and good times. Lenovo HR had a Secret Santa Lunch at Italiannis, The Curve. We picked a name and bought a gift for the person. We discovered our Secret Santa after lunch. It was good fun with the team :)

25 Dec 2008 - Merry ChristmasChristmas is always the same every year. It's family time and spreading good cheer and joy to all around us. This year, it was slightly different cos grandma wasn't feeling well and she was not in a condition to cook for the season. So, we had dim sum in Ampang *cannot recall the restaurant's name* It was a good gathering :)

28 Dec 2008 - Mamma Mia.. here we go again...I went for Mamma Mia, The Musical at Istana Budaya with my SIL and brother. It was really really really good. With ony minimum props, they managed to create the scenes so beautifully and the singing was just wonderful.

But it wasn't long after the show that we could enjoy talking bout the show because I got an SMS from my dad saying that our house was broken into! Like a kan-cheong spider, my brother drove safely fast back home and found that our laptops *office Thinkpad, my personal laptop and my brothers Mac* were gone, Mei's brother's car *Cefiro* was stolen, my cash, watches and jewelleries were also gone. So now, I have no laptop to use except for the replacement laptop *which is brand new* from the office. Hence, the un-updated blog!

31 Dec 2008 - Countdown to 2009 We *Alban, Mei Peng, KC, Alvin, Jeng& Lynn, Alex & Nette* closed year 2008 and welcomed 2009 at Plaza Mont Kiara. Dinner was at Zakuko Japanese Restaurant and we were entertained by dancers, singers and Carlsberg-McFries the whole nite.

Here are some crazee photos... 2008 was indeed a good year. Sure there was ups and downs but nothing seriously bad. It was good to have celebrated all special and happy occassions with family and friends. Having crazee friends to chill with, caring friends for a shoulder to cry on, and open arms for hugs and cuddles. I'm THANKFUL for the wonderful things that has happened for me and lucky for the opportunities given to me for the whole year of 2008.

MAY 2009 BE A BETTER MORE FRUITFUL YEAR FOR ALL OF US!

CHEERS!

Christmas is....

2008-12-24T01:56:00.003+08:00

"Today, a Saviour has been born to us,
He is Christ the Lord!"

We celebrate Christmas every year - people rushing to buy presents, planning and preparation for parties with friends and families, decorating the house with the many Christmas ornaments which has been bought and kept throughout the years and the kids will be counting down to Christmas so that they can open their presents. We do all of these and so often we forget the true meaning of Christmas.

I've been rushing to buy presents for my loved ones and until the very last minute only did I manage to finish all the shopping and wrapping. I too have forgotten the meaning of Christmas and been in the Christmas rush just like everyone else. But i know that I will be reminded again the purpose of Christmas every year when I attend the Christmas Virgil Mass.

Do you know the meaning of Christmas?

Christmas...

2008-12-22T11:17:00.005+08:00

...is in 3 days!!!!
... and am still not ready yet!

Why is there no Christmas mood this year?

2 more weeks

2008-12-12T15:06:00.003+08:00

... and i haven't bought any Christmas gifts yet! Gotta start the gift hunt this week already.

3 Months

2008-11-20T20:28:00.012+08:00

.... and that's all I get after waiting for a whole month for an answer! *haih*

Yep! My contract with Lenovo ends 26 Nov and all i got was another 3 months extension which is till 26 Feb 2009. The last time when I was told that my contract was to be extended for 3 months (27 Aug - 26 Nov 08) I was so disappointed and upset. But somehow I was more prepared this time around. I informed my boss earlier hoping that she can come to a conclusion earlier but at the end of the day, it was also a last minute decision. There is no point in getting all upset again. Being a contractor, you know where you stand in the company. As long as they need you, they will continue to renew the contract. The only difference with my boss, she doesn't know how to do it professionally. Anyhow, I have till Feb now, and I will continue to keep a lookout for a PERMANENT job.

I know I shouldn't complain seeing that the economy is not so good, xmas around the corner, lotsa happy jolly days which may need spending, and with the year coming to an end, companies are not gonna hire so soon. Ah well, I shud be thankful tho... at least I still have a JOB!

Oh and since I have 1 more day of leave to clear before this contract ends, I got Monday off!

Yippeeee.... :D

Just waiting

2008-11-07T00:02:00.006+08:00

.... for some good news!

Just an update:
She wasn't able to give me an answer on my contract last week. So, there will be another call with her today at 3pm. Am not sure what a week difference can do, but I've made my decision no matter what her decision is.

After the last call in Sept, i believe she did not even try to work something out for me. We never had 1on1 calls like she has with the others, she never asked me about my job and she hardly acknowledges me when we have team meet. She gets feedback about me from my team-mates. Thank goodness I have a good relationship with them else I'm a goner.

I sent her a mail a week before November so that we can discuss about it. She never replied. I sent her a reminder again a week after that, and we had a call which was not productive at all! She says to give her another week to speak to the "head" and our call is today.

I'm so tired!

Long Weekend

2008-10-23T11:31:00.008+08:00

I wanna go for an island holiday.

It's Deepavali next Monday, 27 Oct 2008. So, I applied for leave tomorrow just so that I can enjoy the long weekend. I've planned to hit the gym in the afternoon with Brenda then probably do buffing or manicure/pedicure. Feel like going for full body massage as well, but maybe that one I will wait for Alex and do during weekend :)

I also have a call with my boss on Tuesday, 28 Oct 2008 regarding my contract. Will update on this status after the call with her next week.

Need time off to relax!

7 steps to Improving Relationships

2008-10-22T16:40:00.008+08:00

Got this from one of the Featured site in Yahoo! Kinda interesting :)
Hope it will help enlightened some people with what they are going through :)

7 Steps to Improving Relationships
By Rabbi Brad Hirschfield

Conflict is an inevitable part of life, but it need not always be painful. In fact, we all have within us the ability to sustain relationships even when we deeply disagree. When we reach our breaking point (as we all do), and need to walk away, we can do so in ways that make it more likely that we will come back together.

Here are seven ancient Talmudic steps to follow when confronted with a conflict. They create conversation -- not denigration -- and encourage us to talk about what matters most in ways that hurt the least.

1. Give Yourself a Break
Sometimes you need some distance-some time to cool off and reflect. But it should be just that, i.e., a limited amount of time after which you and the person with whom you are fighting agree to come back together and revisit the issues. A time out can be a great thing, as long as its design is to bring you back together.

2. Respect the Other Person's Dignity
The one whom you are in conflict with should never lose their value as a human being. The one whom you are in conflict with should never lose their value as a human being. No matter how right you think you are and how wrong they may be, don't deny their dignity; you will do more harm than good.

3. Experience Radical Empathy
We must do everything in our power to identify with the other person and their position before fighting for our own. Simply saying that we understand their point of view is not enough--be able to argue it well and present it as if you shared it yourself.

4. Acknowledge Your Partner's Wisdom
Before we can be their teacher, we must first become their student. We must accept that no matter how wrong someone is about one thing, they are unlikely to be wrong about everything. Nobody is smart enough to be 100 percent right or dumb enough to 100 percent wrong. Nobody is smart enough to be 100 percent right or dumb enough to 100 percent wrong.

5. Know that Conflict Hurts Everyone
Appreciate that even when we are doing everything right in handling our relationships, we all pay a price when a conflict unfolds. Being right should not insulate us from feeling the pain that is a part of the conflict in which we are engaged.

6. Look First to Yourself
Even when we are right, we should always ask how we participate in creating and perpetuating the conflict. We all play the blame game sometimes, but it's important to point a thumb back at ourselves before a finger at the other person.

7. Remember, Being Right is Not Enough
Remind ourselves that the only real justification for conflict with those about whom we care is that it addresses an issue, which is central to sustaining the relationship over time. If it's just about being right, then it probably isn't worth it.

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

2008-10-16T00:19:00.006+08:00

14 October 2008, Tuesday

Ai Sim from Singapore came to KL and the HR-TA team went out for dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co at The Curve.

They have these signs on the table so that the waiters will know when to come and serve.
When its flipped to "RUN FORREST RUN" it means we dun need to be served. And if it's flipped to "STOP FORREST STOP" it means that we wanna be served. Pretty interesting actually :)

We also had a waiter telling us jokes and entertaining us and it was really fun. I was laughing away and forgotten to take a shot of us all having a great time laughing at jokes :)

Ai Sim (Singapore), Nette & See

Trivia question to the Singaporean:
Waiter: Say SILK 5 times
S'porean: silk silk silk silk silk
Waiter: What does a cow drink?
S'porean: MILK laaaaa...

*hahahahahahahahahahahahahaaahaahhahaaaahhahaaa*
and so we found out that Singapore cow drinks MILK!

