kai xin.. hao kai xin

Last post at blogger

2009-02-04T12:45:00.001+08:00

Answering to Chloe’s question,

I actually thought that I will abandoned the joy of blogging after my company has decided to find all the ways to block me from viewing, uploading pictures and posting comments. It feels as though the blog is so near yet so far. So many words to tell, so many pictures to share and so much to share with the comments, yet..

Anyway, in conjuction with the cny, hehehe I’ve decided to give it a try at wordpress. Hope this will somehow help to kick start the flow once again..

a new year, a new beginning.. :)

Till then.. c ya at http://ksho.wordpress.com

Secret Recipe

2008-11-14T13:01:00.000+08:00

Menu 1- Perfect life

Ingredient
1 set of perfect and supportive parents
1 responsible and loving husband
Minimum 3 ½ tablespoon of salary
Minimum 4 tablespoon of salary from husband
1 big unit of condominium / land property
1 brightly shine career with promotion opportunity coating
A handful of skills
Seasoning that is;
High in Love
High in Effort
High in Luck
Low in misery

Who came out with this recipe? If we do not have such ingredient in our live, we are not allowed to be happy?

Recipe from parents….so hard to cook that I actually think of putting down the pan

or l should start cooking my own recipe perhaps…for once.

Watching movie

2008-11-07T09:04:00.003+08:00

" Your father n I r suppose to go to the cinema, but at last we didn't la"
" y? can can can.. i'm coming back this weekend. I'll bring you guys to movie!"
" Can also. Our turn to be kids now hahaha"
" No problem, i'll buy you both popcorn hehehe btw, mother you wanna watch James Bond?"
" Nola- I don't like that kind of movie. We watch The Coffin."
"..................."

p/s: still can't comment.. so i guess i have to reply here..:)

myles: i love it too.. at first it was ok, like mostly about sex and everything.. but after some time, it is about love and life.. wat r you going after? an eternal love? does it exits? like Charlotte, i always have hope for true love :)

sex n d ct

2008-11-05T08:48:00.000+08:00

I always thought I have the potential to be a runaway bride. From being afraid to get tied down to feeling totally fine and ready for the moment, suddenly it struck me, it does not seems to be the case.

I have been watching sex and the city last few months and I’ve finished the entire season lately. Last night, I watched the movie too. It feels kinda nice to see the characters again and somehow it feels that ‘ I know these people’, ‘ I know their lives’ just like when I was reading Harry Potter, when Dumbledore was killed, it feels as though ‘man, I’ve been following him since since year one and now he is gone’..those kinda of similar feelings. It’s actually nice to see them again. ( I’m not crazy k)

Anyway, back to the movie. In the movie, Carrie finally get to marry to Big and at the beginning of the movie, Big actually ran away even though he had reached at the library for their wedding (they held their wedding at a library, don’t ask me why- it’s a long story) he freaked out and left Carrie standing there in her wedding gown and anticipating for an unforgettable wedding… indeed.

There was this part when Big realized his mistake and he took a u-turn to go back to the library and there he saw the bride’s car pass by. Both cars stop at the middle of the road with Carrie came down and headed towards Big. I was kinda expecting Carrie to give him a BIG slap across the face and instead she used her bouquet of flowers hitting him so hard, that I can feel her pain across the laptop. Damn. Additional to that, right after she hit Big, she throw herself into Charlotte and when Big tried to get close, Charlotte was pointing at him and yelling ‘NO!’. Her ‘NO’ kinda hit it right at the place. Yes, that is the exact reaction and she portrayed so well that I can feel the hut through my laptop again. No prize for those who guess it right, yes, I cried like shit.

I can’t imagine myself standing there in my dream wedding gown, anticipating the arrival of my groom to join me in my dream wedding and then end up waiting waiting waiting and waiting…… I can’t imagine it at all when I thought I was the only one having to get myself mentally and emotionally prepared to get married, that I had totally forgotten about the groom. Will he run away just like BIG? Damn.. this sucks..

It is a great movie if you are a fan and I must say, the actresses and actors were good.. very good, afterall they managed to stun me though the…laptop.

p/s: man, I can really get so into a movie and books..pull me out from there pls……

2008-11-04T12:02:00.001+08:00

i've been trying to leave comment but somehow i cna't.. i don't know why.. anyway, would jus like to drop a message b4 i blog again..

sa & anonymous:
thank you for the comments..

it's nice to know that not only i think love is around no matter what happened, cause i believe, love is great and love is beautiful..with lover, family or even friends.. it is always there.. :)

How deep is your love?

2008-10-31T13:58:00.000+08:00

How far can you go in forgetting and forgiving your ex? Someone you had deeply loved once before. Someone who you think will be the one that you will spend you lifetime with and also someone who you know no matter what happens he or she will be by your side till death do you apart.

How deep is our love exactly? I believe when there is a time you mind speaks louder than you heart, you know what is right and clear at the moment. Many times our heart leads us to do things that we should not do no matter how much it hurt us or the one we love. Therefore, when our heart no longer able to justify with our mind, then we know for sure the pain is the real pain that we are feeling.

Woman especially is a very funny creature. Most of us, when in love, we will basically do anything to endure any hardships that comes along. But when we are being hurt, how mean can we go in treating regardless to ourselves or to that person? That person, once we call ‘love’.

I’ve heard and seen people who committed suicide, give hope on themselves, getting drunk and even thinking that there is no way they can ever love before. Trust is just nothing but a word. I don’t blame them because we will never ever be able to understand.

Have you found anyone that you will give in everything just to make it work? Have you found your love? Or will you love again?

p/s: can't post picture.. can't post comments.. ehm..

can't comment

2008-10-30T13:36:00.007+08:00

Been trying to reply comments but dunno y, i somehow keep getting the error message. So friends, just to let you know, i saw your comment and i hope i can reply you too.. until i can find a way la that is..

dun worry, i am not ignoring you hehehe

p/s: does tat happen to your blog too? i try to leave comments to other blog but i receive the same message.. or is it my computer's prob?

Shop or Stop?

2008-10-29T13:18:00.000+08:00

What kind of a shopper are you? Are you the kind of shopper who will buy just anything just because it is so happens cheap or on sale? Or are you the kind of shopper who will but the exact thing you are looking for and no matter what the price cost. Quality, quantity or ego satisfactory?

How much is consider appropriate to spend on a bag or a pair of shoes? Of course it is never exactly a guideline depending on your financial ability. However, it is necessary to have branded items, at least one? If Einstein is still alive, perhaps he can make a formula out of the following;

Women = shopping

If only we know the formula to such equation, perhaps we will be able to save more and afford our basic necessity much sooner. Lets say

Money + time + energy = shopping

Adding money by working more will take out more time and energy, can shopping be lessen in this case? So does that mean we have to work more to get our time occupied and then we will be able to distract ourselves from splurging? If so, if I were to work more, the below scenario might happen

No time for Ping
No time for mum n dad
No time for friends and gathering.

Resulting to unhappy Ping, unhappy mum n dad and unhappy friends. We wouldn’t like that won't we, I believe. If everyone is so unhappy, what is the purpose for our handwork then? I guess that is no better way than sacrificing ourselves for our love ones.

Continue shopping and continue loving...

next on top of my shopping list.. a proper audio set for my bloody laptop..

Awana Genting - delayed post

2008-10-22T08:38:00.000+08:00

On last Sept 27, we went to Awana Genting for our appreciation night. There were about 145 ppl that joined the event of the day, that’s almost half from our company. Our colleagues from outstation like JB, KUCHING, KUANTAN, PENANG AND KK too were there with us.

It was just a simple dinner that our management decided to throw as a token of appreciation. And so as one of the committee and cheap labour, there we go planning a month head, preparing all the signage, medals, gives, games, accommodation and etc etc = late night meeting and work..but I must say, it is quite nice to have colleagues who work as hard as we do by coming out with all sorts of idea, it sometimes makes you tired but at times it give you satisfaction working together.

Anyway, we left for genting on the Saturday morning and check in immediately after that. I’ve never been to awana and surprisingly I kinda like it though it’s a bit old. I especially love the balcony as I can imagine having steamboat in a mini rice cooking while enjoying the cooling air with ping hehehe love and hubby, what a combination akakakkaka

So after we’ve checked in, it’s time for tele- match!! All of us were divided in 6 groups and it is funny to see how many people who use to be serious or shy in the company were laughing and talking to each other. Then it was free and easy in the afternoon while us rushing up to prepare for the night’s dinner. It’s actually a BBQ buffet by the pool side. Pool side in genting? Yes, and guess what I’ve even got sun burn, dun ask me y~

At night, we have door gift, bingo, games, lucky draw and cash prize given away. I’ve just managed to get a RM40 shopping vouchers in the lucky draw .. but better than nothing hor hehehe I hope they have fun.. I’m sure we had despite all the hard work

I’ll let the pictures to show you how’s the night afterall pictures cakap ribuan kata~

Mid Autumn - late edition

2008-10-20T13:19:00.001+08:00

Well, I’ve been pretty busy with my work these days . Apart from daily work on hand, I too will have to handle some activities by the company’s staff committee. It is sort of a welfare club for the associates whereby we will organize monthly bday celebration, movie nite,festive celebration like annual dinner, chinese new year, mooncake, raya, xmas and other except Cheng Beng for a year .

So was really tied up with all the preparation for food, games, prizes and etc. We will usually have meetings during lunch hour or after 6pm and therefore by the time I got home, bath and everything, it has increased my possibility to be late in the office the next day hehehe

We had also organized a mid autumn dinner and gathering in the office. The dinner was carried out in buffet style before proceeding with games and prizes. On top of that, we too arranged a traditional game called ‘Guess the Lantern’s Riddles’. Instead of posting riddles in Chinese poem or asking mostly history related questions, we had decided to prepare the riddles …. with a bit of creativity. Try and see if you know the answer,

Q: What did the banana say when it went to the doctor?
A : "I'm not peeling very well."

Q: What is the colours of Power Rangers?
A: Gold, cause it’s "Gold Gold Power Rangers!"

Q : One day, Batman and Superman had a race. In the end, Superman won. How come?
A: Cause when Batman begins, Superman returns

HEHEHE Anyway, back to the story, I’m really glad that people seems to enjoy the riddles and also the activities for the nite. It seems that it pay all the hard work that we had invested seeing their pictures and hearing their laughters.

Happy Deepavali..

2008-10-17T13:21:00.003+08:00

Staff committee meeting…..29 September 2008

Vivian and I think, we can do a Kolam for Deepavali…* silent*

Day 1…15 October 2008…………..6.30pm…………….After work.

Will full support from the management had cooperation from all staff welfare committee, we set of to work with 6kg of coloured rice grain, nine pieces of A4 paper printed with the graphic that we had drawn, two sharp pencils, rulers,mahjong paper and others. This is the first time we will be doing a Kolam and with all hopes it will turn out fine if not fabulous.

9.30pm….

After 3 hours of hard works and answering the same questions over and over again, we decided to call it for the day as the office is about to close. Basically,questions asked are as below:

Q1. What is that? Sand?grain?
Ans1: There’re grain, dyed using clothes dye and food dye. We have a total of nine colours all together.
Q2. What is it for?
Ans2: It’s for Deepavali, festival of colour.
Q3. Did you guys put glu on it? Or you can put glu and spinkle around to get the picture.
Ans3: No, we didn’t use any glu. It is arranged slowly, bits by bits and grain by grain. Totally, hand-made.

Pic1 : First day effort before touch up.

Day 2…16 October 2008…………..6.00pm…………….After work.

Armed with more warriors this time, we work together filling in the Kolam slowly as we share laughter and encouragement along the process. Happy Deepavali signage was set up and candles were placed around the Kolam.

With a final touch of gold dust sprinkle on top, around and on the peacock’s eye, we had successfully completed our Kolam for the year after nearly six hours of work and weeks of preparations.

It may not be the best Kolam you’ve seen but it’s the best the staff committee has given.

8.30pm…

Home and feeling satisfied.

Happy early Deepavali..

Looking for books

2008-10-16T13:15:00.003+08:00

Do you like to read? I love reading. Nothing too intellectual mostly, fiction, adventure, mysteries, or history-related kinda books.

When I was a small little girl I used to read at night before I go to sleep. In fact, I had a table next to my bed even until today, a small rack placed neatly beside. In future, yes, a small drawer and wall lamp next to my bed.

I remember buying a dozen of Siri Salma ( Malay edition of Nancy Drew) at one time costing me about RM30.00 ( I remember very well, RM2.50 a book).I saved a long time for that amount of money. Then there was Sweet Valley ( Twins, High and SVU), R.L Stine, Jackie Collins (later on), Dan Brown, Danielle Steel, Sidney Sheldon and so fort.

I love reading about the mysteries of so n so, the lost city of where n where, the myth and tales of Egypt, China, the truth about dinasours and others too. True stories always fascinate me cause the book is suppose to tell what is true and whether we choose to believe it or not, still it is interesting to read and do additional research on the story after that.

I have collection of books that I really like but somehow some got lost when I can’t remember who had I lend them to. In fact, I had lost one book that I kinda like sometime ago entitle Tell Me You Dreams by Sidney Sheldon. Am currently searching for the following books and hopefully I’ll be able to grab hold of them soon.

Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities

Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber

Maybe someday I shall try reading biography~ mmm…

hehehehehehehehehehehehe....hehehehehehe

2008-10-14T13:04:00.001+08:00

I had bought 2 pcs of Da Ma Chai with a bunch of sohay in Cheras while we were having our lunch gathering last Saturday. The result is already out and it should be featured in yesterday’s newspaper . And for the record I have yet to check on the result cause I’m waiting for Ping to check it with me together this Thursday ( his off day)

I wasn’t sure how much was the prize accumulated for this time and in fact I was kinda clueless when the result will be out too when I bought the lucky tickets. My colleague told me the price for this time is 1.4 million ringgit and then I can’t stop but to think.. if I have 1.4million ringgit, I would……...

1. Divide it into 50-50 ( Ping n myself, as it is indeed one ticket for him and one for myself, leaving each of us with RM700,000)
2. With the 50% I have, I would first clear my dad’s new car installment, clear my ptptn, and clear our house loan.
3. Then, family vacation to oversea (depending where our parents would like to be) for dad, mum, both bros, sis in law, myself and ping. Expenses all on me hehehe . I do think Ping will do the same and that time, my expenses will be on him kakakkaaka since we r both same rich ma! Kakakakaka
4. Buy a new unit depending where myself n ping will be working.
5. Save a budget for renovation
6. Start a funding for my parent’s retirement, my children and our retirement.
7. Helping my younger bro with his dream to open a sushi bar.
8. Marie France!! Yea yea!! Hehehehehe
9. Start a business once I’ve got the idea what I wanna do as for now, even if I do have the money, I’m not too sure what I want to do yet.
10. A DSL camera of my own J
11. Take up courses like Dreamweaver, Flash and so on.

