A new beginning...

It's been a while...

2010-07-15T11:53:00.003+08:00

Its been a while since i update anything here..

In one mths time, i will be free. free of the mental stress of dragging myself to work everyday.. free from dragging myself to do work in the ofc..

A very difficult decision to make but i did it after consulting several ppl, bs inclusive. He told me to go ahead if it makes me happy and no point asking me to stay if i am not happy here.. with that approval, it sealed my decision and the letter was submitted today..

Aug 13 is my last day in this company. :)

Sigh..

2010-05-07T11:46:00.002+08:00

And the covering of duties starts yet again, when will the curse be broken?

2010-04-21T17:38:00.003+08:00

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Some pictures taken during my trip to Sentosa in march. more pictures in FB.

8D Korea Discovery & Jeju

2010-04-21T17:23:00.002+08:00

23 April : I am gg to book my July tour this Friday after work at SA Tours. So far 4 pax has booked this tour.. now we are waiting for 6 more for a confirmed departure.. praying hard tat during natas fair or SA's house fair would have more bookings for 23 july.. And after tat will be dinner at Window on the Park at Holiday Inn Parkview.

Havent been updating lately cos too many things have been happening during the weekends.

Starting from 2nd April onwards till now.. almost every weekend, i am fully booked, packed with appointments.

24 - 25 April : This weekend, i am gg to Ungu's concert and celebrating my niece's bday during the day. Sunday will be spent cooking in preparation for my nephew's bday.. we decided to celebrate earlier as everyone (dad, harith's mum and 3rd sis - they are all working shifts) are available on tat day.

26 April : After whole day of cooking and entertaining guests at home, I took leave on monday to rest, but will be meeting the usual gang for dinner on monday nite at Tiffany's Cafe & Restaurant.

30 April : The doters of Mr Masdar will be treating their parent to a sumptuous buffet dinner at Carousel. As we three has gotten our bonus in march (them) and april (me), it has been a tradition to treat the parent to dinner. And this dinner will be a Pre-Mother's Day dinner too.. :)

Well, im sure somewhere nearer to mother's day, there are bound to be another dinner some other place else.. haha..

I have some confirmed plans for the next two mths.. more will be coming i guess..

15 may : BBQ at east coast with penguin's family..

4 - 6 June : Family Chalet at Costa Sands Pasir Ris... Booked 3 units side by side.. gonna be a fun time spent with the family..

25 June : Dinner for my dad's bday.. venue has yet to be decided.. tinking of new places we have never tried..

Let's see if the next two mths will be as hectic as march and april.. :)

Drawings of me and Zinc

2010-04-21T17:19:00.002+08:00

I sux at drawing.. and here are some pictures to proof my words.

the original print out from the website

my ugly drawing

zinc's pretty drawing

This was her last drawing before she left me... boohoo... :(

A very close call...

2010-04-04T00:15:00.002+08:00

I saw a sony ericsson advert on yahoo main page.. it is their new hp model, Vivaz... was attracted to it as it has wifi and facebook and utube.. so i was so very tempted to buy one.. but my 1 year contract can only be renewed on 28 May 2010.. Hand itchy to have the phone but yet cant be reached.

So.. to satisfy my curiosity, i went to have a look at the phone in M1 shop in Parkway Parade on Friday. The phone was super slick and so beautiful in its RUBY color.. very slim too... but the phone was damn expensive.. without contract, it is $963.. wah liew.. so bloody damn expensive!! so i skipped the idea and will only buy the phone in may..

Today.. i went out again and was so tempted to buy the phone, yet again.. -_- so after a late lunch from Charco's AMK, i drove to CTE/SLE and reached Causeway Point.. There is a Singtel shop at the basement.. My mum's contracct can be renewed anytime.. but i have to pay for the phone price.. the qn was how much? So i checked with the CSO and he told me tat with her plan, i can buy the phone at $468... hmm.. i can buy the phone now and claim from the coy's flexi benefit.. but tat would leave me with $132 only... so after discussion with my mum, i finally decided to make full use of the $600 flexi benefit when i claim for my holiday trip in july.. while i tahan for another 2 mths to get my phone from starhub... it might just cost me $98 or $118 as my plan is of the higher plan.. At least, tat saves me about 50% of my holiday package.. and that money cud be used for shopping and stuff...

So.. tat was a close call for me.. and tat discussion with mum did hinder me from making an "expensive" mistake... Thank you Mother! Hehe.. *Mother's day coming.. what to buy for her?"

Btw.. i am finally gg to Korea + Jeju Island in July!!! Yahooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

School Holidays

2010-03-19T16:44:00.003+08:00

Althou the school holidays did not have much impact on me since i have left school longgggg time ago, but it did made me a happier person this week cos the roads were almost empty! No traffic jams at Cashew Road.. no traffic jams at Upper Bt Timah Rd, no traffic jams at Clementi Road.. And best of all, buses were empty too, i can find seats on the bus becos all poly students were on holiday too..

Being in the spirit of the school holidays, I have decided to bring Harith to

Disney on Ice tomorrow and

Underwater World Sentosa on Monday. Yeay!! Let's hope the weather will be just fine!! Not too hot and no rain please.. :P

More pictures after i come back from these two trips. :) Cant wait for my massage tmr morning!!

PS: Craving for sushi but nurul's nt free to eat with me.. :( maybe i'll drag my parents out for dinner later.

Dinner at Seafood Harvest

2010-03-09T23:19:00.004+08:00

Met up with Lina & Ita to celebrate Lina's bday tat falls on 8th March. Rushed to bugis and had dinner with them at Seafood Harvest. I ordered the Lobster Slipper while the other two ordered baked rice and steak and fish combo..

After tat, walked arnd to ease the stomach before continue to have dessert at Swensen's. Managed to slow talk with the manager and got the firehouse bday sundae FOC!! So evil of me. hehe...

Here are some pics taken during the dinner.. :)

We were bloated after tat dinner.. and planned to have dinner at Istanbul on 26 March.. :) Looking forward to tat dinner!!

Wanton Affair

2010-03-06T15:11:00.004+08:00

Ever since i tried the dumpling at Kak Imah's place last weekend, i had the cravings for it again.. so i asked her for the recipe and went to Giant IMM to buy the ingredients after work on Friday..

Went home and straightaway assemble all the ingredients and started away...

This is the final product...

Harith 1st virgin hair cut

2010-03-06T15:05:00.003+08:00

Went to parkway parade to have his hair cut at the junior hairdresser. so expensive! $20!

Anyway.. he was scared when we first stepped in but after Thomas CD was turned on, he simply forgot abt the lady snipping his hair away.. :)

CNY Steamboat

2010-03-06T14:58:00.002+08:00

Went to Penguin's sister house in TPY for steamboat dinner... Ever since i was introduced to home steamboat last year, i got hooked.. Now am looking forward to their steamboat session.. althou the whole house will smell of bbq food and our shirt and faces and body gets oily, it was still fun having steamboat session with them..

Surprise at Bt Batok CSC...

2010-03-06T14:48:00.004+08:00

Celebrated one of the girl's bday on 19 Feb.. Booked the treehouse at Bt Batok CSC.. Was running arnd like mad trying to organise the surprise party.. From buying KFC and Pizza Hut to getting a taxi to Bt Batok.. To nurul stuck at ana's block while waiting for ana.. wawa sneaking to fetch nurul to bt batok but end up having to rush to bt batok herself becos bday girl was spotted somewhere.. sigh.. wat a nite but we all had fun... here are some of the pics taken during tat nite.. more pics in FB.. :)

Start of my Holiday

2010-02-05T14:41:00.002+08:00

Tomoro is the start of my holiday.

It will be a 4 days trip to KL with the whole family. Been awhile since we travelled as one family. So this trip will be a good time to catch up with everyone in the family.. esp the little boy! He will definitely have the time of his life running arnd the apartment that we booked for our stay in KL.

A must visit list has been constructed. Meals at Kenny Rogers, Carl's Junior, Chili's, Chicken Rice shop, Subway and not forgetting my ramli burger!! :)

Itinerary has been created for this trip.

Day 1 : Reached KL arnd 2pm. Checked in hotel and rest. Rest = toilet breaks and prayers and change of diapers for harith. Then off to KLCC. Evening time to Masjid Jamek Pasar Malam to look for keropok lekor and scarf and many more.. it will be a sweaty nite tmr. Crowded and hot!!
Meals venue: KLCC foodcourt and goodies from Pasar Malam.

Day 2: Buffet breakfast at hotel and then onboard the transport to Mid Valley at 11am. Shop for few hours before heading back to KL. Petaling Street is the place we will be visiting on the nite of Day 2. Dinner will be at Nasi Kandar Restaurant, just outside our apartment.
Meals venue: Carl's Junior for the youngsters, Vietnam Restaurant or Selera Foodcourt for the parents, Nasi Kandar Restaurant.

Day 3: Buffet breakfast. Head to Bukit Bintang shopping centres. Pitstop to Berjaya Time Square. Probably whole day there, depending on the no. of shops Ina will stopover. :P Lunch and dinner will be arnd Bukit Bintang area.
Meals venue: Subway and Chicken Rice Shop and Kenny Rogers

Day 4: Buffet breakfast. Last shopping/strolling at KLCC. Head to airport and home sweet home.

Let's see if i will follow this itinerary diligently while in KL. When travelling in groups, you will never know the impromptu decisions they mite make at the very last minute..

Till i update again after i come back from KL.. and counting the days to Air Papan.. :)

SANTAU

2010-02-01T17:45:00.003+08:00

So i finally watched the movie with Nurul.. since she has been bugging me to watch it with her.. luckily the movie came to Singapore.. otherwise i have to go over to JB to watch it..

Now.. picture this..

Two girls (one with shawl wrapped arnd her body and one with tudung already secured on her head).. both covering their faces with the shawl and tudung when scary scenes came out.. then after the scary scene is over, the one with shawl ask "akak, wat did u see?" the one with tudung replied "ntah, i was covering my face!".. and just before tat question, both jumped at the scary scene.. so question is: what scares these two girls? Hahaa..

Tat was how me and nurul watched Santau yesterday evening. We covered our eyes mostly on the scary scenes and she counted that i shouted ONE time throughout the movie.. so it is 1-0!! Chet...

Nevermind... next movie we will see.. wahahha...

Picnic at Changi Beach

2010-01-31T21:58:00.005+08:00

Penguin's Sisters decided to organise a picnic.. and there were debates as to where the picnic venue shud be.. first was east coast then pasir ris and finally they decided on Changi Beach.. It was a super hot day BUT surprisingly, it was super windy... tudung melayang sana sini.. nasib baik tak pakai baju low cut.. kalau tak, seksi giler... haha.. Anyway bought victory murtabak for them but end up not even eating them cos the food they bought were still untouched. And mak buyung nak makan satay so everyone attacked the satay tat we bought from Changi Village. The plan was for me and blacksweet to go for a movie but end up he suggested steamboat at home.. So we packed the kids home and headed to Giant Tampines to buy the steamboat ingredient. Had our steamboat dinner at 9pm after Cahaya... A very messy and oily affair but everyone had fun.. So let the pics do the talking.. :)

elly sabrina

nisrin

the sisters

bright and sunny day

jasmin

lina and aziz

mehdi

ita n elly

happily eating satay

attacking the satay again

star jump

steamboat!!!

the dishes

us cooking the food.. :)

Food again..

2010-01-22T21:59:00.003+08:00

I cooked macaroni soup for the boy last saturday.. he liked it very much.. had triple servings of it..

Tmr i will be cooking for him bee hoon soup.. hope he likes it too!!!

Last thursday, since it is Library close for lunch day and i drove to work, i decided to bring the team with pt.. to FP to have lunch at Eighteenchef.. i ordered Rootbeer Fish & Chip.. the batter tasted sweet... something different for a change..

Will be dining there again for team building on 19th Feb.. maybe i will order the baked pasta tis time.. spicy garlic perhaps... :)

My Dinner on Friday Nite.. :)

2010-01-22T20:48:00.005+08:00

Everyday i would get an email from multiply on the updates of my contacts... and each day, i would also get invites from the multipliers... there were a lot of online shops set up in multiply...

One particular multiplier caught my attention.. it is ChixCheeses... they sell bite-sized popiah with chicken and cheese filling and lasagna in small tray (just enough for a person's meal).. So i ordered 45 pcs of the chixcheese popiah and 2 tray of lasagna.. Had fried the popiah last saturday and tuesday, got everyone in the family to eat.. Today, mum mentioned that she didnt cook anyting since no one is at home.. so i took out the last tray of popiah and 1 tray of the lasagna..

I shared the popiah with mum and had the lasagna alone. as mum dun really fancy lasagna cos jelak.. After leaving the lasagna at room temperature for abt 30 mins, I baked the lasagna in the toaster oven for about 15 mins. Once golden brown, i took the lasagna out and took a photo before i finished it up within mins.. it was delicious! the taste was just nice.. the beef, the sauce and the cheese.. everyting is just right!! I may consider ordering it again once i finished my stock. :)

The chixcheese popiah and tempura nuggets from NTUC

The lasagna fresh from the oven... hot and piping..

The inner layers of lasagna

Now, as i blogged, i can feel my stomach stretching side to side.. I am so full!! Didnt have lunch at work just now.. so this is my lunch and dinner.. :) Luckily i have finished my laundry for the week.. so weekend i could just rest and rest and rest..

Weekend is here, today is the 40th day of my late aunt's passing away.. tmr will be the prayers for her at her home.. will be there at 4 plus.. then head out to Causeway Point, as mum would like to buy some stuff.. so it will be shopping time tmr nite...

Sunday will be spent at home.. resting and watching tv all day long...

Another long week next week.. But for now, let me enjoy my weekend!!

Something is wrong...

2010-01-22T12:43:00.004+08:00

Something is wrong with my blog. Need ina to help me out.. hehe..

Today is a painful stomach day for me.. Wondering if the massage i had in Dec 09 worked.. And thinking if i should go for another round of massage... $80... Should i or should i not?

24 April 2010

2010-01-21T09:38:00.002+08:00

I am so going to the concert!!!

PA

2010-01-14T17:47:00.002+08:00

No.. it is not Personal Assistant..

It is Performance Appraisal..

So the interview had just completed.. scored slightly lower than last year.. but tat was kind of expected, knowing my attitude for the whole of last year.. so i accepted and concluded... wat's next??

