give me a sec please....

and yes, you will be given one extra second on the 31st dec 2008 according to the world’s official timekeepers.

yeap, I was reading the newspaper this afternoon and this column in the world section has kept me well educated. I didn’t know you can actually add extra time to make the clocks coordination with the Earth’s spin. and I definitely know zero that it actually happened 24 times before since 1972 and the last time the leap second was added on 31st dec 2005.

where was I? how could I not know about it? talking about shallow huh (shame on you, Jamie)...

well... what should I do to make this additional one second to be more meaningful? one second is equivalent to the time of an eye blink or the time your heartbeat stopped when you sneezed. hell ya… it’s only one second and what else can I be possibly doing? I guess the answer is nothing haha…

2008 is ending in the next 2 days and 2009 is approaching soon. besides worrying age catching up, I think I really need to ponder what have I done over the year of 2008. one word describes best for my 2008, busy! I was busy with tonnes of work (events, unreasonable tight timeline projects and target sales of million). I was busy traveling for work (Singapore, Wuxi, JB and KK). I was busy traveling for vacations too (Krabi, Lang Tengah, Langkawi, KK again, Macau, Hong Kong and of coz Singapore for uncountable times).

looking back, I guess I did have balance life rite… I sacrificed my time to work hard but yet I pampered myself to play hard too. welldone for implementing my philosophy of life, balance life is happy life.

2009 is definitely a hard year with the financial crisis hitting us. some say it’s greater than the great depression and some say this catastrophe will last for about 20 years. I am no financial analyst hence I will just need to beware of my expenditure and make sure I work hard enough to earn my bonuses (I hope my boss is reading this hehe).

I’ll conclude this post by wishing all my dear friends a very happy new year. may you have a great journey ahead in 2009 and enjoy your 2008 to the very last additional second! oh and not to forget, my blog is going to be 1 year old soon… kudos for my blogging (crapping) spirit :P

it's the jolly season of the year

do I need to mention more? it’s definitely the month of december!

I kicked off this jovial month with an enjoyable trip to the land of TVB (where else but Hong Kong) den followed by lots of public holiday (which leads me to no mood to work at all).

also this month my company is celebrating the 9th magical anniversary with a safari theme. guess what’s my costume? I’m a zebra... that’s the easiest I could think of with just a black & white stripe tee and a headgear of Marty from Madasgascar. thank God that so coincidentally mcdonald’s has this kinda promotion at the same period of time or else I’ll be struggling like hell thinking what to wear. I’m loving it...

while in Singapore, I managed to catch up with Terry for a cuppa (I don’t remember the lastime we met... if not mistaken, I think it’s more then half a year ago). catching up with old friend is great but I was left envious bcoz... he’s flying off to Maldives the next day for work (although it’s for work but still... *envy envy*).

everytime when I was in Singapore, I promised Li Thim to meet up with her but I never once kept my promise. I know... shame on me and I’m sure a lot of you guys out there are nodding your head right now as I always do the same to everyone haha... so this time is a very good chance for me to do what I had promised and since her boyfriend was away, I decided to extend my stay at her place. thanks Li Thim for keeping me for the nite *muaks*. I couldn’t believe it that we talked and talked and talked so much that we sacrificed our shopping time hence we ended up rushing here and there to spend up my S$100 Isetan voucher that I won from my company DnD. but with no doubt, I definitely did have great fun being with her.

so now, yuletide time is here… Kent, Wah, Jen and I had decided to have a posh dining to award ourselves (after one whole year of suffering). we reached Bangsar right on time due to no traffic jam as what we expected and surprised to see that Alexis was so quiet. Hmmm… I wonder where’s the crowd but it doesn’t really matter as I prefer peace and quiet. we dined from starters to main course to desserts with white wine accompanying our meals and followed by red wine to bring us through the midnite. I personally did enjoy myself with everything fine and relaxing. it was almost 1am that we decided to continue the nite at our regular hang out (Mont Kiara’s Starbucks) while Wah joined his other friends at Taman Tun. but we were deeply disappointed when we realized starbucks had closed for the day. we were blanked for a moment as we really didn’t know what else to do but we refused to get home therefore we ended up buying some drinks from nearby 7eleven and mcdonald’s ice cream while resting our butt at starbucks’ area haha...

and today is exactly the christmas day but I am still stuck at home to do some coordinations with my Bangkok colleagues. no whining as I really do appreciate their commitment and effort.

lalala... cheerful happy mood... and not to forget, I will like to wish all my dear friends a very merry christmas and a great 2009 ahead!

i love hong kong

this is not a tourism advertorial but I just want to declare my love for hong kong publicly :P

for those who are not aware… yes, I just came back from Macau/Hong Kong trip and nope, I do not have any souvenirs for you guys... sorry...

it is only my 3rd day back in my homeland but I’m already missing everything that Hong Kong has to offer... and I do really mean everything from the hong kong scenery to the extravagant shopping and the delicious food to its cold yet sunny weather.

the scenery at The Peak looking down all the nicely lighted up high rise building and the cable car scenery all the way up to Lantau Island’s Big Buddha are strongly embedded into my memory. although I did not manage to shop much due to time constrain, but I still adore all the shopping experience from the street markets (Ladies Street and Temple Street) to huge shopping centre (Kowloon and Tsim Sha Tsui) to the outlet shopping centre (Citygate Hall @ Lantau Island). besides that, I find that you just can’t go wrong with food in Hong Kong... yummilicious dim sum, seafood, roasted goose, roasted pigeon, congee, ying yong milk tea, soya bean milk... the list just goes on and on *saliva dripping*...

oh, guess what’s my biggest shopping outcome from Hong Kong? hehehe... if you are following my blog closely, I’m sure you would have guess rite. I bought a lime green 4th generation ipod nano chromatic… and I even managed to get it lower then the retail price (although getting it in Hong Kong is already much cheaper then getting it in Malaysia). thanks Alan for helping me to bargain… but despite the happiness, I was very disappointed too as I didn’t manage to get any Hard Rock merchandise (maybe it’s a sign for me to be back in Hong Kong soon again). I am a fan of hard rock merchandise and I must get something from the country that I traveled. too bad that it has moved to The Peak but we were not aware at all…

you must be wondering why I only brag about Hong Kong but in fact I did visit Macau as well rite... frankly speaking, Macau city sucks! it is such a dead city with hardcore gamblers at every corner of the streets. so I think it’s not worth mentioning anything about Macau here… but I definitely did enjoy the Taipa & Coloane village trip as I think the outskirt of macau is a good lay back, relaxing place to be.

Hong Kong, I’ll unquestionably be back for more :)

high on wii

while partying at Kelvino’s place during the halloween day, I spotted something white and small and sleek laying on the floor next to his 42 inch lcd tv. being the usual curious me, I went to busybody and found out it was actually a wii set. I always wanted to play wii but I have no friends owning a wii set. hence I was so excited (like a lil kid getting new toys) and kept on bugging him to setup the wii. But he said no wii for that nite and we shall concentrate partying... ok, fine... but with the terms, he agreed to let me bring the wii set home hehehe...

so there it goes… one whole set of wii is now at my home but unfortunately, I didn’t have the time and chance to play until last sunday. I tried most of the games and even tried playing the shooting game that my company developed but it was quite lame after a while coz it is supposedly meant for kids. ever since last sunday, I got so addicted to it that I need to play everynite before I hit my bed... but I only play either car racing or tennis (I prefer tennis bcoz it involves full body movement) until 2plus morning and every morning waking up to work is horribly dreadful.

Kelvino... it’s all your fault!!! I’m now all so obsessed to it and I’m definitely not returning the wii set to you... wahahaha

everything has its first time

the title says it all. can you guess what happened yesterday? yeah... I played paintball for the 1st time. I know I may be too old for a paintball first timer :( but hey, at least I did it for no regrets...

we had planned to meet up at office area at 12pm for a lunch before we headed onto the battlefield. then we received a sms from CheeHong saying he will have his lunch at home (you owe us a meal for ffk us!). so ended up only me and Adam had lunch together while waiting for CheeHong to arrive. it was 115pm that we departed to Desa Waterpark and it was raining cats and dogs during the whole journey. we were quite worry as we didn’t know whether we are taking the indoor or the outdoor game. I heard people say outdoor is much more fun but at that very moment, I will prefer to have it indoor as I do not want to splatter myself on the mud. we reached our destination at 145pm and since we were the first to arrive, we got the marshals in charged to allow us to take a tour to our battlefield. it was an indoor uninhabited carpark building. that place smells bad but our excitement overcame the bad smell haha… after 16 of us had finally arrived, the head marshal gathered us to brief us on the rules and regulations of the game. then we took lucky draw to divide into 2 groups of 8 people and I was in a team with CheeHong but Adam was in another team. now we were all set and ready to kill each other haha…

the 1st game was ‘capturing the flag’ and it was supposingly to play 5 rounds to determine the winner. once we reached the 3rd level of the deserted carpark, we were briefed by our team leader, Kelvin, on the strategies. everyone ready to charge!!! however, it was my first time in the battlefield hence I was quite scared and all I did was hide and shoot whatever I can see. 1st game-1st round, we won with me getting no ‘wound’. Then 1st game-2nd round, I saw the enemy strike from behind and before I managed to trigger the gun, he had captured the flag so the other team won. 1st game-3rd round, we were paired up with our partner to protect each other during the strike-defense strategy. it was my turn to strike when my partner defended me but I was ambushed and there goes my first shot... on the face. there was no pain coz the mask was on but the paint splatter onto my face through the breathing holes of the mask. but still we won this round. after the 3rd round, marshals called for time break. we rested and bullshitted during the time break haha... it was quite tiring running up and down the two floors of carpark and not to forget to squat and hide. after that, we decided to move on to the 2nd game since all of us got enough of the 1st game.

