Cookie's Quill

Why men do not post any of their wives photos?

2011-02-10T23:39:00.002+08:00

I just wonder why some men do not post any photos of their wives on their facebook page. It is not that they do not know how to, or not bothered to post photos as I see their photo albums full of their children's photos. WHY?

Are they ashamed of how their wife look like now after giving birth to kids? Or they do not want any of their friends to know how their wife look like? Obviously, they can't escape the fact that they are married (coz of the kids photos). Perhaps they want to be known as the "single father"?

Or maybe it is their wife's requests?

I just wonder. Anyone?

I am back after 6 months.....

2011-01-18T22:20:00.005+08:00

Every other day, I would come across something interesting happening in my life which I would like to blog about but I never get to do it because my office has blocked all access to blogs/personal pages website.

I find this "blocking" ridiculous because I will be searching for some information and when I click on some URL, it is blocked because the content I am looking for is under "blogs/personal pages" which is not allowed to be viewed.

I am thinking of getting those USB broadband to use in office. I mean, there's no way a person can get through the whole work day without going into facebook to relax for a while, right?

Meanwhile, I will try to update when I am at home, which is not easy because my bed & tv looks so tempting....

Wedding Photography

2010-06-30T14:09:00.002+08:00

I am extremely dissapointed with the studio which I signed up our Wedding Photography for. However I shall not blog about them until I received all my albums and DVDs etc just in case they sabotage them.

If the end result turns out nice, I may not write anything negative after all but there will definately be a Part II to this entry soon.

Changing Blog Address

2010-06-22T22:32:00.005+08:00

I will be changing my blog address soon as I noticed people that I do not want to read the blog (because I want to rant all my anger) can find me easily on google.

I am still figuring how to do it without losing all my previous posts. I will let friends know my new secret address once i change it :)

Latest:
I have found out how to change it. Please give me your email address if you want my new blogspot. I will change to new UrL in 7 days.

Latest Latest:
I have decided to remain with my current address...lol..this shows how fickle a woman can be...

My Health

2010-05-19T17:25:00.002+08:00

Nowadays I have been taking good care of my health. I do not drink alcohol/coffee/soft drinks/any drinks with ice anymore and have tried to sleep early. I have also begun to take supplements on a daily basis. And yet I feel weaker than normal!

What's going on with my body? Yes, I have not stopped smoking but the rest of the bad dietary I have cut, cut and cut. I have even put on weight and my BMI is definately normal now.

This is so frustrating.

Stress gastric

2010-04-19T21:46:00.002+08:00

I have not been skipping meals for a long time and I was wondering how come I still get gastric.

Until my recent outstation trip....... I realise that what's causing the pains is stress! I had killer pains during dinner and it lasted until I reached LCCT. Once I step into my husband's car, the pain was gone! Well, maybe the gastric pills took some time to be "effective" but I have a suspicious feeling it is the stress.

I wanna make sure the pains don't come again but what can we do in this highly stressed up world. Everyday I tell myself "do not stress" but the environment doesn't allow it. Even if I don't work and stay home, there will be the bored kind of stress so yeah there's no escaping it until I find a method to relax myself.

GO MANCHESTER UNITED

2010-03-28T13:35:00.002+08:00

Can Manchester United do it? It will be great to surpass Liverpool's stupid title record which they have been boasting since the 80s...

Let's take a look at the matches remaining:

1) Man Utd v Chelsea
I reckon it will be a draw.

2) Blackburn v Man Utd
Fergie's good friend, SAM, will help Man Utd =)

3) Man City v Man Utd
Thrash those loud-mouths neighbours!!

4) Man Utd v Spurs
A toughie but I think it will be a win

5) Sunderland v Man Utd
Steve Bruce's team. Ex MU Player....should be a win.

6) Man Utd v Stoke City
A definate WIN

1st March 2010

2010-03-02T09:34:00.002+08:00

... will always remain a special day in my heart. And also the Carling Cup finale...

It was on 1st March 2009 when me & Libra Boy watched our first match together. I still remember it. Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspurs Carling Cup Final where Man Utd won with penalties.

This year the Carling Cup Final was on 28th February 2010 but we won the cup on 1st March (it was past midnight) so yeah, I will always remember it and so nice to have a football touch on my anniversay, something which I am passionate about =)

I have been a nervous wreck for the entire week. I fell sick coz of the anxiety. I do not think there's anything wrong with my body. It's just that the tension was so great it made me feel like I was sick. I had terrible cramps, severe gastric and all these funny aches all over my body making me think there is something wrong with me!

The night b4 was even worse. I couldn't sleep imagining all the terrible things that MAY happen on 1st march. Nerves.

When the day arrived, as usual I was feeling the tension. Felt like I am having diarhoea and wanna vomit. I felt better once we reach Putrajaya and I am so glad there wasn't much crowd there and we were able to be the 2nd couple to be "registered".

It was all over in 20 minutes. Very quick.

I am now married.

My hobby - Reading

2009-11-03T15:45:00.004+08:00

There I was, about to pick up Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows to read for the 10th time when Libra boy asked me:

Boy: I thought you read that already.
Me: I wanna read again.
Boy: WHY?
Me: I like.

Boy: Wanna ask you something...what satisfaction do you get when you read the book again? I mean, you have already read it before, you know the ending....

Me: There's sometimes books that I will not get tired of reading. There's "morals" to be learned and the story is nice. I've always like magical stuffs and friendships...

Boy: What "moral" do you learn from HARRY POTTER???

I give up explaining myself.

I like to read. No, like is too mild. I love to read. I have been reading since I was 7. I started with the Enid Blyton stories. I love her Secret 7 series.

There's a sense of "belonging" when I read Secret 7. I would love to be in their "gang". Don't get me wrong. I was definately not lonely when I was a kid. I have friends whom I will chat to on the phone for ages till my granny came and threaten to beat me up with the clothes hanger if I do not put down the phone.

It's hard to explain really. There's just some stories that I can read over and over again. And there's also authors whose books I follow religiously. Each new book that came out, I will wait for the paperback to be released. Books are expensive in Malaysia which is bad. They always wanna encourage kids to read but they're selling novels @ 35.90. I don't know about you, but I can finish a novel in 2 days.

You can imagine the amount of books I have. I am very lucky Libra boy does not make noise about my hobby and in fact he encourages it and tries to understand my need to read.

He said next time in our house, I will have special extra large bookshelves to keep my books. I'm very happy he said that. Nobody understands why I like to read and they're always grumbling about the amount of books I have. Of course, being an untidy person does not help as my room is full with books thrown all around the corners of the floor where I can easily reach and grab the ones I wanna read again.

But of course, I do not understand why I like to read novels and not those damn school textbooks. I turn one page and it's enough to put me to sleep.

The Grass Is Always Greener...

2009-11-02T00:08:00.004+08:00

....ON THE OTHER SIDE.

How many of us can relate to this statement? Most of us. If you think back.

Human are all the time not satisfied with what they owned. They strive to achieve more and better things when what they have is already good enough.

When we look at other people, we sometimes wish to be in their shoes. Better life. Better bf/husband/gf/wife. Better financial status. Better family. Better friends. And the list goes on.

No matter how many of those motivational quotes we read that tells us we need to be satisfied with what we have currently, human tends to do the exact opposite at one point or other.

Why am I so interested in this subject? I have no idea. I have a lot of free time these few weeks. I am now wishing I am back to work.

It's funny. When I am working, I wish I do not have to work. You see? The grass thing again.

I have so many free time that I begin to look at what's happening to other people and what we talk about daily.

There's the single guy who wishes to have a gf so that he won't be so bored during weekends/holidays and have someone who loves him. There's the attached guy who wishes to be single so that he can hang out whenever and wherever he want. There's the single woman who wants to get married and have babies. There's those married ones who wishes they are not married. Well, you get the idea.

But I do not agree that the grass is always greener on the other side. We look at other people and we think we wanna be like them, so successful and have a loving family. Who knows what happens behind the scenes? For all we know, they might be successful but they are lonely or have some kind of ill-threatening disease?

As much as I hate to admit it, I do sometimes think that way. That's why I am blogging this post to remind me that I have to be satisfied with what I have now.

I did it again!

2009-10-16T13:49:00.001+08:00

This time I have 2 slippers in Libra Boy's car.

Without looking, I juz slip my pair of feet comfortably in2 the two slippers. Luckily this time we were visiting his new house in Cheras and the only other people there were his long time childhood friend and the err.. "developer"?

One month break

2009-10-14T20:27:00.002+08:00

I am currently on a one month break from work. Yes, I have resigned from my current job. My last day was supposed to be on the 23rd October 2009 but as usual for sales people, the company will release us earlier, depending on how threatened they feel and so I was officially released yesterday.

So yeah, plenty of people are wondering why I resigned. It's really all for the usual reasons. Better offer etc etc but the main reason is I am unhappy with the new management. Everything screams "unfairness". I guess it is my bad luck.

Plus, I really can't stand to hear another of those "Back at XXXX, we used to bla bla bla" lines.

HELLO! You are not at XXXX anymore. Move on! I do not care whether you were the top salesperson at XXXX or whatever, you are now at a new company.

Seriously, that line annoy people lah. When you join a new company, would you say things like:

"Oh, back at XYZ company, I used to have total freedom and I was the top sales. I bring in 300k GP sales EVERY MONTH and everyone was so envious of my team."

When you say things like that, it shows your level of maturity. Yes you may have been very successful but is it necessary to boast about your past success? Why not do your job quietly and show people what you are capable of? If you are good, you are good. There is no need to constantly remind people of your past success. People are not stupid and they can "SEE".

I guess the word "fail" does not exist in your vocabulary and that's very optimistic. BUT life is unpredictable. It may not be because of your skills that you fail to shine. It could be due to plenty of external factors. Biasness, economy crisis, bad management, bad timing... etc etc....And when you fail, people will always remember your " BACK AT XXXX, I USED TO GENERATE 300k USD sales per month".It will be kinda embarassing. Don't you think so?

I do not hold any grudges but I will always remember. I'm a typical woman :)

The very late post for August

2009-08-31T17:42:00.014+08:00

Read on to find out................

I've been meaning to blog about the events on my birthday but I have writer's block....LOL...nah.....i have just been very lazy and since it's the long weekend this week, I finally have some time to myself to do whatever outstanding things that are well....."outstanding". Not that there are plenty of them but hmmm............

Ok I'm drifting away....let's drift back to the events beginning from 1st August.....

My new boss told me that he wants me to take up a new role and I was not happy about it. The role is in-bound and I have to return the company's notebook and use a desktop. That's fine. Good riddance to the "BRICK". It's the job scope that's bugging me. There's pro and cons with the job and I do not want to go into detail about it because I really do not want to waste more space blogging about work. All I have to say is that after few weeks on my new role, I am still skeptical.

So anyway, since I have to return the company's notebook, I need a new one. I can't imagine life without internet and I was thinking of getting a mini notebook.

Libra boy knew about this and he told me he will buy one as my birthday present. Very timely eh?

We went to the Curve on the 7th August hoping to catch Harry Potter. Yeah I know, I can't imagine why I have not seen the movie yet! Because of the friday traffic, we missed the movie but had a good dinner at TGIF.

On the way to the parking, I saw that there's a book sale at Cine Leisure. We went to have a look after our dinner. However, on the way there we passed an IT mall and saw the Lenovo S10-2 on display. Libra boy immediately asked the staff to set it up and I am now the proud owner of my new mini *yaY*

I'm very pleased with the notebook.

Actually "pleased" is not the right word. I am absolutely happy, delighted, ecstatic and on a cloud nine with it. There's just no correct happy words that can describe my feelings.

It is light and easy to carry around but most importantly, it lets me do whatever I want with a notebook. Now I do not have to carry the BRICK around and risk becoming the hunchback of notre dame. I am so happy with the present really. Muakks to my Libra boy. A zillion kisses for you forever =)

On my birthday, I initially wanted to take leave but hmm..I kinda forgot why i didnt. Let me re-think....I think it was because I had some work to submit???? I can't remember.... Anyways, my colleagues celebrated with me at Canton-i (i love their prawn wantan mee and BBQ pork). Libra boy came to have dinner with me and we went to Manhattan Fish Market (we are crazy about their seafood platter for 2)

And of course, August always means the start of the new EPL season. So far all the matches that I watched with Libra boy ended in a win for Manchester United.

We didn't watch the Burnley match as it was mid-week at the wee hours. Perhaps that's why they didn't win. LOL

Manchester United was great against Arsenal. Although some say that MU was lucky, I believed they did a great job. They kept up with Arsenal's pace and there's another goal from Rooney! *clap* *clap*

I'm hoping to see more of Owen in action. Maybe in September?

Avillion, Port Dickson

2009-08-01T21:44:00.015+08:00

I was assigned to attend an event at PD on Friday, 31st July 2009 and I was so not looking forward to it because well, its PD! The last time I stayed there, we stayed at this really cheap motel located somewhere deep and dark with lousy thin mattress and full-of-bugs blanket. That was how cheap my ex company was.