And I promise and I know I will not…
1. Act like a bitch as I always believe we must be humble and polite no matter how well we do in all area cause everything is a blessing.
2. Splurge like there’s no tomolo
3. Stop working cause I dun see the necessity and at the same time I am still young and I want to work and learn all the time.

THERE! At the time being hehehehehe

I think I dream too soon la kakakakakakakakaka but can’t help it u know hehehehe if really hor~~~ waliew~~~ hehehehehehehehe

Sorry sorry excuse me hehehehehehehe

WISH ME LUCK~~~~ HEHEHEHEHE if I win, I’LL BUY U A SUPER DUPER NICE DINNER FOR YOU N YOUR HUBBY!!! HEHEHEHEHE

* grin* hehehehe

Better back to work~

Saying a little prayer..

2008-10-12T14:09:00.002+08:00

This post might be offensive or disturbing to some however again, this is my blog.i hope if ever you've came across this post, read it with an open heart and mind for everyone has their own believe and thinking which has no right or wrong to it.

when was the last time did i say my prayer? i can't remember. is it true that people will only seek for God in the mist of misery? And is it true that God will always listen to those who wish to seek for Him?

Faith is not something something that you can have or get anytime as you wish.Faith is a bond, a feeling,a connection that is build from time to time, from miracles to miracles and from each blessing that you've counting day by day.It is through prayer that i have my faith and it is through all the miracles and blessings,i have my faith strengthen.

I do feel bad at times that i will only remember God when i am lost or when all of a sudden i know i must praise the Lord for every blessing that i've received. I thank God all the time,(i know i have so much more to thank of and i couldn't thank enough)..however,i failed to keep praying every night.

Those who are close to me always ask and wonder if i am a Christian. I never say No neither have a i say Yes. But i always say, i believe in Jesus and I seek for him for i know he will keep me blessed and he will love me, and those that i love dearly always.I know i can always look for Lord as he is always there and he is in my heart.

It has occured to me these two days on how long have i say my prayer and i hope in days to come, i shall say my prayer more often again. Laziness please please go away.

In the name of the Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit, Dear Father in heaven, Lord Jesus, please forgive me for my sin and also for those that has sin against me.Dear Lord, i thank you for all the blessing and love that you have showered upon me and those around me. Dear Lord, i pray for the best of health, safety and happiness to surround,dad, mum,my brothers,sheau hooi,ping, ping's mum and his family, my family and our friends. May my dear friend will be able to find the light in her life and may Lord bless and guide her along the way.I Thank you Lord for all that you given. Amen.

Elder bro Jerry's ROM in Spore - Part 2

2008-10-10T13:45:00.003+08:00

WARNING..THIS IS GONNA BE A LONG LONG POST and A POST WITH LOTS OF PHOTOS!

September 2008
Bro : Hey 2nd Oct free kah?
Sha : Can a..raya ma..y?
Bro : I’m getting engage on that day, see if you can come over to spore….

And so I took a day leave on 3rd Oct, informed Ping that bro’s is getting engaged and it’s time to start for some preparation. On top my list, diet..haih.. hehehe After few weeks of stairs climbing, dinner skipping and green tea sipping, I did shed some fat though not much but ok-la, just enough to avoid long lost relative looking at me and Uuu, Aaaa and the Waaaaaa “ Kai Sim, long time didn’t see you d.. wah so big girl already a, wah you gained weight o, must diet le, fat girl no one will like one neh..” Waliew, I might be fat but I have boobs which you don’t kakakakakaka joking joking.

30th Sept 2008
Anyway, back to the story, myself and ping depart from KL to JB on 30 OCT 2008 carrying flu and cough with us.. I was not feeling well actually but luckily I have ping to take care of me. We reached ping’s house that day and we spent a night in JB b4 going to Spore the following day.

1ST Oct 2008
The last time I went to Spore was in May 2008 and the last time Ping went to Spore was 6 years ago. However, this is the first time both of us will be travelling to Spore from JB using public transport, i.e the local express bus. We usually take express bus straight from KL to Spore or Taiping to Spore where we will get down and got up the same bus when we reach the immigration. The bus driver will make sure you are in the bus before the depart and as from JB to Spore is like taking normal transit bus where you purchase a RM2.50 bus ticket and the bus will not wait for you. However, you can wait at the bus stop for the next express bus to come by.

After jumping up and down from bus, we reached Bugis street Spore and after a call for my elder bro for direction, off we went to the nearest MRT station to take a train to Aljunied (where both my bros stay). It’s always nice to be with Ping in a foreign place and both of us have no idea which direction to go to but we will both try to find the way through map or asking the people around. Its especially nice to have Ping leading me.

We reached Aljunied and my whole family was already there. Father, mother, Jerry, Barry and Sheau Hooi. Syiok nia!!!!! ALL SICKNESS ARE GONE BY THEN! HEHEHE..

That night we check-in to a chalet in Alaho Changi then dinner with Sheau Hooi’s family. Both her parents, sister, bro and her niece were there. An in-laws dinner hehehe

2nd Oct 2008
Tada! The day has come. Mum woke us up at 6.30am morning and we woke up at 8am instead kakaka bath, change and we are ready. Leng chai, leng lui sekalian are all fully dressed for my elder bro’s and sheau hooi’s big day. We reached the temple at about 9.35am and the master is already there waiting for us. Remembering the other time when Jerry MSN-ed me saying:

Jerry : er.. our registration will be at a temple like Tien Hou Kong
Sha : OK! So? You scared I cannot go in izzit? - ( My family thinks I’ve converted to Christianity)
Jerry : You know la.. different Boss ma…
Sha : *sweat*

So after saying ‘ I Do ’ ‘ You Do’..SMILE!! CHEERS!! SNAP SNAP SNAP .. and off we went to have Japanese Lunch Buffet. YUM YUM~~
There we eat eat, snap snap, tok tok , laugh laugh and eat eat again..

We went back to our chalet and take a quick nap before having steamboat and BBQ at night. I love BBQ~~ and of course mahjong hehehe It’s MAHJONG TIME after the dinner!!! Lady luck was not with me that night, I lost SGD 18 which is about RM43.56. But luckily Ping won SGD15 hehehe so he kinda save me in that sense. In the end, I’ve lost SGD3 and he won nothing KAKAKAKAKA

3rd Oct 2008.
Checked out from chalet, head home to Aljunied. Bought lunch from the nearby stalls at my bro’s apartment. Take an afternoon walk with Ping. Love it and dinner with family at night near Suntec City. Shop a bit but I did not manage to buy anything except for few ASTRO BOY t-shirt at SGD8 per piece though. Lepak at food center near bro’s apartment with mum, dad Ping and Barry. Drink some beer, took some finger foods and brisk walking home..the breeze that night was lovely..simply lovely..

4th Oct 2008
Time to head back to JB. However, b4 we go back, we took our lunch at my aunt’s place in Spore and shop a bit at BUGIS STREET MARKET hehehe. Reached JB at about 8pm at night dinner with Ping’s family and that’s it, night night, sweet dreams~

We went home to KL the next day after meeting Ping's buddy Harry. I was totally recovered from my cold and feeling somewhat feeling happy and sweet. It’s always great being with my family with laughter and jokes going on all the time. On top of that, it’s so nice to c my bro settling down with a lovely wife and what’s more exciting is that we can now start looking forward for a little ‘HO’ in the family hehehe pressure nia hehehe

Aside, having Ping joining our family’s gathering this time was a lovely experience for both of us. Ping feel comfortable with my family and he actually enjoyed being with us . Couldn’t be happier and feel totally blessed :) So glad that Ping is happy and I hope my family like having him there too :)

Elder bro Jerry's ROM in Singapore

2008-10-09T13:51:00.008+08:00

LAMA TAK JUMPA!! i know i've been MIA for centuries hehehe paiseh paiseh..

Anyway, I've just came back from spore for elder bro's ROM,we have a great time and it was truly a wonderful and happening day hehehe Everyone was smiling and laughing and I'm sure we can feel the happiness surrounding all of us especially the lovely couple. Couldn't be happier :)
In fact, i kinda feel very overwhelmed with happiness though it is not my wedding la hehehe but somehow, it is nice to see them together and in love as husband and wife hehehe...

That beautiful morning of 2 Oct 2008, marks the day where my bro take the love of his life as his partner and companion till death do them apart and on the same day, we have an additional new member joining our family. Welcome to our family sis-in-law, Sheau Hooi.

Most of my friends would probably know about Sheau Hooi as i did mentioned about her in my blog couple of times and congratulation again to Bro Jerry and my sis-in-law Sheau Hooi.

i have some pictures on hand at the moment and this will only served as a preview.

I shall upload more hopefully by tomorrow, so stay tune :) hehehe

p/s: You may also visit here in case the slide is not running~

enjoy~

printer toner

2008-07-25T18:12:00.000+08:00

Perhaps you might be familiar with the following sentences tat you see from your printer;

“Change toner”
“Order cartridge yellow”
“Toner empty”
“Replace cartridge”

The one I saw recently in our office;

R.I.P

@#$%&*

2008-07-03T22:58:00.002+08:00

bad news, initially i've found some way to browse blogspot and other blocked websites in the office. Somehow, my company MIS found out about it and once more, my colourful days seems so dull again.

I'm will not be able to browse and blog until... I found my way again..

will blog once everything is up again..WISH ME LUCK!!

wuw!wuw! scared d leh

2008-07-01T13:44:00.000+08:00

Saja

2008-06-28T14:56:00.000+08:00

Buai buai angin bertiup
Kelopak bunga jatuh ke riba
Ada kala tak erti hidup
Ku pandang jauh entah ke mana

Angin bertiup semakin kencang
Awan tebal mengelubungi hari
Kerap sekali si gadis bertanya
Jauh nun di sana, jawapan dicari

Hujan lebat semakin dekat
Kedengaran titisan di tingkap biru
Hairan sekali hati rasa tenang
Mungkin erti semuanya akan berlalu

Seringkali si gadis lupa
Berhenti sejenak untuk menghayati
Hanya ingat masalah di depan
Lupa di sisi apa yang diberi

yogasyiokness

2008-06-27T13:55:00.002+08:00

For the past 3 months, I’ve been attending yoga classes at the Les’s studio. I went with KhangNee my yoga-mate. I am not that kind of person that will enjoy much disciplined kind of sports. I like to move and run around, jumping up and down and too bad that I’m not born to be a monkey else, I might be a pretty good one.

silly ah nee

But somehow, it feels different with yoga. Though almost every step is about 3 to 5 breaths, poses and poses that challenge your weight against the gravity, it’s a miracle that I actually like practicing yoga. Not only it helps to relax my muscles and toning my body (though I didn’t lose any weight), the best thing about yoga is, I have good night sleep everytime after the class.

I have bad habit of waking up from sleep in the middle of the night (almost every night), whether it is pee-time or I’ll just simply wake up to change my sleeping position. This leaves me feeling extremely tired the very next morning which is also why I have difficulty waking up in the morning (am not finding excuses to sleep late, just clarifying hahahaha)

Anyway, if I manage to practice yoga that particular evening, I’ll usually have a very good night sleep that the moment I opened my eyes, I will be seeing the sun shines.

However, June is the last month that I’ll be joining the class to so call cut-cost due to the increment in everything nowadays. Need to save some money now and hopefully I can continue to practice yoga on my own (which I doubt too la)

But indeed it is a sport that I will join again in future if my wallet permit and the gov stop pushing.

last day at studio after class.

p/s: I'm going to miss catching up with nee at class after this.

2008-06-26T13:57:00.000+08:00

green apple

2008-06-25T13:49:00.000+08:00

green apple should be sour, somehow it is sweet...so so sweet

Dinner, kungfu n tat's all

2008-06-24T13:15:00.000+08:00

Went with Ping to OneUtama last Friday. It was Ping’s last day of his holiday. It will also be the last day for the very few times where I can be with ping for more than a week.

Initially he took one week off to spend some time with me in Taiping and another few more days to go back to JB. But he ended up staying in KL with me. I am totally thrilled and am truly touched by his gesture.

Fetching me to work, fetching home from work, having dinner together, sharing jokes, talking and poking at each other at night before we went to bed. It’s especially nice to find someone sleeping next to you when you wake up in the morning, and feeling the blanket covering your body from cold when it rains at night. I had a wonderful ‘week’ with Ping being by my side.

That Friday, we went and try out Seoul BBQ at OneU. It is situated near to TGI Friday. Very far at the corner and there were few more restaurants and new boutiques there too. We decided to try it out since it will be 2 more hours before our movie ‘KungFu Panda’

It’s actually a ALL-YOU-CAN –EAT buffet restaurant. The meat there was pretty nice. Well marinated. We have fun doing some BBQ as I’ve always love BBQ and also a small pot of soup for steamboat at the middle of the BBQ tray. The soup comes in few flavour such as herbal, kimchi and if I’ve not mistaken chicken I think. We settled for herbal soup but it was not really that good. Should try kimchi next time round.

The variety was not really that much and to be honest, besides stuffing yourself with marinated chicken, roughly below is what I can remember correctly ( I hope)

1) 2 types of fish
2) 3-4 types of clams
3) 1 type of prawns which is prawn
4) 2-3 types of marinated beef
5) 2-3 kinds of noodles
6) Some kimchi
7) Some mixture of steamboat material like crab meat, fish ball, chicken ball, wanton, etc etc.. I can’t recall if I see sausages though.
8) 2 types of fruits ( watermelon n melon)
9) 1 type of salad (I can’t find any nice tomato/ purple coloured cabbages, peanuts/raisins/etc)
10) 3 desserts ( longan ,ice kacang and ice cream)
11) Few choices of drink with RM 4 extra charges per person ( honey green tea, peach tea, ice tea, carbonated drinks, plain water and one more…can’t remember)

It cost us about RM 90.80 with only one drink and plus government and service tax. I remember the other time when we went to a Korean restaurant to have a decent Korean dinner with rice and everything. It costs us much less than that. So you make your call.
But as I mentioned before, the marinated meat there was pretty nice. Well marinated. But a bit costly if we are looking at the variety.

After that, we went to watch Kungfu Panda and I guess I dun have to review anymore on that cause I think most of us has already watched it. I hope I can catch the Cantonese version next week though J I love it!

How I wish for many more week like last week. But anyhow, xie xie lao kong, wo hao xin fu o.

2008-06-23T13:05:00.003+08:00

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when u r too free in the office~

2008-06-20T18:15:00.000+08:00

Doll me up~

2008-06-20T15:41:00.001+08:00

Journey home

2008-06-19T13:14:00.000+08:00

Driving from PJ to JB

Ping and I decided instead of traveling to overseas as we had planned on and off ( in fact we were pretty near in getting our air tickets booked when ping can’t get his leave approved) , we then agree to travel to his hometown and then to mine on father’s day.