2nd game was ‘last man standing’. this time, again I got killed on the face. face splattered with paint again but by then, dirtiness is not in our dictionary anymore. we were all fully covered with paint and dirt and dusts.

3rd game was also ‘last man standing’ but this round was only 4 people per group at one time. since this was the last game, everyone played safe hence they hid and waited for ‘object’ to shoot (I guess they wanted to stay longer in the game). since I thought it was getting boring with everyone just waiting. I decided to make the move. am not sure whether should I call it a stupid move but half way running to the next hideout, I saw many many (and I do mean many) bullets heading my way. it was something like the scene in ‘the matrix’ where I could see the bullets coming nearer and nearer to me. bam! I was hit one direct hit on the left leg, one indirect hit on the right leg and the most painful one was the bullet that hit on my right baby finger. I surrendered and tagged my other teammate out to the battlefield and stayed safe at dead zone. I checked my wounds and there was great pain on my baby finger until my fingers were shivering. the pain on the legs was nothing comparable to my baby finger. the game ended with zero bullets left and we had 2 last men standing from my team... hooray... despite the ‘killing of enemy’ and playing with ‘total strangers’, I believe we all ended having great fun.

after taking happy pictures and washing up, I was fresh and cheerful. that’s when I sms-ed Kent telling him tat I will join them clubbing that nite. then we headed to bangsar for our dinner and shared our experience in the game.

it was 730pm that I reached home and I decided to take a power nap. after I woke up and trying to get ready for the nite, I started to regret agreeing Kent for joining them but I am sure I can't ffk or else I will really get killed. hence I dragged myself to get prepared and waited for Kent to fetch us. all the while I thought we were heading to Velvet until Kent fetched me and informed that we were heading to a new club with four seasons at Avenue K name Quattro. my first thought at that very moment was will it be the same as MOS coz I really love MOS in Singapore... after fetching Jen & Wah and met up with Zephyr at the club entrance, we had decided to pick autumn as our season of the nite. Quattro Autumn club claimed to have the longest bar with local and international djs appearance.

it was only 11ish pm when we entered but the crowd in the club was already crazily swarmed. I love the interior design of the autumn season. it was full with glasses and mirrors and reflective metals. I find it very chic… but we ended up hanging out at one corner of the long bar as for whatsoever reason that we didn’t call to book a table. not sure whether we should say it was a good spot or not as it was actually right in front of the dj turntable but it was also where the traffic flows too. anyway, as long as we had great fun, it does not matter to me at all. although it was our first time at that club, we indeed had an awesome nite. but I think this was due to big contribution of Zephyr’s presence for sure hehe… she’s always the fun-bringer with her crazy attitude and it is never dull with her being around. she also never fail clicking with ‘ben-look-alike’, ‘lau yau aka alex, the sinseh’, ‘the african couple with a humungous-boobs-galfriend’ and Hamed & friend from ‘Milan’ (I very strongly believe he’s from Iran as heard by me and Jen then Milan judging from his name itself haha…)

as usual, we will definitely head to mamak for a satisfying supper after a clubbing session. this time round, we headed to Sri Murni at SS2 since Kent needed to send Zephyr home. as I was still in sober condition and being craving that particular dish since long ago, I ordered claypot loh shu fen due to high recommendation by Wah. it was not bad but certainly not as good as the one I had at Sri Kembangan while I was in uni. in the midst of enjoying our supper, Kent commented that clubbing is not our thing anymore as our age is catching up and we easily felt tired after the clubbing session. I personally do not agree with that as I still prefer clubbing than pub-ing. I guess I love loud music pumping to my ears and grooving to my favorite beats rather than sitting back and enjoy a pint of beer. no offence to Kent’s statement but it’s my personal preference…

all well ends well. although I was all exhausted and wounded with blueblack bruises on my legs, knees, finger (paintball after effect), cigarette burn on my hand and bruises on my toes (thanks to Jen’s contribution) but I think it was definitely one of my most wounded yet productive weekend. enjoy it to the bits :)

daddy... di... loh dao...

these are the way how I always refer my world greatest father and today is my daddy’s 60th birthday. I would like to wish him happy birthday and may you blessed with greatest health and joy. since today is daddy’s big day for the 60th year, I would like to make this blog entry as a tribute to my daddy...

daddy is always the ‘good one’ of the parents. I still remember that when I was a kid and whenever mummy disagrees to get me something, all I have to do is run to daddy and sulk my lips then I’ll get what I want.

I still remember daddy is the one who always pamper me whenever I get caning from my mummy and he will explain the reason mummy punished me.

I still remember how daddy made me stay up whole nite long for being too stubborn to obey to family rules.

I still remember daddy always brought me to stadium merdeka to watch the local football match when I was a kid. this is how I got interested to football although I wouldn’t say I love football.

I still remember daddy always brought me to Taman Tasik Perdana to jog every weekend when I was a kid.

I still remember I joined daddy for the 1st ‘change the world’ jogathon, a charity for aids foundation, and was filmed on national tv as the youngest kid running the adult route. until today, daddy still always mentioned that I managed to finish the race although I didn’t run all the way.

I still remember how daddy struggled to get extra money to pay for my Singapore holiday trip with my friends after my PMR exam when I eventually cried after hearing that they couldn’t afford to pay me for the trip.

I still remember how daddy cried when we knew that my grandma passed away. I still remember he mumbled ‘sorry for being such a useless son for not giving you the best of life’

I still remember how sad daddy was when he almost wanted to sell the house that we are currently staying to move the whole family back to Ipoh.

I still remember how proud daddy was when I was the 1st Lim that entered university and graduated 2nd upper class.

there are definitely tonnes and tonnes of memory with my daddy but these are the few that has the strongest impact and influence in my life.

I just hope that daddy has his best birthday present at Langkawi and I shall try my best to be the best daddy’s gal in the world. happy 60th birthday, daddy!

the love and hate thing

I love having tan but I hate it when there are so many tan lines besides the bikini tan.

but but it’s ok... I’m going to make sure I get back just the bikini tan this weekend *evil laugh*

I’m all ready! the swimwear, sunblock, beachwear and oh not to forget the let’s-do-nothing mood...

beware... ‘choco lim’ is coming back... hahaha

I thought

after all the attempts done…
I thought I was right…
but I was so wrong…
now what do I do…
I guess I’m lost…

wish does come true...

two days ago out of nowhere, Kent and I were talking about our clubbing experience in Singapore. all these sharing of experiences make me suddenly feel like flying there to party whole night long. then by putting up the caption of ‘miss clubbing in singapore’ on msn messenger, some of my friends were teasing me for being such a wild party gal and some of my Singapore colleagues suggested I should go and join them. I didn’t know that a little simple caption can capture so many people’s attention. it even captured the attention of the One up there and He had just answered my prayer haha...

I got a call from my boss in the noon saying that he required me to be in Singapore for a few days to attend some external and internal training. at that very moment, the next thing that strikes my mind is I can really go clubbing in Singapore now... hooray... am actually rather happy despite having to attend all those boring trainings :)

paging paging mr terry... shall we take a trip down the party street??? cheers to clubbing in Singapore hehe...

dumb lady drivers

I’m sure 99% of men out there are nodding their head agreeing to my title statement. although I’m not in their league and am actually a lady driver too but I have to totally agree with the men this time. I admit that I’m not a very good driver too but at least I drive with common sense. all these stupid lady drivers, they are already so reckless and clumsy and yet they drive while leaving the brain at home…. gosh…it’s really getting up to my nerve sometimes! you must be guessing what had happened rite. I witnessed few scenarios yesterday while driving home after work. it was just a 30 minutes journey but so many stupid things I saw…

case 1:
I drove out from my office parking and I need to pass by a narrow 2 way road to hit the highway. while on the narrow road, there was this lady driving a kancil in front of me suddenly stopped and then only she put the left signal. I was not driving fast nor too close to her hence an emergency stop is still bearable. then I only realize she is dropping someone off from her car. I was like ‘oh my god… do you know how dangerous that could be if only I drive a little bit faster or I tailgate you closer?’ then I just give her a polite honk to just let her know she’s blocking the road and I overtook her. being the human nature of curious how the driver looks like, I turned to look at her while overtaking her. and damn her, she still dare to give me that fierce glare. you see how stupid she is! commit offence still dare to scold people. she can actually turn to the left to an open field there to drop her friend off if she uses her common sense.