Hmmm... holiday then holiday then wait and wait and wait for bonus!! Haha.. again here, i am not expecting much from it, from the looks of the public servant's bonus payout.. Just be thankful to be getting some.. :P

Now.. waiting again.. for that BIG date on the calender.. praying tat it will be revealed to me soon... :P

~ im leaving on a jetplane.. dont know when i'll be back again.. oh babe i hate to go ~

of cos im leaving lah dey... its almost 6pm!! cant wait to meet Harith.. but first must beat the traffic jam from NUS to NP.. wish me luck!!

Win, Lose or Draw

2010-01-13T14:49:00.004+08:00

Today our soccom committee decided to organise a lunch time event. It's called Win, Lose or Draw.. Initially, i didnt want to join but after being psycho-ed by Monkey, i decided to join in. My team consists of JJ, PG, SG and Me.

As each team went up to draw, i got scared... I cant draw tat well.. tats for sure.. so i will just have to rely on guessing the correct word for each drawing then... :)

Here are some pics taken during the event..

The game

Timer

The door gift (i gave away mine to JJ)

The host

This cute guy is leaving us soon.. :(

JJ is drawing..

so we are guessing..

PG's turn

they are guessing my drawings..

me looking at the screen for the next word..

SG's turn..

Our team didnt get to win but we sure had fun..

Holidays and more holidays

2010-01-11T14:58:00.002+08:00

11 days to the new year.. and how has it been so far?

Well, so far so good.. been eating, shopping, eating and shopping haha.. And y am i so happy?

It is because I have two holidays planned in February 2010!

6-9 Feb - Going to KL on Air Asia with the whole family

13-15 Feb - Going to Air Papan via car with Penguin and gang (probably my aunty and family too)

So now u can understand my happiness.. cos i got something to look forward to.. it motivates me to work harder for the days to come.. :)

PA interview this week.. well, im nt hoping much cos i tink i did fairly "bad" last year.. considering my leave and MCs. :) So i hope to just sit thru it and get it over and done with.. :)

I have photos to upload but it is all stored in the home PC. Maybe if im not tired tonite, i will post some pics. :)

Till then.. back to work..

First day of Work

2010-01-04T17:56:00.001+08:00

It's the first day of work and it rained heavily this morning, causing me to have difficulty to wake up on time.. And I ended the day with a blocked nose.. :(

What a way to start and end the day!!

Last day of 2009...

2009-12-31T09:42:00.003+08:00

It's been a while since i update.. Lots of things on my mind but i cant seem to pen it down..

Come 2010, i promise to blog more.. post more pics, tell more stories, bitch abt other ppl, etc etc.. hehe..

This year holds a lot of interesting events for me.. my house being sold (finally), the last of my clique leaving me (zinc, hehe), my parents gg for haj pilgrimage and we managed to survived without them, affairs of the heart comes and goes, bereavement of close fren (i pray for my bestfren to be strong) and family (i pray for my cousins to be strong) and with that, i am finally ready to close 2009.

Hopefully 2010 brings a good year for me.. no more heartache, no more headaches, no more anger or sadness.. purely joy and happiness and hopefully a fresh start to a new beginning.. A beginning that will bring me to the next level of happiness, Insya-Allah...

With this note, I wish everyone a Happy New Year. May 2010 brings new hopes & beginnings and joy & happiness to everyone I know and love. :)

Let's tackle 2010 together as one nation, regardless of race, language or religion!! hehehe...

Harith and the Merlion

2009-11-06T23:32:00.003+08:00

It was so hard to get his attention to face the camera tonite.. In the end, i managed to get pics of him either when he stoned.. or when i press click, he turned away his head.. grrrrrrrrr..... enjoy the pics.. :)

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2009-11-06T10:38:00.004+08:00

Mark the date!

Today is the day i am being left alone in "here"..

Today at 5.30pm.. she will leave behind her footsteps, her coughs, her sniffs, her lectures, her naggings and of cos, we will definitely miss this very much, her typing sounds.. tap tap tap tap tap tap tap.... it will defintely be real quiet outside without tat sound.. but again.. the situation will be save by the aunties' voice outside. hehehe..

Good luck Winsome.. I wish u all the best in your future! A new environment will do u good!!

Here are pictures during our last lunch together.. her attempt to eat the chicken bones.. :)

Hmm... On a side note.. Why it is OK to come to work at 9am and leave ofc at 5.55pm everyday and not get caught?? And why it is OK to go for teabreaks when none of us were given permission to do so? I tink this song describes best wat im tinking now.

(Lemon Tree Song)

I'm sitting here in a boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time, I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens, and I wonder

I'm driving around in my car
I'm driving too fast, I'm driving too far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens, and I wonder

I wonder how, I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning, turning, turning, turning, turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree

Sing! Da, da da dee da, etc.

I'm sitting here, I miss the power
I'd like to go out taking a shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired, put myself into bed
Where nothing ever happens, and I wonder

d I wonder Isolation, is not good for me
Isolation, I don't want to sit on a lemon tree
I'm stepping around in a desert of joy
Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
And everything will happen, and you'll wonder

I wonder how I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning, turning, turning, turning, turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree

And I wonder, wonder, I wonder how I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue, blue sky
And all that I can see (dit dit dit)
And all that I can see (dit dit dit)
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree

Life's a bitch

2009-11-05T23:20:00.002+08:00

I am tired.. physically and mentally..

If i have the $$$ to spend.. i wud definitely spend it well with my family and loves ones and move far away from the hectic and politically infested environment. Everywhere in Singapore, you will see ppl rushing for meetings, appointments, to catch the bus, to catch the train, cutting queues, "chop"ping seats.. and the list goes on and on.. Y cant we cut some slack and slow down the pace... No wonder lots of ppl are collapsing from heart failure or heart attack.. when they were health freaks who jog, swim, take care of their health.. n yet they died of heart attack.. Such is the stressful life in Singapore..

Coming back to me.. sometimes i wish i had a place to hide myself.. away from frens tat were hypocrite, families tat were fake and have an "agenda" in their mind, ppl with weird behaviours and ppl whom arent satisfied with wat they already have.. Well, tat said.. it wud mean tat i have to stay in a jungle and befren the animals.. does tat make me Jungle Jane or perhaps Jungle Marl? Just the tot of it, makes me shudder..

I've been thru this situation before.. ppl prying into my privacy.. asking wat happen to the marriage? wat happen to the husband? wat went wrong? someone even told another person tat i had a miscarriage before but funny how come, me being the owner of my own body, didnt know i was pregnant n thus having a miscarriage? I really wonder, do these ppl have nothing better to do? Are they really so free that they have time to look into other ppl's life? Wat do they gain from prying into ppl's life? Is the satisfaction of seeing other ppl suffer makes u a better person? Do u gain "points" to go to heaven by doing this? And importantly, arent u afraid of karma or retribution? Arent u afraid it cud happen to ur next generation or maybe ur own sisters or daughters? Maybe, they are too self centered to even tink of the consequences and anyway it doesnt concern them rite.. so y bother to sit and tink?

Does it do you any good when u pry into someone's life and use watever information you have as memoirs for yourself and use it as a weapon later on? To seek revenge or just being sadist. I sincerely believe, if you want ppl to respect you, you need to respect yourself first and get rid of any evil tots tat are lingering in your mind right now.. Whether you are a scheming person or just playing politics with the situation.. It's your call darlings..

Presenting Before and After.. Nurulhuda!

2009-10-23T16:54:00.005+08:00

Went thru randomly on my past entries.. and i found this pic..

OMG! Nurul had ballooned in these 2 years.. here are pictures to proof my sentence!

Taken during Colene's wedding in August 2007.

(Can you see how slim she is?)

Taken in Oct 2009

(After eating 11 plates of sushi and 1 ramen bowl)

Can you spot the difference??? Those cheeks have definitely "grow" bigger.

Ok! Time for her to kill me!!!!

PS: Alvin say "WHAT THE HELL HAPPEN TO YOU MAN!!!?

2009-10-20T22:51:00.002+08:00

Met Nurul for dinner at Ramen Ten yesterday after work.. And the greedy student, ate 8 plates before i came.. -_- I forced her to eat more so to accompany me eat.. :P

Hamster Nurul

Her last sushi for the day

scallop sushi

our 15 white plates

the damage tat had been done by us!

Next food hunt will be at Seoul Garden or as nurul said "find a better korean restaurant!"

2009-10-19T22:58:00.004+08:00

Last Friday, the four mascots (Penguin, Bear, Olive and Doraemon) went for an evening picnic.. We got nice view of the sunset and there was only one bench situated near the new water breaker.. so we grab those seats and had our dinner..

Little did we knew, come nite, little mice came out of the hole, in search of food.. and came attacking our table!!! Both me and Olive put our feet up on the bench!! Scary!! And occasionally the air was filled with carcass smell. Maybe some unfortunate mice or other animals died in that hole..

Plus there was some possession of chinese prayers held at the beach.. people came in buses and lorries complete with music and all... quite happening nite, i cud say!!

The beautiful sunset

seafood otah2

satay

bbq chicken
fried rice

the food and drink that we bought

After abt 2 hours seated there, watching the prayers and looking out for mice and mouse, we decided to end the picnic session. The mice and mouse spoilt our fun.. :(

On Saturday, i went to Joo Chiat Complex and i bought this pair of mary janes.. pretty huh.. :)

$19.90 only.. cheap cheap..

I am the last hero standing..

2009-10-15T17:22:00.003+08:00

The 2nd last person of the batch will be leaving me on 6th Nov. Looks like i have achieved victory.. Victory of being the last hero standing... or rather.. the "last victim suffering"??

Anyway.. over the years, i have grown emotionally attached to the ppl arnd me, esp those from the same batch as me.. the only malay girl i knew working here has left me long time ago.. just when we were both getting close, she chose to leave.. but leave for a good cause.. so im happy for her.. and even nag at her each time she said she wants to call it quits!!

After her, one after another left.. either to be a stay home mum.. a temporary tai tai.. working in another company.. etc etc.. watever reasons they have for leaving this place.. and now.. i have 3 more fridays before i see tat someone emptying her cubicle and carrying away her last items...

Over an hour ago, she came to Library, teary eyed.. trying to compose an email to her neighbour to say shes leaving.. wasnt really expecting tat to happen thou'.. must have grown emotionally attached to a vegetable too, i guess.. hehe.. Afterall, tat vege looks yummy despite it being green.. hahaha...

When our cliques left one after another, leaving behind the handful of us, somehow we grew close to each other, unknowingly.. had lunch together, talked abt work, home, frens, enemies, relationship, etc and etc... a special bond has been formed.. i asked her for advice on anything becos of her practical mind.. she never fails to give me the advices that i wanted to hear.. so when she told the news, i was very happy and sad.. althou i took it calmly and didnt show her tat i was angry or upset.. but deep down, i tink she knew..

We both keep telling each other, our departure has to be a quiet one.. nothing fancy or loud.. and true to tat, i will stick to our words.. i will apply PM leave on 6th Nov.. so tat i dun see her walking away from her cubicle for the very last time tat Friday and not returning back to it the next Monday morning..

And with that, i have lost yet another fren at work.. we will still meet each other for watever reasons.. or when i moved to the east.. but it will never be the same as now.. where if i feel like saying something, just a click of tat button and we started the IM rolling..

I guess, tat is part and parcel of life.. people come and people go..

P.S: a tear trailed down my cheeks after i end that sentence.. sigh..

2009-10-14T23:24:00.003+08:00

3rd Oct 09

Penguin and frens sabo-ed me on 3rd october while we were out raya-ing at my aunt's place. the moment i stepped into the house, out came a cake carried by cousin and everyone was singing happy birthday song to me! wah liew eh.. so paisey.. then out came my auntie with a fairy wand and a wedding veil.. she put it on top of my head.. aiyo.. trust this gang to sabo me at my own aunt's place.. chet!! anyway.. after tat, i went to cut the brownie cake and distributed to the guests.. My aunt and family got me a limited edition CK perfume and i opened the other present and this is wat i got!

a united colors of benetton sling bag with a matching wallet.

6th Oct 2009

So.. i finally got to ride the duck tour.. courtesy of my frens!!! I brought harith along and he got scared of the loud engine.. but i tink he enjoyed himself the moment the duck bus was on land.. the weather was just nice so it was great to do a short tour arnd the city area.. (more photos in FB)

the gold coins and $2 for harith ticket ride

the tickets

spore flyer

me and the boy

the duck bus or boat

9th Oct 09

And i got another surprise when zinc returned to work on 9 Oct.. she got a bouquet of lilies.. :)

i got lilies again!

10th Oct 09

Went to malacca with penguin's family, this time the older generation as the two younger sisters cant make it.. 2 cars drove up to Malacca.. left home at 7am and reached malacca closed to 11am.. cos we had lots of stops.. cant help it when u are travelling with kids and old ppl.. :) Went to the market and bought malacca belachan.. then head to the grandma's place.. had lunch and then the youngsters retreat to Tesco for shopping while penguin's mum stayed behind to catch up old times with the grandma.. bought a blouse from there and once back in spore, regretted nt buying more than 1 piece.. :( Left malacca at 5pm and reached Gelang Patah R&R at 8pm... had dinner there and head home to rest.. so tired. almost 12 hours on the road.. :) but happy to join penguin's family on the road trip.

11th Oct 09

Meantime, nurul treated me to a delicious Carousel hi-tea buffet on Sunday, 11 Oct.. we ate till we cant walk anymore and felt like shitting with each step we take.. hahahha.. We ended up in Raffles Shopping Centre and i went for my foot massage while she had her shiatsu massage.. she came out of the room looking groggy.. maybe can schedule a second visit there.. :)

Heheh.. my bday may be over but it seems the present or surprise has not stopped.. Well now, i tink it has finally stopped now.. hehe.. althou im tempted to buy a cake for tmr's nite picnic at east coast.. we'll see... :)

I cant wait to get out of here.. praying for Friday 5.30pm to come soon...

In 6 hours and 35 minutes' time..

2009-10-05T17:26:00.004+08:00

I am going to be celebrating my 32nd birthday...

Breakfast appointment - fixed! (coffeebean)
Lunch appoinment - fixed! (ducktour and havent decide where to lunch yet)
Dinner appointment - fixed! (fish n co)

Happy birthday to me!!!

October is here...

2009-10-01T21:28:00.003+08:00

This is my raya look for the 1st day of raya 2009. Pink songket.. i like!

When i returned from my long raya leave, i saw a vase of lilies on the library counter. I was shocked.. no wonder i could smell the lilies when i opened the library door.. :) Then i saw this!!