We had never actually travel together by car as we could not possibly afford owning our own car until now. So I was pretty excited cause ping will be driving and I will be helping him along the way by u know, helping him with the water, food, jokes and help too look out for ‘super’ driver on the road.

We went to JB last 2 weeks. We travel at night. Ping’s buddy Harry was with us. This is the second time I had gone to ping’s place after being together for nearly 5 years. I remembered once I told Harry that there are lots of great food in Taiping and those that you can’t find at anywhere else in Malaysia and then both JB boys insisted that their JB is nor too far behind as well. We took up each other challenge for the fun of it to have our stomach burst with good food and prove that ‘Our’ own place offers the best food.

JB mee rebus~ pretty good

But of course, it was just for the sake of fun, it is like a norm that mothers will prepare lots of good food at home that you may not have to chance to taste outside food. At the same time, after having to eat at hawkers every night, mum’s cooking is like heaven.

Driving home from PJ to Taiping

Then, last week, we were on the road again and this time we are heading back to our lovely Taiping. I was so excited and the thoughts of driving home complete everything. Why do I say so? Well it is kinda silly, I’ve always wanted to have that kind of feeling where my bf will be able to drive me home instead of me always going home alone. The journey could be pretty lonely sometimes. Even when sometimes I went back with my friends in their car I secretly wished too that one day my bf could drive me home too. We were poor students back in the olden days.

My babies

Driving me home, sharing and experiencing the journey home. That’s what it is about. We reached home at about 11 plus that night. Enjoyed a few days of wonderfully delicious mum’s cooking, mouth-watering local food, comfortable bed with all my babies around me and every blessed second of laughter and jokes shared with mum n dad. It was a perfect weekend. Instead of celebrating father’s day, I enjoyed and gained so much more. Let’s just say, I’ve got a blessing from mum and dad.

yum yum fried bihun wrapped in lotus leave, only in Taiping

Just look at the mountains.. it's so beautiful

ping gave me a happy family

2008-06-18T13:15:00.001+08:00

does this bring back memories?

call me for a game or two hehehe

LONG TIME NO SEE~~~

2008-06-09T13:55:00.001+08:00

just to let u guys know.. i am still alive and yea, as round as always hehehe

yesterday

2008-06-09T13:21:00.001+08:00

i jumped off the bed, heart beating loudly.

"Denise, sorry i had overslept..i'll get ready now and be right there"

clock showing 10.34am

"i didn'y know i had overslept, the alarm just went off'

silence at the other end of the line.

" tasha, today sunday wor.."

"huh?!, shit. i thought it's monday! oh God...."

"Hahahaha go back to your sleep, go go!"

"oh..hehehe thank you, sorry sorry"

damn,i feel so stupid.

SPORE Trip

2008-05-30T13:43:00.005+08:00

I went to Spore earlier this month during the labour day for a family gathering kind of. It was meant to meet up with my brothers ( both in spore) and my parents for Barry's bday, Jerry's bday and Mother's day.

Let me see, I haven been to spore since i was in form2 and at that time I went with jerry for my cousin's wedding ( wedding= coincident, holiday=main purpose). So i was pretty excited then and it has been ages since we have a family gathering, it is always one sibling left in spore or i myself in KL whenever we have time to go back to our hometown.Ping sponsored my airplane ticket and and also some pocket money hehehe ( I did bring my own k but hey currency thingy is sure killing)

So off i went from LCCT and soon within 45mins, I'm already at the arrival hall waving to Barry who came to meet me that night. We hop on to the MRT and everything seems clean and well organized ( So clean and TOO ORGANIZED for me) Static and lifeless i would say. It came to me as a surprise as it felt like there was no freedom and excitement as everything looks rigid and on the line.

I arrived at my brother's place in Aljunied at about 10 plus and we chatted abit before we all were off to bed. My parents arrived the very next morning all the way from hometown and they managed to bring us some hometown cuisines. LOVELY!!

That afternoon, i changed and went to meet my sohay buddies, CYEN( + sister) n LLY. It was so great to see them again and yay i will be seeing them again next month!! We had a wonderful steamboat and we managed to catch up a bit. Off then i went to Tempines where my aunt's stay. My whole family were there for dinner and I am at my own to find my way there. I was given the directions by my father, Jerry and wife and also Barry, that's all. It's a pretty nice feeling to be able to walk on my own with some directions given and some help from my F2 memory, I managed to find my way there.

It's true somehow, it feels safer in Spore. I walked with less caution and with more comfort.

SOHAY!!

Then, the following day we went to visit some tourist spots and not forgetting Orchard Road hehehe. Am not a exactly a shopaholic, i prefer walking along the street and look look see see. everywhere i go, it's clean, tidy and safe. In exchange of the lack of freedom and excitement that I mentioned earlier during my arrival, I must say, it worth to a certain level afterall.

mummy and little bro dearest

3 important man in my life + also my hubby ping

We ate well, we enjoyed ourselves very well that few days. It feels great to be able to get together and i truly enjoyed eevery moment of it. I left Spore on that weekend itself and i actually felt threaten the moment i entered JB but that didn't last long though, afterall i am in msia since i was small and I've been studying and working in KL for nearly 5 years now.

my elder bro and wife-to-be,sheauhooi

having korean food.

I must says, despite everything that spore has, msia still is still colourful to me. After seeing and experiencing few days life in spore, it makes me really proud that msia is a multiracial country. We have friends of all races and it's amazing how we can live in such a harmony. It's a pity that not many msian know how to treasure such a beautiful bond nowadays. On top of that, our mamak yam char session is the first thing i notice and miss the most when I'm in spore.

In conclusion, spore is clean, tidy, organized, low cost of living and SAFE.
Msia is messy, not clean, not well organized BUT it feels much more humane, close to heart, warm and exciting.

It's a tough call.

MY WONDERFUL FAMILY.

THANK YOU BROS FOR THE WONDERFUL HOSPITALITY! YOU ARE OFFICIALLY RATED 5 STARS!! Hehehe

p/s; i hope i don't offend any sporean /msian with my comments.

Blacky & Our Family ( Especially Barry)

2008-05-29T13:38:00.000+08:00

I cried badly last night. There were mucus stuck heavily in my nostril causing difficulty in my breathing. My eyes were swollen and I was extremely tired from crying. As i grow older, wiser but not exactly calmer. For no solid reasons, my tears will starts rolling like Nagaria fall. Trust me, i try ( HARD) to control but it is getting harder each day. Without knowing,I could have just earned myself the title of 'old baby'.

Remember once our family has a dog by the name of Blacky and in this sense it is quite obvious that our little friend here is black in colour. Black, TOTALLY. We got Blacky from our big uncle , who happens to be a barber that had received some puppies from one of his friend. Dad told us that uncle barber will allow us to choose one puppy from his. It was a during one afternoon that uncle barber came holding a brown colour middle sized paper box. As he placed on the floor, we can see that there is about three puppies sleeping soundly and closely to each other. They were amazing and beautiful. There we saw Blacky, black and shiny just like Pantene.

Blacky was our first family dog. It grew up with us, play with us and stay with us. When Blacky was still a puppy, Barry ( that's my little bro) will play and even carry him to sleep besides his bed. Sometimes i wonder if my little bro did actually talked to Blacky till both of them fall asleep. This actually continues till Blacky was big enough to climb onto the bed at his own. Mum always scolded at Blacky and chased him from the bed to where he belongs, our balcony back at those old shoplots houses fearing for our hygiene and health, especially Barry's. Nope, Blacky don't climb up to my bed or my elder brother's. Nope. Never.

Little did we know, Blacky could have been really enjoying his nap next to my little brother. Maybe he was performing his duties by being nearest to my defendless sound asleep little bro. I remember one day, Barry ask me to hit him in front of Blacky and then he pretended to yell in pain. I actually heard Blacky barking at me and at the same time posing in 'ready-to-attack- but-i can't' kinda posture, afterall I am also his master, or rather sister to his master. I was shocked and at the same time find that entertaining (folling him) and amazed by his loyalty. My little bro must have meant a lot to him. Perhaps those naps really did bond them together.

So sweet, loyal and protective of Blacky. He is a little puppy inside despite him growing up. As he was about 2 to 3 years old, uncle barber brought us another puppy. He is black in colour too however, he is more flurry and bubbly than Blacky. His name is Milo. Not as black and smart as Blaky, Milo is slight plum and he walks slowly with his backside swinging from one side to another. With the new puppy at home, Blacky certainly can feel his position is on rock. Though Milo was just a puppy, Blacky will never let him get near to anyone of us. He will chased him away and with all those 'ngrrrr' angry sounds from both of them ( as Milo grow up and was about the size of Blacky, even bigger than Blacky) but they never attack each other, or at least not that we known of. Jealousy i guess but i know simply because he loves us all and wanted us to love him also.(OF COURSE, SILLY DOG!)

I remember some time back, Blacky had a fight with a cat appears from no where one afternoon at our balcony. Being tied down by his choker, he barely has the chance to win the battle. His fight was not victorious, he ended up badly injured by that damn cat. Blacky's tail was badly hurt that there were blood dripping on the floor and flesh were visible to our eyes even when we were standing far from him when we reached hearing the barking and everything. Blacky's whole body was shaking. He must have been scared to death. We were shocked too and seeing how he can't even sit despite his leg shaking pains our hearts.

Dad send Blacky to the vet immediately. The Indian doctor suggested to us to have a minor surgery to remove Blacky' tail. He will no longer be able to walk next to us with his tail 'whomp whomp' happily from side to side. I still remember the rubberband that was tied on this tail. It's exactly where the doc will cut his tail off. In the clinic, dad was holding Blacky who was laying on the operation table while the doc giving him the injection. I heard dad kept saying ' It's ok Blacky, sayang..sayang..sayang..” while running his hang across Blacky's body. I wonder if it's because of the injection or because Blacky know we trully 'sayang' him... he was calm and brave. I stood there with Jerry, my elder brother ( I think, or was it Barry? Well,nevermind) all it matters is that, Blacky is injured, he will need to be hospitalised for few days before we can pick him up . Dad's voice is still ringing in my ears whenever i recall. Blacky soft panting and dad's “it's ok, sayang sayang..” Dad must be very worried and sad back then. I was, we were.

After a couple of days, Blacky was back at home with his 2 inches short little tail. He seems healthy!! Thank God.

Not long after that, dad and mum bought our first house and we moved in. Blacky will have his own house just right next to our main gate. His house was build specially and entirely but dad. The house was painted in white with red roof and it is so big that you can actually have two adult dogs sleeping inside. I remember how Milo used to jump in Blacky's house and will eventually ended up being kicked off by Blacky. Blacky doesn't like to share. Milo doesn't seems to mind, afterall he's the selamba ones hahahaha

As Blacky grow older, there were already visible white hair. Mum will always fuss around both Blacky and Milo. Blacky hates bath and Milo loving every moment of it hahahaha Blacky bark at whoever strangers/ even friens that gets near to our gate, Milo will only bark when he sensed danger. Blacky is fierce, Milo is even fierce. Just like cat with the fur standing at the back of their neck when they are about to attack, yea, Milo has it too. Blacky don't dig a hole in the garden and nothing fascinate him much besides seeing our family members ( especially little bro) Milo, dig, burry, cover anything that is round in shape and regardless if it's a food or not, he won't eat it. He'll simply dig, burry and cover. He's busy even when he is on his own. So we have a truly well behave and smart adult Blacky and an adult with a kid in it, Milo.

At one time, Blacky's gotten old and somehow his tails began to swells and began to bleed. There were lots of red ants in his kennel ,flies mobbing the entire place and soon fleas, so horrible it is that you can actually sees some crawling on the floor. No matter how often or how clean mum cleanses, still it smells badly and dirty. Fearing for our own health, dad decided to bring Blacky to his construction site .

Dad always come home and then bring food to Blacky after our dinner. Always. Sometimes we will follow dad to visit Blacky. Blacky is always so excited to see us until one day, Dad came home very late at night and told us that he has lost Blacky. Blacky never come home after dad unbuckle him and let him run around after his dinner. Even until today, we didn't know where Blacky has gone.

My little bro cried and he was mad at dad for leaving Blacky. He didn't talk to dad for few days. It reminds me of how we will usually argue with our dad if ever he hits Blacky for being disobedient. Sometimes, all of us will not talk to Dad but that night, I believe Dad wishes we will not talk to him cause i think he is as sad and heart broken as we were. That was few years back. I do miss Blacky. He's cool, smart and yet so loving.

He was amazing.

And oh btw, the reason for my crying last night? I was reading MARLEY & ME.

p/s: As I wrote this, I receive a call from mum saying that dad has just brought home a new puppy and they named him Holick. YAY!!!!

Mum says Milo behave exactly like how Blacky was when he first arrives :)

Welcome to our family Holick :)

Job predictor

2008-04-24T08:54:00.000+08:00

It’s been ages since I’ve update my blog and I actually thought I will not until God knows when. Anyway, I received a forwarded email from my lady boss this morning and it’s actually a ‘Job Predictor’ excel file.

Since it is still early this morning, so why not? I will just have to key in my name and press ‘enter’.

First, I key-ed ho kai sim and I got ...

Yummy hehehe

Then, I key-ey tasha ho and I got..

Fuh! Walau-eh..i am intellectual hehehe all of a sudden I feel like a mixture of Ross and Monica from FRIENDS.

Then, I tried tasha ho kai sim...

MAN!!! I AM BRILLIANT!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

So syiok syiok I key-ed in ah ping’s full name and i got..

niama..and so.. he is rich....

mayday mayday..

2008-02-18T16:07:00.000+08:00

blogspot has been blocked from browsing in office..

internet at home has yet to connect

i wonder when will blogger will be block..

won't be able to browse as often as i wish, i wonder if this will be my last post here before getting my connection done...aiseh~ sien nia

post-chinese-new-year

2008-02-13T00:21:00.000+08:00

what do you miss the most of chinese new year?

i miss mum's cooking the most..

what add on to the misery of post-cny-holiday?

the smells of home cooking at my little rented room at KL..( i am staying in a family house)

i miss home~

p/s: damn! started working d~~

恭喜发财..

2008-02-01T17:27:00.000+08:00

Wishing all my family and friends,

恭喜发财，万事如意

Have a wonderful chinese new year!!!

P/S: drive safe, play safe and enjoy yourselves to the max.

Shopping for CNY

2008-01-22T18:56:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow is Thaipusam public holiday. Ping will be coming to my place and we will have to do our chinese new year (cny) tomorrow as we are afraid that we might not be able to finish our shopping by next week.

So I thought why not I do a proposal just for fun and emailed to ping via yahoomail. Below is my email correspondence and proposal;

Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:08:01 -0800 (PST)
From: "tasha ho" Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: proposal
To: "weeping weeping"

Dear Boss,

Please check and see if this proposal is ok.

Kindly let me know if there is any amendments need to make.