case 2:
while driving bumper to bumper at this 2 way single lane road near the mosque at damansara uptown, it was so jam that we can barely move an inch or two each time. then I saw this man driving an innova from the opposite direction with his right signal light ticking from far. obviously he wanted to turn right to get into the housing area on my left to get home. but this another stupid lady driving a waja refuse to give way to that innova by sticking so near to the car in front of her. since it’s a single lane and that innova couldn’t turn to his right so he innocently caused a jam behind him too. I think that man was so pissed off that he purposely drove very near to that waja to scare her. I just don’t understand… since she’s already stuck in a bad jam that can barely move much, why can’t she just be patient to wait a few more second and give way to the other car so that he can pass through and it won’t cause another jam at the opposite side. again, another no-brianer.

case 3:
after paying my toll at the highway, I drove as usual to the get home. you know rite, those road after toll are usually a bottle neck road (from wide road to 3 lanes road). normal speed, normal mood, driving happily almost nearing home. again another lady driving a kancil was side by side with me before we headed onto the 3 lanes. when almost nearing the bottle neck, I was actually about quarter of car ahead of her. but I really don’t know what going on her mind (or her ass) that out of a sudden she just speed and went in front of me. so again I had to sudden break and I was pissed off this time! this would have cause an accident with no-argument-definitely-my-fault if I bumped her from behind. she lighted up my anger so I stepped on my accelerator and overtook her from the right and glared at her and speed off. I really don’t understand what is that sudden overtaking me for? I wasn’t speeding with her, I wasn’t pissing her off at the first place… just one word for her… dumb!

so ladies out there, please…. I beg you… for God’s sake… before you kill somebody innocent… bring your damn-it-brain out when you drive the next time ok!

starting a new month with some new toys

yeap, I’ve been waken up this month with a public holiday of 2 days (*happy whistling*) and I was just telling my colleague the other day that I am happy to be Malaysian for once becoz we got a lot of public holidays haha...

after much of surveys and researches, I had finally bought a new handphone (se w890i) for myself. I know it’s not a brand new model but hey, I just need a new phone with a good enough functions to make a call and send some text. the rest of the functions will just be a plus point to me. after so many years being a samsung supporter, I definitely need some time adapting to sony ericsson. but hell ya I’m doing good now....

went shopping with Jen yesterday after our swimming/dipping session. guess what I bought? a new goggle. a black and red goggle. it looks ‘fierce’ and I can’t wait to fashion it hehe… I have a friend who is very very obsessed about black and red things (you know who you are) and I’m sure he can’t resist it if he sees it :P

so now I have 2 new toys for me to play although nothing fancy bout it. but my next new toy will have to be……

Ipod nano chromatic

nice nice??? I love all the vibrant colors but I still can’t decide which color to get… maybe the green or the yellow one… I’ll make up my mind later when I get to see all the colors in real… hope to get it before end of this year hehe…

you know what... I just realize there are only 2 things that can make me feel all excited and happy… travel and gadgets… that’s why I say, money can buy happiness! haha…

wake me up when september ends

many things happen within this month alone but I don’t know where to start or how to start...

it was supposingly to be a good kick start for me this month after a good rejuvenation. but....

something heartache happened in my godbro’s family thus it leads to my godmum’s super high blood pressure and was hospitalized. she’s now doing fine and I do not hope this situation to happen again. I am very disappointed in you, Jackie! all this while I’ve been so close to you and looking up to you as a brother but you make me look at you in a different perception. I hate it and I am angry at you!

Joe is back in town after 2 years sited in London. I am flaunted that he still managed to get in touch with me after all the communications breakdown. we made some efforts to gather back a few of our long lost friends and had some good dining and drinking sessions. people say that you tend to look back old long lost friends when you grow older. I guess this proves very well that we are indeed growing older... gosh, this ‘getting old’ issue is really freaking me out recently... oh, and let me again congrats you on your engagement. I’m happy that you found your lady all the way in London but I don’t think I can attend your wedding not unless there’s some sponsorship going on (*wink, wink... giving a very big hint here*)

and also a very big happy news… finally Carol’s little prince is here…his name is Covan if I’m not mistaken. she sms-ed us telling that she will be labouring at what time. all of us (Jen, Zephyr and me) got so excited for her. we couldn’t believe that we are so happy and excited for her. I guess maybe she’s our first close friend that has baby. Zephyr and I visited her that evening and the baby boy is so cute… of course la, mother and father also so pretty and handsome… congrats Carol & Calvin for the new born baby Covan…

I just can’t wait for the month to over then comes holiday then family vacation then KK getaway then Macau/HK trip (finger cross). jeez... looks like I only look forward to holiday huh :P

the story of 2 city gals stuck in a semi-isolated island

there was these 2 typical city gals by the name of Jamie and Sharon, finally landed on the semi-isolated Lang Tengah Island last week after months of planning.

once we touched down on the Kuala Terengganu airport, we could immediately felt the slow pace life in this little town. we were both astonished that it was so vastly different lifestyle in the same country itself. but of course that was exactly what we were looking forward to, a slow pace and easy going breakaway vacation.

after few hours of waiting and transiting (plane, cab & boat), we finally reached our resort, DCoconut Lagoon Resort. we were greeted by the friendly staffs and also a very refreshing welcome drink. everything looks fine to us until the moment we stepped in our room and realized there was no tv. that was the moment when we were so lost that I even said “oh my god, really no tv... can it be possibly hidden in the wardrobe???” and could you believe it that Sharon really did open the wardrobe to check whether it was really hidden in it hahaha...(proven we are both typical city gals that rely very much on technologies nowadays). after we found out there was absolutely no tv, we agreed to go down to the lobby to ask if we can upgrade to a room with a tv set and the staff informed us that they only got tv room at each wings but not tv in the room... (it’s actually the concept of the resort sort of like those Club Med concept). ok fine, we finally gave up and settled to know that at least they have a tv room. we took a short nap as we were both very tired from the previous days work and traveling. after the lunch, we decided to change to our swimsuits and explore the whole resort. we stayed in the east wing, so we walked all the way to the west wing that was connected by a forest trek to check out what’s happening there. no doubt the west wing has a longer stretch clean beach and we noticed that we can actually walk across to the next resort. half way to the next resort, we heard some leaves rustling sound then the next second, we saw 2 huge monitor lizards were chasing each other. we were totally stunned and dare not move at all although it was like 100m away. it was definitely our first time to come across this wild creature so up close. since we both were quite scared and dare not take the risk, we decided to turn back to our resort. we wanted to laze by the pool but the west wing pool was crowded by European families so we walked back to east wing. there was an European guy walking in front of us while heading back and out of a sudden, he stopped. our heart pounded so fast and was wondering why he suddenly stopped. we stood quietly and looking around us to see anything strange then we saw another bigger monitor lizard (we suspect it was pregnant as it has a very huge tummy) was slowly crossing over the trek. after it had finally crossed over, we ran so fast as we worried it may turn back. phewww... safely passed the danger zone and finally we can rest by the pool. we did not want to do anything as we were really very tired and all we wanted to do was just laze and sleep. that was exactly what we did until the dinner was ready.

after having dinner and a hot shower (although the water has strong rusty smell), we head down to the tv room. we realized only their staffs were in the room but we still stayed there to watch coz there was really nothing else to do. we were actually worried that we couldn’t survive the lifestyle there for the next 3 days (we think it was too bored and nothing to do). those staffs told us that their guests are mostly Europeans and Europeans are never engaged to tv especially when they are on holidays. oh ok, so now I understand why they don’t even bother to have tv in the room... it was only 11pm and we ended our day and snooze till the next morning.

it was 9am on the second morning but it was drizzling outside and no sunshine at all. after the breakfast, we had nowhere to head as it was still cloudy and strong wind. we just hang around at the alfresco café and had many many cups of coffee while chatting until a staff came and say “hello gals, the sun is here… why didn’t go out??” hahaha... ok then we finally head back to the room and change to our swimsuits. I wanted to sunbathe at the west wing beach so we composed our courage to walk as fast as possible. we spent whole day by the beach and then the pool with our books and mp3 and nintendo on our hands. without realizing, the sun is slowly setting down. we moved to the beach and climb on top to the highest rock to enjoy the sunset. it was magnificent! watching sunset by the beautiful beach on top of the rocks with the sounds of wind and wave surrounding us...

time passed so fast for the day and it was dinner time again. by then unconsciously, we had actually adjusted our lifestyle. we were both very happy that we enjoyed every single second doing nothing. but again, the pain was the nite time. we can’t be possibly hanging around by the beach or the pool, so we ended up at the tv room again with beers and nuts and chips on our hand watching tv together with the local guys. By then we were so close to all the local guys that they even nicknamed us the “tv gals” hahaha... we didn’t expect that we will be popular there... one of the guy, Zaki, said that we both look so alike sisters having some troubles with our family and runaway to this island and that was why we both looked so depressed and didn’t want to do anything at all. funny enough that Sharon played along and made up a story saying that we are really both sisters and was actually got pregnant by the same guy and do not know how to confront our family so we escape to this island... hahahaha... but at last we did disclose our real personality. they were all so happy that we both actually entertained them and another guy, Don, said he will bring us out to snorkeling tomorrow and explore the island at night. after the beer and crapping session, we headed back to get our beauty sleep for the next day adventure.

