christmas came early!!!

just got home from dinner with my regulars, steamboat-ing in such weather is pure pleasure... reached home and wanted to grab some fruits. opened the fridge and something at the second tier of the fridge attracted my attention immediately. mummy bought me 2 dozens of my fabula collagen. i think she pities me that I had to stop consuming collagen this month because I wanted to control my spending. so she said it’s my xmas present... first time mummy get me a xmas present... and now I’m the happiest daughter on earth... yippie yay yay...


I thought that spending quality bitching time with Karen, Kitty and Loraine is the best xmas gift I can get from them. but Karen and Kitty proved me that they are definitely my forever favourite colleagues because they bought a packet of Royce chocolate as xmas gift for me... oh and it’s not just any chocolate from Royce but my sinfully much loved Royce Potato Chip Chocolate... crunchie crunch yummie yumsss...


managed to catch up with my ‘singapore secret boyfriend’ while waiting for my coach at Harbour Front. as usual for our yearly ritual, I got my xmas/valentine’s/birthday pressie from him. my all time favourite parfum, Ralph Lauren Romance... and the best thing is it comes in a set with a miniature parfum! now I can travel around the world with my all time favourite parfum woot woot... although I think it’s a bit too early to consider as my birthday pressie, maybe should think about getting another birthday pressie for me when the date is nearer *ahem... greedy... ahemthanks for all the early xmas pressie and I really love each and everything I got as much as I love you all! it may be a bit too early for now... but i would like to wish everyone a merry christmas and have a jolly jolly time with your love ones...

foursome rendezvous @ Singapore

Singapore is never a stranger country to me because besides spending most of my lifetime in my homeland, the next country that I stayed most of the time is Singapore.

Singapore to me is really a love hate thing. I love the nonstop development of the country’s facilities, the cleanliness and definitely the safety of this fine city. but I hate the ever busy human traffic in every corner of Singapore, from the neighbourhood foodcourts to their famous shopping malls and even all the bus stops and taxi stands…. forever jam packed, forever long queue, forever no space of privacy.

last Friday was our company d&d, we started our journey way early in the morning and only be able to reach Singapore on time. long story bout the journey but I do not want to start ranting bout it here. the paintball session was just so-so as the field is quite small and not much action needed. in fact I walked out from the 2 rounds of battle with zero injury. yeap, never got hit at all! but the fun part was… my team won the paintball fight! woohoo… now you know who can really kill so don’t fool around with the SHAM team hehehe… the d&d was fun too although my lucky draw prize is just SGD50 shopping voucher :(

well, I decided to extend the weekend in Singapore for our bitches-bitching-rendezvous. initially thought of just camping over at Kitty’s place but ended up we checked into this chic new boutique hotel, The Quincy Hotel. hope we didn’t make a scene when we checked in with our ‘back to school’ costumes :P the hotel was superbly great! the room, the bed, the pillow, the quilt, the shower, the Molton Brown amenities, the free flow bar and lays, the complimentary wine and cocktail, the food, the coffee, the 24 hours DIY ice cream, the steam room, the pool… alrite, the pool is a bit too cool because the sun can never shine onto the pool... and they even provide free imported Japanese cup noodle for our supper. really nothing more I can ask for except that it would be best if they can control the pool water temperature. we spent every single second in the hotel without stepping out and totally no regrets at all. worth all the single cents we paid although Kitty and I did complain it was a tad too expensive earlier. well, now we just can’t get enough of it and we felt so heavy hearted during the check out :(

besides the comfort of the hotel, I really enjoyed our chatting/bitching sessions. I feel good after pouring out and what more to people who are either going through the same shit or at least they understand the shit I’m going through is really the best remedy for all my whining. and of course, it did widen up my perception after hearing their part of stories too. I guess it’the saying of the grass is always greener on the other side is true until you step in and realize that it’s not any greener than you thought it was.

I feel honoured that you all are willing to share your stories with me… everything from work to family and relationships to even personal thoughts and philosophies too. I always think that it is good to hear other people out in order to understand your ownself even more. hope we can have more chance to have this foursome rendezvous again :)

mind over matter

it has been quite a tough week for me. really… to get me out of my comfort zone and changing my lifestyle is something that I can’t imagine doing it.

but I had decided to just do it. after much reading and surveys done, I had determined to take up the detox program. I must insist that it is not a slimming program as I really do not believe in those but it's an intermediate detox program to assist your liver to clear the toxin that was kept in your body for too long and the best is you can do it in the comfort of your home. the turn down is to change my meal plan to have a better result. so since Monday, I had a pre-detox meal (just salad and soup). then came Wednesday, a public holiday for Hari Raya Qurban and my first day for my korban (meaning sacrifice in malay). it was quite easy for the first day with only fruits consumption and staying at home relaxing. but when it comes to the second and third day, reality hit me. so many temptations in the office (call for lunch from colleagues and friends) and the uneasy feeling of no warm food in the stomach. fourth day got me craving for hot and spicy food even though I can consume small amount of lightly stir fried vege and tofu. what more with my aunts in town and bringing them to savour asam laksa for lunch and curry fish head for dinner is really not helping at all…