LoVE,

bOSS wIFE

HAHAHAHAH
.
CLICK images for clearer view;

And he replied ; ----- Original Message ----
From: tasha ho xxx@yahoo.com
To: weeping weeping xxx@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:08:01 PM
Subject: proposal
Dear bOss, DirEctoR, CEO, MaNagEr wIFE,

This is final proposal v1.01.

Kindly let me know if there is any amendments need to make.

LoVE, bOSS HUBBY
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

hahahahahahahahaha

p/s: alright, mayb is nothing much but still i find it amusing! kakakaka

shopping shopping~~

happy new year

2008-01-22T14:01:00.000+08:00

I have yet officially started a post for year 2008. So here goes~

Was kinda busy last few weeks due to many reports to be done in order to clear off what Dec 2007 has left out..last week was superb as I was in Jacky Cheung World Tour Concert @ Genting ( FOR THE 2ND TIME!! Kekekeke ) with my parents and younger bro.

We sat about 3 rows away from the stage and Jacky was truly near that we can actually sees where his eyes are moving to. Met my elder brother, Jerry the night before and meet up with younger bro Barry at genting the next day. The air was fresh and it was very cold up hill..

Stayed in KL the following day and shopped the whole day through and yet I have not finished my chinese new year shopping. It was nice to be able to catch up with my siblings but I guess it would be nicer if both brothers are present at the same day. Guess working kept us apart..well for good reason I believe as we will learn, grow and cherish even more.. :)

2 wedding this week which means the increase of expenses for the month and also valentine coming next month as well.. am gonna be soooooooo broke and if u r interested to fund me please contact me through my email at thesobrokeahsha@gmail.com k! thanks! hehehe

Chinese New Year will be here soon and just like very year I AM EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kakakakkaa am not gonna post what have I bought or what preparation I’ve done but I’ll just write some taboo and see if you guys are aware of them.. :)

Do you know? (Tales and myth told by Grandma about Chinese New Year)

1) Ang pow. (Red Packet)

As you may know, giving red packets or more popularly known as Ang Pow which is a common practice among chinese during Chinese New Year as a symbol of good luck for the whole year through. These red packets are usually given by the married couple or any elderly to their younger and unmarried children.

However, many may not aware that there is some myth behind such practice. It was told that during the Qing dynasty, elder would tie a string of coins with a red string and wrapped them with red coloured paper during the chinese new year to be placed under their pillow. Such gesture is said to be able to suppress all the bad luck for the entire year for the person who has do so and hence the money is also called the
‘yāsuì qián’

Some believe also that the more money you gave in the red packet will be able to bring back more in return of good luck and prosperity. Besides that, according to feng shui, when an elderly gave ang pow to a younger one, at the same time it is said that the elder ones are ‘loaning’ ‘qi’ (energy) from the younger ones to keep them healthy and strong. While the younger ones will benefit not only from the money they get but they are able to generate more ‘fresh qi’ in their body.

2) Yu Shang on Yan Yuet
Fish salad or more frequently called Yu Shang is a ‘must-have’ delicacy for chinese new year. It is supposing served on the seventh day, traditionally known as the common man's birthday (Yan Yuet), the day when everyone grows one year older.
It is believed that Yushang has its origins in southern China. Legend has it that a young man and his girlfriend found themselves stranded by bad weather at a temple with nothing to eat but a carp they had caught. Chancing upon a bottle of vinegar, they added this to the stripped carp and found it quite appetizing and since many where taught to enjoy such delicacy.

However, for the modern people, Yushang plays on the homonyms where yu means "fish" but enunciated appropriately, it also means "abundance"; and shang means literally "raw" but enunciated appropriately, it means "life". Thus Yushang implies "abundance of wealth and long life”. Thus,making it one of the most sellable delicacies during Chinese New Year.

3) The 8th day of Chinese New Year
During the Chinese Ming Dynasty, the Hokkien (they still live in south east China (in the area of Xiamen) lost a war. They had to flee their villages. The Hokkiens fled and hid in the sugarcane fields. The Cantonese soldiers tried to find them for day but failed. After some time the Cantonese warriors grew tired of searching the fields and returned to their own areas.
The Hokkiens returned to what was left of their houses but they themselves had been spared. The day they came out of the sugarcane fields was, as they realised, the 9th day of the Chinese New Year. Grateful they had been spared they offered gifts to the Tian Gong, the Supreme Ruler of Heaven for their salvation.
As their homes were destroyed, they had little to offer. All that they had was sugarcane stalks which they offered. The tradition held on until modern days. Some say the tradition is the strongest in Penang as most Chinese in Penang are of Hokkien descendents. Fireworks and parade were held each year in the island.
4) God of Kitchen

Until today there are still elderly who practices placing sweets before the God of Kitchen a week prior to Chinese New Year. Children were told that the Kitchen God who watches over the family will say sweet things when he is back in heaven to present annual report about the family’s behavior to the Jade Emperor. Thus, the Jade Emperor will be happy and send even more blessing to the family. Therefore, children are thought to respect the sweets given and not to steal them from the altar.

5) Staying late on Chinese New Year Eve.

No matter how tired one is, on chinese new year eve, many will stay up late waiting for the clock to strike 12. To many modern people, once the clock strike, it symbolized just only a new beginning of a year. But not many know that on Chinese New Year Eve, parents encourage children to stay awake as long as possible, because legend says that the longer children stay awake the longer their parents will live. Therefore, make sure you don’t sleep early on that day.

Nola, it's an article for my company's bi-monthly newsletter kekekeke

so since, i've wrote it d, might as well post it here too hehehe

shall post more b4 cny i hope~ or at least to let u see what i've prepare for the celebration :)

p/s: btw, happy belated new year

2007

2007-12-31T21:25:00.000+08:00

Well in just another few hours we will be bidding goodbye to 2007. i dun remember concluding year 2006 but i do remember i wrote a post bidding goodbye to year 2005 and there were many 'first time' experiences that year..

this year, it seems quiet different.. looking back, i was indeed a young girl..year 2007 has been a year full of mixed emotions..everything seems extreme..extremely happy, extremely thankful, extremely touched and of course extremely disappointed, terrifying, hurt, lost and extremely exhausted.

all these extremes has somehow or someway 'force' me to grow and i did ( i hope) ..let's see y..

January 2007 - Life is full of philosophies, but how many do really apply all of them( even if it's only one).

February 2007 - Dreams allow you to explore without any control including your fear-which is somthing you wish you could take control off.

March 2007 - When dreams are shattered, hopes are gone, as cruel as it sounds, life still goes on.

April 2007 - Who knows me better if not you?

May 2007 - The grass is not always greener on the other side

June 2007 -Look inside and you shall find, despite all the worst, there's still something worth to be thankful off

July 2007 - Ending doesn't always spell sadness, sometimes ending could be the best way to a better begining

August 2007 - A new chapter of life

September 2007 - Smile and smell

October 2007 - Once a habit, always a habit

November 2007 - Life is simple , live life simply

December 2007 - Started in hell ended in heaven.

From jan to june, my life was nothing but sadness, i was realli tired back then and i couldn't be thankful enough to end the journey and as mentioned in my post, my final says is ';ve done it, i've given my best and i'm willing to let go.

July till Dec , the second half of the year, things started to get better again.. happiness seems closer to me again. I found another great job, surrounded with great ppl..at first, i couldn't even believe myself..i've got tons of pic to post but i've lost my usb cable..even ping said it's like returning to heaven from hell hehehe

relationship wise, my love for ping grow stronger each day.. he stood by me always..never once he left me alone..

family wise...what else could i say, they know me inside out..they love me with their entire heart and thank you mum and dad for 'letting' me go ( dun mistaken, it's not wat u think, and u may not even understand :)

2007 has been a challenging year so i hope year 2008 will be a greater year..

my wishes to is as usual may everyone will be happy, healthy,wealthy and surrounded with love and happiness always~~

p/s: There's so many things that happened in dec that i shall blog next year kakaka cause am too packed now..been kinda busy with reports n stuff..

ANOTHER SINFUL PLACE~~

2007-12-30T15:08:00.001+08:00

WHY?? WHY AM SO BROKE BUT STILL WANNA BUY????? KEKEKE

the clothes are pretty nice and affordable also.. it's my fren's website actually, but yrs sincerely help a bit with the website designs too kekeke..

though not the best design but ok la ya...hey, come on la, am journalism student not design k~ give some face k! kekekeke visit her blog at buttonandpin.blogspot.com!!

jongle bell jingle bell to everyone~

2007-12-25T20:34:00.001+08:00

xmas is coming to town~

2007-12-23T16:00:00.000+08:00

White Xmas~

2007-12-22T00:41:00.000+08:00

at pavillion..

current office~

starry starry nite at office~

angel's blessing~

next~

MARCOM pirate ship

2007-12-21T08:50:00.000+08:00

my pirates colleagues - captain Denise (my lady boss), meself,senior pirate matey Kristy and senior beer lady,Carene.

There's only 4 of us on our ship, but we are the one supporting more that 40 over computer brands in our company..

we might be small, but we are strong kekekeke

pirates of the port dickson - part 2 to annual dinner

2007-12-21T08:35:00.000+08:00

Sorry been away too long, so where were we?..aha!! continue..

Along the way, many faces of curiosity seeing so many laughing and smiling hostages turn pirates walking down from the bus.

we are all being tied up~~

We are now pirates too lined up at the hallway to get our name registered as the new ship mate.

lining up hostages..

After selecting a lucky number for ‘Pirates lucky draw” later at night, we followed the sign to an open air spaces where fun has just begins. There were pirates’ coconut bowling game, snake shows, free sticker tattoo, gun shooting and special makeup artistes to paint moustaches for our male pirates matey.

heheheh the male best dressed!, Alex~

tattoo for free!!!!

Delicious and mouth watering buffet dinner awaits for all pirates on board at the dining hall. Captain Daniel Chan gave a welcome speech as well as a short review on Ingram Micro Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Together with both his first mate, Pirate Tay and Pirate Chen, they toasted to all the crew for successfully hunting down treasure and gold worth XXXX, thus marking year 2007 a history. “Aye, captain!”

matey ian and edmond

my lady boss, denise

Lucky treasure box~~

Games and performance such as “How Low Can You Go” limbo rock, lucky draw and disco dancing rounded up the night. Not forgetting, fashion is also part of pirates. The best dressed male category was won by Caption Hook Alex Verghese and female category by Lady Carine Chu. They each walk away with RM500 JUSCO shopping vouchers. Fellow pirates enjoyed themselves dancing and partying the whole night through. Every pirate gets to win a prize during the lucky draw. The night ended at about 1am in the morning……

partying hard~

Being a pirate isn’t that bad afterall...

p/s: wat did i get for lucky draw?

annual dinner

2007-12-06T01:16:00.000+08:00

It was a broad daylight when all associates from IM Malaysia were captured as hostages by a group of pirates. Our mateys from Johor, Penang and Kuching were too in danger.

We were transported in a pirate land ship a.k.a the bus to a small town by the name of Port Dickson. The pirates on board told us that there are already a group of pirates waiting for us there. At that moment, it seems that we are destined to walk on the plank. We reached Avillion Resort at about 4pm. Shabby it ain’t, scary it wasn’t. In fact, we were settled in a beautiful water chalet shared among three hostages.

The sound of wave splashing against the shore and birds chipping in the sky, traditional Malay music instruments were playing as we were ushered along the way. The room was comfortable, the scenery was magnificent and all of the sudden, pirates that are usually fierce, loud, terrifying and harsh turned friendly, helpful and cheerful. “Ahoy” were shouted here and there. We must be dreaming.

i truly thought we will stay in somekind of service apartment in PD which at least 8 people cramped into an unit..well, i guess i was wrong

Let the pictures tell you the story..

this is the resort that we stay at PD during our annual dinner last saturday
look at the sky..

my and my frens - it's wonderful that i can finally call colleagues as frens..
private beach..

open air shower room, when you look up, you saw the sky, when you look down , you saw the sea..perfect!

bath tub just next to the shower, they have bamboo binds that separates them..i forget to take the pictures of the binds..

our room, i slept on the middle bed..

our water chalet room

5 STARS Avillion PD...it certainly brings out a different sight of PD..i don't feel like i was at PD at all..

But dreams are dreams, facts is what we see. We changed into the pirates costumes willingly and gathered before being taken to another place called Marina Bay at 6pm....

to be continue...more photos coming up~

pirates of port dickson

2007-12-04T21:48:00.000+08:00

Like many companies, except for my previous company, every year most companies are bound to have annual dinner in late December or early January. My current company will be having one as well and this time they have decided to go with a theme: Pirates of the Caribbean.

Erm..pirates I say yer.

well, I don’t actually plan to rent my costume nor do I wanna buy one for myself, I’ve decided to turn my cupboard, drawer and cabinet upside down to see if I can find anything for me to dress up. Aha! Internet is the heaven to source for some great ideas like….

And according to wikihow, to dress like I pirate, I might need

Bandanas with skulls, black and red designs. – should not be a problem..

Eye patch – erm..where can I hunt one down?

Peasant shirts – no prob, gotta change my convo oversized white blouse into smthg else.

Shirts with cut-off sleeves – nola, I got long sleeve d..

Billowing capris – yea I think I have a pair from giordano that has been left in the cupboard long time ago

Costume jewelry – vest? Boots? Belt? Scull necklace? Shoulder pet – let’s say Monkey! Hehehe and earrings!!!

Fake tanner – no need la, at night no diff lol

Black, brown, natural or flesh-toned eyeshadow – OK!

Black or brown mascara – OK!

Black or brown eyeliner – OK!

Red, flesh-toned or natural colored lipstick or lip gloss (not fake-looking) – OK!

Warm blush - no need too la

Hair highlighter – no need three la

It's gonna be fun I bet and it's pretty funny to think how it actually is since this will be my first annual dinner/party.

I've even got a pirate name generated specially for the event..yer can call me

Reeking Glynnis Sparrow!!

hahahahahaha!!!!

p/s: this is actually a back-dated post as I was rather occupied recently, thus wasn't able to find time to blog as frequent as i did last month.

there are more posts coming up,join me!

pirates, here we come :)

y so many people?

2007-12-02T20:48:00.000+08:00

y so many ppl?

uncle! ada promosi kah?

wah...very cheap hor?

walau 10.30 d leh!!!
still so many ppl..???

welcome to TESCO taiping kakakakaka

have you been there already? went bk hometown last week and had a walk at the newly arrived TESCO in town, there's also GIANT in town and i heard that MYDIN is coming also.. a new university is currently under construction too....TAIPING is blooming!! kekeke

you'll be suprise to see so many people in tesco taiping when the town usually quiet down at about 8.00pm at night. Not many cars or even people walking around in town anymore at that time..hehehe so it's kinda nice to see so many people once more...

i kept asking my mum and dad where does all these people come from kakakakak

p/s: btw, the uncle dressed in maroon coloured shirt, hahaha he's my dad :)

i'm in love..