on the third day morning after having breakfast, I wanted to try kayaking but the wave was quite strong and Sharon advised not to try on a strong wave since I’m a first timer. so we both ended up lazing by the beach again until Zaki came up to us saying that he wanted to make his way to the other side of the island and wonder if we were interested to follow. after 2 full days of rest & relax, we were both full of energy so we decided to be a tad bit more adventurous today.

we jungle trekked all the way to the other side of the island and finally reached a newly built jetty. there were a lot of fishes hiding under the jetty and also some men trying his luck to catch some fishes. we also saw some wild birds trying to prey those fishes as well. we were so amazed by the amount of fishes there… it was so many many many many of it…. enjoyed the scenery for a while then it was time to head back for lunch. after that, we laze by the beach and pool again while waiting for Don to bring us out snorkeling. guess what... I finally did it, I snorkeled! the first spot (I forgot the name of that place) was nothing much, it was actually near to the new jetty that we went in the morning. some of the snorkellers said they saw baby sharks but Sharon and I couldn’t see any sharks at all... sad... then we moved to the next spot called the blue coral. this spot was much much more deeper and I was quite afraid so I tagged along Don. this spot is beautiful… I saw so many gorgeous colourful fishes and corals (not to mention the blue coral was the main attraction). it really awed me. I was so engrossed with the magnificent underwater world that I didn’t realize I had swam so far away until Don asked me to come up and look how far I had gone. after I saw our boat was so far away, I panicked abit and the professional diver, Don, told me to breathe easy then we slowly swim back to the boat. after the snorkeling trip, we dipped into the pool again until the sky turned dark and wind blowing strongly.

then we headed back to take the hot rusty smell shower again before feasting on dinner. after dinner, we waited in the tv room for Don and Zaki to finish their work before they could bring us to explore the island in the dark. it was 10pm after finished laughing our heart out while watching scary movie 4, we started our nite adventure. Don told us that he will bring us to the west wing then walk further up to the next resort to see stars and blue sand then only followed by the turtle bay hoping to see if any turtle will turn up to the beach to lay eggs. while strolling along the super low tide beach, Don pointed up to the sky. we both looked up and our jaws dropped. the sky was full of galaxies of stars…millions, billions and gazillions of stars. it looked so surreal and exactly like what we saw in the fantasy movies like starwars & star trek... we both have never seen such an awesome sight of stars. totally amazing! while we were both still awing the breathtaking galaxies of stars, Don said “look... there are treasures under your feet too...” then we both looked at our feet. oh my god... there was trails of blue blinking sand following us... it looked exactly like blue fireflies but just that it was on the sand. Don said it was actually some kind of plankton that was washed up to the beach while the sea is going low tide. the blue sand will only ‘activate’ when you stepped on it and it will only last for a while. with beautiful stars above our head and bizarre blue sand under our feet, I couldn’t say anything more... it was simply marvelous! still strolling along the beach with a low intensity torch light while both me and Sharon being amazed by the creations of God, Don suddenly shouted “Gals, faster come here... ”. when we got closer with fear (coz we scared it may be another monitor lizard), we saw a trail leading from the sea to the beach nearing to the forest. then only we realize it was actually a turtle trail.

we followed the trail until we saw a mama turtle was digging a hole. we were so lucky that we didn’t even have to walk all the way to turtle bay to see turtle laying eggs. after watching and waiting for the mama turtle to finish her mission, I helped Don and Zaki to clean the turtle trail so that those turtle egg thiefs could not find those eggs. I finally did a small part to help save the world in extinction of turtle. so proud of myself hehehe... silly me that I even greeted bye bye to the mama turtle.

so that was it, an awesome nite that got me so up close and personal to the nature and I really said my blessing to God for allowing me to be alive to witness all these beautiful things...

after a good nite sleep, it was already our final day in Lang Tengah Island. we were both very happy and satisfied and fully energized. Don and Zaki sent us to our departure and I personally thanked them for making this a memorable trip.

usually after a trip, I will however still feel tired and sad to be back to reality. but this time, we were both very happy and satisfied that we really did relax and rejuvenate ourselves. I hope to have more of this kind of vacations :)

the end is the beginning is the end....

hooray... it’s finally over... it’s been months of stress and work and arrangement and worries. then came the days of set up and then the event days and now it’s dismantle day...

it is a very huge relief for me indeed that the whole event went through smoothly although there was quite a few of hiccups here and there... and most importantly we hit client’s target just within a day... at least all my sacrifices paid off when I know client is very satisfied for the whole outcome. I have learned a lot from this project and I really do appreciate everyone who had contributed. from Donald in giving me all the guidance and words of encouragement to all my fellow colleagues for the teamwork to my suppliers helping with all the nitty gritty stuff. a gazillions of thank you to all of you...

now is the end of the 1st round and the beginning of my long awaited island breakaway treat... every ending leads to a new beginning and eventually will reach the end again...

see you all when I’m back fully charged….

f%#^ it!

I am fucking stress since... I don’t even remember when... is it 2 weeks ago or is it 1 month ago??? fuck it! tonight I’m heading to gym to sweat it all out and tomorrow night I’ll be splurging myself with lots and lots of alcohol... just let me get fucking drunk and drift away from the fucking reality (for that few hours at least)...

have a fucking good weekend!

why can't you be proud of me?

why can’t you be proud that I never requested you to buy me anything?
why can’t you be proud that I obediently entered form6 without questioning you why must I?
why can’t you be proud that I didn’t flung my stpm?
why can’t you be proud that I entered local university?
why can’t you be proud that I settled study loan all by myself?
why can’t you be proud that I bought the pc with my own study loan?
why can’t you be proud that I never requested any extra money except for that rm200 monthly that covers all my expenses (I never even requested for that rm200)?
why can’t you be proud that I worked part time during schooling to earn and buy what I wished to have?
why can’t you be proud that I graduated just as a physics degree holder?
why can’t you be proud that I found my first earning?
why can’t you be proud that I always bring the whole family for luxurious dining on special occasions?
why can’t you be proud that I traveled to different places every year on my own expenses?
why can’t you be proud that I insisted to pay monthly home allowance although my earning is just basically enough?
why can’t you be proud that I insisted to give out more than half of my bonus pay to help out the family financial?
why can’t you be proud that I sponsored a portion of my sister’s uni fee?
why can’t you be proud that I tried to work out a serious relationship with the man I love?
why can’t you be proud that I never thrifty in buying my sisters some basic necessity of their teenage life (clothes, bag, thumbdrives, watch, cd player etc)?
why can’t you be proud that I am always so independent and strong (at least I try to portray that I am)?

although I’m not the smartest, the prettiest, the most successful as you would wish I can be but why can’t you just be proud of whom I am now, who I am today. at least let me feel that you are proud of me for once. you may not mean what you had just blurted out but those words really crush my heart like how a hammer smashed on a mirror. smithereens.

officially an insomniac

disorder + stress + tired + work + tight dateline + moody + stuck + unsatisfactory + issues + (the list is too long for me to continue....) = insomnia

I need therapist!

a portion of my skype conversation with my boss....

[7:12:08 PM] digi_donald says: keep up the good job.. I think you had the technical flare with all these event stuff.. I can groom you more.. :)
[7:12:44 PM] Jamie Lim says: thanx...altho abit stressful but dont mind learning new stuff
[7:15:09 PM] digi_donald says: no worries. no pain no gain.. its out of our comfort zone when we do new things with tight deadlines.. but you doing very fine..

with these words, I'm motivated to work (even at this hour) and make this big event into something to shout about! you notice that smiley face that he sent to me hehe... thanks so much,mr Donald.

s bz s a b

I bet from the title itself you can already judge how hectic am I. I even have to type everything in abbreviation!

plentiful of shits happened these 2 weeks but I don’t have time to blog about it. works are eating my soul away!!! help!!!

shits aside, I am happy coz another trip has been confirmed! supposingly to taiwan but too expensive so turned to macau but I’ll definitely detour hong kong as well to meet my friends. you can refer to my previous blog entry of ‘my travelogue.... (part I)’ for my updated travel schedule for this year.

I guess I won’t be blogging much until that big event is over on the 24th aug (maybe a few short bitching liner). gotta qc all my designer’s drawing now before going out to supplier. pity me, still working full force at this hour (*loud sigh....*). I just can't wait to get suntan again... I’m coming soon, lang tengah...

the end of euro cup fever....