today, marks my fifth day of detox also the day for my first long distance run after ditching it since secondary school. the run was quite a taxing one. 8km with 2 hiking trails up and downhill besides the normal connecting tar road. but I did it in 1.5 hours time. I would like to think that I had pushed myself to the max and it’s not bad of a result considering of my current form. yet, I insisted not having Milo nor 100plus even though it was much needed at that very moment at the finish line and the fact that it is just right in front of me :( but I failed at the breakfast session. I couldn’t find popiah at any of those stalls thus ordered fish ball noodle soup which I believe is the lightest meal of all the other stalls (I wanted beehoon but they didn’t have it so I was forced to take the oily kueyteow) and now I am having diarrhea. suspecting is the effect of the detox from cleansing of the oily consumption.

and tomorrow will be another full of temptations day in the office. but it will not bring me down because I can have hardboiled egg salad for lunch :P however to think of having to travel on the last day of my detox program got me quite worried. I do not want to screw up the whole program at the very ending point.

well… sometimes when the going gets tough, the tough get going. no doubt, all these out of comfort zone situations will definitely push you one step ahead. and believe me, it’s always about mind over matter.

so who's up for a curry noodle or tomyam noodle on wednesday lunch? :P

what goes around, comes around...

whenever I'm out late or 'early' (as in wee hours), mum will definitely call me to check on me. without fail, no matter I go out with who. and most of the time, I find it very annoying eventhough I understand they are just worried.

today, am home early as I can't join the jukari class and just being a good girl hanging out at home. I am now home alone with Shareen because mum has yoga class and dad has to work late. but at this hour, almost midnite and yet both of them are not home yet got me feeling very uneasy. so, I call to check on them. mum is still yumcha-ing with her yoga buddies and dad is having supper with his colleague.

well... talk about what comes around, goes around... I promise I will never be annoyed by those check-on-me call anymore :)

weekend comes, weekend goes…

although this weekend passes by so quickly, but it’s undeniably one of my most enjoyable weekend too.

got an impromptu invitation on Friday evening to join a halloween party. I was quite reluctant to join as I really didn’t want to make any effort to dress up, what more to dress up scarily. ended up I dressed up as a pirate slut. just because I have a pair of fish net stocking, a pirate hat and the one sided eye cover from my company d&d few years back. it was another crazy drink and crap session with those wackos…

the routine Saturday morning, all ready for a good sweat-out class. but this time was a bit dreadful as I could still feel the alcohol flowing in my blood veins (thanks to all the blood suckers :P). that aside, I want to announce something very important here(at least I think it’s important to me). I am now officially a bodypump intermediate-er. yes, my instructor had forced me to upgrade from the beginner 2.5kg to a 5kg and I pulled it through the whole class… woohoo… but now, my muscles still aching :( i guess, it's really no pain, no gain.

finally managed to meet up with Lai together with Adam for lunch. although it’s only merely a year knowing him, there’s this special friendship that makes me feel very comfortable with him. Lai… wish you all the best in New Zealand and enjoy yourself to the max. if time and money permits, I’ll come visit you next year ok… and we do bungee jump together… hehehe

as Rachel couldn’t make it for next Friday (dad’s exact birthday) so we had decided for an early celebration for dad’s upcoming 62nd birthday. dad requested for a western cuisine dinner but I didn’t want to go to the usual Victoria Station nor The Ship so I made the decision to head to the newly renovated Monte’s Restaurant at Bangsar Shopping Centre. one of my most satisfied dinner. not just because their escargots are real good (it was so good that we ordered 2 dozens of escargots), also seeing dad chewed all the meat off his lamb rack and mum almost licked clean her cheesy beef steak sandwich is my happiest moment that nite. I am glad they enjoyed the dinner so much. oh guess what, dad loves Dr Loosen too haha…

after a packed Saturday, today I slept all the way until 12pm. thanks to the sunday-serenity in the house and the excellent weather. I refuse to leave home due to the weather. no, don’t get me wrong… it’s not because it’s too hot that I do not want to go outdoor but the weather is so good that I just want to laze on my bed to finish up my Merde and just purely relax… it’s so rejuvenating after a good rest and the fact that it’s gonna be a 4 days work week, everything just feels so good…

yes, weekend came and weekend gone but the next weekend is coming soon anyway... and yet another short roadtrip with the regulars is what I’m looking forward to for next weekend :)

I almost forgot…

today I attended 2 wedding ceremonies, Nic & Eva and Kevin & Chris.

Nic & Eva’s wedding is my most anticipated wedding ceremony that I had been before. a summer-garden theme wedding. it is definitely something different, something simple and yet the most lovely ceremony I had participated. there was no typical ‘heng-dai and ji-mui’ act, nor red packet collection during luncheon. it’s just simple greeting the bride, tea ceremony for both their parents and immediate relatives, exchange of marriage vow and end with a western style luncheon. I would rate this as the best wedding ceremony.

