It Came And Went.... in a Jiffy....

Firstly, Gong Xi Fa Cai. I am hokkien lah. So its not Kung Hei FaTT Choy .... for me.

About a week ago, I was so excited to have a week off work, and had only needed to take 3 days off. Unfortunately, I don't know what I did with my time and now I am already in my 3rd day of my extra leave. I hardly went out. Most of the time its at home binging on food esp cookies. I only went out on Wed to meet up with some friends from secondary school. Most of them had up and left this good old country. And i think the conversation went along the line, when would my turn be. Of course, i am not able to reveal my secret which only very few people know as I don't want to hear the drones of "what a waste" , "... you should have". To me its bygone. There are days which I do think about it but its becoming more and more minimal. I believe its the age factor that has lead me to be more appreciative of things I have now. It may not be a lot but its sure much more than some other more unfortunate people out there.

Hmm.. recalling back, I would say that I have been watching my dwnload series of Ugly Betty Season 3. Which is so awesome. Yeah I was once like here, with braces and all.. probably still ike her in the fashion sense.

Also, I would say this year's ang pow loot is much less than last year but then again times are bad. At least people are still giving.

The only so called bizzare thing that happened was, my dad had food poisoning and was very stubborn not to see the dr. Even with the tummy problems, he whacked all the sambal sotong, curry, acar, etc which my mom made. On the second day, in the morning, I saw him taking some medication, and obviously I asked him, still having "lau sai" ( translation - diareahea). I was shocked to hear the words from his mouth. He said " Someone trying to poison me, better purge till i die" Hmm.. very uncalled for statement. But seeing he is under stress from his condition, I just said , its not a good thing to say during CNY.

Other than that, its been great just hibernating.. doing nothing.. and praying for a better week next week when I head back to work. I have loads to do at the office but as per my philosophy on work, I shall not switch on my laptop when at home.... :D Then again u know I have to bring down my Hypertension - High BP status which hasn't improve at all.

Auntie Hair Style

If you don't already know by now, I permed my hair about 1 month ago. To be precise, on 24th of Dec 2008. Well, its quite a change esp after having not permed my hair for like 5-6 years. Due to hair health reasons. So i don't know why, I decided for the change.

The same person who saw me when i went back to work on 5th of Jan, has been spreading about my new hair do to everyone, even as far as my colleagues in SG.

Sad thing is, so insincere was her comments, she told them my hair style was nice better than before.

But yesterday she said her hair dresser could have done a better job. So i asked her to elaborate. And she said that... my perm is like auntie and its such auntie hair style and with one look she knows its done by a woman and not a man. And could an auntie too that did my hair. I said yes its and auntie so.? I said after all its just body perm. How wrong can a body perm be.

I guess some people are just pure big bad mouths. Anyways.... it will grow out. I just have to live with this auntie hair style for awhile.

I made it - day 2 of 2009

Yahooo... i did make it today for my 2nd work out of the YEAR 2009. I almost bailed out.
I did the same which is 30 min on cross trainer and 20 min on the thread mill.

I always go for the cross trainer first as its always in demand. Also I have been going off slightly earlier when I go to the gym since i do come in early anyways.

What i felt today is that is that the thread mill seems to work better. As I walked on the pre-program workout, uphill , etc. I could feel my stomach kind of like being worked out. I din feel that on the cross trainer.

Hopefully I will be able to sustain.

Congrats MG for making day 2 :D hehehe

Losing Weight is hard to do

Losing weight is definitely hard to do. Yesterday was my first day back to gym, I did 20 min on the threadmill and 30 min on the cross trainer. Felt like nothing at that time. But today my knee started to hurt. I have a history of knee pain. I used to sprint in secondary school and after I finished school all these problem with my knee started to surface.

Tomorrow I am planning to go to the gym. Hopefully I make it. Its so easy just to say no and give in to laziness. :D

I feel really fat and bloated. But one thing tho' I just can't stop eating either.

Recently i read about the special K diet... I give it after CNY before I embark on it.

Wish me luck.

MAMA MIA

As per the above photo, I went to watch MAMA MIA yesterday and paid a good money for it too. As you would notice, we sat at the Grand Circle, which was pretty good seat. We managed to get the tickets after they actually decided to have additional show. If you look closely, you would see that (where the STAR logo is), its stated that the show was to run until 1st Jan 2009. Due to overwhelming response, a few additional shows were added.