Some knows i like lilies from my wish list.. so she got me this when she bought lilies for her home.. my 1st birthday present from winsome... lilies.. my fav flower..

After lunch... out of the blue.. Some asked me if i wanna go toilet.. well, i just went before gg for lunch.. so i dun see the need to... then i told her i wanna go pantry.. top up my drink and wash my cup... i did not suspect anything at all... for i tot its just the norm to go pantry wif Some..

But as soon as i got back from pantry, i saw this...

Ah!!!!!!! My Boys Over Flowers DVD and the ducky with the gold coins.. then i remembered.. Some ever asked me to choose between 3 choices.. Korean DVD, handphone pouch and Duck Tour. So i told her .. Korean DVD - alvin gonna give me cos he told me so, handphone pouch - i want the silicon type but Some said ugly, Duck Tour - of cos i want cos i have been begging my sister to bring me and she refuses me outright.. :(

So eventually, i got both!!!!! Yippeee!!!! Thank you darlings!! But the gold coins was wat surprised me...

i didnt know wat it was for.. so i counted in front Some while she video-taped me..

She told me.. the coins worth of $33 is for my ticket to the Duck Tour and she wants evidence that i rode on it.. so i decided to bring Harith on the Duck Tour, probably next week or the weekend.. Cos harith's ticket is only $2.. cheap lor.. haha..

So my lunch time activities for next week is to watch the DVD during lunch time.. :)

I have watched two times on channel 173 n channel U but i still have not got sick of it.. so i will watch it again and again till i got bored of it.. but i tink i wun get bored of it.. cos of the 4 cute boys!!

This weekend will be spent raya visiting again.. this time.. abt 4 houses to cover on Saturday..

Cant wait for tmr 5.30pm!!

Lose some.. Gain more..

2009-09-22T23:13:00.004+08:00

It's the 3rd day of Raya and i tink most of us gained more than 2kg.. A month of fasting had managed to lose some weight from our body BUT it was immediately gained back on the 1st day of raya... With most houses serving food and it is rude to say no to food.. hehehe.. so we ate at every house tat offered us food.. and everyone is complaining the same thing.. lose 5kg during fasting month and gain 7kg during 1st day of raya.. wahahahha..

Raya is about meeting up with relatives, whom are usually bz during normal days.. and the centre of attraction, unfortunately, is no longer us, the adults.. but its the kiddos... esp babies..

So here are some pics taken during the 3rd day of raya visiting.. :)

baby rayyan

harith and baby rayyan

harith and baby rayyan

baby rayyan

Back to work tomoro.. no visitation but a few families are coming over.. so will have to rush home after work... anyway.. it has not started yet but i cant wait for 6pm tmr.. :(

Selamat Hari Raya

2009-09-21T10:37:00.003+08:00

First and formost, Selamat Hari Raya to all muslim brothers and sisters! May our Ramadhan ibadah be received by Allah!

Now.. this is my look for 1st day of raya..

On Saturday, it was Mdm Zinc's birthday.. We bought her an Apple Product! Hahha.. As if... we got her something from her wish list.. the Anne Gable collection or watever.. her childhood, so she claims.. (See the present tat was nicely packed in black!)

The other nite, had iftar at penguin's 1st sis house.. we had steamboat cum bbq... the food was delicious but everyone got oily after tat.. due to the splashing of oil during bbq-ing.. Little Elly posed to me too.

Cute Elly Sabrina...

Iftar

2009-09-18T07:39:00.002+08:00

This week, i spent 3 days iftar-ing outside.. My initial plan of breaking my fast at home gone haywire.. :)

Monday - Had iftar at Bagus YTF at Upper Changi Road with my aunt and children, Doraemon, Olive and Penguin. :) After tat, to Starbucks for coffee and cake.. Also discussed abt our KL trip in December. Yahoo!!!!

Tuesday - Break my fast at home as i need to finish up my pineapple tart. Managed to complete another round of dough.. Bought the tarts to work and let the gang tasted it.. All said GOOD! So next year, i will do my own tart and my own design.. Haha..

Wednesday - Had iftar with the full strength of Penguin's family, except for the bil at TP who was working at tat time. Went to Sakura at Pasir Ris and we got a long table, smack rite in the centre of the restaurant.. 15 adults, 5 children and 4 toddlers... Happening to the max!

Thursday - Felt like eating bbq seabass.. so ask penguin if he wants to break fast outside and he agreed! so off we went to Lau Pa Sat.. Ordered quite a lot of food for 2 person.. all becos i cant resist all tbe food displayed there!!! hehehe... Chinese Rojak, 5 stick of chicken satay, 5 sticks of beef satay, a plate of bbq seabass, calamari, mixed vege and mee hoon goreng.. hehehe.. we finished all and was super full after tat!!!!

Friday - Went to the doctor to get mc... Tonite and tmr will be spent cooking raya goodies..

I dun tink i will have time to update after this.. probably will do when im back at work..

Till then.. Selamat Hari Raya, my muslim frens... :)

I did it!!

2009-09-14T00:22:00.003+08:00

Over the weekend, i manage to:

Saturday, 12 Sept 2009
1. Buy baking stuff from Phoon Huat at clementi
2. Collect rempeyek at Ghim Moh
3. Collect my coach sling bag from CCK
4. Collect my flower arrangement from Haneymom
5. Collect my baju kurung
6. Collect my bracelet that was sent for washing and cleaning
7. Changed my dad's baju kurung
8. Pass my aunt's her share of small notes at Changi Rise
9. Buy quacker oats and van houten coco (for quacker oats cookies)

Sunday, 13 Sept 2009
1. Bake pineapple tarts

2. Bake quacker oats cookies
3. Bake mini rock bun

Mission accomplished. I didnt have the mood to bake cookies for this raya actually. But on wednesday, suddenly i was feeling very excited abt baking cookies. So, a check with Snr and im cleared to go on leave on Monday, which is today. Cos i know i will be dead tired after a day of baking cookies. Guess age is catching up with me thus by mid day, i was having backache and tired. Somehow, i managed to complete all the cookies and im proud of myself.

Tomorrow will a day of foot spa at Kenko for me, provided i do not have to send mum to nuh to visit my auntie. And i tink will be a short visit to geylang. Will be having iftar at Bagus Yong Tau Foo at Upper Changi Road.

Tuesday - Friday will be at work.. slogging to settle unfinished business before 1st Oct.

I am afraid to think of Saturday where mom and me will be in the kitchen for the whole day, cooking. I tink we will definitely be very tired tat nite and sleep like a log...

Till then, its 6 more days to Raya..

September.... then October.. :)

2009-09-11T17:13:00.004+08:00

3 quarter of year had just passed or is passing thru me now.. Wat hav i achieved? hmmm.. nothing i guess.. argh! anyway.. a new goal has been set till end of year.. lets hope im able to at least achieve something this year...

September September.. a month full of bdays of close frens.. 3 birthdays down and no more to go i tink.. thou' still need to source for one more bday gift.. this weekend shopping, i definitely have to include it in my list..

After hari raya, done with the visitations.. then comes...

October! The day im waiting for every year.. dunno y.. just love 0610 each year.. ahahah... wasnt hoping for anything fancy thou but for sure im on leave on tat day.. no disturbance from anyone from work.. hehehe.. its my day.. dun make me angry!!

This year, i have decided to put up a list for my frens to know wat i want (so tat they dun buy tings i may not like) and also to remind myself to save up for the tings i wanted. So here goes.. (dun be shocked)

My Birthday List:
1. Korean drama "Boys over Flowers" DVD
2. My Samsung, Pixon, hp cover
3. A bouquet of flowers (lilies)
4. A ride on duck tour :)

No. 5 onwards are on the high end gifts (wahahaha)
5. Dinner at Tiffany's
6. High-tea at Carousel
7. Coach wristlet (someone offered to buy this already)
8. Coach wallet (with 12 credit card slots)
9. More and more Coach bags
10. Tag F1 diamond watch (for this, i will start saving and aim to purchase this by june 2010. dun tink anyone will want to buy me this... hahaha)

Well.... actually im just contented to be away from work on my bday.. not having to worry abt work on my bday is my greatest bday wish.. :)

Till then.. i will stop dreaming and tink of how to make 3 types of cookies over the weekend.. Pineapple tart, quarker oat bicuits and cornflakes biscuits. Let's see wat i can accomplish!!

Good bye!! Off to Suntec Swensen for iftar with Rina and family... :)

Seafood Spagetti

2009-09-06T14:24:00.003+08:00

Just finished cooking this for break fast later..

I used two packets of linguine, a big bottle of mushroom and tomato pasta sauce, sotong ball, crabstick, prawns and fish stick.. Boil all seafood and pasta.. Cooked the sauce with tomato puree, cili paste, tomato ketchup, salt and sugar.. Mix all ingredients and cook till perfection.

And there u have it.. the seafood spagetti..

2 weeks of Ramadhan

2009-09-04T16:03:00.003+08:00

The last time i blogged, it was the 1st week of Ramadhan. And today, we have stepped into the 2nd week of Ramadhan. Soon, it will be the nite of Hari Raya.. then followed by Deepavali and Xmas and New Year. Oh my, time flies super fast as we aged older.. or cud it be doom's day is coming? Only God knows.

Anyway, preparation for raya is 60% completed. What is left to do now is to clean the house, bake cookies and cook dishes for Raya.. My baju kurung is awaiting to be collected and tonite i am going to JB to look for my dad's baju kurung and fried popiah (the small kind).

This year raya, it's a mixed feeling. I feel happy cos i know for sure, i will be going to a round of house visiting to another group of frens and a new family group. But another part of me, dun really feel the feeling of Raya.. Maybe becos i didnt go Geylang tat much this year.. hmmm... Or age is catching up so Raya is just another festive to celebrate. Unlike when we were kids, we always look forward to Raya cos can get to wear new clothes, get angpow and go out with frens. I guess its just me, getting older each year.. :)

Lets take a recap of the last 14 days of Ramadhan:

Day 1: Break fast at home. It's a must for me and siblings to break fast at home on the 1st day.
Day 2: Break fast at home but i decided to cook prawn noodle.
Day 3: Break fast at home.
Day 4: Break fast outside
Day 5-6: Break fast at home
Day 7: Break fast outside
Day 8-9: Break fast at home
Day 10: Break fast in the theater, watching Final Destination
Day 11: Break fast outside
Day 12: Break fast at home
Day 13: Break fast outside
Day 14: Break fast in JB.

My forecast for the next 14 days:

Day 15: Break fast at home (i feel like cooking seafood spagetti)
Day 16: Break fast at home (if everyone's arnd, maybe i'll cook nasi lemak)
Day 17-20: Break fast at home
Day 21: Break fast outside
Day 22: Break fast with Sunstrand staff (i tink)
Day 23-29: Break fast at home

There goes my haf mth schedule.. lets see if there will be changes from day 15 onwards or not.. hehe.. cos so far no one booked me yet except for day 21 and day 22. :)

Now im waiting for 5.30pm when my aunty will be fetching me and off we zoom to JB via Tuas Checkpoint. Wat shall we have for dinner later? Kenny Rogers or Senibong Seafood? Hmmm.....

Ramadhan

2009-08-28T11:56:00.002+08:00

A week had gone since we stepped into the month of Ramadhan. Time flew past very fast this year.. Soon, it will be Hari Raya then without knowing, Xmas is here again...

I still have 5% left for preparations for Raya. Baju Kurungs are awaiting to be collcted from the tailor, shoes and bags bought. Make up? Hmm.. just make do with wats at home, probably buy pink shades for the eye.. Since my first day will be PINK songket.. :) All the kuehs for raya has been ordered.. just awaiting time to be collected. Some homemade ones too.. will find time for tat.. this year will be the 2nd year im trying to make pineapple tart. Hopefully it will turn out ok, under mum's supervision.

Went to Geylang yday and was very disappointed with this year's bazaar.. nothing interesting and no feeling of raya at all.. somehow it felt more like pasar malam. hmmm wonder y.. maybe due to the economic downturn.. everyone's saving up or rather not going to spend at all this raya.. Tmr maybe gg to JB so i guess i'll just find my stuff there.. maybe more variety and more cheaper since its in RM.. hehe..

3 more weeks to go before i get bz cooking again.. This year, i will not be cooking for my dept.. instead it will be a home affair for the closer ones only. Not sure y but i am now adopting a "cant be bothered" attitude to ppl's requests. I'll just bring cookies to work for my dept.. if i feel like it thou'.

Enuf said.. now im waiting for 1245pm. Gonna leave this ofc for the weekend. NUH appt later in the day.. seeing the handsome doc again. always lights up my morning or afternoon, each time i see him.. See u later Dr Raymond Ngo!

Baby Jolie

2009-08-17T21:22:00.003+08:00

The little baby lighted up our office last Friday with her visit.. even managed to get response from Mr Vegetarian.. wow, mr vegetarian knows how to respond to baby more to adults.. heheh.. anyway.. here's some pics of mdm goh carrying baby jolie.. soon the baby "disease" will pass to her.. seeing that she is so natural with babies.. jia you mdm goh!! And thanks for the cake Mummy Colene!! Hehe... Do visit us again!!

New toy in the office

2009-08-17T21:14:00.003+08:00

My 2008 birthday present came 10 mths late.. it arrived in aug 09.. i hope this year my present arrived on time thou'... hehehe.. now my strike has got a fren and wun be lonely anymore in the office.. :)

Thank you mr athrun zala!

And I won the TOP FEMALE BOWLER award..

2009-08-13T23:22:00.003+08:00

I wish.. hahahaha...

Nah.. didnt practice enuf.. or skills gone haywire.. thus no award, no medal for me.. :)

Here's my team...

From left: me, lydia, janet and razak

Oh well.. there is still next year.. if they conduct on wednesday or any other days except Thursday, otherwise i have to give it a miss again, like yesteryears.. :(

But it was fun.. teaching someone who has never touched a bowling ball before till she got a strike and got it right (almost all the time).. maybe bowling will be her next pastime.. :) hahah.. and lydia whose hand was always twisted each time she throws a ball.. got me worried that she might just twist her wrist.. but she survived.. and shes happy and improving.. :)

Next game.. hmm.. let see.. fasting month coming... so i guess it will after hari raya.. End of next week is the 1st day of fasting mth.. no more food in the ofc.. u ppl better stay away from me.. :)

National Day Weekend

2009-08-12T17:08:00.002+08:00

The long weekend is finally over.. next long weekend.. Hari Raya Puasa!!

I was out for the 3 days during hte weekend. Packed schedule!