Anyway come friday, me & colleagues drove down there with Libra boy's car. When we reach the hotel, I saw the following chalets:

My colleague commented that they will never give us such rooms and that we are probably assigned to those normal hotel room with garden view. Oh wells, it's fine. I just want to get it over and done with.

The morning passed with nothing eventful. The ballroom was freezing! They shouldn't switch on the a/c at full blast during seminars. Yes, there's plenty of people in the room but at least make the temperature more bearable lah!

Finally the event ended at 4pm and we were allowed to check-in to our room. Along the way, I saw pet farm where there were a few rabbits and peacocks and some unique chicken (which still looks like a chicken to me). I even saw a peacock wandering along the swimming pool. The walkway is nice and peaceful. After about 5 mins walk, we finally reach our room.

WoW! They actually gave us the water chalet type of room.

There were 3 beds inside the room which is good because my room mate is not planning to stay and if I get really scared, I can go and sleep at my other colleague's room but he warned me in advance that he "sing" in his sleep.

A view from the balcony looks like this:

The toilet is huge and has an open shower concept where we shower under the sky! After about 10 mins rest, I felt very much relaxed as the room ambience is good. There were no bright lights, juz dimmed lightings.

Me & colleagues went back to the beach for the team building event. We had to play a few games and it was quite fun. We took off our slippers and shoes and ran on the soft sand. Luckily didn't get cut by any glass or stones.

Dinner was good too. It was held at a special private beach and they had jazz music playing on the background. It's all very romantic & relaxing. Too bad I am not here with Libra boy :P But I did enjoy the casual chit chats with the organisers.

After dinner, I went back to my room and showered and watch a bit of sports and then tune in to star movies. They suddenly advertised this ghost movie, which I have forgotten the name and I quickly closed my eyes and mute the sound. At this time I was quite scared and really wanted to bunk in with my colleagues but after a smoke at the balcony I jumped back to my bed and started watching Narnia. I guess the atmosphere made me forget my fears and I juz dozed off with the TV on... :P

Today I woke up at 7.59am coz of a phone call from my hungry colleague. For gods sake, the breakfast starts at 8am and he wants to go there at 8am! I told them to go ahead first. I hear the rain drops. It was raining! Ahh...so nice to sleep. I woke up at 8.30 and took a hot shower. Luckily it has stopped raining. Hmm, the open shower concept doesn't work well on a rainy day.

I enjoyed myself more during the 2nd day as the presenter was funny. After lunch we drove back and during the first half hour of the trip, I laughed myself silly. You see, when we came to PD, it was E that drove the car and it was a smooth and safe ride.

E asked J to drive back and because J was not used to the car, he made a lot of mistakes. First of all the signals are on the left and he kept turning on the wipers as he was used to his car signals being on the right. Then he couldn't open the window to pay the toll and nearly crashed into the barrier. After that he tried the horn and he couldn't make the car honk. After about 3 near misses of accident, we decided it's time he stop the car and let E drive instead. He stopped by the roadside and suddenly step on the accelerator. We asked him what he was trying to do:

J: Oh.... just now when I step on the brake, the car locked itself. I dunno how to open the door lah. I tot that if I step on the accelerator, the door will unlock itself.

E & myself laughed till we had tears in our eyes. It was a most eventful ride.

Our fun trip was spoilt by the 2 hours traffic jam we endured back in KL. There's some protest going on at the city and there's plenty of road blocks all over.

But overall, although I never expected it, it was a fun and relaxing trip indeed.

Broken Toe Nail

2009-07-12T00:07:00.005+08:00

I have a bruised nail on my last toe which I think is pretty bad. I am just waiting for the day the nail actually comes out on its own. Of course I am not so brave to peel it off myself. If it ever comes off, you guys will be the first to see it, I promise you :)

Well, if you thought mine was bad, wait till you see Libra Boy's toe nail:

I think his will come off sooner than mine.

Again, if it does come off, we will show you.

Please be patient.

*keke*

Manhattan Fish Market

2009-07-11T23:56:00.003+08:00

One of me & Libra boy's favourite - Manhattan Fish Market.

So far we have tried 2 varieties of the Seafood Platter for Two, the difference being one is served with Oysters, the other with Mussels.

The first time we went there, we couldn't finish the chips as we went for our breakfast/lunch. When we went there for dinner the second time, both of us were very hungry and was actually rushing to go buy the Transformers ticket. I think we finished the platter in record time. There were 2 girls behind our table who ordered the same thing, theirs arrived first but there's still half of the food left even after we finished ours :P

That's Libra boy purposely making his funny face.

An Embarassing Episode

2009-07-09T23:11:00.003+08:00

This happened a few weeks ago...

I have about 5 - 6 pairs of shoes in my car. Some are the same style, juz different shades of colors and patterns.

On that particular day, I do not know what I was thinking, I juz slotted my 2 feet into a pair of shoes. I walked through a shopping complex with those shoes and went to meet my customer at the adjacent office building. A little while into the meeting, I got bored and started fidgeting and looking around for things to do. Upon looking down at my feet, I realise to my horror, that I was wearing 2 different type of shoes!

So embarassing! I prayed that no one else in the room saw it. I guess they didn't coz no one mentioned anything or they were too kind and were probably laughing after I left! Arrghh !

After that day, I threw all my shoes at the seat behind and pick the ones I want to wear daily. No more dumping 6 pairs of shoes together at the front car seat....!

Leave Faster!!!

2009-07-07T22:38:00.004+08:00

What makes a good manager?

I do not know.

But definately not one that backstab you and push all the blame to you when things goes wrong.

I hate my immediate manager. I can't stand her. Not after today. Not ever since she joined actually but I tolerated. Her management skills sucks. If there is a problem, as an immediate manager, why didn't she enquire with me what actually happened, b4 she send out an email to the entire world?

To top it off, her england sucks big time. Sometimes she probably doesn't mean it that way but because of her english, it makes her sound terrible. I have ignored all the previous "blame" that was thrown to me but two weeks ago, when I was on medical leave, she complained that I was not interested to pursue a customer. This I really cannot take it. I replied an email to her in which she ignore but of course, knowing her, she will backstab me from behind which she did today.

And she even have the nerve to pretend to be the "good guy".

HELP ME................................!!!

I can't wait for the day she leaves. She has actually resigned and her last day is end of August. Can't she leave earlier?

Cute lil' boy

2009-07-07T00:05:00.005+08:00

This cute little boy is libra boy's nephew. He saw all of them drinking beer at the bowling alley and decided to "try" one himself =)

He is only 18 months old and he has a new sister 7 days ago. She is very cute with 2 dimples. Poor boy, every1 has been paying so much attention to the new born that he felt left out....

His favourite hobby is running around and exploring things. I guess all kids are like that. There is seldom a kid that sits down quietly. If there is, then the parents will probably be worried if he has some kind of social problems.... right?

Migraine, Migraine Please Go Away...!

2009-06-23T19:25:00.002+08:00

What in the world is causing it?

Let's trace back to what I ate that triggered this after so long...

Saturday:
Seafood Carbonara Pasta
Lamb curry
Prawn
Squid
Salmon
Ice Cream with chocolate chips
Marshmallow/Papaya dipped in chocolate fountain
Lychees

Sunday:
Nasi Kandar with egg and chicken drumstick
Fried rice with corn, crabstick & luncheon meat

Monday:
Bak Chang
Lamb Chop, Brocolli, Mashed Potato, Corn & Cheese Sausage

So which one is the F. culprit? I have a feeling it's the cheese & lamb combo....

Oh God......look at the amount of food I stuffed in my stomach....it's no wonder I am gonna look like a balloon soon......................

Libra Boy & Me (April - May 09)

2009-05-25T19:04:00.001+08:00

Game Over

2009-05-24T15:56:00.002+08:00

Suppose to post this up last week but was too busy with the activities...

Nice work by Jason Hue =)

A little update...

2009-05-21T18:11:00.003+08:00

I am extremely busy! May is full of parties & activities & plenty of work...

I am not complaining because I spent most of the parties with Libra boy but sometimes I wish I can have a quiet relaxing time at home BUT when I do get a quiet relaxing time, it gives me a headache coz I tend to sleep over the limit...

So what do i really want? No idea...! Just let life flow by itself and enjoy it I guess?!

This week is an extra busy week for me because there's my company annual dinner coming up and last night we just finished a yearly kickoff party. I didn't drink alot this time, manage to dodge the management and keep a low profile. That is what I am suppose to do this year! Keep a low profile....

So yeah, I am also trying to hide from performing at our annual dinner....I have not been staying at office for long periods but then, I am really busy! I have plenty of things to do and customers to visit, I am not lazying at all if that's what you think. I pray we would not get any penalty for not performing during the dinner...My sixth sense tell me that I may need to visit the toilet or lobby quite frequently during the dinner especially when it is my group's turn to perform.....

Anyway the parties are quite fun, we do get prizes and stuffs, the company is generous to us...I have a couple of Jusco vouchers and a notebook bag and if I had stayed longer I may even have won some cash prizes but it's ok lah. What is yours is yours.....no qualms about that...

As for Libra boy...(yes I have to mention him :P)....we have managed to complete a few puzzles, most of it he did it on his own, I just disturb and slot in a few pieces here and there. He did a great job on all of it. They're really nice. I shall take a few photos and post it up when I am feeling not so lazy....

And hmm...Libra boy...what can I say...I really enjoyed all the times spent with him, he is my cute but notti Libra boy =)

Barclay Premier League Champions 2009

2009-05-17T21:58:00.008+08:00

GLORY GLORY MANCHESTER UNITED

CONGRATULATIONS TO MANCHESTER UNITED FOR THE THIRD TITLE IN 3 YEARS & AN OVERALL 18th LEAGUE TITLE

I am a Klutz

2009-05-11T18:59:00.005+08:00

I do not know how I manage it but I broke Libra boy's shower......!

There I was trying to wash my feet in my err.. intoxicated state.... We just got back from a buddy's party at Phuture and I had a few drinks too many....

Anyway, I do not know what I did, I just umm... sort of "detached" the shower head from its hose. I SWEAR I didn't pull it to any awkward position and I certainly don't have any superhuman strength!!!

It just came off!!

You know what, this is all my mom's fault. She told me & my brothers that we have to wash our feet ALL THE TIME before sleeping and make sure it is clean otherwise monsters will visit our dreams. I have been practising this since the story....

Libra boy was laughing and asked what happened. To make it seem less my fault, I told him that the thing is actually faulty and was probably gonna come off without my help, to which he replied "NO IT ISN'T FAULTY AT ALL ".

He still couldn't stop laughing and even wondered how I did it too because he has been using the shower for a very long time...

Duh!

I dun't know either. It was my first time staying there too. Give me the paper bag, QUICK!!!

The Weekend That Was

2009-04-27T23:31:00.004+08:00

Mr Jason teased that my blog is always about Libra boy and so he named himself as "Capricorn boy". I must say that Libra boy sounds much nicer than Capricorn boy (which is a mouthful) right? Anyway I suspect the REAL reason why he is kicking up this fuss is because he wanted to change the topic. I was halfway verbally bashing him for going to sleep at HT during the MU v Spurs match. He missed the comeback! tsk tsk...Very good tactic...

If I blog about work, it will be dangerous & also boring. Who wants to read about the political workplace where everyone is a two headed snake? It's the same in every work place and all we can do is rant to our friends/family to let the anger out. My horoscope adviced that I should lie low this year in terms of career wise, it is not a good time to fight or be aggresive. Right, lie low i will....

So you see, what is so nice to read about my working life? Let's talk about something happier, like the good weekend I had.......with libra boy of course....keke...

We had plenty of food.... cooked lamb chop for Sunday's dinner. It was so-so. The corn & mashed potatoes were nice though.

I know the photo is a little too dark but still can see lah...

And no, I didn't cook the thai food, we had it at Just Thai, 1U. I love Thai tom yam but it gave me a niggling stomach pain on Sat & Sun which kinda spoil my weekend slightly but it was still bearable. I know I should quit tom yam for the next 3 months until whatever that is inside my stomach heals itself. Perhaps I should go on a no-beer diet too but that will be a bit harder to achieve =P

We went to catch a movie as well: He is just not that into you. Finally got the tickets since its opening. Everytime we went to the counter, it's all sold out..

The movie was nice especially the Ben & Jen ending. A little too fast paced at times. I guess they're trying to cramp a whole lot of "rules" into a 2-hour movie.

I am so happy this Friday is a holiday. I can relax and ZzzzzZzz and do whatever I like for 3 whole days!

Manchester United 5 - Spurs 2

2009-04-26T02:34:00.010+08:00

What a fantastic comeback from MU... 5 goals in the 2nd half !! Ronaldo, Rooney, Rooney, Ronaldo & finally Berbatov (well, he should redeem himself after THAT terrible penalty kick at Wembley last week).

Great play from the two Rs especially Rooney who produced accurate & stunning crosses from the left flank.

I am absolutely delighted and what's better is I shared this moment with Libra boy =)

Road Signs

2009-04-24T16:22:00.008+08:00

The road signs in our country is useless...if you do not have an 'accurate' direction or GPS, I suggest you get it before hitting the roads otherwise you will probably end up taking all the wrong turns and take a longer time to reach your destination.