I am so damn sleepy now due to staying up late for the euro cup final match. I am very disappointed at the way germany played last night. they don’t seem to have a strategy and just play what comes along. but luckily it did not drag till penalty or else I really can die today…

monday + sleepy brain = slow at work. since I have no mood to work (yet again!), I searched youtube for the final match of world cup 2006 between italy vs france to bring back the victorious happy mood in me. I still remember vividly what happened that night. the disgrace career ending headbutt by Zidane, the missed out penalty by Trezeguet, the winning moment of 5-3 penalty, the haircutting ceremony of Camoranesi and of course not to forget, it was Totti's final world cup match (Totti is so handsome!!!). it was a good exciting game although it went all the way to penalty but the feeling was so high when italy finally won the cup. I was so happy that it felt like as if I won the cup haha… viva la italia...


enjoy the flashback…

ok better get back to work now, gotta go through a video preview with client's MD later *nail biting*. tomorrow my new manager will be reporting to work so wish me luck everyone...

not the usual weekend

yesterday was a gals nite out with Jen, Carol & Zephyr at desa park city. although Thim couldn’t join us but she’s still been mentioned in our conversation whole night long (Thim, you really play a big role in our life you know hehe...). as usual, Zephyr was late and we started dinner while waiting for her. but this time we forgive her lateness as she just had a freshly done fairy tattoo (I salute you for the braveness!). since we have the soon-mama-to-be with us (although she doesn’t look like one except for a small bum at her belly and her walking style and I think she is still thinner than me *awfully shame on me*) and also one of our first few close friends who got pregnant, most of our conversations revolve around pregnancy, marriage, family planning, maids and definitely her hubby, Calvin. it all started when Carol told us that he ordered 3 crabs for himself for dinner (oh, with fried rice and also requested Carol to get him 2 tubs of ice cream... another salute from me haha...)

we ended quite early (11pm to be exact) since Carol needed to get home to deliver the tubs of ice cream to his hubby and also she needs to lead a healthy life for the baby’s sake. but too bad those 2 wild girls (you know who you are) didn’t want to go home that early, we called Wah out for a cuppa. Wah is definitely a friend that you can call him anytime you are in emergency (Wah, we will definitely push your bestselling point to Thim hehe...). decided to hang out at mont kiara’s starbucks again as we wouldn’t wanna take risk and ended up somewhere boring. I really love hanging out with friends (must same channel) and talk bout issues that happens in our daily life. guess what’s the topic of the night? yeah, no other than the topis of petrol price increase, our ‘think-its-citizens-are-dumbass’ government, change of lifestyle (strongly recommended by the government) etc. we even joked about how to earn extra income to cope with the high living standard incurring nowadays. the ever funny Zephyr suggested we start the ‘lok-lok’ van business (you know those types you see at pasar malam or at the streets along the clubbing scenes with sticks of steamboat ingredients and people standing by the pots of boiling soups). I tell you, our joke is not just plain joke! we even thought of the possibility of rivalry threat from the infamous ‘Fatman Lok Lok’ that is currently conquering this business hahaha... ok enough of crapping so then we wrapped up the night (or should I say the morning) at 330am!

sunday morning, the cloud was gloomy and so am I (coz monday is soon to come)... I went out with my mum to get a new standing mirror for myself. at last I got a mirror in my room that I can see from my head to my toe!!! then mum suggested we drop by at some supermarket to get the ingredients to make blueberry muffins. for the first time, I was actually excited about baking. we reached home at noon with all the ingredients and without second thought, I went searching for the recipe book and straight head to the kitchen. pour pour pour, stir stir stir, scoop scoop scoop then placed it into the owen and *TINK* came out the nice muffins. my first time baking today after living for 27 years and it turned out looking very good indeed (must give a round of applause for myself *clap clap clap*). since it’s my first time, I gave my dad and mum the honor to try my handmade muffins. my dad was so worry that he asked me to prepare ‘poh zhai yun’ :( first bite, dad and mum say not bad just that not enough blueberry fillings and my dad joked that I’m now qualified to be someone’s wife (why they really so worried of me not getting married???haiz...). anyway, I enjoyed the baking session very much and it was actually fun and am so happy bout the outcome. I wanted to tell Nicholas that at last I did it so I smsed him and he replied ‘ok, please keep few pieces for me and I’m on the way now...’. half an hour later, he was at my porch front waiting to try my blueberry muffin haha... I packed 3 pieces and we then headed to the old town white coffee café at uptown for tea time. I was so anxious when he’s about to try it but he was quite surprise with the results too and gave exactly the same comment as my parents (just not enough fillings). although it’s not perfect but hey, it’s my first time and it will definitely encourage me to bake more... so more muffins to come ok...

tonight is the final match for euro cup 2008 between germany vs spain. I personally am hoping germany could win this one. you go germany!!! I’m gonna watch it tonight while savoring my handmade muffins :) enjoy your match tonite...

work it out!!!

I had been feasting like nobody’s business these few days, loading myself with lots and lots of CALORIES & CHOLESTEROLS. oh god, it’s so damn sinful...

since I didn’t want to go home early on monday as I was all alone, I invited Jen to have dinner with me. we decided to try out the newly operate bubba gump shrimp at the curve and it actually has the same concept as tgi fridays. we wanted to sit inside since Jen didn’t want to smoke, so we were lead to this out-of-nowhere-corner table that can only occupy 2 people (even fatter person won’t be able fit into that corner). the food and drinks were quite nice but we think it’s just too huge portion and quite pricey too... anyway, we did enjoy ourselves especially with the waiters that keep you well served and entertained (must give them thumbs up for the good service though...). I would say it’s worth a try for once in a blue moon is fine...

then came tuesday, it’s the time to celebrate company’s june babies birthday before Adrian has to fly to singapore again. happy birthday Adam & Adrian... oh, and not to forget Kathir too, my dear colleague in singapore... this time we are heading all the way to california pizza kitchen at klcc. we decided to order food that has weird naming on the menu like the work, btl, velvet red cake and the list goes on... (I wonder does those decision has something to do with our creativity :P). some food turned our great, some food was just a ok… but I still dearly love the peking duck pizza... yummy...

after all these sinful indulgence, today I must and have no choice but to go gym and burn it all out! I have been starting back my ‘400 calories regime’ on the treadmill for the past 1 month. I hope the determinations will keep on burning. now, am physically exhausted but not mentally drained so I log onto the net and writing this post while enjoying my favorite bowl of mum cooked vege soup (yeah, that’s all I’m consuming for today but I’m definitely not complaining...)

for those gym kakis out there... work it on!!! health is wealth....

another monday.....

yet again another monday with no mood to work so here I am blogging at office hour (‘snaking'...) it’s been quite a while since the last time I blogged. many things happened recently but I just don’t feel like blogging... damn, I guess my blogging spirit is slowly diminishing...

ok, let me list down what I had done these past few weeks:

1. 17 may – went up to genting for xpax xlive festival 2008 and missy elliot really rocks... enjoyed myself to the max although most of them were not my friends. I hope Terry enjoyed himself too since I paid for him! I’m sure you do especially the trance stage rite...
2. 18 may – went for a relaxing cuppa with Mel at starbucks @ the borders, the curve and bought 3 fiction novels (buy 2 free 1... I love the borders!)
3. 19 may – went for wesak day prayer with family. donated a few moola to those in needs in myanmar (why only myanmar and not china as well?? coz I think china has more commercialize attention and donation then myanmar)
4. 24 may – went for an alcohol treatment with some ex-colleagues, Cheong, Ivan & Vinny at plaza damas. nothing special but it’s something nice to do to kill my time. oh yeah, that nite I received a very weird sms from a stranger that has relation to someone I know... but I decided to ignore it coz I think he/she is just plain dumb. to mr/ms stranger who smsed me and if you happen to be reading this now, please get hold of your own life before come questioning what i did! what an idiot...
5. 25 may – supposed to go swimming with Jen but canceled due to her eye infections and so I ended up spending my day in my room reading Ismael Beah’s 'a long way gone' while playing Michael Buble’s
6. 31 may – had a cuppa at mont kiara's starbucks with Jen and Kent. nothing special too but it’s been quite a while ago since we last dropped by at our regular hang out
7. 1 june – had a very ‘homey’ dinner at ah tuan ee’s with Sharon and Janet and moved on to caffeine treatment at dome. we talked and crapped until 1am++ (so sleepy the next Monday morning... yawn...)
8. 7 june – had dinner with some ex-clients, Malcom & Ah Fei at somewhere near petaling street. Malcom is still as funny ever since the last time I met him 3 years back!
9. 8 june – sent my sis, Rachel to start her uni life. I hope she will have a great uni life... (I miss my uni life too... sob sob)

so there, the summaries of my dairy for the past 1 month. I hope I didn’t missed out anything... I'm very looking forward to this weekend surprise football theme birthday party... back to work... have a productive week ahead and adios...

the power of music

to be more precise, this post should be titled 'the power of mimi' hehe...

tuned on my stereo in my room at 9.45pm, hitz.fm was playing Mariah Carey’s song. then I realized they will be playing MC’s songs whole night long to celebrate her wedding. I was so happy and instantly sms-ed Kent, the only person that I know who adores MC as much as I do hehe...