We had a surprise that day, not only seated two rows below us more towards the middle of the hall, sat our PM - Pak Lah. Some people were so blur, they didn't even know that was that PM; my friends included. They sat very weirdly, all the men on one side and the ladies on the other. It was a pleasant surprise rite? further to day, I have to say they were only like 5 mins late, e.g 3:05pm which is by the standards of dignitires is already very very good. :D

After all the hoo haa of PM - Pak Lah- whispering.... came the actual annoucement welcoming PM and some other folks, not that i can remember their name :D

Read more here
But not sure why they wort last nite, when it wasn't really the nite show we watched, it was the matinee show.

And Surprise Surprise, this boom thru the sound system " Kindly Stand for the National Anthem". Not sure if they played it for all the shows or just this one coz the PM was there. But really tho' this is a real added bonus :D

How as the show? Errr It was a OK. Kinda slow on some scenes. The bests ones for me were the last performance and the ancore... where the full blown dance was performed and so lively and the music was excellent.

p/s this was the london production , hence in the beginning some of the actors' accent were so strong, I didn't get jack shit... hehehe.

Good Bye 2008, Welcome 2009 - Happy New Year 2009

Its the last day of the year 2008, of course this missy here need to at least write a post rite? If not wasted.

I am not a fan of new year. I had saying good byes and welcoming uncertainties. :D

But change is the only thing that is constant and not like its my choice to stop time :)

So, there Happy New Year 2009.

I wish that this year will be better than 2008 and filled with peace joy hope and happiness for me and everyone else.

And in the face of adversity, we rise as one and defect the ailing earth, the ailing economy, ailing politics and what not.

I no longer make resolutions. I was asked couple of weeks ago before I knocked off for my long vacation what my new year resolutions are. I blatantly said out loud, i no longer make any and has been this way for a while now.

I only wish for one thing, Good Health and to go thru the new year with the Blessed Lord guiding me and showing me the way.

Oh i do have a secret wish, if you look at my shelfari - books reading, u get my hint..

So anyone gonna support me in achieving this secret wish?

He is the Reason for this Season

As we celebrate the season, we have welcomed the Son of God into this world.
to the Christians he is our saviour and He is the Reason for the Reason.

But he came becoz we are the REASON.

I love this song and I would like to share with you during this Season.

We Are the Reason <--- click here

Hello Hello

Hello friends,

I call you friends, becoz most of the peeps who read this blog are my real life friends :D

Sorry for the long hiatus. I just don't know whats wrong with me these days.

As we count down to the new years, I just wanted to say this. As I am happy to welcome the new year, for the new and hopefully better things to happen but part of me is wary about welcoming the new year.
As always, as the new year approaches, I will be one year older. Seems like year after year , the only constant change is getting a year older. Nothing major, nothing out of the world has happened to me.

In 4 months I will turn another year older, bringing me closer to another age group. how scary is that. Anyways, my brother who is 3 years older than me and has short sightedness is now plagued with near sightedness... My sister who is 3 years older than my older brother has been diagnosed with near sightedness just couple of months ago. So , am i the next victim

I hope not. Sigh....

With that note, I would like to wish you happy new year 2009 and may the new year bring you good health (most importante), and prosperity and happiness all year round.

Mysterious Ways....

As Christians, we know that sometimes, we do not understand or cannot understand God's ways. Why He somethings, why He did not save someone. But all in all, He being the Almighty, has his reason beyond what we can see. Its hard to comprehend and sometimes hard to accept.

As for me, I find it hard at times and takes me awhile before I could see the meaning in all that has happened.

Couple of Thurdays' ago, some weird thing happened. I wrote to a friend in the US after having not kept in touch for awhile. My email was simple, 3 liner. But her reply was long and some things are very warranted for. My email went just by saying, how are you, long time haven't heard from u. Things are the same here. Haven't found mr right.

She wrote a long email and I found her email abit tactless. One of the thing she said was, most women in MY after a certain age as deemed as no value. Her friends went thru that balblablaa. and its high time, i pack my bags and leave the country in search of someone. This can only change if i make the decision to move or else nothing would happen. MY men don't like older women... so blablabllaba...

U get the gist.

Anyways, I thought that email - well she wanted to be frank and all - could have been written in a more tactful way. Just becoz she is happily married to a gwiloo , she needn't make people feel like they have no value??

ANyways, the strange thing started... after that. ( could be co-incidence , if you are a non believer and may just deem it as that).

After I received her email on the next day, means friday , after reading her email, I feel abit disturbed (if you get what i mean?) Anyways, around 9+10+am, I received an email from this girl Eve, ringgit introduced us some time ago. She asked me if i remembered her, I said yes I do. Then she went on to say that, she won these two tickets for a lunch at this certain place in PJ. The radio talk show was about relationship.. and the listeners were suppose to write in and tell about their most memorable memories etc... she wrote in and she won two seats for lunch. Well of course the lunch isn't just a simple lunch.. u sorta like meet ppl? She gets to bring a guest... no bf/gf allowed - get my drift? since its a sat and all, i said alright i would go. So... u see..did God arrange all this?