Kevin & Chris’s wedding is really extravagant. typical rich family holding a wedding ceremony but no doubt the food is great, the wine is smooth and the atmosphere is soothing with jazz band throughout whole nite. indeed the most exaggerated wedding dinner I had attended before.

with so much love in the air flowing around, I suddenly have this urge to write this emo post. I’m just a normal gal ok… and a normal gal like me has all the rights in the world to be emo bout her life.

it’s been quite a while since I last be a ‘receiver’. it doesn’t matter to receive in the sense of financial or emotion or even security. I’ve been a ‘full-time provider’ or perhaps a ‘self provider’ since I last broke off. you know… providing financial partially to my family, providing thoughts to family and friends, providing treats for myself, providing sympathy for myself. somehow this ‘provider’ role of mine has slowly taught me to become an independent gal. alrite…. an independent yet emo gal…

and I just realized that today I was given the chance to become the ‘receiver’. the honour of having someone picking me up from doorstep, accompanying me to wedding ceremonies, making sure I have my favourite dish on my plate and getting me out of awkward situations.

so what have I almost forgotten? I almost forgot the joy of being the ‘receiver’… and I just wanna say, I enjoyed today and thank you for letting me be the 'receiver' for the day :)

tententen!!!

today mark 101010 which only occur once in a 100 years. I am fortunate to be able to witness and enjoy this special date with my family and friends.

it was suppose to be a very significant date for Jen, Kent & me which we had set half year ago. at first it illustrated quite a positive lead towards our tententen. but you know, life is full of shits… it never turn out as good as we always planned and in fact, it was quite disappointing. but it’s alrite, I’m sure she is just as devastated as me. despite the disappointment, you let me know ya gal, if I can offer any help in any way :)

so how is your 101010? I’m sure some take this chance to mark their big chapter of their life (their marriage…). for those with birthday that falls on 10th October, I’m sure this year is one special celebration too. some might even party all night long last night to countdown this special date or do something outrageous like base jumping!

mine? so far so great!

a month back, Jen spotted a newsletter from hooHA! about 101010 fun run. we thought since it’s just a fun run then why not. so we invited Kent too, just simply because so happen that we bumped him on the cyberspace. half way through, we all got kinda lazy to do the registration and all so we sort of decided to just forget bout it. but out of the blue, heard that Hoe was interested in the fun run too. Hoe? run? hhmmm… that’s something interesting :P so we finally decided to just do it. and yes, we did it this morning, it was quite dreadful to wake up so early (freaking early indeed, as it was at 645am) but it was definitely something different to do with my buddies on this special date. shall we do it again or more often, my buddies?

what’s the best remedy to cure an exhausted body after a worn-out weekend? what else… spa! last Thursday was mum’s birthday and since I couldn’t figure out what best present for her, I decided to treat her for a spa session (since I need it badly too hehehe…). instead of my usual spa parlour, I decided to try out the ‘Energy Day Spa Mont' Kiara’. it was my first time having spa session with my mum and undeniably a unique way to celebrate 101010 with her too.

let’s end this 101010 with some ‘ten’talizing happenings… enjoy life…

what is life?

hhmmm… this week is definitely gonna be a very busy one for me…
Wednesday has Jukari class…
Thursday has LOL event...
Friday has Nic’s bachelor nite…
Saturday has mum’s birthday dinner…
Sunday has tententen run and spa with mum…

so busy rite? just so busy enjoying life :D
off work no later than 730pm…
no weekend work required…
gym class schedule is never disrupted…
quality time with friends and family over the weekends and weekdays nite…
no worries regarding work after 6pm…

woohoo… I’ll appreciate this dearly while it lasts. ask again, what is life? this is life :)

L.O.L.A (laugh out loud again...)

if you have been following my blog, I'm sure you had read something about me anticipated to lmao or rofl...

this Thursday, I'll be heading there again but this time with my buddies... and I would like to say thanks Kent for the kind treat...

the other time when I attended the stand up comedy, we ended the great nite at Hard Rock Cafe for a stuffed dinner. hhmmm... I wonder if this time it comes with the whole free package hahaha.... talk bout being greedy :P

can you smell what's cooking?

lately I’ve been trying to be a healthy person. yes, I did said ‘trying’ becoz sometimes I can’t help it but being unhealthy has its fun side too :P

I’ve been preparing power-pack breakfasts, light & easy lunches, low-calories dinners all by myself and for myself. as said, I don’t prepare every single meals but I’m already so proud of myself. if you know me well, I’m the kind of person that I rather not eat if you ask me to cook. but with all these simple to prepare recipes, I do enjoy preparing it (except when I was in a rush or overslept, I rather skip my meal than going thru the hassle).

here’s a few meals that I’d prepared… besides these, I’d also prepared smoked salmon with steam vege, tuna & green apple salad, miso soup with cube tofu and turkey ham California roll. I didn’t take picture of it becoz it didn’t look so presentable but of course still edible.

can’t wait to discover more simple recipes or invent some new recipes…

check it out...

just wondering what makes you take a second glance at a stranger? you know, some gals will look at guys with ear piercing or some guys will check out gals with boy-cut hairstyle. or even perhaps a guy will check out another guy’s tight ass… who knows… haha…

for me, there’s only one thing that will make me take a second glance at a stranger. tattoos…. I don’t know why but I find guys with tattoo are very intriguing.

ok, let me make this clear first… I don’t find any tattoo is captivating. especially those ‘ah beng’ type… a very big no-no for dragon or tiger or snake or any Chinese zodiac.

these are among the few celebrities that had captured me with their manly tattoos….

during my AME tour, there are these 4 guys from our AV team who all have very manly tattoos all over their body, arms, shins and calves. and pardon me for keep on checking you guys out ya… I just can’t help it haha...