I was quite in a low mood this few days due to some family argument but by listening to MC whole night long singing the latest ‘bye bye’ to the not #1 hit but famous ‘breakdown’ to the awesome ‘emotions’ to the old school ‘let it be’ to my mum’s favorite “always be my baby’, it definitely does cheer me up. it was like a mini concert to me (or was it mini karaoke-thon coz I was singing all the way?) :P

my mood now is definitely more joyful by just simply listening to MC. thanks hitz.fm for what you had aired tonite. you would never thought that you had just put smile on this silly gal :)

my travelogue.... (part I)

I was quite excited and happy the whole day as we had yet confirmed another trip this year end. I was so energetic that makes me motivated to hit the gym and sweat it out... but that feeling only last till I got a call from my mum to ask me to pick up my sis at 8pm. I was so frustrated that my schedule was disrupted and kept on asking myself why do I always have to cater myself to them, why do I always have to follow their schedule and not them following mine, why do I always have to bear the responsibilities when they are grown up enough to take their own responsibilities themselves.

anyway, since I reached home early and I didn’t want to talk nor look at any of them. I hid in my room, playing with my mp3 player and digital camera and my handphone until I noticed this calendar in my handphone which I keep all my travelogue. so I thought of putting it in here since I have my own blog...

I wasn’t from some rich family that had the chance to study or travel oversea (I'm not blaming anyone for it) and since the day I dreamt about traveling around the world, I told myself I must save hard to fulfill my dream with my own hand. I only started working April 2004 and with low starting income and car loan on hand, I didn’t manage to save much to travel far but we still kick started our travel spirit...

year 2004
date: 24th to 26th Dec
venue: Singapore
participants: Me, Jen, Mei, Kent & Hoe

year 2005
went nowhere as some of us were struggling with new job and wasn’t quite stable at that time of year to dig out money for travel. yeah, sad sad year but I did spent 2 months in Singapore again but it was for work. so it was a no good year :(

year 2006
date: 27th Feb to 3rd Mar
venue: Siem Reap, Cambodia
participants: me, Jen, Kent, Hoe & MoonFui (oh, Wah was supposed to join us but he couldn’t due to unforeseen circumstances)

date: 8th Sep to 13th Sep
venue: Brisbane, Australia (Goldcoast was the highlight)
participants: me & DigiMagicians

date: 8th Nov to 10th Nov
venue: Tioman Island, Malaysia
participants: me, Jen, Kent & Wah

year 2007
date: 4th Apr to 7th Apr
venue: Bangkok, Thailand
participants: me, Jen, Kent, Hoe, Wah, YB, Thim, Zephyr & Carol

date: 31st Aug to 2nd Sep
venue: Singapore
participants: me & Jen

date: 29th Nov to 5th Dec
venue: Tokyo, Japan
participants: me & DigiMagicians

year 2008
date: 20th Mar to 22nd Mar
venue: Singapore
participants: only myself

date: 13th Apr to 16th Apr
venue: Krabi, Thailand
participants: me, Jen, Kent, Wah, YB & Zephyr

date: 26th Aug to 29th Aug
venue: Lang Tengah Island, Malaysia
participants: me & Sharon

date: 25th Oct to 27th Oct
venue: Langkawi, Malaysia
participants: me & family

date: 1st Nov to 4th Nov
venue: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
participants: me, Jen, Kent & Hoe

date: 27th Nov to 3rd Dec
venue: Macau SAR, China (Hong Kong was the highlight)
participants: me & DigiMagicians

I just can’t wait for more travel to come... the world is such a magnificent beauty... by the way, all the photos attached were taken by us and not downloaded or stolen from else where (quite good photography skill rite hehe...) anyone who has traveling schedule on mind and am looking for travel partner, don’t feel shy to approach me :)

bad day...

this post is full of anger and not suitable for heart weak people coz today (tuesday) is a very bad bad day for me... I bet the grey cloud is right on top of my head (with lightning some more)...

I was waken by my mum at 7am plus saying that she couldn’t start my car. so I stressfully woke up and head to my car to check what’s the problem. try and try but fail so I open the bonnet to take a look and found that the battery was dated 2 years back. then I called my mechanic telling him that I couldn’t start my car and most probably because the battery has RIP. he came only at 10am when he had promised to come at 9am but I wasn’t pissed off at first because I thought ‘no big deal, only change battery ma... very fast wan...’. battery changed, plugged the car key in, turned it on...... STILL CANNOT START!!! ok, that’s when I started to feel all the bad chi and definitely not a good start for my day...

while my mechanic was checking for the real problem, I decided to apply urgent leave as I don’t think he will be done anytime soon (I am unhappy about applying this unnecessary urgent leave as I desperately need to keep my leave for more useful reasons). hooked myself to the net and logged into the company oracle to apply urgent leave and checked my office mailbox too. I found this very disturbing email from my boss (work related issues). It is so disturbing that it immediately totally pissed me off and at the same time felt so damn it stress (I am still angry while writing this).

noon time, my car is all fixed and good so I went to the bank to pay my income tax (fucking sucker, taking my hard earn money just like that...). while I was reversing my car to get home, this bloody old man driving his antique mercedes reverse his car as well without noticing I was already behind him. I honked at him vigorously and he still didn’t notice me at all (I think he’s either deaf or really got no brain!). But luckily he didn’t bang my car but it was just inch apart.

maybe I should sing myself Daniel Powter's bad day.... ‘I had a bad day... I had a bad day...’

a very fulfilling weekend....

reached home about 2am after having a cuppa with Jen and Kent at mont kiara’s starbucks then straight switch on the tv set to channel 707 (discovery travel and living channel) showing travel at santorini, greece (a very beautiful country which is now in my ‘must visit place before I die’ travel list). it was then 4am plus when nothing on the tv set interest me anymore and I decided it’s time to bed.

out of nowhere, ringtone of utada’s first love rang in the air (by the way, it was 6am and I really do mean 6am sharp). I was waken up by that sudden music and immediately I hope it wasn’t him (I’m not gonna mention his name here) calling at this hour again. fortunately, it was not him but it was Nicholas calling to ask whether I’m interested to have breakfast at jalan alor (this guy really love good food at any hour of time!). surprisingly, I wasn’t pissed off but still I rejected that idea as I really needed my beauty sleep. I’m sure he would have expected that answer but so nice of him to remind that he will pick me up at 11 to midvalley (to get my e=mc2 album hehe...).

my phone rang again and I turned to my clock pointing at 10 am sharp (he definitely is a very punctual person). picked up his call knowing that he’s on the way and I only had about half an hour to prepare myself. my instant reaction, quick quick quick…. (long time never wake up at that hour to hit the mall so early)

it was only 11am and the mall is already full of people (omg, I really couldn’t believe my eyes. what a healthy lifestyle they have huh…). since my tummy was making noises, we straight went to eat (my brunch and his early lunch). we decided to eat at madam kwan’s so that I can have my favorite light meal, dumpling soup, and his favorite sinful meal, nasi lemak haha.... could you believe it that we hang out at madam kwan’s since 11am till 2pm? obviously I’m still in an ‘inactive’ mode yet and I just want to sit and rest haha….

after resting for digestion, we went to rock corner to get what I am looking for (Mariah Carey’s e=mc2 album). I found it! so happy and we still continue looking around as they are having discounts. walk, walk, choose, choose and I ended up with 3 cds in my hand (1 Mariah Carey's and 2 Michael Buble's) and Nicholas got himself Jim Brickman's too.

while wandering around, I saw this hair salon offering manicure and pedicure services as well. I was interested coz recently my feet keep on peeling skin (I think due to too many dead skin from all the high heels). suddenly, a brilliant idea just strikes me. why don’t we go for the fish spa?! since I really need to remove my feet’s dead skin and Nicholas haven’t try before, we happily get ourselves to Kenko’s. I was still quite afraid of the small fishes even though I had experienced it before. it took me a few minutes to get used to it but when I looked to my right, he was already enjoying himself haha… he even dipped his palms into the water as his palms was peeling due to alcohol side effects. after 30 minutes, we left kenko’s with a pretty feet and palms :)

Nicholas wanted to get some home décor inspiration so we headed down to mph. we browsed through the fengshui corner, the home décor corner, the architecture corner and travel corner. The wuliao us was even inspired to name our own home, I will name my home ‘the pixie mansion’ if I ever got a chance to build my own home and Nicholas will call his home ‘the bookoflore’ if he ever got a chance to build his own home. while we were browsing at the travel corner, I saw this book titled ‘1000 must visit place before you die’. I immediately got attracted to the book (like how negative ion got attracted to positive ion hehe...) and we both took the book, find a place to sit and flip through it page by page. that was when we both realized we had only been less then 5% of the world and we told ourselves we must travel more!!!

we felt tired from the enlightening trip into mph so we decided to head to bangsar earlier to get a drink while waiting for the others to join us there for the football nite. they were late as usual and the guys’ straight got themselves into the football mood and we gals as usual just gossiping and bitching all the way (I was actually into the match too, I’m just not the usual girl ok…).

it was definitely a very fulfilling weekend for me. from getting my long awaited e=mc2 album to indulging myself with so much of informative knowledge to just enjoying myself with the guys on football… hope I can do this more often :)

sunday bonding session...