Then on Sunday nite, I was watching TV and i happened to chanced upon this show called She Got the looks. I wonder what this all about. Then realized that its a show where they pick women above 35 to be models... Some who made it out of the gazzillion ppl who auditioned, were above age of 50 , the oldest was 63.

Is God trying to tell me something?

I believe so....

God works in mysterious ways!

Aiyoyo

I have been trying to lose weight for some time now. It keeps yoyo-ing. When I thought i have dropped some, then it comes back.

I need to be more determined in trying to achieve this successfully.

Need motivation.
NEED to lose 5kg... ok ok lets not be too ambitious. Maybe start with 2kg?

plan to resume with herbal life and also exercising.

ipod touch

Today I attended a vendor's event and of course representing my company....

I won an ipod touch!!! But chances are, due to the company's policy i might not get to keep it :(

firstly due to the price of the ipod and secondly i was representing the company

Easy come easy go i guess.

will need to inform my boss about this... aiyayayaya

i was thinking maybe i shouldn't even have gone up to take it?? Then again!!! aiyayayaya. How i know it was gonna be so ex prize.

Rising Above the Disppointments

Hello hello. I am glad to report that I am feeling much better after the terrible situation couple of weeks ago. Took me a few days but I rose above it all. I can't say that i am no longer bitter or sad about it.

I am back from my vacation for about a week now.

anyways.. praying for the grace of God... to survive through this.

Below - happy memories.

I am Back

Hello... i know its been awhile since i last wrote. Since I didn't have much good things to write, I didn't want to rant or talk about negative things. If you have gone to my so called other blog you would know that I am trying to stay positive.

Unfortunately, this entry doesn't bring much good news either except for one good news :) I will leave that to the last in this post.

As you know, I have been struggling for along time now in my work environment. For those who knows me this have been happening since my other company. Somehow, I have this ability to attract all the wrong manager/supervisor , etc.

For these 4 years, I would say I have achieved more than I ever had in my previous company. I am doing well but unfortunately, eventho my boss recognizes it but those above locally don't. In this place where i work, ethnicity plays the ultimate part. Its disappointing. boss wants to move me up but my so called local manager doesn't want. He rather move someone from outside the team into the my team when my TL moves out. Today I had a heart to heart talk with my boss initiated by me, thats how i found out all these things. This is also the first time I poured out my true feelings, my thoughts after 4 years reporting to boss. I knew of this plan since May. since then it had been silence. Today it was revealed that she found out 3 weeks ago, that my so called local manager plans to execute this. Boss told me he/she had wanted to tell me so that i won't be disappointed if this doesn't materialize. I told boss I already had the feeling that my local manager would do this when boss first told me. Boss just smiled. Anyways, boss said boss would move me out if this moving up doesn't happen.

In a way, I am sad but in another perspective, it might turn out to be good, IF and WHEN i get to move. I hope all these don't just end up as words and merely words.

I am trying to digest this and hope that something good will come out of this. And some impartial and fair person will see and finally give me whats deserving of my hard work.

As per this Sunday's reading at church, we know not of what God's plan are for us... We are not at that level who can understand why God does this and that.

And i want to have faith that God knows that I am hurting now and that He knows that I have done my best but my best isn't good enough to these ppl who only see color above everything else.

Lastly I will be going on vacation this Thursday.... One good vacation i hope will at least heal this brokenness.

The Silence

I know, I have been silent for awhile now. Its not that I didn't feel like writing, its more to my mind is such a mess now, I don't think I can write a proper entry.

Lately, these things keep cropping up in my mind. I am already 3X , can be considered old. And... when I ponder back, I wonder what have I achieved? Seems like nothing.

Further to that, I can't seem to find my Mr. right either. Lack of friends and company is making the situation worse. It just seems to bleak. For years, ppl have been telling me, it will come. But will really come. I think probably I should stop hoping.

Maybe its time to do some disappearing soon.

I have also been trying to be prudent in my spending. I think I have sort of thought of a way to help with my spending. One thought is when I feel like splurging say on something I will not do it instead I would actually put that money in the bank. E.g if I saw a pair of shoes which I like, say it cost about RM80. Think whether I need it, if not bank that RM80 into my account. Sounds like a plan but now the question is, can I execute that flawlessly?

WOW very canggih

After a sleepless night and i opened my eyes at 6am and decided I needed to go see the doctor. I can't go to work. My whole body is aching, my eyes hurt and my head feels like its going to burst.

I went to see the dr and he told me that I have pressure - high!!!! and I have to take care. He gave me some anti-anxiety pills to take at nite to soothe my nerves and hopefully able to sleep.