2007-11-30T13:47:00.000+08:00

my office desktop monitor hehe

currently so in love with him..

p/s: pics taken from baidu.com.

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2007-11-22T13:30:00.000+08:00

do you remember this?

2007-11-10T15:52:00.001+08:00

i saw this and it create a smile that i had almost forgotten as i grow up~
:)

walk

2007-11-09T19:28:00.001+08:00

i need a long distance walk..
after a walk things will be different..
i just know it..

a place..

2007-11-09T12:57:00.000+08:00

is there a place where people can post in anonymous without anyone tracing the writer and yet the writer can find someone who can share her thoughts with?

many stops blogging when they find their posts are too personal to share..many started another blog in hope to keep their personal posts personal..many blog ambiguously in hope to tell the untold to the world without actually telling..many forget why they started a blog at the beginning..

it started as a diary where it was a place for me to jot down my thoughts and feelings without hesitation. In fact, in the beginning, I do think the beauty of blogging is to know that when you are saying out what's kept hidden in your heart and mind , there's someone out there who is reading it.

And that someone...

is someone you don't know, someone who don't know who you are, someone who will not judge you (even if they do, you wouldn't know and it doesn't matter cause you do not know them and they will not affect your life) , someone who might share the same thoughts as you are and maybe also someone far way who wishes that he/she can share some words of encouragement.

Sometimes, knowing how a stranger can be encouraging can be comforting..

meeting his family..

2007-11-06T15:49:00.000+08:00

Alright, I might not be meeting the in-laws but am going to see Ping’s whole family ( parents, brother, aunties, uncles, nephews, nieces and etc etc) next week during his uncle’s wedding.

I don’t want to appear sloppy or too casual. So am having a hard time wondering how should I wear..i have been searching for many online fashion websites but yet nothing seems to interest me..

Am looking for something that is not too flashy, not too tight and not too revealing yet, just nice, sweet and smart at the same time ( sweet and smart ?? is it possible?) erm…*scratch head*

I prefer dress though am having the thoughts to wear pants as well..but if pants I am wearing..what kinda top should I go for..i have problem finding tops as always cause

1) I cant’ wear sleeveless
2) I can’t wear those with lots of cuts, patterns, and flowers
3) I can’t find tops that are fitting enough cause i can never find something which reveal the wrist line (I HAVE OKIE!) and yet hiding the boobs.. everything just made them looked so oversized..sigh*

You see, there will be 2 session, one is in the morning and dinner in the evening. So I plan to wear pants in the morning but that will be the first impression that I am going to leave to his family. I’m not sure how his family would take me as, I mean, it’s natural that his family would prefer his girlfriend to be more girlish and less corporate. Pants tend to makes one looked more independent and less feminine. Or should I go for dress both morning and evening?

But if I am to wear dress in the morning, doesn’t it look a bit over-dressed? i mean, it will be hot and everything, pants would definitely be more comfortable. Or I’ll just stick to dress that will limit my movement while trying to find a place to stand from one place to another just like a moving ‘vase’..

*Sigh*

Headache la..

If there are any guys out there, who so happens to read my blog.. please let me know what a guys wishes his girlfriend to wear to meet his family..

And girls, time for you girls to show some supports and sisterhood spirit…HELP!!!!!!

Thanks~

p/s: btw, I dun have a 36-24-36 body figure..OH and also, should I wear make up in the morning? I simple, light and nude kinda make up will do, rite? Erm….

Scooter and his sunday

2007-11-04T12:24:00.000+08:00

"hey scooter....scooter! yo~~ scooooooooooterrrr....... ?????"

"scooter...where are you??...."

"hey, come out now..it's sunday, come let's take some pictures..."

? ? ? ? ?

must find him...

behind the door..nope!

under the table...nope

one the upper bed...nope!btw, i'm sleeping on double decker..

under the cover...nope!

*sigh*...continue
in the closet...nope!
in drawer 1,drawer 2, drawer 3,drawer 4...*#^%$ nope!!
nevermind, continue, he must be somewhere in the house..

in the storeroom...nope!
in the kitchen...nope!
in the living room...nope!
in the shoe rack...nope!

damn!!!!!!!! That's it!!!!

sorry guys i have been searching for scooter up and down the whole g.damn morning and when i'm totally exhausted and after a nice bath...i saw him..
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sitting next to ah bean the doll..

Scooter, you fool me this sunday but you can't fool me next sunday..

scooter enjoyed his sunday...i don't...#$%^&

if I can do miracle..

2007-11-02T20:52:00.000+08:00

*Contain non-halal food pictures :)

weight has always been an issue for me..i try to lose weight many times and like many, i gave up half way through the process especially when there is a tiny mini differences that only i myself can notice..yes, the inner evil-self always says since diet-ing for so long d..no harm taking a break hehehe that, y i was never successful..

even when my younger bro saw me ( when he came to kl from spore) , yes his reaction was "wah!! u realli fat hor...wah!!realli leh" not once, not twice but countless times until the following day when i send him to bus stop..luckily i didn't not plaster his mouth and guess what his goodbye was " sis, diet la, lose weight la..jin bui liao.." *&^%$ nia ma..

Ping's family will be here next 2 weeks for his uncle's wedding..his mum ask me to attend the wedding..seeing not only his family, but his grandma,aunties, uncles,nephews, nieces...man..2 weeks time, do u think i can do miracle when...

Ping bought me to Just Thai

Just to have Tom Yam.. ( not exactly nice, and definitely not hospitality with a heart)

my favourite Dim Sum on sunday morning..

wonderful and yummy bagua roti with plata( some more!!) from my colleague

Delicious kebab pasta i had during office training..this is killing

along with little potatoes ( this is FATTENING!!) and brownies...

- Yuen Steamboat Buffet
( with nee and seefong, cause nee was depress, she was alright after that but i pula yang depress in return)
- Dinner with Wanying at Kopitiam cause it's her birthday!! so a reason for me to celebrate and break my diet also
-dinner with ean and followed by some cooktails last sat ( thanks girl for the drinks!)
-weekly dinner with Ping a compulsory, so no choice hehehe ( but i always enjoy eating with ping :) )
-office tea time..yes, my colleagues always circulate food around..from 'char siew bao', crackers, baskin robibins ice cream, egg tarts, chocolate donuts and etc etc
-office event for at least 3 times this week, and yes, we are provided with food food and food..

so the list goes on...

how to lose weight? how to perform miracle? u tell me...

express haircut..

2007-10-30T22:11:00.000+08:00

i went to have a hair cut at QQ Cut last saturday..nothing major, just tidy up the fringe that is getting long in front of the forehead..i've never been to this sort of express cut (though the trend has started 2 or 3 years back) cause i'm very particular about my hair..

i don't get to find hairdresser that i like since, let me see..once in sg.wang a guy named Steven back in year 2001. He is the first one who introduce me to fringe since at that time, i was still with the center-part long hair that stick just right next to my face..i liked it instantly and when the time i return for a second haircut, he was no longer at the salon..can't find him though..

then i found another perfect hairdresser last year,2006, at the condo where i've rented my room in Cheras..she was a young girl at 20s and she's doing it as freelance after working hours.. we get along quite well in fact..though she's young, but she's good..then she bid me goodbye and went back to her hometown to open her own salon..

In between those years without my favourite hairdresser, i've met some that cut my ear loop and some that mange to hurt my scalp when washing the hair. I've also met some who simply cut the fridge by using just a ruler..damn! i really wonder WTF was she doing! i was totally too dumb-founded that i din know how to react except for rescuing the remaining poor fringe using hair pins..

so QQ Cut is not exactly a place to go..but what the heck, just give it a try afterall what kinda disaster i've never gone through yet.. So, i entered the express salon with lly. As you can see, they are so 'express' that they can finished the hair cut in just 13 mins after you've paid them RM13 for the service.

i did not manage to take a lot of picture cause it's kinda stressful knowing that everything is going on express mode, i just can't simply take my own sweet time taking pictures of their closet, hair blower ( that actually appeared like a vacuum, vacuuming your hair ), they even sterilized the every tools they used from scissor to hair broom..

Everything happened so fast that i'm not sure what has happened actually hahahaa but mine was a simple hair cut, i wonder how it is if i need a major change in my hairstyle..perhaps next time..

not much diff...except for the fringe being sideway to front..

the green ball that turn me into mutan..

2007-10-28T02:45:00.000+08:00

i went to Midvalley today with lly and we were just plainly doing window shopping when i came across this at teddy tales.. It's a green ball in a net, it's almost like a stress ball..i was kinda excited about it cause it looked extremely disgusting yet funny..so happily, i bought it home and can't wait to release my stress on it hahaha look at the video to find out how it is actually...

just look at it...at close up, it looks like a brain and from the second pic, it looks like a snake head to me..eeeiiii i hate snake! i hate them big time..so i started to squeeze hard but however, it seems only one of the ballon pop-out instead of how it should be like in the video...then, it burst! damn it! there goes the ball and my money within 5 mins and the news is the stress is still stressing in me..&*%$#

it's ocean green gel was all over my palm..then i try to close my palm..at that times, it actually looked like as though i'm one of the mutan in x-men, dripping green blood after being attacked by a green giant monster that looks like a ball..ARGGGGGG....

i fought! i fought hard but yet i lost and there i was lying next to that BLOODY STUPID BALL dying from excessive lost of blood......

okie... okie.. i exaggerated but hey, i've just lost my new toy, so it doesn't hurt to have some role play with the damn ball before it ended in the waste basket rite.... @#!*&%

when you lose a tyre..

2007-10-25T23:24:00.001+08:00

i found out that one of my back tyre was totally flat right after work. In fact, i didn't know about it until when i try to make a u turn and i realised that something is wrong with my car. So, i quickly parked my car and get down to see what is wrong and truly not pleased, i saw the puncture tyre.

to be honest, at the moment, i really didn't know what to do, who to call and where to begin. the sky is getting dark, the wind is blowing strongly..God please don't rain..please..

so immediately, i called up dad and he asked me to lock the car,parked it there and ask some mechanic guys to come back tomorrow. alternatively , i can ask my senior or other male colleagues to help out.

see the flat tyre?

instead, i called up my cousin bro and a friend who is working nearby but both of them are already home..then NEE came to the rescue!! i was trying to ask nee to bring me to a nearby workshop to find someone when she exclaimed that she had a fren who can help!

3 mins later, she called me back and says that she's coming to find me and waited for her friend who is on the way as well..there's no word to describe how thankful i am for NEE..it was just in about 5 mins, both nee and her friend, Sung are there with me..

It was just like seeing a doc, i was so afraid that he might says things like " this is not good.."..no no no no, in fact, if he ever 'sigh' or say the word "shit!" (even in the softest tone).. i do think i'l faint..

instead, the first thing Sung said was.."oh... flat tyre only izzit?" kakakakakak lol to a guy it's just "izzit" to a girl it's "IZZIT A BIG PROB?IZZIT DYING?ZZIT THERE'S NO WAY TO REPAIR IT? IZZIT HAVE TO TOLL THE CAR?? IZZIT GOING TO BE EZPENSIVE??" izzit can mean alot of things, you know...

So back to the story, Sung helped me to change my tyre and suddenly we heard Sung's voice saying" wah!! got aquarium la!"

haih..no eye see...btw, that's nee's finger pointing..

That's d shy, quiet but helpful Sung hehehe

the tyre changing process captured since me and nee got nothing to do but to make some noise, and keep Sung enjoying his work with our own meaningless jokes.. hehehe

SPECIAL THANKS TO NEE AND SUNG!!!!! luckily i found u both heheheh..

p/s: it's not easy to get nee, not to mention getting nee and gotten nee to get sung cause they are always busy with something or at somewhere else..am so thankful for that..

as mentioned to nee, i wonder this is my lucky day or unlucky day.Ping said that his is the good luck within the bad luck...

nee nee the angel that came to rescue!!!hehehe THANK YOU!!! MUACKS!! btw, no pic of sung la~ hehehe Thank GOD he's there too :)

parking the car.

2007-10-23T23:19:00.000+08:00

many asked y do i have to go to the office at 7am when i actually starts work at 9am? mind ya the duration from my place to my office is about 5-10 minutes only ( depending on the traffic) worst come to worst, the duration is about 20 mins including "jam"..

do you think i have a choice? just look at the street near your office area.. cars q-ing up one by one along both side of the road..parking along the yellow & white lines which spells illegal and so you think i wanna park the car there on purpose too?our parking space at the office area is just as bad..

don't u think that if i were given a choice i wouldn't fork out those money to park my car safely in those seasonal parking rather than those seasonal penalty..

sad to say, i have to go to the office early not to work but to park my car..

even they get to enjoy the privilege..

scooter's photography day

2007-10-21T15:00:00.000+08:00

this is my little doggie, named scooter...

"hey, scooter! scooter a...hey...psst!"

"mat yea shi a?what's up?"

" hehe pong har shao tak mou? - can help me a?"

"kam yat lai bai wor, lei oi mat yea? - today is sunday wor, what do you want?"

"yao mou kau chor a? lai bai yat dou you zhou? zhou sei yan meh?!- WTF, sunday also need people to work! abuse la!"

"ok lol, li kor lai bai, lei sek chi kei leh! mou kau leong bei lei a!- oklah! you eat yrself this week! no dog food for you!"

" ngor tao hong, ngor tao hong! - i surrender!"

"okie okie, soni la ya...ngor zhou,ngor zhou! BUT one pic onli k? deal? *shake hand deal* **kaisim's big grin**

"okie,take one! smile! cute!!" next!

"hey!! em hai ya cheong che meh?? -hey! i thought one only?"
"mou kam la! one more one more"

"wei~~ tai lou! ngor hai lam zai lei kah! yao mou kau chor a? yew ngor zhouk mai tit yea!!-hey boss, i'm a boy leh! why must i dress all these things??"

"fong gor ngor la, em koi~~~ please let me go!, please"
" okie okie last one, i promise!"

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WTF!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU WAIT FOR MY LAWYER LETTER LA!I QUIT! %&*$#@! nia ma......

i enjoyed my sunday hehe..how bout you? :)

wedding card..

2007-10-19T20:11:00.000+08:00

been playing with illustrator recently because my new job requires me to design flyers for our clients.. occasionally I will have to help my clients to design flyers on their latest promotions for internal and external use.