last friday, I received a call from godbro saying that his wife and son will be out with their Aussie aunty who is now in KL. my instant reaction is “so what??” and then he happily told me that finally we can have an outing without Jayden (my precious nephew).

it has been years since the last time we both had time together (and I really mean only two of us together). I know it is very tough especially when he has a family to support. although he is not my biological brother, we always have the bond unlike me and my younger godbro. thinking back, he is the first person who taught me how to drink, smoke and also brought me along clubbing (that time I was still under age…scary…), oh and introduced me to my then first boyfriend (so paiseh…)

so this morning after dropping his wife and Jayden, he came to my home (so early that I haven’t even woke up). after getting myself readied, we waited for my mum to come back from the morning market so that we can head to have our dimsum breakfast. we went all the way to Sri Petaling to have a good and cheap dimsum. as usual, sunday morning is always packed with lots of people (that is why I never care to have breakfast on weekend). after a fulfilling breakfast, my family went home but godbro and I decided to hang out at KLCC since both of us never step in there long ago.

with no intension to shop at all, we just lingered and hanged out at Kinokuniya. after that, I suggested that we have a cuppa at Starbucks (been craving it few weeks already). when more and more people started to come in KLCC (we don’t really like crowds), we thought of heading back to godbro’s home for ‘potato couch’ time!

reached at godbro’s home about 3pm and we straight we start our dvd session. we decided to watch ‘american gangster’ with coke and almond nuts as our snacks. by the way, the movie is so boring that I don’t bother to follow the story. we both started to get bored and that’s when I suggested we go for a jog (trying to live healthy ma….).

godbro fetched me home to get my jogging attire then we drove to TTDI Park. halfway there, it started raining (gggrrrhh...so frustrating) and guess where we ended up? We head to Ikea instead haha... he bought a few home necessities and I bought a cute little soft toy for my little Jayden.

what a waste that I couldn’t jog with the ex-Perak runner (yeah, he used to be the state representative in high school but now I think he is worse then me haha…). But never mind, I still enjoyed the day with him like how we used to do it. sad to say that I am still in a very low mood after coming back from my Krabi trip (I really don’t feel like working at all!!!). anyway, I’ll jot down my Krabi trip journal before I start forgetting the details…

here we come.....

I am so glad that it’s friday today and the fact that we’ll be flying off to Krabi this weekend for our long awaited escapade…. not much people know about krabi yet (including myself hehe…) but I have a feeling I’m gonna love that place (finger crossed). hooray….

my precious weekend

at last after all the hectic months of working, I got to really give myself a break out of all the stress and pamper myself.

I started off with a friday happy hour with my ex colleagues at Finnegan’s. it’s been almost a year since the last time I met up with these gentlemen and have a drink. I don’t know why but I can always easily click with guys who are open minded enough to accept a girl like me (a not so girlie girl). it feels good to complain bout life and bitch bout my ex bosses with them (although they are still taking pays from those bastards haha….). they seem to be so interested in my hectic life, wondering why the heck on earth am I so busy with work. frankly speaking, I got no answer to it. I guess it’s either I am really bad at time management or it's the nature of my work or I am just too overloaded (and obviously underpaid…hehe). we ended quite early as I was really tired and some of the guys needed to report home to the wife.

then came the saturday noon (no morning for me as usual coz the moment I opened my eyes, it’s already 12-ish), I called Nicholas (the guy who loves pampering himself with good food) since I feel like pampering myself too (it’s just another excuse to waste my hard earn money). he was surprised that I called him out on a Saturday noon but yet he agreed to bring me along for a good brunch. we decided to head to D’lish and I dunked myself with so many cups of orange juice (I tell you… you can never get an orange juice as fresh and good as this unless you do it yourself…really very good). the brunch was very relaxing and fulfilling too. Since the tummy was full, Nicholas suggested we go for a walk coz he needs to get grocery for himself. it’s been quite long ago since I stepped in a supermarket. he was looking for fresh fruits and we found some very fresh berries like imported blueberry and strawberries. and I bought myself 3 boxes of strawberries and 2 boxes of my favourite granola bar that can’t be easily found at any other supermarkets.

thought of taking a nap after reaching home bout 5-ish but I don’t think it’s a good idea since Kent will be fetching us to Genting at 8pm. sure I won’t be able to wake up on time if I take the nap, so I drove to the gym and took a slow work out for about 2 hours and it’s the right time to head back home to get myself prepared.

I love enjoying a cuppa in the cold weather. since Genting is the only place to get cold weather here in Malaysia, so I am very happy and excited for the trip. while driving our way uphill, old memories of Danny and I on the trip to Genting just suddenly hit me. it was his first time winning money from the slot machine and it’s not small amount ok, about RM400 you know…. he was telling me that I brought luck to him and that’s when I quietly recalling what the fortune lady told me before (it’s a secret that I will always keep to myself and only those close friend will know). once we reached, those 2 guys straight guided us to the casino. I never thought of gambling that night as I’m not that interested to use my brain. but Kent was suggesting we pool our money and he will be in charge to multiply it haha…. since he doesn’t mind doing the work, we are more then happy to leave it on his hand. Jen and I was just looking and walking around for less then an hour, after that we decided to go for our caffeine treat. although we kinda lost our way, we still managed to find coffee bean in the end. Sipping caffeine fraps and puffing ciggies (only puffed 2 or 3 ciggies ok….) while relaxing in the cold weather (although I’m complaining bout the weather not cold enough) is just the best way to let myself forget all the hustles and bustles. later, Kent and Wah came to join us for the coffee break and brought us the bad news (lost all our money to uncle lim) but I must say it’s gentlemen enough of them to share their hard efforts with us in the end. Thank you very much Kent and Wah! :)

it’s a Sunday and I decided to clean up my filthy messy room… unpacked my previous baggages from Sabah and Singapore, arranged my wardrobe and cosmetic cabinet, changed my bed sheet, organized my bills and read a few outdated magazines (very sad but true that I didn't manage to read those magazines that I bought few months back). Phheewww….so exhausted and it’s time to nap again haha… and now sitting on the couch with my laptop while watching F1 and updating my blog….. hehe

and this is what I call ‘my’ weekend. enjoyed myself and hope the week ahead will be good…. oh, and I’m so looking forward to my Krabi escapade….

it's my burffday....

I know it’s a bit too late for me to mention it’s my big day but I just want to take this chance to thanks everybody who takes the effort for making me happy.

19th march
noon: I had lunch with my colleagues and my superior at pasta zanmai, 1utama. it’s a japanese fusion restaurant and the food is fabulous. we even had shared some desserts though all of us are awesomely full. the most surprised part is they sang me a birthday song in the public. I was so so so embarrassed. my face was pratically so red and blushing…

evening: I was getting ready to leave office at 6 plus as I promised my parents that I’ll be back for my birthday dinner. then came another surprise from my colleagues. they brought me one of my secret recipe’s favourite cakes, the chocolate indulgence. again they sang me a birthday song and make me blow the candle (luckily they only give 1 candle haha…). though I was blushing again but I really do appreciate all their efforts.

nite: we decided to have seafood dinner for this time. so we went to a restaurant nearby as we didn't have much time. the food was not too bad, not too good but the price was surprisingly cheap. after the dinner, I had to quickly pack my luggage for my singapore breakaway tomorrow.

midnite: it’s time to partteeyyy…. my buddies arranged and invited me to clubbing in recognition of my birthday (actually I know it’s just another lame excuse for them to get drunk haha…). we went to poppy garden this round since so long we haven’t step our foot there. the crowd was just soso, the music was also soso but I had fun. but I think Zephyr had more fun coz she was drunk haha… as usual, we went for supper at mamak after all the dramas. they forced me to treat them though I’m so broke (useless buddies!).

20th march
morning: I had to wake up quite early to catch my flight to singapore. before I proceed with my story, I must thanks Terry for sponsoring my air tickets (must wax his shoe a bit or else next time I won’t get all the special privileges hehe…). I took a cab by myself to lcct and the next thing I know, I’m in changi airport.

noon: I had my favourite cup of javachip from starbucks while waiting for him for more than an hour as he was still stuck in an appointment. after that, we went for lunch somewhere at the east. no idea where was that place exactly but the vietnamese food was great especially their vietnamese coffee (I’m loving it…).

nite: yaayy, it’s time for minister of sound! I love clubbing in singapore, there’s so much more to see there haha… while walking towards the entrance, I saw these 2 girls that look so fimilar. To my surprise, it was Dianne & Alicia! It’s been 3 years since the last time I saw them and so coincidently Dianne is back to Singapore to visit her dad. I love clubbing with these 2 ladies, they make fun to extreme fun. again, thanks Terry for making the surprise arrangement (no wonder you didn’t want to tell me why wanted me to be in Singapore).