I had to visit a customer in Kajang. It has been 15 years since my last visit and the only route I know is through Cheras. My colleague told me that it will be nearer if I use the Puchong way and go through Putra Jaya. He said to just follow the sign boards...

I know all about the sign boards but I thought that after several years, there had to be some improvements. Furthermore, it is a new highway, it shouldn't be as bad right?

WRONG!

Yes, there's a nice big sign that shows "Kajang" right before Puchong but the sign miraculously 'dissapeared' for the next 5km. Using my instinct (since my colleague did say it is after Putrajaya), I just follow the Putrajaya route.... After a while I reach a fork and still no "Kajang" sign. What is worse, they don't even write Putrajaya anymore!

Which one am I suppose to take lah? Left or right? die..die...

After 2 seconds of hesitance, I pick the right one and right after that, I saw the Kajang sign indicating that I should have taken the left turn. May I know, what is the point of putting a sign board just after people had already choose the wrong turn? They should have put up the sign like 1km before right? Which idiot design those road signs??!

I had to go all the way to LimKokWing University to make a U-turn and I saw that I am almost out of fuel. Great....I still do not know where is my destination. Driving along, I was on the lookout for petrol stations but there were none. I am not that worried because I know it should last me to my destination. After a few more wrong turns thanks to the disastrous road signs, I finally reached my customer's place.

On the way back, I know I have to fill up my car. I wouldn't want to be stuck in the middle of the highway. To my utmost disgust, 3 petrol stations that I turn into (and mind you, they were quite far and isolated) were closed. What the hell ??! I saw a few Shell & Petronas lorries... if i ask them to stop, do you think they will donate some petrol to me? *keke* Actually at that time I was slightly panicky......but what can i do..............except P-R-A-Y...

I switched off my a/c (I heard the car won't consume so much fuel if you do that, dunt know if its true) and drove in the blasted hot sun for another 10km...

I finally got it filled at a petrol station somewhere in Puchong and bought my much needed water as well....

You know what??? After that..... I see a petrol station every 2km..................and they're all open for business...

Yes, Life is pretty funny sometimes..

Jigsaw Puzzle

2009-04-22T14:08:00.003+08:00

Last week I bought a 1000 miniature puzzle with Libra boy..

After the first night, this was the progress:

It's kinda fun and there's a sense of achivement as you slot each puzzle pieces in its place.

I'm looking forward to completing this =)

Speechless

2009-04-20T23:20:00.008+08:00

At a time when I am feeling slightly "stuck", a friend shared this with me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk

I nearly cried....

Please do load and watch it, it's worth every of your 5 minutes.

Time

2009-04-16T21:48:00.002+08:00

WoW ! Is it really Thursday already? Seems like I have no chance to sit down and breathe.

From attending the longest ever meetings to wasting time replying to dim-witted emails, it seemed my 9 - 6 just passed with the blink of an eye. Which is a good thing, I hate it when time passes slowly at work. But then, I have no chance to relax even after 6pm! It's really quite difficult when you have to deal with stubborn family members...

I sometimes get pissed off when there's politics at work. No, correct that. I get angry all the time when people play politics. All the backstabbings and betrayals... urghh!!

But now that I have a chance to sit here and blog, I find that there is really no point getting myself all worked up over people that I do not care. What is the point? It is really human nature. Everyone has different characteristics and everyone has their own hidden agenda at work & will do anything to excel (thereby covering their actual faults).

I already do not have enough time to care about the people that I want to care for, why should I waste even 1 second of my time for these people?

Which brings me to my next point, I feel like I did not see Libra boy at all this week, although I did see him last night....the time just passes too quickly....

hmm....

Okay..... it's my hormones....getting too philosophical....

Hail Kiko Macheda

2009-04-12T15:25:00.008+08:00

KIKO MACHEDA - THE NEW 17 year old SUPER SUB

Lucky deflection or not it doesn't matter. So long as he wins the game for MU.

Dinner & a pink lemonade

2009-04-11T20:57:00.010+08:00

Libra boy wanted me to cook him green curry chicken for dinner. Me & my big mouth. I told him I bought some curry paste from Bangkok and he wanted to taste it. I have not exactly been cooking for other people for a long time so I am kinda nervous.

But there is no escape...

We went grocery shopping @ Cold Storage, Subang Parade . To be honest, I am kinda worried the curry won't turn out well because I have never cooked any green curry before and I am bad with 'curry'. Hope he don't get food poisoning or something. If he does, that's it lah... sure deduct marks from me...*keke*

After his badminton game today (btw, my libra boy looks extremely cute when he is playing sports) we came home and he helped me to chopped up the luncheon meat, chili and also shred the crabstick.

Here's our dinner and a pink lemonade to celebrate my first time cooking 2 main dishes for him:

Well, the curry turned out OKAY but not to worry, I still have 2 packets of paste to improve the taste.

Our fried rice has a very special recipe. 'Normal' people may not like it. We cooked it with no garlic, just eggs, mixed vege (corn/carrot/peas), luncheon meat and shredded crabstick. Normally I will cut the crabsticks into small cubes but I think it tastes better shredded =)

Bangkok 21 - 24 March 2009

2009-04-09T20:21:00.006+08:00

It was a suppose to be a trip to de-stress ourselves and I must say we did that very well, by shopping like there's no tommorow....

Day 1
Woke up early to go to LCCT and while rushing, I slipped and fell down the stairs. Sigh...! Luckily i didnt break anything, just a few minor bruises here and there. I was afraid to let Libra boy know about this and quickly drew the curtains shut which made the situation worst because he saw what I was doing and suspected 'something'. Next time I should smile and *wave* so that I won't look so guilty.... Anyway I was given a stern look & warning to be more careful next time. The thing is, I am not a clumsy person. You can say I am a 'fast' type of person if there is such a category. I have a knack for rushing, I know it's not good because it means I always leave things till the last minute...

Libra boy then fetched me to LCCT (which was a very sweet gesture & much appreciated) Upon reaching, my 2 frens were already there (yeah yeah, I am late....I am not much of a morning person - getting up early is definately not my forte) We checked in and had Mcd's breakfast. You know what LCCT reminds me of? PUDURAYA. Especially the toilet. I will never pay a visit to their washrooms again. My breakfast was nearly puked out.

Upon reaching BKK, I lost my sunglasses. I've no idea where I left it. Probably at the counter. Oh nevermind, can always get a cheap one later. We took a cab to our hotel and reached about 1pm.

And the shopping begins....

We went to Platinum Mall and shopped till 6pm. I had the Thai fermented noodles for lunch which cost only RM4. I do not really like it as the noodles are kinda sticky.... The price on the clothes and accessories are amazingly low and I spent RM250 just on that few hours. After some rest, we went to Siam Paragon for our dinner and more shopping. Dinner was OK but a bit on the pricey side. We went back to the hotel early because Sop had period cramps (first day) and Sue suddenly started sneezing (her nose and eyes became very watery). As for me, my whole body felt like it has been beaten up (the after effects of the fall - Shhh! don't tell Libra boy...)

Day 2

Woke up about 8am... (we are still on Malaysian time and thought it was 9am) and went to Jatujak market. I had the duck fermented noodles this time and I am not eating those type of noodles again. It is just too sticky for my taste. We shopped from 10am - 4pm until our legs couldnt take it anymore. I was also starting to feel the pain from the fall and quickly bought some medicated plasters to try and lessen the back ache.

Dinner was taken at Central World and it's much nicer this time. I had my green curry chicken. YUMMY =)

We adjourned to Sky Bar after Sop did some bags shopping. The view is very nice, feels like the view in those HK TVB Series. You know how they drive up the hill and see the whole of HK City? It is something like that except that we took a lift to the err... 70th or 75th floor (i've forgotten) Well, almost similiar.....

Day 3

A visit to the Grand Palace. It's a beautiful place but too hot for my liking. The sun is scorching! I walked very quickly to any shade I can find while the other 2 took photos.

After the Grand Palace, we decided to go to Platinum Mall again. We have a few hours to shop before the dinner cruise later.

Time passes very quickly when you shop. We suddenly find ourselves late and may miss the expensive cruise dinner. It costs about RM200 per person okay....!!! I forgot to mention that traffic is very bad at Bangkok. There is traffic jams ALL THE TIME...!! Anyway Sop called the cruise people and they told us we can make it if we took the train. Fine....Told the cab to stop us at some station and we made it on time. It was the first time I have ever been on a boat or ship. I like it. Very much. The water & breeze was so calming that I nearly fell asleep halfway during dinner. I visited their cabin but it was kinda noisy. Don't know if I will be able to sleep with the sound of engines.

Day 4
Packed our stuffs and left at the hotel. Went to a nearby shopping mall to do some last minute shopping for souveniers and other stuffs.

Landed at Puduraya, ooops! I mean LCCT at 9+ and so happy to see Libra boy =)

The Champions League

2009-04-09T18:09:00.004+08:00

I know that MU has got nothing to shout about as they let in 2 away goals to Porto. It's a must win for them next but it's alright as long as we didn't boast about how GREAT our team is and then lost 1 -3 to our opponents. I am sure you know who I am talking about. Yeah... the force to be reckoned with - Gerrad & Torres (the best attacking pair at the EPL at the moment - some say). The team that MU is so afraid of.....

Here's a dedication from our creative & most dedicated MU fan, Mr Jason Hue:

The Happy Weekend

2009-04-05T22:40:00.010+08:00

Her Say:
Libra boy asked if I'm Ok to watch a movie on Friday night. Yeah why not? I never say no to movies.... He gave me 2 choices, "Fast & Furious 4" or "Confessions of a Shopaholic". I know he is being very considerate by giving the Shopaholic option. (All guys would want to watch Fast & Furious right....? LOL) Anyway I asked him to pick this time and true enough, it's the car movie but hey I am not complaining. I like watching that too. We bought the tickets around 6.30pm and had another half hour to eat. Again Libra boy was being considerate when he suggested Sakae Sushi (he doesn't eat raw food) but he insisted he can eat the other 'cooked' stuffs. Our dinner was ate at top speed, if only my friends, Sue & Sop can see us. They were commenting on my eating speed at Bangkok saying that I do not chew my food. But they're really slow lah....chew abit then talk talk or look around then chew again...i know they will kill me for writing this down.. *keke*

On Saturday, both Libra boy & me wanted to buy some stuffs. I saw Libra boy looking in2 my fridge but thought nothing of it. Little did i know what he has in mind....

When we reach Carrefour, Libra boy went and got us a trolley. First we went to look for what we wanted. As we go along, Libra boy started to shove cans after cans of drinks in2 the trolley. I initially wanted only a Ribena (yes we r still kids) but look what we got:

The only time I ever stock up with these type of drinks are during CNY....and you should see the amount of groceries we got. I've never bought so many food & drinks. You would think that I am starving him with the amount of stuffs he kept piling on the trolley....

Anyway Libra boy wanted to comment on our funny weekend, so he is here as a special guest.

Let's see what he thought about our weekend:

His Say:
Hey people...This is my first time ever writing in a blog....GOAL!!!!!!MU scored!!!a trademark by Ronaldo....sorry...a lil' distraction or rather celebration....keke...

We had been together for a month...Things around us are unbelievable....From common interests to food selection....

------taking a break 4 the match...getting more interesting now....c u in a bit------

Her Say:
We are watching Manchester United v Aston Villa now. Have to stop writing. C u guys at HT =)

His Say:
It's now the 28th minutes and AV scored....SIGH!!!Makes me returned to the keyboard.... =( We had a very good weekend....I got a big surprise as her mom came over this morning after praying....I got down and guess what...Both her mom and her cousin were ransacking the fridge....LOL....I greeted her and then sat on the sofa....Then the conversation starts....

Mom : I got mahjong date later in Shah Alam....

Leo Girl : What? Shah Alam so far, play here lar...

Me : *puZZled*

Mom : Who's playing lar?

Leo Girl : You, me and him lor...

Me : *head is already on the chopping board*

Mom : Huh...Really ar? Then I better called up my friend and cancelled the game....

Mom's calling.....

Mom : I'm done lar....Cancelled my appoinment d....Going back to shower first....Please 'tapao' curry mee for me....

Leo girl and Libra boy looked at each other and laugh....Mom left and we prepared ourselves to go for lunch...30 mins later, we got back from lunch and noticed that mom had arrived with the mahjong table waiting in the house.... =P While mom was having her lunch, we set up the tiles and chairs....We played til the F1 race starts....At the end of our session, mom happily won 50 bucks and watched F1 with us....Its indeed a nervous but happy weekend!!!

Back to her say:
Damn, AV equalised. MU better score again. It's HT now. Talking about the mahjong game, it was ME that LOST THE RM50 not him..!!!

It was quite shocking for my mom to agree playing with us. It was even more shocking because it was the first time my mom is meeting Libra boy and I thought she will neva agree to the game because for one thing, she doesn't like to play with any of my friends (she thinks we are not up to her 'level') and another is she has to take care of my 3 'sakai' niece. Suddenly she is so free.

But I like.