Saturday - went to visit my aunty at NUH and grandma at TTSH. Then to geylang, tanjung katong shopping centre.. shopped for clothes there.. bought 4 working clothes.. then went to fetch sis at Tuas Checkpt and went for dinner-supper at Al Azhar at Bt Timah.

Sunday - rest and relax and got ready to go JB for shopping and seafood dinner. Slight jam but still tolerable at both sides (Singapore and Malaysia). Went to Carrefour at Sutera Mall and Jusco Bukit Indah.. then to Damai Seafood Village for dinner.. reached Spore at arnd 11pm and there was no delay at all.. breezed thru the checkpoints..

Monday - everyone woke up late except for dad and sis who was on morning shift. wanted to visit my aunt at NUH but the plan was changed. Hence, went to fetch Sis at Jurong East MRT then proceed to have our late lunch at Komalas at East Coast then to Spore Expo for Metro shopping. Didnt buy anything much from there..

Watched a bit of Anugerah 2009 yday and saw the winner, Sarah Aqilah (i tink) sang this song.. Rawan by Azharina.. and since yday, the song got stuck in my head and had been listening to it since morning.. Then i take a look at the lyrics again.. and oh my, it is so touching.. for the first time when i read the lyrics and the song playing in my ear, i actually teared. hmmm.. maybe the chorus part really touched my heart.. anyway.. im hooked on it now.. so will be listening to it often.. maybe can sing this song to someone? hmmm.. wahaha.. glasses will break wherever i go if i tempted to sing this song.. :)

Today is our company's bowling event. Will be playing at CSC bukit batok. Cant wait to have fun.. the aim is to get the top female bowler, if possible.. wahahha.. but such high dreams ah.. anyway.. will try.. otherwise, having fun is the ultimate goal.. :)

Cant wait to go home and cant wait to bowl!

2009-08-05T21:16:00.002+08:00

Saturday, 1 Aug 09

Went to Stamford Tyres at Lok Yang Road with dad to view the tyres and rims available there but none of it attracted our attention. Thus we proceed to Jalan Anak Bukit.. There is a small tyre shop there tat my dad frequent before.. There were chickens! If i had brought Harith arnd, he wud have chased the chickens..haha.. We chose a few of the rims and the uncle placed it near the car... again, none was interesting enuf.. Then the uncle brought us to his storeroom and open an unopened box.. MOMO rims.. wow! i feel in love instantly.. and went he placed it next to the car.. the feeling of love got overwhelmed.. hehe.. the 1st quote was a bit too pricey for us.. then becos of us being regular there, althou dad only change once.. he gave us a huge discount.. and we agreed instantly!! :)

Momo rims on our car

Closed up

Old tyres and rims

Chicken!!! Popo-Kek!! (is tat how the chicken sound?)

Yum Yum Chickens!!!

Friday, 31 July 09

Went to visit Dr Raymond Ngo again.. This time told him i still have the flu and cough.. He decided to do an allergy test.. the nurse did it on my arm.. (see pic). After 20 mins, the result was out. I am allergic to dust mite, cockroach, grass, mold, fungus and paper/book mite. Wahahha.. ironic isnt it.. work in library and allergic to paper dust.. anyway.. was given an allergic pic for a mth and nasal spray.. will be seeing him on 28 August 09 again.. Maybe i will decide on the operation if i dun get well..

The test done on my arms. See got three big "mosquito" bites. those are the dust mite and paper mite. The smaller ones are mold, fungus, grass and cockraoch. It was itchy like hell after the test.. Controlled myself to not scratch. Nurse already warned me abt the itch.. :( Luckily it cleared by the end of the day.

Random Pics

2009-08-05T20:40:00.004+08:00

Been wanting to blog but cudnt find time at ofc and also home.. or rather a bit mafan to transfer the pics from my hp to the pc as samsung only allows transfering of data via their samsung new pc studio.. So let me pen down all tat has been happening since my lunch at Swensen's with Zinc.. :)

Satuday, 25 July 09.

After the KL trip.. decided to meet the gang again.. this time for a karaoke session at Kak Adibah's house.. decided to pot-luck instead.. so tat we dun tire the home owner.. :) Since he mentioned abt me cooking black pepper spagetti, i decided to cook for them.. since all ingredients are available.. within 1.5 hrs i managed to whip up a packet of linguine with the black pepper sauce.. We also went to buy a cake for Kak Adibah's sister who was celebrating her bday on tat day and also to Beach Road to buy tulang (bone steak) and murtabak from Victory.

Reached closed to 7.30pm and proceed to have dinner and eating the bday cake before we started singing.. Started at 8.30 and ended our singing session at 1am.. hehe.. luckily no one complained but since we sang in a room tat is tightly-closed, i tink we dun disturb anyone arnd us.. :) Said our goodbyes and went to Alif at Bt Gombak for supper.. had teh tarik and prata.. yummy!!

the tulang and my black pepper spagetti

the murtabak and bread for tulang

Saturday - Monday, 18 - 20 July 09

Depart from home at 4.30am. My ride was already waiting for me downstairs. Breezed thru checkpoint without any hassle. Reached the 1st pit stop closed to 6am. Had breakfast and carried on the journey. Next pit stop was near or after Malacca. Toilet break and cigaratte break... Then all the way to KL.. We got lost a while in KL while trying to locate the hotel. This time, we stayed at Corus Hotel near KLCC. Finally reached the hotel but cudnt checked in as it was too early.. So we put our bags in the car again and went to KLCC to kill time. Had brunch there and walked abit. Saw lots of Man Utd fans loitering arnd Nike shop, i tink.. There are all Sporean.. can actually see from the way they dress and talk.. Either they drove or they took the package organised by the spore fanclub.

Got a call tat our rooms were ready and we all rushed back to hotel to rest and shower while the Man Utd fans rested a while before departing for the stadium. Nite time went to Petaling street and Masjid India.. Soon, the match had ended and they joined us at Masjid India for a window shopping. Reached hotel closed to 11 and rested a while before proceeding to have dinner at the hotel cafe. Next day had breakfast at the hotel and went to Bukit Bintang and Berjaya Times Square to window shop again. Nite time went to Petaling Street again, then had dinner at Kampong Bahru.. Had seafood dinner and they got kerang bakar... sedap giler.. too bad i cudnt really enjoy the dinner as my throat was acting up again and cudnt take hot food. Went back hotel and rested while drinking hot tea.. the others joined in the room as its our last nite there.. watched the malay drama serial and it ended close to midnite.

Next day, had breakfast at hotel again then proceeded to pack and shower to check out. On the way back to Spore, we stopped near a R&R and we had A&W for lunch! yahoo.. yummy too!! Then pit stop at JB for carwash and top up petrol.. Reached home at 4pm.. so happy to see harith again.. :) There goes my holiday.. next one.. dunno when.. :(

This building belongs to Datuk K??

A rendezvous affair at IMM

2009-07-23T16:04:00.004+08:00

I skipped lunch on Tuesday as mdm goh had dept lunch with her boss and "colleague". So yday, the swensen's menu came up in my mind yet again.. Immediately, i gave the link to her and tempt her for lunch..

She scolded me for tempting her and showing all the delicious menu on the website.. So we browsed and browsed the menu and complimenting on how yummy they looked... and soon 1230 came.. and i made the decision to just go ahead with our swensen's lunch.. and later mdm goh thanked me for dragging her out cos she simply loved the dishes!!! (charles, if you are reading this, maybe next time, u shud bring ur wife to other restaurant apart from sakae sushi.. hehe. She gets crazy over fish n co n swensen's black pepper dishes.. so u got the hint huh.. hehehe)

See the pics for the food tat we ordered.. heheh..

at the entrance of IMM

queueing for our seats

i got my chili crab pasta

yum yum.. munching on deep fried mushroom and calamari

the deep fried mushroom and calamari

finally, her order came.. black pepper seafood pasta

It was an enjoyable lunch.. we truly enjoyed the food and the escape from the usual lunch place. But back in the ofc, mermaid got angry with us for not inviting him to lunch as well.. Today he came to lib and said.. I'm so going to Swensen's... poor mermaid.. but its ok.. that will be a good excuse to dine there for lunch another rite.. hehe...

Someone who dun like to cook

2009-07-23T15:47:00.002+08:00

This entry is dedicated to Zinc, my fren the nail decorator, whom i tot will not cook when she got married.. :) [I sincerely apologised for having tat tot.. hehe)

Back then.. someone called Zinc used to tell us that she dun cook and received unfrenly "aunty replies" to tat sentence and even blogged abt it quoting these words.. (taken from this entry)

"So what if I don't cook ?! Cooking not my forte and certainly not my Number 1 interest. I surely don't want to turn ... just zinc ... into a Food Blog (that comes with "Recipe of the Week"), cluttered with photos of my successful Recipe X or failed attempts at Recipes Y and Z, listing of recipes website etc etc ..."

Now nearly 2 years down the road, she did change her blog to Semi-Food Blog.. with pics of her cooked meals (both husband and wife) and attempted tries of cheesecake and other successful dishes! I am very proud of her cos once i ever told her.. if u dun cook, then ur husband will have to eat ur fancy nails (cos she is a nail decorator).. hehe.. now its me biting my own words cos she proved to others that she does cook.. althou maybe charles cooked better.. hehe..

Jia You Zinc!! I will support you in cooking, will give u the Ayam Masak Merah recipe soon.. :)

A visit to Dr Raymond Ngo

2009-07-13T12:01:00.002+08:00

Last Fri, i scheduled an appt wif the specialist doc from NUH to take a look at my nose problem again. He did the scope and found the adenoid to be infectious and the nose full of mucus.. So he prescibed me with a week of antibiotic and to see him again this Friday.

Last week, i was given 4 days mc in total.. which leaves me to a day and 1/4 at work.. Time spent at home recuperating, swallowing medicines again and again..

This week, i will be on medical leave again on Friday. And will be gg to KL this saturday till monday.. Which means i am on leave on Monday.. yippee!!

On a happier note, meet up with the other family.. which means i meet up with his 6 or 7 (cant remember) sisters and mother.. the meet up was a success as i was well received by them and vice versa.. instant chemistry between me and the sisters.. guess tats a good start huh.. :)

I am looking forward to Thursday.. but Monday has yet to end.. Why do i feel this way? Do i need to do some soul searching? Is it me or is it the work or wat?!

I am lost.. :(

Mood-less

2009-07-02T11:13:00.002+08:00

It is 11.13am and i have yet to do a single thing at work.

Where has the mood gone to? Home to sleep or in the living room with Harith??

Hope it gets better after eating lunch later. Maybe a McDonald ice-cream cud cheer me up. Hmm.. i shall buy ice cream later then, since i have the leftover McD vouchers from last sat's bowling tournament.

I have been craving to eat Japanese food.. but the korean drama on ch u is pulling me home straight from work everyday. Maybe i will un-pull myself tmr.. hopefully to eat my japanese food and reaching come on time to catch the drama.

Feels like gg to Robinson Sale on Saturday since dad has a wedding invitation in Tampines.. We cud do a pit-stop there and have dinner in the east this weekend.. Question is : Where? Maybe i'll bring them to Bedok Corner ?? Or maybe to Adam Road for tat famous mee soto ??

2009-06-30T08:48:00.002+08:00

As mentioned in the last entry, he loves being in the water. This video said it all. :)

Aniq Rifqi

2009-06-30T08:46:00.003+08:00

This is the latest addition to my cousin listing. Aniq Rifqi.. So handsome!!! And its nice carrying a baby in ur arm.. so i jokingly said to Harith, hey boy, u be this small again! easier to look after! hehehe...

Sentosa

2009-06-30T08:30:00.005+08:00

Decided to bring the lil boy to Sentosa for a swimming session. He loves the water so much.. bathing time is always his fav time.. But when we brought him to the beach, he got scared after seeing those big waves.. So end up, he played in the kiddies area.. with lots of kids running arnd and water fountains.. he truly enjoyed himself.. :)

Transformers

2009-06-24T11:45:00.002+08:00

So the visit to the doctor on Friday resulted in me not gg for the surgery.. doctor said since im feeling better and able to breathe thru my noise. so he gave me an open dated appt, to see him shud i face the same problem again.

I am feeling very low now.. esp at work.. not sure y. isit becos of the work or becos of PSB.. sigh.. i wish to get out of this mood swing immediately! *Mind Power*

Friday will be an exciting day for me.. apart from seeing tat face but otherwise, everything will be great.. signing of the sale of my flat in the morning, gg home to catch some sleep again before returning to work at 1.45pm and leaving on the dot at 5.30 to catch the Transformers movie at 6.30pm at Jurong Point wif the colleagues.

Sat will be cheerleading his team at bowling tournament in Downtown east.. probably head for lunch then go back home.. evening will be catching hindi movie at central channel and nite will switching between my korean drama at ch u and the indian horror movie at central channel. hehe..

Sun.. mite be planning some family outing.. probably to pulau bukom for swimming session for the kids.. then head for early dinner and home.. since the school will start on monday.. cant bear to think of the traffic jam once school re-opens.. *shudder*

There goes my weekend.. all planned ahead.. :)

Cant wait for friday.. but can we skip tmr? cos tmr got the terrible two meeting.. :(

The Day.. (edited)

2009-06-19T12:06:00.003+08:00

Today is D-Day.. Will be seeing the doctor at 3.20pm and hearing from him if the need to do surgery arises or not. Kind of hoping to do the surgery but on the other hand, i wish i dun have to go thru surgery again.. hmm.. lets keep the options open for now..

Will be meeting the girls later on.. the last time we met was during our kl trip in may.. (edited) we decided to forgo the idea of karaoke as the voucher doesnt allow us to use it on weekends. So we end up at Marina Square and had coffee at Starbucks while waiting for Ana to come.. Went to have our usual massage and fish spa at Kenko.. Next went to East Coast Park for our dinner.. And the final destination was Cdans Bukit Batok for a game of bowling.

Tomorrow's plan is still pending.. or rather no plans yet.. so let's see wats in store for me tomoro..

(edited) Father's Day this Sunday.. will be meeting up wif my Pasir Ris aunty and family for dinner at Garuda Padang (Vivo City).. Eat Eat Eat!

Transformers is happening next week! Gonna catch it on Friday.. alhou it is my dad's bday but we will celebrate another day when everyone is available.. Also next Friday is my HDB appt.. so i will be AM leave!! yahoo!