My senior thought me on illustrator so am spending my free time now playing it and hopefully am able to illust something out of it.. :)

in my first attempt, i managed to draw my first flower and writing my name for my template.

then last 2 days, i took another step in drawing some retro graphics..i spoke to chloe and greeny today and both thought that i took the picture from somewhere else and added my domain in that's all hahaha nola girls, i drew it hehehe..hope it looks ok..

my colleagues who saw the drawing actually thought i have drawing background which i don't..one of the girl in my department is getting married end of the year and she actually want me to design her invitation card.. I told her that i was jus drawing for fun and she insists that i can try to help her out and if i decided nope then it's ok, jus give it a try..

so i did my third drawing with illustrator for the picture below...

haven complete the whole thing yet so will update again once the background and details are filled..

kinda excited about it so far and thought of sharing with you guys first...

cheers~

:)

shadehaokaixin

2007-10-18T17:50:00.000+08:00

my second attempt drawing with illustrator..

present to you my new header and domain www.shadehaokaixin.com (which was given by 5xmom)

btw, in case u r wondering, well, hao kai xin ( very happy in chinese) is actually my chinese name and sha de naturally mean "silly one" or simple " tasha's"

don't ask me why, just let me know if it's a good try.. :)

ice ball and bicycle

2007-10-16T20:49:00.000+08:00

"ma..can i have 10 cent?" ah ming asked his mother who is busy putting on ah mei's fisherman hat. It was a sunday afternoon and as usual ah ming is back at his grandmother's house in a little kampung. It is only on sunday that ah ming and ah mei get the chance to go to ah ma's house. Ah ming was seven and ah mei was just five. Both of them still have a baby brother , ang kuchai (little baby in cantonese) at the age of one.

Ah ma's (grandma) house is like any regular terace house, with a small sandy car pouch in front. A few old black colour bicycles that ah gong (grandpa) used to travel in the village and also ah ye's (aunty ) only proton saga parked beside the road and just next to the drain. Mum never let ah ming and ah mei played in the drain though tadpoles and fishes called longkang fish seems inviting.

The house was full of noises. Cousins sisters and brothers running around, laughing and playing marble balls on the sand, baby crying for milk and adults chatting among themselves. A weekend where all aunties gather at ah ma's house to share their stories of their in-laws and also their problems and happiness with their sisters. Though ah ma's house was simple and ah ma was a lady with not much words but it was at ah ma's house that everyone found a shelter. Ah ma was very special. She's never lost temper nor did she ever raised her voice. Despite the noises, it was the most peaceful place ever to be.

"Kor, wait for me!!! wait!!" yelled ah mei while trying to get away from mum who is still messing with her fisherman hat towards her brother who is already had his feet on the bicycle pedal.

"KOR!!" " Come quickly!! aiyo! every where also you want to follow" grumbled ah ming.

"hehehe " grin little ah mei and hopped, she landed at the back of the bicycle.

with a swing, ah ming got on the bicycle seat and pedal quickly while ah mei's looked back, hand's putting on her head to keep the hat from flying away and saw the others cousins following up. Smiling and waving to each other, cycling skills is practically born in every kampung child. Over taking one and another, pointing and laughing at cousins who are far behind. All the children are heading over to "ah keat's stall" at the corner lot to get some ice ball. It was certainly a heavenly treat take under the hot glaring sun.

"kor, i didn't bring any money...can i share your ice ball?" ah mei asked while looking at ah ming with the most innocent eyes of a child.

"aiyer, u a!!" ah ming handed over the whole ice ball for his little sister to take a bite. Despite the one second unwillingness, ah ming was a loving brother.

"hehehe, thanks kor!" and ah mei took a first bite "wah!! u a!! such a big bite!!" shouted ah ming while glaring at ah mei. But ah ming did not try to take back the ice ball, instead he watched his sisters enjoying her second bite, her third, her fourth and her every other bite of the ice ball and he smiled to himself.

"come ah mei, let's go home" said ah ming after ah mei has finished eating. Obediently, ah mei climbed to the back seat of the bicycle while ah ming pushed the bicycle home slowly.

"kor, do you want to have ice ball again? when i have money i will treat you in return k!" ah mei said.

"yala!yala! i want a bigger one k" said ah ming.

"sure!!" exclaimed ah mei.

yet, ah mei's promises did not bring smiles to her brother, instead only at the age of seven, ah ming learned to fought his tears back and not allowing a tear drop in front of his little sister. His sister was his companion, his friend and his sister most importantly. They woke up together, had breakfast together, he walked his sister to nursery school, have fun together and they take turns to accompany each other when either one is being punished to stand by the house pillar for being naughty.

At the pillar they shared stories and chatted to make sure time flies before they knew it. Ah mei always cry whenever mum punishes ah ming. To her, her brother never did wrong, her brother never should be punished so. There was once, mum had misplaced her money and she had thought ah ming took it. Ah ming was canned while ah mei cried and yelled continuously towards her mum saying "ah kor didn't take it! he didn't!!" but do ah mei know if ah ming ever took it? she did not.

Ah ming is a working adult now. Standing by is a lovely lady, tall, slim and graceful. She's his lovely wife. Looking down is the altar of Ah mei.

20 years ago, ah mei was dignosed with brain cancer and by the time the family realised, ah mei's cancer had reached stage three. At that time, mum kept crying at the kitchen especially when ah mei is sleeping.

Ah ming knew that his sister is suffering and he knew too that ice ball would make his sister smile as how she always had. That day, ah ming gave his little is her favourite ice ball in return to have her smile forever planted in his mind.

That day too is the last time he had ever push a bicycle with ah mei, talking and laughing with him while sitting at the back.

starry starry night..

2007-10-14T12:45:00.000+08:00

things has been going really weird these days..

i saw many faces that i had seen before
i have to take double route to complete a certain task or getting to a certain place repeatedly happened along the week
i have headache the whole week through which i have never had such problem before
something is wrong with my brain
just like the song VINCENT, it's starry starry night every night

i have been dreaming every night, yes, trust me, every night..
i dreamt of stars..chinese stars that is..

updated up to last night, i had dreamt of

jacky cheung, aaron kwok,andy lau,tanya chau,michael wong, emil chau, jeff , xiao choo (imagine, xiao choo too is in the list! man i dun even know any of his songs)

no i have not been listening to the above mentioned artistes songs, watching their movie and deffinately not a crazy fan.besides jacky cheung..

but hey, even if so, i won't be dreaming about star (different stars) every night though!!

nope, i have never assist them before when i was with genting...
i still long for the job i had b4 this? nope, couldn't be happier than what i am doing now..entertainment is not a field for those who are emotional..it's a very crude and cruel field indeed..

my mind is certainly playing some kinda joke on me..or perhaps, there is something the mind wanna warn me about..

man..right i am seeing stars..

all for love..

2007-10-12T19:19:00.000+08:00

laughters fills the air
nonsense colour the conversations
silliness emerging from innocents
friendship that seems to only matters

we brave it all through our quests
beating the rest at the battle field
we sangs sweetly like birds singing in the sky
we marched proudly knowing we are the best
we stood up, we support and we care
we are each other pillars, each other shelters
friends we are not merely as
SISTERS is what separate us from the rest

beautiful, pure and true
happiness that fill
i thank God for sending me angels
guarding me throughout the years

fellow angels,
i thank you for all the memories that we shared
supports and unconditional love that has given
in return you have my words
I'll stand by you just as how you had stand by me

love, kaisim

Dear sisters,

Our secondary years in SM Convent has been wonderfully beautiful and sweet. i do miss our gatherings at the basketball court, our choir practices, our marching practices, our camping at cameron highlands and so much more but ultimately our sincerity towards our friendship.

thank you girls, i hope that we will keep our friendship strong though it's not easy to meet up with everyone nowadays..but do keep in touch.

And just fyi, there is an alumni setup for SM Convent Taiping to keep every convent girl updated.

taken from the alumni website

heart blog

2007-10-10T14:03:00.000+08:00

"This entry is dedicated to Go Dot Com contest with prizes sponsored by 5xmom who runs the Make$ Money$ blog and she is contributing back to the blogging community with the money she earned. She will be giving away monthly prizes if this contest is popular. Please encourage your readers and friends to participate as well."

I’ve always have the love for writing. It is amazing how a person can know another person through their writing. Not only how the words carry the meanings but how it deliver the feeling as well. (Although there is no way, a guy will understand how a girl feels through her writing).

I like the way sentences are constructed in the most beautiful way ever, just like in one of my post here. I used to write a lot of poems and short article for ‘syiok-sendiri’ purposes back in my secondary school. I was introduced blogging through a bunch of bloggers kaki in uni. Finally there is a space on the internet where I can drop my thoughts and little masters pieces from time to time and “ohh…ah...wah….” at myself non-stop. And of course occasionally showing off a bit to friends that you know, I can be a poet also kekeke

At one time, I was addicted to blog that I wrote few posts in a day and nearly twenty over posts in a month. It was from the silly toilet to heavy stuff like this. As I looked back at my posts, I see how I perceive things when I was younger and how I can feel a different “me” now reading a different “me” in the past. I have grow.

Blogging allows my love for writing to flow freely
Blogging allows me to convey my feelings into words.
Blogging allows me to get connected with another blogger a.k.a writers emotionally, spiritually and experience-mentally ( sharing peoples life experience/stories, thoughts and feelings la!)
Blogging allows me to becareful of my mistakes and to be thankful for everything.
Blogging reminds me of who I am.

There. :)

shall post more..

no for weeks to come..

2007-10-07T20:12:00.000+08:00

it was not good..i am goona stop it for some time no matter what happened..

i was with rachel and laiyee. we were having our lunch at a restaurant. it was a small place where they onli served simple food "ding" from the microwave.. we went there too cause of....i dunno why..

anyway, we ordered our food and then onli i realised that they have menu featuring mouth-watering set ( not exactly mouth watering but proper set of meal- u know with chicken, soup and vege)...then i rush to the aunty at the kitchen bar and i said.

"aunty!aunty! lei chu chor mei a? -you cook d?"
"ngor siong wun set meal tak mou? - can i change my order to the set meal ?
" em tak wor, chu chor lol - can't wor, already cook

"DING"

huhuhuhu cook d...huhuhuhuh i cried.. i dun wan..

then i woke up..i won't be having maggi mee for the next few weeks cause even in my dreams i ordered microwave-heated maggi mee...

i think i'm sick already with maggi mee...

have you seen me?

2007-10-05T13:30:00.000+08:00

Have you ever meet someone that looked very familiar as though you’ve met them somewhere and sometime ago? It is possible as many people belief that we have sixth sense and our mind happens to travel faster in our dreams than in reality.

We are able to see people or even landed ourselves in a situation that is so familiar. Every words or conversation that took place has happened once before in your dream. I am definitely not the only one who has experiences such happenings. There are even countless of organizations or group study on such phenomena.

“ Future Studies discipline is referred to by different terms, depending on the cultural context. Such names include future studies, foresight, futurism, futurology, prospective and futuribles (in France, the latter is also the name of the important 20th century foresight journal published only in French), and prospectiva (in Latin America). Futures studies has become the common term in the English-speaking world.

Futurologists attempt to apply Strategic Foresight for forecasting alternative futures. While forecasting -- i.e., attempts to predict future states from current trends -- is a common methodology, professional scenarios often rely on "backcasting" -- i.e., asking what changes in the present would be required to arrive at envisioned alternative future states. For example, the Policy Reform and Eco-Communalism scenarios developed by the Global Scenario Group rely on the backcasting method. Practitioners of futures studies classify themselves as futurists or foresight practitioners.”-wikipedia.org

But this time it is different. I saw many people that I had seen before. We chatted before and I know we knew each other. Every corner, everyday, I meet these people that I had seen somewhere before. Perhaps it was in my past life that we are somehow related.

They are not one person, not two but at least ¼ of the people in the office. I’ve seen them before and I wonder if they know me too…

p/s; I’m not crazy..in case u are wondering ..

Left-Right

2007-10-03T22:56:00.000+08:00

Got this from a mail..very interesting..

LEFT OR RIGHT?
First, identify yourself as right or left brain person:
1. Hold your hands together, as if you were praying.
Look at your hands. If you see

Left thumb is below the right thumb ---> left brain
Right thumb is below the left thumb ---> right brian

2. Fold your arms in front of you (as if you are angry)

Right arm above left arm ---> left brain
Left arm above right arm ---> right brain

Based on 1+2 (order important), below is the interpretation of your personality:

Right-Left

Considerate, traditional, indirect type
can instinctly read other's emotion, and respond friendly by natures.
Although not very into taking intiatives in moving forward, but this person
will always take a step back in supporting others. Stable personality and
considerate, give others a being protected feeling. But the weakness is
they cannot say no; regardless how unwilling they are, they will take care
of others.

Right-Right

Loves challenges type
Straightfoward. Once they decided on one thing, will take action right
away. Very curious, and love challenges. Dare to face dangers without
thinking through (sometimes foolishly). Their weakness is they dont listen
to others, will filter in only what whey want to hear in a conversation,
and very subjective. However, because of their straightforward attitude,
they tend to be fairly popular.

Left-Left

Dedicated, cold, perfectionist
Very logical in all aspects. The only way to defeat (or win over) him/her
is through reasons. Has a lot of prides, and feeling strongly about doing
the right thing. If they are your friends, they are very trustworthy.
However, if they are your opponets, they will be very tough to deal with.
Because they can be very "anal" as a perfectionist, they usually leave a
bad impression of being hard to deal with when first met.

Left-Right

Likes to take care of others, leader type
Has a cool and keen observation ability to see through situations, yet
still can be considerate in others needs. Because of their cool and calm
nature, and strong sense of responsibility, they tend to become head of a
group. Popular among people. However, they may not be able to help
themselves in meddling because they want to take care of others too much.
Very concerned about how others view them, and always on alert.

which is yours? mine is at the title.

can u do this?

2007-09-30T15:50:00.000+08:00

was chatting with Ping the other night and he asked me.."do u know that onli 30% of the people in the world can expand their nostril"..then, he showed me that he can...

then, i recall that he can move his ears also like the the clip below..

( if u r thinking what is he talking about well he was saying, " 赌神......我是赌神"hahahahah

however, i guess i'm not too bad too...i can do the following..

i call it shadowless...toe.. a.k.a mou ying keok -chi!" 黄非非...我是黄非非"

going after

2007-09-28T10:09:00.000+08:00

When was the last time you have someone going after you? Asking you out for a romantic dinner and giving you bouquet of flowers that will make your mood of the day blossom? Walking side by side yet not holding hands, exchanging silly sweet smiles that fills the silent of the night ( though it is still silence la since no one started a conversation ) then, ended that night with little sms to say goodnight and here we go again the very next day when you received his “ would you like to go for a movie tonight? Are you free?” sms..

The thoughts of knowing he has a “thing” on you and you are dying to hear his confession as time passed u both by. In Chinese, they call this “ai mei”. In my language, I call this “ ai beng”.

Ai beng? Wat is ai beng? Well, you may translate it into 2 different meaning.
The first one is “ ai =love, beng = hit/pukul/ wallop “
the second definition would be “ ai= same it’s called love and beng = yes, ah beng the ah beng that you have been calling your neighbour in the office.”

Let me explain the first definition. You know it’s funny that guy can drag this “ai mei”, sorry I mean “ ai beng” game into a long period of time until when both don’t even know if they are a couple after let’s says ½ year into it. But that is not the funniest, the joke would be the girl still don’t think they are a couple and the guy definitely thought they are already. You see, wanna kena wallop boh..