I thought Libra boy was nice to play with my mom. No ex of mine has ever offered such a thing and will never take the initiative to communicate with members of my family. A really 'touching' gesture was when he went out to take the takeaway from my mom. It was raining and he just ran out without any umbrella. That's very nice =)

Gotta take another break. Match resumes.

At the 70th minute: Dammit AV leading 2 - 1 &^%$# .... &^%$# ....*&^%$ WTF !!!!!

At the 95th minute........

*wOooOOOo hOOoooOO....!!!*

Macheda, the 17 year old youth reserve came in and scored the winning goal...

MU won 3 - 2 !!

*Me & Libra boy celebrating*

Earth Hour

2009-03-30T23:29:00.020+08:00

A colorful night at Long Bar, One Utama, in conjunction with the World's Earth Hour.

I didn't purposely photoshop those colors in. It's the lightings at Long Bar =)

Quite a romantic place actually....quiet & very nice ambience. It's difficult to find a place like this to hang out anywhere in PJ/KL. ...

OK. OK. I may have exagerated (i cant spell this word) slightly....there's always places like these everywhere but it's actually who you are with that's most important ^_^

Initially we wanted to hang out somewhere at Sunway. My cousin was quite 'thirsty' and surprisingly my Libra boy was okay to accompany him. We went to Borneo RainForest. Their service was terrible. There was nobody working and when we asked for service, the waiter almost 'threw' the beer-soaked menu to us. Libra boy then suggested we go to Long Bar. There's really no thinking twice. Who in their right mind would pay for an expensive bottle of vodka with services like that? Who knows where they get their mixers from.......they may add some drain water in it since they do not look like they wanted to work that night.

I'm very glad with the change of venue. We had loads of fun, service was excellent, food was good (we picked the onions out fr the pizza with my cousin looking at us disgustedly) & the lightings helped me to create a new photo album.

TGIF

2009-03-30T01:35:00.007+08:00

Went for dinner at TGIF last Friday with my Libra boy. Ordered my favourite baileys+kahlua+don't-know-what-else drink (The Ultimate Mudslide) and a few other very cheesy appetizer & main course.

This is what I meant when I said both of us do not like vege:

I truly enjoyed dinner that day. Apart from the laughs and talking from A-Z, I feel something different. I noticed it happened after my trip to BKK.

Everytime I see him, he somehow manages to make my feelings for him grow a little more. Is it the way I feel that he truly cares or it's because we are somehow very similiar in character? Can this really be happening since they always say opposite attracts. Nobody ever said similiar attracts *LOL*

It's weird..... No it's not weird..... It's somehow nice. I do wonder how much feelings can grow into...

Fight to the finish

2009-03-27T12:45:00.006+08:00

I'm beginning to worry when i see the fixtures list. Many tough games coming up.

Good luck MU !!

Some things in common

2009-03-26T19:36:00.009+08:00

Over lunch today my Libra boy asked me:

"Have you adapted to the idea of having someone around you?"

Hmm....... Good question....

With "ex-es", there's usually a period of time to slowly adjust to each other's activities. Especially when both have different interests.

I never really have to try hard to adapt with him. He is easy to be with.

The major plus point is of course the fact that we are both MU fanatics. I do not have to feel like I am the "MALE" in the relationship. It's just weird when your bf sits next to you and tries to understand what's going on at the match and naming some famous players like Ronaldo or Rooney. After a month or shorter, they will usually start to get bored and change channels during half time. HEY! I wanted to hear what the football focus people say and check out the other team's result!

At the 2nd month, it gets worse. They will read some magazines (flipping the pages LOUDLY) and give you dirty looks once in a while. After every 15 minutes or so, they will ask "How long more?". Why can't they see the time on the top right or left hand corner of the screen? Actually come to think of it, I think that they do know but are just hoping that by asking, I will stop watching and let them watch their HBO or some crappy taiwanese game show.

Give and take, sometimes I will have to miss matches. But now I don't have to re-schedule my weekend nights ever just because my bf doesn't watch football. I must say, it is a very nice change to be able to post mortem about the match or share the joy of a victory.

Other plus points includes the fact that both of us do not fancy much vege and likes happy hours. This is really great. There's nobody nagging me while I eat or drink!

So yeah, it's kinda nice and I am looking forward to see what other suprising things we have in common.....

Why I Hate School Mates Gathering

2009-03-20T01:25:00.004+08:00

1. The Venue
After exchanging like 50 - 100 emails, nobody can decide on the venue. Everyone wants to have it their way. One of the worst excuses I ever heard:

"My bf/hubby/in-laws will not allow me to go that far..."

2. The time/day
This is as bad as the first. Some want to accompany their families during weekends so they make it a weekday but the other career women are just too tied up with work and are only available after 10pm. If someone propose a time like 7pm, there will be havoc on the venue and the traffic jams. People in PJ will complain about the traffic in KL and vice versa.

3. The topic
It's always about comparing successes be it personal or work.

It is already very difficult to please a large group of people; it is even harder to please a large group of girls who each think they are more successful than the other. Of course not all of them are like that but there's a couple of them whom I would really like to take a cane and smack them on the head. Whatever places or timing that was suggested, they will be the first to make noise. Hence the 50 or so emails...

I have been "reading" the progress of the current proposed gathering with interest because the last one ended quite dramatically with one of my close friends brawling with an acquaintance. You know how it is in school - you are close to A who is close to B who is close to C and so forth...that's how so many people ended up on the list.

It has been 2 weeks and still no time/venue is confirmed. The last reply was:

"Shall I bring my children...?"

It's kinda tiring to go into my hotmail daily to delete the replies. C'mon.... Decide already!!! Whoever can make it just turn up..!!

Who's better?

2009-03-17T20:20:00.007+08:00

So........after 3 days, those Poo fans are still ecstatic about their "thrash" which is understandable as they have not won the title for so long, a thrashing of the MU team must be their best moment in the EPL history.....

Original posted by micht at 2009-3-17 06:52 PM
"Aiyah don't be so angry lah .... Liverpool better than Man U this season so don't get angry lah !!"

I am not even angry. Embarassed by their performance more like.

But take a look at the table:

I rest my case =)

Packing to BKK

2009-03-16T21:36:00.004+08:00

I'm finally going to Bangkok this Saturday !!

I have been waiting for this trip since last year October. I am so looking forward to it, although of course I will miss a certain someone...

Anyway I have a problem.

I do not know which bag to bring and what to pack !!

I'm always very bad with packing. I tend to over-pack with clothes I do not need. This time I'd like to make sure it won't happen. I am just going to pack what I need to wear. To hell with looking good. I am just going to eat and shop =)

But then, I would like to take lots of photos, so hmm...have to pack some nice tops. Since I will be there for 4 days, I guess 4 tops should be enough. And a skirt. Plus a jeans. Oh and a dress for that cruise dinner. Also, 3 night tops and shorts. Or should I wear back the same top and shorts for 2 nights. Maybe. But i can't. I do not like to wear back the clothes that I have worn. And my hair !! I can't use those hotel shampoos and conditioners. I like my hair clean. Have to wash everyday. Maybe I'll pack a small shampoo and conditioner and a small shower gel. Hmm what else.... My makeup stuffs, comb & toothbrush?

Actually a few people have been scaring me with the horror stories of Bangkok. The worse one is where they drugged you and take your liver. OK, I am not drinking a single drop of alcohol there. I promise.... And I also promise that I will stick close to my friend like a glue even if I see this gorgeous dress that I want to try on. If my friends says no, they want to go elsewhere, I will follow them.....

Or....... I can pull their hair to the shop that sells that gorgeous dress........ That will be an easy task since all of them have long hair....

A special trait

2009-03-12T21:53:00.004+08:00

One of the qualities I liked about my Libra boy is his humour & intelligence which makes him so damn cute! Ok, that's 2 qualities...

Yeah yeah. I know I am still at the top of the clouds up there and whatever he does is funny and cute but it's different. And you can always tell that it's different when it is.

I can never guess what he is thinking or what he will say next which is a nice surprise. Being too predictable is boring right? Yes, sometimes I do know what he is up to next but even during these times, he can still manage to twist the actual turnaround of events !! God knows how much I need these kind of laughters in this section of my life after the horrible stuffs I have to put up with during my 9-6.

He is turning out to be someone very special to me indeed.

Oh! Did I mention he is an MU fan as well? LOL

Through to the Quarters

2009-03-12T21:48:00.002+08:00

Manchester United 2 - Inter Milan 0.
(Vidic)
(Ronaldo)

Mr Jose Mourinho... u were saying.... ???

Marley & me

2009-03-09T02:57:00.004+08:00

My first movie date with Libra boy.....!

I wasn't expecting this to be a movie about a labrador. If i had known........
(*note!!! spoiler ahead - stop reading if u havent watch the movie*)

......that Marley will die at the end, I would have watched Seven Pounds.

See, I have this thing about dog dying in movies......it's because I love dogs and whenever I see a dog dying in the movie, my tears will flow automatically.

So embarassing...!!! First movie date somemore.. ....but of course i diverted my attention abit, trying not to concentrate on what Owen Wilson or Jen Anniston was saying or watching their facial expression, or else I will need more than a pack of tissue....and come across as a bloody emotional freak.....not to mention my ruined mascara....

Cupid in town

2009-03-08T14:51:00.004+08:00

hmm....

how to write out my feelings....

i miss him even tho its only abt 12 hours since we last met..

i am even checking out our horoscope compatibility, something which only kids do....ha ha ha

Leo Woman & Libra Man

This match has very good possibilities for lasting love. Your creative sides will work well together, as the Libra boy has a true flair for the dramatic. He is also the most romantic of all the male zodiac signs. A Libra boy will make a big deal about Valentine’s Day and you can expect him to come up with all sorts of creative ways to let you know he cares. He will put you at center stage, and you will love it. Your generous, affectionate nature also matches well with his strong need for attention. Truthfully, you are both attention addicts, but you should be able to satisfy each other’s needs. You also share a strong physical chemistry that makes that side of your relationship sizzle. A great love match for you.Leo girl and Libra boy don't just walk into a room, they OWN it. Between your collective good looks and social charms, you're a true power pairing. Your best strength as a team lies in your ability to communicate with each other on virtually any topic. It's a rare relationship gift, so treasure and protect it.

die.... i think i m falling fast............

My mind is clear now....

2009-02-23T20:34:00.002+08:00

It was a demoralising 10 days and it all started on Friday the 13th. Oh wow!! Friday the 13th !! Now I know why I have been having this strange week. Damn Friday the 13th!!

Anyway, although I was very demotivated, I did enjoy my Valentine's Day. It was a weird Valentine afternoon turned into a fun Valentine's night. I'll post the photos when I get hold of them.

After Valentine's, it's back to reality on the 16th. I thought the weekend rest and chilling out with friends would have helped me to relax. Unfortunaly my monthly friend choose to visit me on the 16th itself. Because I have just lost a deal, I couldn't afford to skip work so I took painkillers even when I don't have cramps. Turns out to be a bad move because the pills gave me gastric. After a few days, I really do not know if it was period cramps or gastric or some abnormal abdominal pain.

I couldn't sleep and when I do sleep, I get woken up about half hour later with some weird nightmares.

I felt dizzy in the mornings and afternoons but I still didn't go to the doc. I guess losing that deal made me numb. OK OK, I know losing a deal is all a part and parcel of what I do, but I just couldn't accept it because my customer actually lied to me straight to my face. I guess it's my LEO pride up to its tricks again.

On top of all this, there's the office politics. It's amazing what a person's mouth can do.

Anyway, my mind suddenly cleared last night. How or Why, I do not know. It just cleared.

Today I went to work and I am normal again. I'm happy now.

HEY! Could it be the hormones? Hmmm.....

The Cunning Customer

2009-02-14T00:58:00.004+08:00

I feel totally revolted with someone which unfortunately I can't reveal the name. This person should know what he did and I am surprise that he can still sleep at night after all the lies and clowning around. I am surprised that I can still meet these type of people. It looks like I have a long way to go to learn about people's character.

At one point of today, I feel like just giving up. However, I do not like to lose and I will continue fighting the battle.

Laughing my head off......

2009-02-11T23:22:00.005+08:00

I was playing my current favourite game, Texas HoldEm Poker on facebook when I saw the chatbox on the table:

Privacy Blocked: hi corinne
Privacy Blocked: can i buy u a drink?

I suspect it's one of my friend because I saw someone with the "Privacy Blocked" nickname on my friend's list....

-Privacy Blocked bought Corinne Lim a *love potion*-
(You can buy drinks and send gifts to people on the table)

What happened next:

Privacy Blocked: you are hot
Privacy Blocked: ; )

Corinne Lim: i know u don't i?

Privacy Blocked: sorry?
Privacy Blocked: what...what do you mean.....

Corinne Lim: u blocked ur name
Corinne Lim: u may be one of my fren :P

Privacy Blocked: serious?

Corinne Lim: dunt know..
Corinne Lim: im juz guessing lol..

Privacy Blocked: i plan to visit malaysia
Privacy Blocked: maybe kuala limpur

Corinne Lim: LOL
(I can't stop laughing. This person spelt Kuala Lumpur wrongly on purpose! He must be one of my friend! I now suspect it's either Jason or Cheng Huat. I looked for their names on MSN and saw Cheng Huat online. Jason was not online)

Continue:

Privacy Blocked: u from malaysia rite?
Privacy Blocked: which part?