I always wish that I can have one too. you might ask what’s stopping me? the pain…. yes, I am very scared of pain and blood and needles. if only one day someone out there invent a painless tattoo (no, I don’t mean those sticker type… you idiots…), I would love to have a tattoo at…..

the hip bone with a butterfly

the ankle with a butterfly too

the back of the neck with my name in graphic calligraphy alphabets










since there’s no such innovation of painless tattoo yet, all I can do to satisfy my desire is to check out other guys manly tattoos… :P

ouch… ouch… ouch…

here pain, there pain, everywhere pain….

in fact after last Saturday nite clubbing to celebrate Jesse’s birthday and also a pile of teddy-bathing, I had sort of backache. I think it was becoz since aeons ago the last time I wore a 3-inch heel to party and dance combined with the squatting to scrub all my teddies was a very tiring chore.

as I just recovered from the backache, today I took the plunge to join the bodypump class (wanted to do something different from the usual cardio). and now, I’m having shoulder pain, bicep pain, tricep pain, ab pain, buttock pain, hamstring pain… basically, every single muscles in my body ache badly. worse is I can’t lift my hand high up and I can’t walk too big steps :(

*sigh…* don’t know how am I going to pull through work tomorrow… definitely will be a very dreadful one…

health = wealth (vice versa)

I’ve been wanting to cut down weight desperately since I don’t even know when. no special reason… just to look better, feel better and of course to have better confidence in myself. mum had been nagging at my ridiculous weight that I had put own. and you know how much I hate being nagged. sometimes I just walked off and lock myself in my room just to avoid hearing her nagging at me.

I would say this horizontal expansion of me is partly my own fault (for not looking after my daily diet). yes, only partly ok and it’s definitely not a lame excuse! work had eaten up a large part of my life since last November. I was temporarily transferred to Singapore to handle a new project with dateline of end January then suddenly thrown into another project with just 1 month production time coz the dateline was mid March (not forgetting CNY was during February too). alrite, I kinda slacked off the remaining 2 weeks of March bcoz there was an even bigger wave on the way. the TIF AME project. yeah, the project that needed me to travel to 9 countries within 2 months. even recalling and typing out what have I done since November is already tiring and how can you expect me to work out during that phase right? absolutely no way…

now, I’m back and settled down after the Shanghai trip. I took a step out of my comfort zone and took the initiative to do whatever it takes to live healthily. first of all, I need a detox from all the rubbish I had swallowed into my body. I was kinda reluctant to try any of the detox tea again due to my previous horrible experience (it tasted really very bad). so all I did was just 3 days of no solid food, only pure water and my collagen drink. maybe it wasn’t a thorough detox but at least it cleaned up the pathway :D

then follow by careful diet meal. I do not want to go to extreme of not having lunch or skipping dinner as everyone knows it’s neither the right nor efficient way to lose weight. so I consulted a few friends who have been through diet planning with their personal trainer to get tips. I started to try and experiment different type of recipes like steam salmon with vege, smoked turkey breast roll, tuna salad, egg with nuts salad, buckwheat soba with miso soup (this is the only recipe that I fail, the soba boil until too soft). till now I am still consistently following on my diet meal with one or two day off from the regime to enjoy life with friends but still taking consideration of the calories.

what else to complete the whole cutting down weight package? of course the much needed exercise. I am now back to the gym again. not the same old basic gym but I had signed up with Chi Fitness. so far so good. it’s new and the facilities are great with lap pool, sauna and rain shower too. best of all, this gym is really something different from others that I had tried. it’s a resort concept gym. you know, resort… relax… chi… love it. I had 3 sessions last week and also one round of nature jogging with dear Jen. and yet I am still looking forward to tomorrow session. talk about good kick off momentum hehe... maybe I’m just too worried that I want to buck up my stamina before the personal trainer call for the fitness test hehe…

I seriously hope that the momentum will keep going. simply bcoz it’s not a cheap package to lose weight!!! At least for me…. gym fee, weekly grocery shopping for salmon, smoked turkey breast, buckwheat soba, energy bar so on so forth really cost me a hole in my pocket… but for a better me, a healthier me, this investment is necessary…

hhmmm… maybe I should try to sleep early, wake up early as a healthy lifestyle start too… nite nite…

pure indulgence

the gals, Kitty and Karen, are in town and we had super loud fun!!!