It was a fun night with lotsa laughters :)

All the Best ~ Jeng ~

2008-10-02T00:01:00.004+08:00

1 October 2008, Wednesday

Jeng will be going to Singapore to work at LucasFilm.
At least one of his wishes came true... a job in a HUGE company.

Though it's just our neighbouring country, we'll still miss him.

And then Mei Peng & I made this frame for Jeng so that he'll remember the DU Gang :)

Of cos we gave him with a photo in it la (=^_^=)
(the first photo among the four above)

See you in 2 weeks!

Birthday with my F.R.I.E.N.D.S

2008-09-27T23:14:00.002+08:00

21 September 2008, Sunday

We had dinner at Bavarian Bierhaus @ The Curve.

They serve 100% P.O.R.K :)

And we had Chiang & Lynn to help cut the P.O.R.K Knuckles :)

And of cos we wiped out EVERYTHING on the table :)
*bUuUUuRrrrRrrPpPPPpP*

Then came the T.I.R.A.M.I.S.U cake!
*yummi-licious*

Some vain shots with my darlings :)

Of cos not forgetting the one who spoils me rotten :)

And lastly, a group shot for the album!

THANKS for a wonderful dinner!

Birthday with my Woei Haur

2008-09-26T22:14:00.001+08:00

20 September 2008, Saturday

"Happy birthday to you...Happy birthday to you...
Happy birthday Happy birthday...Happy birthday to you..."

Things have been good to me for these 27 years :) I have a great family, a loving boyfriend *who spoils me rotten*, not too bad a job *on a lookout for something more permanent*, wonderful colleagues and GREAT friends!

I still have no idea what was planned for the day cos Alex told me to leave it to him to plan the day, and so I did. He came to pick me up at lunch and went to Sushi King, Section 14. We had a nice & peaceful lunch and then headed to Pavilion, KL. We shopped for quite a bit. I think we managed to cover most of all the floors and shops in Pavilion. We even bumped into Uncle Ray, Aunty Anne & Michelle. Chat for a bit then headed of on our own again.

At bout 7pm, he said to go for dinner. I asked him if we were going to be leaving Pavilion cos he was walking the wrong direction to the car park. He told me its nearby.. walking distance... less than 5 minutes.. less that 2 minutes! *wOw*

So we walked out the exit, crossed the road and walked towards The Westin Hotel! *oMg* We went in the hotel and walked to this Italian restaurant called PREGO.
Please ignore the date on the photo.
Camera date went hay-wire. It's suppose to be 20/09/2008

They had a open kitchen where you can actually see this big fireplace where they do the pizza.

The nice waiter showed us our table and brought us the menu. So, after looking through the menu for some time, we ordered our meal. We each ordered a bowl of soup, calamari rings as appetizer, pasta & steak for main dish and our drinks :) It was yummy yummy yummy :D

It was a very nice meal and a nice surprise from my dearest.
I enjoyed the food and of cos the company of my dearest with me on my special day :)

After the scrumptious dinner, there was nothing much to do. So we called his fren and moved on to Alan's place as he was also having a lil gathering. Lepak-ed at his place then went for drink at he nearby mamak.

At home, he gave me my birthday present and i opened it. To my surprise he bought me a GUESS bag (tho i sort of knew la cos he gave himself away a day before.. hahah) but anyhow, i love it and am amazed that his choice is somewhat getting better :) *evil*

Thanks dearest, for a wonderful surprise dinner & gift! *MmmMmmUuUuUUaaaaKKksss*

B.A.N.G.K.O.K - Day 4

2008-09-25T22:53:00.007+08:00

31 August 2008, Sunday

It's our last day in Bangkok. We checked out in the morning and left our luggage at the lobby. We wanted to have more time at Platinum and did not want to rush.

The room Alex & me stayed in :)

Our flight was in the evening and airport transfer pick up was at 2:15pm. Darren & Kelly was sleeping in. Their flight and transfer was an hour later than us. So we headed to Platinum Mall after b'fast. Again it was just 4 of us.

We took the cab to Platinum Mall. It is a warehouse shopping mall. The more you buy the more discount you get. Min 3pcs and you can get your discount. Due to the Chatuchak incident, I had very limited cash. I bought 3 dresses for my SIL, and 2 tops for myself. I saw lotsa shoes and bags but *aaarrrgggghhhhh* cannot get! Sigh.... nevermind la... will plan for another shopping trip next time :)

Outside Platinum Mall

We went back to the hotel bout an hour before our transfer. So we lepak-ed at the hotel lobby. Lucky thing our luggage can be kept at the lobby - guarded :) At 2:15pm, our transfer came and off we went to the airport.

The b'fast place & lounge at the hotel lobby

Checked in our luggage and had lunch. Still had time, so walked around until boarding time. It was evening when we were flying back. The scenery was just spendid!

Can you spot a care bear :)

And that is my BANGKOK trip. I had a great time with my frens and of cos my dearest :)

B.A.N.G.K.O.K - Day 3

2008-09-25T20:54:00.013+08:00

30 August 2008, Saturday

Well, Alex recovered quickly from his fever and was all well in the morning. We took our b'fast at the hotel again. Today's mission was to hit the famous Chatuchak Market! We took the train again (by now we pro at taking the train aredy.. hehe) We also had lunch at the stalls in Chatuchak. Din take much photos cos it was very crowded and was afraid of pick-pockets! (yes yes, paranoid!)

After the lil makan at the stalls, we continued shopping and suddenly, Alex comes to me saying,

"Dear, dear... s*it la... my wallet lost aredy!!!!"

"You sure not?? Is it in your other pockets?"

"No... i checked aredy. I think i kena pick-pocket laaa... !@#$%^"

"ok ok.. let's just walk outside and check again..."

We walked out to the open and he called the banks to cancel all his credit cards. Yea.. we just experienced a pick-pocket situation and its REAL! They were really fast and you won't even know when they did it. As for Alex case, he felt something but couldn't nab the person. Pros at work... not easy to catch. He was wearing his cargo pants and he put his wallet in the cargo pocket. As careful as he was, the unlucky happened to my poor darling! He lost his CCs, ATM cards, IC, driver's license, RM100 & BHT3000 (pool money for the day).

All mood was gone! Since it was so crowded and was kinda difficult to walk in the market, we decided to go back. I hope the incident did not make my frens feel like we had no mood to shop. Felt kinda bad *yikes* Yea, but we walked towards the MRT station and there was like an underground street market but it was air conditioned and less crowded. I can't recall the name but it was ok.

We took the train back to the hotel to freshen up and rest for a while. Later that nite, 4 of us (Darren & Kelly was not feeling well) took the tuk-tuk to Suan Lum Night Bazaar again to finish up our shopping.

We had dinner at the night bazaar but this time we had real local food.

We retired back to the hotel at bout 9:30pm.

B.A.N.G.K.O.K - Day 2

2008-09-24T18:27:00.020+08:00

29 August 2008, Friday

We woke up and went for breakfast at the hotel. This is what happens when yo dun plan properly for a holiday.. hahahaa... We wanted to go to the temples and we THOUGHT we could just get a cabbie or easily rent a car/SUV for a day. BUT, it was so seriously expensive!! So, we spend bout an hour looking for the right transport to go and ended up with the travel agent's proposal.

There was a travel agent opposite our hotel and we went over to ask for assistance. After telling them where we wanted to go, the price was BHT2700 for a van, half day. OK la... no choice it was the cheapest. We asked for more discount and she gave us BHT2500! Cool, a discount of BHT200.. better than nothing la :)

It was HUGE inside the van... if you notice, I'm actually standing behind Jeng!

So, we went to Wat Trimvit (Temple of the Golden Buddha), The Grand Palace, Wat Pho (The Reclining Buddha ) and Wat Arun (Temple @ Dawn).

At Wat Trimvit Entrance

Had to drive to the next destination from Wat Trimvit. So, we passed by Chinatown and it was really very CHINATOWN :)

The Grand Palace.

After visiting The Grand Palace, it was past lunch time. So we went back on the van and told our chauffeur to bring us to a "pheng, leng, cheang" place to eat. He brought us around the corner to a restaurant called RAKK Cafe & LOVEtaurant! Imagine that.. such a catchy name for a makan place.