Corinne Lim: im from kelantan

Privacy Blocked: kelantan?
Privacy Blocked: nice place?
Privacy Blocked: im from manila

Vincent Yeong: i'm from sabah
(My friend suddenly joined in the conversation)

Corinne Lim: r u tikoy?
Corinne Lim: or PJ corpuz?
(I now suspect my friends from Manila..)

Privacy Blocked: ?
Privacy Blocked: sorry?

Corinne Lim: vincent : dunt forget my jersey.. :)

Vincent Yeong: sure
Vincent Yeong: remind me tomoro at 2pm

Privacy Blocked: whats nice in kelantan?
Privacy Blocked: maybe i can visit there

Vincent Yeong: kelantan is famous with eel

Privacy Blocked: eel?

Vincent Yeong: yes

Privacy Blocked: oh
Privacy Blocked: anyone from kuala limpur?

Vincent Yeong: i'm fr sabah

Privacy Blocked: i plan to see the famous twin tower
Privacy Blocked: coz in manila we dont have tall towers like that

(This is the fake-st! Wanna come Kuala Limpur to see twin tower! HA HA HA !)

Vincent Yeong: i heard it is a great tower
Vincent Yeong: wut is famous in manila

Privacy Blocked: shopping malls

Vincent Yeong: we also have shopping malls in sabah
Vincent Yeong: called 1 borneo

The bombshell:

Privacy Blocked: eh cookie
Privacy Blocked: damn sien
Privacy Blocked: i dont wan play liao

Corinne Lim: HAHA
Corinne Lim: who is that?!

Privacy Blocked: glory glory man utd
Privacy Blocked: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Corinne Lim: jason hue!!!

Vincent Yeong: hahahahahha

Corinne Lim: i knew it

Privacy Blocked: LOL
Privacy Blocked: bloody sien i beh tahan
Privacy Blocked: u all tipu me

Corinne Lim: u hiding from msn leh
Corinne Lim: serve u right la...
Corinne Lim: kakakaka
Corinne Lim: kuala limpur...

Privacy Blocked: damn it
Privacy Blocked: i didnt hide. i change my nick to HERO..

Vincent Yeong: hahahahahhaha

Privacy Blocked: u say u from kelantan
Privacy Blocked: HAHAHAHAHAHA
Privacy Blocked: KELANTAN WOR
Privacy Blocked: vincent is in singapore rite
Privacy Blocked: buy jersey for her
Privacy Blocked: i saw cookie msn status ask u to get the jersey

Vincent Yeong: kl fren

Privacy Blocked: nia sing
Privacy Blocked: LOL
Privacy Blocked: HAHAHAHAH

Vincent Yeong: hhhahahah

Privacy Blocked: cookie
Privacy Blocked: hahaahah
Privacy Blocked: kelantan
Privacy Blocked: ask me eat eel
Privacy Blocked: magai

Corinne Lim: hahahhahaa

Vincent Yeong: good
Vincent Yeong: ma

Privacy Blocked: damn fuunyy wei
Privacy Blocked: i was laughing my arse off
Privacy Blocked: bloody hell ... ask me eat eel
Privacy Blocked: lol

Corinne Lim: lol

Vincent Yeong: corrinne suspect u d

Privacy Blocked: hahaha
Privacy Blocked: omg

Vincent Yeong: eel good for u ma
Vincent Yeong: eat d your brother damn kuat

Privacy Blocked: funny as hell

Corinne Lim: izzit true kelantan famous for eel?

Privacy Blocked: kelantan not keropok meh
Privacy Blocked: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Privacy Blocked: power sial
Privacy Blocked: kimek

Vincent Yeong: keropok terengganu leh

Privacy Blocked: u all damn jokers man
Privacy Blocked: i keep disturbing cookie
Privacy Blocked: see can kao her or not
Privacy Blocked: let oversea ppl kao or not
Privacy Blocked: from manila

Vincent Yeong: she susah kau 1

Privacy Blocked: mana tau she mm heng

Corinne Lim: kao ur head la

Vincent Yeong: gtg d
Vincent Yeong: bb

Corinne Lim: the way u talk also so fake
Corinne Lim: HAHHAA

Privacy Blocked: hahaa bye
Privacy Blocked: HAHAHAHAHAH
Privacy Blocked: damn cb man
Privacy Blocked: eh msn msn
Privacy Blocked: i log off

Corinne Lim: kk

After that we had a post-mortem on MSN. I needed the laugh after the hot weather+dizziness+stress......

Thank you my favourite MU fan =)

The last day of CNY.....

2009-02-09T15:48:00.008+08:00

..... is a public holiday !! The holidays turned out very nice this year. It is Thaipusam today and it was suppose to be a holiday for Selangor ONLY but our nice and friendly PM wanted to pull some votes in the general election last year so he made it a holiday for KL too! (that's what all Malaysians say so dun't ISA me for writing this!) Holiday or not, the crowd is back. The last 2 days was crazy. There were cars everywhere. I wonder what those ppl were up to? Last nite, when I went out to watch the WHU v MU match at ss15, all the coffee shops/restaurants were crowded. Even fake OldTown kopitiam were full! Luckily for the Kusar pub, I guess people doesn't really know of its existence, only a few people were there, we enjoyed the place to ourselves and comfortably watched the match without those fake fans.

Speaking of fake fans, I must tell you about this "friend" that I met online.

But wait. let's re-cap what happened the past 14 days of CNY....

I had my usual relatives visiting and suprisingly they didn't ask about my "relationship" this year. Not one single word about when I am going to get married, which is funny because they have been bugging me every year for the past 7 years (maybe more). I guess it's because their daughters do not have a bf (all broken up last year) and one of them do have a bf but he is not the rich and handsome type. They were criticising his looks and trying to guess how much he earns. Very bad lah. I won't dare to bring anyone back for them to see. It seems they have very high expectations and so choosy ! Anyway, they think that I either have a bf or i have a few bfs or i am having an affair with a married man. JUST BECAUSE i didnt bring back a guy for them to see. I am lazy to explain. Let them think whatever makes them happy.

My luck in gambling this year is so-so. In the end I didnt win or lose. Gambled at friend's place and office. Totally no mood to work for the past 15 days! Anyway my customers were not free either. Everyone's still enjoying the holidays plus with the economic situation, no one wants to buy and projects are all delayed. Sigh. I will have to buck up starting from tommorow. No more lazying around the office and I must bug customers to buy at least one server from me. It's time to be the nuisance sales person. HA HA.

So yeah, the past 15 days, I spent it eating, gambling, sleeping and basically just enjoying family & friend's company. But I also have a bad day when the fake fan stood me up for a movie date.

Let me tell you about this fake arsenal fan.

I met him online and we started to chat on MSN. At first he seems okay, guess we were still in the introductory stage so the usual getting to know each other chats were longer. After 2 days, whenever he messaged me, it was like a single word thingy. Like:

Busy?

Free?

Eaten?

and so on...etc etc...

Sometimes I dunt bother to reply but sometimes I feel slightly guilty and will reply. I mean, it's not good to ignore people. I guess I am just like that.

OH! WAIT! BEFORE THAT!!
Why I call him a fake fan?? You see, his first email to me was:

"Hi, I see you're an MU fan. I support Arsenal"

When I asked him what was the score in Arsenal's last match, he said he do not know as he dunt follow them weekly. That is a definate fake fan signal. I am not saying that you have to watch the match weekly but isn't there other sources to know your team's results, like the internet or the sports section of the daily newspaper if you're a fan ?

He seems pretentious and even talk bad about his ex gf. That is another thing that I can't stand about guys. He also likes to ask people out on a last minute basis as though all the girls are so free with nothing to do and no friends and are just waiting for him to invite us out. First of all, he sms me at 9am asking if i want to have breakfast. Of course no rite??! He then replied:

dinner? supper?

I have been rejecting every single invite.

Until the 6th day of CNY.

I was online, playing some games when he msn-ed me. He asked me out for a movie 2 days later. I dun't know why but I accepted his invitation. When the day comes, he got the nerve to sms me about 1 hour before the movie and told me that he would not be able to make it as he is not feeling well. WTF ??! Thank God I decided to ask him to come to Sunway for the movie. Initially he wanted to meet at 1U. If it was at 1U, i would have already been on the way!!!

I was so angry. You do not know how angry I was. Never never never has anyone stood me up like that. Even if people can't make it, they will inform me very much earlier.

After that episode, I no longer wanted him to be my friend. I do not care if he was really not feeling well, it doesn't seem sincere.

Today I received an sms from him:

Stay at home? or busy?

I know. What kind of sms is that? People already block you on msn, get the hint lah. I replied him hours later with one word - busy.

And guess what he reply back.

Busy with quotation? Thought wanna ask you out to Dong Chen Shi temple. (The actual sms was typed with very broken english, for the sake of my readers, I have ammended it to be in readable english - lol)

This guy has very thick skin. It's not to say he is bloody handsome. Usually if people are average looking, they make it up with their good personality. I'm sorry to say this fellow's personality is dreadful. I'm also sorry that I can't be friends with him because my level of tolerence is only until the stood-up date. Besides, I will only be laughing at his antics with my friends. I know it's bad but when you come across weirdos like this....

Heck, people may be laughing at me behind my back about how weird I am too. That's life. We laugh about each other.

I would like to end with a note to the guys.

Please, if you really want to ask a girl out, make sure you do your homework and find out as many things as you can about the girl. Looking at the example above, he asked me to go to a temple. I am a Christian lah! I mentioned that in my facebook profile. It shows the level of "care" and "interest" the guy has on you.

Also, please please please for the love of GOD, do not ask girls out on a last minute basis for a first date!

Lastly, do not send one word messages to people you barely know. It is rude. It's better you don't type at all or don't message at all. People like to use lazy english during chats (so do i) but at least have the courtesy to contruct more than one word.

As the Chinese New Year approaches....

2009-01-24T21:55:00.004+08:00

It's the same every year.

Cookies, drinks, mandarin oranges (careful of the maggots!) & lots of tempting food.

People rushing out to buy new clothes or going to the saloon for their hair cut, color, perming or re-bonding.

The re-union dinner.

Gambling. This is about the only thing I enjoy about CNY. Mahjong, blackjack, poker, in between, whatever games, you name it, I'm there. It helps to pass time & we don't have to talk much. Otherwise, aunties will be onto your back with questions about your relationships.

Another thing is, everyone is now on their way back to their hometown so there will be no traffic jams in KL/PJ for one week ! Woo hoo !

Top of the League

2009-01-21T11:34:00.002+08:00

A little late for this post but the positions are still valid after Liverpool's draw on Monday...

Hope it stays this way till the end of the season =)

Man Utd 3 - Chelsea 0

2009-01-12T20:54:00.006+08:00

ROONEY !!!

Yes I am biased but I do love it when the roo boy scored. Vidic & Berbatov both deserve credits as well.

I was confused with the first disallowed goal. I first thought that Giggs took it too fast but the commentators later explained that it was an old trick that hasn't been used for years. Very clever of Rooney & Giggsy.

I reckon this is the best they have performed throughout this season. Not because it was a win against Chelsea, it was the perfect team play from the keeper to striker.

I am also very sure that the Liverpool fans are panicking now. Well, serve them right for making false accusations and trying to unnerve the team.

The year that was

2009-01-01T21:17:00.007+08:00

My eyes are swollen and my voice sounds flu-ish. No lah, I didn't party and got drunk last night but I came home at 6.30am.

How time flies. There goes the year...

The last few days people start asking what your party plans are and we have the all time favourite question:

"What's your new year resolutions?

I always give them the same answer.

I am going to quit smoking.

"How many years you have been saying that?"

I don't care. Stop asking me. HA HA.

I hate making resolutions I can never keep. I remember my friend, Sue wrote a whole list of resolutions and she said she is juz going to change the year 2008 to 2009 on the same piece of paper. Of course, she was just joking. I think she wrote the same resolutions on a new piece of paper though. New year, new paper. he he...

I have not been making any "resolutions" since... forever. This year I want to do something different. I would like to make a list of things that I want to achieve this year, which is:

1) FINALLY go for the EUROPE trip
2) More Sales! More Sales!

That's all I'm asking. Nothing more. I'm not greedy.

Of course I have a whole lot of other things I would like to do but I know I will never get around to doing them so let's not waste my blog's space writing them down.

Reflections of 2008.

Hmm....

The first half of the year was good for me socially, but workwise was terrible. 2nd half of the year, my career was getting better but my social life became almost non-existent coz of the late hours i spent in my cubicle especially the last month. I became so lazy to go out on weekends after a tiring week. All I wanna do is sleep and even then, my customers still call me requesting for changes to their quotes on a Sunday afternoon. But I do enjoy my work. I guess you can't have it all. Well, the good thing is, I am still single and have this kind of time to spare. If I have a bf then sorry lah, wait till Monday for your damn quote man!!! HAHAHAH.....

Yup, overall it's a so - so year.