the gals were in town on Thursday evening but I didn’t manage to pick them up from the airport as I was busy running some long postponed errand (since 2.5 months ago to be exact). so I checked into Fraser Place first around 5pm and waited for their grand arrival (managed to take a short nap while waiting hehe…). finally, they arrived around 6pm and we started to prep up for dinner.

as arranged, we met up with Adam and Chee Hong at Alexis Bangsar for dinner at 730pm. we ordered quite a few main courses for sharing and had a bottle of dessert wine accompanying our all time favourite tiramisu (I’ll like to clarify here that Adam definitely did not have the wine). as we were done savouring and catching up, we couldn’t decide what to do next since the nite was still young (why do we always have the same problem even with my bunch of buddies?). after a series of ‘serious discussion and consideration’, we finally made an impromptu decision. to Genting we go… 5 people, 1 car and uphill we go… reached Genting around 1230am. weather was great, cold mild wind and clear starlight skies. as we bought the whole cake of tiramisu from Alexis but we couldn’t finish it earlier, we had it for second round again with a piping hot cappuccino and latte and chocolate at the Coffee Bean. felt like at the top of the world when you have yummilicious dessert, fragrant caffeinated latte, cold weather and best of all, great companions. what more can I ask, rite? great time always passed by damn quick and without realizing, it was already 3am hence we started to snail downhill and managed to reach our apartment at 4am. girls being the typical girls, we just couldn’t stop chatting until 530am when we decided to zip our mouths and get some sleep. you must be asking, so much to talk huh? frankly speaking, I got no comment too…. haha…

I think we used too much energy to talk the previous nite and caused us to feel so damn hungry early in the morning. we gotta force ourselves to wake up as early as 10am to grab a few bites from the breakfast buffet. then to the pool at the 18th floor we headed to laze. caught a glimpse of great city view. come to think of it, I think it’s my 1st time overlooking the whole KL in daylight at this height. I would say KL is quite an impressive city, no doubt. the great laze had accumulated a full bar energy for us and how else can we use these fully charged energy besides what girls do best…. shopping!!! my all time favourite shopping centre in the heart of KL, Pavillion, was our destination. ok… to cut it short, 3 of us had overspent tremendously. kinda had the guilty feeling but also had a contented satisfaction feeling too. girls… as always confused with what they feel :P. a bubbly long hot soak in the tub after a tiring day never fail to cure the fatigue. all dressed up with newly bought accessories and make-up, we were all ready to hit the Skybar. met up with Karen’s friends, Sam and David. it was a great way to spend the nite chilling with a glass (or two :P) of cocktail in the hand and chatting the whole night through. ended the day quite early around 3am.

came Saturday morning, we skipped the breakfast as we overslept hehe… only managed to move our lazy asses at noon time and headed to The Curve. had a relaxing brunch (or do you call it lunch coz it was actually 2pm already :P) at the bedroom corner of The Apartment. since we overspent on the previous day, we felt guilty and only did some window shopping but bought dozens of magazines while waiting the time for our spa. at 7pm sharp, we were already getting ready for our 2 hours cocoa spa at Royale Spa. the package includes of the lavender steam bath, full body cocoa scrub, cocoa wrap and aromatherapy massage, ear candling and out of the package, my masseuse specially prepared a bowl of peppermint oil for me to inhale becoz she heard that I had nose block and difficulty in breathing. I have to admit that the spa is not as good as lomi-lomi but her attentiveness deserves a credit too. since we were all refreshed, we didn’t want to strain out ourselves again that nite so we decided to get some wine and chill back in the apartment. but unfortunately, all the wine stores that I know had closed for the day after we had our dinner. tried calling for help from Kent but to no avail. so I paged for Kelvino to check if he happened to be in Palate Palette partying and yes, he was…. he was our hero for the nite! he bought us 2 bottles of white wine from the bar. I think it’s the charm of that 2 gals hehehe…. but anyway, thanks Kelvino.... we love you :P. after another hot soak in the tub around 1am, we headed up to the 18th floor poolside with 3 wine glasses, 2 bottles of wine, 3 boxes of Patchi chocolate (complimentary from our spa) in our bathrobe and home slippers on hahahaha…. I would say this is my best ever and most relaxing way of enjoying sips of wine under the starlight on KL city. simply pleasant….

this morning, we decided to skip the breakfast buffet for a naturally-wake-up-sleep. as predicted, we only got up around 11am and feeling damn hungry again. so I drove the gals for a good brunch, dimsum at Royal China. as usual, the dimsum was good and so was the service. after having a great start for the day, I dropped the gals at Berjaya Time Square for their Krispy Kreme craze. we were back to the apartment around 1pm to pack and check out. After sending the gals off to take their cab to the airport, I happily drove home to continue my lovely weekend.