They served lunch sets for BHT.99 and it was quite good too. Of cos, we had tom yum soup again, but this time individual share *yippeeeeee*

After lunch, we continued our excursion. Our next stop was Wat Pho (The Reclining Buddha). It's like really huge and took across the whole building. I din take any photos in here. Respect for the God's la... dun simply take photo :) So instead, we took photos outside at the garden or compound :)

At the compound of Wat Pho

Then from here we just had to take a ferry across to Wat Arun. How convenient! We paid BHT3.5 just to get across and another BHT3.5 to come back. We din stay long enuff to see the "dawn" effect but it was good just to be there la. We went in but din wanna climb the Pagoda cos it was really high and we were too tired to climb. So just some photos and we left :)

In the boat crossing the Chao Phraya River to get to Wat Arun and back :)

It was an exciting excursion and by the time we finished at Wat Arun, it was aredy evening. so we hop on back to the van and started our journey back to the hotel. We were all so tired, we snoozed off quite quickly after having a good laugh :)

*YaaaaWwwnnnn*
OMG!!! The traffic was so bad on the way back! We were snoozing for almost an hour or less and we were not anywhere near our hotel. The whole trip from Wat Arun to out hotel wat approx. 1.5 hours!

Alex wasn't feeling well during the trip. He had fever probably due to the heat during our excursion. The plan was to go Patpong but we canceled. So in stead we stayed in, ordered McD's to the room and had our own drinking session and the longest UNO game ever!

And so, that is the end of the 2nd day in B.A.N.G.K.O.K :)

B.A.N.G.K.O.K - Day 1

2008-09-08T11:23:00.028+08:00

28 Aug 2008, Thursday

"Girl, wake up la.... aredy 5am! your taxi will be here soon!"

"Hmmm.... ok ok... still got bit of time ma..."

That was how i woke up in the wee hours of the morning to get ready for the Bangkok (from hereon it will be BKK) trip.

The chartered cabbie came at 6:45am and it has started pouring cats & dogs. Jeng-Lynn was also on the way to my house. As they arrived, we tried to fit all 4 luggage in the boot of the cabbie but failed. So we fitted 3 luggage in the boot, and 1 was at the front seat keeping Alex company :)

Arrived LCCT just on time to check in. Darren-Kelly arrived bout 5mins later. We all checked in together, grab a quick bite from McD's (lousy fish fillet ~ the mayo so pathetic) and walked in to "kastam".

We departed on time to feel the plane tilting so much to the left. After 30mins up in the air, "Ladies and Gentlemen, we will be returning to LCCT due to navigation issues. Please remain at your seats. Thank you." WTF?!?!?!!? Everyone was cursing Air Asia.

Arrived back in LCCT. We did not get down from the plane.
"Ladies & Gentlemen, please switch off all electronic devices such as handphones, laptop mp3 bla bla bla". We waited for another 30mins or so before we took off again.

"Now EVERYONE can FLY!"

Arrived BKK and waited for quite some time to go through "kastam". Aiyo, got this one guy from the Middle-East, he had with him 4 passports! Goodness knows why he had so many la. Anyway, he went through without any issues. We all passed through as well and went to the very far end to collect our luggage which was aredy the last 4 waiting at the side of the luggage thingy-ma-jiggy. So, we walked out and looked for a person holding a card with Lynn's name. Aha! There he is.... he looked like he waited forever! Poor fella. And and and.. he still had to wait for another group. So he asked us to sit and wait also.

We all boarded a nice van (airport transfer) that brought us to our hotel ~ Grand Mercure Accor Hotel ~ which was situated at Sukhumvit Soi 22 :) We checked in and headed for lunch.

It was already 1pm Thailand time (M'sia time is 1 hour ahead of Thai). We walked along the streets outside our hotel and came to a cafe called Eat-Zy. So haddap to eat, we ordered our meals based on photos in the menu and of cos there was TOM YUM soup!

After lunch, we went to 7-11 to get some drinks and snacks. Since we were on a relaxed trip, we went back to the hotel, and headed to the pool! *Splish splash* for bout half an hour to an hour and decided to meet the the lobby bout 6pm for dinner.

Being on a Free & Easy(F&E) trip has its adventures too. We decided to take a MRT to get to Suan Lum Night Bazaar. So we opened our map when we came to a junction. Both ways to go to the station, but how? We walked into a pub at the junction lor and asked the locals.

We got the directions and headed towards Asoke station which was bout 15mins walk from the hotel. We were happy when we made it there :) Bought our "chips" tickets for the train ride and stopped at Lumpini Station. We walked out and ta-daa... we saw the big sign "SUAN LUM NIGHT BAZAAR"

What else is there to do at the night bazzar? SHOPPING!
Since we were there early, we decided to makan first lor. So we stopped at a stall and ordered food.

Then we shopped the night away. I think we walked like kinda long cos when Lynn & myself finished, the guys and Kelly was waiting for us, and finished their drinks!

We retired back to the hotel with a BKK famous tuk-tuk!
We were really suckers for the 1st time. He charged us BHT300 claiming that his tuk-tuk is brand new with shining sport rims and brand new seats! Yea, so we took 2 tuk-tuk cos there was 6 of us. That ride was one CRAZEE ride to end the night with! The rider swifted in and out on the road like F1 drivers (our mat rempits also cannot beat them!) Thank goodness we arrived at the hotel safe and sound in 5mins!!

That wrapped up Day 1 :)

Off to BANGKOK!

2008-08-27T21:20:00.002+08:00

Yes peeps!
I'll be away to Bangkok for the next 4 days (28-31 Aug 2008) with my frens ~ Jeng, Lynn, Darren, Kelly & of cos my beloved. We'll be staying at Grand Mercure Fortune and we have a rough schedule planned out for our trip there. Its gonna be Free & Easy holiday so we're gonna be on our own. After reading Kennysia.com on his recent trip [as a tour guide to his winners for Mister Potato], I got some tips from there :)

Well, I'll be off soon and I'll update more on my trip when I come back :)

Till then, cheerios!

Xtra! Xtra! Read all about it!

2008-08-26T16:49:00.012+08:00

Air Asia is giving out 1,000,000 FREE SEATS from 26 - 31 Aug 2008.
Travel period from 1 Apr 09 - 31 July 09. So be quick and go to Air Asia online to get your RM0 fare tickets to all Air Asia destinations!

I too have bought tickets to Hong Kong for next year June 2009. I'll be going for yet another trip with my brother & SIL together with Alex :) Super excited actually *yipppeeee*
That's our CONFIRMED itinerary for our HK trip in June 2009. Leaving on the 10 June 09 at 0700 and returning on 15 June 09 at 2050hours. So we get full 5.5 days of jolly-good-time in HK.
And how much we paid? Only RM1,392 for 4 pax including GoInsure which is RM72. So after some calculation, its only RM348 per pax. So affordable.. it's true when they say,
"NOW, EVERYONE CAN FLY".

The next thing to do is book hotel in HK. Hopefully can find affordable rates too :) Thank goodness for friends in HK, we don't need to pay for tour packages :) We will also need to plan where we wanna go when we are there in HK. I've been there before and I actually dun mind going to the tourist spots again. But this time I think there will be some other places to go like Madame Tussauds (it was close the last time I was there) and DISNEYLAND!!! And probably Ocean Park too :) Well, if there is enuff time la... heheheee... Such excitement :)

Another 10 months to Hong Kong trip!
zip-peee-deee-dooo-daaa zip-peeee-deeee-dayyyyy,
wonderful feeling, beautiful day :)

Everybody needs a lil time away..

2008-08-25T00:18:00.005+08:00

This is where I wanna be NOW!
I'll be going to Bangkok in a few days with my frens and Alex for a holiday and I'm so glad that I am. With all the not-so-happy things that I've been going through lately, I really need a break-away from work and all the city life buzz. Anyway, its a good time to take this time off to think of what I really wanna do in these 3 months at Lenovo and after that.

And and and... since my contract ends on the 26 Aug, and I have a balance of 10 days leave, I decided to take 3 days off prior to the trip :) So, I'm off for the whole of this week *yippee*. I've never actually done this kinda thing before.. not even when I was in Demo Power. My leave was always 1 day before and after the trip or for a festive season. NEVER once the reason is "just because I want to". Not good? I know... but I just need to go off and spend some time alone to think bout some stuff.

So, back to the trip!
It's beginning to be a lil more exciting I think. I bought a luggage from Jusco. It's a medium size luggage and the best deal - it comes FREE with a small size luggage :D I bought it for RM139 *buy 1 FREE 1* :) Since the people at the check-in is gonna be "throwing" our luggage into that lil "basket" which will be transported to the airplane, then no point buying a super expensive wan la. So, I've settled my luggage and some toiletries for the trip. Next on the list, things to do in Bangkok. We have a rough idea where and what we wanna do but we need to sit down and at least have a schedule on our trip else I think it'll go to waste cos got no directions and everyone wanna go everywhere. So, that has to be done in these 2-3 days. And last, change RM to BAHT!! *the more the merrier* :D

During the weekend, Alex & I signed-up for membership at Celebrity Fitness, 1 Utama. Reason for the gym enrollment - to be healthy and shed off some unwanted "fats" and feeling good AND we can spend time together doing something useful :) Hopefully it won't be "hangat hangat tahi ayam" la hehehehe :)

Yeap.. that shud be bout it for now...