Workwise is getting pretty sticky now.. Hoping for the situation to change or people to change.. which is pretty hard. i shall not comment more on this.. too many eyes watching.. all over the world.. :)

Counting down to 12.45... and i need to pee... and snr librarian is not back from lunch.. so im shaking my leg in order to distract the mind from sending signals to my bladder who is begging fo release.. heheh..

Good bye everyone!!!!! Have a great weekend!!!!

Movies.. movies... movies... (edited)

2009-06-15T08:39:00.005+08:00

Last Friday went to watch Taking of Pelham 123. All becos of Denzel Washington.. I simply love his acting and all the movies that he acted in. Come to think of it, he likes to play the role of negotiator.. as in the movies of bone collector, the seige.. Anyway.. it was a good movie.. Full of action right from the beginning.

Decided to try out a new cinema in town. Its the new building opp Bugis Junction. Its called Iluma. The cinema in tat building is called Filmgrade. They have another one in Kallang. I will try tat cinema for Transformers later on.. In Iluma, there are 8 theaters.. the concept of the walkway is classic.. like the old times.. nicely decorated. Everything is new there. No complains at all.. :)

As the movie started at 7.50pm, we decided to have dinner at Seafood Harvest. I had the seafood batter combo while he had the seafood spagetti on cream. We added our meal wif soup and desert.

(Upload pics later at home). Dinner finished nearly 7.50pm and we rushed to the cinema.. Luckily the show has not started yet.

After the show, went to walk arnd at Bugis Street to look for my hp cover. Got one at one of the stalls.. A red pouch @$15... Yippee!!

Saturday was spent at home.. doing laundry and watching korean drama..

Sunday went to Causeway Point to have dinner and buying the chicken for today's breakfast.. Mayo Chicken Sandwich! Then rested at home while eating hot chestnut and cooling bird nest's drink from the nearby pasar malam. :)

It is back to work again.. Cant wait for Friday.. I will be on haf day leave again.. Hurry up Friday.. come faster!!

The tales of Adenoid and Angels & Demons

2009-06-08T09:39:00.005+08:00

First and foremost, i have finally watch the Angels and Demons movie at GV Yishun. The movie is good, i can understand it better than Da Vinci Code (althou monkey said im better off watching nite the museum 2). At least i didnt walk out of the theater looking blur.. BUT.. i did walk out of the theater looking angry and covered in sweat.

The theater at Yishun is an old building. Even seat covers are already faded. No longer the green color.. im sure if its bright enuf in there, maybe can see stains.. And the seats there are small compared to the other newer cinemas. I swear i can fit into the other cinemas seat.. but over at Yishun, well, i cud fit but i cudnt move arnd.. There are not enuf space fo me to move arnd.. Plus the fact that the aircon wasnt strong enuf or rather it wasnt turned on maybe.. it was rather stuffy in there.. so i conclude that GV yishun will be strike off from my list from now on.. TMD!

Ok enuf of that..

I went to see an ENT specialist last friday, after getting referral from the panel doctor. The panel doctor tot i had allergy rhinitis.. but the specialist doctor said that i am suffering from Adenoiditis.

What is Adenoiditis? Read here.

So the doctor instructed me to go for hearing test and then he did the scope thingy inside my nose. Found two lump of tissue which causes the blocked nose and it covering abt 80% of the air passageway. See below for the pictures. (Warning, dun eat while looking at the pic, u mite get freaked out! Hehehe)

Look at the 1st pic from the right. The top and bottom pics are showing the lump of tissue at the back of my nose. Those are the ones that will be removed during the surgery.

He gave me a week of anti-biotic and if it is still there after taking the medication, he suggested for a surgery to remove the adenoid. My next appt with him is on 19 June 2009. Let's see if a surgery is necessary. If so, then another week or two of hospitalisation leave for me.

I have bought a new phone a week ago.. The Samsung Pixon M8800. It has cool features and winsome tried out the camera function. Here are some of the pictures taken using the camera.

using the smile shot

the mosaic frame

smile shot again

first time trying out the mosaic frame

using one of the frames

Had a mini gathering at Zinc's place yesterday afternoon.. These are the ppl tat came.. Didnt manage to get Coco and Jnr Coco pics cos they had alredy left.. We really enjoyed the short gathering.. it was fun to see the old frens yet again.. :)

Funny Moments in the Office

2009-05-28T13:07:00.006+08:00

We decided to try the camera on Monkey's MacBook.. and the result is...

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LAP (Lao Ah Pek).. he had just finished watching the movie "The Ring".

We decided to try other effects...

Next.. our most fav effect.. it makes our face looked very squarish...

Now for the next picture (below), dun u think philip looked like susan boyle??

See the similarity... same rite? hehe..

We had fun using the camera.. we will soon play wif the camera again.. cos according to monkey, it is under-utilised.. :)

Back in SG and Back to Work...

2009-05-25T11:33:00.003+08:00

The motive of the holiday was to get out of singapore and away from work. We achieved our goal but i didnt really enjoy the holiday becos of my flu and cough and also the cramps. Of all days, the tat-time-of-the-mth has to come during my holiday period. TMD! In the end, the 1st two days of the holiday was spent in hotel room and sitting at mcdonalds while waiting for the girls to finish shopping..

The other motive of the holiday was to shop and eat. We all did reached tat goal thou'. With each of us spending approximately RM300 on food! haha.. we ate 20 plates of sushi at sushi king, plus few other ala carte items.. we had chicken rice at chicken rice shop, my sis and fren ate at kenny rogers in genting while me and nurul had noodles at the noodle shop in genting, we had mary brown for dinner and brunch at genting but i ended up eating porridge on both occasions due to the poor appetite.. luckily back in KL, the appetite grew althou i stick to non-spicy food. We had subway on our last day in KL.. even bought a sandwich back home.. cos we tot there wun be any meals in the bus..

The coach to Genting was good as we had our individual seats. the ride to genting was a bit too much for me as i got dizzy by the time we reached the terminal bus. And plus the fact tat it was super cold up there althou we reached genting in the afternoon. We took a taxi to KL the next day, cost us RM15 each and it send us directly to the hotel.

A visit to Petaling Street night market and i bought two handbags for work from Anna Sui (imitation of cos!).. cost me RM125.. simply luv the black bag.. so appropriate for work.. the white bag is much bigger and i tot it wud be good to use tat whenever out wif harith.. cos i tink can surely fit lots of his stuff in there. :)

The coach to Singapore was way better than the coach to Genting. We bought the First Class ticket on Transtar and we had individual seats with stewardess to entertain to our needs on the bus. We were served hot meals (fried rice with black sauce chicken and hot tea). I watched the malay movie, Sepi, which was good and im happy i watched it cos there was afdlin shauki.. my fav actor!! but he has grown fatter.. goodness, just look at his stomach! omg! wahaha.. but he has a beautiful wife and 2 lovely children. who says big ppl dun get beautiful partners?! hehe.. anyway.. back to the coach ride, the bus was good but it wasnt really smooth. i had to bring up my seat cos the sleeping position made me dizzy.. but it was big enuf for me to shift arnd in the seat.. After the malay movie, i watch the korean movie, Sex is Zero 2. it was hilarious and all the actors in the movie are horny bunch.. only tink of SEX in their mind.. maybe i'll try to catch the movie online cos i didnt manage to finish watching it.

Reached Spore at 7.45 and reached home at 8pm. Played with Harith as i missed him so much during the 4 days.

Friday, sent the car for servicing at Subaru TPY. Reached the place at 9.30am and collected my car at 5.30pm. Went to watch Star Trek Digital while waiting for the servicing to be completed.

Saturday, went to celebrate a fren's bday at fish n co. She was stunned when the crew brought a cake and a firecracker to our table and requested her to stand up.. I tink she stood really straight and she keep saying.. omg! wat are they gonna do to me? wahaha.. i tink the gang is planning on the next sabotage tat is in Oct.. my bday.. i told them i want the most extreme sabotage they can ever tink of.. so long as its not flour and egg.. im game for anything.. we shall see..

Sunday was spent at home watching korean drama and waiting for Monday to come..

Now Monday is here and its only haf a day and i got lots of troubles at work. sigh.. its back to reality world. no more rest for me till the next public holiday which will be National Day. :(

Genting - KL

2009-05-17T20:39:00.003+08:00

Going off to Genting/KL in 9 hrs time....

Waiting for nurul and ana and ina to be home. they are staying over so that they can save a trip tmr's morning for the coach to Genting. Wonder if there will be any sleep tonite or laughing session gg on thru the morning? hehe..

My fever has subsided and the flu is abt to be gone.. but the cough.. is still very stubborn and decide to stay on till now. I cant eat spicy stuff anymore.. :( the throat hurts like hell whenever i touch chili!! for 2 days in a row.. been eating slice fish soup wif rice to fill my stomach.. i want to eat a lot during the trip but wif my condition.. how to enjoy the food? bluergh!!!!!!

Anyway, KL has 2 confirmed H1N1 carriers.. nurul was freaking out a bit on fri nite.. but i assured her.. we'll just be extra careful and if need to, she can bring her N95 mask along.. :) Pray for our safety and health, my dear frens!

On a happier note, my 1st HDB appt is on 26/6/09 @9.45am.. yahoo!! a step down, another step to go before i close that chapter of my life forever! Thank God!

Wait for my return hor!! Dun be notty, dun be horny, dun be kinky!! (errr tat wud be for me isnt it??) hahaha....

Fever

2009-05-13T11:42:00.002+08:00

I was down with fever on tuesday early morning.. body felt hot and was shivering all over till i had to wrap myself wif the blanket and yet still shivering. Tat is unusual for someone who hates being hot and sweaty.. Plus the whole body was aching like hell.. I reached for my thermometer and tested myself. The result 37.6 degrees.

Then alarm went off at 6am, i checked my temp again and it showed 38.6. Omg! I am having a fever.. plus i have been coughing non-stop the whole nite.. Took a shower while contemplating shud i report for work or not. After my shower, checked again and it went down to 38. Msged snr librarian and decided to see a doctor. I cudnt move a lot as the body ache is killing me. Sleep for another hour while waiting for the clinic to open.

Reached the clinic arnd 8.30. Filled up the declaration form and the nurse took my temp. This time using the ear scan.. It showed 38.9! Immediately i was issued a face mask and i took a seat at the very end of the clinic.. not wanting to spread any disease to other patients there.

Soon my turn and the doctor said u are having a high fever. so i explained that i was having cough and flu for almost a mth now and i have been to two panel doctors but none of the medication works. I asked for an antibiotic. and becos i was allergic to voltaren, he cant gave me any stronger med. I was issued 2 days mc and given 5 types of medication. All the meds causes drowsiness. I was ordered to take all the medication without stop. He asked if i took the meds at work, will it affect my work? I told him, it will affect but i can get my colleague to help out.

Have taken 4 rounds of meds and my body is weak wif medication. All i can think of is lying down and closing my eyes. I managed to release some mucus but the cough is causing me chest pain. Checked my bp and it showed 125/66 and pulse at 125.

Wonder if i have the energy to go to work by bus tmr. If not, i'll take the cab to work.

Ok, resting now. Need all the energy for work tmr. Im sure tons of work waiting for me as i will be away for 1 week next week. Hope i recover before the trip. Otherwise, i wun be able to enjoy my much needed holiday. :(

I am back

2009-05-11T12:42:00.005+08:00

So i have disappeared for quite sometime from the blogger world. Now i am back.. wif vengence? wahaha..

I have finally settled an outstanding issue.. it has been decided that this is the best way to tackle this problem. And so i am telling myself to move on.

Another issue has alredy been settled recently. That is, my flat has been sold! To a filipino couple at $376K. There was a lot drama before closing the deal. But thank god, it ended well! Maybe its time for me to be firm and not wishy washy abt it anymore. John is proud of me and my actions.. hehehe.. :)

Celebrated Harith 1 year bday on 2 May. Will upload some pictures over here.. meantime, u can view the pics in my FB. He was cranky. not sure if its becos of the heat or just too many ppl in the hse.. he received lots of presents! :)

Took leave on Friday, 8th May to accompany him to bowl wif his colleagues. They had 10 games each.. wonder if their hands will come off their body? wahaha.. then proceed to AEON Jusco.. i bought 2 pair of sandals, 3 brooch for me, my mum and his mum, a red blouse to match wif my red sandals.. then to KIP Mart to buy mangoes for my mum.. his mother's day gift to my mum - 10kg of mangoes!! haha.. then we proceed to have dinner at Damai Seafood Village.

The place was very cosy.. wooden concept. they have different areas for u to choose. interior and alfresco.. they also have a hut which consist of 4 round tables.. can easily fit abt 30 to 40 ppl (if u are willing to squeeze).. the food is nice plus its cheap. We ordered 3 crabs cooked in black pepper, bamboo clam, butter prawn, tomyam soup, groupa fish in sweet and sour, kangkong sambal. All these for 206 ringgit which is abt S$87.

I will be bringing my family and my aunt's family soon. Im sure they will love the place. The only setback is u've got to donate ur blood to the hungry mosquitoes. :)

I will be away from 18th.. Gg to Genting and KL wif the girls. Purely girls, no guys.. althou most of us will be smsing or calling the other haf most of the time, except nurul.. dun worry nurul, i will only restrict myself to smsing at nite ok.. :)

It's been a long time since i went for a holiday. Im gg to enjoy myself there.. eating and eating and eating and shopping.. :) Cant wait for the weekend to be over..

Empty

2009-04-21T17:42:00.002+08:00

This blog will be left empty till i have something concrete to report on.. :)

Bear with me ok?

I am still alive and kicking thou'... not sick or dying somewhere.. :)

When Harith Taste Mr Lemon

2009-04-08T15:27:00.002+08:00

Every baby has to go thru this torture.. Let them taste lemon and watch their face becomes distorted.. heheh..

We made harith taste lemon and recorded it on the hp.. the boy can still smile and laugh after tasting the sour lemon. :)

Wat to feed him next? Hmmm...

Block 7, Level 7, Ward 76, Bed 6

2009-04-03T16:31:00.007+08:00

Tat is the ward that my dad stayed yesterday. went to visit him after work and bought dinner at TBP before proceeding to SGH. This is the 1st time he stayed at Ward A1. Got internet, own bath, own toilet, own tv and the room to himself..

Harith was asleep when my sis fetched me at work.. the little boy can really snore!! look at the video..