I spent last night with a couple of friends drinking, eating junk food and watching a horror movie "The house" which turned into a comedy thanks to commentaries from my buddies. Really! How are we suppose to watch a horror movie with these bunch of comedians:

"Run la, still wanna sit in the car....wait for the ghost come and catch...stupid girl..."

"If I see the toilet like that, I won't go lah. You can see it looks like got ghost inside...."

"Why the ghost have to have slime coming out from the mouth one? Scary meh like that? Looks more disgusting..."

It's Christmas again

2008-12-25T14:20:00.007+08:00

This year X'mas I spent it working and watching paint dry (my uncle decided to re-paint the house on x'mas day) but I have no complaints coz I've sort of celebrated it earlier with my friends & colleagues.

It's really my favourite occasion of the year.

My mini tree @ work:

My X'mas presents =)

A little red devil gift from my neighbour colleague (one of my favourite present)

Ok I admit it, I love Christmas coz of the presents. ha ha !

United conquer the World

2008-12-21T21:04:00.001+08:00

LDU Quito 0 - Manchester United 1

United set the seal on an historic year by becoming the first British side to win the Club World Cup to end 2008 as the best team on the planet.

Rooney won the gold cup for the best player of the tournament (comes with a Toyota), Ronaldo the silver cup.

Not a very good match as Vidic was sent off but a good goal =)

The result

2008-12-16T01:24:00.001+08:00

Blah...

a draw............

:( :( :(

Spurs v Manchester United

2008-12-13T11:28:00.003+08:00

Spurs is one of my other favourite teams in the EPL but MU's gotta win.

I really do not like to see Liverpool up there...

C'mon lads !! I've bet RM50 with my boss who is the no 1. Spurs fan....

Win it ! WIN WIN WIN !

CSI

2008-12-12T22:26:00.005+08:00

Me & Colleague was chatting animatedly about CSI latest season. I am still watching Season 8 with 3 more episodes to go and she decided to give me the spoiler by telling me that Warrick DIED !!!

OMG !! WHY ???!!

Why they killed off Warrick's character ? I love him....his smoldering eyes................and that BODY.....................

Look at that. Both are my favourite. Warrick & Nick.

First they killed off Sara's character. Now Warrick. What is happening to my LV CSI team? *sobs*

Anyway....we were quite into it....chatting about some episodes...the miniature doll killer....etc etc......

Me: Was it that stupid fat guy that killed him? That strip club owner...I knew it....
C: No, it was a tall thin guy.....hahahhaha......suspicious leh....
Me: Who is it ?! ( i demanded)
C: You watch it tonite and you will know......

Suddenly.....

RING RING....

Someone's calling my direct extension....

Me: Hello ?
Customer: Hi. Is this Sunway CSI ???

Bloody hell????
I did not reply (stunned)

Customer: Hello? CSI ??
Me: laughing. No, this is not Sunway CSI.

Colleague was giving me funny looks.......

Customer: Oh sorry. I meant SNI......
Me: Laughing...

Colleague: What the F....??!
She was staring at the engineers place looking for the culprit....
(We thought it was our engineers playing a trick on us.....trust me, they like to do these kind of stuffs....)

Customer: Sorry Sorry, I must be watching too much CSI. I am actually looking for SNI.
Me: It's okay, I was juz toking abt Warrick when u called....
Customer: HA HA HA... i must have scared u...
Me: I was going to answer: Yes, this is Corinne Willows. Where is the 419 ???

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

Goodness...............

Everyone around us had a good laugh.....it was good to release our stress....

Today is a PUBLIC HOLIDAY!

2008-12-11T12:47:00.007+08:00

For Selangor ONLY.

But KL folks are so jealous that they start calling us as early as 9am, apologising to disturb us on our holiday but they need the clarifications URGENTLY so my team are forced to work.

To think I had such a fun time laughing at all my frens working in KL last evening

Now it's karma.

I made the mistake of changing my status on MSN:

Almost immediately, the person I taunt the most last evening msg-ed me:

I wish to turn off my mobile but I need the PO.

*Sigh*

Nevermind, work lah......

*Switch to Positive thinking mode*

It's only a day. Imagine the thrill of my team if we get this early X'mas present next week.

A bad day by the jokers

2008-12-11T00:44:00.001+08:00

I do not know if you want to be subjected to their singing but this is one of the better efforts...after a few warm ups and drinks =)

Laughter

2008-12-10T00:42:00.002+08:00

I'm almost afraid to sleep because of all the laughter I went thru today...they say if u laugh too much b4 sleeping, you will get nightmares.....

Perhaps it was because I'm in a more relaxed mode after the submission of my final tender for the 2008 year? (i pray it's the final tender that i hv to go thru - no more please !!)

But seriously, all the responses to my questions.....

I'm sorry I can't reveal what my questions were but the best response I got was:

"Is it the GAY" ??!

LOL..........

To Aaron & Jason

2008-12-10T00:35:00.002+08:00

Missing matches weekly...

One goes to Indo every week..

One goes on a cycling tour every week...

And you call urself a FAN ??!

*tsk tsk tsk*

Did you know, the both of u msg me at exactly the same time on Sunday to ask me the score?

Some time to myself

2008-12-09T19:15:00.013+08:00

I'm very happy today. I've finally finished all my outstanding workload and now I have the time to blog about my past 2 weeks events.

A funny thing happened today during lunch. Halfway eating, the radio started playing Jason Mraz's I'm Yours......

Colleague A: Oi Corinne, ur phone's ringing! Pick up lah. Damn noisy...!!

Huh??! I look at my phone. It is lying very still on the table and no sound was coming out from it ???

Me: You work on tender until mad already ar? Where got ring?? (waving my phone in front of him)

B: HA HA HA ! Her ringtone is some girl singing. The song is coming out from the radio. HA HA HA !

A: Oh yeah. Shit... You lah, when we call you, we have to listen to that song.....

Me: (laughing along) Ya ya. I keep getting missed calls from my mom coz she thinks she is calling a radio station.

I do not know why when people call me, they are subjected to Jason Mraz's song. I did not subscribe to those caller ringtones thingy. Anyway I called Maxis and corrected it. Heard we have to pay for those songs. I hope they didn't charge me.

And speaking of Jason Mraz, we had a karaoke session last Monday. Take a listen:

Yup.....

Lord knows what they're singing??! Please forgive the blurred images as I was shaking with laughter.

After that, they did improve their singing, not a bad effort from the Westlife of my company. Here's a bad day coz everyone was having a bad day at work:

Hmm...I am having some problems uploading videos. I'll upload in the next post. I do hope my earlier video turns up.

Last long weekend, I had lots of alcohol (sake & tequila) and nice Jap/Korean/Western food. Although I couldn't really eat much (stomach indigestion problems) but I still enjoyed myself.

Now i'm having problems uploading photos. Is it my browser or my laptop?

December

2008-12-01T19:22:00.002+08:00

My favourite month of the year is back. How time flies.

I'm happy with the derby result last night but what did Ronaldo think he was doing?

Anyway I want to crawl into a hole to hibernate because its been a bz bz 2 weeks. More meetings and events to come this week and I do not have time to blog about it.

Overall it's been a hectic week, I missed a rainbow by seconds (my collegues told me there was a rainbow juz a few minutes before it dissapeared).

But i can't take it slow. Everything is urgent. Everyone wants that quote yesterday. Suppliers are all in holiday mood and takes ages to reply to our request while we get chased by customers. My phone has been ringing non-stop since last Monday. My battery can't even last a day.

*Stressed*

Rainbows

2008-11-23T19:36:00.002+08:00

2moro's gonna be a long day for me. 4 appointments. I should blog what's on my mind right now b4 the work stress starts kicking in.

I am currently taking a few hours break from my movie marathon. Went to pick up Season 4 from Jennwah earlier (all the way to Puchong - i know...i'm so addicted). The story's getting interesting. I couldn't stop laughing when Orson came up with the magic bbq fork joke and told Bree "Let's go freak Mrs Mcluskey next". FYI, Bree is pretending to be pregnant and accidently got "stabbed" with a BBQ fork and guests were all freaking out. That's why Orson had to come up with the magic fork thingy.

Anyway, what I wanna write about is about rainbows. Are there anyone out there who doesn't like rainbows? C'mon ! It's so beautiful & sort of magical. I was driving last evening and was thinking, when was the last time I saw a rainbow? I think it's a few years back. I remember when I was a little kid and I saw this rainbow so I tried to run to the end of it hoping to see that white unicorn. Well, I watched a cartoon that shows a white unicorn at the end of a rainbow! Of course I couldn't get to the end of the rainbow because halfway running towards it, I met with a stray dog who chased me back all the way to the house. Stupid doggie! Spoilt my unicorn quest!

I dun't know why but I would like to see a rainbow now. I mean of course not now, it's like 8pm and it will be really eerie if I can see a rainbow at the dark sky. I would like to see a rainbow soon so that I can drive to the end of it and get my hands on that pot of gold =)

Nah, actually i wanna see a rainbow so that I know I still can take it slow and not let life's stress get to me. Sometimes I really need to stop, relax and look out at the sky once in a while. There's so many people dying from stress nowadays. We need to stop this. It's getting out of hand.

But frankly, that pot of gold will be handy. LOL

Desperate Housewives 3

2008-11-23T15:55:00.002+08:00

Susan Myer is my favourite.

She is so funny and entertaining. I especially like the part when she set her future mom-in-law on fire and when she was in the middle of the forest and tries to put on lavender and honey face mask so that she can look good for Myke and her guide was warning her that she was in the middle of the forest and she is putting on bear food on her face.

The bear food part reminded me of a conversation I had on MSN..... *keke*

God, I've never had such a good laugh at a series b4.

Onto season 4... *thx jennwah* =)

Fridays

2008-11-20T20:01:00.002+08:00

Everyone loves Fridays. I'm half half.

I love Fridays coz it means the weekend and I get to stay up late and do whatever I want.

But I also hate Fridays. You know why? Because in my company, every Friday there's a Sales Review meeting from 08.30 to lunchtime. They prepare breakfast for you in preparation for the tough drill-down of your funnels.

So you see, I have mixed feelings about Fridays. Yes, it means happy hours after work and the joy of not waking up early for the next two days but it also means a tough 4 hours in a small room with difficult questions thrown to you.

Why this ? Why that? Did you..? What happened to....? Arrghh !

We can't purposely make an appointment in the morning either, because they will only delay the meeting to 5 or 6pm which is even worse because then we will miss our happy hour time.

And let's face it, how many sick leave can we take every Friday? It just looks bad & so fake.

So instead of feeling bad about the review and complaining about what a drag it is, let's be positive and think of it as......umm... (I can't think of anything good about it).

Oh whatever, I dun't care. Like it or not, I have to face it. I'm going to immersed myself with Desperate Housewives tonight and laugh all I want because I will not be able to laugh tommorow morning.

Your Woman - White Town

2008-11-19T21:16:00.005+08:00

I first listened to this song when I was in college - brings back a lot of memories of watching RAGE at the wee hours of the morning.

Recently, Mix FM played this song again with a nice remix. I can't find it anywhere.

Anyone got that version ?

I really like some part of the lyrics esp. the cruel part LOL. I'm evil....

Snakes again!

2008-11-16T21:46:00.003+08:00

I've forgotten about this dream that I had on Wednesday until I was tidying my books and saw Harry Potter.

I dreamt of not one but 3 snakes and woke up screaming as usual. I've checked the dream dictionary. It says :

The snake may also refer to a person around you who is callous, ruthless, and can't be trusted. As a positive symbol, snakes represent transformation, knowledge and wisdom. It is indicative of self-renewal and positive changes

Hmm...I can identify 2 person around me now that is callous & ruthless and definately cannot be trusted. I wonder who's the 3rd one?

But hey, it means positive changes too! Good. Just what I need.

Life's experiences

2008-11-16T16:39:00.003+08:00

I do not have the time to blog. No, actually i should re-phrase. I do not have the mood to blog about the past week events.

So many things have happened since the week started. Bad stuffs.

First of all I was diagnosed with a cyst in my ovary. After 3 stressful days, my doc managed to convince me that its not life threatening and there's ways to cure it. I even went for a breast scan and I was so scared that after they did one breast, I told the doc I do not want to scan the other. LOL. Now I look back and think how silly I must have looked.

Becoming a little bit happier and calm, I went to work the next day and found out that a few of my projects are on hold because of the economic crisis overseas. Damn. There goes my quota....

Later in the evening, my heart was shattered.

At this point, I look at my life and keep asking.

WHY ME ?

WHY IS MY LIFE SO SAD?

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY OBSTACLES ?

WHERE IS THE LIGHT?

After much self-questioning and tears and of course sessions with my dear friends, i realise there's no point to keep questioning. So wat if it's sad? Everyone's got their own sad point in life. Does this mean that we have to walk around everyday with a sour look?

We have to look at life from another angle.

Cyst? Everyone has cysts in their bodies.

Work? Find new customers. Strategise and work towards a better next year.

Love? I was sad. But now I'm angry. Soon, I will forget and look back and laugh at myself.

Tommorow will be the start of a better week. I'm convinced of it (esp. after MU's fantastic win last nite)

It's looking bright already =)

Man Utd 5 - Stoke 0

2008-11-16T03:22:00.004+08:00

Brilliant. Fantastic. From Ronnie's first goal to the last...it was all brilliant.