The second “ai beng “is because there are many times in life that we call others ah lian and ah beng. But how many of us act so too? At times, because of the fear of being rejected and even the fear to put down the man’s ego just to tell their love ones that he is in love . People think too much not because they are wise but because they just happen to think “what if”. But have they thought of what if they dun say it now will they have the chance to say it again in the future ( i.e when the girl is holding hands with another cute guy)? I respect guys who know what they want and do what they need to get what they wish. ( in a right manner of course). Afterall, what is the loss that you have?

But of course this is just some of my opinion afterall eventually this is not what I planned to write in the first place.why am i in into this topic? I have no idea hahahaha…was actually planning to write about being going after cause I dreamt about few guys going after me last night kakakakakak .. there sure is a night where sweet dreams come to visit hahahahahaha

ok. sorry. saja shiok sendiri..

welcome to the world of sha sha de sha

2007-09-26T22:46:00.000+08:00

since am in moving house, changing job and entering a new phase of life as mentioned in the post earlier...well might as well, change the blog template too hehehe :)

if u notice, my blog no longer spells " Story about Tash" rather i've decided to change it to "sha sha de sha" in mandarin..

as said earlier in my post,

"The world is complicated enough
Why makes your own world complicated still.."

keep it simple..by being sha

* am gonna blog more frequently :)

tomolo at 7.00am

2007-09-26T08:02:00.000+08:00

@#$%^%$#***

i came to office at 7. 45am today and let's say i reached my parking lot at 7.30am and fuck all the car parks has been taken. shit! this is so saman inviting..

gotta come at 7.00 tml and if it is still so, fuck man... btw, my work starts at 9.00am. great.

hasn't been blogging lately, those who din know, i've changed job, moved house ( or rather room) , and am venturing into another phase of life. Financially tight but I WILL SURVIVE!!! work harder lol, gotta take up some part time, freelance and even plan to give tuitions once life has settled down. i.e beginning of October( x fingers, hopefully as planned)

i promise to update more though not sure if there are readers anymore kekeke but afterall this is me, gotta find back the flair of writing that i once had. I still have some uni notes with me and it'a amazing how a course will transform you and in my case, my writing. Practice makes perfect..mine need LOTS of practice then..

gotta have my bfast now, till then..i'l be back..

and btw, good morning.

學友,您是真的歌神!!!

2007-09-15T12:11:00.000+08:00

THE BEST CONCERT EVER!!

HE IS INDEEED THE BEST!!!!!!

i had truly enjoy myself very very very very very very much...

學友,您是真的歌神!!!

i dun think i am qualify to write a review about it since there are too many parts of his show that i realli like and i can't seems to find d right way to write about it afraid that i might not be able to deliver.. nevertheless, it was extremely wonderful, fun ( he was very homorous) and touching ( all his fans were there for him)...

his voice, his performances, his professionalism, his sincerity, his homorous and caring interactive wit his fans, his stage charisma and energy..he has proven that he truly live up to the name of " 歌神"

everything jus seems so amazing especially when he sings d song "lee heong lan.." that's when u have d feeling of " i can die peacefully now" hehehe infact he sangs so many more classic songs that his fans know so well and those that we listen and grow along with him..so many songs that you dun mind dying all over again :)

p/s: his ticket is d most expensive one that i have ever bought and i have no regret.

2007-09-08T19:23:00.000+08:00

Ms. Elly Sia Chiew Peng..

Thank u so much and May God Bless Sweet Angel Like You..

Thank God u r here today..

wish i'm umi qazrina..

2007-09-03T10:45:00.000+08:00

i try to embed this video but somehow i can't..

do visit the following link and u'l deffinatelly gonna love it cause i'm totally over the heels with him...hahahahahhaa

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2vqb2_tan-hoon-ming_ads

enjoy~

p/s: another great piece of director yasmin ahmad.. her says " children are colour blind. let's keep them that way"

just saying..

2007-09-03T10:17:00.000+08:00

Caring is simple
Simple caring can be difficult

......

Fear might kept u safe
Fear might reminds you of your mistakes
But fear will also stops you from keep on moving

......

Your mind tell you what is right and what is not
Your heart tells you what is right may not be what you want,what is not might be just what you need

......

It hurts to fall
But through falling it shows falling isn't that hurtful after all

......

The world is complicated enough
Why makes your own world complicated still..

......

I hurt his feelings, by going against his wishes and thoughts..
I hurt my own thoughts and wishes, to protect his feelings..

......

love makes loving lovable yet stressful

by,sha

dream, dreamt, dreung ?

2007-08-25T11:00:00.000+08:00

When i woke up, it was already 1 pm! My interview was scheduled at 10 am...gosh, how am i gonna explain to the interviewer..i ran and wake rachel up and she was mumbling to me...asking me to give the company a call and explain that i will be late..

then, i remember, my eye lid was very heavy...i closed my eyes while making the call..then i realizes, i was dreaming, it's actually 8 am then.. i woke up and i get myself dress up, rachel was sleeping..so i went online to search for the company's website..preparing all that i need for the interview..

but i know i was very sleepy..then suddenly i heard my alarm....gosh i was dreaming..i dreamt i was dreaming that i dreamt about my dream..gosh, rachel has already awaken and taken her bath, i was slightly behind the time and need to kinda rush up a bit..

but the worst part of the whole thing..i have to dress up and get ready all over again..man, repeating the same process can be tiring...

secret..

2007-08-20T15:16:00.001+08:00

watched the movie "Secret" by Jay Chou..erm..my review..

i read from an article in TheStar stating that Jay would like those who had watched the movie will keep the ending as a secret to those who have not. so, am not gonna leak anything about the movie but jus to share some of my opinions..

the story line was alright, the idea of the story was rather absurb i would say but however, it was great, was kinda different...it was indeed like a 'story' told from a story book...u know how at times, when u r so indulge in a story book and when you've finally put down the book..the reality world seems so different..u can't differentiate the world u r in is the real world or you are in another world in the real world? man, it's either my complicated imagination or it's simlpy jus me..it's hard to say, but that is how i felt.. you guys should see it for yourself..some might like it some might not but if u were to put aside all the "thoughts" u have for the movie and enjoy it as how it is, it is a good story afterall..

i like guys like him(in d movie) who dun speaks much but when they do, it always create a smile on your face..a guy that would love u purely from his heart..jus by watching the couple itself, it will give u those silly smiles and those 'in-love' kinda feelings..it's so sweet to be in love.. :)

the ultimate bonus from the movie, the soundtracks!!! they were excellent! every piece of the songs in the movie was great and the exactly first thing i did was to get ping to find the soundtracks for me after the show..never have i fell in love with a song the very first time i heard it..this or rather the whole album is the first one..i do think i'l get the album as part of my collection..

the movie itself was well directed, he is a good actor afterall and he does deserve the respects and success he has today..it was amazing how an individual has so much of talents in him...jay chou, falling in love with u isn't that hard... :)

yau sau hou han

2007-08-15T12:28:00.000+08:00

my housemate younger sister has gone to work today. it is her first job after her graduation. i think she was at home for about a month to two months time before she finally got a job nearby our place.

we often joke among ourselves and her elder sister that both of us who are unemployed named "yau sau hou han" ( nothing on hands = nothing to do and basically free, too free) She was the "yau sau" and i am the "hou han". since now my "yau sau" already got a job, i am officially the only "hou han" at home hehehe

haven't actually got any reply from any company that i had already sent out my resume..will keep on sending and hopefully i won't be "hou han" too long.. :)

many asked me what kind of jobs that i am looking for and i will tell them events mostly. am planning to explore more on other events besides concerts itself. but truly, do we actaully know what do we want? what are we looking for and what will be the our dream career?

ehm.. i wonder..

home by next week..

2007-08-12T00:07:00.000+08:00

i will be home this coming monday til perhaps by end of the month before coming back to kl to pay my rental and etc.. but of course if i have any good news on any interview, i will be back too...

today is saturday and i am at home for the whole day because i wasn't feeling well.. it started last nite when i had this " fong mok".. unsure how am i suppose to put it in english.. it's basically skin allergy and it was all over my body, face , hands and legs... those big and red itchy patches...
i am literally like a monkey on belacan, God..

i scratched myself badly and even now as i am typing, my body is itching as well..initially i thought of going for a swim after stopping for sooooo long..but guess it is just not the time..guess i have to put my lose weight plan on hold now hehehe

i wonder how long will i be actually off-work? i am not actually rushing into anything as i dun feel right...i dun really want to be in a job for the sake of a job or at least for the moment. i wish to find something that i would like to explore..but of course if the situation continues and many factors forbids me to be a full time architecture ( measuring the floor) then yes, i will get my ass to work asap hehehe...

i planned to go to church tml however, my friend can't make it..well, perhaps some other time..

good night now..

journey begins..

2007-08-10T20:02:00.000+08:00

today is the second day since my last day in Genting..

i went for an interview with an agency today at pj..man,there goes all over again the job hunting process..the weather was hot, the sun is shining brightly and the dust that are flying in the sky..i was exhausted even before i step out from the house..

however, just like concert, the show must go on..there will be more interviews before getting a job again ( though i have yet to hear from any company la.. * cross fingers* come come quick quick come come hehehe)

the interview turned out to be fine since it is just an interview with the agency. Met a nice counsellor named Tricia and she is kind enough to share some stories about her job with me. it was actually as though i am interviewing her instead kekekeke but of course that is the after-interview session she had with me earlier..

it sort of remind me about when i first started job hunting after i graduated. i met quite a number of nice ppl along the way and i hope this time it will be the same as well.. :)

Failure is a fact or option?

2007-07-31T10:06:00.000+08:00

Failure is an option and why is that? First of all, failure is a very subjective matter. To each and every person 'failure' could bring a different meaning. There are some who did not receive any higher education and yet they had succeed in life and has become one of the richest or even most influential man/woman in the world. Take Bill Gates, Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey and even J.K Rowling. Harry Potter sure does some magic.

There are many times in life that we really wish we could say 'It's enough', but we know we can choose to see a circumstances differently and how we see or what we think will define our next step. We have given ourselves a choice. Since life is about choices and why is failure not one of them?

How many of the 100 Times Most Influential People In The World actually have someone guiding and even telling them how to be successful. They are who they are today because they are who they choose to be. They had refused to bow down to faith and they had proven that failure is definitely an option.

They says failure is "the condition or FACT of not achieving the desired end or ends" but I say, a failure is someone who no longer has dreams, passion and meanings in their life when one failed to see the miracle out of the ordinary and see the best out from the worst cirsumstances. Failure is an option.

writing a book..

2007-07-29T14:54:00.000+08:00

Have you ever wonder if you can write? Write as in writing a book. I always have this thought that “if I can write a book?”

heaven on earth...

2007-07-25T21:01:00.000+08:00

Welcome to my heaven on earth..
*though the one at home is my actual heaven but in KL, here's where i find myself being totally and truly myself*

Let me give ya a tour..

this is my room in kl..

this is where i enjoy my beauty sleep kekeke..

my side table..

my dressing table..

latest wall of fame next to my bed kekeke

hehehe got extra time lately so can blog a bit while hunting for jobs~

hell on earth..

2007-07-24T19:31:00.000+08:00

Welcome to the hell on earth... a place that i will be leaving very soon hehhee.. i did learn alot from here in fact, chances were good and i have the best boss in town. However, it is certainly a place where u met all and deal with all kinds of ppl..

This is my table..

This is the side table..

The top corner of my monitor, kisses from ping and a cute little blue man by nee nee..thank u!!

mouse pad by ping..very sweet of him :)

my glass, my lucky pinkie, my green colour plant and my little turtle hehehe

close up~

Close up~

xmas present from ping n wanying~

my first and best concert~

my last and most experiences gained concert..

coming up next...heaven on earth hehehe

finally...i had decided..

2007-07-23T19:07:00.000+08:00

many knew how unhappy i was for the past year and my final say is that I've tried and I had did my best..

It's a relieve actually..it feels like the end..finally...

but of course it's a beginning as well.. another job hunting phase *sigh* * smiling*.. as much as i hated those endless interviews but leaving here perhaps is a 'sooner or later' decision to make..

here it goes again..starting everything over again..hopefully my next destination will be a much happier one..

thank you to all frens that has dropped by msn today, girls...thanks!! love you all... *muacks!!!*

i believe i will have a good night sleep tonight.. :)

p/s: where do u find buddies that willl watch out vacancies for you and to hunt jobs for you on behalf ? thank you girls, appreciate and touched in d heart , n no where else...it makes today a much happier day..

wonder..

2007-07-15T12:12:00.000+08:00

these few days has been realli weird...
been feeling as though something is missing..

it's kinda a distorted situation i would think..
erm...imagine, I've been thinking hard..not exactly thinking HARD but been having lots of wonder about many things..like..

1) how does it feels admiring one again? erm...the excitements and little things one do just blow you off hahahha
2) how does it feels to be at England? i wanna be there not just for holiday but being there as residents..weird..i was never came across as someone who will migrate...n if i do, the far-est i can go would be spore..
3) In fact i've been thinking about going 2 US? Adeline, i'll come n find u one day when my financial allows me to..
4) thinking of earning and spending at the same time.. gosh..this is damn conflicting..

and the bizarre ones would be..

1) how does it feels being in harry potter's world? in real life i mean..
2) what if there realli is a wizard world..erm...am i actually a pure blood or half blood? or as not suprising as it is i'm just an ordinary muggle who wish to be a wizard kekeke
3) if i am in d wizard world, r there realli lots of "the good vs bad" fighting? erm..no doubt in the real world, it is such so that people are fighting among oneself also...
4) my heart actually feels heavy ,thinking harry potter is about to end at book 7....

man, i must be going nuts..

btw, watched harry potter and the order of the pheonix..love it!

2nd tour..

2007-06-20T23:23:00.000+08:00

Bangkok was d 2nd stop for the concert and at first it was my colleague to handle this show, however due to a last min emergency at her end, i was asked to replace her...

purple-lish thai airways..love d colour, love d service, love the blanket and little pillow in the plane.. but too bad no personal tv like in cathay..mayb cause it's a short distance flight. btw, love the thai ppl too..

I went to BKK rite after a day i got bk from Hong Kong..that's y i've been missing in action for so long..again it was the 4 Divas show that I tour-ed with.. it's nice to hear the word touring, however it is hard work, trust me....hard physically, mentally and emotionally (especially)..

but it is where i score points under 'working experiences' .. I do learn alot from the exposures and mistakes but it pays hard to learn..afterall, which kind of education does not require some sort of payment? pictures tells a thousand words, here goes..

4 thai super-rangers helping me out, they have been really nice, humble n helpful..special thanks to aek n pure too n anyone that i've missed out..they r really nice!!!