Then when we reached TBP, we decided to make ugly faces on him.. :)

After eating our LJS dinner, i decided to take pictures of the room.. Frankly speaking, i dun mind staying in hospital for a week if tat is gg to be my room.. having internet connection is the most impt factor!! :)

Then the little boy decided to get cheeky.. he wants to go inside his mum's tshirt.. watch the video.. :)

We left SGH arnd 8.30pm cos the little boy getting restless and noisy.. as we had lots of things to carry, his mum got him to carry a small bag.. see the bag on his shoulder.. he's just so vain.. everytime a camera faces him, he knows when to pose.. like aunties, like nephew.. :)

Dad is safely home now.. will be on MC for few weeks i guess.. means the car will be rotated between us for the next few weeks..

Unguuuuuuu.. Pasha!!!

2009-03-30T11:46:00.006+08:00

Currently hooked on this song.. :) catchy plus it brings lots of meaning..

So i am back to work after 3 days of absence. Attended the course at TBP.. Was on MC on thursday so i guess there will be a make up class for me soon.

The weekend is over and wat did i do??

Fri after class, brought mum, dad and harith to IMM. Was craving for western food.. ended up at Bagus Banquet. Had their fish n chip but it wasnt so nice. Didnt finish the dish and disturbed my parent's food. :) Reached home and took the medication. Soon zzzzzzz...

Saturday.. woke up at 10am.. laze arnd then showered.. was watching the korean drama on ch u when my hp msg went off. Rider msged asking if wanna catch a movie.. OF COS I SAID YES! within minutes i was ironing clothes, putting on make up and then im at the void deck. It took me 30 minutes to get all done. By then, i was alredy breathless. And since he drove, i decided to wear skirt!! Yeay, first time wearing skirt when on a date wif rider.. wahaha.. Luckily he drove so i get to relax in the car with the air con on.. althou i prefered the bike.. hehe.. but for a change, y not.. be pampered once in a while..

We went back to TBP.. where else.. and watched the Race to Witch Mountain. Not a bad show, quite entertaining except for some irritating kiddos tat made noises in the movie. A lot of the other patrons went abt "SHHHH!" every now and then. Luckily i got my usual corner spot so not much of disturbance. Movie ended close to 9pm. Plan to watch several other movies - Xmen, Angel and Demon, Transformers and lots more.. Yeay!!

Sunday was spent at home.. watching my korean drama from 11am to 5pm. So shiok!!! Heheh.. at nite feeling hungry, i drag mom and sis to BPP for aglio olio at swensen.. Sent sis off to Tuas checkpoint and home sweet home. Slept at midnite cos was crazy listening to the song above. :)

It's gonna be a long week this week.. no breaks no public holidays.. sigh..

Oh btw, dad gonna have an ankle operation this Thursday. He will be admitted to hospital on wednesday for monitoring then have his op on Thursday morning. So probably Fri will be released from work. I have not planned to take any leave yet. Probably on Fri, if no one is fetching him from hospital. We'll see..

Damn U Bloody Fucking Bangla!! Mama Pundek!!

2009-03-25T18:54:00.002+08:00

I have never liked taking the MRT cos it was always packed as sardin. But today since i had my course at Tiong Bahru Plaza.. i decided to take the train to clementi station where i will change to another bus to reach home.

It was quite packed when the train reached TB station. I stood near the middle of the cabin to allow more passengers to board at other stations. Unknowing to me, someone had a horny mind. As the train moved on, it gets more packed. I felt something behind me so i tot maybe ppl are trying to move in. so i moved forward nearer to the seat to give allowance to other to ppl to stand. Commonwealth, Bouna Vista, Dover.. i felt it again. I turned.. i saw someone behind me.. so i moved further in front. Tat person followed. Finally i cudnt take it anymore, i turned and found a bangla. Standing so close to me. VERY CLOSE, in fact. I turned my body, shield my body with my bag and looked at him. He didnt dare look at me. But his body is still close to me. By this time, the train has already reached Clementi and i quickly moved away. he is alighting too. He wanted to walk behind me but i hesitated so he had no choice but to walk first. He went the other way while i went with the rest of the flow. As i was on the escalator down, he stood nearby and i stared back at him. And he has the cheek to stare back at me! What the fuck!!!!

I was too angry, too stunned to act on anything!!! It didnt even occur to me to drag him by the collar and bring him to the mrt staff loitering arnd there... I just felt like crying.. i have been humiliated.. i have been harrassed!!! Damn bloody fucking son of a bitch!!!! While waiting for the bus, i wanted to cry but controlled myself. I wish someone was here with me. I wished someone had bashed tat mother fucker's face till he cudnt recognise his owm mother!!!!!!! (remember this line? from kungfu hustle)

I pray and swear that one day, shud he had sex with a prostitute or anyone, he will get AIDS. And i swear if he did this to any other women in public, his sister or mother back home will get the same treatment from any man out there! I want him to die a slow death, suffering from all the pains he had caused me and maybe other women out there!

Fuck off you irritating piece of shit!!!

Disclaimer: sorry for the vulgar words, but im very angry. i hope u all understand.

Chocolate chocolate !!!!

2009-03-24T12:04:00.003+08:00

A fren of mine made this, its called mint chocolate truffles .. I will be getting the samples tonite.. heard he has made 2 more flavours.. so let me give u the verdict after i have eaten those chocolates.

If it is worth marketing, then i will start my part-time job.. of being a chocolate promoter.. hehehe..

A visit to FP

2009-03-24T11:58:00.003+08:00

A visit to the new ofc at FP.. to do some audit.. tried sitting on the much-talked abt chair tat monkey claimed is super good.. and so i tried.. ITS DAMNED GOOD LAH! heheh..

the chair tat monkey loves so much...

the view from level 14

the roads

phase 2b i tink...

Dinner pictures

2009-03-24T11:41:00.005+08:00

The pictures are not in order.. as i am lazy to arrange them.. :)

All pictures taken by monkey, leonard and my hp.. :)

Hope Vs Reality

2009-03-22T00:16:00.003+08:00

Emotional smses went on for 5 hours last nite.. Somehow it led to both of us tinking whether was it a good idea to be back together cos we knew in our heart, it is impossible.. and wishing for the impossible is never a good start. Esp when it involves a human heart. It it like wishing for snow in a tropical country like Singapore.

If the answer is still unfavourable to us this time, the heartbreak will be twice, the hurt will doubled and the soul will be terribly empty.

I am hoping that day will not come at all. Instead, i hope happiness will fall into our arms.

DND at Carlton

2009-03-20T14:06:00.003+08:00

Today, we will having our dinner & "dance" at Carlton Hotel. It's just dinner, no dance.. heard from snr librarian tat the dance has been obselete since years back.. :)

I've decided to dress from morning since most of my colleagues will be at the hotel, either rehearsing for the performance or going thru the dry-run for the nite. So probably i'll meet them there for coffee once they have finished with their jobs. Plus we will be released early at 3.30pm today.

Initially wanted to wear the white/blue dress with jeans but decided against it due to natural causes ;). So ive decided to be Dr Witch. Wearing all black.. From the black long dress to black pants to black shoes and white and black tudung. :) Luckily zinc didnt do her make up on me with black colors.. it wud be a gothic cum innocent style. Gothic for all black and innocent for the tudung. Althou overall, im far from innocent. wahahahha..

This is me after the make up.. Cantik??

Cant wait to go home.. another 1.15 hrs left! Am sure to enjoy myself tonite at the dinner.. jia-you-ing my colleagues for the staff performance..

I want to win the 42" TV or the I-Touch, before zinc and monkey wins it! :P

Raining Season

2009-03-18T08:18:00.002+08:00

I like the weather to be raining when im at home slacking, in the middle of the night sleeping or in the ofc working. But i dun like the weather to be raining WHEN i am having a bbq session, on the way to work and scheduled for a date with rider. Cos when rain decides to drop at these timings, it spoils all my plans. :( I know im not supposed to say bad things abt rain as rain means blessing. Rider will kill me if he hears me talking bad abt the rain.. hehe..

Anyway, even thou the buayas claimed tat the bbq was fun.. but i'd like to tink otherwise. I tink it SUCKS big time! Dunno wat went wrong right from the beginning.. started heavy downpour at 5pm, continued drizzling till 1am, fire wont start, charcoal on strike, firestarters running out, frozen food becoming un-frozen, i had to wash lots of dishes, i didnt even get to eat proper satay and chocolate fondue.. didnt even enjoyed the whole bbq session.. the only good ting tat happened during the bbq was GYG presence. tat certainly brighten up my day.. :) not just me but ana too.. :)

I'll probably plan another bbq session to compensate for this one, this time we'll wait for nurul to join.. baru kecoh giler nyer!!

Quiz Box: Get to know yourself better

2009-03-12T12:16:00.003+08:00

Was reading zinc's email and got interested to try.. here's mine..

Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

So is the quiz correct? Did it guess me correctly??

Where am I??

2009-03-11T11:52:00.005+08:00

A week has passed since the bereavement of my best fren's husband. My fren is doing well. She is gg by day to day and praying to be strong for her children. Tmr i will be on pm leave as i need to bring her to CPF office to enquire abt the flat. So hopefully, we cud settle it tomoro.

Last Friday, i had dinner with Monkey and Chi Ko Mei.. we had dinner at Ramen Ten.. Oishi!!! We get to eat sushi for free as the cashier had forgotten to include them in the bill.. yummy!! Little girl dun want to try eating sushi even after our pestering... must make her try one day.. :P

monkey after eating wasabe and soy sauce. nice face monkey!

my spicy ramen

chi ko mei's curry noodle

our sushi plates

I was supposed to catch Anuar Zain's showcase at Grand Hyatt last Saturday. But i didnt. Nevermind, next time then. :( But truthfully, i was very excited to go and see him live.. But after receiving news abt my fren, im sort of 50-50 abt gg to the concert. And so on saturday afternoon, i made up my mind to not go for his concert..

During the evening, i drove my family to Vivo City to have dinner there.. and sicne we are arnd the vicinity, i told dad we'll be driving to Sentosa as well. Since he has been hinting that he's never tried driving in to Sentosa. We had our dinner at Garuda Padang and then walked at Vivo City awhile before proceeding to Sentosa. Mum and dad were very excited. Sitting at the back and talking.. ohh all so new.. never seen this before.. last time dun have this building.. blah blah blah.. Mum even asked if there's any limit to entering sentosa.. hahaha.. we said u can stay and dun come back also... :) tink its been ages since we came to sentosa for a picnic.. everything is so expensive there.. so we parked at imbiah lookout and went to beach station. asked if they wanna catch the song of the sea.. but dad said just walked arnd.. so we bought popcorn and sat near the entrance of the show.. watching all the tourists passed us by.. After a while, dad said y not try drive arnd sentosa.. Drove to the east and west of sentosa.. cos its at nite.. nothing much to see.. so after the drive, went out of Sentosa to meet up my pasir ris aunt and family at T3. Had supper at Simpang Bedok and then head home. Sunday was spent at home, chilling and relaxing..

snapshot 1

snapshot 2

Cant wait for this weekend where my sis will be holding her Buaya Bash birthday party at Aloha Loyang. Im sure it'll be great fun wif food, laughter and more food.. :)

Oh, i forgot abt this.. I made mdm zinc wear all her 5 sweaters that she had in the office.. this is how she looked shud she gained extra weight years later.. :P

mdm zinc and her 5 jackets

Life still goes on...

2009-03-05T11:25:00.002+08:00

I had just finished parking my car at the carpark when i received a call from an unknown number. Passed the phone to sis and she answered it. She was stammering while answering the call. Then after the call ended, she told us a shocking news. I didnt want to believe it at first and so after pulling the handbrake, i called the same number again. It was my best fren's colleague. She confirmed the news that ive heard earlier. My best fren's hub had passed away.

I was in shock. Didnt know wat to react. I broke down there and then. Dad asked if i wanna go hospital and i cudnt answer him. Fortunately, mum knew how i felt and answered on my behalf. She offered to accompany me too. I was crying while driving. Haf way to NUH, i stopped crying. The first tot that came to my mind was how my fren is going to cope without her husband. She has 3 children and 1 unborn baby... My heart goes to her.. As i was driving, i msged my other sch frens that knew her and also got mum to speak to some of my frens on the phone. I know i cant pass the message cos i know i will cry on the phone.

The moment i reached the hospital, i quickly searched for her and found her mother outside A&E. The moment she saw me, she hugged me and cried. I cried again.. Then we asked the nurse to bring us to the room. I entered the room and saw my fren sprawled over the sofa, crying. I went to her and immediately she cried again. She kept saying y is this happening to her, wats gg to happen to her children.. I cudnt say anything to comfort her.. i just hugged her and offer her my moral support. I made her drink a cup of hot milo as she had not eaten since reaching the hospital after work.

Stayed there till 11pm before gg back home as mum needed to look after harith.

Next day was the burial ceremony. The body had to be sent to SGH for post mortem and can only be collected at 1pm. After bathing, cleaning and wrapping, the immediate family members are allowed to see him for the last time. Kissing his forehead and both cheeks and scattering "pacai" arnd his head area. (to my chinese frens, read here to understand more.) By 3.30pm, the body was ready to be carried to the cemetery.

The heart-renching part of all was when my fren went to kiss her husband for the last time and when they brought the last child (coming to 1 year old) to the father, the baby cried. He was crying becos he just woke up or maybe he cud also feel tat it is his last time seeing the father. Almost everyone arnd cried looking at them. I cudnt bear to see it so i stood far away from them.

This incident really made me think. How we need to treasure our loved ones and how we need to prepare for rainy days ahead. Tragedy cud strike us anytime, without us knowing. In this case, a husband left behind his wife and children to fend for themselves, with neither savings nor back-up plans. He was about to change to be a better husband and father, but i guess GOD loves him more.

I pray for my fren to be strong for her children. She is like a sister to me, we've been frens for 18 years now. When she is suffering, i feel it too. I hope i have the ability to support her in any way i can.

GOD give me strength..

Non Stop Rain

2009-03-01T21:21:00.002+08:00

The weekend was filled with rain rain and more rain..

I started the weekend by bringing my parents out for dinner on Friday nite. Dad wanted to try Bilal Restaurant at Yishun.. The place was nicely decorated, brightly lit and the al-fresco dining was good if you have small children who loves to shout a lot,like my nephew. The dishes were delicious althou price was on the high side. We ordered shark fin soup, cereal prawn, stir-fried beef with kailan, fish porridge, fried kuey teow and jumbo chicken satay. Overall rating, i give it 7/10. Then off to fetch sis at airport.