I am glad you gals enjoyed ourselves so much and it was definitely the best time I had spent with both you gals ever since we’d been working together to almost 3 years. and now I can’t wait to see you gals again in Shanghai in the next few days…. we shall party our own way again soon :)

worked hard… now, play even harder…

finally it’s over… I no longer need to live in the suitcase anymore after all the travelling. yesterday marked the final league of my AME tour. I was elated in the morning before the event started but when it ended, I kinda had a mixed feeling. I’m glad it’s over but in the same time, I feel sad that I won’t be able to see the team anytime soon. after 2.5 months travelling together, making sure the event went smoothly together, breakfast, lunch and dinner together, hanging out together after every event and crapping together, we definitely build a very unique bonding. I’ll sure miss you all…..

today begins the day I should start slowing down and enjoy life. but unfortunately, today I was kinda forced to wake up early to head to the China embassy to apply the visa for my soon upcoming trip to Shanghai.

later in the noon, I managed to catch up with Shearwell who is coincidently on leave today too. since I had promised my mum to cut down my weight after my AME tour, we decided to have lunch at O’Brien’s. so healthy rite? no choice lor... a promise is a promise and it's for my own good sake anyway. after lunch, we headed to the supermarket to grab some ingredient to begin with my healthy diet. I bought some dark chocolate cereals, smoked turkey breast, lettuce, walnut, Italian vinaigrette, tuna chunks, seaweed and corn for my energise breakfast, turkey California roll and tuna salad. yum yum…. delicious yet healthy.

initially wanted to have a good spa but due to some unforeseen reason, I can’t have spa or massage at this moment. hence, I splurged myself in a good manicure and pedicure spa. I enjoyed it so much that I had signed up as a member too hehe…. and I got the next session for 50% off woohoo… can’t wait for the next session.

tomorrow Kitty and Karen will be heading in to town from Singapore. I am oh-so excited as the theme for this trip is ‘girls just wanna have fun!’ I will be staying with them at Fraser Place in city centre and I can already sense that it will sure be hell lot of fun with these 2 siao zha bo hahaha….

that’s all for now…. till I have crazy fun with the gals and the upcoming trip to Shanghai…. ciao...

lost & found

found...
a pair of black stiletto heels
a set of red luggage
a pair of symmetrical blue black bruises on my wrists

lost...
a white gold heart shape pendant with small diamond

but still the lost is much greater than the found *sigh....................* this is really not a good way to end a great weekend and to kickstart a stupid week ahead...

my travelogue…. (part III)

I was complaining the other day that this year is not my year as it seems like I couldn’t have an oversea vacation for this year (except for the company annual trip). but today mark 8 May 2010, the curse has finally broken.

at 4ish am, I got an instant messaging from Kent saying there’s promo from MAS. the usual us, all hype up and start planning. and ended up we are heading to my long awaited Bali trip this year end. woohoo…

here’s my travelogue for year 2010…

date: 9th Apr to 11th Apr
venue: Cameron Highlands Resort, Pahang
participants: me, Jen, Kent & Wah
date: 5th Jun to 8th Jun (canceled)
venue: Phuket, Thailand
participants: me, Jen, Kent, Wah, YB & Bobo
(I couldn't join due to work reason *big long sigh*)

date: 11th Aug to 17th Aug
venue: Shanghai, China (World Expo 2010)
participants: me & DigiMagician
date: 20th Oct to 24th Oct
venue: Bali, Indonesia
participants: me, Jen, Kent & Wah

what more can I say, I am a happy gal now! :) and I am still anticipating our next year 'Plan A'... let's stay focus on 'Plan A' ok...

my upcoming Asia-Middle East tour

wow… doesn’t it sound exciting… *roll eyes + puking*

if it’s a holiday tour then I would say yes, it will be a very exciting one. but too bad that it’s for work, which I can already foresee working round the clock (tick tock tick tock) with sleepless nights.

so ladies and gentlemen, now I present you my tour itinerary…..

Manila, Philippines – 25th to 29th May
Taipei, Taiwan – 5th to 9th June
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam – 12th to 16th June
Bangkok, Thailand – 19th to 23rd June
Colombo, Sri Lanka – 5th to 9th July
Dubai, UAE – 9th to 14th July
Jakarta, Indonesia – 17th to 21st July
Singapore – 27th to 31st July
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 31st July to 3rd August

how exciting rite? *sarcastic grin* so don’t blame me for MIA for the following 2 to 3 months ok… not my fault…

here’s a part of a funny msn chat with Kitty today that cheers me up (slightly, at least for that moment):

jamie~morning +ve boost says:
i hate my life…. i seriously hate the lifestyle i’m living now….
kiKkY says:
i don't even have a life, how to style lei….
jamie~morning +ve boost says:
wahahaha…. u r freaking funny la….
kiKkY says:
HAHAHA

it has 2 syllabus & sounds like may-rage

isn’t it too obvious? yes, you may have guessed it right! the word is ‘marriage’.

let’s see what’s the definition of marriage. according to Oxford dictionary, marriage means the formal union of a man and a woman, by which they become husband and wife. but how do I define marriage? simple. a bond by law.