I am so glad i shared this with my MU buddies. SPEECHLESS !!

Cristiano Ronaldo (3)

Michael Carrick (45)

Dimitar Berbatov (49)

Danny Welbeck (84)

Cristiano Ronaldo (89)

Mr Temper

2008-11-04T21:48:00.003+08:00

I noticed that Mr Temper likes to unleash his anger on me whenever he is stressed.

What to do. I am the "junior" and who better to be on the receiving end than me.

It spoilt my entire morning but after some retail therapy, my mood lifted and I am able to think clearly.

It is not worth let my mood be shaken by unworthy people.

Manchester United 4 - Hull 3

2008-11-02T02:08:00.003+08:00

Beautiful play by MU on the first half and beginning of second half.

I truly do not like Ronaldo but I still admire his skill.

I'm dissapointed Rooney didn't score but it's because they didn't pass the ball to him. It's very competitive in the team nowadays.

Berbatov's assist are damn good. I hope he will score more in the EPL =)

Tevez came on at the late stages of the 2nd half. I wish he could play more but then, 4 strikers in the team mess things up.

Well, let's leave it to Sir Alex. He knows best =)

Wireless surfing

2008-10-30T21:31:00.003+08:00

I finally have wireless @ home.

It all started last weekend when I saw 2 black cats crossing the road. I know I'm superstitious but bad things always happen when I see black cats. The next day at about 4am I heard a funny sound.

"Tap-tap-tap".

Ignoring it, I tried to sleep back but the images of those cats kept fleeting through my mind. I immediately got up and saw that my Acer laptop is drowning in a pool of water leaked by my lousy air cond. Of course it is spoilt now although I tried to bluff myself that not much water went in.

Anyway, now i have to use my office laptop and after a few days of frustration trying to connect to Streamyx using different modems and configuration and talking with lousy technicians at the 1300 88 1515 number, I decided enough is enough. I'm going to get myself a new modem with wireless router and ask my engineers at work to configure it for me so that all I have to do is "PLUG and PLAY"

Voila! I now have wireless.

No horrible cables all around my room.

I can surf anywhere in my house.

Downstairs, upstairs, outside, kitchen, toilet etc etc.

YaY =)

Angry

2008-10-22T19:12:00.003+08:00

I hate people who send sarcastic emails.

Why can't be a little direct?

Coward.

Girls v Guys

2008-10-20T20:19:00.004+08:00

At Redbox Karaoke - the Curve, my gf wants to use the toilet in the room. She push and push the door.

T: Eh, is someone inside? Cannot open lah.

M: (counting the no of ppl) Everyone is here!

(the guys were busy singing Bohemian Raphsody)

M & K got up to help T push. C even try to kick open the door.

T: Yerr... so scary! got ghost izzit?

Me: Really ar??! *shocked* (goosebumps on my arms)

K: Let's call the waiter.

The guys FINALLY realise the commotion, stop singing for 2 second and shouted:

"IT'S A SLIDING DOOR LAH!"

Chill out at Solaris Mont Kiara

2008-10-19T22:19:00.002+08:00

It was Saturday night again and my ex-college friends and me decided to find a nice place just to chill out. Somewhere that has nice food and not too noisy. We decided on Solaris since nobody wants to drive all the way to KL & we heard that Asian Heritage Row is full of Mat Rempits. It's not safe for 4 girls lah.

It was 8pm when we reach there and Sophia, who has researched all the restaurants beforehand decided for all of us to eat @ Saffron. It serves Mediterranean food.

This place is really quiet. Actually all the restaurants there are really quiet. Not too crowded. Perfect. That's what we like. We can catch up and laugh loudly and nobody will care. The food here is okay. Kiran and me ordered the chicken fajita, Sue ordered salmon and Sop ordered some prawn thingy. The portions were either small or we were too hungry that we decided to go Dessert Bar for our desserts. Something which i do not normally do as I dunt fancy desserts.

At dessert bar, Sue ordered the some fruity + ice cream basket thing, Sop ordered rum & raisin, Kiran ordered some berry thingy and i ordered pancakes + fruits+ ice cream while we all flick through Sop's photos from Hanoi & Philipines.

After dessert, we decided to visit one of the bars. All of them were not crowded with the exception of "Romance of Three Kingdom". Well, we couldn't see inside so it's difficult to see if it's really crowded but the music is loud and with a name like that, it like very ah beng lah. Probably full of girls with mini short skirts and guys with gold chains all over. We skipped that and further in front, saw a nice table with 4 comfy sofas. It's called Garage. We chatted about everything from our old college friends, who is doing what and our current office gossip. Now that we are managers (ahem) we have to deal with the pain of smart-alecks fresh graduates. They probably think we are a bitch just like when we first started work and thought how our managers were bitches. It's a cycle. No wonder nowadays we are more prone to flu with all the curses aimed at us. LOL !

Manchester United 4 - WBA 0

2008-10-19T22:05:00.005+08:00

The Roo boy's on form again =)

Before the match I sms my friend asking for the odds. He told me MU is giving 2 balls.
Umm, okay let's wait till HT, probably the odds will go down.

At HT with the score at 0 - 0, I again sms my friend. He told me now MU is giving 1.5 balls.
WHAT ??! How to bet la with that kind of odds.

I didn't expect what happen next.

Within minutes, the roo boy scored and what a fantastic goal it was.

10 minutes later, Ronaldo scored. He doesn't look too happy after scoring, maybe he was thinking he should score first and Rooney stole his glory? Or perhaps he was just having some personal issues but he does not look happy.

Berbatov's goal was a classic Nistelrooy goal. He was standing there at the right place at the right time. I do wish he would run more instead of strolling around the field.

By the time Nani scored, I was already feeling for my loss of $$$ but oh wells, it's fated. If it's yours, it's yours.

Perhaps if I have put on a bet, the score would remain 0 - 0 ?

A truly good 2nd half display.

The Flu Bug

2008-10-14T21:46:00.003+08:00

It's coming closer.

First the person behind me got it.

Now it has spread to his neighbour and the person sitting beside & in front of me.

I am surrounded !!

And I just found out that my Vit C supplies has finished! NOOOOO ! I dowan the flu !!

I must remember to buy Redoxon tommorow.

My Parking Hassle

2008-10-13T21:55:00.004+08:00

From today onwards, I have to park outside of the Menara and walk abit coz a new Senior Manager joined and I have to give up the basement parking for her. At first I was pissed off as:

no 1: It's quite far to walk
no 2: If the car park is full, you have to park at the shopping mall which is further to walk
no 3: If it rains, I will have to get wet and probably reach my client's place with a wet look
no 4: It's not possible to work late anymore as it is quite dangerous to walk to the outside parking after 7pm
no 5: It's very inconvenient because I go in and out of office all the time and the fee per entry is rm2.

Now that my anger has died down and I am calmer, let's look at the positive side:

no 1: No need to pay RM90 monthly, can save about RM50 to buy new shoes
no 2: Walking that extra distance is still better than working in other areas of PJ, at least I do not have to go through the federal highway jam every morning & evening
no 3: The extra exercise will help me to burn some fats
no 4: If there's no parking, I can park opposite the housing area and save another RM2
no 5: Got excuse not to work late =)

Life goes on.

Spitz

2008-10-06T20:28:00.004+08:00

I saw this relli cute spitz wen i was out jogging earlier. It gave me the inspiration to jog a few more rounds juz to see her. She would hv been the perfect gf for my dog =)

She looks something like this :

Real fluffy. When she saw me looking at her, she look at me too. Then wen I jog away, she came out further to look at me. On my third round, the owner took her out and I get to pet her =)

So cute lah. Like a little bear.

Here's how a baby spitz look like.

Blackburn 0 - Manchester United 2

2008-10-05T19:21:00.003+08:00

Nice to see the Brown & Rooney on the scoresheet. Looks like United's on form again but now there's the international break.

But it's okay, they're climbing up.

Cookie's teasers

2008-09-25T22:34:00.001+08:00

I'm tired of dealing with liars & hypocrites.

Actually, come to think of it, I'm tired of dealing with people generally.

You never know.

My Achievement @ GYM

2008-09-24T22:54:00.002+08:00

I did it ! Went for combat and pump classes today ! Yeah yeah, for those who frequent the gym may say this is nothing but for those who know me well, this is an achievement rite ??? I am those who would rather drive when the distance is only a "5 minutes walk" and whose hobby is sleeping.

I am so proud of myself =)

Tone arms ! Tone arms ! LOL

Thanking The LORD

2008-09-18T21:41:00.007+08:00

Someone is trying to give me HELL.

The Car Incident

After lunch, me & colleagues saw this Iswara's tyre which was punctured. We were all laughing thinking how the poor GIRL (yes, we assumed it's a girl) will let her tyres be like that.

Come 2++, I went to my car to drive to an event. After reversing my car, i heard a "clunking" sound issued by one of my tyres. OH NOOOOO !!! With a sinking feeling, I went out to check and sure enough, my front right tyre is punctured. Wat the..... ??! KARMA for laughing at people ??! I called my colleagues and they help me to change to my spare tyre. They're so helpful coz I parked at B3 and it was so freaking hot. After installing the spare, we found out that it is FLAT too!! HA HA. I got cursed by them coz I am those typical GIRL who do not know a thing about cars and whatever.

Somehow, we manage to drive to the nearest workshop, thank GOD Sunway has many workshops nearby. My colleague bargained the price for me and they changed 2 of my tyres.

I got lectured about not checking this and that abt my car by the MALE species.

C: How come ur car got 5 rims ?

Me: what is 5 rims ?

C: Slaps forehead.

Me: You mean those sports rims ar ?

C: No, i mean A4 paper rims....!

Me: he he. I dunno....my ex do for me last time.

C: Got check ur black oil one or not ? When was ur last service?

Me: Err...u check the sticker there..

C: Your sticker is old and can't see ur next service mileage date.

Me: Yes ar ? Err....??! I also dunno ler....

C: I wanna knock ur head d. Tommorow bring u service ur car !

Me: POKAI lah, now change 2 tyres, tommorow wanna service car ?

C: You wanna break down in federal highway without us here to help u ?

Me: okok....

C: Ur brakes pad need to be changed too! And maybe ur absorber !

Me: (i dunno wat the heck is an absorber but keep quiet la, colleague already gimme the look) OK, u bring me la.

C: BTW, why r u sitting here ? People change ur tyres u dowan to see one ar ?

(I was relaxing at the a/c room)

Me: What's there to see ?

C: See lah, what they doing....If not they simply do for u or change old tyres !

Me: So hot la out there.

C: You ar. BLUR CASE ! bla bla bla (he was toking some car things)

The Gym Incident

Nothing should deter me from my determination to have toned arms so I went to the gym and workout. Bloody dunno what i was doing, I accidently lock my locker with the keys inside! Oh GOD!! HELP ! I was only in my towel with my face flushed and body all sweaty after sauna. HELP ! HOW?! Dun't tell me I have to walk to my car in a white towel and bare footed ?? Come to think of it, walk to my car also no use, my car keys are also inside the locker !!

HOW ?! HOW ?! Should I walk to the reception (which is a floor below and u have to pass those people working out) and ask them for some help ?!

Luckily those washroom aunties came (i think they saw me panicking, my hair was in a mess and face all red lah - look like a mad woman i tell u) and I told them my "situation" They told me not to worry, they encounter this all the time and ask me to wait. After 2 minutes, aunty came back with this huge "break-the-lock" equipment (OK I DO NOT KNOW THE NAME - I AM A GIRL!!) and I got all my stuffs back in seconds =)

Friends

By the time I got to my car, I was feeling really down. What a day! To top it all, on my way home, a traffic police was right beside me and I didn't have my seat belt on! Sigh! I was thinking, there goes another rm100 but maybe he was also not in the mood, he didn't stop or give me any summons. A miracle !

Despite all the things that happened, I am feeling much better now after a nice shower and friends who gave me chocolates and friends who cheer me up with quirky stories. So what if I lose my money? I am still alive and there are people out there that care for me. I am indeed lucky and I wanna specially dedicate this post to the LORD for sending angels down to help & guide me =)

Body Combat

2008-09-17T23:13:00.002+08:00

Sometimes I am relli so full of it. I planned to go for body combat and body pump classes today. Like so motivated. After half an hour of combat, I am nearly dying. My sides start to ache and feel like going to faint d.

But it's a good class. I like it =)

My MSN profile pic

2008-09-16T22:30:00.004+08:00

I changed my profile pic and this is what happens:

WW: Why ur profile pic so "hao"?

PC: aiyo ur pic!! better change lah....later wolf come after u !

Huez: somebody look very lcly !

This is the best from my cousin currently working in HK:

ckw	why make up so much
CookiE®	Wedding dinner ma
ckw	dinner only ma
ckw	trying to be attractive isit
CookiE®	HAHAHHAHAHHAA
ckw	sure la...want to capture some guys
ckw	yalahhh
ckw	so seductive
ckw	ah po sure marah u
ckw	hahahahahah
ckw	dress and make up like dancer
CookiE®	oh she marah me that day d
CookiE®	say my dress so short
CookiE®	i wearing tube dress
ckw	hahahahah, u know then good
ckw	lucky she din hide the keys and dunt let u out

Where got "lcly" ??!