On my way back, I decided to stop at Mc D for brekkie. I took the set of egg mcmuffin.
I found something, the tea cup or holder or whatever you call it so canggih(sophisticated) one.

Check this out :-



1) The Cup side View


















2) Notice the cap that closes the open are for the liquid to flow out? The flap can be opened up. Notice the bulging top? and the hollow dented in section at the top?











3) flip it over the top and press it to the hole wa la... don't need to hold the flap wor. So canggih hor... i am impressed. The cup used to be different.












4) Top view.












I am impressed!!!

The Aftermath of Fuel Hike - Has your lifestyle change?

Its now about 1 week plus since the fuel hike of 41%. Its quite a steep raise as we all can tell.
Since then, if you open the papers, you would see people esp those politicians asking us to change our lifestyle.

I was one of the first, who said I can't change my lifestyle as I don't even have a luxurious lifestyle now.

But I have to say this. Since the fuel hike, I have been more aware how and where I spend my money.

One of the most significant steps which I have taken is my food consumption. I now think about wastage more than ever. Now when I eat mcD, I will actually ask for a plastic bag to take away the fries when I couldn't finish. I used to just leave the unfinished fries on the tray and walk away. Thats one. When I go and eat those "chap farn" I will actually take only what I can eat and not more. Cut down on the number of dishes taken. It may seem like very small steps but at least I am taking those baby steps to help stop wastage.

Also on shopping, now i think really hard before I buy something. I see a pair of nice shoes, I will think twice before i buy it. One thing that really crop up in my mind is - Do I really need another pair??? YEAH I DO!!! kidding........... hehee

So what have you done to change your lifestyle to help with the fuel hike woes?

Tougher Times

Today , the govt announced the increased in the price of fuel. The price will be RM2.70 midnite tonite (5th of June) and whats terrible is that before that like few hours / 1 day before, we were given the impression, the increase won't come until Aug.

Spiral effect is coming. Imagine we are already paying higher cost for food becoz of increase in price of rice and now this? Gosh.. a plate of nasi lemak will cost RM10??

I don't know, but I know that I am disappointed with what has happened and whats with all the broken promises.

I worry for my future now! I need to spend more on these essential things. SAD!!!!!

Surging cost of living

Prices are rising from essential food items such as rice to fuel prices.
Lunches are going up by at least 20% per plate/bowl/entree. It sucks i tell you.
Further to that, we are bracing for the announcement tomorrow on the new fuel subsidy structure. I think we can only hope for the worse. Can you imagine once fuel go up. Gas for cooking and such will sky rocket too. I am so fearful for my future. I don't think my increment can actual cover the raising cost. Not only that I would need to increase the monthly allowance which I give to my mom and my dad.

Whats happening actually? Is the fuel prices going up due to speculation?

Today some idiota made comments about how since rice is going up, people would need to cut other expenses such as book, etc - excuse me books??? Really tho' I think i belong to the handful of people who actually buy books and read them. In this country, people don't really read. Its not part of their normal habits. :P I don't think i will forgo buying books but probably buy less and probably go rent more. Since I breeze thru them you know and sometimes seems like such a waste of money. But I like to read!!!!!

Of Health and Health

I have been plagued by health issues lately. Its just comes pounding and pounding. Almost to the verge of scary. As i thought I was getting better and its just the cough, all of a suddenly today, I started sneezing again.

After taking antibiotics and also having seen the western doctors couple of times now, I have decided to go see the Chinese sensei for a change. Drank the first dose of chinese herbs yesterday. My mom did it for me. Tonite another dose.

I hope i will heal soon. As much as I would like to be able to mc from work but i don't think its doing me any good. :)

Yes, my love for my job hasn't improved but......... i have been trying very hard. Thats a story for another day.

Due to my health issues, I have stopped taking the shake for awhile. I want to make sure I am heal before embarking on it again. Funny thing is, I keep putting weight. Coz all this issues always make me more hungry?? maybe it was the medication.

I still need to embark on my quest to lose weight before i start hitting 40 and it would be way too late :)

Things are just raising like nobody's business

Prices of things are raising like nobody's business. Its scary. When a 5kg bag of rice goes up, each plate of something goes up! Does that make sense? I mean its going up parallel!!!!!

Seriously, I am single so its not so bad. But really though, imagine people with kids and more than one child!!!! Gosh... imagine having to sustain in these times of raising cost!

I guess I have to start being more prudent in spending and eating.

Maybe a diet is good!!! I have stopped taking Herbal life since I fell sick. But surely resume once my cough ceases.

And everywhere there are sales on!!! I resisted!!!!!! Its hard but I have to lah.

I just spend some money buying RAKKU today

:D