me and the boys managed to catch a movie, date night, on a mid weekday nite. it’s a very funny movie about a married couple trying to spice up their relationship. it definitely does make me laugh my heart out but no doubt it does have a sense of reality in the storyline. quarter way through the movie while it was showing the ugly side of a marriage (you know… divorces, mundane routines, stupid arguments and so on so forth), Kent purposely teased Hoe (who is actually 2 seats away) that this is what he is going to be expecting soon. a married life, a boring life. I do not agree with that totally as I still do believe that there are still happy marriages around the world. however I did participated, sort of teasing Hoe too. I think he might be slightly offended and he challenged me with a question, 'don’t I want to get married?'. I can tell you for now, I surely do not want to get married (at least not in the near future). but I never answer his question as I felt nothing is certain in this world. maybe if one day I am so blindly in love and I’m willing to give more than what I receive, I might just say ‘yes, I do’ to marriage.

just today, I was hanging out with the gals over long lunch break and as usual catching up and bitching about life. they both told me a very shocking news. both their fathers are having affairs. one with a widow of two adult children. another one with a young malay lady and just recently gave birth to a baby girl. when I heard this news, I was speechless… I was in real shock. I was naïve enough to think that this will only happen in drama or someone’s cousin’s friend’s father, someone who doesn’t exist in my life. I am sorry that I didn’t say anything that could calm you both down. I can see the disappointment, the anger, the sad, the ache, the gave-up spirit in both your eyes and I seriously do feel your pain. I really do but I just don’t know what to say except I feel really sorry for what has happened and sorry for not being by both of you when these ugly situations happened (now, I have even more reasons for hating my last few months attachment).

if you are my blog follower, I’m sure you have read something about my godbro did something shameful that hurts all his loved ones around him. yes, I am ashamed to say it out loud that he had an affair. an affair with another girl out there. I really couldn’t understand what’s on his mind. his wife is still one super hot mama but maybe just not as crazily outgoing as she used to be anymore (I couldn’t blame her for that as she’s a mother to a 3-year-old son). and yet, he just couldn’t be contented with what he has and did something disgraceful that almost break his family. I salute his wife for taking the pain and giving him the second chance and I have definitely change my perception towards my once-dearly-respected godbro. I hope the choice of them moving back to Ipoh to try mending the marriage will turn out good. I certainly do not wish they will be a part of the divorce statistics.

now, you tell me what is marriage? if you say marriage is the prove of how much you love each other, then tell me how do you measure it? I always believe that as long as you love each other, as long as you are committed to each other, as long as you know each other’s needs, as long as you both have the same life aspirations, you don’t need a marriage to prove it. as I mentioned, a bond by law that both has to obey or face the penalty if fail to oblige. after all, you don’t have to prove to anyone in the world but yourself how much you love him or her. I would love to be in love, I would love to be loved but certainly marriage is not the answer to my love. growing up in a typical family that has arguments over financial stuff and petty stuff, it does much or less leads me to not believing in marriage. don’t get me wrong, I do love my family very much although it has flaws and I know it’s a part and parcel of how a family grows fonder and stronger. just that I choose not to live my life or love someone like how most people are expected to do. I want to live my live my kind of way, love someone my own unique way.

let love keep the world revolving :)

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I so wanted to write about our weekend getaway to Cameron Highlands as I really did enjoyed myself but I just couldn't. I guess I'll just have to do it some other time...

unconciously, there was quite a bit of thinking during the weekend break and now, I am oh-so tangle-minded.

need some time to sort my thoughts out. til then.............

it’s been quite long...

since the last time I blogged. it was 2 months back. oh my god... what has happened? I seriously got no idea. yeah, the usual crap... busy with work, catching up with my life back in KL...

since the last time I updated my resume. yes, I’ve been quite demotivated with my current work lately. I guess I need a change. I hope it’s a change for good. I have not been actively looking for job yet. slacking a bit to enjoy with my personal life in my comfort zone. oh dear Jamie, buck up! get alive, get a change!

since the last time I enjoyed being at home (or more specifically, in my room). been spending almost the past half year in someone’s room. no no no, don’t get me wrong ok… been hectically traveling for work between Singapore and Jakarta and home is just like my stop over. it definitely does feel great that I can finally laze on my bed while flipping thru Amy Tan’s and my stereo playing my fav Buble and Ingrid.

since the last time I puked! and what more, exactly on my last twenties of my birthday. it was definitely an evil plan of the buddies. the pre-puke was fine but the post-puke was horrible. had a bad hangover the next day but I can’t disappoint Nicolas for a full hearted brunch followed by a high cholesterol seafood dinner with my family and then leaded to a fine wine sessions with my wii-kaki. thanks all for the great company on my big day.

since the last time I’m determined to cut off some weight. I’ve been growing horizontal ridiculously coz frankly speaking, I’ve got no time and no energy for a good work out. and also a big part of my own fault is I just ‘hentam’ anything into my dear mouth. so yes, today is the day that I had started the regime. no, I didn’t make it for a jog today but at least my calories didn’t exceed 1000 for today.

i love my life....

homeland or fine city?

I am indeed very happy today becoz I have visitors from homeland. yes, DinDin and Sam had finally made it here to visit me since they had been talking bout it long ago way back at November 2009 haha… and the double joy is that finally we managed to catch up with SK! we talked and talked and talked all the way through shopping, dinner, strolling and coffee. there are so much more for us to chat. and one of the major topics is working in Singapore...