Selangor's Public Holiday

2008-09-16T21:29:00.004+08:00

I'm so happy whenever this happens. I know, I'm a sicko. LOL

Lets see...

Later I will watch my new tvb series - "catch me now" at about say 11pm. I'll watch maybe 3 episodes. That will end at about 2am. Then I will continue my Shopaholic in Manhattan book till 3am.

I will wake up tommorow at 9am to buy nasi lemak (have to wake up that early coz the aunty's nasi lemak finishes by 9.30) Then I will come back and sleep again till 12pm. After that I will maybe go to the gym for 2 hours. Then back home to have a nice rest and play some games after the rest. I hope it rains tommorow afternoon. What a bliss that will be =)

Happy working to liljames, Huez, Miki, Wilz, CH etc etc

*evil laugh* muahahahahahahahaha

MU's loss

2008-09-15T00:14:00.002+08:00

ya ya, MU lost to Liverpool last nite. The first 10 minutes was very promising...berbatov looks good....after that......&^%%$$$$

im taking so much crap fr poo fans, esp those that dissapear wenever their team lose....

Theodore says: *smiles*

CookiE® says: ya ya
CookiE® says: let's hv it
CookiE® says: cmon, wat hv u got 2 say ?

Theodore says: haha
Theodore says: it's tempting but nah... i'm not like that

CookiE® says: lol
CookiE® says: ive had crap since the whistle blew
CookiE® says: fr chelsea and arsenal fans too
CookiE® says: so wats one more

Theodore says: haha
Theodore says: i'm nice

CookiE® says: ya ya
CookiE® says: where's the MU is a one man team, without ronaldo theyre nothing

Theodore says: so i guess you know how liverpool fans feel now

CookiE® says: No i do not know how they feel...coz theyre alwiz bragging abt their history

Theodore says: to be fair, it's berbatov's debut and he set up a goal

CookiE® says: but u shld see the way those poo fans act over here
CookiE® says: theyre like
CookiE® says: poo won the title !
CookiE® says: wenever they win a game
CookiE® says: and wen they dunt win
CookiE® says: they sulk
CookiE® says: and we cant taunt them

Theodore says: cant blame them
Theodore says: it's been a long time
Theodore says: if you were in our shoes, you'd feel the same way

CookiE® says: ohmygoodness
CookiE® says: well then dunt go around screaming the titles of the 80s

Theodore says: lol

CookiE® says: or the who wont the euro cup most
CookiE® says: etc etc
CookiE® says: its bloody annoying ok

Theodore says: ala... same same la MU fans

CookiE® says: wat same
CookiE® says: i started supporting MU during the 90s
CookiE® says:s o who bloody cares wat poo did in the 80s

Theodore says: i get a lot of crap from my MU friends
Theodore says:even if i dont taunt them

CookiE® says: for me, if they lose
CookiE® says: they played bloody bad
CookiE® says: but poo fans dunt admit it
CookiE® says: they just find excuses
CookiE® says: referee la
CookiE® says: homeground la
CookiE® says: etc etc
CookiE® says: MU played relli bad in the 2nd half
CookiE® says: im not surprise they lost

Theodore says:haha... who said, my uncle is a hardcore MU fan also...
Theodore says:hehe, he said the liv second goal offside
Theodore says:lol

CookiE® says: well u dunno the poo fans here
CookiE® says: they dissapear wen their team lose

Theodore says: that's why la
Theodore says: i make it a point not to rub it in

CookiE® says: yeah
CookiE® says: i mean
CookiE® says: if u dissapear after ur team lose
CookiE® says: and only bak wen ur team wins
CookiE® says: wats the point?!

Theodore says:so what do MU fans do when they lose?
Theodore says:they dont go home?

CookiE® says: lol
CookiE® says: nah
CookiE® says: for me
CookiE® says: i admit they played a bad game
CookiE® says: and face all the taunts
CookiE® says: its juz like
CookiE® says: wen poo lose
CookiE® says: i cant taunt them back
CookiE® says: coz theyre so bz
CookiE® says:o r in a bad mood
CookiE® says: sick

Theodore says: haha

The dentist

2008-09-13T14:17:00.004+08:00

I know I said I wont go to the dentist but u see, I woke up last nite at 3am to the thunderstorm and felt like a lump on my gums. Seeing that I am awake, I got up and googled what this thing is about and the image results made me wish I didn't do that.

This morning, I quickly went see the dentist.

You know why I am scared of dentist? They put u in the middle of the room on that “chair” with all the long and sharp equipments beside there. For gods sake. They should put some fresh flowers or pictures to distract people's attention lah! Maybe a TV. Nooo, all u get to stare at is the light and the empty ceiling on top of u. So intimidating!

She checked my teeth (normal procedure) and told me I have 2 small holes at the side of my big teeth. Yeah whatever. So what’s the gum swelling or lump's about ? She explained a lot of things. Said that my teeth have lots of dirt and bacteria residing there which will causes the gums swelling and if I dunt cure it, my teeth will all fall out. Great !

So what do I have to do ? Her advice is to do a "scaling" where she will polish and clean them.

Me: Do what ? Scaling? What's that?

Doc: We use this thing (she show me a long thing) and clean out all ur tartars. They are all the dirts which have hardened. This is what causes ur gum pain. If you are not careful, it may be filled with PUS and we have to do a small surgery where we punch a small tiny hole into the lump and drained the pus out.

When she was talking about draining the pus out, I immediately thought of Seamus Finnigan during the Herbology class, where they have to drained out the bobutuber pus. Its kinda funny.

Me: So if i clean the teeth, the bacteria will not have a place to reside in and die ?

Doc: Yes. You will then have healthy teeths. If you dunt cure it, it may result in this (showing me a picture which says gingivitis & pointing to a teeth).

Me: Is it painful ?

Doc: Not at all. (all docs say that - Liars!)

Me: How much is it?

Doc: RM80

Me: How long does it take ? (I look at my watch to pretend that I am on a tight schedule – actually I am still thinking whether I shld do it. Scared lah woi)

Doc: 20 mins.

Me: OK, please just do it NOW before I change my mind.

The procedure was quite okay. No pain (except the part where I had the swells) and now I have clean teeth (tartar free and stain free).

I’m quite happy. Plus, my gums is slowly becoming normal. The swell has gone down =)

I have to go back to do the "filling" for my 2 small holes. Maybe in 6 months time.

In PAIN !

2008-09-11T21:41:00.001+08:00

My gums are swollen and its hurting like %$#@ ! Cannot eat and drink properly also ! %$#@ !

But I am still gonna live happily =P

And I'm not going to the dentist........ !

A story

2008-09-11T20:21:00.006+08:00

Got this in my mailbox this morning and I'd like to share with you in view of the 2 incidents that has happened this week:

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words.

He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'

The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.'

What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.

Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness.... In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.'

Shocked

2008-09-11T00:46:00.002+08:00

I juz found out that one of my uni fren passed away.

What in the world is happening ?

I think I'll go in2 a shock mood soon.

Let the brawl begins...........

2008-09-10T23:49:00.004+08:00

LIVERPOOL v MANCHESTER UNITED
SATURDAY, 1945 MALAYSIAN TIME

Rafa Benitez has stunned England fans by admitting Steven Gerrard could face Manchester United on Saturday. The Liverpool boss caused a storm when he sent the Liverpool skipper for a minor groin operation before England’s World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Croatia. He claimed the op was vital and would also keep Gerrard out of the clash with their biggest rivals. Now Benitez has sparked a bitter club v country row by admitting Gerrard could line up at Anfield. He said: “Gerrard is still progressing, so you never know. The key is the fitness of the player — it makes a massive difference if he has confidence.” Hitman Fernando Torres could also play after suffering a hamstring injury 10 days ago. Benitez added: “It is better to avoid saying whether Gerrard and Fernando Torres can be available. It’s difficult to say.”
Phil Thomas, The Sun

Some team getting desperate already. Wanna play their top 2 players and risk getting them injured again. Bring them on also no use. Our ferdinand-vidic-evra-neville/brown is ever ready =)

Seizures/Epilepsy

2008-09-09T17:10:00.005+08:00

This morning, I was happily chatting with my colleague about next week's public holiday in Selangor and how we must be careful not to make any appointments with our KL clients when another colleague shouted "HELP" behind us.

At first we thought she dropped something but when people start running over, we realise that something strange is going on. Another colleague had a seizure. Someone gave her something to bite on and nobody knew what to do as this is the first time something like this happened in the company. Thank god for our HR, who have some knowledge on how to deal with this situation. She was sent to the hospital. Actually she became conscious after about 5 - 10 mins but was still required to go in case something serious happens later. When she came back, we asked her about it and it seems she has no history of epilepsy and this is the first time it's happening. Apparently she had a head injury last week and doctors said that this might be one of the causes plus high stress. Something to do with the nerves or chemicals in the brain. From now onwards, she has to take medication because when u get it once, u will get it again.

It's just so frightening. A normal healthy person can collapse just like that. Reminds me of my friend's father who passed away earlier this year. Juz out of a sudden he felt something wrong with his body and when he reach the hospital, he is pronouce brain-dead.

Nobody can explain the causes of this kind of thing. Some say stress. Even if you are not a smoker or drinker, it doesn't mean you won't get these kind of strange sickness. It's just fated I guess.

So everyone please try to live your life stress-free (abit difficult I know) & do whatever you want NOW because you will never know.

The return to the gym

2008-09-08T21:01:00.008+08:00

Today I feel so motivated to go to the gym after work since I haven't been there for a very long time.

I decided to go slow and join the yoga class at 1840. I had to bring my lappie home tonight because I am on standby for a customer who may need some info. The stupid brick is so heavy and I have some thoughts to leave it in the car and let it get stolen =p

But of course, I am not those type of person, so I dragged it to the gym locker. They have some special CCTV lockers for you to keep ur lappie but nevermind lah, mine is not a MAC. Nobody will wanna steal a brick like that. I juz stuffed it together with my clothes at the women's locker room.

After changing, I have some time to kill and I saw these 2 girls doing some cardio thingy on a machine. It is an equipment where you sit there and just row ur arms in circles. It looks easy so I tried it. After what seems like an eternity, I look at the monitor and it told me that I have only been working out for 1.5 minute ?! What ?! My arms are beginning to tire and I dun't feel comfortable with some muscular guy stretching next to me so I stop after 3 mins.

Still with time to spare, I saw this girl exercising so enthusiatically on this "stepper" thingy. I think I can do that. It looks easy too ! After 1 minute.....

OH MY GOD I WANNA DIE....!!

My legs are sooo tired!
Why is the girl beside me running? I'm only like...walking. How does she do it? Where does she get the energy from? I think she doesn't work. She must be one of those rich people who doesn't have to wake up at 7am to work. That must be it. Or else she must be a robot in disguise. Nobody can run like that for so long, after a long day at work.

After the 2nd minute, sod it ! Wtf. It is so difficult okay. I just wanna walk but the speed seems to increase with every step or move or whatever. I am just not made for this thing.

Anyway, it's time for the yoga class ! YaY ! Finally something that I can do.

It's good to stretch all the muscles in my body particulary my thighs and arms. However after half hour, the teacher decided that it's time for us to do the head stand. I can't do the head stand ! no no ! So i stand there and watch. Well, maybe one day I will be able to. Not today.

Overall, I spent like 35 minutes working out and I feel hungry already. I decided to quit the sauna and go home. To go to my car, I have to walk past all these fast food restaurants. The aroma of KFC was so enticing! I manage to resist the temptation. There's food at home and I am still on this "saving" thingy after all.

At the carpark, a girl told me that the autopay is not working. Damn it. I drove another 2 floors up and parked my car to go down to pay. Dunno why, I suddenly fear for the brick getting stolen. Yeah I dun't like that thing but it doesn't belong to me. I kept a watch on my car while slotting my 1 ringgit in.

Well there you go. My day at the gym is so interesting right ? I think I'll go again on Wednesday =)

Btw, i drop the brick when i was carrying it out of the car. My arms were tired lah!

I hope it still works though...... if it doesn't, I'll juz pretend it crashed tommorow morning. Maybe I will get a T-series this time..... *keke*

Welcome Berbatov

2008-09-06T11:17:00.002+08:00

A bit late for this post but welcome to Dimitar Berbatov, our new no 9 =)

Let's see what he can do at Anfield next week.

Lotus Top Gun Training

2008-09-04T21:53:00.011+08:00

Went for the IBM Lotus Top Gun training at Novotel last month. It was a one-week-product-training thingy and we were made to work from 8.30am to 6pm daily. The photo below was taken during one of the early days of the week. Still happy and looking forward to spending a week out of the boring office routine.

After the 2nd day, all pretense were abandoned. We spent some classes of the classes doing this:

This is our saviour. Without this, we would never have survive the 8 hours:

But overall, it was a good experience. We all got our certificates and gifts and everyone went back happy & are more knowledgeable about the yellow symbol.