I WANT MY HOLIDAY!!!

7 years of LOVE

2008-08-20T16:22:00.009+08:00

19 Aug 2008, Tuesday

There is a saying that when a couple have been together for 7 years, either partner will be hit with the "Itch" syndrom. Seems that this syndrom can cause the couple to break-up. To believe or not to believe? Well, I say it depends on the relationship :)

Yesterday was my 7th year with Alex. Through these 7 years, we've been through many many many ups and downs together. There were times when I just wanted to give up but never actually had the heart to do it. He has his ways to put a smile on my face again. We have gone through many arguements and the truth is, we still do argue but not as often. I believe everything happens for a reason. It takes a lot of patience, understanding, tolerance and LOVE to be in a relationship. I always envy those who can be together for 10 years and then tie the knot and end up old together. Sounds like a fairy-tale, no? My one wish is to be with the one i LOVE until we grow old together :) So anyway, yesterday he said we will be going for dinner and he was secretive about it. Every occassion he will take me to a new place to eat. So yesterday, he drove to Jaya One and said we were gonna have dinner at Oldtown Kopitiam (=_=") Well, I know he was just kidding somehow. So, we parked the car and went up to the restaurant - HanaZen Japanese Restaurant. It was very nice - the food that is :) We called our dinner sets and some side dishes.. ended up so FULL! It was a very delicious dinner and wonderful time together.

Sashimi Zen SetSoftshell crab maki

The food that both Alex & I had

After dinner, we took a drive to Putrajaya. Went to the bridge where wedding photos were usually taken. We din stop to take any photos as it was kinda late and there were no cars on the road. So, it was just a drive around Putrajaya-Cyberjaya and back to PJ.

I also bought a lil gift for Alex - Salvatore Ferragamo EDT.

It has a very nice fragrant and he likes it :)

Oh, and his gift for me - my expenses in BKK :)

It was a great nite and surely will not want to fall into the 7th year "Itch" myth :)

The sun shines...again

2008-08-16T03:02:00.006+08:00

From my previous post I was actually really upset and disappointed bout the whole contract ordeal. I also had a short session with See, who asked me bout my contract date and what was my plan after the 3 months and some sort. I was still upset at that point of time and told him that I'll be on a look-out for another job unless they can let me know by Oct or early Nov that I have a placement in Lenovo. He explained that there was actually no chance of even renewing / extending my contract in the beginning because it seems that I was not doing enough. That was why I had to come up with my jobscope in detail and many lil' other task was also added in the list. I now understand.

But i felt even more upset that my stay here, for the next 3 months is just so that I can clear up the things am doing or transit the job to the team or the new person in future. I do owe the team a big thank you BUT it did not have to be this way. If they would have decided earlier and told me earlier, I would not have taken this renewal/extension of 3 months. It was unfair for me. But I also could not just walk away from the job because I've not found any job elsewhere. When I thought of all these after the session, I broke down silently but badly - in the ladies!

It was a tough week for me. After talking to few of my friends, I decided not to think so much bout it and to just move on and carry on with my next step - find another job IMMEDIATELY! No point waiting for later cos everything is unpredictable for me now.

Just when I was to loose hope, a friend called and said that she is now working with a job agency. I was so delighted :) I updated my resume immediately and forwarded it to her with some preferences highlighted.

My prayers were answered when I cried in the ladies! I prayed for something good to happen. It maybe slow but it was a good start. With this, I felt very much better and my hopes are higher and my confidence is coming back. And so the saying is true, that ~ "Behind every black cloud, there is the Sun shining."

Please continue to pray for me that I will go through a good 3 months and find a permanent job in due time :)

3 months!

2008-08-12T14:20:00.003+08:00

NO!!! Am not pregnant nor do i need to give a 3 months notice to resign!

My contract just got renewed for 3 months! It's kinda disappointing, but then again I shud have seen it coming. With the budget constrains and hiring freeze, i knew there was no chance of me getting converted to a regular employee so i was thinking maybe another year at least. Ah well, that's how it is la.

Been really disappointed after the call with my boss on Thursday evening. Thought I would feel better after the weekend, but am not. I was very quiet the whole of Friday and throughout the weekend, i was thiking alot. I had a good time with my frens, but yet, at the end of the day, the issue is still lingering in my head. I tried to think on the bright side but somehow I can't. I can't seem to get myself motivated to get back to work as I used to *haih*

GOD, help me!

The new look!

2008-07-31T12:10:00.000+08:00

26 July 2008, Saturday

The transformation took place at Vesta Salon at BU4. Small salon but great hair-stylist :)

My medium length curly-wurly-wavery hair

After applying some straightening creme that stinks!

After the 2nd wash off of the Neutralizer cremeThe Color - Copper
In the process of the hair highlightWhile waiting with my BFFThe result after 4hours plus of trying to sit still :)

I love my new look and am glad to took step to do the un-expected. Never thought I would have the guts to do away with my wavey curls. Now my head feels really light and I dun have to spend a long time thinking what to do with my hair before I go out to have fun.

Questions question questions

2008-07-22T12:04:00.006+08:00

Sometimes I wonder why am I here?

Is it to make people happy?

Is it to upset people?

Or am I here just to please everyone?

Why do I feel like everything I do is not useful?

Why don't I feel appreciated?

Do I really need help to secure my job?

Is my position here meaningless?

Are the things that I do here, worthless?

Am I invincible?

Helllloooooooooo???

Rootote

2008-07-21T16:31:00.004+08:00

It's an Australian brand, its casual and its nice. My fren, Yokey, who is in Australia will be getting me one as a gift *love u baybeh* and I've asked her to buy me another. I chose the striped ones as it's simple and affordable after conversion :) The price ranges from A$25-A$39 (*RM80 - RM125*)

There are lots more on the website so go check it out :)

Working in an IGLOO

2008-07-10T13:46:00.008+08:00

When it's HOT, we complain that its hot.

When it's COLD, we complain that its cold.

My lungs have been shivering this whole week cos its so freaking COLD in the office! I opened the windows, i wear 2 jackets and a shawl and am still COLD! I feel like a freaking dumpling....

My hands are cold and I seriously mean COLD.. its like when u stick your hand in a bucket of ice O_o

Its like yesterday, someone gave us chocolates for treats and it was melted. We left the chocolate on our table and bout 30minutes later, the chocolate was hardened and good to eat!

That's how COLD the HR Room is. Bbbbrrrrrr.....

Then again, at the end of the day, I still perfer it COLD:)

I LOVE MY JOB!

2008-07-01T11:33:00.009+08:00

Don't you just love Dr.Seuss? hahahaaa...

I Love My Job

(The lost Dr. Seuss Poem)

I love my job, I love the pay!

I love it more and more each day.

I love my boss, he is the best!

I love his boss and all the rest.

I love my office and its location,

I hate to have to go on vacation.

I love my furniture, drab and grey,

and piles of paper that grow each day!

I think my job is really swell,

there’s nothing else I love so well.

I love to work among my peers,

I love their leers, and jeers, and sneers.

I love my computer and its software;

I hug it often though it won’t care.

I love each program and every file.

I’d love them more if they worked a while.

I’m happy to be here. I am. I am.

I’m the happiest slave of the firm, I am.

I love this work, I live these chores.

I love the meetings with deadly bores.

I love my job - I’ll say it again -

I even love those friendly men.

Those friendly men who’ve come today,

In clean white coats to take me away!!!!

Visit Dr.Suess Suessville @

~ www.seussville.com ~

A day in Sentosa Island, Singapore

2008-06-27T11:15:00.000+08:00

6 June 2008, Friday

Alex & myself took a bus (188) from Aunty Jane's house all the way to Harbour Front interchange. It was a very long ride but worth while cos we actually saw alot of pretty houses on the way. We arrived Harbour Front stop at bout 12.45pm and paid for the admission fee which was only $3. We waited for the Sentosa shuttle bus, hopped on it and headed to Sentosa.

There are 3 colored shuttle bus lanes to move around in Sentosa. The blue lane, red lane and the yellow lane. Each lane brings you to differents areas in the island. It's pretty simple once you get there.

Sentosa Imbiah Lookout @ Sentosa

We bought our package from Imbiah Lookout counter. We chose the package that had the Sky Tower aka Carlsberg Tower, Images of Singapore, 4DMagix and Fort Siloso (situated at Siloso Beach) and for adventure ride we chose the Luge & Skyride. All these for $36 per pax. They also had the Malaysian package going for RM66, but the rides on the S'pore package was more interesting.