Saturday's plan was to eat chili crab for dinner. So left home at 5pm. and it was raining heavily.... went to Geylang to collect my blouse and i bought a new bracelet. The price of the bracelet was a weee expensive but i love it and i didnt pay a single cent as i used my old jewellery set that i dun use at all and trade in for this bracelet.. :)

After all purchases done, went to Upper Changi Road to have dinner at Chai Chee Seafood Restaurant. As sis reached there earlier, she made the order first. We had cereal prawn, shark fin soup, stir fried beef with kailan, claypot chicken, sweet and sour sliced fish, chili crab and fried rice.... At the end of the meal, we were all full to the max. So we decided to walk arnd at Suntec to un-full ourselves. Dad bought some cables from Carrefour and walked arnd Toys R Us. Dad also bought a toy for his grandson. But this grandson is a very weird boy. We buy him lots of toys but he prefers playing with boxes and tins and empty tissue box.. -_-

Reached home closed to 10pm and everyone was sleepy.. it was still raining heavily.. nice weather to sleep in..

Sunday woke up quite early.. had chili crab for breakfast, leftover from sat's dinner.. watched my hyun bin before taking a shower as need to send the parents to wedding lunch. As i was getting ready, rider msged and asked if wanna meet. of cos i said yes.. he fetched me at home with his new kia cerato and off we go to mandai lake to sit and talk awhile.. soon time to go and he sent me off at hougang where i meet my parents.. he promised to bring me out for dinner tmr if the weather permits.. pray hard it dun rain tmr evening.. if not, i'll be sad.. :(

Tmr is monday again.. weekend flew by so fast... another full week to go thru.. sigh.

A beautiful rainbow.. masya-allah!!

2009-02-26T08:41:00.002+08:00

Everyone alighted from the bus and kept staring at the sky.. i was wondering wat's there up the sky?

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's SUPERMAN!!! nah... its a beautiful rainbow...

I was seated on the left hand side of the bus so i cudnt see the rainbow. But as soon as i alighted, i saw it!! It is so beautiful.. So i cudnt resist my temptation, i stood at my void deck and took a picture of it.. if only i had my sis's camera with me..

Anyway, i tink everyone are taking pic of it.. cos when i reached the lift lobby, a neighbour was sent carrying her camera and gg to snap a picture of tat rainbow..

Here are some of the pictures i managed to capture using my hp camera..

Sigh... it's the first time i have seen such a beautiful rainbow and its very very clear from my viewing point and its huge.. almost one semi-circle.. if i were at a clear landing, im sure the view will be breathtaking..

The view from the void deck

So clear..

View from level 6

GOD's creation... simply amazing..

Amin, the Malay Man!

2009-02-25T17:11:00.004+08:00

A malay man came to library today.. he had grown two long curved moustache! But a bit crooked...

"Hi hi.. My name is Amin."

He does look malay to you rite.. must be wrong somewhere during the production.. hehehe....

A day in Sentosa

2009-02-23T11:36:00.012+08:00

Me and sis decided to plan for a surprise bday treat for Ana and Nurul. Nurul's bday treat was kind of belated. Sorry!! :)

The original plan was to go for a ride in Gmax in Clarke Quay. But my dear niece pulled out last minute to her forgetfulness and super packed schedule. So me and sis decided to tink of Plan B. Ina wanted to do something that we dun do on daily basis. I told her we cud go night safari or go karaoke and sing chinese songs. We dun do tat on daily basis rite?? wahaha.. the idea of gg to night safari interest us but when the entrance fee was a killer. $32! And so me, being the itenarary planner all the time, decided to google for Sentosa.

And guess wat i find there??

CineBlast, 4D Magix and Song of the Sea. Well, I have been wanting to catch Song of the Sea since last year. So when we finally get to see it, i was very happy apart from the bday girls. :) So with tat plan in mind, we then decided to eat at Ayam Penyet at Bugis. The plan is set and just waiting to act on it.

It was raining cats and dogs when we left home. I prayed it wun rain till late. Fetched nurul at JP and Ana at expressway and off we went to Bugis to eat our early dinner. Due to our hunger, we forgot to put parking coupon and were given a ticket by dear parking attendants! $30! Argh! Anyway, its our fault so cant complain much. :)

After tat, we had a cake cutting session for Ana. Cake courtesy of Nurul. Thank you Nurul! It was cookies and cream ice cream cake from Swensens!

So yummy.. See their faces as they eat the ice cream. Bday girl had a craving and so it was satisfied last saturday.

So dinner settled, bday cake settled. Next, proceed to Sentosa. The girls had no idea where we were going. But Ana kept guessing all the places cos we were driving back towards Vivo. So i bluntly told them we were gg to Labrador Park to have bbq. Of cos both girls didnt buy tat. The moment i turned to Sentosa, the girls shouted!! They tot we will be gg on the Luge. Hahaha.. Well, next time girls.

Parked our car and walked thru Imbiah Lookout. Made the girls wait at one corner while me and sis purchased the tickets. Managed to get the tickets but unfortunately, Ana's gang decided to join too. Guess they were from India, coming here for a holiday. Doesnt seem like those banglas. Anyway, they were a noisy bunch.

These pictures were taken inside 4D Magix.

A funny conversation overheard in here.

Guy A: Dey.. diamond!!
Guy B: Ruby da....

Next, we went to CineBlast. Didnt managed to get pics in here as we all excited for the ride and also happy to be away from the noisy bunch.

Next stop, Song of the Sea. Went to park our car in another carpark and bought tickets. Ana decided that she wants to sit in the front row. So we all followed her down the steps.

Entertaining show with laser display and water works and fireworks!!!

That was the last treat for the day. The pictures were taken using my hp so the resolution wasnt tat good. But for memory sake, tat will do.

We dun feel like gg home yet so i suggested Karaoke!! Everyone agreed and so we made the booking for 10.30pm at CashBox Studio Cupplage Plaza. The outlet was way better than the one at Cuscaden Road. It looked more decent that the other one.

So we made our way to town and parked the car at Centrepoint. Soon we entered CBS and started singing away. 3 hours of pure fun and singing. Caught the three girls on video.. Watch it! I will upload the longer version of the song after Nurul passed it to me later on.

And my niece decided to give me a kiss...

Here are the videos...

After 3 hours of singing, we got hungry and decided for supper at Clementi Road. By then, the clock showed 3am. Sent everyone home and showered before gg to sleep.

Sunday was another outing with family to T1 to fetch my sis and bil from HongKong. Had dinner at Bali Thai IMM. After tat, went home and retired early for work on Monday.

Today is Monday and I am on leave tmr. :)

3 more days to the next weekend!

The OLD me..

2009-02-18T16:20:00.002+08:00

this was taken at east coast.. tink i was 18 years old..

this was taken at fantasy island.. im 17 years old then..

this was taken at dhoby ghaut mrt.. sitting at the stairs.. i was 19 years old..

LAP can recognise me instantly.. but he asked the golden question "Wah liew.. wat happen now??" wahahha.. but he said.. "ok lah.. now look sweeter..." wahahahaha

U judge urself lor.. :)

Anuar Zain at Grand Hyatt Grand Ballroom

2009-02-18T09:15:00.002+08:00

This cute guy is coming again.. I missed his 1st concert in November as it clashed with Zinc's wedding.. Now he is performing again.. this time at Grand Hyatt Grand Ballroom.. Ticket priced at $128. Had a short conversation with Nurul.. She mite want to go too.. So im praying hard she will go.. cos i dun want to miss it again..

Oppa.... :)

Fish Spa and Food Weekend

2009-02-17T15:28:00.004+08:00

This is the dress/skirt that i have shorten so tat i could wear it as a dress wif my pants. Mermaid said i looked like a cookie.. Got blue color cookie meh??? hmmm...

The weekend started with dinner wif nurul at Sakura Jurong West Recreation Centre. We wanted to go the outlet at Pasir Ris but was thinking it was too far away. So we ended up in Jurong West. Wasnt really packed considering its a friday nite.

After tat, no idea where to go. So we drove arnd.. in the end, we decided to go for a massage then fish spa. Here are some of the pictures from the fish spa.

nurul's legs being eaten by the hungry fish

my leg.. very big rite??? wahahah

nurul acting cute...

my leg again.. being attacked by the fishes

nurul's very sexy tat nite, wearing a short dress

After the fish spa, we decided to go to the Merlion to enjoy the nite view and nite wind.. Stayed there till 1am before deciding to meet wif the girls at Marina Barrage.

Walked thru the bridge at Marina Barrage and we decided to get some pictures with the Flyer at the background.

nurul feeling sleepy

nurul scolded me for being far away from her

now im nearer to her.. :)

the nite view from the barrage

After the walk, we decided to have prata at Clementi Road. We were both quite full from the dinner but the smell of prata lured us to order a prata each. :) Finally, parted ways and reached home at 3.30am..

Saturday was spent at home.. watching korean drama and then at nite, had dinner wif the family at newton.. seafood dinner. :) Went home feeling very full.

Sunday, i had a craving for Japanese food. Msged my sis and told her i will be fetching her at tuas checkpoint. Went to harbourfront for Ramen Ten.. japanese craving done. now is korean food craving! maybe i shall bring my parents to Lot 1 later. :)

Went to see doctor yday for my headache. Bp on the high side. Rested for a day and back to work today.

Back at work.. it was the usual of clearing of work and lunching wif the usual bunch. Mc Donald is the menu today. Alvin decided to enlighten us by doing some re-enactment of wat hes seen in the mrt. some actions are terribly funny tat we both cud die of laughing. Forced him to do some re-enactment again in Library, this time for snr's viewing. again we laughed our heads off.

Tuesday is coming to an end soon.. Wonder wat Wednesday has in store for me.. :)

Korean Wave

2009-02-09T12:02:00.003+08:00

The haf day pm leave on Friday was spent gg to CCK poly then to Vivo wif mum, harith and my sis. i had my 10 mins massage again. it felt so good to have someone pounding on ur painful shoulders. hahaha.. i tink i really need a full body massage. the question is whether im ready or not.. :)

Saturday morning, mum asked if wanna go jb or not. cos i told her i need to buy more of the skirt/dress tat i wore last fri for 2 of my frens. and since dad was free tat morning, we decided to go. i bought 6 more in total. 4 for my fren and 2 for me.. hehe.. luckily no heavy traffic at immigration checkpoint. going to jb and coming back to spore was a breeze. Later tat nite, had dinner wif the family at greenridge banquet.

Sunday's plan was to slack at home. Tot of meeting up wif nurul in the evening but she needs to study.. so guess its slack at home for me. i decided to watch the korean drama tat nurul passed to me weeks ago. I started the drama at 3pm and finished off 10 episodes at midnite. the urge to continue the next cd was very tempting but becos of work today, i decided not to.. hehe..

Will continue with cd 3,4 and 5 this weekend.

Monday comes again.. snr is on urgent leave today. We had yusheng lunch at Sun Bistro today. each ordered a meal and we had the salmon yusheng. here are some pictures from the lunch.

Tomoro will be a cake eating day cos we are celebrating philip's bday.. yummy... mdm zinc has volunteered to buy the cake.

Later after work, im gg to send my two dresses for alteration to make it to shorter dresses. :) hope it turns out fine!! so tat i can wear it this friday!! :)

Me and My beautiful skirt

2009-02-06T09:32:00.004+08:00

Tomoro is snr librarian's bday. So today, we gave her a surprise by buying for her a tweety cake. But to our surprise, she is on vegetarian mode till monday. So means no egg for her. :( In the end, we sang her bday song and cut the cake for us to eat then the other haf for her to bring home.

Here are some pictures from the surprise:

The Tweety Cake

Snr wif her cake

Snr surprised when we sang her bday song

The two lovely earrings

And today, i wore a skirt to work. Remember i mentioned before when i went to JB and i bought 3 dresses. Well, the dresses could be used as a skirt too.. So i decided to transform this dress to skirt cos the color is so sweet and girly. I look so sweet!! Dun u think? Heheh.. Anyway, the other 2 dresses will be altered to shorter dress cos it doesnt go well wif pants. I'll update more of the other 2 dresses when i wore them to work one day.

Pretty or not??

Jolie, the pretty baby

2009-02-06T09:25:00.003+08:00

Coco Mummy gave birth to a healthy baby girl yday morning.

Congratulations!!!

Here's some pictures from yday's visit by tai tai char and zinc.

She is one happy mum, now the baby cot at her home will have baby smell...

Good luck colene.. ur life will change now.. no more quiet moments.. :)

JB Trip

2009-02-01T16:59:00.002+08:00

My weekend started with an indecisive mind.

Wanted to buy muffins on saturday morning, but was feeling 50-50. In the end, i brought mum and harith to JP. The new JP was huge! but nothing fanciful to tempt me to buy anything there.. in the end, went to eat at Siam Kitchen then went home.

Later tat nite, both my sis and ana felt like eating fish n co.. and since ana got vouchers to dine at airport, we went to T2 to eat fish n co for dinner. Shared the seafood platter for 1, fried calamari and swordfish collar among us. When we left the restaurant, all 3 of us were feeling very boncit.

Walked a bit in airport then went to East coast cos the girls felt like eating gelare waffles.. but too bad, it was closed by the time we reached there.. so bought ice latte and drove back home..

Sunday.. woke up early.. and prepared to go to JB wif my parents. Since harith wud be under his own parent's care today, i took the opportunity to ask my parents to JB.. been a while since i went there.. tot of visiting pasar tani but it was closed on sunday.. off to Larkin and bought ramly burger and dunkin donut.. yummy....

Next to Giant and i bought 3 dresses for $30. So pretty.. the colors are blue/white, brown and pink.. im tinking of wearing the blue/white to work tmr.. :) Next stop, was tinking of gg to city square but was too tired. so i told dad to go home instead.. pit stop at causeway point to eat at banquet. I ordered the yong tau foo laksa.. hehe.. all becos i saw a chio bu eat tat last fri. was super full after tat meal..

Now.. im resting at home after a day's out at JB. There goes my weekend, its monday again tmr.. and its a full week. luckily im on haf day leave on fri as i have a check up in the afternoon..

Someone is so bz wif the construction of his gundams tat he totally ignored me this weekend.. hmmphh.. -_-

www.sotong-ness.com

2009-01-29T08:07:00.002+08:00

In my sotong-ness blurry head this morning, i boarded the wrong bus!