Thai traditional dance that i manage to witness in a welcome dinner organized by the Bangkok organizer, the organizer Mr. Nakorn and his lovely wife, Khun Noy were fabolous..absolutely wonderful and friendly people..

flower decoration on the dining table..wonderful dinner..

it is also one and only proper dinner i had in bkk..trust me, there is no such thing as 'fun' and 'holiday' during tour as, your so-called free time is always being occupied..but again, i really learn a lot from both trips..so much so that, i realise there are so many things more out there to learn...

despites the un-smooth-ness once in awhile, it's wonderful to know see a rainbow along the way to studio for rehearsal as though God is showing you that he cares..

the trip ended in just 3 days but they were some 'powderful' days..

these are few shots that i like, no favouritism here..jus plainly the shots that i managed to take so happens featured only Frances...

i do think sony ericsson 750i is pretty amazing..am so loving d baby now hehehe

p/s: btw, there's a guy that i have forgotten to mention..he's a thai, and his name is Pure.. like his name, he's truly great..through the whole process, his simple gesture...thanks and God bless..

MIA-why? (FINAL)

2007-06-15T18:15:00.000+08:00

last post on HK trip..

finally on 3/5/07..i'm going bk to Msia..

preparing to take off.. the most exciting moment..

bye bye HK..if ever i come again, it will be my holiday here kekeke

look at the sky..i love being on the plane especially when i am alone..
wings.....if only i have a pair then i'l be able to fly all around the world.....FREE OF CHARGE!!!!!KAKAKKAKA

okok...back to the lovely view..look at the clouds...
the sun is shining.. i had a wonderful flight home from HK...i now understand why ppl say, home sweet home..it was good to be home.. ( at the time la..d moment, you are at KL working like mad dog again, then u feel that the grass is greener at other places hehehehe)

anyway, i met a lovely couple on plane..they are both doctors who fly all around the world to give speeches and treatments to patients and it is free of charge..they are Doc Wu from San Francisco....see see they look so nice...

i was late to board on plane and instead of scolding me or giving me those 'u-r-late glance', they actually smiled and offered the seats to me...

in fact, the moment i sat down, Mrs.Wu gave me some really sweet and juicy strawberries!!!! it was certainly delicious since it's been quite some time ever since i meet a nice person in HK hehehe nola, the strawberries was realli good..
KL...reaching in 10 mins..

landed and it's already in the late evening..
juicy strawberries..the sweetest ever...thank you Doc Wu..
hope to see you again..May God bless you both.. :)
so glad to be home...

THE END OF MIA-HK..

MIA-why? (part 4)

2007-06-13T21:52:00.000+08:00

on the second last day od my trip in HK, i moved to another hotel with my boss, Kak Nita and her husband, Abang Mahathir to one of HK top class hotel " Marco Polo Gateway"..

it was situated in Harbour City itself.. as silly as it sounds, before coming to HK, i was excited about 3 things mainly and they are:

1) on airplane..
2) seeing HK colliseum
3) Marco Polo Gateway kekekeke...

dun ask em why, mayb because i know i will be working, thus i wasn't really in a holiday mood rather am looking forward to experience the experience..
This is d passage to the door..

this is d bed, there are 4 pillows in total and it was really comforatble..i guess i have the most wonderful sleep for he entire week..

tada!! the bathroom!!
hehehe my brothers and I always share a joke on how we describe a 'space' as big enough that you can run around naked kakakakka since u got nothing better to do..

so if you can run around naked means the place is so big that you can do almost anything and yes, for a small island like HK, with such a spacious bathroom,not only that you run round, u can deffinately, guling, do somersault and swim aka frog style on d bathroom floor.......in naked...kakakakakakakak

they even have a ducky to accompany you when you are taking your sweet bath hehehe i was fortunate enough to follow my boss and Kak Nita around...

i went bk to msia a day later than the whole entourage because i have to stay for a press conference the day after the concert with Kak Nita..

since my boss,Kak Nita & Hubby are holding the buss pass, me the lonely eco passenger doesn't feel as lonely as it should b...they never left me alone and yes, it was fun working wit my boss and Kak Nita..

Abang Mahathir was great as well..he has a great sense of homour and wide knowledges ... interesting couple..

and so they brought me to join them at the buss lounge before boarding.. a good experience since 'm not sure when will i ever have the chance to fly in buss class hehe
yea, i took a pic of myself here hehehe

flowers given by fans to Kak Nita..

a gift from Kak Nita..thank you.. :)

to be continue...

love...

2007-06-12T23:50:00.000+08:00

i was cleaning my room tonight when i came across some so called 'testimonials' from frens.. u know la, those kinda thingy u do b4 u leave primary sch, secondary sch, pre-uni and uni..wonderful words ( i wonder if there are any bad ones) kekeke from frens who had shared their life with you along the education years..

many ppl regards me as someone who is cute ( i'm not the one who said so ya!), cheerful, sweet ( Szechia actually wrote that i look sweet even when i'm making my stand...hahaha din know that, i bet chia forgotten bout that too kakakaka), sa once mentioned that i'm alwis cheerful and bubbly, alwis full of energy and alwis up to sumthing..hehehe life with me never spells bored....Hey!! i have ppl who enjoy listening to my craps k kakakakaka wanying & greeny hor~ kakakakakaka

but mostly, i think many ppl think i'm a happy go lucky girl..i always count my blessings and i make sure, i live my life with love..loving my family, loving my lover, loving my frens, loving and cherishing everything... be thankful of every little things and believing 'love makes the world goes round'..

looking back, i miss being the old-self...work has changed me alot..so much so that i caused tears in my parents's eyes, scars in their heart..endless rows and hurts for ping, millions headaches for my bros ...long lost contacts with all dearest frens, my sisters and brothers..no more simple emails, sms or calls as i used to do accasionally just to let them know that someone still care and miss them..

my work has tought me to be careful of ppl, suspicious over their doings, ppl seems to always have intentions..sometimes, even when i feel like showing certain care, a simply and gentle reminder for colleagues on their work, seems so hard to do as who knows will he/she take advantages of me..where is d love i used to have for ppl?is it because of colleagues that has never been kind and true?....but guess this is life but this life ain't making me a happier person...

it's nearly a year now and i had just realise that i've lost my love.....i need to find back my love,counting my blessings again and be thankful of everything..

"love DOES makes the world goes round"

i miss d silly-me... :)

good nite..tomorrow is a brand new day..

MIA-why? (part 3)

2007-06-11T18:11:00.000+08:00

HK continues..

yea, as mentioned I was there for d divas shows..

4 divas on stage..

and the show begins..

This is d map of HK colliseum...

set up..

this pic was taken under the stage actually..they have very high tech facilities here but of course since they are having concerts almost every weekend and most artistes opt to have it here, the facilities should be good..

i believe that many ppl are ware that before a concert begins or even a shooting begins, ppl will usually pray at the backstage for a smooth and accident-free performance.. chinese believe that the is the stage guardian or some call spirit.. in every concert that we handle, we practice the same customs..

flowers stand at backstage..

however, compared to hk, our prayer are very simple..we prepared fruits and sweets..that's about it...in HK, they have roasted pig, frits, flowers, and etc etc ... they will burn also the 'paper money and so on'..

on the first nite of the concert, my boss actually felt something in his eyes in d mid of the show..however, we were not all aware of it, even he himself thought it was nothing...he called us up that nite at bout 4am, and i thought i was late for work but only to find out that, his eyes were really swollen and red then.. my stage manager brought him to the nearest hospital and the doc can't find anything that is wrong with his eyes..

as spooky as it may sounds,i didn't realise wat was happening, as i thought perhaps it was dust and it was swollen because my boss kept rubbing his eyes until my manager told me that, mayb he has accidentally offended the stage guardian that concert nite...

and then, i stop taking pic under the stage..my first and last photo here is taken during the 'innocent' moment, where chinese always says "pat ci zhe pat chui"..

finale..

closer view..

Abang Mahathir, Kak Nita, manager Teri and myself..

to be continue...

my journey -hair..

2007-06-10T21:50:00.000+08:00

i've once kept my hair long, and then i made a mistake by cutting d infamous 'mushroom head'..and then, out of blue, i went n perm it..but i actually kinda like the perming thingy until it started to get long..i have this shoulder length - dry-messy -and 1/2 curl hair..and then after i've grad..i cut it short again..

refused to learn from mistake, i cut mushroom head again but this time, i kept it low profile by having the fringe pin-ed...and not long then, my hair started to grow and i opt for a rather boyish style, where i will wax and style d hair so that i will look cool..and obviously i dun look cool at all..nevertheless..

at the moment, my hair is straight, copper brown in colour and at shoulder length..

i plan to keep my hair long once again... :)

new lamp + new dessert..hehe

2007-06-09T14:00:00.000+08:00

i still have 2 posts on d hk trip but stupid me, i actually left the photos in my office comp and i had forget to upload them..

so now kinda stuck, u know la..i am a well organized person, it's hard for me to simply jump to another topic without finishing the first one...but no choice la, since there is demand kakakak nola joking hehehe am really forgotten to upload the photos..

so in d meantime, am posting some regulars from my life...jus some pics i took for ke-seronokan sendiri..hahahhaha

this is a new lamp i bought for my little room..

nite time

day time

nite time

durian dessert hehehe cute hor~

it tasted nice though i dun take durian.. i actually like it.. :)

Dear Along..

2007-05-27T13:05:00.000+08:00

Dear Along,

Sorry to hear about your baby..i just found out today from reading your blog as work has been keeping me very busy these few months..

But do know that God will have plans for you..

take care,
tash

not sure if i should leave this comment on your blog as I dun feel like bringing up this topic again but at d same time, jus feel like letting you know , i feel sorry for u too..take care

p/s: love your love on "The Meaning of Dania and Dina"..lovely names :)

MIA-why? (part 2)

2007-05-26T18:35:00.000+08:00

continue...

this is a bigger picture of Harlem... I somehow like this picture..mayb because of the giant H that he is standing on top..guess that is realli wat a concert should actually b..

this is d coffee shop near our studio where the band and artistes rehearse. it is also the only place i can find to sit down for a cup of 'lai char' before waiting like an idiot for hours..u know, when ppl dun c you arund..ppl will think that you are lepak-ing n not doing your job..but no one will actually think that perhaps u have something on the other hand..

but i dun really like the food... nothing compares to our food, seriously..

this is the photo of a housing area in HK named Fotan. I was on my way to another studio where d dancers are rehearsing..

hahaha this is a pic i took in a toilet @ Harbour City,Tsim Sha Tsui..i went there to get something for Kak Nita ( Anita Sarawak)..it is also the by co-incidence chance that i manage to leave the studios and to walk around to c part of HK.

Harbour City, many may know this place where all the branded stuff is here.. from Prada to Gucci, you name it..everything but none of it are of my kind, how to afford a???!!

but ok also la, at least i manage to see the way Hongkie, of all ages from teenage to old ladies shops..they'll go into the branded shop like Prada and shops as though they are at a normal shopping outlet..the high range of price doesn't seems to be their concern..but of cox, this only apply to the limited HK that i've seen..

my manager, Ms. Teri bought me to 'yam zhou char' at Tsim Sha Tsui in one of the morning when we are slightly free..afterall, to me if i did not manage to at least try out HK dim sum in HK, this trip seems completely meaningless..dah-lah i dun get to c most of HK like 'the ladies street', 'man's street', 'wax museum', 'temples @ Tai Yu Shan' and etc etc etc..

wonderful dim sum...yum yum yum..

this is d underground lrt that we took to Mongkok on the second last day of our stay in HK...Finally Mongkok!!! Mongkok a place like Petaling street where the ppl and the shops are nothing compares to Harbour city, a diff living standard and view of HK..it is also place where the 'ladies street' is so nearby..but so close yet so far..

we jus manage to drop by at the shopping mall right next to the station to have a quick walk as we need to rush back to the HK colliseum for rehearsal ( not me but the artistes, band and dancers). i have to be there incase they look for me....

this is d shopping mall that i'm talking about..

few HK artiste were doing some charity auction at the mall..artiste like Sun Yao Wei, Kary and etc etc..newbies that i dunno..

c d crowd? even though they get to c artistes everyday, yet they actually have fans following their idols around and yelling slogans, name and high-pitched tone to support the artistes..trust me, they even have banners...

HK trip was not a great one but at least i still smiles greatly...hahahahahahaha *joking*..

p/s: no choice la, fresh grad ma...F**k d terms fresh grad!!

sometimes i wonder is it because of my look? to many ppl, i looked like a kid though i dun act like one..i dun talk or have fun like how i did when i'm around with my frens..i dun even talk much when i'm working..it's all about work that's all...but yet no one take me seriously.. pathetic-nia..

to be continue..

MIA- why?

2007-05-18T21:30:00.000+08:00

Been missing in action cause i was in HK last month for our company's 4 Asian Divas concert. It was held 2 nights at the Hong Kong Colliseum. My unimates joked about me being d second 'malaysian' to be on colliseum stage after Micheal guang kakakakak..okok jokes aside, Hong Kong to me is...

Hotel room + studio + Hong Kong Colliseum + hotel room.

I hardly got time to walk around seriously..no wonder ppl says work is no fun...

I dun Hongkie..one word, i just dun like them...

bk to my story..

on d way to aiport..

look at d sky, d sun was just rising..

Q-ing up at the airport..to depart at gate 12..

this is d plane that i took, cathay pacific, wonderful flight but average service..this is my first flight not counting the one i had when i was in my mum's belly..so it was pretty exciting for me to go through the whole process..

i love d personal tv i had hehehe i watched "little feet" on board and suprisingly, everyone was telling me how bad it is the cartoon but i actually enjoyed it..i was laughing to myself kakaka
do u know? i actually enjoy being on d plane, it is where i can off my phone officially and just b with myself & my tv caused there's nothing much to do..

We stayed at the METROPOLIS Hotel near d colliseum..this is d view from my room..

from my room, i will be able to c the 'turtle head's ' in HK..it is a fengshui symbol as d HK-ie believes..they said that, the turtle will bring Hong Kong island to the sea avoiding the bad 'chi' from the mountain behind..

this is d side view of the colliseum..

I did manage to get into one of those HK taxi while on my way to Thai embassy to do visa for my band and dancers..

it was rather spacecious inside..but, i always have nausea after every taxi ride..it's plainly me or their driving skills?

the famous traffic jam..

i managed to catch Harlem's concert the first day i was there in HK...couldn't believe my luck that i can c him again after a year..he was the first artiste i assisted before and till today he is still as wonderful as before..

the show as wonderful, the stage effect was great, jus looked at the 'H' sign..no wonder it's HK colliseum..

I actually met some Taiwanese in HK after Harlem's concert. They are the crews that came over to Genting for shows mostly Taiwan artistes and it was wonderful to see them again and all of a sudden, it feels as though we have known each other a long long time ago..guess this is wat ppl says' in foreign place, if ever u meet someone u know, it feels closer than before..'..

to be continue...