View from Carlsberg Tower Waiting in line for the Luge ride. It's awesome! The Skyride after the Luge. Images of Singapore - Excellent!

Do you know that inside the Images of Singapore are wax figures and fixtures based on the history of Singapore? It's so excellent that it puts our very own Historical City - Malacca - to shame! The building is so well maintained and full of information on the history and culture of Singapore. I was so amazed at how they do everything so organised and informative that i spent a tad bit more time in that building. You can actually learn something a lil more from just looking at all these lil details and info they have. Way coooool! *heart*

Sir Raffles Office -his coat hangerThe letters kept in a cupboard during the Four Winds Trading Company times.The wax figues of the Temenggung & Sir Raffles signing the contract Wax figues of TradersA typical kitchen mock-up in the olden timesWall paintingPull and lift the box!

~I've got more photos in my Facebook Album - The Merlion City I & The Merlion City II if you wanna see more of it. I can't possible post them all up here ~

So anyway, after the Images of S'pore, we hopped on the red line bus and headed to Siloso Beach for our Fort Siloso tour. It closes at 5:45pm so we had to go there before the 4D Magix show.

At Fort Siloso, we are taken in to the area by a Tram. There you can see the canons and weapons used during the war, the tunnels and surrender chambers. All historically pictured, noted, filmed in individual buildings.

Fort Siloso Map
Wreakage of a Japanese Aircraft EngineCannon's which were used during the warSurrender Chambers

After exploring Fort Siloso, we hopped on the red line bus again and headed back to Imbiah Lookout to catch our last attraction - 4D Magix show. Good thing it quite late in the evening and the line wasn't very long.

It was bout 10 minutes before we were given the silly-looking-3D-glasses and entered the theater. The movie - Pirates - and it was kinda cool. But i hated the seats that kept jerking back & front due to the stomping and hitting in the movie. But the effects were great! The 3D glasses really worked the trick (i sound so jakun, i know!) and to make it more interesting, there was sprays of wind and water coming from the chairs! (again, i sound so jakun!)

The silly-looking-3D-glasses

And that was the last of Sentosa. I missed the 3 main attractions - Dolphin Lagoon, Underwater World & Songs of the Sea. well, this will gimme another reason to go to S'pore and visit Sentosa Island again :)

We moved out of Sentosa and met up with Pauline for dinner. She is such a wonderful cousin, i tell you. She wasn't feeling well but she insisted to meet up with us. Such a darling la..

Anyway, it was a great time in Sentosa and we were both so tired and knocked out when we arrived back at Aunty Jane's :)

Singapore - Day 1

2008-06-20T10:08:00.002+08:00

5th - 8th June 2008, Thurs - Sun

Decided to take a short trip to Singapore for the Great Singapore Sale this year. So Alex & I booked the First Coach bus down to Singapore for Thursday morning and return on Sunday evening. The plan was to go to Sentosa Island and do some shopping and it was all fulfilled. We only missed 3 sights in Sentosa - Underwater World, Dolphin Lagoon and Songs of the Sea.

I'll let the photos do the narrating :)

The water & snack provided by First Coach

The TV that has Music & Video for you to enjoy throughout your journey It was raining when we arrived S'poreAxton picked us up from Novena Sq., Alex navigated the way to Orchard Rd.Brenda & Axton who was also in S'pore with usHad dinner at East Cost Foodcourt, beautiful atmosphere (I was too hungry to snap more pictures) After dinner, we went back to Auntie Jane's place. We also met the new member of the family.

Everyone, say hello to Jake :)

Jake is very playful and he loves Alex!That wraps up the first half day in S'pore. It was a tiring ride from KL - S'pore and we knocked out rite after we bathe and changed. We are all prepared to go Sentosa on the 2nd day :)

HOT!HOT!HOT!!!!!

2008-06-18T10:16:00.003+08:00

COS THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY LAST NITE!!

Gathering of Friends

2008-05-28T20:34:00.023+08:00

24 May 2008, Saturday

OK.... so, everyone was asking for a gathering and I decided to take it up and just have a lil gathering. Most of them came with hopes that there would be some kinda good news to go home with.. unfortunately, there were disappointed! (din i say it was merely a gathering?!?!) So anyway, I sent out the invite through Facebook event calendar invite and also through SMS to those who were not on Facebook. Replies came in and there were bout 25 peeps coming over. So, my mom prepared fried meehoon, I bought KFC and satay, Ken brought his famous Tau Foo Fah and Pei Chyi brought her yummalicious cuppacakes.

1st guests - Mervs & Jo
The food were then laid out at the table and dinner was served.

Fried meehoon, KFC, Satay, Lamb, TauFooFah & cuppacakes

Thai snacks (thanks PK!)
Happy faces enjoying the famous TauFooFah (thanks Ken!)

OoOoooo.. yummy cupcakes (thanks Pei Chyi!)

There were food left over but not much. Thanks for finishing most of everything :) After the dinner, we gathered around and watched some old videos and some old photos, had some laughs, chit chats and also drinks. We only managed to finish HALF a bottle of Chivas.. and there were like 20 of us! *shame shame*

While most of the "wiser" ones left for home, we had a handful who stayed back and played TABOO till late nite :)

Soon Yean trying not to be TABOO-edNext game, guessing happily

The nite ended bout almost close to 1am. It was a decent gathering of the "old farts". Hopefully the next gathering we can have some younger ones to keep the nite alive :)

As the nite ended.....we all went home with some happy memories....

Thanks for making this gathering happen!
(Ken-Sharon, KG-Joanna, PK-wife, Jeng-Lynn, Mervs-Jo, Daryan-RenLee, Thuan Teck,Chee How, Soon Yean, Chiang, June, Mei Peng, Julia, Pei Chyi, Darren & Alex)
*hope i din miss anyone out :) *

CHEERS to everlasting F.R.I.E.N.D.S.H.I.P!

The birthday in 2003

2008-05-22T22:29:00.019+08:00

22 May 2008, Thursday

Well, I was looking back at some old photos which I saved into CDs prior to changing from a PC to a lappie and as I was going through a CD called "PENANG". I remember it was a bloody good time we had back then. There were even videos to actually see "live" happenings at that point of time. Let me share it with you:

This is Phooi Sie's birthday celebration.
She knew we were gonna do something really "dirty" and she was so conscious of us around her.

Of cos, she did get "dirty" with cream, eventually.... check out the backgroud when the camera is on June...
and i believe it started with Jeng (if am not mistaken) the lil' misfit :)

OMG! I re-watched it and realised that I played a small part at getting Phooi Sie "dirty" too.. (oops..! sorry tai ka jie.. just had too... hehee)

It was really fun that nite. That trip as a whole was great! Wonder when we can ever do it again :)

Am having a lil get together at my place on Saturday and I hope its gonna be great fun. Then probably in another 5-10 years, we can look back and say,"Wow! Those were the days! The good ol' days!"

On another note:
David Cook won the American Idol title.... he's good but I prefer David Archuleta :)

The long weekend

2008-05-20T14:42:00.014+08:00

16 May 2008, Friday
Went to Alan's house after work for his sis hen's nite cum house warming. We arrived Bukit Antarabangsa at bout 8:45pm which was oh-so-late cos Alex finished work late and on the way there, we also had to pick up Jocelyn, Wendy & Pik Koon. It was a good gathering cos few others were also there.

-Photo courtesy of Chee Hon-

17 May 08, Saturday

Alex had his car fixed. Tai Loong and Pui Yheer came to find us for brunch and then we went for a movie - Drillbit Taylor, at 2pm.

Drillbit Taylor - starring Owen Wilson

Collected Alex car after the movie and spent the rest of the evening with dad while waiting for mom to come back from Bali. Alex had to attend Alan's sister's wedding dinner in KL.

Picked mom up from SS3 where they had a bus to bring them back from LCCT. We went and have dinner and mom was telling us her stories from Bali. She had a good time :) Then after, just spent the rest of the nite at home chillin.

18 May 08, Sunday

After church, went for lunch and then headed towards Puchong to look at some new properties. We looked at double-storey house which was quite affordable but it's built on mine land which has been covered for like 15 years already and its Lease hold.

Then we looked at Parkville Townhouse which is in Bukit Puchong Utama. Price also affordable, built on plantation land and its FREEHOLD (yay!). The downside, it's smaller with limited garden space to keep a pet.. say like a paw-fren perhaps (yikes). Other than that, it kinda look like a nice place. Will put that in the "to-review again" list.