21st march
early morning: it’s a good friday and we just finished our club hopping. we went for dimsum breakfast somewhere near geylang as insisted by Dianne. We are practically still high from the effect of liquor but still manage to eat and joke and talk crap. tummy full, brain not working well, so I guess it’s time to go home zzzzz….

noon: sorry no morning story as when I opened my eyes, it was 2.30pm already. drag myself to the washroom and I saw uncle & aunty came back from their good friday celebration (so paiseh….). Terry went down to get some food himself as I had no appetite for a late lunch. I managed to take a quick nap while he was having his lunch (I know you sure say me pig….). while he was squeezing his brain juice to think what to do next, I manage to catch up with aunty. she’s the coolest and funniest mum I ever know.

evening: after all the calling and thinking, we decided to meet up with Dianne & Alicia at orchard road for a cuppa before heading for our spa. Terry drove us to his regular facial house somewhere at holland village. that place is so authentic. the building is a 3 storey old architecture shoplot but inside is so ‘zen-ly’ designed… first floor is a rest and relax area, second floor is the facial area and third floor is the spa area with private jacuzzi. since we didn’t want him to join us at the spa, he was forced to have his facial course at second floor (as if he got choice haha...). firstly, we had our milk & roses jacuzzi while bitching bout our life. then we had our body scrub and followed by an aromatherapy body massage. I think we all did fall asleep while having our massage as we are so exhausted especially me. thanks Dianne & Alicia for the spa!

nite: nothing much to do so we just round and round the whole singapore and had some snacks here and there until we finally get so tired and decided to head home to get a good rest before the long drive back to kl tomorrow.

22nd march
morning: I really had a good rest and woke up quite early but as usual, I was lazing around until it’s time to really wake up. aunty brought us to have breakfast somewhere downstairs. that place is famous for the chee cheong fun and soya bean, but I still think the chee cheong fun in my kampung is the best (Terry agreed too coz he’s from Ipoh too haha…). after the breakfast, we head back home to pack for our journey back to kl.

first time in my life that I had a 3 days celebration for my birthday. it really does mean something special to me and definitely a very happy birthday. i’ll treasure all the fond memories. Thanks all!

it's time of the year again...

it’s time of the year that you greet everyone you see with good wishing (Gong Hei Fatt Choi)….
it’s time of the year to jam all the way back to hometown (Ipoh is my hometown)…
it’s time of the year I can really take a long break to laze at home (I really need this kinda break more often)…
it’s time of the year to loh sang (don’t really fancy this dish but just for the ritual sake)…
it’s time of the year to gamble, gamble and gamble (must earn some side income ma)…
it’s time of the year for those married ones to give out angpows (none of my business yet)…
it’s time of the year for those singles to receive the small giving (to be truthful, I’m not shy to receive it with many thanks despite my age)…
it’s time of the year I give out my bonus like running water tap (sakit hati but no choice)…
it’s time of the year when you eat and drink without a care bout your diet (it’s just a lame excuse hehe)…
it’s time of the year when your relatives ask you when are you getting married (as if they really care or do I really care)…
it’s time of the year to meet up with Terry in Ipoh (this custom only started 2 years back)…
it’s time of the year I receive my birthday cum valentine’s present from Terry (this year I got a MNG sling bag, thanks man)…

so let’s celebrate a very happy lunar new year for this time of the year again….

comes in pair???

it happened almost 5 years ago, where I had to decide which to take and which to let go. but at that time, it wasn’t that hard to make the decision as something was very obvious for me to judge.

last week, the same thing happened again. but this time, I really don’t know what to do. I kinda can’t let go of any at this very moment.

why does it have to come in pair? I need guidance thru this dilemma. help this poor little gal who's trapped in the crossroad….

did we grow up too fast???

came back from work quite early today coz I was too stressed from work so I thought of putting all the work aside and give myself a break before I start going wacko…

reached home about 8pm and I saw mum having dinner alone coz dad was still stuck in the jam all the way from shah alam. my heart immediately sinks when I felt the loneliness of hers but I kept all the feelings inside. since mum is finishing her dinner soon and I didn’t feel like eating so I waited for her to join me at the living room. did you know that expert says living room is the best place to build the bond within the family? yup, I remember reading it somewhere in a magazine.

so both mum and I hanging out in the living room with the tv set showing some chinese family comedy drama while I was flipping thru today’s newspaper and mum doing the hotel amenities thingy. suddenly, mum striked up a conversation telling me what dad told her the other day when they were both alone at home. guess what dad said? he said it’s so quiet at home nowadays coz Shareen is back to uni hostel, Rachel is still in the NS camp and I was out that day for Chin Mei’s wedding dinner. he misses us being around him. I couldn’t believe this comes from my daddy…. yeah, the man of the home being so sentimental… mum replied dad telling him that this will happen in the near future when we, the daughters, decided to get married or move out to live their own life. my eyes started to get teary when I heard that but I held it back yet again (but now I’m crying like a baby while typing this). you must be thinking that I’m being too emotional but really I can’t help it… I’m sure if Jackie is reading this, he’s definitely shaking his head now and thinking the silly girl is crying again….

it was then about 9.30pm, dad just reached home after all the traffic jam. I was supposed to hang out at bars with my friends but I decided not to and spend my time with dad and mum. helped mum to prepare dinner for dad then we watched news and Oprah’s show together. chat about the current issues and they updated me on Rachel’s latest news since I didn’t make it to visit her last weekend. then dad started taking out all our old times photos from his drawer. all those photos were taken at least a decade ago using analog camera (or is it called manual camera? don’t know what it is called anymore….). some photos of Shareen and Rachel wearing the same clothing, photos of dad, mum and I in HK and Taiwan, photos of CNY family portrait with grandma at Ipoh wooden house…. too much for me to mention here….

now here I am, sitting by my pc and memories come back to my mind like a perfect complete set of storyboard…. I miss you, grandpa and grandmas! no one can replace the love that you showered me…. I hope you are doing very fine in the other world….

I am sure dad and mum must be thinking how they wish we didn’t grow up so fast, that this leaving-them-alone day will never come. I can do nothing more but to just treasure every single moment I can ever have with my family… love you all….

full of tasks....

it’s just the 2nd week of 2008 and I’m already overloaded with lots and lots of task! my task checklist is getting longer and longer by day…. from in charge of getting new furniture for office and relaying out the office’s floor plan to brainstorming for a few upcoming events to even pitching project from new client… oh and not to forget, all the billings and tracking of projects. that is the only thing I hate to do most in my task list, I am glad that I did not take up accounts or admin course when schooling…. it’s the most boring, messy and forever no-ending work. sorry if my words hurt the feelings of all the accounts and admin exec but hey, it’s really not my preference…. besides that, I’m all excited about it!

I am feeling very sleepy right now and so not energetic although it’s a public holiday tomorrow. supposed to meet up with Nicholas for dinner as promised last year... hehe… but I’m really too tired and too lazy so I sms-ed him this morning to cancel it off. sorry Nic… I bet you would have expected this right…

ok, piles of work by my side already and the furniture is here soon so that’s it for now. happy holiday…

where are you my dear friends?

just came back having drinks with the regular two (you know who you are :P) at Mont Kiara’s Starbucks. as usual, sipping our frap and bitching all about our life and what’s around us. and tonight’s topic is all about friends. all sorts of friends, from hi-bye friends to close friends to ‘personal friends’ (yeah, was joking bout Dr. Chua’s case…..haha) and even ‘ditched’ friends.

as we grow older…oppss…or should I say wiser, we will definitely have our own goals and preference of life. we will somehow tend to drift apart from our clique of friends due to all sorts of life factors. I definitely agree and understand that. but don’t you think we should have our personal philosophy of life too? yeah, I don’t read bible and I don’t know what Buddhism or Taoism is all about. so who am I to talk bout philosophy right? nope! philosophy of life is just as simple as how you want to live your life and yes, you heard me right…. YOUR LIFE… not your parents’ nor your companion’s nor your friends’.

sad to admit but yes, my circle of friends is getting smaller and smaller indeed leaving me with the regular two. not that I’m such a loser that I don’t have any friends except that two fellas but I’m talking bout where has all my ‘kaki-s’ gone? those that share my primary life to secondary life to teenage life to young adult life. those that get caught red handed in school together, went to tuition together, went for millennium countdown together, went clubbing and get drunk together, hanged out at mamak stall and talk crap and laugh together.

when they started to get involve in relationships, they all just drifted away and sorry to say but I think they no longer understand what personal life philosophy is all about anymore. all they care about is what their partner like or dislike them to do. that’s when unconsciously they slowly lost in touch their own life philosophy. I did question before those who get so involve in their relationship and ‘ditched’ their so call friends, asking why and how can they become like that? don’t they need their own privacy? and all I got for an answer is I won’t understand cause I’ve never been in a relationship before. heellooo….do I need to tell the whole wide world when I’m in a relationship? how can you assume that I’ve never been in a relationship when you never even asked me before? how shallow….too harsh for your ear…ok, then how naïve….

I personally and has always believe in balance… in whatever I do. too much or too little of something is bad for life. that’s my life philosophy. work is important but I’ll balance it up with travel to relax. I’m serious in what I do but I’ll balance it with ‘let your hair down and parteeeyy’. I do get involve in serious relationship but I balance it with my friends and family. as friends make you realize where your root are when you grow too far away.

so girls and boys, look around you and find where have your friends gone…. you will never know that you may need them some day….