SK has been working here since 4 years back and has planned to settle down here as well. as for my case, I’m just temporarily sited here for few months (suppose 3 months but now it’s gonna be 4+ months and hope nothing beyond that anymore).

few years back when I had my first work attachment here (when I thought being out of KL is something new and fun), I was convinced by Terry to work here for permanently. but that convincing didn’t work when I realized I do get homesick dearly.

later through the years, I was again convinced to think about it again since working here is nothing new to me anymore (but this time, it was Terry’s mum who was trying instead). however, I dropped the idea yet again becoz I still couldn’t get use to adjusting my lifestyle here although I do not get that much of homesick anymore.

now ever since I started bitching bout getting bored of my current company to Jimmy, he gave me his two cents worth of advice. since I have working experience here handling private and government sector clients, I definitely do have advantage if I would like to seek new job here. and so happen that Steve can recommend me to work in a publishing company here if I’m interested to try. but I had rejected as I am really not ready yet (at least at this point of time).

today while hanging out with my dear friends, SK and DinDin think I should really consider hard to work here permanently too although they also understand my situation that it’s hard for me to let go everything I’m comfortable of back in KL. after listening to their reasons and motivations, I kinda have 50-50 feeling again.

should I or should I not? to reconsider to work here… I really can’t make up my mind with this mix feeling that I have inside. too much to evaluate, too much to weigh… hmmm, maybe I should get a stalk of daisy and pluck the petals to decide my future :P

fruitful trip back home

initially planned to only come back next week but after the bitching session with few of my dear colleagues, I decided to be home as soon or I shall regret later haha…

didn’t have the chance to hang out with the regulars as Kent is busy with travelling and Jen is down with sickness. what a waste... but it’s alrite as I still managed to check off a few things from my to-do-list.

firstly to get a haircut. actually wanted to have a short bop wavy hair but after showing the pictures and discussing with my hairstylist, he said no-no as it doesn’t suit my personality and also due to my hair color, it will only look like one big black bush. and now, I ended with this hairstyle….

yes, a very big transform indeed with the rihanna-inspired hairstyle. in fact, it does look good after my stylist given a few touch but now after a shower, I just couldn’t get back the style! damn… and my mum says I look like a guy with puffy face now. sigh… kinda regret now but I still insist in trying something new.

after months of delay, I finally did some important banking stuff and also minor shopping with mum and sis Rachel. it’s been quite a while since the last time I went shopping with them. and guess what, I just did a very ‘fruit’ful impulsive purchase…..

hahaha…. yes, an apple… the Apple iPhone 3GS…

unfortunately the 16GB model that I wanted is currently out of stock so I had placed my booking and I shall look forward to the next 2 to 4 weeks. oh gosh, I just can’t wait to lay my fingers on my new baby… hooray *jumping with joy and excitement*…

sis Rachel, consider buying over my 1year3months-old 16GB iPod Nano Chromatic ok? help me subsidise my burden a bit la…. :P

010110

hhmmm… these numbers sure do look familiar for those who took physics before. but nope, I’m not going to write anything related to physics but it’s just rather the date of today. yes, the first day of year 2010.

how was your countdown celebration? mine is just fairly simple but no doubt enjoy it to the bits. there was an initial plan to join the countdown party at Siloso Beach but I determined not to as at the very moment I stepped out of my office yesterday noon. why? everywhere is swarmed with human… the taxi stand, the shopping centre, the road, the mrt station and guess what, even at Watsons. just such a short distance from my office to the Bugis mrt station had totally freaked me out and hence I had decided to stay in for the countdown.

we made a decision to have a movie-thon at Terry’s place but only managed to convince Alex and Alicia to join us as the rest is even lazy to step out of their abode. the nite passed along simple and blissful with self-invented finger food and wine in hand. we watched 2 movies, ‘precious’ and ‘my sister’s keeper’. both movies are good and I am definitely very glad to spend a carefree countdown with my dear friends.

this afternoon, went to Marina Square to sing our heart out. supposingly to go with Vander, XiaoTing, Loraine and Kelvin, but both Loraine and Kelvin couldn’t make it last minute. this is my first time going karaoke in Singapore and of coz with this bunch of colleagues. I would say I didn’t let go as easy as singing with my bunch of buddies back in KL bcoz they have chinese education background and singing chinese songs is a must for them definitely. but no doubt, we enjoyed ourselves crazily too. so Vander and XiaoTing, when shall we sing our team song (the reason by hoobastank) again next? haha...

being too engrossed into our karaoke session, we didn’t realize it’s close to dinner time. it’s another disappointing outing as Karen couldn’t make it last minute too. so ended up only me, Vander and Lennon. sad, sad case… but surprisingly, it was an enjoyable, fruitful and sinful dinner. we were so stuffed like pig and I didn’t know Lennon can be such a good chatting partner haha...

guys… thanks for all the treats and making sure I feel at home on this lovely new year. I really do appreciate what you guys had done. you may not know how much this means to me but yes, I would like to say, a very big thank you from the bottom of my heart. may we all be blessed with good health and great journey ahead…