We also went to a few more developements there but its was either not to our liking or way beyond our budget. It was pretty tiring after "shopping" for properties. We then headed back home for a rest.

Later at nite, we ordered Pizza Hut and stayed in to watch the finals of Thomas Cup.

Yes, China won the Cup again :)

19 May 2008, Monday

WESAK DAY! HOLIDAY!!!! Yayyyyyy....

We promised Alex friends to play badminton. Sooooo.... we did! We went for light breakfast, then headed to Selayang Mall to play our 2 hours worth. It was tiring cos it was only 5 of us... so much for promises and gung-ho'ness. It was a good game anyway :)

Then we went home to bathe and met up with Tai Loong and Pui Yheer for early dinner at Wong Kok, 1Utama. Was suppose to watch Narnia - Prince Caspian, but no tickets available.. not even in TGV! So, we did some shopping after that. Din get anything tho... hmmm...

:( Walked quite a bit to pass time then met up with Jeng, Darren & Kelly for yum-cha at Nasi Kandar Penang, Tmn Tun.

And that wrapped up the productive yet not-so-productive long weekend!

Now to countdown to June for the S'pore trip :)

Singin with the girls!

2008-05-09T23:39:00.007+08:00

30th April 2008, Wednesday
I received an SMS from Mei Peng on Wednesday saying that she & Julia will be going for karaoke on Saturday and asked me if I was interested. Well, am not a big fan of karaoke but since its gonna be just the 3 of us, I agreed :) Time with the girls is the best time :D So I called Red Box, The Curve to make the bookings on Saturday.

3rd May 2008, Saturday
Woke up and got ready to go have a good time with my girls :) Mei Peng came to pick me up at bout 10:30am and then to Julia's. We arrived at The Curve and headed straight to Red Box. At the counter, i state my name and we got our room. It was a very very small room...fits at least 4 people. Good enough, we had 2 mics and immediately we took the remote and started to pick our songs. We were so excited that we forgot to order and had to ask the waiter to come back in 5 minutes. Since our package was only RM14++ with set lunch, we picked Pineapple Fried Rice (should have taken the Fried Kuey Teow instead) and drinks. Soon after, the singing & shouting started in our little room. I'll let the photos speak for itself :)

The set lunch - Pineapple Fried Rice

The "Karaoke Queen" amongst us

Back-up singers :)

"La-la-laaaaaaa-wooooo"

"Yeah yeaaaa"

Just the 3 of Us

Silly us

It was indeed a great time out with my funny-crazee-emo-drama-happy-best frens :)

The Path, The Walk & The Crossroads

2008-04-20T10:26:00.008+08:00

The path is long & winding,
The walk is far,
How much further should I walk?
How long is the path?

A journey this far;
must mean something, but what?
Is it the correct path? I still don't know;
for this path is long and winding.

This path came to a crossroad,
not one, but many.
Have I taken the correct turn at each crossroads?
When will I know?

Some crossroads are filled with rainbows and sunshine,
Some are like gloomy days of rain & storms,
This journey has been long;
and I'll be waiting at the end of another crossroad,
to decide my next path to walk.....

New shades

2008-04-14T20:17:00.008+08:00

14 April 2008, Monday

....been MIA for a while and yet I can't exactly think of anything to blog! Let's see......

Alex bought me a new pair of sunglasses. I never really had a good pair and suddenly i felt like having one (not the cheap ones that gives me a headache when I put them on) So, decided to shop for sunglasses. Saw a pair of Emporio Armani (EA) maroon, big-plastiky-ones. Most of the other optical shops were out of those. So, went to Reliance in Bangsar to check it out. No surprise, it was also out of stock. Saw the EA booklet and browsed for other options. The lady was taking out many others to let me try but somehow it just din seem right. I saw one in the book and asked for it. She brought it out for me after letting me try dozens (literally) of others. Finally, the one i picked fitted perfectly :)

Alex said that it looked really good on me so after bout 10 minutes of it, he took out his credit card and paid for me *surprised* It had a discount *RM350* good price after the discount too anyway!

Yeap.... love it to bits :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

2008-02-21T11:47:00.000+08:00

14 February 2008, Thursday

Another day for the florist & restaurants to hike up their "special" prices for the occasion. It's so commercialized that when it comes to occasions like these, it's dreadful for the guys .. but to those who love their other half, its worth to see the BIG smile on their sweetheart's face when the gift is accepted with surprise.

My Valentine's this year was indeed a memorable one. I wasn't expecting much as it was a weekday and also after CNY break. Thinking that Alex will be busy at work or late for dinner, I
really didn't expect anything fancy or grand.

So, he told me that we will have dinner and to be ready by 7pm. So i went home after work and took my time to be ready. By 7pm i was ready, only to receive his call at 7.30pm that he was on his way to my house. So, he came and he drove to Plaza Damansara (I had no idea where we were going for dinner). He turned in to a place called Chef & Brew and we settled in for dinner.

The environment and atmosphere inside was very cosy and lovely.

They even had a girl selling roses to couples *sweet*
Yup, Alex bought one for me *happiness*

Then we ordered dinner from the Valentine's Day menu.
We both had Grilled Lamb Chop with Fried Prawns.
We also had Oyster & Soup before that :)

Then just before dessert, Alex went to his car to take something (He told me earlier that he didn't have the time to buy me my Valentine's present). Then, he came back with a box in his hand and it was a nicely wrapped gift. I sort of knew what it was from the wrapper (Polo wrapper), and was really excited to open it.

As I opened the wrapper carefully, there it was a grey box outside, then i opened the lid and saw what I've been wishing for:It may not be the Limited Edition set, but I was and still am so ever happy *heart*

After all the excitement,we called for dessert, Strawberry Mousse Cake.Even the cake is *heart*
Lovely isn't it!

It was indeed a wonderful nite and a very memorable Valentine's day for me as I've never expected Alex to be so sweet!

And so I believe that, the best things happens when you least expect it.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

GONG HEI FATT CHOI!

2008-02-12T18:23:00.000+08:00

7 & 8 February 2008, Thurs & Fri

Also include if you were born in 1984, 1996 & 2008 :)

It is indeed a very quiet year this year compared to the years back when I was in the Leo Club of KL Unity. That time, we planned who's house we shall crash at from the 2nd day till the 15th day of CNY. Then during CNY, yahoogroup mails will hit up to 100plus mails in a couple of days. Now, all we need to do is just send out an SMS and our little gatherings fulfilled.

The Reunion Dinner (Eve)
I did not take leave this year for eve of CNY. No point as dinner was held at my grandma's place and i finished work early. Had steamboat for dinner at grandma's house with relatives and cousins. Chit chatted and headed home bout 10.30pm.

Kong Hei Kong Hei (Day 1)
Just like any normal holiday, i woke up at bout 10.30am. Wished my parents and got ready for lunch at my grandma's again. Waited for my aunt to come over, lunch was served at 1pm. Same thing, chit chat and planned what to do with my cousins over the next few days cos Nicky was don from Singapore as well. Left grandma's at bout 3pm, Alex came to pick me up from home and went over to Fei Looi's house. After that, I went to Alex house to "pai lin" with his family. Spent some time there then headed for dinner at Menjalara with Alex friends. After dinner, 11 of us went to TGV, 1U to watch CJ7. Retired back home after the movie.

Visitation & Gambling Session 1 (Day 2)
Followed my parents to Ampang to visit my 3rd aunt, Heng Yee. Had lunch at her house with my cousins and my cousin's children (my nieces & nephews??). Chit chatted and stayed on till bout 2pm. As it was Ash Wednesday (posponed to Friday due to CNY), we had to attend church service which was at 6pm followed by Station of the Cross and ended at bout 7.30pm. Had dinner with my parents and invited some friends to come over to my place at bout 9pm.
Just at bout 9pm, my frens came - Alex, Darren & gf, Mei Peng, Chiang, Lynn & Jeng, Thiam Beng, Chin Wee, Margaret, Mervs & Jo joined us later. The gambling session started with Chin Wee being "The Banker" and who was also contributing to the Malaysian economy :) They all retired back home at 12.30am.

Lunch, Gambling Session & Dinner (Day 3)
Met up for lunch with Alex friends at Friends Cafe for "Mou Si" presentation. There was the long fire-crackers and Lion Dance at the cafe to bring good luck and prosperity. After lunch, Alex & I adjourned to Kin Soon's house to "pai lin" and gamble. When we arrived, Ah Ming, Richard & Ivy was already there playing "mahjong". They opened another table and Alex played with Ivy & Kin Soon's mom & dad. Since he did not know how to play, the RM30 he lost was taken as learning fees :) Then after, we met up again with Alex friends to have dinner. Retired home quite early that nite.