I saw a bus turning to the bus-stop from the usual direction, but in my mind, it kept saying tat is bus 184. it didnt occur to me that it could also be bus 700. So in my sotong-ness, i boarded the bus. The funny thing was when i boarded the bus, everyone on board looked very alien to me. There is no familiar face on the bus. And when the bus did not turn right on the usual route, my suspicion grew. I knew im on the wrong bus! As it reached the next bus stop, it was too late for me to react. So after tat bus stop, i moved to the exit and press the bell and alighted from the bus. Had i gotten myself a seat and slept the moment i sit, i would have ended at Orchard. :) then perhaps i wud just ask for emergency leave by then.

In the end, i had no choice but to take a taxi to work. Was comtemplating whether to take a taxi or not earlier on, but i decided not to since i still have time. Due to my sotong-ness, i had to fork out $13 for taxi fare! Sigh... :(

Kuddos to sotong-ness day today! 290109!

Wonder wat else will happen today....

Harith eating his snacks!

2009-01-28T18:22:00.004+08:00

This little boy has learnt how to eat by himself.. well, at least for now, hes using his hands to eat the biscuits.. still lazy to hold his milk bottle thou'.. lazy bum.. :)

Anyway, im still in the office now. waiting for those ppl out there to finish discussions and ok-ed the materials for tmr's big event. so meantime, me and snr has to be caged in library waiting for orders.. :(

mum and harith are home alone, i wish i cud be home now and watch tv and look after harith..

4 days of holidays and now back to work.. wat did i do on those days?

sat - bbq at east coast
sun - picnic at east coast
mon - went to tampines giant and carrefour suntec
tue - rest at home
wed to fri - back to work

this weekend i have no plans yet.. someone shud be on off days.. so maybe vroom vroom.. hmmmmm......

2009-01-22T16:01:00.003+08:00

Monkey gave me a link and so i tried..

Turns out I am Charlie Brown!! True meh?? Are my frens leaving me all the time?? There must be some errors somewhere.. :) Oh i know.. maybe the frens here means another set of frens.. hmm.. tat is quite true then.. :P

What Cartoon/Comic Character best describes you?

Charlie Brown

Life just isn't fair is it? Poor you. Life keeps getting the best of you time and time again. At heart you are as kind and as nice as one could ever ask for in a friend, but you have become somewhat of a doormat. Your friends seem to keep abandoning you (that is, if you even have any left) and no one else seems to be any good. You need to lay down a little more authority and stop letting people walk all over you. And if that fails, at least you have your books.

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A Random Entry

2009-01-22T11:53:00.003+08:00

Finished my 2 days course at New Horizon.. now waiting patiently for Feb where i will be attending the remaining 3 classes of Microsoft Access 2007. And another course in March - Adobe Photoshop.

Back in the office, as usual, work is waiting for me to clear. But at least the bz period is over for library. Now, alone for 2 days as my snr is out on course at the same location.

Last Fri was my PA talk wif my mgr. Suprisingly, it went well. I didnt put much hope in it cos i know during my 1 year in library, i did mistakes and i mite be slow in catching up. Well, the past 1 year was my learning year. I was working at a new area tat is out of my comfort zone. Naturally i need time to adapt and learn new things. So u can imagine my surprise when she rated me as such. So, this year, being the 2nd year in here, i have to prove to myself and everyone that i have wat it takes to work in lib. This year will no longer be a learning year for me instead it will be a year full of actions and results! Jia You!! You can do it, Marl! :)

Healthwise, been taking my medication regularly. But my dry cough has been acting up again and again and refused to go away. As i was typing this entry, i felt like vomitting. The throat walls just opened up wide and make me wanna gag. but nothing comes out.. i have a phobia for vomitting cos i dun like the aftertaste.. so i will try my very best to control it if i cud.. Sigh.. according to snr, it cud be due to gastric juices. Wonder when this will go away..

Long weekend starts tmr.. so wats the plan?? Saturday nite bbq at east coast wif the family followed by Sunday picnic at east coast again. So tat covers my weekend. But no plans yet for Monday and Tuesday.. A drive to Changi.. hmmm?? Probably slack at home.. cos the mood to start work on Wednesday will surely be slow to come.. :)

To my chinese frens : Xin Nian Kuai Le Wan Shi Ru Yi !!!

A January Birthday Dinner

2009-01-18T21:35:00.003+08:00

A dinner was planned to celebrate our January Babies. And there are UJ, QY and ALKK.

Initially wanted to have dinner at this place where they served dinner and board games to play with.. but after much deliberations, it was decided that Fish n Co Glasshouse is the place.

It was my first time eating on the 2nd level of tat place. Usually wif rider, i wud sit at the 1st level and near the bar counter and rider facing the tv while me facing the live band. And its more cosier on the 1st level. While on the 2nd level, it is more suited for frens and families gathering and their table settings were set to sit 6 or more ppl.

As everyone reached the place abt the same time, we didnt hesitate to place our order. I decided to try something new and so i ordered the whole line sambal fish. Bear in mind, tat i am not a fish eater. I usually do not eat a whole fish and finished it up. But after i was done wif my meal and wats left on the plate was bones and the fish head.. i was amazed.. it meant only one thing : the fish is nice and crispy and the sambal spiced the dish up.

After dinner, the bday babies were presented wif the presents and each received a cake and we sang bday song for them.. hafway thru, some tables besides us joined in singing the bday song too..

By 8.45pm, everyone's full and sleepy and so we decided to part ways and head home. Sent snr and uj home. Reached home to play wif harith and then im dead beat myself. Off to sleep..

Saturday morning was a pleasant morning as i was greeted wif rider's surprise visit. he wanted to collect his gold gundam. i was supposed to fix it and present it to him when done. but since harith's arrival, i didnt have time to do anything. so gave it back to him.. he said he will fixed it today.. wonder if its done or was it being fixed in his dreams? hehehe.. i guess i will find out soon..

Tomoro and tuesday will be away from work for me.. as i will be attending a 2 day course at tiong bahru plaza.. to learn microsoft access 2007. i hope i dun get too blur on this course.. :)

Drive home

2009-01-13T21:57:00.002+08:00

When you have a driver to drive you home after a long day at work, this is wat happened.

See.... they were sleeping so peacefully that they didnt even know we gotcha!!!! :)

Happy sleeping dear frens!!

Laksa Craving

2009-01-09T23:03:00.002+08:00

Last friday, i watched in agony as zinc and monkey ate their laksa yong tau foo at arts canteen. While i had to be contented with eating my yucky plate of chicken cutlet from the western stall. Watching them eat made me crave for laksa ytf.

And since i was on AM course this morning and was needed to return to ofc only at 2.30pm, i went to satisfy my craving! Where else.. at blk 354 clementi ave 2.. Was looking arnd for companion for lunch but everyone's bz. Called dear nurul and she didnt picked up the phone. so i tot she must be bz at sch. So drove arnd aimlessly thinking, if worst comes to worst, i'll just dine alone.. since lunch crowd is over, so probably i cud eat in peace..

Just after i turned to Clementi Road, nurul called.. she was ok to meet up for lunch.. fetch her at jurong pt and off we go to clementi ave 2! I guess we both were pretty hungry as within minutes a bowl of laksa ytf and tomyam ytf plus a side dish of cuttlefish yu tiao were gone.. heheh.. it was really a nice lunch.. and the laksa was so creamy and rich and sinful.. and i had the laksa wif yellow noodle and not the usual laksa noodle.. it was so nice!!!!!!!!!!!! all these cravings happened just becos i watched those two eat theirs last week!! hehe..

So now my laksa craving has been satisfied.. wat else?? hmm.. cant tink of any.. but i have been tinking of arnold fried chicken at city plaza thou. im sure if i asked nurul along, she will gladly say YES! hehe.. lets see when i have the time to drive arnd again.. ok nurul?

Now back to depressing stuff.. Publication is really killing me.. both me and snr took over from Coco when she left.. down wif no exec, we both were really struggling.. publication is not simple.. i knew it rite when i was being taught abt the whole process. and becos there are too many databases to maintain, too many hands handling it.. errors tend to be spotted and made.. not tat im saying i love making mistakes.. but sometimes when there are too many things on ur hand and when u have to handle counter duties, some things cud be missed out. I have admitted before, yes i am careless but do i really want to make all these mistakes?? Y give me the kind of u-are-so-stupid look whenever we make mistakes?? Y hint us words like "even thou u are stress but ppl are looking at us for these answers", "simple things like this you cant even do" or "tat is y since monday i want to know y there is discrepancy".. but madam! if you knew this was a serious mistake and u want us to rectify it immediately, please let me know straight in the face.. instead of just saying there is some discrepancy, can u please find out wats wrong? i tot it was just a harmless check on the system. Cant u see tat counter duties has lots of interruption?? And damn those human scientists that forever wants their way all the time!! how the heck wud i know when u want the answers!! Argh!!!

I once told snr maybe we shud consider sharing the cost of buying a BP machine and placed it in the library... so tat when these things come abt, we'll just check our pressure and show it to them and tell them this "SEE.. U ARE MAKING ME DIE BY THE MINUTE!" I wonder how tat wud make them feel.. or was it just a fantasy on my part? muahahaha...

Weekend is here... i shall relax my mind and body.. i shall leave wats happening today to today and not fret abt it.. im sure when monday comes, it will be back to my head automatically.. tat is for sure!!

PS: I need fresh air on a bike...can??

The Bus That Has No Empty Seats For Me :(

2009-01-06T21:48:00.003+08:00

For the 1st time in dunno how many months, today i experienced it again..

I boarded the bus at NUS and got no seat even after i changed to my 2nd bus.. worst.. the SIM students have started schooling and so thus NP students too. My legs were aching.. but each time an empty seat appears before me.. someone else beat me to it.. Screw the school re-opening and screw the traffic jams! Can u imagine it took 35 minutes for me to reach SIM?? Arghhh!!! I guess i just have to endure this for another 5 mths...

Im not sure if its norm for other coy or the coy here is really pushing ppl up to the wall... One task has not been finished and yet another task were given to you. Im like errr, i am half way doing this, how to start on tat? But anyway.. me and snr managed to pull thru and we survived with both of us saying TATS IT.. TATS ALL FOLKS.. SEE YA TMR! at the end of our shift.. snr at 5.30pm and me at 6.00pm.. Just cudnt take it anymore.. And when i stepped out of the building, i was very grateful for the fresh air tat was lingering outside.. it sure was suffocating in there!!!

Now i know y me and snr loves having tomyam when we had a stressful day at work.. it worked!! i had dinner wif the family at newton on tuesday nite after a tiring day at work.. apart from the seafood, me and sis shared a bowl of spicy tomyam.. it perked me up instantly!! i guess i have the remedy for tiredness and stressfulness.. :)

Tmr is mid-week. i cant believe i survived two days in ofc.. I wish for weekend to come soon.. I wish for tat someone to call and say.. jom gi breakfast! :)

Let me put on my wishing cap! >.<

1st day of work in 2009

2009-01-05T11:56:00.002+08:00

Alarm went off at 6am! I snoozed it till 6.30am.. was finding the mood to go to work.. I knew it will be packed today! I knew there will be no empty seats today! And i knew there will be traffic delays everywhere! And boy, i was right! Didnt managed to get a seat in bus 184.. but luckily bus 151 was empty.. turned out tat sch has not started yet in NUS.. it will be packed from next week onwards..

Went to work wif a heavy heart.. last fri snr called me and explained tat there was some issues at work.. clarified wif me over the phone and we both counter checked with each other.. seems nothing is wrong.. anyway, just wait for later part of the afternoon when the head talks to me over this issue.. wonder wat went wrong..

I simply dun understand why some ppl just couldnt talk to the person that she/he aimed when the person is arnd? Y go arnd asking the other person abt how she works and stuff?? Careless.. Oh please, dun tell me no one is careless in this world. Yes, i admit. I am careless, i do make mistakes, i am sometimes a blur queen, I am a sotong tat even simple things i cant do.. but tat is me.. i am a human.. i am not GOD! who is perfect in everything.. life is so unfair, when the coolies made mistakes, it was spotted super fast.. must be using turbo engines.. but when the birds up high did something wrong, oh wudnt they be very very fast in covering or pointing others to be the scapegoat? i guess they must be using NOS in the brain. Anyway, wat to do.. tat was so expected of us, the kucing kuraps, of the corperate world. Take in everything tat they say and never complain one single bit!

As if i have not enuf troubles in my hand rite now, this has to come dropping on my lap too.. Arghhh!!! Buzz Off!!! Like monkey said, boat reach bridge front will become straight (i guess it was directly translated from a chinese saying)

I mite disappear this weekend to get some fresh air and re-think of the very-tightly-knotted situation i am in rite now..

I guess I need more love, brain juices and good health to float me by in 2009. Otherwise, I will be a zombie.

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I received this from a fren's email:

Prophet Yunus was trapped in the belly of a fish called NUN. He recited this prayer over and over again...

"Laa ila ha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz dzalimin"
(There is no god but You, You are far exalted and above all weaknesses, and I was indeed the wrongdoer)

If any servant of Allah afflicted with distress or grief makes this supplication, his supplication will be accepted. A supplication in these words will be answered. Allah will remove one’s affliction and replace it with joy and happiness.

Insya-allah, Amin.

Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009!

2009-01-02T02:17:00.003+08:00

Didnt managed to blog my last entry of 2008... No time...

Oh well.. anyway... its the 2nd day of 2009...

Wat have i done so far?? Basically nothing.. watching tv and slacking at home..

Went to catch the fireworks at Marina.. we're lucky we managed to get a good spot to catch the fireworks without having to fight for space wif the other thousands human beings there.. even managed to get parking spaces at millenia walk..

As the fireworks started, I watched it without any oohhh ahhhh.. but instead i watched with deep tots.. My exact tots were : "So now its 2009, wats next??" Im not sure where to head from here... Seriously IM LOST.. how can i be lost?? I dun want to start my year like this... I want to start the year wif a BANG! where goes the gunshot? or was it a watergun?? tats y no sound were emitted from the shot??

Ok im talking crap.. Let me re-organise my tots and blog wif a clear mind..

A dear fren told me to stay clear of water for now... i will...

Till then.. Happy New Year everyone!!!!

The day i wore jeans n tshirt to work

2008-12-24T12:52:00.002+08:00

The day i wore jeans and tshirt to work.. winsome said i looked like Courts employee.. -_-

Do i look like them?? Fyi, im wearing a subaru tshirt... :)

Maybe this will be my Friday outfit.. wat do u tink guys??? Acceptable???

me posing beside the gsa cabinet..

me and winsome.. see my blue tshirt.. :)

Btw.. Merry Xmas to my frens who celebrated Xmas!!!!

Friday, we will be eating LOG CAKE.. from Monkey!!!!!