More gambling sessions (Day 4)
Went to church at 11.15am, lunch then to Mervs place at bout 2pm. Played cards again. Learned how to play new game called "ngau". Don't know how to explain the game but its a nice game :) Left to Ken's place at bout 4.30pm - Julia, Mei Peng, Chiang, Alex & I went in 1 car as we all had to go for dinner later. There was "Mou Si" at ken's place like usual which lasted for bout an hour. Had something light to eat and definitely the Tau Foo Fah is a must! EXTRA yummy-licious this year :) Then went for dinner with my family to celebrate my Mom's birthday & also my bro & SIL came back from Malacca today. Good dinner, catch up with my brother & SIL and all... then headed back to Ken's place. Played cards again and received some "fatt choy" :)

A day with my Dearest (Day 5)
After the many days of gambling, eating & visiting, both Alex & I took leave to spend a day together. We went for lunch, watched a movie - Elizabeth, The Golden Age, had dinner and walked the street market at Ara Damansara - NXZ. So many things to see, so colorful and interesting. It was a good day :)

So overall, it was a nice long weekend of CNY. More days to come till 'Chap Goh Meh', then maybe can plan to go to some lake and see people throw oranges :)

"GONG XI FA CHAI, WAN SHI RU YI"

New Year 2007

2008-01-17T12:38:00.000+08:00

31 Dec 2007, Monday

I was planning to go to Plaza Mont Kiara for new years but family plans came up so, I opened new years with my mom's side of the family. My aunts and cousins came over for dinner and stayed up till new years :)

We had BBQ dinner. Dad prepared the BBQ pit, mom marinated the chicken wings and lamb, my aunts brought some food in case the chicken wings weren't enough. Me, i was at work but we left at bout 3pm. So i prepared the numbers for gift exchange session.By 7.30pm, everyone was at my house and Godpa, Alex, Dad & James started BBQ-ing the chicken wings and also the lamb & sausages.
Food that my aunt brought...and some my mom cooked...All we did the whole nite was eat eat eat and EAT! My aunt couldn't stop asking us to eat... we were all so stuffed.

We count down together with red red wine... 5...4....3...2...1... HAPPY NEW YEAR! After wishing everyone, we all took a number each and had our pressie exchange...

And the party ends with a nice family shot :)HAPPY NEW YEAR!
MAY 2008 BRING MORE SURPRISES,
HAPPINESS & LOVE!

A Reason to Celebrate

2008-01-15T17:07:00.000+08:00

8th December 2007, Saturday

Well, let's back track a little to end 2007.

My brother tied the knot with Siew Mei on 8 Dec 2007 in the presence of God, with family & friends at Assumption Church. Fr. Simon Lebrooy celebrated Holy Matrimony. It was simple yet beautiful to see my brother so happy and most of all... to see my parents smiling from ear to ear :) After the celebration, there was lunch reception at the Assumption Hall. Family and friends gathered together to have lunch and a good time.

After the lunch reception, we went back home for the tea ceremony. This is indeed the most hilarious tea ceremony I've ever witnessed. I would say we are 80% Chinese but when it comes to things like that, it's like "America's (Malaysia's) Funniest Home Video"! Now, since we did not have any "Tai Kam Che", my aunt was the one... and during the ceremony, we caught her (3 times) serving the tea to those who drank instead to my bro & SIL to serve. She dressed to look like one...she had a voice like one.. but definitely did not learn to be one. So, this is what you get if you don't get a pro to do the job.. but the house was filled with laughter throughout the whole tea ceremony session. There was more to this, but it's within the family & those who were present that day.

The dinner was held at The Saujana. I told my brother to use the idea of registering using a laptop instead of printed papers (Thanks KG). It was sooooooooooooooo convenient for me & the other girl (yes,i forgot her name..YIKES!) at the reception. We had a very nice decorated box (Thanks to Meng Yee's fren) to keep the angpou's :)

My brother's speech was anything but short-sweet-simple! He had a list of people to thanked for making the wedding so beautiful. It was most touching when he thanked me for being part of their wedding preparation. This does not include the line where he said to the guest, "...you will soon be expecting an invitation from my sister"

My reaction ---> O_o"
Alex reaction ---> *sweat*

hahahahahaa..... Must have been the whiskey he was having before he went up-stage.

Sooooooo anywayyyyyyy, it was overall a great dinner and i had to answer to all my relatives after what my brother had announced. Dinner ended with both my bro & SIL table-hopping with their pretty wine glasses taking photos with the guest, standing at the door to thank the guest for coming, jumping on stage to get the "high-up-in-the-air" post, and his heng-tais retired to their bridal suite for a serious round of getting him drunk (which din quite work out!).

Congratulations to James & Mei!

*Photos will be up once it's ready*

Missing In Action

2007-11-19T21:03:00.001+08:00

OoOoooOoooo.. it's been some time I've been away from the blogging world. I've been kinda busy and also a pinch of laziness when it comes to blogging about....NOTHING :)

18 Nov 07, Sunday

Last day for classes on Sundays for this year with the beautiful talented 6 year olds children whom i teach at the Assumption Church Sunday School. We had lotsa junk food brought by the children, some sandwiches and cookies. There was a lil prize giving in our class. We gave the kids back their files, the class photo and also a certificate for attending classes every Sunday. There was BEST HOMEWORK & BEST ATTENDANCE. I had a great time teaching and learning from these kids and they really are wonders... best gifts from God!

*Thanks Jeng who photoshop-ed Teacher Alvin (the clown) into this photo. The kids were so amaze on how he got into the photo cos he wasn't around when we took the photo*

It's Black, it's White...

2007-11-14T21:31:00.000+08:00

13 Nov 07, Tuesday

It was a Black & White day for the Team.

Talent Acquisiton Team
HR Team
Thanks to Choon Peng who was our photographer that day :)
*More updates on this session*
^Stay tune^

Twenty-6 is the number

2007-09-29T00:27:00.000+08:00

20th Sept 2007, Thursday

Today is the day i turn 26!

See Siang made me pose for my birthday....Blondie Curls...*peek-a-boo*My happy self :)

I had dinner with Alex at Jake's Charboiled at Damansara Heights. It was a nice quiet dinner. He said that he can only give me my present next week. I was kinda disappointed but I did not wanna spoil the night. Anyway, the dinner was good and I had quality time with him. So, after dinner, he drove to the side of Esso station. Then he asked me to close my eyes. To my surprise he DID buy me my present and he opened it and when i opened my eyes, i was surprised that it was a Sony MP3. Brilliantly beautiful and its in white! Check it out...

Sony NWD-B105F MP3 Player (2G)

Alex had it charged full and loaded it with songs. Then after the car-ride down to KL, we went back to my place, pick up my Tupaqkins and headed to Starbucks. Downloaded songs from Tupaqkins to my new MP3. I was so excited like a lil' girl who just received a pretty doll for her birthday. It was indeed a surprise!

Thanks to all my frens & relatives for your birthday wishes & blessings!

Birthday Indulgence

2007-09-29T00:02:00.000+08:00

19th Sept 07, Wednesday

The TA Team celebrated my birthday a day earlier because my boss, Lucy, was leaving on the same day and she wanted us to have a lil celebration. We had a conference call which lasted a lil longer after lunch so we bought McD's meal back to the office. After we had our burgers and fries, Carol & Lucy went out of the conference room to bring the cake in. It was a surprise actually.. I din know they went and buy cake for me. It was wonderful!Lovin' my Chocolate IndulgenceTalent Acquisition (TA) Team

L-R: Sandra, Carol, Nette, Lucy, Selvam & See

Thanks for the sweet celebration :)

New ThinkPad X60

2007-09-13T17:59:00.001+08:00

13 Sept 07, Thursday

Meet my new notebook

Yes yes, it looks exactly like my previous R51 but this is SMALLER, SLIMMER & LIGHTER.

Since I converted to FTH (Fixed Term Hire) , Carol requested to the IT folks that they changed my notebook cos the X60 will be used for presentation and job fairs. It took them bout 2 weeks to get it done for me... but finally, I got it.. yay!

Happenings....

2007-09-06T21:22:00.001+08:00

27 Aug 07, Monday
I officially joined the Talent Acquisition team (Recruitment team) today and it's a whole lot of things to learn. No, don't look for me if you wanna job in Lenovo cos i don't do the screening and all those stuff. Am the New Employee Orientation Coordinator (NEO Coordinator) for new hires right from the time they accept the offer until their first day on the job.

I took the hand over from Choon Peng before she went for Maternity leave. She taught me all she knew and it seems easy to understand until i had to do it on my own.

6 Sept 07, Thursday
Today, is my 4th day on my own since Choon Peng left for maternity. I did Orientation on Monday, MC on Tuesday, cleared offer letters and NEPD (New Employee Personal Data) forms on Wednesday and today. Seems all so easy eh? It is in a way... but still it's a handful. I have confidence I can work this out in due time.

Holidays & Outtings

2007-08-21T22:27:00.001+08:00

21 Aug 07, Tuesday
Ahhh.... it's been a long time since I last blogged.... Just a quick update for this month...

2 - 6 Aug 07
I went to Bali with Alex, James (my brother) & Mei (my soon-2-b SIL). We stayed in Adi Dharma Hotel at Legian Street for the first 2 nights and Patra Bali Resort at Kuta for the last 2 nights. We went for spa & massage, ate Bali delicacy Bali Guling Rice, seafood sunset dinner at Jimbaran, Beeftato Pizza at Pizza Hut, sunset view at Tanah Lot, beautiful seaview at Uluwatu, Alex tried surfing at Kuta Beach, we also did shopping at Kuta Sq/Kuta Street, and definitely enjoyed our mornings at the pool and brought back Bali sun with us :) It was a very good holiday. It's the first holiday with my brother and I really had a good time.17 - 19 Aug 07
The Biro Pendidikan Pemuda UMNO Malaysia together with the Ministry of Education held a MYCareer & Education Fair at Mid Valley Exhibition Center. YBhg En Khairy Jamaluddin was there to officiate the event. Carol, See, Choon Peng, Sandra and myself were there representing LENOVO in hiring potential candidates. I was there on Friday & Sunday. Most of the candidates who applied for jobs posted were fresh grads. We managed to get approx. 115 applicants for 3 days. 18 Aug 07
Went to Malacca with the Assumption Church Sunday School teachers. Its a one day trip, so we started off pretty early. A bus load of 40 teachers started the journey at 7.45am from PJ to Seremban rest stop at 9.30am. We had our curry puff & sandwiches together with a bottle of mineral water. We continued our journey to Ayer Keroh Butterfly Park. I would say that it wasn't much of a butterfly park cos i din't see much flying around. There was some sort of mini zoo in there tho. Trust me, the animals in there is very well fed... the leopards are fat, the alligators are fat and the many other animals are fat! Definitely not worth the RM6 if u ask me. So anyway, we continued our journey to the tourist attraction places.. yes.. the Red Building, Christ Church, A Famosa, St.Paul's Hill etc. It was pretty good actually cos i never really did go into Christ Church.. hehehee. Then we proceeded to the famous Jonker's Street for some shopping and lunch. At 3pm, we were heading to Tan Kim Hock. Thinking it was a street, i was so wrong cos it was just a building selling Malacca food stuff. By 4pm we were heading back to PJ. It was kinda rush but yes, I still had a good time with the other teachers.We also saw a Double Decker Bus in town too :)And so that's the end of updates for now.
I have more good news to be revealed.. so come back again soon....

Lonely Weekend

2007-07-28T22:05:00.001+08:00

28 July 07, Saturday

Met up with Alban & Estee for lunch and bit of shopping. It was really great to meet up after so long and catch up on stuff that's going on in our busy daily life. I just felt that we had so much to eat and drink in this meeting this time round :) Lunch was at Dragon-i from 1pm and we left he place at 3.30pm. No.. we din eat till 3.30pm... we were chit chatting :) Then we did a little shopping and another break at Coffeebean for drinks :) It was really fun....

Dinner was a quick one with Jeng-Lynn at Damansara Hokkien Mee, Uptown.

Home is where I've been rite after dinner.

Alex is in Melaka for his company trip and will only be back on Sunday. If I'm not mistaken, he's only leaving after lunch. Yeap.. so it's a lonely weekend :)

At the Immigration...Malaysian Immigation!

2007-07-27T16:37:00.000+08:00

25 July 07, Wednesday

Renewed my passport today. Went to Subang Terminal 2 to get it done. The whole process took me half a day. I arrived at 8.45am, paid RM1 get the form and filled it up. Dad was waiting in like for me to get my IC photocopied. While he was at it, i had to take my photo again cos the one i took from the photoshop cannot be used. Paid RM8 for the photoshoot from the photo booth.

With all that documentations done, I went to Counter 1 and took a number. 1074.. not too far away. "1074, kaunter 3" was blasting from the speakers. Submitted my documents, scan thumbprint and was told to wait. "1074, kaunter 5"... time to pay up. Out comes RM300 for a35 pages passport to process.

Now here, is where it got all dumb. They copped a numer "105" on my receipt but it's like barely visible. No instartuctions given to collect new ticket number when the number 105 is called. So, being as blur as I can be, I held on to my 1074 ticket for 2 hours (it states in the receipt that passport can be collected 2 hours after payment). So, close to 11am, I walked to the counter and asked if I needed to take a new number or anything like that... and THEN they say "oh, tadi ada call 105, u takde datang ambil nombor baru ke, dik?" ish.... wat 105? Anyway, they gave me a new number 3075.. waited for like another 10 minutes and they called my number to collect my new passport.

Not too bad. Now to wait for my trip..... yahoooooooo.......

Cool Breeze....

2007-07-23T22:34:00.001+08:00

22 July 07, Sunday

Today is the day i finally get the air-cond fixed in my room.
No doubt it's a 2nd hand from my aunt, but it's a 1.5HP for my lil' room :)

Looks really big and ugly ya?
Hah.. what more do you want for a FREE air cond....
...am just as satisfied as a lil girl given a lolly :)

Can't wait for hot weather to put it on :)

So Long, Farewell....

2007-07-22T19:11:00.000+08:00

20 July 07, Friday
Yet another farewell for a dear colleague, or whom i would call - FRIEND. Witty and smart is she, with laughter so contagious, she's none other than Chris Oh.

We had farewell's after farewell's for her, and finally an official dinner at TGIF, 1U.

Ultimate Mudslide, Ultimate Long Island Tea & Ultimate MargaritaPointy drinks.....Mentor & Successor (Chris & Erin)

After dinner, our second round was at Neway Karaoke. This is where we enjoyed ourselves - we had 2 bottles of Black Label and I think I had bout' 6-7 glasses of it. Steady as can be, I could feel myself float as I walk to the exit door :) Tipsy with style ... heheee...

First u sing, then u cheers & get "high" & happy :)That's rite...sing your heart out girl....After some "drinks", all tipsy-dizzy.....

The nite ended with fond memories and a closer bond for each of us.....

The BEST prize for the nite was...FRIENDSHIP!

Roses are PINK!

2007-07-12T19:00:00.000+08:00

12 July 07, Thursday

Got flowers from my other half today at work, after lunch to be more precise... SURPRISINGLY! Lovely in PINK!Up-close and personal.... Even Mr.Piggy wanna feel the roses ^_^

Thank you very much, dear!

You definately made my day!

Badminton vs Shopping

2007-07-10T23:50:00.000+08:00

10 July 07, Tuesday
Did not go for badminton today cos Chris and Erin wasn't free to go. Was kinda disappointed but something else came up to replace this disappointment - Alex finished work earlier today and we went for dinner and did some shopping together :D It's been some time since we did this on a weekday so I'm really happy that he kept his promise and made it on time tonite. I can't expect this from him always as his job needs him to work late, so whenever he can make it, I'm happy :) *yay*

Oh, to all the Jusco card members out there, there is gonna be a JUSCO CARD MEMBER DAY on 12 July, Thurs @ Jusco, 1 Utama. So, gear up and let's go SHOPPING!!!! *woo hoo*

My Daemon

2007-07-08T22:36:00.001+08:00

Racquet & Shuttlecock

2007-07-06T23:34:00.000+08:00

3 July 07, Tuesday
Played badminton today at Taman Megah Badminton Court with my office colleagues. Chris came to pick me up at 7.30pm and we headed to Tmn. Megah. Called Erin if she arrived but she was waiting for her brother. So, we waited for her to come over. Since we were still early, *our game only starts at 8.30pm* we went to Ming Tien to have a drink. Yes, being girls, we chatted non-stop and of cos gossiped :)

At the court, we warmed up before starting the game. A few others were there too. There was Yong Pheng *i think that's how it's spelt* , Eddy, Vincent and some others i couldn't recall. First game i paired with Erin against Chris & Yong Pheng. Yes, we lost. Second game, I paired with Yong Pheng against Erin & another guy *yes, i was not introduced to him laaa* and I played half the game and passed to Chris cos i had to go to the ladies... URGENTLY :) And the next thing you know, it was aredy 10pm. So, after the second game, us girls were really perspiring and flushed red from the heat in the court and our game. It was a good game :)

Every Tuesday will be badminton day (",)